OLD BOOKS ARE DANGEROUS? It was November 29‚ 2011‚ Tuesday‚ around quarter to nine‚ I was in the Department of Languages‚ looking out of the window‚ when I saw a youth pulling a wheelbarrow. I looked intently at its content and I saw they were books. I knew what’s going on! The library was once again throwing away old books which it labeled as “condemned”. CONDEMNED! What a description?! The books were condemned in such a way that they would be discarded and burned without the knowledge of many
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Sports and games Sports can be generally divided into indoor and outdoor sports. Gymnastics is a typical indoor sport which includes apparatus training on uneven bars‚ horizontal bar‚ balance beam‚ mat‚ spring-board or rings. Athletics‚ a typical outdoor sport‚ includes track amd field events (the Marathon race‚ long-distance run‚ cross-country run‚ relay-race) and sprinting events ( a hundred metre sprint‚ hurdle-race). Jumping (high jjump‚ long jump‚ triple jump‚ pole jump) and throwing (hammer
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Impact of Violent Video Games Video Games have big impact on youth by forcing their mind into aggressive behavior. Children and adolescents tend to act aggressive from obsessively playing video games. Violent video games lead youth to engage in a real-world violence that changes their lifestyle‚ because children tend to learn from what is on screen‚ like TV or most commonly‚ video games. Video games are indeed affecting children to be more violence by playing inappropriate games that have shooting which
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safety and to reduce injuries. Some people argue that dangerous and violent sports should be banned completely because they can lead to injuries or violent behaviours. There is very little or no evidence to show that people who take part in dangerous sports become violent in the future. In my opinion‚ sports that may be considered to be violent or dangerous provide a healthy and physical outlet for aggression and act as stress reducers. All dangerous sports involve a lot of physical activity and competitors
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Cheerleading can be a dangerous sport if you don’t follow the proper rules and it is important to know what you are doing someone gets injured. If you try to do a stunt that is difficult you need to have the proper practice and training. Cheerleading can be a safe sport only if you have done it correctly. Some of the stunt in cheerleading can be dangerous if you do not perform them correctly like the shoulder sit. A shoulder sit is when the front spot reaches up and back and joins hands with the
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FIRST DRAFT “Preference of technological games vs Indigenous games; a comparative study of two generations in Abbottabad” Ridah Syed Kazmi 2009-B.BHS-019 Games: Games are defined competitive activities with agreed upon rules that organize play and provide criteria for determining winners and losers. (Robert et al. 1959). In different part of the world apparent similarities in games have been found. E.B Tylor felt that games might provide clues to early culture contacts. In his text Anthropology
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Game Theory and Business Game theory emerged as a scholarly field of study in the first half of the 20th century. Since that time‚ it has significantly affected various academic disciplines‚ such as economics‚ political science and biology. Although the term "game theory" may suggest a certain frivolity‚ the concepts underlying it have many real-world applications and offer a structured and logical method of considering strategic situations. The parallels between competitive games and strategic
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I got my first video game console in the summer of 1991. My parents purchased it from SEARS for my birthday and at which point I had no idea what it was. A couple of the kids and their parents knew that it was and were shocked that my parents spend $100 dollars on something like that. It was still in the box until one afternoon I came home from school. I set it up in the living room‚ only room with a television. Popped in Super Mario Bros‚ this simple 8-bit game would change the entertainment
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“What Video Games Have to teach us about Learning and Literacy” I’m sure that we all are‚ or were at one time‚ around video games whether we were playing the game or someone we know was playing. Most adults think children spend too much time playing video games. I know my mom is constantly yelling at my 10 & 15-year-old brothers to get off. My mom thinks that video games for so long will eventually ruin their eyesight. My brothers are video game addicts. My brothers always complain when my mom
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genetics have occurred in the recent decades. Predicted to be the future of genetics‚ a new form of gene therapy known as CRISPR is one of the most revolutionary breakthroughs in history. The argument I would like to make is that although CRISPR has the capability to prevent serious disorders such as cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s disease‚ it is too dangerous given its novelty and safety and ethical concerns. Having discussed this technology in several classes‚ I have a strong understanding of both
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