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    What is a hero? Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Some make a small difference‚ some make a huge difference‚ but every difference a person makes should be acknowledged. The best known heroes are superheroes such as Superman or Batman‚ but there are many real life heroes. Three modern day heroes are Valerie Weisler‚ Harry Swimmer‚ and my great grandfather Pete because they all strive to make a positive difference in someone’s life. Valerie Weisler has done many things to help people all around

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    Women in Sport

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    argument “… why women ’s [sport] will never be as successful as men ’s‚ that is it isn ’t as fast‚ and is therefore less exciting”. (Female athletes want equality in all sports) Traditionally the women were seen as being passive and obedient to males‚ as well as appearing an attractive object and sport was not always conductive to this. Generally‚ men have dominated sport (Women in Sport) and will continue to through the lack of support for women sport. 4.0 GENDER ISSUES IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

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    Xiaoyu Zhou Heroes in Homer’s Poetry Helen regards suffering as a necessity for heroes to be qualified to appear in poetry. As far as I’m concerned‚ it is because suffering somehow forces a hero to complete their characteristics as well as to approach the destiny they are doomed to by Zeus‚ which is correlative to the two specific functions of poetry: to instruct and to entertain. In the first place‚ heroes are godlike. “Preeminent in their particular sphere of power‚ they impose their will

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    Sports and Amputees

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    and Orthotics International December 2009; 33(4): 356–367 Participation in sports by lower limb amputees in the Province of Drenthe‚ The Netherlands COJANNE KARS1‚ MARIANNE HOFMAN1‚ JAN H. B. GEERTZEN2‚3‚ GERT-JAN PEPPING1‚4‚ & RIENK DEKKER2‚3 Department of Human Movement Sciences and 2SHARE‚ Graduate School for Health Research‚ University of Groningen‚ Groningen‚ and 3Center for Rehabilitation and 4Center for Sport‚ Exercise and Health‚ University Medical Center Groningen‚ Groningen‚ The Netherlands

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    Extreme Sports

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    Lady: Nowadays ‚ “Extreme sports” or “X-Games” such as climbing‚ bungee jumping ‚ and downhill skateboarding are being practiced by Peruvians more often . But I’m wondering the reason why Peruvians now prefer to do this kind of stunts instead of practicing safer sports‚ I mean ‚ sports which don’t involve putting in risk their lives . karol: Well‚ it seems likely they’re looking for non-common activities and want to feel the experience of trying something new which may motivate them to do crazy

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    Sports Tourism

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    THE EFFECTS OF SPORTS IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY OF ANILAO‚ BATANGAS AS PERCEIVED BY INTERNAL TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS A Thesis Proposal Presented to the faculty of College of Arts and Sciences of Colegio San Agustin – Biñan‚ Laguna In Partial fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor Of Science in Tourism GENEVA JOY G. TABUENA MARCH 2012 Chapter 1 The Problem and It’s Background 1. Introduction Sports Tourism is defined as a specific travel outside

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    NCAA sports integrity In the area of collegiate sports‚ there have been numerous heated debates about the integrity of many things concerning the NCAA and how it handles legal and ethical issues. In this paper I will not do a standard report by simply regurgitating the information I read. Instead I will try my best to give you my opinion of the issues previously mentioned‚ and finally what the authors feel should be done to remedy this dilemma as well as my own opinion on the matter‚ but first

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    India as a nation of vast human resources is yet to fulfill its potential in the world of sports. The resurgence in the sports arena as manifested in the past couple of decades is still far short of international standards. The country’s objective in the long-term must be to forge ahead with planned progress to attain eminence in world sports. India had a rich tradition of supremacy in sports and games down the ages. The epics and history recount the heroic deeds in archery‚ wrestling‚ sword-fighting

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    The Role of Sports

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    that people who do physical exercises keep fit and healthy. Sports and games can be of great value to people who work with their brains; to people who lead a sedentary lifestyle. Moreover taking up a sport has also many psychological benefits. Firstly‚ it relieves the stresses of everyday life and secondly‚ it helps individuals identify with a group and replace their loneliness with the security of belonging. Besides‚ practising a sport is very useful for character-training. It helps young people

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    Sport Betting The issue of sport betting gives rise to many controversies and opposed by lots of people since Malaysian government legalizes sport betting and will give the license to Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd to be the first and only legalized sports betting operator. In doing so‚ government wishes that Ascot would help them to curb illegal betting‚ especially during the time of the FIFA World Cup and to avoid losing tax revenue estimated to be up to 4 billion ringgit a year due to illegal sports

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