Taking Risks What I Already Known/What I Want to Know While reading Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air‚ I began to wonder why individuals take extreme risks. Over the course of this novel‚ a team of highly trained mountain climbers attempts to climb Mount Everest in 1996. Several die‚ get injured‚ and go missing. Death becomes very familiar to the team of climbers. In the book‚ Hall and Hansen get stranded‚ Hansen runs out of supplemental oxygen and cannot continue; Fischer also gets stranded‚ Hansen
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Discontinued Olympic Sports All questions True or False. 1. In the Underwater Swimming at the Paris Olympics of 1900‚ with 2 points for every meter swum‚ and 1 point for every second underwater‚ the 3rd place getter remained submerged for 30 seconds longer than the winner but lost on distance because he swam in a circle. 2. The French cricket team in the same 1900 Paris Olympics consisted mainly of British Embassy staff on a day off. 3. Cricket remained a popular Olympics sport into the 1930’s.
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Why People Shouldn’t Smoke Do you think smoking is “cool”? I don’t … because if you think smoking is “cool”‚ then I suppose you think jumping off a building is “cool” too? Because when you smoke it’s harmful to your health just like how jumping off a building is. Most people think it’s “cool” to smoke but it’s really not. Why would you choose to live a unhealthy life by smoking rather than to live a healthy life without smoking when they’re no benefits to smoking? I think
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People volunteer for many motives. Studies indicate that there is always a mix of altruism and pure self-service. From serving a meal at a homeless shelter‚ to enlisting in the military‚ this force has become an instrumental tool for the healthy growth of society. The question is: Why do some individuals do it...? A volunteer is defined as a person that offers him or herself for a service or activity. Altruism is basically the most studied element of spontaneous help when facing situations of
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Topic: Causes which facilitate snoring in the people. Snoring is the sound that is made when the flow of air through your mouth and nose is blocked while someone sleeps. Almost half of all people snore at least some of the time no matter if is male or female. That is why; there are three main causes which facilitate snoring in the people such as overweight‚ sleep apnea and drinking alcohol. Being overweight may cause people to snore. According to Ratini (2104) argue that one of the major problem
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Steroids should not be allowed in sports. Steroids can have many side effects once you take it you can have high blood pressure and increased in growth of body hair. Even though it helps sports players‚ doesn’t mean it’s good to take for sport’s players. Performance-enhancing drugs disguise natural abilities and substitute for the dedication and focus that we admire. Getting performance-enhancing drugs is not easy and it can be risky. Everybody will be affected if one person takes steroids. I also
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Jaramillo 1 Ambar Jaramillo Professor Bucchino EBS-011-00ZA September 27‚ 2011 All People Wants to be Happy By examining happiness we found that all communities are looking happy to have a better life. If happiness exists in our life‚ we will see life in other points of view. When people are happy‚ they are in a good mood‚ they like to help‚ and they like to bring happiness. “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life‚ the whole aim and end of human existence” by Nichomachean
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Possibly the Best Fit‚ “Why” and “How” people buy All these novel applications offer customization to the buyers. More specifically‚ identify the benefits woven in the customization process in terms of “why” people buy. They can be those benefits already realized and the ones you would suggest to add. Customization delivers a sense of accomplishment and personal value along with the custom made product. 1) People buy to get emotional benefits to show off‚ to
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Jewish people especially and anyone else who he believed would ruin his idea of a perfect society because of this he forced horrible actions on these people and millions were killed. Even though these actions were inhumane and horrific many people still conformed to Hitler’s beliefs and helped him carry out these actions. There are many reasons as to why people might have conformed to Hitler and why people conform to society in general. In a society there are always commands produced by people who are
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“Why Possums Play Dead” Once upon a time there was a possum‚ this possum was very clever and there was no other animal like this possum. This possum was very fortunate of being in the right place at the right time. However‚ one morning the possum woke up and realized something that was very strange. As the possum got out of bed he realized these big tracks‚ the possum knew very quickly that something bad was gonna happen and all the animals in his camp were in danger. The possum began going
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