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- 161: A Fourteenth Century Castle
- ... Castle life was sometimes cold, and often uncomfortable, but it was never boring. There was always some task to attend, and when the days work was done , the lord and his family amused themselves with sports. Two favorite sports were jousting and hunting. Hunting took many forms. The most noble was hawking. The hunter sent tamed birds of prey, such as kestrels, to swoop down and capture smaller birds. Hunting with dogs was popular ... charged at each other on horses. Lowering long lances as they drew closer, each aimed to knock the other off. Royal and wealthy castle dwellers considered hunting with a bird of prey the finest of sports. The trained birds themselves lived like kings. The hawks traveled everywhere with their master even to church and to a meal. Also hunting dogs was an important part of castle life. The dogs lived ...
- 162: Women And Society's "Glass Walls"
- ... and extracurricular activities. The Sadkers imply that financial distribution of resources points to male dominance because the male-oriented activities and clubs receive a substantially larger portion of the university funding. The interest in male sports and profit made by the university allow male athletics to acquire nearly half of the university funding. Extended funding allows the fields of male athletics to be more "luxurious" with options for its members; thus ... the spending. Recognition of women's professional basketball has come about only recently, with the formation of the woman's national basketball association (WNBA). Prior to the WNBA, female athletics were narrowed down to "softer sports" - usually Olympic events such as figure skating and gymnastics. Society's tendency to view women's activities and sports as soft, not interesting, and subordinate further adds to the negation of female strive towards successfulness and equality. When females find ways to fight through societal oppression and actually move on to places of ...
- 163: Healthy LIfestyle
- ... or track. All of these and a multitude of others would greatly help you along on your path to a healthy lifestyle. If you are unsure of how to initiate yourself into one of these sports you could join a team at your local community center or simply organize a group of friends and play at your neighborhood park. Remember: Just because it is a sport does not mean that you have to be on an official team to be allowed to play it. These sports help you maintain a healthy lifestyle because when many people are playing them they are having fun, and thus do not think of it as actually “working out”. Sports also increases the amusement of exercising because you usually do them with a group of friends, which makes you not concentrate entirely on the exertion your body is going through. One Week Fitness Plan ...
- 164: Biomechanics
- ... with most people. The most common prosthesis is the replacement in a below the knee amputation. The American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) held a meeting at Clemson University of 1997 in order to develop a sports prosthesis that would stand up to every day flexing of the knee for performance in sports. In order to develop this prosthesis they had to go through two main phases, the analysis of a jogger wearing a standard walking prosthesis and computer simulation of the flexing of the knee on this ... conclusion was that by varying the placement and orientation of the spring, the moment arm values could be adjusted in an attempt to linearize the spring stiffness. Biomechanics is also used in the study of sports actions, such as the motion of throwing a baseball. This process involves three major steps. First, an engineer must take photos of every separate motion in the release. Also the ground must be fitted ...
- 165: Japan: A Changing Society
- ... America's, teach the same things in grade school as American schools.17 Many of the students are learning in these schools to take English language courses to help them as they get older.18 Sports today, are shaped similar to America's. Japan has carried over many sports from America including frisbees, jogging, skateboarding19, and baseball.20 Baseball is among their favorites and was brought over by an American teacher as far back as the late 1800s.21 Japanese baseball is made up ... challenges by every passing day. Japan is a much different country from the pre-1800s. Because of these changes, Japan has a different cultural living currently, with the introduction of baseball to Japan and other sports. Japan's economy has changed with the inclusion of American money and products in trade. Finally, Japan's political ideas have changed shape with our Democratic model which we've passed onto them. Japan ...
- 166: Mockery of Native Americans
- ... Native Americans because the mascots represent something sacred to the Native Americans and they are used just to get the crowd in to a game. Native American mascots should be banned from professional and collegiate sports because of the emotional hurt put on the Native Americans. One reason Native Americans should not be used as mascots in professional and collegiate sports is the costumes that the mascots are dressed up in sacred outfits only worn by leaders of the Native American tribes. When they wear these they look like authentic clothes and chiefs. When they dance ... look like an official chief of a tribe. This way the children will know the difference and keep all of their respect. In all the Native American mascots should be banned from professional and collegiate sports. School nicknames and mascots constitute unauthentic representations of Native American peoples and cultures. Whether used for entertainment, comical, or symbolic purposes, this imagery degrades Native American people and cultures, and distorts Indian and non- ...
- 167: A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries
- ... Gene confesses that he caused Finny's accident. Finny replies that Gene is crazy and had done no such thing. Chapter 6: Gene begins work as assistnt crew manager, even though he has never managed sports before. The crew manager Quakenbush refers meanly to Gene as being “maimed” and Gene attacks him as a reply. Gene is scolded by the master for gambling during the summer, and other infractions. Finny phones Gene and, after ascertaining that they would be roommates when he returned, becomes angry at Gene for being a crew manager rather than actually playing the sports. Finny explains the Gene must play sports for him. Gene realizes that he was meant to be a part of Finny from the beginning. Chapter 7:Brinker Hardley stops in to see Gene and congratulates him for having been able to ...
- 168: College Essay
- ... has also made me a very competitive person because ever since we were little, my brother and me have always tried to be better than each other. For example, we would compete on grades, in sports, and in other things. My brother is on his High School football team, and I am on my High School’s girl’s basketball and softball teams. Boys don’t want to play sports with me sometimes because I am a girl, but when they do they are surprised. I have many trophies at home. Besides sports, my other interests are computers, engineering, and technology. Everybody is always asking me for help, whether it is to install, fix, or set up their computer. I would like a career in the computer ...
- 169: George W. Bush
- ... to start with their past and work forward to see their progress and failures. George W. Bush attended a preparatory school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Like many young men he was interested in sports and he selected to the men s basketball team at Phillips Academy. Envied by his peers the young man was chosen to be part of a team that was exclusive to the best. However young ... W. Bush seemed to be more concerned with social matters than political matters. He knew stories about most people that would pass him by on the campus and was a fan of his school s sports teams. In the late 1960 s he joined a fraternity of Delta Kappa Epsilon, a fraternity for sportsmen and those who loved to watch them. They were called Dekes. This brings about a controversy that ... denied these rumors. Most members say the branding was a scare tactic that never actually happened. What did happen? A close friend of Bush s at the time stated, there was a lot of watching sports, girls, and beer drinking (Duffy). This is also where Bush had his first encounter with the law. Bush stated, We had a little too much Christmas cheer and for some reason we really thought ...
- 170: Jordan Does It All
- Jordan Does It All Everyone who reads the sports section of the daily news knows about Michael Jordan. Although the name is not uncommon, there is only one Michael Jordan. He is the fundamental sports hero that has not been plagued by scandal. Jordan appears on all kinds of commercials. Some of those commercials are for Nike, Wheaties cereal, Hanes underwear, Rayovac batteries, MCI phone company, Ball Park hot dogs ... was not always good at basketball. He wasn’t gifted with great basketball skills. Michael worked hard for his skills on the basketball court. Michael Jordan is the greatest practice player in the history of sports (Vancil, 1996, p. 28). Michael always thought practice was a proving ground(Vancil, 1996, p. 29). Jordan didn’t make the basketball team the first year that he went out (Sporting News, 1999). Being ...
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