...Contact Sports Head/Body Injuries Research Paper November 19, 2013 Down, Set, Hut, Hut! The ball snaps, and everyone clashes into each other like warriors in battle. This is what we love about the game of football. While we are enjoying this rugged game, behind the scenes there are players in pain on and off of the field. From them having concussions to broken toes, or in other words from head to toe, every game possibly being there last one depending on the extremity of their next injury they still continue to play and entertain us. In this paper we are going to journey through some of those injuries and issues due to this sport we love and how we could help solve it, and help these athletes we love so much be able to stay in the game of football a little longer. To start off, although we’re just focusing on NFL, I have to let you know it’s not just affecting them, but the little ones we having playing this sport as well. In an article I read entitled, “Hits to the Head Don’t Differ in Age, Research Indicates”, it says that more 25,000 kids ranging from ages 8 to 19 are taken to the emergency room seeking treatment for concussions each year (Belson, 2013). This goes to say that although we enjoy when the adults are doing all this physical contact, but when it’s our own kids do we feel the same way? Well, in this case think of those NFL players as you do your children. What if they could never play again, on or off of the field? In reading another article by Sabrina Rogers...
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...eyes and head. I couldn't play video games because again it would hurt my head just from watching it. I couldn't even read a book, crazy that i actually wanted to. I couldn’t do anything. All i could really do was sleep, and so i did. I was out of school for one week because i couldn't deal with the lighting and the noise and reading books, i just couldn't do it. So my parents lets me stay home for a week to rest and get better. With the...
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... pizza, artificial intelligence, mass hysteria, football, head transplants, and a talking monkey. It takes place about seventy years in the future when everything fun is against the law. You can get sent to jail for road rage, or eating too much, or forgetting to wear your safety equipment. Twenty percent of the people living in the United Safer States of America are in jail, so all the manual labor in the country is done by prisoners. I thought this was a sports book when I picked it up because of the cover, but it’s more like science fiction. Some parts are pretty funny, but it’s also kind of sad because the future looks like it could be no fun at all, kind of like that book Feed, which is good too, only by some other guy with initials instead of a first name. Bo Marsten, the hero, is in love with this girl, and when she goes out with another guy he loses it and tries to hit the other guy and ends up in prison in Canada making pizzas for McDonalds and being chased by polar bears and playing tackle football which is illegal because everything that can possibly hurt anybody is against the law. Bo has only two friends--a talking troll he invented on his computer for his AI class, and an unstoppable fat kid named Rhino. It sounds goofy, but it all makes sense when you read it, except for maybe the part about the mechanical dog that does everything a real dog does including pooping. The funniest parts of the book are when Bo talks to Bork, his pet artificial intelligence...
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...1. “I was persuaded to stop writing that book. I started it four more times during the next twenty years. On each occasion, my decision to begin again was influenced by current world events: the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989, the first Gulf War, Somalia, the rise of Osama bin Laden. However, threats or bribes always convinced me to stop. In 2003, the president of a major publishing house that is owned by a powerful international corporation read a draft of what had now become Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. He described it as "a riveting story that needs to be told." Then he smiled sadly, shook his head, and told me that since the executives at world head-quarters might object, he could not afford to risk.” The statement above was very appealing to me, I think it is because my family is constantly talking about how twisted our government truly is. The fact that there was something to hide so they persuaded him to stop writing it makes me realize how intimidating they must be. And then how he talk about all the wars, invasions, and other twisted things he was discussing made some one scared to publish the book even though they believe he needed to be said. 2. “This book is the confession of a man who, back when I was an EHM, was part of a relatively small group. People who play similar roles are more abundant now. They have more Euphemistic titles, and they walk the corridors of Monsanto, General Electric, Nike, General Motors, Wal-Mart, and nearly every other major...
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...Tunnel Vision”). Shaw makes sure the readers stay interested in the novel by creating such suspense and mystery with Liza having to be on the run the whole time. This suspenseful mood is seen in Tunnel Vision. Liza states in the book, “Life felt so unreal. Mom was dead, someone had attacked me with a knife, and now we were living in Kansas” (Tunnel Vision 101)....
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...directed by Mark Steven Johnson, the audience learns that one should not let his or her disability get in the way of his or her dreams. In the book of mice and men, George doesn't let Lennie’s disabilities affect him George doesn't let Lenny’s disability affect him, he still works hard as he would always, because he want to achieve his hopes and dreams by working hard. At the ranch Lennie dosent look like he could do any work, Lennie’s Aunt Clara took care of him, he had been kicked in the head by a horse when he was young. Lenny also has has a disability of being a little slow. Lennie...
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...It takes me some time to realise I am dreaming. The figure reaches his hands towards me I foolishly take them without even thinking, he starts to pull me through the woods. I stagger, “Stop please, can you stop”. He let’s go of my hand I fall to the ground he keel’s in front of me with worried eyes “Who are you and where are you taking me?” I ask him. “My name is Moki,” he says, “Are you alright?” “You did not answer my question I asked where...?” I start to feel a little faint, “Are you alright?” he repeats “No I feel a little”, I don’t finish my sentence and my head hits the ground. I wake up with a damp cloth on my head. I push my back of the ground and I wince. I try to open my eyes but my vision whirls. I wince and close one eye, trying to focus. The boy is crouched before me. He catch's my elbow in one vice-like hand and with the back of the other, he slaps my arm, hard, muttering about something. I wriggle in protest and...
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...The name of the book is Don’t look behind you, by Lois Duncan. The publisher is Bantam Doubleday Dell publishing Group, Inc. has 179 pages; Genre is fiction, year 1989. April, a girl whose life was perfect, until her dad almost got shot, since then they went into hide out. After that point her life was never the same. The book was about how the Corrigan family who had to move out of their house. They had to move because his father became a secret FBI agent and was witness of drug smuggling. He then became a testimony agents it. At that point they wanted him dead so they hired a hit man named Mike Vamp who attempts shooting George Corrigan but misses. He then gathers his family together and moved Florida, there they get different names. Since then they couldn’t do anything that may give away their location. April since the begging was not ok with it. She missed her boyfriend, her high school, her lifestyle. With the money she had gotten from her old home possessions she bough a plane ticket to Norwood Virginia. When she arrived at Virginia she met up with her grandma and asked her if she could live with her but they both knew it was unacceptable. They head back to Florida then noticed they were being followed later on by mike vamp, April and Lorelei (grandma) got home. Luckily no one was home but vamp locked them up in the closet. From there April used her smarts to get out thru the attic. She tried to get help but she didn’t expect Mike to be waiting outside the house for her...
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...playing styles, but most importantly there has been a revolutionary change of the NFL culture. The game of football is being played at a faster pace and players are becoming larger, and intelligent (Wharton, 2011). While the sport of football can be stressful, competitive, entertaining and enjoyable, it also poses a dangerous threat of injury. One of the more common injuries within playing or watching football are concussions. Over the past few years concussions have become a more serious endangerment to those who play, from new evidence we have seen on the effects on the brain and how it can affect a player’s future. The purpose of this project is to investigate the current status of football and concussions in finding a solution to reducing head trauma in players as it pertains to the following areas: overall safety for the players, NFL culture, equipment, research efforts, and the future of football. According to CBS Sports (2011), more than 61% of former players have experienced concussions during their time in the league. The first section will discuss on what concussions are, what cause them to occur, what symptoms may be brought...
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...can't shine You gon be that next chump to end up in the trunk After bein hit by the pump, is that whut you want? Be easy nigga, I'll lay your ass out Believe me nigga, thats whut I'm about, gangsta You could find a nigga sittin on chrome Hit the clutch, hit the gear, hit the gas & I'm gone (Yea!) If I can't do well, homey, it can't be done Now I'ma let the champagne bottle pop I'ma take it to the top Fo sho I'ma make it hot, baby (baby) I'm down for the action, he smart with his mouth so smack em You holdin a strap, he might come back so clap em React like a gangsta, die like a gangsta for actin Cuz you'll get hit & homicide'll be askin, "Whut happened?" OH NO look who clapped em with the FO'FO' 20 inch rims sittin CHRO-CHROME Eastside, Westside niggaz OH NO, NO GO Even my mama said, "Something really wrong with my brain" Niggaz don't rob me they know I'm down to die for my chain G-UNIT! We get it poppin in the hood G-UNIT! Muthafucka whuts good? I'm waitin on niggaz to act like they dont know how to act I had a sip of too much Jack, I'll blow em off the map With the mack, thinkin its all rap Til that ass get clapped and Doc say "It's a wrap" (It's a wrap, nigga) If I can't do well, homey, it can't be done Now I'ma let the champagne bottle pop I'ma take it to the top Fo sho I'ma make it hot, baby (baby) I been feelin i had to teach lessons to slow learners Go head act...
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...The book I read for fiction is called Last Man Out by Mike Lupica. The book was published by Philomel Books on September 13,2016, with 256 total pages. The genre of this book would be more sports related, but might fit in the action/adventure category as well. Mike Lupica is a well known author. He became the youngest columnist ever at a New York paper with the New York Daily News. Mike has also received numerous honors. One award being the 2003 Jim Murray Award from the National Football Foundation. This last year he was also named New York Sports Columnist of the Year by the National Association of Sportswriters and Sportscasters. Last Man Out is read in third person, and takes place in Boston, Massachusetts. The main character is Tommy as I will explain further and other major characters are Tommy’s father Patrick, his sister Em and Tommy’s friend Greck. There wasn't any distinct tone in this book, it was pretty straight forward. The book starts off by introducing Tommy and his father Patrick. Both of their lives seem to revolve around football. Tommy plays the position of strong safety, which his dad calls, “a monster back”, for the Brighton...
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...Low self-esteem can lead to bad consequences, not having confidence can hurt yourself mentally and physically. In the Book Baseball Crazy, Mark Pang has each of these traits and doesn’t know how to express his self. He lets others affect his life and doesn’t know how to handle his struggles by his self. The author uses the character Mark Pang’s words and actions to reveal theme; Don’t let others bring you down, let there comments make you better. He let people criticize him and mock him. Mark was the right fielder for his ball team, and everyone knew he wasn’t good. He didn’t stand up for himself, causing everything to be worse. For example, “Just like in a movie, someone hit an unexpected pop-up to right center, directly toward Mark Pang,...
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...Be sure how to do an APA running head (step by step directions are in the sample paper in CWE and attached) • Stay within minimum and maximum word counts. • Do not use bullets or numbering. Allow your own words to shine and paraphrase (encouraged by APA)! • learn how to in-text cite if you don't know how (direct quotes: author, year and page # and paraphrases: author and year) • Use same font style and font point (12 point) throughout the entire paper • Do not skip spaces between paragraphs or references. Always start on the very next double spaced line available • UOPX word counts are exclusive of title pages and reference pages. This means that your entire paper (minus the title page and reference page) must equal the minimum word counts. The title page and reference page words are NOT counted in the final word counts. It is still easy to perform a word count in Word by highlighting the area you want counted, hit review, and hit word count & it will give you the #. • Do not bold References title (be sure it is centered at the top of your reference page) and be sure it is plural if you have more than 1 reference • At least 3 references (or more) typically strengthens your paper • Each reference should be in alphabetical order, be double spaced and include a hanging indent per APA • Using Wikipedia or Dictionaries or Encyclopedias is inappropriate for a scholarly paper; use scholarly health care journals or books • Do not use contractions, write...
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...Blue Ocean Strategy Robert Lowe Principles of Marketing December 2, 2013 Abstract For a long time many businesses have use a military strategy in order to find profit in an existing market. Fighting for a competitive advantage and battling competitors over a piece of the profit. Taking this head-on approach only leads to an overcrowded market with a shrinking profit pool. This is what the book calls a “red ocean”. Blue Ocean on the other hand wants you to look outside the box and make the competition irrelevant. In the future companies will not succeed battling competitors, but instead finding uncontested market space ripe for growth. Swimming in an area that only has a few swimmers is a lot better than swimming with the sharks. This book shows you six principles that will help companies create a Blue Ocean Strategy. The authors use data collected from over thirty different industries, and have studied more than hundred different strategies from the last century. Creating Blue Oceans It is suggested that companies and organizations need to create demand in uncontested market space, rather than competing head-to-head with competitors in an existing market space. These two strategies are called “Blue oceans” and Red Oceans”. Red oceans are existing companies in the market. Their goal is to compete with competitors for a bigger slice of the pie. This strategy leads to overcrowded markets which make the profit shares shrink. Blue oceans is the opposite, demand is created...
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...4790642 Jungle Book 24/11/06 11:45 Page i THE JUNGLE BOOK In the hills of Southern India a baby lies warm and safe in a cave. He lies among wolf-cubs, next to Mother Wolf’s side, and he is not afraid. Outside the cave Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, roars angrily, wanting to kill. ‘No!’ says Mother Wolf. ‘The man’s cub belongs to me. He will live, to run with the other wolves, to be my son. And I will call him Mowgli.’ The years pass, and Mowgli the man’s cub grows up with the wolves. He learns the Law of the Jungle from his teachers, Baloo the old brown bear and Bagheera the black panther. He has many adventures, and many friends among the animals of the jungle. But he still has an enemy. Shere Khan the tiger has not forgotten. He waits for the day when he can catch the man’s cub – and kill him. 4790642 Jungle Book 24/11/06 11:45 Page ii 4790642 Jungle Book 24/11/06 11:45 Page iii OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY Classics The Jungle Book Stage 2 (700 headwords) Series Editor: Jennifer Bassett Founder Editor: Tricia Hedge Activities Editors: Jennifer Bassett and Alison Baxter 4790642 Jungle Book 24/11/06 11:45 Page iv 4790642 Jungle Book 13/1/07 07:50 Page v RUDYARD KIPLING The Jungle Book Retold by Ralph Mowat Illustrated by Kanako Damerum and Yuzuru Takasaki OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 4790642 Jungle Book 24/11/06 11:45 Page vi Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University...
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