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    Marching band is a sport. The amount of physical work done during marching band‚ easily qualifies it to be a sport. Marching band reaches the standard of the definition of a sport. According to the Oxford Dictionary. The dictionary states that “a sport is a an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.” Well people would say “What’s so hard about walking and playing an instrument?” 1. They are marching. 2.That

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    Television is an inevitable entertainment media of today. Initially we had only one or two channels promoted by the Government. Today there are hundreds of channels in all languages to entertain us like television shows‚ movies‚ serials‚ animated films‚ sports and social events‚ etc. At the outset‚ in order to give a break in the programmes they started showing advertisements. In our day the system is completely changed. Only the advertising sponsors decide the telecasting of particular programme either

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    1. Cassadee first experienced drugs when she switched from a private middle school to a public high school. When she got to that high school she noticed a dramatic change in drinking and drug abuse levels. Her stance on drugs is to never ever do them. She had heard the stories‚ but she also heard the voices in her head telling her not to. She knew that they would affect her life greatly. She choose to stay away from drugs so she could pursue her dreams of becoming a singer. She also just never wanted

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    many reasons Track is the best sport out their. There are many different events to suit everyone’s personal skills‚ athletes like Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix are famous for their track careers‚ and is highly rewarding along with an awesome team. Although some people think that because it involves running Track is not fun and takes too much effort. In reality running is highly rewarding and pays off to a healthier life. The first reason that Track is the best sport is that there are many different

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    2010 Caribbean Secondary Catalogue www.pearsoncaribbean.com New for 2010 See Page 8 See Page 15 See Page 17 Some of the celebrated local authors you will find in this catalogue. Lorna Down Rosalyn Kelly Earl Lovelace From Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Ever since we began publishing in the Caribbean over 60 years ago‚ we have been committed to using the best local authors and to producing resources specifically for the region. We offer: ● Excellent programmes

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    Legalize Steroids In Sports Ben Johnson was one of the first superstar athletes to be caught using steroids and was stripped of his 100m gold medal at the 1988 Olympics. He was eventually banned for life in 1993 for testing positive again (Richardson 2010). Performance enhancing drugs have become widely used since the 1970’s and have only increased in the numbers of athletes using the drugs to up their endurance and perform to their greatest potential. Professionals such as Barry Bonds‚ Jose

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    Anabolic Steroids In Sports

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    the Olympics ought to be allowed to use anabolic steroids. Nowadays‚ the world is being bombarded by the issue of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) utilisation especially at high level sports such as the Olympics level. Doping activities in sports have been a continuous plight towards athlete. Court actions are issued‚ title stripped off and worst is athletes’ involvements in sports are prevented forever. Dozens of athletes were tested positive for PEDs. Regardless the strict punishments that have

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    What is a drug? A drug may be defined as any substance other than food that by its chemical nature affects the structure and function of the living organism. Why do people use drugs? It has been shown that there are two main reasons why people use drugs.   1. Using drugs because it feels good and/or their friends are doing it 2. Using drugs because they are suffering from emotional or physical abuse‚ or because they suffer from mental disorders. When is it considered abuse? Medical and governmental

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    Drug Testing in Professional and High School Athletics Many people do not see the severity of drug use in professional and High School athletics. Drug use in professional athletics is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem‚ but also very discrete and low key. Every once in a while and individual might see a prominent figure in a certain sport being reprimanded for the use of an outlawed drug. However ‚ that athlete may just be one of the many who happened to get caught. Athletes today seem

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    be considered a sport. Everyone must be incredibly coordinated and precise. The band as a whole‚ and individually must practice. Then there’s all the physical stresses that you have to overcome. Coordination plays a key roll in marching. A lot of teamwork goes into it as well. All the musicians have to play in the right key‚ stay in step‚ and stay musically in time or else the entire show could be compromised. Memorizing game plays is a large roll in football and other team sports‚ same with band

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