Tradition vs. Extreme Everyone loves sports. People get so into football games as if they were actually playing as an athlete. It’s become a conversation piece for many. Many Americans are big baseball or football fans. If someone walks across the streets of Auburn on a game day‚ they might be greeted with a “war eagle!” If someone walks across the streets of Tuscaloosa they might hear a “roll tide!” It is a tradition in these areas to celebrate their teams. All everyone hears about are how the
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A Risk Worth Taking “Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs‚ and that is the risk of doing nothing.” - Denis Waitley I believe that the key to a full and happy life is risk-taking. Having audacity is necessary to chase our dreams‚ and taking chances is essential to achieve greatness. Perhaps the greatest risk that I have taken in my life was turning down a full-time job to follow my dream of becoming a teacher. I traded comfort and security for newness
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Extreme Sports: Theorizing participation - A Challenge for Phenomenology - Extreme Sports: Theorizing participation Introduction The phrase ‘Extreme Sport’ has developed into an all-encompassing umbrella term for those activities that are traditionally associated with risk-takers or ‘adrenalin junkies’ (Lambton‚ 2000). Skateboarding‚ street luge‚ snow sports‚ mountain sports‚ moto-cross and surfing are just some examples of such sports. Participation in these activities has been considered
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Extreme sports have become popular in the last two decades. For may people practising them is the only way of living. For them the adrenaline is the most important thing in their lives and that’s why they must try even more and more dangerous things. But‚ of course‚ that’s not the only reason. Extreme sports are trendy and many people practise them just because of that fact. It’s true‚ that extreme sports‚ like bungee jumping‚ canyoning‚ rafting‚ ice climbing‚ snowboarding‚ surfing‚ parachute jumping
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Psychology Research Essay: Extreme Sports An extreme sport (also called action sport or adventure sport) is a term for certain activities seen as an activity of high danger‚ they are what is considered counter-cultural. They give a thrill of facing difficult challenges and overcoming obstacles. There are many physical and mental benefits o extreme sports but there are also the risk of very bad injuries‚ even death. The activities of extreme sports involve speed‚ height‚ a high level of physical
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activities is parkour. But should we consider this occupation as a sport or a sort of Art? For me‚ it is absolutely a sport. In this text‚ I will explain my position about the subject. First of all‚ this activity is very hard on the body. The people who are making this exercise really need to be strong physically. They are able to climb walls and jump over all kind of things. I think it could be considered as an extreme sport like skateboarding because the two don’t have particular rules. These
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Are Steroids Worth the Risk? One of the most controversial issues with all athletes are steroids. How harmful are they? Is it worth the risk to get a competitive edge on the game? Should it be banned from sports? Steroids are not the answer; not only are there physical bad side effects‚ there are also psychological effects short and long term. The history of steroids dates back to the 1930s‚ the were taking from male testosterone originally. They were used to treat HIV-AIDS and cancer. They
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Do you think coal mining is worth the risk? Coal mining is worth the work because of what we get out of it. We get electricity out of it‚ we get jobs out of it (mining jobs) but everything good always has a bad side‚ we get health hazards like black lung disease. I think that coal mining is useful because of all the things above other than the bad one of course‚ otherwise everything is nice about it. You get jobs‚ it costs a small amount for a large amount of it‚ and you get electricity out of it
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Journal of Management and Marketing Research The worth of sport event sponsorship: an event study Jin-Woo Kim The University of Texas at Arlington Abstract The authors investigate the relationship between sports-related event sponsorship and stock market valuation and identify factors that influence the financial rewards of sponsorship using World Cup and PGA tour sponsorship data. In particular‚ relationship between sports sponsorship with financial performance is examined in terms of sponsorship
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Is Therapeutic Cloning Worth the Risk? Is Therapeutic Cloning Worth the Risk? I. The history of cloning A few years ago‚ a movie showed how Adolf Hitler could have been cloned to produce copies of himself. Of course‚ this is a terrible idea‚ because as we know‚ Hitler killed millions of people. Yet‚ people now have cloning that can benefit humankind. The events in the movie were imaginary‚ but during the 20th century‚ cloning became real. Cloning of plants and small animals has been practiced
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