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The History Of Ice Hockey
Words: 2638 - Pages: 10.... stance holding sticks similar to those later used in field hockey. (Hubbard & Fischler, page17)
Perhaps native Americans were the first to play hockey like games. The Indians of Canada invented the field game lacrosse, which is known by the legislative act as Canada’s and national sport. The Alogonquins who inhabited the shores the St. Lawrence River played an ice game that was similar to lacrosse called "baggataway," played without skates and with an unlimited number of participants. French explorers who visited the St. Lawrence River area and northern areas of United States in the 1700’s witnessed these matches. (Hubbard & F .....
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Sadomasochism
Words: 1167 - Pages: 5.... perversion may be more strongly developed and thus represent his domimating sexual activity." The tendency to cause pain to the sexual object - and its opposite, the tendency to seek out and suffer pain from the sexual object, is designated sadism in its active form, and masochism in its passive.
In terms more understood in the year 2000, the sadist might now be termed the Dominant: the Master, Dominatrix, or Mistress - or simply "The Top". The masochist is called a Submissive, a Slave, or "The Bottom". 'Top' and 'Bottom' are also used as verbs, as in "I bottomed to her", or "I want him to top me!".
Another aspect of modern Sado-Masoch .....
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Why I Have No Hero
Words: 684 - Pages: 3.... A person that is to
be considered a hero must be naturally good and work for good and be there when
they are needed most. They should not have to feel guilty about the negative
effects of something they have done if the good it causes out weighs the bad.
Honesty is a good trait to have if you want to be a hero. A hero needs
to be honest with the public so that he/she will get the public's support to
retain that hero status among them, and possibly gain that status with more
individuals. Being honest is a quality that is never usually overlooked in
naming someone a hero. This includes being honest with one's self. Honesty
with you .....
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College Stress
Words: 753 - Pages: 3.... major they should concentrate on.
Choosing the right courses and making a schedule is another headache job that students have to go through. Students often find it very tough to decide what are the right classes to take that related to their major. It is also stressful to wake up in the morning and be one time for classes. Finally, preparing and taking mid-term and final exams are the most stressful time that student encounter for the entire semester. In a similar case to Jack, my friend, Som, who is a good student at City College, always gets nervous and stays up all night to study for his mid-term and final exams. Since, school require .....
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Philosophy Of Descartes
Words: 1456 - Pages: 6.... not by us but rather God. An example of his presumption of the existence of God would be the fact that if one cannot imagine a bookshelf without books. Whether one exists or not, it is true than that they cannot be separated from each other. Descartes follows by stating that “he cannot conceive God without existence, existence is inseparable from him.”
After settling that God exists in his first few passages, Descartes adds that God is the perfect being. Due to the fact that he understands what a perfect being is, than God must be a sovereign being. Similar to his triangle theory that it is not a necessity to imagine a triangle .....
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M&M's Are Better Than Smarties
Words: 536 - Pages: 2.... with the shell is that when you place the Smartie in your mouth and slowly absorb the colouring until u reach the shell, it tastes disgusting. Compared to the shell of an M & M your mouth begins to water when the shell is slowly crunched in between your teeth. The Smartie will never be able to have a tastier shell than M & M's. The chocolate within that scrumptious shell is magnificent. It just melts in your mouth, leaving a nice taste that excites your taste buds. The chocolate used for making Smarties is very bland, and it tastes like cheap chocolate Easter eggs. When you decide to indulge into a Smartie be shore that you don .....
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The Code Of Hammurabi
Words: 1460 - Pages: 6.... were willing to submit. The absence of
inalienable human rights in Egyptian society is also characteristic of
ancien t Egyptian divine law. The actual concept of “human rights,” as we
have come to understand them, is an understanding that has evolved with
legal positivism, along with man's ability to distinguish between the
spheres of the secular and vernacular. To prove these points, I also
intend to explore Hammurabi's codification of natural law, and Socrates'
interpretation of the state of legal positivism in ancient Greece.
Although misguided, the ancient Egyptians systemically subscribed
their lives to divine authority and law. .....
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Paintball
Words: 2031 - Pages: 8.... game into the wholesome, exciting, family game it is today.
In , there are two teams equipped with markers. These are basically low-powered airguns that fire small capsules of paint. It is not a dangerous sport. The only real danger is getting hit in the eye with a . Wearing specific goggles made for easily stops this danger. This rule is strictly enforced at all reputable playing fields worldwide. Obviously if a player is out of sight of the referee and takes off his mask, then he is looking for trouble. American Insurance statistics show that it is safer to play than to play golf or go fishing (Pierce, 17). Getting hit by a ge .....
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Ancient Egyptian Religion As Seen In Art And Architecture
Words: 1901 - Pages: 7.... as time. But even now as he gazes upon the tomb in success, the archeologist sees no culture behind these artifacts; he merely sees the makings of a fortune.
It will be nearly fifty years before the people represented by these pieces of time are honored for their diverse culture. Once vast and thriving, the Ancient Egyptian culture was a center of commerce, philosophy, and religion alike. The people had a culture like that of no other group in history; however, its complexity has led to many misconceptions about the Ancient Egyptian populace. The .....
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Power, Gender And Advertising
Words: 739 - Pages: 3.... Meuhling revealed that boys tend to be rigid in their rejections of any play initiatives demonstrated by female model. Moreover, it was also found that there is an element of social risk involved for both boys and girls, who wish to adopt opposite-gender behavior, specially as they grow older and allegiance to their own gender becomes socially more important.
For example, video game advertising starts influencing young boys with bloody and violent games like "Duke Nukem: Zero hour". This game shows a strong men dressed like a cowboy with a gun on each hand saying: "I'm the good and the bad. You just the ugly", inducing boys to "pl .....
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