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Sports Safety More than 3.5 million children ages 14 and younger get hurt annually playing sports or participating in recreational activities. Injuries that occur in sports are no joke and can lead to serious injury or even death. Sports such as snowboarding, MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighting, boxing, and tackle football are among the most dangerous (Clemmitt). The number of injuries have increased over the last few years because those athletes do not have the proper equipment for the sport.…

Football has been America’s favorite sport for years with one of the biggest fan bases. Although many people love the sport, do they really understand how dangerous this sport can be? Just like any other sport you can get hurt just like getting a broken leg, arm, and other body parts as well. A sport such as football is one of the most physical sports played this day and with a sport so physical concussions in football became more of a question for safety. Starting in 2009 more and more players…

President of the United States(POTUS) - Chief of State, Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat, Commander-In-Chief, Chief Legislator, Chief of Party, Chief Guardian of the Economy. It seems the person who holds this position is the most powerful person in the world. But, as the pioneers of modern democracy, has the United States’ stripped the position of it’s power in it’s attempt to realize a perfect system of checks and balances? Or has the spike in executive duties given the President far too broad…

Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal discuss four frames through which organizations can be viewed: structural, human resources, political, and symbolic. Each of these frames have very different characteristics, but can be present at the same time within an organization. The structural frame focuses on how an organization is structured, including the various rules and procedures organization members must follow in their daily operations. The human resources frame focuses on the interrelationships…

Head Injury A brain injury affects more than one person’s life. We must all value our brain as we don’t get a second one. All of us have fallen down, got hurt, and injured ourselves several times. Brain has several protective layers including the hair, skin, skull, meninges and cerebrospinal fluid. In spite of these layers of protection we still have injuries that hurt us due the pain and disable us to function normally. What is head injury? A brain injury is one of the serious kind injury…

and other related information. What is a Concussion? A concussion is classified as a mild form of a traumatic brain injury. Concussions or mTBIs (mild Traumatic Brain Injuries) can be caused by “a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth” (CDC). As a result of this sudden movement the brain can bounce or twist in the skull, brains cells can be stretched or damaged, and/or chemical changes in the brain can occur. Even…

Afterwords many companies saw Dr. Omalu's findings and set the goal to finding a better helmet to prevent concussions. One company has come out with a new helmet call "Xenith" and inside the helmet it has gel foamed packs to reduce the impact of hits on the head. This helmet is also made from Polycarbonate metal that makes for a hard helmet to reduce impacts of hits. Overall no helmet has yet to solve the problem of concussions, but significant progress has been made towards reduce the number of…

Both Canada and the USA have governments that seem to work quite well, amidst their differences. While the USA is a republic, Canada is a constitutional monarchy, and both are based on the ideas of democracy. However, they are different in many ways, and each government has it’s share of better methods than the other. For example, the USA has a definite term of office set for the president, 4 years, so that the president will know when he is done, and elections do not come as a surprise to the…

For my proposal essay, I plan to write it on the increase in brain trauma in post-NFL players. The brain disease commonly associated with this is chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. It has been found in wrestlers and boxers for years and suddenly is making an appearance in the beloved American sport, professional football. For years, it was an issue that NFL doctors refused to address, despite the increase of suicides in players. The players complained beforehand of distorted vision,…

about 7.23% catastrophic head injuries. There is a 7.4% chance of getting a concussion, a 4.3% chance of head, neck, or face injuries. There is also 11.9% chance of torso or pelvis injuries, and 50.4% chance…