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How much pressure on a child is too much? Parents may want to see their kid succeed, but there comes a point when enough is enough. Parents are supposed to help relieve the stress of their kids, but in fact, 68% of teens say their stress is caused by their parents (TeenHelp 2016). When discussing the topic of pressure on teens and children by parents, Laura Katen states in her article, “Teenage Overload: Are Teens Being Pushed Too Hard”, a story that was shared with her by a witness of parental…

Physical Issues: Internet The physical issues in race horses start early within their lives. One of the main reasons to as why race horses end up with bone related issues is being of premature training. Normally, a race horse will begin training at the age of two or three in which their bones are too immature to withstand the weight and pressure of racing which has the possibility of resulting in the horse being euthanized from injury (HORSERACINGKILLS.COM). This is also one of the bigger issues…

My trainer always says “look in the mirror...that's your competition,” I think that's the biggest take away you will learn in the art of running. It's not the times, or the medals you earn that matters. It's the fact that you know you’re beating your previous PR’s and getting better. In the sport of track and field there are two different categories of runners, sprinters and distance runners. Sprinters are usually classified as anyone who runs a 100, 200, and or a 400, while distance runners…

Wysocki at Midwest Orthopaedics. His left leg was kept in an immobilizer to allow the fractures to heal and Dr. Wysocki surgically installed pins in his left hand to treat the proximal phalanx fracture on August 24. Nicholas’ left hand was placed in a splint following the surgery and he was required to endure a subsequent surgery on September 17 for the removal of the pins. Although he had been discharged from St. Joseph’s Hospital and was able to return to his family home, he still…

Foot marches have been used for training purposes since Roman times to test the discipline and physical fitness of soldiers. It is believed that Roman soldiers were forced to complete 20 to 30-mile foot marches with roughly 45 lbs. of gear before they were even trained with weaponry. Unlike the Romans, modern day foot marches are not only a training exercise. Even with the accessibility of vehicles in combat zones, it is common for ground soldiers to have to carry a load of up to 80 lbs. for…

Sports injuries: Coping while you are away from home Sometimes you get more than you bargained for when you try to stick with a fitness regimen. A sports-related injury that occurs while you're on vacation can cramp your style -- unless you take some simple precautions. Last year, while I was on vacation in the beach town of St Joseph, Michigan, I suffered a sports-related injury. During a six-mile run on a sun-drenched bluff, I tripped and fell and got a nasty cut that required a trip to the…

This year in the United States of America more than eight million athletes will compete in an organized high school sport. Of this eight million only 460,000 will go on to compete at the NCAA level and of those 460,000 only 1% will compete in the Division I sector. (George, 2013) “Being the 1 percenter”, as many athletes call it, is a goal that millions of high school athletes have. They dream of playing on the court or field surrounded by thousands of fans and being televised all over the…

In Ronald Dworkin’s Law’s Empire, the myth of the grand judge Hercules is ‘encapsulated by the metaphor of an ideal judge, Hercules is immensely wise and with full knowledge of legal sources. Acting on the premise that the law is a seamless web, Hercules is required to construct the theory that best fits and justifies the law as a whole in order to decide any particular case. Hercules, Dworkin argues, would always come to the one right answer.’(Dworkin) In contrary to the Greek demigod, the…

In this passage of scripture, we find the disciples stuck in not just any storm, but “a great windstorm.” In the previous verse of Mark 4, Jesus had been in that same boat preaching the gospel. Now the teaching was over and Jesus was weary and in need of rest. We all can understand that. You know how it is when you have ministered all day, it takes much of your energy, so He was tired. Mark 4:37-40 begins with the windstorm, and if we go two verses before to Mark 4:35 you see that Jesus had…

It was going to be my last year of track in High school and I was ready to make it count. The first thing on my mind was to make a bigger track team since the year before the track team only consisted of five people. I started asking people if they were interested in doing track, but everybody would say no. Until I asked one of my friends and they said yes that they would do it. I felt accomplished as soon as that one person said yes, and the total number of people we got on the team was roughly…