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Concussions in sports have become a prominent public health problem since as early as the 19th century. Equipment worn by football players has been completely transformed within the 144-year history of the game. When football first began being played in the United States it looked a lot more similar to the game of rugby. This means that there were no players wearing headgear when the first college football game in history happened in 1869. Helmets didn’t become a mandatory piece of equipment in college

To the uninitiated, the significance of Flannery O 'Connor 's Parker 's Back can seem at once cold and dispassionate, as well as almost absurdly stark and violent. Her short stories routinely end in horrendous, freak fatalities or, at the very least, a character 's emotional devastation. Flannery O 'Connor is a Christian writer, and her work is message-oriented, yet she is far too brilliant a stylist to tip her hand; like all good writers, crass didacticism is abhorrent to her. Unlike some more cryptic

Have you ever questioned if Shakespeare wrote his own plays. In a world of opinions and speculations, legacies of globally iconic figures can be degraded. For this reason it is not a surprise many have began to question if Shakespeare really wrote thirty seven plays, 154 sonnets, and five long narrative poems. Even though that there is a majority of scholars who respect the authorship of Shakespeare and the many plays and poems he wrote, there is a small minority of literary scholars who question

What were the social causes of the Protestant Reformation? The bible was being made more accessible than ever. One of the things that led to more people interpreting the bible is that it was translated into everyday language. Another was the fact that the printing press was enabled that allowed multiple copies of the bible to be made. Previous to this, scribes would have to write every bible by hand and this could take years, just for one of them. Another factor was the fact that there was increased

The Australian-Chinese relationship stands as an important symbol for international relations in the Asian region. Presently, Australian face an important juncture in their relationship with China. Should Australians be concerned with Chinese military aggressions in the South China Sea or be more focused on strengthening an already strong Australian-Chinese economic partnership? China is Australia’s largest trading partner and has been a vehicle for Australian economic growth in recent decades (Drysdale

Everyday students across the world are introduced to a single man’s excellence through his creation of innovative and expressive words in his beautifully illustrated plays and poems. This man is William Shakespeare. His intellectual mind has caught the interest of scholars for centuries. Although modern readers do have abundant knowledge and analysis of his literary pieces, what they know of the person himself is limited to select official documents. The debate of William Shakespeare’s religious

A Theology of Fly Fishing I have been fishing as long as I can remember. It has been a pursuit, an adventure, a call, a metaphor, a meditation, and a coping mechanism. Being a young boy in the 1960s and 70s, reading Thor Heyerdahl adventures and watching Jacques Cousteau, National Geographic, and astronauts orbiting the earth and walking on the moon on television, the spirit of adventure and the wonder of the natural world were the air I breathed. Moreover, my family was of a religious bent

What factors are involved and consequences of globalisation for Australia? Much discussion has been conducted on the topic of globalisation of the world of economy. Globalisation may be defined as the increasing economic and financial integration of economies on a global scale. Factors enabling globalisation include the change in technology which is the socialised knowledge of producing goods and services, as well as the reduction in the protection of the world economy such as the successive reduction

A slave was then basically anyone who was not white, but color was forced to have a master in which all of the commands that came out of their mouths definitely would have to be done by a slave. Many times they were treated badly and none of the slaves had a say in anything that they would do. Slaves had no rights at all and they were considered basically nothing or a piece of property; a property in which masters could share and buy slaves for themselves. White people who could afford to buy a slave

Michael Collins was one of the most pivotal figures in the history of Ireland despite using violence to progress his cause. He was a tremendous leader sought Irish independence. Collins possessed characteristics of the grad at grad which were called to leadership, committed to justice, open to growth, and intellectual. Before he rose to fame, Ireland became part of Great Britain in 1801. The British were not very nice to the Irish and created anti-Catholic laws where Catholics were excluded from