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Sports & Recreation > Sports & Recreation (Other) Skateboarding: The rules of the game of skate explained: 1 of 1
The game of SKATE is to skateboarders what HORSE is to basketball players. The difference is that unlike HORSE there can be a lot more variation in the tricks that are preformed. For ease of use, players usually pick one area or challenge for the game. This may be just flat tar, a box/rail set, a small drop, or whatever. It ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Biking Which is harder: Road bike or mountain bike competitions?: 1 of 1
First off, this is a silly question. It is like asking which is harder Chess or Hot Dog eating contests. In some sense, they both take some practice and strategy, but we are really comparing apples and oranges here. There are different factors at play in each. In road riding, your strategy is of utmost importance. Despite be... More..
Sports & Recreation > Biking Tour de France: Meaning of the yellow jersey: 1 of 1
The Yellow Jersey or malliot juane is the most coveted prize in cycling. Although it is only one of many jerseys up for grabs in the Tour De France, it is the one that is given the most attention. It is the jersey of the overall race leader. Who wears the yellow jersey is determined by the person who had the lowest combined ... More..
Sciences > Mathematics How math is used in the real world, despite what students say: 18 of 29
As a former math teacher I was faced with this at least once per class. So if you are a teacher there is an easy answer that brings the student back into focus. You can have that students calculator out doing real life math is 20 seconds or less. All you have to say is... "I just calculated your grade and you have a D, so un... More..
Health & Fitness > Exercise Tips Starting an effective exercise program: 24 of 35
An effective exercise program does NOT start with a gym membership. If you are wondering why you see so many ads on TV telling you that is does, it is because they make money by making you believe that is does. I personally believe that "the gym" hurts more people in their attempt to develop an exercise plan than it helps. W... More..
Sports & Recreation > Recreational & Youth The anatomy of a skateboard: 3 of 4
Skateboards in many respects are very simple machines, but despite appearances there is quite a bit of engineering that goes into making skateboards. So while the uninitiated might have trouble telling the difference between a $20 complete that you get at a big box store and a $150 Pro skateboard that you might buy at a skat... More..
Business > Starting a Business Businesses you can start without investments: 3 of 4
To start with there is no such thing as a business without investment. Now there might be a business without MONETARY investment, but no mater what you do you will be investing a lot of time in your business before you see see results comparable to what you could make if you just got a job. The beauty of this is that you can... More..
Sciences > Molecular Biology The effects of positive eugenics on society: 3 of 4
Eugenics is a very simple idea, but the implementation of eugenic programs are so difficult and complex that even if you could achieve a successful eugenics program, we wouldn't want to. In fact our current society is so against the principals of eugenics, that we are actually actively disgenic. Before we get to far, lets lo... More..
Personal Finance > Budgets & Saving Tips for saving with a money box or a piggy bank: 20 of 25
I think I take the opposite approach to this as many of the others who have written on this project. I don't believe in using cash, so I don't have a piggy bank or any cash in my house to speak of. If you don't pay with cash, you don't get change back, so you are much less likely to have a bunch of pennies laying around. Whe... More..
Health & Fitness > Diet Programs Low-carb diet vs. low-fat diet: Which is more effective?: 11 of 13
What is healthy depends a lot on your nutritional needs, but for the average person probably the low carb is healthier. When I say "average" I am considering that the average American is slightly overweight or at target weight, wants to shed a couple pounds maybe, and leads a moderately active to sedentary lifestyle. So basi... More..