In Favor of Promoting Community Sport
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A 3 page campaign speech for an individual seeking a position from which s/he can develop community sport. The speaker reviews growing rates of obesity, diabetes and coronary artery disease as public health problems of the electronic age, and the problem of boredom and isolation that many teens and children deal with on a daily basis. Healthy people create healthy, vibrant, active and involved communities, which in turn positively affect the lives of all within them. While sport cannot be seen as a magic cure for all of the world’s ills, it certainly can provide a measure of health and happiness in the communities that value and support it. No source listed.
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Injuries Common to Female Basketball Players
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This 12 page paper considers injuries that are common to female basketball players and outlines the biological reasons that these injuries occur relative to the types of movements involved in basketball. This paper considers the physical structures of the human body as they relate to performance in basketball and the propensity for certain injuries in female players. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Intramural Sports: The Positives and Negatives
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An 11 page overview of the impacts of intramural sports. Overall intramural sports can offer a tremendously positive influence to a student’s college experience. Participation in intramural sports, results not only in bettered physical condition but also instills a sense of belonging. There are some negative factors associated with intramural sports as well, however. Two of the most prominent of these are the association of the desire to win with violence and the question of who should fund intramural sports programs. This paper emphasizes that with appropriate design and management, however, even these factors can be overcome. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Investing in a New Fitness Club -- Finding the Investors
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This 6 page report discusses the simple fact that the business ventures that prove to be the most successful are those with the best investors. When the combination of an entrepreneur with a particular vision is backed by the strength of a financial partner who has confidence in the venture, an important aspect of the overall business effort is satisfied. This is true in businesses ranging from restaurants to manufacturing. This report considers some of the ways investors can and should be attracted to efforts to open a health and fitness club. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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KEMPO
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This 8 page paper is a sample paper on the Kempo style of martial arts. Included are a history, technique and discussion about Kempo and its American movement. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Kickboxing
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This 4 page paper examines the sport of kickboxing. Positive and negative aspects of this sport and exercise regimen are discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Leg Strength & Muscle Mass In Football Linemen
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A 30 page paper that provides an overview of the issues related to leg strength, muscle mass, and strength training to increase performance in football linemen. This paper considers the models and results presented in a number of articles and outlines the effective strength and conditioning program directed by Purdue University. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Mandatory Drug Testing For High School Athletes
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A 9 page paper arguing that mandatory drug testing should be enforced and implemented. While it may seem as though this is an issue which consists of an invasion of personal issues, in light of today’s competitive world, there are many instances where drug use is a serious concern in high school athletics, harming those that are not involved with drug enhancers. Unfortunately we live in a world where we cannot rely on the integrity of individuals and their own inherent desire to achieve and succeed on their own resources. While the issue of drug testing may involve the use of mind-altering, illegal drugs, the main focus is on that of the use of drugs such as steroids used for enhancing performance in sports. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Marketing Cuba through Development of Water Sports
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A 12 page paper assessing the attractiveness of developing water sports in Cuba. The paper reviews Cuba’s political and economic history over the past several years and includes SWOT and PESTLE analyses to conclude that Cuba may be attractive in the future but is not at the present time. Developers willing and able to wait the lengthy time that negotiations are likely to require should proceed with overtures to the Cuban government. Plans to further develop the diving industry could be attractive, but plans to develop associated, non-motorized water sports could be even more attractive to the Cuban government. Those already involved in Cuban diving are likely to have their own ideas and plans for development; others seeking to enter Cuba’s tourism industry would be wise to focus on sailing or kayaking. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Massage Therapy / A Hypothetical Case Evaluation
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A 5 page examination of the pain and discomfort being experienced by a fictional middle age bowler and computer programmer. Addresses the factors contributing to the pain, the responsible muscles, the bony landmarks and areas of massage concentration. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Melvin H. Williams' 'Nutrition For Health, Fitness & Sport': Relating To Everyday Life
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11 pages in length. Nutrition and exercise represent integral components within the overall concept of well being. In fact, it can readily be asserted that proper nutrition and regular exercise may be the cornerstone of treatment for myriad illnesses and diseases. Changing one's diet and lifestyle can reflect a more healthful approach and significantly alter the crippling influence that can arise due to health-related problems; however, even when armed with this knowledge, untold numbers of people continue to consume unhealthy diets and eschew any exercise at all. What properties of nutrition and exercise promote sound physical and mental health in everyday life? Melvin H. Williams believes he has the answer in his book entitled 'Nutrition For Health, Fitness, And Sport.' Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Muscle Function in Weight Lifting
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A 4 page overview of the various muscles of the human body that function in weightlifting activities. The author contends that hundreds of muscles in all could be in involved but points out that the most important of these muscles from a kinesiological standpoint are the skeletal muscles that function either in extension or flexation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Muscle Strain / Causes, Prevention & Treatment
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A 10 page analysis of the causes of muscle strain, prevention and treatment. The writer presents this information by analyzing current medical literature on the subject and compares the causes, prevention methods and treatments for professional athletes vs. non-athletes. The paper includes two appendices, incorporating five tables of research results and drugs used to treat muscle strain in the U.S. and Canada. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Muscle Strength and Running Speed
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A 22 page thesis that supports the correlation between muscle strength and increased running speed for non-professional athletes in a 50 meter sprint. The writer goes into great detail and examines in-depth research in this model. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Nutrition for Athletes
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This 5 page paper discusses athletes’ nutrition, and how a national leader could encourage better eating and better health for this population segment. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Performance Enhancing Drugs
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This 7 page paper examines performance enhancing drugs in professional and high school sports, as well as sports in general. Some solutions are discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Physiology Of A 500-yard Swim
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses various aspects of swimming, including kinesiology, cardio-respiratory and shoulder injury. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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PLANNING FOR A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
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This 8-page describes the planning process for an outdoor softball tournament. The pape discusses timelines, the need for security and first aid, necessary approvals and permits and other items needed for a successful event. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Psychological Consequences Of Athletic Injury Most Prevalent Among Male Intercollegiate Athletes
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14 pages in length. Forced withdrawal from a given sport due to injury represents one of the most important elements of the anger, depression and anxiety male intercollegiate athletes experience. The addiction of sports places a considerable amount of pressure for athletes who are injured, inasmuch as they are unable to partake in the sport they love or compete with others who are just as obsessed with it as they are. This myopic vision is impacted even more when an individual is forced to endure weeks or even months off the field for an injury that is looked upon as both nuisance and unfair. The writer discusses the psychological consequences of athletic injury most prevalent among male intercollegiate athletes. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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Questioning Our Beliefs: The Indubitable Nature of Foundationalism?
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A 12 page discussion of the role of questioning in shaping our society. Examines foundationalism, the immovable and irrefutable cornerstones of knowledge from which logical deductions can be formulated, and emphasizes that not only the positives of society such as religious beliefs and science are considered foundationalist but so are the more negative aspects of society such as disbelief in a divine power or even in the inherent nature of right and wrong. Turns to the classical writings to support the emphasis that in order to grow and prosper we must continually examine the consequences of our actions in terms of societal welfare. Emphasizes that it is not enough to simply accept a teaching or a directive, we must continually question those teachings and directives in terms of societal good. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Red Sox 5 Game Winning Streak Screaches to a Stop
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(5 pp) Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, has been goin' strong for over eighty years. Once more it is spring and time to play ball - against the Yankees of course. You mean there is another team? This discussion concerns the Red Sox-- Yankee game of 4/20/2001.
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Research Proposal: The Psychology of Exercise
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A 7 page research proposal seeking to gain insight into exercise motivation for the purpose of weight loss. It appears that individuals who exercise for reasons other than for weight loss have far less difficulty in maintaining their exercise programs. Whether lack of motivation or level of difficulty are involved is unclear. This proposed research seeks to gain insight that can be used in practical application, such as approaching the issue with dieters from a different perspective, perhaps highlighting exercise's other benefits of acting as an anti-depressive. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Rollerblading / An Overview
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A 6 page paper on in-line skating that includes discussion of safety issues, including industry and community response, reference to training manuals, stats on numbers of people skating, endorsements from enthusiasts and traditional bureaus, and a section on why adults skate. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Russian Electro Stimulation / Another Form of Electrical Muscle Stimulation
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of Russian Electro Stimulation as a form of muscular massage. This paper demonstrates the benefits of this technique for athletes and non-athletes alike. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Scuba Diving & Safety Issues
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of the recreational activity of scuba diving and considers the pertinent safety issues of this fairly unregulated sport. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Snowmobiling in Canada -- The Ultimate Offroad Experience
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This 6 page report discusses the fact that for snowmobile enthusiasts, there is nothing more exciting than the ability to access the back country in the dead of winter by riding and ramming a powerful machine through the fields and forests. In many jurisdictions throughout North America, snowmobiles are classified as off-road vehicles. This paper discusses the sports’ organizations, there purposes, and the environmental impact of snowmobiling in Canada. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Sport Psychology: Motivation in Sports and Soccer
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This is a 7 page paper discussing motivation in sport with examples from soccer. Motivation in sport is unique in regards to the study of motivation in psychology as many factors which seem to motivate athletes to increase perceived competence and performance are not the same as those recorded in other studies outside of the sport environment. Researchers A.V. Carron and R.H. Cox have compiled collections of motivational models which can be applied within the sport setting. While much of the research can be applied to athletes who compete on an individual level, much of it has also been applied to the team environment. Several research studies in the area of junior soccer have revealed that expectations of others and perceived self-control are high motivators in relation to perceived competence and performance. While many factors such as intrinsic self-confidence are required for high anxiety level components of the game, such as penalty shots, several other components related to expectations of others such as audience support are more consistent indicators of motivation in the sport of soccer. Bibliography list 6 sources.
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Sports & Leisure In Victorian-Era Britain
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A 9 page research paper investigating the development of leisure and sports activities among the working class in Britain towards the end of the Victorian era. Leisure activities had to meet very stringent ethical ideals by which the working class lives. Many games played in rural regions became national pastimes and most still exist today. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Sports Commitment
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A 6 page paper on sport commitment involving the issues of sport enjoyment, involvement alternatives, personal investments, social constraints, and involvement opportunities. Each one of these areas of concern are discussed and defined in order to gain a more thorough understanding of the complex nature of sports psychology which is gaining much recognition. Details provided illustrate the many opportunities and levels of involvement that contribute to the issue of sports commitment. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Sports Psychology and Making the Physical and Mental Comeback from Injury
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This 10 page report discusses the processes, bothe mental and physical, associated with an athlete’s recovery from an injury and his or her return to their sport. When a person is injured while participating in a beloved sport or in a way unrelated to sports but that curtails sports capabilities, it carries a level of fear that their injury will keep them from their sport. There is also the fear that “recovery” will not mean the original level of sporting excellence. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Sports-Related Shoulder Injuries
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11 pages. A comparison of shoulder injuries common to various sports and the rehabilitation associated with each. Also includes a proposed experiment on shoulder injury rehabilitation which will include the older techniques of rehabilitation and those of more current technologies. Methodology, alpha group, subjects used, as well as limitations and technology will be discussed. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Steroids
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This 3 page paper discusses the steroids typically used by athletes, how they are administered, what they do, and the benefits and risks of usage. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Steroids - Not Worth It !
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In this 10 page argumentative essay, the writer discusses steroid use and its harmful effects. It is asserted that steroids are not only dangerous-- they are impractical as well. Various case examples and relevant data concerning the undesirable effects of continued steroid usage are presented. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Steroids -- Do You Really Want A Body "To Die For"?
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An 8 page, argumentative research paper detailing the dangers of steroids-- with particular relevance to athletes. The writer describes the biological effects of steroids, why they seem to "work," and what problems they ultimately cause after continued use. Studies demonstrating that steroid use causes aggressive behavior, impotency, etc.; are cited. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Steroids Should Be Banned
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This past summer the baseball star, Mark McGwire, openly admitted that he was using a performance enhancing drug, a natural occurring steroid, androstenedione. The drug is available over the counter in many health and nutrition stores in the United States. This 5 page paper argues that the use of performance enhancing steroids should be banned from use by any professional (including Olympic) athlete, regardless of the type of sport or gender. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Sudden Cardiac Death in Sports
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(10 pp) Sudden deaths in athletes are usually caused by previously unsuspected cardiovascular disease. Such an event often assumes a high public profile because of the generally held perception that trained athletes constitute the healthiest segment of our society. The death of a well-known elite athlete often emphasizes this visibility. Athletic field catastrophes strike to the core of our sensibilities and often galvanize us. They also inevitably raise a number of practical and ethical issues. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Sudden Cardiac Death in Sports
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(10pp) Sudden deaths in athletes are usually caused by previously unsuspected cardiovascular disease. Such an event often assumes a high public profile because of the generally held perception that trained athletes are one of the healthiest segments of our society. The death of a well-known elite athlete often emphasizes this visibility. Athletic field catastrophes strike to the core of our sensibilities and often galvanize us. They also inevitably raise a number of practical and ethical issues. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Sudden Death Payoff - The Downside of Pumping Up with Drugs
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A 6 page paper that explores the problems resulting from the use of performance and endurance enhancing drugs in athletic training programs as well as the use of drugs such as cocaine and marijuana to build mental confidence before athletic events and to ease the competitive edge following these events. Discussion includes the dangers of anabolic steroid use along with a brief history of its introduction to the athletic arena. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Swimming / One The World's Oldest, Most Popular Physical Activities
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A 5 page report on swimming today & in history. The writer discusses different ztechniques, strokes, & styles, while pointing out which ones are not recognized by the F.I.N.A. Olympic competition and rules for entry are examined as well. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Tennis as An Art
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A 5 page paper that demonstrates support for the belief that tennis, like dance, can be considered an art form. This paper recognizes that because tennis allows for personal expression, it must represent a form of art.
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The Amateurization of Sports
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An 8 page research paper on the history ancient sports. The writer details the origins of the types of sports, the Greek influence, and the Roman end of amateurization. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Anabolic Steroids; The Harmful Side Effects of Non-Medical Use
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This 5 page paper examines the different risk involved for athletes who chose to take anabolic steroids. The physical and psychological side effects of women, men and children who take these drugs are all discussed. The bibliography cites 9 academic sources.
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The Effects Of Alcohol Abuse And Smoking On Fracture Healing
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6 pages in length. Fracture injuries are difficult enough to heal without the negative influence that smoking and alcohol place upon the process. Such injuries, quite often related to sports activities and old age, depend upon a healthy, unadulterated physical state as a means by which to properly mend; when intruded upon by tobacco and alcohol, the entire healing process becomes somewhat compromised. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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The Evolution Of Snowmobiles
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A 5 page paper. Snowmobiles have come a long way since the first hand-built, 2.5 hp model was introduced in 1924. This essay reports the developments and refinements in the early years of snowmobile manufacturing and then provides a description of four models in 2003. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Game Of Blackjack / Card Counting & Other Strategies
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the game of Blackjack. A brief history and explanation of the game is included but the focus is on methods used to increase the odds of winning the game. Card counting, perecentages, & commonsense ratios are discussed and other strategies are explained in detail. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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