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Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Grade 2 - TCR3382
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Grade Level: Second Grade
Product #: 1003382
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After reading brief nonfiction passages about science, geography, or history topics, students answer multiple-choice and short-answer questions to build seven essential comprehension skills.
The activities target standards in these areas:
- main idea
- context clues
- reflection on reading to develop ideas and opinions
- interdependence of species and environment
- physical characteristics of geographical location
Comprehension is the primary goal of any reading task. Students who comprehend expository text will have more opportunities in life, as well as better test performance. Through the use of nonfiction passages followed by exercises that require vital reading and thinking skills, Nonfiction Reading Comprehesion will help you to develop confident readers and promote the foundation comprehension skills necessary for a lifetime of learning.
Each passage in this teaching resource book covers a grade-level appropriate curriculum topic in science, geography, or history. The activities are time-efficient, allowing students to practice these skills often.
Essential Comprehension Skills
The questions following each passage in this book always appear in the samore order and cover seven vital skills:
- Locating Facts - questions based on exactly what the text states-who, what, when, where, why and how many
- Identifying Sequence-questions based on chronological order-what happened first, last, and in bewteen
- Noting Conditions-questions that ask students to identify similarities and differences as well as cause and effect relationships
- Understanding Vocabulary in Context-questions based on the ability to infer word meaning from the syntax and semantics of the surrounding text, as well as the ability to recognize known synonyms and antonyms for a newly encountered word
- Making Inferences-questions that require students to evaluate, to make decisions, and to draw logical conclusions
- Integrating Knowledge-questions that ask readers to draw upon their visualization skills combined with prior knowledge (These questions reinforce the crucial skill of picturing the text.)
- Supporting Answers-a short-answer question at the end of each passage helps students to personalize knowledge, state an opinion, and support it
Includes benchmarks and standards.
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Located in Las Vegas (The Strip), Caesars Palace is minutes from The Linq and High Roller. This 4.5-star resort is close to Las Vegas Convention Center and University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
Make yourself at home in one of the air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include laptop-compatible safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
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Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. Before a night out at the casino, the 7 outdoor swimming pools are a perfect way to relax and recharge. Additional amenities include wireless Internet access (surcharge), concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge).
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Featured amenities include a business center, limo/town car service, and express check-in. Planning an event in Las Vegas? This resort has facilities measuring 240000 square feet (22297 square meters), including meeting rooms. Free valet parking is available onsite.
I didnt like that nobody previously mentioned the resort fee as mandatory, i didnt use the resort fee at all and i was surprisingly charged by 100 dlls extra during my stay. Not good. What can it be done to return those to me?
Staff was friendly and really hooked up our stay for bachelorette party! Love this place!
Always wanted to stay at Cesar's and when I saw 100 a night i jumped on the deal. But the hotel quality even though it's 5 star, it's exactly the same as any other hotel I stayed at in Vegas. Luxor, Monte Carlo, hard rock, all the same there's no diff.
Rooms did not have bathroom doors. A/C was old and noisy
Room temp and doors
Place was really clean. Pool was really good. Food was also good. Overall had a good time but ended up mostly at some of the other hotels.
Cost for what you get was just ok. Had friends at other hotels that paid less and had the same great time. Like anywhere on the strip, alcohol outside of the casino is crazy expensive. Cosmo was a better crowd for the same cost of the drinks
Location, shopping, variety of restaurants, ambiance
Poor check in and check out, disorganized, long wait, difficulty adding names to rooms, could not confirm reservation prior to arrival.
The Manager tried to make it up to us at the end, appreciate that so much, but it won't change our mind.
I pre-checked in through Kayak. Confirmed a non smoking, two queen beds, strip view. Said allnwe need to do is grab our keys at check in. We arrive and wait 45 minutes becauae they only have two people checking everyone in. Someone takes us to the 7 star check in counter, the lady checking us in says she can't find us. I tell her a couple ways to spell my last name and she finds us. She tells us they only have a smoking room left. Long story longer, she gets her supervisor. I show the supervisor the email saying we already pre checked in. He tells us since it's through Kayak, it's not a guaranteed check in. Then he says the only thing they can do is give us a non smoking room, pool view. We settle with the pool view, get to our room, and the keys don't work. We had to call security to let us in. Security comes, let's us in and it's a smoking room. I call the front desk and they tell me it's a non smoking room. I explain that its actually a smoking room. She insisted we were in a non smoking room. I'm losing my patience and ask for a supervisor. The supervisor tells me it's a non smoking room and there are no other rooms available so she can't do anything. I explain my son is allergic to the smoke and she insists again it's a non smoking room. I invited her up and ask her to smell it for herself. She then agrees to get us another room, but it would be in a different tower and it would be a downgrade. She says it is a downgrade but is with two queen beds. It takes an hour for the bellman to arrive. After we told him jow long we had been waiting, the bellman tells us he doesn't understand what took the front desk so long to dispatch him. They dispatched him only 15 minutes ago. We walk to the other side of the hotel, get into our room and it's a really old Jr suite that smells like a musty butthole. My daughter starts unpacking and when she gets off the floor, her bottom is all wet. The floor is soaking wet like they had just scrubbed the carpet. And to make things worse the beds are two DOUBLES. Kids are tired and want to eat, it's 72 degrees in the room so I turn the thermostat down to 55 degrees. We leave to eat, come back and the room is only at 70 degrees. I call the front desk and they send maintenance up. The guy has to change the filter and it goes down to 68 degrees. Next day we get up to go eat and I call for house keeping to come before we get back. We get back 9 HOURS LATER (11 PM) and no house keeping. I call the front desk just to get some towels and tell them housekeeping never came. Nobody comes for 45 minutes. I call housekeeping AGAIN and I tell her I just want to take a shower, what is it going to take to get some towels? They bring the towels up in 10 min later. So disappointed in this 5 star hotel.
The hotel is beautiful. Lots to do. Great restaurant, shopping!
The view from our room was horrible! The tower we were in needs lots of updates. A/C unit was very loud everytime it kicked on. It smelled really bad on our floor.
Everyone was very nice and friendly.
Nothing. Amazing.
Loved the location, pools, night club and the views staff was helpful and knowledgeable. Can't wait to come back soon.
I was pleased with everything :)
The pool is nice and the bathroom in our room in the Palace Tower was very good sized
Everything is very expensive and for the price of the room and overall experience we will most likely be looking to stay elsewhere during our next visit
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Strong smell of cigarette throughout the casino and bedroom Billed for Internet service, local phone calls, and excercise room without prior knowledge of available services that were never used Prostitute conducting business in the room next to ours at 4:00 am Bath tub drained slowly and caused water backup Excessive street noise could be heard from room at night would never take parents or children Will most likely not return to Ceasars
The pool was amazing the same as a view The food in the hotel was Amazing !
The shower switch was broken, you cant check out through the tv the wi-fi didn't work
Breakfast buffet was the best I have ever had. Its 35 dollars but worth it. Forum shops were cool. Valet that parked my car and the bellhop guys were all very nice. The bartender at the bar right when you walked in gave me a bunch of tips on stuff to see and the best strip clubs in Vegas!! Room was nice. Very clean. Great view. But Ive had bigger rooms in Vegas.it was nice just not the Rain Man Suite. All my Facebook friends loved the pics I posted of the view from the room. It was gorgeous.
Tables are pricey..25 dollars to play BlackJack is out of my price range. But you can walk across the street and play at the Flamingo for 5 dollars or take a short cab ride to Hooters and play for 3 dollars. The high dollar tables have a way of keeping out the undesirables. But they still let me in.
Modern comfortable room
Very long walk from parking to reception and from reception back to room No decent view from a room that is $235 and located in a tower No minibar price list anywhere in room Express checkout system did not work Modern room theme not matching the roman style of the casino.
Great location and accessibility to the forum shops,
We were offered a room upgrade at check in for $80.00 and accepted. We got to the room and it was literally right out of 1987. Pretty cool from a nastalgic perspective, but not for $500 per night. We had business meetings so we were unable to deal with changing rooms. I ex
The hospitality and the room was incredible. Love the shower!!!
Caesars Palace was a great place to stay. Location wise especially, very accessible to all other hotels by foot which was a real convenience. Room was really nice as well. Staff was very friendly
The pools, which were a big disappointment. In order to sit at the pool you had to pay for chairs. You would think with the price you pay you would have access to the pools. The only one that we were "allowed" to use was the one in the far bal as that was the only one with sunshine and regular chairs. And it was packed! I would think when you travel and the hotel offers a pool it should be available to ALL guests. I found it very inconvenient and glad we didn't go during busy season. The chairs were 50-500/day!
I liked the location and proximity to all central activities
The fridge had sell by date orange juice in it . The internet service was not clear despite paying for resort fee The speed of internet not satisfactory
The employees were incredible and very accommodating.
The bathroom smelled of mold and we received some extra towels one night and they smelled of mold too. In the bathroom, there was mold/ rust spots on the floor.
We took an upgrade to a suite because regular rooms were not ready. Although it was a huge room the decor was very old and dated. The common room was large and smoked in to the point that it was musty. The bedroom was fine.
No coffee maker in the room
Upgraded to a large suite for an excellent price. Staff was friendly and the location on the Vegas strip is perfect.
The TV system needs some serious upgrading. Not that I used it much but the remote is terrible as is the picture quality.
Very expensive resturant a. We just are in the food court and it was very expensive for what we got.
Great location, very friendly check in guy, lots of options for entertainment
The bed was horrible! I expected that at a 4 star hotel I wouldn't feel the bed springs!

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|Adesorioye, Samuel Bademosi
|This study is concerned with the implementation of printing vocational high schools in Nigeria. It has been too long a wait for the implementation of vocational schools in printing. The methodology of this study is based on the information gathered through personal interviews. The head of the schools teaching printing, the production manager, or the president or vice president of printing companies in both New York City and Rochester responded to the questions that appear in appendices C and D. For details see Tables 1 through 10. Also library research was employed to obtain background information on the American voca tional program such as justifications for their needs. Library resources provided information on the existence of similar programs in a developing nation. The training of young men and women should be transferred from the individual printers or "Masters" because of its disadvantages, including the lack of uniformity of training, the lack of standar dization, and self-interest. Vocational education could be the answer to the formal education of Graphic Arts (printing), and the printing industry. The government should gear its effort toward the establishment of at least one school of printing for experimentation in each of the nineteen states in the federation. The success of the implementation is of benefit to all. Some of the future national problems will be solved to a greater extent by the provision of craftsmen to the industry. The study is not peculiar to the printing industry but also could be used as a model for other trades. In the short run, little effort will be needed to train young people for entrance into the printing field. In the long run, it will pay for itself. Courses and content, type of equipment, etc. are recommended. If these recommendations are strictly adhered to, most of the prob lems will be solved. Courses of instruction should include the following: Introduction to Graphic Occupation, Prepress Operation, Presswork for both Letterpress and Lithographic Process of Printing, Bindery Operations, Preparation for Employment, and Co-op (work-study program) . Committees include the National Technical Committee for Printing Education, Curriculum Committee, Industrial Committee and the Parents' Body. These committees should advise and administer the implementa tion of these printing schools. The federal government, the printing industry and the public are therefore called upon to see the need of vocational high schools for printing in Nigeria. The result of the study shows that the vocational printing high school is satisfactory as an entry level to the printing industry. Schools train better than individual printers, therefore, we should not wait indefinitely for the implementation of the vocational print ing school at the high school level in Nigeria. If the United States had waited as long as we are waiting, we should be categorized together as the "Third World."
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When you want a nice dessert after the evening meal...add it to your nutrition tracker EARLY in the day and plan the rest of your meals around those calories! Like having your cake and eating it too
When I started my journey I was great following healthy foods and giving up all the "junk" foods I was eating...then the "cravings" started...I wanted to eat everything...that was full of fat and carbs and so high in calories it was going to put on 20 lbs in one meal!!~~ Started to chat to myself...lol...I do that often...AND made a pact with myself...that IF I hit a mini-goal...I would "Treat" myself to ONE of those cravings~~BUT I had to go right back to my healthy foods....334
It is important to not feel deprived when dieting - binging is frequently the backlash. To counter this tendency I plan for a treat at the end of every day. I save a reasonable block of calories/fat and have a light ice cream or a cookie. Knowing that I will get this treat helps me to say no to all the little temptations throughout the day - I will get my treat... just not right now.76473468471475495494
Tonight I'm having a treat (glass of wine with dinner), so I went ahead and posted it on the nutrition tracker ahead of time. That helps me plan the rest of my food to stay within goals.


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A NEW Novel Approach
By definition writers are solitary souls, but as most who come through our courses soon realize, going it alone is not always the best approach. We need the support and encouragement of like-minded individuals to help us gather the strength to carry on.
Writing a novel is no easy feat. It's not a sprint. It's a marathon and regular training is necessary to push through each chapter. Not to mention the psychological issues we deal with as writers. Everything from writer's block, distractions, life, self-doubt plus much more. We can give you the tools to work through the pages, to work through the issues, but in the end, only the writer can do the work necessary to see the project through to completion.
In that vein, AWCS has redesigned A Novel Approach to create a unique and progressive "approach" to writing your novel.
Here's what we've done:
A Novel Approach is now the program. Inside the program, you will find a bunch of different courses for every stage of completing your manuscript and having it ready for publication.
A Novel Idea, which was originally the prerequisite to apply for the year-long course has now been broken into three courses that will give you 28 weeks of instruction and more time in between sessions to work at your own pace.
Start with The First Three Chapters, move on to The Muddy Middle, and then The End. You will work through each section of your novel, as it pertains to you. Instructors will lecture and provide you with relevant writing exercises. They will lead group discussions and workshopping, although, workshopping is not a key component in these courses any longer. The idea is to have you continually generating material with some minor feedback along the way.
But don't worry…you will have ample chance later to have your work reviewed.
No applications necessary. Work on your novel at your own pace, take the courses as needed, as many times as you want, as long as you meet the prerequisite requirements or have equivalent experience.
The Courses
The First Three Chapters (10 weeks) – Start as you mean to go on with this 8-week course designed to lay a solid foundation for your book-length manuscript. Instruction will focus on characterization, voice, plot, setting, conflict etc. as they specifically apply to those critical first pages. While this course includes no formal workshopping, students can expect to share their work as it relates to a variety of writing exercises. By the end of the course, students will have generated a strong and focused beginning to their manuscript and be well poised to continue on their own, or in the next class.
Prerequisite: Short Story Level II or equivalent.
The Muddy Middle (10 weeks) – You've completed the first three chapters of your novel but not sure how to navigate through the most ominous part of your novel, The Muddy Middle. This course will focus on elements of fiction including rising action, maintaining momentum, story pace and arc, and structure. Learn how to write through those difficult scenes through focused writing exercises, group discussion and peer feedback, as well as symbolism, theme and more. You will also create a rough outline of your novel and learn how to write a synopsis. Outline and create a rough synopsis of your story moving forward. You will also discuss some of the common problems writers face such as writers block, escaping distraction, the busy writer, self-doubt. Find out what kind of writer you are and know that you are not alone.
Prerequisite: The First Three Chapters, A Novel Idea or equivalent
Participants must have a minimum of three chapters complete, more is recommended.
The End (10 weeks) – You've worked through the middle and you're approaching that pivotal point in your work, the climax. The tension has peaked and now it's time to wrap up the story. Through writing exercises, group discussion and peer feedback, learn what makes a good ending, how to tie up all those loose ends, climax, resolution, and change. Discuss common problems faced while trying to complete your manuscript.
Prerequisite: The Muddy Middle or equivalent
Participants must have a minimum of 2/3 of their novel complete.
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Once you have completed your draft and are ready to start revising, we have a new year-long course for you. Again, no application process is necessary, but you must meet the prerequisite requirements.
The New Year Long Course
Chapter by Chapter is our new year-long course and is designed to get you through the revision of your first draft to have an almost polished second draft. Class meets every two weeks from September to June. No, your whole draft will not be reviewed and there is a heavy workshopping component to this course, but you should come away with an almost polished draft, and the tools to complete the remainder on your own.
Chapter by Chapter (20 weeks) – You've completed the first draft and you don't have a clue where to start with the revision. Through writing exercises, group discussion and peer critique you will learn how to edit your draft while examining various fiction elements in detail as they pertain to revision. You will also learn where to find publishers, the different options available for publishing, how to write a query letter and create the submission package. Discuss common problems writers face, and get well on your way to having a marketable draft. Heavy emphasis on workshopping.
The class meets every two weeks from September to June.
Prerequisite: The End or equivalent.
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Bull Riding
Cheerleading, lacrosse and horseback riding more dangerous than bull riding? Who is doing this list, the members of the Harvard Country Club?
There is no sport more dangerous than bull riding. Did anyone see the story they did on HBO's "Real Sports? " Bull riders suffer one "significant injury" for every 15 events. The bull rider they interviewed listed his injures which included several concussions, 11 surgeries, broken wrists, collar bones, legs, arms, numerous ribs, and several fractures to his face when a bull stomped on his nose! (I don't remember all of them, but it rivaled the injuries of Evil Kenevil. (sp?
My niece rode horse (competition jumping) from 7 years old to 17 and never suffered anything more than a bruise.
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Ok what the hell is cheerleading doing there my sister was a cheerleader ha. This is brandon harding from Idaho I ride bulls so you know what I think. Here are some facts us rough stock riders Bulls and Broncs ride for 8 knowing at any second something could go wrong. it's knowing not if you get hurt it's when and how bad. I've had a lot of injures more than any of my friends that don't ride. First off a hores can turn over run you on the panels kick you stomp you or even get hung up and bull riding there is Hung up slammed stomped on kicked head butt getting dropped into the well take a horn get your source caught in the rope and dragged around there is a lot more things that happen all the time that I could right a paper on plus the long term effects of our sport also on both horse and bull what we go through while we are riding let's see Dislocated arm ripped muscle sprains breakers etc even in the chutes we get leg injuries head injuries etc I can go on and on and on but the ...more
Brandon Harding again I meant spurs not source but we ride things with a mind of its own we can't control the out come because if we could we would never get hurt also we don't give up get hurt get back up and do it all over again but like I said our bull fighters should be number one they go head to head with the bull they try to take the blows they lay over top of us if they have to with out them we would have more injures and more deaths they make the sport safer for us riders but other than rough stock riders and bull fighters not many sports can come close to meeting is on a danger scale
I bull ride pretty much every other weekend at private place where we buck bulls to get them ready for rodeos. You get on a bull that weighs anywhere to 1500 to 2000 lbs and risk your life every time you just sit in the chute. As soon as the gate opens you have a heart beat to make your next move with the bull you don't have time to plan out move by move in a locker room or on a bench like most sports. If you mess up your on the ground if you break something you have to cowboy up and still get up and run your butt off to the nearest fence so you don't get run over or attacked by the bull. If that isn't the most dangerous sport out there then id like to see a cheer leader get on a bull and last for the 8 seconds id be surprised if they could last 4 seconds.
Per capita and overall... BY FAR the most dangerous. I did this for years and lost 2 friends with an additional 2 friends in a wheel chairs for life. Most of the guys I know have lost teeth and have had multiple concussions. I had to quit and moved onto mixed martial arts because I could not physically continue bull riding. If you consider X-games a sport, that also needs to be considered. Cheerleading is a joke, and soccer is what we do until puberty happens. I guess if you want a sport that consists of crying all the time... Soccer could only be second to basketball. Baseball is barely a sport because a position player could almost take a nap... If Prince Fielder is a major athlete in your sport... I'm just saying. He reminds me of golf's John Daly. Oh! And! Golf is NOT a sport. It is somewhere between darts and bowling.
Before you get mad at me, just let me say that you can like your soccer, your cheering, or any other sport you like. Bull-riding, just like boxing and horse riding, are the most dangerous sports in the world. And I'm just keeping it to the sports you people would have heard of. Caving, skydiving, scuba diving, etc. are all plenty dangerous. Anyway, in bull-riding you try to stay on a wild, 2,000 pound bull, some with horns the size of my arm. These bulls have tight straps around there butt to make them kick and jump harder. And all you have to hold on to is a single rope. if you fall of, the bull can stomp, trample, or horn you, and you could break bones from the fall. All I'm saying is, in soccer, you can get pushed over. In cheerleading, you can fall down. In bull-riding, you can get your neck broken by a 2,000 pound beast with horns.
I'm sorry. All my life, I've been watching bull riding, and never I've seen so many young guys get hurt or killed doing this. Yes, cheerleading is a VERY dangerous activity, but I think it's second to bull riding. You almost never see bull-riders above thirty. If they live that long, they retire. You see young guys in their twenties with no teeth who can barely walk, and I've seen plenty of young men get pounded into the dirt who have to be carried out on a stretcher, and next season you see then- in a wheel chair on the sidelines, paralyzed neck down. And sometimes, you never see them again.
Bull riding has definitely got to be number one.
During my bull riding career I myself suffered 2 fractured necks and 13 broken or fractured ribs along with torn tendons and ligaments in my riding arm. I have also seen 2 riders killed, I wont name them but they were both very experienced riders, I have also seen numerous mates get knocked out or end up with broken bones barely a weekend went by without some one getting a trip to the hospital. There is a saying in bull riding circles "Its not if you are going to get hurt its when and how bad"
Bull Riding should be the most dangerous sport I should no I have rode for 7 years its not a stupid sport like most people say it is I just got hurt I have a broke rib a lacerated liver and a collapsed lung its not a matter of if you get hurt but when and how bad but we are athletes we train hard to b successful so we can win a world tittle 8 seconds is a very very long time on the back of a bull the only way to ride is put the fear away and b there 110% when the gate comes open because if you are then everything will go well and if you have good bull fighters they will do everything they can to help you so you don't get hurt
I ride bulls in high school rodeo and yes we have a helmet... Its thinner than a football helmet... And the vest wont stop you from breaking bones it just keeps horns from going through you... I've been hung up stomped run over and flat out beat the hell up riding bulls... Been on horses since I was 3 broke tons of horses and the worst thing ever happened to me was I was moving a bull out of a pasture and it spooked my horse and he flipped over on me resulting in a bruise... Point is if your smart and pay attention in other sports you can minimize the risk... No matter what on a bull chances are your gunna be hurting in a few minutes or possibly dead
Bull riding is 8 seconds of pain. When you get on you risk your life. First of all, the bull is a bull and the bucking is bred in their genes. Every time the rider gets on they are risking their life. There has been stories of men becoming paralyzed from the bull. The riders could get stepped on, bucked off, and head butted. It's not only the riders who are in risk of their life, it's also the rodeo clowns. They try to get the bull's attention which the bull often runs straight towards them injuring the clown. Therefore, bull riding is the most dangerous sport.
I've written horses for 64 years and have been hurt pretty bad, however last year a bull rider friend was riding a bull and got stepped on in the gut. He was in the hospital for a month. I have never been injured that badly. I must say that much of my riding experience has been great with no injury. The times I have gotten hurt have been when I was riding a horse I had no business riding or taking risks like riding a horse bareback in a dead run on a hard dirt road. It really hurt when I hit the ground ( the horse shied)
I ride horses every day for work and then I go to rodeo and ride bulls and there ain't a horse alive that can hurt you as bad as a damn hang up on a 1500 pound bull it hurts and all you can do is take the pain and hope the bullfighters get you off before you get really hurt... And in cheerleading you have people whos only job is to catch you before you hit the ground we don't get that in bull riding... And besides the conditioning is intenswe you think you work hard in football and soccer no we have to be able to walk around the arena fence on the top rail before practice and then hold your body up with one hand for minutes on end while gripping the rope as tight as you can... Then add in the fact that you ride with serious amounts of pain every week and you can't do nothing about it but cowboy up so really whats the toughest sport because every time we nod our head we know that we may never talk to our familys again
It is incomprehensible that people think riding a horse is more dangerous than bull riding.
Truly, Horse riding is indeed a dangerous sport, I don't doubt that it is a sport. However, logically, we all know that Bull Riding has a higher risk of high injury and death than Horse Riding.
Cheerleading, which is also a sport, does not deserve to be the Most Dangerous Sport (which it was at the time of this writing.). People do get hurt, but do as many people DIE annually as people do when they Bull Ride?
People, think a little, even if you don't bull ride! - Therater2
I have my own showjumping horse and ride a lot, youngsters as well. I have been horseback riding since I was 10 year old(I'm 21 now). Yes, there have been some close-calls now and then, and I've seen friends and my sister get hurt. One person from the district was killed in a tragic riding accident several years ago.
But that is just what it is. Close calls/accidents NOW and THEN.
I just attended a four-day school week in bull riding this summer. At my third ride I tore my LCL. It was really bad..
So maybe I was unlucky to get hurt at my third bull-riding attempt. But almost every ride that weekend was a close-call. Almost EVERY ride.
And there you have the difference between the danger in these two sports: The possibility of getting hurt.
Bull riding is definitely the most dangerous sport... These bulls are mad and crazy and could kill you. People have to have guts to get on them
I have never done this, nor will I ever. All of the sports listed on here I would gladly partake in BESIDES THIS ONE. It's like seriously, you have to get on a huge ass animal that is going to THROW YOU UP INTO THE AIR, then land on the hard ground, then immediately you have to get up and run for you life before either A) the bull crushes you to death or B) impales you in the heart. Hmm yeah cheerleading is way more dangerous than that.
As a Bull Rider, I have seen the tragic happen. On average, a Bull Rider suffers 7 major injuries a year. I have had a torn muscle, broken ribs, several major concussions, etc. All for 8 seconds of pure adrenaline. Horse riding more dangerous? Maybe, just maybe bare-back riding (similar to Bull Riding) is as dangerous, but the bull does weigh more.
I stand by my word, bull riding is the most dangerous sports on the world. I'd give bull fighting the #3 spot.
Even though I am not a bull rider, I know that it is a very risky sport. Bull Riding should be in top 3 because you can kill yourself the first time you even try it. I don't care if anyone disagrees with me. I'm just telling you now that your just putting your life at risk. It might look fun to some people, but dangerous to others.
Cheerleading shouldn't even be on here some dumb little barely in her teens girl had to of written those comments on cheerleading! I am a bull rider and I have been stepped on more time than I can count I have had my face broken ribs shattered my arm broke in half and I've even been lane frosted (having my testicles stomped) now tell me cheerleading or any other sport can beat that
Ok even though bull riding is accurately dangerous, and extremely challenging, how much athleticism does it really require? Yes, you have be skilled at balance and strength, but other factors of a sport like endurance and power are not needed. You sit on a bull and try to keep yourself on- is that enough for it to be a whole sport? I don't think so, bull riding is more of a hobby. The training is no where near the training for other sports that condition their butts off, run, lift, and use literally all of the muscles in their body.
Obviously people that voted cheer leading as the most dangerous spot has never rode a bull. I'm 17 been riding bulls since I'm 11. and trust me its not easier than cheer leading. it take a great amount of strength. which means work out everyday, a lot of reflexes, strategy. what can happen if you fall cheer leading you break an arm maybe sprain an ankle while bullriders break jaw bones loose teeth have skull injuries arms broken legs broken spine broken. some can't even walk for the rest of their life, fractured nechs torn tendons torn muscles mostly any injury you can imagine can happen bull riding. I've been a bull rider for a little over 5 years I've got knocked out I've been hung up, I've even been hucked by a bulls horn and had 2 fractured ribs that luckily didn't break and there are people voting cheer leading "Dangerous" I would love to see any wanna be tough football player, soccer player, rugby player or a 120lb cheerleader ride a 2,000lb pound beast then decide if their ...more
The fact that cheerleading is listed more dangerous than bull riding, is pathetic. I personally am not a bull rider (horse trainer), but people don't seem to get that holding onto a solid 2 ton animal for 8 seconds with barely any protection, is so much more dangerous than catching a 100lb girl with 2-3 of your other friends. I have seen bulls flip over on top of their riders, and the riders not being able to get back up. I don't even know anymore, this list is really messed up.
Cheerleading... is better than BULL RIDING!? Horseback Riding is the same a bull riding, unless you count that Bulls have SHARP DANGEROUS HORNS! I mean, why would Cheerleading and Horseback Riding in front of bull riding in #1 and #2 on the list of most dangerous sports. If they are sports, anyway. And by the way, is there a proffesional cheerleading league? How many people have died horseback riding a year? 20. Out of the BILLIONS of people on earth. You know how many people have died Bull Riding- 4,380! Wow, lets see, 4,360 more than horse riding. How many cheerleading? Hmm, lets see... 10! Tennn! This proves Bull Riding should be Number 1!
Ok cheerleading? Really? Sure fine its a sport, but thousands of schools have cheerleading teams, and maybe out of 1000 times one person sprains an ankle. Bull riding, every time you go out there you not only have the chance of getting your ribs kicked in by a 500-700 pound beast, but getting thrown off a bull.
I ride horses (the #1 most dangerous) but when you fall off a horse they usually stay where they are or continue on, but a bull will come after you. When you fall off a bull you don't have the time to catch your breath, if you stay down the damage will be much worse. Plus I've never met a horse with horns.


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Tim Mitchell is a business intelligence consultant, author, trainer, and SQL Server MVP with over a decade of data management experience. He is a partner with Linchpin People and is the principal of Tyleris Data Solutions.
Tim has spoken at international and local events including the SQL PASS Summit, SQLBits, SQL Connections, along with dozens of tech fests, code camps, and SQL Saturday events. He is coauthor of the book SSIS Design Patterns, and is a contributing author on MVP Deep Dives 2.
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On Perspective
Perspective can make or break a career. Maintaining a proper perspective is very often the differentiating factor between a good technologist and an incredible one.
In my 15-ish years in IT, I've said a lot of dumb things. Many of them I've forgotten, but I can't shake the memory of… Read more
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SSIS Parent-Child Architecture in Catalog Deployment Mode
This is the third in a series of posts about SSIS parent-child architecture. You can find the index page here.
In my previous posts on SSIS parent-child package architecture, I described the benefits of the parent-child package design pattern and demonstrated the implementation of such a pattern in package… Read more
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How to burn down your house while frying a turkey
It's an odd query, yes, but in preparation to write this post I actually typed the above phrase into my browser. No, I'm certainly not looking to burn down my house. In fact, wait here while I clear my search history, just in case.
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Posted in Tim Mitchell on 26 November 2014
Join me in DC for a full day of Biml
I'm excited to announce that my Linchpin People colleague Reeves Smith and I will be delivering a full day Biml preconference seminar the day before the upcoming SQL Saturday in Washington, DC. This seminar, entitled "Getting Started with Biml", will introduce attendees to the awesomeness of Business… Read more
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SQL PASS 2014 Summit Diary – Day 6
Today is the last official day of the PASS Summit. The sessions will wrap up at the end of the day, and we'll all go our separate ways and resume our semi-normal lives. Having delivered my presentation yesterday, my official PASS duties are over, and I'm planning to spend the… Read more
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SQL PASS Summit 2014 Diary – Days 3-5
The last two days have been an absolute blur. As I first posted this week, I had planned to blog daily about my goings-on, but I've been running nonstop – all good things, fortunately – but it interrupted my plans to blog every day.
Day 3: Tuesday
08:00am: Headed back… Read more
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PASS Summit 2014 Diary – Day 2
It's another beautiful day in Seattle. And by beautiful, I mean overcast and threatening rain. Today will be mostly consumed by the MVP Summit, with some fun stuff scheduled for later in the day. At 6pm today, I'm headed back to the Tap House for BI Over Beers, a… Read more
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PASS Summit 2014 Diary – Day 1
Today is the first day of official activities for the week. The PASS Summit hasn't yet started, but I'll be spending the day at the MVP Summit, surrounded by a few hundred people much smarter than I am. The details of the MVP Summit are all covered under NDA, so… Read more
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PASS Summit 2014 Diary – Day 0
This week, I'm attending two different summit events in the Seattle area. On Sunday through Tuesday, I'll be participating in the Microsoft MVP Summit in Bellevue, Washington. For the remainder of the week, I'll be attending and presenting at the PASS Summit in Seattle. Although there is much I won't… Read more
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Five people you should meet at the PASS Summit
As I write this, I'm airborne and on my way to Seattle for the summit week (the Microsoft MVP Summit, followed by the PASS Summit). I was struck with the notion – and not for the first time – that I'm not really looking forward to these events for… Read more
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Posted in Tim Mitchell on 1 November 2014
It's That Time Again
"It's the most wonderful time of the year…"
No, not the end-of-year festival of repetitive music, overeating, and trampling on other people to find that perfect gift. No, it's time again for the PASS Summit, the annual gathering of SQL Server and data professionals from around the world. The… Read more
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Posted in Tim Mitchell on 31 October 2014
Resolving SSDT-BI Installation with IsVisualStudio2012ProInstalled() error
Recently I was building a new virtual machine for presentations, and loaded up my usual battery – Windows 7, SQL Server 2012, and SSDT-BI. The installation of these pieces went as expected, and everything appeared to work well – until I attempted to execute an SSIS package on this new… Read more
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Four things I wish I'd known back then
In the blogging meme of the day, I was tagged by my friend Tim Costello to share four things I wish I'd known back when. The only hard part was paring the list down to four items.
I think back to 15 years ago, when I was working retail and… Read more
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Posted in Tim Mitchell on 28 August 2014
Mile High Tech Con
There's a brand new business intelligence conference launching next month in Denver, Colorado. The Mile High Tech Con is a three-day event taking place July 24-26, 2014, and is aimed at business intelligence practitioners, data analysts, and information managers/CIOs.
From the event website:
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Posted in Tim Mitchell on 27 June 2014
SSIS Parent-Child Architecture in Package Deployment Mode
This is the second in a series of posts about SSIS parent-child architecture. You can find the index page here.
In my first post in this series, I covered the essentials of SSIS parent-child design patterns, including discussing a number of advantages for using such patterns. In this… Read more
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Posted in Tim Mitchell on 26 June 2014
Speaking at the SQL PASS 2014 Summit
I'm happy to announce that I will be speaking at the SQL PASS Summit this fall. The summit will be held during the first week of November in Seattle, Washington. This will be my seventh year attending the PASS Summit, and my fourth year as a speaker.
This year I… Read more
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Posted in Tim Mitchell on 25 June 2014
Upcoming Presentations in May
Next month, I'll be making a couple of stops at SQL Saturday events in the south. On May 3, I'll be attending SQL Saturday #285 in Atlanta and presenting my SSIS Performance session. I'll be traveling with my good friend and neighbor Ryan Adams, who is also presenting at… Read more
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Posted in Tim Mitchell on 18 April 2014
SQL Saturday Lisbon
It's a little over a week until this year's SQL Saturday festivities kick off in Lisbon, Portugal, and I'm very excited to be a part of it. Registration is nearly full, so if you're in the area and are planning on attending, register now!
For this event, I'm delivering… Read more
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Posted in Tim Mitchell on 1 April 2014
Lunch with someone new
I met up for lunch with a good friend and former coworker today, and among the topics of discussion was how we as professionals often neglect personal relationships when work and life get busy. I've found that to be especially true since I started working from home last year. I… Read more
2 comments, 360 reads
Posted in Tim Mitchell on 19 February 2014
Parent-Child SSIS Architecture
This is the first in a series of technical posts on using parent-child architectures in SQL Server Integration Services. The index page for all posts can be found here.
In this post, I will provide an overview of the architecture and describe the benefits of implementing a parent-child design… Read more
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