Who Invented The Game Of Golf ?

Written by David Humphrey


Well, who actually did inventrepparttar game of Golf? The question has been asked and argued for many years with no true winner. Many countries have a valid claim to an early game that resemblesrepparttar 133007 game of golf. Some ofrepparttar 133008 countries that make this claim are England. Scotland, China, Rome, France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Laos. The most heated debate over who invented golf definitely comes from Great Britain and Scotland.

The first area to look when decidingrepparttar 133009 answer to our question must be what actually determines when a game with sticks and balls is golf or another game. Most countries inrepparttar 133010 world have had games where you hit an object with a stick at some sort of target. Is this enough to be called golf, I don’t think so. If so, then these early games could claimrepparttar 133011 origin of many sports played today. I think it takes more than just a game with some kind of object being hit by a stick to qualify asrepparttar 133012 origin of golf.

Holland is believed to berepparttar 133013 origin ofrepparttar 133014 name of golf but notrepparttar 133015 actual game itself. Holland played a game inrepparttar 133016 1200s called Colf, which means clubs. This was a form of golf but once againrepparttar 133017 form of many other sports.

Colf has been traced back to Dec. 26, 1297, inrepparttar 133018 town of Loenen aan de Vecht in northern Holland. On that day,repparttar 133019 local townsfolk played four holes ofrepparttar 133020 game to commemoraterepparttar 133021 relieving ofrepparttar 133022 Kronenburg Castle exactly one year before. The fact that colf was chosen to markrepparttar 133023 occasion is proof thatrepparttar 133024 game was already popular by that time.

Super Bowl Harbinger of Problem Drinking

Written by David Westbrook


Super Bowl Harbinger of Problem Drinking 17.6 million American adults are either alcohol dependent or abuse alcohol. Super Bowl Sunday has long been associated with over consumption of alcohol and drunk driving.

17.6 million American adults are either alcohol dependent or abuse alcohol. According torepparttar recently released 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, alcohol dependence - particularly among men - has decreased; however, rates of alcohol abuse have increased.

Super Bowl Sunday has long been associated with over consumption of alcohol andrepparttar 133006 problems of alcohol abuse. Mothers Against Drunk Driving has compiled statistics for Super Bowl day alcohol related driving fatalities every year since 1999. These statistics show that an average Super Bowl Sundays see 55.4% increase in alcohol related traffic fatalities over other days ofrepparttar 133007 year.

Part ofrepparttar 133008 problem may be that imbibing alcohol is encouraged duringrepparttar 133009 Super Bowl. Nearly 20% ofrepparttar 133010 commercials, 10 out of 58, aired during Super Bowl XXXIX will advertise Anheuser-Busch products. Last year Anheuser-Busch's commercials were among bothrepparttar 133011 most controversial and popular.

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