background of the Special Olympics. The first International Special Olympics Games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago 1968. It was originally started by a woman named Anne McGlone Burke‚ who was a physical education teacher with the Chicago Park school district. She began with the idea for a one-time Olympic-style athletic competition for people with special needs. Burke then contacted Eunice Kennedy Shriver‚ who was the head of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation to fund the event. Mrs. Shriver loved
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very touchy topic in young adult literature; people often debate that the book is inappropriate for the targeted audience. The book Thirteen Reasons Why‚ By: Jay Asher‚ is about a young man‚ Clay Jensen‚ who returns home from school one day to find mysterious box with his name on it sitting on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes with thirteen reasons why his school crush‚ Hannah Baker‚ committed suicide and he’s one of them. Parents‚ and teachers complain that a book containing sexually explicit
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environment and people. Poaching is a crime that isn’t all black and white. There are many different methods and reasons as to why people do it that may seem right or justified to them. We have five reasons why poaching is beneficial to the environment and people. Our first reason why poaching is beneficial is that we think that people who poach make pretty good money. This may sound like a stupid reason but think about it‚ people who poach live in countries like India‚ South Africa‚ Madagascar‚ and Indonesia
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Reasons Employees Leave Organizations Employees leave organizations for various reasons. They might leave to go back to school or take care of children. Most of the reasons why employees leave are under control of the employer. Employers need to maintain employee retention‚ so focusing on certain elements of workplace culture might help retain employees. Some questions to ask are if they are happy with their jobs or are they getting bored with work? Asking yourself how you could challenge your
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Is it time we took the Olympics off the shelf? The Olympics is always a costly event‚ especially the London 2012 Games. The price was originally planned at £2.4 billion‚ but has progressed to £9.3 billion‚ soaring by an extra £6.9 billion. At the same time‚ the government is making cuts in health and education. If we were to put the Olympics in a time capsule‚ would of future generations be proud‚ knowing we spent £9.3 billion on stadiums‚ security and fancy ceremonies when there are still so many
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Reasons Why Projects Fail By Tom Carlos PMP In a perfect world‚ every project would be "on time and within budget." But reality (especially the proven statistics) tells a very different story. It ’s not uncommon for projects to fail. Even if the budget and schedule are met‚ one must ask "did the project deliver the results and quality we expected?" True project success must be evaluated on all three components. Otherwise‚ a project could be considered a "failure." Have you ever seen a situation
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13 Reasons Why focuses on a very emotional side to society. Though i believe the three main factors that relate to the real world in this book are blindness to the truth‚ failure of a safe environment at school and how they let us down in providing proper assistance‚ but also how cruel people are and how they don’t take responsibility for their actions. 13 reasons why by Jay Asher is an eye opener on how big suicide in teens really is and why it happens. In society we become blind to a lot of different
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The 1972 Olympics took place in Munich Germany and it was an opportunity for Germany to redeem themselves from the last time they held the Olympics. In 1936 the summer Olympics were held in Berlin Germany under the rule of Adolf Hitler. These games were marred because of Hitler’s racism and discrimination. The 1972 Olympics was Germany’s chance to repaint their image from the violent‚ hate-filled country of 1936‚ to a country that cares for all people. Germany wanted to show the world that they were
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Sample MONROE’S MOTIVATED SEQUENCE Persuasive Outline Making a Difference Through the Special Olympics Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to donate time to the Special Olympics Central Idea: it would be very rewarding to volunteer to work with the Special Olympics because they have contributed a lot in helping people with disabilities Introduction I. ATTENTION: In Seattle‚ nine young athletes began racing in the 100-yard dash as the gun went off. A. All except one little
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13 Reasons Why Essay By: Breigh Harrison Reasons behind a death can’t always stay a secret. 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher is an eerie story of the reasons behind Hannah Bakers suicide. Justin Foleys lies opened the door for rumours to pour put. Hannah being named “best ass the freshman class” (48) and what came with it just added to Hannah’s already bad false reputation. Marcus buying into that false reputation and treating Hannah as if she was her reputation was making her even more hateful towards
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