Armed Services YMCA Essay Contest 2005 "Why I Like to Read" I have traveled the world Egypt‚ Great Britain‚ Italy‚ the Holy Land‚ India‚ France‚ Germany‚ and a host of other wonderful places. I have visited the Great Pyramids‚ the Valley of the Kings‚ the Roman Coliseum‚ the palace of Versailles‚ the marvel of Stonehenge‚ the bloody battlefields of Gettysburg‚ and experienced the splendor of the Taj Mahal. I did not travel by plane‚ boat‚ rail or car nor was I alone on these journeys.
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Like many other boys‚ I love to swim. Since the age of five‚ I have spent many summer days in the YMCA pool. When I was 13 years old‚ I desired something more challenging than casual swimming‚ so I joined the high school development team for the Badger Swim Club. On the first day‚ all the team members dived into the water as soon as the coach gave the order. I was the only one who jumped in. After a few laps‚ I was far behind all the others. Although I was trying to catch up‚ I was out of breath
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I have always dreamed of being a great middle hitter on the Seneca Valley High School volleyball team. When I was a young boy‚ I would sit in the stands at the Cranberry Township municipal center and watch my mom and dad play volleyball. Team Smeltzer would win the championship almost every year and I would imagine one day I too would be wearing the championship t-shirt. I have been blessed with a tall body and long arms but I lack athleticism. In middle school‚ I always shared playing time with
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of living‚ people couldn’t sustain themselves; one man named Jacob Riis even photographed the poor and published his book “How The Other Half Lives” to get the attention of people. The result of this was the formation of the Salvation Army and the YMCA. These organisations opened schools‚ soup kitchens‚ gymnasiums‚ and pools for poor children. This increased the morale of mostly immigrant
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Dangling lifelessly in the locker room of a YMCA in central Iowa‚ Norman Bowker ’s life tragically ended. Tim O ’Brien tells the story of Norman Bowker in the chapter "Speaking of Courage" of his book The Things They Carried (137-154). Once Bowker came back from the war‚ he spent his days alone circling a lake in his father ’s Chevy. After a while‚ he would head down to the A&W to order a burger and fries hoping to find a friend‚ or just someone to talk to. Bowker had flashbacks of the war‚ recalling
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BUSINESS PLAN For the Africa Schools Liberia Program 6/15/2011 Cheale Vocational Training Institute Sinkor‚ Old Road Monrovia‚ Montserrado County Liberia Contact: Mr. Isaac B. George –06-558 454 email: cheale@yahoo.com MONROVIA Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Mission Statement 3 3. Introduction 4 3.1. Staffing Plan 4 3.2. Market Analysis 4 3.3. Competitive Analysis 5 4. Marketing Strategy 6 Personal Selling 6 5. Management Team 7 5.1
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Use in education and research Maniac Magee is popular in elementary school curricula. Many study units and teaching guides are available‚ including a study guide by the author. The novel has been used as a tool in scholarly work on childhood education and development. Fondrie cites it as an example in a discussion of how to bring up and discuss issues of race and class among young students McGinley and Kamberlis use it in a study of how children use reading and writing as “vehicles for personal‚
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a local daily about Florence Chadwick‚ the first American woman to swim the English Channel in 1950‚ he decided to repeat this feat for his country. At this time‚ he hardly had any experience in swimming. He sought lessons in swimming at the local YMCA‚ till he mastered the freestyle technique.[1] After this‚ he attempted to swim the English Channel. After a few unsuccessful attempts‚ he became the first Indian to swim the English Channel‚ from Dover to Calais on September 27‚ 1958.[2] He successfully
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There are many steps of becoming a basketball player‚ and one of the most important steps of all time is always practice. I have tried out for my school a few years back when first made the team for a basketball camp‚ and then I also played for the YMCA‚
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rule that offense has only three downs to gain five yards otherwise they surrender the ball‚ this changed in 1906 by adding 5 more yards and in 1912 a fourth down was added B. In 1892 the first professional game of football is played 1. Latrobe YMCA played against Jeannette Athletic Club A.William Heffelinger was the first professional player‚ he was paid $500 b. Football got a reputation as a high injury and high mortality sport II. From the 1950’s football has been became the most
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