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- 2691: Prepubescent Strength Training
- STRENGTH TRAINING AND PREPUBESCENT YOUTH The value placed on the importance of winning in professional sports has hit an all-time high. The astronomical amount of money being spent in the entertainment field of athletics has dictated a win-at-all-costs mentality that has trickled all the way down to negatively affect our youngest athletes - the ... a growing consensus among physicians and exercise scientists that increasing an athletes strength will simultaneously enhance the level of performance and significantly reduce the likelihood of injury. In fact, a recent study reveals that middle school boys and girls who participated in a year-round strength training program only incurred one half the injuries and needed only one half the preparation time of athletes who did not participate in a strength ... an increase in blood pressure. This is thought to be explained by the fact that prepubescent children have relatively clear and clean veins and arteries due to their limited (in terms of longevity) exposure to high fatty foods that clog the arteries and increase blood pressure. (Sale, 1989) However this is not to say that there is no chance of this occurring, prepubescent children need to be imparted with the ...
- 2692: The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... France had annexed the island. He had 7 brothers and sisters, and his father was a lawyer whose family stemmed from the Florentine nobility. His original nationality was Cursican-Italian. In 1779 Napoleon went to school at Brienne in France. There he took a great interest in in history, especially in the lives of great ancient generals. Napoleon was often badly treated at Brienne because he was not as wealthy as ... did not speak French well, because Italian was spoken on Corsica where he grew up. He studied very hard so that he could do better then those who snubbed him. Napoleon attended the Ecole Military School in Paris in 1784 after receiving a scholarship. This is were he received his military training. He studied to be an artillery man and an officer. Napoleon finished his training and joined the French army ... marry and what they were to do. The Bonapartes made many improvements to the laws of the countries the governed. However, Napoleon was not a nice man. In fact he was a tyrant, he charged high taxes and refused to allow freedom of speech and press. He also drafted many men from all over Europe. Most of these men did not want to serve in his armies, but the had ...
- 2693: Argument-based Homicide In America
- Argument-based Homicide in America Feeling alienated by fellow classmates, two students at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO who referred to themselves as the Trench Coat Mafia went on a rampant killing spree which took the lives of themselves, twelve other students and one teacher (Obmascik 1). This incident caused ... no matter where one is from. Works Cited Cohen, Dov. "Culture, Social Organization, and Patterns of Violence." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1998, Vol. 75, No. 2. 408-419. Obmascik, Mark. "Massacre at Columbine High: Bloodbath leaves 15 dead, 28 hurt." The Denver Post. 21 April 1999.
- 2694: Critical Biography On J. D. Salinger
- ... with a controversial look at society which is greatly enhanced by the integration of his own life experiences, dialect and religious philosophies into his stories. "Salinger was the greatest mind ever to stay in prep school." -Norman Mailer (qtd. in "Salinger" SSC 291) The story of J. D. Salinger begins in downtown New York, NY, where he was born on January 1, 1919. Little is known about his early childhood, but his parents; Sol and Miriam, were known to be of upper-middle class stature and the family dwelled in downtown New York. As Salinger began to attend junior high school, his grades began to drop so his parents decided to send him to Valley Forge Military Academy, which is located in Pennsylvania. While enrolled in Valley Forge, Salinger's IQ level was tested at ...
- 2695: Ben & Jerrys
- ... s prides it's self on the quality of work life. They won the Optimas Award in 1992 and, were listed in The 100 Best Company' To Work For In America. They offer excellent benefits, high starting wages and profit-sharing program. Their health care plan even covers employees' unmarried domestic partners. Some of the more interesting human resources programs to improve the quality of life for the employees are evaluate ... inside and outside of its' organization. Their success is founded on helping others and making a difference. In my opinion Ben & Jerry's is one heck of a great organization! 1. David, Ellis. 1992. Sundae school. WORKS CITED 1. Dery, Leonard. 1993. Ice Cream Meets Charity in Harlem. The New York Time. 21 Feb. 2. Ellis, David. 1992. Sundae School. People Weeky. 14 Sept. 91-92 3. Hawken, Paul & Parker, Alan. 1993. Ben & Jerry's 1992 Annual Report. 4. Personnel Journal's. Optimas Award for Quality of life. Personnel Journal. Jan, 1992 5. Stableford, ...
- 2696: Shannon Lucid
- ... always had the dream that someday she would be a space explorer. People thought her crazy for this dream though, because the United States didn't even have a space program. After graduating from Bethany High School in 1960 she got her pilot's license. In regard to her dream she said, "the Baptists wouldn't let women preach, so I had to become an astronaut to get closer to God than ... to become a commercial pilot. So from Œ66-'68 she worked at Kerr-Mcgee Corp. as a chemist. This is also where she met her husband Michael Lucid. After she was married she returned to school at the University of Oklahoma, where she earned her B.S. in Chemistry. One interesting occurrence after the birth of her daughter, the very next day she took a biochemistry exam, which her instructor ...
- 2697: Thomas P. O'Neill
- ... real." (Sennot 17) His gigantic figure and weather beaten face symbolizes a political force of five decades, from Roosevelt's new deal to the Reagan retrenchment. He was the last democratic leader of the old school and "the longest-serving speaker of the house (1977-1986) and easily the most loved." (Clift) Thomas P. O'Neill (1912-1994) always knew why he was in Washington, and what he stood for. He ... look on the other side of the issue. He began his investigation at his best negotiating table, the poker table. At the Army and Navy Club in Washington. At the table were Generals and other high ranking military officials. Three loosing games and a couple dozen drinks later Tip started to ask questions. He found that all these pentagon officials felt that we should not send troops to Vietnam unless we ... did before), but to write a newsletter to his constituents. In the letter he "took the stand as a citizen, a congressman, and a father that by remaining in the Vietnam we were paying too high of a price in both innocent human lives and money." (O'Neill 233) He outlined instructions for Johnson in the letter. They are as follows: "1) Stop further escalation and attempt to bring the ...
- 2698: Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... Florentine official named Ludovico Buonarroti with connections to the ruling Medici family, placed his 13-year-old son in the workshop of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. After about two years, Michelangelo studied at the sculpture school in the Medici gardens and shortly thereafter was invited into the household of Lorenzo de’ Medici. He became acquainted with such humanists as Marsilio Ficino and the poet Politian, who were frequent visitors. Michelangelo produced ... Michelangelo also did the marble Pietà. One of the most famous works of art, the Pietà was probably finished before Michelangelo was 25 years old, and it is the only work he ever signed. The high point of Michelangelo’s early style is the gigantic marble statue David which he made between 1501 and 1504, after returning to Florence. David, Michelangelo’s most famous sculpture, became the symbol of Florence and ... artists, but also the Greeks and Romans. Michelangelo was called to Rome by Pope Julius II in 1505 for two jobs. The most important one was for the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Working high above the chapel floor, lying on his back on scaffolding, Michelangelo painted, between 1508 and 1512, some of the finest pictorial images of all time. On the arch of the chapel, he devised an ...
- 2699: W.E.B Du Bois
- ... and was reared by his mother, and judgmental aunts. Massachusetts was predominately white and so were Du Bois friends. As William grew he realized some people thought that his black skin was a disadvantage. In high school, his teachers encouraged him as a student and school work always came easy to him. Du Bois excelled in Latin and Greek and participated in active discussions about the meaning of Love and Life. At the age of 15, William began to write ...
- 2700: The Dangers of Smoking
- ... by about 400%. In the United States there have been a reported 10 million deaths attributed to smoking. And of those 10 million people, 2 million died of lung cancer. These numbers are way too high especially for a supposedly educated society such as ours. Two other dangers that relate to this habit are passive smoking and underage smokers. Since 1964 there have been an estimated 3000 deaths caused by second ... plays a large role in the amount of smokers. The Bureau of the Census did a survey on how income and education effect use. According to them 31.8% of people with less than a high school education smoked, while 18.3% of people with more than 12 years of schooling smoked. So there is a good reduction of users if the individual has a higher education. A higher income is ...
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