2004 Summer Paralympics

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    Masculinity In Murderball

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    Rubin and Shapiro’s inspiring documentary, Murderball, associates with the notion of “masculinity” as expressed in Cynthia Barounis’ “Crippling Heterosexuality” by zeroing in on the combative habits of a quad rugby player, the essence of the sport, and the relationships of the players with their significant others. Murderball illustrates the game previously known as “Murderball,” now referred to as wheel chair rugby, and the experiences of Team U.S.A. and Team Canada to the 2004 Paralympics. It can be discussed that the reason for creating this documentary was to reveal the amount of rivalry that occurs between people with disabilities or how their lives have been changed from having to be in a wheelchair. As we watch the film, the continued theme of the movie is that if you believe in…

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    Disability History

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    2.4.1 Historical Review of Paralympics Sainsbury 's (1998) cited several examples of sports and leisure clubs of people with disability in early 20th century, British society armed player (1932) and the disabled to drive the car club (1922). In fact, the first international organization working for the specific obstacle group and its participation in sports is the establishment of a deaf French, E. Reuben - alcais, in 1924 to support the 6 National Sports Federation for the deaf. SOURDS DES…

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    Misty may treanor biography Early life On,July 30,1997, Misty May Treanor was born in Angles, California U.S.A. She followed her dream playing beach volleyball with her dad on the Santa Monica Pier and had her first tournament was she was nine years old. Highschool Misty went to , Newport harbor high school ,as she helped her team win the state championship her sophomore year in volleyball in the year of 1992 and her junior year of 1994 In 1993 misty got selected of the best high…

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    We watch as athletes train while they are forced to balance their professions and families. For rowers without disabilities, the paths to success have been paved by many. U.S. Rowing states, if an athlete devotes 10 years and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice, they might become an elite rower (Ericsson, 1996). For adaptive rowers, the path to an elite level has been done by a few. Many programs are recreational and do not entail the amount of training required to reach the elite level. The…

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    leg debuted at the 2012 Paralympics, the final product, the music video, is far less important than the ideas produced around it. Prototype (which may or may not be a good song, depending on your musical preferences) attempts to capture ideas of rebellion, difference, and risk. On the up side, the video brings positive visibility to people with disabilities, and, furthermore, demonstrates that people with disabilities can be sexy and desirable. The lyrics exude confidence and a gaze directed at…

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    Theory Affects Disabled Sport Programs Social constructionism is a method of ability of society and correspondence that inspects the advancement of collectively developed understanding of the world (Galbin, 2014). Social constructionism theory claims that due to socialization and experiences, people conclude certain meanings of others, objects and incidents (Young & Collin, 2004). Subsequently the nature of social blend and a social set of rules, shows that the population in the social,…

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    On the morning of September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda terrorists carried out a set of coordinated suicide attacks using four-hijacked passenger planes and killing around 3,000 people on American soil. The first two planes hit the World Trade center, killing everyone on board and hundreds inside the buildings. Following this attack, the nation was informed by President Bush that these attacks were, “apparent terrorist attacks on our country”(BB PP). The third hijacked plane soon crashed into the…

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    Americans thought the economy was getting better. When they went to the polls to vote on that Election Day, they didn’t have a lot of concerns, which is in contrary their past elections. The only problem at this time was education and ethics, which weren’t heavy burdens for voters. The election of 2000 is a key component for this analysis. This race was the deciding factor for which candidate will be the commander-in-chief at the time of 9/11. “During the 2000 campaign, Governor George W. Bush…

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    The presidential election of 2000 created great controversy throughout the country regarding claims that some African Americans and other Democratic voters were not allowed to vote in Florida for various reasons. Some of these reasons included claims that the voter did not have proper identification cards, manipulating a list of former felons to exclude thousands from voting, and even different acts of intimidation. Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election focuses on the suspicious pattern…

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    Introduction President Barack Obama effectively convinces his audience that increasing minimum wage is a matter that the American people have the power to make this change come to pass. He utilizes the appeals of ethos, pathos and logos to motivate the audience to take action in their community. In this literature review I want to highlight a few subcategories that help understand how President Obama was successful in convincing the American population to flex their democratic muscle to ensure…

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