The Young Men Christian’s Association (YMCA) originally started in 1844, founded by Sir George Williams (Ingols, Ladge, & McNett, 2012). The original intent was to improve the quality of life for young men in London, England (Ingols, Ladge, & McNett, 2012). It offered support and services for visiting sailors, World War I refugees and prisoners, as well as assisted African American soldiers as they returned to the segregated South (Ingols, Ladge, & McNett, 2012). After World War I and World War II, the YMCA expanded its efforts while playing a major role in urban communities across the United States. The programs provided boys and girls, including male and female adults across the nation with volley ball, racquetball, physical fitness, swimming, and basketball (Ingols, Ladge, & McNett, 2012). By the year 2000, there were over 2,400 independently run YMCA’s across the United States (Ingols, Ladge, & McNett, 2012). With the expansions in branches and services, the YMCA launched the East Boston branch. The East Boston YMCA is a part of the YMCA of Greater Boston, which happens to be the largest provider of social services in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (YMCA of Greater Boston, 2015). The East Boston branch was founded in 1999 in response to the community needing childcare services and after school programming. The East Boston YMCA has established itself in the community, and has done an amazing job enhancing the community by providing services and programs catered to…
Introduction Claude Levi-Strauss (* 28. November 1908 in Brussles; † 30. October 2009 in Paris) published his travel report Tristes Tropiques 1955 in french language. This report is based on the trips he took to the inner of Brazil in the years 1935-1938. A part of the book describes his search and contact with the indigenous tribes of the Mato Grosso the third largest state of Brazil. The Caduveo who are focused in this essay is one of them. The aim of the essay is to discuss the approach that…
Bower referenced slide 109 commenting that the Life Company also met with A.M. Best and also had a very good meeting with A.M. Best. He noted that our analyst quit A.M. Best right before our meeting; therefore, we currently do not have an analyst assigned to us but expect to have one assigned within the next couple of months. Mr. Bower doesn’t anticipate any changes in the “A” rating that United Farm Family currently has. Mr. Bower referenced page 145 in Appendix for the actions of the…
battle was ignited by the sudden abduction of Queen Helen of Sparta by Prince Paris of Troy. Helen and Paris were star-crossed lovers, in which, nobody could separate them. You could compare them to the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet, where the Montagues and Capulets fought, again, sparked by the love of two young lovers. Back in mythological times, Zeus, the father of the gods and god of the sky and thunder, held a celebration after the recent marriage of Peleus and Themis. Every Greek god…
One of the greatest battles in history, the Trojan War, started in the 12th century. There was a wedding for Pelus and Thetis, the Trojan prince Paris, son of King Priam of Troy, obtains a golden apple from the goddess Eris. It is up to Paris to decide which of the three goddesses is the most beautiful, which will be given the golden apple. Hera, wife and sister of Zeus, offers power. Athena, goddess of wisdom and warfare, offers success in battle. Aphrodite, goddess of love, offers the most…
The Iliad is a poem that begins nine years into a war where there are gods and goddess that support different sides. The god’s interference affects the outcome of the Trojan War. It begins with the character, Achilles who withdraws from the war and goes to the Zeus to pray for assistance, which begins his rage and towards the end, we see someone who is able to overcome himself for another. In the beginning of the poem, Achilles’ battle prize is taken from him, and in a childish manner, he…
because it is calling for the unification of the American people to aid in the protection of the United States. Equivalently, another example of when artistry brought people together is during the Martin Luther King Jr. speech. The speech is extremely notorious in the fight for equality. This speech was held at a peaceful demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. in 1963. The artistry used in this speech is justified because it unites by calling for action and for appealing to the…
Pride is something that effect all manner of human nature. Pride is normally described as a deep satisfaction in one’s own achievements, abilities or qualities that are greatly admired. In a study done by Prisca Brosi, Matthias Spörrle, Isabell M. Welpe and Madeline E. Heilman called “Expressing Pride: Effects on Perceived Agency, Communality, and Stereotype-Based Gender Disparities” it says “Pride is closely connected to the achievement of personally or socially valued outcomes. Given the…
From the very beginning stages of this essay, it has continuously evolved, taken shape, and progressed. Initially, I could understand how one would believe that Thucydides did not have a preferred method of government between Aristocracy and Democracy. I believed that human nature lied somewhere in between Athens and Sparta, and they were the two inhumane extremes of human nature. But after careful consideration of the entirety of the History of the Peloponnesian War, I have found quotations to…
The Iliad by Homer depicts a destructive war between the Achaeans and the Trojans as a criticism to the collective social norms and tradition that war promotes. Throughout the epic, the idea of war is championed by the both the Achaeans and the Trojan as the most formidable form of solving their dispute. However, this form of problem solving involves a social-Darwinian scenario where the strongest survive, while those who survive the war receive honor and praise from their people. Nevertheless,…