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I plan on implementing a new workout program for myself in which I not only workout harder within my targeted range. I will be using not only my gym membership, but also pick up games of various sports (predominately basketball), upper body, leg, and core workouts. The reasoning behind this is simply because I want to be in better shape than I was. I plan to have 3 active days and 4 rest days, however on rest days still do smaller workouts that alternate between different muscles so one is not…

A mermaid is a mythological hybrid creature that is half human, and half fish. In legends there are both mermaids, which are females, and mermen, which are males. Mermaids have the torso of a fish and the upper body is all human. Mermaids are often interchanged with water nymphs, fairies, as well as selkies and succubuses. Mermaids are usually reflected as beautiful and awfully attractive in looks, but in other tales, mermaids are known to have the lower body of a bird and are not attractive at…

A blood-filled pool, a desolate mansion, and thousands of owner-less shirts are the only carcass of Jay Gatsby’s dead dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless American classic The Great Gatsby recounts the tale of Mr. Gatsby and his esoteric wanting. Jay Gatsby, or James Gatz, as he is truly named, starts his life the son of a poor farming family in the Mid-West. Through a series of events, the young man finds his way into the service of yachtsman Dan Cody, where he gets a taste of wealth. This…

In the beginning of the story, we get a glimpse into the future of the crew, as their ship,Endurance, gets wedged in between floes of ice that render her useless. This ends all chances of the 28 man crew, with Sir Ernest Shackleton as their leader, to complete their Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. In the beginning of their story Shackleton sets out to cross Antarctica, soon after a failed expedition to be the first to reach the South Pole, however, they’re beaten by a few months. It takes…

The goal of this literature review is to establish the overall correlation between participation in school sport/athletics and academic Altobelli, L. (2015, May 25). Does Participation in Sports Negatively Affect Academics? Retrieved June 22, 2015, from http://www.livestrong.com/article/540517-does-participation-in-sports-negatively-affect-academics/ The author opens the article by relieving student athletes of their fear that athletic participation could compromise academic attainment levels…

Participants and spectators of these sports belonged to the upper-middle class and above. During this time, athletic clubs formed which organized amateur competitive events that included track and field, rowing, sparring, and lacrosse. In addition, country clubs had also emerged, which included golf clubs, tennis clubs, and croquet clubs. The elegance of the grounds keeping of these country clubs were in some ways just as important as the high level of competition…

I spring through the front door and thrust my backpack to the ground. Normally, my six year old self would sit at the kitchen table and finish all of my homework right away, but today, there was a sensation that I was not used to. There was a soft whimper flooding through every room of the house. I take a single step, curiously, as I hoped it would enlighten me as to where the sound was coming from. Then, I remember, my mother is home. I storm upstairs to the nursery that my father built…

The value of one’s own well being versus that of their state is a controversial question that has been asked since the dawn of nation states. In Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, Heller depicts the confusing and dangerous dilemma of self versus state that his protagonist Yossarian faces. Forced to act against his own best interests by his military superiors, Yossarian must look within himself to decide what he truly cares about. Heller uses Yossarian;s interactions with other characters to…

Video 2 I share a gym that is divided by a curtains with another class, this often makes it difficult for the students to hear the whistle, to combat the confusion and the noise from the other class I instilled a classroom management technique where I blow my whistle then raise my hand. Some of the students will hear my whistle then raisin their hand, the students who do not here the whistle will see other classmates raising their hands and know it is time to stop and show me the sign that they…

According to academic expert Katharine Seelye, the “classic definition” of the American Dream is to start from an indigent lifestyle in the United States, work hard and achieve success and affluence. The notion of the American Dream revolves around one’s escape of their lower standard of living to a higher standard, in other words to make it big in society. The idea that anyone, no matter where they come from, can become successful in life is the driving force behind the accomplishment of the…