.... needs of the elderly living alone and those being discharged from hospitals with no help available during their convalescence. Interested volunteers and service clubs answered the call for help and proved to be the backbone of this organization. The United Way also plays a vital role in the success of this social service. The aim of this association is to recruit volunteers from the community to deliver meals to long-term care consumers in their own homes. This allows the consumers the chance to maintain their independent lifestyle. Because of the fast growing senior community, 'Meals on Wheels' will continue to provide this essential care. Provider .....

.... artist, work fascinating yet, I find it rather distasteful. If we begin to limit the imagination and take away every form of ex-pression, what will be left? As well as a place of learning an educational institution's purpose is to generate and promote discussion. When the New Age racist, David Icke, wanted to speak at the University of Toronto the Canadian Jewish Congress was upset that an anti-Semite would be permitted to address the student population. However, the University's president, Dr. Prichard, argued that the University was a place that all learning avenues should be ex-plored. Within the framework of the University students would learn to disc .....

.... Springfield, Massachusetts where the sport of basketball was born. In Springfield, Naismith was faced with several problems. One problem was making a sport that was suitable for play inside during the Massachusetts winter for the students at the School for Christian Workers. Naismith wanted to create a game of skill for the students instead of one that relied solely on strength. He needed a game that could be played indoors in a not too big, but not to small space. The first basketball game ever was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as goals. Naismith made a set of thirteen rules for his new "basketball" game: 1. The ball may be thrown .....

.... The name , evolved from the phrase “matunda ya ” means “first fruits” in Swahili, the chief language spoken throughout Africa. These celebrations date back to ancient Egypt, and are also found among large societies like the Zulu, and smaller tribes such as the Matebele and Thonga. is viewed by the African society as a time of ingathering, when people reaffirm bonds between them. They also celebrate the good of life, and thank the lord for creation. Furthermore, during this period, celebrants reinforce the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) These seven African values are Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibi .....

.... are just some of the flaws within this group of characteristics that can lead to potential conflict. Children develop differently, and many factors are associated with this development, and as long as that is understood, may not prove so turbulent for both children and parents. is a period within the lifespan, that is turbulent for some and inanimate for others. Considering the approach of Jean Piaget, the period of can range between the ages of ten or eleven spanning up to the later teen years of seventeen or eighteen, and potentially later. Many people can confuse the pubescent stage to be the centre of an adolescents development. But as it is se .....

.... Appalachian Mountain chain. Their territory stretched from North Carolina to Virginia to Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama. They spoke a dialect of Iroquoian language and their ancestral relatives (the Iroquois) occupied much of the Northeast cultural area. The name Cherokee was probably given to them by outsiders since the word Cherokee means, "people of different speech." The name the Cherokee's had for themselves was Ani-yun-wiya which means, "real people." Villages were placed along rivers and streams so they could take advantage of the rich black soil for farming. Corn was their main source of food, along with wild plants and roots that were common .....

.... properly, it can also prove to be detrimental to society. The competition, fear, greed, resentment and revenge inherent in these types of social systems continue to be formidable barriers blocking the way to social equality in our current society. Karl Marx believed that production is dependant on the workers material conditions present at the time. Unequal distribution of rewards may cause those people who do not experience promotion or personal gain to feel insignificant to society, resulting in a low self-esteem and a reduced level of production. I enlisted into the United States Army for three years following my high school graduation. A good examp .....

.... who stated that all knowledge comes from the senses. In opposition, the rationalists maintained that knowledge comes purely from deduction, and that this knowledge is processed by certain innate schema in the mind. Those that belonged to the empiricist school of thought developed quite separate and distinct ideas concerning the nature of the substratum of sensible objects. John Locke and David Hume upheld the belief that sensible things were composed of material substance, the basic framework for the materialist position. The main figure who believed that material substance did not exist is George Berkeley. In truth, it is the immaterialist position that se .....