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    “I’m gonna die, guys,” I deadpanned to my camping group that the teacher assigned. Why did I ever take this class? I hate being outside. I really don’t want to be camping for a month, alone with my classmates, just to pass a survival-in-the-wilderness class; it sounds a bit like the premise of some low budget horror movie. “The last time I went camping, I kept getting hit with the tent poles when I was setting up the tent. I got lost on the way back to my campsite. It took me two hours to find

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    quickly replay the meeting we had the week before in my head. During the meeting, Deb, the leader of the camp told us about the background history of the camp, what to do, and what the rules are for camp. Wheelchair camp is held at GVSU and is ran by the Mary Freebed. I was told that this camp is for kids who are in wheelchairs that want to play sports. She said there are two main rules for camp. Rule one: Always have another volunteer with you when you take a camper to the bathroom. Rule two: When

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    My plans as the next owner of Rock Spring Farm are twofold. First to provide a safe haven for senior horses who are too often left without options and secondly to allow those same seniors to help parents in crisis through the Brush It Out program. My love of seniors started with Patch. Patch was an old Appy who had just blown a tendon for the third time, declared useless by those he most relied on he was headed to the game farm. Under the guise of needing a “dead broke” horse for my grandson Patch

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    Camp is like a bubble, the outside world does not exist for two months of every year. Unlike the real world, Camp Pembroke, an all girl’s Jewish overnight camp, is a place where young girls can develop not only self-confidence but also character in a setting that is free of the social pressures. Being at camp has shaped me into the individual I have become by giving me the chance to meet my closest friends. Growing up at camp has been the most inspirational part of my life. Camp provides a sense

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    Throughout this journal, Andrius can be characterized as helpful and caring. First off, Andrius can be characterized as helpful in multiple ways. For example, he tries to give the prisoners foods even though the NKVD is forcing his mother to sleep with them. If the NKVD found out that he is helping the prisoners, they will probably get wipe out. Andrius continued, “‘Because they threatened to kill me unless she slept with them…So how would you feel, Lina, if your mother felt had to prostitute herself

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    up. In Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor in the camp, especially if they were sick, noticed that some of the campers lacked emotion and were became defensive. Towards the end of Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor and the rest of camp were suppose to be evacuated by the end of the night and sent to Switzerland within forty-eight hours. As Victor and the rest of the camp were on their way to Switzerland, campers got sick. Once they arrived to the camp, those campers among others started turning apathetic

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    Throughout the history of the United States, one salient aspect of business is the corporation, as evidenced by the formation of the first successful English colony, Jamestown, through the Virginia Joint Stock Company. Early restricted corporations and small businesses built a society and a new world, while later corporations crippled their employees and communities. Using Clare International from Richard Power’s Gain as a case study, this paper will establish the status quo of early internal business

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    A STUDY OF CURRENT PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH INADEQUATE CHILDCARE FOR PARENTS WHO WORK NONTRADITIONAL HOURS PROPOSAL FOR MSA 685 PROJECT Submitted by Larone R. Daniels December 06, 2004 Instructor Dr. Diana Otto ABSTRACT The number of parents entering the workforce continues to grow. However, the amount of available, affordable, and quality childcare facilities in the United States remains inadequate. Employees using inadequate childcare are more likely to be late for work, absent

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    In 2015, the United States civilian labor force rose to 157.4 million (Unemployment rate nears prerecession level by end of 2015: Monthly Labor Review: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016). About half of the workforce were women and of the 157.4 million, about thirty-eight percent were non-white workers including Asian, Black, and Hispanic ethnicities. By 2024, it is projected that women will make up more than half of the United States labor force, in which, roughly twenty-three percent of the

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    Gender Pay Gap When I was younger, I was taught I can be anything I want to be in the world, as long as I put all my energy and time into it. When I got my first job, me and a male co-worker performed the same tasks every day, but when we compared paychecks his wages were higher than mines. We both worked for the company the same amount of time, but he was promoted over me even though I applied for a promotion. I always thought, well the managers truly believed he deserved the position because he

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