Did You Know... Below are some interesting facts about the 127 year history of the LAPD. The 1984 Summer olympic Games were awarded to Los Angeles in 1978. http://www.lapdonline.org/general_information/did_you_know/did_you_know_main.htm
Extractions: Did you know that the LAPD had the very first policewoman? Did you know that the LAPD was completely mobilized within hours of the Northridge earthquake? Below are some interesting facts about the 127 year history of the LAPD. For a more detailed description, click the item you are interested in. Los Angeles Hosted the Summer Olympics in 1984 The 1984 Summer Olympic Games were awarded to Los Angeles in 1978. Preparations for the Summer Games began in 1979 with the assignment of a commander and a lieutenant to initiate planning. Eventually, an Olympic Planning Group grew to 50 personnel, eager to show the world that the Los Angeles Police Department was up to the task. The 23 rd Olympiad opened in Los Angeles on July 28 th and closed on August 12, 1984, and became known in the Department as "The Sixteen Days of Summer."
United States Handball Association Handball has a long learning curve, says Bernie Samet, the olympic s I ve played lots of racquetball, and the physical demands of handball are much http://www.ushandball.org/health/mensfitness.html
Extractions: Article from the January issue of Men's Fitness Magazine The whoosh of the heavy doors of the Olympic Club quickly seals out the San Francisco street clamor. The quiet lobby, so noise-free you can hear a glove plop on the floor, signals it's Friday night, a time when most members of the downtown athletic club have better things to do than work out. But not everyone. In a corner of the top floor, four hale guys are swatting a two-inch-diameter blue ball as if it were a fly buzzing around their beer. The action is fast and furious. The foursome, who range in age from 24 to 45, burst around the 20- by 40-foot court-forward, backward, laterally, occasionally diving headlong for the ball, which ricochets off the four walls at a blistering 70 miles per. More tactical than racquetball, which is played on the same courts, faster than tennis, and demanding more precision and stamina than any racquet sport, handball is the ultimate court game. Many who try it just once throw their bruised hands up in frustration, but most who stick with it a while become permanent converts. And it burns fat tissue better than a spa weekend in the second ring of hell.
Jethro Tull@Everything2.com Their agent had studied history and Jethro Tull was the name of the inventor of The Prisoner s Dilemma and Social Contract Theory on a racquetball court http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Jethro Tull
Seniors Take The Olympic Spotlight By Theresa A. Forthofer The philosophy of the Senior Olympics is to celebrate and promote health, fitness, Over the 13 yearhistory of this event, nearly 6000 individuals have http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/ip941122.html
Extractions: Conrad Swanson, an 82 year-old athlete from Morton Grove, shares a moment with his granddaughter during the Six-County Senior Olympics. A bright-eyed six year old little girl stands near the finish line. GO, GRANDPA, GO! All eyes are fixed on her great-grandpa as he finished first in the 50-yard dash. The 1994 Illinois Parks and Recreation Association (IPRA) Six-County Senior Olympics were held July 27-29 at Main South High School in Park Ridge, IL. There were 648 participants ranging in age from 55 to 85. The philosophy of the Senior Olympics is to celebrate and promote health, fitness, friendship and maturity. As people are living longer, they are also becoming and staying more active. The Senior Olympics helps to promote the active lifestyle that is all too often cast aside as individuals age. Entry forms are mailed to past participants and are available at most park districts three months prior to the events. Participants must return the entry form along with a nominal entry fee ($7.00 for one day, $9.00 for two or three days). All participants receive an official confirmation of the events for which they have registered. The day of the Senior Olympics, all participants must check in at the main registration area. At check in, they receive an official Senior Olympics packet containing a campus map, meal tickets (if requested), a Senior Olympics program and a Six-County Senior Olympics tee-shirt. All are included in the small entry fee. Participants are also invited to the opening ceremonies, which are held to kick off the events and include a keynote speaker, special invited guests, a band and much more.
THE CONFERENCE ON NEW YORK STATE HISTORY The Wendell E. Tripp Lecture in New York State history squash and racquetballcourts, as well as an olympicsize swimming pool located in its Sports and http://www.nyhistory.com/conferences/CNYSH2002.htm
Extractions: Chair and comment: to be announced The Colored Orphan Asylum , Karen S. Franklin, Director, The Judaica Museum, and Melba Butler, Executive Director, Harlem Dowling-West Side Center for Children and Family Services Asher Wrights Thomas Indian School as Utopia and Dystopia , Frederick J. Stefon, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Women of Property
Nutrition Olympic Symposium This year, 1996, marks the centennial celebration of the modern olympic movement . Theme Antiquity, Century (ie 15th20th), Drugs, Gender, history, http://nutrition.ucdavis.edu/olympics/
Extractions: from Dr. Louis Grivetti, the project's compiler: This year, 1996, marks the centennial celebration of the modern Olympic movement. In this spirit of celebration we acknowledge and recognize the names and publications of more than 50,000 historical and contemporary scholars, linked by the thread of a united, common interest in athletics, sport, and recreation. Athletics, games, leisure pursuits, physical education, play activities, and sports lie at the junction between the humanities, social sciences, and biological-medical sciences. While athletic activities most likely had their origin in military training, it is difficult in modern times to separate each theme: athletics from games, games from leisure pursuits and physical education, physical education from play, play from recreation, or recreation from sports. During past and present centuries research on human athletics, games, play, recreation, and sports has been conducted by a broad range of scientists, whether dietitians, nutritionists, physiologists, or physicians. Research on these themes also has been conducted by a broad range of scholars representing the humanities and social sciences, whether anthropologists, artists, classicists, dancers, economists, geographers, historians, musicians, psychologists, social theorists, or sociologists.
Welcome To Adobe GoLive 5 The primary mission of the Georgia Museum of Natural history is to The stadiumwas also the site of the medal rounds for the 1996 olympic Soccer Games. http://www.uga.edu/visctr/points/pointsprint.html
Extractions: Known as "The Classic City," Athens is located approximately 70 miles northeast of Atlanta and offers something for everyone. University of Georgia students, staff and visitors enjoy the quaint tree-lined streets, the relaxed pace of life and the excitement of this wonderful college town. Athens offers a variety of visitor sites and dining, shopping and lodging options for it's visitors. Designated as the state museum of art in 1982, the Georgia Museum of Art contains more than 7,000 works in its permanent collection. The Museum is host to several traveling exhibits a year featuring the works of world-class artists. The museum is free (a small donation is suggested) and open to the public every day except Monday. The museum also contains a cafe and a gift shop. For more information, check out their web site at www.uga.edu/gamuseum/home.html
Tennessee Sports Hall Of Fame Andy Roberts, one of the most dominant racquetball players of the 90 s, attended the She was a member of the 1980 US olympic basketball team and was an http://tshf.net/banquet/2004banquet.htm
Extractions: 2004 Inductees and Honorees Inductees Eleven inductees were recognized at the annual awards banquet and induction ceremony on February 27th at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville. The 2004 inductees are as follows: Vice Admiral William Lawrence USN (retired), a native of Nashville, played three varsity sports for the U.S. Naval Academy. His distinguished military decorations include: Distinguished Service Medal (4 awards), Silver Star (3 awards), Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with Combat V, Purple Heart (2 awards) among others. His athletic awards include the Theodore Roosevelt Award (the highest honor of the NCAA), the Liberty Bowl's Distinguished Service Award, and the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Gold Medal (their highest award). He authored Tennessee's state poem "Oh Tennessee, My Tennessee" while a POW in North Vietnam. Lloyd Neal , former Tennessee State University basketball All-American, went on to play seven seasons in the NBA with the Portland Trailblazers. While with the Trailblazers he was named to the NBA All-Rookie team, earned an NBA championship and was the first player to ever have his number retired by the Portland Trailblazers.
History Of Squash from the increasing trend to convert racquetball courts to Squash use. No history of Squash can be complete without an account of the amazing http://www.squashplayer.co.uk/history_of_squash.htm
Extractions: For over 1,000 years man has invented and enjoyed a variety of games played by hitting a ball with either a closed fist - as in fives or bunch of fingers - or with some form of bat or racket. Around the year 1148 the French played le Paume, meaning the palm of the hand, which developed into Jeu de Paume, Real Tennis, Royal Tennis or, if you play the sport, simply Tennis. At sometime in the early 19th century this obsession with rackets and balls spawned another variety of the sport in the unlikely birthplace of the Fleet Prison in London. The prisoners in The Fleet, mainly debtors, took their exercise by hitting a ball against walls, of which there were many, with rackets and so started the game of Rackets. Rackets progressed, by some strange route, to Harrow and other select English schools about 1820 and it was from this source that our own sport of Squash, or Squash Rackets, developed. Squash was invented in Harrow school around 1830, when the pupils discovered that a punctured Rackets ball, which "squashed" on impact with the wall, produced a game with a greater variety of shots and required much more effort on the part of the players, who could not simply wait for the ball to bounce back to them as with Rackets. The variant proved popular and in 1864 the first four Squash courts were constructed at the school and Squash was officially founded as a sport in its own right.
JC Program four handball/racquetball courts, an olympicsize swimming pool with sunning Intramural sports include flag football, racquetball, soccer, track, http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/admissions/progdescjc.htm
Extractions: Home College Program Description Quick Links Master Calendar Admissions ViewBook Phonebook Athletics Registrar Commandant Dell / NMMI FAQ Site Map Photo Gallery Search Links Admissions Home Apply On-Line Admissions Staff Admission Forms ... State Police The College Program "Academic Excellence and A Commission in Two Years" New Mexico Military Institute provides a comprehensive liberal arts curriculum including such disciplines as English, foreign language (Spanish, German, French), history, sociology, philosophy, political science, psychology, business administration, economics, computer science, chemistry, physics, biology, math through college calculus, geology, art, music, and physical education to name a few. The school awards an Associate in Arts degree which requires sixty-eight hours (six in English, six to eight in the humanities, nine in social science/history, eight in laboratory science, six to ten in military science, three in mathematics, two in physical education, with the balance in electives). A normal load is seventeen hours per semester. A cadet may choose to concentrate in a particular area while pursuing the Associate of Arts degree. Although there is no requirement that the cadet do so, one may select from any number of such concentrations. In the humanities area, a cadet can choose to work in the area of art, communication, English, German, humanities, or Spanish. In math and science, one might choose construction engineering, life science, mathematics, physical sciences, pre-engineering, pre-med, pre-dent, or pre-vet. In the social sciences, business division, a cadet may choose business administration, computer information systems, criminal justice, history, international business, political science/government, or pre-law. Finally, one might choose to work in the area of physical education or recreation.
PAG Singlehanded Sailors Barkow will take a quick respite from her olympic Yngling campaign (with crew He lifts weights twice a week, plays racquetball or basketball four to http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/PanAm/2003/singlehanded.htm
Extractions: Singlehanded Sailors Ben Richardson, Sally Barkow and Jeff Linton Name: Ben Richardson Class Laser Position Skipper Pan Am Games Team US Sailing Team: Member of: High School: Waring School, 1993 College: Harvard, 1997 Birthdate: 4 September 1975 Birthplace: Concord, Mass. Hometown: Gloucester, Mass. Sailing Since Age Ben Richardson says he was "off the radar screen" until the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Sailing when he finished ninth in the Laser class. Now he is truly an international force and considered a top contender for an Olympic berth. "Ive had a Laser for 15 years and have been gradually ramping up from a New England level to a U.S. level," says Richardson of his move to singlehanded sailing. "I graduated in 97 from Harvard, and my senior year I had pretty much decided I would do an Olympic campaign. I had no idea what I was getting into." Richardson is now a full-time sailor and "work" consists solely of fund raising for his Olympic campaign.
2005 Summer National Senior Games - Senior Olympics, Pittsburgh, PA The Senior Olympics will be held in Pittsburgh, PA, from June 318, 2005. golf, horseshoes, race walking, racquetball, running, shuffleboard, softball, http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/events/p/senior_olympics.htm
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Extractions: Time and time again, athletes, performers, trainers, coaches, owners, and architects who design these facilities cite maple as the preferred sports surface. Of all the US sports floors ( 17 million square feet-installed each year) maple is the sports floor of choice. Athletic performance is enhanced by its hard-but-resilient character. Subfloor systems enhance maple's natural shock absorption and area elasticity. In addition to the surface providing dependable uniform grip and traction to athletic footwear. safety is vastly enhanced by these same characteristics as seen by a study showing athletes were 70% more likely to sustain a floor-related injury on a synthetic floor than on a maple floor. (See Incidence of Sports Injuries- further down this page) FREE Quote on Sports floor products As the trade association setting the standard (MFMA) has set painstakingly set forth and followed grading rules and quality standards in the production of each strip of flooring. It assures the wood has been kiln dried to 6% - 9% moisture content which makes it dimensionally stable before manufacturing begins. This ensures the finished product will be milled to consistent exact tolerances as mandated by this organization (MFMA).
Extractions: Time and time again, athletes, performers, trainers, coaches, owners, and architects who design these facilities cite maple as the preferred sports surface. Of all the US sports floors ( 17 million square feet-installed each year) maple is the sports floor of choice. Athletic performance is enhanced by its hard-but-resilient character. Subfloor systems enhance maple's natural shock absorption and area elasticity. In addition to the surface providing dependable uniform grip and traction to athletic footwear. safety is vastly enhanced by these same characteristics as seen by a study showing athletes were 70% more likely to sustain a floor-related injury on a synthetic floor than on a maple floor. (See Incidence of Sports Injuries- further down this page) As the trade association setting the standard (MFMA) has set painstakingly set forth and followed grading rules and quality standards in the production of each strip of flooring. It assures the wood has been kiln dried to 6% - 9% moisture content which makes it dimensionally stable before manufacturing begins. This ensures the finished product will be milled to consistent exact tolerances as mandated by this organization (MFMA). Grading Guide: The highest grade - an extremely durable and desirable floor for many installation applications; including but not limited to gymnasiums, basketball, handball, and racquet ball courts among other common uses such as public areas, dance floors, home and many other applications where fine appearance and long wear are desired. The face is practically defect free. Strip lengths 9" to 8 ft.; not more than 55% of total footage will be in bundles under 4 ft.; not more than 25% will be in 2 ft. bundles.
A History Of Disability Or Differently Abled Sport Below are Excerpts from an Excellent Resource on the history of Disability 1980 Sled skiers compete for the first time; Olympics for the Disabled in http://www.twu.edu/inspire/Disability Sport/a_history_of_disability_or_diffe.htm
Extractions: A History of Disability or Differently Abled Sport Although persons with different abilities have been involved in organized sports for at least 100 years, it is only very recently that they gained any level of recognition for such participation (DePauw. 1995) GENERAL TIMELINE OF SPORTS FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED Below are Excerpts from an Excellent Resource on the History of Disability Sport excepted from Sports N Spokes magazine (Vol 25, no 9, pp 10-45). Although some names and events may be unfamiliar, it provides only a small cross-section of the diverse people and events of disability sports . Feel free to follow the Sports 'N Spokes link for further detail. Generally considered the birth year for wheelchair sports as World War II Veterans became involved in sports with the primary emphasis on wheelchair basketball. Many of these sports evolved from the Stoke Mandeville Sports Centre in Ashbury England founded by neurologist, Sir Ludwig Guttman, often considered the father of wheelchair sports. The Center hosted the first international wheelchair competition. Sports N Spokes magazine founded First woman's wheelchair basketball tournament; Bob Hall first to wheel in Boston marathon; National Wheelchair Officials Association Organized
Virtual Library Of Sport - World Games World Games, Commonwealth games Olympics, World Youth, Paralympics Other Paralympics from Kostas Z foundation; history, 2000, 2004, 2005, history. http://sportsvl.com/rest/worldgames.htm
Extractions: World Games Commonwealth games Olympics World Youth Paralympics ... Other Paralympics elite sport events for athletes from six different disability groups. They emphasize, however, the participants' athletic achievements rather than their disability and are held in the same year as the Olympic Games. top Athens 2004 September 17th-28th, 2004 Coverage from Australia Swimming BBC Sport Canada ... IPC "Spirit in Motion" The International Paralympics Committee is the international representative organization of elite sports for athletes with disabilities and organizes, supervises and co-ordinates the Paralympic Games and other multi-disability competitions at both world and regional levels. The Paralympian newsletter of the IPC and covers the Paralympic Games and other World and Regional Championships Summary of the Games from Nationmaster Encyclopedia Paralympics from Kostas Z foundation; history, 2000, 2004, 2005, History..
LLU News- April 6, 2000 TODAY Of the four venues, which included tennis and racquetball for the first time, We hope to host the Senior Olympics at Drayson in the future, Mr. Sease http://www.llu.edu/news/today/apr0600/llu.htm
Extractions: April 6, 2000 Senior Games at Drayson Center receive glowing revues Four national records were broken during the Senior Games held at Drayson Center on Sunday, March 19. Members of Keach's Kagers, one of the senior basketball teams taking part in the tournament, listen carefully as their team captain works out some strategies for their opening game. The annual games drew nearly 200 participants who competed in four venues. Nearly 200 spectators watched the events. The event was covered by the San Bernardino County Sun newspaper and a story appeared in the Monday, March 20, issue. "A number of athletes approached me throughout the day," says Donald Sease, marketing and events director at Drayson Center. "They used phrases like 'extremely well-run,' 'pleasurable,' and 'on-time' to describe the games." "However," Mr. Sease continues, "the most encouraging words were 'I intend to return next year.'"
