Drugs in Sport The use of drugs in sports goes back a long-long time‚ in fact back to the original Olympics held from 776 to 393 BC. Old texts suggest that humans were always trying to find ways to do more work with less effort (work hard but suffer less). This caused them to find‚ invent & use drugs or supplements. Thus people began using drugs & performance enhancers. Doping is the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport‚ it is illegal‚ but the use of drugs completely isn’t. That
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Before reading. • What did you know about this book before you started reading it? Before I started reading this book‚ I knew that the book was about a girl named Alice‚ who follows a rabbit through a hole and landed in Wonderland where she lived quite an adventure. • Did you see a film version of the book? I have seen a movie version of the book but somehow I have never seen it to the end. • What are your expectations before reading? I expect that it’s a good book because it is pretty famous and
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Crawford was conceived in San Fernando‚ Trinidad and Tobago‚ one of the eleven offspring of Lionel Crawford and Phyllis Holder‚ and started seeking after sports at 17 years old. Crawford ran for his Alma Mata‚ Eastern Michigan University under mentor and coach Bob Parks amid his school years. In the wake of completing as the runner up at the 1975 Pan American Games in the 100 meters‚ Crawford was added to the group of American mentor Bob Parks. His new mentor set him up for the 100 meters and 200
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Alice faces many obstacles throughout her time in Wonderland. Most of them are because of the transition from childhood to becoming a young adult. Alice clearly represents the struggle children have when entering the world of adults. Also‚ Alice is trying to survive and understand who she is now because she doesn’t know who she is anymore. Like the Cheshire cat said: “Everyone in wonderland is mad‚ including you”. He meant that all adults are mad for children and Alice doesn’t believes that and she
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Nov. 12‚ 2012 HISTORY OF SWIMMING 1800-Competitive swimming was first introduced in the early 1800′s in Britain by the National Swimming Society. At that time‚ there were man-made indoor pools in London and the National Swimming Society of England used them for swimming competitions. These events became popular in England and led to the formation of the Amateur Swimming Association in 1880. 1873-The swimming strokes used in this time period were the side stroke and the breast stroke. In 1873 John
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Jesse Owens was the best track athlete at the 1936 Olympics due to his four gold medals in the 400 meter relay ‚ the 100 meter dash ‚ the 200 meter dash and the running board jump or the long jump. Now not only did he run but he showed that he was also versitlie and could jump. He also won a gold by the help of three others to win the 400 meter relays. Now a short summary of his life will be discussed. One of the greatest track-and-field athletes of all time. He was born James Cleveland Owens in
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Safe Cities In this day and age‚ the safety of city and citizen are essential for people’s life. But as the population of cities continues to increase‚ the safety of city has become a critical problem. The government or city planners should think highly of this problem and do some adjustment of the city. However‚ the safety of city is dependent on the infrastructure of the city‚ the role of government and improves awareness of people. Firstly‚ in the public area‚ there should increase of the
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Part 1: Multiple Choice: Choose the best answer. (worth 1 point each) Act I Scene One 1. Why did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her? 2. Why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis the money? 3. Who are Willy and Bobo? 4. Walter said‚ “Damn my eggs…damn all the eggs that ever was!” Why? 5. Who is Beneatha? 6. Why did Beneatha say she wouldn’t marry George? 7. What was Beneatha’s attitude towards God? 8. What happened to Ruth at the end of Act I Scene One? Act I Scene Two 9. Who is
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My telephone rang and a shiver went down my spine. I knew who was calling and why they were calling. I slowly walked towards the phone‚ trying to walk slowly enough so by the time I get there the caller would hang up. But soon enough I founded myself next to the phone‚ because the room didn’t go on for ever. My hand reached out to grab the ringing phone and putted it next to my ear. I heard someone speaking to me through the phone and he said ‘hello’. I quickly answered him back with a shaky voice
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Augustus Waters from The Fault in Our Stars once spoke‚ "I’m on a rollercoaster that only goes up my friend." At one point in my life‚ I found this quote to be totally insignificant. Now that I look back on my teenage years‚ I see it. The rollercoaster only went up from the point I opened my big‚ fat‚ attitude infested‚ mouth to my step-mother‚ Verona. The take off was bumpy‚ as well the entire rest of the journey up. Though it did eventually come down‚ not only going up. I came down an entirely
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