History of swimming The sport of swimming has been recorded since prehistoric times; the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age paintings from around 7‚000 years ago. Written references date from 2000 BC. Some of the earliest references to swimming include the Gilgamesh‚ the Iliad‚ the Odyssey‚ the Bible‚ Beowulf‚ Quran and other sagas. In 1778‚ Nikolaus Wynmann‚ a German professor of languages‚ wrote the first swimming book‚ The Swimmer or A Dialogue on the Art of Swimming (Der Schwimmer
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Swimming in Waste: An Analysis of the Documentary film The Dive Jeremy Seifert’s informative documentary The Dive looks deeper into the American enigma of how and why we have 96 billion pounds of food waste a year in our country when 1 billion people a day are starving worldwide. Seifert tells his viewers’ information that can prove there in lay a serious problem. For example there is 96 billion pounds of food wasted every year in America which is enough to feed the nation of Haiti for 5 years
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maintain the changes to ensure sustainability. The section chosen for this investigation was the Urangan beach‚ adjacent to Churchill Street. Its main issue it faces is beach erosion. Erosion is caused by the slow or gradual wearing away of sand‚ and is especially common during storms‚ high tide and rough weather. 2.0 Methodology Primary data was gathered in the form of images taken at the beach and guest speakers (Acworth and Broadstock from FCRC) speaking on the issues‚ solutions and management
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2005-2009‚ there were an average of 3‚533 fatal unintentional drownings (non-boating related) annually in the United States — about ten deaths per day. Swimming is a summertime activity that many people enjoy. Swimming can be very relaxing‚ therapeutic‚ and entirely enjoyable. Sometimes though‚ there are terrible mishaps involved with swimming. Maybe someone slips and bursts open their head; maybe someone accidentally inhales water into their lungs. Quite possibly‚ for my case‚ someone made a
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213 for Swimming Pool FACTS The taxpayer‚ Susan‚ suffers from severe osteoarthritis in both knees and has a hard time living comfortably. Susan has taken many precautions to better her health including: cortisone injections‚ painkillers‚ physical therapy‚ and arthroscopic surgery. Being that this is a hereditary disease‚ the doctors predict that it’s only going to get worse. The key to alleviate the pain is to keep moving‚ thus it is extremely painful for Susan to remain active. Swimming maintains
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The poem Woman on a Beach written by Anne Michaels does an exquisite job at making an everyday event‚ seem so unique and unordinary. The author is really able to capture the reader’s attention by using exceptional adjectives to describe the setting and environment of the beach. This author is able to make the reader feel like they are actually there‚ through the use of their imagery. She is really able to describe the setting‚ so that the reader can almost feel the relaxation the women are feeling
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Introduction The character I was interested in describing was Tiri from a short story “Swimming and Tiri” written by Phil Kawana. The reason why I chose Tiri is because he is the most important person in the story. The second reason why I was interested in this character is because when he did some ruthless things to women‚ he never wanted his son to grow up and become like him. Tiri wanted his son to be a better person. Tiri was a bad person. He would do bad things to girls and treat them
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I should join Sunfish Swimming. I wasn’t really sure what to make of that and laughed it off. A week later‚ I was told that there would be a swim meet and that I should go and see if it would be something I was interested in. So I agreed‚ just to see what it would be like. We drove to Fargo and watched the swim meet. When I came back I was not sure if I would be able to handle it and be under that kind of pressure. But they talked me into it‚ and I said yes to swimming a few days
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I. INTRODUCTION Located just southwest of St. Louis‚ and 2 miles east of Eureka in an old flood plain used for farming‚ lies a ghost town called Times Beach‚ Missouri. Originally being marketed as a summer hideaway‚ one could purchase a 20 x 100 ft. lot for $67.50 in 1925 and even receive a six-month newspaper subscription. After the Great Depression and gas rationing during World War II‚ the town became a small community of low-middle-class economic citizens. In 1983‚ due to a dioxin contamination
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The Turtle On The Beach Once there was a poor man. He was very happy‚ but could not afford the house of his dreams. Each day he walked down the beach‚ looking at the frothy‚ white waves slapping against the beach‚ the fish leaping out of the water‚ and the seagulls floating around him waiting for a careless person to drop a crumb. He loved walking down the sandy beach. But what he enjoyed most was the rainbow of houses stretched down the beach. They weren’t big‚ they weren’t small. But he loved
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