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    dealt with before a solution can take effect. These causes may include: poverty‚ problems or abuse within the home‚ a feeling of power from age or body size‚ provocative or “annoying” victims‚ and a need to feel better about themselves as a person. (Cheever‚ Jenny). Bullying‚ especially in schools is a serious problem that occurs almost on a daily basis. Bullying can happen anywhere and at any time. In schools it can happen on the playground‚ the cafeteria‚ hallways‚ buses and even in the classroom

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    The Crucible - Essay

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    The Crucible The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller in 1953 recalls the hysteria and madness of the Salem Witch trials of 1692. Miller incorporated many themes in his play. These themes highlight other factors in The Crucible. This essay will look at a theme which is effectively highlighted by a scene and it will explain how the theme is explored in the play as a whole. It will also show how this scene effectively highlights the theme. Puritanism controls life in the town of Salem as a number

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    fastest swimsuit in 2007 and 2008. In fact‚ during the Beijing Olympics‚ every gold medal was a swimmer wearing a LZR Racer. (Gerbis‚ 2009) The suit helped athletes break seventeen world records. I have been a competitive swimmer for four years‚ and there isn’t one competitive swimmer who hasn’t heard about‚ seen or used a LZR Racer racing suit. Most wouldn’t think a space shuttle and a competitive swimmer have a lot in common‚ but both have to compensate for the forces of pressure and viscous drag

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    is also very popular in leisure swimming because the head can be held up‚ making vision and breathing easy and because the swimmer can rest between strokes if needed. Swimmers can also use the breaststroke in survival swimming and in lifesaving situations. Since the breaststroke has many uses and is easy to learn‚ it is one of the best strokes to teach a beginning swimmer. When teaching the breaststroke to a beginner‚ it is very important to explain every aspect of the stroke from head to toe

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    palaces were often equipped with swimming pools or baths. Often reserved for the elite that used them as relaxation pools and cleaning tubs. It is noted by historians that swimming was also often used in battle. The Greeks were often regarded as solid swimmers and at the Battle of Salamis after a number of both Greek and Persian boats were destroyed it was said that all of the Persians drowned due to their inability to swim while the Greek prevailed. The history of swimming is much easier to understand

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    proposition for very occasional swimmers who don’t like to practice the sport in a pool‚ and whose water experience is essentially little more than paddling in the sea or sitting in a small private pool. We started by watching videos of these swimmers‚ from smartphone footage taken by sales people visiting public pools around the world that had then been posted on an internal collaboration platform‚ along with observations from the people taking the shots about what the swimmers seemed to find most difficult

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    Swimming

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    training or exercise purposes. 1.2 History Swimming has been recorded since prehistoric times. It is believed to occur as early as dated back to Stone Age paintings from around 7‚000 years ago. Drawings from the Stone Age were found in "the cave of swimmers" near Wadi Sora (or Sura) in the southwestern part of Egypt near Libya. These pictures seem to show breaststroke or dog paddle. Swimming has been part of Olympic Games since 1896 in Athens. In 1908‚ the world swimming association‚ Fédération Internationale

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    Speedo Innovation

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    Speedo innovation: Swimwear companies have invested millions designing high-performance suits for the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Can design help swimmers finish faster? Following the 2004 Athens Olympics‚ officials at swimwear giant Speedo had good reason to celebrate: Athletes clad in their latest suits at the time‚ called Fastskin FSII‚ won 46 medals in the pool. Yet when the company ’s in-house design team‚ Aqualab‚ gathered soon after the games at company headquarters in Nottingham‚ Britain

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    Inductive Reasoning

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    is inductive reasoning because he predicts when he should be there based of one initial time. Another example of inductive reasoning would be that if lee is an excellent swimmer. lee has a swimming pool. Lee sister must be a good swimmer. The premise is that lee is a good swimmer. The conclusion is that if lees is a good swimmer his sister should be. This is inductive reasoning because they are

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    terrence parkin

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    NOTES Terence Mike Parkin (born 12 April 1980 in Bulawayo‚ Zimbabwe) is a deaf swimmer from South Africa‚ who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres breaststroke. Parkin also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics‚ as well as the 2005 Deaflympics in which he took home two gold medals. In 2011‚ Parkin saved a young boy from drowning.[1] http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympic-swimmer-saves-boy-20110121. Jump up^ Parkin out to win‚ prove deaf can compete. " CNN

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