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    Amartya Sen, an Indian philosopher, and economist wrote a book called "The Illusion of Destiny". This book is about identities and how they can lead to violence in certain contexts, as well as how they are important despite this. Sen argues that every individual is a part of several different groups and that it is up to them to prioritize the groups that they truly want to identify with. In the section "Constraints and Freedoms," Sen says that "The freedom to determine our loyalties and priorities

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    Each week you receive a child who you practice swimming, kicking, or for some of the children just getting into the water is a big accomplishment. It is such an amazing opportunity to see how over the weeks your kid is improving and excelling as a swimmer. At first I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it because I am shy around new people I meet and I did not know if I was going to be comfortable with these kids. But, over the past year that

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    Lifeguard Defined Merriam Webster defines a lifeguard as “a usually expert swimmer employed (as at a beach or a pool) to safeguard other swimmers.” There are many types of lifeguards. The most famous is the beach lifeguards. But there are also (swimming) pool, waterpark, and waterfront. Pool guards guard various swimming pools. Waterpark guards do pools with various attractions, such as slides. Waterfront lifeguards guard larger bodies of water such as resorts or public parks. Surf guards do the

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    Typical strength ratios for the ER and IR of the shoulder have been accounted for to be 2:3 roughly 66% in ordinary. Keeping up a balance of quality between the external and internal rotators of the shoulder is basic for typical muscular force couple activity and, along these lines, fundamental for glenohumeral steadiness. An interruption of these quality proportions will at last influence regulation of the humeral head inside the glenoid cavity. Assessing the muscular strength balance of the internal

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    Summer Sleep-Away Camps

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    Summer Time Fun As adults, we spend a lot of time away from our family and friends due to work or other priorities in our life. We learn to adapt and keep going through these times of being away and this can make us a greater person. Summer sleep-away camp is much like a longer version of a sleepover and can be a great head start for children who may not be away from their family and friends much. This leads me to feel that summer sleep-away camps have positive effects on children and should even

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    When people think about three billion dollars, they think it should be going into helping society, or our economy or helping any charity for a cause, but that’s not quite what this three billion dollars is going toward. That three billion dollars is going towards youth sports participation trophies. Kids are getting participation trophies for not even doing anything. They can just sit there and do nothing or not even show up and still get a trophy. Yes, trophies are something everyone wants, but

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    Texas. He learned ASL here and immersed himself in deaf culture. After staying at the school for 6 years, he came back home to Galveston. He started surfing here being one of the first citizens of Galveston to do so. Columbo was an exceptional swimmer. In 1923, he became the first deaf person to join the elite club in Galveston called the Surf Toboggan Club. Within this club, he joined by swimming for 3 hours

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    use of chlorine significantly if the pool is used regularly by many people. Ionizers also work best in running water and must be kept under a pump to continue working properly. Furthermore, the use of metal in the pool can stain the pool and turn swimmers hair and fingernail beds green. Ionizers can cost around $300 for a 40,000 gallon pool. Metals will also need to be replaced seasonally and can cost up to $129. An ozinator, or an ozone generator, is a machine attached to the filtration system of

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    Shark Attacks

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    Someone at the beach is swimming out in the deeper water, and all of a sudden, a dorsal fin pops out. For everyone on the beach who sees it, music from Jaws starts playing in their heads. The swimmer does not even notice it, and in a few seconds, a great white shark veraciously attacks him. This is what comes to mind when most people think of sharks, but they are not really just man-eating monsters of the sea. Sharks are a fascinating group of fishes that strike fear into the minds of humans

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    Dawn Fraser was a brilliant swimmer, one of the most dominant in the world during the 1950s and 60s. She was the first ever to win the same event at three consecutive Olympics. She was the first female to swim 100m freestyle in less than a minute, and later set an astounding world record of 58.9secs – a time that remained the world's best for 14 years. Dawn Frazer was born on 4th of September 1937. She grew up in the Sydney suburb of Balmain into a poor working-class family. Dawn Frazer is a parent

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