backstroke Advance swimming: * Advance Freestyle A competition in which the contestant is given more latitude than in related events, “especially “ swimming competition in which the swimmer may use any stroke. The freestyle stroke, also known as front crawl, is the fastest and most efficient of the competitive Swimming Stroke. That's why it is always used in the freestyle event of swimming competitions and is also often the preferred stroke of experienced swimmers and triathletes. Your arms execute
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Prussia finally fell to the Red Army. This freed up Marshal Rokossovsky's 2nd Belorussian Front to move west to the east bank of the Oder river. Marshal Georgy Zhukov concentrated his 1st Belorussian Front, which had been deployed along the Oder river from Frankfurt in the south to the Baltic, into an area in front of the Seelow Heights. To the south, Marshal Konev shifted the main weight of the 1st Ukrainian Front out of Upper Silesia and northwest to the Neisse River. In the early hours on 16 April
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American contributions to the Second Battle of the Marne and to the fighting in the months leading up to the German surrender. 1. Analyze the role of American soldiers in the Second Battle of the Marne, and in subsequent engagements with the Germans. 2. Discuss the weapons used in WWI, such as bayonets, flamethrowers, machine guns, pistols, mustard gas, rifles, tanks and trench mortars. 3. Discuss the soldier’s experience, such as fighting in the trenches, boredom, lice, rats, food
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WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY LA PAZ, ILOILO CITY I. INTRODUCTION SWIMMING Swimming is an aquatic sport which is based on the human act of swimming. Basically, the goal of swimming sport is to complete a given distance in the smallest time. Different swimming competitions are held which are totally based on speed and endurance such as crossing an English Channel. Swimming as a sport, is different from other aquatic sports like diving, synchronized swimming and water polo that involves
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SEMESTER 1 2015/2016 Co-cu No: MPU-24L2 LOG BOOK CO-CURRICULUM SWIMMING |photo | Personal Information Name : NG JU YI Student’s Reg. No : 14ABD00994 I.C No : 961210-33-5013 Telephone No : 012-2281306 E-mail : jy_1210@outlook.com Course of study : DMK Current address : NO.Block C-308,Taman Kolej Perdana
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ἰ HISTORY Swimming can be dated back to the Stone Age, but did not truly become an organised sport until the early 19th century. AN ANCIENT DISCIPLINE Prehistoric man learnt to swim in order to cross rivers and lakes – we know this because cave paintings from the Stone Age depicting swimmers have been found in Egypt. Swimming was also referred to in Greek mythology. DAWN OF A SPORT Swimming was not widely practised until the early 19th century, when the National Swimming Society of Great
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In the history books, The Battle of Somme is considered a turning point that eventually brought about the end of The Great War, the First World War. It came at a staggeringly high cost to both sides. In terms of casualties, it was the single bloodiest battle during the war, lasting over a period of 4 months. Overconfidence in the precursor artillery bombardment to lighten the German defenses before the main offensive, and poor execution of fires, ratcheted up the number of casualties the British
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reached out towards me. This time it was clear he was saying goodbye. His arm dropped as his breathing stopped. That’s when I realised why the stars didn’t come out, and I wished George and I hadn’t either. My reason for going to war was laid dead in front of me, and George’s reasons didn’t matter anymore. They say it is sweet and honourable to die for one’s country. There was nothing sweet or honourable about George’s death. I downed another glass of whisky as I returned standing facing the man in the
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rather than in an office. This is almost twice as many as ten years ago. This rapidly-growing trend towards working from home is the same in many countries. But what are the reasons for it? The main reason is technological: easy access to broadband and the availability of phone and vidco-conferencing. These enable people to use their home as an office in an efficient and cost-effective way. Other reasons for homeworking are the benefits to both employers and employees: office space is costly
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Administrative Assistant Job Summary The Administrative Assistant position is a vital position in providing support to the Call center office and Office Manager. The job requires an individual to provide information to applicants and employees; must be able to maintain financial and clerical records in an organized and easy to find fashion; and complete all assigned projects and tasks. Supervision: This job requires little to no supervision Essential Job Functions * Maintains a variety
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