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Does anyone know the real story about the Titanic? The sinking of the Titanic is a major part of our history. According to the “R.M.S Titanic”, “The White Star liner Titanic, largest ship the world had ever known, sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York on April 10, 1912.” Many assumed the Titanic was “unsinkable” because it “was believed to be the safest”. There were many passengers who had survived; however, less than ⅓ of the passengers did not survive. Miss. Emily Louisa…

of the car. “Thanks.” I said trying to not let my excitement take over me. I was tingling inside because today I got to swim 200 butterfly at Junior Olympics. I know what you are probably thinking, Junior Olympics is not like the actual olympics that is held every four years with the gold, silver, and bronze medals just for children. Junior Olympics is a very competitive swim meet that swimmers can go to if they have a qualifying time for a certain event. I had qualified in 200 butterfly,…

shouldn't be introduced to athletes in sporting events. The use of performance-enhancing drugs, or “doping,” by professional athletes has been acknowledged as a problem since at least the 1960s (CNN). FDA took action in 2004. It is banned by the NFL, Olympics, NCAA and MLB (CNN). The use of enhancing drugs is not fair to the other contestants. The drug gives an athlete an unfair advantage. It is the act of misusing medicinal products to gain an advantage in performance and to prevent fatigue…

This study examined Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (UKA) surgery in an outpatient ambulatory medical service versus an inpatient medical service. Performing UKA surgery in an ambulatory medical service has been compared to inpatient effectiveness and cost benefits has yet to be discussed between outpatient and inpatient performing surgery. Cost saving can be achieved by performing UKA in an outpatient ambulatory medical service. The prices the medical billing bills the insurance,between…

the Olympics. In their very first Olympics, the Helsinki Olympics of 1952, they matched the Americans in the medal count. This dominance continued through most of the Soviet era. However, this dominance was not free from politics. There were instances of boycotts, during the ‘80 and ‘84 Olympics, from both the USA and USSR due to political tensions abroad. Many decades later, these same political tensions are still present during the Olympics.When Russia went to build the 2014 Winter Olympics in…

From Titanic to Costa Concordia – a century of lessons not learned is a paper written by Schröder-Hinrichs, J., Hollnnagell, E. and Baldauf, M. that describes both the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and the sinking of the Costa Concordia in 2012. The Piece was written to highlight how two cruise ship disasters that happened almost exactly a century apart had the same underlying human and organizational factors; thus illuminating the fact that though many thing in the shipping industry have…

Maria Sharapova a famous athlete in the sport of tennis was recently caught using performance enhancing drugs. Meldonium is a drug that is quite often used amongst tennis players and other athletes. As of Friday the number of positive tests for the substance in 2016 across the sporting world was up to 140, this is becoming a huge problem for not only tennis athletes but athletes across all sport codes. What do we know about the substance, why was the Russian taking it and why was it banned…

Although gymnastics isn't considered a race, young elite gymnasts themselves are definitely in one. They're in a race with their own growing bodies and with all aspects of the sport that they dream of conquering to bring home Olympic gold before they expire. The physical and mental deterioration from the pressures of winning are brought on through intense training tactics implemented by coaches, their own parents, and even the governing body of gymnastics worldwide. The International Gymnastics…

10 facts about Titanic A century has cruised by since the luxury steamship R.M.S Titanic met its calamitous end in the North Atlantic, sinking two miles to the sea depths in the wake of sideswiping an iceberg amid its maiden voyage. Instead of the originally intended Port of New York, a remote ocean grave turned out to be the White Star Line's last destination in the early hours of April 15, 1912. More than 1,500 individuals lost their lives in the catastrophe. The tragedy triggered a sudden…

There are many sports, but the hardest one physically, mentally, and commitment wise is gymnastics. Gymnastics is a competitive sport in which the athletes preform acrobatic feats on four different types of apparatus. The first event female gymnasts compete in is the floor exercise. The athlete preforms a routine choreographed to music of her choice, and must complete three to four tumbling passes as well as leaps, jumps, and dance moves. The second apparatus is the vault. This piece of…