Olympics

What is sport, or what does it mean to be a sport? Naturally, one would begin to ponder such a question and only come up with what seems obvious. One would answer with things that seem innate to them, such as: basketball, football, baseball, or soccer. But, to respond in such manner leaves the question unanswered. That kind of answer to the question does not define what a sport is, but instances where a case is claiming to be a sport that one happens to have a level of familiarity with. Does a…

106 years ago the tragedy struck; and 706 people sat on lifeboats or clung onto chairs and boards for their lives, while others said their final words on a ship once called unsinkable. People watched as the grand ship split in half after hitting an iceberg. The bow split from the stern and spiraled down to the bottom of the Atlantic, not to be found for another 73 years by Robert Ballard. The stern stuck up in the air and went down under the sea like an “elevator.” It wasn’t nature’s fault, so…

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…

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…

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…

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…

in the water, as well as a gifted person outside of the water. Michael Phelps is known for his early childhood skills, his successful Olympic career, and his many swimming achievements. Michael Phelps was born on June 30, 1985, in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Michael grew up in a middle-class family. His father was a state officer, and his…

As said by the three-time Olympic champion, Gail Devers, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can’t stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In the non-fiction book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini’s unrelenting strength in the face of unimaginable horrors emulates the words spoken by…