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    Proposal for Scottish about rejuvenation programme for Bowling Basin I would like to propose a site-specific performance piece as part of the Bowling Basin rejuvenation programme. The performance would aim to attract the local community, passers by as well as anyone interested in the history of the harbour. The Bowling Harbour was first opened in 1851. It was a pioneer within the UK shipbuilding industry and provided the country with a large quantity of quality ships, before and during the war…

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    Parental Influence

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    I’ve never felt like rejected or anything… My parents love that I row and are happy to fund me through it’’. She described how supportive her parents are and how welcome she’s always felt at her club. Jane successfully formed an identity within her rowing crew despite growing up in a working class background. A main reason for this could be the support she received from her parents. Coakley and White (1992) state that the reason young people from working class backgrounds generally avoid…

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    second day my lunch was not typical because I went out with my friend, but other than lunch, my breakfast, dinner and snacks were typical. On the first day I went over my recommended calorie consumption by 371 calories but for having 2.5 hours of rowing that day I think that I didn’t eat to many calories compared to all of the calories I burned. On the second day I went under my recommended calorie consumption by 626 calories. On the first day my outlier was the chili I ate for dinner, it was…

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    5 Exercises That Burn the Most Calories You love the ‘muscle burn’ after an energetic workout, but wonder if that burn is benefitting your waistline. Whether you’re a gym bunny or prefer sweating it out in the comfort of your own home, most fitness gurus tend to agree, there are a few key exercises that burn the most calories. Jump to It Jumping rope targets more muscle groups than jogging, challenges your balance and coordination and just 10 minutes of jumping provides the same fitness…

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    As a child, my love for the sea and the Navy had always been an inevitable part of my life. Growing up in Mystic, Connecticut with a Naval Submarine Base just a few minutes away from my house, school field trips to the base and seeing swarms of officers in uniform were the norm. Although none of my family members had ever served in the Navy, I was able to gain an “insider’s” perspective of what a healthcare career in the Navy was like because my best friend’s father was a dentist for the Navy.…

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    fatally sank. On the other hand, “The Open Boat” is a short story at heart, intended to be viewed as a piece of literature depicting the constant struggle towards survival to the four men (Crane included) who survived the initial shipwreck and now are rowing for their lives on a cramped lifeboat. The inherent limitations of writing a newspaper…

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    Human Resiliency is being able to overcome challenges and having the ability to bounce back quickly. In The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, and in Night, by Elie Wiesel both characters have to face many difficulties. Family affects Joe and Elie’s ability to overcome those difficulties. In Night by Elie Wiesel, family impacts Elie’s life to prevail obstacles. Elie and his family are Jews. All the Jews were in ghettos and were going to be taken to concentration camps. Hitler was the…

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    continue in that direction until we arrived in California,” said Chris with a smile. “So as long as we head east, we’ll eventually hit land.” He placed the compass in the palm of his hand, and then uncharacteristically barked at Grace and Ali to start rowing the lifeboat in the direction that the compass was telling him was east. As soon as he was sure they had a good start in the right direction, Chris set the compass down, and began to paddle alongside the girls. The boat lurched forward with…

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    In the left hand side of James Ensor’s ‘Masks Confronting Death’, there is a faint image of a face that has been painted over: a feature that I had not noticed the first time I saw the painting. However, as I was living in Connecticut I had the opportunity to visit the Museum of Modern Art in New York City multiple times, and each time I was able to examine this piece in further detail. I had a similar experience when observing Claude Monet’s ‘Poplars’ in the Fitzwilliam Museum. In the central…

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    The musculoskeletal and energy system. The musculoskeletal system is made up of muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons and cartilage. Each part of the musculoskeletal system is controlled by the nervous system, an impulse from the nervous system results in a contraction of muscle, shortening it, causing the bone to which it is attached to move. The musculoskeletal system aids movement of the body, as well as helping to maintain posture as well as the production of heat If an Athlete takes part…

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