The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed‚ strength‚ and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point. This event has been an Olympic medal event since the first modern Olympics in 1896 At the elite level‚ competitors run down a runway and jump as far as they can from a wooden board 20 cm or 8 inches wide that is built flush with the runway into a pit filled with finely ground gravel or sand.Each competitor has three attempts.The competitor
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His gum comes in a pink and silver box. Half light‚ half dark blue orbit box that has various shades of pink. When he pulls out the rectangular piece‚ the wrapper is white like snow. Printed on the wrapper a light grey logo flows across the wax paper. As the piece comes out of the box the smell of cheap Pepto-Bismol spills out with it. On the gum is a fine white dust almost like cocaine. The dust fills every crack of his fingerprints. On it‚ fine lines are etched. The wrapper sounds like paper being
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During World War II‚ in the European Theater War‚ one battle has stood out most. The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17‚ 1942-Feb. 2‚ 1943)‚ was one of the bloodiest and said to be greatest battles between Russia and Germany. This battle started when Germany became more powerful and wanted to conquer more territories. Germans saw Stalingrad‚ now called‚ Volgograd‚ an important and mandate city to conquer because Hitler realized the symbolic meaning behind it since it was named after the U.S.S.R leader
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Diabetes Diabetes is a condition where the pancreas secretes an insufficient supply of insulin or the body does not use the insulin efficiently. Normally‚ when the pancreas produces the right amount of insulin to accommodate the quantity of sugar. However‚ when the person has diabetes‚ either the pancreas produces little or no insulin or the cells do not respond normally to the insulin. Sugar accumulates up in the blood‚ overflows into the urine and then passes from the body unused. Now if this
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The Kiwi is the national symbol of New Zealand. The Kiwi covers two thirds of the northern island of New Zealand. Kiwi is also a word to say New Zealanders. They are aggressive and will defend their territory from other kiwis. The Northern Island Brown Kiwi is critically endangered. There are only 2500 left and is also called as the least common kiwi. The brown kiwi prefers dense‚ sub-tropical and temperate forests. The Brown Kiwi is known as to be the smallest bird but lays the biggest eggs than
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As I draw near to the island on which my dream house awaits‚ I catch a quick glance of it out of the corner of my eye. It is humongous‚ and is the most noticeable building in the area. My private steel‚ elegant jet lands on the octagonal air strip next to the house. I get out of the jet the wind was whistling and blowing my hair back as I started my journey through a heavily wooded path leading to my dream house. I walk with anxiety toward the house at which I will spend the rest of my life. All
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The water was the clearest thing in the world. You could see through it as if it were a piece of glass. The water slid down smoothly as it fell‚ having no problems with the giant drop. The sleek sapphire descent was simply staggering to observe. Each drop of water fell with its own clarity‚ making a vast splash upon the level surface below. The waterfall was a clear sky leading up to a downpour. The giant spray from below was reaching up towards the sky in order to touch it. Never before have
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THE CRONULLA RIOTS The beachside suburb‚ known by residents as "God’s Country"‚ saw the spread of violence in a series of ethnically motivated confrontations in the week of December 11th 2005. This day saw the gathering of nearly 5000 people‚ most of Anglo Celtic background‚ some locals‚ some from other Sydney beachside suburbs such as Maroubra and Brighton‚ in order to "reclaim the beach" after two middle eastern youths attacked Cronulla lifesavers earlier in the week. The notification of the
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WHAT IS FLUID MECHANICS ? FLUIED: Any thing whose particles can move easily from one place to another that means shape can be easily changed upon the application of negligible force. MECHANICS: Study of response of bodies upon the application of force. FLUID MECHANICS : Fluid mechanics may be defined as the branch of engineering science which deal with behavior of fluids under the condition of rest and
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Engineering Mechanics One is one of the basic courses for Civil Engineers. This course involves a lot of Mechanical analysis of Structures‚ objects and Force systems. However‚ this course is impossible to undertake for students unless the students know how to deal with the units and other basic values are calculated in. Therefore in the first chapter of Engineering Mechanics One‚ the students are taught the Conversions of Units. Units are the basics calculation. A system of forces cannot be interpreted
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