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    DROSIA SERENITY
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    Modern and impressive architectural design with high-quality finishes Spacious 2-bedroom apartments with two verandas and smart layouts Penthouse units with private rooftop gardens of up to 63 m² Private covered parking for each apartment Exceptionally quiet location just 5–8 minutes from the marina, Finikoudes Beach, Metropolis Mall, and city center Quick access to all major routes and the highway Boutique-style building with only 8 apartments High-spec technical features including A/C provisions, solar water heater, and photovoltaic system setup.
    Drosia Serenity is not only an architectural gem but also a highly attractive investment opportunity. Located in the desirable residential area of Drosia, Larnaca, this modern development offers 5–7% annual rental yield, making it an ideal choice for investors seeking stable and lucrative returns in Cyprus' dynamic real estate market. Feel free to check the location on Google Maps.
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    Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water

    Posted By: IrGens
    Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water

    Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water by Vicki Valosik
    English | June 25, 2024 | ISBN: 1324093048 | True EPUB | 432 pages | 8.5 MB

    A groundbreaking history of how women found synchronicity―and power―in water.

    “If you’re not strong enough to swim fast, you’re probably not strong enough to swim ‘pretty,’” said a young Esther Williams to theater impresario Billy Rose. Since the nineteenth century, tensions between beauty and strength, aesthetics and athleticism have both impeded and propelled the careers of female swimmers―none more so than synchronized swimmers, for whom Williams is often considered godmother.

    In this revelatory history, Vicki Valosik traces a century of aquatic performance, from vaudeville to the Olympic arena, and brings to life the colorful cast of characters whose “pretty swimming” not only laid the groundwork for an altogether new sport but forever changed women’s relationships with water. Williams, who became a Hollywood sensation for her splashy “aquamusicals,” was just one in a long, bedazzled line of swimmers who began their careers as athletes but found greater opportunity, and often social acceptance, in the world of show business.

    Early starlets like Lurline the Water Queen performed “scientific” swimming, a set of moves previously only practiced by men―including Benjamin Franklin―that focused on form and exhibited mastery in the water. Demonstrating their fancy feats in aquariums and water tanks rolled onto music hall stages, these women stunned Victorian audiences with their physical dexterity and defied society’s rigid expectations of what was proper and possible for their sex.

    Far more than bathing beauties, they ushered in sensible swimwear and influenced lifesaving and physical education programs, helping to drop national drowning rates and paving the way for new generations of female athletes. When a Chicago physical educator matched their aquatic movements to music in the 1920s, young girls flocked to take part in “synchronized swimming.” But despite overwhelming love from audiences and the Olympic ambitions of its practitioners, “synchro” was long perceived as little more than entertaining pageantry, and its athletes would face a battle against the current to earn a spot at the highest echelons of sport.

    Now, on the fortieth anniversary of synchronized swimming’s elevation to Olympic status, Swimming Pretty honors its incredible history of grit, glamor, and sheer athleticism.