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    For (M2) - explain the short- and long-term effects of the major incidents on people‚ communities‚ environment and the wider impacts they may have had. Short Term Effects: The short term affects are that they would have no food which would cause the mass of Haiti to starve which would cause either great illness or death. They would have no clean water which could lead to getting diseases EG. Typhus! It is dangerous to drink unsafe water as it could lead to death. All communications

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    Andrew Bolze Ms. Allen Scandal Creative Essay 26 October 2012 Shame and Regret Bang! The gun rang throughout the glistening Olympic stadium in Sydney. Marion Jones claimed her first gold in the 100m dash. After the exciting two week competition ended‚ three gold medals and two bronze medals glimmered around the neck of the beautiful and gifted athlete‚ Marion Jones. Everything seemed to click that year for the three-time Olympic champion‚ but her tremendous performances led critics to question

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    won the Summer Olympics in 2012‚ and not only because of her superior talent in gymnastics‚ but also because of her ambitious personality. Gabby Douglas is an Olympic gymnast‚ starting her gymnastics career at the age of six. She was born on December 31 in 1995‚ she grew up in Virginia and then moved to Iowa to further pursue a more serious gymnastic career. Although other gymnasts have obviously won gold in the olympics‚ she was the first African American gymnast to win gold at the Olympics‚ she also

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    Business Summer 2013 Module 1: Case Assignment Dr. Abou-Robieh‚ Moutaz Every four years there is an Olympics event held in a different city from around the world to bring together superior athletes that represent their respective countries to participate in a friendly competition. The Olympics is broken into two events summer and winter games. The Olympics represents three themes coming together: excellence‚ friendship and respect. The modern Olympics have

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    Introduction The overall issue concerning NBC in the “Snooze” case was that during the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics the networks primetime broadcast ratings “fell 18 percent from 2012” (Snooze). What was so concerning about these drop in ratings was the “key demographic of 18-to- 34 year-olds‚ prime-time ratings were down by 32 percent (Snooze). Also‚ NBC experiences with the Olympics in the past typically attracted more viewers‚ including younger ones‚ to live sports. This years’ drop in ratings was

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    Sports history in the British Library: selected titles Any analysis of sport‚ sporting events and sports governance must inevitably take into account the historical events which underpin them. For sports researchers‚ the British Library has an unrivalled collection of resources covering all aspects of the subject and in many different media‚ from books describing sporting events‚ to biographies and autobiographies of grass roots and elite athletes; coaching manuals; sport yearbooks and annual reports;

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    Nov. 12‚ 2012 HISTORY OF SWIMMING 1800-Competitive swimming was first introduced in the early 1800′s in Britain by the National Swimming Society. At that time‚ there were man-made indoor pools in London and the National Swimming Society of England used them for swimming competitions. These events became popular in England and led to the formation of the Amateur Swimming Association in 1880. 1873-The swimming strokes used in this time period were the side stroke and the breast stroke. In 1873 John

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    history of Adidas started in a small town in Bavaria‚ Germany. Adidas was founded in 1924 in Germany by two bothers Adi and Rudolf Dassler. The company was first named Dassler shoes and later became Adidas. By the Dassler shoes being seen in the Olympics this really helped the company get it’s name known. However‚ in 1948 Rudolf Dassler leaves to start his own company which is now known as Puma. Once Rudolf left his brother came up with the famous three stripes logo and changed the name to Adidas

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    (born 12 April 1980 in Bulawayo‚ Zimbabwe) is a deaf swimmer from South Africa‚ who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres breaststroke. Parkin also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics‚ as well as the 2005 Deaflympics in which he took home two gold medals. In 2011‚ Parkin saved a young boy from drowning.[1] http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympic-swimmer-saves-boy-20110121. Jump up^ Parkin out to win‚ prove deaf can compete. " CNN Sports Illustrated Online

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    Research Paper on Eric Liddell When most people hear the name Eric Liddell‚ the things that come to mind would be ideas of his athletic prowess and record breaking career. Some people may even remember that it was him who refused to run in the Olympics on a Sunday in order to honor the Lord. The famous movie Chariots of Fire has done much to preserve and fantasize these events. Even fewer still will remember that Eric Liddell was a missionary for many years of his life. (“10 Famous Christian Missionaries”)

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