When the Games Come to Town: Host Cities and the Local Impacts of the Olympics A report on the impacts of the Olympic Games and Paralympics on host cities Dr Mary Smith London East Research Institute Working Papers December 2008 1 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1. 2 Olympics as mega event – why they’re not just about sport 1. 3 What is legacy? Analysis and how to read the trends 1. 4 London’s background 1. 5 London’s bid 1. 6 Legacy’s legacy: heritage and the use of legacy as a policy tool
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I was her she was me We were one we were free And if there’s somebody calling me on She’s the one If there’s somebody calling me on She’s the one We were young we were wrong We were fine all along If there’s somebody calling me on She’s the one When you get to where you want to go And you know the things you want to know You’re smiling When you said what you want to say And you know the way you want to play‚ yeah You’ll be so high you’ll be flying Though
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Carlos María de la Torre y Nava Cerrada is considered the most beloved of the Spanish Governors-General ever assigned in the Philippines (1869–1871). He was the assigned Governor-General after the La Gloriosa revolution. ------------------------------------------------- [edit]Governor General of the Philippines A Carlist army officer‚ he was sent from Spain by Francisco Serrano after the ouster ofIsabel II as result of the La Gloriosa revolution. He was considered a liberal Spaniard who practiced
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The literary epic began with his obsessive reading and self innovation of chivalric romances; in Part II‚ Don Quixote stumbles upon the find that his adventures are anxiously shared and sought out for by others. Paying a visit to a press shop in Barcelona‚ Quixote finds an edition of his story‚ false to the truth of what actually transpired‚ he denounces it. This denouncement accentuates the cultural and economic impact of books of fiction. Despite his own books’ popularity‚ Cervantes did not find
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Norwegian airlines started its operations in 1993 on a regional basis‚ however‚ only appeared on the market as a low-cost carrier on a small scale in 2002. The company is currently operating a mixt fleet of Boeing 787 and Boeing 737-800’s aircrafts. Now‚ Norwegian Airlines are holding eighteen destinations across Europe and USA. Norwegian Airlines succeeded to launch low-cost long haul flights from Gatwick to USA‚ and are currently awaiting AOC approval to launch flights from Ireland to US. This
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c. At the of age 15‚ De La Hoya won the national Junior Olympic 119-pound title. B. Professional Career 1. With the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona‚ De La Hoya defeated Marco Rudolph of Germany to win gold and become the only U.S. boxer to take home a medal from Barcelona. a. De La Hoya turned his mother’s dream into a strong focus for his training. After an upset victory in the first round over the Cuban boxer Julio Gonzalez.
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I could tell you that art plays a large part in making our lives infinitely rich. Imagine‚ just for a minute‚ a world without art. (You may think "So what?" but please consider the impact that lack of graphics would have on your favorite video game.) Art stimulates different parts of our brains to make us laugh or incite us to riot‚ with a whole series of emotions in between. Art gives us a way to be creative and express ourselves. For some people‚ art is the entire reason they get out of bed in
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Knowledge versus Belief Introduction The traditional or classic definition of knowledge was proposed by Plato in his dialogue Theaetetus−that “knowledge is justified true belief”. This view is formulated by a study of justified beliefs that constitute knowledge‚ this study is called Epistemology. Epistemology as a branch of philosophy deals with certain questions that are conducive to know what knowledge is. These questions can be proposed in the following way: What are the necessary and sufficient
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Architecture‚ from the beginning of human civilization through the present day‚ sustains itself by intertwining various cultures. Therefore it is a natural process that architectural movements are affected by each other. Since the 16th century‚ there changed countless ideas about design‚ it started with the colonialism era there pullulate national styles with interaction relation between colonies. Additionally there comes assimilation and combination of cultures and decisively‚ with the globalization
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Dominicans who traveled to Spain to complete his Bachelor of Arts and Medicine. It is interesting to note that he made that trip westward‚ crossing the Suez Canal‚ which had just opened a few years back‚ and navigating the Mediterranean from Egypt to Barcelona. The opening of the Suez Canal brought the Philippines closer to Spain and Rizal’s generation made the most out of it. It should be said that it was a brilliant generation‚ one known in Philippine history as the ilustrado generation. Rizal shared
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