will not be heard in the Olympics for at least half a decade. Softball is a big part in the lives of many women and taking it out of the 2012 Olympics is crushing their dreams. The sport should be reinstated in the 2016 Olympics because the sport will die if it is not‚ it gives young girls a dream‚ and it will greatly decrease the amount of women participating in the Olympic Games. Softball has been in the Olympics since 1996 and now the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided
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Service Reflection: Special Olympics For my service hours‚ I attended Special Olympics‚ an event where disabled or mentally ill students and adults compete in a series of sports. I was in charge of a severly autistic teen named Tony‚ whos life is spent in a group home. I was unable to get much information out of him‚ as he was barely able to communicate let alone stay in one place. This event was an example of direct service as it was a one-on-one experience that changed my life. Tony was extremely
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The Olympics in today’s culture is a very important and well known event. The first Olympic games were held in the year 776 B.C. The Olympics games started in Greece and over time it became more widely spread and competitive and started to become more important to athletes. Although Athletes from all over the world show up to compete at the Olympic games now‚ it was much more simpler and had a different purpose in the first wave civilizations. The Olympic games were created to show physical qualities
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Should the Olympics have a permanent home? Today the modern Olympics consist of summer and winter games although the ancient Olympic games were only a series of competitions restricted to a few games and a few people. The Olympics symbolize with five intertwined circles representing all five continents of the earth‚ giving the meaning that the games are opened to the whole world. Olympics is a major international event which gives the thousands of athletes the opportunity to participate in variety
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California enjoyed watching the Olympics‚ as did billions of people worldwide. Modern Olympics have been around since 1896 when Athens‚ Greece hosted the summer games. Before the International Olympic Committee was formed‚ the Olympic Games can be traced back to the eighth century AD. Any games prior to 393 AD were known as the Ancient Olympic Games; between 393 AD and 1896 there were no official games at all. Swimming is arguably the most competitive Olympic sport. Every year countries compete
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In the image "Going to the Olympics‚" by Frank Romero‚ he used specific images to symbolize the city of Los Angeles. In the top of the painting we can observe a couple of men fighting and a horse. The two men fighting might represent the effort that the city has made to get where they are at this point‚ while the horse might represent the power that the people have when they’re together. It also shows five cars‚ each with a heart above‚ which might mean all the missions in California and how lovely
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Do you know how the Olympics all started? The purpose of this paper is to explain how the Olympics first began and why it began. There are many different games that have been adapted over the years. The importance of this paper is to inform the reader of how the Olympics developed and why it developed. Body The Olympics were said to originate long ago in the city of Olympia. The games developed because the Greeks idealized physical fitness and mental discipline. The one Greek to model these ideals
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University of Phoenix Material Nutrition and Physical Fitness Worksheet Using the text for this course‚ the University Library‚ the Internet‚ and/or other resources‚ answer the following questions. Your response to each question should be between 75 to 100 words in length. 1. How does a healthy lifestyle affect self-image and self-esteem? 2. How do you define good nutrition? 3. What does it mean to eat a balanced diet? 4. What are three of the main dangers associated with dieting
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Date: March 3‚ 2013 Re: London 2012 Olympic Games Background Paul Williamson and his team were responsible for developing the policies for pricing and distributing the tickets for the 2012 London Olympic Games. He along with team members Chris Townsend‚ the Commercial Director of the LOCOG and Joanna Manning-Cooper‚ Head of Public Relations and Media were actively engaged in the pricing strategy decision making. The tickets were set to go on sale starting in late 2010 which meant that Williamson
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1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team "’Do you believe in miracles? YES!’ said AABC broadcaster Al Michaels’”‚ (Painter). Al michaels said this line as the 1980 United States Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team upset the Soviet Union in the semi-final game. The United States team was composed of a highly skilled coach‚ Herb Brooks‚ as he had just won a national championship for college hockey with the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers in 1979 (Barnes). Herb Brooks was not new to the program as he was the
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