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    BEIJING 2008: A DIGITAL OLYMPICS Known in China as “Superfish‚” Michael Phelps was on his way to achieving his goal of eight gold medals. His most difficult competition was the 100-meter butterfly. On PCs‚ cell phones‚ electronic billboards‚ and televisions‚ millions of viewers worldwide watched him win the event by .01 seconds. The results appeared on the screens almost in real time. If you did not see this exciting race‚ you can access it on YouTube. This was only one component in the “most wired

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    n the mural "Going to the Olympics" by artist Frank Romero‚ he captivates the attention of his viewers in Los Angeles. His painting includes symbols‚ drawings‚ and of course meaning. It is composed of colorful cars‚ a blimp‚ wrestling horse‚ iron‚ hearts‚ stamps and palm trees. These symbols can be for various reasons for example the wrestling could have to do with the olympics at the time. The hearts can symbolize the love we should share as a community. Also realize that they are in between the

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    Wrestling By: Quinton Abrahamson Olympic wrestling is a grueling and very strenuous sport that most people could not commit to. The greats of the sport have put in enormous amounts of work to get as far as they got. Olympic wrestling is a very important sport and takes a lot of hard work to participate in. There’s a lot of history behind olympic wrestling and a lot of stuff that led up to it becoming an olympic sport. There are two types of wrestling in the olympics‚ which kind of tells you that wrestling

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    The Olympics has always been a memorable sporting event to be a part of‚ whether you’re an athlete or a spectator. For those who are not familiar with the event‚ the Olympics is an event where multiple sports are played out by thousands of athletes from around the world of at least 200 countries. The event is held every 4 years in the summer. Today‚ the Olympics has expanded into various events for everyone to adapt such as from creating the winter games for winter games to the Paralympic games for

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    1936 Olympics Book Report

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    Summary This summary is about how in the 1936 Olympics they 19 black athletes weren’t recognized for the winning. During the 1968 Olympics two African American men raised their fist during the star spangled banner. It appeared to represent “ Black Power”. When the Olympic team went over to Germany Hitler believed whites were the superior race. The gesture is used to protest the oppression of black people. In American history there’s been a long history of racism. To add the president thanked Owens

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    London 2012 Olympics Case

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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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    Thus it chooses the Beijing Olympics Games to explore. This report can be divided into 5 main parts. First part is summarizing Beijing Olympic Games on the impact of tourism industry. It will explore from three aspects which include the image of the country‚ the tourist source and tourism environment. Second part is overviewing Beijing Olympic Games makes the Beijing a unique tourist destinations. The next part is analyzing two major tourism dimensions of Beijing Olympic Games. The last part is a brief

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    5/12/13 BBC News - India’s Olympic performance INDIA 13 August 2012 Last updated at 06:48 ET India’s Olympic performance India’s haul of six medals‚ including two silver and four bronze‚ is the country’s best performance to date at the Olympic games. Sports writer V Krishnaswamy looks into the future for team India and how to build on this success. The world it seems has taken the escalator‚ but Indians are still using the staircase. From 1996 to 2004‚ it was one at a time‚ then it be

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    of the brain; and an adult can obtain the syndrome Guillain-Barre‚ where the body’s immune system attacks the nerves‚ eventually paralyzing the body. People should not travel to the Rio Olympics for the reason of the risk of transferring the virus as well as endangering little children and themselves. The Olympics is a worldwide event; many people from around the world travel to the host’s country to watch the events live. In 2012‚ around 500 000 people went to the summer

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    1. Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have been a success without all of the networks and backup technologies? Answer: No. Without all of the networks and backup technologies‚ the 2004 Athens Olympic would not success. The major events in the Olympics were totally relying on that system that the Atos Origin developed. 2. The 2004 Olympics is a global business. Can a business today succeed without information technology? Why or why not? Answer: There are businesses today that are very successful

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