To: Dr. Judson From: Jessica Feldman Date: March 3‚ 2013 Re: London 2012 Olympics Background In 2005‚ to the delight of millions of English citizens‚ London won the rights to the 2012 Summer Olympics. London had previously hosted the Olympic games in 1908 and 1948‚ while bidding on the 1992‚1996‚ and 100 games. In 2012 London had decided to stage the games in East London‚ a disadvantaged area that never fully recovered after being heavily bombed during World War II. Upon receiving this news
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When Barcelona was selected to host the 1992 Summer Olympics‚ the city (as well as Catalonia and España as a whole) welcomed the incredible opportunity. In addition to the obvious nationalist pride and international recognition hosting the games entails‚ their excitement was also fueled by the potential that the opportunity represented. As the International Olympic Committee explains in their “Factsheet – Legacies of the Games‚” recent Olympic games have resulted in “long lasting legacies for their
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” Most of the time the religions of one culture are based on the beliefs of another or an earlier culture. The religious beliefs and practices of Athens‚ Greece can be quite thoroughly compared and contrasted to those of the Gupta Empire‚ because while they vastly differ‚ however there are remarkable similarities between the two. Ancient Greece was comprised of an abundant mountainous terrain‚ which led to the development of the polis around 750 B.C.E. Ancient Athenians were a thoughtful people
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the thrilling Olympic games. This was started in 1936 when the first ever televised Olympic games were hosted by Nazi Germany. These Olympics were hosted during a fretful and politically hazardous time‚ many countries were picking sides and others were unsure which was the right side to pick‚ and there was controversy on whether or not many countries would attend or boycott. Germany was first chosen to host in 1914‚ but World War I started. They were chosen to host the 1936 Olympics because the other
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AGRUMENTATIVE ESSAY Does holding the Olympic Games have benefits for the host country？ In recent years‚ the Olympic Games have developed into one of the most significant mega-international sporting events (Roche，2000). More and more cities are bidding to host the Olympics and increasingly money are invested in Olympic bids‚ which is due to the reason that the government believe that they could get benefits from such
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Megan Barringer – Olympic Case Study The 2012 Olympics were held in Stratford in the East of London‚ many of the events took place here. The Olympic park covered an area of 500 acres which features the new built Olympic stadium‚ the London aquatics centre‚ the basketball arena‚ the London velopark and the riverbank arena. Boxing‚ fencing‚ judo‚ table tennis etc. was in the river zone which is located both sides of the River Thames in the Thames gateway area. The central zone which includes venues
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Anth 68 Day 11 Motivations for pet-keeping in Ancient Greece and Rome: a preliminary survey In her chapter‚ Motivations for pet-keeping in Ancient Greece and Rome: a preliminary survey‚ Liliane Bodson writes about the motivations behind ancient animal pet owners for keeping pets by describing animal burial‚ talking about animal qualities‚ and the wording on epitaphs. Bodson starts out by describing the ancient Greek and Rome method of animal burial and says that they were very similar to human burial
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Jessica Cheng Successfully strategic use of colors in a poster: ”Olympic Games 1972 - Basketball” The poster‚ “Olympic Games 1972 - Basketball”‚ was designed by Otl Aicher‚ who was a pioneer of developing the visual identities of the 1972 Munich Olympics. "As a strictly designed grammar‚ the identity system allows free‚ playful application‚" Aicher explained before the Munich Olympics in 1970. "This is comparable to ball games or chess‚ where fixed elements and an agreed set of rules allow playful
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OPI Translate Is Winning The Gold At The Sochi Olympics (1888 PressRelease) Faster than downhill skiing at #Sochi2014‚ RantNetwork’s OPI Translate mobile language translation application offers connection to Live Interpreters in under one minute! (Pennsylvania‚ USA) - OPI Translate has got the world talking at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Offered as a free download for iPhone and Android SmartPhones‚ OPI Translate is the World’s first and only mobile application offering fully-integrated
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HIST 3336 Ancient Greece Final Exam Study Guide Exam=Thursday‚ April 25th (bluebooks will be provided in class) The Final Exam will be divided into 3 sections: map‚ short answer and essay sections (20:40:40). For the map section‚ students may be asked to identify any of the locations listed below on the map posted on Blackboard. For the short answer section‚ students will get to choose from a list of terms taken from those below and write paragraph identifications for each. For the essay section
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