Everything changes‚ it is just a matter of when. The Ancient Olympic Games were believed to have started in the Greek city-state of Olympia in 776 B.C. The Games were held every four years‚ just like the modern Olympics. During the Ancient Games‚ only men could compete‚ however boys were also allowed to compete in a Junior Olympics. Though if these boys could compete with the men they would. Although men were the only ones allowed to compete‚ there was a loophole for women. The wealthy could pay
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The Olympic Games There were many factors that helped shape the Olympic Games from 1892 to 2002. Originally‚ Olympic Games were conducted in Ancient Greece in hopes of uniting its city-states Athens and Sparta and to promote peace through sports activity. When Olympic Games were resurrected in 1892‚ they had the same goal of promoting peace in the world. Over time factors such as nationalism‚ The Cold War‚ changes in global economy and a rise in feminism facilitated changes in the Olympic Games
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Name: Ajarah Kennedy Class: ENGL 1101 Date: 11/30/2014 Time: 9:40-11:05 The Positive Psychological and Emotional Effects of Playing Video Games There has been many studies on the side effects of playing video games‚ and majority of the studies that I have read about usually focus on behaviors that are aggressive and rude due to intensive video gaming that involves violence. Norcia argues that‚ “games with violent content are linked to more aggressive behavior” (pamf.org). However‚ these
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Special Olympics In the early 1950s Ms. Eunice Shivers observed how kids who was a little different being mistreated and how they did not have any place to go and play and just be kids. She took it upon herself to start a camp for kids with disabilities in her own backyard. The mission was to see how the kids interacted with one another when involved in sports and other activities‚ instead of just focusing on what they could not do. Throughout the 1960s‚ Eunice Kennedy Shriver continued her pioneering
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You may have heard of Halet Cambel‚ who was the first Muslim woman to compete in the Olympics‚ an archeologist by day and fencer by night from‚ hailing from Turkey. Cambel’s bravery and strength led the way for athletes such as Sarah Attar and Wojdan Seraj Abdulrahim‚ who made history in 2012 on behalf of the notoriously misogynistic Saudi Arabia‚ by being their first female representatives at the Olympics. But somewhere between Cambel and the two lady Olympians representing Saudi Arabia today we
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The Olympics of 1936 were perhaps one of the most controversial and iconic sporting events that have taken place in history. This was caused in large part by the circumstances surrounding the games and was complicated by the many world conflicts taking place. Because he had been elected chancellor of Germany in 1933‚ Hitler was in charge of the games and the proceedings that would follow. Given his record of discriminatory behaviors like devising the Final Solution‚ Jews and other undesirables
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Olympic torch The Olympic flame is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus‚ where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. In contrast to the Olympic flame proper‚ the torch realy of modern times‚ which transports the flame from Greece to the various designated sites of the games‚ had no ancient precedent and was introduced by
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London Olympics 2012 Legacy - Controlled Assessment - How will people in the UK benefit in the long term from the facilities developed for the 2012 Olympic? The London Olympics commenced on 27th July 2012‚ after beating four rival cities in summer 2005 to win the right to stage the Olympic Games in 2012. After an exhaustive two year search to find the hosts‚ London came out on top: out of itself‚ Madrid‚ Paris‚ Moscow and New York. Plans for the new Olympic park based around the deprived area
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Contact zones of the Olympics As Mary Louise Pratt defined in “Arts of the Contact Zone”‚ contact zones are social spaces where cultural interactions happen; including cultural exchange‚ conflicts‚ understanding‚ and sometimes unbalance of power in contact zones. Relating closely to cultural diversity‚ contact zones definitely exist in global events around the world‚ when people from different places gather together and communicate with one another. The Olympics‚ as one of the most influential global
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Terrorism and Security in the Olympics Security is a fundamental notion in sports. Nowadays athletes are viewed often through the media‚ therefore they are recognizable. In the Olympics security measures must be taken to protect the athletes. There are many different nationalities involved therefore security has to be taken in order to ensure that there aren’t conflicting views that could possibly be damaging towards another team. But quite often it cannot be prevented. On the morning of
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