The Deaflympics is an event similar to the Olympics but geared towards the hearing impaired ("Disabled World"). This event first began in 1924‚ where it took place in Paris ("Disabled World"). The Deaflympics became the first international athletics even held for people with disabilities. This event was originally called the International Games for the Deaf‚ International Silent Games‚ World Games for the Deaf‚ and occasionally called the World Silent Games before finally being dubbed the Deaflympics
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A.P. Statistics Assignment 2-5 Remember to show your thinking through your work. 1) The data below were gathered on a random sample of 5 basking sharks‚ swimming through the water and filter-feeding‚ i.e. letting the water bring food into their mouths. Mean speeds for basking sharks Body Length (meters) Mean speed (meters/second) 4.0 0.89 4.5 0.83 4.0 0.76 6.5 0.94 5.5 0.94 a) What is the value of the correlation coefficient for these data? <type answer here>
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The 2012 Summer Olympics‚ officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad[2] and commonly known as London 2012‚ was a major international multi-sport eventcelebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games‚ as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It took place in London‚ United Kingdom‚ from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The first event‚ the group stage in women’s football‚ began two days earlier‚ on 25 July.[3][4] More than 10‚000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated
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leading up to the next summer olympics. 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens had arrived‚ and phelps had picked up 6 gold and 2 bronze. He had tied with the most olympic medals in a single games with Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin. At the next summer games‚ Phelps had set a world record fo most gold medals at a single games with 8 total‚ beating out swimmer Mark Spitz’s record of 7 gold medals. Every gold was a new world record except the 100m butterfly which set and olympic record. Phelps had planned
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This week’s text about culture and socialization was striking. Whenever I venture out of my comfort zone for writing‚ I will communicate my approach to guide the organization and harmony of my content. After reading the material and composing my response‚ I plan to: (a) share my personal analysis of how the United States handles aging; (b) recall the myths I heard while parenting my firstborn son; and (c) explain my belief that one’s achievements within a culture can delineate success across societies
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New York Giants games by pushing the wheelchairs of handicapped patrons into the stadiums. Using his free ticket and camera‚ he would position himself on the field with the photographers. As a youth‚ he studied photography at Henry Street Settlement. Leifer gained free admission to the 1958 NFL title game between the Giants and Baltimore Colts. This game became famous as the first overtime game in league history. Leifer‚ on his sixteenth birthday‚ caught several images of the game winning touchdown
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For (M2) - explain the short- and long-term effects of the major incidents on people‚ communities‚ environment and the wider impacts they may have had. Short Term Effects: The short term affects are that they would have no food which would cause the mass of Haiti to starve which would cause either great illness or death. They would have no clean water which could lead to getting diseases EG. Typhus! It is dangerous to drink unsafe water as it could lead to death. All communications
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Content Executive summary 2 Importance of Product to the London Olympics 3 Importance of Price to the London Olympics 4 Importance of Promotion to the London Olympics 5 Importance of Place to the London Olympics 6 Recommendations 7 List of References 8 Appendices 9 Executive summary This report research and analyse marketing environment for the London Olympic Games for 2012‚ using set of tools known as marketing mix. This paper is referred
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is measured in the Olympic Stadium. Upon the conclusion of the 2004 Athens Olympics‚ the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board met to review its program and make changes for the upcoming Summer Games. The committee discussed changes for events within the 28 existing sports‚ as well as options to add new disciplines. The board rejected the International Amateur Boxing Association’s (AIBA’s) proposal to add a women’s boxing program to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. IOC sports
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------------------------------------------------- 2012 Summer Olympics medal table The 2012 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London‚ United Kingdom‚ from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Approximately 10‚800 athletes participated in 302 events in 26 sports.[1] Of the 204 NOCs participating‚ 85 received at least one medal; 54 won at least one gold medal. Bahrain‚[2] Botswana‚[3] Cyprus
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