especially in London, Paris and San Francisco, disrupting the Beijing Olympic torch relay. Also, Chinese embassies and consulates in several cities were also damaged because of protests by pro-Tibet groups and others capitalizing on the publicity of summer Games. Therefore, China decided that it would be a better idea to hire foreign Public Relation firms to handle the publicity issues of the games. “Several British and US agencies were invited to interviews with Chinese officials to discuss a contract
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Sports Architecture in Modern China A comparison between 2008 Olympic venues and 1990 Asian Games venues Introduction Hosting the 2008 Olympic Games is monumental in Chinese history, almost a century ago, Chinese scholars dreamed of the Olympics being staged in China, which marks sovereignty and power of the country in a global view. Therefore, when the long time expectation is about to become real, the primary goal for Chinese government and citizens is to show the
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against the government’s oppression. Unfortunately the government sent the army to control the event and opened fire on the group of students and killed hundreds of them. All those innocent lives killed ten days before the opening ceremony of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games made a lot of noise in Mexico but also in the whole world. At that time, the Mexican propaganda controlled the media and let the citizens know that the group of students was hostile to the army, which explained the actions of the president
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PART B – Question 4 In analyzing the macro-environment, it is important to identify the factors that might in turn affect a number of vital variables that are likely to influence the organization’s supply and demand levels and its costs (Kotter & Schlesinger, 1991; Johnson & Scholes, 1993). A PEST analysis is one of them that are merely a framework that categorizes environmental influences as political, economic, social-cultural and technological forces. All these factors are beyond
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Traffic In California Commuting in California traffic is one of the most stressful things Californians will ever do. California is at the beginning of a huge crisis. The vehicles on the road keep increasing with the growing population, but the roads stay the same. Take Los Angeles for example: the estimated population is 3.7 million with the average household having 1.8 vehicles. This makes the estimated vehicles in LA roughly 6.5 million with millions more commuting to the city for work, school
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Mind games By Kirsten Weir October 2014, Vol 45, No. 9 http://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/10/mind-games.aspx The first Mind Sports Olympiad was held in London's Royal Festival Hall in 1997. It brought together an unprecedented number of strategy games and events. William Hartston in 'The Independent said, "The biggest gamesfest ever to hit these (or perhaps any other) shores". The inaugural MSO along with a very large number of games, introduced two new events of their own creation the Pentamind and
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Persuasive Position Paper Topic: Whether Boston should host the 2024 Olympics My Position Hosting the Olympics Games is more than simply demonstrating a passion for sports; it has a profound social and economic impact to the host city and nation. In my view, the benefits will outweigh the challenges in hosting the 2024 Boston Olympics. By standing out and being chosen by United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as the candidate city, Boston has made a significant step toward the greatest honor
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especially in London, Paris and San Francisco, disrupting the Beijing Olympic torch relay. Also, Chinese embassies and consulates in several cities were also damaged because of protests by pro-Tibet groups and others capitalizing on the publicity of summer Games. Therefore, China decided that it would be a better idea to hire foreign Public Relation firms to handle the publicity issues of the games. “Several British and US agencies were invited to interviews with Chinese officials to discuss a contract
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h3.1 政治因素 K．吐依.A.J.維爾在《真實的奧運會》[2]中認為政治與奧運會有著強有力的聯系，他贊同“政治，就是權威和權力之間的關系，政治一開始就包含著合作和衝突。”他說到“奧運會是最著名的大型體育賽事，全世界任何一個角落的居民能夠通過各種途徑觀看到奧運會，”所以“奧運會也成為政治實體顯示力量和表達意願的最好媒介”。並且，他從主辦國國家內部、各個國家意識形態之間、各運動員、運動員以外的政治家、各國奧委會、國際奧委會內部六個方面分析了政治對奧運會的影響。 無疑，影響奧運會的各政治因素肯定會對奧運會火炬接力產生影響。試想，火炬接力作為奧運會舉辦前的最為重要的一種儀式，各個利益集團難道不虎視眈眈？也就這樣的機會是不會放過的，總會對接力路線產生影響。多一個國家參與就能夠提高舉辦國家的國際威望，火炬接力路線的距離和經過的國家，也越來越長和越來越多。奧運會火炬1936 年柏林奧運會第一次傳遞，是經過9 個國家。到了2008 年北京奧運會（如圖2）已經是行經世界五大洲國家和地區的22 個城市，歷時130 天，傳遞總裡程約13.7 萬公裡。 有人合作，也會有人抵制。比如，1952 年赫爾
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