When the Games Come to Town: Host Cities and the Local Impacts of the Olympics A report on the impacts of the Olympic Games and Paralympics on host cities Dr Mary Smith London East Research Institute Working Papers December 2008 1 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1. 2 Olympics as mega event – why they’re not just about sport 1. 3 What is legacy? Analysis and how to read the trends 1. 4 London’s background 1. 5 London’s bid 1. 6 Legacy’s legacy: heritage and the use of legacy as a policy tool
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study It is estimated that one-fifth of the World’s population currently lives on less than a dollar a day (Annan‚ 2001). It is also estimated that around one-third of the people living in developing countries continue to live in ‘income poverty’ by earning less than one US dollar per day. This affects children and so nearly 12 million children die each year before their fifth birthday. This brings in the issue of human capabilities such as being
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CHAPTER 12 Decision Making‚ Creativity‚ and Ethics Nike’s decision to manufacture shoes overseas has prompted critics to claim that it exploits workers in poor countries. Did Nike make a rational decision‚ and is the decision socially responsible? 1 Is there a right way to make decisions? 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 How do people actually make decisions? How can knowledge management improve decision making? What factors affect group decision making? Should the leader make the decision‚ or encourage
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Common law reasoning and institutions Adam Gearey Wayne Morrison This subject guide was prepared for the University of London International Programmes by: Adam Gearey‚ Professor of Law‚ Birkbeck‚ University of London and Wayne Morrison‚ Professor of Law‚ Queen Mary‚ University of London Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Angela Boots and Vicky Thanapal for the preparation of Chapter 3‚ and Clare Williams‚ LLM. This is one of a series of subject guides published
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<http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/scienceandnature/story/0‚‚1743994‚00.html>. Miller‚ Laura. “Ian McEwan Fools British Shrinks.” Salon.com. 21 Sep. 1999. 4 Jan. 2006 <http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/09/21/mcewan/index.html>. Morrison‚ Jago. “Narration and Unease in McEwan’s Later Fiction”. Critique 42 (2001): 253- 269. Anglų Filologijos Katedra II. (2004): 33-6. Ryan‚ Roberts. The Official Ian McEwan Website. 17 Oct. 2006. 29 Oct. 2006 <http://www.ianmcewan.com/>. Schoeck‚ Eric
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Bartolome de Las Casa - A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Preparer’s notes: 1) Though the original title does not appear in this version‚ this is (apart from the preface) a translation of: "Brevisima relacion de la destruccíon de las Indias"‚ by Bartolome de las Casas‚ originally published in Seville in 1552. 2) The original archaic spelling and punctuation has been retained] POPERY Truly Display’d in its Bloody Colours: Or‚ a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled
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MBA THESIS THESIS TITLE STUDYING THE INFLUENCE OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADEERSHIP BAHAVIORS ON THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT AND ON THE EMPLOYEES’ TURNOVE INTENTION THESIS METHODOLOGY (please tick one) QUANTITATIVE X QUALITATIVE MIXED (QUANT & QUAL) SUPERVISOR’S NAME INTAKE AND GROUP NUMBER PROF. HASSAN AL-ZUBAIDI GROUP 8 STUDENT ID: 1125 COUNTERPART: Kuwait THESES SUBMISSION DEADLINE SUBMISSION DATE JANUARY‚ 21ST 2010 JANUARY‚ 21ST
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DRAFT Mediating Cultures DRAFT DRAFT Mediating Cultures Parenting in Intercultural Contexts Edited by Alberto González and Tina M. Harris LEXINGTON BOOKS Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth‚ UK DRAFT Published by Lexington Books A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group‚ Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard‚ Suite 200‚ Lanham‚ Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com 10 Thornbury Road‚ Plymouth PL6 7PP‚ United Kingdom Copyright © 2013 by Lexington Books
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PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM VIOLENCE IN SPORT a review with a focus on industrialized countries PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM VIOLENCE IN SPORT a review with a focus on industrialized countries The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in Florence‚ Italy‚ was established in 1988 to strengthen the research capability of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and to support its advocacy for children worldwide. The Centre (formally known as the International
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Lesson 1: 감사함니다 (gam-sa-ham-ni-da) this is the polite way to say thank you‚ another way could be 고맙습니다 I have also learned the colloquial way to say thank you‚ this is what you normally hear on dramas and movies especially when people of the same age level are speaking with each other 고맙다 (go-map-ta) or 고마워 (go-ma-wa) One of the commonly used phrase too is ‘I am sorry’. The formal polite way to say this in hangul is 미안합니다 (mi-an-ham-ni-da) or 죄송합니다 (jwe-song-ham-ni-da). If you have been watching
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