2010s

In February of 2002, at the Winter Olympics taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah, two Canadian figure skaters were trapped during what was the most high-profile judging scandal of all time. At no fault of their own, the pair consisting of Jamie Salé and David Pelletier lost their chance at the gold medal when a French judge voted in favour of the Russian pair. Thus, the Russians claimed the gold medal and the Canadians settled for silver. When confronted, the French judge admitted to being…

This weekend Eddie the Eagle 'fly 's ' onto the big screen as a heartwarming and inspiring underdog story about real life Michael Edwards who, in 1988, became the first ski jumper to represent Great Britain in the winter Olympics. Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Legend, Testament of Youth) plays Eddie Edwards who from a very young age has always wanted to compete in the national Olympics. Bum leg or no he train 's himself religiously to be good at...well any sport will do! He only…

Louis "Louie" Zamperini is a young boy who has trouble doing what is right. As he grows up, he gets in more and more trouble for ever growing crimes. His older brother, hoping to curb his stealing habits, makes Louis run track. Louis and his natural speed and incredible work ethic allowed him to qualify for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany in the 5000 meter run. In the Olympic Trials, Louis was named co-champion of the race after tying world record holder and fellow American, Don Lash.…

163) Several key points were mentioned under this section of the report. They included the committee’s feeling that it is imperative that there is an increase in the percentage of BSN prepared nurses and that by 2020 it should increase from the current fifty percent to eighty percent. (IOM Report, pg. 172-173) The IOM also states that Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), especially those with a doctorate degree , currently fewer than 1 percent of nurses, (HRSA, 2010b) needs to double by…

The terminology of legacy is different meanings to other people within the event industry. The term was argue by Schlenker (2013) of the different meaning of legacy as opposed to using words such as ‘impact’, ‘outcome’ and ‘structure’. Cashman’s (2003) also states that the word legacy means entirely a different sources in other countries that isn’t relevant to English. Sadd’s (2012) highlights that the main concept of event legacy represent the results, implications and the after effect of an…

The last earthquake to hit Haiti occurred in 1842, killing approximately 5,000 people, while the more recent 2010 earthquake took the lives of over 200,000 people. When the 2010 earthquake hit Haiti some news outlets arrived before much medical staff. The event served as a shining opportunity for the media to respond in a groundbreaking way, but instead people became exposed to images that were…

In the United States, sports teams are valued, coveted, and critiqued even more than that of the nation election; this progression of how important sports became to society lead to athletes’ lives becoming more and more involved in the media spotlight. The Private lives of athletes have become public. The Image of sports organizations, such as the NFL, have become more publicly attached to the image of athletes, which is why many sports organizations regulate off the field activity. For example,…

On 12 November 2017, northeast Iraq experienced an earthquake from the city of Halabja. According to the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, approximately 1,840,000 people live with within 100km of the epicenter of this earthquake in both Iraq and Iran. There have been nine reported fatalities and over 550 people injured in Iraq as a result of the earthquake. The Darbandikhan areas has been most severely impacted, with most earthquake related injuries reported in Darbandikhan, Halabja…

Mentions of sled competing first appeared in accounts from Norway in 1480 and the Erz Mountain province in 1552. The first worldwide luge race took place in February 1883 with 21 participants in lieu of six nations, as well as the United States. The four-kilometer race, from the Swiss resorts of St. Wolfgang to Klosters, and prearranged by inns in Davos, was won by Georg Robertson, a scholar from Australia, and Peter Minch, a mailman from Klosters, who each raced to an indistinguishable first…

In Arthur C. Clarke’s space epic , 2001: A Space Odyssey, two men are on a spaceship alone with an advanced AI computer HAL 9000 who maintains the ship's stability and mental health and well-being of the crew. HAL being a computer he couldn’t be completely trusted and caused him to lie about a mechanical failure and killed the crew. Dave, the main crew member, knew that “ I am so much more capable than you are of supervising the ship”(187) than HAL after he said that he would control the ship.…