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Event Operations and Risk Management An Analysis of the RNC and DNC on 2012 and 2016 Presented to James. Callahan In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements of EVNT 6020 Johnson & Wales University By Nai-Wen Tsai April, 19 2016 Table of Contents Title Page I Introduction 3 II 2012 Convention 3 II.1…

The current Olympics still have aspects of the ancient Olympics; however, they still have evolved. Some the aspects of the Olympics that have evolved are the events, athletes and spectators, popularity, and expenses. The sporting events have evolved a lot over time. There used to only be five days for event because there were not that many sports. “At first the Olympics were only one day, but in 472 BC, they became five days. The first day was for sacrifices to the gods. The second day consisted…

For many of years, the Olympics have been missing many games, Many people and many opportunities to make the world a better place. The Ancient Olympics were a set of games played and ran by Ancient Greece. The Modern Olympics are a set of games played by the whole world and ran by the IOC. The modern Olympics are better than the ancient Olympics.The Modern Olympics are better than the Ancient Olympics because they make better rules and because they make the world a better place. In a little more…

There are many different things that we have gotten from the Greeks. One of the things that we have gotten is the Olympics. This sporting event is one of the big events that almost everyone in the world knows about. There are many different events that are in the Olympic that the world has adopted. A few of these sports are javelin, discus, and long jump. These three sports are some of the most popular. The discus is when you throw a weighted Frisbee. A javelin is a big wooden pole that has a…

In the book “The Olympics In Ancient Greece” was an event well kept recorded of how many people participated and came to honor their greek gods and goddesses for the enjoyment of the game and the honor for their gods. Back in ancient greek times around the years when the first record olympic games in 776 B.C. was to far from when christianity was form so the religion aspect was celebrated different. Back in greek time Polytheism was the main religion and the practices of multiple gods and…

As the Rio Olympics were approaching fairly quick, millions of people from all over questioned if Rio was safe enough for athletes to compete. Of course, those who are involved with running the Olympics do what they have to keep athletes safe. However, there was a problem evolving that is arguably not under human control. This problem is known as the Zika virus. The trending Zika virus is so big that it is still being discussed during till this day during the Rio Olympics. What makes the…

Pelion and Mt. Olympus AH Pelion is the home of the tutor of the heroes, Chiron the Centaur. It was here that the goddess Eris started the dispute between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite that started the Trojan War. Additionally, the giant Aloadae twins, Otus and Ephialtes, in an attempt to secure Hera and Artemis as wives, piled Mount Ossa on top of Mount Pelion in an attempt to scale Mount Olympus and capture the two goddesses as wives. AH Laertes, distraught over Ophelia’s death, leaps into her…

Sports have been a part of human history since our very existence. Although, the earliest recorded sporting event was around 776 BC during the ancient Greek era. The literature explains that "The Archaic Age (c. 750–500 BC) laid the foundation for modern athletics when athletic festivals complemented earlier funeral games, and by the mid 6th century Olympia (see OLYMPIC GAMES, ANCIENT) was the greatest of the four Panhellenic crown, or stephanitic, games (non-war games of crown festivals), the…

Gymnastics was started by Ancient Greeks. Gymnastics was introduced by early Greek civilizations to facilitate bodily development. They did this through a series of exercises that included running, jumping, throwing, wrestling, and weight lifting. After Romans took over Greece, they made gymnastics into more of a formal sport. They used gymnasiums to physically prepare their men for warfare. With the decline of Rome, interest declined in gymnastics with only tumbling left as a form of…

World Cycler and expert rower, Sarah Outen (https://twitter.com/SarahOuten) is an adventurer and traveler on wheels (and kayak), as she continues her London2London journey, cycling and rowing across the world. She was recently featured on Cycle Traveller (https://twitter.com/CycleTraveller) for her two wheeled cycling and kayaking escapades that have lasted over 4 years in the project. In the interview she talks about her accomplishments on her bike “Hercules” and the distance she has traveled,…