Swimming at the Summer Olympics

The definition of the word “zeitgeist” is defined on Dictionary.com as “the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time” (Dictionary.com, n.d.). My example of a company who utilized zeitgeist in this manner would be the Anheuser-Busch Corporation and their Budweiser ad that was aired during Superbowl XXXVI, which was only shown one time during the entire broadcast of the football game. On February 3, 2002, this commercial showed the…

had a war called the Peloponnesian War for 27 years. Sparta came out victorious, but weakened. All of the city-states shared a common religion. Everyone worshipped the same gods, and the states came together once every 4 years to partake in the olympic games. Wars were even stopped by 3 months so people could safely travel to the games. They were one of the ways Greeks worshipped their gods. The gods were very important to the Greeks, and leaders even went to oracles, or sacred sites, to ask…

1. During my summers working as a camp counselor in 2006-2009, many events took place during these years. However, just within the USA and just within these summers I was able to narrow down the events that took place In the summer of 2006, the Louisiana Superdome reopened. This was a big deal since so many repairs had to be mad after the damages made by hurricane Katrina. In my research I learned that re-roofing this building was the largest roofing project in US history. It took thirteen…

Olympic tumbler Gabby Douglas was just 16 years of age when she left a mark on the world at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Presently 20, she has won gold in the Olympics, at the World Championships, Pacific Rim Championships and American Cup rivalries and she is planning to add another award to her accumulation today in the uneven bars last in Rio. Despite the fact that she scarcely missed meeting all requirements for the overall finals, she scored an incredible, group best 15.766 on the…

January 3rd 2011 marks the return of our super successful “Destination Transformation” fitness competition! And this year, the stakes couldn’t be higher. In this 8 week fitness competition, one hardworking contestant will win one year of personal training with Home Team Fitness, and a new 8GB Apple iPad! This prize package is valued at over $2300, and will be a reward well deserved by our 2011 winner. As a bonus, the grand prize winner will also recieve a cash prize that will be determined by…

Federer has several records that prove he is the best in his field. He has won 88 single titles including 17 major titles (7 Wimbledon,5 Us Open, 4 Australian Open and 1 Roland Garros) ,23 Masters Series and 6 ATP World Final Tour. He has won two Olympics medals (Gold and Silver) and spent 302 weeks at the world No 1 of the ATP ranking. Federer has five time International Tennis Federation player of the year award and 12-time winner of the fan’s favorite player of the year award (since 2004). In…

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…

When we study the history of leisure we can examine how leisure and its definition has changed over time and how some still exist today. An example is the Olympics; the Olympics was first recorded in Greece 776 B.C that lasted five days. These games, at that time, was organize to honor the Greek god Zeus. Furthermore, the first modern Olympic Games took place in Athens 1869 and still continues today. Another example can be as simple as fishing. During the prehistoric era, fishing was not an…

When I was younger I had a goal to get a scholar athelete award. The reason I got the award is because I set two goals, get a state championship cut, and also mantain straight A’s for a single nine-weeks. Goals are an important part of a well round life. My athletic goal is to swim Division 1. I have swam sice I was eight, and naturally if I’ve made it this far I want to be at the top of a new level. I believe I have set myself in good position to swim in college. My father swam division 1 and…

Furthermore, this process of defining 'national identity' can also be seen in how country a 'remembers'. With this years failure of qualifying for the World Cup, the main Dutch news broadcast mentions that this brings back memories of the so-called 'the dark 1980s'1 where the article goes into extensive detail when the Dutch soccer team did not qualify for the World Cup either (NOS, 2017, October 11). The language used resembles the idea of collective memory, which is used in creating…