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In The News2010 Winter olympics
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It's been almost a week since the olympics and man I have to say that the olympics is quite the party atmosphere. Because My home town was hosting the olympics it was really an awesome experience... |
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In The NewsCost of olympics 2012
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Anyone people watched the closing ceremony last night?
I felt like shooting myself when they started playing Lennon's Imagine. That song means something. Word for word. Its hypocrisy playing t... |
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In The NewsCost of olympics 2012
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I live in a pretty crummy area of England and the olympics didn't help us
Isn't that everywhere in England?
Olympics are not about individual progress anymore. It's all about how... |
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SocietyCost Comparison: Mars Curiosity Vs Olympics
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Yeah. So it is indeed a program that fails on its purpose on a large scale. But then again... I don't know if that it is its intended purpose. To inspire all... or a great deal of people. It is t... |
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SocietyCost Comparison: Mars Curiosity Vs Olympics
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@ Decius - yeah, I know it's a dead weight.
@ Rainman05 - Perhaps in the past the idea that the Olympics would encourage people towards a healthy lifestyle was present, but it isn't that... |
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SocietyCost Comparison: Mars Curiosity Vs Olympics
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Regarding your last paragraph, it's not about comparing missions, it's about comparing money spent in light of the missions. It is not reasonable to spend 15 billion dollars on 26 sports (th... |
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GamesShoot the Frog!
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92 and 1/2 ! ! !
wow its like im in the olympics now. |
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SocietyCost Comparison: Mars Curiosity Vs Olympics
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Yeah, you are correct in the expenditure part. I am not going against it. I was just pointing out the differences between the two.
Also, NASA has no challenge (as of now) in space exploration. Rus... |
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story teller
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.. olympics where they rule in the new sport called ... |
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EconomyMetric system.
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exactally, you wouldnt have to do that if our stupid goverment switched. Feel sorry for you guys having to put up with Americans asking what a gram is. Side note, the CBC did a good job showing the ol... |
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SocietyCost Comparison: Mars Curiosity Vs Olympics
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London 2012 Olympics Cost = USD$14.46 billion:The original budget for the Games was £2.4 billion, but this was increased almost fourfold to about £9.3 billion ($14.46 billion) in 2007.
Beijing 2008... |
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Soccer!
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hell yea soccer rox. i got invited to this People to People Sports Ambassador program. for those of you who dont know what it is it is basically the olympics of teen sport so this summer i get to go t... |
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Munich
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I saw this movie last night and thought it was fantastic. There were some odd parts and it was a little long, but I thought it was very good. I'm not an expert on the incident at the Munich olymp... |
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DEAD CD'S - What to do with them?
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Ok folks how many of you have tried to burn a cd and had it fail? I have done quite a few and I am wondering what the heck to do with them......
Lets here some wird and crazy ideas on what we can d... |
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LawFalun Gong Persecution
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For Qigong practitioners this may be somewhat old news, but for many this is just now being exposed due to all the attention on China during the Olympics.
If you think conditions in China are &quo... |
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Random PicturesRandom picture thread.
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Anyway, when it snows in London and is six inches deep (giggity) it's called the worst snowfall in decades! But when it snows n Great Yarmouth (woot) and is about A FOOT deep in the town centre,... |
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SocietyCost Comparison: Mars Curiosity Vs Olympics
7 Posts • 8548 Views
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On the other hand. Olympics should infuse in people the desire for sportmanship and physical education. To make them want to have a healthier life regime that includes sports. It is also meant to incr... |
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Sentience vs. Sapience
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Since as you put it Wyote corrected Mugen, why did you feel the need to correct him again. With a massive massive post detailing his errors?
He came up with an idea, a concept and wanted to share i... |
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JokesSome slightly dirty fun...
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Q: What is better than winning a medal at the Special Olympics?
A: Not being retarded
Q: What's blue and fucks old people?
A: Hypothermia
Q: What is the definition of "making love&qu... |
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Emotions & FeelingsInteracting with a strangers life to make you feel better.
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I notice this all over the world and in my own life. It is what drives media, its what drives some lives, it could not interest me any less.
I find it extremely unusual that so much of the populati... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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1 December 2012
Northern Mercury
Credit: NASA / JHU Applied Physics Lab / Carnegie Inst. Washington
Innermost planet Mercury would probably not be a good location for an interplanetary winter ol... |
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In The NewsCanada to win olympic Gold?
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As a citizen of greater Vancouver I am getting excited about the 2010 Olympics. Of course the biggest discussion is hockey and whether the Canadian Team is going to win gold. I think it could be easil... |
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War & TerrorismRussian invasion of Georgia
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Jake, who invaded whom?
The Georgians' after a decade of training and armorment by the US, who is still there (doing what?), thats who.
After over a decade of peace and no fighting, they la... |
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ChristianityBlessed Are The Peace Makers
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The gunman, Sirhan Sirhan, not only was not a Zionist, but had been motivated in part by the sympathy between Israel and Senator (possibly President-to-be) Kennedy.
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SocietyMisty-eyed Westerners Need a Tibetan History Lesson
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Misty-eyed westerners need a Tibetan history lesson
By Brian Hennessy - Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Brian Hennessy
Brian is an Australian author, commercial consultant, and psychologist who has... |
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