VOTE FOR ME....

A documentary exploring the possibility of Democracy in China, is our outing for Monday. This movie touches on aspects of Learning Unit 2-6.

I look forward to seeing you all there
There will be a Q&A on the movie
Here are 3 links you may be intrested in regardsing background and information on the movie:
1. http://pleasevoteforme.org/
2. http://www.whydemocracy.net/
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Vote_for_Me

kind thanks

Mark

Miracle: The man, the speech, the story...

Following from last weeks film, 'Miracle', the story of the US Ice hockey's significant triumph over Russia in the 1980 Winter Olympics, i had some information request and so thought you might like the following:

1. Herb Brook's speech from American Rhetoric, a website of movie speeches(you can hear and have the text of his actual speech!): http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechmiracle3.html

2. Wikipedia's information on the film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_(film)

3. Herb Brooks Bio from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Brooks

4. Famous quotes from his speeches: http://famous-sports-quotes.com/herb-brooks-quotations.htm

5. Website of the Herb Brooks Foundation: http://www.herbbrooksfoundation.com/index2.html

6. The Wikipedia page on that game and its effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice

Enjoy

Franklin who?

Following up form todays video, the Power of the Game, take note that Franklin Foer write one of the more interesting books on soccer and its relationhsip to the global village. It's called 'How Soccer Explains the World'
Here are some reviews. I encourage you to read it. The first is one from the more famous blogs, called Mother Jones...

1. http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2004/08/08_400.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Soccer_Explains_the_World

The Parallel Olympics..

Yes, thats rights, the Paralympics is short for 'parallel', not 'paraplegic' as is often mistakenly thought:

Follow the links below for some amazing Paralympic news and information:

1. Google's newslinks form the Beijing Paralympics: http://news.google.co.za/news?hl=en&q=Paralympics&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=1&ct=title

2. Wikipedia's page all about the Paralympic Games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralympic_Games

3. Wikipedia's page specifically about the Beijing Paralympics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Paralympics

4. The website fo the Intrenational Paralympic Commitee: http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/index.html

5. The personal blog of the IPC chairman, Sir Philip Craven, at the Beijing Olympics:

http://blog.paralympic.org/

6. Ernst Van Dyk' s (SA's winner of the wheelchair marathon) website and blog: http://www.ernstvdyk.co.za/

7. Chantal Petitclerc, the amazing Canadian who yesterday broke 3 world records in 1 day at the Games: http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=d385aedc-1647-4f6b-bcc8-0a79b54c72f5

The impact of F1 on car companies and other Financial Times articles

The Financial Times publishes a series of inserts into its newspapers, on the Business of Sport. Fortunately these are availible online. Click on the links below for a chosen sample relating to your sport sociology subjects:

1. The impact of Formula 1 on Car manufacturers
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da10e9b0-73dc-11dd-8a66-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=1d7d1f1a-2041-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.html
2. Golf: trying to attract families and children to the game
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/edf4ce76-4f54-11dd-b050-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=83d1978a-360f-11dd-8bb8-0000779fd2ac.html
There are other articles availible on bussiness and societal aspsct of tennis, soccer, The America's Cup, and the Beijing Olympics...
Enjoy

A recommendable blog...

you may want to keep your eye on this blog on the bussiness of sport...
http://thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com/

Mark