Whats in the Olympic Logos - Jayne

#1.) Rio 2016 design is the inspiration of the city's famous natural attraction "Sugarloaf Mountain created in a heart figure with green, yellow and blue. The colors of Brazil national flag and verifies Brazil's devotion to sports.

2.) the star is very USA, it is good to know that the the six rays of the star represents Hope, Harmony, Respect, Friendship, Excellence and Celebration.

3.) Madrid 2016 A hand with each finger painted differently is intended as a symbol of unity representing all the people, nationalities races and culture that co exist in Madrid.

4.) Tukyo 2016 Japanese knot known as MUSUBI five Olympic colors signify blessing during the times of the ceremony.


This things are very interesting to learn that each country has their messages to the world with by just representing their logo, but there is one thing I think is common with each country in ahich the orignal purpose of the Olympic is to promote unity and peace for the world.

Run Over....comment on page no. 58- jayne

This article is something about the disadvantages of hosting an Olympic Games, that came into my mind even before taking this class, I thought it is just a common sense that hosting an Olympic Games of course would require a big venue where the sports and games would take place aside from the big budget and I was right this article confirms it like what is to be expected, it is always the minorities and lowered income are usually affected. Another thing which is not very good with hosting the Olympic Games, the host city is responsible for all the costs, but not in control on the biggest revenue.

"Refelection from Week 1-7- jayne

This summer course is about the Olympics of which I dont have much knowledge, as I was not following all about Olympics, it is not I that I am not interested, but it just I am too busy, and occupied with so many things. I thought it is very interesting. It is always interesting to know new things, from this term I learned some good things and bad things about the Olympics, the advantages and disadvantages, to the host countries, as well as the athletes itself, the doping and about the issues, moments and stories, especially popular athletes like Michael Phelps who is the in limelight like a popular actor in the movies, whom moves are always watch.

I think I have enjoyed the class, it was very good that I had my time to study something about the Olympics, doing research thru the computer, reading articles, commenting on some of them, and it is so good to know that each logos have their significant meaning to the countries who applied for candidancy, it is very interesting that from there, there is already a hint about the countries' culture or what is important about the country, I thought creating a logo is so brilliant. This class is also a very good practice for my writing, reading and listening that will help me in my progress.

Reflection from week 1-7 (Oksana)

This is our last day of summer class. The weather outside seems to look like whole summer is over. But this is not about summer, this is about summer class, which is always fun in BIR.
I liked this class because it was very interesting. I found out a lot about Olympics, not only good sides but also bad ones. The movies that we watched were very educational. Also the information about host cities from the book was very helpful. I found out a lot about Chicago as a host city for the Olympics 2016. It would be great to have it here.
So , I really liked summer class, information and everything I learned here. The only thing that would make it more exciting would be more fieldtrips. Oksana

The dark side of Glory

Everything about the Olympics looks so great when you don't dig deeper . In this class we learned not only good sides but also bad ones. The first movie that we watched about German athletes was very educational. It even takes people's health and life to be great in the Games. Also this articles about people being driven out of their homes because of giving the way for the Olympics. But inspite of all this bad sides I still think that Olympics have much more good sides than bad. And I still think that Chicago will be very lucky if it will get it this time. Oksana

"The dark side of glory" by Kats

I just wrote specifically about the Beijing Olympics, but here I write about some negative sides of the past Olympics. We watched a video about the East German female athletes and swimmers who took steroids unknowingly. They were so pure and even gullible as to trust their factitious doctors who were actually assigned to give the athletes steroid shots. As a poor Communist country, East Germany craved for one thing that would boost their people's pride and honor, unfortunately in a deceptive way. It is now very obvious to us that those women all looking like men were taking metabolic steroids, but back in the 1970s, the world was not yet knowledgeable enough to notice it. These women are still suffering from all kinds of side effects decades after their retirement. I also remember clearly that Ben Johnson got disqualified because of his taking steroid shots after his triumph over Carl Lewis. It is unfortunate that there are always cheaters who would do anything to win. It is like a cat and mouse chase. If they are so entirely dedicated to cheating, why don't they put the same amount of energy in winning fairly? Those medalists are supposed to be our heroes and heroines. Do heroes and heroines cheat in the movies? I know it is hard, but I expect them to have a higher standard to be a good model.

Logos(Oksana)

I have read some stories from the book about Olympic. Of course nobody wants to be driven out of their homes to give a way to the Olympics. But I think those people were taken care of and got their homes in the different location even better ones.
What about logos I think that the best one is Chicago logos, because it looks very much like Olympics I don't know why. I also liked Tokyo too. All of the information that I have read was very intersting. I did't know anything about logos and what everything means. Now I know. I think Chicago shoud be the host city for the Olympics 2016.

My thought on the article on P. 58 (Olmpic juggernaut) by Kats

It was China's biggest slogan to leave the Beijing Olympics successful. Their central Communist government seemed determined to make it successful at any cost. There was a huge revolt in Tibet months before the Olympics, but the Communist government somehow succeeded in containing "rebels." There was also a concern about influenza viruses spreading in a strange way, but the news also faded away almost spontaneously. I have a friend who was volunteering all through the big event, but like her, all international journalists were contained in a village and not allowed to report everything. Officially, or at least on the surface level, the Beijing Olympics was said to be successful, but many of those who were actually there have different views. It is ironic to see that there was such a huge gap between their fundamental principles and what was actually going on.

Reflection from week 1--7 by Kats

I liked the atmosphere of the entire class during this summer semester. It was different from the ordinary seasons in the following ways.
First, I could enjoy our class in a more relaxed way than usual. After experiencing series of assignments in regular seasons, I needed a little more space to learn. Secondly, I could learn more about the city, including how the local people are engaged in the Olympics. We are a little too busy learning textbooks to learn local activities in regular classes. For example, we discussed what to do in order to win the candidacy. As you know, Tokyo is another candidate, and as a Japanese man, honestly speaking, I first had a mixed feeling about producing good idea to let our rival city win. Going back to the original theme of the Olympics, however, I have realized that we human beings are all united. I therefore decided to engage positively in our class activity. There is one suggestion, though. We had only one field trip during the session. If we could add an outside activity or two, it would be more interesting. In the first place, it is not very healthy staying inside an air-conditioned room for hours.
All in all, I had a great time in this summer course. I owe this great feeling largely to our teacher, Ms. Lori Hill. Thank you very much for your great work.

Week 1-6 Oksana

We are almost finishing a summer semester wich is always fun. This semester was more educational than others. I liked this course because it gave me some news and information about Olympics and Chicago. Everybody talks about this but I never knew anything about it. I learned about four cities that are trying to host the games, and especially Chicago.
The movies about athletes and drugs was very interesting too.
The only thing that was kind of confusing was this blog thing but I think I have learned it by the end of the semester. I liked this class and find it very interesting, but it would be more fun if we would have some more fieldtrips.

Four city candidates for the Olympics Ass2

I think all of the four cities deserve to host the Olympics. They all have something special.
Tokyo is in the progress of making an aggressive bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The city previously hosted the Olympics in 1964, becoming the first city outside Europe and the USA to host the event. The other candidates for the 2016 games are Chicago, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro.
Madrid has a strong sports culture, hosting three football(soccer) teams and two basketball teams; the most successful being Real Madrid.
Rio de Janeiro is very beautiful I think and can host the Olympics. But I think Chicago has the most privilages Oksana

What I have learned from this class in 6 weeks- jayne

Honestly, before I started with this class, I was clue less with so many things about Olympic, I know 6 weeks is too short to know everything, but this class had helped to understand some things about Olympics. I learned who are the leading city candidates for 2016 Olympics, I have read about the criterias and requirements that needed to be met by aspiring cities; I have learned about the origin of the Olympics, and how the Americans joined in the first time; I also found out about the things which are not very good, I am talking about doping the athletes, in which athletes were like laboratory species. Most of all, this class is a good reading, writing and listening practice in improving my English.

The dreamers shape the world ( Oksana)

The dreamers shape the world- I think it is true. I think in order to have a goal in life you need to have a dream first. I guss by reaching goals people contribute to worlds history economy and everything else. So this is very true statement. Oksana

"Dreams shape the world" - jayne

" Dreams shape the world." I personally agree on this beautiful quote and this has been proven real and true in many generations. In fact, the discovery of so many things in this world came from dreams, like for example, the discovery of the earth is round and not flat, was from the dream of a voyager to travel and get some gold and spices from other land. The discovery of bigger and better boat which we call ships were invented and airplanes follows, to make the travelling more easier and travel time shorter. The discovery of the plane was actually the dream of two young boys (Wright brothers) to fly, because they were excellent in flying kites and they dreamed of flying, from there they started to build a plane which was enhanced later. It was also a dream to fly to the moon, and it happened in 1969, Neil Armstrong and his team were the first people who walked in the moon, people used to look at the moon and were dreaming to fly there and were wondering what was in there, it was believed that the moon is a cheese (funny). Now people are trying to explore the outer space and still in the process of discovering so many things about the space. Even a very ordinary person who turned successful in their career started with just a dream when they were younger. That is why some people who don't dream of making their lives better ended up miserable, I don't know if they are just lazy or victims of circumstances, maybe both are right, who knows... but Dreams really shape our world, but maybe some failed.

Quizz No. 2 jayne

Olympic Moment and Story

The story I read and seems to be interesting to me is entitled "Lightning Bolt", the story is about a Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, he is said to spread his arms and slapped his chest before crossing the 100 m sprint finish line. Many fans are stunned and shared similar thoughts of "Usain are you insane?" Because his early celebration cost him a world record.

Bolt was criticized fro celebrating before the finish line that in the process, he didnt get a better record time. Another shocking story tahn his time is his pre-race diet, which consisted of greasy chicken nuggets. Funny! A child in him.

Phelp story comment -jayne

Phelps Story - Phelps wins again beating Cavic

The story seems funny though maybe really common to competing athletes, where there are lot of issues and talks between them. Cavi was talking too much while Phelps was just proving himself in action. I could say Phelps is the best!

where the Olympic Originate - jayne

I dont know much about Olympics, Ia m not a very sporty person, not because I dont like sport but I dont think I am very athletic.

answer to number 1 question

I dont know where the Olympics origniate but I thought it is from Greece.

Question Number 2
Answer: I dont have any idea how many countries participated in the original Olympic Games.

Question Number 3
Answer: I think Marathon is an Olympic event, i dont have any idea how the marathon race came to be.

Jouran Assignment #2 page 44

"The Four Candidate Cities for the 2016 Olympics"

The first top four candidates cities for 2016 Olympics are Tokyo scored 8.3, Madrid 8.1, Chicago 7.0 and Rio de Janeiro 6.4. Browsing thru the four candidate city websites, I found out the Tokyo is one of the world's leading cities, as far as culture, commerce and resources. Tokyo also has an excellent public transpotation in which they built the three ring road transportation to reduce the congestion problem. in addition to this, Tokyo has over 124,000 hotel rooms nearby, that is considered highlighted strenght of Tokyo compared to other bid cities. Olympic experience should also allow to permeate the City without compromising Olympic Operation. Funding will be from private and government sector, estimated expenses is approximately US $ 50 million and estimated revenue is approximately $ 1.557 billion.

The second is Madrid, joined the 2012 bid was ranked first in seven categories which are Government Support, legal issues and public opinion, general infrastrusture, Environment, sports Venues, Olympic village, Trnsposrt concept and Overall project and legacy. It also showing support from politicians and residents. Madrid 2016 has over 60 corporate sponsors>

Ranked as third and fourth are Chicago and Rio de Janeiro, Chicagos games and funding will be from private sector and federal dollars for security and infrastrusture, venues reported to lack of Olympic structure though it is said that Chicago has dozens of existing sport venues. Rio de Janeiro bidded for 1936, 1940, 2004 and 2012 but faile don every occassion. Rio de janeiro meets the International Federation's technical requirements and both IOc and Ipc standards and align with the city master Plan and Legacy Strategy.

All four obviuosly meet the standard requirements of the 2016 Olympic Games. But in my opinion, I will agree with the committee involved in ranking or will judge who will win the bid because the committee knows the mechanical and technical aspects of the Olympic Games, I believe that they will pick the right city that will not hurt the City's people and financail budget.

Story about Michael Phelps

It was difficult to understand the story because of the language. But what I understood seems like somebody is trying to disqualify Michael Phelps, because he was wearing a wrong swimming suit. If this is correct understanding. I think this sportsman already showed that he is the best many times. So I think this article is just not right. Posted by Oksana

About Michael Phelps by Kats Ote

It is understandable that Phelps' big rival, Cavic, wants to beat Phelps in a fair game. For Cavic, it is the only accomplishment which he hasn't achieved yet. Phelps' attitude toward Cavic is mature and that of the king. It is always the second best person who challenges first. It is ironic and even unfortunate that the advancement of swimming suits has brought about 'unfairness' between the swimmers who wear a specific suit and who don't. I personally want to see who is going to win in the same condition, including the identical swimming suits.

Nadia Comaneci-perfect in gymnastics

I just read a story about this famous gymnast Nadia Comaneci. She is from Romania. She won 3 golden and one silver medal in the Olimpics of 1976 in Montreal and she is the first ever gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10, in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is also the winner of two gold medals at the 1980 summer Olympics. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the world.
This story really inspires me, because, she won her medals in a very young age. Her first Olimpic medal was when she was at the age 14. How good can you be to get such a high prize in such a young age.
I also like that because inspite of all honours and money that she got in such a young age, she remained active in sports and did not stop her training. Now Comăneci is participating in many charities and international organizationsand very popular. Posted by Oksana Karabin

One of my greatest memories of Olympics by Kats Ote

One of my greatest memories is that Naoko Takahashi won the gold in the women's marathon at 2000 Sydney Olympics. Marathon has always been one of the most popular Olympic games in Japan. Their enthusiasm about the game was so strong that by the 1980s, it became their national goal to win gold in Olympics. A dozen of their world-famous male hopefuls, such as Seko, Nakayama, So brothers, and Morishita, all tried to achieve the national goal, but they only ended with the Morishita's silver. Fairly unknown female runner Arimori won the silver in 1992 Barcelona and the bronze in 1996 Atlanta. Morishita and Arimori both reached almost there, but the victory just slipped through their fingers. When Takahashi finally achieved triumph, she instantly became the national heroine. She was so popular and highly respected that she was awarded People's Honor Award, which is usually given to older individuals, in her 20s.

Couldn't attend the fieldtrip

Last week my friends from class went to the Chicago Match race center. Seems like everybody had a great time. I could't attent it because I was moving to different apartment and could't attend the school that day. I really like Chicago and going on any field trips here, is a lot of fun for me. I hope we will have some more places to attend this summer. I will try not to miss them. Oksana

What our field trip was actually like by Kats Ote

We went to the field trip last week. Ms. Hill kindly drove us there. It was sunny and hot Saturday afternoon. I had expected that the scene would be exciting and fast-paced, but I found it rather quiet and even slow. I felt so probably because I had no background knowledge on yacht racing per se. As for the location, it was ideal because of its proximity to downtown and good access to public transportation radiating to all parts of Chicagoland. The coastline was so straight that we had no trouble watching what was going on in front of us. The downside was, though, the dirty and smelly bathroom. The organization definitely have to work hard on improving it.

Image of what the field trip would be like.

I think this field trip will be very interesting because I really am a beach lover, also consider the fact that I didn"t have any idea that there is sailing race place here. I have been in Chicago Belmont Harbor a million times, but I didn't know that it is the Chicago Match Race Center, until our language teacher Ms. Lori told us about this. Browsing thru the internet, I got an additional information about the venue, like the place have the clubhouse where they conduct seminars and a race course which is big enough to do the actual race practice and trainings. But visiting the place with the little information I have for now will help me to appreciate more what I am about to see there.- JCR

My image of field trip to Chicago Match Race Center by Kats Ote

On Saturday afternoon, July 25, we are making a trip to Chicago Match Race Center. Despite the cloudy weather, I imagine that the place would be a beautiful beach where the enthusiastic 'yacht people' are gathering. I expect that the atmosphere of the location is serene but friendly. The people are enjoying sailing but also serious about improving their skills as often seen in any competitive sports.

Necessary Features and Components for Sailing Olympic Race by JCR

These are different kinds of sail boats needed for Sailing Olympic Race, there are women and men categories singles and more than one person categories. There are also certain rules to follow and it depends on the host country where the Olympic is to be held. Funding and training programs are also part of it. With this competition, weather plays an important part.

Necessary components for sailing race by Kats Ote

The factors that would affect the outcome of the race are the design factors, such as the size of a boat's sails, its length, and the weight and shape of its hull. These factors are so important that the skills of the salers are often overshadowed by them. Therefore, there exists a strict rule; all boats are reuired to be identical, or a handicapping system is used.

Our favorite quote

"Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records," said William A. Ward. We like this quote because it applies to everyone of us. We all have tough situations, but some simply crack under the pressure, while the others get even higher by making the best of them. It is our mental attitude and toughness that distinguish the results.

What makes Chicago an attractive candidate by Kats Ote

Diversity, we think, the distinctive characteristic that mark Chicago as a top contender. In the city area alone, there are over six thousands of restaurants serving the food from all over the world, along with a great number of bars, pubs, theaters, and museums.
Chicago also has various kinds of sports events, including the games of baseball, basketball, American football, and hockey. Chicago is also the host of the world-famous annual Chicago Marathon.
However, Chicago also has to work a little harder to make itself a better candidate to actually host the 2016 Olympics. There are some unclean areas such as CTA trains and stations. These are the front gates where the people coming from all over the world will first encounter the city. It is therefore a must for the city to work on it.

Jayne Carreon-Rivera

I am Jayne Carreon-Rivera, from the Philippines, I have been in Chicago for five (5) years now, currently studying at BIR Training Center, a Language School in Chicago. I love to cook, watch movie and dine out during my free time, but walking and enjoying the sun by the lake is the most awesome I thought.

Oksana

My name is Oksana. I am a BIR student. I came here from Ukraine. I really like Chicago and enjoy staying here. In BIR I take English classes, which I really enjoy. This summer during my vacation I went to Florida. It was a fabulous trip. When I came back I was very happy to be home in Chicago. I think Chicago is a great city fo Olimpyc games

Self-introduction by Kats Ote

I am a 43-year-old Japanese physician, who graduated from the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa in 1998. Since there was no mandatory or official postgraduate training program in those days, I went straight into practice as everyone else did. A few years later, out of the feeling of necessity, I decided to come to the States to consolidate my experience and learn higher skills. I am now in the process of getting certified here in the States.

It was quite a challenge, but I came here to make my dream come true, leaving my parents, younger brother, and three puppies behind. It is not easy at all to fulfill one's will in a foreign country where people have different cultures and languages. I would be enjoying a comfortable life in Japan now, only if I had continued to stay there and go with the flow by succeeding to my father's clinic (he is also a cardiologist).

Where there is no stimulus, however, there is no growth. I did not want to regret my indecisiveness later on. When it comes to Western medicine, America has been the most advanced country in the world over the decades. It is my lifelong goal to improve myself as a physician and human being concurrently.

There is a famous saying in Japan, "Medicine is a humanitarian art." Like Akahige-sensei, the main character in Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard, I want to be an insightful but simple, and professional but humane doctor. I do not want to end up as a narrow pedant. In order to cultivate myself, I have played various kinds of sports, including baseball and judo, studied different fields, and read all kinds of books (and even done many stupid things to learn life lessons!) I am ready to help my patients with my own style of approach (it is called Kat's special), orchestrating all of my five (or even six) senses and combining all the experiences I've had in my life. I am determined to make substantial contributions to the society throughout my life.