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Rio 2016

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Rio's Sporting Carnival - Source The Economist

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Latin America The Olympic games Rio's sporting carnival Oct 2nd 2009 From Economist.com Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic  games, the event’s first visit to South America AFP THE founder of the modern Olympic games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, insisted that taking part in the event was equally as important  as winning. The gloomy delegations  from Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid wil l find little consolation in the baron’s  philosophy as they trudge from  Copenhagen on Friday October 2nd. The members of the International Olympic Committee decided that the  host city for the 2016 summer games  will be Rio de Janeiro. The delight on the faces of the  representatives of the winner,  Rio de Janeiro, equalled any beaming  gold medal winner. A huge crowd of  whooping  cariocas greeted the news, relayed to a huge TV screen on Copacabana beach, with  unabashed delight. The celebrations  are well earned. Years of dedication  and hard work go to moulding na  Olympic champion and this is  mi

Why multitasking destroys your productivity

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De: Ari Kormi Para: Prof. Jorge Luis J?sz?s De Purgly Data: 13-10-2009, 15:58 Assunto: Newsletter de grupo: Tuesday BusinessNews : Why Multitasking Destroys Your Productivity Why Multitasking Destroys Your Productivity Most entrepreneurs I know are proud of their ?multitasking? ability. According to Wikipedia, ?Human multitasking is the performance by an individual of appearing to handle more than one task at the same time.? The keyword that multitasking a myth is: ?appearing.? The term originated with computer multitasking ? a CPU solves problems by scheduling tasks and switching from task to task until each task gets its turn. The activity of switching back-and-forth may be a computer-friendly activity, but it?s anything but human-friendly when it comes to an entrepreneur?s personal productivity in the office or home! Dave Crenshaw wrote my favorite book on the topic and I recommend it to any entrepreneur who still thinks and feels that multitasking is cool. On page 29 in The Myth of

Rio, 2016! LinkedIn - Recommended by Robson Lelles in Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games – Support the Organizing Committee

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Exclusive: How Rio won its bid  to host the 2016 Olympics Friday, 02 October 2009   By David Owen in Copenhagen October 2 - If anyone harboured lingering doubts over whether the International Olympic Committee  (IOC) made the right choice  in the Danish capital today,  they evaporated within seconds  of the start of the victorious  Rio de Janeiro press conference. The atmosphere of exuberance before the massed  ranks of the world’s television cameras was so  overpowering that even Jacques Rogge, the legendarily sober  IOC boss, cracked a smile. As the host-city contract was signed, the aisles  rang out with song as supporters gave vent to  months – in some cases years – of bottled-up tension.   Let’s just say it was no surprise when some  Brazilian geezer took it upon himself to scatter  golden confetti over proceedings. Yet the main lesson from Rio’s win had little to do  with its global reputation as a good-time town.   The Brazilians had done their homework and  prepared mightily f