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2012 Olympics Creates Jobs

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Posted by adavies
1/26/12 12:28pm

The 2012 summer Olympics is expected to bring in tourists from all over the world to London. To make the Olympics possible there are thousands of job opportunities made available, to those who apply. With the apparent tough economic times, this comes as a positive sign for many unemployed London residents.

Even though there are thousands of positions available, there seems to be 3x the number of applicants. According to the Washington Post there are said to be 10,000 security positions available and the organization has received almost triple that amount.

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No Cheaters allowed at the 2012 London Olympics

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Posted by adavies
1/19/12 9:45pm
Around 10,500 athletes are said to be competing for a shot at the gold medal in the competition this summer in London.

Sports like baseball, cycling, swimming and track are notorious for having massive cheating scandals involving doping. The quadrennial Olympics is unfortunately no different, remember Marion Jones? The London 2012 Organizing Committee (LOCOG)  is on a mission to make sure that only the best of the best win each competition honestly. They are completely sure that advanced drug tests and a new anti-doping lab will take away any possibility that athletes have of winning any kind of medal, with the assistance of drugs. Let’s hope that athletes will learn from Marion Jones and Barry Bonds mistakes, by choosing the ethical route of practice, practice, and more practice. Read more about No Cheaters allowed at the 2012 London Olympics

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