Paralympic Games

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• Olympic Games will soon be outdone by Paralympic Games

  
  Senses: A blog about the Thirdi Software perception — Authority: 425
  In Italy , a successful experiment by a team of European scientists enabled a man who had lost his arm in an accident to control a computerized robotic arm attached to his neural network through several electrodes which translated his thoughts into motions.  The experiment, called LifeHand was the longest length ...
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• The Paralympic Games – The Courage to Live Forever – One

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 550
  Archery was included for the first time in Paralympics in Rome in 1960 and then this mode is intended for use by disabled with cerebral palsy, amputees and Les Autres. The competitions can be individual or done with a team. The goal is to shoot arrows at a target of 122 cm in diameter that located 70 meters away. Some ...
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• GG Michaelle Jean to officially open Paralympic Games after Queen says shes unavailable

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 166
  Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean will officially open the Paralympic games, in addition to the winter Olympic games, even though Olympic traditions prescribe that the Head of State declare the games open
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• Paralympics effort vaults toward Vancouver - Oregonian

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 142
  Paralympics effort vaults toward Vancouver - Oregonian Lucas Wilson and Melissa Stockwell are among the wounded veterans who have adapted to post-trauma athletics. Here’s a story on the effort to send disabled Oregon vets to the Paralympic Games this March. “I loved it so much, I went back to Walter Reed ...
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• London 2012 Paralympic countdown in pictures

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Sport Blog — Authority: 610
  Today marks 1000 days to go to the lighting of the Paralympic flame in London in 2012. This week these blogs will celebrate pictorially the passing of the flame from Beijing to London, with photos from four British photographers -  Graham Bool, Roger Bool, Tom Griffth and George S Blonsky, which formed a joint ...
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• S.J. Paralympian April Holmes Helping Others

  
  Into the Outside — Authority: 123
  April Holmes running in Athens Paralympics in 2004 (AP photo) Through her success, April Holmes reaches many people. "I try to use my platform as best as I can to get the word out about people with disabilities, to kind of prove to some people and reassure others that people with disabilities can do anything in ...
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• Paralympics 2012 countdown in pictures

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Sport Blog — Authority: 610
  Thursday December 3 marks 1000 days to go to the lighting of the Paralympic flame in London in 2012. For the next three days, a blog a day will celebrate pictorially the passing of the flame from Beijing to London, with photos from four British photographers -  Graham Bool, Roger Bool, Tom Griffth and George [...]
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• Athletes with intellectual disabilities will return to Paralympics - canada.com

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 142
  OTTAWA — The International Paralympic Committee has decided to once again allow athletes with intellectual disabilities to compete alongside athletes with physical disabilities in the Paralympic Games. The IPC voted in favour of the decision at its Continue .. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Athletes with learning ...
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• London 2012 Olympic And Paralympic Games Remain on Time And Within Budget

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 448
  The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games remain on time and within budget, new official data published today by the Government and Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) confirms. Figures from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Quarterly Economic Report show a small rise in the Anticipated Final Cost (AFC) of ...
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• Paralympics ends ban on athletes with intellectual disabilities

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 432
  From the BBC, [UK] Telegraph, [UK] Times:Athletes with intellectual disabilities will be permitted to participate in the London 2012 Paralympic Games, following a vote by the International Paralympic Committee.They had been banned since the year 2000, when journalist Carlos Ribagorda infiltrated Spain’s gold medal ...
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• Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games - About - News & Issues (blog)

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 142
  LetsGoMobile (press release) Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games About - News & Issues (blog) Vancouver has been excited about the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics since it was announced in July, 2003 that our city … Military opens doors to the public Vernon ...
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• BMW ANNOUNCED AS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNER OF LONDON OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES

  
  German Car Scene — Authority: 147
  Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has today announced that BMW has become the Automotive Partner of London 2012. BMW will provide the 4000 or so vehicles which are required at the Games to transport athletes, technical officials, media, ...
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• BMW ANNOUNCED AS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNER OF LONDON OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES

  
  European Motor News — Authority: 151
  Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has today announced that BMW has become the Automotive Partner of London 2012.
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• YVR - Vancouver Airport Authority release their plans for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

  
  PlaneTalking.com — Authority: 437
  Vancouver Airport Authority today announced its 2010 Winter Games operational plans which include the permanent addition of new snow removal and de-icing resources, a two-fold increase in volunteers, and programs to manage significant volumes of passengers and oversized baggage.  A full-scale de-icing exercise took ...
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• Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize Winner

  
  1stAngel Arts Magazine — Authority: 152
  Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize Winner -1.0 5 2009-11-06 01:06:31 1stAngel PORTRAIT OF ASPIRING PARALYMPIAN WINS TOP PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE Rosie Bancroft, 2008 by Paul Floyd Blake Copyright: Paul Floyd Blake Winner of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 announced at ...
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• New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 648
  A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no p
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• U.K. Home Office Makes an Investment in Airwave to Improve Security Ahead of the 2012 Olympics

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 448
  A multi-million pound boost to the emergency services radio communication system has been awarded as the countdown to the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games reaches 1,000 days, the Home Office has announced. This significant step in safety and security planning came as the Home Office made a ...
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• The National Portrait Gallery/BT Road to 2012 Project

  
  1stAngel Arts Magazine — Authority: 152
  The National Portrait Gallery/BT Road to 2012 Project -1.0 5 2009-10-30 23:01:00 1stAngel 1000 DAYS TO THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES LAUNCHES WITH MAJOR NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC COMMISSION – THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY/ BT ROAD TO 2012 PROJECT Antonn Russek (b1983) David Skerritt (b1966) Stephen ...
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• Glen moves closer to his Paralympic dream - Haverhill Echo

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 142
  Glen moves closer to his Paralympic dream Haverhill Echo By Derek Bish A HAVERHILL archer is aiming for the Paralympic Games after moving closer to his dream this month. Glen Puxley, 26, of Parkside, Haverhill, … and more » Continue….. Stamp of approval for London ...
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