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Beijing Olympic Games 2008 Free Ebook Guide
Here’s a free eBook that will help guide you through the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Produced by HotelClub and located at asia-hotels.com this Free eGuide has a depth of information about all the Bejing Olympic events, including schedules and venue maps.
One thing that caught my eye was the formatting. This eBook is formatted more horizontal than vertical. This [...]
Open Letter to VANOC Media Relations and Press Operations from the Social Media
NOTE: Sent to VANOC {mediarelations@vancouver2010.com, pressoperations@vancouver2010.com} Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. Cross-posted at: raincitystudios.com, 2010.dailyvancouver.com, nowpublic.com, etc. Hello VANOC Media Relations and Press Operations, I am writing today on behalf of Raincity Studios, a Vancouver-based social media company who owns and publishes a suite of media properties. We had hoped to talk about social media (blogs, podcasts, twitter, wikis etc.) at the World Press Briefing
Re-inventing The Language Of Business Summits
Re-inventing The Language Of Business Summits Worldwide people have watched the recent Beijing Olympics with much fanfare. One can imagine the kind of co-ordination and management required to conduct an event of such great repute, importance and scale. Here the inevitable requirement of an event management company comes into the picture. Due to the growing number of events organised daily, this [...] Posted in Business Management November 20th, 2008 | 09:02 am
Retired banker proclaimed a Knight of St John in the name of the Queen
Former president and CEO of the Dime Bank of New Jersey, Thomas H. Van Arsdale. Photo By Mike Spencer To this day, the reigining British monarch serves as “sovereign head” of the Knights of St. John. The queen’s cousin, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, serves as “grand prior,” or chief executive.Wilmington retiree proclaimed a knight starnewsonline.com | Nov 17, 2008 By Ben Steelman He doesn’t have a suit of armor, he doesn’t carry a sword, and you don’t have to call him “Sir.” Nevertheless,
Kooyong Classic again precedes Australian Open
The Kooyong Classic has been a staple of Australian Open tune-ups in recent history and 2009 will be no different. Eight of the best players of the world will once against descend on Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in the days before the season’s first Grand Slam to fine-tune their games. Absent, however, is three-time defending champion Andy Roddick. Nonetheless, the even still boasts a strong field, and this time it has an unusually younger feel to it marked by some of the game’s brightest risi
Always A Golden Winner
Phelps attended the 2008 Golden Goggle Awards in NYC . He picked up three awards for his performance from the historic Beijing Summer Olympics. Did he dye his hair? It looks darker, but it suits him. Michael looks very debonair in that suit, good choice Mike. Guys take some tips, you should “want to be like Mike” !! Rating: 5 [Source]
Winter, Global Warming Pictures: Man-Made Climate Change Comes Early
Pixelaneous #59 Climate Change Comes Early To Ohio-Pennsylvania-West Virginia Click images to enlarge. Mid-November and the livin’ is easy. Man-made climate change showed up a bit early last week. We were there to document it. MORE Pixelaneous at DBKP: Pixelaneous Photo Essays Library. * 58: November 18, 2008 –Heart Attack Grill: Lard, Luckies, Naughty Nurses and Politically Incorrect Food * 57: September 19, 2008 –Air Show Pictures: Surprising Pictures * 55 & 56:
Gymnastics World Cup Ranking List
Gymnastics World Cup Ranking List November 19th, 2008 by coach Rick International Gymnast posted the full lists up to #30. The top eight gymnasts on each event qualify to the World Cup Final, Dec. 15-16 in Madrid. A gymnast who declines his invitation will be replaced by the next gymnast in the ranking. … A number of gymnasts chosen are injured. Or not training. Many of the most motivated are those that did not qualify for Beijing, I believe. I’m looking forward to seeing Krisztian Berki
WAN Won't Give up on China's Broken Promises
The World Association of Newspapers is insisting on making China accountable for all the promises it broke during the run-up to the Olympic Games. Remember those? The press freedom organization, undeterred by widespread negligence in the international community, has launched a campaign aiming at freeing all imprisoned journalists and cyberdissidents in that country. Now that the Games are complete, and the world's attention is elsewhere, it is more important than ever to draw attention to th
Nike Zoom Lebron VI - United We Rise Autographed Shoes
Nike decided to unveil the sixth Nike Lebron James’ signature shoe a bit earlier than usual this year due to the fact the Lebron spent most of the Summer playing for Team USA in Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Nike Zoom Lebron VI was unveiled in late August and since then the amount of publicity and buzz around the shoe has not stopped especially with all of the special versions being released. Perhaps the most sentimental colorway of the Nike Zoom Lebron VI is this “United We Ri
VOTE: Master Sgt. William "Spanky" Gibson―Oklahoma Marine Who Returned to Iraq Despite Devastating War Injuries
Hello, There are 10 nominees for the prestigious MOST INSPIRING PERSON OF THE YEAR honor at Beliefnet.com, the leading online community for faith and spirituality. Voting gets underway this week, and continues throughout December 5th - visitors to Beliefnet.com may vote once daily. We hope you'll share this link, and encourage your readers to cast their vote! www.beliefnet.com/mostinspiringperson2008. Thanks! ~ Sherry The eighth annual Most Inspiring Person of the Year aw
Focus - Access To The 2012 Olympics: Running To Catch Up
by Sir Stephen Duckworth Planning for the 2012 Olympic games in London began some time ago, and there are many considerations that have been sadly ignored by previous hosts when it comes to making the games accessible to people with disabilities. Accessibility issues relate not just to disabled spectators, but also disabled athletes. What are we doing for these groups? For example, is there technology that can help? I remember going to the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing and watching the blind
Oh, it’s on! Hamilton vs Hoy at Race of Champions
Oh, it’s on! Hamilton vs Hoy at Race of Champions November 19th, 2008 • BlueFox • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under Filed Under: Motorsports • UK Tags: chris hoy • ChrisHoy • hamilton • hamilton hoy • hamilton hoy race of champions • hamilton hoy race of champions wembley • HamiltonHoy • HamiltonHoyRaceOfChampions • HamiltonHoyRaceOfChampionsWembley • hoy • lewis hamilton • lewis hamilton chris hoy • LewisHamilton • LewisHamiltonChrisHoy • mclaren • mclaren-mercedes • MclarenMercedes •
GQ Magazine 2008 Men of the Year Honorees
GQ magazine has published the list of GQ Men of the Year 2008. The four magazine covers are available on newsstands now and feature President-elect Barack Obama, Mad Men star Jon Hamm, leading man Leonardo DiCaprio and Olympic athlete Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps, the world's greatest swimmer who won eight gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has been honored as the 'Golden Boy of the Year' by GQ Magazine. Other notable honorees in different fields include Leonardo DiCaprio "The Lead
World reaction to Thai censorship-RSF
19-11-08 Government reinforces online censorship in name of protecting king’s reputation Reporters Without Borders: November 18, 2008 http://www.rsf.org/print.php3?id_article=29319 Reporters Without Borders condemns the Thai information ministry’s decision at the start of the month to spend up to 12 million euros on creating an Internet firewall to filter out websites deemed guilty of lese-majeste. “The Thai government’s desire to control online content is indicative of the difficulties it is
GQ Men of the Year 2008 Honorees
The world's greatest swimmer Michael Phelps (photo), who won eight gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has been honored as the 'Golden Boy of the Year' by GQ Magazine.Other notable honorees in different fields include Leonardo DiCaprio, James Franco, John Malkovich, Rafael Nadal, Jason Statham, Sean Penn and the newly-elect US President Barack Obama.Obama has topped them all and is one of the 4 feature covers of GQ's latest issue. Other covers are Leonardo DiCaprio, Jon Hamm and Michael Ph
RIP Glen Brand, '48 Olympic Gold Medalist/Cyclone Champ
It's been a sad month... First, the passing of 1948 Olympic silver medalist Gerry Leeman... now, Glen Brand, who won the gold medal for the US at the 1948 Games in London. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Brand family. Mark http://revwrestling.com/articles/421...medalist-Brand Services Wednesday for gold medalist Brand 11/18/2008 Iowa State University Sports Information AMES, Iowa -- Glen Brand, Iowa State's first Olympic Gold Medalist in any sport when he won the 1
Amateurs Study Tactics
Tuesday, 18 November 2008 in The Forgotten War Professionals study logistics. Logistics in the Afghan Campaign has become a popular topic of discussion over the last several days. More people are noticing that our Line of Communcations between our Sea Port of Debarkation and our logistical support facilities at Bagram and Kandahar is very long, very rough, and very insecure. I’ve been a voice in the wilderness, unheard on a low-traffic blog, sounding this warning for a while now. Ten month
No lip syncing allowed in China
Seems like the Chinese are still experiencing some fall out from the lip syncing debacle that occurred during this summer’s 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. According to Variety, “the Chinese Ministry of Culture says it will name and shame artists who fake it when performing — and repeat offenders could lose their license to perform.” Not unlike the infamous wardrobe malfunction during the Superbowl XXXVIII halftime show, this whole situation is being blown way out of proportions. Was it w
Daily Dose: 11/18/08
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CHINA BEGINS MANUFACTURING CANADIAN TV
Aristotle coined the phrase "Nature abhors a vacuum" in a political context. He meant that if an important person or institution abandons their role, another soon moves in to take its place. But power vacuums don't just exist in government or business. They exist in cultural endeavors as well. Therefore, when Canadian television networks don't make Canadian programming, let alone shows that strongly reflect the values of their audience, somebody else is going to move in and make programming fo
