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Did you ever wonder why the official distance of a marathon was exactly 26 miles, 385 yards? In 1908, the marathon standard had been set at exactly 26 miles. However, at the Olympic marathon in London, it was decided that the royal family needed a better view of the finish line so organizers added an extra 385 yards to the race so the finish line would be in front of the royal box. And it's been that way ever since. Traditionally the Olympic flame in Olympia, Greece is rekindled every two years using the sun's rays and a concave reflective mirror.
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Beijing Olympics Facts During the Games this year, China will host 280,000 athletes, referees, journalists and other workers from more than 200 countries and regions... About five million overseas tourists and more than 120 million domestic travelers will visit Beijing in 2008 and seven million spectators will watch the games at the venues, according to official statistics
28/302 Sports/ events 302 Gold Medals 10,708 Athletes 31 Competition Venues in Beijing Competition Venues outside Beijing 6 Beijing Olympic Host Broadcaster Broadcasting Co., Ltd ( BOB ) Accredited Written Press & 5,600 Photographers 12,000 Rights Holding Broadcaster staff 4,000 BOB staff 70,000 Olympic Games Volunteers
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David Blaine Style Voodoo Ash Trick Effect: The spectator writes a name on a page in a notepad. The spectator then tears out the page, crumples it up and places it in an ashtray. The paper is set alight and the magician then rubs the ashes on his arm, on which the name written by the spectator, mysteriously appears. Preparation: You will need a small notepad, pen, ashtray, lighter and a small piece of soap or wax. Method: The spectator is asked to write either a name or favourite anything of their choice on a notepad. They are then asked to tear out the page, crumple it up and place it in the ashtray. The magician then sets the paper alight. At this point the magician should take the notepad from the spectator. If looked at closely, it should be possible to see an imprint of the spectators written word on the top page of the notepad. ( It should not be made obvious that the magician has been looking at the notepad..) Then subtely, perhaps by using a little misdirection, the word should be written on the magicians arm by himself using the soft soap or wax. ( Again, this action should not be visible or obvious to anyone.) The magician can then take some of the ashes and rub them on his arm where the ash will stick to the soap or wax and the name become visible to the astonishment of the audience.
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With no roof on the showpiece Bird's Nest stadium, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau has been charged with developing methods of preventing wet weather spoiling what promises to be a spectacular start to the Games on the evening of August 8. "Our experiments with rain mitigation have been aimed at light rain," said Zhang Qian, head of weather manipulation at the bureau. "With heavy rain it is more difficult. The results with light rain have been satisfactory." "For cold clouds below zero degrees, we use a coolant made from liquid nitrogen to increase the number of droplets while decreasing their mean size," she said. "As a result, the smaller droplets are less likely to fall and precipitation can be reduced. "For clouds above zero degrees we use the seeding agent silver iodide to accelerate the droplets' collision and coalescence, producing a downdraft which suppresses the formation of clouds." This method might also be used to prevent wet weather at the stadium by inducing the rain to fall before it reached the target area, said Wang Yubin, deputy chief engineer at the bureau. "Rain mitigation is a very complex process, though," he said. "We will have very detailed forecasts," Mr Wang said. "We will be able to tell the organisers: the winds are too strong, you cannot do it on this day, or, you can do it on this day." Our World
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Digg digged Digg is sort of like Slashdot without the editors, bringing a democratic approach to the news-submission Web site. At Digg, the site's users make all of the content-related decisions. For the most part, the approach seems to be working very well. Kevin Rose, once an on-air personality for TechTV, cofounded Digg in December 2004 (with the help of Jay Adelson and Owen Byrne, now CEO and Senior Software Engineer at Digg, respectively). He spent $1,000 developing and launching Digg.com, relying heavily on open-source software. Six months later, the site had about 25,000 registered users. After a year, Digg had 80,000 registered users and 500,000 unique visitors per day. In May
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Olympic Timekeeping More Accurate Than Ever
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Crazy cool digital SLR gear used by photographers during one event in Sydney Olympics . Would you believe this whole set is one SLR camera !!!!
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Swiss watchmaker Omega, holds the coveted role of official timekeepe. Back in 1996, cameras were snapping 1,000 images per second. At this Summer Olympics in Beijing, Omega will premiere the latest generation of digital cameras that snap three times that speed -- 3,000 photos per second -- to determine exactly when the athlete crossed the finishing line. Just For Laugh Gags!!
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Now you can get a miniature version of the Beijing Bird’s Nest that will emit some chirping sound or noise. This USB-powered Bird’s Nest speakers may be closest you can get to the Beijing 2008 Olympics Stadium if you can’t make it there. $12.98 for one.
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When Technology meets Entertainment Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony Beijing Olympic’s opening ceremony is going to be one of a kind event this earth has ever seen. The person in charge of the Olympic Opening Ceremony is Ric Birch, the man who directed the opening ceremonies in Los Angeles (1984), Barcelona (1992) and Sydney (2000). The Beijing Opening Ceremony will be "powerful, strong, and impressive", he says after watching recent rehearsals. Like every other host city, Beijing has been true to its
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culture and society, Birch says, and the only occidental element in the opening ceremony "is the influence in music and costumes". A dress rehearsal took place on 11th July and it was very successful. More than 10,000 performers have been working on the blockbuster 50-minute show for three years. Celebrated Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, the director of the opening and closing ceremonies, said in an interview released on CCTV on Friday that it would not be a boring history lesson about Chinese culture. Zhang, director of hit films such as “Raise the Red Lantern” and “Heroes,” said he wanted spectators, including a TV audience expected to run into the billions, to have a good time. Elements representing Sichuan province and Wenchuan, the county at the epicenter, will be included in the opening ceremony "in tribute to the Chinese spirit manifested after the devastating May 12 earthquake," the official Xinhua news agency quoted Wang Chaoge, one of the directors of the ceremony, as saying. But still now the biggest threat to the opening ceremony remains the rains. It can cause severe damage to the props and the dress of the performers. The Beijing officials though are ready and have said to taken yet most advanced rain defense mechanism but on the d-day they have to keep their fingers crossed. Our World
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din raat kat rahe hain ab to ussi ke khayal main… wo lamhein wo ratein,unko yaad bar bar na karna… zindagi tanha hee sahi, kat rahi hai ab tak… kisi ne keh diya tha mohabbat ka izhaar na karna…
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Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. Franklin P. Jones
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The Rivals They call you my adversary; my rival they say you are, With the crowd I did once agree and thought of the race as war. Today's race was somehow different - the last race for both, Only now did I realize the truth about the man I used to loathe.
The race was over, still, not stopping, we ran on around the ground, Amidst the thunder of crowd's applause, that made our hearts pound. At every step we kept in sync, since by nature we are the same, Not hand in hand yet keeping pace, we ran for love of the game.
The races we have run together, the miles that we have covered, To run this fast and to reach this far, each other we have powered. You are the only one, who truly ran the same track as did I, You are the one - the most like me, I now not wonder why. Today, at times, I followed you and at times, I was the leader, But the leading man did now and then, glance back to see the other. That odd glance - half of triumph - at having surpassed another, Half of pleading, - yearning to see something better in the other. Tapping every store- known and not; we ran the ultimate race today, For though the last, it still was a race and we treated it that way. Till this day, we ran each race, feeling a foe in the nearby lane, Today as ever, we raced to win; yet, as rivals we did feign.
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Paul Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875–August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His
“...She was terribly frightened, because she realized she was going to die. She was just a young girl, so it is excusable, after all. But even grown men carry on like that sometimes, which is, of course, inexcusably weak-willed of them. Behrens knows how to deal with them, he can strike just the right tone for such cases." "What sort of tone?" Hans Castorp asked with a scowl. “'Don't make such a fuss!' he says," Joachim replied. "At least that's what he said to one fellow recently--we heard about it from the head nurse who was present to help restrain the dying man. He was one of those types who makes a dreadful scene right at the end and absolutely refuses to die. And so Behrens simply dressed him down: 'Would you please not make such a fuss,' he said, and the patient quieted down at once and died quite peaceably."
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WHO was Thomas mann ?
An excerpt from The Magic Mountain ----- A book by Thomas mann.
analysis and critique of the European and German soul, used modernized German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer In 1930 Mann gave a public address in Berlin titled "An Appeal to Reason," in which he strongly denounced National Socialism and encouraged resistance by the working class. This was followed by numerous essays and lectures in which he attacked the Nazis. At the same time, he expressed increasing sympathy for socialist ideas. In 1933 when the Nazis came to power, Mann and his wife were on holiday in Switzerland. Due to his very vociferous denunciations of Nazi policies, his son Klaus advised him not to return. But Thomas Mann's books, in contrast to those of his brother Heinrich and his son Klaus, were not among those burnt publicly by Hitler's regime in May 1933; possibly because he had been the Nobel laureate in literature for 1929 .
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We The Living by Ayn Rand Ayn Rand’s words have the power to make people sit up and take notice even now – more than 70 years after she first wrote them. But, unlike her later and more famous works like 'Atlas shrugged' and 'Fountainhead', her first novel – ‘We the living' is less known. A much smaller book in comparison, this may be the perfect one to start out with. The novel is set in Soviet Russia in the 1920's; a time when the Czar's army has been defeated by the Communists. The Argounov family's comfortable days as the owners of a textile factory are over. But, despite the hardships, Kira Argounova steps into Petrograd with all the hopes that youth carries with it. She despises the communist ideology, but, being a realist, she decides to go with the flow till she grows strong enough to oppose it.
Book Shelf She joins the Technological institute to study to be an engineer where she meets Andrei Taganov- a party member and a soldier of the Red army. Andrei has a deep belief in the ideals of Communism and believes he is on the right path to building a better nation. Despite their differences of opinion, a trusting friendship forms between them. Circumstances lead Kira to meet and fall passionately in love with Leo Kovalensky - the son of an admiral in the Czar’s army. Unknown to Andrei, Kira and Leo begin to live together. Life is hard for them as they represent what communism had fought against, conquered and now lorded over. Leo falls ill with tuberculosis and their poor living conditions threaten to be
his death warrant. Kira is unable to find the money to send Leo to a sanatorium. Meanwhile, Andrei’s feelings for Kira turn slowly from friendship to love. Kira is shocked when he confesses his feelings but seeing a way to save Leo, she accepts Andrei. With money that Andrei gives her for her family, Kira sends Leo to a sanatorium. On his return, Leo gets into an illegal and dangerous game of speculation. Frustrated by the suffocating system, Leo turns reckless and indifferent to the thought of destroying himself. His activities lead to his arrest by Andrei and Andrei discovers the truth about Kira and Leo. At that point in the story, each of the three chooses a different path to take. Throughout the book, using the main trio and a host of minor characters, Ayn Rand describes - the communist regime and ideology, the starvation of the body, mind and soul of the citizens and the grotesque forms that people choose to twist themselves into in order to survive. It was not a novel written to merely share a story but also to tell the world the truth about communism's effect on a nation.
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Beijing's cultural scene is rich and colorful and consists of all kinds of performances and international shows and exhibitions. Peking opera, attributed as the quintessence of Chinese culture, has been around for more than 200 years. Its gallant costumes, melodious singing style and transforming face-painting impress its audience profoundly. The well-known Chang'an Grand Theater, Huguang Assembly Hall, Laoshe Teahouse and China National Opera House stage traditional opera performances regularly. Beijing has vibrant nightlife too and bars streets at Houhai and Sanlitun are among the favorite nightspots. Quadrangle courtyard is the main residential architecture of the old Beijing. The narrow alleys formed between the walls of these courtyards buildings are the famous old Beijing Hutong (alleys). The Shishahai Alley tour is a special treat where tourists are transported on tricycles equipped with dingdonging wind-bells, and traveling down the winding alleys and passing by those enchanting courtyards will truly let you experience the charm of old Beijing. A bit of Everything
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1. MindGame 2. Fosbury Flop is a style used by athletes in a certain athletics event. It is named after Dick Fosbury, who popularised it, winning the gold medal in 1968 Summer Olympics. In the process he created a world record. Over the next few years the flop became the dominant style of the event and remains so today. Identify the athletic event.
Identify this athlete best known for winning 3 gold medals in the 5000m, 10000m, and the marathon, in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He decided to participate in the marathon at the last minute, and it was the first marathon of his life, which he eventually won. He was also known as the "Czech Locomotive" for his unique running style.
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This was the final standings at the end of a particular event. Fill in the missing name 1. Andre Agassi 2. Sergi Bruguera 3.______________ 4. Fernando Meligeni
Connect the following Olympic Games: 1956 Melbourne, 1976 Montreal, 1980 Moscow, 1984 Los Angeles
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CONTRACT Director: Ram Gopal Varma Writer: Prashant Pandey Release Date: 18 July 2008. Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller Cast: Zakir Hussain, Upendra Limaye, Amruta Subhash, Sumeet Nijhawan Plot: Contract is based on the nexus between the underworld and terrorism. One of the main characters in the movie is that of Aman (Adhvik Mahajan). He is a man who has decided to make a mission out of his life and die for the same. Then, we have Ahmad Hussain (Prasad Purandare), the chief of the special cell of Mumbai police. He is a man who never shows any emotion and behind his expressionless face, hides the mind of a genius. He trusts nobody, except himself; to such an extent that even right hand doesn't know what his left hand is doing. RD (Sumeet Nijhawan) is an eccentric gangster, who is still a kid at heart.
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Director: Aziz Mirza Writer: Sanjay Chel Release Date:18 July 2008 Genre: Musical | Romance Cast : Shahid Kapur, Vidya Balan, Juhi Chawla,, Vishal Malhotra, Haidar Ali
Plot: It is literally about the KISMAT KONNECTION between the two characters Raj Malhotra and Priya who never get along well, who always fight whenever they meet. But destiny has something different in store. Despite their constant clashes destiny brings them together. How Raj and Priya become friends and get to know each other and ultimately relationship blossoms between them. The film tells you about how destiny has a strong influence over life.
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Director: Joshua Michael Stern Stars: Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer Studio: Walt Disney Studios
Director: Rob Cohen Stars: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello Studio: Universal Pictures
The Plot: When Bud Johnson (Costner) goes to cast his vote for the next U.S. president, a glitch affects his ballot, and protocol allows him to make up his mind at his own discretion. With the entire nation focused on his every move -- and, of course, his pending decision -- will the admittedly lazy Bud make an informed choice?
The Plot: In the Far East, trouble-seeking fatherand-son duo Rick (Fraser) and Alex O'Connell (Ford) unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin (Li) -- a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by a wizard (Yeoh) centuries ago.
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Tibetans' are cause of all evils By onionuttapam
Remote viewing is nothing new in Tibetan monasteries. For thousands of years remote viewing in the middle of other spiritual activities have dominated Tibetan culture. What some Indian tourists came to learn from a few Tibetan monasteries under the current Chinese rule is extremely alarming and fascinating. According to these tourists remote viewers are seeing world powers in the course of self-destruction. They also see that the world will not be destroyed. Between now and 2012 the world super powers will continue to engage in regional wars. Terrorism and covert war will be the main A bit of Everything
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problem. In world politics something will happen in and around 2010. At that time the world powers will threaten to destroy each other Between 2010 and 2012, the whole world will get polarized and prepare for the ultimate dooms day. Heavy political maneuvers and negotiations will take place with little progress. In 2012, the world will start plunging into a total destructive nuclear war. And at that time something remarkable will happen, says, Buddhist monk of Tibet. Supernatural divine powers will intervene. The destiny of the world is not to self-destruct at this time. Scientific interpretation of the monks' statements makes it evident that the Extra Terrestrial powers are watching us every
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step of the way. They will intervene in 2012 and save the world from selfdestruction. Sources close to Chinese government in Tibet inform that around 100 monks have been arrested by the Chinese government from across the Tibetan province of Qinghai.More such arrests are feared in next 24-48 hours.Our sources tell us that Chinese government is currently in process of gathering evidence and may come public with these allegations after one or two monks confess to there role in it. When asked about recent UFO sightings in India and China, the monks smiled and said the divine powers are watching us all. Mankind cannot and will not be allowed to alter the future to that great extent. Every human being though their current acts in life called “Karma� can alter the future lives to some extent, but changing the destiny in that large extent will not be allowed to that great an extent. Monks also mentioned that beyond Just For Laugh Gags!!
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different direction. People will learn the essence of spirituality, the relation between body and the soul, the reincarnation and the fact we are connected with each other are all part of “God�. Our sources in Benchen Monastery tell us existence of an ancient chanting mantra in Buddhist text's which when recited in group can cause unusual movement in tectonic plates and can cause earthquake's.Some minor earthquake's have been reported during mass chanting in Budhist monestries.Our sources tell us that monasteries around Tibet under the orders of Dalai Lama chanted that sacred mantra in unison. The devastating effect of that was there for the whole world to see. In India and China UFO sightings have increased in many folds. Many say the Chinese and Indian Governments are being contacted by the Extra Terrestrials.In recent days most UFO activities have been seen in those countries who have indigenously developed Nuke capabilities.When asked if these extra-terrestrials will show up in reality in 2012, the answers remote viewers are giving is: they will reveal themselves in
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such a way that none of us scared. They will reveal themselves only if they have to. As our science and technology progresses, we are destined to see them and interact with them any way. The Chinese government is currently in process of gathering evidence and after that may move to UN to declare Buddhist monasteries in Tibet as an terrorist organization
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Website Watch : www.lively.com In its latest expansion move, Google Inc. has unveiled a free service in which three-dimensional software enables people to meet in electronic rooms, restaurants and other computer-manufactured versions of real life. The service, Lively, is Google's attempt to venture into the world of virtual reality. Lively underwent several months of testing among a group of Arizona State University students before Google launched the service through its ‘Labs' section. Lively users can create avatars that can be male, female or even a completely different species. Now, that's going to make for interesting interaction! The service also allows users to create their own virtual space with options to decorate each setting with furniture, eleelectronics and a whole lot more. With the ability to change clothes and convey different emotions like characters in a video game, Lively users can also invite friends and families into their virtual realities. Within the rooms, virtual TV sets and picture frames can be used to
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Change of Olympic motto I remember being taught in Grade school that the Olympic motto was Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for Faster, Higher, Stronger. It’s a great phrase, signifying man’s struggle to push beyond his limitations. Then, in 2000, we started hearing less of the motto and more of the IOC’s new advertising campaign: Celebrate Humanity. There was nothing wrong with Faster, Higher, Stronger. But apparently, with all the doping going on, many athletes took it literally, justifying the use of performance-enhancers as a part of winning at any cost. And that’s why the Celebrate Humanity campaign is a huge success. It refocused the Olympic message, reminding people that the Games aren’t solely about scoring the lowest time, reaching the highest marks, and lifting the heaviest weights, regardless of how you do it. It’s also about true competition, about earning real victories that only competing on your merits brings.
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Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrated his Wimbledon victory over Roger Federer on Sunday with Spanish Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia.
Beijing's environment bureau has insisted that pollution will not be a problem for the Olympics despite heavy smog enveloping the city exactly one month before the Games start
Algae from Olympic sailing competition areas in Qingdao is giving the officials a very hard time.
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coming 10-15 years if this deal goes through. The deal will end three decades of an international technology denial regime of which India has been a victim.
Why is it Controversial? What is Indo-US Nuclear deal? This deal if goes through will make way for India to buy Nuclear fuel from other countries and this would lead to more nuclear energy for India. This is important because India is a developing nation and it needs nuclear energy to fulfill its growing demands and to compete in the global world. The power crisis can be solved in
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The parties opposing the deal say it makes India, a slave of US because our nuclear reactors or our energy demand will be dependent on US. The approval of NSG, however, would make it possible for India to get fuel from any other country than US.
Future of the deal? What Next? In present scenario, the govt. has to first win the trust vote in parliament on 22nd July, and if it wins then the deal may operationalise otherwise it’s the end. Recently, on 10th July, India circulated a draft on India Specific Safeguards to IAEA and made it public. India is awaiting approval from IAEA to go ahead. You can find it here in detail This would make history and it might help India in strengthening its pending demand for Security Council’s permanent seat and its arrival in International scene.
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were instituted as funeral games in honor of King Oinomaos of Pisa. The games were abolished by the Christian The Olympic games Emperor Theodosius I in 383 AD, as originated in Greece as a Christian practices discouraged the pagan competition between rituals which the Olympics were closely various Greek city states. connected to. They were held once every four years In 1859, Evangelos Zappas sponsored from 766 BC to 393 AD, in the valley of the first modern Olympic games which Olympia on the Peloponnese peninsula. were held in the Panathinaiko stadium in The games, spread over five days, were Greece in 1870 and interspersed with religious rituals, prayers 1875.The International and sacrifices. The Greeks were highly Olympic Committee competitive and considered a victory at was founded in 1894 Olympia to be a high honor. A truce was on the initiative of declared for a period of one month during Baron de Coubertin of the Olympics and all hostile activities were France. The IOC stopped, to allow for easy travel to organized the Olympia. Women were not allowed to Olympic games for the participate or watch the games though first time In 1896 at young girls were allowed to watch. Athens, Greece. Since There are many myths surrounding then the Olympics have been held every the origin of the Olympic games – one four years except for the years 1916, 1940 suggests that the games were instated by and 1944 due to the World War. Herakles (Hercules) after he successfully Being such a popular event world cleaned out the stables of King Augeas of over, it has been used as a forum to express Elis by diverting the course of two rivers. dissent and enforce popular opinion. The Another myth suggests that the games Olympics in 1936 at Berlin were used by A bit of Literature Science & Our World Sports Leisure Everything & Culture Technology
Hitler as a means to showcase Germany under the Nazi rule. In 1952, Helsinki saw the cruel truth of the cold war as the communist block set up an entirely different Olympics village. The1960 Rome Olympics was known for allowing Taiwan to contest independently under the name “Formosa” and for banning South Africa for its Apartheid policy. At Munich in 1972, 11 Israeli athletes were killed by a terrorist act and the games were postponed by a day in their memory. The 1980 Moscow Olympics was boycotted by 60 countries opposing the communist ideas of the host. The 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, is known for a boycott from the East bloc countries. The Seoul games in 1988 saw the overturn of Amateur rule which allowed professionals to participate in the Olympics. . We now wait to see what Beijing 2008 Olympics has to offer to add to this write up…..
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Maxwell "Max" Woosnam (September 6, 1892 - July 14, 1965) was a British sportsman and World War I veteran who fought on the western front. He won an Olympic gold, a Wimbledon title, captained the England football team, scored a century at Lord's . He also represented his university in golf, he was an expert in snooker once achieving a maximum break and once he beat Charlie chaplin in TT while playing only with a knife!!
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The British Grand Prix, of late has earned the tag of being a boring race. This evening though, it was anything but the case. A Sunday afternoon, rain and Formula One racing; all the perfect ingredients required for an exciting Grand Prix. Plus, throw in no electronic driving aids and you are assured of a race that often resemble cars behaving like a novice in an ice ring without appropriate skates. So, the starting grid had the understated Heikki starting on pole for the first time, with Mark Webber lining up alongside him in his Red Bull. World Champion Kimi was on third alongside rival Lewis Hamiltion, who had a disappointing qualifying sessionin front of his home crowd. The Renaults had put up one of their best qualifying performances of the season with Alonso and Piquet lining up on P6 and P7. Championship leader Felipe A bit of Everything
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Massa started on ninth following a problem in qualifying which prevented him from finishing his flying lap in Q3. The rain was looming large, and most of the drivers opted to start on the intermediate tyres. As the five lights illuminated, we had only light rain but plenty of spray and standing water on the circuit. The light goes out and we are ready to race! A great start by Hamilton saw him line up alongside teammate Kovaleinen into turn 1 but a determined Finn kept the lead with Kimi holding onto third and Weber dropping down into fourth. Weber suddenly spun and rejoined last; One of the first casualties of the slippery surface, but certainly not the last. Nick Heidfeld was running in fourth, with Piquet managing to overtake and get ahead of Alonso. A first lap incident Leisure
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saw both the Red Bull of DC and Toro Rosso of Sebastian Vettel out of the race. A sad end to DC's last home race. A wheel to wheel encounter and a smart move saw Hamilton edge past team mate Heikki on lap 5th. And from then on, He did not set a foot wrong on his way to the chequered flag. Laps 16-21 saw the first round of the routine pit stops. Kimi and Hamilton came into the pits together. Kimi, who was beginning to look threatening and Ferrari, made a blunder by choosing not to change their tyres at the pit stop. This helped Hamilton to move away quickly from the red car, while Kimi lacked for grip on his worn tyres and he rain choosing to stay. Another similar casualty was Fernando Alonso's Renault. Alonso must be ruing what could have been a possible podium; he had already moved up into the third place by his first pit stop. Strong drives by both BMW drivers saw them put their cars up in strong potential Just For Sports Laugh Gags!!
Podium positions.
Heavy rains in the middle session caused a shakedown in the car lineup, with almost all cars spinning and having offside excursions. Both Force India drivers spun off and were unable to finish; with Adrian Sutil's spin being more dramatic of the two. Championship contender Kubica came home without points as he spun off and couldn't rejoin the pack. One man who seemed to have enjoyed the rains though was Honda's Ruebens Barrichello. Team Director took a risk which paid off when he asked both his drivers to switch to extreme wets when they lapped on lap No. 35. A bit of Everything
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Rubens made the most of his high grip tyres and finished third. This was his first podium in 3 years and his first since joining HONDA. The end of the race saw an exciting fight between Kimi, Alonso, Heikki and Trulli. Kimi managed to hold off Heiki in the closing stage to finish 4th place followed by Hekki, Alonso, Trulli and Nakajima. Nikko Rosberg finished ninth after starting from the pit lane and having to change his nose cone again after rearing the Toyota of Timo Glock. Weber too had a bad race after starting from 2nd place as he spun on the first lap and finished 10th. But the worst of the lot was Massa, who spun as many as 6 times in the course of the race and looked like a rookie. So, this race sees a three way tie in the Drivers championship with Massa, Kimi and Hamilton all tied on 48 and Robert Kubica sitting pretty on 4th, only
What a season we have already! two points way from the trio.
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Human Rights and Gymnastics Before a gymnastics event at the Beijing Olympics, an American athlete sat next to a Chinese athlete in the locker room. "Everyone in the States says China has human rights problems," said the American. "Is that true?" "I'm afraid so," said the Chinese athlete. "In our legal system, it is hard to get a fair trial. The judges decide who has won before the trial takes place." "That's terrible," said the American. Trying to lighten the mood, the Chinese athlete said, "So, do you think you will do well on your floor routine today?" "I know I will," said the American. "We've paid off the German and French judges, and the Russians are trading votes with us.
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Funky Taxonomy kenny homozygous adults, when infected by Gram negative bacteria, die within two days. Thus their name, after the South Park cartoon character, who dies before the end of each episode.
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Funny Thoughts To Ponder: If a bus station is where a bus stops and a train station is where a train stops, why do companies have work stations? The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing of one letter, and supply a new definition.
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