IOC to examine Beijing dope tests (1)
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NBC Still Seeking Gold in the Olympics « NewTeeVee (2)
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The Olympics may be fading off the radar screen, especially for anyone concerned with, say, government or finance. But they were still one of the biggest events of the year. A month out, exclusive U.S. Olympics broadcaster NBCU is releasing more numbers tallied across different distribution platforms during its main event in Beijing, via Multichannel News and Reuters. Though 90 percent of U.S. watchers’ exposure to Olympics content came exclusively via TV viewing, other platforms ...
The copywriter should probably be arrested (1)
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This ad for Ortega has been making the rounds on gossip sites for a few weeks now, but we'd be remiss if we didn't share such a high-water mark in the exploitation of young Olympians. I mean, come on, are we really supposed to believe that no one who wrote, directed, appeared in or approved the ad realized that by saying, "It makes my taco pop!", 16-year-old gymnast Shawn Johnson was going to become a ...
Good Design: Vancouver 2010 Graphic Identity (1)
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Last week, the full look for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games was unveiled, from the sport pictograms to the colour palette. Without boring you with too much commentary, we’ll let you dive right into a wide selection of original illustrations, brilliantly-chosen textures and colours, and a brand that’s filled with style and personality. The Branding Process Illustrations Sports Pictograms Colour Palette Could this be one of the best graphic identities in Olympic history? Leave your ...
Birds nest Mobile Bonanza: 5.5 calls per seat, $500,000 an hour (1)
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Half a Million Calls, from 90,000 people over 4 hours!According to China Mobile, close to 500,000 calls were placed from the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium during the Olympics Opening Ceremony. Everyone in the stadium made over 5 calls over the four hour period, or roughly 1.4 calls per hour by every attendee. $600,000 per hrBoys and girls that translates to over $2.5 million in revenue for just the opening ceremonies from one venue. That includes ...
Olympics: the spirit of crackdown (1)
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If you work in any sort of media at all (or you’re a small winery in the Olympic peninsula), you’re well aware that the Olympics Committees of the world are unbelievably rabid enforcers of trademarks related to the Games. But now, “trademarks related to the Games” is starting to include national anthems, numbers, and common nouns. News broke this week that the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee, having failed to think of any good mottoes by ...
No Roads Lead to Starbucks (1)
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One of the oddest things about Beijing is its bizarre scale. You can’t walk anywhere. One block is about a kilometer long. Housing complexes expand over dozens of acres. Coming from Brooklyn, where anything you want is a five-minute walk, Beijing is bizarro world. And one of the cornerstones of Beijing’s madness is the lack of crosswalks. Presumably to–ahem–encourage Beijingers to follow the strict street designs put in place, there are metal barriers on virtually ...
Guess who's dominating the world in Paralympic medals? (1)
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There are many ways to count Olympic medals for country rankings, but by the two most common ways -- by total medals or just golds -- China is leaving the rest of the world in the dust when it comes to Paralympic medals.The Paralympic Games close tomorrow (or today, if you're several time zones ahead of Passport), and the standings as of the timing of this post show that China has won 207 total medals, ...
Paralympics Highlights (1)
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With the ongoing Paralympics in full swing, it is only right that we not completely ignore it and celebrate the fighting spirits of those less fortunate than us. Beautiful pictures of this spirit in action.
Bird's Nest Architects' Latest Unveiling: A Vertigo-Inducing Jenga Apartment Tower in NYC [Architecture] (8)
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Fresh off the billions of eyes that have been on the beautiful Beijing National Stadium, Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron have set their sights on NYC with this incredible 57-story residential tower, unveiled today. It consists of 145 unique apartments that are stacked into the sky like a Jenga tower that's already been well-poked by a party of well-lubricated players. Especially when you get up to the penthouse level—if you're motion sick, you might ...
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Sign me up for a 2 bedroom.
A Vertigo-Inducting Jenga Apartment Tower in NYC (14)
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Fresh off the billions of eyes that have been on the beautiful Beijing National Stadium, Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron have set their sights on NYC with this incredible 57-story residential tower, unveiled today. It consists of 145 unique apartments that are stacked into the sky like a Jenga tower that's already been well-poked by a party of well-lubricated players. Especially when you get up to the penthouse level—if you're motion sick, you might ...
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Bird's Nest Architects Latest Unveil: A Vertigo-Inducting Jenga Apartment Tower in NYC [Architecture] (9)
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Fresh off the billions of eyes that have been on the beautiful Beijing National Stadium, Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron have set their sights on NYC with this incredible 57-story residential tower, unveiled today. It consists of 145 unique apartments that are stacked into the sky like a Jenga tower that's already been well-poked by a party of well-lubricated players. Especially when you get up to the penthouse level—if you're motion sick, you might ...
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In a world full of telephoto lenses why would anyone want to live in a fishbowl like this?
Excellent Commentary on Anti-China Criticism (1)
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I was forwarded this blog link from a reader. It's written by a hapa male commenting on Tibet, but for me it also touches upon the wave of self righteous, anti-Chinese headlines that have appeared in the Western press for the past two years. I think he is spot on in terms of pointing out various hypocrisies, White privilege, and also the possibility of borderline xenophobia or racism.Blog Link .An excerpt:A land populated by a ...
Photos of the 2008 Paralympics (1)
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Photos of the 2008 Paralympics. Sadly the Paralympics rarely garners the coverage of the Olympics, but thanks to the internet you can witch videos of the competitions at Universal Sports (though it may be region-blocked, require registration and only seems to work on Windows).
Paralympics: The Games Where Bionic Athletes Reign (25)
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Tech and the Olympics are a recipe for controversy. Before double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius (right) was finally approved to compete in the Olympics (he failed to qualify, barely), naysayers claimed his carbon-fiber Cheetah blade prostheses gave him an advantage over non-cyborg competitors. And Speedo's LZR suit has been decried for rendering meaningless any world records that came before. But that debate is dropped entirely for the Paralympic Games, which are currently going on in Beijing ...
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Amazing stuff at the full article at the Big Picture.
What do you mean I don’t ‘look 16?’ (3)
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The games are still on in Beijing (1)
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Photo by Guang Niu/Getty ImagesThe Olympic Games may have closed more than two weeks ago, but that doesn't mean the Water Cube and other venues are standing dormant. The Paralympics opened this weekend!On Sunday, China competed against Britain in five-a-side soccer. For those not familiar with the game, each team has five players on the field -- all of whom are blind or visually impaired, with the exception of the goalkeeper, who may be sighted. ...
An Olympics-inspired swim lane diagram (1)
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Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by Michael Phelps (of course) and by the fact that cross-functional flowcharts in Visio are also known as swim lane diagrams. Become a fan on Facebook | Follow me on Twitter | Create your own comic
2016 Olympics Logos (1)
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The International Olympics Committee (IOC) shortlisted four of the seven applicant cities—Chicago (United States), Madrid (Spain), Tokyo (Japan), and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); over Baku (Azerbaijan), Doha (Qatar), and Prague (Czech Republic)—on June 4, 2008 during the announcement in Athens, Greece. Now is the intense bidding war between the final 4 cities with only 1 that will get to host the 2016 Olympics. The results will be announced at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, ...
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The International Olympic Committee will retest 5,000 doping samples from the Beijing Games to check for traces of a new blood-boosting drug.Shared by clarke (106)Contribute commentPundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden and more (396) permalink
What do you mean I don’t ‘look 16?’ Who is that in the picture? Tell us in the Comments picture: dunno source, via our lol builder. lol caption: tairii » Recaption This AP: State-media story fuels questions on gymnast’s age BEIJING (AP) — Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government’s news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that ...Contribute commentGizmo Watch (6) permalink
Technology is taking such rapid strides forward at such a blurring pace that what is considered a marvelous novelty turns into a mundane common object within no time. To classify and bunch a set of man-made marvels from a world that is being constantly altered is a pretty tough job. Finding them is easy enough in a world filled with man-made wonders but the relevance of such a compilation will be short-lived compared with a ...Shared by adam (993) Ansaar Modack (0) Babychen Mathew (336) Corvida (15) David (30) eggtea (50) IBCmass (156) Luciano Passuello (53) Neal (0) Tancredi (47)Contribute comment
