Closing Ceremony Beijing Olympic Games 2008

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The quality of the video is not great — but it’s interesting, even funny at times and worth watching.

China Etiquette 101 – Problems Start at the Top

The ad the Spanish basketball team posed for is truly offensive and isn’t the kind of thing we would do in America.

I’m always a sucker for great etiquette! This clip is interesting and thought-provoking…

OFF TO A FLYING START
Americans feel the love in win

Janny Hu, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, August 11, 2008
(08-11) 04:00 PDT Beijing –

The U.S. men’s basketball team expected to win its opener against China on Sunday. What they didn’t expect was to get as much love as the home squad.

Kobe Bryant was treated like a rock star. LeBron James was king of the court. Dwyane Wade thrilled with his dunks.

From the pre-game lay-up lines to the final horn, the only time the Americans were jeered was when they were at the free-throw line. For one night – and likely for the rest of these Olympic Games – they were the adopted heroes in China rather than the villains from Athens. Read Full Story Here

US Beats China 101-70 in Olympic Opener

Aug. 8: TODAY’s Matt Lauer talks to Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps about his goal to make history by winning eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics.

Michael Phelps Breaks 400 Meter Swim Record

Michael Phelps gets gold, world record in the 400 IM Read Full Story Here

I was in Bangkok, Thailand doing volunteer work and the commute to the location that I was volunteering took about four hours each day in heavy traffic — the smog was so think many times it was difficult to even see twenty cars ahead, or the tops of buildings.

I ended up getting a respiratory infection, lost my voice and I was coughing up stuff from my lungs that no person should ever be coughing up.

As the Olympics have now started I think it’s important to point out that all around the world major pollution problems exist, such as in: India, Dubai and Barcelona just to name a few.

Check this out. The World’s 10 Worst Cities
Arsenic-laced drinking water, lead-contaminated soils and choking air pollution are sadly just the start in some of the world’s dirtiest places from Popsci.com these ten pictures speak a thousand words.

Let Beijing be an eye-opener to all around the world that it’s everyone’s responsibility to regulate emissions and work to keep our water and land free of toxins as possible.

Smog and how it is effecting health in the Olympics 2008

Olympics ’08: China Weighs Lingering Pollution

BBC News – China among worst polluters 28.01.07

BEIJING, China (CNN) — Eight is a lucky number in China. The word for it — ba — sounds so close to the word for wealth that many people believe eight is a number that is linked to prosperity.

So it is no surprise that the opening ceremonies for the Olympic Games begin at 8:08:08 p.m. on 8/8/08. Read Full CNN Story Here.