2008-olympics

Do Olympians get their inspiration from Hollywood, or is it the other way around?  ;)  Enjoy. (Oh man, I crack myself up.)

但是对一般非创意行业的人来说，人们的视角又会有所不同。“中国”究竟需要以什么面目展现给世界？同时你也别忘了， 13亿中国人自己也在看啊，用NBC 的话来说，是”one fifth of humanity”(人类的五分之一)。奥运会表现了中国农村人口这人类的五分之一中的五分之四没有？难道他们就活该住在张艺谋的那些电影里？张艺谋大手笔营造的光鲜和奢华，哪里与这大多数有份？他们只好自己去办火炬接力，反倒赢得国人的赞叹，这又是为什么？

再说了，这也不完全是审美，也是我们在感受一个我们要投射的国家形象，和自己印象中的中国形象的出入，这完全是一主观体验。事实上张艺谋表现的是我们记忆中的中国，如四大发明、丝绸之路、文房四宝，还有我们宣传下的中国，如和谐社会等。每个人心中都怀揣一个自己感知的中国，张艺谋不是我们所有人肚子里共同的蛔虫。他可以是个优秀的导演，但也不是碰不得说不得的神圣。

Selected Trivia All athletes competed nude at the ancient Olympics. In the ancient Olympics, the philosopher Plato (427-347 BC) was a double winner of the Pankration. (see more about the Ancient Olympics) The only Olympian ever to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Philip Noel-Baker of Great Britain, who won the silver in the 1500-meter dash in 1920. The first black athlete to compete at the Olympics was Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera, competing for France in 190

No women competed in 1896, as de Coubertin felt that their inclusion would be "impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic, and incorrect."

More athletes than spectators attended the 1900 Paris Olympic Games.

华人蒋先生在电话中对记者表示：在充满了谎言和假货的中国，出现奥运会开幕式也造假的事件，他不奇怪，但仍然觉得不可接受，他说：“我认为这是个耻辱。不久前大陆还在反对歌手预先录好，现场只是对嘴，现在干脆用另外一个人代唱，我觉得是被欺骗了。”

但践踏人类共同的道德和良知标准，毕竟得不到多数人认同。甚至连一向亲北京的香港《星岛日报》旧金山版主编，都在他的每日评论中写到：“这些人为的完美是不必要的，并且有些愚蠢”，“结果惹来批评也是活该的”。

连我这样一个如此支持奥运为祖国呐喊的意愿都要受到阻碍。

不说啥了，如果Google无法将*.Appspot.com保下来，希望奥组委和我们的领导们能抽空支持一下我们这些民间的奥运支持者。

Phelps, Peirsol, and Coughlin win gold; China wins team gold in men’s gymnastics; U.S. men’s water polo upsets Italy; U.S. women’s soccer wins group; U.S. men's basketball team cruises past Angola.

No way met no quit."I changed," he said. "I thought, 'That's ridiculous. I'm at the Olympic Games, I'm here for the United States of America. I don't care how bad it hurts, I'm going after it.'"I just got a super charge."

No way met no quit."I changed," he said. "I thought, 'That's ridiculous. I'm at the Olympic Games, I'm here for the United States of America. I don't care how bad it hurts, I'm going after it.'"I just got a super charge."What transpired during the final 50 meters was the stuff of Disney movies. It was the kind of thing that should land Lezak a co-starring role with Phelps on cereal boxes and network morning shows. And if Phelps does complete the great eight and pocket a $1 million Speedo bonus, he should cut a check for one-eighth of that total to the guy who kept the quest alive: Jason Lezak.

Phelps wins number eight; Torres wins two silvers; upsets in women's gymnastics; Nadal, Dementieva, Williams sister win tennis golds; Jamaica sweeps women's 100-meters; Constantina Tomescu wins women's marathon; U.S. softball and basketball continue to roll; U.S. men's saber team falls in final; Swedish wrestler stripped of medal.

Today’s Olympics News Roundup August 13, 2008 7:30 AM by findingDulcinea Staff With two more wins, Phelps now has more gold medals than any athlete in history; China edges U.S. in women’s gymnastics team competition; U.S. softball team demolishes Aussies with no-hitter; U.S. men's soccer eliminated; U.S. baseball falls in ninth.