Lunch Olympics off his torch
Desde mi balcón, I could see the Olympic flame which was located in the port. Tonight
they turned it off after the spectacular ceremony. The event was to sweeten the victory in the ice hockey final against the USA. Team Canada managed to prevail by 3 to 2 on añdido time, thus taking the gold medal. After the game, thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate.
Canada emerged as the leader with 14 gold medals, while the U.S. was the country with most medals, 37 in total.
After extinguishing the Olympic torch, the flag was transferred to the city of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Reverse Genealogy Charts
Reflections of a city hosting the Olympic games begin
The city of Vancouver is the world gift wrapped. Entire buildings are covered with art, posters and banners. The poor and homeless are swept with the broom of the Vancouver Olympic Committee. Even the art museum is tucked into the envelope painted by a Taiwanese artist Michael Lin.
The city of Vancouver is the world gift wrapped. Entire buildings are covered with art, posters and banners. The poor and homeless are swept with the broom of the Vancouver Olympic Committee. Even the art museum is tucked into the envelope painted by a Taiwanese artist Michael Lin.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Will My External Hard Drive Run With My Tv
Games in Vancouver Fat Cat
The Olympic torch passes through our neighborhood. Although I am not an advocate of the games, I took some photos and watched the opening ceremony for the TV.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the International Olympic Committee president mourned the death of Georgian luge competitor Kumaritashvili Nodar. The young man died during a workout. We saw the video this morning, and it was a horrible blow. Canadian Prime Minister also shows regret at the death of Kumaritashvili.
The ceremony focused on a tribute to the aboriginal tribes of Canada and was devoted to Kumaritashvili who died hours earlier.
During the show, Nelly Furtado and Bryan Adams performed the song "Bang Your Drum" (Play your drum) - the musical instrument is a central symbol of the ceremony. Too bad they had to make a "lip synch." It was very artificial. More impressive than the song was the Nelly Furtado shoes - or should I say "stilts." KD Lang, by contrast, played the song perfectly Halleluja by Leonard Cohen. It was a strong performance, touching and very real.
Photos show here
After lighting the torch end, there were fireworks. We can see from our balcony - here you can see my video .
The Olympic torch passes through our neighborhood. Although I am not an advocate of the games, I took some photos and watched the opening ceremony for the TV.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the International Olympic Committee president mourned the death of Georgian luge competitor Kumaritashvili Nodar. The young man died during a workout. We saw the video this morning, and it was a horrible blow. Canadian Prime Minister also shows regret at the death of Kumaritashvili.
The ceremony focused on a tribute to the aboriginal tribes of Canada and was devoted to Kumaritashvili who died hours earlier.
During the show, Nelly Furtado and Bryan Adams performed the song "Bang Your Drum" (Play your drum) - the musical instrument is a central symbol of the ceremony. Too bad they had to make a "lip synch." It was very artificial. More impressive than the song was the Nelly Furtado shoes - or should I say "stilts." KD Lang, by contrast, played the song perfectly Halleluja by Leonard Cohen. It was a strong performance, touching and very real.
Photos show here
After lighting the torch end, there were fireworks. We can see from our balcony - here you can see my video .
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Patricia Richardson 2009
Valerie
My neighbor has two cats rescued from Abu Dhabi for many years. What is in the photo is "Abu" and can guess the name of another. ;) Abu
is greedy, as you can see - is shaped like football, right? Their owners will put on a diet, but consistently meows for more. His brother Dhabi does exactly the opposite - it's very quiet, does not eat too much and a lot of exercise every day.
Before I did not like cats ... but Sasha, the cat from my other neighbor, took me, like it comes with time. Now, I'm very fond of my feline friends! Sometimes, Sasha spends the night with us, and sleeps in bed Neustr between our pillows, purring.
and Abu Dhabi (Abu is eating, as always), and down in a basket Sasha:
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