Beijing Olympics

Source: www.indianstampghar.com --- 8 days ago
Se-Tenant Stamps – Bangladesh – Beijing 2008 Olympics Bangladesh Issued stamps to commemorate 2008 Beijing Olympics. A se-tenant Block of 4 is shown . The themes on stamps are Taka 10 – Athletics , Taka 15 – Shooting , Taka 20 – Mascots , Taka 25 – Bangladesh First Stamp on Olympics 1976 and world First Olympic Stamp Greece 1896. ...

Source: sun-zoo.com --- 12 days ago
No, this isn’t about the gymnasts . The (Fake) Walls Come Tumbling Down Tiger Temple reported recently about one of the unintended aftereffects of Beijing’s rush to make itself pretty in the run-up to the Olympics in 2008: the fake walls constructed to make buildings look better in areas of the city expected to receive lots of Olympic traffic have begun to fall apart. First, a video of the area recorded before the Olympics, when the fake walls were still being constructed. You can see that the backside of the building looks normal, but the front is covered with green scaffolding as workers hastily construct better looking walls for the side of the building facing the Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium: But, according to Tiger Temple, the walls are already starting to fall apart: one year later Obviously, as far as evil goes, making fake walls ranks pretty low on the scale. Tiger Temple’s concern, I think, is that the Olympic committee took something that originally looked decent, and made it look good, but in such a haphazard way that less than two years later, neighborhoods look worse than they did before the Olympic projects started. As he writes, All the disguising done before the Olympics has already become an international joke [...] I think I have the responsibility to lay all of this bare, and make it return to its original, true state. Winter Olympics in China Elsewhere in Olympic news, Shanghaiist reports that China wants the Wint ...

Source: www.disclose.tv --- 20 days ago
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Source: www.scaryideas.com --- 26 days ago
Orbis : Beijing Olympics [Image] To highlight the fact that we can help blind people see what’s happening, DDB Hong Kong created a special bus stop installation featuring posters of some of the biggest stories over the last decade. However, the iconic visuals were formed entirely from Braille. Advertising Agency: DDB, Hong Kong Executive Creative Director: Jeffry Gamble Creative Directors: O Poon, Paul Chan Copywriter: Paul Chan Art Director: O’ Poon Agency Producers: Ng Ka Lok, Gary Wong Photographer: Gary Man ...