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Sustainability is one of the three pillars of the Olympic movement, which means that Vancouver, the host of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, will do as much as it can to reduce, reuse and recycle. In a particularly creative move, the Vancouver Olympic Committee is recycling post-consumer electronics for the material in Olympic medals. Teck Resources , a leading Canadian mining company, began extracting gold, silver, and copper from used electronics, mostly televisions, in 2006. This year, the company plans to process 15,000 tons of e-waste from the electronics, up from only 2,100 tons four years ago. Architect Omar Arble and Gwa'waina artist Corrine Hunt designed the Olympic medals, which include Vancouver coastal imagery and depict an orca whale. (See a video about the design here ). Although VANOC has gone further than past Olympic hosts to raise awareness about environmental themes, they have received a checkered response from environmental groups. Last week, for example, the David Suzuki Foundation determined that if planning the Olympics was a competition, VANOC would earn a bronze medal . The climate scorecard found that VANOC has lived up to its promises to rely on clean energy sources, and build new structures according to green design standards. But, the Foundation said, VANOC has "had the least success" with public engagement and offsetting the carbon emitted by spectators. To earn a gold medal in Olympics planning, VANOC ne ... Source: www.greenleft.org.au --- 89 seconds ago
On February 12, the corporate sporting behemoth known as the 21st Winter Olympic Games will open to great fanfare here. In a time of economic hardship and government cuts to social programs across Canada, huge sums of public money have been spent to stage this uber spectacle. ... POLISH NEWSPAPER'S AWESOME GOOGLING CAUSES CHANCE OF CHRIS HANSEN AT WINTER Olympics TO BE OVER 9000
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Let's play a quick game of word association: What do you think of when we say "Angela Ruggiero"? How about "Evan Lysacek"? ... Source: www.nydailynews.com --- 12 minutes ago
So began on Sunday the public demonstration labeled the Poverty Olympics in Vancouver, where residents of this economically strapped city are wondering why officials ever agreed to spend up to $6 billion in taxpayer money for the place to endure commercialism. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 17 minutes ago
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Years of hard work pays off with the chance to compete against the best in the world -- and to sort through mountains of free gear. ... Source: seekingalpha.com --- 44 minutes ago
Streetwise Blog submits: By Andrew Willis W hen Royal Bank of Canada ( RY ) began planning the campaign that would anchor its involvement in the Vancouver Olympics, the institution faced a classic marketing conundrum. Complete Story » ...
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Winning design is by mountain biker Theo ... Source: www.theolympian.com --- 51 minutes ago
The Winter Olympics torch made its only visit to the United States for a ceremony Tuesday at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine. ... Source: abcnews.go.com --- 52 minutes ago
Kramer is a favorite for 3 gold on the Olympic Oval, and usually gets his way Olympic Oval - Olympics - Olympic Games - Sports - Events ... Source: www.fangsbites.com --- 1 hour ago
Even though I posted a version of the talent roster last week, NBC Sports sends us this release today so I'll do them the favor of posting it now. I'm a bit busy again today so links may not get posted. I'll do my best to get them up sometime during the day. Anyway, here's the NBC press release listing the entire talent roster for the Winter Olympics which as you know starts Friday. NBC ANNOUNCES TALENT ROSTER FOR VANCOUVER OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES - 53 COMMENTATORS IN ALL Costas Returns for 9th Olympics, 8th as Primetime Host Michaels Returns to Olympics After 22 Years, 30 Years After ‘Miracle on Ice’; Carillo Again Anchors Late Night Show Button and Collinsworth Serve As Olympic Correspondents NBC Talent Roster Has Won 16 Olympic Medals Including 7 Gold NEW YORK - Feb. 9, 2010 - Bob Costas leads a lineup of 53 NBC Olympic commentators who will broadcast more than 835 hours of Vancouver Olympic Winter Games coverage - the most total hours ever for a Winter Olympics - when the Games commence on Feb. 12. The lineup returns many of the network’s signature Olympic hosts, play-by-play commentators and analysts. NBC Universal Olympic commentator notes: The roster includes 18 Olympians who have won a combined total of 16 Olympic medals (seven Gold, six Silver and three Bronze). Team NBC would have been seventh in the Torino medal count; ahead of Sweden and just behind Norway. Bob Costas, a 20-time Emmy Award winner, serves as primetime host f ...
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LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of the London 2012 Olympics could rise by up to 180 million pounds ($280.6 million), mainly because of security, but will remain within budget, organisers said on Tuesday. ...
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A crowd yesterday protested the spending of hundreds of millions of dollars on the Olympic Winter Games while still being home to one of the most impoverished communities in Canada. Th "Poverty... ... Source: www.vector1media.com --- 18 hours ago
Natural Resources Canada has prepared a number of different maps and background information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Many of these maps originate from the Atlas of Canada. ... Source: sportsvideo.org --- 18 hours ago
Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium has unveiled its 63-member multilingual broadcast team that will deliver the Games in a total of 22 languages. Consortium broadcast partners OMNI Television, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), and Asian Television Network (ATN) will air a combined total of 421 hours of multilingual coverage throughout the 17 days of the Games. “We have recruited and trained a dynamic group of broadcasters who will deliver the Games in their native languages,” says Keith Pelley, President, Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. “Hosting the Games on home soil gives us the perfect opportunity to celebrate the country’s diversity and share in the magic of the Games like never before.” Training for first-time broadcasters included workshops with broadcast veterans, in-studio prep work, and online instruction through a portal and website specially created by the Consortium. In addition to live event coverage, the multilingual broadcast team will deliver the Opening and Closing Ceremonies in a record 13 languages. Olympic Games highlights will air in news broadcasts on OMNI Television, APTN and ATN in multiple languages while OMNI News and APTN National News will be on location in Vancouver to provide stories geared specifically toward their respective audiences. The Consortium’s coverage of the Games will be delivered in the following 22 languages: Bangla, Cantonese, Cree, Dene, English, French, ... See also: Olympics |
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