Sportsmanship on full display at the Olympics

"As many parents will tell you teaching good sportsmanship to young athletes faces many challenges in this SportsCenter driven culture.  The attention give to selfish, and immature athletes such as Many Ramirez, Barry Bonds, Ron Artest, and Chris Henry fall far short of...

Rule Britannia! Britannia Rule the Waves: GB Take THREE Sailing and Rowing ...

Great Britains rowers and sailors have clinched three more golds. with another guaranteed in the all-British women's cycling pursuit final.      " Britain's sailors and rowers won three more gold...

It's 8: Phelps passes Spitz with another gold

Michael Phelps has made history. He won his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympic games tonight with the men's relay."Jason Lezak held on to the lead Phelps gave him, anchoring the United States to a world...

Dialogue Between Europe and South Asia through Music

I had a most enjoyable evening yesterday, attending a jazz concert called Dialogue through Music, held at Karachi’s Arts Council auditorium. Organised by the Goethe-Insitut Karachi, together with various partners,...

Jamaica worried about many drugs tests

."By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaican athletes have undergone an "extremely unusual" number of doping tests since arriving in Beijing for the Olympic Games, potentially harming their performance, the team's chef de mission said on Wednesday. More than 32 blood...

China Olympic ceremony star mimed

The pretty girl in the red dress during the opening ceremony of the Olympics was miming.In fact, it wasn't even her voice that she was miming to.The girl, Lin Miaoke, sang a rendition of 'Ode to the Motherland', but...

So You Think You Can Dance Winner 2008

"Joshua Allen, the 19-year-old, untrained hip-hop dancer was crowned So You Think You Can Dance winner on Fox’s Thursday evening two-hour finale. After two hours of fluff, which revisited Katee Shean and Joshua’s...

Ana Desetnica street festival

Every year Ljubljana comes to life when dancers, actors and other performerms take over the streets for 4 days. Shows are free and anyone can stop by and watch. I attended ballet dance show this year and it was very...

Sun & Dance in Manchester Piccadilly Gardens

The UrbanMoves International Dance Festival came to a hot conclusion. Dancers from around Europe descended on Manchester and surrounding areas on the weekend of 25th - 27th July 2008. A bi-yearly event which last...

Robert Downey Jr. Postpones Memoir, Realizes He's Only 43

Not that Robert Downey Jr. hasn't had an exciting, action-packed, and substance-filled life thus far, but the man is only 43 and could likely stand to crank out a few more major Hollywood blockbusters (ie. Iron Man...

Review: "Heima" enchants the senses

Heima is a musical documentary featuring the music of Sigur Rós, an enchanting group from Iceland whose sounds are loaded with beautiful Icelandic vocals and pure crystalline melodies. One can't help but become...

Now, a 50 megapixel digicam

"The Swedish company Hasselblad's announcement of the launch of Hasselblad H3DII-50, featuring a new Kodak 50-megapixel sensor, has pushed the available resolution in digital cameras to a new high. Such high resolution goes beyond the needs of most consumers but...

German GP 2008 – A Home Run For Timo :: The EDJE

" Since the season began back in March, Timo has developed a great relationship with the team, who of course work hand in hand with him to get maximum performance from the TF108. Timo won at the circuit as recently...

Passive Learning Imprints On The Brain Just Like Active Learning

It's conventional wisdom that practice makes perfect. But if practicing only consists of watching, rather than doing, does that advance proficiency? Yes, according to a study by Dartmouth researchers. They determined that people can acquire motor skills through the "seeing"...

Money Makes The Heart Grow Less Fond... But More Hardworking

What money can buy? Can it buy love? Security? Whatever.  But recent research reveals a very interesting thing about humans - that money can be a factor in improving one's performance." In a recent set of...

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