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    • The Associated Press: Algae bloom is China latest Olympic nightmare

      Posted by bugaloo from Ap.google

      Algae bloom is China's latest Olympic nightmare

      By CARA ANNA - 13 hours ago

      QINGDAO, China (AP) - China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world's best sailors are supposed to be competing in just over a month. Athletes call it the blob, the carpet, the fairway.

      "We almost think of it as land," said Carrie Howe, a member of the U.S. team and her three-person squad's unofficial algae remover. During practice, she dips her hand into the goo three or four times an hour to remove it from the rudder.

      When it collects shaggily on the boat's tow rope, she and her teammates refer to it as "the dog." They've named it Hickory...

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    • Secret Factories for 2010

      Posted by Shemuses from The Tyee

      Organizers of the 2010 Olympics refuse to tell the public where gear for the games and Olympics-branded products are made, though critics say such secrecy makes it far harder to expose sweatshops in the Olympic supply chain.

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      Big Brown will run Belmont with Steroids

      Posted by Jeff from International Herald Tribune

      Steroids are legal in 28 of the 38 U.S. states where horse racing is held, including the 3 states holding Triple Crown races, and their use is prevalent. The Triple Crown with an asterisk? Or should they all have asterisks? In any case, regular steroid use in horse racing is wrong and should be stopped.


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    • Testosterone gene could offer men competitive edge in sports: study

      Posted by MikeS from CBC

      The headline for the story is a wee bit on the misleading side because it says the gene could offer men a competitive advantage. In fact what it really COULD offer is an edge to men who cheat. A significant difference. CBC Radio also managed to suggest possbile racial discrimination because the genotype is more prevelant in Asian men, so if you're doing well and happen to be Asian, the suggestion is you might be cheating. Nevertheless it is an interesting example of how a person's genotype reacts with our environment and medicine.

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    koroth comments on:

    Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud

    It’s not China so much as the IOC. The IOC apparently is uninterested in pursuing such issues, preferring to take the word of the Host.

    The USSR/East Block countries did some interesting bending of the rules years back and very little happened to any of them.

    So cheating will only be enforced against athletes who don’t have direct Government backing.

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    10:22 am 8/24/08
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    Rights groups bemoan lack of Beijing protests

    Yeah, you’re right about that, but unlike other communist dictatorships China is allowing westernization and capitalism in at the edges. The USSR collapsed, and Venezuela is heading that way, because they didn’t allow it.

    I think it will be interesting to see how that evolves, especially as illegal internet access starts to creep in around the edges.

    It’s a wonder that there are still people in the west singing the virtues of communism. Some of them teach in and run our colleges and Universities.

     

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    9:10 am 8/21/08
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    mg0314a comments on:

    Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud

    Site is down, I mirrored it here: http://mgraham.us/sports/2008%20Olympics/China/China.html

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    2:08 am 8/21/08
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    jsmersh comments on:

    Rights groups bemoan lack of Beijing protests

    Communist dictatorship suppresses dissent.

    What’s the matter, you thought the Chinese government was nice?

    Think of the most oppressive government action you can.

    Then check to see if China has done it.

    You’ll find it has.

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    12:21 am 8/21/08
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    koroth comments on:

    Rights groups bemoan lack of Beijing protests

    Well, it’s China. Is anyone surprised by this?

    I think that as time goes on China will find it increasing hard to keep that iron lock on society and still allow modernization. It will be interesting see see how that resolves.

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    10:47 pm 8/20/08
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    Rights groups bemoan lack of Beijing protests

    kenapa sih harus ada perselisihan, damailah selau untuk masa depan dunia yang lebih baik petallcare.com

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    8:36 pm 8/20/08
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    thaimat comments on:

    Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud

    This is typical of how the IOC has bowed very low to China in every way, regarding these Olympics.  From lax to a lack of, enforcement of even the mildest of prerequisites China agreed to in order to secure Beijing as the host city, to staying mum while China stops athletes from competing based on their politcal beliefs, the IOC have shown what they are really about: the money!

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    8:35 pm 8/20/08
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