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London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony, Final Medal Standings

Posted in News by Donna, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 12, 2012| 7 Comments »

London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony, final medal standings.

I pose the question, Is the British national anthem “God Save the Queen” the same song as the American “Let Freedom Ring?”

Answer, Yes, Americans took the melody and changed the words. Wow! slap in their face. You know what country we broke away from bloody England.

Closing ceremony looks like one huge music video in a circular fashion.

2012 Medal Standings

UPDATED: 10:54a ET – 8/12/2012
Nation Medalists Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Total
See names 46 29 29 104
See names 38 27 22 87
See names 24 25 33 82
See names 29 17 19 65
See names 11 19 14 44
See names 7 14 17 38
See names 7 16 12 35
See names 11 11 12 34
See names 13 8 7 28
See names 8 9 11 28
See names 6 6 8 20
See names 6 5 9 20
See names 1 5 12 1

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London 2012 Olympic Flame Out, Cauldron Moved, WTH?

Posted in News by Donna, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 30, 2012| 4 Comments »

London 2012 Olympic flame ‘goes out’ as cauldron is moved. It is supposed to burn throughout the entire Olympics until the end.  But witnesses saw it go out at 11:14 pm Sunday. Olympic organizers have now confirmed it was extinguished to allow staff to move the cauldron to another part of the venue over the weekend. The final position of the cauldron has already attracted some criticism after it was disclosed it would not be visible outside the stadium.

Was it moved because of safety  (winds) or that people who didn’t have tickets could view the flame?

Jackie Brock-Doyle, director of communications for the London Olympics organizers implied,

The cauldron has been put out while we move it to another part of the stadium.”

It is not uncommon for a flame to go out and this can happen for a number of reasons, for example, in extreme winds.”

We keep the mother flame alight in specially designed miners’ lanterns so if the flame does go out for some reason we re-light it from the source of the flame.”

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London 2012 Olympics: Michelle Obama Many Faces

Posted in News by Donna, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 29, 2012| 13 Comments »

London 2012 Olympics: These are the many faces of Michelle Obama, the first Lady of the United States. Michelle Obama gave a masterclass in foreign diplomacy.

I want to know the cost of security of the First Lady’s presence in London?  The American taxpayer picks up the tab as always.

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