Meir,
Thanks for the info!
Kendall
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 4:29 AM, Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> ISSUE 5 August 2008
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> HIGHLIGHT
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> IPC Launches YouTube Channel:
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> The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has taken further action to
> promote Paralympic sports and the Paralympic Movement by launching a
> Channel
> on YouTube, the leading online video community that allows people to
> discover, watch and share originally created videos. (read more.)
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> http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/News/Press_Releases/20
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> FROM THE PARALYMPIC GAMES
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> Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games
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> Issue_12_2007/Beijing2008Emblem_web.jpg> Beijing 2008:
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> On 28 July, 3,000 Beijing Paralympic medals were delivered safely from
> Shanghai to Beijing. With 40 days to go before the Paralympic Games, the
> designers, Beijing Arts and Crafts Group, were anxious to show off the
> medals, created after days and nights of brainstorming to ensure their
> authenticity and value. (read more.)
> <http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/news/official/n214486343.shtml>
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> Vancouver 2010:
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> The Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee (VANOC) officially launched the
> Vancouver Venues' Aboriginal Art Programme last month. This ambitious
> programme for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games will provide a platform for
> Aboriginal artists in Canada to participate in the Games. (read more.)
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> Issue_12_2007/Paralympic_whiteBG_small.jpg> London 2012:
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> Charlotte O'Neill has been appointed as the London 2012 Organizing
> Committee's Competition Manager for Olympic Aquatics and Paralympic
> Swimming. She will be responsible for all the planning, organization and
> management of the Olympic Swimming, Diving, Synchronized Swimming and Water
> Polo events as well as Paralympic Swimming events. (read more.)
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> http://www.london2012.com/news/media-releases/2008-07/olympic-aquatics-and-
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> FROM THE NPCs
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> The Netherlands:
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> Earlier this month, the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of the
> Netherlands joined together with the country's National Olympic Committee
> to
> present the official Paralympic and Olympic Teams for the Beijing 2008
> Games. This was the first time the presentation was organized with both
> Committees together and on such a large scale. (read more...)
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> Great Britain:
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> Great Britain's shooters have returned from the Slovakian Open (Katarina
> Brandomburova Memorial) for the Disabled Shooting Tournament - their final
> competition before the Beijing 2008 Paralympics - with two gold, four
> silver
> and two bronze medals. (read more...)
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> Canada:
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> The City of Vancouver, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, and the
> Canadian
> Paralympic Committee jointly announced on 25 July that the Beijing
> Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) is inviting
> ten Canadians to Beijing to participate in the 2008 Paralympic Games Torch
> Relay. (read more...) <http://www.paralympic.ca/page?a=2128&lang=en-CA>
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> FROM THE MANAGEMENT TEAM
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> Paralympic Moments Released:
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> The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) produced in co-operation with
> one of its Gold Patrons, Allianz, six video clips that portray different
> Paralympic athletes on their way to Beijing. (read more.)
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> Sixty Years Ago - Athletes Join for First Stoke Mandeville Games:
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> 27 July marked the 60th anniversary of the first Stoke Mandeville Games.
> Following World War II, traditional methods of rehabilitation could not
> meet
> the medical and psychological needs of large numbers of soldiers and
> civilians with a disability. At the request of the British government, Dr.
> Ludwig Guttmann founded the National Spinal Injuries Centre at the Stoke
> Mandeville Hospital in Great Britain in 1944 and introduced sport as a form
> of recreation and as an aid for remedial treatment and rehabilitation.
> (read
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> FROM THE SPORTS
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> New World Records at Can-Am Open:
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> From 10 to 13 July, several world records were broken at the Can-Am Open
> for
> swimmers with a disability. The Championships, which were the last
> opportunity for most teams and individuals to seriously compete before the
> Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, took place at Saanich Commonwealth Place in
> Victoria, Canada. (read more.)
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> MISCELLANEOUS
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> Richmond Oval to Host Anti-Doping Programme for 2010:
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> The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic
> Winter Games (VANOC) is significantly closer to its goal of hosting
> doping-free Games in 2010 with two major announcements on the anti-doping
> programme and laboratory for the 2010 Winter Games. (read more.)
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> Wimbledon Doubles Masters Series on ParalympicSport.TV:
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> The semi-finals of the 2008 Wimbledon Doubles Masters Series are now
> available on www.ParalympicSport.TV <http://www.paralympicsport.tv/>. In
> the first semi-final top seeds Robin
> Amerlaan and Ronald Vink from the Netherlands took on the British pairing
> David Phillipson and Gordon Reid. The second semi-final saw French second
> seat Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Pfeifer playing Martin Legner of Austria
> and Tadeusz Kruszelnicki of Poland. (read more.)
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> Lenovo Sponsors WADA Athlete Outreach Activities in Beijing:
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> In an exciting first step to involve corporate support in raising awareness
> and promoting clean sport, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recently
> announced its first sponsorship arrangement with Lenovo. (read more.)
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> http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/News/Current_Affairs/2
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> ICSEMIS 2008 Underway in Guangzhou:
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> The 2008 International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in
> Sport (ICSEMIS) is currently underway in Guangzhou, China, from 1 to 5
> August 2008. As the successor of the Pre-Olympic Congresses and the
> Paralympic Congress, the conference is themed "Sport Sciences and
> Harmonious
> Society in the 21st Century". Four International Sports Organizations (the
> International Paralympic Committee, the International Olympic Committee,
> the
> International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education and the
> International Federation of Sports Medicine) joined forces with the local
> organizers of the conference to make the event a big success. A total of
> 2,500 researchers and professionals from all around the world are
> participating to discuss the advancement of science and practice of human
> movement. (read more.) <http://www.icsemis2008.org/>
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> OUTLOOK
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> 2008 International Convention on Science, Education, Medicine and Sport
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> Guangzhou, CHN
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> Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games 6-17 September Beijing, CHN
> WADA Executive Committee Meeting 20 September Montreal, CAN
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