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China got off to a strong start in the Olympic badminton tournament on Sunday with top-seeded Xie Xingfang and Athens gold medalist ZHANG Ning, winning their opening matches in women’s singles.
Xie, who was left off the Olympic team four years ago, coasted to a 21-1, 21-9 win over Taiwan’s Cheng Shachieh at Beijing University of [...]

“It might take a couple days, but I’m not worried about it. By Saturday, we’ll be good,” Dalhausser said.
This is the Olympic debut for both Rogers and Dalhausser, but after winning the 2007 World Championships and accumulating the most Olympic qualifying points, they enter the Beijing Games as the gold medal favorite. Both said the [...]

BEIJING — Reigning Olympic champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh still have three days left until they begin their title defense, but they’ve already squared off with a pair of past Olympic medalists. On Thursday, the world’s No. 1 women’s team was joined on the practice court by Karch Kiraly, 1996 Olympic gold medalist, and [...]

Developmental Gymnastics is the heart of The Little Gym® motor skill development program. It helps children ages 4 months through 12 years build physical, mental, emotional and social skills that will lead to a lifetime of success.
Kids have a great time progressing through friendly and non-competitive classes designed to provide increased skill development as they [...]

So who will it be in the torrid, politically charged atmosphere of Beijing? An out-of-nowhere champion like Marc Rosset or Nicolas Massu? Or a gold medalist for the ages like Andre Agassi or Steffi Graf? The men’s event at the games has had it both ways in the 20 years since tennis returned to being [...]

BEIJING—The world’s only emerging superpower takes the wraps off its grandest coming-out party Friday night in this smog-choked capital with a lavish opening ceremonies for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. No less than 80 heads of state and monarchs, including President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, will be in attendance when athletes from a record field of [...]

The Philippine men’s national basketball team said they will be determined to compete for a ticket to 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, as the coach reacted to Wednesday’s draw for the FIBA-Asia Men’s Championship, a local newspaper reported on Thursday.
The national team San Miguel-Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes said that the Philippines fell [...]

Olympic cheats are taking performance-enhancing drugs via tattoos in an effort to win gold, according to an expert.
Inserting drugs through tattoo needles increases the effect of drugs, meaning athletes can take smaller doses and “fly under the radar” in dope tests.
Research in Germany has shown that delivering DNA vaccines via tattoo was 16 times more [...]

A medical expert has told Sky News Online that unless smog in the Olympic capital clears, athletes may find their performance “considerably reduced”.
“It’s not a situation where you would expect any world records to be broken,” professor Frank Kelly said.
His warning comes after an exclusive Sky News report revealed pollution levels are worse than ever [...]

After winning 6 golds in 2004, swimmer will try to surpass himself in Beijing
What will Michael Phelps be thinking when he climbs on the starting block in Beijing’s spectacular Water Cube swimming stadium to begin his quest to win eight Olympic gold medals?“You’re on the blocks, the gun goes off,” TODAY’s Matt Lauer told Phelps, [...]

BEIJING: All athletes will be prohibited from taking their own food into the Beijing Olympic Games Village in order to ensure food safety, Olympic officials said on Thursday.
Outlining food safety rules for the Games, Kang Yi, catering chief of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, said the rule complied with standard international practice.
“Foods are banned mainly [...]

Athletic style from Beijing you can wear right here at home
It’s not easy looking good when you’re sweating up a storm. Just ask Olympic athletes. Not that fashion’s the point. Still, it’s always interesting to spot champions who manage to exhibit not just grace under pressure but style, too.
It’s not enough to watch these athletes. [...]

As “The Dark Knight” kept breaking box office records, first for a Thursday midnight showing ($18 million), then for a Friday ($67 million), then for an opening weekend ($158 million), it became natural, particularly for its enthusiastic fan base, to assume it would keep going. Shouldn’t it become, like, the biggest box office hit ever?
So [...]

Early Beginning ISB has its roots as a U.S. Embassy School. It began in the early 1970’s under the auspices of the U.S. Liaison Office that opened in Beijing following the historic visits to China of U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and U.S. President Richard Nixon.
That first school, located in the elevator hallway between [...]

Beijing is a municipality directly under the Central Government and the capital of the PRC, with an urban population of .34 million. It is not only the nation’s political center, but also its cultural, scientific and educational center, and a key transportation hub. Situated on the north edge of the North China Plain, it is [...]

“These five rings — blue, yellow, black, green and red represent the five parts of the world now encompassed by Olympism and ready to compete against each other. Moreover, the six colours (including the white background) thus combined represent those of all nations, without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue andwhite of [...]

You’ll never look at TV the same way again. My|Screen, the newest brand of LCD TV’s to hit the Philippine market ranges from the “fits anywhere” 16″ and 22″ models to the family favorites 32″ and 42″ models. Now you can enjoy the sleekness of a flat screen with irresistible bonuses, like free cable and [...]

 Batman “The Knight” is the new highest-grossing film in the Philippines with its  phenomenal box office record of 62.6 million from july 17 to 20 according to Mr. Francis Soliven, Gen. Mngr. of Warner Bros.
Here’s the full trailer of Batman “The Knight”….

Have a wet and wild spring with tech that lets you drench your gizmos It is a fact of spring that weather changes can be dramatic. But this year has been fraught with more than the average number of surprising, sudden, even dangerous storms.
What does this have to do with technology? Lots, if your tech [...]

Just imagine yourself! Far from the madding crowd, yet just three hours from Manila. A seashore resort where you are only meters away from some of the finest dive experiences you will ever encounter  the marine environment of Puerto Galera and the Verde Passage (the reefs, the fish, turtles & mammals, the shipwrecks and the [...]

Hotel PonteFino, Batangas City’s premier hotel, is situated atop the hills of the city’s 2-hectare principal property. The hotel stands out in the landscape of the port city of Batangas with its European-inspired architecture fused with Filipino and Spanish
accents. Just a 2-hour drive away from Metro Manila, this business and leisure hotel reflects all facets [...]

Miata Club of the Philippines (MCP( who just celebrated its 10th year Anniversary
last year had a Fun Run (RORO) to Boracay last April 17-20, 2008. DMCI Home Inc. - owner and developer of Alta Vista de Boracay sponsored the event with a Photo Contest at DMCI’s Township Central in Taguig. Members of the [...]

The year 2008 had to be Beijing’s
year. For the Chinese, it couldn’t be more auspicious. The number 8, “ba” in Mandarin,
rhymes with “fa,“ a southern Chinese word meaning prosperity,
modern China’s staunchest
religion. Thus the Summer Olympic Games will open at eight minutes to eight o’clock on 8 August [...]

Annual report released by The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery indicates that 12 million cosmetic procedures were performed in the US in 2007 alone. A $15 Billion dollar industry that is likely to continue.The popularity of cosmetic procedures exploded in the last decade. Since 1995, surgical procedureshave increased by 114 percent, while nonsurgical procedures [...]

Many of us are starting to feel the heat from the sun, giving us an early tease of summer coming
around the corner. Yes, it’s time to put away those winter coats and start pulling out the beach gear. But wait, you’re thinking, I am not beach-body-ready yet!
Well then it’s time to get moving.Any form of [...]

Wake up call! 5am Saturday 10th of May 2008, time to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of my car club, Clubmazda3 Philippines! A celebration which promises to be bigger and better than the previous celebration.Everyday wake up, time for our 1st AnniversaryFUNRUN to Penininsula de Punta Fuego in Batangas.
Start off point was at the Petron Mega [...]