english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com An explosion of joy on the streets of Rio greeted the announcement that the city would be hosting the 2016 Olympic Games. Two weeks later, Rio saw an explosion of violence when a police helicopter was shot down by drug traffickers. The government’s reaction has been to intensify the crackdown on the citys slums – or Favelas. A Human Rights Watch report in December accused Rio and Sao Paolo police of killing over 11000 people since 2003. Many, the report claims, were executed by the police, shot at point blank range. Many were innocent. And on many occasions, the police tried to cover up the evidence. This week, Fault Lines travels to Rio to look at the crackdown in Rio’s Favelas, and what it means for the people of the city.
This is a comparison between the board games Blue Moon City and Lost Cities… Check out these games and more like them at www.boardgamewarriors.com – we hail from Vancouver, BC, Canada.
HOW THEY VOTED Vote totals: Round 1: Madrid – 28, Rio – 26, Tokyo – 22, Chicago – 18 Round 2: Rio – 46, Madrid – 29, Tokyo – 20 Round 3: Rio – 66, Madrid – 32 Rio wins 2016 Olympic Games in landslide over Madrid COPENHAGEN — Rio de Janeiro rode a wave of International Olympic Committee sentiment to award the Olympics to South America for the first time, winning the right to host the 2016 Summer Games on Friday in a victory over surprising finalist Madrid.
sochi2014.com www.facebook.com www.flickr.com Highlights of the Paralympic Handover included (in chronological order): · The stadium screens springing to life from the darkness with an introductory Meet Russia film, which included 3-D renderings of the Sochi2014.ru digital Paralympic logo, reflected images of the sea and mountains around Sochi and images of Paralympic Winter sport · The stage rotating slowly to reveal the Sochi 2014 logo (Sochi2014.ru) and world-leading sand artist, Artur Kirillov, standing in front of a light-box table linked to the screens to showcase his artistry · Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker: Pas De Deux, Intrada playing and Kirillov beginning his work, creating a series of sand drawings that depict the imaginings of a young girl in a wheelchair · A young girl in a wheelchair appearing to the right of the stage drawing images in a book, shown on the screen, as the sand drawing mirrors them, and five children of Russias Domisolka childrens choir start singing · Kirillov drawing a bird missing a wing, only for the young girl to make a paper bird with two wings, which the sand drawing follows, and carries her through space and time to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games · Paralympic swimming champion Olesya Vladykina and Olympic figure skating champion Ilya Kulik coming onto the stage dancing together on ice to Tchaikovskys Waltz of the Snowflakes (from The Nutcracker), with Olesya representing the bird that has lost a wing, but was able to overcome …
Olympics announcement for the Olympics of 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016 and choose the Host City for the Games, elected by the IOC members. songs: 1- Celine Dion – The power of the dream 2- Sayuris theme – Memoirs of a Geisha soundtrack 3- Nikki Webster – Under the Southern Skies 4- Tina Arena – The Flame 5- 2004 Emblem presentation Vangelis 6- Clepsydra 7- ? 8- Forever friends 2008 Beijing soundtrack 9- Charlotte church – just wave hello 10-Tchaikovsky – The nutcracker ballet – Pas de deux 11-Cidade Maravilhosa traditional Brazilian song 96th IOC session Tokyo, Japan 1990, Atlanta selected to host 1996 Summer Olympics 97th IOC session Birmingham, UK 1991 Nagano selected to host 1998 Winter Olympics 101st IOC session Monte Carlo, Monaco 1993 Sydney selected to host 2000 Summer Olympics 106th 1OC session Lausanne, Switzerland 1997 Athens selected to host 2004 Summer Olympics 112th 1OC session Moscow, Russia 2001 Beijing selected to host 2008 Summer Olympics 117th 1OC session Singapore 2005 London selected to host 2012 Summer Olympics 119th 1OC session Guatemala City, Guatemala Sochi selected to host 2014 Winter Olympics 106st 1OC session Copenhagen, Denmark Rio de Janeiro selected to host 2016 Summer Olympics
This will be updated when I come home from the club Rio De Janiero Wins Olympics Games 2:00 Birthday Shoutouts to Jo-Nathan & Misstp90 19:20 Sleeping With Married Men Alicia Keys 25:20 Lady Gaga & Kanye West Cancelled: 37:37 Skype Phone Call 42:00
