Ibirapuera
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What's the usual transport for tourists from Rio to Iguazu? 700km is a bit far to want to try it via coach, I'd imagine. It seems like a bit more than a day trip.
Then again, if you guys could get a high speed rail line built ......
Or maybe Argentina might kindly offer to host it on their side of the border!
U'll have to take an airplane then, its the safest way to get there and it wont be expensive if u buy the tickets with two-month advance.
And be sure to visit both sides of the fall ( Brazilian and Argentine one) . The views from the Brazilian side are stunning and more impressive than the Argentine side, but across the border u'll be able to have a better feeling of the falls, feel more the natural aspects of it.
What's the usual transport for tourists from Rio to Iguazu? 700km is a bit far to want to try it via coach, I'd imagine. It seems like a bit more than a day trip.
Then again, if you guys could get a high speed rail line built ......
Or maybe Argentina might kindly offer to host it on their side of the border!
U'll have to take an airplane then, its the safest way to get there and it wont be expensive if u buy the tickets with two-month advance.
And be sure to visit both sides of the fall ( Brazilian and Argentine one) . The views from the Brazilian side are stunning and more impressive than the Argentine side, but across the border u'll be able to have a better feeling of the falls, feel more the natural aspects of it.
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I wonder what roll Celine Dion would have if she was established and already famous during the 1976 games in Montreal...I mean,she would probably sing every song on both Ceremonies lol, she's adored in Quebec.
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Brazil is favorite on Women's and Usa is slightly favorite on Men's volley , just an opinion.
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Here in Brazil what matters is the number of golds , it has always been this way .
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Argentina - Brazil, one of the world's most important and prestigious football matches, can't wait .
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Just saying,but this smashing performance remembers me Flo Jo in Seoul
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There's some exciting in Brazil regarding Cesar Cielo , many consider that he's the favorite to win the 50 m freestyle tonight , this would be the first gold medal in swimming competitions for Brazil in Olympic history . But Alain Bernard is also strong so we never know.
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Here in Brazil the Opening Ceremony also got strong number of viewers , I just checked the info and ratings for Globo TV (the most prestigious Brazilian channel ) had tripled its morning normal audience and the national household rating was around 42.5 (big difference if we compare with the US, but here in Brazil cable TV is not as strong as in the states for obvious reasons,so viewers don't have much options really).
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NBC’s Olympic dream of ratings fireworks came true.
The network’s coverage of the Games got off to a roaring start Friday with the most-watched and highest-rated non-U.S. summer opening ceremony telecast ever.
The Beijing event averaged 34.2 million viewers and received an 18.6 national household rating.
In the nearly 50 years of televised Olympics, that's higher than any previous non-domestic summer opener -- up 35% in viewers from the Athens ceremony in 2004 (25.4 million, 14.6 rating) and 25% higher than Sydney in 2000 (18.5/32). The household rating bested the 1960 Rome Games on CBS (18.1) -- a record that's stood for 48 years, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The mammoth figures weren't quite enough to overturn all opening ceremonies based in the U.S., however. The rating was 14% shy of the Atlanta Games in 1996 (39.8 million, 23.6 rating).
NBC's performance was far above industry expectations. Insiders had estimated that NBC's event last night would drop about 11% from the Athens Games opener. Though public curiosity and media interest in China’s opening ceremony has been high, overall broadcast television ratings have fallen 16% since 2004. Viewership for major events such as the Academy Awards have plummeted in recent years.
Plus, NBC has been chided for delaying broadcast of the ceremony until primetime while most nations aired the event live. Yet NBC's patience may have aided the show in ways not anticipated by the network. With gushing critic reviews and lavish images saturating the media Friday, many viewers likely tuned in to see if the ceremony could possibly live up to the hype.
By most accounts, U.S. audiences were just as impressed as the billions of viewers who watched the ceremony live worldwide. Tom Shales of the Washington Post wrote that "eye-poppers gave way to jaw-droppers, stunners were followed by dazzlers," though THR.com’s Barry Garron said NBC all-but ignored the political context of the production.
NBC has claimed more than $1 billion in advertising revenue for the Summer Games and spent a reported $894 million to acquire the U.S. broadcast and digital rights. Whether Friday’s performance heralds the beginning of lofty Olympics ratings remains to be seen. NBC's Web site saw its most traffic ever on Friday with 70 million page views -- 10 times more than the opening day of the Athens Games.
In general, however, the opening ceremony isn’t necessarily a barometer of how the Games perform overall. And with NBC Universal airing an unprecedented 3,600 hours of Olympic coverage during the 17-day event across various platforms, easy comparisons to previous Games may prove futile.
"If you track past Olympics by day the first few days of competition are what really tell the tale -- like the second and third episode of a new series," says TV historian Tim Brooks. "Still, this is definitely a good start."
http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/08/ceremony-rating.html
it's a really impressive number, in US very few TV shows reach the 30 million viewers mark (American Idol and the Oscar's annual telecast are some of them).
So I guess NBC won't change their strategy of just air the Opening at Primetime anytime soon
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For China
Yao Ming
it means that Yao Ming won't light the cauldron
but it's a great honor for Yao to carry the Chinese flag
I can't imagine the excitement of the Chinese crowd on Birds Nest when China delegation enters in the stadium tomorrow . It will be one of the most amazing moments of the Ceremony .
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I'm so excited for tomorrow, I know the Chinese will put on a jaw dropping ceremony ! I love the Openings since I was a child (Barcelona 92 the first one that I remember)
And I also think that will last more than 4 hours .
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The ceremony will start at 8:00 p.m. and will last about three and half hours, with China's Liu Huan and Sarah Brightman from Britain chosen to sing the theme song, said Zhang Heping, director of the BOCOG Opening and Closing Ceremonies Department at a press conference.
so it will not start anymore at 08:08:08 ???
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Here are the number of peoples that went to today's matches:
Canada - Argentina: 23,201
China - Sweden: 37,902
Germany - Brazil: 20,703
Nigeria - North Korea: 24,084
Japan - New Zealand: 10,270
Norway - USA: 17,673
Is it just me or are those numbers kinda disappointing (especially since all the tickets where supposed to be sold...).
Those are not disappointing numbers at all if we compare what happened 4 years ago in Athens where the football venues were empty most of the time , including at the big finals. I'm pleased with Chinese crowds so far .
On the other hand, pollution was very notable at the venues with its characteristic foggy aspect .
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Three-time medalist at the Olympic Games, Robert Scheidt wil carry the Brazilian flag at the Opening ceremony.
He won two gold medals for Brazil (Atlanta and Athens) and one silver medal, in Sydney , all in laser class at sailing competitions . Now he'll try to keep the good winds with him but this time in Star Class, competing with fellow Brazilian Bruno Prada .
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I'm only sayin this, I'm looking forward to the Great Depression gettin close in order to reform the World Order. I don't worry any of bad things to be happened,because I always believe in Karma and yes, it's a universal thing, so nobody would be able to escape from it~
Hmmmm, that's interesting .
Looks who agree with you about the karma thing (but with a different point of view)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG2ePiVtfdM
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OMG, very impressive promo ! Loved .
Silly question : do people in Malaysia speak English ?
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Jaw dropping
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Oh Ok, thanks for clear up this issue .
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Watch Olympic Games on YouTube - For Viewers in India, Korea, Middle East..
While NBC has exclusive rights to broadcast Olympic Games live on the Internet, Google’s YouTube will now stream Olympic videos in countries where the rights haven’t been sold.
These include places like South Korea, India, Iraq, Nigeria, etc where sports fans will get to enjoy three hours of daily highlights on YouTube from the Beijing Olympics without having to turn on their television sets.
There’s a new channel on YouTube dedicated to Olympic videos. Unlike NBC, YouTube will only stream video recordings and highlights made available through the International Olympic Committee. CNN, Bloomberg and WSJ has more on the Google - Olympic deal.
Also, the Olympic videos on YouTube will not be available to Internet users in countries (including US) where the rights have already been sold to other broadcast networks though there are workarounds.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/watch-olymp...e-youtube/4120/
oh such a shame that a massive country like India won't broadcast the Games on TV , the IOC sure is not happy with this . Also I'm surprised that South Korea that always is well represented on the Olympics and hosted in 88 also has the same problem .
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About the Athens ceremony , the Clepsydra segment was by far my favorite and I liked a lot - it was really well done
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The Opening in Athens was beautiful but as baron, I didn't enjoy it that much .
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Well, Athens 2004 OC was transmitted without interruptions too back then (on the Meridiano TV channel), but the coverage of the closing ceremony was very poor T_T (they cutted the extinguishing of the cauldron, well at least i had TV Globo on my cable service back then). And on Torino 2006, they cutted the ceremonies a lot, but oh well, i guess it was because of the lack of interest on the winter games. I hope Meridiano shows the OC without cuts (since it will be very early, like 7:00 AM, and there are not much interesting events on that moment, besides the F1, i see hard that they cut the OC this time like on Torino).
Anyway, the TVes national channel has bought the rights to transmit the olympics (which they're promoting very good, better than Meridiano) so i guess i better trust this channel, altough i hate the fact that they don't have such a great quality like the sport channel.
Are You from Venezuela right ?
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About Theme Tune of Beijing 2008
The Leaked News might be <<拥抱爱的梦想 (Embrace the Dream of Love)>>
Sung by Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=1PTPxIPLpGY
It's not Sarah Brightman on this video, is Jane Zhang
But I liked this one, although is more likely to be presented on the Closing Ceremony rather than the Opening .
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Here in Brazil the Opening Ceremony will be broadcasted live and without interruptions, at least it has been this way since Barcelona 92, the first Games that I remember .
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Actually Puerto Iguazu is not that poor, is just much, much smaller than Foz do Iguaçu and not that interesting as a city as result. But its worth it to visit both sides of the fall, they offer different perspectives.