Wednesday, October 3, 2007 In the early Olympic games, athletes used to run a mile and then recite a poem. The first poet-in-residence of an English football team, Ian McMillan, remarked that football chants are like huge tribal poems. Generally, though, sport and poetry have never seemed natural companions in human enterprise. Until the New York Mets baseball team suffered […]
Banners And Trade Show Displays Are Work Of Candid People
See More About: Melbourne Corporate Signage Business Signage Banners and trade show displays are work of candid people by sudhanshusnv When you want to popularize your product by introducing it to masses then one thing you need to make at prime focus is creativity. Your idea need to be very creative to break the competition and wining the attention of […]
Chula Vista, California becomes model for blight control laws in the US
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 The San Diego, California suburb of Chula Vista has responded to the recent housing crisis with an aggressive blight control ordinance that compels lenders to maintain the appearance of vacant homes. As foreclosures increase both locally and throughout the United States, the one year old ordinance has become a model for other cities overwhelmed by the […]
F.C. Barcelona wins Copa del Rey 2014-2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 On Sunday, at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, F.C. Barcelona won the Copa del Rey ((en))Spanish language: ?King’s Cup. The team defeated Bilbao based football club Athletic Bilbao 3–1 to clinch the title. Uruguayan striker Suárez was fit to play this final after recovering from hamstring injury. Lionel Andrés “Leo” Messi Cuccittini scored 2 goals, […]
2007/08 UEFA Cup: Zenit St. Petersburg vs. Bayern Munich
Thursday, May 1, 2008 May 1, 200818:30 (CET) Zenit Saint Petersburg 4–0 Bayern Munich Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø Pogrebnyak 5′Zyrianov 39′Fayzulin 56’Pogrebnyak 73’Pogrebnyak 76′Domínguez 89′Lee Ho 89′Denisov 90+1′Ionov 90+1′ Match Report 46′ Jansen 46′ Lell 46′ Zé Roberto 46′ Podolski 62′ Klose 62′ Sosa 67′ Toni 81′ Lell Zenit Saint Petersburg win 5–1 […]
‘Daybreak’ launches on ITV in UK
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Daybreak, a new breakfast show on ITV in the United Kingdom, launched on Monday at 0600 BST (0500 UTC). The show was hosted by Christine Bleakley and Adrian Chiles, both of whom previously presented The One Show on BBC One. Opening the broadcast, Bleakley commented: “Dawn is happening, day is breaking behind us here, it’s a […]
Former U.S. President Gerald Ford hospitalized
Thursday, October 12, 2006 The office of Gerald Ford said Thursday that the former United States President was admitted to Eisenhower Medical Center for tests in Rancho Mirage, California. “President Gerald Ford has been admitted to Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California for medical tests. He is doing well,” Ford’s spokeswoman Penny Circle said. The statement didn’t release any […]
Man is waiting for 139 days in front of theater for “Star Wars” movie
Saturday, January 15, 2005 Jeff Tweiten, a 27-year-old graphic artist, is encamped in front of the Cinerama Theatre, on a blue sofa, in the northwest city of Seattle, Washington. Tweiten plans to wait 139 days for the premiere of “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith,” which opens May 19, 2005. He has received help from a community […]
Preparations for inaugural Bathurst International Motor Festival begin
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 The Bathurst Regional Council has begun preparing the Mount Panorama motor racing circuit for the inaugural Bathurst International Motorsport Festival (BIMF) to be held between April 13 and 16, 2006. The Mount Panorama motor racing circuit is considered to be the home of motorsport in Australia. Council’s staff have been busy cleaning the facilities, erecting signage, […]
French parliamentarian questions Jacques Chirac’s Elysée budget
Thursday, October 6, 2005 A member of the French National Assembly, René Dosière, denounces the “opacity” in the budget of the Élysée Palace, the office of the President of the French Republic. According to him, the president’s real budget is approximately three times the budget given for his services in the yearly national budget voted by the French Parliament, because […]