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POPSPhelps Swam into History as the Winningest Olympic Athlete Ever He finished in 1:52.03, breaking his mark of 1:52.09 from the 2007 worlds. Phelps barely smiled as he looked at the board, breathing heavily and hanging on the lane rope. Hungary's Laszlo Cseh really pushed it at the end, but settled for silver in 1:52.70. Japan's Takeshi Matsuda took the bronze in 1:52.97. Phelps rubbed his eyes and said climbing from the pool, "I can't see anything." A pair of leaky goggles kept him from even seeing the wall as he touched. "My goggles kept filling up with water during the race," Phelps said. "I wanted 1:51 or better." Still, he had two more golds and two more records before lunchtime, leaving him just three wins away from beating Spitz's record in the 1972 Munich Games. "There is nobody in our sport that can win like he wins," U.S. head coach Eddie Reese said. "He is not just winning, he is crunching world records."
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POPSChina's Olympic Terror Plot -Was Another Munich in Progess? Wu also provided further details on a second group arrested in January, alleging they had been manufacturing explosives and were plotting to attack hotels, government offices and military targets in Shanghai, Beijing and other cities. Wu said the gang had been acting on orders from a radical Islamic Xinjiang independence group, East Turkestan Islamic Movement.
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POPSMultilateralism Comes With A Price We must work with our allies, but we also must recognize that multilateralism comes with a price. Coalitions can dilute effectiveness. The European concept of multilateralism is Washington's obeisance to European positions. Western Europe exists in a bubble of stability and affluence, unable to fathom how dangerous extremist ideology in Tehran and Pyongyang can be. Multilateral organizations are not the answer; at best, they are ineffective soap boxes, at worst cesspools of venality. Rose petals and well-digging have never stopped bombs, racism or genocide. A strong military has. Obama says, "Let us remember this history." Let us hope he first learns it. Leadership is about more than rhetoric.
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POPSSeimens 1 1 hour ago: Peter Loescher, chief executive of German engineering and electronics group Siemens, addresses the company's annual press conference in the southern German city of Munich on July 8, 2008. Siemens unveiled one of its biggest restructuring plans ever, saying 16,750 jobs would be cut worldwide, almost one-third of which would be at home.
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POPSHave it your way Hilarious ad campaign for Burger King by Munich agency Start. Judging by the edgy content, probably won't be making it to North America, although it's reportedly in use in the Netherlands/Germany...
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POPS67-Year-Old Equestrian Bound for 2008 Olympics He found a new horse, kept on believing in our training and discipline, and now he has succeeded. I am very happy for him. It also proves that new things are possible in dressage, at any age--even at 67!" Although early records are a little sketchy it seems that Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn holds the record as the oldest competitor ever to win an Olympic gold medal. Swahn won at the London Games in 1908, at age 60. He was still sharp enough to take bronze again at the age of 72 in Antwerp 12 years later. The oldest equestrian competitor is believed to have been British dressage rider Lorna Johnstone. She competed in three Olympic Games, including Munich in 1972 at age 70. It was George Bernard Shaw who said "we don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing!"
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POPS12 Compelling Monuments Dedicated to Peace From the most prolific countries in the world, unique, memorable and with a lot of history behind; A lot more details for each monument at the source: http://weburbanist.com/2008/05/16/12-compelling-monuments-dedicated-to-peace-reversing-the-typology-of-the-war-memorial/
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