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• in Sports
  London 2012 Olympics - The Legacy
  After a brilliantly successful Olympic games, what happens next?
  by munificus / on Aug 16, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “medal”

 

• Neil Lennon gave his Celtic winner’s medal to a young girl in the stands

  
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  Following Celtic’s 4-0 win against St. Johntstone, they were awarded the trophy for making easy work of the Scottish Premier League. At one point, Celtic manager Neil Lennon took the trophy over to the stands, pulled his winner’s medal off his neck and handed it to a young girl in the stands. It was a move ...
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• Arctic Convoy navies celebrated at Loch Ewe as surviving veterans receive Arctic Star medal

  
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  High on the hillside above Loch Ewe yesterday, 9th May 2013, the Gods smiled with sunshine, warmth and no wind on an assembled crowd of veterans of the World War II Arctic Convoys to north Russia; their carers and descendants  – and those of the lost and since gone; a host of visiting dignitaries, representing the ...
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• India beats record Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships medal count

  
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  India on the verge of a record Medal haul at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships! They will cross the seven medal tally that they managed at Glasgow in 2009. Editor
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• ”Too pretty” label mars South Korean boxing starlet’s win

  
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  When romantic actress Lee Si-young swapped her glamorous roles in South Korean dramas for boxing gloves in a bid to win an Olympic medal, her victories triggered a storm of protest that has marred her unexpected success in the ring.
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• Puerto Rico Half Marathon - David’s Debut

  
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  David declared he was “one and done” at the finish line. I however have other plans for him, as in working with me so we can both hit a great PR when the weather cools down this winter.  I’m pretty sure he’ll be excited about attempting this as well because who doesn’t want to cross the finish line with a ...
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• Loch Ewe to host Britain’s ultimate honour to veterans of the Arctic Convoys

  
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  On 9th May, a long wrong will  be righted. In December 2012, following a high profile campaign lasting over 16 years, the Prime Minister announced the creation of a specific Arctic Star medal. The legendary Arctic Convoys of WWII (described by Winston Churchill as the ‘worst journey in the world’) carried vital ...
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• Medal of Honor

  
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  Chaplain (Capt.) Angelo J. Liteky Citation: Chaplain Liteky distinguished himself by exceptional heroism while serving with Company A, 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade. He was participating in a search and destroy operation when Company A came under intense fire from a battalion size ...
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• EA Ditching Frostbite-Based Games for the Wii U

  
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  Nintendo’s future is getting bleaker and bleaker by the minute. DICE’s technical director Johan Andersson has tweeted that next-generation games running the studio’s Frostbite 3 engine, will not be making an appearance on the Wii U console. “[Frostbite 3] has never been running on WiiU,” EA ...
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• Why Disney killing LucasArts was a good thing

  
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  The other day it was announced that Disney and EA had come to terms on an exclusive licensing agreement for Star Wars games that will be developed by DICE (Battlefield, Medal of Honor) and Bioware (Mass Effect 3).  If you know DICE and Bioware, you can begin to understand why Disney killing LucasArts was a good ...
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• Wednesday Hero

  
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  This Post Was Suggested By Michael Capt. Lance P. Sijan 25 years old from Milwaukee, Wisconsin 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron April 13, 1942 – January 22, 1968 The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor ...
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• Huge success – ongoing – of Wester Ross WWII and Arctic Convoys week

  
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  The Loch Ewe Russian Arctic Convoy Museum project is delivering a serious success in its WWII and Arctic Convoys Week programme, a focus of intense interest. Audiences have been packed, way beyond anything expected and with many arriving at least half an hour early to be sure of a seat. They have come – not ...
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• EA will not Pay Gun Makers for using Unlicensed Weapons in its Video Games

  
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  Electronic Arts announced this week that they won’t be paying gun manufacturers money for depicting weapons in its video games. The company faced a lot of negative reactions after giving shout to a few assault weapons dealers on the website of Medal of Honor: Warfighter. At the time, EA said that the promotion was ...
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• Wednesday’s Hero – Capt. Lance P. Sijan

  
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  Capt. Lance P. Sijan 25 years old from Milwaukee, Wisconsin 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron April 13, 1942 – January 22, 1968 The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Captain Lance ...
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• 18 of 52 Weeks – Congratulations, J.L. Benet!

  
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  One of my favorite guys, a truly great up-and-coming writer, J.L. Benét, has won a gold medal IPPY in the Horror category for his debut novel (and Belfire release!) Wolf Hunter. So – I’ve lazed out this week, and decided to steal (most of) my congratulatory announcement from the Belfire Press website.
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• Soccer: From Olympic Gold to Black and Gold

  
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  An Olympic gold medalist, World Cup champion and two-time NCAA champion has been named head women’s soccer coach at UCF. Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak will guide the Knights in their first year as members of the American Athletic Conference. Roberts Sahaydak spent the past six seasons at VCU alongside her co-head coach ...
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• Song of the Day: Medal of Honor Airborne Ending Theme

  
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  Todays Song of the Day comes from an unlikely source but is a prime example of a good thing in a strange place.
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• One-off unique event for Feis Ile – 140 musicians in new work on Battle of Gruinart

  
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  On 30th May, in Islay’s Bowmore Hall, there will be two performances by 140 island musicians of a new Gaelic music piece composed by the renowned Gaelic traditional musician, Clare Jordan, inspired by Islay bard, William Livingstone’s poem on the Battle of Gruinart – the last inter-clan battle fought on ...
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• Jock Dempster: hell and healing – two voyages to Murmansk

  
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  Arctic Convoy veteran, Jock Dempster, died yesterday morning – 5th May 2013, after having seen the award of the Arctic Star medal for which he had long campaigned and after having his own medal presented by Prime Minister David Cameron at a ceremony at No 10 Downing Street. He was due to be in Lochgair in Wester ...
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• Summer Isles’ Tanera Mor on the market

  
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  We’re just about to go north for a few days – to Loch Ewe in Wester Ross, reporting from the WWII and Arctic Convoys Week run there by the Russian Arctic Convoy Museum . Many of the 40 Convoy veterans attending will be presented with their recently awarded and dreadfully delayed Arctic Star medals on the ...
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• Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth and Me, memories from childhood, and a salute to a great writer

  
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  A few years ago, I was preparing for a Perth Writers’ Festival panel session about favourite books from childhood. ( Here is a link to an article on the session .) I recall I was remembering fondly my obsession with Enid Blyton and her Famous Five series, when I was hit by an unexpected flashback. I suddenly ...
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