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Olympics 2008: Beijing
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China As Olympics PR Maestros
Kevin Brown has a post up on the OpenDemocracy site that is either brilliant or completely tongue in cheek and I am too dense to tell which. Anyway, the post is entitled, "China's Olympics -- the lull after the storm," and it posits that China has been doing a heckuva good job with Olympics public relations by following the basic PR rule of getting the bad news out first...

Beijing Olympics Blog: Specialty Blog Worth Reading
Until a few weeks ago, I actually thought there was little need for a blog focused solely on the upcoming Olympics. Silly me. For those seeking a one stop blog on China's Olympics, I heartily recommend the Beijing Olympics Blog, which describes itself as "An unofficial look at China & the Beijing Olympic Games...

Best Behavior During Olympics
Yesterday or the day before, I recall a Tweet regarding the PR fallout from a company laying off employees during our current mourning period. That’s an easy call. But what about the Olympics? Chris raises the issue in China Briefing today: During the build up to the Olympics - now little more than 12 weeks away - [...

Boozman says leave politics out of the Olympics
As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Boozman heard testimony today about a topic that?s been in the news, China.   Chosen as host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the country has been the focus of news reports on a variety of issues including human rights...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: KHATUNA LORIG - OLYMPIC ARCHER
Khatuna Lorig will represent the US in Women's Archery at the Beijing Olympics. She previously competed for the Former Soviet Union at the 1992 Games (where she earned a bronze medal) and then the Republic of Georgia in 1996 and 2000...

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Workers Compensation
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant pays waitress $900,000 settlement after workplace injury.