That's a cool poster, but it certainly hasn't been there since 1986.
After closer examination, I agree. To begin with, it does not seem sufficiently weathered or aged for a 24-year old poster. But most damningly, there is a visible commercial Internet address printed on another poster which is overlapped by the Expo poster. That would be impossible if the Expo poster had been there since 1986.
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Just want to say that I was checking out The Bay at downtown and those red Olympics mittens are selling like hot cakes :O I saw a number of people buying 5 or even 6 pairs of them. Crazzzyyy !
Just want to say that I was checking out The Bay at downtown and those red Olympics mittens are selling like hot cakes :O I saw a number of people buying 5 or even 6 pairs of them. Crazzzyyy !
The Four Host First Nations Pavilion will celebrate the cultures of the Four Host First Nations during the 2010 Olympic Games.The contemporary structure makes reference to the traditional post and beam architecture of the Coast Salish bands. The pavilion wraps around a temporary spherical theatre structure onto which films and images are projected. Housed in the pavilion will be a Trading Post / Gift Shop, an Elder’s Lounge / Meeting Room and support space for the temporary sphere structure.
Do you suppose there will be maps with all of the special events? Like, showing where the Coke thing is, Bell thing, the various "Houses", Heineken, Molson, etc.
Along with each Countries / Provinces pavilions ? Or will it be a guessing game!
also, bamboo gates will be installed in Chinatown. "Bamboo Welcome Gates is an installation in Vancouver's historic Chinatown during the 2010 Winter Games where visitors and residents to Zodiac Square will be invited to write Welcome World Wishes for an athlete and/or country. Wishes will be created and placed onto the Bamboo-Cedar Gateways in colourful red, water-resistant envelopes and be read every day to groups of visiting school children and 2010 Winter Games visitors"
and LunarFest will have several really neat festivals this year during the olympics. check them out > www.lunarfest.org
they will be giving away these free tiger lantern hats during the Year of the Tiger celebrations on Granville. the kids will love this (FREE!) Tiger Lantern Hat ^
A fun new way to carry your lantern is wearing it on your head! Made by the paper sculpture master Hung Hsin-Fu, these cute Tiger Lantern Hats outfitted with color changing LED lights will be free for public to pick up on site. Be sure to take one to join the lantern procession to welcome the year of Tiger. http://www.lunarfest.org/programs/majestic-tiger
Warm rain shuts freestyle and snowboard venue
Last Updated: Monday, January 11, 2010 | 7:45 PM PT CBC News
The massive amount of precipitation falling in B.C.'s Lower Mainland is not the kind usually associated with winter, and that's raising some questions about the conditions on ski slopes for the Winter Olympics.
At a time of year when snow is usually falling at higher elevations, about 60 millimetres of rain fell Monday on Metro Vancouver's North Shore mountains. Another 30 millimetres was forecast for Tuesday.
Cypress Mountain on the North Shore is home to freestyle skiing and snowboarding competitions for the Games, which open on Feb. 12.
But Olympic organizers said Monday they are not concerned about the conditions on the mountain, although they have closed it to public skiing to help preserve the snow that is there.
"We're protecting all the snow that we can to make sure that we have adequate [supply]," said Tim Gayda, vice-president of sport for the Vancouver Olympic organizing committee.
Snow in storage
VANOC has been stockpiling artificial and natural snow since for the past two months, Gayda said. The snow is piled up and covered with blue tarps on the mountainside to keep it cool during the kind of double-digit above-zero temperatures the Lower Mainland has basked in for days, and which are expected to continue for at least a few more days.
Officials were able to accumulate the snow during colder weather and heavy snowfalls in November. That built up a packed base, which is still two metres deep.
Olympic organizers said they would wait a few more days to decide whether to open Cypress Mountain to public skiing again or to keep it closed.
"We want to leave that as late as we can," said Gayda. "If we have this kind of weather staying right through, we want to protect that snow for as long as we can."
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