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For the last few weeks, we've been highlighting great Olympic souvenirs where proceeds go to support the athletes of the China Olympics Team.

While most of us can't jet off to Beijing for opening ceremonies today, you can get your own Olympics souvenir with various great gifts featured with Olympic Games Colors, such as the official mascot plush toys, Olympic pins, a metal replica Olympic torch, a Athens design paperweight or stress-balls, and so on.

So, let's see which gift idea in this Olympics season we favorite?

For Your Little Kids

- Beijing Olympics Mascots (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts)

Even if your kids don't know badminton from taekwondo, they can still appreciate the Olympic spirit in the form of these cuddly fuwa (that's Chinese for "good luck dolls"). These colorful critters represent some of China's most popular creatures. There's BeiBei the fish, JingJing the panda, YingYing the antelope, NiNi the swallow and HuanHuan the Olympic flame. Put their names together and you get "Welcome to Beijing." These pocket-sized collectibles are certainly a step up from mascots in the past, and are great way to educate little ones about the Olympic games and Chinese culture.

Fuwa, The Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carry a message of peace and friendship to children all over the world. Representing the five colors of the Olympic Rings, Fuwa express the playful qualities of children and are characteristic of four of China's most popular animals -- the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow -- and the Olympic Flame.

For Your Friends

- Beijing Olympic Pins (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts)

Olympics Pin Trading has been around since the first modern Olympics in 1896. The first "pins" were originally cardboard discs that were designed to identify athletes by their countries, officials, and the press. Some Olympians that year started to trade their own badges with others as gestures of goodwill, and a tradition was started. To the right, you see an image of a judge's pin from the 1900 Olympics in Paris.

In the next few decades, more official pins were created to identify different groups, from the International Olympic Committee to members of the media. The pins started to become more stylized and resemble jewelry and eventually were produced for sale to spectators as well as participants. By the time of the 1924 Summer Games in Paris, the concept of the Olympic Village began, and so participants in the Olympics started to exchange their countries' pins in earnest.

From 1933 to 1936, more than 1 million pins were sold to the public to help underwrite the games in Germany. To the right, you see the very rare pin from the 1936 Berlin Games. In 1940, even though the Olympics were cancelled during the war, pins were still produced.

In 1968's games in Mexico City, the pin with a clitch to fasten the pin to clothing, which has become the norm today, was introduced. Pin collecting and pin trading took off in a big way in the Lake Placid Winter Games in 1980 and the Los Angeles Summer Games in 1984. Since then, it's become an international event in itself.

Here are some pins from this year's Olympics in Beijing, for sale from the official shop of the US Olympic Team. These all have the official Beijing 2008 logo. Unlike with other pin shops, you can be sure these proceeds will go directly to support our athletes. Just click on any pin, and you'll be brought to the Olympic Store to buy it.

For Your Parents, Teachers or other Eldership Persons

- Beijing Olympic Torches (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts)

Couldn't get near the real Olympic torch as it made its way round the world? Still keen to hijack the sacred flame for your own political ends?

Hey presto - stage your own Olympic protest with this splendid metal replica torch - only 221.19, including a small Perspex base.

NB Heavy-handed policemen and ex-sportsman torch-bearer not included.

Or

- Beijing Olympic Paperweights and Stress-balls (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts)

Paperweights and stress-balls are so Athens 2004.

The must-have desk toy of 2008 is a 1:1200 replica of Bird's Nest in gold-painted aluminum - a steal at just 153.55.

If that's not enough to impress the drones who work under you, splash out a little extra on a foot-long glue glass replica of the Water Cube on a classy glass and metal plinth (298.23).

Then, when you bag an inflation-busting bonus, blow a chunk of it on a Beijing 2008-branded replica Ming vase in hand-glazed porcelain.

If you can't manage to claim the 3,799 back against tax, you need to get yourself a new accountant.

For Your Babies

- Cute Baby Olympic One-piece and Bib for the Future Olympian (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts)

Is there a little 0 to 6 month old in your life who already crawls at world record pace AND who already loves to hit, dive, jump, and dribble with the best of them?

Here's the cutest little gift from the US Olympic Shop. It's a little one-piece and bib for an infant with the Team USA Olympic Rings and the words "FUTURE OLYMPIAN" across the front in maroon on both pieces. Both are 100% cotton, and the bib has a velcro closure.

For Your Girlfriends

- 2008 Beijing china tea set (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts)

I believe that girls or women are sure to be impressed by a Beijing 2008 china tea set, decorated with illustrations of unisex tumbling gymnasts and straining pole-vaulters(about US50 ).

Then, for those big nights out the Cambridge Arts Theatre, what about a necklace of fake pearls with a Beijing 2008-logo clasp (about US30)?

The must-have look autumn/winter 2008? A poly-cotton lime-green tie with a discreet in-laid pattern of the Olympic rings. .

Considering of money saving, accessories it with a set of tinny Beijing-branded cufflinks in dull metallic grey - US$8 the pair.

For Your Boyfriend who loves Football

- Want to also have an Olympic athletes T-shirt? (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts)

If you look at pictures of the Brazil or Argentina athletes in the Olympic Village, you'll see them wearing these very stylish polo shirts, T-shirts ...from Nike, of all companies.

The shirt has the official Olympics logo on the right chest, the Nike swoosh on the left, and the words 'Beijing" on the left sleeve to commemorate the 2008 Games. It's an extremely comfortable and light shirt, made of 65% cotton and 35% polyester (also known as NikeFIT DRY for its comfort and its ability to let your skin breathe).

At a reasonable price of $44.99, it's certainly more affordable than the polo shirts with the horses. And of course, a portion of your proceeds goes to help the great USA Athletes who have been doing our country proud throughout these last 12 days.

For Yourself

- Have an Olympic Ball from China (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts)

These are three souvenir balls from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, specifically a souvenir basketball, souvenir soccer ball, and a souvenir volleyball.

They're all regulation-sized, so you can use them for playing these three sports. But they also make great souvenirs from the Games, as they also come with the official 2008 Summer Olympics logo, the words "Beijing 2008?, and the Olympic Rings on them, as well as the official mascots BeiBei, JingJing, HuanHuan, YingYing, and NiNi. You can read all about the meaning of the logo and the story behind the mascots here.

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Do you want to learn how to use ebooks to generate an unstoppable passive income on the Internet? Do you want to quit your boring 9-5 day job and finally live a life of autonomy by having your own 24/7 profit producing ebook business? It can be done. I have done it, and you can too.

Here are the 5 steps to start writing your first profit-generating ebook:

Step 1 - Research Your Topic

You need to spend time researching your topic and your niche thoroughly in order to ensure that you create an ebook that people actually want to buy. This first step is perhaps the most important step in the process. This is your preparation to creating an ebook that sells like hot cakes.

Step 2 - Create A Killer Title

You'll want to have a title that grabs people's attention the moment they feast their eyes on it. It has to be attention-grabbing, but it also has to benefit-driven. A killer title can make all the difference for you.

Step 3 - Write Your Outline

Write out the different sections by listing out the sub-topics of your ebook. This will make it easier for you to write your ebook. From your research, you should know what topics you'll want to insert in your production to make it a highly informative one.

Step 4 - Eat Your 'Elephant'

Writing an ebook should be like eating an elephant - one chunk at a time. Write our one section at a time for each day, and in days you will have your completed ebook draft ready.

Step 5 - Compile The Content Into A PDF

Compile the content into a PDF file. There are many different kinds of software online to help you with this such as Primo PDF, PDF 995 and Adobe's own Acrobat software.

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Laptops are everywhere these days. The fact that you can carry them everywhere is a big plus for many. What's more, today's laptops carry a punch and no longer suffer from weak specifications. This makes them very versatile and an irresistible proposition for many.

The only thing that can hold some people back is their price. While it is true laptop prices have gone down significantly in the last few years, they still carry a premium over desktops and are still out of reach for some. How to overcome this issue? For those who don't have the means to buy a new laptop or who simply want quality at a great price, refurbished laptops are the solution. There are various types of refurbished laptops.

Factory Refurbished Laptop

Factory refurbished laptops are ideal. They are either computers which were returned to the manufacturer for some issue or computers that did not pass the quality test at the factory. Either way, whatever is wrong with the notebook if fixed and then checked. Laptops are given a fresh install after the hard drive has been formated if need be. The laptop is then put through its paces to check if it performs well. Factory refurbished laptops are then sold by the laptop manufacturer at a discount, making them a great deal for people looking to buy as-new laptops at a low price. They also come with a warranty, making them a very attractive proposition.

Privately Owned Refurbished Laptops

These are laptops refurbished by the owner themselves. This means usually that the hard drive has been formated and that the Operating System has been reinstalled. It also means that the owner guarantees in good faith that the laptop is in good working condition, with no issues unless specified. These types of refurbished laptops usually do not come with a warranty. However, they are cheaper than factory refurbished laptops.

Here are a few tips to help you make a good purchase: ideally, try to buy a computer with one previous owner, meaning that if you buy it you will be the second owner. In any case, do not go for a laptop with more than two previous owners. Try to buy a laptop less than three year old so that you can run the latest applications without much problem. Go for older laptops only if you are certain you don't need the computing power of a newish laptop. Make sure the OS installed is the one that was designed for the computer. Do not buy a computer running Windows Vista if it was intended to run with Windows XP for example. Oh, and make sure the OS is genuine.

Refurbished Laptops From The Store

These laptops are refurbished by professionals. They usually come with some sort of warranty. Price-wise, they should be about halfway between a privately owned refurbished laptop and a factory refurbished laptop. You can sometimes ask the store to upgrade this or that part of the computer as well if you wish.

Refurbished laptops have many advantages that make them great buys. With a bit of caution, you should be able to make a nice purchase that will satisfy you for years to come. I wish you good luck in your search for your refurbished laptop.

Mathieu Deprez is the webmaster of PreLoved Laptops, a store selling used notebooks and refurbished laptops, including refurbished Dell laptops

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Recently Bear Grylls, the survival expert, survived a grilling by Jonathan Ross, the controversial but amusing chat show host who sees the funny side of everything whether it is funny or not.

Jonathan could not understand how Bear could enjoy what he does - showing people how to survive in some of the toughest parts of the planet. Bear tried to explain.

"It's kind of what I do. I was trained to do it. I was trained in survival techniques."

"You like doing it?" asked Jonathan incredulously

"I love it. You know, I'd be completely unemployable at anything sensible. I come alive out there."

They looked at footage showing Bear being placed down on the rim of a live volcano which looked very hot indeed.

Jonathan dropped his voice to a puzzled whisper.

"What's the best that can happen to you on a live volcano? The best that can happen to you. You get out in one piece. Right? That's not my idea of a nice day out!

"Say they drop you there. There's no shops. Right? There's nowhere you can relax? You're not going to meet any one? What are you doing out there?"

Bear admitted that the survival shows could be pretty miserable - you're cold; you're wet and you're lost but the minute it is all over, you are back on a nice club class ticket home and can then enjoy family life with your wife and kids making fairy cakes and so on.

Jonathan still did not understand the motivation behind Bear's life of extremes:

"But then you go off and you do more. Let's talk about the food you eat when you are out there. I've seen you put some unusual things in your mouth. OK! What's the strangest thing you've eaten to survive on one of your shows? What's the weirdest thing?"

"I was in Iceland when I found a dead sheep and ending up eating its eye ball."

"I imagine that would be quite tasty."

"I always thought it would be a bit like a hard boiled egg. But actually when I bit into it, it was just blood and gristle and it, like, exploded. My cameraman was looking at me with disgust on his face as he was filming it."

"Are you sure you grabbed it from the right end of the sheep?"

Gordon Ramsay, the three star Michelin chef, who is also famous for the three stars at the end of his every other word, was in the interviewee's room. His face was a picture as he listened to the above.

Bear replied swiftly: "That's another Icelandic delicacy."

He racked his brains for a list of what he had eaten in the interests of survival:

"Sheep's eyeball, endless snakes, scorpions, ants, elephant dung."

We then saw a photo of Bear holding up a turtle shell dripping its blood into his mouth:

"The blood is very nutritious and you don't want to waste the blood. So I drank the blood."

Jonathan had to add in his two pennyworth:

"And it comes in, like, a kind of carton. Really - doesn't it? It's been provided. All you need is a straw and you are good to go."

Gordon Ramsay, next door, couldn't help but laugh.

Jonathan now felt the show was ready for some gory footage. He warned the sensitive to look away although he knew that everyone would be glued to their screens. Only the insensitive can bear to watch Jonathan Ross shows.

"What about I have some footage of you eating a zebra?"

"That was an amazing moment in Kenya when I came across this lion kill just after dawn. It had been killed by a pride of lions about an hour earlier. They had eaten all the blood and soft organs and gone off to get something to drink. The zebra was still warm."

"Weren't you worried that the lions would come back and say: 'Hang on!' ?"

"Well I didn't hang around. I was only there a couple of minutes."

Jonathan showed the footage:

"This is Bear eating zebra neck and then finishing it off with an aperitif."

Bear talked in the film as he hacked at the zebra's neck:

"This doesn't taste that great but it's my best chance of getting some protein."

Bear now revealed a useful secret to his audience:

"One thing you can do if you're stuck out here without any water source at all is to drink the fluid from some fresh elephant dung. Pretty disgusting but it could save your life. It's a real last resort. There can be harmful bacteria in that water. But, if you have nothing else to drink it could buy you some extra time. Not one of the better drinks I've ever had."

Bear held a huge handful of elephant dung in both his hands above his open mouth and squeezed hard until water dripped into his mouth. He commented:

"It was all fine apart from the bit of elephant turd that dropped into my mouth."

"Well, what did you expect? You could have squeezed it into a cup perhaps or sieved it off."

"There's not time for that sort of stuff, Jonathan," Bear rapped back.

"If the elephants had seen you doing that, they'd have asked 'What's he on?'"

"How long after you get back from one of your trips away does your wife wait till she lets you kiss her properly ? She must know what you've been putting in your mouth."

"I discuss it very little when I get home. She asks how was it and I start explaining when she tends to just hand me a nappy."

"And you pick it up, hold it up over your mouth and squeeze and go 'Mmm'. And she says: 'No Bear! No! You are home now. We have taps.'"

At the end of Jonathan's show, he interviewed Gordon Ramsay. One interesting fact that emerged was that horsemeat is a popular dish in France, Spain and Portugal but not in the UK presumably because horses look prettier than cows!

Jonathan, for a grand finale, brought out a saucepan and the necessary heating mechanism to cook leaves, twigs, nuts and some wriggling larvae - the kind of food Bear would relish in the wild.

Gordon, with some hesitation, put a larva into his mouth and then quickly added water, from a bottle he carried with him, to assist him in spitting his mouthful onto the floor behind his sofa.

Jonathan pretended to eat one of the larvae and then freaked out when Bear told him to bite it to kill it or it would wriggle around in his stomach.

In the turmoil, Gordon grabbed the frying pan and put it on the studio floor presumably to spare the larvae further pain. The show ended in chaos with the audience not quite sure whether to laugh or cry.

However, Bear had survived a Jonathan Ross chat show.

Bear's success is due to doing what he loves to do. He comes alive when he is doing it. It may not make sense to others but it makes sense to him.

He also enjoys a satisfying family life. After the interview with Jonathan he was off for a family beach holiday in Wales followed by a trip to the Sahara for his next show. He balances family and job well.

He is an expert at what he does and has been trained to do it. He keeps learning and developing his skills.

He balks at nothing. He does whatever he has to do to show people how to survive in extreme situations.

He can laugh at himself and see the funny side of what he is doing. He is not at all arrogant.

Even if we learn nothing else from his trips, they can make us appreciate the simple pleasures of life such as a nice glass of tap water and a plateful of properly cooked meat.

John Watson is an award winning teacher and 5th degree blackbelt martial arts instructor. He has written several ebooks on motivation and success topics. Some of these can be found at http://www.motivationtoday.com Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety in your ezine or on your site but please include the resource box above

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Here's a horse racing tip that requires very little work but can result in some nice payoffs. One way to find some nice winners at the race track is to follow young sires. Horse racing has many sires, like the late Silver Hawk who have produced many fine foals, but one of the problems with following the top sires and their young runners is that the crowd also follows them. It is hard to get good odds on the foals of top sires.

By following the racing news you'll hear about the foals of sires who haven't made a name for themselves. The tip is to follow any starters from sires who start producing winners before the crowd understands that another great sire has arrived on the scene. Pay particular interest to how the foals win as it may give a clue to future angles for good betting opportunities.

For instance, Candy Ride, the Argentinean champion and Pacific Classic winner is now standing at stud and had his first winner, El Brujo who won at first asking at Woodbine in a 4 1/2 furlong maiden event. This indicates several things that may be good to know. For one thing, El Brujo was a 2 year old first time starter. If Candy Ride's future foals inherit the precocious trait you may be able to catch some first time starters at a good price before the public gets wise. Also, El Brujo won at the short distance of just 4 1/2 furlongs. He didn't need a long race to get going and demonstrated some early speed, another very important factor.

Read El Brujo's lines for that race at Woodbine on June 8th and watch the next few winners from Candy Ride. Don't wait until everyone knows that Candy Ride's get can win at first asking at a short distance at the age of 2. A look at El Brujo's lines show he broke from the inside and showed good early speed, was third at the 1/4 and closed on the favorite to win by a head. That is an impressive feat for a young horse and he rewarded his backers with 7-1 odds.

Obviously, every first time starter out of Candy Ride won't win first out, but how many more will and at those nice odds? So take a tip from an old horseplayer and start watching those studs whose foals are just starting to race and win. Learn what kind of runners they produce and cash some nice tickets before everyone in horse racing is on to them, because just as in horse racing, in horse racing handicapping, the winners are always ahead of the crowd.

The most consistent horse racing systems have to have the basics and a handicapper must understand the basics. I have been around horse racing for 50 years including as an owner. Without the basics the rest is not going to do any good. If you want to learn how a horse owner and insider handicaps just go to http://williewins.homestead.com/truecb.html and get the truth.

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Probably the most popular time to have a wedding is during the summer time. They say that more brides get married in June than during any other time of year.

Well who could blame them? In most areas -- summertime is simply beautiful! You have sunny skies and lush, sweet smelling flowers. There are more daylight hours. What bride and groom wouldn't want that type of environment for their wedding? A summer wedding is ideal for your wedding reception and ceremony.

Summer weddings also make for beautiful wedding photographs. We all know that your wedding photographs are going to last not only for your lifetime, but for generations that live even beyond you. You will want the very best photographs you can have for your wedding.

A popular place to get married is by the water. Whether you live near the ocean, a river or even a lake -- getting married near water during the summertime is ideal. A water view is so pretty. Being near the water also makes you a little cooler on an unusually hot summer day.

You can have a very fancy, elegant wedding or a casual, fun wedding in the summertime. The evening black-tie wedding is perfect for summertime dancing on the water. So is an old-fashioned barbecue or picnic reception with everyone playing games in the park.

Another great idea for your summertime wedding is to go with the holidays to help plan your reception. Hold a Mother's Day themed wedding that honors all of the mothers that day. Hold an Americana style wedding on Memorial Day weekend. Celebrate your wedding and America's birthday on the Fourth of July! There is nothing more romantic than starting your own fireworks with actual fireworks! Or end the summer on Labor Day weekend with your wedding. A great benefit to selecting a holiday for your wedding time is this means you'll have your wedding anniversary as a day off - you know you can always take it as special time to celebrate. In addition, that absent-minded husband routine isn't going to work.....how many husbands can "forget" the Fourth of July is their wedding anniversary?

The only challenge with a summertime wedding is that often this is a very popular time of year to get married, so it may be hard to get the exact date that you would like for the location you would like. Try to be a bit flexible with the dates in order to get the location and your vendors. Summer is a time when many couples decide to say "I do" and you'll have a better chance of getting everything you want if you can be flexible about your dates. Some couples find that with a summer wedding they need to plan at least two years in advance, not just one.

Every wedding is beautiful, but those that get married in the summer agree: summertime is the best time!

Visit http://www.weddingringsandthings.net for practical tips, resources, gift ideas, shopping and more to help you plan your wedding day.

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What to look forward to in 2009/ end of 08

There are a lot of games that will be coming out in 2009/end of 08 for PC gamers to look forward to. As this year's E3 companies such as Activision-Blizzard revealed their latest offerings for the PC gamer and while it may not be the bonanza it was in years passed there is still much to gossip about.

Here are some of the top games being released in 2009/ end of 08:

Rise of the Argonauts - Focusing on Greek myths, this offering from Liquid Entertainment promises to bring in characters and creatures from the most popular Greek myths and presents them in a format that allows for fast-paced combat and rich storytelling.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - This time around, the conflict escalates as the Empire of the Rising Sun enters the fray. With an entirely new faction, the game promises to be even more exciting and satisfying than any Red Alert title to date.

Crysis Warhead - Don the nanosuit of Sergeant Sykes, aka "Psycho," and experience a storyline parallel to the events of the original game.

Left 4 Dead - Using the Counter-Strike Source Engine, Left 4 Dead has a group of four unlikely heroes band together to battle hordes of infected.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky - Clear Sky is the prequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and takes place a year earlier, when the unstable Zone is causing anomalous activity galore.

Alpha Protocol - Sega and Obsidian are reteaming for this role-playing game that eschews sci-fi and fantasy for a Bourne Identity-like world of high-tech espionage.

Spore - Spore is a simulation game created by Will Wright that allows players to control various life forms from the cellular to the galactic level.

Far Cry 2 - The sequel to the much-acclaimed island shooter aims to make a big splash in 2008.

Empire: Total War 3 - The Total War series takes to the seas with 3D naval combat in this 18th century strategy game.

Fallout 3 - After being cancelled at Interplay, this sequel to the cult post apocalyptic role-playing game was resurrected by Bethesda, where it is currently in development.

For me left for dead appears to be very promising as it has my all favourite mode of all time - COOP! The thought of battling it out with hundreds of monsters with friends is a very promising prospect. Coupled with the fact that it is being produced with the source engine makes this the highlight of E3 for me.

Crysis warhead will also have high expectations considering how much of a success its predecessor was. It will be interesting to see how Far Cry 2 compares to this title in terms of graphics and game play considering Crysis was supposed to be a sequel to far cry in the first place.

I will also be looking forward to Empire: Total War 3 as I always find this genre of PC game very enjoyable as well as the extra challenge that will come with 3D naval combat.

If you want the latest PC games demos make sure you visit and bookmark http://www.gametryout.com for PC game demo downloads. There you will find trailers, reviews and even the cheapest places to buy your games from!

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