tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927872170947957762008-08-13T13:39:35.707-07:00Jefficahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13952020782387611046noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692787217094795776.post-1425314778706919262008-08-12T14:04:00.000-07:002008-08-13T12:52:19.074-07:00<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Ed: If you can't trust the PRC, who the hell can you trust? ;-)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><h1 dragover="true" class="headline" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Olympic organizers reveal lip-synched child performance</span></h1><h1 dragover="true" class="headline"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/08/12/lin-miaoke-cp-5316452.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 317px;" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/08/12/lin-miaoke-cp-5316452.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></h1> CBC News<br /><br />China's flamboyant Olympics opening ceremony on Friday has lost some of its lustre, following an official's revelation of lip-synching at the over-the-top event. <p dragover="true">In an interview with Beijing Radio, Chen Qigang, the ceremony's chief music director, admitted that the pig-tailed, nine-year-old girl in a red dress shown singing was actually lip-synching <em dragover="true">Ode to the Motherland</em> to audio of another girl, deemed not as pretty but with a lovelier voice.</p> <p dragover="true">"After several tests, we decided to put Lin Miaoke on the live picture, while using [seven-year-old] Yang Peiyi's voice," Chen told the radio station.</p><blockquote dragover="true">"The reason for this is that we must put our country's interest first," he added. "We had to make that choice. It was fair both for Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi … We combined the <span style="font-weight: bold;">perfect voice and the perfect performance</span>."</blockquote><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2008/08/12/olympics-lipsynch.html">Read full article here.</a><br /><br />Below is the picture of Yang. Wasn't there a song about this??<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a dragover="true" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/08/12/yang-peiyi-cctv.jpg"><img dragover="true" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 326px;" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/08/12/yang-peiyi-cctv.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="txt_1"> When I was just a little girl </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> I asked my mother what will I be </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> Will I be pretty, will I be rich </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> Here's what she said to me </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> *Que sera, sera </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> Whatever will be, will be </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> The future's not ours to see </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> Que sera, sera </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> What will be, will be </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> When I grew up and fell in love </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> Will we have rainbows day after day </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> Here's what my sweetheart said </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> (Repeat *) </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> Now I have children of my own </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> They asked their mother what will I be </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> Will I be handsome, will I be rich </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> I tell them tenderly </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> </span></b><br /><b><span class="txt_1"> (Repeat *)</span></b><br /></div><br />Somewhere on this planet there are a pair which apparently haven't been heard by the PRC officials ...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/Milli_Vanilli_Greatest_Hits_Album.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 299px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/Milli_Vanilli_Greatest_Hits_Album.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Cheers ya'll!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><cite class="source"><em>With files from the Associated Press</em></cite></span>Jefficahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13952020782387611046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692787217094795776.post-52580451531224537972008-07-11T07:47:00.001-07:002008-07-11T07:51:27.759-07:00Was Googling and found this interesting piece within the article below.<br /><br /><blockquote>For perspective, a little history: Alexander Graham Bell is credited with the invention of the telephone in 1876. The bathtub as we know it arrived about 1866. So it’s often said that the golden age of Western Civilization spanned the years 1866 to 1876, <span style="font-weight: bold;">because you could soak in a hot bath and the damn phone wouldn’t ring</span>.<br /></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><br />From the article: <a href="http://www.minyanville.com/articles/AAPL-MSFT-S-T-rimm-WIRELESS/index/a/17977">Man iHate iPHONE</a><br /><br />Cheers!Jefficahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13952020782387611046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692787217094795776.post-39016557472666197132008-05-12T21:24:00.001-07:002008-05-12T21:25:03.149-07:00New stuff is coming shortly. Stay tuned.Jefficahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13952020782387611046noreply@blogger.com