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Vancouver Winter Olympics - News and Views
Sheriff Roland:
Keep up to date with the latest stories of the XXI st Winter Olympics from Vancouver right here!
Sheriff Roland:
Google doodles, so far:
Opening night
Day 2
luge
snowboarding
Day 3
figure skating
Day 4
cross country skiing
Sheriff Roland:
medal standing, early day 4:
gold silver bronze total
1 United States 1 2 3 6
2 Germany 1 3 0 4
3 France 2 0 1 3
3 Canada 1 1 1 3
5 South Korea 1 1 0 2
5 Italy 0 0 2 2
7 Netherlands 1 0 0 1
7 Switzerland 1 0 0 1
7 Slovakia 1 0 0 1
7 Czech Republic 1 0 0 1
7 Australia 0 1 0 1
7 Norway 0 1 0 1
7 Poland 0 1 0 1
7 Russia 0 0 1 1
7 Austria 0 0 1 1
7 Croatia 0 0 1 1
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Sheriff Roland on February 15, 2010, 12:37:54 pm ---Keep up to date with the up to date stories of the XXI st Winter Olympics from Vancouver right here!
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Roland, I'm not sure whether my question fits this thread. Feel free to take it (and hopefully your answer) to the other Olympics thread.
What's up with the sculpture in this pic? Is it something famous? Any meaning behind it? Your avatar pic is a snow version of it. Or is it some kind of archetype, with several different versions (like medicine wheels, or menhir formations like in stonehenge and other places)?
Sheriff Roland:
Great question.
The Inukshuk was chosen as the 2010 Olympic logo way back in 2005
Vancouver 2010 logo unveiled
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/04/23/2010_vancouver050423.html
The 2010 Winter Olympics will feature a unique design of an inukshuk, a traditional stone sculpture used by Canada's Inuit people, as its official logo.
http://www.inukshukgallery.com/inukshuk.html
The mysterious stone figures known as inuksuit can be found throughout the circumpolar world. Inukshuk, the singular of inuksuit, means "in the likeness of a human" in the Inuit language. They are monuments made of unworked stones that are used by the Inuit for communication and survival. The traditional meaning of the inukshuk is "Someone was here" or "You are on the right path."
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