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The tickets will then be air freighted over to the UK (there's "green thinking" for you!). <div class="body"> Locog appear to be run by unpatriotic cretins!</div> <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-8107684295906852354?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPXKJhxjIpWpzR8sSRVFsdrFMbU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPXKJhxjIpWpzR8sSRVFsdrFMbU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPXKJhxjIpWpzR8sSRVFsdrFMbU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPXKJhxjIpWpzR8sSRVFsdrFMbU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/7x6VUck6b9o" height="1" width="1"/>" ["link_replies#"]=> int(2) ["link_replies"]=> string(78) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/8107684295906852354/comments/default" ["link_replies@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link_replies@rel"]=> string(7) "replies" ["link_replies@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_replies@href"]=> string(78) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/8107684295906852354/comments/default" ["link_replies@title"]=> string(13) "Post Comments" ["link_replies#2"]=> string(97) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/02/locog-kicks-business-in-teeth-again.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link_replies#2@rel"]=> string(7) "replies" ["link_replies#2@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link_replies#2@href"]=> string(97) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/02/locog-kicks-business-in-teeth-again.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@title"]=> string(10) "0 Comments" ["link_edit#"]=> int(1) ["link_edit"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/8107684295906852354?v=2" ["link_edit@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" ["link_edit@rel"]=> string(4) "edit" ["link_edit@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_edit@href"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/8107684295906852354?v=2" ["link_self#"]=> int(1) ["link_self"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/8107684295906852354?v=2" ["link_self@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" ["link_self@rel"]=> string(4) "self" ["link_self@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_self@href"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/8107684295906852354?v=2" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(101) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/7x6VUck6b9o/locog-kicks-business-in-teeth-again.html" ["link@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link@href"]=> string(101) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/7x6VUck6b9o/locog-kicks-business-in-teeth-again.html" ["link@title"]=> string(40) "Locog Kicks Business In The Teeth Again!" 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The tickets will then be air freighted over to the UK (there's "green thinking" for you!). <div class="body"> Locog appear to be run by unpatriotic cretins!</div> <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-8107684295906852354?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPXKJhxjIpWpzR8sSRVFsdrFMbU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPXKJhxjIpWpzR8sSRVFsdrFMbU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPXKJhxjIpWpzR8sSRVFsdrFMbU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPXKJhxjIpWpzR8sSRVFsdrFMbU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/7x6VUck6b9o" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(7) "tickets" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1328624580) } [1]=> array(87) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-4934522556833729590" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-02-07T11:29:00.000Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-02-07T11:29:08.178Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-02-07T11:29:08.178Z" } ["category#"]=> int(4) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(5) "bonus" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(3) "ODA" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(25) "Deighton's Bonus Reviewed" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(1982) "The <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9065745/London-2012-Olympics-Locog-chief-executive-Paul-Deighton-to-have-bonus-reviewed-next-month.html" target="_blank">Telegraph</a> reports that, as a result of the ongoing uproar over bonuses to directors of failing organisations, that the remuneration commission will determine if the complicated series of bonuses due to London organising committee (Locog) chief executive Paul Deighton will be maintained. In theory Deighton could earn a £1M bonus, which he has already stated will go to charity. 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The Cabinet Office's official advice, Preparing your Business for the Games, claims that the UK's telecoms system may be unable to cope with demand to access the internet in certain areas. </div> <div id="article-body-blocks"> Quote: "It is possible that internet services may be slower during the Games or, in very severe cases, there may be dropouts due to an increased number of people accessing the internet." It goes on to warn that there may be data caps to try to spread the load. To my humble view this scaremongering is reminiscent of the overblown hype of the Y2K "problem" (that turned out to be a damp squib). My gut feeling is that this alleged "capacity shortage" will be used as an excuse to turn off certain social media networks at critical moments.</div> <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-413863700161340154?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/0/di" 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"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" ["author_image@width"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@height"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@src"]=> string(93) "//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_CxKQwnD7tg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFR4/xjjWlkKazic/s512-c/photo.jpg" } ["http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["total#"]=> int(1) ["total"]=> string(1) "0" } ["http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["origlink#"]=> int(1) ["origlink"]=> string(75) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/02/olympics-to-crash-interent.html" } ["modified#"]=> int(1) ["modified"]=> string(24) "2012-02-06T11:58:19.596Z" ["issued#"]=> int(1) ["issued"]=> string(24) "2012-02-06T11:58:00.000Z" ["dc"]=> array(8) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator_url"]=> string(49) "https://profiles.google.com/105607651608212088898" ["creator"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["subject#"]=> int(4) ["subject"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["subject#2"]=> string(14) "infrastructure" ["subject#3"]=> string(8) "internet" ["subject#4"]=> string(8) "security" } ["author"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(2285) "<div id="article-body-blocks"> In one of the more bizarre threats arising from the Olympics to life on this planet as we know it, the Cabinet is warning that the London 2012 Olympics may well crash the internet. The Cabinet Office's official advice, Preparing your Business for the Games, claims that the UK's telecoms system may be unable to cope with demand to access the internet in certain areas. </div> <div id="article-body-blocks"> Quote: "It is possible that internet services may be slower during the Games or, in very severe cases, there may be dropouts due to an increased number of people accessing the internet." It goes on to warn that there may be data caps to try to spread the load. To my humble view this scaremongering is reminiscent of the overblown hype of the Y2K "problem" (that turned out to be a damp squib). My gut feeling is that this alleged "capacity shortage" will be used as an excuse to turn off certain social media networks at critical moments.</div> <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-413863700161340154?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/ZF7m89-4P0k" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(14) "infrastructure" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(8) "internet" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(8) "security" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1328529480) } [3]=> array(97) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-4407869526531353423" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-02-01T12:24:00.001Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-02-01T12:24:53.801Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-02-01T12:24:53.801Z" } ["category#"]=> int(6) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(7) "tourism" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(13) "accommodation" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(5) "greed" ["category#5@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#5@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#5@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#6@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#6@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#6@term"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(58) "Olympics Greed - Greedy Hoteliers Get Their Fingers Burned" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(4398) " In <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2011/08/olympic-greed.html" target="_blank">August last year I wrote the following</a>: "How "refreshing" to read that, despite the ever worsening global financial situation, the hoteliers of London intend to screw every last penny from visitors to London next year during the Olympics. The <a href="http://travel.aol.co.uk/2011/08/05/london-hotel-prices-to-increase-ten-fold-for-olympics-2012/" target="_blank">Telegraph</a> reports that London hotels intend to treat tourist as prostrate milch cows eg: - A double room at the Sheraton Park Tower, in Knightsbridge, this month costs £209 a night. The price quoted for a stay in August next year is £605. - A night at the West London, in Leicester Square, costs around £290 this August. The same room during the Games will cost just under £540. - The Berjaya Hotel in Kensington, goes for broke and intends to increase some of its room rates by a factor of 10. Rates typically range from £89 to £199. For every day of the Olympics, the price is £999 a night. As noted many time before on this site, the Olympics are not about sport but are in fact about money. Given the ongoing financial turmoil, it is to be hoped that these greedy hoteliers get their fingers well and truly burned for their naked opportunism." I am therefore very amused to see that those hotel operators who thought that they would make a quick buck out of the London Olympics have had their fingers well and truly burned. Locog have had to publicly humiliate themselves (not for the first time) by admitting that they had overestimated the number of rooms needed by officials, media, sponsors and assorted freeloaders for the coming games. By how much did they overestimate the demand? By a staggering 20%! Locog have had to hand back 120,000 of the total 600,000 nights booked for the Olympics. Needless to say this 20% reduction in bookings has given the greedy hotel industry a well deserved kick in the goolies. Tour operators are now panicking and have warned that the newly available rooms will not boost visitor numbers. For why? - the vacancies have come too late - tourists have been put off by the naked greed of the hotel operators - tourists have been put off by the transport/travel chaos expected in London during the games It is estimated that up to one million beds will go unsold over the Olympic period, costing the tourism industry around £3.5BN. Now who was it who said that the Olympics would be a boon to tourism? Oh yes, Locog! My advice to any tourist brave enough to endure the chaos of London during the Olympics is to negotiate hard with the hotels (who are desperate for business), don't let the greedy bastards get away with overcharging you for a shoddy room and lousy service! <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-4407869526531353423?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA_sInPCH5YmrPIy9pwf3-6UVxQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA_sInPCH5YmrPIy9pwf3-6UVxQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA_sInPCH5YmrPIy9pwf3-6UVxQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA_sInPCH5YmrPIy9pwf3-6UVxQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/Dw63UfnOpcw" height="1" width="1"/>" ["link_replies#"]=> int(2) ["link_replies"]=> string(78) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/4407869526531353423/comments/default" ["link_replies@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link_replies@rel"]=> string(7) "replies" ["link_replies@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_replies@href"]=> string(78) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/4407869526531353423/comments/default" ["link_replies@title"]=> string(13) "Post Comments" ["link_replies#2"]=> string(97) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/02/olympics-greed-greedy-hoteliers-get.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link_replies#2@rel"]=> string(7) "replies" ["link_replies#2@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link_replies#2@href"]=> string(97) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/02/olympics-greed-greedy-hoteliers-get.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@title"]=> string(10) "0 Comments" ["link_edit#"]=> int(1) ["link_edit"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/4407869526531353423?v=2" ["link_edit@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" ["link_edit@rel"]=> string(4) "edit" ["link_edit@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_edit@href"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/4407869526531353423?v=2" ["link_self#"]=> int(1) ["link_self"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/4407869526531353423?v=2" ["link_self@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" ["link_self@rel"]=> string(4) "self" ["link_self@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_self@href"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/4407869526531353423?v=2" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(101) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/Dw63UfnOpcw/olympics-greed-greedy-hoteliers-get.html" ["link@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link@href"]=> string(101) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/Dw63UfnOpcw/olympics-greed-greedy-hoteliers-get.html" ["link@title"]=> string(58) "Olympics Greed - Greedy Hoteliers Get Their Fingers Burned" ["author#"]=> int(1) ["author_name#"]=> int(1) ["author_name"]=> string(9) "Ken Frost" ["author_uri#"]=> int(1) ["author_uri"]=> string(49) "https://profiles.google.com/105607651608212088898" ["author_email#"]=> int(1) ["author_email"]=> string(19) "noreply@blogger.com" ["http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"]=> array(6) { ["author_image#"]=> int(1) ["author_image@"]=> string(20) "rel,width,height,src" ["author_image@rel"]=> string(42) "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" ["author_image@width"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@height"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@src"]=> string(93) "//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_CxKQwnD7tg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFR4/xjjWlkKazic/s512-c/photo.jpg" } ["http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["total#"]=> int(1) ["total"]=> string(1) "0" } ["http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["origlink#"]=> int(1) ["origlink"]=> string(84) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/02/olympics-greed-greedy-hoteliers-get.html" } ["modified#"]=> int(1) ["modified"]=> string(24) "2012-02-01T12:24:53.801Z" ["issued#"]=> int(1) ["issued"]=> string(24) "2012-02-01T12:24:00.001Z" ["dc"]=> array(10) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator_url"]=> string(49) "https://profiles.google.com/105607651608212088898" ["creator"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["subject#"]=> int(6) ["subject"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["subject#2"]=> string(7) "tourism" ["subject#3"]=> string(13) "accommodation" ["subject#4"]=> string(5) "greed" ["subject#5"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["subject#6"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" } ["author"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(4398) " In <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2011/08/olympic-greed.html" target="_blank">August last year I wrote the following</a>: "How "refreshing" to read that, despite the ever worsening global financial situation, the hoteliers of London intend to screw every last penny from visitors to London next year during the Olympics. The <a href="http://travel.aol.co.uk/2011/08/05/london-hotel-prices-to-increase-ten-fold-for-olympics-2012/" target="_blank">Telegraph</a> reports that London hotels intend to treat tourist as prostrate milch cows eg: - A double room at the Sheraton Park Tower, in Knightsbridge, this month costs £209 a night. The price quoted for a stay in August next year is £605. - A night at the West London, in Leicester Square, costs around £290 this August. The same room during the Games will cost just under £540. - The Berjaya Hotel in Kensington, goes for broke and intends to increase some of its room rates by a factor of 10. Rates typically range from £89 to £199. For every day of the Olympics, the price is £999 a night. As noted many time before on this site, the Olympics are not about sport but are in fact about money. Given the ongoing financial turmoil, it is to be hoped that these greedy hoteliers get their fingers well and truly burned for their naked opportunism." I am therefore very amused to see that those hotel operators who thought that they would make a quick buck out of the London Olympics have had their fingers well and truly burned. Locog have had to publicly humiliate themselves (not for the first time) by admitting that they had overestimated the number of rooms needed by officials, media, sponsors and assorted freeloaders for the coming games. By how much did they overestimate the demand? By a staggering 20%! Locog have had to hand back 120,000 of the total 600,000 nights booked for the Olympics. Needless to say this 20% reduction in bookings has given the greedy hotel industry a well deserved kick in the goolies. Tour operators are now panicking and have warned that the newly available rooms will not boost visitor numbers. For why? - the vacancies have come too late - tourists have been put off by the naked greed of the hotel operators - tourists have been put off by the transport/travel chaos expected in London during the games It is estimated that up to one million beds will go unsold over the Olympic period, costing the tourism industry around £3.5BN. Now who was it who said that the Olympics would be a boon to tourism? Oh yes, Locog! My advice to any tourist brave enough to endure the chaos of London during the Olympics is to negotiate hard with the hotels (who are desperate for business), don't let the greedy bastards get away with overcharging you for a shoddy room and lousy service! <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-4407869526531353423?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA_sInPCH5YmrPIy9pwf3-6UVxQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA_sInPCH5YmrPIy9pwf3-6UVxQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA_sInPCH5YmrPIy9pwf3-6UVxQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA_sInPCH5YmrPIy9pwf3-6UVxQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/Dw63UfnOpcw" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(7) "tourism" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(13) "accommodation" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(5) "greed" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#5"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#5@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#6"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#6@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1328099040) } [4]=> array(93) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(69) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-814245118386605036" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-01-31T12:09:00.000Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-01-31T12:09:10.627Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-01-31T12:09:10.627Z" } ["category#"]=> int(5) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(6) "strike" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(4) "tube" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(9) "transport" ["category#5@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#5@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#5@term"]=> string(13) "Boris Johnson" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(23) "Boris Says "Go By Tube"" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(2090) "<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UHu_cfy33bY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I am amused to read that Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, is urging Olympic chiefs to take the Tube during London 2012 Quote: "To all members of the International Olympic Committee, I urge them to do the right thing - get on the Jubilee Line because they'll love it." There is even a new website showing <a href="http://www.getaheadofthegames.com/" target="_blank">hotspots</a> on London's underground system. Great! One small problem, has Boris not heard that Comrade Crow has rejected <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/01/tube-workers-reject-500-olympics.html" target="_blank">the £500 bribe</a> offered to Tube workers for doing their normal job?  <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-814245118386605036?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a 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"http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/01/boris-says-go-by-tube.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link_replies#2@rel"]=> string(7) "replies" ["link_replies#2@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link_replies#2@href"]=> string(83) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/01/boris-says-go-by-tube.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@title"]=> string(10) "0 Comments" ["link_edit#"]=> int(1) ["link_edit"]=> string(85) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/814245118386605036?v=2" ["link_edit@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" ["link_edit@rel"]=> string(4) "edit" ["link_edit@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_edit@href"]=> string(85) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/814245118386605036?v=2" ["link_self#"]=> int(1) ["link_self"]=> string(85) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/814245118386605036?v=2" ["link_self@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" 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["author_image@"]=> string(20) "rel,width,height,src" ["author_image@rel"]=> string(42) "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" ["author_image@width"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@height"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@src"]=> string(93) "//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_CxKQwnD7tg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFR4/xjjWlkKazic/s512-c/photo.jpg" } ["media"]=> array(6) { ["thumbnail#"]=> int(1) ["thumbnail@"]=> string(28) "xmlns:media,url,height,width" ["thumbnail@xmlns:media"]=> string(29) "http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ["thumbnail@url"]=> string(49) "http://img.youtube.com/vi/UHu_cfy33bY/default.jpg" ["thumbnail@height"]=> string(2) "72" ["thumbnail@width"]=> string(2) "72" } ["http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["total#"]=> int(1) ["total"]=> string(1) "0" } ["http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["origlink#"]=> int(1) ["origlink"]=> string(70) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/01/boris-says-go-by-tube.html" } ["modified#"]=> int(1) ["modified"]=> string(24) "2012-01-31T12:09:10.627Z" ["issued#"]=> int(1) ["issued"]=> string(24) "2012-01-31T12:09:00.000Z" ["dc"]=> array(9) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator_url"]=> string(49) "https://profiles.google.com/105607651608212088898" ["creator"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["subject#"]=> int(5) ["subject"]=> string(6) "strike" ["subject#2"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["subject#3"]=> string(4) "tube" ["subject#4"]=> string(9) "transport" ["subject#5"]=> string(13) "Boris Johnson" } ["author"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(2090) "<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UHu_cfy33bY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I am amused to read that Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, is urging Olympic chiefs to take the Tube during London 2012 Quote: "To all members of the International Olympic Committee, I urge them to do the right thing - get on the Jubilee Line because they'll love it." There is even a new website showing <a href="http://www.getaheadofthegames.com/" target="_blank">hotspots</a> on London's underground system. Great! One small problem, has Boris not heard that Comrade Crow has rejected <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/01/tube-workers-reject-500-olympics.html" target="_blank">the £500 bribe</a> offered to Tube workers for doing their normal job?  <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-814245118386605036?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1huG6Vz6OpSYGBZfudgMrXvadCI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1huG6Vz6OpSYGBZfudgMrXvadCI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1huG6Vz6OpSYGBZfudgMrXvadCI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1huG6Vz6OpSYGBZfudgMrXvadCI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/x6nfwcnnvGs" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(6) "strike" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(4) "tube" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(9) "transport" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#5"]=> string(13) "Boris Johnson" ["category#5@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1328011740) } [5]=> array(88) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-7703641342642771049" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-01-30T11:48:00.000Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-01-30T11:48:07.978Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-01-30T11:48:07.978Z" } ["category#"]=> int(4) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(5) "greed" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(4) "tube" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(9) "transport" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(51) "Tube Workers Reject £500 - The Olympics Gravytrain" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(2562) "<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UHu_cfy33bY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> It seems that our downtrodden and hard working Tube drivers feel a tad hard done by wrt the offer made by London Underground of a £500 bonus for shift working during the Olympics. The RMT has rejected the £500 bonus, saying that the money was not an adequate reward for being on duty during the event. RMT general secretary comrade Bob Crow is quoted by the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16785576" target="_blank">BBC</a>: "It is well-documented that transport will be the biggest logistical challenge throughout the Olympics period. <div class="caption body-narrow-width"> </div> All we are calling for is a fair deal for all the staff involved in delivering the colossal transport challenge that we will be facing this summer and the negotiations to achieve that are ongoing." Given that the Tube drivers do not feel up to the job of doing what they are paid to do, the solution to this problem is simple; install driverless trains and remove the drivers altogether. Problem solved! <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-7703641342642771049?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tNoiU-ZtFosM9L6bzgvl3tMbvJs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tNoiU-ZtFosM9L6bzgvl3tMbvJs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tNoiU-ZtFosM9L6bzgvl3tMbvJs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tNoiU-ZtFosM9L6bzgvl3tMbvJs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/iMt4JvoctWM" height="1" width="1"/>" ["link_replies#"]=> int(2) ["link_replies"]=> string(78) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/7703641342642771049/comments/default" ["link_replies@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link_replies@rel"]=> string(7) "replies" ["link_replies@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_replies@href"]=> string(78) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/7703641342642771049/comments/default" ["link_replies@title"]=> string(13) "Post Comments" ["link_replies#2"]=> string(94) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/01/tube-workers-reject-500-olympics.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link_replies#2@rel"]=> string(7) "replies" ["link_replies#2@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link_replies#2@href"]=> string(94) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/01/tube-workers-reject-500-olympics.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@title"]=> string(10) "0 Comments" ["link_edit#"]=> int(1) ["link_edit"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/7703641342642771049?v=2" ["link_edit@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" ["link_edit@rel"]=> string(4) "edit" ["link_edit@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_edit@href"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/7703641342642771049?v=2" ["link_self#"]=> int(1) ["link_self"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/7703641342642771049?v=2" ["link_self@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" ["link_self@rel"]=> string(4) "self" ["link_self@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_self@href"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/7703641342642771049?v=2" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(98) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/iMt4JvoctWM/tube-workers-reject-500-olympics.html" ["link@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link@href"]=> string(98) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/iMt4JvoctWM/tube-workers-reject-500-olympics.html" ["link@title"]=> string(51) "Tube Workers Reject £500 - 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The RMT has rejected the £500 bonus, saying that the money was not an adequate reward for being on duty during the event. RMT general secretary comrade Bob Crow is quoted by the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16785576" target="_blank">BBC</a>: "It is well-documented that transport will be the biggest logistical challenge throughout the Olympics period. <div class="caption body-narrow-width"> </div> All we are calling for is a fair deal for all the staff involved in delivering the colossal transport challenge that we will be facing this summer and the negotiations to achieve that are ongoing." Given that the Tube drivers do not feel up to the job of doing what they are paid to do, the solution to this problem is simple; install driverless trains and remove the drivers altogether. Problem solved! <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-7703641342642771049?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tNoiU-ZtFosM9L6bzgvl3tMbvJs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tNoiU-ZtFosM9L6bzgvl3tMbvJs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tNoiU-ZtFosM9L6bzgvl3tMbvJs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tNoiU-ZtFosM9L6bzgvl3tMbvJs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/iMt4JvoctWM" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(5) "greed" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(4) "tube" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(9) "transport" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1327924080) } [6]=> array(82) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(69) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-484309997078973914" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-01-27T14:21:00.001Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-01-27T14:21:18.334Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-01-27T14:21:18.334Z" } ["category#"]=> int(3) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(16) "closing ceremony" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(16) "opening ceremony" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(19) "The Isles of Wonder" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(2578) "<div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> It has been announced that the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics, on 27th July, will be called "Isles of Wonder".</div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> </div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> </div> The ceremony's artistic director, Danny Boyle, said it would be about a land that has been poisoned by industrial legacy and the recovery of that land. I find the theme to be somewhat limited: - Did these islands not have a history before industrialisation? - Not all of the British Isles were "poisoned" by industrialisation. Apparently the largest ringing bell in Europe, which will hang at one end of the stadium, will sound at the opening of the Games. It will be inscribed with a quote by Caliban from Shakespeare's The Tempest: "Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises". Caliban is forced into servitude on an island ruled by Prospero, because Caliban attempted to rape Propsero's daughter. The pre opening ceremony will start at 20:12 BST, and last until 21:00 when the bell tolls. Approximately 20,000 performers will be used for the opening and closing ceremonies of both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-484309997078973914?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4UjyelXjr0NaEXS5-9yzztf5zkE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4UjyelXjr0NaEXS5-9yzztf5zkE/0/di" border="0" 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<noreply@blogger.com>" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(2578) "<div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> It has been announced that the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics, on 27th July, will be called "Isles of Wonder".</div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> </div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> </div> The ceremony's artistic director, Danny Boyle, said it would be about a land that has been poisoned by industrial legacy and the recovery of that land. I find the theme to be somewhat limited: - Did these islands not have a history before industrialisation? - Not all of the British Isles were "poisoned" by industrialisation. Apparently the largest ringing bell in Europe, which will hang at one end of the stadium, will sound at the opening of the Games. It will be inscribed with a quote by Caliban from Shakespeare's The Tempest: "Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises". Caliban is forced into servitude on an island ruled by Prospero, because Caliban attempted to rape Propsero's daughter. The pre opening ceremony will start at 20:12 BST, and last until 21:00 when the bell tolls. Approximately 20,000 performers will be used for the opening and closing ceremonies of both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-484309997078973914?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4UjyelXjr0NaEXS5-9yzztf5zkE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4UjyelXjr0NaEXS5-9yzztf5zkE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4UjyelXjr0NaEXS5-9yzztf5zkE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4UjyelXjr0NaEXS5-9yzztf5zkE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/IxBvKuhqBm8" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(16) "closing ceremony" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(16) "opening ceremony" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1327674060) } [7]=> array(87) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-5972879203725502443" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-01-27T11:46:00.002Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-01-27T11:46:53.567Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-01-27T11:46:53.567Z" } ["category#"]=> int(4) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(13) "Sebastian Coe" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(6) "budget" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(31) "Lord Coe Gets His Figures Wrong" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(2225) " Lord Coe is quoted on <a href="http://blogs.bettor.com/Sebastian-Coe-insists-London-Olympics-2012-will-be-within-budget-a125829" target="_blank">Bettor</a> speaking about the Olympics "budget": "We will maintain a balanced budget to the completion of the project and the infrastructure will be delivered within the budget that has already been agreed by government.  Occasionally some things are slightly more than you expect. On a lot of occasions they’re slightly less than you expect, but overall those changes have taken place within that £9.3bn envelope.” Aside from the fact that the original "budget" when the UK tendered for this leviathan was under £3BN, Lord Coe is mistaken about the current "budget" for the games. When the running costs of over £2BN are included, the actual cost of the games will be £12BN. I wonder why Locog et al keep "forgetting" to mention these running costs? <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-5972879203725502443?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EgQ3kOmqnTrvcjz0MSwLxCIDwsM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EgQ3kOmqnTrvcjz0MSwLxCIDwsM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a 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<noreply@blogger.com>" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(2225) " Lord Coe is quoted on <a href="http://blogs.bettor.com/Sebastian-Coe-insists-London-Olympics-2012-will-be-within-budget-a125829" target="_blank">Bettor</a> speaking about the Olympics "budget": "We will maintain a balanced budget to the completion of the project and the infrastructure will be delivered within the budget that has already been agreed by government.  Occasionally some things are slightly more than you expect. On a lot of occasions they’re slightly less than you expect, but overall those changes have taken place within that £9.3bn envelope.” Aside from the fact that the original "budget" when the UK tendered for this leviathan was under £3BN, Lord Coe is mistaken about the current "budget" for the games. When the running costs of over £2BN are included, the actual cost of the games will be £12BN. I wonder why Locog et al keep "forgetting" to mention these running costs? <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-5972879203725502443?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EgQ3kOmqnTrvcjz0MSwLxCIDwsM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EgQ3kOmqnTrvcjz0MSwLxCIDwsM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EgQ3kOmqnTrvcjz0MSwLxCIDwsM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EgQ3kOmqnTrvcjz0MSwLxCIDwsM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/4cx0VJxsJ5E" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(13) "Sebastian Coe" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(6) "budget" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1327664760) } [8]=> array(92) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-1339885924977228502" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-01-23T11:59:00.001Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-01-23T11:59:42.035Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-01-23T11:59:42.035Z" } ["category#"]=> int(5) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(6) "mascot" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(5) "China" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#5@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#5@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#5@term"]=> string(6) "legacy" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(15) "Mascot Problems" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(4195) "Locog are investigating allegations that soft toy versions of the London 2012 mascots (<a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2010/05/drips-off-old-block.html" target="_blank">Wenlock and Mandeville</a>) are being made by poorly paid workers in a Chinese factory. Golden Bear, based in Telford, has a licence to produce them. However, an inquiry has been launched after media reports about the pay and conditions of the workers making the toys at a factory in China. <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gv0h8H1hKqAojcDfDotoPHFka-bg?docId=CNG.11e59d2bbab7162be1432a0bbaf56d9e.11" target="_blank">AFP</a> reports that Golden Bear and the London organisers, LOCOG, said they were taking "seriously" the allegations that workers making the mascots were working for more than 11 hours a day for as little as 26 pence an hour. Locog are quoted: "We have asked our independent monitor to carry out a comprehensive investigation and review of these allegations. The outcome of this investigation will be made public as soon as it is concluded. We have contacted all of our licensees to reiterate to them the importance we place on the sustainable sourcing code they have each signed up to." Golden Bear said it was also conducting an immediate investigation, but confirmed that the factory in question had passed inspections by the International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI). Golden Bear are quoted: "Golden Bear is extremely concerned about recent reports that a factory involved in a small amount of the production of the company's Olympic product could be in breach of workers' rights. We are a family-run business that takes these issues very seriously indeed and has in place certificates of compliance at all factories used to produce our products. We are therefore in the process of conducting an immediate investigation and will be able to comment on these findings as soon as they are known to us." In <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2010/03/were-backing-china.html" target="_blank">March 2010</a> I wrote the following: "Olympic chiefs are keen to emphasise the legacy of the London Olympics 2012. What they haven't specified until now is exactly which country's legacy they mean. This question has now been answered, it is China's economic legacy that is being underpinned by the London Olympics. That at least is the conclusion to be drawn from the announcement that a Chinese company has been picked to make special lapel pins for the 2012 games, British companies claim that they were denied the chance to even bid." It is a pity that Locog did not heed this warning, had it done so it might have saved itself some embarrassment. <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-1339885924977228502?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5I7qh9qLLDBD8UEcu3T9Gl5Kn48/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5I7qh9qLLDBD8UEcu3T9Gl5Kn48/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a 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["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(4195) "Locog are investigating allegations that soft toy versions of the London 2012 mascots (<a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2010/05/drips-off-old-block.html" target="_blank">Wenlock and Mandeville</a>) are being made by poorly paid workers in a Chinese factory. 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Golden Bear said it was also conducting an immediate investigation, but confirmed that the factory in question had passed inspections by the International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI). Golden Bear are quoted: "Golden Bear is extremely concerned about recent reports that a factory involved in a small amount of the production of the company's Olympic product could be in breach of workers' rights. We are a family-run business that takes these issues very seriously indeed and has in place certificates of compliance at all factories used to produce our products. We are therefore in the process of conducting an immediate investigation and will be able to comment on these findings as soon as they are known to us." In <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2010/03/were-backing-china.html" target="_blank">March 2010</a> I wrote the following: "Olympic chiefs are keen to emphasise the legacy of the London Olympics 2012. What they haven't specified until now is exactly which country's legacy they mean. This question has now been answered, it is China's economic legacy that is being underpinned by the London Olympics. That at least is the conclusion to be drawn from the announcement that a Chinese company has been picked to make special lapel pins for the 2012 games, British companies claim that they were denied the chance to even bid." 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On Sunday, June 3, the Jubilee weekend will climax with a seven-mile flotilla of 1,000 boats making up the biggest gathering on the Thames in 350 years. People are far more supportive and enthusiastic about the Jubilee, than they are about the Olympics. This is hardly surprising given that the Jubilee will cost a lot less than the £12BN being wasted on the Olympics, and will cause far less disruption. <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-3012393562603450131?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cSF_dpu-nXL-3butMlz4FvgkvUU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cSF_dpu-nXL-3butMlz4FvgkvUU/0/di" 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On Sunday, June 3, the Jubilee weekend will climax with a seven-mile flotilla of 1,000 boats making up the biggest gathering on the Thames in 350 years. People are far more supportive and enthusiastic about the Jubilee, than they are about the Olympics. 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However, it will not work as a live ticket exchange. Locog have offered to pay for any unwanted Olympic tickets until 3 Feb, but will not offer them for immediate resale. Prospective purchasers will have to wait until April before they can attempt to secure the tickets. 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string(1661) "Locog have restrated the Olympics ticket site again, after is crashed last week. However, it will not work as a live ticket exchange. Locog have offered to pay for any unwanted Olympic tickets until 3 Feb, but will not offer them for immediate resale. Prospective purchasers will have to wait until April before they can attempt to secure the tickets. Not at all impressive! <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-4227383927657385991?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AROoNT4wVc0kL2vccOjaUHQCCo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AROoNT4wVc0kL2vccOjaUHQCCo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AROoNT4wVc0kL2vccOjaUHQCCo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AROoNT4wVc0kL2vccOjaUHQCCo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/n4Ac5zgFT-s" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(7) "tickets" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1326886920) } [12]=> array(87) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(69) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-140719890922644445" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-01-13T11:15:00.001Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-01-13T11:16:00.675Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-01-13T11:16:00.675Z" } ["category#"]=> int(4) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(7) "tickets" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(11) "jeremy hunt" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(37) "Olympics Ticketing Shambles Continues" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(2765) " Last Friday <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/01/olympics-ticket-site-crashes.html" target="_blank">I wrote the following</a> about the Olympics online ticket system crashing: "Locog has been forced to suspend part of the Olympics ticket resale process this morning, after the website crashed because of the high volumes of users seeking to sell or buy Games tickets. Sellers of tickets, that they do not want, have been unable to upload their tickets to the site. Locog do not know why this problem has arisen. The system is meant to be back on line, and working properly, this afternoon. Is it?" One week on, and in answer to my own question, the site is still not working! <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been forced to apologise for the shambles.</div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> </div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> He is <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16536027" target="_blank">quoted by the BBC</a>:</div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> </div> "We're working night and day to sort it out" and "apologise for the frustration that people feel. We're going to get it right and make sure we get as many people as possible to the Games." 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<noreply@blogger.com>" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(2765) " Last Friday <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/01/olympics-ticket-site-crashes.html" target="_blank">I wrote the following</a> about the Olympics online ticket system crashing: "Locog has been forced to suspend part of the Olympics ticket resale process this morning, after the website crashed because of the high volumes of users seeking to sell or buy Games tickets. Sellers of tickets, that they do not want, have been unable to upload their tickets to the site. Locog do not know why this problem has arisen. The system is meant to be back on line, and working properly, this afternoon. Is it?" One week on, and in answer to my own question, the site is still not working! <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been forced to apologise for the shambles.</div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> </div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> He is <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16536027" target="_blank">quoted by the BBC</a>:</div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> </div> "We're working night and day to sort it out" and "apologise for the frustration that people feel. We're going to get it right and make sure we get as many people as possible to the Games." Not very impressive! <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-140719890922644445?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DKS8X1QMxavdbueZILwwXNcedyA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DKS8X1QMxavdbueZILwwXNcedyA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DKS8X1QMxavdbueZILwwXNcedyA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DKS8X1QMxavdbueZILwwXNcedyA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/q3x_rUInF-w" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(7) "tickets" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(11) "jeremy hunt" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1326453300) } [13]=> array(87) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-1997457074319110752" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-01-10T10:20:00.000Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-01-10T10:20:47.885Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-01-10T10:20:47.885Z" } ["category#"]=> int(4) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(7) "tickets" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(5) "touts" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(23) "Beware The Ticket Touts" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(4405) "Selling tickets on the open market without permission from the Olympic authorities is a criminal offence in the UK under the London Olympic and Paralympic Games Act 2006. However, the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16468846" target="_blank">BBC reports</a> that unofficial (and therefore illegal) ticket sellers have been appearing in Google sponsored adverts: "Liz, who declined to give her full name, contacted the 5 live Investigates team. "Me and my sisters decided to club together to buy our mum and dad some Olympic tickets," said Liz, who is from Solihull. "So we typed into Google 'Olympic tickets' and at the very, very top of the page was a link to a company called LiveOlympicTickets. "It was a sponsored ad at the top of the page, so we presumed it was a trusted official site, and we spent £750 on two tickets for my mum and dad to see the 1500m, which is what my dad really wanted." The advert Liz clicked on was one placed by Google's own AdWords advertising service - one of the company's main sources of income.  However, after placing her order, Liz received an email from the company informing her that they could not complete the sale until she faxed over a copy of her signature. "That's when alarm bells began ringing," said Liz. LiveOlympicTickets is not an <a href="http://www.tickets.london2012.com/npcatr.html#africa">officially recognised 2012 Olympic ticket reseller.</a> A family member of Liz's wrote to Google, and received this reply: "While Google AdWords provides a platform for companies to advertise their services, we are not responsible for, nor are we able to monitor the actions of each company." Promoting ticket touts The Metropolitan Police, which is dedicated to stopping crime associated with the 2012 games through <a href="http://content.met.police.uk/Article/Operation-Podium/1400005479316/1400005438475">Operation Podium</a>, said it is aware of LiveOlympicTickets and that the company is breaking the law. However, as the company is registered overseas, it may be difficult to prosecute as it is outside the UK's jurisdiction. The <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12700903" title="Olympics touts face £20,000 fine">maximum penalty fine</a> for reselling Olympic tickets without authorisation from the Olympic authorities was raised last year from £5,000 to £20,000.  Despite this, Google has placed adverts for unofficial ticket resellers which are breaking the law by selling London 2012 tickets to customers in the UK.  In this case, LiveOlympicTickets was Google's top sponsored link for 2012 tickets - and remained so for more than a week even after the Metropolitan Police had asked the search engine to remove the advertisement.  The company link was finally removed after 5 live Investigates contacted Google." <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-1997457074319110752?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEFrPQKqG_4RxU2t-ZYWAqf9vc8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEFrPQKqG_4RxU2t-ZYWAqf9vc8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEFrPQKqG_4RxU2t-ZYWAqf9vc8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEFrPQKqG_4RxU2t-ZYWAqf9vc8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/1Vt7Byl2PRI" height="1" width="1"/>" ["link_replies#"]=> int(2) ["link_replies"]=> string(78) 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However, the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16468846" target="_blank">BBC reports</a> that unofficial (and therefore illegal) ticket sellers have been appearing in Google sponsored adverts: "Liz, who declined to give her full name, contacted the 5 live Investigates team. "Me and my sisters decided to club together to buy our mum and dad some Olympic tickets," said Liz, who is from Solihull. "So we typed into Google 'Olympic tickets' and at the very, very top of the page was a link to a company called LiveOlympicTickets. "It was a sponsored ad at the top of the page, so we presumed it was a trusted official site, and we spent £750 on two tickets for my mum and dad to see the 1500m, which is what my dad really wanted." The advert Liz clicked on was one placed by Google's own AdWords advertising service - one of the company's main sources of income.  However, after placing her order, Liz received an email from the company informing her that they could not complete the sale until she faxed over a copy of her signature. "That's when alarm bells began ringing," said Liz. LiveOlympicTickets is not an <a href="http://www.tickets.london2012.com/npcatr.html#africa">officially recognised 2012 Olympic ticket reseller.</a> A family member of Liz's wrote to Google, and received this reply: "While Google AdWords provides a platform for companies to advertise their services, we are not responsible for, nor are we able to monitor the actions of each company." Promoting ticket touts The Metropolitan Police, which is dedicated to stopping crime associated with the 2012 games through <a href="http://content.met.police.uk/Article/Operation-Podium/1400005479316/1400005438475">Operation Podium</a>, said it is aware of LiveOlympicTickets and that the company is breaking the law. However, as the company is registered overseas, it may be difficult to prosecute as it is outside the UK's jurisdiction. The <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12700903" title="Olympics touts face £20,000 fine">maximum penalty fine</a> for reselling Olympic tickets without authorisation from the Olympic authorities was raised last year from £5,000 to £20,000.  Despite this, Google has placed adverts for unofficial ticket resellers which are breaking the law by selling London 2012 tickets to customers in the UK.  In this case, LiveOlympicTickets was Google's top sponsored link for 2012 tickets - and remained so for more than a week even after the Metropolitan Police had asked the search engine to remove the advertisement.  The company link was finally removed after 5 live Investigates contacted Google." <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-1997457074319110752?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEFrPQKqG_4RxU2t-ZYWAqf9vc8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEFrPQKqG_4RxU2t-ZYWAqf9vc8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEFrPQKqG_4RxU2t-ZYWAqf9vc8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEFrPQKqG_4RxU2t-ZYWAqf9vc8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/1Vt7Byl2PRI" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(7) "tickets" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(5) "touts" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1326190800) } [14]=> array(87) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-7273716878766738479" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-01-09T14:56:00.000Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-01-09T14:56:11.934Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-01-09T14:56:11.934Z" } ["category#"]=> int(4) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(10) "censorship" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(8) "internet" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(19) "Olympics Censorship" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(1441) " Locog have banned the 70,000 volunteers for the London Olympics from getting into detailed discussions online about the Games. 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Sellers of tickets, that they do not want, have been unable to upload their tickets to the site. Locog do not know why this problem has arisen. The system is meant to be back on line, and working properly, this afternoon. Is it? <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-5173591659683047222?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gUrlnMMkHZ2zQ42rxYNbEkIcXZE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gUrlnMMkHZ2zQ42rxYNbEkIcXZE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gUrlnMMkHZ2zQ42rxYNbEkIcXZE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gUrlnMMkHZ2zQ42rxYNbEkIcXZE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/M-w7j1OL75A" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(7) "tickets" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1325863740) } [16]=> array(82) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(69) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-749578332995426823" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-01-04T11:25:00.001Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-01-04T11:25:57.583Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-01-04T11:25:57.583Z" } ["category#"]=> int(3) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(6) "legacy" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(13) "Boris Johnson" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(28) "Boris Fails To Walk on Water" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(2018) "<div class="standfirst"> The Olympics has been used as an excuse and target for many politicians and organisations to push for their pet projects to be funded, completed and be publicised. Sadly for Boris Johnson his plan for a £60M floating "River Park" (which should have been opened in time for the Olympics)  has been blocked by the Port of London Authority (PLA). </div> The public park would have included eight linked pavilions on pontoons, running along the north bank for more than half a mile from the Millennium Bridge to the Tower of London, along with a lido and a new jetty for Thames ferry services. The PLA believes that this would have created a navigation hazard, and as such the City of London Corporation are now reviewing the scheme. <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-749578332995426823?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2etCMz47CUJrQM9jJ79VupSsRGI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2etCMz47CUJrQM9jJ79VupSsRGI/0/di" border="0" 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Sadly for Boris Johnson his plan for a £60M floating "River Park" (which should have been opened in time for the Olympics)  has been blocked by the Port of London Authority (PLA). </div> The public park would have included eight linked pavilions on pontoons, running along the north bank for more than half a mile from the Millennium Bridge to the Tower of London, along with a lido and a new jetty for Thames ferry services. The PLA believes that this would have created a navigation hazard, and as such the City of London Corporation are now reviewing the scheme. <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-749578332995426823?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2etCMz47CUJrQM9jJ79VupSsRGI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2etCMz47CUJrQM9jJ79VupSsRGI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2etCMz47CUJrQM9jJ79VupSsRGI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2etCMz47CUJrQM9jJ79VupSsRGI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/MgesXK3OirY" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(6) "legacy" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(13) "Boris Johnson" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1325676300) } [17]=> array(82) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-1333749772118127544" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-01-03T11:33:00.001Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-01-03T11:33:24.243Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-01-03T11:33:24.243Z" } ["category#"]=> int(3) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(11) "jeremy hunt" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(6) "budget" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(24) "Not The Austerity Games!" 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So there you are then! <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-1333749772118127544?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R1VkJfPXxiI9i4EhPFw_xOL8L-Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R1VkJfPXxiI9i4EhPFw_xOL8L-Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R1VkJfPXxiI9i4EhPFw_xOL8L-Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R1VkJfPXxiI9i4EhPFw_xOL8L-Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/Fyx6Pu5kPd4" height="1" width="1"/>" ["link_replies#"]=> int(2) ["link_replies"]=> string(78) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/1333749772118127544/comments/default" ["link_replies@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link_replies@rel"]=> string(7) "replies" ["link_replies@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_replies@href"]=> string(78) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/1333749772118127544/comments/default" ["link_replies@title"]=> string(13) "Post Comments" ["link_replies#2"]=> string(81) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/01/not-austerity-games.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link_replies#2@rel"]=> string(7) "replies" ["link_replies#2@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link_replies#2@href"]=> string(81) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/01/not-austerity-games.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@title"]=> string(10) "0 Comments" ["link_edit#"]=> int(1) ["link_edit"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/1333749772118127544?v=2" ["link_edit@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" ["link_edit@rel"]=> string(4) "edit" ["link_edit@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_edit@href"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/1333749772118127544?v=2" ["link_self#"]=> int(1) ["link_self"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/1333749772118127544?v=2" ["link_self@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" ["link_self@rel"]=> string(4) "self" ["link_self@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_self@href"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/1333749772118127544?v=2" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(85) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/Fyx6Pu5kPd4/not-austerity-games.html" ["link@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link@href"]=> string(85) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/Fyx6Pu5kPd4/not-austerity-games.html" ["link@title"]=> string(24) "Not The Austerity Games!" 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What better way to do so, than to spend £12BN of our money on the 2012 Olympics? Hunt has emphasised that the 2012 London Olympics will not be the "austerity games", and that the economic downturn meant the event's opportunities must be "harnessed". Hunt is of the view that the voters would not forgive the government if it failed to make the most of the Games. So there you are then! <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-1333749772118127544?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R1VkJfPXxiI9i4EhPFw_xOL8L-Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R1VkJfPXxiI9i4EhPFw_xOL8L-Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R1VkJfPXxiI9i4EhPFw_xOL8L-Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R1VkJfPXxiI9i4EhPFw_xOL8L-Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/Fyx6Pu5kPd4" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(11) "jeremy hunt" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(6) "budget" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1325590380) } [18]=> array(92) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-2360725604283572603" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2011-12-15T12:43:00.002Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2011-12-15T12:43:49.746Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2011-12-15T12:43:49.746Z" } ["category#"]=> int(5) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(11) "sponsorship" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(7) "stadium" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(5) "india" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#5@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#5@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#5@term"]=> string(3) "dow" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(26) "Dow Sponsorship Criticised" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(2760) "The row over the sponsorship of the London Olympics <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-not-wrap.html" target="_blank">by Dow Chemicals rumbles on</a>. 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India's Olympic body is to demand that the sponsorship deal is axed, because of its ties to the Bhopal disaster in 1984 (Dow purchased Union Carbide 16 years after the disaster). <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/15/olympics-london-india-idUSL3E7NF17P20111215" target="_blank">Reuters</a> quotes the Indian Olympic Association's acting president, Vijay Malhotra, who said:   "We are proposing to write to the IOC London Olympics that this sponsor should be out of it. Since these games are for friendship it should not be one of the sponsors." It is not clear what action the body would take if its request was rejected, as India has already ruled out a boycott. Barry Gardiner MP has backed India's campaign to have Dow dropped as a sponsor. He has called for an inquiry into the tender process, that led to the company being granted the deal to sponsor a temporary wrap to decorate the Olympic stadium. <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-2360725604283572603?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6-bzd4RVFLKW6FNNujyJZuReV6A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6-bzd4RVFLKW6FNNujyJZuReV6A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6-bzd4RVFLKW6FNNujyJZuReV6A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6-bzd4RVFLKW6FNNujyJZuReV6A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/1SSGThsCFZM" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(11) "sponsorship" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(7) "stadium" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(5) "india" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#5"]=> string(3) "dow" ["category#5@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1323952980) } [19]=> array(87) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-8890086565452286620" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2011-12-13T11:21:00.004Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2011-12-13T11:23:16.925Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2011-12-13T11:23:16.925Z" } ["category#"]=> int(4) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(14) "Olympics torch" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(5) "crime" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(26) "CRB Checks on Torchbearers" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(1621) "The Home Office will be carrying out a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks on all Olympic torchbearers for next year's 2012 London Olympics. However, according to Locog, previous convictions may not stop them from carrying the torch; Locog will make a "judgement call". I assume those previously convicted of arson will be disqualified from carrying the torch? <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-8890086565452286620?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9A682-gfOPvZtFHbWniEX0RKtAI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9A682-gfOPvZtFHbWniEX0RKtAI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a 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["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(1621) "The Home Office will be carrying out a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks on all Olympic torchbearers for next year's 2012 London Olympics. However, according to Locog, previous convictions may not stop them from carrying the torch; Locog will make a "judgement call". I assume those previously convicted of arson will be disqualified from carrying the torch? <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-8890086565452286620?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9A682-gfOPvZtFHbWniEX0RKtAI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9A682-gfOPvZtFHbWniEX0RKtAI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9A682-gfOPvZtFHbWniEX0RKtAI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9A682-gfOPvZtFHbWniEX0RKtAI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/z9_lQ6yMlwU" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(14) "Olympics torch" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(5) "crime" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1323775260) } [20]=> array(77) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-5455621345339950792" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2011-12-06T12:00:00.001Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2011-12-06T12:11:22.897Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2011-12-06T12:11:22.897Z" } ["category#"]=> int(2) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(6) "budget" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(23) "Olympics Budget Warning" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(3092) "I have warned on numerous occasions on this site about the dangers of an overrun of the Olympics "budget", eg <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2008/04/ostrich-budget.html" target="_blank">in April 2008 I wrote the following</a>: "The government received a damning blow to its reputation for "financial competence" (I use that phrase with heavy irony) yesterday, when the Public Accounts Committee accused it of "wishful thinking" over the "budget" (an exaggerated term for the back of an envelope calculations) prepared by those "in charge" of the London 2012 Olympics. The Committee warned that taxpayers may well have to pay more than the current £12BN (including £2BN running costs) estimated for the games." It seems that others are finally waking up to the dangers of an overspend on the "movable feast" of the Olympics budget. A report criticising a number of key aspects of the organisation of Olympics (including its budget), compiled by the National Audit Office over the last year, has been published today. The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/uk-auditors-warn-that-olympic-budget-right-on-the-edge-as-2012-london-games-draw-near/2011/12/06/gIQAyetnYO_story.html" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> quotes Amyas Morse, the head of the National Audit Office: "The government is confident that there is money available to meet known risks, but, in my view, the likelihood that the games can still be funded within the existing 9.3 billion-pound public sector funding package is so finely balanced that there is a real risk more money will be needed.” Unfortunately, the NAO has its figures wrong. It has ignored the £2BN running costs, which put the current "budget" at £12BN. Not a great start! <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-5455621345339950792?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jfw3bcOiJs8jzyG6-XXJ8DLHdiY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jfw3bcOiJs8jzyG6-XXJ8DLHdiY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jfw3bcOiJs8jzyG6-XXJ8DLHdiY/1/da"><img 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about the dangers of an overrun of the Olympics "budget", eg <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2008/04/ostrich-budget.html" target="_blank">in April 2008 I wrote the following</a>: "The government received a damning blow to its reputation for "financial competence" (I use that phrase with heavy irony) yesterday, when the Public Accounts Committee accused it of "wishful thinking" over the "budget" (an exaggerated term for the back of an envelope calculations) prepared by those "in charge" of the London 2012 Olympics. The Committee warned that taxpayers may well have to pay more than the current £12BN (including £2BN running costs) estimated for the games." It seems that others are finally waking up to the dangers of an overspend on the "movable feast" of the Olympics budget. A report criticising a number of key aspects of the organisation of Olympics (including its budget), compiled by the National Audit Office over the last year, has been published today. The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/uk-auditors-warn-that-olympic-budget-right-on-the-edge-as-2012-london-games-draw-near/2011/12/06/gIQAyetnYO_story.html" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> quotes Amyas Morse, the head of the National Audit Office: "The government is confident that there is money available to meet known risks, but, in my view, the likelihood that the games can still be funded within the existing 9.3 billion-pound public sector funding package is so finely balanced that there is a real risk more money will be needed.” Unfortunately, the NAO has its figures wrong. It has ignored the £2BN running costs, which put the current "budget" at £12BN. Not a great start! <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-5455621345339950792?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jfw3bcOiJs8jzyG6-XXJ8DLHdiY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jfw3bcOiJs8jzyG6-XXJ8DLHdiY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jfw3bcOiJs8jzyG6-XXJ8DLHdiY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jfw3bcOiJs8jzyG6-XXJ8DLHdiY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/fKRJm4OeL2k" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(6) "budget" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1323172800) } [21]=> array(97) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-4541207885512350833" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2011-12-05T14:44:00.001Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2011-12-05T14:56:46.760Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2011-12-05T14:56:46.760Z" } ["category#"]=> int(6) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(8) "security" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(6) "budget" ["category#5@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#5@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#5@term"]=> string(16) "closing ceremony" ["category#6@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#6@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#6@term"]=> string(16) "opening ceremony" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(28) "Olympics Budget Broken Again" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(2421) "Unsurprisingly the "budget" for the London 2012 Olympics has yet again proven to be unreliable. <div class="firstPar"> Taxpayers are having to <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/8935767/London-2012-Olympics-budget-for-ceremonies-doubled-to-over-80m.html" target="_blank">contribute a further £41M</a> to the £40M "budget" allocated to opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. The Olympics Minister, Hugh Robertson, unconvincingly tried to use a Gordon Brown trick of describing it as an "investment". </div> Why do we have to pay more? It seems that Locog (which was meant to pay for the ceremonies) can't run its operations within budget, and that "tedious" things such as security expenditure for the games have pushed it into the red. For reasons best known to those who are regulating and "controlling" the forthcoming games, Locog is not subject to public scrutiny because it is a private company. Surely someone should have ensured that the company that "organises" the games (whether it was private or public) was subject to public scrutiny, given that it is spending our money? <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-4541207885512350833?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CUlyrcjrgJHWAcHOF3m9-tLurUI/0/da"><img 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["author_image@rel"]=> string(42) "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" ["author_image@width"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@height"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@src"]=> string(93) "//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_CxKQwnD7tg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFR4/xjjWlkKazic/s512-c/photo.jpg" } ["http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["total#"]=> int(1) ["total"]=> string(1) "0" } ["http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["origlink#"]=> int(1) ["origlink"]=> string(77) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2011/12/olympics-budget-broken-again.html" } ["modified#"]=> int(1) ["modified"]=> string(24) "2011-12-05T14:56:46.760Z" ["issued#"]=> int(1) ["issued"]=> string(24) "2011-12-05T14:44:00.001Z" ["dc"]=> array(10) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator_url"]=> string(49) "https://profiles.google.com/105607651608212088898" ["creator"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["subject#"]=> int(6) ["subject"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["subject#2"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["subject#3"]=> string(8) "security" ["subject#4"]=> string(6) "budget" ["subject#5"]=> string(16) "closing ceremony" ["subject#6"]=> string(16) "opening ceremony" } ["author"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(2421) "Unsurprisingly the "budget" for the London 2012 Olympics has yet again proven to be unreliable. <div class="firstPar"> Taxpayers are having to <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/8935767/London-2012-Olympics-budget-for-ceremonies-doubled-to-over-80m.html" target="_blank">contribute a further £41M</a> to the £40M "budget" allocated to opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. The Olympics Minister, Hugh Robertson, unconvincingly tried to use a Gordon Brown trick of describing it as an "investment". </div> Why do we have to pay more? It seems that Locog (which was meant to pay for the ceremonies) can't run its operations within budget, and that "tedious" things such as security expenditure for the games have pushed it into the red. For reasons best known to those who are regulating and "controlling" the forthcoming games, Locog is not subject to public scrutiny because it is a private company. Surely someone should have ensured that the company that "organises" the games (whether it was private or public) was subject to public scrutiny, given that it is spending our money? <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-4541207885512350833?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CUlyrcjrgJHWAcHOF3m9-tLurUI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CUlyrcjrgJHWAcHOF3m9-tLurUI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CUlyrcjrgJHWAcHOF3m9-tLurUI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CUlyrcjrgJHWAcHOF3m9-tLurUI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/ZM6vs8KHCkQ" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(8) "security" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(6) "budget" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#5"]=> string(16) "closing ceremony" ["category#5@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#6"]=> string(16) "opening ceremony" ["category#6@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1323096240) } [22]=> array(87) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(69) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-280413229348541787" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2011-11-30T12:25:00.001Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2011-11-30T12:25:25.577Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2011-11-30T12:25:25.577Z" } ["category#"]=> int(4) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(7) "boycott" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(4) "iran" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(4) "logo" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(22) "Iran Olympics Boycott?" 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Apparently, the logo says "Zion"???!!" In other words, the threat of an Iranian boycott is nothing more than "business as usual". <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-280413229348541787?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uz9xc3TRC8kHPnyHCc-RIiNEZho/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uz9xc3TRC8kHPnyHCc-RIiNEZho/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uz9xc3TRC8kHPnyHCc-RIiNEZho/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uz9xc3TRC8kHPnyHCc-RIiNEZho/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/pXAKUTleMhQ" height="1" width="1"/>" ["link_replies#"]=> int(2) ["link_replies"]=> string(77) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/280413229348541787/comments/default" ["link_replies@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link_replies@rel"]=> string(7) "replies" ["link_replies@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_replies@href"]=> string(77) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/280413229348541787/comments/default" ["link_replies@title"]=> string(13) "Post Comments" ["link_replies#2"]=> string(83) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2011/11/iran-olympics-boycott.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link_replies#2@rel"]=> string(7) "replies" ["link_replies#2@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link_replies#2@href"]=> string(83) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2011/11/iran-olympics-boycott.html#comment-form" ["link_replies#2@title"]=> string(10) "0 Comments" ["link_edit#"]=> int(1) ["link_edit"]=> string(85) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/280413229348541787?v=2" ["link_edit@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" ["link_edit@rel"]=> string(4) "edit" ["link_edit@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_edit@href"]=> string(85) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/280413229348541787?v=2" ["link_self#"]=> int(1) ["link_self"]=> string(85) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/280413229348541787?v=2" ["link_self@"]=> string(13) "rel,type,href" ["link_self@rel"]=> string(4) "self" ["link_self@type"]=> string(20) "application/atom+xml" ["link_self@href"]=> string(85) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/280413229348541787?v=2" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(87) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/pXAKUTleMhQ/iran-olympics-boycott.html" ["link@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link@href"]=> string(87) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/pXAKUTleMhQ/iran-olympics-boycott.html" ["link@title"]=> string(22) "Iran Olympics Boycott?" ["author#"]=> int(1) ["author_name#"]=> int(1) ["author_name"]=> string(9) "Ken Frost" ["author_uri#"]=> int(1) ["author_uri"]=> string(49) "https://profiles.google.com/105607651608212088898" ["author_email#"]=> int(1) ["author_email"]=> string(19) "noreply@blogger.com" ["http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"]=> array(6) { ["author_image#"]=> int(1) ["author_image@"]=> string(20) "rel,width,height,src" ["author_image@rel"]=> string(42) "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" ["author_image@width"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@height"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@src"]=> string(93) "//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_CxKQwnD7tg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFR4/xjjWlkKazic/s512-c/photo.jpg" } ["http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["total#"]=> int(1) ["total"]=> string(1) "0" } ["http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["origlink#"]=> int(1) ["origlink"]=> string(70) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2011/11/iran-olympics-boycott.html" } ["modified#"]=> int(1) ["modified"]=> string(24) "2011-11-30T12:25:25.577Z" ["issued#"]=> int(1) ["issued"]=> string(24) "2011-11-30T12:25:00.001Z" ["dc"]=> array(8) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator_url"]=> string(49) "https://profiles.google.com/105607651608212088898" ["creator"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["subject#"]=> int(4) ["subject"]=> string(7) "boycott" ["subject#2"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["subject#3"]=> string(4) "iran" ["subject#4"]=> string(4) "logo" } ["author"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(2177) "There are some rumours floating around Twitter that Iran is considering boycotting the London 2012 Olympics, as retribution for the recently announced sanctions and worsening relations. It is not clear as to whether this particular rumour is true or not. However, the talk about Iran possibly boycotting the games is not new. In <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2011/02/london-logo-farce-farce-contiues-vi.html" target="_blank">February this year the Iranians</a> were making nosies about boycotting the games because of their dislike of the Olympics logo: "The National Olympic Committee of Iran has sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) complaining about the logo of 2012 London Olympic Games. For why? Apparently, the logo says "Zion"???!!" In other words, the threat of an Iranian boycott is nothing more than "business as usual". <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-280413229348541787?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uz9xc3TRC8kHPnyHCc-RIiNEZho/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uz9xc3TRC8kHPnyHCc-RIiNEZho/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uz9xc3TRC8kHPnyHCc-RIiNEZho/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uz9xc3TRC8kHPnyHCc-RIiNEZho/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/pXAKUTleMhQ" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(7) "boycott" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(4) "iran" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(4) "logo" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1322655900) } [23]=> array(97) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-1100717268620741357" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2011-11-25T11:39:00.001Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2011-12-15T12:45:10.450Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2011-12-15T12:45:10.450Z" } ["category#"]=> int(6) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(7) "stadium" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(5) "india" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#5@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#5@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#5@term"]=> string(6) "legacy" ["category#6@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#6@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#6@term"]=> string(3) "dow" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(16) "It's Not a Wrap!" 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"Dow, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Chemical_Company" target="_blank">chemical company with an "interesting" history</a>, will be allowed to promote and display its logo on certain sections of the Olympic Stadium after winning the right to produce the £6M "wrap" that will cover the exterior of the stadium." People have finally woken up to Dow's controversial past. <div class="v5-txt-strong"> The Indian Olympic Association has announced that it will be holding a vote next month on whether or not to boycott the London Olympic Games. </div> The Indian government is still pursuing Dow for £1.1BN of compensation for the victims of the Bhopal disaster (Dow purchased Union Carbide 16 years after the disaster). Pressure is mounting on Locog to abandon its deal with Dow. <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-1100717268620741357?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D3Tdr4gUuxl6uZfMn5Q_fFTvRCg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D3Tdr4gUuxl6uZfMn5Q_fFTvRCg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a 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In theory Deighton could earn a £1M bonus, which he has already stated will go to charity. The remuneration committee will also review the bonus of the previous chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, now Network Rail chief Sir David Higgins. <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-4934522556833729590?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-VBE49IQFGuDDMsrmQuQHcDXrTU/0/da"><img 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["link_self@href"]=> string(86) "http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/4934522556833729590?v=2" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(90) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/dAOS2rd1PKo/deightons-bonus-reviewed.html" ["link@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link@href"]=> string(90) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/dAOS2rd1PKo/deightons-bonus-reviewed.html" ["link@title"]=> string(25) "Deighton's Bonus Reviewed" ["author#"]=> int(1) ["author_name#"]=> int(1) ["author_name"]=> string(9) "Ken Frost" ["author_uri#"]=> int(1) ["author_uri"]=> string(49) "https://profiles.google.com/105607651608212088898" ["author_email#"]=> int(1) ["author_email"]=> string(19) "noreply@blogger.com" ["http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"]=> array(6) { ["author_image#"]=> int(1) ["author_image@"]=> string(20) "rel,width,height,src" ["author_image@rel"]=> string(42) "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" ["author_image@width"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@height"]=> string(2) "32" ["author_image@src"]=> string(93) "//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_CxKQwnD7tg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAFR4/xjjWlkKazic/s512-c/photo.jpg" } ["http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["total#"]=> int(1) ["total"]=> string(1) "0" } ["http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"]=> array(2) { ["origlink#"]=> int(1) ["origlink"]=> string(73) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2012/02/deightons-bonus-reviewed.html" } ["modified#"]=> int(1) ["modified"]=> string(24) "2012-02-07T11:29:08.178Z" ["issued#"]=> int(1) ["issued"]=> string(24) "2012-02-07T11:29:00.000Z" ["dc"]=> array(8) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator_url"]=> string(49) "https://profiles.google.com/105607651608212088898" ["creator"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["subject#"]=> int(4) ["subject"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["subject#2"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["subject#3"]=> string(5) "bonus" ["subject#4"]=> string(3) "ODA" } ["author"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(1982) "The <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9065745/London-2012-Olympics-Locog-chief-executive-Paul-Deighton-to-have-bonus-reviewed-next-month.html" target="_blank">Telegraph</a> reports that, as a result of the ongoing uproar over bonuses to directors of failing organisations, that the remuneration commission will determine if the complicated series of bonuses due to London organising committee (Locog) chief executive Paul Deighton will be maintained. In theory Deighton could earn a £1M bonus, which he has already stated will go to charity. The remuneration committee will also review the bonus of the previous chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, now Network Rail chief Sir David Higgins. <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-4934522556833729590?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-VBE49IQFGuDDMsrmQuQHcDXrTU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-VBE49IQFGuDDMsrmQuQHcDXrTU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-VBE49IQFGuDDMsrmQuQHcDXrTU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-VBE49IQFGuDDMsrmQuQHcDXrTU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/dAOS2rd1PKo" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(5) "bonus" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(3) "ODA" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1328614140) } [2]=> array(87) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(69) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-413863700161340154" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-02-06T11:58:00.000Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-02-06T11:58:19.596Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-02-06T11:58:19.596Z" } ["category#"]=> int(4) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(14) "infrastructure" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(8) "internet" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(8) "security" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(30) "Olympics To Crash The Interent" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(2285) "<div id="article-body-blocks"> In one of the more bizarre threats arising from the Olympics to life on this planet as we know it, the Cabinet is warning that the London 2012 Olympics may well crash the internet. The Cabinet Office's official advice, Preparing your Business for the Games, claims that the UK's telecoms system may be unable to cope with demand to access the internet in certain areas. </div> <div id="article-body-blocks"> Quote: "It is possible that internet services may be slower during the Games or, in very severe cases, there may be dropouts due to an increased number of people accessing the internet." It goes on to warn that there may be data caps to try to spread the load. To my humble view this scaremongering is reminiscent of the overblown hype of the Y2K "problem" (that turned out to be a damp squib). My gut feeling is that this alleged "capacity shortage" will be used as an excuse to turn off certain social media networks at critical moments.</div> <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-413863700161340154?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/0/di" 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"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7217003074185861793/posts/default/413863700161340154?v=2" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(92) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/ZF7m89-4P0k/olympics-to-crash-interent.html" ["link@"]=> string(19) "rel,type,href,title" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["link@href"]=> string(92) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~3/ZF7m89-4P0k/olympics-to-crash-interent.html" ["link@title"]=> string(30) "Olympics To Crash The Interent" ["author#"]=> int(1) ["author_name#"]=> int(1) ["author_name"]=> string(9) "Ken Frost" ["author_uri#"]=> int(1) ["author_uri"]=> string(49) "https://profiles.google.com/105607651608212088898" ["author_email#"]=> int(1) ["author_email"]=> string(19) "noreply@blogger.com" ["http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"]=> array(6) { ["author_image#"]=> int(1) ["author_image@"]=> string(20) "rel,width,height,src" ["author_image@rel"]=> string(42) 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["subject#3"]=> string(8) "internet" ["subject#4"]=> string(8) "security" } ["author"]=> string(31) "Ken Frost <noreply@blogger.com>" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(2285) "<div id="article-body-blocks"> In one of the more bizarre threats arising from the Olympics to life on this planet as we know it, the Cabinet is warning that the London 2012 Olympics may well crash the internet. The Cabinet Office's official advice, Preparing your Business for the Games, claims that the UK's telecoms system may be unable to cope with demand to access the internet in certain areas. </div> <div id="article-body-blocks"> Quote: "It is possible that internet services may be slower during the Games or, in very severe cases, there may be dropouts due to an increased number of people accessing the internet." It goes on to warn that there may be data caps to try to spread the load. To my humble view this scaremongering is reminiscent of the overblown hype of the Y2K "problem" (that turned out to be a damp squib). My gut feeling is that this alleged "capacity shortage" will be used as an excuse to turn off certain social media networks at critical moments.</div> <a href="http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml" target="_blank">Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics</a> Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.olympicswarehouse.com/" target="_blank">www.olympicswarehouse.com</a> <a href="http://www.olympicsdiary.com/">www.olympicsdiary.com</a> brought to you by <a href="http://kenfrost.com/" target="_blank">www.kenfrost.com</a> "<a href="http://www.thelivingbrand.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Living Brand</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7217003074185861793-413863700161340154?l=the2008olympics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nH58f2nGu-RnsTEN3tpLwGseOTk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/dVqbY/~4/ZF7m89-4P0k" height="1" width="1"/>" } ["category"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2"]=> string(14) "infrastructure" ["category#2@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3"]=> string(8) "internet" ["category#3@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4"]=> string(8) "security" ["category#4@domain"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1328529480) } [3]=> array(97) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> string(70) "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217003074185861793.post-4407869526531353423" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(24) "2012-02-01T12:24:00.001Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(24) "2012-02-01T12:24:53.801Z" ["http://www.w3.org/2007/app"]=> array(4) { ["edited#"]=> int(1) ["edited@"]=> string(9) "xmlns:app" ["edited@xmlns:app"]=> string(26) "http://www.w3.org/2007/app" ["edited"]=> string(24) "2012-02-01T12:24:53.801Z" } ["category#"]=> int(6) ["category@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category@term"]=> string(15) "London Olympics" ["category#2@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#2@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#2@term"]=> string(7) "tourism" ["category#3@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#3@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#3@term"]=> string(13) "accommodation" ["category#4@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#4@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#4@term"]=> string(5) "greed" ["category#5@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#5@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#5@term"]=> string(11) "London 2012" ["category#6@"]=> string(11) "scheme,term" ["category#6@scheme"]=> string(31) "http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" ["category#6@term"]=> string(5) "LOCOG" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(8) "xml:base" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["title"]=> string(58) "Olympics Greed - Greedy Hoteliers Get Their Fingers Burned" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(55) "http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" ["atom_content"]=> string(4398) " In <a href="http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/2011/08/olympic-greed.html" target="_blank">August last year I wrote the following</a>: "How "refreshing" to read that, despite the ever worsening global financial situation, the hoteliers of London intend to screw every last penny from visitors to London next year during the Olympics. The <a href="http://travel.aol.co.uk/2011/08/05/london-hotel-prices-to-increase-ten-fold-for-olympics-2012/" target="_blank">Telegraph</a> reports that London hotels intend to treat tourist as prostrate milch cows eg: - A double room at the Sheraton Park Tower, in Knightsbridge, this month costs £209 a night. The price quoted for a stay in August next year is £605. - A night at the West London, in Leicester Square, costs around £290 this August. The same room during the Games will cost just under £540. - The Berjaya Hotel in Kensington, goes for broke and intends to increase some of its room rates by a factor of 10.

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