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Predicting runoff

Here's an analysis of runoff predictions, from The Gunnison Times. From the article: The melting of last winter's huge snowpack has delivered a runoff in the Gunnison Basin of around 1 million acre-feet, which is about 35 percent above the long-time average. But that was about 10 percent less than expected by the forecasters at the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center (CBRFC) in Salt Lake City and by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), managers of the Taylor and Aspinall Unit Reservoirs (largest read

2008 Beijing Olympics flag bearers and country order

Here is a list of who will carry the flag and lead their country into the Birds Nest at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The list of countries entering the stadium is in Chinese alphabetical order. It’s an IOC rule for countries to enter the stadium in alphabetical order of the local language. Australia for example, is usually one of the first countries, but will be the 203rd country. Greece always leads the procession with the host country entering last. The United States wi read

Le Olimpiadi su Google

Google permette di visualizzare nello spazio Onebox informazioni in merito alla programmazione delle varie gare che si terranno a Pechino in occasione delle Olimpiadi. E’ sufficiente inserire la denominazione della disciplina sportiva seguita dalla parola olympics per ottenere il risultato: Purtroppo tale funzione è attiva solo per la versione in lingua inglese di Google. Potete sperimentarla usando la denominazione inglese delle principali discipline sportive: Archery, Athletics, Badmint read

Google enables one box search results for Beijing Olympics 2008

Google has enabled one box searching for all Olympics related queries. So all you need to do to get every bit of information available online regarding the Olympics is to hit the search button of Google with the name of that Olympic Games category. Google Blogoscoped is reporting that the feature doesn’t seem to work in Germany and is some sort of an exclusive for China and the U.S. This however is not the case with me, as I could see the Olympics one box results right from where Philip is read

2008 Beijing Olympics Official Games / Sports

Hymns of joys and unity are expected to be heard starting on August 8, 2008 as the 2008 Beijing Olympics Ceremony kicks off at Beijing, China. Around 10,500 athletes are expected to participate in different sporting events. Below are the complete list of sports to be played as per source: Olympic Sports. Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Flatwater Canoe/Kayak Slalom Cycling BMX Cycling Mountain Bike Cycling Road Cycling Track Diving Equestrian read