Nations in 2008 Summer Olympics

1) Medal countries (no. of medals per million citizens):

2) Three biggest countries without any medal:

3) The most efficient countries (total medals per number of participants, min. number of medals=3):

4) The least efficient countries (total medals per number of participants):

5) The Gold countries (gold medals per total medals, min. number of medals=2):

6) The most sporting countries (number of participants per million citizens, min. number of participants=4):

7) The least sporting countries (number of participants per million citizens):

Airplane! - one of the most funny movies ever

See yourself:

1) How to manage free time for passengers?


2) How to calm down the passengers?


3) How to make the flight more pleasant?


See more details: Airplane! (1980)

There's no justice in football

With reference to few last team tournaments (WC, Euro).
Group stage. 4 teams. 6 matches.

Let's analyze two margin cases.

Case One, scores:
Black - White 1:0
Red - Yellow 1:1
Black - Red 1:0
White - Yellow 0:0
Black - Yellow 1:0
White - Red 1:1
1. Black 3 9 3-0-0 3:0 +3 next round
2. Red 3 2 0-2-1 2:3 -1 next round
3. White 3 2 0-2-1 1:2 -1
4. Yellow 3 2 0-2-1 1:2 -1
2 points are sufficient for Red to promote!

Case Two, scores:
Black - White 1:0
Red - Yellow 2:0
Black - Red 0:1
White - Yellow 1:0
Black - Yellow 2:0
White - Red 1:0
1. Black 3 6 2-0-1 3:1 +2 next round
2. Red 3 6 2-0-1 3:1 +2 next round
3. White 3 6 2-0-1 2:1 +1
4. Yellow 3 0 0-0-3 0:5 -5
6 points are insufficient for White to promote!

Two assassinations

Two major events in history of USA presidency.

First is very mysterious [more].
Nov 22, 1963

Many suspicions: why bodyguards had left president's cadillac? why the driver is looking back exactly second before the shot? what are doing two women staying on the left side of the car?

Second, happened 18 years later. President fortunately survived.
Mar 30, 1981

Submission is a problem?

Don't worry. Michael P. and John C. teach how to argue correctly :)

They did not teach. Didn't they?

Highest peak of the music

I've heard much music. Many pieces makes me impressed. But there's one work which can't be forgotten. It is sitting deeply in soul. It seems to be only combination of few hundred sounds. Actually this music is the voice from heart.
Composed over 200 years ago.
Hector Berlioz, famous French composer, admired:

'Is one of those poems that human language does not know how to qualify.'

I agree, there's no word to express second movement in The Piano Sonata No. 14 by Ludwig van Beethoven.



I don't know anything better than that. Maybe you know?

UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow

May 20, 2008
Two best teams in Europe.
High stake.
Far away.
In Moscow, the city which has more citizens than all CL semi-finalists together!

[mln]
Moscow 10.4
semi-finalists 10.0 (Barcelona 1,6 + London 7,5 + Manchester 0,5 + Liverpool 0,4)

My bet:
Chelsea - ManUtd
4-3-3 (regular time)
6-4 (final result)

200.000 euro per week

This is salary offered by board of Real Madrid CF to Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the best football players on the world.
200.000 euro per week gives about 1.200 euro per hour.
Over 30.000.000 euro in 3 years!

When you're bored...

... try to play DiceWars
But I warn you against this game ;) It can addict!

Useful calculations

REMEMBER: no more than 15 minutes playing per day!

And The Winner of Premier League 2008 is...

Manchester United or Chelsea?

Before the last stage:
(position. club matches points goal_balance)
1. Man Utd 37 84 +56
2. Chelsea 37 84 +39
If MU and Chelsea will be equal in points, MU wins.

My bets (1x2):
Wigan-MU 1-3-6
Chelsea-Bolton 7-2-1

Conclusion: Chelsea has only 30% chances (0.3*0.7+0.1*0.9) on winning in Premier League.

F1 Hero: "The Rain Man"

It's extremely difficult to drive F1 car in wet conditions. But there's one man who done it perfectly. Ayrton Senna, triple Formula One World Champion.
Here's example of his incredible skills:


Why he was so great when the circuit was full of water? It's mysterious. Maybe he was born with unusual ability? Maybe he can feel the car better than anyone? Maybe he was sixth sense, sense of driving genius?
Ayrton's friends remind that he was very keen on training his driving skills. When it was a bad weather and every person was sitting in warm room, Senna went outside and practised long hours.
Practice makes perfect!

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