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Jul 4th, 2008 by Ted Liptak
The top 10 cities for billionaires
Jun 14th, 2008 by Ted Liptak
Where would you live if you had all the money in the world? Most likely one of these 10 places. These cities of finance and culture welcome you-if you can afford them, that is.
Here is a descriptive image gallery of these cities.
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- MOSCOW, RUSSIA Number of billionaires: 74 Average net worth: $5.9 billion
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- NEW YORK, USA Number of billionaires: 71 Average net worth: $3.3 billion
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- LONDON, UK Number of billionaires: 36 Average net worth: $4.1 billion
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- ISTANBUL, TURKEY Number of billionaires: 34 Average net worth: $1.7 billion
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- HONG KONG Number of billionaires: 30 Average net worth: $5 billion
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- LOS ANGELES, USA Number of billionaires: 24 Average net worth: $3 billion
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- MUMBAI, INDIA Number of billionaires: 20 Average net worth: $7.6 billion
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- SAN FRANCISCO, USA Number of billionaires: 19 Average net worth: $3.1 billion
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- DALLAS, USA Number of billionaires: 15 Average net worth: $2.6 billion
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- TOKYO, JAPAN Number of billionaires: 15 Average net worth: $2.8 billion
Numbers are taken from Forbes
Sunset Pictures
Jun 8th, 2008 by Ted Liptak
USOC to send 630 athletes to Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Jun 7th, 2008 by Ted Liptak
A media representative of the US Olympic Committee revealed recently in Washington that roughly 630 athletes representing America will be competing in various events in the Beijing Olympics.
According to Xinhua, the number of people from the American delegation may reach around 2,000, when coaches, officials, and assistants are also counted.
As the Olympics approach, the Americans are upping their search for the best representatives to send to Beijing, with Olympic qualification tournaments increasing in number and intensity.
European Capital Of Culture
Jun 5th, 2008 by Ted Liptak
The idea of having a European Capital of Culture was first put forward in 1985 when Melina Mercouri was Greek Minister for Culture. In the same year the European Union Council of Ministers determined the scope of the project and put it into implementation. From 1985 to 2000 one city from the countries which were members of the European Union was selected each year as European Capital of Culture. To mark the start of the new millennium, from 2000 onwards the title of European Capital of Culture began to be given both to more than one city each year and to cities in countries which were candidates for EU membership.
Which cities have been chosen as European Capital of Culture?
1985 Athens -Greece
1986 Florence -Italy
1987 Amsterdam -Holland
1988 Berlin -Germany
1989 Paris -France
1990 Glasgow -Britain
1991 Dublin -Ireland
1992 Madrid -Spain
1993 Antwerp -Belgium
1994 Lisbon -Portugal
1995 Luxembourg
1996 Copenhagen -Denmark
1997 Thessalonica -Greece Continue Reading »
Beijing Olympics A to Z
Jun 2nd, 2008 by Ted Liptak
A is for air pollution
Readings in late May registered Beijing’s air as ‘hazardous’ (only one further level on the scale exists). On a bad day, smog can cut visibility to 300m - which would make it difficult to see from one end of the Bird’s Nest stadium to the other. Athletes are concerned about the effect on their health, with Haile Gebrselassie refusing to run the marathon and the Australian team forbidden to march in the opening ceremony. Team GB’s plan has been confused: James Bond-like ‘anti-pollution mouthpieces’ were unveiled in January, but the team have flip-flopped as to whether to wear them and risk offending the hosts.
B is for British women
Ignoring a horrible 1996 Games, British sportswomen have been on the rise. Could this summer be the first in which they gather more than the men? Denise Lewis thinks so. ‘Who will medal in Beijing? Female competitors,’ she told us in May.
C is for Coughlin
‘I like my wine, I like my butter,’ says the long-armed, milkmaid-pretty Natalie Coughlin - as if her life as the greatest American female swimmer ever was mostly about sensory pleasure. More precisely, as she sips lemonade over lunch in a San Francisco suburb, she’s talking about the city’s farmers’ market. ‘Hog Island Oyster Company?’ she says, grinning wide with her big, perfect teeth. ‘I’m completely obsessed with that. [Chef] Alice Waters, too - I mean totally obsessed.’
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The 6th International Turkish Olympics
Jun 1st, 2008 by Ted Liptak
The 6th International Turkish Olympics continue apace, with the finalists chosen in Ankara set to receive prizes in a large ceremony to be held tonight at the Istanbul Gosteri ve Kongre Merkezi (performance and congress center).
The students participating in the competition are diverse, from different nations and walks of life. But the common link between them is Turkish — and not just the language, but elements of the culture as well.
Some of these students know how to make cig kofte (a traditional food from southeastern Turkey), others are interested in the traditional Turkish art of ebru (marbling), and a few can sing and dance a Turkish folk dance (atabarı) just as well as, if not better than, their Turkish counterparts.
Best Time to Visit Singapore
May 31st, 2008 by Ted Liptak
Most medical tourism visitors to Singapore, although impressed by the hygienic standards and international class hospitals, complain that Singapore is not “Asian” enough. What they mean is that the country lacks the exotica and culture shock that is the staple introduction to tourism in other Asian countries. This could be because Singaporeans wait until the Chinese New Year rolls around to show off their culture.
The Chinese Lunar Year falls in January or February based on the lunar cycle, and in some ways, this is the best time to visit Singapore. The country’s majority Chinese population celebrates in style with colorful decorations and the Chingpay Parade. Homes are decorated with good luck banners, and dance troupes perform the lion dance outside shops to attract good fortune. The lion dance in fact is one of Singapore’s most iconic symbols, an ancient dance performed to the banging of cymbals and traditionally staged by young men. All this makes for a cultural extravaganza, belying the complaint that Singapore is too westernized.
However, in the days leading up to the New Year, Singapore is a shopper’s nightmare. Everything is grossly marked up making freebies and bargains temporarily extinct, crowds are insane, and even simple things like haircuts will cost more than their usual prices. In fact if shopping is one of the Singapore attractions you want to indulge in on your medical tourism vacation, you should probably avoid this time altogether. For a massive dose of retail therapy, come during the Great Singapore Shopping Festival that begins in late May and continues till early June.
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