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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">The jagged emblem, based on the date 2012, comes in a series of shades of pink, blue, green and orange and will evolve in the run-up to the Games.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">The word London and the Olympic rings are included in the first two digits of the new logo.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">"This is the vision at the very heart of our brand," said London 2012 organising committee chairman Seb Coe.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">"It is an invitation to take part and be involved.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">"We will host a Games where everyone is invited to join in because they are inspired by the Games to either take part in the many sports, cultural, educational and community events leading up to 2012 or they will be inspired to achieve personal goals."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">The new design, which cost £400,000, has received a mixed response, but Lord Coe was adamant it put across the image and message that he wanted the London Games to deliver to the world.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">"It's not a logo, it's a brand that will take us forward for the next five years," he told BBC Five Live.</span></div><div></div><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 208px;"><tbody>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">"It won't be to be eveybody's taste immediately but it's a brand that we genuinely believe can be a hard working brand which builds on pretty much everything we said in Singapore about reaching out and engaging young people, which is where our challenge is over the next five years.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">"If we don't do that, then frankly the whole project is unsustainable."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">For the first time the same logo will be used for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: small;"><br />
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“I’m not convinced that we are going to need an Olympic vuvuzela," Johnson said “It’s a wonderful thing. It’s a beautiful instrument. It’s very easy to master, but I don’t think we’ll necessarily be issuing them to the crowds."</b></span><br />
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“I’m not convinced that we are going to need an Olympic vuvuzela," Johnson said “It’s a wonderful thing. It’s a beautiful instrument. It’s very easy to master, but I don’t think we’ll necessarily be issuing them to the crowds."</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: yellow;">The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced that the Olympic Flame will arrive in the UK on Friday 18 May 2012 and will travel around the UK for 70 days, arriving in London the weekend before the 2012 Games begin.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: yellow;">Seb Coe, Chair of LOCOG, said: ‘The Olympic Torch Relay heralds the start of the London 2012 Games, bringing people across the UK together to celebrate the spirit of the Games. The London 2012 Torch Relay will connect people and places, young people to sport and the UK to the rest of the world.’</span></b></div>
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London promised to connect young people with the power of the Games and in doing so inspire them to choose sport. The mascots will be one of the most powerful ways to connect with young people and deliver this promise.<br />
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Created from the last two drops of steel used to build the Olympic Stadium, sport is at the heart of the mascots' story.<br />
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Along their journey to London 2012, they will travel around the UK, meeting people and learning about all the Olympic and Paralympic sports – always striving to push beyond their personal best.</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">The <a href="http://www.townhallhotel.com/" style="text-decoration: underline;">Town Hall Hotel & Apartments</a>, a 98-room boutique hotel set to open this month in the gritty surrounds of London’s Bethnal Green, is being hailed as further proof that the city’s east end is firmly on the road to chicness.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Built a century ago, the imposing Edwardian building was reimagined by Loh Lik Peng, a hotelier with history of developing cool design hotels in Singapore. Much of the grand interior remains, with swaths of oak paneling and marble floors, a soaring glazed dome and vast mahogany-walled suites.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;"><span id="more-27275"></span>Artists from the neighborhood — which is rich with artists – have been commissioned for one-off installations. <a href="http://www.nunomendes.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: underline;">Nuno Mendes</a>, an up-and-coming Portuguese chef, will be in charge of the in-house <a href="http://www.viajante.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: underline;">Viajante</a> restaurant.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Hotels watchers might consider the hotel, with rack rates starting at £290 for a short-term stay ($435 at $1.50 to the pound; cheaper rates available on the Web site), to be awkwardly situated. But two of London’s most charming markets — <a href="http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/detail/285623" style="text-decoration: underline;">Columbia Road Flower Market</a> and <a href="http://www.londontown.com/LondonInformation/Shopping/Broadway_Market/9572/" style="text-decoration: underline;">Broadway Market</a> – are within walking distance. Hoxton Square is a quick cab ride. And when the 2012 Olympics roll in town, about two miles away, Town Hall will be in the heart in the action.</span></div>
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<h1 style="color: #0a38a7; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 8px;">London 2012 budget "worringly tight" warns Parliamentary Committee</h1><div class="highlight" style="color: #088c4a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">A Parliamentary Committee report published today has warned the £9.325 billion ($14.069 billion) budget for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics is "tight" with only £194 million ($293 million) available to cover any new risks in the build-up to the Games and has cast doubt over whether £400 million ($603 million) can be raised in ticket sales.</div><div class="highlight" style="color: #088c4a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">The Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) reported that building work is on schedule for test events to begin next year but had fears that the project could still be hit by unforeseen problems.</div><div class="highlight" style="color: #088c4a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;">The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), which is in charge of Olympic build and infrastructure, has £1,270 million ($1,916 million) left from the original £2,747 million ($4,145 million) contingency. Much of this is earmarked to meet predicted risks, leaving only £194 million ($293 million) "headroom," the PAC found.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837523410253653666.post-927408351015707452010-03-08T18:01:00.001-05:002010-03-08T18:01:23.472-05:00March 2010 London Olympic Games Update<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0a38a7; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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