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Table tennis has long been overlooked as a hobby or diversion, never as a sport. Even today, in some parts of the world, table tennis is still regarded as a basement family activity. With brief origins in England in the late 1800s, and then momentum from Asian countries, table tennis slowly became a more serious and competitive sport-enough so to be entered into the World Olympics in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. Since then, it has become a worldwide competitor sport, enjoyable for both athlete and spectator; but what are the parameters of table tennis at the World Olympics? Below, I’ve discussed the most basic rules and standards of Olympics table tennis, to familiarize you with what you need before the games start up this or any year.

General Olympic Table Tennis

· In the Olympics table tennis program, there are four table tennis events: singles and doubles for men and women. There are no mixed doubles events in the Olympics; these can be found in the World Championships.

· Matches are best of five games.

· In singles, the top 16 players play in the main draw. The main draw is the elimination event for singles. The remainder 48 players enter a qualification event, in which 16 players graduate to play those in the main draw.

· The winners receive gold and silver medals, respectively. The losers receive bronze medals.

· In doubles, 32 teams are used.

· The rules for Olympic table tennis are strictly administered according to the ITTF rules.

· In both mens and womens singles competitions, there should be no more than 86 players contesting.

· This year the doubles events have been replaced with teams consisting of 3 players.

The Basic Olympic Game Details

· The equipment standards are as follows: the ball should be 40cm diameter, the net should be 15.25cm high, the table should be 9ft long x 5ft wide x 76cm high, and the court size should be rectangular and at least 14m x 7m x 5m.

· In both mens and womens singles competitions, there should be no more than 86 players contesting.

· This year the doubles events have been replaced with teams consisting of 3 players.

· The racket used must have a blade that is black on one side and red on the other to show which side is being used during competition-as each side can have different blades used.

· The table tennis ball must always be insight of all players involved.

· The free hand of the player should never touch the table during competition.

· Each player is allowed to rest a maximum period of one minute in between games.

· Each player is allowed one time out period per match of a maximum of one minute.

· Each player is allowed to towel off every six points during a match.

· An obstruction occurs when a player touches the ball-with anything-when the ball is above the playing surface and hasn’t touched the player’s side of the table.

This little article should get you well acquainted with what to expect at this year’s 2008 Olympics table tennis division. Once you have the basics in mind, you can easily appreciate the sport of table tennis all the more, both as a player and

It’s been almost 3,000 years since the first Olympics were held in the nude. Since then, the Olympic Games have come a long way. * Athletes have worn everything from leotards to sunglasses to body-conforming swimsuits. * The trends usually stick, at least for a while. After Jeremy Wariner won two gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics, sunglasses started showing up everywhere from the faces of high school track stars to those of even casual middle-aged runners. * A look at 10 of the most influential, memorable or just plain weird fashion statements made by Olympic athletes over the years.

Michael Johnson’s golden shoes

Johnson’s choice of footwear made quite a bold statement at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The shoes ended up matching with his medals once he won the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes.

Mark Spitz’s mustache

At a time when swimmers were busy shaving their arms and legs, Spitz showed up with a bushy mustache. He jokingly told the Russian head coach that it helped deflect water away from his face, and the following year the entire Russian team grew out facial hair.

Flo Jo’s long fingernails and track suits

They might not have been aerodynamic, but Florence Griffith-Joyner’s long fingernails stuck out like a sore thumb at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Her track suits that resembled comic book characters helped her transform into yet another cultural oddity to come out of the ’80s.

Jeremy Wariner’s sunglasses

Wariner’s sunglasses were the means by which the runner blocked everything out on the track. Now it’s impossible to think of the two-time gold medalist without the trademark shades.

Speedo LZR suits

Next month, swimmers will show up wearing full-body swimsuits that contort their bodies and help them shave down times. The new suits are awkward enough that they require assistance to be put on, but have helped pave the way to this year’s bevy of world records.

1980s basketball shorts

Back in the 1980s, John Stockton wasn’t the only one wearing short shorts. Boy, how times have changed. These days it’s hard to find anyone under the age of 50 hooping it up in the shorts above their knees.

1968 civil rights statements

Tommie Smith and John Carlos shocked the world and reopened the debate about racism in the United States when they raised their fists at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. Both athletes wore black socks and gloves in a symbolic and brave statement which helped further the civil rights movement.

Dave Wottle’s cap

Wottle wore the cap early in his career to keep his long hair out of his face. By the time he staged one of the biggest comebacks in Olympic history to win the 800-meter race at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the cap was just a superstitious relic.

Knee-high socks

Cuba’s Alberto Juantorena wore knee-high white socks to the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. “I guess it’s just a habit from basketball days,” Juantorena told Sports Illustrated in 1977. Juantorena and U.S. Olympian James Robinson both wore the stockings during their 800-meter runs.

Basketball leotards

Spandex is fine for gymnastics, but the Australian and Brazilian women’s basketball teams took it a step too far and wore one-piece leotards at the 2000 Sydney Games. Did somebody say “wedgie”?

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A 21st birthday party is a truly special occasion, and there’s plenty of pressures to not only choose appropriate 21st birthday gifts, but to come up with creative themes to celebrate the big day. Fortunately there are many ways to mark the event whatever your tastes or your budget.

One of the most fun solutions is to theme your party around what was happening 21 years ago. You can get hold of replica newspapers from the day the party’s recipient was born and find out exactly what happened on the momentous day; as well as being handy research; these make memorable 21st birthday Gifts.

If you want to keep it more general, then for 1987, some of the events included the hurricane which Michael Fish failed to predict, the Black Monday stock market crash, the Spycatcher controversy, Lester Piggot going to jail on tax evasion charges and Sylvester McCoy becoming the seventh Dr Who. DVDs of the year’s major news events also make good 21st birthday gifts.

1988 was the year of Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards in the Calgary Winter Olympics, the ‘Crazy Gang’ of Wimbledon pulling off a shock upset against Liverpool in the FA Cup Final, Ben Johnson’s disgrace in the Seoul Olympics, the first ever Red Nose Day, and the scandal when Edwina Currie suggested most British eggs were infected with salmonella. You could even host an egg-themed party with exotic omelettes, meringues for desert and egg nog to drink. Believe it or not, there are even ‘egged’ paintings which make great party pieces or 21st birthday gifts.

Another twist on this is to ask guests to come as characters from popular films of the time. For 1987 this could include Three Men and a Baby, Fatal Attraction (though birthday cake might be safer than boiling a bunny!), Lethal Weapon, Wall Street (which will cut down the lunch bill). And who could forget Dirty Dancing? If the birthday girl loves that movie, she won’t get many cuter 21st birthday gifts than the new ‘Dirty Dancing in Your Pocket’ talking Keyring, complete with six classic quotes.

1988’s blockbusters included Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Big, Twins, Beetlejuice, Cocktail and Die Hard. These movies are often available as special edition DVDs which you could watch at the party – or use if you’re still stuck for ideas for 21st birthday gifts.

You could even challenge guests to dress as people from TV shows which began in the year the birthday celebrant was born. 1987 saw the first appearance of The Simpsons (albeit as a short cartoon in the Tracy Ullman Show), Inspector Morse, Going Live, Beadles About, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Knightmare. Shows making their debuts in 1988 included Home and Away, The Wonder Years, Red Dwarf and Roseanne. Many of these shows are coming out as DVD box sets which make 21st birthday gifts that will keep giving pleasure for months.

You can also choose music from the relevant year to add to the nostalgia theme. 1987’s major releases included Appetite for Destruction by Guns ‘N Roses, INXS’s Kick, Wet Wet Wet’s Popped in Souled Out, Prince’s Sign O’ The Times and The Joshua Tree by U2. It was also the year Kylie began her pop career and Tiffany sang I Think we’re Alone Now.

If you’re doing a 1987 music theme, remember this is the year Rick Astley hit the airwaves with Never Gonna Give You Up, so you really should make sure at least one of the 21st birthday Gifts involves the recipient being Rick-rolled!

Classic albums of 1988 included Surfer Rosa by The Pixies, Eric Clapton’s Crossroads, Kylie Minogue’s debut album Kylie, Hanging Tough by New Kids on the Block, U2’s Rattle and Hum. It was also the year of big hits including Belinda Carlisle’s Heaven Is a Place on Earth, Bobby McFerrin’s Don’t Worry Be Happy and Phil Collins’ A Groovy Kind Of Love. As well as using them for the party, you include collections of this classic music among the 21st birthday gifts.

For video game lovers, why not organise a retro gaming party. Sure, most guys into gaming want to see a Playstation 3 or Xbox among their 21st birthday gifts, but you’re sure to have fun if you can track down copies of games released in the year of the birthday boy or girl’s birth. For 1987, that includes groundbreaking beat-em-up Streetfighter, fantasy adventure game The Legend of Zelda, and the first instalment of the Double Dragon series. For 1988, look out for the first edition of John Madden’s Football, the platform classic MegaMan II and the role playing game Phantasy Star.

Beijing took the pride in hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics. The matter has been goodly and badly criticized by different media and people. From the logo they have used to the National Stadium (Bird’s Nest) they have built in order to house the different game facilities. But these did not stop a must see event. When the Olympics opened people from the four corners of the earth was struck on how spectacular it came out.

Here’s a summary of the previous hosts of the past Olympics and what made them stand-out or unique as time went by.

1896 - Athens - Panathenaic Stadium

1900 - Paris - women first joined as participants

1904 - St. Louis - boxing became an Olympic sport

1906 - Athens - unofficial Olympics game

1908 - London - diving became an Olympic sport

1912 - Stockholm - known as the “Swedish Masterpiece”

1916 - Not held because of World War I

1920 - Antwerp - official Olympic flag was raised

1924 - Paris - fictionalized in the movie Chariots of Fire in 1981

1928 - Amsterdam - first Olympic flame, gymnastics for women, track- and-field

1932 - Los Angeles - debuted the victory platform

1936 - Berlin - games were first televised

1940 - Not held - World War II

1944 - Not held - World War II

1948 - London - Wembley Stadium

1952 - Helsinki - East versus West dominated the Olympics

1956 - Melbourne - closing ceremonies were introduced

1960 - Rome - Cassius Clay a.k.a. Muhammad Ali, won a gold medal in light heavyweight boxing

1964 - Tokyo - first use of computers that tabulated results

1968 - Mexico City - drug testing debuted

1972 - Munich - murder of eleven Israeli Olympians

1976 - Montreal - gymnast Nadia Comaneci won three gold medals

1980 - Moscow - largest boycott

1984 - Los Angeles - first time corporate sponsors were used

1988 - Seoul - Ben Johnson, was disqualified for the use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs

1992 - Barcelona - the “Dream Team” of USA from professional NBA players

1996 - Atlanta - pipe bomb exploded in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park

2000 - Sydney - Juan Antonio Samaranch’s wife died

2004 - Athens - terrorism concerns after the 9/11 attack

2008 - Beijing - the famous Bird’s Nest (Beijing National Stadium)

This is by far another mark in the history of the Olympics game. China has made it not only for the year 2008 but for all time.

 

This package is designed for CCIE Routing and Switching Lab exam candidates who have extremely busy schedule and need to focus on weakness areas before attempting the exam. You will be required to complete several most updated scenarios which are developed specialized on your weakness areas.

You will study with your instructor one-on-one during the CCIE training. Our highly skilled instructors will step-by-step show you the best way to configure each scenario and strengthen your weakness areas in the meanwhile.

Before you finish this course, you will be provided a full set of our full-scale lab materials which highly reflect the most current lab exam. The materials contain CCIE R&S questions, requirements and solutions, which can be comfortably studied and practiced during the gap between your course finishing date and the lab exam date.

 

Location: Guangzhou, China
Price: $6,000.00 USD

 

What is included:

 

5 days’ one-on-one classroom study

 

Day 1 ~ Day 4:
Complete several advanced, technology-focused scenarios accompanied by your personal CCIE instructors. These scenarios cover most lab exam content and are especially focused on your weakness areas. In addition, a detailed explanation will be provided about the technologies covered, interpretations of the questions, and common mistakes that students have made with relation to each topic.

 

Day 5:
Complete an eight hour full-scale lab. The exam is then graded and reviewed, step-by-step by your instructor. In addition, the instructors will review your performance for the entire class and give recommendations to take and pass the CCIE lab exam, along with suggestions of what topics to focus on during further preparation.

 

1 month after class support (could be upgraded to 3 months)

 

On the last date of your course, you will be provided with the study materials which contain the most updated full-scale labs which have not been practiced during the course. These materials reflect the latest update of the real lab exam and come with complete solutions.

Along with this, we will update your study materials free of charge and provide email support (48 hours response guarantee) for 1 month. Not enough? You can buy our “Material update and technical support extension service (E-MUTS)” at an affordable price. For detailed information, please check with your training advisor.

 

FREE 100 hours remote rack access

 

After the course, you will be provided FREE 100 hours remote access time so that you can practice the labs by connecting to our rack. Simply drop an email to rackschedule@cathayschool.com to reserve your rack and we will make necessary arrangement.

 

Location

This boot camp is held in Guangzhou, which is the biggest and the most developed city in South China. Learn more about Guangzhou…

 

Traval & Transportation

It is very convenient to travel to Guangzhou.

You can either fly into Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) or Hong Kong International Airport (HKG). There are direct flights from the following major cities to Guangzhou every week: Europe: Frankfurt, Helsinki, Paris North America: Los Angles, San Francisco, New York, Toronto Australia: Sydney, Melbourne Asia: Tokyo, Seoul, Dubai, Singapore

Also, there are over a hundred international flights to Hong Kong. You can fly to Hong Kong first and then transfer to Guangzhou by train (duration: 2 hours and the expense is covered by CathaySchool).

Our friendly staff will meet you at the airport or train station when you arrive and then transfer you to the hotel. This is free of charge.

 

Hotels

Students will be accommodated at the 4-star luxury hotel (President Hotel or same grade hotel), which is across the road from our training center. Each hotel room has king-size bed, air condition, internet access (free of charge), tub, flat screen television, 24-hour room service and more. You also have the option to upgrade to a 5-star hotel (Royal Mediterranean Hotel, The Westin Guangzhou or Shangri-La Hotel GuangZhou). All these hotels are within 10 minutes driving distance from the school.

 

Meals

All meals are included.
Breakfast is provided in the hotel restaurant. For lunch and dinner, you will receive cash to be used at the wide variety of sit-down restaurants, cafes and buffets. MacDonald, KFC, PizzaHut and StarBuck are all within walking distance.
Drinks and snacks through out the date are also included.

 

After class activites

You will never feel boring in Guangzhou. After class, we can arrange the following activities at a reasonable cost:
Culture tour, Shopping tour, Zoo, Fun park, Hot springs, Disco bar, Show bar, B.Y.O party, Chinese traditional massage, etc.
You can choose all these options when you are signing up with us.

 

Advanced Upgrade Package

Training PLUS:
6 hours (per day) one-on- one guaranteed
Two month after training support (Materials update + Email support by instructor)

Accommodation & Meals PLUS:
Hotel accommodation (5 stars premium room)
Lunch and Dinner standard - 150 RMB / per day
Free unlimited laundry service
Unlimited access to the gym in the hotel

Add-on Service (complimentary) PLUS:
Chinese traditional massage/spa at one of the biggest spa in Asia (1 time)
A big entertainment show, including Chinese dancing, magic show and acrobatics (3 hours)
Car hire with driver (4 hours)

Price: $2,200.00 USD

 

Deluxe Upgrade Package

Training PLUS:
8 hours (per day) one-on- one guaranteed
Three month after training support (Materials update + Email support by instructor)

Accommodation & Meals PLUS:
Hotel accommodation (5 stars executive room)
Lunch and Dinner standard - 200 RMB / per day
Free unlimited laundry service
Unlimited access to the gym in the hotel

Add-on Service (complimentary) PLUS:
Airport pick up and drop off by Mercedes-Benz
Chinese traditional massage/spa at one of the biggest spa in Asia (2 times)
A big entertainment show, including Chinese dancing, magic show and acrobatics (3 hours)
Car hire with driver (8 hours)

Price: $3,800.00 USD

 

I.                    Bridging and Switching
A. Frame relay
B. Catalyst configuration: VLANs, VTP, STP, MSTP, RSTP, Trunk, Etherchannel, management, features, advanced configuration, Layer 3
C. Tunneling
II. IP IGP Routing
A. OSPF
B. EIGRP
C. RIPv2
D. IPv6: Addressing, RIPng, OSPFv3
E. GRE
F. ODR
G. Filtering, redistribution, summarization and other advanced features
III. BGP
A. IBGP
B. EBGP
C. Filtering, redistribution, summarization, synchronization, attributes and other advanced features
IV. IP and IOS Features
A. IP addressing
B. DHCP
C. HSRP
D. IP services
E. IOS user interfaces
F. System management
G. NAT
H. NTP
I. SNMP
J. RMON
K. Accounting
L. SLA
V. IP Multicast
A. PIM-SM, bi-directional PIM
B. MSDP
C. Multicast tools, source specific multicast
D. DVMRP
E. Anycast
VI. QoS
A. Quality of service solutions
B. Classification
C. Congestion management, congestion avoidance
D. Policing and shaping
E. Signaling
F. Link efficiency mechanisms
G. Modular QoS command line
VII. Security
A. AAA
B. Security server protocols
C. Traffic filtering and firewalls
D. Access lists
E. Routing protocols security, catalyst security
F. CBAC
G. Other security features
R&S Equipment List: and IOS Version:
The lab exam tests any feature that can be configured on the equipment and the IOS versions indicated below. You may see more recent IOS versions installed in the lab, but you will not be tested on the new features of a release unless indicated below.
· 3725 series routers - IOS 12.4 mainline - Advanced Enterprise Services
· 3825 series routers - IOS 12.4 mainline - Advanced Enterprise Services
· Catalyst 3550 series switches running IOS version 12.2 - IP Services
· Catalyst 3560 Series switches running IOS version 12.2 - Advanced IP Services

 

Our one-on-one CCIE boot camp produces the No.1 one time passing rate in the industry. In the last 3 years, 90% of our international students pass the lab exam at the first attempt. At CathaySchool, We help you secure your investment by providing each student the unbeatable and practical triple insurance:

 

First guarantee - What happen if I am not satisfied with your training?
Each student has 2 days to evaluate our course. If you find our boot camp is not the one which will definitely help you pass your lab exam at first attempt, simply notify your instructor before the 3rd day to withdraw from the course and get your money back.
* For more information, please refer to our course cancellation policy.

Second guarantee - What happen if I failed the lab exam at the 1st attempt?
You will be provided an extended 2 months material update (including the lab questions, requirements and solutions), 2 months technical email support (guarantee 48 hours response) and 150 hours rack access time.

Third guarantee - What happened if I fail the lab exam again?
Come back and re-attend our one-on-one course again. This is free of charge, including 4-star hotel accommodation and meals (this definitely beats all our competitors again!!!). At CathaySchool, we believe that there is no reason to have students pay for anything when they need to re-take the course.

 

We want you to pass… so we are committed more than others
Comparing training vendors? Nobody is committed to your success like CathaySchool. Ask the other companies…

Do they have a similar pass guarantee program?
· How long are you covered by it?
· When you retake their class, do you get full access to a dedicated rack of equipment again?
· Are the materials updates offered at no charge?
· Do you have to pay for your meals, hotel and rack access when you re-take the course?
· Do they provide one-on-one training?

 

1. We accept bank wire transfer, Western Union and major credit cards (1) .
2. To make a reservation, you are required to send a $1,000 USD deposit (2) (3).
3. The balance needs to be paid in full one week before your course starting date (4).

(1) Credit card payment will incur a surcharge of 8%.
(2) Deposit amount may be subject to change without notice.
(3) Your deposit is refundable. Cancel the course 60 days prior to the starting date will receive 100% of your deposit; A $500 administration fee will apply if you cancel the course within 30 - 59 days before the course starting date; Deposit is non-refundable if you cancel the course within 30 days before the course starting date.
(4) Balance is preferred to be paid by bank wire transfer. For credit card payment, you will need to afford 8% processing fee and provide all necessary prove per the card processing company request, which will include scanned copies of both sides of your credit card, passport photo page and hotel bill with signature..

 

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