2012 Olympic Medal Count

U.S. Will Try To Extend Medal Count Lead As Closing Ceremonies Approach

The United States extended their lead in the 2012 Olympic medal count Friday and they will look to pull even further ahead of China on Saturday.

With closing ceremonies set for Sunday, Saturday is the last day with a full schedule of events. A total of 32 gold medals will be up for grabs on Sunday, making it one of the busiest days of the 2012 London Olympics. The United States figures to have another strong day.

The U.S. women's basketball team will play France for the gold medal. It would be team USA's fifth straight Olympic gold medal. The United States will also play for gold in women's vollyeball as the Americans will take on Brazil in the gold medal match.

So far, the United States has racked up 26 medals in track & field and that total is likely to grow on Saturday. The men's 4x100m relay, women's 4x400m relay and the men's 5000m are just a few of the events the United States is expected to contend for a medal in.

Here is how the top five looks in the latest medal count:

Following is a list of the top five countries leading the gold medal standings at the end of Day 15 competition with a breakdown by type and total of all medals: Country……..Gold...Silver...Bronze...Total

United States...44…...29…..…29…....102
China………....38…...27…..…22.........87
Great Britain…28…….15…..…19…....62
Russia………..21….…25…...…32…...78
South Korea….13…….7…...….7….....27


Following is a list of the countries which have earned at least 10 medals after the end of Day 15 competition, with a breakdown by type of medal:

Country………..Gold...Silver...Bronze...Total

United States…...44…...29.....…29…....102
China……….…...38…...27…..…22.........87
Russia……..…...21….…25…..…32….…78
Great Britain ......28……15…..…19….…62
Germany………..11……19…..…14….....44
Japan.…….…......6……14…......17….....37
Australia…….…...7……16…...…12…..…35
France……….....10…….11…..…12….….33
South Korea.…...13…....7…...….7….…..27
Italy……….……...8….….7…...….8 .........23
Netherlands….....6….….6…...….8 .........20
Ukraine…..……...5….….4…...….9 …......18
Canada.….…......1….….5…...…12 .........18
Hungary….……...8….….4…...….5 ..........17
Spain…….……...3….….9…...….4...........16
Brazil.……….......3….….4…...….8 ..........15
New Zealand…...5….….3…...….5 ..........13
Iran……….……...4….….5…...….3 .........12
Jamaica….…......4….….4…...….4...........12
Cuba…………….4….….3…...….5..........12
Belarus …..….....3….….4…...….5 ..........12
Kazakhstan….....6….….0…...….4...........10
Poland……….….2……..2……….5…..….10
View more here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2012/medals/tracker/?xid=sbnation

London 2012 soccer: How to play and beat Google (+video)

London 2012 soccer: Challenge your friends to a game on Google's homepage. Google


The Google home page on Friday has another big time-waster to bring down office productivity As the London 2012 Olympic games are coming to a close with only three days left, so does the Olympic banter with our colleagues, friends, and family.

The second week of the Olympics has been exciting watching our favorite teams and athletes represent their home country with pride and compete for the dream of winning gold, silver, and bronze medals. It was exciting when U.S. women's soccer player Alex Morgan's header was the winning goal on Monday with 30 seconds left in the semifinal against Canada.

On Tuesday, down to the last day of gymnastics, watching American Aly Raisman win on floor exercise, as she had dreamed of most of all, was amazing. As Monitor staff writer Mark Sappenfield reports, "Today has been a dream come true," she said. "I'm so glad I got the medal I wanted."

And after Jamaican Usain Bolt won the 100-meters on Sunday, all eyes were on the 200-meter dash Thursday night to see what Bolt would do next. As he crossed the finish line first in 19.32 seconds, he became the first man to win both the 100 and 200 consecutively at the Summer Games.

To celebrate the Olympic games Google-style, today's interactive-doodle features soccer, complete with goal keeper, goal scorer, and scoreboard.



Here's your chance to claim a gold medal all your own,with a link to share your results on the search engine's very own social network, Google+.

The rules are simple - to block the ball from going into the net, there are two possible ways to do so:

1.) Use the left and right arrow keys to move your keeper from side to side. To catch a high ball, press the space bar.

2.) Sliding the mouse side-to-side moves the goal keeper, click and you will jump to make that save.

As in a real-live soccer match, timing is everything.

Each time you miss the ball an X will appear on the top left of the screen, your score is on the top right, if you get 3 X's the game is over.

If the boss still isn't looking, then it's time for a rematch.

Hassle-free exit to Malaysia from Singapore

I am not sure if this post would be helpful or not but I just want to share my experiences how I exit Singapore to Malaysia and get another 30days stamp in my passport. No questions or interrogations encountered in the immigration, they just looked at my passport and in just a minute or two, I move on to the next step.. Just like others who are reading this, I am also a job seeker and not lucky enough to get employed in my first 2 months inside Singapore. I came here on March, applied for my e-extension and lastly I have to use the last option, and that is to exit to another country for a few days and come back to Singapore to try having luck in getting a job here. 10 days before my exit, I got a call from a headhunters, ask me to met the employer and said they wanted me to work for them and my start as soon as possible, but of course, I need to have my working permit processed before I start with anything stupid like working illegally here. So I waited for the headhunder company to process my pass but maybe not my luck yet and my 2nd month social visit pass has expired, but no update on my pass yet. I don't want to go back home so I have to use the last option. I have lot of choices or countries to go to for an exit. Either Thailand, Indonesia, Macau or Malaysia. They said going out might not be a problem but going back will be like hell of an experience, especially when asked by questions you don't know how to answer. I was told that I might need to show my pocket money to sustain my stay or I even have to pay the officer a certain amount just to get through. Some might work or some might not. For the first 3 country, I know no one, so I choose Malaysia which happen to be the country where my previous supervisor(boss) lives. She's a Malaysian so I have an excuse to enter the country and that is to meet her. In my short stay there, I did met here and had fun too in Kuala Lumpur. So that's it, I am now back here in Singapore and will try to get my luck further. Might be costly or should be costly but safe. Prepare return ticket: SGD 252.00 (they said can have fake one but risky when they'll try to validated) Air ticket to Kuala Lumpur: SGD 75.00 (check for air promo - all in) Hostel reservation: USD 8.00 3 days Hostel accomodation: SGD 60.00 Maybe just got lucky this time, since no interrogations from immigration officer, I did not use my return ticket nor my hostel reservation print out, but still safe to have one.

Giant Whale Shark Caught By Pakistani Fisherman

Big catch is an understatement!
A 40-foot long whale shark was found dead near Karachi, Pakistan, the Express Tribune, a Pakistani newspaper reports. Mehmood Khan, the owner of the Charai Fishery, said the whale shark was spotted unconscious 10 days ago in waters about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from the fishery.
Curious onlookers swarmed the pier while two cranes attempted to lift the shark, approximately 40 to 50-feet long and six-feet wide, out of the water. After failing to reel in the fish, more cranes, capable of lifting heavier weights, were called in for the task. The shark was finally lifted from the sea after several hours of efforts and sold for 1.7 million Rupees ($18,750).
The whale shark is found deep in warm oceans and munches primarily on plankton. The largest confirmed whale shark was 41 ft long.
The largest confirmed whaleshark was 41ft long but it is thought they can grow to considerably greater lengths.
The shark is found in tropical waters and lives for around 70 years. They feed mainly on plankton, microscopic plants and sometimes small fish.
It has a cavernous mouth that can be up to 5ft wide and contains between 300 and 350 rows of tiny teeth.
The whale shark, a gentle giant of the seas, does not pose a significant danger to humans - and in the past some have even allowed swimmers to hitch a ride on their fins.