June 5, 2008

Summer is coming up! Well that’s if you live in the Northern Hemisphere of course. Apologies to all Southern Hemisphere readers.

One of the great things about summer is the almost continuous cycle of great events being put on all over the place, taking advantage of the good weather to have some fun outside.

Radio Disney is jumping on the bandwagon with a series of concerts at Moreys Piers, New Jersey. I must admit that I had to Google to find out what Morey’s Piers. What I found out was it’s a theme park tourist attraction geared towards children. The kind of place that would be great for a day long family outing.

There wouldn’t be many betterThings to do in New Jersey then check out these events!

The park is located in Wildwood. It’s a well developed complex, offering Wildwood events and Wildwood nj motels for you to stay at.

Radio Disney is hosting a series of free concerts there on the July 7, 14 and 21 (all Mondays.) Some of their biggest upcoming stars will be turning up, including Savvy and Mandy, Raven-Symone (sorry but I can’t stand that name) and Drew Seeley for some great paid shows as well. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com.

I honestly won’t be in New Jersey this summer, but if you are or are looking for something to do, maybe Moreys Piers could be your ticket!

The pic above is irrelevant but I found it amusing. It would have been quite frightening for those people sitting there!

Anyway, I’m up for a little challenge so here goes, translating this article from El Pais.es about the Madrid 2016 bid for the Olympics. It’s quite a tough one… I’m going to be very literal translating the words and terminology so you can see the way they talk. I only did a bit of the article because it takes ages.

Madrid’16 pasa el corte olímpico y afronta su segunda oportunidad

Madrid’16 passes the Olympic cut and confronts its second opportunity

ATENAS.- La candidatura de Madrid ha pasado el primer corte del Comité Olímpico Internacional y se ha convertido en candidata oficial para organizar los Juegos de Madrid 2016, según ha informado la portavoz del CIO, Giselle Davies, en una rueda de prensa ofrecida en Atenas.

The candidacy of Madrid has passed the first cut of the Olympic Committee and has become an official candidate to organize the Games in Madrid 2016, according to the IOC spokesperson Giselle Davies, in a press conference offered in Athens. (Literally - “in a “wheel of press offered in Athens”.)

Chicago (EEUU), Tokio (Japón) y Río de Janeiro (Brasil) serán las rivales de la capital española. Praga (República Checa), Doha (Qatar) y Bakú (Azerbaiyán) no han pasado esta primera criba.

Chicago, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro will be the rivals of the Spanish capital. Prague, Doha, and Baky have not passed this first sifting.

La ciudad finalmente elegida se conocerá en un acto que se celebrará en Copenhague en octubre de 2009.

The city finally chosen will be known in an act to be celebrated in Copenhague in October 2009.

La decisión se ha conocido después de la reunión de la Junta directiva del Comité Olímpico Internacional celebrada en la capital griega, donde estaban representadas las delegaciones de las ciudades aspirantes.

The decision has been known after the meeting of the board of directors of the IOC celeberated in the Greek capital, where were represented the delegations of the aspiring cities.

Según la valoración del CIO —según las notas máximas—, la mejor situada por ahora es Tokio (8,6 puntos), seguida de Madrid (8,4), Chicago (7,4) y Río de Janeiro (6,8). Aunque la candidatura de Doha obtuvo mejor nota (7,4) que la ciudad brasileña, quedó excluida por las fechas que ofrecía para celebrar la competición (octubre).

According to the valuation of the OIC - from the principle notes - the best situated right now is Tokyo (8.6points), followed by Madrid (8.4), Chicago (7.4) and Rio de Janeiro (6.8). Although the candidacy of Doha obtained a better score (7.4) than the Brazilian city, it was excluded for the dates offered to celebrate the competition (October.)

Madrid obtiene la valoración más alta en apoyo gubernamental y público, en infraestructuras generales, en instalaciones deportivas, en medio ambiente, en transporte, en experiencia deportiva, en financiación y en legado, la segunda nota en Villa Olímpica y, la tercera en alojamiento y en seguridad, el talón de Aquiles de la candidatura de 2012.

Madrid obtained the valuation most high in support governmental and public, in general infrastructure, in sporting installations, environment, transport, sport experience, finance and legacy, the second most in Olympic Village, the third in lodging and security, the Achilles heel of the 2012 candidacy.

Cuando Madrid aspiró a organizar los Juegos de 2012, la candidatura quedó segunda en este mismo corte, celebrado en mayo de 2004, con una nota de 8,3 -una décima por encima de la puntuación obtenida este jueves-. Por delante quedó la favorita, París, y por detrás Londres. Finalmente, sin embargo, la capital británica fue la elegida para organizar los Juegos.

When Madrid aspired to organize the Games of 2012, the candidacy was second in the same cut, celebrated in May of 2004, with a score of 8.3 - a tenth of a point difference from the punctuation obtained this Thursday. Leading was the favourite, Paris and behind London. Finally, nevertheless, the British capital was elected to organize the Games.