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Our live and continuing daily feed from the New York Times of recaps/features on the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Direct Link: NYT 2018 Winter Olympics Coverage
The New York Times has been at this for quite a while and their coverage is always great and often brilliant.
We’ll put up a link to their summary of coverage and news every day, to make it oh-so-easy for you to stay in touch with the games, the events, the winners and the losers.
To see just how good “old media” can be, we recommend that you read this article from the Times about augmented reality coverage and follow along.
The Times posted a perma link to their AR site (use an iPhone, please )…. here it is:
https://nyti.ms/2FN3peS
The Games are on. Get all the way into them via new media or old.
The Fine Print: The Nightshift news site and Nightshift Sports are continually evolving experiments in news communications. The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading.
Winter Olympics Photo Gallery: Downhill Training
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A selection of the finest sports photography from the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. All photos (c) 2018 and courtesy of GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century online and waiting. These images have not been altered in anyway. We thank them for sharing. The Nightshift and Nightshift Sports are a constantly evolving experiment in communications and communications process. We thank you for reading.
The Winter Olympics: Inside the Ropes
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Of course, there are no ropes at the Olympics–not the type found on PGA golf courses, at least–but the idea of being inside the ropes conveys some type of “inside” information, even if that information mostly turns out to be gossip. But….there were some interesting small stories coming out of PyeongChang.
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Well, so much for fraternite´. Mathieu Faivre, a member of the French Olympic Ski team and–maybe his great claim to fame–Mikaela Shiffrin’s boyfriend, was dismissed from the French team and sent home after saying in an interview that he “didn’t care about his teammates” and was at the Olympics “only to ski for myself”. That attitude didn’t cut it with the powers that be and so French Ski Team Director David Chastan sent the huffy skier (he finished 7th in the Giant Slalom) back to France for “disciplinary reasons”. Will Mikaela ski better or worse with the BF gone?
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Schiffrin Slides Out of The Downhill. The schedule was against her: women’s Downhill on Wednesday, women’s Combined moved up to Thursday (due to those pesky winds), so Shiffrin made the smart move and decided to concentrate on the Combined, which includes both slalom and downhill events. She’s generally considered the world’s best female slalom skier but she is scheduled to meet Lindsey Vonn–whose speciality is the downhill–in the Combined. It’s “your best against my best” time at the Winter Olympics.
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Coming Apart at the Seams. For the second time in these Olympics, an ice skating couple has suffered a “wardrobe malfunction”, as Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France, two-time world champions who are appearing in their first Winter Olympics, had the clasp on Gabriella’s outfit totally come apart, leaving her breast exposed and forcing her to skate in a state of perpetual possible nudity. But–if you want to know what concentration is all about–it did not bother the duo, who took the Silver Medal. Very, very impressive. Might be a good time to have all of those skimpy ice skating dresses checked for possible malfunctions.
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Stand Up Guy. Adam Rippon, who made the most of his Olympic moments of fame and emerged as a charming, enthusiastic spokesman for his sport, thanked NBC for it’s offer of a position as a commentator for the rest of the Olympics but said that he “wanted to support my team because they have supported me”. Refreshing and, actually, the totally correct thing to do. He’ll be back–either on the ice or on the air.
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What, Precisely, Did You Learn at Harvard. How to bend the rules, obviously, Modestly competent as a skier, Elizabethe Swaney, a U.S. born Harvard graduate, used her grandparents nationality (Hungary) to rule-play her way into the Olympics as a contestant in the skiing half-pipe. The event, typically full of spectacular tricks and high altitude, laid bare her athletic skills–there were none–and she approached the half-pipe competition with the sole goal of surviving it. Swaney previously competed for Venezuela in the Winter Olympics–it is assumed her results there were similar to this year’s contest, where she finished 24th out of 24 competitors. Swaney is the perfect test case for dumping “country shopping” by marginally talented athletes–or just plain publicity hounds–who bend the rules to get into the game and then embarrass themselves and the country that sent them. Do we admire the pluck that drove her to somehow, anyhow, make it to the Olympics or condemn the performance level as degrading for any Olympic athlete?
The Winter Olympics Schedule: 20 February 2018
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Television coverage in the United States is via NBC and NBCSN; there is also coverage on the Olympic Channel, CNBC, and USA network (well done to NBC for putting all of this on air).Check your local listings as programming can vary due weather conditions and programming considerations. One more thing: the visual purity and graphics produced by NBC in support of their telecasts reached the level of broadcast art in last week’s coverage, with some of the most stunning picture framing, color saturation, and on-screen graphics of any Olympics. Very well done.
The following events are scheduled for today.
Alpine Skiing (scheduled but always tentative due to wind)
Biathlon
Bobsled
Curling
Figure Skating
Freestyle Skiing
Ice Hockey
Nordic Combined
Short Track
Ski Jumping (don’t miss)
Speed Skating
Remember: The nightly prime-time telecasts will feature the most popular events; if you want to see some of the more unique/esoteric events, check out NBCSN, and the other networks (especially the Olympic Channel) which are available all day on air, online, and streaming. Some events at this Olympics have been delayed or postponed, especially the Alpine Skiing events, due to high winds, so NBC’s programming will shift accordingly. We follow everything via NBCSN since they tend to show it all.
The Fine Print: Photo embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. The Nightshift news site and Nightshift Sports are continually evolving experiments in news communications and are productions of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading.
The Nightshift: 20 February 2018
Press Clippings:
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Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 20 February 2018, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift.
The U.S. Olympic team pulled has down more medals. The “Shib Sibs”, Maia and Alex Shubutani, brother and sister, won the Bonze Medal in the Ice Dance final. As expected, Canada’s Tessa Virtue (what a name) and Scott Moir took Gold and the French pair of Gabriella Papadakis and Guilluame Cezeron won Silver. You will remember Gabriella as the incredibly focused skater who moved right past a “wardrobe malfunction” in the middle of an on-ice program to put the pair into contention for a medal—-true Olympic competitive spirit. Norway currently leads the medal count with 29 medals total; Germany is second with 23. The U.S. is further down the list with 12 (scoring as of 7:45AM Central). Canada and Germany tied for the Gold Medal in two-man bobsled; Latvia took 3rd. The U.S. Men’s hockey team played their way into the semi-finals by beating Slovakia 5-1; they’ll face the Czech Republic next. France’s Martin Fourcade, who is the world’s best in an event you probably have never followed–biathlon–won his second Gold of the Olympics. And finally, just to let us all know that no matter what they call the team, Russia is still in the Olympics, a Russian curler has failed a doping test. Doping in curling? Oh my.
You can see the running medal count with this direct link.
The New York Times has reported that Russian “internet bots” jumped into the debate about gun control just hours after the Parkland, Florida mass shooting that left 17 people dead. The goal was to stir up contentious and divisive comment and debate all across the state and America. It worked.
Today is National Love Your Pet Day. Take bowser out for a walk or cuddle the cat or the bunnies but today–like all other days–be nice to your pets. And, if you don’t have any pet and think you have nothing to celebrate? It’s also National Cherry Pie Day. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream with a slice of Cherry Pie and you’re celebrating.
What we’re listening to in The Media Bunker: The Valentines 2018 playlist, compiled by our music editor/producer/DJ Tschugge.
The front pages (and sometimes more) of the world’s great English language newspapers are linked below. The International Headlines are all at your fingertips, below. As always, thanks for dropping by.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
The Fine Print: Embed image courtesy of our friends at Getty Images, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21s century on file and online. If you need an image, they are your source. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. This post is number 1636 for this site. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration.Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
The Winter Olympics Schedule: 19 February 2018
Nightshift Sports:
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Television coverage in the United States is via NBC and NBCSN; there is also coverage on the Olympic Channel, CNBC, and USA network (well done to NBC for putting all of this on air).Check your local listings as programming can vary due weather conditions and programming considerations. One more thing: the visual purity and graphics produced by NBC in support of their telecasts reached the level of broadcast art in last week’s coverage, with some of the most stunning picture framing, color saturation, and on-screen graphics of any Olympics. Very well done.
The following events are scheduled for today.
Alpine Skiing (scheduled but always tentative due to wind)
Biathlon
Bobsled
Cross Country
Curling
Figure Skating
Freestyle Skiing
Ice Hockey
Ski Jumping (don’t miss)
Speed Skating
Snowboarding
Remember: The nightly prime-time telecasts will feature the most popular events; if you want to see some of the more unique/esoteric events, check out NBCSN, and the other networks (especially the Olympic Channel) which are available all day on air, online, and streaming. Some events at this Olympics have been delayed or postponed, especially the Alpine Skiing events, due to high winds, so NBC’s programming will shift accordingly. We follow everything via NBCSN since they tend to show it all.
The Fine Print: Photo embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. The Nightshift news site and Nightshift Sports are continually evolving experiments in news communications and are productions of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading.
The 2018 Winter Olympics Reader
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A look at some of the best stories of the 2018 Games.
Mikaela Shiffrin Can’t Win Them All
Are the Olympic Commentators Talking Too Much?
Inside the Drone Show at the 2018 Olympics Opening Ceremony
Hot Pants: The Uniform Choices of the Norwegian Curling Team
Winter Olympics: Day 9 in Photos (from The Guardian)
and one special treat….
A Guide to Live Streaming for Olympic Curling
Click in to the links above and receive some in-depth coverage of interesting elements of the 2018 Winter Olympics….
The Fine Print: Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank them for sharing. Nightshift and Nightshift Sports is a production of Perception Engineering and the Media Bunker. All rights reserved by their respective parties. Copyright (c) 2018 Donald Pierce.
The Winter Olympics Schedule: 20 February 2018
Nightshift Sports:
Television coverage in the United States is via NBC and NBCSN; there is also coverage on the Olympic Channel, CNBC, and USA network (well done to NBC for putting all of this on air).Check your local listings as programming can vary due weather conditions and programming considerations. One more thing: the visual purity and graphics produced by NBC in support of their telecasts reached the level of broadcast art in last week’s coverage, with some of the most stunning picture framing, color saturation, and on-screen graphics of any Olympics. Very well done.
The following events are scheduled for today.
Alpine Skiing (scheduled but always tentative due to wind)
Biathlon
Bobsled
Curling
Figure Skating
Freestyle Skiing
Ice Hockey
Nordic Combined
Short Track
Ski Jumping (don’t miss)
Speed Skating
Remember: The nightly prime-time telecasts will feature the most popular events; if you want to see some of the more unique/esoteric events, check out NBCSN, and the other networks (especially the Olympic Channel) which are available all day on air, online, and streaming. Some events at this Olympics have been delayed or postponed, especially the Alpine Skiing events, due to high winds, so NBC’s programming will shift accordingly. We follow everything via NBCSN since they tend to show it all.
The Fine Print: Photo embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. The Nightshift news site and Nightshift Sports are continually evolving experiments in news communications and are productions of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading.
The Winter Olympics: 19 February 2018 New York Times Coverage
Nightshift Sports:
Our daily feed from the New York Times of recaps/features on the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Direct Link: NYT 2018 Winter Olympics Coverage
The New York Times has been at this for quite a while and their coverage is always great and often brilliant.
We’ll put up a link to their summary of coverage and news every day, to make it oh-so-easy for you to stay in touch with the games, the events, the winners and the losers.
To see just how good “old media” can be, we recommend that you read this article from the Times about augmented reality coverage and follow along.
The Times posted a perma link to their AR site (use an iPhone, please )…. here it is:
https://nyti.ms/2FN3peS
The Games are on. Get all the way into them via new media or old.
The Fine Print: The Nightshift news site and Nightshift Sports are continually evolving experiments in news communications. The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading.
The Nightshift: 19 February 2018
Press Clippings:
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Good Morning, it’s Monday, 19 February 2018, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift.
The United States remains in 6th place in the overall Olympic Medal count. The Norwegian team leads with 27 medals. In ice dancing, three U.S. teams are in contention for a medal, while at the downhill, there are changes to the program, as Mikaela Shiffrin has decided not to run in the event. This means she will not face the other top American, Lindsey Vonn. Seems like an intelligent decision since at this stage of her career Shiffrin is a slalom specialist and Vonn is a downhill specialist. The two could–emphasis on “could”– meet in the Combined, which combines both slalom and downhill. The U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey team will play in the finals; they will do no worse than a Silver medal. The Women’s Ice Hockey team has certainly done much better than the U.S. Men’s Team, which has appeared to be over-matched, especially against the Russian team.
You can see the running medal count with this direct link.
Students from the Parkland, Florida high school that suffered from an assault rifle massacre are organizing demonstrations to stop gun violence and the sale of high powered AR-15 assault rifles.
Today is President’s Day. It’s also National Lash Day. Celebrate the holiday of your choice.
What we’re listening to in The Media Bunker: The Valentines 2018 playlist, compiled by our music editor/producer/DJ Tschugge.
The front pages (and sometimes more) of the world’s great English language newspapers are linked below. The International Headlines are all at your fingertips, below. As always, thanks for dropping by.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
The Fine Print: Embed image courtesy of our friends at Getty Images, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21s century on file and online. If you need an image, they are your source. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. This post is number 1632for this site. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration.Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.