1. Team USA Honored with a Special Tribute in the
Nation's Capital on the Fourth of July

"...Live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol,
gold medal winner Scott Hamilton will lead the
tribute to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams
honoring past and present Olympians and
Paralympians before a crowd of hundreds of
thousands. Olympians and Paralympians to be
honored during the tribute include:... Khan "Bob"
Malaythong (badminton, 2008) ... "

Source: http://www.usabadminton.org/page.asp?Page=News&iID=509
Similar article at:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-02-200\
8/0004842822&EDATE=



2. Article followup:
"...On Susi Susanti, what Jakarta Post meant by
"tertiary education" was actually High School in
the US (but from grades 10 - 12). That was
Indonesia's golden years for having both Alan &
Susi (and other great players) in the National
team.

Now, the government and Association started to
give more bonuses - but only to winners. For the
rest, they only live on small monthly salaries.
Many of these athletes are only Junior HS
graduates. ..."

[Thanks to Andre Kwee for the additional information!]

The original article is at:
http://old.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20080702.W02&irec=1



3. For those watching the badminton event in Beijing...
"...In one drill, police posing as terrorists held
ten badminton audience members hostage, 'shooting
dead' four 'hijackers', capturing two and defusing
a mock car bomb..."

Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031298/Wheel-scary-Chinese-anti-terror-\
police-practise-killing-drills-scooters.html



4. IHSA Girls Badminton 5-Year Season Calendar
Source: http://www.ihsa.org/activity/bad/calendar.htm



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