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	"WAVE" No.22 August 2008 Editorial Topic of the Issue Beijing 2008 - 29th Summer Olympics Let the Games begin! After eight years preparation time, with spectacular ceremony where the ancient Chinese history was interlaced with the most modern technology, the 29th Summer Olympic games was opened... >> Theme slogan of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 'One World One Dream' This is a profound manifestation of the core concepts of the Beijing Olympic Games. It reflects the values of harmony connoted in the concept of "People's Olympics", the core and soul of the three concepts - "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics" The Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Fish, Panda, Olympic Flame, Tibetan Antelope and Swallow Like the Five Olympic Rings from which they draw their color and inspiration, Fuwa will serve as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friendship and peace -- and good wishes from China -- to children all over the world Portrait: Pierre de Coubertin Father of Olympic Games Coubertin was a very active sportsman and practiced the sports of boxing, fencing, horse-riding and rowing. He was convinced that sport was the springboard for moral energy and he defended his idea with rare tenacity. It was this conviction that led him to announce at the age of 31 that he wanted to revive the Olympic Games. On 23 June, 1894 he founded the International Olympic Committee in a ceremony held at the University of Sorbonne in Paris. Two years later, in 1896, the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in Athens Society Smoking regulation in Germany Constitutional Court Judges tilt non-smoker ban German politicians find smoking regulations difficult. Over two decades there were discussions about smoking bans, tobacco taxes and the health toll of cigarettes. This year all federal states have established similar smoking bans for public places, pubs and restaurants. But the regulations are unconstitutional in parts. A loose smoking regulation will probably follow. It is a success for smokers, but a health setback for all people... >> Commentary: Brazilian Cybercrime Law Project Controversial measures criticized over the Internet The law project regarding cybercrimes was approved in July at Brazil's Senate, and now depends on the approval in the Chamber of Deputies of the country. The law project redaction, however, has been the target of some criticism in terms of coverage on what is considered crime and more controversial issues involving the privacy of users and the confidentiality of their information. Somehow, that is something that is happening simutaneously in almost every place in the world: countries are starting to feel the necessity of trying to create specific laws to regulate digital content; users are not happy with the situation... >> Economics Corporate social responsibility - propaganda or a long-term strategy Companies' care for society - more than just business Center for monitoring and evaluation, Environmental Engineering Group and Serbian Energy Efficiency Agency are organizing the International Conference "CSR and Energy efficiency" from September 29th to October 1st 2008, in Novi Sad, Serbia, introducing possibilities for corporations in Serbia and Southeast Europe to expand their social involvement and contribute to local issues in order to empower the whole community... >> Culture & Arts WAVE magazine researching the future of the Serbian scene (2): choosing between a state-funded academies and a private one Caught in the Middle The artists should possess a theoretical and academic knowledge of acting, but also an amount of working knowledge, as well as the tricks learnt at seminars and creative workshops. Some students believe that the only difference between a state-funded and a private academy is that the latter is more expensive, but they are certain the hard work will be worthwhile. Prejudice towards private arts academies remain common, especially among actors who graduated from a state-funded arts academy... >> Interview: Vladan Nikolić, a director Shaking hands instead of contract A serious cinematography expert whose films were being shown from New York, San Francisco, Oldenburg, via Chicago, Barcelona, Geneva, Moscow, to Frankfurt, Venice and Belgrade, reveals how, following his dreams, he went to America with 500 dollars in his pocket, not giving up, because his wife Dušica helped him in his realizations; how he came into contact with powerful producer Jim Stark, and how he had no idea that during a reception he spoke to Penelope Cruz for an hour, and that during the shooting of "Love" a man was in charge of waking Sergej Trifunović up... >> In Memoriam: Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) Russian Literary Giant Dies at the age of 89 The author whose books chronicled the horrors of the Soviet gulag system was lauded as a moral and spiritual leader as well as one of the greatestwriters of his time. His monumental work the Gulag Archipelago, written in secrecy in the Soviet Union and published in Paris in three volumes between 1973 and 1978, is the definitive work on Stalin's camps, where tens of millions perished. His major works, including The First Circle and Cancer Ward, brought him global admiration and the 1970 Nobel prize for literature... >> Science & Tech Eating Habits Modulating a Taste The quest for flavor modulators began in 1996, when Charles Zuker realized that the prevailing literature on taste biology was potentially wrong. Human can sense five types of flavor: sweet, bitter, umami (sometimes called savory), salty and sour. Most of us in school learned that tongue is partitioned into regions that each detect one type of flavor. But work of Charles Zuker showed that taste buds across the tongue and mouth contain small groups of cells that enable each bud to detect every flavor... >> The way the Internet is altering our habits Blame it all on Google! Have you ever noticed it's getting more difficult for you to focus on reading lengthy texts? Can you concentrate hard on the text you read online or is your attention constantly diverted by interesting links? Do you stop reading to reply to a new e-mail message, which keeps blinking at the bottom of your screen? Just remember how many articles or e-mails you found intriguing and saved, saying to yourself you will read them later. Now think about how many of them you actually read? If the answer is few, this article is aimed at you... >> Sport Tour de France 2008 Carlos Sastre at the top of the Eiffel Tower! After three weeks of tiring race around France, a Quick Step's cyclist - Belgian Gert Steegmans won the last stage on the Elysees Fields, and the overall winner of the most significant bicycle race in the world is Spaniard Carlos Sastre, the member of CSC team. It is the first overall victory for a 33-year-old veteran and the third successive for Spanish cyclists. Danish team CSC scored also a team victory, and it also has the best young cyclist - Andy Schleck. The best mountain climber was Austrian Kohl, while Oscar Freire was the most successful among sprinters... >> The best goal scorers - Part one: Just Fontaine A Little French with Big Heart Fontaine reached the top of his career in 1958. He became the best scorer of French championship by scoring 34 goals in 26 matches. Also, he was the most effective player of Cup of European Champions (Champions League) and the best scorer of FIFA World Cup in Sweden. Before that cup, Hungarian Kocisz was the first on scorers list, after 11 goals in Switzerland 1954... >> and much more in all sections... explore!