FIFA Worldcup | Sponsorship Activity | Experience | Hyundai Motor Company Hyundai began its association with FIFA in 1999 and will continue to be a top-tier sponsor of FIFA as the Automotive Official Partner until 2022. Hyundai will support all FIFA competitions including the next FIFA World Cups, Confederations Cups, Women’s World Cups, U-20 and U-17 World Cups. Hyundai sees football sponsorship as a core element of its marketing strategy and as a key way of connecting between global customers and its brand by supporting sports cultures. Ground transportation is critical to the successful staging of an international event like the FIFA World Cup™.
50 Data Visualizations Wrapping your brain around data online can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of information. And trying to find related content can also be difficult, depending on what data you’re looking for. But data visualizations can make all of that much easier, allowing you to see the concepts that you’re learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner. Below are 50 of the best data visualizations and tools for creating your own visualizations out there, covering everything from Digg activity to network connectivity to what’s currently happening on Twitter. Music, Movies and Other Media Narratives 2.0 visualizes music. Liveplasma is a music and movie visualization app that aims to help you discover other musicians or movies you might enjoy. Tuneglue is another music visualization service. MusicMap is similar to TuneGlue in its interface, but seems slightly more intuitive. Digg, Twitter, Delicious, and Flickr Internet Visualizations
2010 FIFA World Cup: 3 Ways to Watch For continuous World Cup coverage, check out Mashable's 2010 World Cup Hub, which will be updated throughout the games. Football fanatics all over the world are eagerly anticipating the kick-off to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The Internet has already started to fill up with football-themed viral videos, Twitter accounts and epic trailers. ESPN and ABC have teamed up to bring to your television — in some combination — every single football match being played. 1. No TV? Univision will also be live streaming every single match for free online at UnivisionFutbol.com. 2. Half the fun of World Cup football is reliving the best goals, moves and moments. The official home of the FIFA World Cup is also home to an extensive video library constantly updated with highlights, exclusive interviews and features including a tribute to Nelson Mandela, match reactions and culture spots. Footytube ESPN on YouTube 3. Who knew there was a U.S. Bonus: Watch It On A Boat
Michel Platini's victory for stability spells end to freewheeling culture | David Conn | Sport At Uefa's pine and glass headquarters on the banks of Lake Geneva tomorrow, European football's governing body will enshrine a rule designed to wrestle football's financial frenzy into some saner shape. The product of almost three years work since Uefa's president, Michel Platini, expressed alarm at the "danger to football" of debt, overspending and "rampant commercialism", Uefa's executive committee will approve the "financial fair play" regulations. Its principle, after so many years of the football public here being told there is no alternative to the game being a toy of the free market, is heartbreakingly simple. From 2012-13, just two years' time, clubs who wish to play in European competitions must not spend more than they earn. That, in a nutshell, is it. From 2012-13 massive spending on players by owners, as at Chelsea, where Roman Abramovich has paid in £726m since 2003, or Manchester City, whose owner Sheikh Mansour, has spent £400m since 2008, will be prohibited.
Official FIFA World Cup Partner | Football Football has the power to unite like no other sport, and as a truly global airline, Emirates is proud to be associated with the game’s international governing body, FIFA. Emirates’ partnership with FIFA dates back to 2006 when it became the first airline sponsor of the prestigious FIFA World Cup™. Following the success of the tournament in Germany, Emirates cemented its status as an Official FIFA Worldwide Partner in 2007 and celebrates the passion for the beautiful game which is felt in all corners of the earth. As an Official Worldwide Partner, Emirates is involved in all major FIFA tournaments including the FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA Youth World Cups and FIFA Club World Cup. In 2014, Brazil will host the FIFA World Cup™ for the second time and Emirates will again be present to share the occasion with fans and players from around the world.
30 Unusual and Incredible Surreal Artworks Today, we bring a collection of the most meaningful and conceptually creative surreal artworks. Surreal Art has now become a very familiar medium of art and it is growing continuously in its popularity because in this medium of art, artist has much more room to show his creativity and convey his feelings and way of thinking to his audience. Here is a collection of 30 very conceptual and momentous Surreal Artworks for you. We are very much sure you will be inspired and enthused by this attractive surreal art collection. Idee fixe Time The weakness of silence Saroja The cage I wasn’t born to suffer The dream Six Experts Too Much Heaven Monkey Voodoo Entity Nostalgia The Remnant A new life Hope Brainwash Every God Damn Thing Bonsai Linking Meditation Life is about.. Kubicki Stop time III Under The Last Moon Deepration Ex luce mutatio Moles and Trolls Hardware Psychoanalizing
HOW TO: Follow the 2010 FIFA World Cup on Twitter For continuous World Cup coverage, check out Mashable's 2010 World Cup Hub, which will be updated throughout the games. The 2010 World Cup is going to be a very interesting one as far as social media goes — it's the first to be played out in the Twitter era and the first to fully embrace the social media universe. This bodes well for avid football fans keen to stay up to date with all the most recent news from their favorite players and teams. The real-time nature of Twitter may well entice these newcomers to hop on the micro-blogging site. To get new users ready for the action, we've got a few tips for how to follow the World Cup on Twitter complete with a list of who you should be following to stay informed on the games, news, and goings on in South Africa. 1. At the moment, #worldcup seems to be the largest tag by volume of tweets, but #wc2010 is also doing the rounds, as is #2010worldcup. Other tags have, of course, sprung up around teams. 2. 3. US Soccer - "U.S.
When Will The Premier League Bubble Burst? So England have crashed out of the World Cup, the so-called “golden generation” once again failing to perform on the grand stage. Although England might have found a little form when beating Slovenia, it’s fair to say that the national team has been struggling for almost the entire length of its miserable stay in South Africa with the woeful display against Algeria being one of the worst in living memory and the defeat against Germany the worst-ever at the World Cup. Never mind, at least English fans can comfort themselves with the thought that they will soon be watching the Premier League again – and that’s the “best league in the world” (copyright Sky Sports’ imbecilic front man Richard Keys). While this is a debate that can never be won on football grounds, it should be rather more straightforward from a financial perspective and, happily for us, the Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance provides the comparatives. "The lion-hearted Premier League" "Good times" "Happy days"
Do Libraries Still Matter? Ohio State U. Has a Clear Answer - Facilities May 30, 2010 Brad Feinknopf, Feinknopf LLC In the renovation of Ohio State U.'s main library, a central tower that once held closed stacks was stripped of concrete and now reveals open stacks behind glass. Enlarge Image By Scott Carlson Columbus, Ohio Library-renovation projects are often characterized by a central tension: Should the building emphasize the people it serves or the materials it contains? An answer might be found in the recently completed renovation of the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library at Ohio State University: transparency.
Tony Adams, a mysterious tycoon and their grand plan for small-town Azerbaijan - Profiles, People This obscure outpost is where Adams says he wants to spend the next 10 years of his life, using the vast funds of a mysterious local oligarch to build a team that is capable of challenging for the Champions League. He will be unveiled this morning at a press conference in Baku, and will take charge of FC Gabala from the start of next season. Adams has signed an initial three-year contract at the club, which was founded just five years ago. Since agreeing to the job around a month ago, Adams has not spoken to journalists or told many of his friends about the job. "If we can get into the group stages of the Champions League within the next five to 10 years, I will consider myself a success here," saysthe former Portsmouth manager. Looking around him as he talks of the Champions League, a casual observer would be forgiven for thinking he was completely mad. But the club has big plans. The 43-year-old is desperate to make it in management, but so far it has not gone well. The life of Adams