Nice story

So, as we anxiously await this round of referrals, to see if there's any chance of referrals staying below a 14 month wait, I found a nice story. Those who follow the blog know from time to time I'll post a story on the Olympics in Beijing and the preparations. I know it's not all roses and there are some serious concerns with how the cities are being 'cleaned up', but this story is really nice.:

For the main Olympics website:

http://en.beijing2008.com/

"Beijing volunteers launch smile campaign"

(BEIJING, Oct. 29) -- The Juyongguan section of the Great Wall was decorated with colors of the Olympic Ring on Sunday while the 5,300 Beijing volunteers gathered there and flashed smiles to display their readiness to serve the Olympic athletes in the 29th Olympiad.

The volunteers, comprising workers, college students, school children, farmers, teachers, public servants, artists, foreign students, old people as well as staff of foreign companies in China, were arrayed in a colorful dancing belt. Two hundred college students formed a heart-shaped pattern, which later turned to be a formation of smiling face.

Each of the volunteers wore a gelatinous hand ring with the inscription of the slogan "the smile of the volunteers is the best name-card of Beijing" and the symbol of the Beijing Olympic Games.