The reorganization is also getting Carlson up to speed for the Beijing Olympics (and, on a smaller scale, for October's Special Olympics in Shanghai).
The Beijing Weather Modification Office gained fame around last year's Beijing Olympics for trying to drain clouds near the city ahead of Aug. 8 Opening Ceremonies.
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The Beijing Olympics, for instance, started on the eighth day of the eighth month in 2008.
The company is China's largest housing contractor and built the futuristic Water Cube for the Beijing Olympics.
He finally won his case in 2008, but failed to run the qualifying time for the Beijing Olympics.
Radcliffe's success came after a year marred by injury which prevented her from preparing properly for the Beijing Olympics.
Samsung says it will offer an 18-carat gold phone especially for the Beijing Olympics in the summer of 2008.
That victory helped propel her into Britain's team for the Beijing Olympics, an learning experience she intends to build on come 2012.
The one event that had a final competition, meaning the top three finishers qualify for the Beijing Olympics, was the women's 10, 000-meter race.
In China the REIT has the exclusive right to build warehouses at Beijing Airport for the 2008 Olympics and at the expanding port of Shanghai.
Rose wants to get involved with larger, more complicated international shipments: delivering the staging for the Beijing Olympics, helping set up satellite-receiver stations in remote locations or moving entire factories.
The IAEA, meanwhile, can help governments with advice: protecting the Beijing Olympics, for example, against radiological attack, disposing of radioactive materials found in factories and hospitals, and fixing security breaches.
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He did it for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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He was there for all the controversy surrounding the Beijing Olympics, winning an Asian TV award for his reporting.
Houvenhagel now meets fellow Briton Rebecca Romero, who won silver in the Olympics in rowing but has switched to cycling for next year's Beijing Olympics.
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When that day dawns, it will be time for Beijing to host the Olympics.
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It also develops its own PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cell generators and has a growing business in China, where it will power the buses for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
People who could previously borrow on the strength of their relationships must now offer something solid, like the 100g gold bar commemorating the Beijing Olympics that is for sale in the lobby.
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In the same season he also ran inside the qualifying time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics - running 10.00 seconds in the 100 meters, just three one-hundredths of a second off his personal best - but failed in his bid to revoke his lifetime Olympic ban through the British courts.
"As I ran, I wished for the success of the Beijing Olympics and peace, " Noguchi said.
Eight years on and Jayasinghe is yet again Sri Lanka's best hope for a medal at the Beijing Olympics.
And she was given a clear indication, which she wanted, of where she is in her preparations for next year's Beijing Olympics.
Today this statuesque Jamaican is a seasoned cyclist who races for a professional U.S. road cycling team and is busy preparing for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
We asked destiny consultant Master Raymond Lo, an expert in reading the I-Ching, the ancient Chinese "Book of Changes, " which of the top sports people bound for Beijing would be successful at the Olympics.
Expect a big boost in business starting next year: Supertex is working with Neo-Neon, a Chinese firm that is supplying lighting for the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing.
The suspension was lifted too late for Pistorius to compete at the Beijing Olympics but he made his mark at the Paralympics that year, winning golds and setting new Paralympics records in the 100m and 200m as well as a world record in the 400m.
Suntech will be supplying solar power to Beijing's Bird Nest Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Just 90 miles from Beijing, 267 factories have been closed down for the Olympics.
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