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Along with the 2008 Russian presidential election, on 2 March 2008 there was an unofficial election held in Sochi to elect the mascot for the 2014 Winter Olympics. 270,000 voters along with their ballots received a coupon with four mascot candidates: Ded Moroz, a snowflake, a polar bear and a dolphin.
Orboretum: The Orb Collection is the fourth compilation album by the Orb released on 8 November 2024 on Cooking Vinyl. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Alex Paterson 's words, the compilation is "a sort of director's cut, reframing our output, making new neuro pathways, and new juxtapositions."
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can interbreed.The polar bear is the largest extant species of bear and land carnivore, with adult males weighing 300–800 kg (660–1,760 lb).
Badorb.com was a record label created by Alex Paterson of the Orb in 2002. Though it was an internet label, its releases were vinyl only, which Paterson believed was the reason the label failed and closed in 2003. [1] It had featured fourteen releases from artists including the Orb, S.E. Berlin and Ayumi Hamasaki.
The shorter single version was later collected on the Grauzone album Die Sunrise Tapes (1998). [4] The song features a man singing he wants to be "a polar bear in the cold polar", because by being one he "wouldn't have to cry any longer and everything would be fine." The instrumental arrangement also evokes an Arctic atmosphere.
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Soohorang (Korean: 수호랑) is the official mascot of the 2018 Winter Olympics, and Bandabi (Korean: 반다비) is the official mascot of the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Both events were held in Pyeongchang, Gangwon, South Korea. [1] [2] Soohorang is a white tiger and Bandabi is an Asiatic black bear. [3]
Magic Orbz is a 3D Breakout style game with a stylised game design and physics simulation. The game's visual appearance follows two themes, Pirates and Knights. As in many similar games in this genre, random power-ups fall from pieces of the level that are broken up by the ball.