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Doubles: 1. Tony Gunawan & Candra Wijaya, INA def. 2. Lee Dong-Soo & Yoo Yong-Sung, S. Kor (15-10, 9-15, 15-7); 3. Ha Tae-Kwon & Kim Dong-Moon, S. Kor def. Choong Tan Fook & Lee Wan Wah, MAS (15-2, 15-8). WOMEN Singles: 1. Gong Zhichao, CHN def. 2. Camilla Martin, DEN (13-10, 11-3); 3. Ye Zhaoying, CHN def. Dai Yun, CHN (8-11, 11-2, 11-6). Doubles: 1. Ge Fei & Gu Jun, CHN def....

Second Place: $75,000 scholarship, Jacob Licht, 17, West Hartford High School, West Hartford, Conn., for his mathematics project, “Rainbow Ramsey Theory: Rainbow Arithmetic Progressions and Anti-Ramsey Results.” Third Place: $50,000 scholarship, Emily Riehl, 17, University High School, Bloomington, Ill., for her mathematics project, “On the Properties of Tits Graphs.” Fourth Place: $25,000 scholarship, Kirsten Frieda, 17, Westlake High School, Austin, Tex., for her chemistry project, “Molecular Interactions During Collision Approach....

“I don’t know why more girls aren’t interested in geography,” she said after winning the championship round. “I wanted a girl winner this year.” By placing first, Caitlin earned a $25,000 scholarship and a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. The 14-year-old home-schooled eighth grader from Redmond, Washington, said she started studying for the 2007 bee right after she was eliminated from the 2006 competition. In addition to geography, Caitlin enjoys studying the history of pottery and creating reproductions of Greek and Minoan pottery....

Related Links AdventChristmasWinter Holiday RoundupChristian and Secular Holidays, 2000-2015 The word advent, from Latin, means “the coming.” For centuries, Advent has been a time of spiritual reflection as well as cheer and anticipation. Even as the Christmas season has become more secular-with advertisers urging holiday gift-givers to buy and buy some more-Advent still brings joy and the observance of ancient customs. Christian families find quiet moments lighting candles in the Advent wreath, and children use Advent calendars to count the days until Christmas....

Stonehenge, a massive circular megalithic monument on the Salisbury Plain in southern England, is the most famous of all prehistoric structures. Thought to have been built c. 2000 B.C., it may have been used as an astronomical instrument to measure solar and lunar movements. The Great Sphinx of Egypt, one of the wonders of ancient Egyptian architecture, adjoins the pyramids of Giza and has a length of 240 ft. Built in the fourth dynasty, it is approximately 4,500 years old....

Common ingredients: goat, pork, chicken, buffalo, freshwater fish and shrimp, potatoes, barley, onions, vegetables, mustard oil, ghee (Indian clarified butter), yak butter, curries, garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, turmeric, black pepper, chilies, onions, cilantro, scallions Popular dishes: dal (lentils); bhat (steamed rice); tarkari (vegetables as a main course); curried or grilled meat or vegetables; meat marinated in mustard oil; stuffed dumplings; stewed and stir-fried noodles; sukutis (spicy and crispy meat slices); achars (chutneys); seasoned or unseasoned tea...

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For special occasions, the Bedouin tribes of Africa stuff a fish with eggs and put it inside a chicken. The chicken is put inside a sheep, and the sheep is put inside a camel and roasted. Now that’s stuffed! Have you ever wondered what people ate before recorded time? Just like what people eat now, it depended on what plants and animals were available to them. According to archeological evidence, some prehistoric people dug wild onions and radishes and searched for wild squash, cabbage, mushrooms, and waterlily seed to eat....

I am a Harry Potter fanatic, plain and simple. Throughout my years as a crazed fan, I was deprived of the opportunity to attend a midnight premiere of one of the movies. That changed on July 15, 2011. Everything about the experience was fascinating—from the costumes, to the reactions from other fans, to the conclusion of the Potter film series. Take another poll Taking in the Midnight Show To get good seats, my father and I arrived at the theater around 11 o’clock, and it was the best decision we made all night....