Cross Country (30.7 miles): 1. Miguel Martinez, FRA (2:09:03); 2. Filip Meirhaeghe, BEL (2:10:05); 3. Christoph Sauser, SWI (2:11:20). Road Individual Road Race (240 km): 1. Jan Ullrich, GER (5:29:08); 2. Alexandre Vinokourov, KAZ (5:29:17); 3. Andreas Kloden, GER (5:29:20). Individual Time Trial (46.8 km): 1. Viacheslav Ekimov, RUS (57:40); 2. Jan Ullrich, GER (57:48); 3. Lance Armstrong, USA (58:14). Track Time Trial (1 km): 1. Jason Queally, GBR (1:01....
The exact origin of skiing is unclear, but there is evidence that Scandinavians were using skis to travel and hunt over snow-covered terrain as far back as 4,000 years ago. Organized slalom races were first introduced in Europe during the 1920s and the first world championship was organized in 1931. Shortly thereafter, Americans caught on and interest in this country snowballed throughout the 1930s. Alpine skiing made its Olympic debut at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games with a men’s and women’s combined event, featuring a downhill and two slalom runs....
The man credited with giving birth to the type of figure skating we see today is Jackson Haines, an American from New York. In the early 1860s, Haines’s new combination of music, ballet, ice skating, and dancing wasn’t well received in this country. So he took his revolutionary ideas to Vienna, Austria, where they flourished. Figure skating debuted at the 1908 Olympic Summer Games in London. The singles and pairs competitions have been a part of every Winter Games since 1924....
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Yang won by correctly answering “Romania” to the following question: “Timis County shares its name with a tributary of the Danube and is located in the western part of which European country?” By placing first, Yang won a $25,000 scholarship and a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. He said he enjoys reading history books, cookbooks, and travel guides. The National Geographic Bee was open to 55 contestants: one from each state, plus one apiece from Washington, D....
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Related Links Remembering September 11Al-Qaeda OffshootsSuspected al-Qaeda Terrorist ActsTerrorist AttacksU.S. State Department: Country Reports on Terrorism More than a month after bin Laden’s death al-Qaeda named Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s theological leader, as its leader. Bin Laden’s death was followed in June by the demise of another powerful, top-ranking al-Qaeda leader, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed. He was the leader of al-Qaeda in East Africa and organized the U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in August 1998....
Catfish: A father sea catfish keeps the eggs of his young in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. He will not eat until his young are born, which may take several weeks. Cockroach: A father cockroach eats bird droppings to obtain precious nitrogen, which he carries back to feed his young. Duck: Most male ducks live as bachelors, but the ruddy duck of North America helps care for his young....
Some dolphins, whales, and bats navigate and track prey using echo location. This is a very advanced form of hearing that allows them to “see” their surroundings by listening to and analyzing the way sound reflects off objects in their environment.Many fish sense their surroundings with a lateral line system, which detects changes in water pressure. This allows them to feel the movement of other animals in the water nearby.Snakes use a special apparatus called Jacobsen’s organ to smell....
Common ingredients: seafood, beef, chicken, rice, soybeans, vegetables, seaweed; fruit Popular dishes: sushi (chopped raw fish served with rice soaked in vinegar); tempura, (deep fried shrimp or vegetables); teriyaki (marinated beef); noodles; tofu (made of soybeans); soups More Information:
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Early Days Lewis’s early childhood was relatively happy and carefree. In those days Northern Ireland was not yet plagued by bitter civil strife, and the Lewises were comfortably off. The family home, called Little Lea, was a large, gabled house with dark, narrow passages and an overgrown garden, which Warnie and Jack played in and explored together. There was also a library that was crammed with books—two of Jack’s favorites were Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett....
Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in a village near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the other in a remote area of Sudan. The origin of the virus is unknown but fruit bats (Pteropodidae) are considered the likely host of the Ebola virus, based on available evidence. How do people become infected with the virus? In the current outbreak in West Africa, the majority of cases in humans have occurred as a result of human-to-human transmission....
The ageless Harrison Ford reprises his role as Doctor Jones, aka Indiana Jones, aka Henry Jones Jr. Although nearly 20 years have elapsed since the last installment of the series, 1989’s The Last Crusade, Ford still convincingly portrays the adventure-loving archeologist who is deathly afraid of snakes. Set in 1957 during the early years of the Cold War, the film makes many references to earlier installments, including the first movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark....
M&M’s, a familiar candy-coated chocolate, were made for the military in 1940.“Ration D” was a bar of concentrated chocolate soldiers carried in World War II.The Desert Bar was made by Hershey for the soldiers in Desert Storm. It is a chocolate bar designed to withstand heat up to 140°F. K Rations, named after A. B. Keyes, an American physiobiologist, were carried by Americans in World War II. These lightweight packages included biscuits, canned meat, instant coffee, fruit bars, chewing gum, and powdered lemon juice....
“Touch blue and your wish will come true.”Make a wish each time you eat a green M&M.Make a wish when you see three birds on a telephone wire.Put a watermelon seed on your forehead and make a wish before it falls off.Make a wish before you blow out the candles on your birthday cake.Make a wish on the first star you see at night.Throw a coin in a fountain; make a wish when the water clears so you can see your reflection....
