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, when Israel started to divert the water for agriculture and other domestic use.

ronmentalists

ordan and Syria built a series of dams and canals on the Yarmouk River, the Jordan's main tributary, further cutting the flow to the river. Yet another large Jordanian-Syrian

dam is slated to open by 2006, a fact that makes the issue that much more urgent for envi

The river's slow but steady decline began in the 1950s

If it were up to environmentalists, local countries would import more produce in order to save the Jordan and other water sources in the water-deprived Middle East.

"if Christians knew that just a mile down the river a toxic mix was being dumped, they would be very upset about it."

25 years or more.

six small areas located in inland China

fifteen different kinds of Bamboo

12 to 16 hours a day

22 to 40 pounds of Bamboo each day

sold for $100,000 dollars.

pink when they are born.

1,000 individuals in the wild.

110 pandas in captivity

20 and 40 lbs of food per day

16 hours eating

eat other plants, fish, pika and other small rodents.

danger of extinction.

do not hibernate

born they are blind and very small

3 to 4 1/2 ounces

start out with fine white fur

colored fur within a month of birth

eating bamboo by the time they are 5 to 6 months

one year of age, the cubs normally weigh about 75 pounds of bamboo

Female giant panda bears do not normally mature until they are 5 to 7 years

Mating begins in late-March and continues on into May

Females may mate with several males during the breeding season

airplane

fixed-wing

Sir George Cayley

Sir George Cayley

On Aerial Navigation

Sir George Cayley

Thomas Walker

Aerial Steam Carriage

William Samuel Henson

John Stringfellow

William Samuel Henson

Sir George Cayley

Sir George Cayley

It's for this reason that the off-season is used to follow a training program to develop endurance, strength, speed, coordination, and agility. In order to be successful

Warm-up 5 to 10 minutes to increase blood flow and lubricate the joints.Flexibility exercises to slowly stretch muscles and tendons that cross and surround the joints.Strength development to increase muscular power and force.Endurance work to increase and maintain a high level of cardiovascular conditioning and interval workouts to increase speed and stamina.A cool-down period of 5 to 10 minutes after the exercise has finished to let the heart rate return to normal and facilitate the return of blood from the extremities.Post-exercise flexibility exercises of 5 to 10 minutes to prevent muscles from shortening.

The Warm-UpAll exercise should be preceded by a short warm-up period of 5 to 10 minutes. The purpose of this is to prepare your body for more strenuous activity to follow. An excellent warm-up is rope skipping with little or no resistance. Once your body starts to lightly perspire, you are probably sufficiently warmed up. Rope jumping will greatly increase the flow of blood to the muscle tissues and lubricate the joints. This allows you to bend, stretch, jump, and run to the maximum of your ability without fear of injury. Exercise without a proper warm-up is very taxing to the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joints. Failure to warm-up may lead to injury. Flexibility: Stretching Exercises

Prepare to be a WinnerA high level of personal motivation is critical to the success of anything that you do in life. No matter how much or how little basketball talent you have, if you are motivated enough to follow the program set forth here, you will get in shape. Therefore, you will be better able to achieve your goals. All the many hours that you put into your conditioning program will eventually yield results. In the final minutes of a game when your team is desperately looking for someone to score, grab a rebound, or block a shot, it is you who will come through. Why? Because you are in shape and, even in the waning minutes when everyone else is tired, you can still perform at a high competitive level. With the base built from your preseason training program, you are the one who still has the mental toughness, the strength, the power, and the motivation to get the job done. Although you may never have all the tools to be the most talented basketball player, by working hard and following this preseason program, you will become a well conditioned athlete, able to maximize all your basketball talents. In the end this will enable you to come as close as possible to achieving your basketball dreams.

“30 billion illegal downloads in 2007“

“Even the most innovative business models are totally undermined by free music”

Used-CD shops typically pay customers between $3 and $5 for their old discs, then sell them for $8 to $10. New CDs can be priced as high as $18 apiece.

Even though the Devils finished the 2002-03 regular season with 108 points, good for first-place in the Atlantic Division, they were never considered a favorite to win the Stanley Cup Championship.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere.

The Devils dispatched of the Ducks in seven games, winning the Cup on their home ice with a 3-0 decision on a game-winning goal by rookie right wing Mike Rupp and a pair from Jeff Friesen.

artin Brodeur had an unforgettable 2002-03 season, winning the Vezina Trophy, the Jennings Trophy and the Stanley Cup.

Scott Stevens is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs.

Brodeur would not allow more than one goal in any of the next four games.

He was unbelievable in game six as well, allowing just one goal as the game went into a second 20-minute sudden death overtime before Jason Arnott, the Devils’ leading scorer in the series, pumped in the Cup-winning goal at 8:20 of the second overtime.

Defenseman and Captain Scott Stevens was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner. Later that June, center Scott Gomez won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league’s Rookie of the Year for finishing with 70 points, including 51 assists.

the number of albums sold as downloads doubled from 2005

There are more than 2 million children under the age of 15 living with the HIV infection

0 percent of those infected with HIV may not know they are carrying the virus.

he endorses the ABCs encouraged by Youth AIDS: Abstinence or Be faithful or Consistent use of safe-sex methods.

LARGEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)

Russia 17,075,400 sq km, (6,592,846 sq miles)

OCEANS' GREATEST DEPTHS Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean 35,827 ft

10) LARGEST USA CITIES! (By Population) Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city (often called the metro). For those numbers, visit this page New York City, NY 8.09 million

DEEPEST OCEANS & SEAS

SMALLEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)

Pacific Ocean (35,827 ft) (10,924 meters)

Vatican City 0.44 sq km, (0.17 sq miles)

OLDEST COUNTRIES

San Marino (301 AD)

LARGEST CITIES ON THE PLANET! Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city. For the largest metropolitan areas refer to the list below this one. Revised (10/01/04) Shanghai, China 13.3 million

MAJOR SEAS (by size) locator map here South China (2,974,600 sq km)

YOUNGEST COUNTRIES Montenegro (July, 2006)

RICHEST COUNTRIES (GNP in USA Dollars) Luxembourg ($45,360)

MAJOR ISLANDS (by size) locator map here Australia, (7,617.930 sq km) is widely considered part of a continental landmass, not officially an island. But without doubt it is the largest island on the planet, and when combined with Oceania, the smallest continent on Earth.

POOREST COUNTRIES (GNP in USA Dollars) Mozambique ($80)

LARGEST METRO AREAS IN THE WORLD Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city, and also include the city limit population figures. Revised (09/05) Toyko, Japan 31.2 million

COUNTRIES WITH MOST LAND BORDERS

China (14)

MAJOR RIVERS (By Length) Nile, Africa (6,825 km)

MAJOR LAKES (By Size) Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (371,000 sq km)

TOP 10 TALLEST MOUNTAINS Mount Everest 8850m (29035ft) Nepal/China

DEEPEST LAKES (By Greatest Depth) Baikal, Russian Fed. (5,315 ft)