Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Red Bull Flugtag 2009 - 1
Red Bull makes full use of its "Red Bull gives you wings" slogan by hosting this year's Flugtag in London's Hyde Park.
Anyone wondering what a Flugtag is should refer to the famous Bognor Birdman event. If you're still in the dark, it's basically about man's eternal battle with gravity, coupled with an extraordinary willingness to look stupid.
Forty teams take part and spectators can see the daredevil pilots "flying" their man-powered craft from a 20-foot high ramp over/into the murky waters below.
The celebrity panel judge entries based on flight distance, creativity of the machine and the pre-flight performance, plus the crowd clap-o-meter.
Anyone wondering what a Flugtag is should refer to the famous Bognor Birdman event. If you're still in the dark, it's basically about man's eternal battle with gravity, coupled with an extraordinary willingness to look stupid.
Forty teams take part and spectators can see the daredevil pilots "flying" their man-powered craft from a 20-foot high ramp over/into the murky waters below.
The celebrity panel judge entries based on flight distance, creativity of the machine and the pre-flight performance, plus the crowd clap-o-meter.
An Overview of the U.S. Population
Below is a list of population statistics for the United States generated by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2006 that include total population, average family size, Hispanic population, homeowners, metropolitan population, number of married couples, and more.
Total Resident Pop. (09/24/09): 307,534,622
Population density: 79.6 people per sq mi (2000)
Mean center of population: 3 mi east of Edgar Springs in Phelps County, Mo. (2000)
Males: 147,434,940 (49.2% of pop.)
Females: 151,963,545 (50.8% of pop.)
White: 221,331,507 (73.9% of pop.)
Black: 37,051,483 (12.4% of pop.)
Asian: 13,100,095 (4.4% of pop.)
American Indian and Alaska Native: 2,369,431 (0.8% of pop.)
Hispanic/Latino1: 44,252,278 (14.8% of pop.)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 426,194 (0.1% of pop.)
Median age: 36.4
Metropolitan population: 225,981,679 (2000)
Nonmetropolitan population: 55,440,227 (2000)
Families: 74,564,066
Average family size: 3.2
Homeownership (2005): 68.9% of pop.
Married couples: 55,521,868
Never married: 72,787,209
Divorced: 25,044,234
Widowed: 15,182,891
Total Resident Pop. (09/24/09): 307,534,622
Population density: 79.6 people per sq mi (2000)
Mean center of population: 3 mi east of Edgar Springs in Phelps County, Mo. (2000)
Males: 147,434,940 (49.2% of pop.)
Females: 151,963,545 (50.8% of pop.)
White: 221,331,507 (73.9% of pop.)
Black: 37,051,483 (12.4% of pop.)
Asian: 13,100,095 (4.4% of pop.)
American Indian and Alaska Native: 2,369,431 (0.8% of pop.)
Hispanic/Latino1: 44,252,278 (14.8% of pop.)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 426,194 (0.1% of pop.)
Median age: 36.4
Metropolitan population: 225,981,679 (2000)
Nonmetropolitan population: 55,440,227 (2000)
Families: 74,564,066
Average family size: 3.2
Homeownership (2005): 68.9% of pop.
Married couples: 55,521,868
Never married: 72,787,209
Divorced: 25,044,234
Widowed: 15,182,891
Body Worlds Exhibition
Body Worlds is a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts that are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner anatomical structures. The exhibition's developer and promoter is a German anatomist named Gunther von Hagens, who invented the plastination technique in the late 1970s at the University of Heidelberg.
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