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Bicycle helmet - How they work. There are two main types of helmet: hard shell and soft/micro shell (no-shell helmets are now rare). In both types impact energy is absorbed as a stiff foam liner is crushed, up to the point where the liner is crushed to its minimum thickness, or the helmet shatters, after which no further energy is absorbed. Collision energy varies with the square of impact speed: a typical helmet will absorb the energy of a fall from a stationary or slow-moving bicycle, an impact speed of around ...

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2004 in sports - Long track speed skating. January 2 - Winners at the 2003 Canada Post All Round Canadian Championships at Calgary, Alberta: Men's 500 m: Mike Ireland, Winnipeg, Manitoba 34.58 seconds Men's 1000 m: Jeremy Wotherspoon, Red Deer, Alberta 1:08.90 Women's 500 m: Krisy Myers, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan 39.43 Women's 1000 m: Kristy Myers 1:18.16 January 3 Men's 500 m: Casey Fitzrandolph, Madison, Wisconsin 35.27 seconds Me ...

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Football (soccer) is a passion for many Calcuttans with the national clubs, East Bengal Club and Mohun Bagan Athletic Club being the best known teams. Sourav Ganguly, who is the most successful captain of India in Test cricket hails from Calcutta. Kolkata has produced summer Olympic medallists such as: Norman Pritchard (Athletics - 1900) Richard James Allen Leslie Claudius (Field Hockey - 1924, 1928, 1936) Gurbux Singh Dr. Vece Paes (Field Hockey - 1980) Leander Adrian Paes (Ol ...

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Kolkata - Para Adda and club culture. Paras in Kolkata signify a neighbourhood with a strong sense of community, and are usually sharply defined on the basis of loyalties (like which households contribute economically to which public or "barowari" puja). Paras culture typically segregate Kolkata communities on the basis of origin (West Bengal origin "ghotis" versus East Bengal origin "bangals" - there are paras which have names like "prothom bangal para" (first bangal para)), occupation and sociio-economic status (paras have names like "kumorpara" (potter para)) ...

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List of computer and video games by genre - General Strategy. Core Wars Defender of the Crown Lords of Conquest Wargame Construction Set List of computer and video games by genre - Real-time strategy. Age of Empires series Age of Mythology series Armies of Exigo Battle Realms Blitzkrieg series Close Combat series < ...

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Kolkata has a thriving and independent media culture with many eminent and respected newspapers and television production houses. This city can also claim a widespread argumentative culture that adds to its reputation as being one of the best centres for journalism in India. A few of the widely circulated newspapers are as follows: Kolkata - Bengali. AnandabazarPatrika Aajkaal Bartaman Sangbad Pratidin Kolkata - English. The Telegraph The Statesman Asian Age Hindustan TimesSee also:

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Men's Golf Grand Slam of golf results: May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus June - US Open - Lou Graham July - British Open - Tom Watson August - PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $298,149 Ryder Cup: United States wins 21-11 over Britain & Ireland in world team golf Women's Golf US Women's Open - Sandra Palmer LPGA Championship - Kathy Whitworth Sandra Palmer is the leading money winner on the LPG ...

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