Related Links Olympics Overview 2012Track & Field PreviewEncyclopedia: Track & Field Twenty-two-year-old American Jesse Owens didn’t care much for Hitler’s politics—or any politics for that matter. He just wanted to show off his immense skills and represent his country to the best of his abilities. Just over a year earlier, on May 25, 1935, Owens recorded one of the more mind-boggling performances in track and field history. He broke three world records and tied another at the Big Ten Track and Field Championships in Michigan—in just 45 minutes!...

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Minimum stay on weekends is two nights. Children are welcome in certain suites. Huron House B&B is a couple’s getaway. It is located on Lake Huron beach, between Oscoda and Tawas. Couples can enjoy views of the lake, a spacious room, a two person whirlpool tub, and a private deck. A private outdoor hot tub gives couples the option of relaxing while watching the moonrise. Breakfast is served to the room for added privacy....

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Candidate announces plan to run for office. This announcement launches the candidate’s official campaign. Speeches, debates, and baby-kissing begin in full force. Candidate campaigns to win delegate support. The first stage of a presidential campaign is the nomination campaign. At this time the candidate is competing with other candidates in the same party, hoping to get the party’s nomination. The candidate works to win delegates—representatives who pledge to support the candidate’s nomination at the national party convention—and to persuade potential voters in general....

You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments....

With the problem-plagued space shuttle program slated to be retired in 2010, a new system is being developed. Two rockets are planned for the Moon trips: one for cargo and one for the human crew. A booster rocket using some beefed-up shuttle technology would take off with the new Earth Departure Stage and the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV). The Earth Departure Stage would hurtle the CEV and a lunar lander into orbit around the Moon....

Book a trip to Africa, and pray for clear skies. That’s one possible reaction to the upcoming transit of Venus, which is going to be missed by residents of much of the United States. This rare phenomenon last took place in 1882, so long ago that nobody currently living has seen it. What is the transit of Venus? It might be helpful to start by considering the more familiar phenomenon of a solar eclipse....

How do vaccines work? When you receive a vaccine it helps your body create antibodies. Antibodies are your body’s defensive cells that fight off any foreign substance (germs). Sometimes your body can create antibodies on its own. But the diseases you get vaccines for are very dangerous. Most people get very sick and some die before enough antibodies are produced. Here’s more about the diseases we get vaccinated against: Hib Vaccine This vaccine protects us from the Haemophilus Influenza type b bacteria....