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Friday, July 12, 2012
Events We're Watching

Blasts in Pune India - Delhi Security Beefed Up
Delhi was put on heightened vigil on Wednesday night with deployment of armed police personnel across the city in the wake of the bomb blasts in Pune. Read Details
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What is the difference between a non-stop flight and a direct flight?

There are three basic types of flights: non-stop, direct, and connecting. A non-stop flight is one that makes no intermediate stops before you arrive at your destination. Example - get on a flight in Dulles and the plane comes down in San Francisco, your final destination. A direct flight is one that makes a stop, but there is no change of planes or flight numbers involved, and passengers booked to the final destination may or may not be permitted to get off the plane during the intermediate stop. An example would be flight from Dulles to San Francisco with an intermediate stop in Chicago to let some passengers off and pick up others. A connecting flight is one where a change of planes and flight numbers is involved. For example, to get from Dulles to San Francisco you might take flight 100 as far as Chicago and then get off and change to flight 200 to continue on to San Francisco.

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  • London is the first city to host 3 Olympic Games, in 1908, 1948, and 2012
  • The U.S. has hosted the most Olympic games at 8, followed by France with 4
  • At the first London Olympics in 1908 there were athletes from 22 nations participating in 24 disciplines and in 2012 there will be athletes from 171 countries in 39 disciplines
  • The current 26.2 mile marathon length was first used in the 1908 Olympics so that it started under the nursery window at Windsor Castle and finished in front of the King's Box at White City Stadium
  • No city in Africa or South America has yet hosted an Olympic Games
  • The 1908 Summer Olympics in London lasted 187 days
  • Lacrosse, cricket, polo, rugby, and golf are among the sports not currently included in the Olympics
  • Great Britain is the only nation to have won at least one gold medal at every Summer Olympic Games