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Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
A British 'Marco Polo' who travelled the world on his bicycle for 40 years has been killed in a hit-and-run road crash in Greece.Ian Hibell, 74, was dubbed a "cyclist extraordinaire" in the long-distance touring world and rode across every continent and some of the most remote parts of the planet.He undertook countless expeditions over 40 years that were classed as 'world firsts' including...
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Luxist (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Filed under: Timepieces Vacheron Constantin has revealed the latest in their Explorer series of watches. The two new models celebrate Marco Polo and Christopher Columbu s (previous models were devoted to the Chinese admiral Zheng Hé and Magellan). The enamelled dial is made of two parts that partially overlap. The top part features a map of the explorer's journeys and the bottom part...
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Daily Mail on Sunday (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Briton who cycled around the world for 40 years killed in hit-and-run in GreeceLast updated at 1:02 PM on 04th September 2008A British 'Marco Polo' who travelled the world on his bicycle for 40 years has been killed in a hit-and-run road crash in Greece.Ian Hibell, 74, was dubbed a "cyclist extraordinaire" in the long-distance touring world and rode across every continent and some of...
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Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Briton who cycled around the world for 40 years killed in hit-and-run in GreeceLast updated at 1:02 PM on 04th September 2008A British 'Marco Polo' who travelled the world on his bicycle for 40 years has been killed in a hit-and-run road crash in Greece.Ian Hibell, 74, was dubbed a "cyclist extraordinaire" in the long-distance touring world and rode across every continent and some of...
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Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
A British 'Marco Polo' who travelled the world on his bicycle for 40 years has been killed in a hit-and-run road crash in Greece.Ian Hibell, 74, was dubbed a "cyclist extraordinaire" in the long-distance touring world and rode across every continent and some of the most remote parts of the planet.He undertook countless expeditions over 40 years that were classed as 'world firsts' including...
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Physorg (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
... wrens approach each other following duets and use them to play a version of the children's game Marco Polo. "One bird sings, listens for the song of its partner, and moves towards their partner after hearing a response," Mennill said. In another set of experiments, Mennill used two loudspeakers to simulate the voices of a pair of duetting wrens and found that birds fight duets with...
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Science Daily (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
... wrens approach each other following duets and use them to play a version of the children's game Marco Polo. "One bird sings, listens for the song of its partner, and moves towards their partner after hearing a response," Mennill said.In another set of experiments, Mennill used two loudspeakers to simulate the voices of a pair of duetting wrens and found that birds fight duets with...
