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536636 | Chilly Beach | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chilly%20Beach | Chilly Beach
k, who was tied up and gagged by Dale. Apparently, he's from Saskatoon.
# Setting.
Chilly Beach is a small town located on a large iceberg, presumably in the Canadian Arctic. The iceberg is seemingly a floating island that can move around in the water. There are some trees and wildlife as well as a mount... | 6,130,400 |
536649 | Coon Rapids | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coon%20Rapids | Coon Rapids
Coon Rapids
Coon Rapids is the name of some places in the United States:
- Coon Rapids, Iowa
- Coon Rapids, Minnesota | 6,130,401 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
Tag (game)
Tag, also called it, tiggy, tig, tick or chasey, or touch and go, is a playground game that involves two or more players chasing other players in an attempt to "tag" or touch them, usually with their hands. There are many variations; most forms have no teams, scores, or equipment. Usually when a ... | 6,130,402 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
others try to escape. A tag makes the tagged player "it". In some variations, the previous "it" is no longer "it" and the game can continue indefinitely, while in others, both players remain "it" and the game ends when all players have become "it".
There are many variants which modify the rules for team pla... | 6,130,403 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
if they are within a pre-determined area, off the ground, or when touching a particular structure. Traditional variants are Wood tag, Iron tag, and Stone tag, when a player is safe when touching the named material. This safe zone has been called a "gool", "ghoul", or "Dell", probably a corruption of "goal". ... | 6,130,404 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
or "T".
Players may also make themselves safe from being tagged by the use of a truce term. When playing the game tag, some may cross fingers as to let others know that they, the player, cannot be it. Yet, this rule may only come into play if the crossing of fingers is shown, if the fingers are not shown to... | 6,130,405 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
boy in Omaha, Nebraska, died from brain injuries suffered from falling onto a metal pole while playing tag. A school dinner lady in Dorset was left partially paralyzed after a boy playing tag ran into her in 2004; her claim for damage was rejected by three Court of Appeal judges, who ruled that the boy had n... | 6,130,406 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
of tagging called butterfly tagging—a light tap on the shoulders, arms or upper back.
The president of the US National Association for Sport and Physical Education said that "Tag games are not inherently bad ... teachers must modify rules, select appropriate boundaries and equipment, and make sure pupils ar... | 6,130,407 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
countries. It is banned from many schools. One or two players start as the "bulldogs", who stand in the middle of the play area, while the other players stand at one end of the area. The aim is to run from one end of the area to the other without being caught by the bulldogs. When a player is caught, they be... | 6,130,408 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
those at the ends of the chain are able to catch someone, as they are the only ones with a free hand. A variant has chains of four splitting in two.
## Duck, duck, goose.
In this game, usually played by young children, the players sit in a circle facing inward. One player, the "picker" or "fox", walks arou... | 6,130,409 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
Freeze Tag.
In Freeze Tag, "it" runs around tagging people, and when a person gets tagged by "it",
they get frozen in place and can't move. However, if another person who is not frozen tags them, they are unfrozen. The
last one to be tagged becomes "it" for the next round.
## Kiss chase.
Kiss chase, als... | 6,130,410 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
Last tag.
Last tag was played in the early 20th century, when it was a way to say goodbye when leaving school for home. A player tags another and makes them "it" before leaving on their way home. There is no tagging back. It was a point of honor not to be left with the last tag. If a player is unable to tag... | 6,130,411 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
In a variation, once the fish run to the other side without getting tagged, the game pauses until the octopus starts it again. Upon getting tagged the fish become "seaweed" and must freeze or sit where they were tagged, but they can wave their arms around and assist the Octopus in tagging other fish within t... | 6,130,412 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
M. Burrage calls this version of the game "Smee" in his 1931 ghost story of the same name. The cops, who are in pursuit of robbers (the team being chased), arrest the robbers by tagging the robbers and putting them in jail. Robbers can stage a jailbreak by tagging one of the prisoners in the jail without get... | 6,130,413 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
a zombie in turn. At the game's beginning, there are only one or two zombies; the zombies multiply by tagging humans, turning them into zombies after a period of one hour. Humans can defend themselves from zombies by using socks, marshmallows, Nerf Blasters or any other toys deemed safe and appropriate; if a... | 6,130,414 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
the person who is "it" tries to find and tag them. The game is over when all players are out. Manhunt is sometimes played in teams. In one variant there is a home base in which a player is safe. That version ends when all players who are not safe are out.
## Prisoner's Base.
In Prisoner's Base, each team s... | 6,130,415 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
period, and may be inspired by the act of bride kidnapping. A game of Prisoner's Base was played by members of Lewis & Clark's Corps of Discovery against a group of Nez Perce.
## What's the time, Mr Wolf?
One player is chosen to be Mr Wolf and stands facing away from the other players at the opposite end o... | 6,130,416 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
point. If Mr Wolf tags a player, that player becomes Mr Wolf for the next round.
## Ringolevio.
In Ringolevio, there are two teams. In one version, one team goes off and hides. The other team counts to a number such as 30 and then goes looking for them. In another version, each team has its own "jail", a p... | 6,130,417 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
one player, designated as "it", is blindfolded and attempts to tag the other players, while the other players try to avoid them.
## Computer tag.
Research students developed a version of tag played using handheld WiFi-enabled computers with GPS.
## Flashlight tag.
Flashlight tag, also called "Army tag", ... | 6,130,418 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
become foxes. The intersections of the spokes with the wheel are safe zones.
## Kick the can.
One person is "it" and a can is placed in an open space. The other players run off and hide, then it tries to find and tag each of them. Tagged players are sent to jail. Any player who has not been caught can kick... | 6,130,419 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
and various penalties for taking hits. Pay-per-game laser tag facilities are common in North America.
## Marco Polo.
An aquatic American variant of blind man's bluff, most commonly played in a swimming pool, although it may also be played while swimming in shallow natural bodies of water (typically the are... | 6,130,420 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
player then generally becomes "it," and the process repeats.
## Muckle.
Muckle (sometimes called "muckle the man with the ball", "kill-the-guy-with-the-ball", "smear the queer", "kill the carrier", among other names) is the reverse of regular tag; all of the other players chase "it". This player is denoted... | 6,130,421 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
who becomes it.
## Paintball.
Paintball is a sport in which players use compressed air guns (called paintball markers) to tag other players with paint-filled pellets. Games are usually played on commercial fields with a strict set of safety and gameplay rules.
## Sock tag.
A tube sock is filled with a sm... | 6,130,422 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
the ball and shouts "Spud!" It may then take three large steps toward the player of his choosing before throwing the ball at that player. If the ball hits the target, that player becomes it, and the game starts over.
# Team tag sports.
In South Asia, two sports are variants of tag, played at the team level... | 6,130,423 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
New Zealand, and the Netherlands. It was also demonstrated in 1936 Berlin Olympics. The other tag sport is called Kho Kho.
Tag or flag rugby is a non-contact variation in which each player wears a belt that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches. The mode of play is also similar t... | 6,130,424 |
536639 | Tag (game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%20(game) | Tag (game)
lso demonstrated in 1936 Berlin Olympics. The other tag sport is called Kho Kho.
Tag or flag rugby is a non-contact variation in which each player wears a belt that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches. The mode of play is also similar to rugby league with attacking players atte... | 6,130,425 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blended influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal. Although the band was often labeled as simply metalcore, when Brandan Schieppa... | 6,130,426 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
magazine hailed Bleeding Through as one of eight bands ushering in the "Future of Metal" cover story, and "Spin" called Bleeding Through an "artist to watch" in the magazine's February 2004 issue.
# History.
## "Dust to Ashes" and "Portrait of the Goddess" (1999–2002).
Bleeding Through was formed in... | 6,130,427 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
witnessed lineup changes, the departure of Van Huss and subsequent recruitment of Marc Jackson (Throwdown / Cold War) to cover bass whilst Tafolla reverted to guitar, they decided to expand their current hardcore sound and added elements of death metal to their music. The origin of the band's name was ... | 6,130,428 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
to entering the studio, Vijay Kumar (of Roundhouse and Cat Burglar) took the bass position and Molly Street enrolled as keyboard player. The addition of keyboards was an unconventional move for a metalcore act as it brought some black metal influences into the music. Just as the album saw issue Born qu... | 6,130,429 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
(replacing Vijay Kumar who played on "Portrait of the Goddess") and drummer Derek Youngsma.
## "This Is Love, This Is Murderous" and "The Truth" (2003–2007).
After these two relatively underdistributed albums, Bleeding Through signed to a larger label, Trustkill Records in 2003, releasing their third... | 6,130,430 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
into a truck that was already flipped over. A mobile TV unit, there to report on another crash, caught the entire incident on film as their equipment trailer rolled and exploded, showering their instruments and gear across the road. Fortunately the band escaped with only minor injuries (Johnson had a m... | 6,130,431 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
Is Love, This Is Murderous" received generally favorable reviews from the mainstream media; Allmusic reviewer, Eduardo Rivadavia wrote that "Bleeding Through's blindingly technical execution provides a constant source of entertainment", and Aaron Troy from DecoyMusic.com called it "the best metalcore r... | 6,130,432 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
as well. It is also Bleeding Through's most successful album to date with more than 125,000 copies sold.
The following year kicked off with the band's "Mutilation Tour", which culminated in a sold-out performance at The Glasshouse, near their Orange County home that was captured on a live DVD, the nex... | 6,130,433 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
move, Bleeding Through also donated their rendition of "Rocket Queen" to the Guns N' Roses tribute album "Bring You to Your Knees" released by Law of Inertia Records in March 2004.
A 2005 re-issue of "This Is Love, This Is Murderous" added three bonus live tracks, "Revenge I Seek", "Rise" and "Our Ene... | 6,130,434 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
touring found the band headlining the second annual "Strhess Fest" in alliance with Darkest Hour, Zao, Misery Signals, and Fight Paris commencing early July. Upon completion of these gigs the group hooked up with the "Warped Tour" for a two-week stretch. November saw shows with Day of Contempt, before ... | 6,130,435 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
Press" as "Taking out the Metalcore, and then adding the metal into hardcore, if that makes any sense." (--Scott Danough, guitarist). "I don't think this album sounds like anything else out there right now. We're very proud of that fact." says guitarist Brian Leppke.
Kerrang! magazine declared that "T... | 6,130,436 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
bleeding edge", Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia's opinion was that the band "played it safe" this time and emphasized their "infuriatingly one-dimensional reliance on victimized, self-pitying lyrics of a middle school maturity level". Although some critics praised the improvement of production, recording,... | 6,130,437 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
at the Tool, Guns N' Roses and Metallica headlined Download Festival in Castle Donington, UK on June 9. On July 18, Bleeding Through appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". Stand-up comedian Mitch Fatel joined the band for a song, Brandan Schieppati called this "surreal in the best possible way".... | 6,130,438 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
when they pulled into a Taco Bell parking lot to eat. This resulted in a fan recognizing them and then calling over a bunch of his friends. The band talked with the fans, signed autographs, posed for pictures and also asked the kids if there were any shows happening that night they could participate in... | 6,130,439 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
all comes out don't think you've seen the last of Scott. I'm on to the next chapter very soon and I'm excited to see what the future brings." After Danough's departure he was quickly replaced by Jona Weinhofen of Australian band I Killed The Prom Queen – one of several factors that led that band to spl... | 6,130,440 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
an end with shows in New York City, on December 1 and December 2, 2007, while HIM was simply done touring North America and set to move on to Europe.
## "Declaration" (2008–2009).
In March 2008, Bleeding Through announced "Declaration" as the title of its fifth studio release, a concept album about t... | 6,130,441 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
burining a hole through you." The group recorded "Declaration" between April and May 2008 in Vancouver, Canada with producer Devin Townsend.
On June 6, 2008, the band released a blog on MTV's Headbangers Ball website. The blog addressed numerous disappointments the band had with Trustkill Records. The... | 6,130,442 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
Devin Townsend, the band's management and Schieppati's father who loaned the band money for recording. In a follow-up blog on their MySpace page, Bleeding Through stated that "Trustkill Records delivered the funds necessary to complete the album and to compensate everyone who had loaned [us] cash."
Fo... | 6,130,443 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
companies since the band went public with its Trustkill feud. In July 2008, Bleeding Through inked a European deal with German record label Nuclear Blast for the release of "Declaration".
The band performed in the US 'No Fear Music Tour' with Bullet for My Valentine in August, and continued to support... | 6,130,444 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
Francisco, and performed Bleeding Through's song "Revenge I Seek". The next day, "Declaration" was released in Europe by Nuclear Blast and September 30 in the US by Trustkill. The album sold under 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at number 104 on the "Billboard" 2... | 6,130,445 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
Through announced that Jona Weinhofen would be leaving the band and No Use for a Name guitarist Dave Nassie would replace him. Jona cited that while he loved his time in Bleeding Through, he decided that he should leave the band and return home to Australia with his family and friends. Following his de... | 6,130,446 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
former label Trustkill, Schieppati said, "We're very excited to align with a record label that has so much momentum and is growing when many seem to be faltering, dropping bands and firing employees."
## "Bleeding Through" (2009–2010).
On October 12, 2009, Bleeding Through issued the statement, "Rest... | 6,130,447 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
which was self-titled and released by Rise Records on April 13, 2010 in North America and internationally through Roadrunner Records The album was produced by Zeuss.
The band supported the album with a lengthy tour of Europe, Japan and Australia with Machine Head and Hatebreed in the first part of 201... | 6,130,448 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
"The Anti-Hero" tour across the US with support from For Today, After The Burial and more. After that they joined Parkway Drive and Comeback Kid for the European "Never Say Die!" tour. The band closed out 2010 with an appearance at the "Noise for Toyz" benefit show in Fullerton, California and released... | 6,130,449 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
explained in a November 2010 interview:
On November 14, 2011, the band announced that the name of their new record would be called "The Great Fire". On November 30, 2011, the band announced that "The Great Fire" was complete, although no release date has been stated. On December 14, 2011, the band rev... | 6,130,450 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
summer and singer Brandan Schieppati stated in a reply to an Instagram comment that the band would have a final U.S. tour possibly starting in September. November 2013 the band announced final west coast dates will take place in 2014.
Former guitarist and founding member Scott Danough played with the ... | 6,130,451 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
Scott Danough, Ryan Wombacher, Marta Peterson, Derek Youngsma and Dave Nassie's final appearance with the band in 2014.
In May, the final nine west coast dates were announced with Winds of Plague and Scars of Tomorrow. A majority of the shows the band played were sold out. It was later announced in Ju... | 6,130,452 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
The final show was on August 3.
Brandan Schieppati's podcast he made it clear the final shows were very emotional and he realized how well they all played together. He said something may come from the band in the future.
## Reunion and "Love Will Kill All (2018–present)".
On January 1, SharpTone Rec... | 6,130,453 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
death metal. It is the most apparent on "Dust to Ashes", while with time the band's music got gradually more and more melodic, with "The Truth" being the most melodic to date, even containing a power ballad, a novelty for the band. A keyboard player was introduced shortly before the band began performi... | 6,130,454 |
536617 | Bleeding Through | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleeding%20Through | Bleeding Through
Testament or Exodus. In an interview, guitarist Brian Leppke added Cro-Mags, Entombed, Crowbar and Pantera as well to the list of influences. Lastly, keyboardist Marta Peterson is the one who brings industrial, symphonic black metal, and goth inspirations to the band's sound.
# Band members.
- Curren... | 6,130,455 |
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Street – keyboards
- Jona Weinhofen – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Dave Nassie – lead guitar
- Live members
- Mick Morris – bass
- Rocky Gray – drums
- Dave Peters – lead and rhythm guitar
- Patrick Judge – lead and rhythm guitar
- Manny Contreras – rhythm and lead guitar
- Mick Kenney – lead... | 6,130,456 |
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In Slow Motion"
- "Bring You To Your Knees|Bring You To Your Knees: A Tribute to Guns N' Roses" – "Rocket Queen"
- "Threat: Music That Inspired the Movie" – "Number Seven with a Bullet"
- "Threat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Soundtrack)" – "Number Seven with a Bullet"
- "AMP Magazine Presen... | 6,130,457 |
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Sick of It All" – "We Want the Truth"
- "Trustkill Takeover, Vol. II" – "One Last Second"
- "2005 Warped Tour Compilation" – "Love Lost in a Hail of Gunfire"
- "Punk Goes '90s" – "Stars" – Hum cover
- "" – "My War"
- "Metal Hammer 204" – "Anti-Hero"
- Music videos
- "Our Enemies"
- "On Wings of... | 6,130,458 |
536650 | French cricket | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French%20cricket | French cricket
French cricket
French cricket is a form of cricket that creates a game similar to catch. The game can be played socially at picnics and parties or on parks and beaches. It is an ideal form of cricket that can include children of varied ages. All participants don't need to be fully involved, and spectato... | 6,130,459 |
536650 | French cricket | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French%20cricket | French cricket
Wicket", but as there are no stumps, this method of dismissal is effected by a bowled ball hitting the batsman's legs typically below the knees. Once the batsman is dismissed, the other participant who took the catch or effected the LBW typically replaces them as batsman, and the game-play begins again.
... | 6,130,460 |
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of the game.
# Rules.
The batsman stands stationary with the bat protecting their legs, their legs being the "stumps" of formal cricket. Whichever other player has the ball throws it at the batsman attempting to dismiss them by hitting their legs. If the batsman hits the ball, the other participants ma... | 6,130,461 |
536650 | French cricket | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French%20cricket | French cricket
Equipment.
The type of equipment is not restricted to cricket equipment, but there are only two items used. The ball is typically a tennis ball, bowled underarm at the legs of another player holding a cricket bat, a tennis racquet, or some other object that can be used as like a cricket bat.
## Batting... | 6,130,462 |
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from any angle.
## Rule varieties.
### Batting.
- Often, the batsman is only allowed to turn to face the next delivery if they hit the ball. If they miss and are not dismissed, they must attempt to play the next ball (which is bowled from where the ball ended up after the previous delivery) without be... | 6,130,463 |
536650 | French cricket | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French%20cricket | French cricket
areas such as backyards.
- In other variations, if the batsman has effected a shot, they can relocate as fast as they can run, until a fielder has the ball in their hands.
- In other variations, a batsman can score runs. Alternatively, when the batsman hits the ball, they can make 'runs' by revolving t... | 6,130,464 |
536650 | French cricket | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French%20cricket | French cricket
throw the fielder must throw the ball underarm.
- Sometimes the batsman can be caught out "one-hand one-bounce". When this rule is applied, the batsman will also be dismissed if the catcher takes the ball with one hand after it has bounced only once on the ground.
# Origin of the name.
Suggested possi... | 6,130,465 |
536650 | French cricket | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French%20cricket | French cricket
regular cricket that the name is intended to mock both the game and the French — just as a "French cut" in the sport of cricket is a poorly executed cut shot which almost gets a batsman out. The name may also have arisen from the similarity of the batting motion to the one used in croquet which while not... | 6,130,466 |
536657 | Bofu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bofu | Bofu
Bofu
Bofu (?–771 CE) (), sometimes referred to as Bopan (伯盘), was the son of Chinese Zhou dynasty monarch King You of Zhou and his concubine Bao Si. After Baosi entered the royal palace, King You deposed Queen Shen (申后) and her son Crown Prince Yijiu, replacing them with Baosi and Bofu. King You and Bofu were bot... | 6,130,467 |
536633 | New Haven Green | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20Haven%20Green | New Haven Green
New Haven Green
The New Haven Green is a privately owned park and recreation area located in the downtown district of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. It comprises the central square of the nine-square settlement plan of the original Puritan colonists in New Haven, and was designed and surveyed by c... | 6,130,468 |
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of thousands of people, as well as typical daily park activities. The New Haven Green Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark District for the architectural significance of the three 19th-century churches located there.
The New Haven Green is one of the oldest and most well-known ... | 6,130,469 |
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the Second Coming of Christ: 144,000.
In its early years, the Green held a watch house, a prison and a school. The upper Green also once held the First Methodist Church. The church was removed from the Green in 1848 with a new church built across Elm Street (designed by Henry Austin). The Green also he... | 6,130,470 |
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of Benedict Arnold, rushed to Massachusetts after hearing of the Battle of Lexington and Concord and participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolution. This indirectly led to the burning of most of the city by the British when they landed in New Haven in 1779.
The Green was used as t... | 6,130,471 |
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Arnold's first wife, members of President Rutherford B. Hayes' family, Reverend James Pierpont (founder of Yale University), and Theophilus Eaton, one of the founders of New Haven and the church and governor of the New Haven Colony for 19 years.
On the evening of October 29, 2012, winds from Hurricane ... | 6,130,472 |
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The Committee of the Proprietors of Common and Undivided Lands at New Haven.
A self-electing group of private individuals, the Committee of the Proprietors of Common and Undivided Lands at New Haven, maintain ownership of the green. This five-member committee oversees the large, main portion of the gre... | 6,130,473 |
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architects Ithiel Town and Asher Benjamin, and one of them is the nation's first large-scale Gothic Revival structure. Because of this architectural legacy, the green was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1970. The three churches are:
- "United Church on the Green" (United Church of C... | 6,130,474 |
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and the likely remains of over 1,000 that are unidentified. Sarah Rutherford Trowbridge has the oldest dated stone (1687) in the Crypt.
- "Trinity Church on the Green" is an Episcopal congregation founded in 1752, and was also designed by Ithiel Town in 1813, and built between 1814 and 1815. It is the ... | 6,130,475 |
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of elms, planted originally by James Hillhouse, most died of dutch elm disease. In the 1980s, through the efforts of the Garden Club of New Haven, disease-resistant elms were planted in an attempt to memorialize the legacy of the trees that gave New Haven the nickname "Elm City".
# Around the Green.
B... | 6,130,476 |
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Corner Copia. On the southeast side of the green, across Church Street is The Exchange Building (1832, restored in 1990) and the Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse (James Gamble Rogers, 1913). This was once the site of the Tontine Hotel, built by David Hoadley. New Haven's Victorian City Hall (by H... | 6,130,477 |
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corner of the lower green is the Union and New Haven Trust Building (now Wells Fargo and The Union apartments) designed by Cross and Cross in colonial revival style in 1927. The design is a tribute to the federal churches on the green and even borrows the cupola from the United Church. On the northeast ... | 6,130,478 |
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Williams, modeled after St. George's Hall in Liverpool, England. The statuary in front of the courthouse is by the sculptor J. Massey Rhind and murals and lunettes inside the courthouse are by the painter T. Thomas Gilbert.
The upper Green on Elm is bordered by "Quality Row", containing some of the old... | 6,130,479 |
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bordered by "Quality Row", containing some of the oldest structures in New Haven: the federal style white clapboard Nicholas Callahan house, once a tavern (now the Yale Elihu Senior Society), the federal Eli W. Blake House (now the Graduate Club), the federal John Pierpont house (now the Yale University... | 6,130,480 |
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Templeton Prize
The Templeton Prize is an annual award granted to a living person who, in the estimation of the judges, "has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works". It was established, funded and administered by ... | 6,130,481 |
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2002 to 2008 it was called the "Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities". Hindus, Christians, Jews, Buddhists and Muslims have been on the panel of judges and have been recipients of the prize.
The monetary value of the prize is adjusted so that it exceeds ... | 6,130,482 |
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d in religion. British biologist Richard Dawkins said in his book "The God Delusion" that the prize was given "usually to a scientist who is prepared to say something nice about religion". Harry Kroto, Nobel Laureate in chemistry, also suggested "there's a distinct feeling in the research community that... | 6,130,483 |
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Bomb vessel
A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannons (long guns or carronades)—although bomb vessels carried a few cannons for self-defence—but mortars mounted forward near the bow and elevated to a high angle, and pr... | 6,130,484 |
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cruisers and destroyers.
# Development.
The first recorded deployment of bomb vessels by the English was for the Siege of Calais in 1347 when Edward III deployed single deck ships with bombardes and other artillery. The first specialised bomb vessels were built towards the end of the 17th century, based o... | 6,130,485 |
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their success at Genoa. The early French bomb vessels had two forward-pointing mortars fixed side-by-side on the foredeck. To aim these weapons, the entire ship was rotated by letting out or pulling in a spring anchor. The range was usually controlled by adjusting the gunpowder charge. The French later adop... | 6,130,486 |
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in the British designs by mortars mounted on the centerline on revolving platforms. These platforms were supported by strong internal wooden framework to transmit the forces of firing the weapons to the hull. The interstices of the framework were used as storage areas for ammunition.
Early bomb vessels wer... | 6,130,487 |
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masts, and two mortars, one between each neighboring pair of masts. Bomb vessels often had the front rigging made of chain, to better withstand the muzzle blast of the mortars.
Mortars were the only kind of naval armament to fire explosive shells rather than solid shot until the invention of the Paixhans g... | 6,130,488 |
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accompanied by frigates to protect them from direct assault by faster, smaller vessels.
Bomb vessels were traditionally named after volcanoes, or given other names suggestive of explosive qualities. Some were also given names associated with the underworld. Vessels of other types which were later converted... | 6,130,489 |
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where pack ice and icebergs were a constant menace. Most famously, these ships included HMS "Erebus" and HMS "Terror". In this case, the volcanoes – Mount Erebus and Mount Terror on Ross Island in Antarctica – were named after the ships, instead of vice versa.
Although horizontal fire naval guns propelling... | 6,130,490 |
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of three miles. At this distance, the projectile spent 30 seconds in flight. They were used to attack several forts, for example Fort Pulaski, Georgia.
# Notable bomb vessels and actions.
- The bomb vessels and were further strengthened for an expedition of discovery to the North Pole in the 1770s. The un... | 6,130,491 |
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bursting in air" recorded by Francis Scott Key at the Battle of Baltimore in 1814 were provided by the , , , , and a new .
- Bomb vessels were part of the British forces that attacked Fort St. Philip in January 1815, during the War of 1812. This engagement is known as the Siege of Fort St. Philip.
- Anoth... | 6,130,492 |
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Arctic expedition, in Sir James Clark Ross's own expedition of 1840 to the Antarctic, before they were lost on Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of 1845.
# In fiction.
"Commodore Hornblower" (published 1945), a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester, features several actions by British bomb ... | 6,130,493 |
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as ketches, which by the early 19th century had been replaced by full-rigged ships, and in assigning the management of the mortars to Naval officers, rather than the Royal Marine Artillery which had been formed for this specific purpose. A later book, "Hornblower in the West Indies", features a small portab... | 6,130,494 |
536638 | Bomb vessel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bomb%20vessel | Bomb vessel
crew of the Calypso frigate capture two bomb ketches, which they subsequently use to thwart a French invasion plan in the Mediterranean. Like the Hornblower books, The Ramage Touch describes in great detail the technical aspects of employing a bomb vessel during the Napoleonic era.
In "H.M.S. Cockerell" by... | 6,130,495 |
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Like the Hornblower books, The Ramage Touch describes in great detail the technical aspects of employing a bomb vessel during the Napoleonic era.
In "H.M.S. Cockerell" by Dewey Lambdin (published 1995), First Lieutenant Alan Lewrie is set ashore by his vindictive captain, for 'land service' during the Sieg... | 6,130,496 |
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Infoganda
Infoganda is a term describing dramatic or literary work that contains both elements of an infomercial and propaganda. The term has been sporadically used in both the popular media and in blogs since 2001.
# Definition.
Propaganda is a message with an underlying agenda. That agenda may be obvious... | 6,130,497 |
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whose purpose is to advertise a commercial endeavor. These commercials can often include fake news anchors that pretend to be neutral observers even though they are all participants in a ruse to sell something. The combination of an infomercial and propaganda is an advertisement or show that pretends to be ne... | 6,130,498 |
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to many local television stations. The video featured a short report in local television news format that provided information about recent revisions to prescription drug coverage provided by Medicare.
Infoganda is a relatively new phenomenon. However, many historical instances of propaganda were very close ... | 6,130,499 |
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