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March, 16th 2006 08:04 AM 

Noun

1.

gift horse - a gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically; "it wasn't much, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth"

gift - something acquired without compensation

 

 

 

2. "Irises" [1889] by Vincent van Gogh

 

3.William ‘Fatty' Foulkes professional cricketer and football player in England

William Henry "Fatty" Foulke (also spelt Foulk or Foulkes) (April 12, 1874 in Dawley, Shropshire - May 1, 1916) was a professional cricketer and football player in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Foulke was renowned for his great size and weight, reaching perhaps 24 stone (150 kg) at the end of his career, although reports on his weight vary.

He played four first-class matches for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1900, but is remembered primarily as a goalkeeper for Sheffield United and Chelsea. He also won a single interntional cap for England in 1897.

After being discovered playing for village side Blackwell in a Derbyshire Cup tie at Ilkeston Town, Foulke made his debut for Sheffield United against West Bromwich Albion on September 1, 1894 and led the team to three FA Cup finals (winning two) and a League Championship. He then moved to Chelsea for a fee of £50. He was made captain there, but stayed for just one season before moving to his final club, Bradford City.

Foulke died in 1916. His death certificate gives "cirrhosis" as the major cause of death[1]. The stories of pneumonia caught whilst earning pin money at a "beat the goalie" booth on Blackpool sands seem to be without foundation.

Foulke appears in the Mitchell and Kenyon films, playing in a match on September 6, 1902.

 

 

 

 

4. It all began with a green frog and cast of characters called The Muppets that no American network wanted to have a part of and Jim Henson had to go to England to make what was to become a revolution in TV and movie entertainment. Muppets soon came a host of commercials, appearances on The Today Show, and The Tonight Show, and the Muppet dog Rowlf appeared every week on Jimmy Dean's nationwide show from 1963 to 1966. When Sesame Street premiered in November 1969 the Muppets were part of the show. In the 1970s Jim and his Muppets appeared on various superstar specials and on Saturday Night Live. Because of Lord Grade Jim Henson went to England to produce The Muppet Show for syndication from 1976 to 1981.

5. pigeon_guillemot

A noun 1 pigeon guillemot, Cepphus columba  northern Pacific guillemot

 

6. John D. had inherited the title of "most hated man in the world," thanks mainly to the publiction of a book by Ida Tarbell: History of the Standard Oil. Nevertheless, when he died, in 1937, the newspaper obituaries seemed to have forgotten his incorporate greed, to retain the image of Rockefeller as the world's greatest philantropist.

 

7. Piano - Bartolomeo Cristofori

 


By Mary Bellis  Piano  History of the Piano - Bartolomeo Cristofori (di Francesco)
The piano first known as the pianoforte developed from the harpsichord around 1720, by Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua, Italy. The instrument was already over a hundred years old by the time Beethoven was writing his last sonatas, around the time when it ousted the harpsichord as the standard keyboard instrument. The piano has had a central place in music since the middle of the eighteenth century. Around 1780, the upright piano was created by Johann Schmidt of Salzburg, Austria and later improved in 1802 by Thomas Loud of London whose upright piano had strings that ran diagonally.

8. [Movement of the pieces Each piece moves in a different pattern.

  • The rook moves any number of squares orthogonally to the players (forward, backward, left or right). Also see castling.
  • The bishop moves any number of squares diagonally.
  • The queen moves any number of squares orthogonally or diagonally.
  • The king moves only one square orthogonally or diagonally. Also see castling.
  • The knight moves in an "L"-shape (two spaces in one direction and one space orthogonally to it). The knight can jump over other pieces when moving.
  • The pawn can only move away one space (or two spaces, see below) forward in a straight line away from the player, unless there is an enemy piece diagonally (either left or right) one space in front of the pawn; if such a situation occurs, then the pawn may either move diagonally to capture that piece or continue moving in a straight line. The pawn can move one or two spaces if it hasn't moved from its original square. Also see en passant.

Pieces capture opposing pieces by replacing them on their square, except for the en passant rule.

 

 

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Rules of the CFN/Blue Gecko AFL Tipping Competition 2006

There will be 2 tipping competitions on the AFL in 2006.

It will cost you 300,000 VND to enter each competition.  A total of 600,000 VND.  You do NOT have to join both competitions.

The first competition will be the traditional tipping comp. where you select the winner of each of the 8 games per round.

Prize allocations will be as follows after the completion of Round 22,

1st - 65% of the total prize pool

2nd - 15% of the total prize pool

3rd - 5% of the total prize pool

To keep players interested 15% of the total prize pool will be given to the person who tips the most winners from Round 12 to Round 22.

Payment can be made to Simon at the Blue Gecko or Prim from CFN.  Non Viet Namese residents who wish to enter can contact these same guys or email Digger at mailto:diggerAFL@yahoo.com.au to arrange payment.

Payment MUST be made by the conclusion of Round 4.  Any person who has not made payment by the conclusion of Round 4 will be removed from the list of participants.

The tipping competition will have 6 "expert" tipsters who will not pay the entry fee and will not be eligible for prizes.  These 6 tipsters are, Digger, Eastern Bloc, Pearlman, Flea, CFN and Sidney Schooner.  These "experts" may enter the competition under their own names.

Tips for the 8 games of the round must be received by the commencement time of the first game of the round each week.  There will be NO EXCEPTIONS.  Tips can be sent to diggertips@yahoo.com.au or placed in the box provided at the Blue Gecko.  In rare circumstances tips can be sent to the CFN address but do not REPLY ALL just REPLY.

PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE ROUNDS BEGINNING ON THURSDAY THIS SEASON.

ROUND 1 IS ONE SUCH ROUND

Place your tips by making your selection in BOLD type.  If you are writing down your tips, circle your winning selection.  Digger will send you an email with the details for each round.

You will receive 1 point for each correct tip.

If you do not lodge your tips by the commencement of the first game of the round you will be allocated the AWAY teams and can score a maximum 3 points.

You can not select a draw.  If a game is drawn no-one will be allocated points.

You will receive 1 bonus point for selecting 8 winners in a round.

The winner will be decided by the results of the tips from Round 1 to Round 22.  The winner will be the tipster who has accumulated the most points.  In the event of a tie, the tipster who has selected the most 8 point rounds will be the winner.  In case a further tie, the tipper who has selected the most 7 points per round will be the winner and so on until the winner has been decided.

HAPPY TIPPING

The second competition is a Knockout Tipping Competition.

This competition will have an entry fee of 300,000 VND.

Entry Fee for this competition MUST be paid before the start of Round 1.

Regardless of whether you selection is in the first game of the round or last game of the round, your selection has to be lodged by the commencement of play in the first game of the round.

All you have to do is tip one winner from the eight rounds each week.

However,

You cannot pick the same team to win two rounds in a row

You cannot pick the same team to lose two rounds in a row.

Eg:  Round 1                                                                                 Round 2

        West Coast V St. Kilda                                                       Richmond V St. Kilda

        Western Bulldogs V Richmond                                         Geelong V Kangaroos

        Geelong V Brisbane                                                             Western Bulldogs V Melbourne

        Essendon V Sydney                                                            Brisbane V Essendon

        Port Adelaide V Kangaroos                                               Fremantle V Carlton

        Hawthorn V Fremantle                                                        Sydney V Port Adelaide

        Melbourne V Carlton                                                           Hawthorn V Collingwood

        Collingwood V Adelaide                                                     Adelaide V West Coast

If in Round 1 you select the Western Bulldogs to win and they do win, the next Round you cannot pick the Western Bulldogs NOR can you pick St. Kilda because in Round 1 you picked against Richmond.

If you join this competition, each week Digger will send you a form showing who you cannot tip.

As this is a knock out competition, as soon as your selection loses you are out of the contest.

It is possible for this type of competition to jackpot as all players can lose and their be no winner.  If there is a jackpot, all tipsters from the first competition can re-enter the second competition for another Knockout competition at 300,000 VND.  New competitors can join the competition for 600,000 VND.  Further jackpots will be played along the same lines so that each person in the competition contributes equally.

 

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