With rash, unrestrained impulsiveness, enthusiasm, or zeal. Watch the video
Month: March 2022
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a boardsport on snow similar to skiing, but it came about as an idea for a combination of surfing and skateboarding. In 1998, it became a medal-eligible sport in the Winter Olympic Games. What are the different types of snowboarding? Discuss
amatory
twisted
twist-grip – A bicycle grip that may be twisted to change the gears is a twist-grip. More…
pigtail – In the 17th century, it was tobacco twisted into a thin rope, which resembled the animal’s tail. More…
torsibility – The tendency to untwist after being twisted; it is also the degree to which something can be twisted. More…
First Rock Festival Held in the Soviet Union (1980)
Dubbed the “Soviet Woodstock,” the 1980 Tbilisi rock festival is widely considered the turning point in the history of Russian rock music. Held in Tbilisi—capital of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic—the event was the USSR’s first official rock festival. However, unlike Woodstock, the high point of youth counterculture in the US, freedom of expression at Tbilisi-80 was limited, and the jury stormed out after one performer’s provocative moves. Which bands performed at the event? Discuss
Fiesta of San Juan de Dios
San Juan de Dios (St. John of God) was born in Portugal in 1495. A religious order, the Brothers Hospitallers, was founded in his honor, and thereafter he was known as John of God and the patron saint of hospitals. In Puno, Peru, San Juan de Dios is celebrated with a two-day fiesta. On March 7, llamas bring in wood for bonfires in a parade with flute and drum music, and in the evening bonfires blaze. The next day, his feast day, a procession takes the saint’s image through the streets of Puno, and dancers and musicians create a festive atmosphere around the church. Discuss
Tapio Rautavaara (1915)
Finland’s multitalented Tapio Rautavaara was a successful athlete, singer, and actor. He won Olympic gold for javelin throwing and was also a top archer. He acted in numerous Finnish films and recorded more than 300 songs before his death in 1979, the result of a brain injury caused by a slip-and-fall accident. His death might have been averted had medical officials correctly identified the symptoms of a fatal cerebral hemorrhage instead of dismissing them as indicators of what? Discuss
be rained out
To be delayed, postponed, or cancelled due to the rain. Watch the video
Bonsai
Bonsai, Japanese for “tray planting,” refers both to the art of cultivating dwarf trees and to trees grown by this method. Such trees are not naturally miniature—they are kept small with cultivation methods like pruning and tying branches with wire to “train” them. The art originated in China but has been developed primarily by the Japanese. Bonsai may live for a century or more and are passed from generation to generation as valued heirlooms. What harmed many of Japan’s bonsai trees in 1923? Discuss