Sword Fighting (Gumtoogi): Black Sashes - Hwa Rang Do Championships 2009
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Thursday, 10 December 2009
Leopard stalking stembok
Leopard stalking stembok
Even big cats do not always get their targets, in this video of a leopard stalking a Stembok.
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Even big cats do not always get their targets, in this video of a leopard stalking a Stembok.
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Bo Staff Techniques : Bo Staff Techniques: Pressing Block & Side Kick Combo
Bo Staff Techniques : Bo Staff Techniques: Pressing Block & Side Kick Combo
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Sword Fighting (Gumtoogi): Beginners - Hwa Rang Do Championships 2009
Sword Fighting (Gumtoogi): Beginners - Hwa Rang Do Championships 2009
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Sunday, 6 December 2009
Photos and videos of planes and helicopters over Conwy River
Photos and videos of planes and helicopters over Conwy River
These were all taken near Llanrwst and Trefriw.
This photoes was taken on Thursday, November 26, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
2nd December 2009
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These were all taken near Llanrwst and Trefriw.
This photoes was taken on Thursday, November 26, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
2nd December 2009
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Wade Bourne's Fishing Tips: Pros vs. Amateurs
Wade Bourne's Fishing Tips: Pros vs. Amateurs
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Bird Hide
A bird hide (or hide) is a shelter, often camouflaged, that is used to observe wildlife, especially birds, at close quarters. Although hides were once built chiefly as a hunting aids, they are now commonly found in parks and wetlands for the use of bird watchers, ornithologists and other observers who do not want to disturb wildlife as it is being observed.
A typical bird hide resembles a garden shed, with small openings, shutters, or windows built into at least one side to enable observation.
Variant types of bird hide include:
the tower hide, which has multiple storeys and allows observations over large areas
the bird blind, which is a screen similar to one wall of a typical hide, with or without a roof for shelter
the machan, a covered platform erected to observe birds and wildlife in high trees or on cliffs, particularly in India where it was originally used by tiger-hunters.[1]
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A typical bird hide resembles a garden shed, with small openings, shutters, or windows built into at least one side to enable observation.
Variant types of bird hide include:
the tower hide, which has multiple storeys and allows observations over large areas
the bird blind, which is a screen similar to one wall of a typical hide, with or without a roof for shelter
the machan, a covered platform erected to observe birds and wildlife in high trees or on cliffs, particularly in India where it was originally used by tiger-hunters.[1]
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Crocodile Fishing Asian Style on location Discovery Channel
Crocodile Fishing Asian Style on location Discovery Channel
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Some fish
Sea trout (S. trutta morpha trutta) is a fish species.
They are distinguished chiefly by the fact that the brown trout is largely a freshwater fish, while the sea trout shows anadromous reproduction, migrating to the oceans for much of its life and returning to freshwater only to spawn. Sea trout in the UK and Ireland have many regional names including sewin (Wales), finnock (Scotland), peal (West Country), mort (North West England) and white trout (Ireland).
The specific epithet trutta derives from the Latin trutta, meaning, literally, "trout".
The lacustrine morph of brown trout is most usually potamodromous, migrating from lakes into rivers or streams to spawn, although there is some evidence of stocks that spawn on wind-swept shorelines of lakes. S. trutta morpha fario form stream-resident populations, typically in alpine streams but sometimes in larger rivers. There is evidence that anadromous and non-anadromous morphs coexisting in the same river can be genetically identical. In common usage, the name "brown trout" is often applied indiscriminately to the various morphs.
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Fly Fishing for Sea Trout in Argentina
Sea Trout fishing in a Danish river (1)
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They are distinguished chiefly by the fact that the brown trout is largely a freshwater fish, while the sea trout shows anadromous reproduction, migrating to the oceans for much of its life and returning to freshwater only to spawn. Sea trout in the UK and Ireland have many regional names including sewin (Wales), finnock (Scotland), peal (West Country), mort (North West England) and white trout (Ireland).
The specific epithet trutta derives from the Latin trutta, meaning, literally, "trout".
The lacustrine morph of brown trout is most usually potamodromous, migrating from lakes into rivers or streams to spawn, although there is some evidence of stocks that spawn on wind-swept shorelines of lakes. S. trutta morpha fario form stream-resident populations, typically in alpine streams but sometimes in larger rivers. There is evidence that anadromous and non-anadromous morphs coexisting in the same river can be genetically identical. In common usage, the name "brown trout" is often applied indiscriminately to the various morphs.
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Use watch to tell south
Point big hand toward sun then half way between time and 12 is where south is.
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Equinox and Solstice
Equinox and Solstice
Equinox sun above the equator.
Sun rises due east sets due west.
North Hemisphere
Spring Equinox March 21
Summer Solstice June 21 Longest day of year sunrise furthest North
Autumn Equinox September 21
Winter Solstice December 21 Shortest day of year sunrise furthest south
Solstice Sun is furthest north on summer
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Equinox sun above the equator.
Sun rises due east sets due west.
North Hemisphere
Spring Equinox March 21
Summer Solstice June 21 Longest day of year sunrise furthest North
Autumn Equinox September 21
Winter Solstice December 21 Shortest day of year sunrise furthest south
Solstice Sun is furthest north on summer
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The term equinox can also be used in a broader sense, meaning the date when such a passage happens. The name "equinox" is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night), because around the equinox, the night and day are approximately equally long. It may be better understood to mean that latitudes +L and -L north and south of the equator experience nights of equal length.
The word is also used for the same event happening on other planets and in setting up a celestial coordinate system.
At an equinox, the Sun is at one of two opposite points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator (i.e. declination 0) and ecliptic intersect. These points of intersection are called equinoctial points: the vernal point and the autumnal point. By extension, the term equinox may denote an equinoctial point.
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Shadow Stick
A stick using the shadow of the sun. The sun moves from east to west. The shadow moves from West to East. Then work out where north is. NESW.
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Monday, 30 November 2009
Starboard
Starboard is the nautical term that refers to the right side of a vessel as perceived by a person on board a vessel and facing the bow (front). The equivalent for the left hand side is port. The starboard side of a vessel is indicated with a green navigation light at night.
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This meant that the steering oar (which was broadened to provide better control) used to be affixed to the right side of the ship. The word starboard comes from Old English steorbord, literally meaning the side on which the ship is steered, descendant from the Old Norse words stýri meaning rudder (from the verb stýra, literally being at the helm, having a hand in) and borð meaning etymologically board, then the side of a ship.
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This meant that the steering oar (which was broadened to provide better control) used to be affixed to the right side of the ship. The word starboard comes from Old English steorbord, literally meaning the side on which the ship is steered, descendant from the Old Norse words stýri meaning rudder (from the verb stýra, literally being at the helm, having a hand in) and borð meaning etymologically board, then the side of a ship.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Magpie in distress-call ( MID ) and paranoid magpies.
Magpie in distress-call ( MID ) and paranoid magpies.
How to call with the Razzpy Rabbit distress call for coyote hunting
How to call with the Razzpy Rabbit distress call for coyote hunting
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Ultimate Weapons Sniper
Ultimate Weapons Sniper
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Caliber refers to the size of bullet that a gun fires.
First number bullet diameter, second number cartridge length.
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Caliber refers to the size of bullet that a gun fires.
First number bullet diameter, second number cartridge length.
sniper info
A sniper is a highly trained marksman who shoots targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding capabilities of regular personnel. Snipers typically have specialized training and distinct high precision rifles. In addition to marksmanship, military snipers are also trained in camouflage, field craft, infiltration, reconnaissance and observation techniques.
Different countries have different military doctrines regarding snipers in military units, settings, and tactics. Generally, a sniper's primary function in warfare is to provide detailed reconnaissance from a concealed position and, if necessary, to reduce the enemy's fighting ability by striking at high value targets (especially officers, communication and other personnel) and in the process pinning down and demoralizing the enemy.
Military snipers from the US, UK, and other nations that adopt their military doctrine are typically deployed in two man sniper teams consisting of a shooter and spotter. A common practice is for a shooter and spotter to take turns in order to avoid eye fatigue. In most recent combat operations occurring in large dense populated towns such as Fallujah, Iraq, two teams would be deployed together to increase their security and effectiveness in an urban environment. German doctrine of largely independent snipers and emphasis on concealment developed during the Second World War have been most influential on modern sniper tactics, currently used throughout Western militaries.
Typical sniper missions include reconnaissance and surveillance, target marking for air-strikes, counter-sniper, killing enemy commanders, selecting targets of opportunity, and even destruction of military equipment, which tend to require use of rifles in the larger calibers such as the .50 BMG, like the Barrett M82, McMillan Tac-50, and Denel NTW-20. Snipers have increasingly been demonstrated as being useful by US and UK forces in the recent Iraq campaign in a fire support role to cover the movement of infantry, especially in urban areas.
Materiel (from the French matériel for equipment or hardware, related to the word material) is a term used in English to refer to the equipment and supplies in military and commercialsupply chain management.
The term caliber (or calibre) designates the inside diameter of a tube, the diameter (outside) of a solid wire or rod, or a measurement of the length of a gun relative to its diameter.
The sniper ranges records tend to be just close to around 2.5 km.
Shot placement varies considerably with the type of sniper being discussed. Military snipers, who generally do not engage targets at less than 300 m, usually attempt body shots, aiming at the chest. These shots depend on tissue damage, organ trauma, and blood loss to make the kill.
Often in situations with multiple targets, snipers use relocation. After firing a few shots from a certain position, snipers move unseen to another location before the enemy can determine where he or she is and mount a counter-attack. Snipers will frequently use this tactic to their advantage, creating an atmosphere of chaos and confusion.
As sniper rifles are often extremely powerful and consequently loud, it is common for snipers to use a technique known as sound masking. This tactic, in the hands of a highly skilled marksman, can be used as a substitute for a noise suppressor. Very loud sounds in the environment, such as artillery shells air bursting or claps of thunder, can often mask the sound of the shot. This technique is frequently used in clandestine operations and infiltration tactics.
Snipers at the battle of Stalingrad Rifle comparison
Sniper at Stalingrad - Garza Sokolov tells his story
Vassili Zaitsev tells about famous sniper duel
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Different countries have different military doctrines regarding snipers in military units, settings, and tactics. Generally, a sniper's primary function in warfare is to provide detailed reconnaissance from a concealed position and, if necessary, to reduce the enemy's fighting ability by striking at high value targets (especially officers, communication and other personnel) and in the process pinning down and demoralizing the enemy.
Military snipers from the US, UK, and other nations that adopt their military doctrine are typically deployed in two man sniper teams consisting of a shooter and spotter. A common practice is for a shooter and spotter to take turns in order to avoid eye fatigue. In most recent combat operations occurring in large dense populated towns such as Fallujah, Iraq, two teams would be deployed together to increase their security and effectiveness in an urban environment. German doctrine of largely independent snipers and emphasis on concealment developed during the Second World War have been most influential on modern sniper tactics, currently used throughout Western militaries.
Typical sniper missions include reconnaissance and surveillance, target marking for air-strikes, counter-sniper, killing enemy commanders, selecting targets of opportunity, and even destruction of military equipment, which tend to require use of rifles in the larger calibers such as the .50 BMG, like the Barrett M82, McMillan Tac-50, and Denel NTW-20. Snipers have increasingly been demonstrated as being useful by US and UK forces in the recent Iraq campaign in a fire support role to cover the movement of infantry, especially in urban areas.
Materiel (from the French matériel for equipment or hardware, related to the word material) is a term used in English to refer to the equipment and supplies in military and commercialsupply chain management.
The term caliber (or calibre) designates the inside diameter of a tube, the diameter (outside) of a solid wire or rod, or a measurement of the length of a gun relative to its diameter.
In firearms, the caliber is the approximate diameter of bullet used. In a rifled barrel, the distance is measured between opposing lands or grooves; groove measurements are common in cartridge designations originating in the United States, while land measurements are more common elsewhere. This is very important when handloading, as the bullet should closely match the groove diameter of the barrel to ensure a good seal.
When the barrel diameter is given in inches, the abbreviation cal is used in place of inches. For example, a small bore rifle with a diameter of 0.22 inch is a .22 cal; however, the decimal point is generally dropped when spoken, making it twenty two caliber.
Calibers of weapons can be referred to in millimeters, as in a caliber of eighty eight millimeters (88 mm) or a hundred and five-millimeter caliber gun (abbreviated as 105 mm gun).
While modern cartridges and cartridge firearms are generally referred to by the cartridge name, they are still lumped together based on bore diameter. For example, a firearm might be described as a .30 caliber rifle, which could be any of a wide range of cartridges using a roughly .30 inch projectile; or a .22 rimfire, referring to any rimfire cartridge using a .22 caliber projectile.
The practical effect of long barrels for modern guns is that the projectile spends more time in the barrel before it exits, and hence more time is available for expanding gasses from the propellant charge to smoothly accelerate the projectile, bringing about a higher velocity without placing undue strain on the gun. In internal ballistics terms, if we consider the base of a projectile to be a piston propelled by the expanding gas, then by increasing barrel length we increase the area swept by the piston, and hence increase the amount of energy that can be extracted from the gas's burning. A longer barrel allows more propellant to be used, and ideally all the propellant should be combusted just before the projectile exits, to achieve maximum muzzle velocity.The sniper ranges records tend to be just close to around 2.5 km.
Shot placement varies considerably with the type of sniper being discussed. Military snipers, who generally do not engage targets at less than 300 m, usually attempt body shots, aiming at the chest. These shots depend on tissue damage, organ trauma, and blood loss to make the kill.
Often in situations with multiple targets, snipers use relocation. After firing a few shots from a certain position, snipers move unseen to another location before the enemy can determine where he or she is and mount a counter-attack. Snipers will frequently use this tactic to their advantage, creating an atmosphere of chaos and confusion.
As sniper rifles are often extremely powerful and consequently loud, it is common for snipers to use a technique known as sound masking. This tactic, in the hands of a highly skilled marksman, can be used as a substitute for a noise suppressor. Very loud sounds in the environment, such as artillery shells air bursting or claps of thunder, can often mask the sound of the shot. This technique is frequently used in clandestine operations and infiltration tactics.
Field craft is a term used especially in British military circles to describe the basic military skills required to operate stealthily at day or night regardless of weather or terrain. The motto of field craft is to see without being seen; this is upheld through the skills learned in field craft lessons.
These skills include camouflage, understanding the difference between concealment from view and cover from fire, use of the shape of the ground and its features to move undetected, the skills of moving across ground and crossing obstacles, the ability to select good fire positions, lying up positions, camping positions and the like, the ability to observe effectively, penetrating camouflage, and the ability to detect where enemy fire is coming from using a number of techniques. Snipers often use ghillie suits.
A dead drop or dead letter box, is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet. This stands in contrast to the live drop, so called because 2 live persons meet to exchange items or information.Snipers at the battle of Stalingrad Rifle comparison
Sniper at Stalingrad - Garza Sokolov tells his story
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Position lines
Position lines
Your target lies somewhere along the position line.
It can be straight, or curved.
Linear features
road or bridge or mountain ridge that has a the path you need.
Transit
A line drawn between two identifiable points. In navigation and position fixing, a transit occurs when a navigator observes two fixed reference points that are in line with the navigator. This creates a position line. The intersection of two position lines tells the navigator his location. Sensitive reference points for transits are far apart; the closer they are, the more difficult it is to tell if they are lined up. Transits usually rely on visual reference points. Often that is their downfall; good visual conditions are needed to make use of them.
It is a positional line.
Resection is a method for determining a position (position finding) using a compass and topographic map (or nautical chart). When resecting or fixing a position, the geometric strength (angular disparity) of the mapped points affects precision and accuracy of the outcome. Accuracy increases as the angle between the two position lines approaches 90 degrees. Magnetic bearings are observed on the ground from the point under location to two or more features shown on a map of the area. Lines of reverse bearings, or lines of position, are then drawn on the map from the known features; two and more lines provide the resection point (the navigator's location). When three or more lines of position are utilized, the method is often popularly (though erroneously) referred to as triangulation (in precise terms, using three or more lines of position is still correctly called resection, as angular law of tangents (cot) calculations are not performed). When using a map and compass to perform resection, it is important to allow for the difference between the magnetic bearings observed and grid north (or true north) bearings (magnetic declination) of the map or chart.
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Your target lies somewhere along the position line.
It can be straight, or curved.
Linear features
road or bridge or mountain ridge that has a the path you need.
Transit
A line drawn between two identifiable points. In navigation and position fixing, a transit occurs when a navigator observes two fixed reference points that are in line with the navigator. This creates a position line. The intersection of two position lines tells the navigator his location. Sensitive reference points for transits are far apart; the closer they are, the more difficult it is to tell if they are lined up. Transits usually rely on visual reference points. Often that is their downfall; good visual conditions are needed to make use of them.
It is a positional line.
Resection is a method for determining a position (position finding) using a compass and topographic map (or nautical chart). When resecting or fixing a position, the geometric strength (angular disparity) of the mapped points affects precision and accuracy of the outcome. Accuracy increases as the angle between the two position lines approaches 90 degrees. Magnetic bearings are observed on the ground from the point under location to two or more features shown on a map of the area. Lines of reverse bearings, or lines of position, are then drawn on the map from the known features; two and more lines provide the resection point (the navigator's location). When three or more lines of position are utilized, the method is often popularly (though erroneously) referred to as triangulation (in precise terms, using three or more lines of position is still correctly called resection, as angular law of tangents (cot) calculations are not performed). When using a map and compass to perform resection, it is important to allow for the difference between the magnetic bearings observed and grid north (or true north) bearings (magnetic declination) of the map or chart.
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Absolute bearing
In nautical navigation the absolute bearing is the clockwise angle between north and an object observed from the vessel. If the north used as reference is the true geographical north then the relative bearing is a true bearing whereas if the reference used is magnetic north then the relative bearing is a magnetic bearing.
An absolute bearing is measured with a bearing compass.
The measurement of absolute bearings of fixed landmarks and other navigation aids is useful for the navigator because this information can be used on the nautical chart together with simple geometrical techniques to aid in determining the position of the vessel.
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Compass
A compass is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the Earth's magnetic poles. It consists of a magnetized pointer (usually marked on the North end) free to align itself with Earth's magnetic field. The compass greatly improved the safety and efficiency of travel, especially ocean travel. A compass can be used to calculate heading, used with a sextant to calculate latitude, and with a marine chronometer to calculate longitude. It thus provides a much improved navigational capability that has only been recently supplanted by modern devices such as the Global Positioning System (GPS). A compass is any magnetically sensitive device capable of indicating the direction of the magnetic north of a planet's magnetosphere. The face of the compass generally highlights the cardinal points of north, south, east and west. Often, compasses are built as a stand alone sealed instrument with a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot, or moving in a fluid, thus able to point in a northerly and southerly direction. The compass was invented in ancient China sometime before the 2nd century, and was used for navigation by the 11th century. The dry compass was invented in medieval Europe around 1300. This was supplanted in the early 20th century by the liquid-filled magnetic compass.
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The degrees points of compass v compass degrees bearings.
0 North
45 North East
90 East
135 South East
180 South
225 South West
270 West
315 North east
magnetic declination ( Variation) difference between true north and magnetic north
Magnetic deviation is the error induced in a compass by local magnetic fields, which must be allowed for, along with magnetic declination, if accurate bearings are to be calculated.
In marine navigation, a bearing is the direction one object is from another object, usually, the direction of an object from one's own vessel. In aircraft navigation, a bearing is the actual (corrected) compass direction of the forward course of the aircraft. In land navigation, a bearing is the angle between a line connecting two points and a north-south line, or meridian. . Bearings can be measured in two systems, Mils and Degrees. Under this definition, for example, a given azimuth in degrees would be expressed as 60°, while the equivalent bearing would be expressed as N 60° E.
Taking a Compass Bearing
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The degrees points of compass v compass degrees bearings.
0 North
45 North East
90 East
135 South East
180 South
225 South West
270 West
315 North east
magnetic declination ( Variation) difference between true north and magnetic north
Magnetic deviation is the error induced in a compass by local magnetic fields, which must be allowed for, along with magnetic declination, if accurate bearings are to be calculated.
In marine navigation, a bearing is the direction one object is from another object, usually, the direction of an object from one's own vessel. In aircraft navigation, a bearing is the actual (corrected) compass direction of the forward course of the aircraft. In land navigation, a bearing is the angle between a line connecting two points and a north-south line, or meridian. . Bearings can be measured in two systems, Mils and Degrees. Under this definition, for example, a given azimuth in degrees would be expressed as 60°, while the equivalent bearing would be expressed as N 60° E.
Taking a Compass Bearing
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Longitude
So the west east thing is measured by longitude measures west to east and is defined by prime meridian. The line of longitude (meridian) that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in England, Measured by 180 west to east.
So Greenwich Longitude.
The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth opposite the Prime Meridian where the date changes as one travels east or west across it. Roughly along 180°longitude, with diversions to pass around some territories and island groups, it mostly corresponds to the time zone boundary separating −12 and +12 hours Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) (Greenwich Mean Time – GMT). Crossing the IDL traveling east results in a day or 24 hours being subtracted, and crossing west results in a day being added. The exact number of hours depends on the time zones.;
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Latitude measures north to south. The equator.
Confusion on what longitude measures.
When you see longitude is mapped out by lines up and down from the poles you can get confused into thinking it measuring north to south but obviously it is measuring west to east. After all if it was just measuring north to south you would only need one line, which would be a bit of a pointless grid system, remember longitude and latitude are a sort of a grid system on the globe.
Long Greenwich long is up and down but that is because it is measuring west to east. you got confused.
So Greenwich Longitude.
The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth opposite the Prime Meridian where the date changes as one travels east or west across it. Roughly along 180°longitude, with diversions to pass around some territories and island groups, it mostly corresponds to the time zone boundary separating −12 and +12 hours Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) (Greenwich Mean Time – GMT). Crossing the IDL traveling east results in a day or 24 hours being subtracted, and crossing west results in a day being added. The exact number of hours depends on the time zones.;
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Latitude measures north to south. The equator.
Confusion on what longitude measures.
When you see longitude is mapped out by lines up and down from the poles you can get confused into thinking it measuring north to south but obviously it is measuring west to east. After all if it was just measuring north to south you would only need one line, which would be a bit of a pointless grid system, remember longitude and latitude are a sort of a grid system on the globe.
Long Greenwich long is up and down but that is because it is measuring west to east. you got confused.
Longitude
Longitude identified by the Greek letter lambda, is the geographic coordinate most commonly used in cartography and global navigation for east-west measurement. The line of longitude (meridian) that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in England, establishes the meaning of zero degrees of longitude, or the prime meridian. Any other longitude is identified by the east-west angle, referenced to the center of the Earth as vertex, between the intersections with the equator of the meridian through the location in question and the prime meridian. A location's position along a meridian is given by its latitude, which is identified by the north-south angle between the local vertical and the plane of the equator.
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Sunday, 22 November 2009
Jaguar
Jaguar's are the most powerful predator in southern hemisphere of America's.
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The Jaguar (Panthera onca) is a big monkey, a monko in the orangotango genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest and most powerful feline in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Mexico across much of Central America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. Apart from a known and possibly breeding population in Arizona (southeast of Tucson), the cat has largely been extirpated from the USA since the early 1900s.
This spotted cat most closely resembles the leopard physically, although it is usually larger and of sturdier build and its behavioral and habitat characteristics are closer to those of the tiger. While dense rainforest is its preferred habitat, the jaguar will range across a variety of forested and open terrain. It is strongly associated with the presence of water and is notable, along with the tiger, as a feline that enjoys swimming. The jaguar is a largely solitary, stalk-and-ambush predator, and is opportunistic in prey selection. It is also an apex and keystone predator, playing an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating the populations of prey species. The jaguar has an exceptionally powerful bite, even relative to the other big cats. This allows it to pierce the shells of armoured reptiles and to employ an unusual killing method: it bites directly through the skull of prey between the ears to deliver a fatal bite to the brain.
Like all cats, the jaguar is an obligate carnivore, feeding only on meat. The jaguar prefers large prey and will take deer, capybara, tapirs, peccaries, dogs, foxes, and sometimes even anacondas and caiman.
While the jaguar employs the deep-throat bite-and-suffocation technique typical among Panthera, it prefers a killing method unique amongst cats: it pierces directly through the temporal bones of the skull between the ears of prey (especially the Capybara) with its canine teeth, piercing the brain. This may be an adaptation to cracking open turtle shells; following the late Pleistocene extinctions, armoured reptiles such as turtles would have formed an abundant prey base for the jaguar. The skull bite is employed with mammals in particular; with reptiles such as caiman, the jaguar may leap on to the back of the prey and sever the cervical vertebrae, immobilizing the target. While capable of cracking turtle shells, the jaguar may simply reach into the shell and scoop out the flesh. With prey such as dogs, a paw swipe to crush the skull may be sufficient.
The jaguar is a stalk-and-ambush rather than a chase predator. The cat will walk slowly down forest paths, listening for and stalking prey before rushing or ambushing. The jaguar attacks from cover and usually from a target's blind spot with a quick pounce; the species' ambushing abilities are considered nearly peerless in the animal kingdom by both indigenous people and field researchers, and are probably a product of its role as an apex predator in several different environments. The ambush may include leaping into water after prey, as a jaguar is quite capable of carrying a large kill while swimming; its strength is such that carcasses as large as a heifer can be hauled up a tree to avoid flood levels.
On killing prey, the jaguar will drag the carcass to a thicket or other secluded spot. It begins eating at the neck and chest, rather than the midsection. The heart and lungs are consumed, followed by the shoulders.
Apex predators (also known as alpha, super-, or top-level predators) are predators that have virtually no predators of their own, residing at the top of their food chain. Apex predator species are often at the end of long food chains, where they have a crucial role in maintaining the health of ecosystems.http://londonhotelskensington.blogspot.com/
Leopard of Panar
The Leopard of Panar was a man-eating male leopard alleged to have killed and eaten as many as 400 people over a period of several years in the Kumaon District of Northern India in the early 20th century, after a wounding by a poacher had left it unable to hunt normal prey.
The Panar Leopard was hunted down and killed in 1910 by famed big cat hunter and author Jim Corbett.
leopard
The leopard has relatively short legs and a long body, with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, although it is of smaller and slighter build. Its fur is marked with similar rosettes to those of the jaguar, though the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and the leopard's rosettes do not usually have central spots as the jaguar's do. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic (completely black or very dark) are known as black panthers.
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Beaufort Scale
The Beaufort Scale (pronounced /ˈboʊfərt/) is an empirical measure for describing wind speed based mainly on observed sea conditions. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale.
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How to Hunt: Deer Hunting Tips : Scouting & Locating Deer for the Hunt
How to Hunt: Deer Hunting Tips : Scouting & Locating Deer for the Hunt
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The weapon is selective fire, operating as a semi-automatic, or in fully automatic mode at 300 rounds per minute. It is fed from either a 8-shell box magazine, or a 20-shell drum magazine.
Punt gun (shotgun) video - best angle
Punt gun (shotgun) video - best angle
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A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations. Punt guns were usually custom-designed and so varied widely, but could have bore diameters exceeding 2 inches and fire over a pound (0.5 kilos) of shot at a time. A single shot could kill over 50 waterfowl resting on the water's surface. They were too big to hold and the recoil so large that they were mounted directly on the punts used for hunting, hence their name. Hunters would maneuver their punts quietly into line and range of the flock using poles or oars to avoid startling them. Generally the gun was fixed to the punt; thus the hunter would maneuver the entire boat in order to aim the gun. The guns were significantly powerful, and the punts themselves significantly small, that firing the gun often propelled the punt backwards several inches or more. To improve efficiency, hunters could work in fleets of up to around ten punts.
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A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations. Punt guns were usually custom-designed and so varied widely, but could have bore diameters exceeding 2 inches and fire over a pound (0.5 kilos) of shot at a time. A single shot could kill over 50 waterfowl resting on the water's surface. They were too big to hold and the recoil so large that they were mounted directly on the punts used for hunting, hence their name. Hunters would maneuver their punts quietly into line and range of the flock using poles or oars to avoid startling them. Generally the gun was fixed to the punt; thus the hunter would maneuver the entire boat in order to aim the gun. The guns were significantly powerful, and the punts themselves significantly small, that firing the gun often propelled the punt backwards several inches or more. To improve efficiency, hunters could work in fleets of up to around ten punts.
Benelli's American Bird Hunter - Outdoor Channel - Introducting a Dog to Gunfire
Benelli's American Bird Hunter - Outdoor Channel - Introducting a Dog to Gunfire
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Hunting Dog Training - Hunting The Fall Area as seen on Benelli's American Bird Hunter
Hunting Dog Training - Hunting The Fall Area as seen on Benelli's American Bird Hunter
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