step in setting up a tipi is to tie together three of the poles at the skin’s radius from their bases. One end of this lashing rope is left dangling from the tie-point‚ long enough to reach the base of the poles. These tripod poles are stood upright‚ with their unfastened ends spaced apart on the ground to form a triangle; each pole’s base the skin’s radius from its neighbors. A dozen more long poles are laid onto the three primary poles. Their upper ends rest on the lashing of the first three‚ and
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Is there more to Pole Vaulting that meets the eye? Pole Vaulting was not a part of the ancient Olympic games‚ but evidence as a sport can be found as far back as 500 B.C. (Purves 1). Pole vaulting is one of the most amazing events to watch in track and field. From the eyes of the audience‚ it looks simple. Just run and jump with a pole. However‚ what many people don’t know is that it takes years to learn the fundamentals of the pole vault. It’s a sport that requires speed‚ strength
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The Whitest Deserts [Compare and contrast between the north and southern poles] It’s cold. It’s dry. Only the strongest can survive on these barren‚ wind-swept plains. The bottom of the world is a vicious and dark land‚ certainly suited to creatures comparatively tough as nails. Snow and hail and complete darkness torment this huge‚ freezing desert for 6 months of the year. When the sun finally melts over the horizon‚ the night recedes to leave yet more snow and hail and 120 mph winds
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yourself on the trend! Pole dance originated in the United States in the 1920s and the 1950s‚ it was common for pole dancing in burlesque clubs. Although today there are many people associate pole dancing with stripping and lapdance‚ it starts now to become a more popular form of exercise. More and more women have discovered and become obsessed with this method. It is clear that pole dancing is one of the new hot in training. Kristina Blegen‚ who has opened a pole dancing studio in Ski‚ hoping
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will talk about is the fact the Magnetic North is NOT at the North Pole. This is because the magnetic North moves about a lot and does not always match up with the geographical north (the north pole). The diagram above shows us the difference between these two poles. The orange rectangle represents the giant ‘magnet’ inside the Earth and as you can tell (by the South pole facing the geographical North)‚ on a compass the magnetic North is really the geographical South on a
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The Wonder of Totem Poles The discovery of totem poles were first recorded by white sailors in coastal Pacific Northwest when European explorers arrived in the region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. French Europeans‚ upon first visiting the coastal areas of modern day Southeastern Alaska and British Columbia wrote of totems as legitimate‚ if not elegant‚ art forms. They were surprised that hunting/fishing peoples were creating such masterful art. The ornately painted and carved monoliths
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The War on the Telephone Poles He starts the article out by talking about how the idea of the telephone came to the world‚ and how groundbreaking it was for its time. Although it was hindered by the people‚ thwarted‚ because it was so new for it’s time. People was afraid that distance as they knew it was collapsing‚ with them now being able to talk to people over far distance. If you had never heard of a telephone before‚ i bet you’d find that idea just plainly insane. To stop the spread of the
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Pole dancing is a combination of dance and gymnastics that is an increasingly popular form of fitness and dance. Pole dancers use a vertical pole which is either static or spinning‚ and train in gyms or dedicated dance studios. It’s no secret that pole dancing really started in the strip clubs. But it has evolved into so much more and pole dancing fitness enthusiasts and schools have been working tirelessly to change the perception to one of a legitimate dance style emphasising the acrobatics
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Pole vaulting is probably the most technical of athletic events‚ therefore a considerable amount of time should be spent on understanding and perfecting the technique. There are many areas of instruction in the vault. The pole carry‚ the run‚ plant‚ take off‚ swing back‚ extension‚ and the fly away. The vaulter needs to put all of these together in a vault that last no more than 6 seconds. Technique will improve how a person vaults‚ but it is no substitute for talent or physical ability. Speed‚ height
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Totem poles can show you a lot more history than a few words written on a piece of paper. Many people seek things that represent them or things they can relate to‚ all their lives. Some tribes‚ including the Tlingit tribe and the Haida tribe‚ found the solution to just that. They symbolized traits and events in an incredible way‚ using knifes and logs of wood. Carving faces of animals on the logs connected them to all life on Earth. These logs are called totem poles. This way of showing respect
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