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~ Saturday, September 30, 2006
 
FLASHING BLADES

Some figure skating moves:

Delayed Axel / Hydrant Lift / Doughnut Spin / Hamill Camel / Inside Spread Eagle / Illusion Spin / Russian Split / Wide Closed Choctaw / Death Drop / Boeckl / Crossfoot Spin / Regular Salchow / Cartwheel Lift / Rocker / Half Loop / Catch Foot Layback / Skid Spiral / Tabletop / Grafström / One-Hand Biellmanns / Mazurka / Flying Reverse Sit Spin / Clockwise Lutz / Scratch Spin / Lunge / One-and-a-Half Toe Loop / Flying Camel / Bracket Turn / Twizzle / Tuck Axel / Falling Leaf / Broken Leg Sit / Y Spin / Toe Walley / Attitude Spin / Tap Overhead / Butterfly Spin / Pair Camel / Shoot The Duck / Star Lift / Throw Double Toe / Flip Jump / Ina Bauer / One-Hand Lasso / Closed Mohawk / Back Scratch Spin / Bunny Hop / Death Spiral

Source: various
~ Tuesday, September 12, 2006
 
CHANGE YOUR NAME, BUT KEEP YOUR SPOTS

The native names of the leopard:

chita / adnara / tendwa (Hindustani)
palang (Persian)
diho (Baluchi)
tidua / srighas (in Bundelkand)
suh (Kashmiri)
gorbacha (Dekhani)
bibia-bagh / karda / asnea / singhal (Mahrathi)
tenderwa / bibla (among the Bauris of the Dekhan)
honiga / kerkal (Canarese)
teon-kula (of the Kols)
jerkos (in Rajmehal)
burkal / gordag (of the Gonds)
sonora (of the Korkus)
chiru-thai (Tamil)
chinna-pali (Telegu)
pali (Malabari)
kutiya (Cingalese)
bai-hira / tehr-he / ghor-he (in the Simla district)
sik (Tibetan)
syik / sejjiak (Lapcha)
binturong (Asian bearcat)
kajengla (Manipuri)
misi-patrai / kam-kei (of Kuki)
hurrea-kon / morrh / rusa / tekhu-khuia / kekhi (Nagas)
kya-lak / kya-thit (Burmese)
klapreung (Talain)
kiche-phong (of the Karens)
rimau-bintan (Malay)

Source: see below

Some Asian mammals, and their Western names:

kiang (Tibetan wild ass)
tsaine (Malaysian wild ox)
gaur (Indian bison)
sakin (Asiatic ibex)
arna (Indian buffalo)
kastura (musk deer)
zeren (Mongolian gazelle)
argali (Hodgon's sheep)
nilgai (blue bull)
barasibgha (swamp deer)
chinkara (Indian gazelle)
chiru (Tibetan antelope)
saikik (Yarkand gazelle)
hangul (Kashmir stag)
bharal (blue sheep)
chital (Indian spotted deer)
chousingha (four-horned antelope)
goa (Tibetan gazelle)

Source: The Wild Animals of India, Burma, Malaya and Tibet (R Lydekker, 1907)

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