Diwali was yesterday, and I thought I would just share a bit about what it is. To me, since I was young, it has been a wonderful excuse to turn on all the lights in the house and scream. But its significance is quite impressive. Here is some background on Diwali.
I just read an article regarding the introduction of a new pitch technique. It is found on robneyer.com and I credit the submission to the Enforcer, who holds his own with sports knowledge.
Quick snippet:
The gyroball is simply another variation of breaking ball. The same could be said for the slider, the cutter, and even the screwball. Unlike the other pitches, the gyroball does not have a multiplanar path. As the ball leaves the hand of the pitcher throwing a gyro — or as the Japanese call it, the “shooto” — the ball comes off the middle finger with what appears to the batter as a pure counterclockwise spin. There is no snap of the wrist; it is a true “set it and forget it” pitch. The spin is an apparent rifle-like spin that keeps the ball true until it takes a severe, late left turn from a right-handed pitcher.
Let me say that again: the ball comes at the hitter looking like a hanging curve and then takes a hard, flat turn away from a right-handed batter.
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I was reading up on self-sufficient homes and I realized that there is another term for such a building. Wikipedia has an ubelievable set of information such a wonderful idea. I would like to build one of these one day, and prove that it is an extremely available option. Do some reading on it, click here! Here is a quick quote:
British architects Brenda and Robert Vale have said that, as of 2002, “It is quite possible in all parts of Australia to construct a ‘house with no bills’, which would be comfortable without heating and cooling, which would make its own electricity, collect its own water and deal with its own waste… These houses can be built now, using off-the-shelf techniques. It is possible to build a “house with no bills” for the same price as a conventional house, but it would be (25%) smaller.”
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