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New Project Uncovers Ancient Games and Gladiators Through the Graffiti of the Fans

Edit Forbes 04 Jul 2016
Fans have always been passionate about athletics and sporting events, and so it makes sense that a common theme in ancient graffiti found atsites like Pompeii, Herculaneum, Zeugma, Aphrodisias, and many others is gladiatorial combat. Anew NEH-funded project directedby Rebecca Benefiel at Washington & Lee University seeks to document the [...] ... ....

SFU names inaugural Tom Foord Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Simon Fraser University)

Edit Public Technologies 17 May 2016
(Source. Simon Fraser University). Contact.. Ross MacDonald-Allan, SFU Beedie, 778.782.9492, rossm@sfu.ca. Renowned Vancouver entrepreneur Andrew Harries has been appointed as the inaugural Tom Foord Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business ... -30- ... Mr ... Subsequently he co-founded Zeugma Systems Inc ... Tellabs acquired substantially all of Zeugma Systems in November 2010. Mr....

Turkish-style Steak Tartar Was Born In The Cradle of Civilization

Edit About.com 22 Feb 2016
Turkish steak tartar balls are made with raw beef, fine bulgur, red pepper and and a unique spice called 'isot'.  Photo ©; Kybele - Fotolia.com ... The dish's main ingredient is raw beef!. Success Is In The Technique ... The stories go all the way back to the times of the Commagene Empire, where Abraham was born and the wicked King Nimrod ruled over the lands in the deep southeastern part of Turkey ... ....

Bluefire Mining Corp. Proposes Change of Business to an Investment Issuer

Edit Stockhouse 03 Feb 2016
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 3, 2016) - Bluefire Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE.BFM) ("Bluefire" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that it is proposing a change of business to become an Investment Issuer. Summary of Proposed Change of Business ... Mr ... During his tenure Mr ... Mr ... Mr ... Mr ... Prior to joining Cascade he was VP Finance at Zeugma Systems Inc., a Vancouver-based early stage next-generation telecom equipment company ... ....

Daily catch-up: How much difference does the wording of a referendum question make?

Edit The Independent 03 Sep 2015
ComRes found that changing the EU question from Yes/No to the format forced on David Cameron by the Electoral Commission cut a 27-point lead for Yes to an 18-point lead for Stay In ... It may be that this finding suggests that attitudes to the EU are soft ... That seems to be the implication here. ... To my Top 10 Zeugmas (a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses) he adds this from Groucho Marx ... He suggests ... ....

Daily catch-up: Labour historian Gordon Brown’s great prowl-and-persuade speech

Edit The Independent 17 Aug 2015
This came just after. “Our vote is rightly in private but it cannot just be a private act. It is about a public service.”. It also left out this elaboration ... (A video of the whole thing is here.) ... “Let me say ... • My Top 10 in The New Review, the Independent on Sunday magazine, yesterday was Zeugmas. A zeugma is a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses, such as this from Vergil (thanks to Graham Kirby) ... -->....

The Top Ten: Zeugmas

Edit The Independent 16 Aug 2015
Hilda and Graham Heap stayed at a lodge in New Zealand where one of the guest-book entries from the 1960s was. 'Time and sand flies.' It is a zeugma, from the Greek, 'to yoke', a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses. 1 ... David Lea supplied a photo of Zeugma Cafe & Restaurant, Istanbul. 2. 'We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately' ... 3 ... --> ... ....

The Top Ten: Fictional fiction

Edit The Independent 09 Aug 2015
A list proposed by Dan Wilson Craw, who started with 'Rochelle, Rochelle', a film featured in season four of 'Seinfeld' as a video and then in season six as a Broadway musical adaptation starring Bette Midler, who appeared in the episode. 1. The Ruby Redfort books ... 2. 'Smell the Glove' ... 3 ... 4. 'Utopia' ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... Zeugmas, such as 'He took his hat and his leave' ... --> ... ....

The Top Ten: Theme tunes that outlived their films

Edit The Independent 02 Aug 2015
Suggested by Mike Higgins, editor of 'The New Review', who is always right (rule one of journalism) and who nominated 'Superfly' by Curtis Mayfield – the soundtrack album outgrossed the film. 1. 'Eye of the Tiger' by Survivor. Has probably stood the test of time more robustly than 1982's Rocky III. 2. 'You Light Up My Life' by Kasey Cisyk ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... Zeugmas, such as 'He took his hat and his leave' ... --> ... ....

Restoration of ancient Roman mosaics botched

Edit South China Morning Post 06 May 2015
At least 10 priceless mosaics held in the Hatay Archaeology Museum in Turkey have been badly damaged during a botched restoration, officials and craftsmen have said ... "Valuable pieces from the Roman period have been ruined ... However, the official also confirmed that the restorers had years of expertise and experience, including in the restoration of the renowned mosaics at Zeugma Mosaic Museum in southeastern Turkey ... ....

Roman mosaics damaged during botched restoration, Turkish officials say

Edit The Guardian 05 May 2015
Authorities launch investigation after reports that priceless relics have undergone a restoration which has distorted their features. A mosaic before (L) and after (R) restoration, in the Hatay Archaeology Museum, Turkey ... Photograph. STR/EPA ... Facebook Twitter ... However, the official also confirmed that the restorers had years of experience, including the restoration of the renowned mosaics at Zeugma Mosaic Museum in south-eastern Turkey ... ....

Andrew Motion on how to write a love poem

Edit The Guardian 11 Feb 2015
Penning poetry for the one you love? Here are five basic rules by Britain’s former poet laureate. Woo your valentine with a handwritten poem - but make it original. Photograph. D. Hurst / Alamy/Alamy. Andrew Motion. Wednesday 11 February 2015 11.01 GMT. Traditionally, love poems were written in sonnet form, but they don’t have to be ... Poets have in their toolbox every trick of rhetoric and linguistic structuring - from alliteration to zeugma....

A positive note

Edit Kathimerini 26 Dec 2014
Given the celebratory nature of the Christmas season, any discussion of the country’s current situation or modern-day agnostics’ mystification at interpretations of the divine would be depressing at best, so perhaps this is a good time for some positive reminiscences. For 70 years the Greek nation experienced an unparalleled period of peace ... The fate of the ancient Kingdom of Commagene, “ignominiously snuffed out” according to C.P ... ....
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