Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Wednesday June 1, 2011 Donna S. Levin

Theme: Center of Attention.  Four theme answers plus the unifier start with synonyms for the human midriff.

17A. Abdominoplasty, familiarly : TUMMY TUCK. Two terms for the surgical removal of unwanted fat and droopy skin from the center of the body.

23A. Pepto-Bismol target : STOMACH ACHE. Hospital-tested, pink Pepto-Bismol provides fast, temporary relief from various internal disorders of the central region. Temporary side effects may include turning your tongue black.  Lovely.

36A. Bourgeois : MIDDLE CLASS. Bourgeois is derived from the Middle French word for townsman, and is therefore similar in historical intent to the German BURGHER. Connotations of these words varied a bit across history. I'm guessing they originated during the late medieval period, as the merchant class developed in the towns of Europe, midway in social status between peasants of various sorts and the landed gentry.

49A. Lint receptacle? : BELLY BUTTON.   If you sussed the theme, this was an easy fill (so to speak.)  Proper lint removal technique is demonstrated here.

59A. Easy A (or where to learn about this puzzle's theme?) : GUT COURSE.   I've never seen this phrase outside of a crossword, and I never had the occasion to take one, either.  I guess that's why my average was only a B.  Of course, in a literal GUT COURSE the midriff would be the center of attention.

Hi gang, JazzBumpa here, with a cute and fun offering from Donna.  Nothing middling about it.  Let's get right into the center of things.

Across:

1. Turkish title : AGHA. This can be the title of either a civilian or military officer.

5. Dept. of Labor agency : OSHA.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration.   Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their employees, including ordinary safety-toed footwear, ordinary prescription safety eyewear, logging boots, and ordinary clothing and weather-related gear.

9. Isn't serious : JESTS.  OSHA never JESTS.

14. Aloof : COOL.

15. Lovey-dovey exchange : COOS.  From the billing and cooing of love birds.

16. Ready for use : ON TAP.  I could use a beer.

19. Salad dressing restriction : NO OIL.  Fat free, lo-cal.

20. One at the top of the board : LEADER.  From golf, where tournament standings are listed on the leader board.

21. Evil intent : MALICE

22. Hearing aid? : EAR.  The outer ear funnels sound into the inner ear, which I guess is better than a simple hole in the head.

26. General __ Chicken : TSO'S.   I've seen this many times in crosswords, but never on a menu.  If I ever do, I will order it.

28. Poet who wrote of the wasp, "I distrust his waspitality" : NASH.  Ogden, who also wrote the famous couplet, re: billing and cooing:  Candy is dandy/But liquor is quicker.

29. Envy, e.g. : SIN.  Not just any old sin, but one of the deadly ones.  Can you name them all?  No peeking.  (But I'll help.  Lust is number 1!)

30. Self-help guru Deepak : CHOPRA.  Author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.

33. Sandra's "Speed" co-star : KEANU.   Sandra Bullock and KEANU Reeves. 

39. Anklebone : TALUS.  Since we're boning up on anatomy, here is a view.

40. More than interest : ENGAGE.  I was interested before I got engaged, so I guess this makes sense.

43. Chef's phrase : A LA.  This means cooked or prepared in a specified style.  Jeannie?

46. Parts of the hip : ILIA.  You have a pair, hence the awkward Latin plural of ILIUM.  Here they are in context.

48. From square one : ANEW.  One more time, from the top.

54. Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr. : STE.  The French abbr. for a female saint.  While in her teens, she led the French army to several important victories in the 100 Years War.  She was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.  Now, you might think the Burgundians were French, and you'd probably be right.  But allegiances were rather slippery in those days, and money talked.  The English tried her in an ecclesiastical court, and burned her at the stake at age 19 in 1431.  Twenty-five years later, pope Callixtus III reexamined the trial, found her innocent, and declared her a martyr.  Four hundred ninety-one years later she was cannonized.  She had the patience of a STE.

55. Nimbi : HALOESNot In My Back Ilium!  A nimbus is a cloudy radiance surrounding the moon, or the head of a STE.  I'm guessing Jeanne got hers right away.

56. Enjoys surreptitiously, as a smoke : SNEAKS.  Did you ever sneak a smoke?

58. La Scala production : OPERA. La Scala is the opera theater in Milan.

62. Loses one's temper : RAGES.  This is occasionally observed on the road.

63. Fifth color of el espectro : AZUL.  Blue, in Spanish, like el Cielo.

64. Stopped working : DIED.  When my hard drive died on my new lap top a couple of months ago, the Geek Squad guy called the appearance on the monitor display, "The Azul screen of death!" 

65. Surgical tube : STENT

66. Salad, at times : SIDE.  As in SIDE dish.  As an aside, I had a salad for dinner, not a side, at Panera.

67. __-bitty : ITTY.  This means teeny-tiny.

Down:

1. Tread the boards : ACT.  Slang term for being a thespian.

2. European stew : GOULASH.  From the Hungarian Guly�s, meaning herdsman, who would chow down on this thick, meaty stew. 

3. Where school attendance is usually taken : HOME ROOM

4. __ mater : ALMA.  That school you went to, way back when.

5. Hawaii's "main islands," e.g. : OCTET.   Evidently there are eight.  I did not know that.

6. Become disenchanted with : SOUR ON

7. Ad __ : HOC.  Meaning, "For this" in Latin, referring to something set up for a specific purpose, not general use.

8. Inquire : ASK

9. Syndicated columnist Goldberg : JONAH.  No comment.

10. First name on an historic WWII bomber : ENOLA.   Pilot Paul Tibbets named this B-29 bomber after his mother, ENOLA Gay Tibbets.  It dropped the bomb on Hiroshima.

11. Zeno's followers : STOICS.  This is derived from frequent crossword fill, STOA.  The  Stoics believed that destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment.  I believe they had it exactly backwards.

12. Meditative martial art : TAI CHI.  You can get started here.

13. Bad temper : SPLEEN

18. NFL rushing units : YDS.  Yards.

21. 1960s Borgnine sitcom role : McHALE.  The show was McHale's Navy.  Here's a sample.

22. List-ending letters : ETC.  And so on, and so forth.

24. Succeeds : MAKES IT.

25. "Just __!": "Be right there!" : A SEC

27. Polish partner : SPIT.  SPIT and polish refers to appearance and good order.  The expression originated in the military, evidently from using a little saliva to put a shine on something.

31. Dietary guideline letters : RDA.  Recommended Daily Allowance

32. Talks off the cuff : AD LIBS.  A good way to get into trouble, these days.

34. Tandoori bread : NAN.  Tandoori is a spicy chicken dish from India.  NAN (or NAAN) is a flat bread to go with it.  I've had it.  Yum!

35. Org. that stages an annual June open : USGA.  U. S. Golf Association.

37. Doozy : LULU.  Something special, odd, or out of the ordinary, not always in a good way.  Here's an example.

38. Classical language of India : SANSKRIT.  It stands in the same relationship to modern Indian languages that classical Latin or Greek do for European languages.

41. Prepares : GETS SET

42. Maa, in "Babe" : EWE.  Babe is a pig who wants to be a sheep dog.  Maa is one of the sheep. 

43. Detests : ABHORS

44. Show enthusiasm for, as an opportunity : LEAP AT

45. Purport : ALLEGE

47. Available for siring : AT STUD.  Refers to a critter that could be gotten for some begettin'.

50. Actress Sophia : LOREN.  Famous actress, here illustrating the theme.

51. You often get a rise out of it : YEAST.   If you're a loafer, I suppose. 

52. Fr�re of a m�re or p�re : ONCLE.  Bro of mom or pop.  All in the French family

53. Classical beginning : NEO.  NEOclassicism is a revival of classical norms, forms, and methods in art  or a intellectual discipline.

57. Autobahn auto : AUDIA German car on a German road.

59. 57-Down filler : GAS.  Fill for the fuel tank.  Should be petrol.

60. Israeli weapon : UZI.  A sub-machine gun brand since 1950.

61. Big name in ice cream : EDY.  This company goes back to 1928, when it was founded by William Dreyer and Joseph EDY.  Use in moderation.  Too much of this can lead to excess themage, a STOMACH ACHE or even a TUMMY TUCK.
Cheers!
JzB

10 Bridge Most Exotic and Horrible


These are some of the bridges of the most exotic and scary.
1. Immortal Bridge (China)
Mount Tai in Shandon Province of China have had cultural and religious values ​​for thousands of years. This is one of five sacred mountains of China and is associated with birth, and resurrection dawn.
When you climb up the mountain you will find this ini.Jembatan Immortal Bridge consists of three large stone and several smaller ones. Below is a valley and the south is a chasm that seemed to appear unfounded. No one quite knows why the big batu2 fall and arranged to place at this time but it's very possible the natural stone bridge that has existed since the Ice Age

2. Old Bridge Konitsa (Greece)
This bridge seelama centuries in the river stretches Aoos Yunanu, full in the winter.If you look carefully to the right below the top of the bridge, you can see a small bell.The villagers say that when there is enough wind so that the bell was sounded, when it was too dangerous to cross the bridge

3. Rope Bridge Carrick-a-Rede (Ireland)
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is a rope suspension bridge near Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The bridge connecting the mainland to the tiny Carrick Island.
This site is owned and managed by the National Trust, covering two hundred feet and is thirty feet above the rocks below this ini.Hari this bridge into a tourist attraction, with 247,000 visitors in 2009. When there is wind on the bridge, this is really an experience that is tense, scary and challenging (if you're afraid of heights) but exhilarating

4. Royal Gorge Bridge
Royal Gorge Bridge is a tourist attraction near Canon City, Colorado, in a 360-hectare park.
Bridge deck depending on the altitude of 955 feet (291 m) above the Arkansas River, and holds the record for the highest bridge in the world from 1929 until 2003, when defeated by Beipanjiang River Bridge in China.
It is a suspension bridge with a main span of 938 feet (286 m). The bridge whose length is 1260 feet (384 m) and width of 18 feet (5.5 m), with wooden boards totaling 1292. The bridge is hung from the tower as high as 150 feet (46 m)

5. Rope Bridge Inca (Inca Empire, Peru)
Inca rope bridges were simple suspension bridges over valleys and canyons (pongos) to provide access for the Inca Empire. Bridges of this type suitable for use by the Inca people did not use the wheel transportation - limited traffic or pedestrian ternak.Jembatan guide is an integral part of the Inca road system and an example of technological innovation Inca empire. They are often used by runners Chasqui convey messages throughout wilaayah Inca Empire.

Incas used natural fibers found in the local vegetation to build bridges. These fibers woven together so as to create a strong enough rope and reinforced with wood as a floor cable. Each section then attached to a pair of stone anchors on each side of the canyon with a large cable from woven grass material connecting the two poles together.

Adding to this construction, two additional cables acted as a fence. The cable that supports the point-foot reinforced with woven branches. Multi-structure system that made the bridge is strong enough even to bring Spanish troops on horseback after they arrive.
However, a large bridge was so heavy that they tend to degenerate in the middle, and this causes them to sway when it comes a strong wind.

Part of the strength of the bridge and reliability comes from the fact that each cable is replaced every year by local residents as part of the ministry of "Mita" to the public or to such liability.
In some cases, local farmers have the sole task of maintaining and repairing the bridge so that the Inca highway or road system can continue to function. The largest bridge of this kind exist in the Apurimac Canyon along the main road from northern Cuzco

6. Hanging Bridge Pulau Langkawi (Malaysia)
This bridge includes a bridge sky around the canyon on the island of Langkawi, which is the largest island in the archipelago of Langkawi, Malaysia. Flying at an altitude of 687 m above sea level, offers views of the Andaman Sea and Thailand's Tarutao Island. The view from this bridge really makes people hold their breath - the building curves give a different perspective of the landscape.

Bridge The sky is one of the most spectacular bridges in the world that can make us more adrenaline pumping. Unique cable-suspended bridge by only one supporting pillar. These poles along 95 yards by 8 cables attached to counterweight. Curved pedestrian bridge spans 125 m in a gap that has long spektakuler.Jembatan 136 meters wide and 2 meters. on 1.8 m wide sky bridge has two triangular platform width 3.6 myang provide spectacular viewing area for visitors. And remember when you are in front of the bridge, you are standing 687 m above sea level.

7. Puente de Ojuela (Mexico)
Ojuela is a small mining settlement located in the northwestern city of Durango, in northern Mexico. This settlement is now known as ghost towns as a result of mineral ore that tired. The only one still alive from the functional structure is gantung.Jembatan bridge is known as "Puente de Ojuela" (Ojuela Bridge) by local residents.

The original bridge was designed by Roebling's famous brothers, who also designed the Brooklyn Bridge. At the time of construction, Puente de Ojuela is the third longest suspension bridge in the world. It was rebuilt recently by the Company Peñoles, the original building was canceled and only the main arches are now displayed in Torreon Exposition Center

8. Suspension bridge Hussaini (Pakistan)
Known as the most dangerous bridges in the world, Hussaini Hanging Bridge is just one of many precarious rope bridge in northern Pakistan.
For most people, the only way to travel is by walking across the mountains to get to Rawalpindi.Pada 1978, Karakoram Highway has been completed and the area is connected, but inter-regional travel is still as difficult as it 100 years ago.

Regular aspects of travel through the region, including cable and rickety bridges that cross the board Northern Pakistan mountain streams and rivers. Among these are Hussaini suspension bridge, crossing the Lake in the Upper Hunza Borit. rope bridge is very long but poorly maintained. Many boards are missing, and strong winds rocked the bridge when you cross.

This does little to ease the nervousness in the previous bridge, old bridge, broken, hanging in tatters on the bridge next to the "new".
Although it looks dangerous, however, Hussaini is a bridge that is relatively safe and has become something that attracts tourists, with many climbers who try to cross to pass through her guts menguju

9. Vitim River Bridge (Siberia)

Vitim is a wide river in Siberia, Russia. The bridge is provided to you cross made of wood and not in good condition.

This bridge is wide enough for one car along the 570 meters (1870 feet) so it takes 3 minutes drive on it if you are a skilled driver.
If you are not so skilled, you can see 15 meters into the river Vitim, which is not pleasant.

And it's really nothing. Vitim River Bridge in Russian Siberia. For those who do not know this area, this area is covered with the extreme winter almost all year with temperatures below the Northern Ontario and all covered with snow and it turned into a es.Jembatan Icicle with the locals there is no traction drive up and down this bridge because often the only way they Vitim River.

10. Natural Bridge Bryce Canyon's Utah, USA)
Natural Bridge, the most popular arch in Bryce Canyon, located 1.7 miles past Fairview Point and visible from the Natural Bridge. Naming the Natural Bridge at Bryce Canyon caused little stir among geologists. Although the artificial nature structure looks like a bridge, it actually curves.


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