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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
1with object Kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow.'he was shot in the leg during an armed robbery'with object and complement 'troops shot dead 29 people'
- 'He was shot dead in open court, an early martyr in the struggle against obscurantism.'
- 'Except this time, somebody got out of their car and shot one of them to death.'
- 'One of them, he didn't know which, made a break for it in the car, so Hopkirk shot the other one and gave chase in his Landrover.'
- 'The latest to go was in Bolivia, whose president hoped to save himself by having the army shoot several hundred protesters.'
- 'Instead of getting a chance to speak to her mother, she was shot dead by a stranger who accompanied her mother.'
- 'Only a few weeks later, as he tried to escape from jail, he was shot and killed.'
- 'He doesn't want to cook birds, much less shoot them with hunting rifles.'
- 'Moss's contention that these lands have been manipulated for producing more game to shoot is historically correct, but that is changing too.'
- 'Then the commander of the firing squad went forward and shot each in the forehead.'
- 'One soldier was shot dead and two wounded on Monday as they stood guard outside a weapons depot.'
- 'It is said that Abraham Lincoln in a dream saw people mourning around his body, a few days before he was shot dead.'
- 'They were cleaning the whole thing out because his wife had shot him and killed him in the bathroom.'
- 'Organisers of the Hampshire Hunt, at Preston Candover, near Alresford, say one fox was shot dead.'
- 'He watched them catch up with him, cut his head open with a rifle butt and shoot him.'
- 'He was shot dead with a bullet to his head in the streets of the camp.'
- 'Robinson was shot dead even though he could have been wounded and arrested.'
- 'He had been on a day off when he was shot dead yesterday afternoon (Thursday).'
- 'She was apparently shot dead while trying to escape when the hostage crisis began last night.'
- 'The man, aged in his fifties, was shot in his car by bandits who tried to rob him after a visit to an automatic teller machine.'
- 'In addition, the other Italian agent, the driver of the car, was shot in the knee after he had got out of the car.'
- 1.1no object Fire a bullet from a gun or discharge an arrow from a bow.'he shot at me twice''the troops were ordered to shoot to kill'with object 'they shot a volley of arrows into the village'
fire, fire at, fire on, open fire, open fire at, open fire on, aim at, snipe at, let fly, let fly at, blaze awaydischarge, fire, launch, let off, loose off, let fly, send forth, emitView synonyms
- 'Whoever was hiding up in the woods shot at them, the bullet sinking into the old wood of the dock.'
- 'I made it to the corner but they opened fire on my first try, and shot at me, so I had to turn back.'
- 'Finally, an author has done some extensive homework instead of shooting from the hip!'
- 'Before stepping out of the way of the projectile's path, he managed to shoot!'
- 'The kids I see and eat with every day still want to help this country, in spite of getting shot at while doing it.'
- 'Suddenly, a man came running up the street and started shooting at the car.'
- 'Before he fires the third shot, Janie grabs the hidden rifle and they both shoot at each other.'
- 'The support troops lived in pretty comfortable camps and rarely got shot at.'
- 'They're young, female and shooting from the hip.'
- 'The army said that troops had shot at an armed man after coming under fire.'
- 'The last partisan was struggling to his feet as an awe-struck Nikolai finally regained the wits to lift his rifle and shoot.'
- 'He injured one of them after shooting at their car, yet he walked free from court.'
- 'Leroy shot at me, but there had only been one bullet in the gun and it only clicked.'
- 'Seiya shot at her but the bullets were absorbed by her shield and sent back at her.'
- 'As for the man in Miami, we don't even know if the air marshals shot at him with conventional bullets.'
- 'If they can randomly shoot at cars and nothing happens to them, we have a security situation which is about to implode.'
- 'Thumbs flick switch from safety to semi on the rifles and you raise your weapons, point and shoot three round bursts at where you think the enemy is, because you haven't seen them yet.'
- ''We use it for sniping only, we are not shooting in all directions,' Safouri said in a telephone interview.'
- 'Don't just shoot back with your rifle; blow it apart with the main gun of a tank.'
- 'The first man takes the rifle and shoots, the second man picks up the rifle when the first man falls and fires the rifle.'
- 1.2no object, with adverbial Use a firearm with a specified degree of skill.'we shot well against Spain'
- 'A variety of styles leads the player from platforming to shooting to racing and so on.'
- 'Your driving, shooting and flying skills progress with the game.'
- 'He's strong, a good target man; he's got good skills and can shoot, especially with the left.'
- 'These can be used at different facilities in order to upgrade your fighting, shooting and driving skills.'
- 'Why would you want it any different with a handgun, the most difficult firearm to shoot well?'
- 'The main purpose of firearms is not to gather meat or shoot in games, but to defend live and limb.'
- 'Born without arms or legs, this incredibly agile man used his stumps to ride a horse, fish, eat, and shoot with skill.'
- 'But Neale pointed out that in the play-offs, hard work is as much a skill as shooting and skating.'
- 'But melding these two types of skills, riding and shooting, is a great combination.'
- 'Foresight is the highest degree of creativity: it cannot be learned like shooting or driving.'
- 'Here again, use whatever type firearm you shoot well and feel comfortable with.'
- 1.3 Cause (a gun) to fire.'I learned to shoot a 9 mm pistol'
- 'Lydiard Park ranger Tom Murawicki said there have been teenagers shooting air rifles and BB guns in the park.'
- 'So you never saw him shoot a gun, fire a weapon, right?'
- 'At about 2pm on Bank Holiday Monday local residents saw several small groups of youths shooting air rifles in an area where young children play and people walk their dogs.'
- 'At drop off the teacher shoots a starting gun and I sprint from the building and peel out of the parking lot to go and do things.'
- 'Because the movie depicts children shooting rifles, it has come under fire by certain anti-gun groups.'
- 'The only thing the police could figure of the whole thing was that the guy shooting the gun had been intentionally aiming for him.'
- 'If you shot a gun and everyone ran away as quickly as possible, the game wouldn't be as enjoyable.'
- 'Nat aimed the gun at a chipmunk that was sitting on a rock nearby, he shot the gun at it and the chipmunk fell to the ground.'
- 'My first experience shooting a gun came at age eleven.'
- 'For example, most males raised in the South have shot a gun before their thirteenth birthday.'
- 'She couldn't shoot a gun, but she could start a fire without a problem.'
- 'Running for cover and throwing grenades and shooting a machine gun and cursing the enemy is what you've been trained to do your whole life.'
- 'Mr. Henry ran away as their father was shooting a gun at him.'
- 'Michelle had jumped out of the way when the lights left and April shot her gun.'
- 'After this another hitman hopped out of a locker and starting shooting a huge shotgun.'
- 'When you're shooting two guns at once, your aim flails about wildly in response to the recoil, making it difficult to be accurate.'
- 'The pair along with Donald Ideson, who shoots air pistols, are due to compete in the Yorkshire County Championships at Bradford in December.'
- 'After the girl tried to leave, Jamilmira shot his gun into the air to scare her.'
- 'If he shot his gun at this angle, he would shoot through my shirt and into the ceiling.'
- 'If you think you're tough enough to stomach what we've got to do, or you're good at shooting a gun, then your presence is welcome.'
- 1.4with object and adverbial Damage or remove (something) with a bullet or missile.'Guy, shoot their hats off''they just missed my radiator and shot away my controls'
- 'Marksmen using high-powered rifles should shoot gas cylinders damaged by flames to prevent major disruption, according to fire chiefs.'
- 'Shooting a knife thrown at you is significantly more difficult than shooting a missile launched at you.'
- 'The suspects first shot the car's left front tire, causing the vehicle to veer and hit a cigarette stall.'
- 'Unfortunately, right before he pulled the trigger, Nathan shot the gun out of his hand.'
- 'It would take too long to even take the time to pull back the receiver and slot a single bullet in to shoot his brains out with.'
- 1.5no object Hunt game with a gun.'we go to Scotland to shoot every autumn'
- 'So do we really need the long barrel for the reasonable ranges where we may hunt or shoot?'
- 'Fast train travel made the weekend country house party popular for shooting and hunting among the upper classes.'
- 'Admittedly, there are a lot of consumer products used by those who hunt and shoot that are only vaguely related to the sport.'
- 'Some people argue that hunting is more cruel than shooting as some hunts last for 25 miles and up to 8 hours.'
- 'What provokes this post is that someone from the church is on the phone right now, mocking me for not being able to shoot or hunt.'
- 'Foxes are classified as vermin in law, and their numbers must be controlled, whether by hunting, shooting or trapping.'
- 'Snaring has largely been replaced by shooting and 40 riders-and-hounds hunts have been disbanded.'
- 'The country sports area alongside the lake will include hunting, shooting, fishing and gun dog scurry together with falconry and ferrets and a live smithing competition each day.'
- 'On the other hand, I know there are a lot of folks living outside Manhattan who hunt or enjoy shooting.'
- 'He will not allow any distractions that may divert from hunting and shooting.'
- 'Throughout his life he maintained an interest in country ways including National Hunt racing, shooting and fly-fishing.'
- 'So as bizarre as it may sound to the uninitiated, hunting, shooting and fishing actually promote and sustain the rich bio-diversity that we all admire in the countryside.'
- 'He liked jazz, preferred informal dress, didn't much care for hunting and shooting, and was openly contemptuous of red carpets.'
- 'Meanwhile, the Carlow Regional Game Council has called on all gun club members in the county to cease hunting and shooting until the foot and mouth crisis is resolved.'
- 'He also enjoyed the outdoor life and all its activities, particularly shooting and hunting.'
- 'The author, a farmer who neither shoots nor hunts, explains here why in his view hunting is good for the countryside.'
- 'The collection will be of enormous interest to anyone who shoots, hunts or fishes.'
- 'People representing a wide variety of rural pursuits including fox hunting, shooting and coursing were in the middle of Leeds to answer questions from members of the public.'
- 'But hang on, aren't hunting, fishing and shooting also businesses?'
- 'It is an unpleasant irony that this lingering antagonism finds its focus in hunting rather than shooting.'
- 1.6shoot overno object Shoot game over (an estate or other area of countryside)'at least 90 per cent of our hunting country is shot over'
- 'Actual shooting over grouse moors occurs on very few days per season and not at weekends or on public holidays.'
- 'All had permission to shoot over a wide area with the kind permission of land owners.'
- 'Lead shot should not be used for any shooting over wetlands important for feeding waterfowl.'
- 1.7 Shoot game in or on (an estate, cover, etc.)'Tom and her brothers were out shooting Ardfeochan'
2Move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction.no object, with adverbial of direction 'the car shot forward''Ward's hand shot out, grabbing his arm'with object and adverbial of direction 'he would have fallen if Marc hadn't shot out a hand to stop him'
race, hurry, hasten, flash, dash, dart, rush, speed, hurtle, streak, really move, spank along, whirl, whizz, go like lightning, go hell for leather, whoosh, buzz, zoom, swoop, blast, chargeView synonyms
- 'You won't find a stiffer bottom bracket; the bike shoots forward with every turn of the cranks.'
- 'He surged forward before shooting past Thomas Myhre.'
- 'Her words strike a chord deep within me and a sudden chill shoots down my spine.'
- 'The car suddenly shot out into the left lane and Cherry gasped as he was now driving on the wrong side of the road.'
- 'Andrew gunned the engine and flipped the sirens on, sending the car shooting forward between the two rows of traffic that pulled aside, obeying the wailing noise.'
- 'Windows and trash cans sped narrowly by as the car accelerated, shooting out of the alleyway and turning sharply just moments before a police car sped up behind them.'
- 'He initially stopped but then Caldwell shot off in the car at speed.'
- 'Before Mike could do anything, David shot forward and took the book in his hands.'
- 'Cloud looked up at the mountain ahead of them and saw lightning shoot across the area.'
- 'She tried to make an escape by brushing past him but his hand suddenly shot out and grabbed her wrist.'
- 'His car then shot forward, hit Mr Skipworth, and then careered into a second parked car.'
- 'He shot forward suddenly, knocking me backwards with a powerful kick to my chest.'
- 'He took another step forward and she shot to her feet, spinning quickly and lunging for the door.'
- 'As split second shots of her shoot across the screen, we see an enigmatic, dark-haired figure whisked to and fro before our eyes, like a lost ghost in the machine.'
- 'Her car then shot forward and went over the cliff through the railings between some seating.'
- 'As he shot forward, Jacob had grabbed the fishing pole and he dove across the driving path.'
- 'The scraggly arms shot forward and screams fell behind me as Sandra ran in after me.'
- 'Plant the right foot and a subdued V8 bellow could be heard as it just shoots itself forward, and this happens at any speed.'
- 'Emma suddenly shoots out of her chair and stands so her eyes are mere centimetres from Shannon's.'
- 'He suddenly hit the brakes and Prudence shot forward in her seat, bracing herself on the dashboard.'
- 2.1with object Direct (a glance, question, or remark) at someone.with two objects 'Luke shot her a quick glance'with direct speech ''I can't believe what I'm hearing,' she shot back'
direct, turn, throw, send, dart, bestow, giveView synonyms
- 'Michelle smiled at him and tentatively shot a glance at Grace before replying.'
- 'The first turned deathly pale and shot a quick glance at the other.'
- 'With boys and girls shooting questions left, right and centre, the organisers were pushed into defence.'
- 'Carina gave a weak smile in return and shot a questioning look over at Toni.'
- 'The jeweler glanced up and shot a look at the saleswoman standing beside him.'
- 'She shot a quick glance at Ty, but he was looking the other way, towards the horses.'
- 'Firearms enthusiasts have shot back at calls for ball bearing guns to be banned.'
- 'They slap their fellow males on the back, sprawl across sofas and shoot repeated glances at target females.'
- 'Michael recoiled as if the laughter was directed at him and shot a disturbed look at the man behind him.'
- 'I saw Mother shoot a warning glance over at me from the hedge garden.'
- 'Maddy's lips separated a little bit and she grinned before shooting another quick glance at Carver while replying.'
- 'Then after shooting another quick look at her companions, she attached an addendum to her prayer.'
- 'He pointedly shot a questioning glance at Lino, nodding his head towards Mel and Jessica.'
- 'He shot a quick glance to Jake, who had the eyes of a hawk sizing up a rabbit.'
- 'When we let go of each other, I was finally aware of the media as they shot questions left and right at dad and me.'
- 'Then he shot a questioning glance towards his superior, wondering if he should continue.'
- 'I remarked shooting a pointed glance at the stereo where someone was still supposedly singing.'
- 'I shot a questioning look at my twin sister, who just beamed back at me innocently.'
- 'Then she snapped her head away and shot a quick glance at the rest of the band.'
- 'With the India-New Zealand cricket match in the City, Derek perhaps felt it appropriate to shoot some cricket-related questions.'
- 2.2no object, in imperative Used to invite a comment or question.''May I just ask you one more question?' 'Shoot.''
- 'Okay, shoot. But don't ask me who the vice president of India is. I hope you know I dont really read news papers that much.'
- 'Then you say, "now can i ask you a question?", then Dominic says "okay, shoot".'
- 2.3no object (of a pain) move with a sharp stabbing sensation.'Claudia felt a pain shoot through her chest'figurative 'a pang of regret shot through her'
- 'As I reached up to press the elevator button, I winced at the crackling pain shooting down from my shoulder along my arm.'
- 'Even worse was that sometimes the pain seemed to shoot into both shoulders.'
- 'She clutched her side, feeling a sharp pain shoot through her body.'
- 'Moments later, I felt a horrible hunger pain shoot through my body.'
- 'Groggy farmers and their families awoke with throats, eyes and lungs seared and burning, pain shooting into their chests.'
- 'There was pain shooting from her lower stomach to her head.'
- 'However, he was having excruciating electric shock-like pains shooting from his hand to his elbow.'
- 'I could feel the pain shooting everywhere inside me.'
- 'I felt pain shoot through my body and a cold felling.'
- 'The loosely fitted arm came off, and a blinding pain shot down my own arm.'
- 'And, if she sleeps on the right side of her face, she wakes up with pain shooting from near her nose up to her temple.'
- 'My hip finally realized I'd fallen, sending a pain shooting down my leg.'
- 'To make matters even worse, sharp needles of pain were shooting across her eyes and the soup felt like lead in her stomach.'
- 'You may also feel a lump in your throat and intense pain shooting into your ears when you swallow.'
- 'The blood thrummed dully in her eardrums, echoing throughout the caverns and sending pain shooting to her skull.'
- 'The pain can shoot down your lower back into your buttocks, or down your leg.'
- 'He gasps as pain shoots down his right arm to his wrist and he drops the door stop.'
- 'He could tell by the new pain that shot from his feet to the rest of his leg.'
- 'I groan and sigh in failure, nauseous with pain shooting from my extremities.'
- 'By now the pain was shooting from my hip all the way down my leg to a foot that had gone partially numb.'
- 2.4no object Extend sharply in a particular direction.'a road that seemed to just shoot upwards at a terrifying angle'
- 'Once things slowed down, retrenchment became a serious business just as health care and education expenses began to shoot upwards.'
- 'Then it suggests that there be a uniform PDS price virtually at acquisition cost, thus allowing BPL prices to shoot upwards.'
- 'Players will speed through tracks that twist, turn, loop, corkscrew, shoot upward, drop off, dead end, and more.'
- 'Kira yelled as a beam of black light erupted from the centre of the Archives, shooting upwards until it was lost in the clouds.'
- 'Jeff noticed out of the corner of his eye as a patch of sand shot upwards'
- 'When your known risk shoots upward based on new knowledge, you either eat the cost or you get subsidized.'
- 'With oil and gas prices shooting upward, it's no wonder the sector is filled with profit-gushers.'
- 'Lacking foothills, it appears to shoot straight up into the sky, its jagged granite peaks floating above the clouds.'
- 'Architecturally its bigness was exaggerated by the close spacing of the aluminium structure shooting upwards from the Gothic arches at the base.'
- 'My reading age shot upwards and I was reading books for eight-, nine-, ten-year-olds within just a couple of years.'
- 'Not surprisingly, many listed retailers saw profits shoot upwards as well, tripling in some cases.'
- 'A violent gale shot upwards, lifting clots of mud into the air, stirring his clothing and hair.'
- 'The ground is shooting upwards, out of the grave, being caught by small, outstretched hands.'
- 'One city seems to have a giant beam of light shooting upward, visible as a bright phosphorescent glow, and then away, gone.'
- 'The water stopped shooting upward and the holes in the walls closed up.'
- 'Sure enough, her father's Gallons Pumped display showed a blur of numbers, shooting ever upwards.'
- 2.5with object Move (a bolt) to fasten or unfasten a door.'she shot the bolt on the bathroom door'
- 'The effort necessary to shoot a bolt from within a lock is drawn from Houdini the medium, but it must not be thought that this is the only means by which he can escape from his prison.'
- 'The sterling barkeep takes his large key over to the door and locks it, shooting the bolts home with a quiet trepidation.'
- 'When he and his mother had gone out into the darkness, my father shut the front door and shot the big brass bolt.'
- 2.6with object (of a boat) sweep swiftly down or under (rapids, a waterfall, or a bridge)'those of you looking for adventure can shoot the rapids'
- 'Rowing through a bridge, every sound of the boat echoes, and shooting a bridge adds a burst of power through the boat.'
- 'In one case, we hiked a little up the Little Colorado River to shoot some rapids 'body-style' in our life jackets.'
- 'Now it's time to head to the great outdoors and scale a cliff, shoot some rapids or hike to the peak.'
- 'They will travel after taking their GCSE's and take part in lots of different sporting activities from tobogganing to shooting the rapids and boat trips to get close to dolphins and whales.'
- ''It's like balancing an egg on a spoon while shooting the rapids,' said Graham Hill, the English driver.'
- 'It is a river; you can swim from bank to bank, you can shoot the rapids, but you cannot crawl out; if you do, you're dead, like a fish out of water.'
- 'I'm trying to hold back a whole raft of feelings, but they keep bobbing and pitching to the surface, threatening to break loose and shoot the rapids once and for all.'
- 'Of course, few things beat the thrill of taking a craft out on the white water and shooting the rapids.'
- 2.7informal with object (of a motor vehicle) pass (a traffic light at red)'drivers could lose their licences for shooting too many red lights'
- 'I recently received a ticket for shooting a red light in Phoenix, Arizona.'
- 'The same week, a very experienced and fit cyclist mate permanently damaged his arm after shooting a red light into the path of an oncoming car.'
- 'In a train crash in 1990, the driver was held to blame for over-shooting a red light.'
- 2.8Cricket no object (of a ball) dart along the ground after pitching.'a ball pitching on that spot would sometimes shoot'
- 'The ball shot to the off side.'
- 'The ball shot through my legs and we managed to scramble two byes.'
3no object (in soccer, hockey, basketball, etc.) kick, hit, or throw the ball or puck in an attempt to score a goal.'Williams twice shot wide'with object 'he shot the ball straight at the goalkeeper'
- 'Johnson ought to have scored the winner later, but shot over the bar.'
- 'This is a team that was No.2 in free throw shooting in the regular season.'
- 'Our game plan in the Finals was to take the puck wide, shoot, and go for rebounds.'
- 'He's clever inside, shoots really well for his size, and his game is unorthodox enough to throw off the defense.'
- 'Morientes shoots, but his feeble effort is no match for Carlo Cudicini.'
- 'The ball falls to Tugay who shoots narrowly left and wide from inside the box.'
- 'In fact, it seems the only reason Kidd shoots is to keep opposing defenses honest.'
- 'Into injury time, Portlaoise had claims for a penalty over-ruled when McCormack was blocked as he attempted to shoot for goal.'
- 'The first half saw the visitors push forward with Steve McCormick twice shooting wide.'
- 'There were chances for the opposition to level, especially when Rosicky shot wide from in front of goal.'
- 'It's no wonder that eight of the 10 players who had the most trips to the line last season are shooting fewer free throws this year.'
- 'Free throw shooting, as an uncontested shot, is the only basketball stat that's pure.'
- 'As the full forward turned to shoot she was blocked by a Wicklow defender.'
- 'In traffic, great goal scorers still have the ability to shoot the puck and score.'
- 'I used meditation to help with my free throw shooting.'
- 'He can dribble, he is not afraid to beat men, and of course he can cross, shoot and take free kicks perfectly-what more could you really want from a midfielder?'
- 'Ronaldo shoots from the byline and hits the post.'
- 'They are three superb footballers, they can shoot on sight, score from all angles and we are really up against it.'
- 'He chested down a cross on the edge of the box, juggled it once on his foot with back to goal, turned and shot with his left.'
- 'Allen, at 91.8 percent, is third in the league in free throw shooting.'
- 3.1informal with object Make (a specified score) for a round of golf.'in the second round he shot a 65'
- 'Melissa Nawa improved her game, shooting an amazing six-over-par 78 but Michael Chiluba bowed out of the competition.'
- 'Meanwhile, Englands Lee Westwood shot a four-under-par 67 yesterday.'
- 'The Australian shot a final round of 63 for a 26-under-par total of 262 to secure his second win of the season and third European Tour title.'
- 3.2North American informal with object Play a game of (pool or dice)'although we never shot dice, my friends and I played every variation of poker'
- 'The scene they walked in on was Larry shooting some pool at his gray and glass pool table with one of his skater friends.'
- 'If I'm not shooting some pool, I'm at the nail salon getting a manicure.'
- 'The very next night, Dave dropped by the poker room and casually mentioned that he was thinking about going and shooting the dice a bit.'
- 'We went into town and ate, then went to shoot some pool.'
- 'Show me an accountant that shoots pool, and I'll show you a game that is carefully calculated.'
- 'The two plan to use all of their knowledge of cardsharking, pool shooting, and rolling dice at an unprecedented worldwide gathering of hustlers.'
- 'Visitors can choose to simply relax with a glass of beer, shoot some pool, or play a game of darts.'
- 'The setting was the pool room where me and my boy were shooting some pool (I know I was busy, but I needed a break).'
- 'We went to shoot pool with mutual friends a few times after school and he was always fun to be with.'
- 'In one of his scenes, the camera focuses in on the band gathered in a circle as if they are shooting dice.'
- 'It showed, as Dale Murphy shot one of the best games of his life coming in with 43 points.'
- 'I don't know if he could shoot pool, although I had the feeling finding out could prove expensive.'
- 'So the country saw the diamonds sometimes, but it also saw the small woman with a pint of beer in her hand and liked that; the small woman shooting pool and they liked that.'
- 'Someone calls Elisabeth Irwin's name, and she goes over to shoot some pool.'
- 'Once upon a time there was an old artist who loved to shoot pool and play with computers.'
- 'Kevin shot one of the best games of his life, and with Erle right at his heels, Herb and Bob had no chance in the match.'
- 'If you want to shoot pool for the pure joy of it, find a team that shares your attitude.'
- 'They're nice guys, and perfectly fun to shoot a little pool with, though.'
- 'Alex saw Callan shooting pool in the far corner by himself, so decided to join him.'
- 'If you suffer from anxiety when you shoot pool, remember that you are not alone.'
4with object Film or photograph (a scene, film, etc.)'she has just been commissioned to shoot a video'
film, photograph, get a photo of, get a photograph of, take a photo of, take a photograph of, get photographs of, take photographs of, get a picture of, take a picture of, get pictures of, take pictures of, take someone's photo, take someone's picture, get a snap of, get a snapshot of, take a snap of, take a snapshot of, take, snap, capture on celluloid, capture on film, record on celluloid, record on filmView synonyms
- 'The film is set to shoot the desert scenes in Morocco and the interiors in either London or Rome.'
- 'He is looking forward to shooting at Castle Howard.'
- 'Once all the ingredients are assembled, making a film involves shooting scenes and editing them to create the final sensation.'
- 'He could re-edit the film, shoot additional scenes, design his own ad campaign, and create any kind of come-on.'
- 'The 17 to 20-year-olds used their new skills to script, shoot and edit the five-minute pieces.'
- 'The film was shot in two-and-a-half weeks, mostly with a digital video camera, using natural light.'
- 'The film crew shot a chase scene around Dublin Castle that is featured in the trailer for the film.'
- 'The cinematography also does a good job concealing the fact most of the film was shot on soundstages.'
- 'It was used much like one would use a video camera to shoot a film.'
- 'It was the first film to be shot entirely at London Films' huge new studios at Denham in Buckinghamshire.'
- 'Next Sunday, the first movie to benefit from the New York-style film office will shoot scenes on Dublin's main thoroughfare, with the help of Gardai.'
- 'Much of the film is intentionally shot on video tape, so some scenes look grainy and soft.'
- 'It also meant that every sequence in the film could be shot on location, without the need to make the scenes inside the cab look as though they are fake.'
- 'I remember two days before the Academy Awards we were shooting the scene in the oil.'
- 'Following the arrest of his father and brother, David Friedman purchased a video camera and began shooting scenes of the family nightmare.'
- 'I read a lot of scripts and will only shoot feature films if I enjoy the story and like the director, or find them interesting.'
- 'I will admit as well the scenery of coastal Maine where the film was shot on location was lovely.'
- 'To add further excitement, the studio intended to shoot the film in Technicolor, a very new process in 1938.'
- 'The film is shot on video, but that's not so obvious as to be a distraction for long.'
- 'South Africa, over the last two years, has become a favored new location for shooting feature films.'
5no object (of a plant or seed) send out buds or shoots; germinate.'some years one or other plant fails to shoot'
- 'Then they start shooting out seeds, which go a certain distance then fall to the ground and grow.'
- 'Just cut out any new canes that appear to be too short, thin or wimpish to have any likelihood of bearing fruit and even if that leaves a dozen canes shooting from the ground, let them be to bear next year's fruit.'
- 'Vines were also shooting out at Hadez as he spoke.'
- 'When Dahlia tubers shoot, divide and plant in a sunny spot in the garden.'
- 5.1 (of a bud or shoot) appear; sprout.'they move up into the stem where they induce buds to shoot'
sprout, put forth shoots, put forth buds, bud, burgeon, germinateView synonyms
- 'Spiky vines shot out of the grass.'
- 'I pictured the vines shooting out and finally felt the warmth that meant the magic was coming.'
- 'Near the base each cord has a short branch shooting upward on its right side.'
6informal with object Inject oneself or another person with (a narcotic drug)'he shot dope into his arm'
administer, introduceView synonyms
- 'First Johnny, then Jerry started shooting heroin; I noticed changes in their appearance and behavior.'
- 'When not losing money in seedy gambling dens or making wisecracks about chaos theory, he's shooting heroin.'
- 'And while the woman did shoot heroin, she also shot a lot of cocaine.'
- 'They hear scary tales about sniffing glue, popping pills and shooting heroin.'
- 'I was shooting drugs and drinking liquor and it just killed my liver and turned me into an ugly drunk.'
- 'In the last three weeks, up to 25 drug users have come here every night to shoot heroin and cocaine into their veins.'
- 'During the waiting period many returned to shooting heroin.'
- 'But they also beg the question, why don't all people drink excessively, gamble away their savings, and shoot heroin?'
- 'In addition, there were frequent public outcries over the users' behaviors, such as shooting their drugs openly in public places.'
- 'I knew I couldn't continue shooting heroin forever, and I know now that I can never be addicted again.'
7with object Plane (the edge of a board) accurately.'I shot the longer edge down on the planer'
- 'The weight is really a plus when shooting hard and/or thick material.'
- 'Shoot the edges perfectly straight, true, and square, or at right angles to the face side.'
1A young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant.'he nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems'
sprout, offshoot, scion, sucker, bud, spear, runner, tendril, sprig, cuttingView synonyms
- 'Young trees produce many long shoots, which should contribute to rapid crown construction and height growth.'
- 'Tiny flowers may appear in late summer - pinch off the blooms and growing shoots of young plants to maintain foliage colour and encourage bushiness.'
- 'At the first stages of development, the availability of embryos results from a combination of main shoots and primary tillers.'
- 'The sexual type of all flowers produced in each inflorescence on all shoots of these plants was monitored and recorded throughout the 2001 flowering period.'
- 'Pinching out the shoot tips after young plants have finished flowering is a good way of making them bush out.'
- 'The plants had defective shoot apical meristems and grew slowly in vitro.'
- 'These buds may have developed into plagiotropic branches or orthotropic epicormic shoots.'
- 'Gemmotherapy consists of herbal remedies made from the buds or shoots of young plants.'
- 'One leaf was collected from short shoots of three trees per each of clone, provenance or origin at stages 1, 3 and 5 of leaf development.'
- 'Plant shoots were harvested in July, August, and November 1993.'
- 'In mature Juglans regia trees, female flowering is apical on spring shoots.'
- 'Similarly, clipping shoots of Artemisia plants did not reduce resprouting relative to unclipped control plants.'
- 'Leaf and stem tissue from young, newly developed shoots was used as explant tissue for plant transformation as follows.'
- 'In spring the young leaf shoots are used to garnish all kinds of food.'
- 'Look for instance at plants: vandalized trees send out new shoots, grass grows on rubbish dumps, flowers spring up in scrap yards.'
- 'In addition, camels and cattle browse young shoots of this tree, thus limiting its development and possibilities of regeneration.'
- 'Separate two to three young roots and shoots from the main plant every 4 to 5 years.'
- 'The shoots of all plants were cut back to about 20-25 cm above the soil.'
- 'The rice rats would typically eat through the outer sheaths of the stem near the base of the plants in order to reach the young shoots growing inside.'
- 'Three similar branches, shoots or tillers per plant were selected for the three treatments.'
2An occasion when a group of people hunt and shoot game for sport.'a grouse shoot'
- 'Here's a romantic view of a grouse shoot on Beamsley Beacon by Turner.'
- 'No shoot has been organised on his land for the Glorious Twelfth - the start of the grouse shooting today.'
- 'We were in Mandir Niwas, which in the days of the royal shoots was the reception area for the visiting dignitaries because it was closest to the station.'
- 'In winter, hunters come for the wild game shoots, which explains the rifles on the wall and the disparate taxidermy.'
- 'Mr Robertshaw, a retired farmer, said he would continue to allow the shooting rights and the footpath could be closed on those three to four occasions a year when the shoot was held.'
- 'It's even more excessive than a bunch of City investment bankers on a grouse shoot.'
- 'At the Buccleuch estate in Nithsdale a dearth of grouse forced yesterday's traditional start of the season shoot to be cancelled and rearranged for later this month.'
- 'Is modern quick-drying nylon appropriate wear on a formal occasion such as a shoot, in any circumstances?'
- 'It featured a sporting clay shoot, guided hunts for pheasant and quail and a celebrity dinner with live and silent auctions.'
- 'In the first, the applicant S took part in a protest against a grouse shoot.'
- 'Professional beaters will be called in by Bradford Council to drive birds on to privately-owned adjoining moors where grouse shoots still take place.'
- 'One or two of the dialogue scenes, in particular the one showing international war-profiteers enjoying a grouse shoot, have a dated, agitprop feel.'
- 'Grimond was adopted as candidate for Orkney and Shetland, having only seen the cliffs of Hoy while in Caithness on a grouse shoot.'
- 'The event was a laser clay pigeon shoot at a holiday resort.'
- 'The opportunities for travel have been regular and tantalising - from grouse shoots in Scotland to gun wielding in darkest Africa.'
- 'Grouse and partridge shoots are run separately.'
- 'Barry Atkinson carried out a record 148 days' worth of beating - or flushing out birds - at grouse, partridge and pheasant shoots.'
- 'Four basic dove-hunting options are available: grain fields, roost brush, water holes and pass shoots.'
- 'The Lords and ladies would be put up at the Devonshire Arms Hotel at Bolton Abbey before the pheasant and grouse shoots.'
- 'Out in the Australian wilderness and the wide-open spaces, the only equivalent to a fox hunt that I can think of is a kangaroo shoot.'
- 2.1British An area of land used for shooting game.'we rented a rough shoot of about a thousand acres'
- 'There is another similar shoot up the same valley.'
- 'The game shoots of the area supply plenty of pheasant in season, but other game, such as grouse, has suffered due to a succession of wet winters.'
- 'Game farmers hatch out eggs and day old chicks or poults are delivered to the shoot depending on the model they are operating.'
- 2.2 A shooting match.'activities include a weekly rifle shoot'
- 'The races test competitors' teamwork skills, skiing and physical and mental strength as well as accuracy in the rifle shoot.'
- 'I also agree that Victoria has been jobbing, due to the fact that if there were a shoot match, the outcome would likely be much different.'
- 'On Sunday, the Classic Calibre Lever Action Postal Rifle shoot is at the SSAA range, Rifle Range Rd, Casino.'
- 'He won the 2002 air rifle world title in a nerve-wracking shoot off with Jie Li of China.'
- 'Burridge will now compete with the top 20 scorers in a shoulder-to-shoulder shoot at Bookham Rifle Club on April 6.'
- 'Rangers from across the Baffin compete in a rifle shoot competition held during the exercises'
- 'A general meeting held recently, the last before the annual clay pigeon shoot to finalise arrangements.'
3An occasion when a professional photographer takes photographs or when a film or video is being made.'a photo shoot''a fashion shoot'
- 'She was his least favorite make up artist but also the only one able to come in for the special shoot today for their interviews.'
- 'In each town, the women in the show are first brought together a day or two before the shoot for an 'ice-breaking session'.'
- 'The editing process, and the shoot, took longer than I'm used to, but that's how it happened.'
- 'Café manager Georgina Galley said Warner Brothers crews used to come into the Ive Café for meals before shoots.'
- 'As far as he's concerned, his own sexuality is irrelevant to the shoot.'
- 'It may be an unusual combination, but the two pursuits don't necessarily conflict, except when Ciara turns up for a fashion shoot sporting a few cuts and bruises.'
- 'Still she performed like a trooper and actually did the shoot so kudos to her.'
- ''The rest of the week, I have modeling shoots and press conferences,' she said.'
- 'And during the shoot in Norway, John risked his life by performing a series of extreme stunts on ice.'
- 'Take in 300-500 grams of carbs divided among four to seven meals starting the day before your shoot.'
- 'In Goa, according to Pooja, it was one big party during the shoot.'
- 'Eventually they finished their shoot and everyone headed back for lunch, which is when we got the change to interview Sid Haig.'
- 'The shoot was marred by protesters shutting down production at one point.'
- 'The Rajaji Hall courtyard was abuzz with activity since morning, as hundreds of junior artistes gathered for the shoot.'
- 'Based on what I have learned from past experiences, here are some pointers to make the most of your camp's video or photography shoot.'
- 'Debbie maintained that depth of emotion in her performance throughout the shoot.'
- 'Today, she even got back from a shoot having stopped off to buy me lunch because she was worried that I was working too hard and not eating enough.'
- 'Pre-production planning of a motion capture shoot for a game is a very difficult and important process.'
- 'Yao says he plans to spend less time on commercial shoots and more time working on his game or resting.'
- 'The most common sight in southern California these days isn't a movie shoot or a beach party.'
4variant spelling of chute
5A rapid in a stream.'follow the portages that skirt all nine shoots of whitewater'
- 'I swooshed down the shoot and collided with the wave from the bowl.'
- 'However, we still had one more spot of whitewater to hit: the shoot of Death.'
exclamationNorth American
Used as a euphemism for 'shit''shoot, it was a great day to be alive'
damn, damnation, blast, hell, heck, gordon bennettView synonyms
- 'Now, a story about 'a boy from the hood making good' may not sound so miraculous to you; shoot, it may even sound easily obtainable we heard it so much.'
- 'Lots of them know what a great lift this is - shoot, we write about sports.'
- 'I ran out my door, slamming it, so I'd wake up all the neighbors; shoot, only one light turned on.'
- 'The longer races are natural for me because - shoot! - I got my early training chasing the bicycle team around town.'
- 'But if they do go well - shoot, even if the teams falter a bit - there will be cheering.'
shoot the breeze (or the bull)
informal Have a casual conversation.'we've been shooting the breeze for well over an hour now'
talk, conversation, gossip, chatter, chitter-chatter, heart-to-heart, tête-à-tête, powwow, blether, blatherView synonyms
- 'Last I heard, Bellows was heading out to New York to help start a new magazine, while still shooting the bull about creating a newspaper in Los Angeles.'
- 'Above the thunderous whir of the aircraft rotors, Nelson and his buddies yelled back and forth, shooting the bull as the copter lifted off.'
- 'On both occasions I visited, regulars drifted in and out to shoot the breeze at the counter with the owner.'
- 'There are five fellows in the place just shooting the bull.'
- 'Firstly, these kids were attending Sandringham Church, not shooting the breeze in some Internet chat room or hanging round a bus-stop and smoking.'
- 'We were just two unemployed guys who once worked together - shooting the breeze, telling war stories.'
- ''Jon and I would just sit in the tent with the microphone between us and start shooting the breeze,' says Liesl Clark.'
- 'He tilts his head back, sucks on his wad of tobacco, and grins at the handful of patrons shooting pool and shooting the breeze with him.'
- 'My wife went up to bed, and I stayed up with my dad shooting the breeze over cocktails and agreeing about things.'
- 'Have a chat, shoot the breeze, raise a glass to them.'
shoot one's cuffs
Pull one's shirt cuffs out to project beyond the cuffs of one's jacket or coat.
- 'When he adjusted his waistcoat or shot his cuffs, dragons of unreason gasped and died at his feet.'
- 'At one point in every telecast, he would shoot his cuffs, lean forward and appear to address each and every Canadian personally.'
- 'I threw back my shoulders, shot my cuffs, and started to drift.'
- 'Edward took the time to straighten his tie and shoot his cuffs.'
- 'In front of the full-length mirror on the inside of my closet door, I straightened my trouser legs, sleeves, shoulders, collar, and tie, and shot my cuffs.'
- 'He took a last look in the mirror, fixed his tie, shot his cuffs and puffed out his chest.'
- 'And it's time we shrug, let them run out of the theater, straighten our collars and shoot our cuffs, and enter from the wings to do exactly the job we know needs to be done.'
- ''Let the boys across the aisle do the talking,' he would say, smiling dreamily as he shot his cuffs.'
- 'We bade the ladies a good morning, touched our caps, shot our cuffs and nipped up the hill towards the Bar on the track.'
- 'At that point he would shoot his cuffs and saunter cockily back to me.'
shoot from the hip
informal React without careful consideration of one's words or actions.'he is shooting from the hip in an act of political desperation'
- 'Elaine shot from the hip, which often got her into hot water but she is a huge loss.'
- 'Though not averse to speaking out on a range of controversial subjects, Mahathir rarely just shoots from the hip.'
- 'He is a competitive guy who shoots from the hip and commands huge respect from his players.'
- 'That's the good hard - nosed view, typical of the minister who prides himself as a man who shoots from the hip.'
- 'With that in mind, I have shot from the hip and dared people to respond.'
- 'He doesn't shoot from the hip but takes a more considered approach and would rather explain to people why he holds the views he holds than intimidate them to his point of view.'
- 'I know that she shoots from the hip and is liable to provoke righteous indignation.'
- 'To some he is difficult to take seriously, and he may come across as the sort who shoots from the hip with little thought for the consequences.'
- 'In the book he shoots from the hip and rides roughshod over reputations, holding a modicum of his once monumental power and relishing it.'
- 'He shoots from the hip, is amusing and mostly correct.'
shoot oneself in the foot
informal Inadvertently make a situation worse for oneself.'the company must stop shooting itself in the foot if it wants to get over its troubles'
- 'But the days when it was mopping up loans attracting 14% of new lending while watching from the sidelines as its competitors routinely shot themselves in the foot, unable to lend any money at all, have gone.'
- 'The alphabet organisations shot themselves in the foot because of their greed.'
- 'We think they have shot themselves in the foot with this.'
- 'Their season has been riddled with basic errors at the back and once more they shot themselves in the foot when they presented Kildare with a goal to help them to victory.'
- 'The feedback I have heard has all been negative, so they seem to have shot themselves in the foot.'
- 'The truth is that cable news executives shot themselves in the foot by surrendering to something that looks and feels like news but isn't really.'
- 'We shot ourselves in the foot and basically we only have ourselves to blame.'
- 'In my view, they've already shot themselves in the foot.'
- 'If the customers don't come with you, then you have shot yourself in the foot.'
- 'Some Norwegians think the Nobel Peace Prize committee have shot themselves in the foot by awarding it for tree-planting.'
shoot it out
informal Engage in a decisive confrontation, typically a gun battle.'I was forced to shoot it out with detectives before being overpowered'
- 'When two Austrians disagree, they do not shoot it out; rather, each of them tries to come up with a better argument next time, but usually the disagreements remain.'
- 'A tiny handful, from the banned far-right parties, may try to shoot it out with the army.'
- 'Very few of these cowards shoot it out with the cops.'
- 'He shot it out with the cop, who got off a single round from his newly issued Glock 17 before his service pistol jammed.'
- 'And the number of armed thugs willing to shoot it out with coalition troops is quite small.'
- 'Some of the elements of the gangster genre, such as the criminal holed up in his lair shooting it out with the cops, are here for the first time.'
- 'This might work, but if your adversary has made up his mind to fight or shoot it out, I don't think intimidation will be much of a factor.'
- 'Why did he not use his pistol to shoot it out with his captors or to kill himself?'
- 'The guys you are about to see also know what it's like to shoot it out with a bad guy.'
- 'Of course, eventually the robbers enter the bank, shoot it out with the FBI, and Conway gets shot.'
shoot a line
informal Describe something in an exaggerated or untruthful way.'he never shot a line about his escapades'
overstate, overemphasize, overstress, overestimate, overvalue, magnify, amplify, aggrandize, inflateView synonyms
- 'I said, "You no doubt have done your bit in the Home Guard but it was a good job that you had blokes like us to win the war for you." I was certainly shooting a line.'
- 'I suppose it is possible that he was 'shooting a line' to the Manager which was then recorded.'
- 'My kids think that I am shooting a line when I say what a great time I had.'
shoot one's mouth off
informal Talk boastfully or indiscreetly.'we don't go shooting our mouths off saying that we're the best band in Britain'
- 'In other words, after he'd shot his mouth off, Hodges remembered that he signed off on the grounding.'
- 'I hated the way she shot her mouth off constantly to get media attention.'
- 'If he has evidence that ties Novak into it after he shot his mouth off then that's a real cover-up.'
- 'India cannot afford a prime minister who shoots his mouth off on sensitive issues and then issues tedious clarifications two days later.'
- 'It was his lawyer who shot his mouth off and gave Cooper the opportunity to claim he'd been released.'
- 'He wasn't very telegenic; he shot his mouth off; he said things other candidates were too afraid to say.'
- 'If anything, I shot my mouth off when I probably shouldn't have.'
- 'So if you feel like shooting your mouth off, don't.'
- 'As one who has shot her mouth off while in the throes of a mental breakdown, I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer that truthfully.'
- 'Her eldest son might be kind to trees, or he might be a meddling buffoon who thinks it his birthright to have the rest of us jump to it whenever he shoots his mouth off.'
Phrasal Verbs
shoot someone/something down
1Bring down an aircraft or missile by shooting at it.'their helicopter was shot down by an air-to-air missile'
- 'As often happens at critical moments, unanticipated circumstances interfered with shooting the aircraft down during the Central Asian leg of its overflight of the USSR.'
- 'Through the windows you could see the Scuds arcing over the city and the Patriot missiles trying to shoot them down.'
- 'This excludes any possibility for the supposed Earth-based attacker to shoot it down with existing land-to-air missiles, as none of them are able to reach the height of even close to 40 miles.'
- 'As the summer progresses and multiple German attacks arrive every day, many German planes are shot down, but British losses of planes and particularly pilots become critical.'
- 'There has been speculation that the plane which went down in Pennsylvania was shot down by US Air Force fighters scrambled to track it.'
- 'Pilots who approach the zone will be told that if they enter it they will be shot down.'
- 'I know probably how these individuals felt to some extent before they were shot down and lost their lives.'
- 'The TMD system is intended to detect with satellites ballistic missiles flying within a 3,000-kilometer radius and to shoot them down with missiles.'
- 'During one attack a Scud missile was shot down overhead and the wreckage was left in his camp for three days.'
- 'The footage also showed that flight patterns were found for aircraft, along with plans and instructions for how to shoot them down.'
- 1.1Kill or wound someone by shooting them, especially in a ruthless way.'troops shot down 28 demonstrators'
- 'Martial law was proclaimed, and robbers were shot down without mercy.'
- 'A crowd of Frenchmen started to swarm across, as the ships locked in deadly combat, but they were shot down.'
- 'For years, such peacekeepers, whether in Srebenica or Mogadishu, wielded no power and commanded less respect as women and children were shot down in their presence.'
- 'When a few tried to escape they were shot down on the spot and their bodies thrown into the canal.'
- 'There are the five who died in Basra over the weekend, where it is widely assumed that they were shot down by enemy fire, though that still needs officially to be confirmed.'
- 'Bill Quick is the guy who tells Winer that the group should shoot the murdering creature down before it kills them all.'
- 'The first wave of soldiers guarding the base was shot down easily, having not been prepared for an attack.'
- 'Within the next few minutes a dozen more people were shot down and many wounded.'
- 'In the last 48 hours, hundreds of civilians have been shot down on the roadways, in their homes, on their farms.'
- 'I also had a go at shooting the cans down twice.'
- 1.2Crush someone or their opinions by forceful criticism.'she tried to argue and got shot down in flames for her trouble'
- 'Bolton's hopes of completing a double over Manchester United were shot down in flames as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fired the Reds to a 4-0 win at the Reebok Stadium.'
- 'But the unfair attacks on Frist were shot down very quickly.'
- 'More than a year before his dream for the North was shot down in flames, Ministers were warned in focus group research that scepticism in the three Northern regions was rife.'
- ''We didn't think we would be shot down so early on in the game,' said dad.'
- 'I voiced my opinion after an hour of internal deliberation, but it was shot down and ignored faster than I could blink.'
- 'When they applied for much needed funding for sporting facilities they were shot down despite the fact that they are deserving cases.'
- 'His aspirations are lofty, yet he has displayed a lack of reverence towards the NFL that means there are already many who hope his aim of winning a Super Bowl is shot down in flames.'
- 'She shoots me down like a spotty teenager with a crush.'
- 'Both you and Rex Kerr were much nicer to it than Pim who, in my opinion, sought merely to shoot it down.'
- 'As for his competitors' criticism, Charlton shoots it down as sour grapes.'
shoot through
Leave, typically to escape from or avoid someone or something.'me wife's shot through and I can't pay the rent'
- 'When I got back to the office the guy from Chubb was in the building testing the fire alarms, which gave me all the excuse I needed to shoot through.'
- 'After his return, he heads for the fairways reluctantly, when a mysterious caddy appears from nowhere, dispenses sage advice and promptly shoots through.'
- 'If he was so inclined he could shoot through and set up a second hand bookshop that would put some competitors to shame.'
- 'Hood was put in charge of the ferry service and the story is that he took the funds, hid them and shot through.'
- 'Money making people should wake up or shoot through.'
- 'We eventually shoot through close to 7pm and arrive in Wellington around 1am.'
- 'I know you're traumatised, I know you're in trouble, I know you're upset but I'm shooting through.'
shoot up
1(especially of a child) grow taller rapidly.'when she hit thirteen she shot up to a startling 5 foot 9'
- ''They've got a picture of a nine-month-old baby and got computer graphics to make it look like it's shooting up,' says Braithwaite, growing louder by the second.'
- 'He lifted his hand in attempt to move the stick and the entire table shot up, hit the ceiling, and crashed back down to the floor.'
- 'The ball seats two and shoots up 70 metres on its springs.'
- 'Looking at Eric this morning, we both don't think he's grown much in the last couple of weeks; he shot up after the first week but now seems to have stalled.'
- 'In the spring it just starts shooting up like crazy.'
- 'Matt and Ashlee pointed the tip of the sword at the bird's chest and a beam of light shot up and hit the animal.'
- 'The torch was lowered but this time instead of the wood slowly catching fire, the wood enflamed rapidly and shot up sky high.'
- 'Drab high-rise, shoddily constructed buildings in poorly designed developments have shot up everywhere.'
- 'Realising her foot was firmly stuck she yanked firmly on her foot; it shot up like a spring.'
- 'At the end of the three-day spell that Delhiites like to describe as spring, the mercury shoots up towards the mid-40s on the Celsius scale.'
- 1.1(of a price or amount) rise suddenly.
rise, go up, leap up, soar, surgeView synonyms
- 'Then the price suddenly shot up, and the options vested within a few months.'
- 'The price shoots up for larger sites in sought-after locations with pre-approved planning.'
- 'The needle of the dial had shot up to fifty-five. The sweat had sprung out all over Winston's body.'
- 'I read in the news that milk prices will be shooting up about 50 cents a gallon.'
- 'Prices have shot up to $40 a barrel and are set to rise further.'
- 'She said the number of emergency patients admitted to the hospital has shot up, reaching a figure of 1,600 in March.'
- 'In fact, the value of all these paintings shoots up to unimaginable rates as they grow older and older.'
- 'Across Africa and Latin America millions of people will suffer as heating and cooking fuel costs rise and the price of food shoots up.'
- 'Sales of computer peripherals steadily grew in 1999 as PC sales shot up, and experts predict a continued growth this year.'
- 'The number shot up to 600 in the developers' first proposals and then increased again to the present 720 for the planning application last year.'
2Inject oneself with a narcotic drug.'she went home and shot up alone in her room'
shoot someone/something up
1Cause great damage to something by shooting.'the police shot up our building'
- 'Virtually every car was banged up; windows were smashed, tires were shot up, radios stolen and the equipment and tools were scattered on the ground.'
- 'You know, they could have shot him up, but it would have damaged forever the shrine, and that was an untenable situation politically in the world.'
- 'Julie aimed her guns and shot them up, hitting each one in the head a ton.'
- 'On 4 May 1945 he was killed when his car was shot up by a British aircraft.'
- 'He later went out to film the damage and was following a taxi that looked like it had been shot up with a machine-gun.'
- 'In the early part of the day it had been shot up by the enemy air force.'
- 'He was bounced by an enemy fighter and the tail of his plane was shot up, but he escaped with his life, and landed back at RAF Hornchurch.'
- 'Some lunatic called in saying he will shoot the building up.'
- 'Several of our planes were shot up, but all the pilots returned uninjured.'
- 'It's anyone's guess how these people were allowed to show up at the school waving guns, ready to storm inside the building and shoot the place up.'
2Inject (someone else) with a narcotic drug.
- 'You only thought you did because they shot you up with drugs back then.'
- 'What I need is for someone to shoot me up with a hypodermic needle filled with hope.'
- 'Mentally, I tried to tell Father Malachi to shoot me up with more of his drugs.'
- 'I said rubbing my forehead, 'Unless you can go about shooting people up with Motrin, I suggest you leave me alone today.''
- 'The highs didn't last as long and he decided to try shooting up.'
- 'However, research has shown that xanax shooting up does indeed increase food intake.'
- 'He was also involved in the drug scene, and even shot his roosters up with speed every time he fought them.'
Old English scēotan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schieten and German schiessen, also to sheet, shot, and shut.
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Last week, The Heritage Foundation's second annual "Protect America Month" came to a close. The program was designed to express commitment to America's national security, advocate for increased defense spending, point out the constitutional basis for government's role in protecting America, and to examine the threats to the United States. John Ashcroft, former Attorney General of the United States, delivered the closing speech.
Attorney General Ashcroft began by asserting his belief that "the defense of America is tantamount to the defense of freedom. And freedom is worth defending." He astutely reviewed his understanding of the definition of freedom, and how American exceptionalism plays a vital role in contributing and sustaining freedom around the globe.
He rejected the common argument that freedom and national security must be balanced. Rather, freedom is the highest value with no parallel. However, in order to maintain it, it must be secured. Therefore, the two are not counterweights to each other. Rather, national security protects America's freedom, and ensures that freedom stays intact.
Ashcroft explained that the ability to engage in the pursuit of happiness increases freedom, while the provision of happiness by the government impairs freedom, and often comes at a high cost. In other words, when needs are converted into rights, freedom shrinks. Most importantly, the imposition of that which is not wanted constitutes the denial of freedom regardless of the virtue of that which is being imposed.
Freedom is under attack. Nine years after September 11, 2001, Americans have become complacent. Many have a false sense of security. But the former Attorney General encouraged the audience not to surrender to the terrorist threat, and always be mindful of those who sacrificed their lives for the cause of freedom.
Ashcroft believes that the number one responsibility of the federal government is to protect its citizens. The way he believes national security is enforced is through the rule of law, so that people are on notice of what they can and cannot do.
In analyzing habeas corpus doctrine, the use of military tribunals and indefinite detention, Ashcroft reviewed numerous Supreme Court cases including Hamdi, Quirin, and Eisentrager. He also discussed the DC Court of Appeals case, titled Maqaleh v Gates.
When asked about his positions on specific policy and legal matters, he emphasized the reasoning process that should support these decisions. They included the following:
- Be aware that policies send a message that can deter behavior or invite behavior;
- Determine if the conduct in question constitutes a war crime or merely violates a domestic criminal statute;
- Ensure that all three branches of government are acting within their appropriate constitutional limits;
- Know that the executive branch can make faster decisions to ensure the protection of America's national security than can the legislative branch;
- Acknowledge the fact that military tribunals, while operating under different rules than federal courts, still result in outcomes that are fair and respect the true facts;
- In deciding whether a defendant should be tried in a military tribunal versus a federal court, determine your objective. If national security information in involved, minimize the release of this information to our enemies;
- If a person with US citizen status is fighting against the US with America's enemies, perhaps he should be treated as an enemy;
- Laws should be clear and certain. If the geographical location of the occurrence doesn't provide clear rules, then look to the circumstances surrounding the case;
- America should make sure that she runs prisons only in locations where she can maintain control of what occurs within them;
- Finally, Americans should distinguish between detention for the purpose of punishment and detention for the purpose of removing enemy combatants from the stream of battle.
The former Attorney General also noted that America's reckless financial conduct will have grave national security implications for future generations who might be unable to finance their defense. Moreover, if America reveals a lack of self-sufficiency to the world by becoming a debtor to the world, it signals America's weakness. Funding national security should be one of government's main priorities.
America's current Attorney General, Eric Holder, appears to have no clear rules guiding his decisions in reference to which defendants go to a military tribunal versus a federal court. His decisions appear to be arbitrary and capricious. Though he is the head of the Department of Justice, national security does not seem to be his paramount priority. He refuses to acknowledge the Islamist ideological threat, favors the closing of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, opposes the Patriot Act (responsible for disrupting numerous terrorist plots in the US) and is critical of enhanced interrogation techniques. Instead, he has stated that engagement in "dialogue" with the Muslim community is a priority for his Department, as is the prosecution of so-called "hate crimes." Though he is not an expert in Islamic theology, he nevertheless asserts with seeming authority the claim that that those who commit terrorist acts in the name of Islam behave in a way that is "un-Islamic" and contrary to Islam's actual teachings.
By contrast, John Ashcroft led America through its toughest times after the largest terrorist attack on US soil following September 11, 2001. He made fighting terrorism his number one priority. He reorganized DOJ to ensure that suspected terrorists were prosecuted when the evidence warranted it. Under his leadership, DOJ dismantled numerous terrorist cells throughout the US and over 150 plots throughout the world. Ashcroft's role in the execution of the War on Terror was one of the most difficult of any cabinet member.
Ashcroft's speech at the Heritage Foundation expressed a love of freedom, an appreciation of American exceptionalism, an understanding of the threats to liberty, respect for the law, Judeo-Christian values, and a deference to "we the people." The Left, of course, has consistently expressed its venom toward John Ashcroft and the entire War on Terror. But Ashcroft's speech reminded me of the time after September 11, 2001, when, however briefly, the country came together to face our common enemies. Our government united us in the cause for freedom and our shared American values. My, how things have changed.

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Another Sanders team video, another million viewers. They're now 4 for 4 in the videos in which I'm included. All at over a million views, and the total pushing six million. This one was inspired by my piece on the Mars family. I'm loving this:
You know what's really scary? Millionaires and billionaires using their wealth and power to undermine our democracy. pic.twitter.com/AEsnevWVMU
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The Girl With All The Gifts - DVD Review
Review by Rob Carnevale
IF THE zombie genre is another, like the superhero one, that seems overdone at the moment then The Girl With All The Gifts does at least attempt to freshen things up at times.
Disturbing, horrific yet also intelligent, Colm McCarthy's film – adapted from his own novel by Mike Carey – frequently finds new and interesting things to say about humanity and survival instinct. But it can't maintain the high standards set during its opening two thirds, eventually succumbing to one too many genre troupes and a surprisingly unconvincing climax.
The film is at its most potent during the opening scenes, as a young girl, Melanie (12-year-old newcomer Sennia Nanua), is imprisoned and shackled by heavily armed soldiers, who then lead her to a classroom full of similarly restrained children for lessons about science and stories of Greek mythology.
Their teacher, Miss Justineau (Gemma Arterton), is a kind figure, who Melanie has clearly taken a shine to. But she is an all too rare breed. The other main people in Melanie's life are a sometimes brutal soldier, Paddy Considine's Sgt Eddie Parks, and a cold-hearted scientist, Glenn Close's Dr Caroline Caldwell, who wants to experiment on her in order to find a cure to the fungal infection that has turned most of the Earth into flesh-craving 'hungries'.
When their compound becomes overrun, this tiny group is forced to go on the run, along with two more soldiers, in a bid to find a new safe haven. But as Melanie starts to understand her own power, the dynamic between the group begins to change, particularly once it becomes clear that she could hold the fate to everyone's survival.
Armed with such a strong cast, it's little wonder that The Girl With All The Gifts is at its best when allowing them to play to their strengths. Hence, debates about what it is to be human and the threats posed by nature and evolution are given added weight by the quality of the performances from the likes of Close and Arterton. Nanua, too, displays a maturity beyond her years to channel both child-like wonder and innocence mixed with something altogether more dangerous.
The use of striking imagery, particularly in its depiction of children, also makes for uneasy viewing – not just because of what they are being subjected to, or being asked to perform, but also because it is children in the roles. And while horror has a long history of using children in unsettling ways, it does beg questions beyond the film's parameters about what we're asking young actors to do.
It's perhaps for that reason that some of the later scenes, in which Melanie finds her feet, struggle to convince, particularly when veering into a Lord of the Flies-style subplot involving other child hungries.
While some of the more familiar genre conventions, such as the ability for adults to act stupidly in the face of high danger, fly in the face of the intelligence that has come before it. It's as though McCarthy is a little too mindful of certain genre requirements such as the need for graphic zombie kills.
Had the film maintained the courage of its convictions, The Girl With All The Gifts would have really stood out from the masses, much like the original George Romero films or Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. Instead, it promises more than it ultimately delivers.
It's a solid genre entry that grips throughout. But it just falls short of the classic status that – at certain early points – had seemed so within reach.
Certificate: 15
Running time: 1hr 51mins
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CCTV, released by police, shows the deeply distressing last few moments 25-year-old Inna Petrova has with her tiny child, clutching her tightly, before she hands her over.
The unemployed painter at one point can be seen turning her back on Natalia Zhdanova who has flown 1,970 miles from St Petersburg to Omsk collect the baby.
But then Inna kisses her little one for the last time and hands over the child, who is cocooned in a bright pink wrap.
Natalia then used a faked birth certificate - which listed the baby as hers - to show airport security before flying back to her home city with the child, police say.
Inna who later said she was "hysterical" at giving away her child is seen wiping tears from her eyes on the video, released by the Investigative Committee, which probes serious crimes in Russia.
She now admits she was wrong and says she wishes she could wind back the clock.
Ahead of the child's birth, Natalia had sent Inna a payment of 3,000 roubles - just £34.
Natalia, a 43-year-old teacher, is said to have empty nest syndrome after her adult son left home, and wanted one last baby.
She is already bringing up another adopted daughter.
Now both women have been formally detained as a criminal probe is launched under Russia's child trafficking laws.
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Friday, July 31, 2015
Car, Bike, Photography
Loaded the hybrid bike on the rack on the car. I decided to ride bike and take photos around town while the car was in the shop. Had then change the oil and filter while in the shop - it was due.
First area of town for photography was the historic 100 block of West Broadway (photo above). This is just a block from the shop where my car was working on. Photos like this lend themselves to Black & White. Had my good D-SLR and Point&Shoot cameras with me.All my photos were taken with the Canon 60D.
From there, I rode over to Bayliss Park. It was a beautiful day for a bike ride and photography. The fountain was running with a full head of steam. Lots of kids getting wet playing along the fountain After taking my photos, it was time for the bike shop to open. Stopped by the crew at Xtreme Whels Bike & Sport - just a block from Bayliss Park.
I was happy to find that the brake/traction system problem was just a broken wire. I was back home with car repairs done, new photos, and a visit with the bike shop all before noon.
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Monday, July 27, 2015
House Painting
Finally, the weather was conducive to painting. We had good weather mid July. Only took the painters a week to wash, scrape, prep, and paint the house. It was a long time since it was last painted. Took 2 coats (some spots 3 coats) to cover. Only did trip accent color on the front of the house.
I like the colors - much brighter. When I bought the house it was a pail yellow with brown trip. I like the new cream with dark green trim.
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Sunday, July 5, 2015
Sac & Fox Trail
After the family picnic and reunion, I had the 1 1/2 hour drive to my hotel. I wanted to check out a bike trail near Cedar Rapids - and needing the photos for my calendar. From the maps, it looked like the Sac & Fox trail, along the Indian Creek, should be interesting and photogenic.
A great trail. I would have enjoyed riding longer but the heat, humidity, and mosquitoes turned up quickly. Addition to the crushed limestone bike trail, there is a dirt/tree bark walking trail system in the same area.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Family Picnic
The Winfield Family picnic/reunion was held in Elkader, Iowa on July 4th. I was on the road before sunrise for the 320 mile drive to the other corner of Iowa.
It was a pretty good attendance, considering the distances the family is not spread. Photo here is the Winfield siblings and their spouses that were able to attend. L to R -- Jack and Jean Heick, Edna & Rich Winfield, Ruth Gillmore, Dorothy Winfield, and Margaret Risi.
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How routine can help your child
Change can be a scary thing for children of all ages. Unfortunately, in most cases it is unavoidable. Children go through so many changes even within the first years of their lives, they may have to give up a dummy, change from nappies to underwear, they learn new skills and information and have to deal with a range of new conflicts every day.
Few of those changes are within a child's control. Which is why routine is so important to establish from an early age. Routine allows a child to feel safe and in control when changes occur that are outside of their control.
By offering a routine to a child, you are providing a solid foundation in their lives- so that they can rise to the occasion to handle big changes when they need to.
Many parents are concerned that structure can prevent spontaneity and creativity in children. However, routine actually encourages creativity in some ways, where we can make a comfortable environment for a creative child to thrive.
Benefits of using routines with your kids
1. It can stop arguments
If children know that they have to brush their teeth and pick up toys before bedtime, you don't have to keep telling them. You just have to refer to the written chart.
2. Routines help kids learn to take charge of their own activities
Over time children learn to do the chores without being asked. Children love being in charge and take pride in having a sense of independence.
3. Regular routines help keep a schedule
Regular routines help kids get on schedule, meaning you won't be late for the school run again.
4. Routines help establish those connection moments
Routines free up time for you to spend quality time with your child.
How to structure a routine (including free printable)
Write a list of your child's daily tasks. This can include anything from brushing teeth to making their beds and packing school bags. Try to include your child in these tasks, and ensure that some of these tasks are actually fun activities.
Ensure they are realistic. The idea of having routine is that you will be consistent in enforcing the routine. Consistency is key.
Once you've written a list, establish which activities will be daily and which can happen on certain days. You may want to save treats like outings for the weekend. Make sure you include your child's extracurricular activities in there if they have them. Pop them into the attached chart and stick it to the fridge, or somewhere where it can be seen easily.
Each night, talk to your child about the next day's activities. Be easy on them though, some days the routine may not be viable- just make sure to get back on track as soon as possible.
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Two weeks ago, we took a serious look into accusations that the very prestigious and honorable Miss Bum Bum Brazil pageant for 2013 had been fixed. According to one of the contestants, Eliana Amaral had paid approximately $32,000 to the judges to secure her spot as the winner, but she was somehow screwed over and awarded only first runner-up, because Maria Sousa had allegedly paid even more money to be named 2013's Miss Bum Bum Brazil.
Except, a funny thing happened on the way to the six-figure endorsement deals and modeling contracts. It turns out that the competition hadn't even taken place yet, and those snitches were merely speculating. Instead, the pageant took place this week, and neither of those women was declared the winner. The top honor ended up going to 25-year old Dai Macedo, who was one of the contestants that lashed out at Amaral and Sousa over the accusations.
In recent days the Twitter sphere has been awash with catty remarks from some contestants denigrating each other – the dreaded word cellulite proving a favored insult – and the voting process.
"I'm all emotional – I didn't expect to win," gushed Ms Macedo as she put the pre-event controversy behind her.
"All hell broke loose on social media sites but now I can say the contest was real." (Via News.com.au)
It's times like this that I wish I had a child so I could tell him that there truly still is justice in this world.


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At the beginning of June I ordered PocoMail via RegNow.com. I received a license code that did not work with version 3. RegNow told me I had to send my questions directly to PocoSystems.
At end of July, after different requests for information, I finally received an usable answer. PocoSystems told me my license key fitted to version 2, not 3. They said I could upgrade for the price of $ 19,95.
This seemed very strange to me, as I had ordered when PocoMail 3 was already available. So, again I sent an enquiry to PocoSystems, but they did not reply. Asking RegNow again, they sent my email to PocoSystems. That was on 2nd of August.
Until today I haven't received an answer from PocoSystems.
I'm quite annoyed because this surely is not the kind of support that the consumer expects. I ordered lots of software in the last few years, but PocoSystems' support is the slowest and worst of all.
Can anyone help me to get the license key I payed for? Or tell me who I can ask? I had written to firstname.lastname@example.com, but as I wrote above, they don't seem to be willing to help me.
I'd like to know if anyone has had troubles similar to mine.
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Solomon Islands health workers trained on management of severe acute malnutrition
HONIARA, 04 August 2014 – Around 30 health workers throughout Solomon Islands were trained last week on the integrated management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The training is the first of its kind in Solomon Islands.
"This training helped to strengthen our child health programming and activities in Solomon Islands. Children of Solomon Islands will now receive the appropriate treatment of SAM whether at the health facility or at home," said Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Mr. Yun Jong Kang.
He explained that the implication for high rates of stunting is that children are exposed to chronic under nutrition. "These conditions reduce children's resistance to infections and if not given the appropriate treatment can be fatal. After the recent floods at least five infant deaths were recorded with cause of death cited as Severe Acute Malnutrition," he said.
He added that "According to the Demographic Household Survey in 2007, 11.8 percent of children were underweight, 4.3 wasting, 33 stunting and 49 percent of children under 5 were anemic."
Mr Kang said, "UNICEF is happy to support the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) to enhance capacity relating to the management of SAM and the plan to have an integrated approach for its management in the Solomon Islands".
Mr. Kang also acknowledged the great partnership between UNICEF and MHMS which would address the need to properly resource the National Referral Hospital's (NRH) Pediatric Ward.
The workshop is facilitated by Dr. Sitender Aneja Patwari, and Dr. Praveen Jumar who are both from the Lady Hardinge Medical College, in India. The training ended on Friday, August 1st.
The training and the actual setting up of SAM centers at the NRH and flood affected communities is funded by the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund through UNICEF.
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UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything we do. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere. For more information about UNICEF and our work in the Pacific visit: http://www.unicefpacific.org
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Business Comic Books JournalismApril 23 2009
Marvel Comics Hates Free Publicity
It would seem Marvel Comics really doesn't like you to talk about them… unless they tell you what to say. The Inquisitr and Newsarama are both talking about Marvel Comics seeming hatred of the comic industry press and Twitter. While using Twitter comments (also known as "Tweets") in reporting is considered lazy by some, I… read more


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'impressive 1.2GHz processor'
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'The display is bright and vibrant, and boasts superb viewing angles and clarity.'
Exceedingly well-made
Responsive platform experience
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'Touch and keypad combo; Excellent build quality; Outstanding battery life; Free sat nav; XviD \ DivX support; 720p video recording.'
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To find out, he launched a study so extensive he would not live to see its fruition. Stanley set out to track the accomplishments, educational outcomes and well-being of a select group of gifted 13-year-olds over their lives. He recruited 1,037 boys and 613 girls within five years of one another in the 1970s. All were in the top 1 percent when it came to their mathematical reasoning abilities, based on college-level exams they took to qualify for the study. The children, he reasoned, would offer insights into how to help young people grow up to live successful, fulfilling lives.
He called it the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth. And before his death in 2005, Stanley handed the reigns of the study over to fellow educational psychologist Camilla P. Benbow. Soon after, Benbow enlisted the help of her colleague David Lubinski.
In 2012, Benbow and Lubinski checked back in with the children, now between the ages of 48 and 53. Along with fellow researcher Harrison J. Kell, they administered a survey to find out how the study participants were faring, 40 years after they first tested into that top tier of academic achievers.
The STEM-minded kids didn't disappoint: Eight percent had earned a patent, 2.3 percent were top executives at "name brand" or Fortune 500 companies; 4.1 percent had earned tenure at a major university; 2.4 percent were attorneys at the country's top firms; and 3 percent had published a book.
But what specifically interested the researchers was the difference between how men and women fared:
"We wanted to investigate the lifestyle and psychological orientation required for developing a truly outstanding career and creative production," the researchers wrote in an article accompanying the survey results, published in November in the journal Psychological Science. "When SMPY was launched, many educational and occupational opportunities were just becoming open to women, so we paid particular attention to how mathematically precocious females, relative to males, have constructed their lives over the past 40 years."
So what insights did the high achievers offer?
Even at this level of intelligence, researchers found that the gender gap was real and obvious. Women in the study, as public discourse would suggest, were indeed interested in "having it all." Men were more focused on money than childcare.
But when it comes to "success," the achievers were varied in how they defined it, chased it and lived it out. As Lubinski told The Huffington Post, "There are many different ways to create a satisfying life."
"Most of the important things that happen in life involve tradeoffs, and this is what you're seeing with this study."And at the end of the day, there was one place that no difference existed at all: Study participants across the board talked about their family when asked what made their life worth living.
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Nitrogen (N) availability is a major factor limiting plant production in many terrestrial ecosystems and is a key regulator of plant response to elevated CO2. Plant N status is a function of both soil N availability and plant N uptake and assimilation capacity. As a rate-limiting step in nitrate assimilation, the reduction of nitrate is an important component of plant physiological response to elevated CO2 and terrestrial carbon sequestration. We examined the effects of elevated CO2 and N availability on the activity of nitrate reductase, the enzyme catalyzing the reduction of nitrate to nitrite, in two temperate forests —a closed canopy sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) plantation in Tennessee (ORNL) and a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) stand in North Carolina (Duke).
Both CO2 and N had species specific impacts on nitrate reductase activity (NaR). Elevated CO2 and N-fertilization decreased mass-based foliar NaR in P. taeda (p<0.05), but there were no treatment effects on L. styraciflua NaR at ORNL or Duke. NaR in 1-yr P. taeda needles was significantly greater than in 0-yr year needles in all treatments (p<0.05). P. taeda NaR was negatively correlated with bio-available molybdenum concentrations in soils, suggesting that CO2 and N-mediated changes in soil nutrient status are altering soil-plant N-dynamics. The variation in response between species may reflect different N assimilation strategies and suggests that potential changes in plant N status under elevated CO2 may alter plant community N dynamics.


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nvader 4CH FPV RC Helicopter with 3.5' Monitor
The Hubsan Invader is a 4CH First Person View coaxial 250 Class RC Helicopter. The RC Helicopter comes with a 5 Mpx digital video camera which uses a 5.8GHz frequency this sends live video feed to the transmitter which has a built in 3.5 screen, also available but not supplied with this package is video glasses.
The rc helicopter is built with aluminium parts like the rotor head, shafts, tail boom and brace, as well as skids to which the camera is attached. The Invader is a coaxial design with two contra-rotating blades eliminating the need for a tail rotor, making it easy to fly with very little trainning. The transmitter supplied with the Invader is fully programmable with two types of management: beginner and expert, it can be programmed with different values of sensitivity for each channel, from 0% to 100%, this allows the pilot to adjust the response sensitivity of the controller to your personal taste and your level of experience. The helicopter offers stability in outdoor flight and also in light breeze.
The helicopter has outstanding video quality, comes with an an in-flight stabilisation function and comes ready to fly outside of the box all is required is 8 AA batteries.
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Vegas Grub Gang Goes Gaga For Gordo
Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay returned to Las Vegas on January 27 to "present" his new upscale burger concept BurGR (Planet Hollywood resort) and upscale Pub and Grill (Caesars Palace) to the gathered Vegas food mafia, and a few semi-locals like myself.
BurGR is a slick, large-scale room with an open kitchen, oversized booths and a huge pic of Ramsay almost-smiling. Although it hasn't been activated yet, there's meant to be a huge enclosed 60 foot wall of flame at the entrance. At both this and the later Pub presentation, almost as much attention was given to the restaurant design and to the uniforms, by Hollywood costume designer Allison Leach. Hey, this is Vegas. Image is important. And hey, I'm not mad at them.
Already the spot has apparently sold some 30,000 burgers in the five weeks it has been open, so it's likely not all flash. In fact, as Ramsay said of his Executive Chef Eric Mickle, "he bastes those burgers like he's caressing a woman's breasts." A way with words must come with growing up in Stratford-Upon-Avon, I suppose.
To his credit, Ramsay acknowledged the already stiff competition in the realm of gourmet burgers on the Strip, tipping his toque to BLT, KGB, Fukuburger truck and Holstein's in particular, and admitted that the British aren't particularly known for good burgers, before describing some of BurGR's distinctions--a rotating grill using apple and alder woods, a relatively small but creative menu.
We were all given a small sample--one slider, an onion ring and a mini pudding shake before being trotted off on a London double-decker bus (the roof cut off for tourists) to Caesars. I won't yet go as far as one fawning attendee who declared it the best burger on the Strip, but I will say it's strongly in the running, with about maybe six others.
There, Ramsay again paid unexpected homage to the previous restaurant in the spot now housing Pub & Grill, Bradley Ogden (for those resto nerds out there, while the front has been radically transformed, the kitchen is virtually unchanged). He also noted the pleasure of being under the same roof as his former mentor Guy Savoy:
"One of my biggest tellings off came from Chef Savoy when I won my third Michelin Star before he did."
Here the design is dominated by a big painting of Ramsay's bulldog (as well as bulldogs on the chair backs and cute little bulldog lamps), while the uniforms here play with Mod and Punk motifs, the newspaper dress actually a collection of negative reviews of Ramsay from the British tabloids. Cute.
There are 300 seats, which might be more than there are in the pubs of some entire neighborhoods of London.
We got a sampling of nibbles and beers (they offer 24 on tap, 63 in bottle, a moderate sized list on the Strip) before being sat for a traditional "Sunday Roast," that as it turns out isn't actually being offered yet. It was a nice meal, but possibly not representative.
Then Ramsay along with his EC Jeremy Berlin (ex GR at the London West Hollywood abnd Church & State) gave a bit of a cooking demo in the kitchen for one TV crew and a few of us others who snuck in.
Can't wait to sneak back in again, and try more of the menus.
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EAST LONDON, 12 January 2018 - Chester Missing went for a walk outside the venue of the ANCs 106th anniversary celebrations to see whats up for sale.
EAST LONDON - On Friday night, the newly elected ANC leadership breaks bread together ahead of the party&39;s annual January 8 policy statement.
The governing party has been on the road, celebrating the organisation&39;s 106th anniversary this past week.
Political satirist Chester Missing went for a walk outside the venue of the ANC's 106th-anniversary celebrations to see what's up for sale.
Missing says he can't afford to sponsor a table at the celebration dinner because he can't afford the R250,000 price tag, saying it costs as much as one of Bheki Cele's hats.
Interrogating the issue of state capture, Missing told ANC MP Mondli Gungubele he smells something fishy…