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Mr Abiy's peace deal with Eritrea ended a 20-year military stalemate following their 1998-2000 border war.
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Mr Abiy's peace deal with Eritrea ended a 20-year military stalemate following their 1998-2000 border war.
Yeah, but nonetheless ... holy cow!teapot37 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 8:59 am Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya breaks the 2-hour barrier for the marathon, running a specially-held marathon just for that purpose in Vienna, and finishing in 1:59:40. (According to this, the event was non-record eligible, so the official world record, set by Kipchoge last year at the Berlin Marathon, is 2:01:39.)
Understandable why it doesn’t count as a world record, but an amazing feat anyway. I would also suspect the course avoided going up hills.teapot37 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:22 pm From what I read, he had special teams of pacers running in formation around him to break the air resistance, a car leading the way with a special laser light to project on the pavement going at exactly the proper pace velocity, and he was getting his water and nutrition handed to him via bicyclists, and then the discarded bottles were recovered and weighed so they would know exactly how much to give him the next time. This was all just to see if, under the ideal conditions, it is physically possible for a human to run that distance in under two hours. Kipchoge made a similar attempt last year on a course in Italy and came up about 20 seconds short.
Yes, flat, plus they waited for ideal weather conditions as well.triviawayne wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:48 amUnderstandable why it doesn’t count as a world record, but an amazing feat anyway. I would also suspect the course avoided going up hills.teapot37 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:22 pm From what I read, he had special teams of pacers running in formation around him to break the air resistance, a car leading the way with a special laser light to project on the pavement going at exactly the proper pace velocity, and he was getting his water and nutrition handed to him via bicyclists, and then the discarded bottles were recovered and weighed so they would know exactly how much to give him the next time. This was all just to see if, under the ideal conditions, it is physically possible for a human to run that distance in under two hours. Kipchoge made a similar attempt last year on a course in Italy and came up about 20 seconds short.
Kipchoge sets world record at 2:01 ish (in Berlin 2017?)alietr wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:51 amYes, flat, plus they waited for ideal weather conditions as well.triviawayne wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:48 amUnderstandable why it doesn’t count as a world record, but an amazing feat anyway. I would also suspect the course avoided going up hills.teapot37 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:22 pm From what I read, he had special teams of pacers running in formation around him to break the air resistance, a car leading the way with a special laser light to project on the pavement going at exactly the proper pace velocity, and he was getting his water and nutrition handed to him via bicyclists, and then the discarded bottles were recovered and weighed so they would know exactly how much to give him the next time. This was all just to see if, under the ideal conditions, it is physically possible for a human to run that distance in under two hours. Kipchoge made a similar attempt last year on a course in Italy and came up about 20 seconds short.
I can't resist pointing out that Robert Forster made his film debut in 1967 in John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye, based on the Carson McCullers novel. In the film Forster is the erotic obsession of Marlon Brando. Elizabeth Taylor also starred.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:47 am
Robert Forster (died last week - also in Jackie Brown) plays vacuum salesman Ed Galbraith
Atwood's The Testaments, the Canadian writer's follow-up to The Handmaid's Tale, was recognised alongside Londoner Evaristo's novel Girl, Woman, Other.
The pair will split the literary award's £50,000 prize money equally.
The Booker rules say the prize must not be divided, but the judges insisted they "couldn't separate" the two works.
Summer last year, their "November Rain" video became the first pre-YouTube video to get a billion views on the site; this past summer, almost exactly a year later, the official upload of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" video became the oldest one to hit that milestone.CasketRomance wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:02 pm guns n roses' song "sweet child o' mine" becomes the first music video from the 1980s to reach 1 billion views on youtube
saw that last week....was fact-checking and editing a trivia game for this bar trivia company and came across that when one of the questions pertained to youtube views..weird how just the following week they get another video over 1 billion viewsseaborgium wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:54 pmJust this summer, their "November Rain" video became the first pre-YouTube video to get a billion views on the site, followed closely by Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" video.CasketRomance wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:02 pm guns n roses' song "sweet child o' mine" becomes the first music video from the 1980s to reach 1 billion views on youtube
"November Rain" reached that milestone in July 2018. The second to do so was "Numb" by Linkin Park, four months later.seaborgium wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:54 pmJust this summer, their "November Rain" video became the first pre-YouTube video to get a billion views on the site, followed closely by Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" video.CasketRomance wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:02 pm guns n roses' song "sweet child o' mine" becomes the first music video from the 1980s to reach 1 billion views on youtube
Thanks. I just heard about "November Rain" from HQ recently, then looked it up when researching my post, saw July and didn't notice the year.cheezguyty wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:44 pm"November Rain" reached that milestone in July 2018. The second to do so was "Numb" by Linkin Park, four months later.seaborgium wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:54 pmJust this summer, their "November Rain" video became the first pre-YouTube video to get a billion views on the site, followed closely by Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" video.CasketRomance wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:02 pm guns n roses' song "sweet child o' mine" becomes the first music video from the 1980s to reach 1 billion views on youtube