London, Sep 21: The problem of swatting a fly, which has plagued mankind for eternity may now have a solution.
According to Professor Jim Hardie, director of science at the Royal Entomological Society, flies process seven times as much information in a second than a human, and they also have '360 degree vision' and 'very fine hairs that will detect air movement,' making any kind of stealthy approach difficult.
Nigel Wyatt, curator of diptera at the Natural History Museum's Department of Life Sciences, said lies have evolved over millions of years to escape predators, the Independent reported.
To counteract a fly's reaction speed, the attempt should be made in the morning when the cool air makes it more sluggish.
According to Professor Jim Hardie, director of science at the Royal Entomological Society, flies process seven times as much information in a second than a human, and they also have '360 degree vision' and 'very fine hairs that will detect air movement,' making any kind of stealthy approach difficult.
Nigel Wyatt, curator of diptera at the Natural History Museum's Department of Life Sciences, said lies have evolved over millions of years to escape predators, the Independent reported.
To counteract a fly's reaction speed, the attempt should be made in the morning when the cool air makes it more sluggish.
- 9/21/2013
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
Taciturn hero of film and television westerns
In Hollywood, in the days when men were men, Dale Robertson, who has died aged 89, was considered the epitome of masculinity. In the Clarion Call episode from O Henry's Full House (1952), a giggling, snivelling crook, played by Richard Widmark, whom Robertson, a cop, has come to arrest, keeps calling him "the beeg man". Robertson, an ex-prize fighter, was indeed "beeg" – tall, well-built and ruggedly handsome, with a gravelly voice. He was tough but fair to men, and courteous to ladies, particularly in the many westerns in which he starred in the 1950s, and in his most famous role, that of special investigator Jim Hardie in the TV series Tales of Wells Fargo.
He was born Dayle Lymoine Robertson, in Harrah, Oklahoma, and attended Oklahoma Military Academy, Claremore, where he was named "all around outstanding athlete". During the second world war, he served with Patton's Third Army,...
In Hollywood, in the days when men were men, Dale Robertson, who has died aged 89, was considered the epitome of masculinity. In the Clarion Call episode from O Henry's Full House (1952), a giggling, snivelling crook, played by Richard Widmark, whom Robertson, a cop, has come to arrest, keeps calling him "the beeg man". Robertson, an ex-prize fighter, was indeed "beeg" – tall, well-built and ruggedly handsome, with a gravelly voice. He was tough but fair to men, and courteous to ladies, particularly in the many westerns in which he starred in the 1950s, and in his most famous role, that of special investigator Jim Hardie in the TV series Tales of Wells Fargo.
He was born Dayle Lymoine Robertson, in Harrah, Oklahoma, and attended Oklahoma Military Academy, Claremore, where he was named "all around outstanding athlete". During the second world war, he served with Patton's Third Army,...
- 2/28/2013
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Dale Robertson, a star of television westerns in the 1950s and 60s, died Wednesday at 89 years old from lung cancer and pneumonia, THR reports. An Oklahoma native, Robertson was best-known for the role of Jim Hardie, the "left handed gun," on NBC's "Tales of Wells Fargo," which ran from 1957-1962.
He also starred as railroad tycoon Ben Calhoun on ABC's "Iron Horse," and as the title character of NBC's "J.J. Starbuck." Robertson had parts on iconic TV shows "Dynasty," and "Dallas," and was the narrator on "Death Valley Days," following in the steps of the show's previous narrator, Ronald Reagan.
Robertson also starred in a handful of films, including "The Farmer Takes a Wife," which co-starred Betty Grable. Before his career in TV and film, Robertson served in World War II, where he was awarded both bronze and silver stars after being wounded twice.
Robertson took his Hollywood earnings,...
He also starred as railroad tycoon Ben Calhoun on ABC's "Iron Horse," and as the title character of NBC's "J.J. Starbuck." Robertson had parts on iconic TV shows "Dynasty," and "Dallas," and was the narrator on "Death Valley Days," following in the steps of the show's previous narrator, Ronald Reagan.
Robertson also starred in a handful of films, including "The Farmer Takes a Wife," which co-starred Betty Grable. Before his career in TV and film, Robertson served in World War II, where he was awarded both bronze and silver stars after being wounded twice.
Robertson took his Hollywood earnings,...
- 2/28/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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