Untamed Lions

14/06/2024

The first car and its creator Karl Benz
170 years ago, Karl Benz, an outstanding German engineer and automotive pioneer, was born. The story of his life and his inventions seems fantastic.
This name is known to every person who is at least to some extent interested in cars. Carl Friedrich Michael Benz is considered to be the inventor of the automobile. He received the world's first patents for a two-stroke gasoline engine, a battery-powered ignition system, a spark plug, an accelerator, a carburetor, a clutch, a gearbox, a water cooling radiator - in short, for all the main components of a car.

From a workshop to a global concern
Karl Benz showed his talent as an engineer and inventor very early, but his professional career was not at all a matter of course. He was born into a poor family. His father, a locomotive driver, died when Karl was only two years old. Thanks to the efforts of his mother, excellent grades from Karl himself and a state scholarship, he graduated from the Polytechnic University at the age of 19, then, after seven years of working at various enterprises, he created his own company. Actually, at first it was just a masterpiece.

The first car to become a production model was patented in January 1886. Patent number 37435 was issued for a three-wheeled self-propelled carriage. The history of the world automotive industry began with this tricycle. Benz equipped his invention with a gasoline internal combustion engine.

The first "auto rally" was made by the inventor's wife Berta. On August 5, 1888, she and her children traveled more than a hundred kilometers to visit her mother. The car had to be pushed on the climbs, and legend has it that it was after this that Bertha gave her husband the idea to equip it with a gearbox.

In 1926, the Benz company merged with Daimler, which also produced cars. All models were renamed: they began to be called "Mercedes-Benz" (this name - Mercedes - was the name of the daughter of one of Daimler's partners).

The concern continued to be at the forefront of the automotive industry even after the death of its founder. In 1936, production of passenger cars with diesel engines began. The first model with a diesel engine was the Mercedes-Benz 260 D.
The story of the diesel engine continues
The diesel engine is named after its developer, the German inventor Rudolf Diesel. This engine has a fairly high efficiency, and the fuel is cheaper than gasoline. And since efficiency was one of the main advantages of diesel engines over gasoline engines, truck manufacturers were the first to think about their use. In 1924, at the Berlin Auto Show, the German concern MAN presented a model running on diesel.

Thanks to the reduction in the weight of the diesel engine, passenger car manufacturers also decided to take a closer look at the possibility of using it. It was Daimler-Benz engineers who worked especially actively to solve this problem.

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Iconic Porsche 356

10/06/2024

BOXING AS A SPORT - WHAT IS BOXING, HISTORY AND RULES OF BOXING
Boxing is an Olympic contact form of martial arts, where punches are allowed with fists and only with special gloves. Boxing promotes the diversified physical development of an athlete, as well as the development of moral and volitional qualities, and fortitude.

It is no coincidence that boxing has become so widespread these days. The world's leading fighters receive huge multimillion-dollar fees for their fights.



Boxing history

The history of boxing goes back a couple of thousand years. Various kinds of references to fist fights can be found in Egypt as images on frescoes. Also interesting details are contained in Sumerian and Minoan reliefs. According to some data, the first finds are dated 4000 BC, others - 7000 BC. It is believed that boxing became a combat sport in 688 BC. It was at this time that it was included in the program of the ancient Olympic Games, and the rules of boxing were formulated at the same time.

The birthplace of boxing in the usual sense of the word is England in the 17th century. The first champion was named James Figg. An interesting fact about the fighter is that before boxing, James was a famous fencer. Then he opened a boxing academy and began teaching those interested the basics of hand-to-hand combat.
In 1867, a journalist named John Graham Chambers created the first unique set of boxing rules. The following criteria were specified here:

ring size;
duration of rounds;
glove weight and much more
These same rules subsequently formed the basis of modern boxing rules. This type of martial arts was included in the program of the Olympic Games in 1904.

A boxing match is divided into rounds. Each individual round lasts 3-5 minutes, depending on the level of the fight - professional or amateur. As a rule, athletes are given 1 minute between rounds to rest and recuperate.

When does a boxing match end?

one of the participants is knocked down and does not rise within 10 seconds;
after the 3rd knockdown;
The boxer is injured and is unable to defend himself - technical knockout
If the fighters survive the rounds without a knockout, then the winner is determined by the number of points. When the score is the same, the winner is the one who won the most rounds on points. Sometimes fights happen in a draw.
In addition, boxers are not allowed to strike with any part of the body other than the fist. Hitting below the belt with a fist is also prohibited; you cannot push, hold an opponent, spit, bite, etc.

Here is a list of prohibited techniques in this type of martial arts:

Hit below the belt;
grabbing ropes;
pushing an opponent;
use of ropes to strike;
pressing your hand on the opponent's face;
headbutt;
blow to the back or the back of the head;
capture with impact;
turning your back to the enemy and much more
The course of the fight is usually under the control of the referee. He may impose penalties for violation of the rules by deduction of points, warning or

10/06/2024

Sport - is life
Playing sports is one of the most accessible and simple ways to improve your health, prolong your life and generally change yourself for the better. Most people approach physical exercise either with skepticism (“okay, they won’t give me anything serious”) or with some disdain (“it’s good, of course, but there are enough other things to do”).

In fact, daily exercise, even for half an hour, can have a significant impact on a person’s physical and psychological well-being.

Let's just ask the question: “What is playing sports?” Of course, we are not talking about big sport, which becomes a profession for its participants. There, the loads can be prohibitive, and, to be honest, competition participants use doping regularly. But this is work that brings income to athletes and on which their well-being depends.

Now we are talking about something completely different - amateur sports, which is not the main component of life, but can be a very useful addition to it.

If a person starts playing sports, this instantly gives him one advantage - he trains his discipline. It is impossible to devote your time to some activity every day (or several times a week) and not control your behavior.

You have to make sure that there is time left for sports (often this is a strictly defined period during the day) so that the body is ready for these activities (you can’t really run in a completely dead state). And the sports process itself requires control and concentration.

Thus, a person who devotes even half an hour of his free time to sports and is determined to do this for a long time, gets used to discipline, to certain strict requirements that cannot be neglected. If he has any problems with this in the rest of his life, playing sports will definitely help.

Moreover, this, as you understand, is just an indirect benefit, but even it can be of great importance. The next point is the state of the body as a whole. The modern rhythm of life forces a person to spend huge periods of time in positions that are extremely harmful to our health: someone sits too much, someone has to stand in one place for a long time, for someone the letter “zyu” is their natural position.

All this leads to circulatory disorders and other processes that are not always noticeable in the present, but threaten serious problems in the future. And when a person rests, he most often only aggravates the situation - one, having spent a full day working at a computer in the office, continues to do the same thing at home, another stands behind the counter in a store, and, having returned home, washes things, bent over . And so on.

But our body is not an ideal mechanism; it also has operating rules, and when they are regularly and consistently violated, it begins to wear out very quickly.

In this regard, playing sports is an excellent way to change the situation. Various exercises and games have been invented and perfected over the years; they have long concentrated on the operations that a person needs to do with his body in order to keep it in good shape.

You don't even need to think about why you are doing this or that exercise, just follow the recommendations. It's like in music - you don't have to think about why the classic finger placement on the guitar is the most comfortable, it's enough to just know that it is so.

Moreover, I repeat, it is not necessary to devote huge amounts of time to sports; short sessions will be enough. The main thing is that they are stable, because only a specific system can have a real impact on a person.

By exercising regularly, you will not allow your body to completely turn into an old creaky cart, and this will not only protect you from serious troubles in the distant future, but will also prevent unpleasant surprises from happening now. And they, as you know, lurk around every corner.

And that is not all. In the previous paragraph we talked about the body as a whole. But there are also specific problems with this or that part of the body, with this or that organ.

And in contrast to them, there is a huge variety of sports exercises aimed at solving one or another specific trouble that has happened to your body. With just a little patience and organization, you'll at least make a significant improvement.

Isn't it worth it?

People tend to have an approach in which only physical problems are attributed to the state of the body. In fact, the psychological state of a person greatly depends on the state of the body.

And this becomes obvious, you just need to think a little. Just imagine that the brain does not receive enough blood, and with it, oxygen and nutrients. Do you think a person can feel good and not be irritable, apathetic, lethargic?

But there are a lot of problems of this kind. And they all