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  Bull Fights 101
The bull fight takes place in the afternoon and commences with a bugle, music (pasodobles) and a procession across the ring of the afternoon's "performers" (except for the bulls who are out of sight in individual corrals awaiting their turns).
The bulls that are lucky enough to be chosen when young calves for a future bull fight are then raised essentially as wild animals roaming with their brothers and cousins over the ranges.
The bull is to the matador as a violin is to a violinist or a block of stone is to a sculptor.
www.ctcv.org /bullfight101/index.htm   (2822 words)

  
 Professional Bull Riders
Bull riders use the term "away from his hand" or "my hand" to describe the scenario in which a bull is spinning in the direction opposite a rider's riding hand.
When a bull rider dismounts from or is bucked off a bull, the bull sometimes goes after the rider or the bullfighter and attempts to hook the human target with his horns.
Bull riders use the term "into his hand" or "into my hand" to describe the scenario in which a bull is spinning in the same direction of a rider's riding hand.
www.pbrnow.com /about/sportinfo/dictionary.cfm   (5986 words)

  
 Charging Bull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charging Bull (sometimes called the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull) is a 3,200 kg (7,000 pound) bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica that sits in Bowling Green park near Wall Street in New York City.
The sculpture depicts a bull, the symbol of aggressive financial optimism and prosperity, leaning back on its haunches and with its head lowered as if ready to charge.
In 2004, Di Modica announced that the bull sculpture was for sale, on condition the buyer does not move it from its present location.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charging_Bull   (387 words)

  
 Bull fighting and Courses Landaise in South West France
The Matador slowly wears the Bull down, tiring him out and with one skillful thrust of his sword (known as "l'Estocade") in a very small area at the back of the head, kills the Bull with an attitude of dignity for the mighty animal.
The final epitaph to the Bull is that he is taken away and sold by the kilo in all the local butchers in the town.
When the charging Cow is only a few meters from him, he makes a vertical jump (he hopes he judges the situation correctly) and lands close to the muzzle and horns of the Cow and then quickly swerves to make the Cow pass behind his arched back.
www.touradour.com /towns/bull.htm   (1075 words)

  
 The art and the history of Bull fighting in Spain. Pictures & Postcards
Formerly this bull's forebears, the primitive urus, were spread out over wide areas of the world.
Bulls also played an important role in the religious ceremonies of the Iberian tribes living in Spain in prehistoric times.
During the Middle Ages it was a diversion for the aristocracy to torear on horseback-a style known as suerte de cañas.
www.donquijote.org /culture/spain/bullfight   (498 words)

  
 Strange Horizons Articles: Bull-Leaping in Bronze Age Crete, by Marie Brennan
At the bull's head another figure stands and seems to grasp the bull's horns, perhaps preparatory to performing the kind of acrobatics the other is currently engaged in.
Two from Zakros show a bull and the legs of an acrobat who seems to be descending to land on the hindquarters.
On the other hand, it's difficult to make a bull charge into a corner, and furthermore, the artifacts found on top of the block when Phaistos was excavated suggest it was used as an altar, at least in its final phase, although it may have served a different purpose before.
www.strangehorizons.com /2005/20050124/bull-leaping-a.shtml   (4521 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Why does this bull market lack powerful punch?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Regardless of how you massage the return data for the current bull market — whether you're looking at median or average returns or returns posted after massive multiyear lows or returns in 401(k) plans — the math just doesn't add up to the kind of big numbers stock investors expect during a bull market.
At the start of the bull market in October 2002, the price-earnings ratio on the SandP 500 was 28, vs. a historic average of 16, InvesTech Research says.
The two-decade bull market and subsequent meltdown, Shiller says, was a unique experience, so extraordinary that it remains the "conspicuous event" that still governs investor behavior today.
www.usatoday.com /money/markets/us/2005-08-09-toothless-bull-usat_x.htm   (1521 words)

  
 Wall Street's 'Charging Bull' - Wired New York Forum
The bull statue in New York's financial district is adorned with the stars and stripes in this Sept. 17, 2001, file photo.
An artist has sued those he says are seeking to ride his "Charging Bull" sculpture to profits, claiming they are illegally capitalizing on the popularity of the 7,000-pound tourist attraction near Wall Street.
It said the bull became an "immediate sensation" and was moved four days later to its permanent spot at the foot of Broadway.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=5508   (1696 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Bull-leaping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
And from the myth of Theseus, one might conclude that the acrobats were captives or sacrificial victims, whose athleticism and timing might have spelled the difference between gory death and popular adulation by the Knossos throngs.
Historians have long speculated on the scant likelihood of anyone grabbing the horns of a charging bull and vaulting up onto or over its back, even with the aid of a "catcher" standing by to steady the leap to the ground.
It has been pointed out that bulls tend to make a sideways sweeping gesture with their horns, the force and speed of which impales anyone within reach.
www.mythweb.com /encyc/gallery/bull_leaping_c.html   (204 words)

  
 BULLFIGHTS
These fighting bulls are descended from Spanish breeding stock, and the matadors (toreros), banderilleros and picadores, in their rich and colorful costumes (named "traje de luz" or suit of lights), follow all the rules of the contest as presented in Spain.
If the matador acts with cowardice, clumsiness, or fails to kill the bull in a humane manner at the end of the fight, he leaves the arena in disgrace, taunted by the jeers of the audience.
A fierce fighting bull is given 5-7 years of the most luxurious life a bull can know and then he dies fighting, in a blaze of glory.
www.gomanzanillo.com /features/Charreada/bullfights.htm   (935 words)

  
 Wall Street's 'Charging Bull' sculpture is for sale: report - Dec. 20, 2004
Sculptor Arturo Di Modica, who created the famous flared-nostril, 7,000-pound bull that sits in the heart of New York's financial district in lower Manhattan, is auctioning his famous piece to the highest bidder, the artist announced Monday.
On the 15-year anniversary of its arrival on Wall Street, the "Charging Bull" is up for grabs on one condition: that the new owner must leave it where it is.
The "Charging Bull" first arrived in front of the New York Stock Exchange under the cover of night on Dec. 15, 1989, but because it had no permit it was removed by police.
money.cnn.com /2004/12/20/news/newsmakers/nyse_bull/index.htm   (393 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Bull Shot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Tourist's last photograph is a close-up of a charging bull.
8 A.M. every morning the bulls to be used in that afternoon's fights are set loose from a corral and herded about a half-mile through the cobbled streets of the town for a three- to four-minute run to the Plaza de Toros bullfighting stadium.
Many festival celebrants (mostly young males) choose to demonstrate their courage and physical prowess by donning white garb, tying red handkerchiefs about their necks, and running ahead of the group of charging bulls for as long as they can.
www.snopes.com /photos/animals/bullshot.asp   (428 words)

  
 Charging Bull New York City
And there it remains, despite that fact that "temporary" installations of art in the City are not supposed to be on view for over a year.
As of late 2003, the Bull was still a temporary installation.
Bulls may have been associated with bears because, from the sixteenth well into the nineteenth century, a popular entertainment in England was the baiting of bulls and bears, which involved putting one or the other in a pit and letting dogs loose on them, to see which animals survived.
www.nyctourism.com /articles.asp   (553 words)

  
 Top Rider Killed By Charging Bull - New York Times
LEAD: The 1987 world champion bull rider was killed today when he was thrown and gored in the back at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo.
The 1987 world champion bull rider was killed today when he was thrown and gored in the back at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo.
Lane Frost, 25 years old, of Quanah, Tex., died when a major blood vessel was punctured by broken ribs suffered when he was rammed in the back by a charging bull, according to the Laramie County coroner, Roger Radomsky.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6D61F31F932A05754C0A96F948260   (115 words)

  
 Why do bulls charge when they "see red"?
The Matador will start the fight with a series of passes, first from side to side to bring the bull close to his body, then high with the cape travelling directly over the bull's horns.
After the bull is trained to charge the cape and it has reduced its area of protection to just a few feet, a Matador will show you his individual personality by the combination and variations on these passes.
Some of the better Matadors in Spain will fight the bull from their knees or even kneel with their backs exposed to the bull.
www.coolquiz.com /trivia/explain/docs/bulls.asp   (159 words)

  
 BULLFIGHT by All About Spain
Formerly this bull's forebears, the primitive urus, were spread out over wide parts of the world.
In the province of Soria, close to Numancia, one of them is conserved and it is supposed that there bulls were sacrificed to the Gods.
While the religious cultus to the bull goes back to Iberians, it were the Greek and Roman influences that converted it into a spectacle.
www.red2000.com /spain/toros   (486 words)

  
 What is the history behind the charging bull statue ...
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 The Insider - The bull is back
The Cold Storage Commission, which has been in constant trouble to try and meet the country's beef needs in the face of stiff competition from private abattoirs, now has surplus beef and, once again, is trying to convince the public to buy its beef.
The talking bull advert was temporarily withdrawn from the television screens just prior to the 1985 general election and the CSC barred people from wearing clothing with a portrait of its bull simply because the then major opposition party, ZAPU, had adopted a charging bull as its party symbol.
How they expected someone not to differentiate between a talking bull that was inviting you to eat it, and a charging bull that was either scaring you or its opponents away is totally absurd.
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 deseretnews.com | Wall St. bull sculpture goes on the market
But any prospective buyer will have to keep the 7,000-pound bronze "Charging Bull" where it is, in a park near the New York Stock Exchange, said its creator.
Di Modica insisted that any deal would require the buyer to donate the landmark sculpture to the City of New York and to allow the new owner to have his or her name inscribed on a plaque to be placed next to it.
The bull was transported five days later to Bowling Green Park, a city-owned park at the foot of Broadway.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600099705,00.html   (487 words)

  
 'Charging Bull' artist to fight in legal arena - Sep. 22, 2006
That's the message from artist Arturo Di Modica, who created the iconic "Charging Bull" statue in downtown New York, as he filed a copyright lawsuit against a number of business for using images of the bull in their advertising or selling photographs of the tourist attraction without his permission, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The "Charging Bull" statue, located in downtown Manhattan, is at the center of a copyright lawsuit.
Di Modica, who registered a copyright on the bull in 1998, is seeking any profits derived from the sale of any unauthorized photographs or the use of the image in national advertising campaigns.
money.cnn.com /2006/09/22/news/funny/bull_lawsuit/index.htm?...   (539 words)

  
 Bulls & Bears   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
As in real life, the Bull and Bear atop our silver tone resin cased quartz clock are in a struggle for control.
That's why this presentation of the Bull and Bear controlling the world's markets is so perfect for this day and age.
Our newest sculpture is crafted in hot pour bronze and this weighty 13 pound piece of art shows the full fury of the enraged Bull charging head to head into the snarling Bear.
www.bullandbearmarket.com /bull_bears.htm   (1268 words)

  
 Charging Bull Artist Sues Wal-Mart And North Fork - Charging Bull Artist Sues Wal-Mart And North Fork For Copyright ...
New York artist Arturo Di Modica filed a case on the U.S. District Court in Manhattan claiming that Wal-Mart is "knowingly and willfully selling and marketing" reproductions of the iconic statue without the artist's permission.
Another company, North Fork, showed the "Charging Bull" on a national television advertising campaign also without permission, the lawsuit said.
He seeks damages for lost revenue from both companies for the unlawful use of "Charging Bull's" image, the lawsuit said.
charging-bull-artist-sues-wal-mart-and-north-fork.freeonlinegames.com   (235 words)

  
 Minoans: Bull Jumping
A bull would run at a jumper or line of jumpers; when it was close enough, the jumper would grab the bull's horns and either vault onto the bull's back or vault over the bull in a somersault and land on his or her feet on the other side of the bull.
The difficulty of this vaulting is eloquently demonstrated in a Minoan vase: when you grab hold of a charging bull's horns, it jerks its head up violently—that's how it attacks with its horns.
Since the bull provides most of the momentum in the vault, it seems likely that the activity has more in common with gymnastics than bull-fighting.
www.wsu.edu:8000 /~dee/MINOA/BULLJUMP.HTM   (313 words)

  
 cbs5.com - Charging Pit Bull Shot By Rohnert Park Man
According to the reports, the incident occurred at 6:42 p.m., in the 6000 block of Dolores Drive, when the victim was waiting outside for the authorities regarding a report he had made of the animal roaming the streets and bothering neighbors.
Before the police arrived, the dog jumped a 3-foot fence that enclosed the victim's lawn and charged toward him.
Police report that no criminal charges are being considered against James because witness interviews and evidence indicate the he acted in self-defense.
cbs5.com /topstories/local_story_243094607.html   (277 words)

  
 Wall Street Charging Bull | New York For Visitors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Charging Bull (or the Wall Street Bull) on lower Broadway is a bronze sculpture created by Arturo Di Modica.
In December of 1989, Di Modica secretly dropped off the 7,000 bull in front the of New York Stock Exchange as a response to the rebound of the 1987 stock market crash.
Interesting fact: The Charging Bull is for sale, with a few conditions.
www.nyforvisitors.com /2005/08/23/wall-street-charging-bull   (184 words)

  
 Charging Bull Sculpture : Miscellaneous Desktop Items : Lawyer Gifts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Charging Bull Sculpture - As a symbol of vitality and strength in the financial market, our charging bull has no peer.
The statue is made of solid brass and set on an ebony colored hardwood base.
Hand finished surface with variations in tone; note the brighter gold tint of the bull's horns and tail.
www.lawyer-jokes.us /lawyer-gifts/gift-details/Charging-Bull-Sculpture.html   (101 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Farmer is killed by charging bull
William John Pennington, 68, of Dunham Massey, near Altrincham, was apparently tossed in the air by the bull in a field near his home early on Thursday.
The bull was put down by vets a few hours after the attack.
"Part of the problem initially was that the bull was still in the field, and farm workers had to move the animal so that it was safe for the emergency team to move in."
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/manchester/4658911.stm   (272 words)

  
 Suit Alleges Illegal Use of 'Charging Bull' Image -- Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
The artist who created Wall Street's famed "Charging Bull" statue has filed a copyright suit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., North Fork Bancorp and others over their use of images of the bull.
The 7,000-pound statue, which was briefly placed in front of the New York Stock Exchange in 1989, is on display in lower Manhattan and is a popular stop for tourists.
According to the lawsuit, Di Modica registered a copyright on the bull in 1998.
www.chillingeffects.org /weather.cgi?WeatherID=553&print=yes   (278 words)

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