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  Punt (boat) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Punts were originally built as cargo boats or platforms for fowling and angling but in modern times their use is almost exclusively confined to pleasure trips on the rivers in the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge in England and races at a few summer regattas on the Thames.
Punting is a popular leisure activity on the rivers of several well-known tourist destinations: there are commercial organizations that offer punts for hire on the Avon in Bath, the Cam in Cambridge, the Cherwell and Isis in Oxford, at Stratford-on-Avon, and on the lower Thames near Sunbury.
Punting is the traditional means of navigating the myriad waterways of the Marais Poitevin ("La Venise Verte"), an area of marsh land criss-crossed with canals north of La Rochelle in Poitou-Charentes, France.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Punt_(boat)   (3479 words)

  
 André Punt—Publications
Punt, A.E. Preliminary assessment of the population of gummy shark (Mustelus antarcticus) in Bass Strait.
Punt, A.E. Assessment of the population of gummy shark (Mustelus antarcticus) in Bass Strait.
Punt, A.E. An assessment of the population of gummy shark (Mustelus antarcticus) in Bass Strait.
www.fish.washington.edu /people/punt/publications.html   (8319 words)

  
 Punt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
a kind of boat; see punt (boat); in Australia a cable ferry.
Punt - a free 3D Globe Viewer (Open Source)
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Punt   (186 words)

  
 Ancient African History: The Land of Punt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
"Historically, it is important to note that Thutmose III appears only once in the Punt reliefs, and that in a subordinate position, so that, as far as this source is concerned, the queen is the author of the expedition, which she undertakes in accordance with an oracle of Amon".
Punt and Aksum: Egypt and the Horn of Africa, Jacke Phillips,
Punt was a Semitic confederation and included many groups from Ethiopia and Somali.
www.homestead.com /wysinger/punt.html   (1133 words)

  
 ! Kids First Soccer: The Punt
Punting may be defined as "a long and high trajectory kick from toss with hands by goalie." A goalie may punt a ball that is under her/his possession.
Players assigned to return punted balls should roll ball to closest touch line and balls should then be rolled back along the touch line and end line to the punting (goal area) space.
A punt's distance is established by the ball's first contact with the field of play after the punt.
www.kidsfirstsoccer.com /punt_t1.html   (445 words)

  
 Egypt: Tour Egypt Monthly: Queens of Ancient Egypt, Part II
Punt was a legendary land, previously known as the "Land of the God", as mentioned in the "Book of the Dead".
The Punt Colonnade lies on the left (southern) side of the ramp, and is identical in construction to the Birth Colonnade.
It was dedicated to commemorate the voyage to the Land of Punt.
www.touregypt.net /magazine/mag03012001/magf6.htm   (5802 words)

  
 Vintage Voice a.f.w Punt FAQ
The use of "punt" probably predates the use of "kick-up" for the indentation in the bottom of a bottle; the oldest quotation listed for "punt" comes from 1863, while the oldest for "kick-up" doesn't come until 1901.
Glassmaking may be the original connection between these two words, as "punt" seems to have come from the name of a tool, and "kick" seems to be a description of the appearance of the bottle (the bottom looks as if someone kicked it).
However, whether punts have just survived because of tradition or whether they survived because they have some useful function(s) is still open for debate, as the rest of the list suggests.
pweb.netcom.com /~lachenm/puntFAQ.html   (1703 words)

  
 Egypt: The Wonderful Land of Punt
From Punt, the received the incense known as antyu, which was produced in considerable quantities near Punt in the region of Utjenet (God's Land), as well as ivory, ebony (hebny) and gum (Kemy).
Because of the goods from Punt used by priests and to adorn temples, it was known as a region of God's Land, and considered a personal pleasure garden of the god, Amun.
It would seem probably that dwarfs and pygmies were indeed imported from Punt, for an inscription in the tomb of Harkhuf, and expedition leader under Pepy II, tells of his acquisition of a dwarf for that king.
www.touregypt.net /featurestories/punt.htm   (1321 words)

  
 Official site of the Pittsburgh Steelers - Roster
10/5 vs. Cleveland: Had three receptions for 25 yards and a rushing attempt for three yards…also returned four punts for 39 yards, a 9.8-yard average…returned a punt 59 yards for an apparent TD that was nullified because of a penalty…had a career-long 30-yard return…also returned two kickoffs for a 16-yard average.
Louis: Returned his first punt for a touchdown in the regular season—second overall—when he raced 84 yards for a score in the first quarter…also had two receptions for 13 yards and had two rushes for 39 yards, one on which he took a direct snap from center and ran 32 yards.
North Carolina State…Saw action at quarterback, wide receiver, as a punt returner and punter in the season opener…Caught 4 passes for 30 yards, rushed 7 times for 37 yards, completed 1 of 2 passes for 7 yards and punted 3 times for an average of 35.0 yards.
www.steelers.com /team/player|72   (2832 words)

  
 Punt (boat) - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
A punt is a flat-bottomed boat, typically used in small rivers and canals.
Punting is a popular tourist and leisure activity of the rivers of the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge, England.
Punting is a more popular tourist activity in Cambridge, because many very attractive old colleges are built adjacent to the river, whereas the rivers in Oxford are generally further from the old colleges and pass largely through parks and fields.
education.music.us /P/Punt-(boat).htm   (1021 words)

  
 Punt Building
Before explaining my method of constructing the current punt I must confess to not having any particular expertise in boat building, and can only suggest that one may follow a similar course of action, if reasonably confident and competent in the use of wood and tools.
A punt should be long and narrow to give steerage with a pole or oar at the rear.
To obtain a good line for the punt it is essential to adjust the point where the stringers form the bow and stern to give a suitable rake to the ends and a corresponding flare to the sides.
www.puntgunner.co.uk /puntbuilding.htm   (1894 words)

  
 Punt in die wind (AV 7:4)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Punt is hier om te bly, glo Jackie onwrikbaar.
Dis in die fase van Punt Nommer Twee dat Ingrid Geldenhuys moes ervaar kleur bly nooit ver van die oppervlak wanneer jy 'n aanbieder is nie.
Rhonette Fick is 'n regisseur by Punt Geselsradio in Kaapstad.
www.afrikaans.com /av7416.html   (747 words)

  
 PUNT, PASS & LEARN
Sign up now for your FREE "PUNT, PASS and LEARN" activity booklet designed for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.
"PUNT, PASS and LEARN" provides fun classroom activities for students using their interest in sports to an educational advantage.
Use of "PUNT, PASS & LEARN" activities is not a requirement of the visit.
museums.ua.edu /bryant/pplform.htm   (250 words)

  
 Cambridge University | St John's College | Punts | How To Punt
Bear in mind that the closer the pole is to the side of the punt, the less the punt will turn when you push with the pole - ideally the pole should be skimming the edge of the punt as you drop it into the water.
Oxford punts are punted from the other end (the platform, at the front, is for sunbathing/nothing).
The punt pool is the shallowest, but actually has a slight current (if punts are not tied up properly they escape and float down the river).
www.joh.cam.ac.uk /college_life/societies/punt/instructions.html   (1075 words)

  
 Ethiopia - Ethiopian History - Land of Punt
The actual place of Punt is not known but the Egyptians did sail south along the Red Sea to trade with people from Punt.
In her funerary temple at Deir el-Bahri, detailed descriptions of trade between Punt and the Egyptians are carved on the wall (picture above).
On one of the reliefs, the boats from Egypt have arrived at Punt and are stopped on the beaches.
www.ethiopianhistory.com /pre-aksum/punt.html   (322 words)

  
 Punt: Release Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Punt is a Open Source multi-language Windows desktop application that allows the user to view the terrain of any world in 3D.
Punt is compatible with NASA World Wind data servers, cached data, and Addons.
Punt is subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
punt.sourceforge.net /releasenotes.html   (1064 words)

  
 Cambridge Chauffeur Punts - Punting in Cambridge
A punt is a flat-bottomed boat which does not have a keel, and is propelled by means of a long pole.
Punts were introduced as pleasure craft in Edwardian times, since then punting has become one of the most popular ways to see the famous bridges and colleges along the River Cam.
Although most people share a chauffeured punt with others, we are happy to provide private tours on request, booking is advisable.We are based opposite Queens' College Porter's Lodge, adjacent to Darwin College, on Silver Street Bridge.
www.punting-in-cambridge.co.uk   (144 words)

  
 MCR PUNT SOCIETY
The key to the punt lock must be signed out from the porters in the lodge.
Members understand that they punt at their own risk, and that the PuntSoc and MCR take no responsibility for loss or damage to personal belongings, or to injury to persons, during the trip.
As with all college punts, the punt must be returned by 11:30pm, and cannot be signed out after 10pm.
www.maths.tcd.ie /~dmculiff/Magdalene/punt2003.html   (736 words)

  
 jargon, node: punt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
punt /v./ [from the punch line of an old joke referring to American football: "Drop back 15 yards and punt!"] 1.
"Let's punt the movie tonight." "I was going to hack all night to get this feature in, but I decided to punt" may mean that you've decided not to stay up all night, and may also mean you're not ever even going to put in the feature.
A design decision to defer solving a problem, typically because one cannot define what is desirable sufficiently well to frame an algorithmic solution.
www.jargon.net /jargonfile/p/punt.html   (170 words)

  
 Jennifer Punt
Punt, J. Havran, R. Abe, A. Sarin, and A. Singer.
Surface molecules that drive T cell differentiation in vitro in the absence of thymic epithelium and in the absence of lineage specific signals.
Punt, J. Osborne, Y. Takahama, S.O. Sharrow, and A. Singer.
www.haverford.edu /biology/Punt/Publications/Publications2003.htm   (547 words)

  
 Laagste punt NL - Het laagste punt van Nederland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel bevindt zich het laagste punt van Nederland.
De officiele ingangsdatum voor de nieuwe NAP Publicatie is 1 januari 2005, echter om praktische redenen is de database van de AGI nu reeds omgezet, zodat vanaf 13 december 2004 nieuwe hoogtes van peilmerken van het NAP beschikbaar zijn.
De basis van het NAP is een punt op een paal die in de pleistocene zandlaag onder de Dam in Amsterdam is geslagen.
www.laagste.nl   (502 words)

  
 Punt Hill Apartments Melbourne Accommodation
Punt Hill Armadale Apartments are Close to Chapel St restaurants, clubs and boutiques and Fitzroy St, St Kilda.
Punt Hill North Melbourne Apartments are Close to the Melbourne city centre, Lygon St restaurants, the zoo and Victoria Market.
Punt Hill Stanton Apartments are a short tram ride to the Melbourne city centre or Fitzroy St, St. Kilda.
www.reservations.net.au   (403 words)

  
 NFL-Punt Pass Kick - PPK - Competition Rules
Each participant will be allowed one punt, one pass, and one placekick as part of his/her competition.
Example: If participant scores (40) for punting, (60) for passing, and (22) for kicking, the participant's final score is 122.
If a participant tries to punt, pass, or kick and misses the ball completely, it DOES NOT count as an attempt and another attempt is allowed.
www.nflyouthfootball.com /exec/nfl_ppk/PPK_-_Competition_Rules.cfm?publicationID=23   (1062 words)

  
 Pigskin Preview - Iowa vs. Michigan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Adding agony to that botched punt, however, was the fact that the game’s final tally, 30-27, made the punt stand out as the difference on the scoreboard.
Entering Iowa-Michigan ’04, then, the cry emanating from America’s cornfields is “Punt, Blue, Punt!” Hawkeye fans won’t soon allow the ears of Ann Arbor’s wine, cheese and symphony crowd to have a respite from that haunting and wrenching reminder of what transpired last September.
As the scene shifts back to the Big House, one year after “Punt, Blue, Punt!”, what strikes the dispassionately objective observer in mid-May, four-plus months before kickoff, is that Michigan—irony of ironies—will need to be effective punting the ball to win.
collegefootballnews.com /2004/Preview/PigskinPreview_Iowa_Michigan.htm   (1018 words)

  
 Harvesting the River: : : Punt Gun -- Illinois State Museum
The hunters mounted these cannon-like punt guns on the bow of a flat-bottomed duck boat, called a punt.
Federal Laws banned punt guns, market hunting, and the fashion feather trade by 1920, after much of the wild bird population was decimated from decades of over-hunting.
The punt gun pictured on this page is a muzzle loader that looks crude in design, much like an iron pipe with a rough wooden stock strapped onto it.
www.museum.state.il.us /RiverWeb/harvesting/harvest/waterfowl/tools_techniques/guns/punt_gun.html   (177 words)

  
 IGN Boards - how to block a punt?
I went to punt the ball and my opponent came out in a punt block.
Usually after a few times they will do it and force you to have a terrible punt, but it is better than getting it blocked.
I've done it twice on regular punts and any time the CPU is punting out of the back of the end zone, it's an easy block or a safety for tackling the punter.
boards.ign.com /board/b5973/110163617/p1/?7   (898 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Punt returners may add special thrill to Sugar Bowl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Oklahoma's Antonio Perkins, who had three punt returns for TDs in one game this season, hopes to play a big role in the Sugar Bowl.
Green, a sophomore, leads the nation in punt returns with a 19.8-yard average and returned two for touchdowns.
Perkins, a junior, set a Division I-A season record with four punt returns for touchdowns, including a record three against UCLA.
www.usatoday.com /sports/college/football/2004-01-02-sugar-punt-returners_x.htm   (572 words)

  
 Hatshepsut and Oceanography, El-Sayed, Quarterdeck 3.1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It was primarily a trading expedition, for Punt, or God's Land, produced myrrh, frankincense, and fragrant ointments that the Egyptians used for religious purposes and cosmetics.
The ancient Egyptians with their penchant for accurate information, and for making precise observations of the environment, had amassed a store of knowledge of the geography, hydrography and meteorology which enabled them to undertake seafaring ventures.
In order to navigate to Punt, they must have known the navigational peculiarities of the Red Sea, in which northerly winds bring rough weather from the end of June to December while mild southerlies prevail the rest of the year.
www-ocean.tamu.edu /Quarterdeck/QD3.1/Elsayed/elsayedhatshepsut.html   (391 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: punt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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