World Of Swords

Muscular and strong dogs called German Shepherd was originally bred in Germany. They were initially used as a farm buddy, used in herding cattle.

Subsequently, its obedience and muscularity was observed by the police who made them initially as protectors of police patrollers. They are of great help particularly during the night when officers roam around the dark city alleys.

The bravery of these fierce dogs was noted by the law-enforcement agencies and soon they became popular elements in France, Hungary and Austria as well as Germany. There was plenty of money spent on the training and development of these dogs.

These dogs are capable of protecting individuals if they are provided with the proper training. They are used to maintain public order and sometimes are also used as attack dogs. They are provided with certain techniques, the bark and hold, to name a few which these canines use when required. But opposite of what they are used for, these dogs are really very good-natured, unaggressive and obedient to their masters.

These gentle canines when posed with threat can be very protective to their owners. This quality has been impudently maintained among the pedigree particularly for those who are basically developed to become cop and protection dogs.

German Shepherd cop dogs are given their own badges prior to being assigned to duty. While at service, they are given proper protection, including bulletproof vests. Those that are too old and weak are pulled out of duty. What's more, in the event that they are murdered in the line of duty, they are given police funeral rites. Killing and hurting them is considered a crime and may get a person to jail.

The German army was known for its ruthless use of the German shepherd and the American soldiers were very enamored by its performance. Basically its reputation was cemented during its performance in World War I and World War II. The American soldiers who returned home had many stories to relate about the attack dogs utilized by the German army. This added to the fame and awareness about German shepherds who were eventually utilized as attack dogs and for personal security. The most famous dog that was initially imported from Germany after the World War I was Rin Tin Tin.

Because German Shepherds has a very strong sense of smell, they were used during the war to track army men who were missing. A lot of search and rescue operations became successful with the help of these canines. They were also great base camp guards during that time.

This dog, having a strong sense of smell and hearing, would notify the patrolling officers well in advance of any approaching threat. In order to protect them from the attackers some protection dogs have even been provided with bulletproof vests.

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Knives are crafted right in the middle of the prehistoric great outdoors, among man's earliest adventurers, the hunters and gatherers. It was crafted to be used in gathering food, cutting raw materials for their dwelling needs and carving notes and symbols on rocks and caves to aid them in understanding and remembering things.

Man relies heavily on the vastness of prehistory's virgin lands for food and sustenance. But while it is generous in its provisions, the outlands are at the same time extremely dangerous. It is home to a gamut of animal species, many of which are larger, stronger and more powerful than man. As such, it is very risky and unpredictable.

It is for this reason that knives became man's primary tool for protection. As its role in man's life changes, knives physical form also transformed through time. Gradually it became more efficient in protecting man from the unpredictability of nature and its own brutish tendencies.

Just as humanity changed with civilization, all the while with the help of the knife and its larger incarnate, the sword, so did the landscape of the outdoors changed. As man became more sophisticated, the outdoors got reconfigured. Habitations, agriculture lands, mines and cities displaced the wild. The wilderness was pushed to remote regions where human life takes more effort to survive.

Civilization introduced to man the peacefulness of home and organized communities. It is at this point that knife became an indoor item - an indispensable kitchen utensil. Swords themselves gave way to the introduction of shooting weaponry. Becoming more and more a household feature, knives were manufactured together with spoons and forks and became included in find dining flatware pieces.

Yet, knives didn't actually retreat from the outdoors. While its role as a first weapon of choice receded, it still was retained as a soldier's side companion. As the time of conquest, empires, and colonization came to pass, the role of knives in the military also changed. From being a tool mainly designed for fighting, it was deliberately made to function as a utility knife designed for survival functions when they are out on field operations. This is a return to what knives are originally made to do, as a survival tool. Very much just like old times.

Much has changed from the original pointed rock form of the knife. It has gone synthetic, conformed to ergonomics, became varied with fixed blades, foldable, sliding and automatic versions, and most of all safer than ever. Knives once again became a tool for human outdoor adventures just as it was ages ago.

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Muhammad Ali was 70 on January 17th, 2012. He was the most feared opponent in the boxing ring in his long and dynamic career and with very good cause. He won the world heavy weight boxing championship three times after winning a gold medal at the Olympics and was named sportsman of the century by the BBC and Sports Illustrated.

Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 17th, 1942 and was christened after his father Cassius Marcellus Clay. They added the epithet Junior, to distinguish him from his father who was a billboard painter. In 1967, Cassius changed his name to Muhammad Ali and became a Muslim.

A local white Louisville police officer named Joe E. Martin was the first individual to see that the young Clay had something special when he watched him scrapping over a stolen bicycle as a twelve tear old. Martin encouraged Clay to go to the boxing ring with him. Martin and Clay trained together at Stoner's Gym.

Martin and Ali used to do a show together called 'Tomorrow's Champions'. Stone was a useful coach for Ali and he remained his tutor for nearly all his amateur career (the last four years he was with Chuck Bodak).

As an amateur Ali won six Kentucky Golden Gloves, two National Golden Gloves, an Amateur Athletic Union title and the Gold Medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics for light-heavyweight boxing.

His history as an amateur was 100 wins and five losses. Ali was both hero-worshipped and ridiculed in his motherland. After Ali changed his name he refused to recognize the name Clay, saying that his family had been given it by slave-owners.

He was also accused of changing his name to dodge the call-up, but his famous reply to that accusation was: "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong... No Viet Cong ever called me nigger". In 1966 he was barred from fighting in the USA. Ali was stripped of his boxing titles and his boxing license was suspended. So he fought abroad, often in the United Kingdom.

Ali's first title fight was against Sonny Liston on February 25 1964, but it was nearly postponed indefinitely, because it became known that Ali had joined Malcolm X's Nation of Islam. The promoter, Bill Faversham. was concerned that that may ruin the attendance figures, because Ali was not considered likely to win anyway (7:1 against).

Ali agreed not to authenticate that he had associations with Malcolm X until after the bout and it went ahead. At the weigh in, Ali's pulse was 120 as opposed to his norm of 54 and his opponent's team misinterpretted this as nerves. This was when Ali, the Louisville Lip, first said that he was going to "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".

Ali saw his first professional loss in 1971 against Joe Frazier, although he won the title back from George Foreman in 1974. This was the famous 'Rumble in the Jungle' which received political overtones.

It was ranked seventh in 'The 100 Greatest Sporting Moments'. Ali's fight against Chuck Wepner in 1975 motivated the film 'Rocky', which won the Academy Award.

Ali announced his retirement on June 27th 1979, but manufactured a comeback 18 months later in October 1980. He finally retired in 1981, but before that the councillors of Louisville renamed Walnut Street as Muhammad Ali Boulevard. Twelve of the seventy street signs were stolen within a week.

In 1984, Ali was diagnosed as having Altzeimer's, which people who have head trauma are more liable to get. Despite his illness, Ali has worked untiringly for peace and equality and has represented America at a number of international peace negotiations.

He has won more prizes than anyone can possibly remember and established a $60 million not for profit centre in Louisville which houses his awards, but is there to promote peace, social responsibility, respect and personal growth.

On average, Ali travels over 200 days a year to raise money for and awareness of poverty and hunger. It has been estimated that he has helped supply over 22,000,000 meals.

Angelo Dundee, Ali's cornerman and trainer from 1960-1981 died on February 1st 2012 at the age of 90,

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