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Weider married Hedwiges "Vicky" Uzar, with whom he had a child, before divorcing in 1960. [1] In 1961, Weider married Betty Brosmer, who was then the highest-paid pin-up girl in the U.S. [14] Weider died of heart failure on March 23, 2013, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, at the age of 93. [15] [16]
21st-century hunting compound crossbow. A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels.
The Chinese crossbow had a longer power stroke, around 51 cm (20 in) or so, compared to the early medieval European crossbow, which typically sat around only 10–18 cm (3.9–7.1 in). This was made possible by the more compact design of the Chinese trigger, which allowed it to sit further back at the rear-end of the tiller.
Weider is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ben Weider (1923–2008), co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness. Jim Weider, guitarist; John Weider (born 1947), rock musician; Joe Weider (1919–2013), Canadian bodybuilder and key developer of the profession
Cranky Kong refers to Donkey Kong as his son in Donkey Kong 64 [26] and in the manual, [27] but the manuals for Donkey Kong Country, [28] [29] Donkey Kong Land, [30] and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest [31] state that Cranky is the original Donkey Kong and grandfather of the game's titular character. [32]
The crossbow as a weapon had been around long before Leonardo's designs. However, his designs made the weapon more advanced and why Leonardo's crossbows stands out. If a crossbow is designed with a narrower shaft and a tapered bolt, which adjusts the nocking of arrows, it greatly improves the airflow of the bow and the drag on arrows.
Link's Crossbow Training features 9 playable levels, and the goal in each is to achieve the highest score possible within the time limit. [5] These levels are divided into three main gameplay styles. [5] In Target Shooting levels, players fire their crossbow at targets, which start stationary, but move as the difficulty increases in later ...
The repeating crossbow (Chinese: 連弩; pinyin: Lián Nǔ), also known as the repeater crossbow, and the Zhuge crossbow (Chinese: 諸葛弩; pinyin: Zhūgě nǔ, also romanized Chu-ko-nu) due to its association with the Three Kingdoms-era strategist Zhuge Liang (181–234 AD), is a crossbow invented during the Warring States period in China that combined the bow spanning, bolt placing, and ...