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According to UNO, from a tweet that continues to resurface every few years ... if you attempt to stack a draw-2 on top of a draw-4, you’re playing the game wrong, tantamount [ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt] to cheating. I scoff at such foolishness.
tantamount
adj [ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt]
Tantamount means “equivalent in value, significance, or effect.” It is sometimes confused with paramount, which does not describe something that is equivalent, but instead means “superior to all others.”
Although tantamount (from the Anglo-French phrase tant amunter, meaning “to amount to as much”) was used three different ways in the early 17th century—as a noun, verb, and adjective—the adjective form has since proven paramount/supreme to English users
English
Feb 23, 2023, 8:24 AM
cowpoke
Tchogha Zanbil [tʃoʊɡɑː zænˈbiːl] - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/113
The ruins of the holy city of the Kingdom of Elam, surrounded by three huge concentric walls, are found at Tchogha Zanbil. Founded c. 1250 B.C., the city remained unfinished after it was invaded by Ashurbanipal, as shown by the thousands of unused bricks left at the site.
WHS
Dec 16, 2023, 12:17 PM
cowpoke
Meidan Emam, Esfahan [meɪdɑːn ˈemɑːm, ˌesfæˈhɑːn] - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/115
Built by Shah Abbas I the Great at the beginning of the 17th century, and bordered on all sides by monumental buildings linked by a series of two-storeyed arcades, the site is known for the Royal Mosque, the Mosque of Sheykh Lotfollah, the magnificent Portico of Qaysariyyeh and the 15th-century Timurid palace. They are an impressive testimony to the level of social and cultural life in Persia during the Safavid era.
WHS
Dec 16, 2023, 12:18 PM
cowpoke
Persepolis [pərˈsepələs] Iran (Islamic Republic of)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/114
Founded by Darius I in 518 B.C., Persepolis was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. It was built on an immense half-artificial, half-natural terrace, where the king of kings created an impressive palace complex inspired by Mesopotamian models. The importance and quality of the monumental ruins make it a unique archaeological site.
WHS
Dec 16, 2023, 12:18 PM
cowpoke
Megalithic Temples of Malta - Malta
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/132
Seven megalithic temples are found on the islands of Malta and Gozo, each the result of an individual development. The two temples of Ggantija on the island of Gozo are notable for their gigantic Bronze Age structures. On the island of Malta, the temples of Hagar Qim, Mnajdra and Tarxien are unique architectural masterpieces, given the limited resources available to their builders. The Ta'Hagrat and Skorba complexes show how the tradition of temple-building was handed down in Malta.
WHS
Dec 20, 2023, 8:18 AM
cowpoke
Redwood National and State Parks - United States of America
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/134
Redwood National Park comprises a region of coastal mountains bordering the Pacific Ocean north of San Francisco. It is covered with a magnificent forest of coastal redwood trees, the tallest and most impressive trees in the world. The marine and land life are equally remarkable, in particular the sea lions, the bald eagle and the endangered California brown pelican.
WHS
Dec 20, 2023, 8:18 AM
cowpoke
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo - Panama
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/135
Magnificent examples of 17th- and 18th-century military architecture, these Panamanian forts on the Caribbean coast form part of the defence system built by the Spanish Crown to protect transatlantic trade.
WHS
Dec 20, 2023, 8:18 AM
cowpoke
My first foray [ˈfɔrˌeɪ] into Marie Kondo’s efficient way of living began when I bought an incredibly messy former roommate her breakout book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up a few years ago. (It’s safe to say that neither of us ended up reading it, and the book got lost within his ‘stuff’ pile.)
foray
noun [ˈfɔrˌeɪ]
A foray is an initial and often tentative attempt to do something in a new or different area of activity, as in “the novelist’s foray into nonfiction.” In martial contexts, foray means “a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils.”
likely ancestor of foray is an Anglo-French word referring to the violent sort who do invasion forays, but that word could also refer to a forager—that is, one who wanders in search of food. (Forage has the same etymological
English
Feb 26, 2023, 7:45 AM
cowpoke
Durmitor [dûrmitɔr] National Park - Montenegro
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/100
This breathtaking national park was formed by glaciers and is traversed by rivers and underground streams. Along the Tara river canyon, which has the deepest gorges in Europe, the dense pine forests are interspersed with clear lakes and harbour a wide range of endemic flora.
WHS
Dec 15, 2023, 3:46 PM
cowpoke
Al Qal'a [el ˈqælə] of Beni Hammad [bni ˈħæməd] - Algeria
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/102
In a mountainous site of extraordinary beauty, the ruins of the first capital of the Hammadid emirs, founded in 1007 and demolished in 1152, provide an authentic picture of a fortified Muslim city. The mosque, whose prayer room has 13 aisles with eight bays, is one of the largest in Algeria.
WHS
Dec 15, 2023, 3:47 PM
cowpoke
Bale [ˈbɑːleɪ] Mountains National Park - Ethiopia
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/111
This property protects a landscape mosaic of extraordinary beauty that is shaped by the combined forces of ancient lava outpourings, glaciation and the dissection by the Great Rift Valley. It features volcanic peaks and ridges, dramatic escarpments, sweeping valleys, glacial lakes, lush forests, deep gorges and numerous waterfalls, creating exceptional natural beauty. The property harbours diverse and unique biodiversity at ecosystem, species and genetic levels, and five major rivers originate w
WHS
Dec 15, 2023, 3:47 PM
cowpoke
ネズミ とり の しかけ
ネズミ捕りの仕掛け
ネズミとりのしかけ
nezumitori no shikake
mouse trap
Japanese
Mar 2, 2023, 7:53 AM
cowpoke
Being physically proximate [ˈpɹɑksəmət] to such an iconic work of art was surprisingly moving.
proximate
adj [ˈpɹɑksəmət]
Proximate is a formal word that is usually used to describe something that comes or happens immediately before or after something in a way that shows a very close and direct relationship. It can also mean "very near" or "happening soon."
ultimately from the Latin adjective prope, meaning "near," a source too of approach, reproach, and propinquity. Other close relations of proximate are easier to spot: they include proximity, approx...
English
Mar 4, 2023, 9:08 AM
cowpoke
Biscayne National Park - Florida
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscayne_National_Park]
The central part of Biscayne Bay, this mostly underwater park at the north end of the Florida Keys has four interrelated marine ecosystems: mangrove forest, the Bay, the Keys, and coral reefs. Threatened animals include the West Indian manatee, American crocodile, various sea turtles, and the peregrine falcon.
USNPs
Aug 6, 2023, 8:54 AM
cowpoke
Garamba [ɡa.ˈɾam.ba] National Park - Democratic Republic of the Congo
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/136
The park's immense savannahs, grasslands and woodlands, interspersed with gallery forests along the river banks and the swampy depressions, are home to four large mammals: the elephant, giraffe, hippopotamus and above all the white rhinoceros. Though much larger than the black rhino, it is harmless; only some 30 individuals remain.
WHS
Dec 21, 2023, 7:49 AM
cowpoke
Kahuzi-Biega [ka.hu.zi ˈbje.ɡa/] National Park - Democratic Republic of the Congo
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/137
A vast area of primary tropical forest dominated by two spectacular extinct volcanoes, Kahuzi and Biega, the park has a diverse and abundant fauna. One of the last groups of eastern lowland (graueri) gorillas (consisting of only some 250 individuals) lives at between 2,100 and 2,400 m above sea-level.
WHS
Dec 21, 2023, 7:49 AM
cowpoke
Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro [moʊˈɛn.dʒoʊˌdɑːroʊ] - Pakistan
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/138
The ruins of the huge city of Moenjodaro – built entirely of unbaked brick in the 3rd millennium B.C. – lie in the Indus valley. The acropolis, set on high embankments, the ramparts, and the lower town, which is laid out according to strict rules, provide evidence of an early system of town planning.
WHS
Dec 21, 2023, 7:49 AM
cowpoke
Arches National Park - Utah
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arches_National_Park]
USNPs
Aug 3, 2023, 8:26 AM
cowpoke
The old king whose rolling head got everything going wasn’t much of a monarch, just the type of ersatz [ˈɛrˌsɑts] ruler who crops up between the decline of one great kingdom and the rise of another.
ersatz
adj [ˈɛrˌsɑts]
Ersatz describes a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation.
Evidence of ersatz in English dates to the middle of the 19th century, but the word didn’t come into prominence until World War I. Borrowed from German, where Ersatz is a noun meaning "substitute," the word was frequently applied as an adjective to modify terms like coffee (made from acorns) and flour (made from potatoes)—ersatz products necessitated by the privations of war.
English
Feb 27, 2023, 8:19 AM
cowpoke
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