why do medals have holes?
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There is really no logical reason for these medals to have such large holes.  Logically speaking I suppose it gives more room for the ribbon allowing the medal to lay flat around the recipients chest.  However the reason for having this medal is that it was the design chosen by the Olympic organizing committee to represent these olympic games.  In essence you can say that the Italians have different tastes for artistic design when it comes to medals.
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There are five interlocking rings coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red.\n\nThese five rings represent the five parts of the world which now are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition.\n\nThe rings are with a WHITE background on the Olympic flag, the six colours thus combined reproduce those of all the nations without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Greece, the French, British, American, German, Belgian, Italian, and Hungarian tricolours, the yellow and red of Spain lie next to the new Brazilian and Australian flags, and the old Japan and the young China. This is really an international emblem\n\nThough the Baron de Coubertin obviously considered the rings and colours as two independent characteristics, and even though the IOC explicitly states no ring represents a specific continent, still some people list matches. These are some such lists. (Since users of each list claim that list to be the explanation in general use, they are ordered here alphabetically according to the arbitrary, somewhat explanatory titles.)\n\nA map, of sorts\n\n* Blue - Americas\n* Yellow - Africa\n* Black - Europe\n* Green - Oceania\n* Red - Asia\n\n\n\nColours representing peoples, Blue ocean\n\n* Blue - Oceania\n* Yellow - Asia\n* Black - Africa\n* Green - Europe\n* Red - Americas\n\n\nColours representing peoples, Greek flag\n\n* Blue - Europe\n* Yellow - Asia\n* Black - Africa\n* Green - Oceania\n* Red - Americas\n\nThis is the colours continents meanings who choose an IOC organism: The Association of National Olympic Committees who englobes to all 204 National Olympic Committee like the colours symbology for its emblems
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A penny with a hole in it is worthless because you can't spend it, so it is hopeless - there's no help for it since you obviously can't fix the hole in the penny. That's what it means. I don't know the origin though - sorry! Will look it up first and I'll get back to you if I find it.
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This years World Cup ball has no stitches, which is a first. The panels are bonded together rather than stitched. It is claimed to be rounder and to perform more uniformly regardless of where it is hit, and being almost waterproof it also doesn't change performance as much when wet.
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Same reason they rack the pool balls; to try and get things more orderly and into position. I guess it can be torture, and that's probably why a torture chamber has a rack. As for why guys talk about a woman having a nice rack...? orderly and in position?!
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Well, a little and a lot.  The awards are medals.....the design changes as each country sees fit.   Also the ancient olympic games awarded an olive wreath, which Athens used in 2004.
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Look on the M.O.D. medals and awards site,you may find something there,best of luck
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Simple!  A manhole is round so that the cover can never fall in.  If it were any other shape, like a square, rectangle or oval, you could take the cover out, flip it sideways and drop it in, but with a round hole and a round cover, it will always be just a little too big.\n\nPart 2:  I would still call it a hole if it was square.  Why wouldn't you?  Plenty of holes aren't round.  Button holes are very narrow compared to their length.  And I guess the Indian Government aren't concerned with people dropping manhole covers into a sewer, or didn't think about it.
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There are a whole slew of reasons why manhole covers are round.  The covers are made of cast iron and so are very heavy.  By making them round they can be rolled rather than carried from place to place on the job.  The tunnels leading to the covers are almost always round, for structural as well as ease of digging reasons.  Since the tunnels are round it made sense to make the cover round.  If the covers were square, rectangular, etc. the cover would have to be in a particular orientation in order to fit the hole.  In addition the cover could fall into the hole if it were square or rectangular (or any other shape than round).  Finally it may boil down to "that's the way they always been made" kind of thinking.  Someone started making them round when they first started and everyone else followed
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No, they get medals.  If they are lucky, they get an endorsement from a company and can make money doing commercials, ads, etc.
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cause wat makes the wet stuff come out is around the entry way of the hole
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I have refilled lexmark 27 carts. There are no holes. You have to make them yourself. If you buy a refilled cartridge, you will see where they belong. I finally gave up doing it, too messy and did not last long.
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Haven't found your medal, but the words "ne oublie" are the motto of the Scottish Clan Graham.  They mean "never forget".  Perhaps this helps?
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It's round because it has enough gravity to make it round, the force of gravity crushing away irregularities until a round shape is achieved. There's actually a limit in astronomy, anything with more mass then a certain amount will as a rule be round.\n\nAs for the holes, I assume you mean the craters. They are there because we're basically living in a shooting gallery of asteriods, comets, and meteors. On the moon there are no erosive forces so when one hits it the impact crater remains.
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Probably because they are round and keep moving, bumping into each other. Confusing is; when they bang together, pieces never fall off OR they get smaller with friction.
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In 1896, winners' medals were in fact silver. The custom of gold-silver-bronze for the first three places dates from the 1904 games and has been copied for many other sporting events\n\nHowever, the 1904 Olympics also awarded silver trophies for first place, which makes Athens 1906 the first games that awarded the three medals only
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It's a medal for sailors and Marines who do their jobs in a particularly exemplary manner.  If you just do your job well, you get your paycheck.  If you do it really well, you may get some sort of certificate from the command, or be names Sailor/Marine of the Quarter for your unit.  You have to really stand out to get a Navy Achievement Medal (NAM), though, especially in the Marine Corps.\n\nIt's recipients are 'usually' mid-grade enlisted (E-5 and above) and junior officers (O-1 to O-3).  The next higher medal for how well you do your job is the Navy/Marine Corps Commandation Medal (a 'COM'), which is harder to get.  \n\nThese are normally different from medals earned for a single heroic action, such as a bronze or silver star, but there are always exceptions-- a member of the military can get a NAM or a COM for a single (and pretty spectacular) action, but it's more rare.  Usually the medal is awarded at the end of a tour, and characterizes the entire tour.