The best known is the Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition, held each year, where design students from all over the world can participate by designing their own “ inspired ” martini cocktail glass.

Bacardí 8, for example, received two gold medals and a silver from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition between 2008 and 2010.

Competition from lower-cost Asian and Latin American loggers has hurt the local industry, which is encumbered with high transportation and labor costs.

Competition from the railway network from the 1830s, and in the 20th century the roads, made the smaller canals obsolete for most commercial transportation, and many of the British canals fell into decay.

Competition from Homo sapiens probably contributed to Neanderthal extinction.

Competition winners from the remaining 25 Member States will name the satellites which will be launched until 2019.

" The competition differs from the XYZZY Awards, as authors must specifically submit games to the Interactive Fiction Competition, but all games released in the past year are eligible for the XYZZY Awards.

Competition from placental mammals from the north drove sparassodonts to extinction, while didelphimorphs ( opossums ) invaded Central America, with the Virginia opossum reaching as far north as Canada.

** US " Competition Package " option dropped from production at end of 1982 model year.

However, it still receives criticisms ( see later ) from smaller operators and the Competition Commission for setting South African broadband pricing in its favour.

Competition from its traditional rivals ( like Montgomery Ward ) continued, with new competition by retailing giants such as Kmart, Kohl's, and Wal-Mart.

Competition from television drew audiences away from movie theaters in the late 1950s, and the theatrical cartoon began its decline.

Competition for land was a primary cause of the New Zealand Land Wars of the 1860s and 1870s, in which the Taranaki and Waikato regions were invaded by colonial troops and Māori of these regions had much of their land taken from them.

* American Scholastics Competition Network ( ASCN ) hosted a national tournament from 1987 through 2005 in the Chicago area.

They also constitute 24 % of all Olympic Seattle Scholarship winners, 33 % of USA Math Olympiad winners, 15. 5 % of Putnam Math Competition winners, and 36 % of Duke Talent Identification Grand Recognition Ceremony attendees from the Dallas Metropolitan area.

In the 1990s with the rise of the Academic Competition Federation and National Academic Quiz Tournaments, both with their own national championships, a number of schools ( such as the University of Maryland, the University of Chicago, both former national champions, and recent runner up Georgia Tech ) " de-affiliated " from College Bowl.

Rallying itself can be traced back to the 1894 Paris – Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition ( Concours des Voitures sans Chevaux ), sponsored by a Paris newspaper, Le Petit Journal, which attracted considerable public interest and entries from leading manufacturers.

In 2004, France Télécom is likely to have to pay back € 1 billion in alleged unlawful subsidies ( in breach of state aid rules ) it received from the French government, following an 18-month investigation by Mario Monti, the EC Competition Commissioner.

The relationship between the " Discount Yield " and the Rate of Return on other financial assets is usually discussed in such economic and financial theories involving the inter-relation between various Market Prices, and the achievement of Pareto Optimality through the operations in the Capitalistic Price Mechanism ,< Ref Name =" Economics_Discount "/> as well as in the discussion of the " Efficient ( Financial ) Market Hypothesis ".< Ref Name =" Finance_Discount "/>< Ref Name =" Economics_Competition "> Competition from other firms who offer other Financial Assets that promise the Market Rate of Return forces the person who is asking for a delay in payment to offer a " Discount Yield " that is the same as the Market Rate of Return .</ ref > The person delaying the payment of the current Liability is essentially compensating the person to whom he / she owes money for the lost revenue that could be earned from an investment during the time period covered by the delay in payment.

Competition rules are similar to other throwing events: a round consists of one attempt by each competitor in turn, and competitions typically consist of three to six rounds.

The Crown's immunity may also apply to other parties in certain circumstances: see Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Baxter Healthcare.

Competition was fierce in the city with 143 other lawyers, and he found few cases to keep him occupied.

While practitioners of other forms of yoga maintain that competition contradicts the idea of peace and unity, Bikram contends, " Competition is the foundation for all democratic societies.

In addition, other variants on the above quiz bowl formats are used at the high school level, including such formats as those of the Ohio Academic Competition ( OAC ), Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence ( PACE ), and the Panasonic Academic Challenge ( PAC or simply " Panasonic ").

* Competition of feature-length films – films never before shown in competition at any other international festival.

Competition from private broadcasters like CTV, Global, and other broadcast television stations and specialty channels has lessened the CBC ’ s reach, but nevertheless it remains a major influence on Canadian popular culture.

Competition with other religions for support also made daily almsrounds difficult and even dangerous ; the first Buddhist monks in the Shilla dynasty of Korea were said to be beaten due to their minority at the time.

Competition for patrons extends to the bus terminals ( sometimes just a parking lot full of buses ); it is normal for the ' ZR ' bus conductors to attempt to escort you to his vehicle and engage in loud altercations with other drivers and conductors, in competition for your patronage.

In the 1980 book entitled The Tribune Tower Competition published by Rizzoli, authors Robert A. M. Stern, Stanley Tigerman as well as Bruce Abbey and other architects jokingly submitted " late entries " in Volume II of the work.

Competition from other organisms for the carrion puts the Silphids at both an advantage and a disadvantage.

Competition Mode is a competitive mode in which two players, playing as either Sonic, Tails or Knuckles, race against each other through five laps on an endless level, unrelated to the levels played in the main game.

Competition with a growing population of automobiles and buses traveling on paved highways led to a decline in the interurban and other railroad passenger business.

These two juniors, along with senior members, Lloyd Oberbeck, Grant Rumfelt and Shane Sell travelled to the National Competition in Dallas TX to compete against other regional qualifiers.

Competition is also a major tenet in market economy and business is often associated with competition as most companies are in competition with at least one other firm over the same group of customers, and also competition inside a company is usually stimulated for meeting and reaching higher quality of services or products that the company produce or develop.

A variety of concerts, both rock, classical music, and jazz, as well as other cultural events take place each year ; for example, Oulu Music Video Festival – the host of the Air Guitar World Championships and Musixine Music Film Competition – in August, annual rock festival Qstock in July, the Oulu Music Festival in winter, the Oulunsalo Music Festival in summer, The Irish Festival of Oulu in October and the International Children's Film Festival in November.

* The actual organization, founded as the Academic Competition Foundation in 1991, which changed its name to the Academic Competition Federation in 1997 and presently continues to run a national championship for collegiate quizbowl as well as other tournaments.

Competition for nesting sites is intense in colonies where storm petrels compete with other burrowing petrels, with shearwaters having been recorded killing storm petrels in order to occupy their burrows.

On the other hand, in " Copa del Rey " ( only State Competition at the time ) the best participation was in 1921, when they reached the semi-finals.

Competition is strong in mobile cellular systems but the teledensity rate remains as low as 16. 6 phone lines per 100 persons ( 2004 ).

Speedo USA's online catalog divides its women's swimwear lines into the following categories: Competition, Fashion, Racing, Aquatic Fitness, and Lifeguard.

Competition between Tairrdelbach's many sons caused corrosive warfare among at least four competing main lines, in addition to allied lordships ' and kingdoms ' striving for the main chance.

Competition from the newer lines and from improving road haulage had drawn away much of the Tramway's custom in particular, and Brill trains would often run without a single passenger.

Competition from the private car, private bus operators and the perception of traffic congestion led to the gradual closure of lines from the 1940s.

Competition was fierce and by its height in the 1920s competition between the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad ( WJ & S, owned by the Pennsylvania ) and the Atlantic City Railroad ( owned by the Reading ) was so keen that at one time both lines boasted some of the fastest trains in the world.

Competition from nearby railway lines and the Underground Piccadilly line rendered the Palace Gates line unprofitable and the line and the station were closed for passenger services on 7 January 1963 and for freight on 5 October 1964.

Competition was fierce and the ACRR and C & A lines boasted some of the fastest trains in the world, while the WJ & S was a pioneering example of railroad electrification.

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