Such an appointment would only give strength to the Welsh and increase their pride ".

The fact that, in some of the literature concerning Gawain, his strength waxes and wanes with the rising and setting of the sun is indicative of this analogy, and suggests an Irish rather than a Welsh origin.

Dafis felt the needs of the language were ignored during the first year of the Assembly, and that in order to ensure a dynamic growth of the Welsh language a properly resourced strategy was needed In his speech Dafis encouraged other Welsh language advocacy groups to work closer together creating a more favorable climate in which using Welsh was " attractive, exciting, a source of pride and a sign of strength ".

However, the changes in Welsh rugby came somewhat too late for McIntosh: the strength of the Celtic Warriors ' back line meant that he would have had to move to another region to gain a contract.

The first Welsh team although fairly diverse in the geography of the clubs represented, did not appear to truly represent the strength available to Wales.

The Great Tower was probably completed by about 1090, possibly intended as a show of strength by King William in dealing with the Welsh king Rhys ap Tewdwr.

Over the ensuing seasons the fixture list went from strength to strength, consisting of most of the top English and Welsh sides.

For the subsequent single release, which reached number five in the UK pop charts in 1985, the vocals were sung by Welsh chorister Aled Jones, who became a popular celebrity on the strength of his performance.

* a surname of Welsh origin that means " fervour ", " passion ", " ultimate strength ", " king " or " zeal "

The growing strength of Edwin of Northumbria forced the Anglo-Saxon Mercians under Penda into an alliance with the Welsh King Cadwallon of Gwynedd, and together they invaded Edwin's lands and defeated and killed him at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in 633.

* Herbert Gamlin, England rugby union player with 15 international caps between 1899 and 1904, known as " The Octopus " for the strength of his tackling.

St. Peter's has a particular strength in rugby and is seen as one of the top rugby schools in the North of England.

The strength of support for rugby grew over the following years, and large paying crowds were attracted to major matches, particular in Yorkshire, where matches in the Yorkshire Cup ( T ’ owd Tin Pot ) soon became major events.

The first indication of the strength of North Queensland rugby league came in 1921 when the Townsville representative team, captained by Arch Foley, defeated Bulimba Cup champions Toowoomba.

The strength of junior rugby league in the area meant the club had a steady stream of new players to offset any losses.

Many other sports use strength training as part of their training regimen, notably football, wrestling, rugby, rowing, lacrosse, basketball, hockey, and track and field.

Sports in which grip strength are included within the secondary focus include the following: movement-based climbing, gymnastics, horse racing, powerlifting or professional arm-wrestling ; ball-based baseball, gridiron football, rugby, badminton or tennis ; and combat sports such as brazilian jiu-jitsu, boxing, fencing, judo or wrestling.

However, he has not been able to consistently break into the Boks lineup in recent years, a He is a very small player, especially for a rugby player, but for what he lacks in size and strength he makes up in speed, acceleration, agility and creativity.

Handstands come after arms, chest and shoulders have developed at least a minimum of strength.

With the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, truss systems of wrought iron were developed for larger bridges, but iron did not have the tensile strength to support large loads.

Manufacturing costs were therefore considerably higher, but the product set reasonably slowly and developed strength quickly, thus opening up a market for use in concrete.

They also believe that the phrase Holy Spirit sometimes refers to God's character / mind, depending on the context in which the phrase appears, but reject the orthodox Christian view that we need strength, guidance and power from the Holy Spirit to live the Christian life, believing instead that the spirit a believer needs within themselves is the mind / character of God, which is developed in a believer by their reading of the Bible ( which, they believe, contains words God gave by his Spirit ) and trying to live by what it says during the events of their lives which God uses to help shape their character.

Other instructors, such as Carmine Caruso, believed that the brass player's embouchure could best be developed through strength building exercises that focus the student's attention on his or her time perception.

He developed a command presence — given his size, strength, stamina, and bravery in battle, he appeared to soldiers to be a natural leader and they followed him without question.

Considered by many to be the father of modern soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, Terzaghi developed the principle of effective stress, and demonstrated that the shear strength of soil is controlled by effective stress.

Mass deacidification-along with microfilm and lamination-was developed during the early-and mid-20th century as a response to the chemical process of hydrolysis by which the fibers that constitute paper, providing its structure and strength, have their bonds broken, resulting in paper that becomes increasingly brittle over time.

The Harvard classification had been developed by assigning a different letter to each star based on the strength of the hydrogen spectra line, before the relationship between spectra and temperature was known.

The strength of the Manchester United brand was bolstered by intense off-the-field media attention to individual players, most notably David Beckham ( who quickly developed his own global brand ).

Unlike the forest-bound Yoruba kingdoms, Oyo was in the savanna and drew its military strength from its cavalry forces, which established hegemony over the adjacent Nupe and the Borgu kingdoms and thereby developed trade routes farther to the north.

The oldest Korean martial art was an amalgamation of unarmed combat styles developed by the three rival Korean Kingdoms of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, where young men were trained in unarmed combat techniques to develop strength, speed, and survival skills.

The first portable split-beam, hydro-acoustic system was developed by HTI in 1991 ; it provided more-accurate, less-variable estimates of fish strength than the dual-beam method.

Stowe never meant Uncle Tom to be a derided name, but the term as a pejorative has developed based on how later versions of the character, stripped of his strength, were depicted on stage.

Finally, when a student has developed sufficient strength and exhibits proficiency in the basic stances, footwork and pole movements, he is ready to learn the Long Pole form.

Traditionally, sisal has been the leading material for agricultural twine ( binder twine and baler twine ) because of its strength, durability, ability to stretch, affinity for certain dyestuffs, and resistance to deterioration in saltwater, but the importance of this traditional use is diminishing with competition from polypropylene and the development of other haymaking techniques, while new higher-valued sisal products have been developed.

The gentlest and most recent of the Shintaido kata, Taimyo ( great mystery ) was developed to allow older, less robust people or pregnant women to build up their strength and experience the beauty of Shintaido practice.

Advanced Chess is a form of chess developed in 1998 by Kasparov where a human plays against another human, and both have access to computers to enhance their strength.

Operating over a fifty mile front, from Ratisbon to Pfaffenhofen, marked by stretches of rugged, wooded terrain, neither the French nor the Austrians had developed adequate intelligence about their opponent's strength, dispositions or intentions.

The high potential strength of carbon fiber was realized in 1963 in a process developed by W. Watt, L. N. Phillips, and W. Johnson at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, Hampshire.

The techniques for overexpression in E. coli are well developed and work by increasing the number of copies of the gene or increasing the binding strength of the promoter region so assisting transcription.

The engine was widely used in many models of car, and was also developed into a marine engine for boats and was popular with amateurs due to its great strength, tunability and simplicity.

Tirpitz developed a " Risk Theory " whereby, if the German Imperial Navy reached a certain level of strength relative to the British Royal Navy, the British would try to avoid confrontation with Germany ( that is, maintain a fleet in being ).

Then Nicklaus ' short game, never a career strength, was further developed with the help of Phil Rodgers, a friend for more than 20 years, and earlier PGA Tour rival, who had become a fine coach.

Frieza's first three forms. Frieza's power, including his enhanced strength, became so great over time, that his body could not comfortably contain it, and a series of physical transformations were developed that limit his actual strength.