The former Liverpool captain, renowned for his reputation in the past as a no-nonsense midfield-enforcer, put Thierry Henry firmly in his place on Sunday afternoon after Arsenal's score draw with Tottenham.

The use of trichinopoly wirework (which was also employed on the 'safety chain' for the Tara brooch) raises the question of the date of the Gaulcross hoard of Pictish silver from Grampian.

At some of the mines on the great Mother Lode, where hundreds of tons are not unfrequently thrown down at a blast, and where a wide, soft gouge along one wall enables the minder to keep two or three sides of the rock free, and give the powder the greatest opportunity to lift without waste of power, the cost of drilling and blasting per ton is so low that a reduction of one-third, even if it could be made, would not greatly affect the general count; […]

The state of Wei was a small state at that time. Its capital was P’u-yang (to the southwest of today’s P’u-yang in Honan), and its territory consisted only of the northeastern edge of today Honan Province and the northwestern edge of Shansi Province.