Goliath (Six Flags Fiesta Texas)

Goliath is a steel inverted roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard currently operating at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas since April 18, 2008. In the roller coaster's lifetime, it has operated at two other amusement parks: Thrill Valley from 1995 to May 6, 2002, and Six Flags New Orleans from April 12, 2003 to August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Goliath's highest point is 105 feet (32 m), the trains can reach a top speed of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), and the length of the track is approximately 2,693 feet (821 m).

History

Thrill Valley (1995—2002)

Goliath originally opened at Thrill Valley in Japan as Gambit in 1995. The ride operated at the park for about 7 years before closing on May 6, 2002. The ride was dismantled and transported to Six Flags New Orleans.

Six Flags New Orleans (2003—2007)

In 2002, Six Flags took over the lease of Jazzland and renamed the park to Six Flags New Orleans. After the take over, Six Flags announced major changes coming to the park included the arrival of Gambit, but now named Batman: The Ride. The roller coaster was built in one of the new area's Six Flags had constructed for the 2003 season after the acquisition, DC Comics Super Hero Adventures. The ride re-opened at Six Flags New Orleans on April 12, 2003.

Gambit (comics)

Gambit is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Jim Lee. Drawn by artist Mike Collins, Gambit makes his full first appearance in Uncanny X-Men #266 (August 1990).

Gambit belongs to a subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. Gambit has the ability to mentally create, control, and manipulate pure kinetic energy to his desire. He is also incredibly knowledgeable and skilled in card-throwing, hand-to-hand combat, and the use of a staff. Gambit is known to charge playing cards and other objects with kinetic energy, using them as explosive projectiles.

He was part of a thieves' guild before becoming a member of the X-Men. Given his history, few X-Men trusted Gambit when he joined the group. There was consistently a source of stress between him and his on-again, off-again love interest Rogue. This was exacerbated when Gambit's connections to villain Mister Sinister were revealed, although some of his team members accept that Gambit honestly seeks redemption. Often portrayed as a "ladies' man," Gambit has shown a more vulnerable side of himself over the years, especially when it comes to Rogue. Gambit remains fiercely proud of his Louisiana heritage and speaks in a thick Cajun accent.

Gambit (strategy card game)

Gambit is a strategy card game created by GB Company. It consists of character cards that are assigned "hit points" and a variety of equipment, attack and defense cards. The object of the game is to be the lone survivor by eliminating the hit points of your fellow opponents.

The game originally debuted at the ORIGINS convention held in Columbus, Ohio in 2005. It was noted for allowing up to ten players per game.

References

Gars

Gars is a municipality in the district of Mühldorf in Bavaria in Germany. It is the location of Gars Abbey.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Gars am Kamp is twinned with the following cities:

Gars am Kamp, Austria

References

Glycine—tRNA ligase

Glycine—tRNA ligase also known as glycyl-tRNA synthetase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GARS gene.

Function

This gene encodes glycyl-tRNA synthetase, one of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that charge tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. The encoded enzyme is an (alpha)2 dimer which belongs to the class II family of tRNA synthetases.

Reaction

In enzymology, a glycine-tRNA ligase (EC 6.1.1.14) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ATP, glycine, and tRNA(Gly), whereas its 3 products are AMP, diphosphate, and glycyl-tRNA(Gly).

This enzyme belongs to the family of ligases, to be specific those forming carbon-oxygen bonds in aminoacyl-tRNA and related compounds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is glycine:tRNAGly ligase (AMP-forming). Other names in common use include glycyl-tRNA synthetase, glycyl-transfer ribonucleate synthetase, glycyl-transfer RNA synthetase, glycyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase, and glycyl translase. This enzyme participates in glycine, serine and threonine metabolism and aminoacyl-trna biosynthesis.