Initialprogresswasmadeontheproblemwithproofoftheexistenceofaminimalsurfaceforcertainlesscomplicatedcontours.

Initial progress was made on the problem with proof of the existence of a minimal surface for certain less complicated contours.

Andtheytookthebullockwhichhegavethem,anddressedit:andtheycalledonthenameofBaalfrommorningeventillnoon,saying:OBaal,hearus.Buttherewasnovoice,noranythatanswered:andtheyleapedoverthealtarthattheyhadmade.

And they took the bullock which he gave them, and dressed it: and they called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying: O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered: and they leaped over the altar that they had made.

TheclosestairportforVilaNovadeMilfontesis:

The closest airport for Vila Nova de Milfontes is:

Jonathanwastooovercometospeak,hisbeakdroppedopenbutnosoundcame.No-onehadbeenthatnicetohimbefore.
Jonathan was too overcome to speak, his beak dropped open but no sound came. No-one had been that nice to him before.