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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konica_Hexar_RF

Konica Hexar RF

Viewfinder/Rangefinder

Konica Hexar RF / Viewfinder/Rangefinder

Konica Hexar RF camera with M-Hexanon 35mm f2 lens and vented lens hood fitted.

The Konica Hexar RF is a 35 mm rangefinder camera which was sold by Konica. It was introduced to the market on 13 October 1999. and subsequently discontinued some time before the end of 2003. The camera used the "Bayonet Konica KM-mount", a copy of the Leica M-mount, thus sharing interchangeable lenses with those designed for Leica cameras and others compatible with them. The Hexar RF has a combined rangefinder/viewfinder modeled on that of Leica cameras, a similar body shape and size - and so is similar to Leica M-mount cameras in many aspects of operation.

. The Konica Hexar RF camera uses a viewfinder combined with a lens-coupled "split-image and double image rangefinder" with illuminated, parallax-corrected, brightline framelines. As such it is very similar to the viewfinder/rangefinder of Leica M-mount cameras (if, perhaps, not as bright). The brightline framelines that show in the viewfinder are selected from one of three frameline pairings, depending on the lens (or lens adapter) mounted on the camera: 50 mm and 75 mm 28 mm and 90 mm 35 mm and 135 mm These pairings are the same as those used for later Leica M series camera viewfinders (Leica M4-P and subsequent models) and use the same frameline selection mechanism at the lens mount. A frameline preview lever on the front of the camera allows for temporary selection of a frameline pair other than the one selected by the mounted lens. The .60x magnification used in the Hexar RF viewfinder allows for all framelines to be easily seen, including by those wearing eyeglasses - even the 28 mm frameline (the largest). This also allows for generous amounts of "outside the frame" space in the viewfinder for other focal lengths, which can aid photographic composition. However, the reduced apparent size of the viewfinder image can make composing and accurate focus more difficult when using longer focal length lenses. (Note, by way of contrast, that the "standard" Leica viewfinder magnification has been .72x from the Leica M2 onwards, with .58x and .85x as options on more recent models including the current M7 and MP models.)

Hexar RF with 35mm lens, showing viewfinder (on right) and second window for split image rangefinder

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Hexar_rf-2-web.jpg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulommiers-la-Tour

Coulommiers-la-Tour

Coulommiers-la-Tour

Français : La Tour.

Ruins of the tower

Coulommiers-la-Tour is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.

Coulommiers-la-Tour is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.

Ruins of the tower

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alversund

Alversund

Alversund

Norsk bokmål: Alversund bru English: en:Alversund Bridge

View of the village area

Alversund is a village in Alver municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland of the Lindås peninsula, along the shore of the Alverstraumen strait. The village sits between the villages of Alverstraumen and Alver, forming a large village area that is often referred to as Alversund. The Alversund Bridge spans the Alverstraumen strait between Alversund and the village area of Alverstraumen located on the southern tip of the island of Radøy, creating a vital connection between Radøy and the mainland. In Alversund there is a primary school counting 400 pupils. Alversund Church dates from 1879 and it is located in the village, along the main road. It was built of wood and has 200 seats. The village was historically the administrative centre of the old municipality of Alversund which existed from 1885 until 1964. Among other things one will find Den Gamle Bokstova, a book café where a small group of people meets 6-8 times a year to discuss literature. The building dates from the 16th century and is a former bank, library, and community house.

Alversund is a village in Alver municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland of the Lindås peninsula, along the shore of the Alverstraumen strait. The village sits between the villages of Alverstraumen (across the strait) and Alver (to the south), forming a large village area that is often referred to as Alversund. The Alversund Bridge spans the Alverstraumen strait between Alversund and the village area of Alverstraumen located on the southern tip of the island of Radøy, creating a vital connection between Radøy and the mainland. In Alversund there is a primary school counting 400 pupils. Alversund Church (Alversund kyrkje) dates from 1879 and it is located in the village, along the main road. It was built of wood and has 200 seats. The village was historically the administrative centre of the old municipality of Alversund which existed from 1885 until 1964. Among other things one will find Den Gamle Bokstova, a book café where a small group of people meets 6-8 times a year to discuss literature. The building dates from the 16th century and is a former bank, library, and community house.

View of the village area

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronauplia

Acronauplia

Acronauplia

This is a photography of Natura 2000 protected area with ID GR2510003

The Acronauplia is the oldest part of the city of Nafplion in Greece. Until the thirteenth century, it was a town on its own. The arrival of the Venetians and the Franks transformed it into part of the town fortifications. Later, part of it was used as a prison until the Greek government decided that the view provided from its location would benefit the local tourism and built a hotel complex which still stands there today.

The Acronauplia (Greek: Ακροναυπλία, romanized: Akronafplia, Turkish: Iç Kale, "Inner Castle") is the oldest part of the city of Nafplion in Greece. Until the thirteenth century, it was a town on its own. The arrival of the Venetians and the Franks transformed it into part of the town fortifications. Later, part of it was used as a prison until the Greek government decided that the view provided from its location would benefit the local tourism and built a hotel complex which still stands there today.

View from Palamidi to Acronauplia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Krak%C3%B3w

Trams in Kraków

History

Trams in Kraków / History

English: Bombardier NGT6 tram in Kraków, Poland.

The Kraków tram system is a tram system in Kraków, Poland. The tramway has been in operation since 1882, and is currently operated by Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne w Krakowie. There are 22 ordinary, 2 fast, and 3 night tram lines with a total line length of 347 kilometres. As of 2013, the total route length of the tramway was 90 kilometres, including a 1.4-kilometre tram tunnel with two underground stops.

Bombardier NGT6 in Kraków

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcliffe_Padres

Redcliffe Padres

2001–2002: Triumphant Padres

Redcliffe Padres / History / 2001–2002: Triumphant Padres

English: Geoff Sharpe holding the 2001-2002 B-Grade Trophy

The Redcliffe Leagues Padres Baseball Club, also known as Peninsula Padres Baseball Club is a baseball club located in Redcliffe, Queensland that participates in the Greater Brisbane League competition and Brisbane North Region competition. As of the November 2011, it was the largest club in Queensland and second largest in Australia behind the Waverley Baseball Club in Victoria. As of the 2011-12 season, the club fields a team in every age group of the Greater Brisbane League from Under 8 to Under 20, as well as seven senior teams including an Over 35 Master's team. On 9 December 2008 it was named by the Australian Baseball Federation as the Club of the Year.

The 2001–2002 season was the most successful year since the club had been formed ten years ago, with President Terry King and A-Grade coaches Phil Schramm and Glen Brockie, two premierships were won in both Major B (second division) and Minor A (fourth division). The club fielded four senior and sixteen junior teams, making it the largest club in Queensland that year. Before the start of the season, the club's storage shed, a chicken shed used for the local Redcliffe Show, was set on fire by an arsonist with the club losing all but a single junior kitbag. That season the club also improved facilities at Redcliffe Showgrounds were the club was based by adding netting to the batting cages and having a PA system installed. The club was awarded four Greater Brisbane League semi-finals and the Northside junior grand finals.

Geoff Sharpe holds the B-Grade trophy at Holloway Field

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufkin,_Texas

Lufkin, Texas

Recent history

Lufkin, Texas / History / Recent history

English: February 8, 2003. First Baptist Church, Lufkin, Texas. Reverend Robert L. Bush, Pastor, First Church of the Nazarene delivers an Invocation. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, Governor of Texas Rick Perry, and NASA Astronaut Jeff Ashby participated in a memorial service to honor the Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts. O'Keefe thanked the community of Lufkin for their support and honored the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Lufkin is a city in Angelina County, Texas, and is the county seat and largest city of Angelina County. The city is situated in Deep East Texas, and is 115 miles northeast of Houston. The estimated population is 35,021 as of July 1, 2019. Lufkin was founded in 1884 and named for Abraham P. Lufkin. It originally served as a stop on the Houston, East and West Texas Railway. It was officially incorporated on October 15, 1890. Lufkin continued to serve as a stop on the railroad until the 1890. 3 businessmen founded Angelina Lumber Company which led to much of the economic prosperity Lufkin would see later in history. When the so-called "timber boom" came to an end a new "golden era of expansion" began. This era saw Lufkin becoming more industrialized with the opening of Lufkin Industries and Southland Paper Mill. In the mid 1960s, a cultural expansion began and improvements were made to education and the way of life. This included museums and the opening of a new library.

Debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster fell over the Lufkin area on February 1, 2003.

Thousands gather at the Columbia memorial in Lufkin 2019

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulevard_Oaks,_Houston

Boulevard Oaks, Houston

Boulevard Oaks, Houston

English: Street sign for Boulevard Oaks

Boulevard Oaks is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States, containing 21 subdivisions north of Rice University and south of U.S. Highway 59. Developed primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, Boulevard Oaks contains two National Register historic districts, Broadacres and Boulevard Oaks. The Boulevard Oaks Civic Association is the common civic association for all 21 subdivisions. Boulevard Oaks is in Texas's 7th congressional district.

Boulevard Oaks is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States, containing 21 subdivisions north of Rice University and south of U.S. Highway 59. Developed primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, Boulevard Oaks contains two National Register historic districts, Broadacres and Boulevard Oaks. The Boulevard Oaks Civic Association (BOCA) is the common civic association for all 21 subdivisions. Boulevard Oaks is in Texas's 7th congressional district.

Boulevard Oaks street sign

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Bustinduy

Pablo Bustinduy

Pablo Bustinduy

Español: El portavoz de Exteriores de Unidos Podemos asegura que "los tratados de nueva generación modifican sustancialmente el orden constitucional de los Estados"

Pablo Bustinduy Amador is a Spanish politician, member of Podemos. He has been member of the 11th and 12th Congress of Deputies, representing Madrid.

Pablo Bustinduy Amador (born 1983) is a Spanish politician, member of Podemos. He has been member of the 11th and 12th Congress of Deputies, representing Madrid.

Bustinduy in 2017, interviewed by eldiario.es

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajectory_Inc.

Trajectory Inc.

Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning

Trajectory Inc. / Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning

English: Example of Trajectory Natural Language Processing

Trajectory Inc. is an American technology company that focuses on solving the problems facing the global book publishing market. It was founded by Jim Bryant in 2011 and is headquartered in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The company is known for pioneering the development of a series of deep learning algorithms that are used to analyze and recommend books.

In order to improve discoverability for books in publishing and distribution channels, Trajectory uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) and implements “Deep Learning” techniques that were the first of their kind to recommend books based on proprietary algorithms. These algorithms parse the text of the book and categorize data based on certain features like sentiment, parts of speech, genre, and keywords, and match it to the previously processed books in their database to generate suggestions. This content analysis contrasts current recommendation methods used by major companies like Amazon or Netflix that are powered by sales data and user reports. As the Natural Language Processing Engine parses more and more books in English, Chinese, Spanish, and German, the algorithms recommending capabilities improve transliterally.

Trajectory NLP

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereographic_projection

Stereographic projection

Wulff net

Stereographic projection / Wulff net

In geometry, the stereographic projection is a particular mapping that projects a sphere onto a plane. The projection is defined on the entire sphere, except at one point: the projection point. Where it is defined, the mapping is smooth and bijective. It is conformal, meaning that it preserves angles at which curves meet. It is neither isometric nor area-preserving: that is, it preserves neither distances nor the areas of figures. Intuitively, then, the stereographic projection is a way of picturing the sphere as the plane, with some inevitable compromises. Because the sphere and the plane appear in many areas of mathematics and its applications, so does the stereographic projection; it finds use in diverse fields including complex analysis, cartography, geology, and photography. In practice, the projection is carried out by computer or by hand using a special kind of graph paper called a stereographic net, shortened to stereonet, or Wulff net.

Stereographic projection plots can be carried out by a computer using the explicit formulas given above. However, for graphing by hand these formulas are unwieldy. Instead, it is common to use graph paper designed specifically for the task. This special graph paper is called a stereonet or Wulff net, after the Russian mineralogist George (Yuri Viktorovich) Wulff. The Wulff net shown here is the stereographic projection of the grid of parallels and meridians of a hemisphere centred at a point on the equator (such as the Eastern or Western hemisphere of a planet). In the figure, the area-distorting property of the stereographic projection can be seen by comparing a grid sector near the center of the net with one at the far right or left. The two sectors have equal areas on the sphere. On the disk, the latter has nearly four times the area of the former. If the grid is made finer, this ratio approaches exactly 4. On the Wulff net, the images of the parallels and meridians intersect at right angles. This orthogonality property is a consequence of the angle-preserving property of the stereoscopic projection. (However, the angle-preserving property is stronger than this property. Not all projections that preserve the orthogonality of parallels and meridians are angle-preserving.) For an example of the use of the Wulff net, imagine two copies of it on thin paper, one atop the other, aligned and tacked at their mutual center. Let P be the point on the lower unit hemisphere whose spherical coordinates are (140°, 60°) and whose Cartesian coordinates are (0.321, 0.557, −0.766). This point lies on a line oriented 60° counterclockwise from the positive x-axis (or 30° clockwise from the positive y-axis) and 50° below the horizontal plane z = 0. Once these angles are known, there are four steps to plotting P: Using the grid lines, which are spaced 10° apart in the figures here, mark the point on the edge of the net that is 60° counterclockwise from the point (1, 0) (or 30° clockwise from the point (0, 1)). Rotate the top net until this point is aligned with (1, 0) on the bottom net. Using the grid lines on the bottom net, mark the point that is 50° toward the center from that point. Rotate the top net oppositely to how it was oriented before, to bring it back into alignment with the bottom net. The point marked in step 3 is then the projection that we wanted. To plot other points, whose angles are not such round numbers as 60° and 50°, one must visually interpolate between the nearest grid lines. It is helpful to have a net with finer spacing than 10°. Spacings of 2° are common. To find the central angle between two points on the sphere based on their stereographic plot, overlay the plot on a Wulff net and rotate the plot about the center until the two points lie on or near a meridian. Then measure the angle between them by counting grid lines along that meridian.

The generation of a Wulff net (circular net within the red circle) by a stereographic projection with center C and projection plane π {\displaystyle \pi }

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_statistics_of_the_United_States

County statistics of the United States

Count

County statistics of the United States / Count

Locator Map of Texas, United States

In 48 of the 50 states of the United States, the county is used for the level of local government immediately below the state itself. Louisiana uses parishes, and Alaska uses boroughs. In several states in New England, some or all counties within states have no governments of their own; the counties continue to exist as legal entities, however, and are used by states for some administrative functions and by the United States Census bureau for statistical analysis. There are 3,242 counties and county equivalent administrative units in total, including the District of Columbia and 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories. There are 41 independent cities in the United States. In Virginia, any municipality that is incorporated as a city legally becomes independent of any county. Where indicated, the statistics below do not include Virginia's 38 independent cities. In Alaska, most of the land area of the state has no county-level government. Those parts of the state are divided by the United States Census Bureau into census areas, which are not the same as boroughs.

This is the number of counties and county-equivalents for each state, the District of Columbia, the 5 inhabited territories of the United States, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. Lists of counties and county equivalents by number per political division: Total (50 states and District of Columbia): 3,142 (3,007 counties and 135 county equivalents) Total (50 states, District of Columbia and territories): 3,242 (3,007 counties and 235 county equivalents) Average number of counties per state (not including D.C. and the territories): 62.82 Average number of counties per state (including D.C. and the territories): 56.87

Texas has 254 counties, the most of any state

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartington_Hall

Dartington Hall

Dartington Hall

English: A view of the Great Hall and some of the courtyard buildings.

Dartington Hall in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England, is a country estate that is the headquarters of the Dartington Hall Trust, a charity specialising in the arts, social justice and sustainability. The estate dates from medieval times. The Trust currently runs 16 charitable programmes, including Schumacher College and the Dartington International Summer School. In addition to developing and promoting arts and educational programmes, the Trust hosts other groups and acts as a venue for retreats. The hall itself is a Grade I listed building. The gardens are Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

Dartington Hall in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England, is a country estate that is the headquarters of the Dartington Hall Trust, a charity specialising in the arts, social justice and sustainability. The estate dates from medieval times. The Trust currently runs 16 charitable programmes, including Schumacher College and the Dartington International Summer School. In addition to developing and promoting arts and educational programmes, the Trust hosts other groups and acts as a venue for retreats. The hall itself is a Grade I listed building. The gardens are Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

Dartington Hall courtyard

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucous-winged_gull

Glaucous-winged gull

Description

Glaucous-winged gull / Description

English: Orininally posted by parande

The glaucous-winged gull is a large, white-headed gull. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific glaucescens is New Latin for "glaucous" from the Ancient Greek, glaukos. English "Glaucous" denotes a bluish-green or grey colour.

This gull is a large bird, being close in size to the herring gull, with which it has a superficial resemblance, and the western gull, to which it is likely most closely genetically related. It measures 50–68 cm (20–27 in) in length and 120–150 cm (47–59 in) in wingspan, with a body mass of 730–1,690 g (1.61–3.73 lb). It weighs around 1,010 g (2.23 lb) on average. Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 39.2 to 48 cm (15.4 to 18.9 in), the bill is 4.6 to 6.4 cm (1.8 to 2.5 in) and the tarsus is 5.8 to 7.8 cm (2.3 to 3.1 in). It has a white head, neck, breast, and belly, a white tail, and pearly-gray wings and back. The ends of its wings are white-tipped. Its legs are pink and the beak is yellow with a red subterminal spot (the spot near the end of the bill that chicks peck in order to stimulate regurgitative feeding). The forehead is somewhat flat. During the winter, the head and nape appears dusky, and the subterminal spot becomes dark. Young birds are brown or gray with black beaks, and take four years to reach adult plumage. The glaucous-winged gull nests in the summer, and each pair produces two or three chicks which fledge at six weeks. It feeds along the coast, scavenging for dead or weak animals, fish, mussels and scraps. In urban areas it is well known for its tendency to accept food from people and peck open unprotected garbage bags in search of edibles. Its cry is a low-pitched "kak-kak-kak" or "wow", or a more high-pitched wailing.

Glaucous-winged gull, juvenile

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_Mk._VIII_radar

AI Mk. VIII radar

IFF use

AI Mk. VIII radar / Description / IFF use

English: Mosquito NF Mark XIII, HK382 ‘RO-T’, of No. 29 Squadron RAF, at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire. The view looking along the lower fuselage towards the tail, showing the aircraft's armament of four forward-firing 20mm Hispano cannon.

Airborne Interception radar, Mark VIII, or AI Mk. VIII for short, was the first operational microwave-frequency air-to-air radar. It was used by Royal Air Force night fighters from late 1941 until the end of World War II. The basic concept, using a moving parabolic antenna to search for targets and track them accurately, remained in use by most airborne radars well into the 1980s. Low-level development began in 1939 but was greatly sped after the introduction of the cavity magnetron in early 1940. This operated at 9.1 cm wavelength, much shorter than the 1.5 m wavelength of the earlier AI Mk. IV. Shorter wavelengths allowed it to use smaller and much more directional antennas. Mk. IV was blinded by the reflections off the ground from its wide broadcast pattern, which made it impossible to see targets flying at low altitudes. Mk. VIII could avoid this by keeping the antenna pointed upward, allowing it to see any aircraft at or above its own altitude. The design was just beginning to mature in late 1941 when the Luftwaffe began low-level attacks. A prototype version, the Mk. VII, entered service on the Bristol Beaufighter in November 1941.

Mk. VIII was designed to work with IFF Mk. III, a transponder system that listened for pulses between 160 MHz and 190 MHz and responded with longer pulses on a slightly different frequency. Since the magnetron operated at 3.3 GHz, it would not trigger the IFF system, so a second pulsed transmitter system had to be used in the fighters to support this, the interrogator (or interrogator/responder), code-named Lucero. Lucero was connected to the Mk. VIII transmitter, and triggered its own 5 µs signal every fifth transmission of the radar. The IFF Mk. III in the remote aircraft contained a receiver circuit fed into a transmitter, causing any received signal to be amplified and stretched out in time. This signal was received by the responder side of Lucero, which mixed it in with the signal from the Mk. VIII's own receiver. Since the Lucero antenna was omnidirectional, the returns were continuous around the entire face of the display and unrelated to the position of the main dish. The result was a series of line segments, spaced every 10 degrees around the display. Lucero was designed so its transmission would be triggered more rapidly than the radar's magnetron. This allowed it to send its signal and begin receiving the reply during the time when the main radar pulse was in-flight. This meant that the line segments began at a point indicating closer range than the aircraft sending the response, and ended after it. The radar operator could thus tell which aircraft was sending the IFF responses by looking for blips roughly centred along the line segments.

The IFF/Lucero antenna can be seen projecting downward just behind the guns in this image of the lower fuselage of a Mosquito NF.XIII.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Bluck

Duncan Bluck

Cathay Pacific career

Duncan Bluck / Cathay Pacific career

English: Convair 880 VR-HGG of Cathay Pacific at Miami Airport in 1975

Duncan Robert Yorke Bluck, CBE was a British businessman. He joined the Butterfield & Swire in 1948 and became the commercial manager and subsequently the managing director of the Cathay Pacific Airways in the 1960s and 70s. Under his managership, the Cathay Pacific expanded extensively its airline's network and transformed into a major international carrier. From 1981 to 84, he was the chairman of the Swire Group in Hong Kong. He had also been chairman of Hong Kong Tourist Association and chairman of the British Tourist Authority and English Tourist Board after he returned to England in 1984.

A carerr-changing opportunity came in 1953, when Bluck was sent to Bangkok to open a new branch for the Cathay Pacific Airways. At the time, the fleet consisted of only two DC-3s and one DC-4 Skymaster. The DC-4 operated the Hong Kong-Bangkok-Singapore route five times a day and a weekly Hong Kong-Bangkok-Calcutta flight. In 1954, Bluck took up the position of commercial manager of the Cathay Pacific at the age of 27, the airline's most senior non-engineering post. During his spell, he was able to acquire the northbound routes at the time the routes from Hong Kong to Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan were given by the government to Hong Kong Airways (HKA), a subsidiary of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The HKA had to sellits fleet and chartered out its traffic rights to the American Northwest Airlines after it lost the Mainland market. Bluck foresaw the potential of the Japanese market, and thus he asked for the northbound rights from the government, unless HKA flew its own planes. In 1959, the BOAC swapped HKA for a part of the shares in the Cathay Pacific as predicted by Bluck, and thus opened the Japanese and Taiwanese market to Cathay. At the time the boss of the Swire Group, Jock Swire was knocked out of the Hong Kong-Sydney route by Qantas, the Australian state carrier. Bluck belonged to the pro-expansion lobby with Bill Knowles, opposed to the anti-expansionists including Jock Browne and John Browne. John Bremridge, the managing director held a middle position but leaned towards Jock-like caution. Bluck gave a vision of global expansionism in a report he wrote after a five-week tour in North America in 1961, pointing out the potential business opportunity in the United States. In 1962, Cathay Pacific acquired its first jet aircraft, the Convair 880M and formed a joint venture air catering company with the Peninsula Group. The partnership provided the impetus to take on catering for other airlines which eventually led to the founding of the Cathay Pacific Catering Services. In April 1964, Bluck joined the Board of the Cathay Pacific Airways. In 1968, Bluck was sent to Nassau to take over as chairman of the Bahamas Airways, which Swire in conjunction with P&O and Blue Funnel Line acquired from the BOAC. During his two-year chairmanship, the airways crumpled financially as the Bahamian government exclusively licensed the national carrier BAL to fly long haul routes. Swire had to put the airline into voluntary liquidation as a result.

Convair 880M, Cathay Pacific's first jet aircraft.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagioscope

Hagioscope

Hagioscope

English: St Nicholas' parish church, Walcot, Lincolnshire: squint or hagioscope, in north aisle chapel. (an angled hole through a wall from an aisle to the chancel to give a view of the main altar)

A hagioscope or squint is an architectural term denoting a small splayed opening or tunnel at seated eye-level, through an internal masonry dividing wall of a church in an oblique direction, giving worshippers a view of the altar and therefore of the elevation of the host. Where worshippers were separated from the high altar not by a solid wall of masonry but by a transparent parclose screen, a hagioscope was not required as a good view of the high altar was available to all within the sectioned-off area concerned. Where a squint was made in an external wall so that lepers and other non-desirables could see the service without coming into contact with the rest of the populace, they are termed leper windows or lychnoscopes.

A hagioscope (from Gr. άγιος, holy, and σκοπεῖν, to see) or squint is an architectural term denoting a small splayed opening or tunnel at seated eye-level, through an internal masonry dividing wall of a church in an oblique direction (south-east or north-east), giving worshippers a view of the altar and therefore of the elevation of the host. Where worshippers were separated from the high altar not by a solid wall of masonry but by a transparent parclose screen, a hagioscope was not required as a good view of the high altar was available to all within the sectioned-off area concerned. Where a squint was made in an external wall so that lepers and other non-desirables could see the service without coming into contact with the rest of the populace, they are termed leper windows or lychnoscopes.

Squint in wall of north aisle chapel, St Nicholas's Church, Walcot, Lincolnshire, looking towards south-east, with a view of the high altar in the chancel beyond. To its right is a piscina supported by a carving of a man's head on the jamb of the wall.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_and_Military_Memorial_Park

Pioneer and Military Memorial Park

Notable interments

Pioneer and Military Memorial Park / Notable interments

English: Hon. Benj J. Franklin of Missouri

The Pioneer and Military Memorial Park is the official name given to seven historic cemeteries in Phoenix, Arizona. The cemeteries were founded in 1884 in what was known as "Block 32". On February 1, 2007, "Block 32" was renamed Pioneer and Military Memorial Park. The Pioneer and Military Memorial Park is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The historic Smurthwaite House, which is also listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is located on the grounds of the Pioneer and Military Memorial Park and is used as the cemetery's main office. Pioneer and Military Memorial Park is the final resting place of various notable pioneers of Arizona.

Every year "Historic Cemetery Walking" tours, sponsored by the Pioneers’ Cemetery Association, are held. Among the notable burials included in the tours are the following: Judge John Taylor Alsap – Alsap was the first Treasurer of the Arizona Territory. He also served as both Speaker of the House and President of the Council in the Arizona Territorial legislature. In 1818, he became the first Mayor of Phoenix. Alsap died September 10, 1886. Phillip "Lord" Darrell Duppa – Duppa was an Englishman who is credited with naming "Phoenix" and "Tempe". He is also the founder of the town of New River, Arizona. Duppa died on January 29, 1892. Henry Garfias - Garfias was a Hispanic who became the first marshal of Phoenix, Arizona. He was also a gunfighter who became the highest elected Mexican American official in the Valley during the 19th century. Jacob "Dutchman" Waltz – Waltz was a German immigrant who in the 19th century discovered a gold mine in Arizona and kept its location a secret, hence the name "Lost Dutchman's Mine". The Lost Dutchman Mine is supposedly located in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix. Waltz died an itinerant poor farmer on October 25, 1891, at age 81. According to the accounts of the day "A flood came through, he hung onto a tree, he caught pneumonia". King S. Woosley – Woosley founded one of the first flour mills in the Salt River Valley. He served in various positions in the territorial legislature and opened the first ice skating rink in Phoenix. Woosley died on June 30, 1879. Benjamin Joseph Franklin – Franklin was a Missouri U.S. Congressman and later served as U.S. Consul to China. He moved to Arizona in 1896. President Grover Cleveland appointed Franklin Arizona's 12th Territorial Governor. Franklin died on May 18, 1898. Czar James Dyer – Dyer once served as councilman and in 1899 as the acting mayor of Phoenix. Dyer drew the "Bird's Eye view of Phoenix" map which is currently on display in the Smurthwaite House. Dyer died on March 28, 1903. Noah M. Broadway – Broadway, who died on November 3, 1905, was one of the original settlers of Phoenix. He was an American Civil War veteran, farmer, and sheriff of Maricopa County. His farm was located between 7th and 23rd Avenues on the south side of what is now "Broadway Road". J.W. Bolton – Bolton was a barber who became the first African-American Mail carrier in Phoenix. Bolton died on December 26, 1902. Robert Plumridge – Plumridge served in the California Column of the Union Army and fought against the Confederate Forces in the Battle of Picacho Pass during the American Civil War. Clarence Proctor – Colton was a Buffalo Soldier who was a sergeant in Troop L of the 10th U.S. Cavalry during the Spanish–American War. On March 27, 1900, Proctor committed suicide. Millard Lee Raymond – Raymond served as a Rough Rider of Troop F 1st U.S. Volunteers Cavalry in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His unit fought in the Spanish–American War in Cuba under the command of Theodore Roosevelt. Raymond died on January 11, 1899 Frederick E. Tovrea – Tovrea was the 10-year-old son of E. A. Tovrea owner of the "Tovrea Land and Cattle Co." packing house and the "Tovrea Castle" in Phoenix. The child died on July 17, 1898, of appendicitis. John Preston Osborn - Osborn arrived in Prescott, Arizona in 1854. While he lived there, he built that town's first hotel. The hotel is also considered to be Arizona's first. Eventually he moved to the Salt River Valley and assisted in the establishment of Phoenix. Osborn died on January 19, 1900. Osborn Road in Phoenix is named after him. The Rossen Children – The children of Dr. Roland Rosson, whose house the historic Rosson House in Phoenix is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Roland Lloyd Rosson died on February 25, 1883 and an "Infant Daughter" on January 7, 1896. William Augustus Hancock – Hancock laid out the first town site of Phoenix in 1870. Known as the "Father of Phoenix", he was appointed district attorney in 1871, probate judge in 1875 and was the first sheriff in Maricopa County. Hancock died on March 24,

Benjamin Joseph Franklin

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawick_Multiverse

Crawick Multiverse

Crawick Multiverse

English: The Multiverse and Galaxies at the Crawick Multiverse, Sanquhar, Scotland.

Stone rows on the North-South Line at the Crawick Multiverse.

Crawick Multiverse is a land art project by the landscape architect and designer Charles Jencks near Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway. It opened to the public on 21 June 2015. The project is located on the site of a former open cast coal mine and covers approximately 55 acres, making it the largest of Jencks' works in Britain. Nine 'landforms' make up the Crawick Multiverse. Like Jencks' other work, including the nearby Garden of Cosmic Speculation, these represent ideas from modern cosmology. Unlike the Garden of Cosmic Speculation, the Crawick Multiverse landforms use stone, in the style of the megalithic monuments. These include the 'North-South Line', a 400 meter long stone avenue flanked by over 300 boulders, and two stone circles on top of mounds representing the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies. In total, over 2000 boulders have been used in the project. Jencks has described it as "A cosmic landscape worthy of the ancients."

Crawick Multiverse is a land art project by the landscape architect and designer Charles Jencks near Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway. It opened to the public on 21 June 2015. The project is located on the site of a former open cast coal mine and covers approximately 55 acres, making it the largest of Jencks' works in Britain. Nine 'landforms' make up the Crawick Multiverse. Like Jencks' other work, including the nearby Garden of Cosmic Speculation, these represent ideas from modern cosmology. Unlike the Garden of Cosmic Speculation, the Crawick Multiverse landforms use stone, in the style of the megalithic monuments. These include the 'North-South Line', a 400 meter long stone avenue flanked by over 300 boulders, and two stone circles on top of mounds representing the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies. In total, over 2000 boulders have been used in the project. Jencks has described it as "A cosmic landscape worthy of the ancients."

Landforms: Multiverse (foreground); Supercluster (centre); Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy Mounds (behind).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupp_Heynckes

Jupp Heynckes

Trivia

Jupp Heynckes / Trivia

Deutsch: Jupp Heynckes 2013

Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German retired professional footballer and manager. As a player, he spent the majority of his career as a striker for Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and '70s, where he won many national championships and the DFB-Pokal, as well as the UEFA Cup. During this period the team played in its only European Cup final in 1977, losing to Liverpool. He is the fourth-highest goalscorer in the history of the Bundesliga, with 220 goals. He was a member of the West Germany national team that won the UEFA European Championship and the FIFA World Cup in the first half of the 1970s. As manager, Heynckes won four Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich and two UEFA Champions Leagues; with Real Madrid in 1997–98 and Bayern in 2012–13.

Heynckes' face is known to redden noticeably when he is under stress or in a generally agitated state, especially as a manager on the sidelines during a match. This has earned him the nickname "Osram" (in reference to a German lighting manufacturer). Rudi Gores is said to have first used this moniker to describe Heynckes. Later, the nickname became universally known among German football aficionados and has been used by the media as well.

Heynckes in 2013

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaje_Ghale

Gaje Ghale

Biography

Gaje Ghale / Biography

English: House of VC Gaje Ghale in Gorkha District , Warpak.

Gaje Ghale VC was a Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Ghale was born in the Gorkha district of Nepal. He joined the British Indian Army in 1934. Ghale was 22 years old, and a Havildar in the 2nd Battalion of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles in the Indian Army during World War II when the following deed took place, for which he was awarded the VC. His medal citation reads: The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the VICTORIA CROSS to:- No. 6816 Havildar Gaje Ghale, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army. In order to stop an advance into the Chin Hills [then in Burma, now in Myanmar] of greatly superior Japanese forces it was essential to capture Basha East hill which was the key to the enemy position. Two assaults had failed but a third assault was ordered to be carried out by two platoons of Havildar Gaje Ghale's company and two companies of another battalion. Havildar Gaje Ghale was in command of one platoon: he had never been under fire before and the platoon consisted of young soldiers. The approach for this platoon to their objective was along a narrow knife-edge with precipitous sides and bare of jungle whereas the enemy positions were well concealed. In places, the approach was no more than five yards wide and was covered by a dozen machine guns besides being subjected to artillery and mortar fire from the reverse slope of the hill. While preparing for the attack the platoon came under heavy mortar fire but Havildar Gaje Ghale rallied them and led them forward. Approaching to close range of the well-entrenched enemy, the platoon came under withering fire and this N.C.O. was wounded in the arm, chest and leg by an enemy hand grenade. Without pausing to attend to his serious wounds and with no heed to the intensive fire from all sides, Havildar Gaje Ghale closed his men and led them to close grips with the enemy when a bitter hand to hand struggle ensued. Havildar Gaje Ghale dominated the fight by his outstanding example of dauntless courage and superb leadership. Hurling hand grenades, covered in blood from his own neglected wounds, he led assault after assault by shouting the Gurkha's battle-cry. Spurred on by the irresistible will of their leader to win, the platoon stormed and carried the hill by a magnificent all out effort and inflicted very heavy casualties on the Japanese. Havildar Gaje Ghale then held and consolidated this hard won position under heavy fire and it was not until the consolidation was well in hand that he went, refusing help, to the Regimental Aid Post, when ordered to do so by an officer. The courage, determination and leadership of this N.C.O. under the most trying conditions were beyond all praise. Ghale later achieved the rank of Hon. Captain following post war service with the Indian Army.

House of VC Gaje Ghale in Gorkha District, Nepal

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinko_O%C5%A1lak

Vinko Ošlak

Vinko Ošlak

Vinko Ošlak

Vinko Ošlak is a Slovene author, essayist, translator, columnist and esperantist from the Austrian state of Carinthia. Ošlak was born in the town of Slovenj Gradec, then part of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia in former Yugoslavia. After completing his primary and high school education in his native province of Slovenian Carinthia, he enrolled at the University of Ljubljana, where he studied political science. Due to economic problems, he quit the studies and dedicated himself to journalism. A devout Roman Catholic, he became active in the Slovenian Christian intellectual subculture around the alternative journal Revija 2000. Among others, he became a close friend of the Slovenian Christian Socialist poet and dissident Edvard Kocbek, who strongly influenced Ošlak's spiritual and intellectual development. Due to his critical attitude towards the Titoist regime, Ošlak was unable to get a job as journalist, and worked as a manual worker. In 1983, after pettifoggery by the Yugoslav secret police, Ošlak decided to move to Austria. He settled in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, and became involved in the cultural activities of the Carinthian Slovene minority.

Vinko Ošlak (born 1947) is a Slovene author, essayist, translator, columnist and esperantist from the Austrian state of Carinthia. Ošlak was born in the town of Slovenj Gradec, then part of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia in former Yugoslavia. After completing his primary and high school education in his native province of Slovenian Carinthia, he enrolled at the University of Ljubljana, where he studied political science. Due to economic problems, he quit the studies and dedicated himself to journalism. A devout Roman Catholic, he became active in the Slovenian Christian intellectual subculture around the alternative journal Revija 2000 ("Review 2000"). Among others, he became a close friend of the Slovenian Christian Socialist poet and dissident Edvard Kocbek, who strongly influenced Ošlak's spiritual and intellectual development. Due to his critical attitude towards the Titoist regime, Ošlak was unable to get a job as journalist, and worked as a manual worker. In 1983, after pettifoggery by the Yugoslav secret police, Ošlak decided to move to Austria. He settled in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, and became involved in the cultural activities of the Carinthian Slovene minority. He enrolled at the Akademio Internacia de la Sciencoj in San Marino, where he graduated from philosophy in 1991 with a thesis on Novalis'es state philosophy. Two years later, he obtained an MA at the same institution with a thesis entitled "Identity and Communication in the Case of the Slovene Minority in Carinthia". Ošlak has written several books of essays in Slovene, German and Esperanto. He also writes columns in several Slovenian and Austrian journals. In 2003, he received the Rožanc Award, the highest award for essayism in Slovenia. From 1989 to 2006, Ošlak worked as an official at the Slovene section of the Catholic Action for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk. During this time, he appeared in public as a Catholic intellectual. In 2006, however, he left the Roman Catholic Church and joined the Evangelical community. He especially criticised the political involvement of the Roman Catholic Church and its lack of commitment to the Christian eschatology. Since 2004, Ošlak has served as the chairman of the Esperantist centre of the International P.E.N..

Vinko Ošlak

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Sampley

Ted Sampley

CSS Neuse replica and local activism

Ted Sampley / CSS Neuse replica and local activism

English: Model of CSS Neuse at Neuse Museum in Kinston, NC This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 00000444

Theodore Lane Sampley was an American Vietnam War veteran and activist. He primarily advocated for those servicemembers still considered missing in action or prisoners of war as of the end of hostilities in 1975. A staunch political conservative, he also ran for local political office several times. He is credited with the research that identified Air Force Lt. Michael Blassie as the Vietnam fatality buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and for his role in organizing the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle event in Washington. In Kinston, North Carolina, where he lived for much of his adult life, he was known for his local civic activism, most notably his effort to build a replica of the Confederate ironclad CSS Neuse, the only full-size replica of a Confederate ironclad, in the city's downtown. A native of Wilmington, North Carolina, he enlisted in the Army in 1963. Two years later, he was deployed to Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, where he did a year's tour of duty as a combat infantryman.

Sampley was also involved in efforts to revitalize downtown Kinston, where he owned several other businesses besides his pottery shop. In 1991 the Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce recognized his efforts. The following year the Raleigh News & Observer honored Sampley as a "Tar Heel of the Week". In the late 1990s, he grew disgusted with the sight of one overgrown vacant lot on a major intersection. He proposed to a group of Kinstonians he assembled at a local cafe that they organize to build a life-size replica of the CSS Neuse, an early ironclad of the Confederate States Navy whose remains are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and put it on the lot as a tourist attraction. Listeners were doubtful, but two weeks later, at their next gathering, Sampley was accompanied by Alton Stapleford, a retired master boat builder. He explained how it could be done, and in 2002 the Neuse II Foundation was established and construction began. Local volunteers spent the next several months putting timbers into place; the 158-foot (48 m) replica is the only full-size replica of a Confederate ironclad. It opened to tourists in 2009. In the 1990s the state's Department of Natural and Cultural Resources had built the first structure to house the remaining hull of the original Neuse on another lot in downtown Kinston. Sampley and other local historians believed that site possibly also contained the true grave of North Carolina's first governor, Richard Caswell, who had also done the original land survey of Kinston. Sampley announced a contest to find that site, with the state to judge the winner; however officials at the department were angry that he did so without informing them. Sampley was unperturbed: "It's a question the state should have answered a long time ago", he wrote. In 2004 Sampley and a fellow activist pressured both the Lenoir County commissioners and the Kinston city council to pass a resolution stating that God was the foundation of American government and that the Founding Fathers had never intended for the modern degree of separation of church and state. It was modeled on a resolution that had recently been passed in Greene County, Tennessee. While it passed the city council unanimously, many members said they felt they had been "coerced" into doing so by Sampley's tactics. "I feel like I have a very strong belief in God.", said one. "But I don't like getting stuff like this crammed down my throat."

Model of CSS Neuse at Kinston museum

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_5

Interstate 5

Junction list

Interstate 5 / Junction list

Interstate 5 is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, serving several large cities on the U.S. West Coast, including San Diego, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Portland, and Seattle. It is the only continuous Interstate highway to touch both the Mexican and the Canadian borders. Upon crossing the Mexican border at its southern terminus, I-5 continues to Tijuana, Baja California, as Mexico Federal Highway 1. Upon crossing the Canadian border at its northern terminus, it continues to Vancouver as British Columbia Highway 99. I-5 was originally created in 1956 as part of the Interstate Highway System, but it was predated by several auto trails and highways built in the early 20th century. The Pacific Highway auto trail was built in the 1910s and 1920s by the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, and was later incorporated into U.S. Route 99 in 1926. I-5 largely follows the route of US 99, with the exception of a portion in the Central Valley of California.

California Fed. 1 at the Mexican border in San Ysidro I-805 in San Ysidro SR 905 on the Nestor–San Ysidro–Otay Mesa West neighborhood line (future I-905) SR 15 on the Barrio Logan–Southcrest–Logan Heights neighborhood line (future I-15) I-8 in San Diego I-405 in Irvine I-605 on the Downey–Santa Fe Springs city line I-710 in Commerce US 101 in Los Angeles I-10 in Boyle Heights. The highways travel concurrently through Boyle Heights. I-405 on the Mission Hills–Granada Hills neighborhood line I-210 in Sylmar SR 99 in Wheeler Ridge (Former US 99, future I-7 or I-9) I-580 southwest of Vernalis I-205 south-southwest of Lathrop I-305 / US 50 in Sacramento I-80 in Sacramento I-505 south-southeast of Dunnigan US 97 in Weed Oregon US 199 east of Grants Pass I-105 on the Eugene–Springfield city line US 20 in Albany I-205 in Tualatin US 26 in Portland I-405 in Portland I-84 / US 30 in Portland. I-5/US 30 travels concurrently through Portland. I-405 / US 30 in Portland Washington I-205 on the Salmon Creek–Mount Vista CDP line US 12 south-southeast of Napavine. The highways travel concurrently to Grand Mound. US 101 in Tumwater I-705 in Tacoma I-405 in Tukwila I-90 in Seattle I-405 on the Lynnwood–Martha Lake–Alderwood Manor line US 2 in Everett Hwy 99 at the Canada–US border in Blaine

Looking South at I-5 and I-90 meeting in Seattle.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Elephant_Man

Her Elephant Man

Her Elephant Man

English: Advertisement for the American circus drama film Her Elephant Man (1920) with Alan Roscoe and Shirley Mason, on page 10 of the February 14, 1920 Exhibitors Herald.

Her Elephant Man is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Shirley Mason, Alan Roscoe, Henry Hebert, Ardita Mellinina, and Harry Todd. It is based on the 1919 novel Her Elephant Man: A Story of the Sawdust Ring by Pearl Doles Bell. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation in February 1920.

Her Elephant Man is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Shirley Mason, Alan Roscoe, Henry Hebert, Ardita Mellinina, and Harry Todd. It is based on the 1919 novel Her Elephant Man: A Story of the Sawdust Ring by Pearl Doles Bell. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation in February 1920.

Advertising of Her Elephant Man on page 10 of the February 14, 1920 Exhibitors Herald.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montijo,_Spain

Montijo, Spain

Montijo, Spain

Español: Iglesia parroquial de San Pedro, Montijo (Badajoz)

Spain Square

Montijo is a town and municipality in the province of Badajoz, in Extremadura, Spain. It has a population of 16,236 inhabitants. It is located between Badajoz and Mérida, near Guadiana river banks. The extension of the municipality covers 3 different centers of population: Lácara, Barbaño and Montijo, being the last one the capital. The Battle of Montijo was fought near the town in 1644. The town is also related to Eugenie de Montijo.

Montijo ([monˈtixo]) is a town and municipality in the province of Badajoz, in Extremadura, Spain. It has a population of 16,236 inhabitants (in 2010). It is located between Badajoz and Mérida, near Guadiana river banks. The extension of the municipality covers 3 different centers of population: Lácara, Barbaño and Montijo, being the last one the capital. The Battle of Montijo was fought near the town in 1644. The town is also related to Eugenie de Montijo.

Spain Square

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Mainz

Port of Mainz

Port of Mainz

Deutsch: Ehemaliges Weinlagergebäude auf der Südmole des Zollhafens in Mainz English: Former wine warehouse on the southern jetty of the port Zollhafen in Mainz, Germany

The Port of Mainz is the port of Mainz, Germany. Lying on the western bank of the Rhine river, it has a long history reaching back through the Middle Ages to Roman times. The modern port facilities, existing for approximately 120 years in their general environs, are located mostly to the north of the city proper, and will be extended to the north of their current location during the coming years to make space for a new residential area.

The Port of Mainz (or Mainzer Hafen in German) is the port of Mainz, Germany. Lying on the western bank of the Rhine river, it has a long history reaching back through the Middle Ages to Roman times. The modern port facilities, existing for approximately 120 years in their general environs, are located mostly to the north of the city proper, and will be extended to the north of their current location during the coming years to make space for a new residential area.

Former wine warehouse on the southern jetty of the port Zollhafen

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_boundary

Divergent boundary

Divergent boundary

In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts, which eventually become rift valleys. Most active divergent plate boundaries occur between oceanic plates and exist as mid-oceanic ridges. Divergent boundaries also form volcanic islands, which occur when the plates move apart to produce gaps that molten lava rises to fill. Current research indicates that complex convection within the Earth's mantle allows material to rise to the base of the lithosphere beneath each divergent plate boundary. This supplies the area with vast amounts of heat and a reduction in pressure that melts rock from the asthenosphere beneath the rift area, forming large flood basalt or lava flows. Each eruption occurs in only a part of the plate boundary at any one time, but when it does occur, it fills in the opening gap as the two opposing plates move away from each other. Over millions of years, tectonic plates may move many hundreds of kilometers away from both sides of a divergent plate boundary.

In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary (also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary) is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts, which eventually become rift valleys. Most active divergent plate boundaries occur between oceanic plates and exist as mid-oceanic ridges. Divergent boundaries also form volcanic islands, which occur when the plates move apart to produce gaps that molten lava rises to fill. Current research indicates that complex convection within the Earth's mantle allows material to rise to the base of the lithosphere beneath each divergent plate boundary. This supplies the area with vast amounts of heat and a reduction in pressure that melts rock from the asthenosphere (or upper mantle) beneath the rift area, forming large flood basalt or lava flows. Each eruption occurs in only a part of the plate boundary at any one time, but when it does occur, it fills in the opening gap as the two opposing plates move away from each other. Over millions of years, tectonic plates may move many hundreds of kilometers away from both sides of a divergent plate boundary. Because of this, rocks closest to a boundary are younger than rocks further away on the same plate.

Continental-continental divergent/constructive boundary

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_(locomotive)

Samson (locomotive)

Preservation

Samson (locomotive) / Preservation

"The Samson", Canada's first locomotive 1838. "The Nova Scotia Pioneer" Canada's 1st Passenger Coach 1838.

The Samson is an English-built railroad steam locomotive made in 1838 that ran on the Albion Mines Railway in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is preserved at the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry in Stellarton, Nova Scotia and is the oldest locomotive in Canada.

Samson languished on a scrapline until 1893 when it was displayed at the Chicago World’s Fair as an antique, and acquired along with one of its passenger coaches by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad where it was preserved. In 1927 Samson was returned to Nova Scotia. The passenger coach stayed behind and may be seen today at the B&O Railroad Museum. Samson was displayed beside the Halifax train station until 1950 when the locomotive was moved to New Glasgow. Today it is displayed in the Age of Steam Gallery at the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry in Stellarton, part of the Nova Scotia Museum system where it is restored to its appearance at the end of its working life. A careful survey of the structure of the locomotive before restoration found it remarkably well preserved, retaining 90% of its end of service parts. Examination of the parts show various repairs and evolutionary modifications which were added to the original Hackworth assembly by the shops of the Albion Mines Railway during the locomotive's long working career. A small number of parts such as the steel tires were added by the B & O railroad museum after the locomotive retired.

Earlier storage or display. 1920-1939

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ch%C3%A2teaux_in_Nord-Pas-de-Calais

List of châteaux in Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Arrondissement of Arras

List of châteaux in Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Pas-de-Calais / Arrondissement of Arras

le château de Bours

Château de Barly in Barly Donjon de Bours in Bours Château de Couin in Couin Château de Duisans in Duisans Château de Grand-Rullecourt in Grand-Rullecourt Château de Pas-en-Artois in Pas-en-Artois Château de Tramecourt in Tramecourt Château de Villers-Châtel in Villers-Châtel Château de Saulty in Saulty Château de Hendecourt in Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt

Donjon de Bours

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization

Minoan civilization

Major settlements

Minoan civilization / Geography / Major settlements

English: Bronze age 'Flotilla' fresco from room 5, in the west house at the Minoan town of Akrotiri, Santorini, Greece Français : Fresque datant de l'âge de bronze dans la ville minoenne sur le site archéologique d'Akrotiri dans l'île de Santorin, en Grèce.

Colorful, detailed fresco with people and animals

The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands, flourishing from c. 3000 BC to c. 1450 BC until a late period of decline, finally ending around 1100 BC. It represents the first advanced civilization in Europe, leaving behind massive building complexes, tools, artwork, writing systems, and a massive network of trade. The civilization was rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century through the work of British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans. The name "Minoan" derives from the mythical King Minos and was coined by Evans, who identified the site at Knossos with the labyrinth and the Minotaur. The Minoan civilization has been described as the earliest of its kind in Europe, and historian Will Durant called the Minoans "the first link in the European chain". The Minoan civilization is particularly notable for its large and elaborate palaces up to four stories high, featuring elaborate plumbing systems and decorated with frescoes. The most notable Minoan palace is that of Knossos, followed by that of Phaistos.

Knossos – the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete. Knossos had an estimated population of 1,300 to 2,000 in 2500 BC, 18,000 in 2000 BC, 20,000 to 100,000 in 1600 BC and 30,000 in 1360 BC. Phaistos – the second-largest palatial building on the island, excavated by the Italian school shortly after Knossos Malia – the subject of French excavations, a palatial center which provides a look into the proto-palatial period Kato Zakros – sea-side palatial site excavated by Greek archaeologists in the far east of the island, also known as "Zakro" in archaeological literature Galatas – confirmed as a palatial site during the early 1990s Agia Triada – administrative center near Phaistos which has yielded the largest number of Linear A tablets. Gournia – town site excavated in the first quarter of the 20th century Pyrgos – early Minoan site in southern Crete Vasiliki – early eastern Minoan site which gives its name to distinctive ceramic ware Fournou Korfi – southern site Pseira – island town with ritual sites Mount Juktas – the greatest Minoan peak sanctuary, associated with the palace of Knossos Arkalochori – site of the Arkalochori Axe Karfi – refuge site, one of the last Minoan sites Akrotiri – settlement on the island of Santorini (Thera), near the site of the Thera Eruption Zominthos – mountainous city in the northern foothills of Mount Ida

Minoan fresco, showing a fleet and settlement

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beebe_Plain,_Vermont

Beebe Plain, Vermont

Geography

Beebe Plain, Vermont / Geography

Border Patrol at Canadian border in Beebe Plain, Vermont This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 14000608

Beebe Plain is an unincorporated community in the town of Derby in Orleans County, Vermont, United States which extends into the Canadian municipality of Stanstead, Quebec. The village is divided by the Canada–United States border between Canada and the United States; the Canadian portion of Beebe Plain had the status of an incorporated municipality in its own right until 1995.

The international border runs up the middle of Canusa Street (Quebec Route 247). Local legend claims that a group of rather drunken surveyors, when given the task of determining the United States-Canada border line in the region (nominally at 45.00°N), decided to place the border right through the center of the village along what is now Canusa Street. Beebe Plain is part of a group of nearby border villages which includes Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, Quebec. Beebe Plain is located near Lake Memphremagog between Newport and Magog.

Border Patrol vehicle at the US-Canada border

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Wincenty Danilewicz

Wincenty Danilewicz

English: This is my own faithful retouched copy of Wincenty Danilewicz and his daughters, photograph of ca 1850. Source my own family archive.

Wincenty Danilewicz was a member of the Ostoja Danielewicz family and served as a light-cavalryman in the Napoleonic campaign, for which he was awarded the French Order of Legion of Honour and Saint Helena Medal. He took part in The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube, where he was wounded. In 1815 he returned home, and started to work as a secretary of Chancery of Senat in Congress Poland. Then he worked in the archive of heraldic administration of Congress Poland in Warsaw. He retired in 1844. Later in his life, Wincenty Danilewicz moved to Jędrzejów. Afterwards he ran the literary production i.e: three tragedies and the opera buffa. His great-grandson Maciej Masłowski wrote, that in Wincenty testament thirty volumes of his memoirs are also mentioned. Wincenty was married to Franciszka and they had a daughter, Waleria Józefa Katarzyna who married Rajmund Masłowski. Together, they had a son Stanisław Masłowski, great Polish painter. Masłowski family belonged to Clan Samson that used Samson Coat of Arms. He died 23 March 1878

Wincenty Danilewicz (born 1787 in Minsk – 1878) was a member of the Ostoja Danielewicz family and served as a light-cavalryman in the Napoleonic campaign, for which he was awarded the French Order of Legion of Honour and Saint Helena Medal. He took part (among others) in The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube (20–21 March 1814), where he was wounded. In 1815 he returned home, and started to work as a secretary of Chancery of Senat in Congress Poland. Then he worked in the archive of heraldic administration of Congress Poland in Warsaw. He retired in 1844. Later in his life, Wincenty Danilewicz moved to Jędrzejów. Afterwards he ran the literary production i.e: three tragedies and the opera buffa. His great-grandson Maciej Masłowski wrote (1957), that in Wincenty testament (1859) thirty volumes of his memoirs are also mentioned. Wincenty was married to Franciszka (born Grunwald, died 1842) and they had a daughter, Waleria Józefa Katarzyna (1827-1869) who married Rajmund Masłowski (lawyer). Together, they had a son Stanisław Masłowski, great Polish painter. Masłowski family belonged to Clan Samson that used Samson Coat of Arms. He died 23 March 1878 (aged 90)

Wincenty Danilewicz (Danielewicz) and his daughters, photograph of ca 1850. (Waleria Danilewicz – sitting, Aneta and Julia – standing behind). Source: Masłowski family archive.[1]

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Ben W. Hooper

Later life

Ben W. Hooper / Later life

English: U.S. Railroad Labor Board member and former Tennessee governor Ben W. Hooper (1870–1957) in his office in Chicago. DN-0074689, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.

Ben Walter Hooper, was an American politician who served two terms as Governor of Tennessee from 1911 to 1915. Elected as a Fusionist candidate, he was one of just three Republicans to hold the office from the end of Reconstruction to the last quarter of the 20th century. His success was due to divisions in the state Democratic Party over prohibition; he received support from some of the party. During his two terms, Hooper signed several prohibition laws, enacted a measure requiring mandatory school attendance, and signed a law requiring direct pay for women workers. Hooper served as a member of the U.S. Railroad Labor Board during the administration of President Warren G. Harding in the early 1920s. As chairman of the RLB, he was a central figure in the 1922 Railroad Shopmen's Strike. He later worked as chief land purchasing agent for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

After his gubernatorial tenure ended, Hooper returned to his law practice in Newport, but remained active in Republican politics. He ran for the U.S. Senate in 1916, but was defeated by Democratic politician Kenneth D. McKellar. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Hooper to the U.S. Railroad Labor Board (RLB). As chairman of the RLB, Hooper was a central figure in the Railroad Shopmen's Strike which erupted in the summer of 1922 over wage cuts for maintenance workers approved by the RLB. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Hooper was the chief land purchasing agent for what would become the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which was being developed on the Tennessee and North Carolina border. In 1934, at the age of sixty-four, Hooper once again ran for one of Tennessee's U.S. Senate seats. He won the Republican nomination, but was defeated in the general lection by his 1916 opponent, Senator Kenneth McKellar. Hooper died on April 18, 1957. He is interred at Union Cemetery in Newport, Tennessee.

Hooper at his Railroad Labor Board office in 1922

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First five-year plan

First five-year plan

Русский: Агитация на Советской площади

The first five-year plan of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a list of economic goals, created by Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin, based on his policy of Socialism in One Country. The plan was implemented in 1928 and took effect until 1932. The Soviet Union entered a series of five-year plans which began in 1928 under the rule of Joseph Stalin. Stalin launched what would later be referred to as a "revolution from above" to improve the Soviet Union's domestic policy. The policies were centered around rapid industrialization and the collectivization of agriculture. Stalin desired to remove and replace any policies created under the New Economic Policy. The plan, overall, was to transition the Soviet Union from a weak, poorly controlled, agriculture state, into an industrial powerhouse. While the vision was grand, its planning was ineffective and unrealistic given the short amount of time given to meet the desired goals. In 1929, Stalin edited the plan to include the creation of "kolkhoz" collective farming systems that stretched over thousands of acres of land and had hundreds of thousands of peasants working on them.

The first five-year plan (Russian: I пятилетний план, первая пятилетка) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a list of economic goals, created by Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin, based on his policy of Socialism in One Country. The plan was implemented in 1928 and took effect until 1932. The Soviet Union entered a series of five-year plans which began in 1928 under the rule of Joseph Stalin. Stalin launched what would later be referred to as a "revolution from above" to improve the Soviet Union's domestic policy. The policies were centered around rapid industrialization and the collectivization of agriculture. Stalin desired to remove and replace any policies created under the New Economic Policy. The plan, overall, was to transition the Soviet Union from a weak, poorly controlled, agriculture state, into an industrial powerhouse. While the vision was grand, its planning was ineffective and unrealistic given the short amount of time given to meet the desired goals. In 1929, Stalin edited the plan to include the creation of "kolkhoz" collective farming systems that stretched over thousands of acres of land and had hundreds of thousands of peasants working on them. The creation of collective farms essentially destroyed the kulaks as a class (dekulakization). Another consequence of this is that peasants resisted by killing their farm animals rather than turning them over to the State when their farms were collectivized. The resistance to Stalin's collectivization policies led to the debatably genocidal famine in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan as well as areas of the Northern Caucasus. Public machine and tractor stations were set up throughout the USSR, and peasants were allowed to use these public tractors to farm the land, increasing the food output per peasant. Peasants were allowed to sell any surplus food from the land. However, the government planners failed to take notice of local situations. In 1932, grain production was 32% below average; to add to this problem, procurement of food increased by 44%. Agricultural production was so disrupted that famine broke out in several districts. Because of the plan's reliance on rapid industrialization, major cultural changes had to occur in tandem. As this new social structure arose, conflicts occurred among some of the majority of the populations. In Turkmenistan, for example, the Soviet policy of collectivization shifted their production from cotton to food products. Such a change caused unrest within a community that had already existed prior to this external adjustment, and between 1928 and 1932, Turkmen nomads and peasants made it clear through methods like passive resistance that they did not agree with such policies.

Propaganda stand dedicated to the first five-year plan in Moscow. 1931 colour photo by Branson DeCou.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States

Founding Fathers of the United States

Social background and commonalities

Founding Fathers of the United States / Social background and commonalities

Peyton Randolph (1721-1775)

The Founding Fathers of the United States, or simply the Founding Fathers or Founders, were a group of American leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, led the war for independence from Great Britain, and built a frame of government for the new United States of America upon republican principles during the latter decades of the 18th century. Historian Richard B. Morris in 1973 identified the following seven figures as key Founding Fathers: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington based on the critical and substantive roles they played in the formation of the country's new government. Adams, Jefferson, and Franklin were members of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence. Hamilton, Madison, and Jay were authors of The Federalist Papers, advocating ratification of the Constitution. The constitutions drafted by Jay and Adams for their respective states of New York and Massachusetts were heavily relied upon when creating language for the U.S. Constitution. Jay, Adams, and Franklin negotiated the Treaty of Paris that would end the American Revolutionary War.

The Founding Fathers represented a cross-section of 18th-century U.S. leadership. According to a study of the biographies by Caroline Robbins: The Signers came for the most part from an educated elite, were residents of older settlements, and belonged with a few exceptions to a moderately well-to-do class representing only a fraction of the population. Native or born overseas, they were of British stock and of the Protestant faith. They were leaders in their communities; several were also prominent in national affairs. Virtually all participated in the American Revolution; at the Constitutional Convention at least 29 had served in the Continental Army, most of them in positions of command. Scholars have examined the collective biography of the Founders, including both the signers of the Declaration and of the Constitution.

Peyton Randolph, as president of the Continental Congress, presided over creation of the Continental Association.

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Coronation of Saint Rosalia

History

Coronation of Saint Rosalia / History

Italiano: Santa Rosalia incoronata

The Coronation of Saint Rosalia or Madonna and Child with Saints Rosalia, Peter and Paul is a 1629 oil on canvas painting by Anthony van Dyck. It and the compositionally-similar The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph were both produced for the chapel of the Confraternity of the Celibates in Antwerp's Jesuit church, Saint Ignatius. They remained there until 1776, when archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria acquired them, taking them to Vienna, where they both now hang in the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

It was the last painting the artist produced of Saint Rosalia and - with Saint Rosalia Interceding for the City of Palermo (also 1629) - represented a return to a subject of whom he had produced five paintings whilst trapped in her home city of Palermo during a plague in late 1624 and early 1625. The chapel in which it was to hang housed relics of the saint sent to the city by the Jesuits during a plague there in 1626 in the hope of spreading her cult beyond Sicily via major trading cities in the Spanish Netherlands - she was invoked against plague. They also tried to spread her cult from their church in Ypres, for which they commissioned Gaspar de Crayer's Coronation of Saint Rosalia (Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent) in 1644, a work heavily influence by Paulus Pontius's print of van Dyck's version of the subject. The Jesuits had been particularly active in promoting Saint Rosalia's cult in Sicily and beyond and one of their number had produced her first hagiography in 1627, entitled Vitae Sanctae Rosaliae, Virginis Panormitanae e tabulis, situ ac vetustate obsitis e saxis ex antris e rudieribus caeca olim oblivione consepultis et nuper in lucem. Van Dyck was given the commission partly because he was himself a member of the Confraternity, though he did accept a fee relatively low considering his fame at the time, and partly due to his six earlier works showing the saint. Van Dyck may have met Cascini and the other Palermo Jesuits in 1624–1625, another possible reason for the commission. He was also already producing drawings of the saint for engravings in Vita S.Rosaliae Virginis Panormitanae Pestis patronae iconibus expressa, published in Antwerp in 1629. Only one copy of the book survives, published by Cornelis Galle, a Flemish printer and engraver who had already produced the engravings for the Jesuits' Vita Beati Patris Ignatii Loyolae Religionis Societatis Iesu Fundatoris, a biography of their founder Ignatius of Loyola published in Antwerp in 1610. These drawings by van Dyck, the resulting engravings and the painting itself all show a strong influence from the prints illustrating Cascini's 1627 biography.

A 1629 drawing of Saint Rosalia in the British Museum.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzesz%C3%B3w

Rzeszów

Rzeszów under Austrian rule

Rzeszów / History / Rzeszów under Austrian rule

Polski: Ogród Miejski im. Solidarności w Rzeszowie

Rzeszów. Rzeszów is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since 1 January 1999, and is also the seat of Rzeszów County. The history of Rzeszów begins in 1354, when it received city rights and privileges by Casimir III the Great. Local trade routes connecting the European Continent with the Middle East and the Ottoman Empire resulted in the city's early prosperity and development. In the 16th century, Rzeszów had a connection with Gdańsk and the Baltic Sea. It also experienced growth in commerce and craftsmanship, especially under local rulers and noblemen. Following the Partitions of Poland, Rzeszów was annexed by the Austrian Empire and did not regain its position until it returned to Poland after World War I. During World War II Rzeszów's large Jewish community perished in the Holocaust, murdered in the town or in various killing camps. Rzeszów has found its place in the group of the most elite cities in Poland, with growing number of investments, rapid progress and a very high standard of living.

In 1772, following first partition of Poland, Rzeszów became part of the Austrian Empire, to which it belonged for 146 years. In the late 18th century, Rzeszów had 3,000 inhabitants. By the mid-19th century, the population grew to around 7,500, with 40% of them Jewish. In 1858, Galician Railway of Archduke Charles Louis reached Rzeszów, which resulted in further development of the town. In 1888 first telephone lines were opened, in 1900 – gas street lamps, and in 1911 – power plant and water system. The population grew to 23,000, with half of the inhabitants being Jews. A number of modern building were constructed, most of them in Secession style. During World War I, several battles took place in the area of the town. Rzeszów was home to a large garrison of the Austro-Hungarian Army, and in the city of Przemyśl, located nearby, there was a major fortress. During the Battle of Galicia in the late summer of 1914, Russian troops moved towards Rzeszów, and on 21 September, they captured it. First Russian occupation lasted only 16 days, ending after an attack of the Austrians, on 4 October. Under Russian pressure, the Austrians were unable to keep the town, and on 7 November, the Russians again appeared in Rzeszów. In late fall of 1914, the frontline was established between Tarnów and Gorlice, and Rzeszów became an important center of the Imperial Russian Army, with large magazines of food and ammunition located there. Russian occupation lasted until May 1915. After the Russians were pushed out of Galicia, Rzeszów remained outside of the area of military activities. Austrian administration returned, but wartime reality and destruction of the town had a negative effect on the population, and the quality of life deteriorated.

Solidarity Park in Rzeszów

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gissing

George Gissing

Early life

George Gissing / Biography / Early life

English: Picture of George Gissing

George Robert Gissing, 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903 was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. He also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. His best-known novels, which have reappeared in modern editions, include The Nether World, New Grub Street and The Odd Women.

Gissing was born on 22 November 1857 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, the eldest of five children of Thomas Waller Gissing, who ran a chemist's shop, and Margaret (née Bedford). His siblings were: William, who died aged twenty; Algernon, who became a writer; Margaret; and Ellen. His childhood home in Thompson's Yard, Wakefield, is maintained by The Gissing Trust. Gissing was educated at Back Lane School in Wakefield, where he was a diligent and enthusiastic student. His serious interest in books began at the age of ten when he read The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens and subsequently, encouraged by his father and inspired by the family library, his literary interest grew. Juvenilia written at this time was published in 1995 in The Poetry of George Gissing. He was also skilled at drawing. Gissing's father died when he was 12 years old, and he and his brothers were sent to Lindow Grove School at Alderley Edge in Cheshire, where he was a solitary student who studied hard. In 1872, after an exceptional performance in the Oxford Local Examinations, Gissing won a scholarship to Owens College, forerunner of the University of Manchester. There he remained solitary, continued his intense studies, and won many prizes, including the Poem Prize in 1873 and the Shakespeare scholarship in 1875. Gissing's academic career ended in disgrace when he fell in love with a young woman Marianne Helen Harrison, known as Nell. She is often described as a prostitute, but there is no evidence for this. It is reported that he gave her money to keep her off the streets, again with no evidence. When he ran short of money he stole from his fellow students. The college hired a detective to investigate the thefts and Gissing was prosecuted, found guilty, expelled and sentenced to a month's hard labour in Belle Vue Gaol, Manchester, in 1876. In September 1876, with support from sympathisers, he travelled to the United States, where he spent time in Boston and Waltham, Massachusetts, writing and teaching classics. When his money ran out he moved to Chicago, where he earned a precarious living writing short stories for newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune. He lived in poverty until he met a travelling salesman in need of an assistant and Gissing demonstrated his products. These experiences partially inspired his 1891 novel, New Grub Street. In September 1877, Gissing left America and returned to England.

Gissing, by Elliott & Fry

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainilaiarivony

Rainilaiarivony

Deposition and exile

Rainilaiarivony / Deposition and exile

English: Cover of L'Illustration magazine showing Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony of Madagascar en route to his exile in Algeria. Français : La couverture de la magazine L'Illustration montrant le depart de l'ex-Premier Ministre de Madagascar, Rainilaiarivony, vers l'Algerie, lieu de son exil.

Rainilaiarivony was a Malagasy politician who served as the Prime Minister of Madagascar from 1864 to 1895, succeeding his older brother Rainivoninahitriniony, who had held the post for thirteen years. His career mirrored that of his father Rainiharo, a renowned military man who became Prime Minister during the reign of Queen Ranavalona I. Despite a childhood marked by ostracism from his family, as a young man Rainilaiarivony was elevated to a position of high authority and confidence in the royal court, serving alongside his father and brother. He co-led a critical military expedition with Rainivoninahitriniony at the age of 24 and was promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the army following the death of the queen in 1861. In that position he oversaw continuing efforts to maintain royal authority in the outlying regions of Madagascar and acted as adviser to his brother, who had been promoted to Prime Minister in 1852. He also influenced the transformation of the kingdom's government from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one, in which power was shared between the sovereign and the Prime Minister.

The cessation of diplomatic relations between France and Madagascar prompted immediate French military action in a campaign that became known as the Second Franco-Hova War. The expedition ended eleven months later in September 1895 when a French military column reached Antananarivo and bombarded the royal palace with heavy artillery, blasting a hole through the roof of the queen's quarters and inflicting heavy casualties among the numerous courtiers gathered in the palace courtyard. Rainilaiarivony sent an interpreter to carry a white flag to the French commander and entreat his clemency. Forty-five minutes later he was joined by Radilifera, the Prime Minister's son, to request the conditions of surrender; these were immediately accepted. The following day Queen Ranavalona signed a treaty accepting the French protectorate over Madagascar. She and her court were permitted to remain at the palace and administer the country according to French dictates. Upon the queen's signing of the treaty, the French government deposed Rainilaiarivony from his position as Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, an elderly man named Rainitsimbazafy, was jointly selected by the French and Ranavalona as his replacement. The French ordered Rainilaiarivony to be exiled to French Algeria, although he initially remained in Antananarivo for several months after the treaty was signed. On 15 October 1895 the former prime minister was placed under house arrest and put under the guard of Senegalese soldiers at his home in Amboditsiry. On 6 February 1896, at the age of 68, Rainilaiarivony boarded a ship bound for Algiers and left his island for the first time in his life. He was accompanied by his grandson, Ratelifera, as well as an interpreter and four servants. On 17 March 1896 the ship docked at the port of Algiers, where he would live out the few remaining months of his life. The French government installed Rainilaiarivony in the Geryville neighborhood of Algiers, one of the derelict parts of town. He was assigned a French attendant and guard named Joseph Vassé, who maintained detailed documentation on the personality and activities of Rainilaiarivony throughout his exile in French Algeria. Vassé described the former prime minister as a man of great spontaneity, sincere friendliness, and openness of heart, but also prone to mood swings, touchiness, and a tendency to be demanding, especially in regard to his particular tastes in clothing. His intelligence, tact and leadership qualities won him the admiration of many who knew him, including Le Myre des Vilers, who referred to him as both an enemy and a friend. Upon learning of Rainilaiarivony's living situation in Algiers, Le Myre de Vilers privately lobbied the French government for better accommodation. Consequently, Vassé found a new home for the former Prime Minister at the elegant estate called Villa des Fleurs ("Villa of the Flowers") in the upscale Mustapha Supérieur neighborhood, neighboring the residence of the exiled former king of Annam. The beauty of his Villa des Fleurs home and the warm reception he received in French Algeria pleased Rainilaiarivony and contributed to a positive impression of his new life in Algiers. He quickly developed an excellent reputation among the local high society, who perceived him as a kind, intelligent, generous and charming figure. The Governor-General of French Algeria regularly invited him to diplomatic balls and social events where Rainilaiarivony danced with the enthusiasm and endurance of a much younger man. When not busy with diverse social engagements, Rainilaiarivony avidly read the newspaper and corresponded with contacts in Madagascar. As an insurrection in Madagascar emerged against French rule, the former prime minister wrote a letter published in a Malagasy newspaper on 5 July 1896 that condemned the participants as ungrateful for the benefits that contact with the French would bring to the island. His last outing in Algiers was on 14 July 1896 to watch the Bastille Day fireworks show. As he walked through the

Cover of L'Illustration magazine depicting Rainilaiarivony arriving at the port of Algiers (1896)

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2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey

2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey

The 2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey was held on October 16, 2013 to fill the New Jersey United States Senate Class 2 seat for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2015. The vacancy resulted from the death of five-term Democratic senator Frank Lautenberg on June 3, 2013. New Jersey governor Chris Christie appointed Republican Jeffrey Chiesa to the seat as a placeholder; Chiesa announced at the time of his appointment that he would not be a candidate in the special election. The primary elections were won by Republican former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan and Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker. Booker defeated Lonegan on October 16, 2013. Booker resigned as Mayor of Newark on October 30, 2013 and was sworn in on October 31, 2013 as the junior U.S. Senator from New Jersey.

The 2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey was held on October 16, 2013 to fill the New Jersey United States Senate Class 2 seat for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2015. The vacancy resulted from the death of five-term Democratic senator Frank Lautenberg on June 3, 2013. New Jersey governor Chris Christie appointed Republican Jeffrey Chiesa to the seat as a placeholder; Chiesa announced at the time of his appointment that he would not be a candidate in the special election. The primary elections were won by Republican former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan and Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker. Booker defeated Lonegan on October 16, 2013. Booker resigned as Mayor of Newark on October 30, 2013 and was sworn in on October 31, 2013 as the junior U.S. Senator from New Jersey.

County results Booker:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Lonegan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

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List of science fiction authors

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List of science fiction authors / H

Summary Peter F. Hamilton signing his Night's Dawn Trilogy Books in London.

Some notable science fiction authors:

PJ Haarsma (born 1964) Karen Haber (born 1955) H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) Ronald M. Hahn (born 1948) Isidore Haiblum (1935–2012) Jack C. Haldeman II (1941–2002) Joe Haldeman (born 1943) Austin Hall (1885–1933) Barbara Hambly (born 1951) Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977) Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960) Elizabeth Hand (born 1957) Lee Harding (born 1937) Charles L. Harness (1915–2005) Clare Winger Harris (1891–1968) Harry Harrison (1925–2012) M. John Harrison (born 1945) Henry Hasse (1913–77) Simon Hawke (born 1951) Peter Heck (born 1941) Robert A. Heinlein (1907–88) Zenna Henderson (1917–83) Brian Herbert (born 1947) Frank Herbert (1920–86) Philip E. High (1914–2006) Douglas Hill (born 1935) Ernest Hill (1915–2003) Charles Howard Hinton (1853–1907) Christopher Hinz (born 1951) Morioka Hiroyuki (born 1962) (in Japanese 森岡浩之) P. C. Hodgell (born 1951) William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918) E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) Lee Hoffman (born 1932) Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754) H. H. Hollis (1921–77) (pseudonym of Ben Neal Ramey) James P. Hogan (1941–2010) Elizabeth Holden (born 1943) Robert Holdstock (1948–2009) Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960) Shinichi Hoshi (1926–1997) Robert Ervin Howard (1906–1936) (Conan) Hugh Howey (born 1975) Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) L. Ron Hubbard (1911–86) Marek Huberath (born 1954) Matt Hughes (born 1949) Monica Hughes (1925–2003) Kameron Hurley (born 1980) Edna Mayne Hull (1905–1975) Cyril Hume (1900–66), Forbidden Planet Stephen Hunt (born 1966) Dave Hutchinson (born 1960) Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

Peter F. Hamilton, 2006

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_gum

Chewing gum

Chewing gum

Chewing gum is a type of candy flavored with natural sugar or artificial sweeteners and also flavors such as mint. People chew gum for personal enjoyment and also to help clean teeth. Before it is chewed, the gum comes either soft and chewy or hard and then softens in your mouth.

Chewing gum is a type of candy flavored with natural sugar or artificial sweeteners and also flavors such as mint. People chew gum for personal enjoyment and also to help clean teeth. Before it is chewed, the gum comes either soft and chewy or hard and then softens in your mouth.

Chewing gums often comes in sticks wrapped in foil.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47

AK-47

Conflicts

AK-47 / Conflicts

English: YPJ fighters shake hands with one another

The AK-47, officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova, is a gas-operated, 7.62×39mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is the originating firearm of the Kalashnikov rifle family. 47 refers to the year it was finished. Design work on the AK-47 began in 1945. In 1946, the AK-47 was presented for official military trials, and in 1948, the fixed-stock version was introduced into active service with selected units of the Soviet Army. An early development of the design was the AKS, which was equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock. In early 1949, the AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces and used by the majority of the member states of the Warsaw Pact. Even after seven decades, the model and its variants remain the most popular and widely used rifles in the world because of its reliability under harsh conditions, low production costs compared to contemporary Western weapons, availability in virtually every geographic region, and ease of use.

The AK-47 has been used in the following conflicts:

Kurdish YPJ fighters in Syria, 2014

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Corps of drums

Corps of drums

A Corps of Drums, also sometimes known as a Fife and Drum Corps, Fifes and Drums or simply Drums is a unit of several national armies. Drummers were originally established in European armies to act as signallers. The major historical distinction between a military band and a corps of drums, was that 'drummers' were not employed to play their instruments to entertain or delight, but rather they carried out a utilitarian battlefield role. This role was fulfilled by trumpeters or buglers in the cavalry and the artillery, who did not form into comparative formed bodies in the way that drummers did; therefore, an orthodox corps of drums will exist in the infantry arm.

A Corps of Drums, also sometimes known as a Fife and Drum Corps, Fifes and Drums or simply Drums is a unit of several national armies. Drummers were originally established in European armies to act as signallers. The major historical distinction between a military band and a corps of drums, was that 'drummers' were not employed to play their instruments to entertain or delight, but rather they carried out a utilitarian battlefield role. This role was fulfilled by trumpeters or buglers in the cavalry and the artillery, who did not form into comparative formed bodies in the way that drummers did; therefore, an orthodox corps of drums will exist in the infantry arm.

British Corps of Drums.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbages_and_Kings_(novel)

Cabbages and Kings (novel)

Cabbages and Kings (novel)

English: The cover of a 1904 edition of O.Henry's book Cabbages and Kings

Cabbages and Kings is a 1904 novel made up of interlinked short stories, written by O. Henry and set in a fictitious Central American country called the Republic of Anchuria. It takes its title from the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", featured in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. Its plot contains famous elements in the poem: shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings. It was inspired by the characters and situations that O. Henry encountered in Honduras in the late 1890s.

Cabbages and Kings is a 1904 novel made up of interlinked short stories, written by O. Henry and set in a fictitious Central American country called the Republic of Anchuria. It takes its title from the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", featured in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. Its plot contains famous elements in the poem: shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings. It was inspired by the characters and situations that O. Henry encountered in Honduras in the late 1890s.

Cover of Cabbages and Kings (1904 edition)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclays_Center

Barclays Center

Hockey

Barclays Center / Notable events / Hockey

English: Barclays Center - Home of the New York Islanders

Barclays Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The arena is home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association, the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League, and the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. The arena also hosts concerts, conventions and other sporting and entertainment events. The arena is part of a $4.9 billion future business and residential complex now known as Pacific Park. The site is at Atlantic Avenue, next to the renamed Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center subway station on the 2, ​3, ​4, ​5​, B, ​D, ​N, ​Q​, R and ​W​ routes, as well as directly above the LIRR's Atlantic Terminal. The arena, proposed in 2004 when real estate developer Bruce Ratner purchased the Nets for $300 million as the first step of the process to build a new home for the team, experienced significant hurdles during its development. Its use of eminent domain and its potential environmental impact brought community resistance, especially as residential buildings and businesses such as the Ward Bakery were to be demolished and large amounts of public subsidies were used, which led to multiple lawsuits.

The New York Islanders moved from Nassau Coliseum to Barclays Center before the 2015–16 NHL season. The Islanders played the first NHL hockey game at Barclays Center in a preseason game on September 21, 2013, losing to the New Jersey Devils 3–0 in front of a crowd of 14,689. The first goal in the arena's history was scored by Jacob Josefson of the New Jersey Devils. An Islanders game was scheduled for the previous preseason but was canceled due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout. The Islanders and Devils played again on September 26, 2014. This time, the Islanders defeated New Jersey 3–2 in a shootout. The first goal in Islanders Brooklyn history was scored in the first period on a power play (and a delayed penalty call) by defenseman Ryan Pulock. The first regular season game was played on October 9, 2015 against the 2015 Stanley Cup champions the Chicago Blackhawks, who won the game 3–2 in overtime. This was the sixth NHL game at Barclays Center, following five total preseason contests (three in 2015), and one Islanders rookie scrimmage. The first NHL regular season goal scored in the Barclays Center was a shorthanded goal by Artem Anisimov for the Blackhawks in the first period, while John Tavares scored in the second period and was the first Islander to do so. The first Stanley Cup playoffs game at Barclays Center was held on April 17, 2016, when the Islanders defeated the Florida Panthers 4–3 in game three of the first-round series between the two teams. Seven nights later, the arena hosted game 6 of the series, which turned out to be the longest home game in Islanders history. In that game, the Islanders were trailing 1–0 when Tavares scored the game-tying goal with 53.2 seconds left in regulation; he would score the series-clinching goal in double overtime to give the Islanders their first playoff series win since 1993. The Islanders are scheduled to move to the newly-constructed UBS Arena in time for the 2021–22 season. New York State governor Andrew Cuomo announced on February 29, 2020, that the Islanders would play all home games in the 2020–21 season at Nassau Coliseum, their former home. It was also announced that the Islanders would play all of their home playoff games during the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs at Nassau Coliseum, meaning that their final game played at the Barclays Center was scheduled to be on March 22, 2020, against the Carolina Hurricanes. However, all NHL games were postponed on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America. At that point in time, the Islanders had six home games left in the regular season, two in Brooklyn and four in Nassau County, as well as six road games, and were one point shy of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The last Islanders game at Barclays Center before the season's pause was played on March 3, 2020, when the Islanders lost 6–2 to the Montreal Canadiens. The Nassau Coliseum, however, was closed indefinitely in June 2020, and the Islanders will reportedly return to Barclays Center for the 2020–21 season if the Coliseum remains unavailable.

The New York Islanders playing against the Washington Capitals in 2016

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_order

Cyclic order

Finite cycles

Cyclic order / Finite cycles

In mathematics, a cyclic order is a way to arrange a set of objects in a circle. Unlike most structures in order theory, a cyclic order is not modeled as a binary relation, such as "a < b". One does not say that east is "more clockwise" than west. Instead, a cyclic order is defined as a ternary relation [a, b, c], meaning "after a, one reaches b before c". For example, [June, October, February]. A ternary relation is called a cyclic order if it is cyclic, asymmetric, transitive, and total. Dropping the "total" requirement results in a partial cyclic order. A set with a cyclic order is called a cyclically ordered set or simply a cycle. Some familiar cycles are discrete, having only a finite number of elements: there are seven days of the week, four cardinal directions, twelve notes in the chromatic scale, and three plays in rock-paper-scissors. In a finite cycle, each element has a "next element" and a "previous element". There are also continuously variable cycles with infinitely many elements, such as the oriented unit circle in the plane. Cyclic orders are closely related to the more familiar linear orders, which arrange objects in a line.

A cyclic order on a set X with n elements is like an arrangement of X on a clock face, for an n-hour clock. Each element x in X has a "next element" and a "previous element", and taking either successors or predecessors cycles exactly once through the elements as x(1), x(2), ..., x(n). There are a few equivalent ways to state this definition. A cyclic order on X is the same as a permutation that makes all of X into a single cycle. A cycle with n elements is also a Zₙ-torsor: a set with a free transitive action by a finite cyclic group. Another formulation is to make X into the standard directed cycle graph on n vertices, by some matching of elements to vertices. It can be instinctive to use cyclic orders for symmetric functions, for example as in xy + yz + zx where writing the final monomial as xz would distract from the pattern. A substantial use of cyclic orders is in the determination of the conjugacy classes of free groups. Two elements g and h of the free group F on a set Y are conjugate if and only if, when they are written as products of elements y and y⁻¹ with y in Y, and then those products are put in cyclic order, the cyclic orders are equivalent under the rewriting rules that allow one to remove or add adjacent y and y⁻¹. A cyclic order on a set X can be determined by a linear order on X, but not in a unique way. Choosing a linear order is equivalent to choosing a first element, so there are exactly n linear orders that induce a given cyclic order. Since there are n! possible linear orders, there are (n − 1)! possible cyclic orders.

A 5-element cycle

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Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel

Behavior

Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel / Behavior

English: Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel spotted on Mount Rainier in the summer at an elevation of around 8300 ft.

The Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, in the order Rodentia. It is the largest species of the three within the subgenus Callospermophilus. It is found in the Cascade Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada and the state of Washington, United States.

Examination of alarm calls in response to Canis lupus familiaris among several species of ground squirrels showed that S. saturatus have a dialect of their own. Vocalizations were distinct, and could be identified 100% of the time by a discriminant source. This suggests that vocalizations can be used in addition to genetics and morphology to differentiate and designate species.

A Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel on Mount Rainier.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_national_universel

Service national universel

Service national universel

The French President Emmanuel Macron implemented the Service national universel, the General National Service, which will be mandatory for all male and female citizens aged 16 to 25 starting in 2021. This compulsory service lasts for a month and can be performed in both civil and military facilities. The aim of this civil conscription service is to convey French values, to strengthen social cohesion and to promote social engagement. As is emphasized, it is not a matter of reintroducing conscription. This service will finally replace the mandatory Journée Défense et Citoyenneté, the "Defence and Citizenship Day", that was established in 1998, after suspending the conscription for the military service.

The French President Emmanuel Macron implemented the Service national universel (SNU), the General National Service, which will be mandatory for all male and female citizens aged 16 to 25 starting in 2021. This compulsory service lasts for a month and can be performed in both civil and military facilities. The aim of this civil conscription service is to convey French values, to strengthen social cohesion and to promote social engagement. As is emphasized, it is not a matter of reintroducing conscription. This service will finally replace the mandatory Journée Défense et Citoyenneté (JDC), the "Defence and Citizenship Day", that was established in 1998, after suspending the conscription for the military service.

Logo of the French Service national universel

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pearl_Ridge

Battle of Pearl Ridge

Battle

Battle of Pearl Ridge / Battle

English: Men from the 25th Battalion move along a spur on Artillery Hill during the attack on Pearl Ridge, Bougainville.

Soldiers in battle gear advance up a hill

The Battle of Pearl Ridge was an engagement of the Second World War fought between Australian and Japanese forces on Bougainville Island. Part of the wider Bougainville Campaign, the battle took place in the central sector of the island, shortly after the Australians had taken over responsibility from the Americans. Believing that the ridge was held by less than a company of Japanese, on 30 December the Australian 25th Infantry Battalion launched a four-pronged attacked the ridge. The defending force, however, had been greatly reinforced by elements of the 38th Independent Mixed Brigade and was closer to a battalion in strength. After being held up on the right of their advance, the Australians dug-in overnight and repulsed a strong Japanese counterattack before resuming the attack on 31 December. By late in the afternoon, the Japanese had been swept off the ridge. The Australians later established an observation post on the ridge, which had commanding views of the whole island, and throughout the remainder of the campaign used it to control artillery fire as they advanced towards Japanese enclaves in the north and south of the island.

The Australians spent Christmas Day patrolling forward in concert with Royal Australian Air Force Boomerang fighters from No. 4 Squadron RAAF carrying out reconnaissance flights ahead of their position. Throughout the evening, the Japanese launched an attack against one of the Australian companies, but this was turned back by the defenders. For several days, the Australian battalion commander formulated a plan to capture Pearl Ridge, possession of which would enable the Australians to block Japanese attempts to approach the main Allied base around Torokina, and would disrupt the movement of Japanese troops along the north–south axis of the island, hindering their ability to reinforce isolated pockets. Believing that the ridge was held by two understrength companies from the Japanese 81st Infantry Regiment—approximately 80–90 men—who had withdrawn there after the fighting on Little George and Artillery Hill, the Australians decided to commit only a battalion to capture it. On the morning of 30 December, after 40 minutes of airstrikes from Royal New Zealand Air Force Corsairs, who had been guided onto their targets by RAAF Boomerangs, the roughly 800-strong 25th Battalion carried out an attack supported by artillery and machine gun fire with four companies advancing across a 1,000-yard (910 m) frontage stretching across the ridge. Unbeknown to the Australians, however, the two companies from the 81st Infantry Regiment had been reinforced by men from the Japanese 38th Independent Mixed Brigade under Major General Kesao Kijima and they actually numbered 550. They had heavily fortified the ridge, establishing a series of bunkers and pillboxes between weapons pits that were linked with trenches. However, due to the steep terrain, they were only able to move three mortars onto the position, and there were no other heavy weapons. They were also unable to haul bulk water to the position, and had to rely on constant resupply by foot. Establishing air posts, and supply dumps on Artillery Hill and Werda's Knoll, the Australians advanced from Artillery Ridge, where the battalion headquarters was established well forward for the attack. A broad front assault with all four companies forward, the Australian commander's tactic was a departure from the narrow front attacks that had been mounted against Little George and Artillery Hill. Although the left-most Australian company—'C' Company under Captain Wallace Bruce, advancing from Werda's Knoll—managed to reach the ridge pushing through thick bamboo and killing several Japanese, due to the terrain Lieutenant Bruce Shaw's 'A' Company, on the far right of the Australian line and having stepped off from Artillery Hill, was forced into advancing across a narrow razorback only 12 ft (3.7 m) wide, along which the Japanese were able to concentrate a significant amount of fire from the north-east from a feature dubbed "Pear Hill". Confronted by a deep bomb crater, which blocked their path, the Australians became pinned. As more artillery fire was brought down on the ridge in support of the attack, an attempt was made to outflank the Japanese position in front of the razorback, although this too proved unsuccessful as the Japanese defenders began rolling grenades down the slope. After the Australians had suffered a number of casualties the attack on the right was called off and Shaw's company was ordered to form a defensive position and await further orders. The Australian commander, McKinna, then ordered the two companies in the centre—Captain Charles Gabel's 'B' Company and 'D' Company under Captain Malcolm Just—to dig-in where they were, while the left-most company under Bruce, who had reached the Japanese track on the north-eastern side of the ridge, also dug-in with the intention of holding its position until daybreak. That night, the Japanese made a minor attack against 'C' Company, but this was turned back with artillery and small arms. The following day the Australians resumed their attack. In doing so, McKinna ordered 'D' Company to renew the assault, aiming for Pear Hill, on the right

Men from the Australian 25th Battalion during the Battle of Pearl Ridge, 30 December 1944

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University

New York University

Residence halls

New York University / Campus / Residence halls

The University Hall dormitory of New York University at 106 East 14th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues, across from Irving Place, was built in 1998 on the site of Luchow's Restaurant. (Source: NYC GIS map)

New York University is a private research university based in New York City. Founded in 1831 by Albert Gallatin as an institution to "admit based upon merit rather than birthright or social class", NYU's historical campus is in Greenwich Village. As of Fall 2019, the university has a total of 51,848 enrolled students, including 26,733 undergraduate students and 25,115 graduate students. Admissions is highly selective, with 15% of applicants accepted for the undergraduate class of 2023. NYU is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". NYU is the largest independent research university in the United States. It also has degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, and academic centers in Accra, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Florence, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Sydney, Tel Aviv, and Washington, D.C. NYU is organized into 25 schools, including 10 undergraduate schools and numerous graduate schools. The university has numerous research efforts, including founding the American Chemical Society and holding research partnerships with the Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence and with major technology firms such as Twitter and IBM.

NYU houses approximately 12,000 undergraduate and graduate residents, and had the seventh-largest university housing system in the U.S. as of 2007, and one of the largest among private schools. NYU's undergraduate housing system consists of more than 20 residence halls and is governed by the Inter-Residence Hall Council (IRHC), an umbrella student council organization. Uniquely, many of NYU's residence halls are converted apartment complexes or old hotels. In general, NYU residence halls receive favorable ratings, and some are opulent. Many rooms are spacious and contain amenities considered rare for individual college residence hall rooms, such as kitchens, lavatories, living rooms and common areas. The university operates its own transit system to transport its students by bus to its campus. A few of the residence halls are considered to be among the nicest in the nation, being furnished with granite counter-tops, stainless-steel appliances, in-hall gyms, wood flooring, marble bathroom fixtures, large floor lounges, floor to ceiling windows and extensive views of lower and midtown Manhattan. Undergraduate students are guaranteed housing during their enrollment at NYU and are split into two categories, FYRE (First-Year Residential Experience) and TRUE (The Residential Upperclassmen Experience). Most FYRE halls are located near the Washington Square area. While nearly all TRUE halls are located near the Union Square area, two former residence halls were located in the Financial District and one is still in use in Chinatown. Two residence halls are located in and around the MetroTech Commons, intended to serve NYU's Brooklyn Campus. In 2007, the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH) named NYU the National School of the Year for IRHC and NRHH's strong efforts over the past year. In addition, NYU was named the National Program of the Year for UltraViolet Live, the annual inter-hall competition that raises funds for Relay For Life.

University Hall, one of NYU's many undergraduate residence halls

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas

1932 United States presidential election in Texas

1932 United States presidential election in Texas

The 1932 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Texas voted for the Democratic nominee, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican nominee, incumbent President Herbert Hoover of California. Roosevelt ran with Speaker of the House John Nance Garner, a Texas native while Hoover ran with incumbent Vice President Charles Curtis of Kansas. Roosevelt defeated Hoover in the Lone Star State by a landslide margin of 76.71%. To date, this is the largest blowout victory by any major party presidential nominee in the state, and marks the only time following the GOP's creation that Gillespie County and Kendall County both failed to back their candidate. With 88.06%, Texas would prove to be Roosevelt's fifth strongest state in popular vote percentage after South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia.

The 1932 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Texas voted for the Democratic nominee, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican nominee, incumbent President Herbert Hoover of California. Roosevelt ran with Speaker of the House John Nance Garner, a Texas native while Hoover ran with incumbent Vice President Charles Curtis of Kansas. Roosevelt defeated Hoover in the Lone Star State by a landslide margin of 76.71%. To date, this is the largest blowout victory by any major party presidential nominee in the state, and marks the only time following the GOP's creation that Gillespie County and Kendall County both failed to back their candidate. With 88.06%, Texas would prove to be Roosevelt's fifth strongest state in popular vote percentage after South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Kendall County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.

County Results Roosevelt  60-70%  70-80%  80-90%  90-100%

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waynesboro,_Mississippi

Waynesboro, Mississippi

Waynesboro, Mississippi

Waynesboro is a city in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 5,043 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wayne County.

Waynesboro is a city in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 5,043 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wayne County.

Location of Waynesboro, Mississippi

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilomar_Administrative_Post

Tilomar Administrative Post

Tilomar Administrative Post

Deutsch: Verwaltungskarte des Subdistrikts Tilomar in Osttimor English: Administrative map of the Tilomar subdistrict of East Timor

Tilomar Administrative Post is an administrative post in Cova Lima District, East Timor. Administration center is Casabauc. The administrative post has an area of 194,64 km² and 7,043 inhabitants. Most spoken language is Tetum Terik, but there is a big Bunak minority, too. Tilomar is divided into four sucos: Beiseuc, Casabauc, Lalawa, and Maudemo. 59% of the households in Tilomar are producing corn, 58% maniok, 53% vegetables, 48% coconuts, 15% rice and 8% coffee.

Tilomar Administrative Post is an administrative post in Cova Lima District, East Timor. Administration center is Casabauc. The administrative post has an area of 194,64 km² and 7,043 inhabitants (2010). Most spoken language is Tetum Terik, but there is a big Bunak minority, too. Tilomar is divided into four sucos: Beiseuc, Casabauc, Lalawa, and Maudemo. 59% of the households in Tilomar are producing corn, 58% maniok, 53% vegetables, 48% coconuts, 15% rice and 8% coffee.

Map of Tilomar Administrative post

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus

Fungus

Pathogens

Fungus / Pathogens

English: The death cap. Ukraine. Русский: Бледная поганка. Украина. Latina: Amanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Link, 1833

A fungus is a kind of living organism: yeasts, moulds and mushrooms that exist as a single filamentous or multicellular body. The filament is known as hyphae multinuclear with cell wall containing chitin or cellulose or both, others are parasitic saprophytic on other organisms and reproduce sexually and asexually. The fungi are a separate kingdom of living things, different from animals and plants. Fungi have cells with nuclei. Their cell walls contain chitin, unlike the cell walls of plants, which contain cellulose. These and other differences show that the fungi form a single group of related organisms, called the Eumycota or Eumycetes. They share a common ancestor and are monophyletic group. Their basic mode of life is saprophytic: a fungus breaks down dead organic matter around it, and uses it as food.ᵖ¹⁰⁷

Some fungi cause crop diseases; others cause serious disease in humans. Some are highly poisonous: never eat a mushroom picked in the wild unless you know what you are doing.

Amanita phalloides is highly poisonous

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Quran

Blood Quran

After the fall of Saddam

Blood Quran / After the fall of Saddam

English: Mother Of All Battles Mosque secured by 1-15th Infantry Regiment of 3rd Brigade 3rd Infantry Division on 13 April 2003 in North Western Baghdad. The Division is deployed in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. OIF is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. [Original DoD caption]

The "Blood Qur'an" is a copy of the Islamic holy book, the Qur'an, claimed to have been written in the blood of the former president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, over the course of two years in the late 1990s. Saddam commissioned the book in 1997 on his 60th birthday, reportedly to give thanks to God for helping him through many "conspiracies and dangers". He explained his reasons for commissioning the book in a letter published by the Iraqi state media in September 2000: "My life has been full of dangers in which I should have lost a lot of blood ... but since I have bled only a little, I asked somebody to write God's words with my blood in gratitude." Saddam's act was denounced in 2000 by the religious authorities of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, and, after his fall from power in 2003, the Qur'an was removed from public display. Controversy persists over how much blood Saddam contributed to the project, or whether any of it is even his at all.

Following the fall of Baghdad to US-led forces in April 2003, the custodians of the mosque put the Blood Qur'an into storage for safekeeping. The demise of Saddam left the Iraqi religious and secular authorities with the dilemma of what should be done with the relics of his rule. Ali al-Moussawi, a spokesman for the prime minister, Nour al-Maliki, underscores this dilemma saying, "Not everything built during this regime we should remove. There were some sculptures however that were solely about dictatorship and control over Iraq. Some spoke to dictators and battles, and they should be removed. They have ethnic and sectarian meanings." The Shia-run government does not want to see the re-emergence of symbols of the Saddam regime and has established a committee to supervise their removal. Some former opponents of Saddam, such as Ahmed Chalabi, have argued for the destruction of all Saddam-era monuments and symbols on the grounds that they are "a clear reminder of the consequences of totalitarianism and idealising a person that embodies evil". Others, such as Mowaffak al-Rubaie, argue that Iraqis "need to remember [the Saddam era], all what is bad and what is good and learn lessons." The Iraqi Prime Minister's spokesman Ali al-Moussawi has proposed that the Blood Qur'an should be kept "as a document for the brutality of Saddam, because he should not have done this. It says a lot about him." However, he said that it should never be displayed in a museum as no Iraqi would want to see it, but it could perhaps be held in a private museum like Hitler or Stalin memorabilia.

Umm al-Ma'arik (now Umm al-Qura) mosque, where the Blood Qur'an was put on display during the Saddam era.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Cemetery_at_Wat_Ratchabophit

Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit

Chao Chom Manda Talab Monument (14)

Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit / Other monuments / Chao Chom Manda Talab Monument (14)

This is a photo of a monument in Thailand identified by the ID 0000007 (Thai Fine Art Department's link)

The Royal Cemetery is located at the western side of the grounds of Wat Ratchabophit in Bangkok. The cemetery contains monuments to numerous members of the Thai Royal Family, particularly those most closely related to King Chulalongkorn. Each monument is given a number, displayed externally at the base of the structure in Thai numerals. There are 34 in all, but one has been removed.

Chao Chom Manda Talab (née Ketudat; 1852–1929) Princess Ajrabarni Rajkanya (1872–1910) Raphi Phatthanasak, Prince of Ratchaburi (1874–1920) Mom On Rabibadhana na Ayudhaya (1877–1935) Princess Bimba Rambai Sonakul (née Rabibadhana; 1898–1967) Prince Khaisaeng Rabi Rabibadhana (1899–1978) Mom Rajawongse Sakdi Rabi Rabibadhana (1939–1997) Princess Suriya Prabha Kritakara (née Rabibadhana; 1901–1970) Prince Vimavaditya Rabibadhana (1902–1958) Princess Vinita Rabibadhana (née Kitiyakara; 1913–1998) Princess Javalit Obhas Kitiyakara (née Rabibadhana; 1904–1932) Prince Akas Damkoeng Rabibadhana (1905–1932) Prince Ploeng Nabhadol Rabibadhana (1906–1985) Prince Thakol Kraival Rabibadhana (1909–1980) Mom Talab Rabibadhana na Ayudhaya (née Srirojana; 1914–1998) Prince Ravibarn Bairojana Rabibadhana (1912–1988) Mom Rajawongse Direkriddhi Rabibadhana (1950–1997) Princess Duangdibaya Jotichaengla Abhakara (née Rabibadhana; 1914–1999) Princess Ditaya Songklod Chakrabandhu (née Rabibadhana; 1916–2010) Gandharos Rangsi Saengmani (née Princess Gandharos Rangsi Rabibadhana; 1917–1983) Mom Rajawongse Vudhiros Rangsi Vudhijaya (1937–1943) Rambai Srisa-anga Sanidvongs (née Princess Rambai Srisa-anga Rabibadhana; 1919–2000)

Chao Chom Manda Talab Monument

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whinchat

Whinchat

Whinchat

English: Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra), female adult; found in Chemnitz, Germany Deutsch: Braunkehlchen (Saxicola rubetra), Weibchen; gefunden in Chemnitz

The whinchat is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in central Africa. At one time considered to be in the thrush family, Turdidae, it is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. Both sexes have a strong supercilium, brownish upper parts mottled darker, a pale throat and breast, a pale buff to whitish belly, and a blackish tail with white bases to the outer tail feathers, but in the breeding season, the male has an orange-buff throat and breast. The whinchat is a solitary species, favouring open grassy country with rough vegetation and scattered small shrubs. It perches in elevated locations ready to pounce on the insects and other small invertebrates that form its diet. The nest is built by the female on the ground in coarse vegetation, with a clutch of four to seven eggs being laid. The hen incubates the eggs for about thirteen days and then both parents feed the nestlings. Fledging takes place about eighteen days after hatching and the parents continue to feed the young for another fortnight.

The whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in central Africa. At one time considered to be in the thrush family, Turdidae, it is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. Both sexes have a strong supercilium, brownish upper parts mottled darker, a pale throat and breast, a pale buff to whitish belly, and a blackish tail with white bases to the outer tail feathers, but in the breeding season, the male has an orange-buff throat and breast. The whinchat is a solitary species, favouring open grassy country with rough vegetation and scattered small shrubs. It perches in elevated locations ready to pounce on the insects and other small invertebrates that form its diet. The nest is built by the female on the ground in coarse vegetation, with a clutch of four to seven eggs being laid. The hen incubates the eggs for about thirteen days and then both parents feed the nestlings. Fledging takes place about eighteen days after hatching and the parents continue to feed the young for another fortnight. Moulting takes place in late summer before the migration southwards, and again on the wintering grounds in Africa before the migration northwards in spring. The whinchat is a common species with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified it as being of "least concern".

Adult female Chemnitz, Germany

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunstanburgh_Castle

Dunstanburgh Castle

20th and 21st centuries

Dunstanburgh Castle / History / 20th and 21st centuries

English: Pillbox overlooking Embleton Bay, north of Dunstanburgh Castle A lozenge pillbox constructed using corrugated iron shuttering. The pillbox was constructed c1941-42 as part of the Northumberland coast defences.

Dunstanburgh Castle is a 14th-century fortification on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, between the villages of Craster and Embleton. The castle was built by Earl Thomas of Lancaster between 1313 and 1322, taking advantage of the site's natural defences and the existing earthworks of an Iron Age fort. Thomas was a leader of a baronial faction opposed to King Edward II, and probably intended Dunstanburgh to act as a secure refuge, should the political situation in southern England deteriorate. The castle also served as a statement of the earl's wealth and influence, and would have invited comparisons with the neighbouring royal castle of Bamburgh. Thomas probably only visited his new castle once, before being captured at the Battle of Boroughbridge as he attempted to flee royal forces for the safety of Dunstanburgh. Thomas was executed, and the castle became the property of the Crown before passing into the Duchy of Lancaster. Dunstanburgh's defences were expanded in the 1380s by John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, in the light of the threat from Scotland and the peasant uprisings of 1381.

A golf course was constructed alongside the castle in 1900, and the estate was later sold to Sir Arthur Sutherland, a wealthy shipowner, in 1919. Sutherland opened an additional course at the castle in 1922, designed by the Scottish golfer, James Braid. The costs of maintaining the property became too much for him and, after undertaking eight years of clearance work in the 1920s, he placed the castle into the guardianship of the state in 1930, with the Commissioners of Works taking control of the property. Archaeological investigations were carried out as part of the clearance work by H. Honeyman in 1929, exposing more of the main gatehouse, and further work was carried out under Robert Bosanquet in the 1930s. Aerial photography was carried out by Walter de Aitchison for the Ordnance Survey. Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, concerns grew in the British government about the threat of German invasion along the east coast of England. The bays just to the north of Dunstanburgh Castle were vulnerable targets for an enemy amphibious landing, and efforts were made to fortify the castle and the surrounding area in 1940, as part of a wider line of defences erected by Sir Edmund Ironside. The castle itself was occupied by a unit of the Royal Armoured Corps, who served as observers; the soldiers appear to have relied on the stone walls for protection rather than trenches, and, unusually, no additional firing points were cut out of the stonework, as typically happened elsewhere. The surrounding beaches were defended with lines of barbed wire, slit trenches and square weapons pits, reinforced by concrete pillboxes to the north and south of the castle, at least partially laid down by the 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. A 20-foot (6 m) wide ditch was dug at the north end of the moat to prevent tanks from breaking through and following the track south past the castle, and a 545-foot by 151-foot (166 m by 46 m) wide anti-personnel minefield was laid to the south-west to prevent infantry soldiers from circumventing the castle's defences and advancing down into Craster. After the end of the war, the barbed wire was cleared away from the beaches by local Italian prisoners of war, although the two pillboxes, the remnants of the anti-tank ditch and some of the trenches and weapons pits still remain. In 1961, Arthur's son, Sir Ivan Sutherland, passed the estate to the National Trust. Archaeological surveys were carried out in 1985, 1986 and 1989 by Durham University, and between 2003 and 2006 researchers from English Heritage carried a major archaeological investigation of 35 hectares (86 acres) of land around the castle. In the 21st century, the castle remains owned by the National Trust and is managed by English Heritage. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and the ruins are protected under UK law as a Grade I listed building. It lies within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest, with parts of the site comprising a Special Protection Area for the conservation of wild birds. The National Trust has encouraged the land around the outside of the castle to remain waterlogged to enable the conservation of amphibians and bird species, and the inside of the castle is protected from grazing animals to encourage nesting birds.

A type 24 concrete pillbox from the Second World War, positioned north of the castle[60]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Los_Angeles

Bibliography of Los Angeles

Bibliography of Los Angeles

English: Ansaldobreda A650 subway car trainset on the Los Angeles Metro Rail Red Line at Union Station.

The Red Line, Los Angeles Metro Rail

This is a bibliography of Los Angeles, California. It includes books specifically about the city and county of Los Angeles and more generally the Greater Los Angeles Area. The list includes both non-fiction and notable works of fiction that significantly relate to the region. The list does not include annual travel books, recipe books, and currently does not contain works about sports in the region.

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The Red Line, Los Angeles MetroRail

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_peninsulas

List of peninsulas

Turkey

List of peninsulas / Asia / Turkey

English: composite satellite image of Anatolia (en:Blue Marble)

A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. The surrounding water is usually understood to be continuous, though not necessarily named as such. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit. A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape. In English, the plural of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae. A river which courses through a very tight meander is also sometimes said to form a "peninsula" within the loop of water. Presented below is a list of peninsulas.

Anatolian Peninsula Armutlu Peninsula Biga Peninsula Datça Peninsula Dilek Peninsula Karaburun Peninsula Kapıdağ Peninsula Kocaeli Peninsula Sinop Peninsula Teke Peninsula

Map of Anatolian Peninsula, the Asian part of Turkey

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirelli_Tire_Building

Pirelli Tire Building

Changes under IKEA

Pirelli Tire Building / History / Changes under IKEA

English: Remaining portion of the Armstrong Rubber/Pirelli Tire Building, now owned by IKEA, 1968/69, Marcel Breuer &amp; Robert F. Gatje, Sargent Drive, Long Wharf, New Haven, Connecticut

The Pirelli Tire Building also known as the Armstrong Rubber Building is a private building in the neighborhood of Long Wharf in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Designed by modernist architect Marcel Breuer, the structure is a noted example of Brutalism.

Swedish furniture manufacturer, IKEA, purchased the site in 2003, soon after announcing plans to build an adjacent store and demolish a 64,000-square foot section of the building for parking. The plan was criticized by the Long Wharf Advocacy Group, a local coalition that sought to pursue alternatives for the site that better preserved the structure. The Connecticut chapter of the American Institute of Architects criticized the plan as well. Despite community criticism, IKEA effectively demolished the entirety of the low rise structure with the exception of that below the suspended offices; the demolition has been criticized for disrupting the intended asymmetrical visual balance of the structure.

The building in 2014, the IKEA building and sign visible in the background

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Aloia

Ernesto Aloia

Ernesto Aloia

Ernesto Aloia

Ernesto Aloia is an Italian writer based in Turin. He was raised in Moncalieri. He was educated at The Real Collegio Carlo Alberto by Barnabites clerics; he depicted this background in his "Punto di domanda", the second story of the collection Sacra fame dell’oro. His short stories have appeared since 1996 in many publications, including Maltese Narrazioni, Campus, Linus and D La Repubblica delle donne. He is an editor at Maltese narrazioni. His first stories collection, Chi si ricorda di Peter Szoke?, 2003, moves freely from hallucinated realism to a more intimate regard to the feelings of common people in apparently common situations hiding a sort of anxiety and perpetual bad omen. In "Pavel" for example, a young couple travel on the eve of a total sun eclipse to reach two friends who have just adopted a Russian child from Chernobyl and left the city to choose a harsh, premodern way of life. Aloia’s second collection, Sacra Fame dell’Oro, 2006, appears more focused on social realism and on the specific theme of human greed for money, love, success or simply social status.

Ernesto Aloia (born December 5, 1965 Belluno) is an Italian writer based in Turin. He was raised in Moncalieri (Turin). He was educated at The Real Collegio Carlo Alberto (Carlo Alberto Royal College) by Barnabites clerics; he depicted this background in his "Punto di domanda" ("Question mark"), the second story of the collection Sacra fame dell’oro. His short stories have appeared since 1996 in many publications, including Maltese Narrazioni, Campus, Linus and D La Repubblica delle donne. He is an editor at Maltese narrazioni. His first stories collection, Chi si ricorda di Peter Szoke? (Who remembers Peter Szoke?), 2003, moves freely from hallucinated realism to a more intimate regard to the feelings of common people in apparently common situations hiding a sort of anxiety and perpetual bad omen. In "Pavel" for example, a young couple travel on the eve of a total sun eclipse to reach two friends who have just adopted a Russian child from Chernobyl and left the city to choose a harsh, premodern way of life. Aloia’s second collection, Sacra Fame dell’Oro (A Sacred Hunger for Gold), 2006, appears more focused on social realism and on the specific theme of human greed for money, love, success or simply social status. The four stories of the collection, moving from the ‘50s to the ruinous financial frauds at the turn of the century draw a vivid portrayal of Italian history since the immediate postwar period. Aloia's stories are populated by both the mediocre and the truly vile - those ready to do anything in order to satisfy their "sacred hunger for gold". These are former Army officers as well as bank executives, aristocratic tycoons as well as urban proletarians. The disenchanted mood of some descriptions and the widespread sense of disillusion could evoke the name of the French Michel Houellebecq, as well as Jonathan Franzen’s and Don DeLillo’s works.

Ernesto Aloia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Not_All:_It_Is_Not_Meat_nor_Drink

Love Is Not All: It Is Not Meat nor Drink

Background

Love Is Not All: It Is Not Meat nor Drink / Background

en:Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)Portrait of Edna St. Vincent Millay (1933-01-14)

Love Is Not All: It Is Not Meat nor Drink is a 1931 poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, written during the Great Depression. The poem was included in her collection Fatal Interview, a sequence of 52 sonnets, appearing alongside other sonnets such as "I dreamed I moved among the Elysian fields," and "Love me no more, now let the god depart," rejoicing in romantic language and vulnerability. These sonnets depict the love affair from a woman's perspective which chronicles her first attraction, consummation, and sorrow at breaking up. Many of the poems make generous use of imagery in Renaissance love sonnets, and uses a medieval setting in some to complement these references. The rhyme scheme in Love Is Not All follows that of a Shakespearean sonnet, however, the division of lines indicate a Petrarchan sonnet. It strays away from the extravagant prose of her other poems and instead adopts a more simplistic word choice. The poem begins with an octave where the speaker states that love does not possess the power to heal or save things, and concludes with a sestet of the speaker saying that even though she may face hardships, she would not trade love for food or peace.

Millay married Eugen Boissevain in 1923; however, in 1928 she met George Dillon, the man whom Fatal Interview was written about. Millay took inspiration from the ancient Greek myth of Selene and Endymion, and mirrored their relationship in her sonnets. The title 'Fatal Interview' is a reference to Donne's "Elegy 16", and Love Is Not All is a direct response to this elegy, which claims that beauty will not calm the oceans and love will not tame beasts. Millay acknowledges these facts with her own listing of things that love is powerless against, yet disagrees with Donne's personal philosophies and states that while some events might not be moved by love, she would not stop loving even if it meant her life would be made easier.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_colleges_and_universities_in_Kansas

List of defunct colleges and universities in Kansas

Defunct colleges and universities in Kansas

List of defunct colleges and universities in Kansas / Defunct colleges and universities in Kansas

Picture of George Washington Carver taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston in 1906

The following is a List of defunct universities and colleges in Kansas. This list includes accredited, degree-granting institutions and bona fide institutions of higher learning that operated before accreditation existed. All have hosted their primary campus within the state of Kansas, and all have since discontinued operations or their operations were taken over by another similar institution of higher learning.

George Washington Carver applied to and was accepted by Highland University, but upon arrival they turned him away because of his race.[4]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharlot_Hall

Sharlot Hall

Sharlot Hall

English: Sharlot Hall circa 1911.

Sharlot Mabridth Hall was an American journalist, poet and historian. She was the first woman to hold an office in the Arizona Territorial government and her personal collection of photographs and artifacts served as the starting collection for a history museum which bears her name.

Sharlot Mabridth Hall (October 27, 1870 – April 9, 1943) was an American journalist, poet and historian. She was the first woman to hold an office in the Arizona Territorial government and her personal collection of photographs and artifacts served as the starting collection for a history museum which bears her name.

Hall circa 1911

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velk%C3%A9_Heraltice

Velké Heraltice

Velké Heraltice

English: Castle in Velké Heraltice (Groß Herrlitz), Czech Silesia Deutsch: Schloss Groß Herrlitz (Velké Heraltice), Tschechisch-Schlesien Čeština: Zámek Velké Heraltice, okres Opava, Slezsko Ślůnski: Pałac we wśi Velké Heraltice (Groß Herrlitz), we czeskim Ślůnsku

Chateau in the village

Velké Heraltice is a village in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 1,600 inhabitants and lies 14 km from Opava. The village was first mentioned in a written document in 1250.

Velké Heraltice (German: Groß Herrlitz) is a village in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 1,600 inhabitants and lies 14 km from Opava. The village was first mentioned in a written document in 1250.

Chateau in the village

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse

Electromagnetic pulse

Control

Electromagnetic pulse / Control

A right front view of an E-4 advanced airborne command post (AABNCP) on the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) simulator for the testing. Location: KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO (NM) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA). Call Sign&#160;: USAF-50125

An electromagnetic pulse, also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or man-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source. EMP interference is generally disruptive or damaging to electronic equipment, and at higher energy levels a powerful EMP event such as a lightning strike can damage physical objects such as buildings and aircraft structures. The management of EMP effects is an important branch of electromagnetic compatibility engineering. Weapons have been developed to deliver the damaging effects of high-energy EMP.

Like any electromagnetic interference, the threat from EMP is subject to control measures. This is true whether the threat is natural or man-made. Therefore, most control measures focus on the susceptibility of equipment to EMP effects, and hardening or protecting it from harm. Man-made sources, other than weapons, are also subject to control measures in order to limit the amount of pulse energy emitted. The discipline of ensuring correct equipment operation in the presence of EMP and other RF threats is known as electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).

EMP simulator HAGII-C testing a Boeing E-4 aircraft.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/E-4_advanced_airborne_command_post_EMP_sim.jpg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Milius

USS Milius

Ships history

USS Milius / Ships history

English: USS Milius in San Diego bay, February 7, 2017

USS Milius is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. It is the first United States Navy Ship named after an POW/MIA from the Vietnam War. Her namesake is Captain Paul L. Milius, a Naval Aviator presumed killed following the crash of his aircraft over Laos in February 1968. Captain Milius's daughter, Annette, became the sponsor and later christened the ship named in honor of her father.

In January 2005, Milius participated in Operation Unified Assistance. On 6 December 2006, the ship successfully launched a Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile for the first time in a test of the Block IV configuration. The launch took place in the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range off of California. The missile flew 869 miles before impacting its target on the land range at China Lake, California. On 12 September 2007, the Embassy of the United States, Manila stated that the arrival of the destroyers USS Chung-Hoon and USS Milius was a goodwill visit to strengthen Philippines–United States relations.

USS Milius in San Diego bay, February 7, 2017

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language

Romansh language

Literature, music and media

Romansh language / Literature, music and media

Rumantsch: Posta Ladina, San Murezzan Deutsch: Engadiner Post, St. Moritz

Romansh is a Romance language spoken predominantly in the southeastern Swiss canton of Grisons. Romansh has been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with German, French and Italian. It also has official status in the canton of Grisons alongside German and Italian and is used as the medium of instruction in schools in Romansh-speaking areas. It is sometimes grouped by linguists with Ladin and Friulian as a Rhaeto-Romance language, though this is disputed. Romansh is one of the descendant languages of the spoken Latin language of the Roman Empire, which by the 5th century AD replaced the Celtic and Raetic languages previously spoken in the area. Romansh retains a small number of words from these languages. Romansh has also been strongly influenced by German in vocabulary and morphosyntax. The language gradually retreated to its current area over the centuries, being replaced in other areas by Alemannic and Bavarian dialects.

Romansh had a rich oral tradition before the appearance of Romansh writing, but apart from songs such as the Canzun da Sontga Margriata, virtually none of it survives. Prior to the 16th century, Romansh writings are known from only a few fragments. The oldest known written records of Romansh dating from the period before 1500 are: the Würzburg manuscript (10th century); the Einsiedeln Homily dates from the early 12th century, discovered in 1907, and consists of a few lines, in an early form of the Romonsch dialect, of interlinear translation (with the original Latin text) of a sermon attributed to St Augustine; the Müstair linguistic monument dated 1389 and consisting of a fragment of a document about grazing rights on common land in the Val Müstair, it is a court testimony in Romansh attested in an otherwise Latin document: Introekk in sum la vall de Favergatscha et introekk eintt la vall da Vafergatscha; la e vcinn faitt una puntt chun dis punt alta e chun dis eintt feder Vinayr As far up as the Favergatscha valley and into the Vafergatscha valley. There where they are building a bridge which they call punt alta and what they call eintt feder Vinayr". The first substantial surviving work in Romansh is the Chianzun dalla guerra dagl Chiaste da Müs written in the Putèr dialect in 1527 by Gian Travers. It is an epic poem describing the First Musso war which Travers himself had taken part in. Subsequent works usually have religious themes, including Bible translations, manuals for religious instructions, and biblical plays. In 1560, the first Romansh translation of the New Testament: L'g Nuof Sainc Testamaint da nos Signer Jesu Christ by Giachem Bifrun, was published. Two years later, in 1562, another writer from the Engadine, Durich Chiampel, published the Cudesch da Psalms, a collection of Romansh church songs in the Vallader dialect. In the Sursilvan dialect, the first surviving works are also religious works such as catechism by Daniel Bonifaci, and in 1611 Ilg Vêr Sulaz da pievel giuvan ("The true joys of young people"), a series of religious instructions for Protestant youths was published by Steffan Gabriel. Four years later in 1615, a Catholic catechism Curt Mussament was published in response, written by Gion Antoni Calvenzano. The first translation of the New Testament into Sursilvan was published in 1648 by the son of Steffan Gabriel, Luci Gabriel. The first complete translation of the Bible, the Bibla da Cuera was published between 1717 and 1719. In music, choirs have a long tradition in the Romansh-speaking areas. Apart from traditional music and song, Romansh is also used in contemporary pop or hip-hop music, some of which has become known outside the Romansh-speaking regions, for instance, in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, Switzerland was represented by a Romansh song, Viver senza tei. Since 2004, the hip-hop group Liricas Analas has become known even outside of Grisons through their Romansh songs. Other contemporary groups include the rock-band Passiunai with its lead singer Pascal Gamboni, or the rock/pop band The Capoonz. Composer Gion Antoni Derungs has written three operas with Romansh librettos: Il cerchel magic (1986), Il semiader (1998) and Tredeschin (2000). Romansh is used to varying extents in newspapers, the radio, and television. Radio and television broadcasts in Romansh are produced by the Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha, which is part of the Swiss public broadcasting company SRG SSR. The radio Radio Rumantsch broadcasts a 24-hour program including informational and music broadcasts. The broadcasters generally speak their own regional dialect on the air, which is considered a key factor in familiarizing Romansh speakers with the dialects outside their home region. News broadcasts are generally in the pan-regional variety Rumantsch Grischun. The two local radio stations Radio Grischa and Radio Engiadina occasionally broadcast in Romansh, but primarily use German. The Televisiun Rumantscha airs regular broadcasts on SF 1, which are subtitled in German. Programs include the information

Front page of the Engadiner Post/Posta Ladina in February 2010

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_GEICO_500

2019 GEICO 500

Qualifying

2019 GEICO 500 / Qualifying

2019 GEICO 500

The 2019 GEICO 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 28, 2019, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps on the 2.66 mile superspeedway, it was the 10th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Austin Dillon scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.734 and a speed of 192.544 mph (309.870 km/h).

Austin Dillon started from pole position.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_helm

Great helm

Great helm

English: Great helm Deutsch: Topfhelm des 13. Jahrhunderts in einer Ausstellungsvitrine des Deutschen Historischen Museums in Berlin

The great helm or heaume, also called pot helm, bucket helm and barrel helm, is a helmet of the High Middle Ages which arose in the late twelfth century in the context of the Crusades and remained in use until the fourteenth century. The barreled style was used by knights in most European armies between about 1220 to 1350 AD and evolved into the frog-mouth helm to be primarily used during jousting contests.

The great helm or heaume, also called pot helm, bucket helm and barrel helm, is a helmet of the High Middle Ages which arose in the late twelfth century in the context of the Crusades and remained in use until the fourteenth century. The barreled style was used by knights in most European armies between about 1220 to 1350 AD and evolved into the frog-mouth helm to be primarily used during jousting contests.

13th century German great helm with a flat top to the skull.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Durham

Diocese of Durham

Diocese of Durham

Descripción bibliográfica: Geographia Blaviana. - [Amsterdam&#160;: Juan Blaeu, 1659] . - [32], VI, 96 p., 34 f., h. 35a, 35b, 35c, 35d, 36-44 f., 34, [2], 36-40, [2], 43-70 [i. e. 75], [1] f., [20] p. de map., [9] f. de map., [4] f. pleg. de map., [2] f. de plan., [2] f. ge grab.&#160;: |bil.&#160;; |cFol. marca major (57 cm.) . - En la dedicatoria a Felipe IV: "Presenta ... El Atlas Universal y Cosmographico de los orbes y terrestre ... Juan Blaeu" . - Título tomado del frontispicio. -- Privilegio fechado en 1659. -Errores de pag. - Sign.: [ ]1, *2, **3, ***-****2, a-e2, A-I2, K1, L-Z2, Aa-Dd2, 4[ ]2, Ee-Ff2, A-I2, K1, L2, M1, N-Y2, Z5, Aa-Dd2, Ee1, A-D2, E-F1, G-I2, K-L1, M-O2, P1, Q-Z2, Aa-Bb2, Cc1, Dd3, Ff-Zz2, Aaa-Bbb2, [ ]. - Frontispicio grab. col. -- Incluye un total de 49 il. entre map., plan. i grab. Materia: Atlas - Obras anteriores a 1800 Impresor: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673, imp. Lugar de impresión: Holanda. Amsterdam Localización: fama.us.es/record=b2058758~S5*spi Vea la ilustración en su contexto Visite también la exposición "Cartografía histórica en la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla" expobus.us.es/cartografia//

The Diocese of Durham is a Church of England diocese, based in Durham, and covering the historic County Durham. It was created in AD 635 as the Diocese of Lindisfarne. The cathedral is Durham Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Durham who used to live at Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, and still has his office there. The diocese's administrative centre, the Diocesan Office, is located at Cuthbert House, Stonebridge just outside Durham City. This was opened in 2015.

The Diocese of Durham is a Church of England diocese, based in Durham, and covering the historic County Durham (and therefore including the part of Tyne and Wear south of the River Tyne, and excluding southern Teesdale). It was created in AD 635 as the Diocese of Lindisfarne. The cathedral is Durham Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Durham who used to live at Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, and still has his office there. The diocese's administrative centre, the Diocesan Office, is located at Cuthbert House, Stonebridge just outside Durham City. This was opened in 2015.

old map of the bishopric of Durham

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_reckoning

Dead reckoning

Marine navigation

Dead reckoning / Marine navigation

English: Basic Marine Navigation tools for Dead Reckoning from the Canadian Yachting Association Coastal Navigation course. The objects are photographed on top of a nautical training chart. The purple book is "Chart 1"; on top of Chart 1 is a navigator's notebook with a Dead Reckoning navigation plan at the top of the page. A dead reckoning navigator must be able to tell time, so he has a rugged watch. He needs a Tide Table in tidal waters so he can determine the effects of tidal currents on the vessel's progress. Dividers are used to meaure distance. A plotter is used to draw course lines, bearings, and fixes on the chart. The navigator's pencil is marked off in 10 nautical mile intervals, to make estimating and double-checking easy. The tip of the pencil points to an area on the chart with several DR course lines, bearings, and fixes plotted.

In navigation, dead reckoning is the process of calculating one's current position by using a previously determined position, or fix, by using estimations of speed and course over elapsed time. The corresponding term in biology, used to describe the processes by which animals update their estimates of position or heading, is path integration. Dead reckoning is subject to cumulative errors. Advances in navigational aids that give accurate information on position, in particular satellite navigation using the Global Positioning System, have made simple dead reckoning by humans obsolete for most purposes. However, inertial navigation systems, which provide very accurate directional information, use dead reckoning and are very widely applied.

In marine navigation a "dead" reckoning plot generally does not take into account the effect of currents or wind. Aboard ship a dead reckoning plot is considered important in evaluating position information and planning the movement of the vessel. Dead reckoning begins with a known position, or fix, which is then advanced, mathematically or directly on the chart, by means of recorded heading, speed, and time. Speed can be determined by many methods. Before modern instrumentation, it was determined aboard ship using a chip log. More modern methods include pit log referencing engine speed (e.g. in rpm) against a table of total displacement (for ships) or referencing one's indicated airspeed fed by the pressure from a pitot tube. This measurement is converted to an equivalent airspeed based upon known atmospheric conditions and measured errors in the indicated airspeed system. A naval vessel uses a device called a pit sword (rodmeter), which uses two sensors on a metal rod to measure the electromagnetic variance caused by the ship moving through water. This change is then converted to ship's speed. Distance is determined by multiplying the speed and the time. This initial position can then be adjusted resulting in an estimated position by taking into account the current (known as set and drift in marine navigation). If there is no positional information available, a new dead reckoning plot may start from an estimated position. In this case subsequent dead reckoning positions will have taken into account estimated set and drift. Dead reckoning positions are calculated at predetermined intervals, and are maintained between fixes. The duration of the interval varies. Factors including one's speed made good and the nature of heading and other course changes, and the navigator's judgment determine when dead reckoning positions are calculated. Before the 18th-century development of the marine chronometer by John Harrison and the lunar distance method, dead reckoning was the primary method of determining longitude available to mariners such as Christopher Columbus and John Cabot on their trans-Atlantic voyages. Tools such as the traverse board were developed to enable even illiterate crew members to collect the data needed for dead reckoning. Polynesian navigation, however, uses different wayfinding techniques.

Dead reckoning navigation tools in coastal navigation

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stateroom_(surveillance_program)

Stateroom (surveillance program)

Germany

Stateroom (surveillance program) / Reactions / Germany

English: A view from the rooftop terrace of the Reichstag building, looking south. The Brandenburg Gate in seen in the foreground, with the United States Embassy in the background. The grey structure on the embassy's roof (top right corner of the photograph) is thought to contain surveillance (espionage) equipment.

STATEROOM is the code name of a highly secretive signals intelligence collection program involving the interception of international radio, telecommunications and internet traffic. It is operated out of the diplomatic missions of the signatories to the UKUSA Agreement and the members of the ECHELON network including Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. In almost a hundred U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, Stateroom operations are conducted by the Special Collection Service, a unit that is jointly operated by the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. According to documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the true mission of Stateroom personnel is generally not revealed to the rest of the diplomatic staff at the facilities where they are assigned.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle summoned Britain's Ambassador to Germany, Simon McDonald, to explain and to clarify the presence of Britain's eavesdropping centre in Berlin.

A view from the rooftop terrace of the Reichstag building in Berlin, the seat of the German parliament. In the background, behind the Brandenburg Gate, the United States Embassy can be seen. The grey structure on the embassy's roof (top right corner of the photograph) is thought to contain surveillance equipment, possibly used to tap into mobile phones.[15]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_de_la_Calancha

Antonio de la Calancha

Antonio de la Calancha

Español: Cronica moralizada del Orden de San Agustin en el Peru, con sucesos egenplares [sic] en esta monarquia . Barcelona: Pedro Lacavalleria, 1638.

Antonio de la Calancha was a pioneering anthropologist studying the South American natives and a senior Augustinian friar.

Antonio de la Calancha (1584–1654) was a pioneering anthropologist studying the South American natives and a senior Augustinian friar.

Antonio de la Calancha. "Cronica moralizada del Orden de San Agustin en el Peru", 1638

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympian_(sidewheeler)

Olympian (sidewheeler)

Wrecked in South America

Olympian (sidewheeler) / Wrecked in South America

English: Steamer Olympian wrecked at Possession Bay, Chile, 1906

Olympian was a large side-wheel inland steamship that operated in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Olympian operated from early 1884 to late 1891 on the Columbia River, Puget Sound, and the Inside Passage of British Columbia and Alaska. Built for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, then controlled by Henry Villard, Olympian and its near twin Alaskan were known as “Henry Villard’s White Elephants.” In 1895 they were said to have been the “most expensive and at the same time the most useless steamers yet appearing in the Northwest.” Olympian was tried on several routes but was unable to make a profit on any of them. The steamer was tied up for good in 1892, and remained so until 1906, when it was sold to New York interests. The buyers intended to tow Olympian around South America to New York, rehabilitate it, and run it on Long Island Sound. Zealandia towed Olympian as far as Possession Bay on the east side of the Straits of Magellan, where Olympian broke loose and washed ashore. Olympian was never removed from the beach, where some remains of the steamer could still be seen in 1980.

In December 1905, OR&N sold Olympian to C.L.Dimon, of New York City. The purchase price was said to be around $30,000. Dimon planned to have Olympian towed around South America to New York, there to be renovated and returned to service as an excursion steamer. Reportedly Dimon intended to spend $100,000 in New York to recondition the steamer. On January 19, 1906, Olympian was brought up the Willamette River from the boneyard to the Willamette Iron and Steel Works to prepare for the trip around South America through the Straits of Magellan. This would be the longest tow in the maritime history of the United States. Olympian left Portland under tow on January 20, 1906, with Captain Wise and eleven crewmen on board. Before leaving in tow, heavy timber bracing were installed inside the steamer, and the sides of the vessel were covered over with rough lumber. Reportedly the paddlewheels were slso removed, but this cannot have been so, as photographs taken after Olympian was wrecked show the wheels still in place. While in tow of Zealandia, Olympian went aground in Possession Bay. Olympian ended up laying broadside on the beach embedded in gravel to a depth of 3 ft (1 m). The estimated cost of salvaging Olympian was $17,500, an amount which it was thought would lead the owners to abandon the vessel. The owners of Olympian contracted with a local salvor to refloat the vessel for £3,500 ($17,000) on a “no cure, no pay” basis. The salvors expended £1,300 ($6,300), and then refused to proceed any further unless they were paid that amount. The owners refused to pay, and ordered Zealandia, which had been standing by, to proceed on alone if Olympian were not brought off the beach in five days. When that did not happen, Zealandia departed, leaving a few men on Olympian to protect the owners’ interest in the vessel. Olympian eventually was abandoned. Its remains could be seen as late as 1980, and the wreck remains visible on satellite imaging.

Olympian wrecked in Possession Bay, 1906.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Victory_Church_(Manhattan)

Our Lady of Victory Church (Manhattan)

Our Lady of Victory Church (Manhattan)

The Church of Our Lady of Victory is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 60 William Street at the corner of Pine Street inthe Financial District of New York City. It was established by Francis Cardinal Spellman in 1944 at 23 William Street and moved to its current location in 1946. It was designed by Eggers &amp; Higgins in the Georgian style.

The Church of Our Lady of Victory, also known as the War Memorial Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 60 William Street on the northeast corner of William Street and Pine Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1944, during World War II, by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and Apostolic Vicar for the U.S. Armed Forces from December 11, 1939 to December 2, 1967, at a time when "victory in the war was in sight but not yet assured." A quote from Cardinal Spellman greets worshipers at the front door: "This Holy Shrine is dedicated to Our Lady of Victory in Thanksgiving for Victory won by our valiant dead, our soldier’s blood, our country’s tears, shed to defend men’s rights and win back men’s hearts to God." A Soldier's Shrine is in the lower chapel, and the Teresa Benedicta Auschwitz Memorial in the lobby commemorates a victim of the Holocaust. A 9-11 Remembrance Book is displayed. Today, the church primarily serves as a place for daytime worship, rather than as a neighborhood church.

The Church of Our Lady of Victory, also known as the War Memorial Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 60 William Street on the northeast corner of William Street and Pine Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1944, during World War II, by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and Apostolic Vicar for the U.S. Armed Forces from December 11, 1939 to December 2, 1967, at a time when "victory in the war was in sight but not yet assured." A quote from Cardinal Spellman greets worshipers at the front door: "This Holy Shrine is dedicated to Our Lady of Victory in Thanksgiving for Victory won by our valiant dead, our soldier’s blood, our country’s tears, shed to defend men’s rights and win back men’s hearts to God." A Soldier's Shrine is in the lower chapel, and the Teresa Benedicta Auschwitz Memorial in the lobby commemorates a victim of the Holocaust. A 9-11 Remembrance Book is displayed. Today, the church primarily serves as a place for daytime worship, rather than as a neighborhood church.

The entrance on Pine Street

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erving_Walker

Erving Walker

Erving Walker

English: Erving Walker 1 Pınar Karşıyaka TSL 20181204

Erving Walker is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Zamalek. Standing at 5 ft 8 in, he plays at the point guard position.

Erving Walker (born January 17, 1990) is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Zamalek. Standing at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), he plays at the point guard position.

Walker with Pınar Karşıyaka in 2018.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_National_Health_System

Spanish National Health System

Purview of local governments in matters of health

Spanish National Health System / Governing agencies / Purview of local governments in matters of health

The Spanish National Health System is the agglomeration of public healthcare services that has existed in Spain since it was established through and structured by the Ley General de Sanidad of 1986. Management of these services has been progressively transferred to the distinct autonomous communities of Spain, while some continue to be operated by the National Institute of Health Management, part of the Ministry of Health and Social Policy. The activity of these services is harmonized by the Interterritorial Council of the Spanish National Health Service in order to give cohesion to the system and to guarantee the rights of citizens throughout Spain. Article 46 of the Ley General de Sanidad establishes the fundamental characteristics of the SNS: a. Extension of services to the entire population. b. Adequate organization to provide comprehensive health care, including promotion of health, prevention of disease, treatment and rehabilitation. c. Coordination and, as needed, integration of all public health resources into a single system. d.

Article 42 of the General Health Law sets out that ayuntamientos—municipal governments—have the following responsibilities with respect to health, without prejudice to the purview of other public administrative bodies: a) Health control of the environment: air pollution, water supply [and water quality], wastewater treatment, urban and industrial residue. b) Health control of industries, activities and services, transport, noise and vibrations. c) Health control of buildings and places of human residence or gathering, especially of food centers, hairdressers, saunas and centers of personal hygiene, hotels and residential centers, schools, tourist campsites and areas of physical activity for sports and recreation. d) Health control of perishable food distribution and supply, beverages and other products directly or indirectly related to human use or consumption, such as means of transport. e) Health control of cemeteries and mortuary health policy.

Air pollution; this photo is from Shanghai, China.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Harriott

Derrick Harriott

Solo and production career

Derrick Harriott / Biography / Solo and production career

Derrick Harriot´s. Foto: Dubdem e FabDub.

Derrick Clifton Harriott is a Jamaican singer and record producer. He was a member of the Jiving Juniors with Herman Sang before embarking on a solo career. He has produced recordings by Big Youth, Chariot Riders, The Chosen Few, Dennis Brown, The Ethiopians, Keith & Tex, The Kingstonians, Rudy Mills, Scotty, Sly & Revolutionaries, and Winston McAnuff.

Harriott embarked on a solo career and later formed his own record label, Crystal. His first solo release, "I Care", was a hit, with further hits following with "What Can I Do" (1964), "The Jerk" (1965) and "I'm Only Human" (1965), all of which were included on his debut album, The Best of Derrick Harriott. In 1967 he had further solo hits with "The Loser" and "Solomon", as well as with productions of other artists, including The Ethiopians' "No Baptism", and Keith And Tex's "Tonight" and "Stop That Train". Ask any Jamaican musician and they'll tell you the rocksteady days were the best days of Jamaican music — Derrick Harriott The lyrics to his song "Message from a Black Man" (circa 1970) echoed the growing black consciousness in American soul music of that time. In 1970 he issued The Crystalites' The Undertaker, an instrumental album in a similar vein to the early music of The Upsetters. He produced successful albums by other artists, including DJ Scotty's Schooldays, Dennis Brown's Super Reggae and Soul Hits, and also his own 14 Chartbuster Hits. In 1971, Swing magazine named Harriott the Top Producer of 1970. He was one of the first producers to use King Tubby mixing talents at his Waterhouse studio, issuing one of the earliest dub albums in 1974: Scrub A Dub, credited to The Crystallites. Harriott followed this with another dub/instrumental album, More Scrubbing The Dub. His late 1970s productions used backing from The Revolutionaries on albums such as Winston McAnuff's Pick Hits To Click (1978), DJ Ray I's Rasta Revival (1978) and his own Enter The Chariot and Disco 6 (a compilation album featuring Dennis Brown, Cornell Campbell and Horace Andy). In the 1970s he opened his first record shop on King Street in Kingston, later moving to larger premises at Twin Gates Plaza in Half-Way Tree. In the 1980s, he continued to have hits with soul cover versions, such as "Skin To Skin" and "Checking Out". In 1988 he scored with "Starting All Over Again", a duet with Yellowman, with lyrics about Hurricane Gilbert. The mid to late 1990s saw solo efforts such as Sings Jamaican Rock Steady Reggae, For a Fistful of Dollars, Derrick Harriott & Giants, and Riding the Roots Chariot being released. In July 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Harriott performed at the two-night Legends of Ska festival. Other performers included: Skatalites, Rico Rodriguez, Lester Sterling, Johnny Moore, Lynn Taitt, Prince Buster, Alton Ellis, Lord Creator, Justin Hinds, Derrick Morgan and Lord Tanamo.

Derrick Harriott record shop, Kingston

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemi_Adamolekun

Yemi Adamolekun

Yemi Adamolekun

Yemi Adamolekun is the executive director of [Enough%20is%20Enough%20Nigeria Enough is Enough Nigeria] (EiE), a coalition of individuals and youth-led organisations committed to instituting a culture of good governance and public accountability in Nigeria. They aim to use advocacy and activism to mobilise young people as responsible citizens. Nigerian politicians actively used mobile technology and social media in their 2011 election campaigns, sending bulk text and voice messages in unprecedented numbers. President Goodluck Jonathan declared his intention to run on Facebook and subsequently became the second most 'liked' head of state in the world after US president Barack Obama. In an effort to capture the impact of this phenomenon, a Social Media Tracking Centre was established by a coalition of government and non-government partners - including EiE. The project was funded in part through support from DFID. "We decided to try to get young Nigerian people registered to vote and talking about the elections, and we came up with the idea of RSVP - Register, Select, Vote and Protect. "Nigerians under 30 make up 70% of the population. As of July this year, there were 5 million Nigerians on Facebook in Nigeria. We thought if we can reach only 5% of them and are able to influence and inform them, then the multiplier effect could be huge." "The social media monitoring centre came out of a meeting that we had with INEC (the Nigerian Independent Election Commission). They agreed to set up a Twitter and Facebook account, and then we arranged about 15 volunteers to monitor what people were saying about the elections online during the course of the vote. "Two of our team also came up with a mobile phone app called ReVoda, based on linking people's voter numbers with their phone numbers. We had about 10000 downloads of the app in about three weeks, and received about 3000 reports. We're now trying to see if we can get this used in Ghana's upcoming elections in December". Enough is Enough has been supported by Omidyar Network, with whom DFID is co-hosting the Open Up! conference in London in December. Yemi will be speaking at Open Up! and you can follow the event via www.openup12.org or #openup12.

Yemi Adamolekun is executive director of Enough is Enough. She campaigns for better governance in Nigeria and is also a senior associate in the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Yemi Adamolekun is executive director of Enough is Enough. She campaigns for better governance in Nigeria and is also a senior associate in the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Adamolekun in 2012

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_CA_Oradea_season

1948–49 CA Oradea season

First team squad

1948–49 CA Oradea season / First team squad

English: CA Oradea 1948-49 squad, champions of Romania.

The 1948–49 season was CA Oradea's 26th season, 16th in the Romanian football league system and their 13th season in the Divizia A. In this season the club was known as Întreprinderea Comunală Orășenească Oradea, ICO Oradea or simply as ICO and managed to obtain the second big performance in the history of the football from Oradea, a Divizia A title. The first title won in Romania and the second title won at club level, after the 1943-44 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, being the first club to succeed to be crowned as both the champion of Romania and Hungary.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

CA Oradea (1948–1949)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/419th_Fighter_Wing

419th Fighter Wing

History

419th Fighter Wing / History

On June 4, 1983, the 419th Tactical Fighter Wing, Utah's only Air Force Reserve flying unit, began retiring the renowned F-105 Thunderchief with a 24-ship flyover of Hill Air Force Base. Personnel who had distinguished themselves in combat operations years before in Southeast Asia led and participated in the singular final tribute.

The 419th Fighter Wing is an Air Reserve Component unit of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, and is stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The 419th FW is an associate unit of the 388th Fighter Wing, Air Combat Command and if mobilized the wing is gained by ACC.

The 419th Group trained in the Reserve for troop carrier operations from 1949 to 1951. The Air Force Reserve has maintained a flying mission at Hill Air Force Base for more than 45 years. When activated in March 1947, the 419th Group was earmarked to control seven Reserve units, the first of which was a rescue squadron. During a two-year period, the 419th Group gained several components, spanning five separate locations and three Air Force organizations. Group pilots trained until March 1951 when training ceased and the entire 419th prepared for entry into active service. Activated in July 1956 as a component of the Regular Air Force, the group and its three squadrons trained in C-123 Provider assault airlift operations. Over the next several years, the wing logged missions in the T-33 Shooting Star, F-80 Shooting Star, F-84 Thunderjet, C-119 Flying Boxcar, C-124 Globemaster II and C-46 Commando aircraft. In 1972, the Air Force Reserve modernization program added fighter aircraft which resulted in the unit gaining F-105 Thunderchief aircraft. Consequently, the unit was re-designated the 508th Fighter Group. On 1 October 1982, the unit was upgraded from a group to a wing, being redesignated the 419th Tactical Fighter Wing. It was the last operational F-105 unit in the Air Force until its conversion to F-16s in January 1984. More than one hundred 419th members were called to active duty in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1991–1992). They served in Saudi Arabia, Europe and at stateside military installations. Approximately 350 members of the 419th Fighter Wing deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of Operation Provide Comfort II from 3 December 1994 through 16 February 1995. The wing's pilots flew more than 500 sorties, compiling more than 1,400 flight hours enforcing the no-fly zone over northern Iraq. The wing demonstrated its combat capability in a return trip to Incirlik Air Base in June 1997 to support Operation Northern Watch. The unit's show of force was significant as it deployed 12 aircraft and nearly 400 people to the region to deter the Iraqi military from terrorizing its neighbors. In 1998, the 466th Fighter Squadron deployed 6 aircraft and 93 Reservists to Kuwait in support of Operation Southern Watch. In June 1999, the 419th Fighter Wing's deployment to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey marked the first time the Reserve supported a contingency operation by employing precision-guided munitions. After being fired upon by the Iraqi military, pilots utilized Low Altitude Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) technology to destroy enemy targets with pinpoint accuracy. 419th FW members deployed to Incirlik Air Base in June 2000 where they became the first Reserve unit ever to use a new precision strike capability known as LITENING II in a contingency operation. Their F-16s equipped with the LITENING II technology, 419th pilots helped keep the Iraqi military in check flying 95 combat missions over a 28-day period. In October 2001, the 419th returned to the Middle East as part of Air Expeditionary Force-8. Wing members used the LITENING II precision strike capability to enforce the no-fly zone over southern Iraq for 19 days. While deployed, 419th pilots assisted in the United States' war on terrorism by logging combat missions over Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. That same month, 419th Security Forces members and Civil Engineers were mobilized and spent 18 months providing security at Air Force installations stateside and overseas. Members of the wing's 466th Fighter Squadron supported the North American Aerospace Defense Command by flying combat air patrols at undisclosed locations from 21 December 2001 to 1 January 2002. The wing filled each 8-hour CAP responsibility by utilizing volunteer Reservists and Air Reserve Technicians. In January 2003, over 100 members of the 419th departed Utah to enforce the no-fly zone over southern Iraq. Once deployed, members were called to active-duty to participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the war, pilots delivered precision-guided

The 24-ship flyover formation, Diamonds on Diamonds, was used at the F-105 retirement at Hill Air Force Base in 1985

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Sala%C5%A1ki

Tamara Salaški

Tamara Salaški

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Tamara Salaški is a Serbian sprinter. She competed in the 400 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships. She competed for Serbia at the 2016 Rio Olympics with a 52.70 result. She ran third for the qualification. Her personal best is 51.89.

Tamara Salaški (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамара Салашки; born 16 October 1988) is a Serbian sprinter. She competed in the 400 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships. She competed for Serbia at the 2016 Rio Olympics with a 52.70 result. She ran third for the qualification. Her personal best is 51.89.

Tamara Salaški in 2016

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Communist_Party_of_Spain_in_the_Spanish_Civil_War

Women in the Communist Party of Spain in the Spanish Civil War

Prelude to the Second Republic (1800–1922)

Women in the Communist Party of Spain in the Spanish Civil War / Prelude to the Second Republic (1800–1922)

English: Spanish political leader Dolores Ibárruri (1895-1989).

Women in the Communist Party of Spain in the Spanish Civil War were highly active, the most visible figure in the movement being Dolores Ibárruri, who joined in its early years. The Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera pushed the group underground, where they had to meet clandestinely around their public face, the football club Oriente FC. The birth of the Second Republic in 1931 saw a new era in Spain, where women were welcomed en masse into the public sphere, receiving voting rights, the ability to divorce and increased access to education. The first elections in 1931 saw the PCE kept out of Congress, though communist sympathizer Margarita Nelken y Mansbergen did win a seat representing the PSOE. She went on to win re-election in 1933, and PCE won a single seat in Congress. In 1935 PCE embraced the Popular Front line, seeking to unite all anti-fascist forces under a single umbrella. Dolores Ibárruri's prominence grew in this period, as she increasingly became the face of the party, winning a seat in the 1936 elections. PCE's strategy towards women in the Second Republic was largely to address their needs primarily as a tool to grow membership.

Following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, members of Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) began to discuss what the role of communism should be in their own party, with the topic raised in PSOE's 1919 Congress.  The following year, the youth wing of the party created the Communist Party of Spain (Spanish: Partido Comunista de España) (PCE) but they not recognized as a PSOE affiliate. Partido Comunista Obrero Español were founded in 1921 by Bolshevik sympathizers within PSOE, but they too were rejected by PSOE. Dolores Ibárruri was one of the few women active in leadership in the Communist Party of Spain.  Joining during the 1920s, she found herself elected to the Central Committee by 1930.  Two years later, she was the head of its Women's Commission.

Spanish political leader Dolores Ibárruri in 1936.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundannoor

Kundannoor

Kundannoor

English: Crown Plaza, Kochi

Crowne Plaza Hotel at Kundannoor

Kundannoor is a fast developing region in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. It is located around 3.5 km from Vytilla Junction and around 7 km from Ernakulam Junction Railway Station. It is part of Maradu Municipality, and is located on the Kochi Bypass at the junction of three National Highways, namely NH 66, NH 85 and NH 966B. NH 966B is the second shortest National highway in India. The Le Meridien and Crowne Plaza hotels are situated near Kundanoor junction. Many shopping malls are proposed and some are under construction in Kundanoor.

Kundannoor is a fast developing region in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. It is located around 3.5 km from Vytilla Junction and around 7 km from Ernakulam Junction Railway Station. It is part of Maradu Municipality, and is located on the Kochi Bypass at the junction of three National Highways, namely NH 66, NH 85 and NH 966B. NH 966B is the second shortest National highway in India. The Le Meridien and Crowne Plaza hotels are situated near Kundanoor junction. Many shopping malls are proposed and some are under construction in Kundanoor.

Crowne Plaza Hotel at Kundannoor

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trocad%C3%A9ro

Trocadéro

Jardins du Trocadéro

Trocadéro / Jardins du Trocadéro

Français&#160;: Jardins du Trocadéro, fontaine centrale, canons à eau en action, gens se baignant.

The Trocadéro, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. It is also the name of the 1878 palace which was demolished in 1937 to make way for the Palais de Chaillot. The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot, a former village.

The Jardins du Trocadéro occupy the open space bounded to the northwest by the wings of the Palais de Chaillot and to the southeast by the Seine and the Pont d'Iéna. The present garden has an area of 93,930 square metres (23.21 acres) and was created for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937), on the design of architect Roger-Henri Expert. The entire site was formerly the garden of the old Palais du Trocadéro, laid out by Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand.

Jardins du Trocadéro with the Eiffel Tower in the background

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_(priest)

Canon (priest)

Canon professors

Canon (priest) / Canon professors

English: Old photo of a flemish Canon; Sint-Niklaas; Seminary Verzameling Sint-Jozef-Klein-Seminarie (college)

A canon is a member of certain bodies subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct of or close to a cathedral and conducting his life according to the orders or rules of the church. This way of life grew common in the eighth century. In the eleventh century, some churches required clergy thus living together to adopt the rule first proposed by Saint Augustine that they renounce private wealth. Those who embraced this change were known as Augustinians or Canons Regular, whilst those who did not were known as secular canons.

A canon professor is a canon at an Anglican cathedral (either lay or in orders) who also holds a university professorship. There are four canon professorships in the University of Oxford in conjunction with Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and two in Durham University in conjunction with Durham Cathedral, although academics titled "canon professor" may also be found at other universities where the appointments as canon and professor have been made independently. Section 2 of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1995 was passed for the express purpose of enabling Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, to appoint not more than two lay canons. One of the motivations for this provision was the fact that, under section 6 of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840, the position of Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Oxford was annexed to a Residentiary Canonry of the cathedral, meaning that the Regius professorship could be held only by an Anglican priest. Following the death of Peter Hinchliff in 1995 the Regius professorship was held by Henry Mayr-Harting, a Roman Catholic layman, from 1997 until 2003, and was taken up by another lay person, Sarah Foot, in Michaelmas Term 2007. Three other Statutory Professorships, the Regius Professorship of Divinity, Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity, recently held by the famous Anglican theologian, John Macquarrie, and Regius Professorship of Moral and Pastoral Theology, are annexed to canonries of Christ Church and were until recently held only by Anglican priests. At Durham, the canon professorships are the Van Mildert Professor of Divinity, the holder of which must be an Anglican priest, and the Michael Ramsey Professor of Anglican Studies, who must be Anglican but did not have to be ordained. Historically, the chair in Greek at the university was also a canon professorship. This canonry was transferred to the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in 1940. The Lightfoot professorship was attached to the canonry until 1985, when the non-Anglican James Dunn was appointed.

Another Flemish canon in official clerical dress of canons

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monnet_Plan

Monnet Plan

Monnet Plan

English: French Proposal for the Ruhr Area and the Rhineland. 日本語: ルール地域とラインラントに関するフランスの提案を示した地図。英国が作成。

The Monnet plan was proposed by French civil servant Jean Monnet after the end of World War II. It was a reconstruction plan for France that proposed giving France control over the German coal and steel areas of the Ruhr area and Saar and using these resources to bring France to 150% of pre-war industrial production. The plan was adopted by Charles de Gaulle in early 1946. The plan would permanently limit German economic capacity, and greatly increase French power.

The Monnet plan was proposed by French civil servant Jean Monnet after the end of World War II. It was a reconstruction plan for France that proposed giving France control over the German coal and steel areas of the Ruhr area and Saar and using these resources to bring France to 150% of pre-war industrial production. The plan was adopted by Charles de Gaulle in early 1946. The plan would permanently limit German economic capacity, and greatly increase French power.

UK map of the French proposals, created April 1946. The Ruhr Area is to be extended to the Dutch border by incorporating parts of the Rhineland, and the whole new territory shall then be detached from Germany.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/French_Proposal_4_April_1946.jpg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Houston

Downtown Houston

Downtown Houston

English: Downtown Houston skyline, Houston, Texas.

The Downtown skyline from the west.

Downtown is the largest business district in Houston, Texas, located near the geographic center of the metropolitan area at the confluence of Interstate 10, Interstate 45, and Interstate 69. The 1.84-square-mile district, enclosed by the aforementioned highways, contains the original townsite of Houston at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, a point known as Allen's Landing. Downtown has been the city's preeminent commercial district since its founding in 1836. Today home to nine Fortune 500 corporations, Downtown contains 50 million square feet of office space and is the workplace of 150,000 employees. Downtown is also a major destination for entertainment and recreation. Nine major performing arts organizations are located within the 13,000-seat Theater District at prominent venues including Alley Theatre, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Jones Hall, and the Wortham Theater Center. Two major professional sports venues, Minute Maid Park and the Toyota Center, are home to the Houston Astros and Houston Rockets, respectively. Discovery Green, an urban park located on the east side of the district adjacent to the George R.

Downtown is the largest business district in Houston, Texas, located near the geographic center of the metropolitan area at the confluence of Interstate 10, Interstate 45, and Interstate 69. The 1.84-square-mile (4.8 km²) district, enclosed by the aforementioned highways, contains the original townsite of Houston at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, a point known as Allen's Landing. Downtown has been the city's preeminent commercial district since its founding in 1836. Today home to nine Fortune 500 corporations, Downtown contains 50 million square feet (4,600,000 m²) of office space and is the workplace of 150,000 employees. Downtown is also a major destination for entertainment and recreation. Nine major performing arts organizations are located within the 13,000-seat Theater District at prominent venues including Alley Theatre, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Jones Hall, and the Wortham Theater Center. Two major professional sports venues, Minute Maid Park and the Toyota Center, are home to the Houston Astros and Houston Rockets, respectively. Discovery Green, an urban park located on the east side of the district adjacent to the George R. Brown Convention Center, anchors the city's convention district. Downtown is Houston's civic center, containing Houston City Hall, the jails, criminal, and civil courthouses of Harris County, and a federal prison and courthouse. Downtown is also a major public transportation hub, lying at the center of the light rail system, park and ride system, and the metropolitan freeway network; the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) is headquartered in the district. Over 100,000 people commute through Downtown daily. An extensive network of pedestrian tunnels and skywalks connects a large number of buildings in the district; this system also serves as a subterranean mall. Geographically, Downtown is bordered by East Downtown to the east, Third Ward to the south, Midtown to the southwest, Fourth Ward to the west, Sixth Ward to the northwest, and Near Northside to the north. The district's streets form a strict grid plan of approximately 400 square blocks, oriented at a southwest to northeast angle. The northern end of the district is crossed by Buffalo Bayou, the banks of which function as a linear park with a grade-separated system of hike-and-bike trails.

The Downtown skyline from the west.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse_St%C3%B6be

Ilse Stöbe

Literature

Ilse Stöbe / Literature

Deutsch: Gedenktafel, Frieda Stöbe, Ilse Stöbe und Kurt Müller, Frankfurter Allee 233, Berlin-Lichtenberg, Deutschland English: Memorial plaque, Frieda Stöbe, Ilse Stöbe and Kurt Müller, Frankfurter Allee 233, Berlin-Lichtenberg, Deutschland

Ilse Stöbe was a German journalist and anti-Nazi resistance fighter.

Memorial plaque, Frankfurter Allee 233, in Lichtenberg, Berlin

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookland_(Washington,_D.C.)

Brookland (Washington, D.C.)

Brookland (Washington, D.C.)

Brookland is a neighborhood located in the Northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. Historically centered along 12th Street NE, Brookland is bounded by either Taylor Street or Michigan Avenue NE to the north, Rhode Island AvenueNE to the south, South Dakota Avenue NE to the east, and the Washington Metro's Red Line to the west. The western boundary originates with the completion of the former Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1873, which now incorporates the Washington Metro's Red Line and creates the physical barrier which continues to separate Brookland from Edgewood to the west today. Most of the Brookland neighborhood is served by the Brookland–CUA Metro station, which operates on the Washington Metropolitan Area Red Line, though a small portion of the Brookland neighborhood located on Rhode Island Avenue NE is served by the Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station, which also operates on the Washington Metropolitan Area Red Line as well.