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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota

Fillmore County, Minnesota

Fillmore County, Minnesota

English: Fillmore County Courthouse in Preston, Minnesota

Fillmore County Courthouse

Fillmore County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 20,866. Its county seat is Preston. Fillmore County is included in the Rochester, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Fillmore County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 20,866. Its county seat is Preston. Fillmore County is included in the Rochester, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Fillmore County Courthouse

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96ljait%C3%BC

Öljaitü

Military alliance

Öljaitü / Relations with Europe / Military alliance

Letter of Oljeitu to Philippe le Bel, 1305. With translation by Buscarel.

Öljeitü, also known as Muhammad Khodabandeh, was the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler from 1304 to 1316 in Tabriz, Iran. His name "Ölziit" means "blessed" in the Mongolian language. He was the son of the Ilkhan ruler Arghun, brother and successor of Mahmud Ghazan, and great-grandson of the Ilkhanate founder Hulagu.

After his predecessors Arghun and Ghazan, Öljeitu continued diplomatic overtures with the West, and re-stated Mongol hopes for an alliance between the Christian nations of Europe and the Mongols against the Mamluks, even though Öljeitu himself had converted to Islam.

Translation of Öljeitu's message by Buscarello de Ghizolfi, on the back of the letter (visible here).

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

Mikele Leigertwood

Reading

Mikele Leigertwood / Club career / Reading

02/01/12 Cardiff V Reading, Championship, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales

Mikele Benjamin Leigertwood is an English-born Antiguan retired footballer who last played for Reading. He also played for the Antigua and Barbuda national team.

Leigertwood went on loan to Reading for two months on 23 November 2010. On 27 November 2010, he made his Reading debut, starting the match before coming off in the 77th minutes, in a 0–0 draw against Leeds United. Leigertwood quickly became a first team regular for the side. After a series of consistently good performances, this was extended to the end of the 2010–11 season. He scored his first goal for the club against Stevenage in the FA Cup on 29 January 2011. A week later Leigertwood added another goal to his tally with a 21st minute deflected strike against Cardiff City in a 2–2 draw. During the match, Leigertwood punched Michael Chopra "after a confrontation involving both sets of players, but immediately admitted his part in the melee" and served a three match suspension. After serving a three match suspension, his performance earned him Reading Post AHG Group-sponsored player-of-the-month award for February. He continued to help the side reach fifth place, qualifying for the Championship play–offs. Leigertwood played all three matches in the Championship play–offs, as Reading lost 4–2 against Swansea City in the Championship play-off Final. Despite missing out several matches, due to injury and suspension, he went on to make twenty–nine appearances and scoring two times in all competitions for the side. In May 2011, it was announced that Reading had signed Leigertwood on a three-year contract. Leigertwood's first game after signing for the club on a permanent basis came in the opening game of the season, in a 2–2 draw against Millwall. Since joining the club on a permanent basis, he quickly became a starting eleven for the side. However, his performance at the start of the season came under criticism from Reading supporters. Despite this, Leigertwood's first goal of the 2011–12 season came at home to Southampton in a 1–1 draw on 22 October 2011. Leigertwood started in every matches until he suffered a thigh injury that saw missed three matches. After returning to the first team from injury, he quickly regained his first team place for the side. His second goal of the campaign came at home to Leicester City in a 3–1 win, and this was followed up with strikes against Blackpool and West Ham United as Reading surged towards promotion with an incredible run of games of which Leigertwood was an important figure in. After returning from a knee injury, he returned to the starting lineup, where he key role Leigertwood had played was rewarded when he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory at home to Nottingham Forest, which secured Reading's promotion back to the top flight after a four-year absence. At the end of the 2011–12 season, he went on to make forty–two appearances and scoring five times in all competitions. In the 2012–13 season, Liegertwood continued to regain his first team place for the side, as the club are playing in the Premier League. In early–October, however, he suffered ankle injury that saw him sidelined for one match. After returning from injury, he scored his first Premier League goal for Reading in a 3–3 draw with Fulham with a superb strike from 20 yards on 27 October 2012. Three days later, on 30 October 2012, he scored his second goal for the club, in the League Cup campaign, as Reading lost 7–5 against Arsenal after Arsenal were 4–0 down before coming back to win the game 7–5 after extra-time. After being sidelined in early–2013 due to injury, Leigterwood then captained the side for the first time and scored his third goal of the season, in a 4–0 win over Sheffield United in the third round of the FA Cup. He continued to be in the starting line-up until he was dropped from the first team for the rest of the 2012–13 season, as Leigterwood went on to make thirty–four appearances and scoring three times in all competitions. Metro named Leigterwood as the Premier League's worst XI of the season. Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Leigterwood suffered an ankle injury during the pre–season, having been on a knife since May. In September 2013, he returned to training after recovering from the ankle injury.

Leigertwood being marked by Cardiff City's Aron Gunnarsson during the Cardiff City and Reading match on 2 January 2012.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Klopp

Jürgen Klopp

2017–2019: First Champions League title

Jürgen Klopp / Managerial career / Liverpool / 2017–2019: First Champions League title

English: Jurgen Klopp during Liverpool's trophy parade after winning Champions League in 2019.

Jürgen Norbert Klopp is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Liverpool. He is regarded by many as one of the best managers in the world. Klopp spent most of his playing career at Mainz 05; a hard-working and physical player, he was initially deployed as a striker, before being moving to defence. Upon retiring in 2001, Klopp became the club's manager, and secured Bundesliga promotion in 2004. After suffering relegation in the 2006–07 season and unable to achieve promotion, Klopp resigned in 2008 as the club's longest-serving manager. He then became manager of Borussia Dortmund, guiding them to the Bundesliga title in 2010–11, before winning Dortmund's first-ever domestic double during a record-breaking season. Klopp also guided Dortmund to a runner-up finish in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League before leaving in 2015 as their longest-serving manager. Klopp was appointed manager of Liverpool in 2015. He guided the club to successive UEFA Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019, winning the latter to secure his first – and Liverpool's sixth – title in the competition.

Klopp's side finished fourth in the 2017–18 Premier League, securing qualification for the Champions League for a second consecutive season. Along with the emergence of Andrew Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold as regular starters at fullback, Virgil van Dijk and Dejan Lovren built a strong partnership at the heart of Liverpool's defence, with the Dutchman being credited for improving Liverpool's previous defensive issues. Klopp guided Liverpool to their first UEFA Champions League final since 2007 in 2018 after a 5–1 aggregate quarter-final win against eventual Premier League champions, Manchester City and a 7–6 aggregate win over Roma in the semi-final. However, Liverpool went on to lose in the final 3–1 to Real Madrid. This was Klopp's sixth defeat in seven major finals. Despite their attacking prowess, Klopp's side had been criticised for their relatively high number of goals conceded, something which Klopp sought to improve by signing defender Virgil van Dijk in the January transfer window, for a reported fee of £75 million, a world record transfer fee for a defender. In the summer transfer window, Klopp made a number of high profile signings including midfielders Naby Keïta and Fabinho, forward Xherdan Shaqiri and goalkeeper Alisson. Liverpool started the 2018–19 season with the best league start in the club's history, winning their first six matches. On 2 December 2018, Klopp was charged with misconduct after running onto the pitch during the Merseyside derby to celebrate Divock Origi's 96th minute winning goal with goalkeeper Alisson. Following a 2–0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves), Liverpool ended Christmas Day four points clear at the top of the league. A 4–0 win against Newcastle United on Boxing Day saw Klopp's side extend their lead in the league to six points at the half-way point of the season, as well as becoming only the fourth Premier League team to be unbeaten at this stage. It was Klopp's 100th win in 181 matches as Liverpool manager. Klopp's defensive additions proved to be effective as his side equalled the all-time record for the fewest goals conceded at this stage of a top-flight season, conceding just 7 goals and keeping 12 clean sheets in 19 matches. On 29 December 2018, Klopp's side thrashed Arsenal 5–1 at Anfield, extending their unbeaten home run in the league to 31 matches, matching their best such run in the competition. The result saw them move nine points clear at the top of the league, and meant Liverpool won all 8 of their matches in December. Klopp subsequently received the Premier League Manager of the Month award for December 2018. Klopp's side finished the season as runners-up to Manchester City, to whom they suffered their only league defeat of the season. Winning all of their last nine matches, Klopp's Liverpool scored 97 points, the third-highest total in the history of the English top-division and the most points scored by a team without winning the title, and remained unbeaten at home for the second season running. Their thirty league wins matched the club record for wins in a season. Success eluded Klopp's Liverpool side in domestic cup competitions in 2018–19. On 26 September 2018, Klopp's side were knocked out in the third round of the League Cup after losing 2–1 to Chelsea, their first defeat of the season in all competitions, and were knocked out of the FA Cup after losing 2–1 to Wolves in the third round. Despite a lack of success in domestic cup competitions, Liverpool enjoyed a vintage run in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. Klopp's side finished second in their group by virtue of goals scored to qualify for the knockout phase, before drawing German champions Bayern Munich in the round of 16. A scoreless draw in the first leg, followed by 3–1 victory in the second leg at the Allianz Arena saw Liverpool qualify for the quarter-finals. Liverpool won their quarter-final tie against Porto with an aggregate score of 6–1 to advance to the semi-finals, where Klopp's Liverpool faced tournament favourites Barcelona. After suffering a 3–0 defeat at the Nou Camp,

Klopp during Liverpool's Champions League victory Parade.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandsch-Indische_Levensverzekerings_en_Lijfrente_Maatschappij

Nederlandsch-Indische Levensverzekerings en Lijfrente Maatschappij

Nederlandsch-Indische Levensverzekerings en Lijfrente Maatschappij

English: NILLMIJ building in Weltevreden, Batavia (now Jakarta)

Nederlandsch-Indische Levensverzekerings en Lijfrente Maatschappij was a major Dutch insurance business with substantial headquarters buildings and branch offices in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands. After Indonesia became independent, major Dutch companies operating there, including NILLMIJ, were nationalized. The company's operations in the Netherlands continued while the Indonesian government continued the renamed Indonesian business PT Asuransi Jiwasraya.

Nederlandsch-Indische Levensverzekerings en Lijfrente Maatschappij (NILLMIJ) was a major Dutch insurance business with substantial headquarters buildings and branch offices in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands. After Indonesia became independent, major Dutch companies operating there, including NILLMIJ, were nationalized. The company's operations in the Netherlands continued while the Indonesian government continued the renamed Indonesian business PT Asuransi Jiwasraya.

Office of Nillmij (Nederlandsch-Indische Levensverzekerings en Lijfrente Maatschappij) in Jakarta, now Head Office of Asuransi Jiwasraya

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

Ashigase Station

Ashigase Station

（足ヶ瀬駅）

Ashigase Station is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Ashigase Station (足ヶ瀬駅, Ashigase-ek) is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Ashigase Station, September 2007

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsy%27s_Law

Marsy's Law

Results

Marsy's Law / Results

English: Electoral results by county.

Marsy's Law, the California Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008, enacted by voters as Proposition 9 through the initiative process in the November 2008 general election, is an amendment to the state's constitution and certain penal code sections. The act protects and expands the legal rights of victims of crime to include 17 rights in the judicial process, including the right to legal standing, protection from the defendant, notification of all court proceedings, and restitution, as well as granting parole boards far greater powers to deny inmates parole. Passage of this law in California has led to the passage of similar laws in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ohio and Wisconsin, and efforts to pass similar laws in Hawaii, Iowa, Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, and Pennsylvania. In November 2017, Marsy's Law was found to be unconstitutional and void in its entirety by the Supreme Court of Montana for violating that state's procedure for amending the Montana Constitution.

Electoral results by county.

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

Alta Val Tidone

Alta Val Tidone

Italiano: Panorama di Pecorara Capoluogo.

View of Pecorara, one of the town in the comune.

Alta Val Tidone is a new comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 180 kilometres northwest of Bologna and about 30 kilometres southwest of Piacenza. Casrelgerundo borders the following municipalities: Bobbio, Borgonovo Val Tidone, Canevino, Golferenzo, Pianello Val Tidone, Piozzano, Romagnese, Ruino, Santa Maria della Versa, Travo, Volpara, Zavattarello, Ziano Piacentino It was formed on 1 January 2018 from the union of Caminata, Nibbiano and Pecorara.

Alta Val Tidone is a new comune (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 180 kilometres (110 mi) northwest of Bologna and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Piacenza. Casrelgerundo borders the following municipalities: Bobbio, Borgonovo Val Tidone, Canevino, Golferenzo, Pianello Val Tidone, Piozzano, Romagnese, Ruino, Santa Maria della Versa, Travo, Volpara, Zavattarello, Ziano Piacentino It was formed on 1 January 2018 from the union of Caminata, Nibbiano and Pecorara.

View of Pecorara, one of the town in the comune.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Pecorara_panorama500.jpg

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

David Braham

David Braham

English: Undated photo of composer David Braham.

David Braham was a London-born musical theatre composer most famous for his work with Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart. He has been called "the American Offenbach".

David Braham (1834 – April 11, 1905) was a London-born musical theatre composer most famous for his work with Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart. He has been called "the American Offenbach".

Undated photo of composer David Braham

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

Formula BMW

United States & Americas

Formula BMW / Championships / United States & Americas

Greg Mansell's Formula BMW Car, being exhibited at the 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Formula BMW was a junior racing formula for single seater cars. It was positioned at the bottom of the motorsport career ladder alongside the longer established Formula Ford category. Like Formula Ford, it was intended to function as the young kart racing graduate's first experience of car racing. The new formula was created by BMW Motorsport in 2001, with the first of its championships being inaugurated in Germany in 2002. Selected competitors from each series meet in the World Final at the end of each season, with the promise of a Formula One test for the winner. From 2011 onwards BMW ceased to support the Pacific and Europe series, in favour of the Formula BMW Talent Cup. The Talent Cup, which was the final Formula BMW championship in existence, ended after the 2013 season.

Founded in 2004 and originally known as Formula BMW USA, the series changed its name to Formula BMW Americas starting with the 2008 season. The series was sanctioned by IMSA, and it has appeared on the support bill for ALMS, Champ Car, Grand-Am, Indy Racing League and Formula One events. In its first four years of existence (2004–2007), the Formula BMW USA series supported both the Canadian and United States Formula One Grands Prix. The 2007 BMW USA champion was the previous season's Rookie of the Year, Daniel Morad of Canada, who secured the title with six wins. Mexico's Esteban Gutiérrez took over the Rookie title. The Americas championship was disbanded at the conclusion of the 2009 season which saw only 13 drivers participate in a race.

Greg Mansell at Goodwood

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

Croome Court

The Park Seat

Croome Court / Park / The Park Seat

English: Croome Landscape Park. The Park Seat, also known as the Owl’s Nest, was designed by Robert Adams and built between 1770-2. It stands in Croome Landscape Park at the southern end of Croome River. The park in now in the care of the National Trust.

Croome Court is a mid-18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion surrounded by extensive landscaped parkland at Croome D'Abitot, near Upton-upon-Severn in south Worcestershire, England. The mansion and park were designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown for the 6th Earl of Coventry, and they were Brown's first landscape design and first major architectural project. Some of the mansion's rooms were designed by Robert Adam. The mansion house is owned by Croome Heritage Trust and leased to the National Trust, which operates it as a tourist attraction. The National Trust owns the surrounding parkland, which is also open to the public.

The Park Seat, also known as The Owl's Nest, was designed by Robert Adam in 1770 as a viewing station for the park. It was restored by the National Trust using a Natural England grant.

The Park Seat in 2005

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

Saintfield

1798 in Saintfield

Saintfield / History / 1798 in Saintfield

English: United Irishmen plaque Saintfield Credit: A Peter Clarke image

Saintfield is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick on the A7 road. It had a population of 3,381 in the 2011 Census, made up mostly of commuters working in both south and central Belfast, which is about 18 km away. The population of the surrounding countryside is mostly involved in farming. Running east to west across the A7 is the B6 road, and to the west of this crossroads is Main Street, which takes one towards Lisburn and Ballynahinch, and to the east is Station Road which takes one towards Killyleagh.

The Society of United Irishmen launched a rebellion in 1798, which began in Leinster and quickly spread to Ulster. The United Irishmen had been founded in 1791 by liberal Protestants in Belfast. Its goal was to unite Catholics and Protestants and make Ireland an independent republic. Although its membership in the South was mainly Catholic, most of its leaders and members in northeast Ulster were Protestant Presbyterians. On 9 June 1798, a British force was ambushed in a wood near Saintfield. About 100 men were killed altogether, and the United Irishmen emerged victorious. The headstones of men who were killed in this battle can be seen near the river at the bottom of the First Presbyterian Church graveyard. In the aftermath of the battle, Saintfield was sacked and only a few pre-1798 buildings remain. The village was subsequently rebuilt. In 1802 the Price family residence in Main Street was converted to an inn. In 1803 the Market House was built. The White Horse Inn was also built and almshouses in 1813. However, the village declined from the mid-19th century, with population reducing from 923 in 1851 to 533 just before the First World War.

United Irishmen Plaque, Saintfield

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin%27_(1930_film)

Lightnin' (1930 film)

Cast

Lightnin' (1930 film) / Cast

Poster for the 1930 film Lightnin.

Lightnin' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Henry King and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. The film stars Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea, Helen Cohan, Jason Robards, Sr. and Luke Cosgrave. The film was released on December 7, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. It is a remake of the 1925 silent film, which was directed by John Ford, which itself was based on the 1918 play.

Will Rogers as Lightnin' Bill Jones Louise Dresser as Mrs. Mary Jones Joel McCrea as John Marvin Helen Cohan as Milly Jones Jason Robards Sr. as Raymond Thomas Luke Cosgrave as Zeb J. M. Kerrigan as Judge Lemuel Townsend Ruth Warren as Mrs. Margaret Davis Sharon Lynn as Mrs. Lower Joyce Compton as Betty Rex Bell as Larry Goodee Montgomery as Mrs. Brooks Phil Tead as Monte Winslow Walter Percival as Everett Hammond Charlotte Walker as Mrs. Thatcher

Theatrical release poster

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calle_Lindstr%C3%B6m

Calle Lindström

Selected discography

Calle Lindström / Selected discography

John Harryson

Calle Lindström was a Swedish singer and comedian from Östergötland.

Cecilia Vals: John Harryson 1972 Chikago: Anne-Charlotte Harvey 1996 Chikago: John Berquist and the South Side Swedes 2001 Chikago: Lucas Stark och Bruksorkestern 2009 Grönköping Tar Ton: various artists 2002 Josefin (with the sewing machine): Jack Pearson 2000 Mitt Handklaver: John Harryson 1972

John Harryson

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

Peter Galison

Peter Galison

Historian of science Peter Galison, at the 2007 History of Science Society meeting in Washington, D.C.

Peter Louis Galison is an American philosopher of science. He is the Joseph Pellegrino University Professor in history of science and physics at Harvard University.

Peter Louis Galison (born May 17, 1955, New York) is an American philosopher of science. He is the Joseph Pellegrino University Professor in history of science and physics at Harvard University.

Peter Galison at the 2007 History of Science Society meeting

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_PowerShot_SX50_HS

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

Canon PowerShot sx50 HS

The Canon PowerShot SX50 HS is a 12.1 megapixel PowerShot made by Canon, and super-zoom sporting a 50x zoom lens which is equivalent to a focal length of 24-1200mm. Succeeding the Canon PowerShot SX40 HS, it was announced on October 2012. It was succeeded by the Canon PowerShot SX60 HS in September 2014.

The Canon PowerShot SX50 HS is a 12.1 megapixel PowerShot made by Canon, and super-zoom sporting a 50x zoom lens which is equivalent to a focal length of 24-1200mm. Succeeding the Canon PowerShot SX40 HS, it was announced on October 2012. It was succeeded by the Canon PowerShot SX60 HS in September 2014.

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

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

Euskadiko Ezkerra

History

Euskadiko Ezkerra / History

English: Mural painting remembering gernika bombing. Euskadiko ezkerra.

Euskadiko Ezkerra was a Basque socialist political organisation. It was founded as a coalition of Euskal Iraultzarako Alderdia and other Basque Marxist forces in 1977 to present lists for the Spanish general elections in the constituencies of Vizcaya, Guipúzcoa and Álava, while Navarrese Left Union, an allied coalition, was to present a list in the constituency of Navarre.

EE's list in Guipúzcoa won one seat in the Spanish Congress for Francisco Letamendia, one in the Senate for Juan María Bandrés, a lawyer for ETA members, and none in the other constituencies. Many prominent members of EE eventually separated from the coalition and integrated into Herri Batasuna (HB). EE called for "no" in the Referendum for Spanish Constitution in 1978. Several of the members of ETA (pm) joined peaceful political action in EE after they abandoned violence and negotiated pardons from the Spanish government. In 1982 it merged with some sectors of PCE-EPK (the Basque branch of PCE) and became a party under the name EE-IPS, Euskadiko Ezkerra-Izquierda para el Socialismo ("Left for Socialism"), while often using the simpler name Euskadiko Ezkerra. Its general secretary in this period was Mario Onaindia, a former ETA member during the Franco era, later replaced by Kepa Aulestia. EE called for a "no" on the membership of Spain in NATO in the referendum held in 1986. While the "yes" vote won nationally, the "no" campaign triumphed in the Basque Autonomous Community. After the split of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and the creation of Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) in 1987, EE established several coalitions with the latter. In 1991 EE entered in the government of the Basque Autonomous Community in coalition with both PNV and EA. Later, in 1991, a majority of party affiliates approved a merger with Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE), the branch of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) for the Basque Autonomous Community. The resulting party is the current PSE-EE. However a section of Euskadiko Ezkerra disagreed with the PSE merger, and, since the Euskadiko Ezkerra name was retained by the majority of members who approved the merger with the PSE, the remaining faction went on to create a new party, Euskal Ezkerra (EuE, Basque Left) which, in turn, merged soon after with Eusko Alkartasuna.

Mural painted at Gernika in 1987, commemorating the bombing of Gernika.

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

Christmas tree

Setting up and taking down

Christmas tree / Customs and traditions / Setting up and taking down

English: Candle on a German Christmas tree Deutsch: Kerze am Weihnachtsbaum

A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas, originating in Northern Europe. The custom was developed in medieval Livonia, and in early modern Germany where Protestant Germans brought decorated trees into their homes. It acquired popularity beyond the Lutheran areas of Germany and the Baltic countries during the second half of the 19th century, at first among the upper classes. The Catholic Church had long resisted this Protestant custom and the Christmas Tree stood for the first time in Vatican in 1982. The tree was traditionally decorated with "roses made of colored paper, apples, wafers, tinsel, [and] sweetmeats". In the 18th century, it began to be illuminated by candles, which were ultimately replaced by Christmas lights after the advent of electrification. Today, there is a wide variety of traditional and modern ornaments, such as garlands, baubles, tinsel, and candy canes. An angel or star might be placed at the top of the tree to represent the Angel Gabriel or the Star of Bethlehem, respectively, from the Nativity.

Both setting up and taking down a Christmas tree are associated with specific dates. Traditionally, Christmas trees were not brought in and decorated until Christmas Eve (24 December) or, in the traditions celebrating Christmas Eve rather than the first day of Christmas, 23 December, and then removed the day after Twelfth Night (5 January); to have a tree up before or after these dates was even considered bad luck, and that to avoid bad luck from affecting the house's residents, the tree must be left up until after the following Twelfth Night passes. In many areas, it has become customary to set up one's Christmas tree at the beginning of the Advent season. Americans will put up a Christmas tree after Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday of November), and Christmas decorations can show up even earlier in retail stores, often the day after Halloween (31 October). In Canada many stores wait until after Remembrance Day, as to show respect to fallen soldiers. Some households do not put up the tree until the second week of December, and leave it up until 6 January (Epiphany). In Germany, traditionally the tree is put up on 24 December and taken down on 7 January, though many start one or two weeks earlier, and in Roman Catholic homes the tree may be kept until 2 February (Candlemas). In Italy, Ireland and Argentina, along with many countries in Latin America, the Christmas tree is put up on 8 December (Immaculate Conception day) and left up until 6 January. In Australia, the Christmas tree is usually put up on 1 December, which occurs about two weeks before the school summer holidays (except for South Australia, where most people put up their tree in November following the completion of the Adelaide Christmas Pageant, a time frame that has started to filter into other states as the official time Christmas decorations and in store Santa Claus start to appear) and is left up until it is taken down. Some traditions suggest that Christmas trees may be kept up until no later than 2 February, the feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Candlemas), when the Christmas season effectively closes. Superstitions say that it is a bad sign if Christmas greenery is not removed by Candlemas Eve.

A candle on a Christmas tree

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bartholomew%27s_Anglican_Church_and_Cemetery,_Prospect

St Bartholomew's Anglican Church and Cemetery, Prospect

St Bartholomew's Anglican Church and Cemetery, Prospect

English: Historic St Bartholomew's Anglican Church, Prospect NSW. Built in 1841, the graveyard has a number of early settlers including William Lawson, who crossed the Blue Mountains with Blaxland and Wentworth.

St Bartholomew's Anglican Church and Cemetery is a heritage-listed former Anglican church and cemetery at Ponds Road, Prospect, City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Henry Robertson and built from 1838 to 1840 by James Atkinson. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Since 1975, the site has been leased to the Council of the City of Blacktown.

St Bartholomew's Anglican Church and Cemetery is a heritage-listed former Anglican church and cemetery at Ponds Road, Prospect, City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Henry Robertson and built from 1838 to 1840 by James Atkinson. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Since 1975, the site has been leased to the Council of the City of Blacktown.

The former St Bartholomew's Anglican Church, pictured in 2009

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

Otabayashi Station

Otabayashi Station

日本語: 小田林駅（東日本旅客鉄道水戸線）한국어: 오타바야시 역 (동일본 여객철도 미토 선)English: Otabayashi Station (East Japan Railway Mito Line)

Otabayashi Station is a JR East railway station located in Yūki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Otabayashi Station (小田林駅, Otabayashi-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Yūki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Otabayashi Station, May 2008

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

George Washington

Burial, net worth, and aftermath

George Washington / Burial, net worth, and aftermath

English: George Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon.

A picture of the two sarcophagi of George (at right) and Martha Washington at the present tomb at Mount Vernon.

George Washington was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and founding father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence. He presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which established the U.S. Constitution and a federal government. Washington has been called the "Father of His Country" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the new nation. Washington received his initial military training and command with the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War. He was later elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and was named a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he was appointed Commanding General of the Continental Army. He commanded American forces, allied with France, in the defeat and surrender of the British during the Siege of Yorktown. He resigned his commission after the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Washington played a key role in adopting and ratifying the Constitution and was then elected president by the Electoral College.

Washington was buried in the old Washington family vault at Mount Vernon, situated on a grassy slope overspread with willow, juniper, cypress, and chestnut trees. It contained the remains of his brother Lawrence and other family members, but the decrepit brick vault was in need of repair, prompting Washington to leave instructions in his will for the construction of a new vault. Washington's estate at the time of his death was worth an estimated $780,000 in 1799, approximately equivalent to $14.3 million in 2010. Washington's peak net worth was $587.0 million, including his 300 slaves. In 1830, a disgruntled ex-employee of the estate attempted to steal what he thought was Washington's skull, prompting the construction of a more secure vault. The next year, the new vault was constructed at Mount Vernon to receive the remains of George and Martha and other relatives. In 1832, a joint Congressional committee debated moving his body from Mount Vernon to a crypt in the Capitol. The crypt had been built by architect Charles Bulfinch in the 1820s during the reconstruction of the burned-out capital, after the Burning of Washington by the British during the War of 1812. Southern opposition was intense, antagonized by an ever-growing rift between North and South; many were concerned that Washington's remains could end up on "a shore foreign to his native soil" if the country became divided, and Washington's remains stayed in Mount Vernon. On October 7, 1837, Washington's remains were placed, still in the original lead coffin, within a marble sarcophagus designed by William Strickland and constructed by John Struthers earlier that year. The sarcophagus was sealed and encased with planks, and an outer vault was constructed around it. The outer vault has the sarcophagi of both George and Martha Washington; the inner vault has the remains of other Washington family members and relatives.

The sarcophagi of George (right) and Martha Washington at the present tomb's entrance

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

Barnas Sears

Barnas Sears

English: Front of the Sears House, located in Woodrow Wilson Park in Staunton, Virginia, United States. Built in 1866 and the home of Barnas Sears for thirteen years, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Barnas Sears graduated from Brown University in 1825. Sears was the general agent of the Peabody Education Fund who was sent to Staunton, Virginia, by George Peabody to offer leadership in Public Education. Sears was General Agent of the fund from 1867 until February 1880. He settled in Staunton because of the easy access to the railroad. Sears travelled extensively throughout the south promoting Southern education, "free schools for the whole people". Sears "inspired confidence, removed doubts and suspicions, and aroused sympathy" through his warm personality, tact, and intelligence. "Under his direction the Fund improved the sentiment for education in the South, developed the idea of adequate taxation for public schools, and helped remove the hostility toward Black education." Sears served between 1855 and 1867 as the president of Brown whose Encyclopedia Brunoniana offers a more detailed biography. His home at Staunton, known as the Sears House, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Barnas Sears (November 19, 1802 – July 6, 1880) graduated from Brown University in 1825. Sears was the general agent of the Peabody Education Fund who was sent to Staunton, Virginia, by George Peabody to offer leadership in Public Education. Sears was General Agent of the fund from 1867 until February 1880. He settled in Staunton because of the easy access to the railroad. Sears travelled extensively throughout the south promoting Southern education, "free schools for the whole people". Sears "inspired confidence, removed doubts and suspicions, and aroused sympathy" through his warm personality, tact, and intelligence. "Under his direction the Fund improved the sentiment for education in the South, developed the idea of adequate taxation for public schools, and helped remove the hostility toward Black education." Sears served between 1855 and 1867 as the president of Brown whose Encyclopedia Brunoniana offers a more detailed biography. His home at Staunton, known as the Sears House, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Sears' house in Staunton

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

Derrick Ward

Derrick Ward

English: Derrick Ward, a player on the Houston Texans American football team.

Derrick LaRon Ward is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft and played for the New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Texans. He played college football at Fresno State University and Ottawa University. Ward earned a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII, beating the New England Patriots. He is the cousin of former Patriots running back J.R. Redmond.

Derrick LaRon Ward (born August 30, 1980) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New York Jets in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft and played for the New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Texans. He played college football at Fresno State University and Ottawa University. Ward earned a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII, beating the New England Patriots. He is the cousin of former Patriots running back J.R. Redmond.

Ward with the Texans in 2010

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

Guadalmedina

Guadalmedina

English: River Guadalmedina, Málaga, España.

Guadalmedina in Málaga

The Guadalmedina is a river that runs through the city of Málaga, Spain. Historically, it has played an important role in the city's history, and has divided the city into two halves. The city's historic center is located on its left bank.

The Guadalmedina (from the Arabic wādi, “river” + medina, "city"; River of the City) is a river that runs through the city of Málaga, Spain. Historically, it has played an important role in the city's history, and has divided the city into two halves. The city's historic center is located on its left bank.

The Guadalmedina in Málaga

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

Huangyao

Description

Huangyao / Description

English: Views of karst hills in Huangyao

Huangyao is a town in Zhaoping County, Guangxi, China. It has a new and an old part of the town; the old town of Huangyao has a history of around a thousand years, and many of its buildings date from the Qing dynasty.

Huangyao is surrounded by karst peaks and traversed by streams. There are many bridges, and the streets are paved with slate. There are over 30 temples, ancestral halls and pavilions in the old town of Huangyao. Many of the buildings are doubled-storied structures of simple construction in bricks and black tiles.

The karst peaks of Huangyao

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_%26_Market_station

Park & Market station

Park & Market station

English: Park &amp; Market San Diego Trolley station in 2019

Park & Market is a station of the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines on the San Diego Trolley. It is located in the East Village neighborhood of the city and serves the high density residential developments that surround the stop. This station was renovated from July 9, 2012 until September 2012, as part of the Trolley Renewal Project.

Park & Market is a station of the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines on the San Diego Trolley. It is located in the East Village neighborhood of the city and serves the high density residential developments that surround the stop. This station was renovated from July 9, 2012 until September 2012, as part of the Trolley Renewal Project.

Park & Market station in 2019

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Greif_(1914)

SMS Greif (1914)

SMS Greif (1914)

English: HMS Alcantara engages the German raider Grief on 29 February 1916, in the North Sea. Both ships sank.

SMS Greif was a German cargo steamship that was converted into a merchant raider for the Imperial German Navy. Built as Guben, she was a 4,962 GRT steel-hulled ship owned by the German-Australian Line, Hamburg. She was converted for naval service at Kaiserliche Werft Kiel in 1915 and commissioned as Greif on 23 January 1916. She sailed from the Elbe port of Cuxhaven on 27 February 1916 under the command of Fregattenkapitän Rudolf Tietze. The Royal Navy had learned of Greif's sailing and was waiting in the North Sea. Greif was disguised as the Norwegian Rena bound for Tønsberg, Norway when intercepted by the 15,620 GRT armed merchant cruiser Alcantara on the morning of 29 February 1916. Alcantara closed to 2000 yards and slowed to lower a boarding cutter when Greif hoisted the German battle ensign, increased speed, and opened fire. Alcantara returned fire with her six 6-inch guns and two 3-pounders. Range was never more than 3000 yards. Alcantara was hit by a torpedo amidships on her port side, and one of Alcantaras shells exploded the ready ammunition for Greifs after gun. Both ships lost speed. Greifs crew abandoned ship 40 minutes after opening fire. Alcantara sank first.

SMS Greif was a German cargo steamship that was converted into a merchant raider for the Imperial German Navy. Built as Guben, she was a 4,962 GRT steel-hulled ship owned by the German-Australian Line (DADG), Hamburg. She was converted for naval service at Kaiserliche Werft Kiel in 1915 and commissioned as Greif on 23 January 1916. She sailed from the Elbe port of Cuxhaven on 27 February 1916 under the command of Fregattenkapitän Rudolf Tietze (born 13 September 1874). The Royal Navy had learned of Greif's sailing and was waiting in the North Sea. Greif was disguised as the Norwegian Rena bound for Tønsberg, Norway when intercepted by the 15,620 GRT armed merchant cruiser Alcantara on the morning of 29 February 1916. Alcantara closed to 2000 yards and slowed to lower a boarding cutter when Greif hoisted the German battle ensign, increased speed, and opened fire. Alcantara returned fire with her six 6-inch (150 mm) guns and two 3-pounders. Range was never more than 3000 yards. Alcantara was hit by a torpedo amidships on her port side, and one of Alcantaras shells exploded the ready ammunition for Greifs after gun. Both ships lost speed. Greifs crew abandoned ship 40 minutes after opening fire. Alcantara sank first. The C-class light cruiser Comus and M-class destroyer Munster then arrived to sink the stationary Greif and rescue 120 German survivors. An estimated 187 Germans perished along with 72 Britons.

HMS Alcantara (left) and SMS Greif (right) dueling at close range during the Action of 29 February 1916.

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

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Parliament

Scottish Gaelic / Usage / Official / Scotland / Scottish Parliament

English: Police Scotland vehicle decal (Bilingual)

Scottish Gaelic native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Modern Irish and Manx, has developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a common literary language was shared by Gaels in both Ireland and Scotland down to the 16th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over 3 years old) reported as able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there are revival efforts, and the number of speakers of the language under age 20 did not decrease between the 2001 and 2011 censuses. Outside Scotland, a dialect known as Canadian Gaelic has been spoken in eastern Canada since the 18th century. In the 2016 national census, nearly 4,000 Canadian residents claimed knowledge of Scottish Gaelic, with a particular concentration in Nova Scotia. Scottish Gaelic is not an official language of the United Kingdom.

Gaelic has long suffered from its lack of use in educational and administrative contexts and was long suppressed. The UK government has ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in respect of Gaelic. Gaelic, along with Irish and Welsh, is designated under Part III of the Charter, which requires the UK Government to take a range of concrete measures in the fields of education, justice, public administration, broadcasting and culture. It has not received the same degree of official recognition from the UK Government as Welsh. With the advent of devolution, however, Scottish matters have begun to receive greater attention, and it achieved a degree of official recognition when the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act was enacted by the Scottish Parliament on 21 April 2005. The key provisions of the Act are: Establishing the Gaelic development body, Bòrd na Gàidhlig (BnG), on a statutory basis with a view to securing the status of the Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland commanding equal respect to the English language and to promote the use and understanding of Gaelic. Requiring BnG to prepare a National Gaelic Language Plan every five years for approval by Scottish Ministers. Requiring BnG to produce guidance on Gaelic medium education and Gaelic as a subject for education authorities. Requiring public bodies in Scotland, both Scottish public bodies and cross-border public bodies insofar as they carry out devolved functions, to develop Gaelic language plans in relation to the services they offer, if requested to do so by BnG. Following a consultation period, in which the government received many submissions, the majority of which asked that the bill be strengthened, a revised bill was published; the main alteration was that the guidance of the Bòrd is now statutory (rather than advisory). In the committee stages in the Scottish Parliament, there was much debate over whether Gaelic should be given 'equal validity' with English. Due to executive concerns about resourcing implications if this wording was used, the Education Committee settled on the concept of 'equal respect'. It is not clear what the legal force of this wording is. The Act was passed by the Scottish Parliament unanimously, with support from all sectors of the Scottish political spectrum, on 21 April 2005. Under the provisions of the Act, it will ultimately fall to BnG to secure the status of the Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland. Some commentators, such as Éamonn Ó Gribín (2006) argue that the Gaelic Act falls so far short of the status accorded to Welsh that one would be foolish or naïve to believe that any substantial change will occur in the fortunes of the language as a result of Bòrd na Gàidhlig's efforts. On 10 December 2008, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Scottish Human Rights Commission had the UDHR translated into Gaelic for the first time. However, given there are no longer any monolingual Gaelic speakers, following an appeal in the court case of Taylor v Haughney (1982), involving the status of Gaelic in judicial proceedings, the High Court ruled against a general right to use Gaelic in court proceedings.

Police Scotland vehicle logo (Bilingual)

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

Juan Bautista Arriaza

Juan Bautista Arriaza

English: Juan Bautista Arriaza, Retrato del Semanario Pintoresco Español (1836-1857), Año VII Tomo IV, Núm. 20, 15 de mayo de 1842, pág. 153 Русский: Хуан Баутиста Арриаса

Juan Bautista Arriaza was a Spanish poet and writer.

Juan Bautista Arriaza (27 February 1770, Madrid – 22 January 1837) was a Spanish poet and writer.

Juan Bautista Arriaza

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

Little Rock Nine

Legacy

Little Rock Nine / Legacy

English: Three members of the “Little Rock Nine” (L-R) Ernest Green, Carlotta Walls LaNier, and Terrence Roberts - stand together on the steps of the LBJ Presidential Library on November 13, 2014.

The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 347 U.S. 483, on May 17, 1954. Tied to the 14th Amendment, the decision declared all laws establishing segregated schools to be unconstitutional, and it called for the desegregation of all schools throughout the nation. After the decision, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People attempted to register black students in previously all-white schools in cities throughout the South. In Little Rock, Arkansas, the school board agreed to comply with the high court's ruling. Virgil Blossom, the Superintendent of Schools, submitted a plan of gradual integration to the school board on May 24, 1955, which the board unanimously approved.

Little Rock Central High School still functions as part of the Little Rock School District, and is now a National Historic Site that houses a Civil Rights Museum, administered in partnership with the National Park Service, to commemorate the events of 1957. The Daisy Bates House, home to Daisy Bates, then the president of the Arkansas NAACP and a focal point for the students, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2001 for its role in the episode. In 1958, Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén published "Little Rock", a bilingual composition in English and Spanish denouncing the racial segregation in the United States. Melba Pattillo Beals wrote a memoir titled Warriors Don't Cry, published in the mid-1990s. Two made-for-television movies have depicted the events of the crisis: the 1981 CBS movie Crisis at Central High, and the 1993 Disney Channel movie The Ernest Green Story. In 1996, seven of the Little Rock Nine appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. They came face to face with a few of the white students who had tormented them as well as one student who had befriended them. In February 1999, members created the Little Rock Nine Foundation which established a scholarship program which had funded, by 2013, 60 university students. In 2013 the foundation decided to exclusively fund students attending the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. President Bill Clinton honored the Little Rock Nine in November 1999 when he presented them each with a Congressional Gold Medal. The medal is the highest civilian award bestowed by Congress. It is given to those who have provided outstanding service to the country. To receive the Congressional Gold Medal, recipients must be co-sponsored by two-thirds of both the House and Senate. In 2007, the United States Mint made available a commemorative silver dollar to "recognize and pay tribute to the strength, the determination and the courage displayed by African-American high school students in the fall of 1957." The obverse depicts students accompanied by a soldier, with nine stars symbolizing the Little Rock Nine. The reverse depicts an image of Little Rock Central High School, c. 1957. Proceeds from the coin sales are to be used to improve the National Historic Site. On December 9, 2008, the Little Rock Nine were invited to attend the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, the first African-American to be elected President of the United States. On February 9, 2010, Marquette University honored the group by presenting them with the Père Marquette Discovery Award, the university's highest honor, one that had previously been given to Mother Teresa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Karl Rahner, and the Apollo 11 astronauts.

Three members of the "Little Rock Nine" (L-R) Ernest Green, Carlotta Walls LaNier, and Terrence Roberts - stand together on the steps of the LBJ Presidential Library in 2014

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

Astral projection

Japan

Astral projection / Accounts / Japan

Ikiryō(生霊) from the Gazu Hyakki Yakō (画図百鬼夜行)

Astral projection is a term used in esotericism to describe an intentional out-of-body experience that assumes the existence of a soul or consciousness called an "astral body" that is separate from the physical body and capable of travelling outside it throughout the universe. The idea of astral travel is ancient and occurs in multiple cultures. The modern terminology of "astral projection" was coined and promoted by 19th-century Theosophists. It is sometimes reported in association with dreams, and forms of meditation. Some individuals have reported perceptions similar to descriptions of astral projection that were induced through various hallucinogenic and hypnotic means. There is no scientific evidence that there is a consciousness or soul which is separate from normal neural activity or that one can consciously leave the body and make observations, and astral projection has been characterized as a pseudoscience.

In Japanese mythology, an ikiryō (生霊) (also read shōryō, seirei, or ikisudama) is a manifestation of the soul of a living person separately from their body. Traditionally, if someone holds a sufficient grudge against another person, it is believed that a part or the whole of their soul can temporarily leave their body and appear before the target of their hate in order to curse or otherwise harm them, similar to an evil eye. Souls are also believed to leave a living body when the body is extremely sick or comatose; such ikiryō are not malevolent.

The 'ikiryō' as illustrated by Toriyama Sekien.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/833d_Air_Division

833d Air Division

833d Air Division

English: 9th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 49th Tactical Fighter Wing McDonnell Douglas F-15A-19-MC Eagle 77-0109. Retired to AMARC as FH1080 Mar 4, 2008

The 833d Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, assigned to Twelfth Air Force at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. It was inactivated on 15 November 1991. The division was first activated in late 1964 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina and assumed command of tactical fighter wings and a tactical reconnaissance wing located in the Carolinas. Its subordinate units participated in the response to the Dominican Republic crisis of 1965–1966. During the Vietnam War, its subordinate wings trained aircrews in fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. Its 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing maintained detachments in Southeast Asia and trained squadrons that transferred to fly combat operations, while its 354th Fighter Wing transferred its last combat squadron to the Pacific in 1968 and became non-operational. During the Pueblo crisis in 1968, its 4th Tactical Fighter Wing deployed to the Pacific, while three Air National Guard groups were mobilized and assigned to the 833d. The division was inactivated in 1969 and its wings transferred to Ninth Air Force.

The 833d Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command (TAC), assigned to Twelfth Air Force at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. It was inactivated on 15 November 1991. The division was first activated in late 1964 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina and assumed command of tactical fighter wings and a tactical reconnaissance wing located in the Carolinas. Its subordinate units participated in the response to the Dominican Republic crisis of 1965–1966. During the Vietnam War, its subordinate wings trained aircrews in fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. Its 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing maintained detachments in Southeast Asia and trained squadrons that transferred to fly combat operations, while its 354th Fighter Wing transferred its last combat squadron to the Pacific in 1968 and became non-operational. During the Pueblo crisis in 1968, its 4th Tactical Fighter Wing deployed to the Pacific, while three Air National Guard groups were mobilized and assigned to the 833d. The division was inactivated in 1969 and its wings transferred to Ninth Air Force. The 833d was activated again in 1981, when it replaced Tactical Training, Holloman as the headquarters for TAC units stationed at Holloman. It trained pilots in the McDonnell F-15 Eagle and conducted fighter lead in training in the Northrop T-38 Talon. During Operation Desert Storm, most of its strength deployed to the Middle East, while activated reservists took their places at Holloman. In 1991 the division was inactivated when the USAF conducted the Objective Wing reorganization, which placed all units on a single base into a single wing.

F-15 Eagle of the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing[note 1]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Health_Care_Act_of_2017

American Health Care Act of 2017

History

American Health Care Act of 2017 / History

English: Today, we welcomed our partners in Congress to the @WhiteHouse as we work toward bringing positive change to our broken healthcare system.

The American Health Care Act of 2017 was a bill in the 115th United States Congress. The bill, which was passed by the United States House of Representatives but not by the United States Senate, would have partially repealed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Republican Party leaders had campaigned on the repeal of the ACA since its passage in 2010, and the 2016 elections gave Republicans unified control of Congress and the presidency for the first time since the ACA came into effect. Upon the start of the 115th Congress, Congressional Republicans sought to pass a partial repeal of the ACA using the reconciliation process, which allows legislation to bypass the Senate filibuster and pass with a simple majority in the Senate. With the support of President Donald Trump, House Republicans introduced the AHCA in early 2017, and the bill passed the House in a close vote on May 4, 2017. All House Democrats, along with several members of the centrist Tuesday Group and some other House Republicans, voted against the AHCA.

Trump discussing with lawmakers on replacing the ACA at the White House, March 2017.

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

List of districts in Turkey

Ordu Province

List of districts in Turkey / List of districts with population / Eastern Black Sea Region / Ordu Subregion / Ordu Province

English: Districts of the Ordu Province, Turkey as of the year 2014. Note: Ordu became a Metropolitan Municipality with Turkish administrative law in 2013 after it is accepted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly and "(Merkez) Ordu", "(Central) Ordu" district renamed to "Altınordu" District and besides the new Altınordu District, districts of Fatsa and Ünye have been declared as the administrative borders of the new Ordu Metropolitan Municipality. Türkçe: 2014 yılına göre, Türkiye'nin, Ordu İli'nin, ilçeleri haritası. Not: Ordu'nun Türk Mahalli İdare Yasalarına göre, 2013 yılında meclisin de kabul etmesiyle, "Büyükşehir (Metropol)" haline gelmesiyle, (Merkez) Ordu ilçesi, yeniden adlandırılarak, "Altınordu" İlçesi haline gelmiş ve Altınordu İlçesi'nin yanında, Fatsa ve Ünye ilçeleri de, yeni Ordu Büyükşehir Belediyesi'nin idari sınırları olarak belirlenmiştir.

The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts. In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the kaza. The provinces bear the same name as their respective provincial capital districts

Population: 754,198 Akkuş: 22,192 Altınordu: 217,640 Aybastı: 22,027 Çamaş: 9,058 Çatalpınar: 13,809 Çaybaşı: 12,687 Fatsa: 119,094 Gölköy: 28,332 Gülyalı: 8,269 Gürgentepe: 14,100 İkizce: 14,570 Kabadüz: 7,347 Kabataş: 10,617 Korgan: 28,609 Kumru: 29,945 Mesudiye: 16,809 Perşembe: 31,542 Ulubey: 19,450 Ünye: 128,101

Districts of Ordu

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

Grio Awards

Grio Awards

English: 7 year old author, LaNiyah Bailey named on “The Grio’s 100: History Makers in the Making" list for 2012

The Grio Awards are annual national awards bestowed in a number of categories by The Grio, an American news website geared toward African Americans. The Grio is a division of the MSNBC cable channel. Begun in 2010, the Grio's 100 list of "History Makers in the Making" honors those who are shaping American's future today; its award winners are selected not only from the African American community, but also form all sections of America. The ten award categories are Business, Health, Education, Science & the Environment, Media, Pop Culture, Arts & Culture, Service & Activism, Politics and Sports, and ten people are selected from each category. To make the Grio 100 list, winners must display a large-scale impact on all of America, and their work must be ongoing. The editorial team at theGrio.com, after consulting contributors and experts, decides the final outcome of the awards. The top 100 change every year.

The Grio Awards are annual national awards bestowed in a number of categories by The Grio (theGrio.com), an American news website geared toward African Americans. The Grio is a division of the MSNBC cable channel. Begun in 2010, the Grio's 100 list of "History Makers in the Making" honors those who are shaping American's future today; its award winners are selected not only from the African American community, but also form all sections of America. The ten award categories are Business, Health, Education, Science & the Environment, Media, Pop Culture, Arts & Culture, Service & Activism, Politics and Sports, and ten people are selected from each category. To make the Grio 100 list, winners must display a large-scale impact on all of America, and their work must be ongoing. The editorial team at theGrio.com, after consulting contributors and experts, decides the final outcome of the awards. The top 100 change every year.

Grio Award

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

Yavana era

Coins of Plato

Yavana era / Coins of Plato

English: Plato Tetradrachm with MZ date

The Yavana Era, Yona Era or Yonana Era was a computational era used in the Indian subcontinent from the 2nd century BCE for several centuries thereafter, probably starting in 174 BCE. It was initially thought that the era started around 186 BCE, and corresponded to accession to the Greco-Bactrian throne of Demetrius, who is said to have initiated the Indo-Greek conquest of parts of Northwestern South Asia. It is now equated with the formerly theorized "Old Śaka era". Harry Falk and others have suggested that the Yavana era actually started in 174 BCE, based on a reevaluation of the Azes era which is now thought to have started in 47/46 BCE. The exact historical event corresponding to the creation of this Yavana era is uncertain, but it may mark the alliance of Antimachos I and Apollodotus I in toppling Agathokles, thereby creating a unified realm north and south of the Hindu-Kush. The creation of specific eras is a well-known phenomenon marking great dynastical events, such as the Seleucid era, the Arsacid Era in Parthia, the Azes era in Gandhara, and the Kanishka era, when he established his empire in 127 CE.

Although Greco-Bactrian or Indo-Greek kings generally did not put dates on their coins, some of them Plato (circa 140 BCE) and Heliocles uncharacteristically do so. Some of the coins of Plato have inscriptions such as MZ, MT, MN which can be interpreted as dates in the Greek numerals system using the Yavana era which started around 186 BCE. In that case Plato ruled around 140 BCE. This matches the dating given by numismatician Bopearachchi, who places Plato between 145–140 BCE, since his coins are not found in the ruins of Ai Khanoum, a Bactrian city which was destroyed during the reign of Eucratides.

Tetradrachm of Plato. Obv: Diademed bust of Plato. Rev: Sun divinity Helios, riding a four-horse chariot. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ (BASILEOS EPIPHANOYS PLATONOS) "Of King Plato, Manifestation of God on earth". Coin marked MZ (bottom left of reverse), which possibly is a dating which equals year 47 Yavana era = 138 BCE.

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

Hurricane Bob

New England

Hurricane Bob / Impact / New England

This image shows Hurricane Bob making landfall in New England on August 19 at 1818 UTC. This image was produced from data from NOAA-11, provided by NOAA.

Hurricane Bob was one of the costliest hurricanes in New England history. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season, Bob developed from an area of low pressure near The Bahamas on August 16. The depression steadily intensified, and became Tropical Storm Bob late on August 16. Bob curved north-northwestward as a tropical storm, but re-curved to the north-northeast after becoming a hurricane on August 17. As such, it brushed the Outer Banks of North Carolina on August 18 and August 19, and subsequently intensified into a major hurricane. After peaking in intensity with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, Bob weakened slightly as it approached the coast of New England. Some sources say the winds of Bob might have gone as high as 125 mph sustained. Bob made landfall twice in Rhode Island as a Category 2 hurricane on August 19, first on Block Island and then in Newport. Upon doing so, it became the only hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States during the 1991 season. Moving further inland, Bob rapidly weakened, and deteriorated to a tropical storm while emerging into the Gulf of Maine.

Before Bob made landfall in the New England mainland, it passed directly over Block Island, Rhode Island. Stations on the island recorded gusts to 105 mph (169 km/h) near the upper end of their range, indicating that the winds were likely stronger. On the mainland, winds peaked at 90 mph (144 km/h) in Narragansett. In the state, the storm surge—the rise of water above the normal tide—was 6.6 ft (2.0 m) in the capital city of Providence, while the peak storm tide—the rise of water including the normal high tide—was 16.5 ft (5.0 m) at the mouth of the Sakonnet River. At the latter location, the estimate was based on high-water marks, which included wave effects. The high waves resulted in extensive beach erosion along the state's coastline. Roads were washed out in Coventry, and there was flooding reported along the Pocasset River. Rainfall in the state peaked at 7.13 in (181 mm) in North Foster. In Rhode Island, where the hurricane made landfall, Bob caused about 200,000 power outages; about 60% of residents in the state and southeastern Massachusetts were left without power. During the storm, treatment plants spilled over 100 million tons of sewage due to overflow into Narragansett Bay. Damage totaled over $115 million. While moving over Rhode Island, the strong winds of Bob extended westward into Connecticut, peaking at 75 mph (120 km/h) near Groton; there, a gust of 100 mph (160 km/h) was reported. High winds downed trees in every county in the state, although wind damage was heaviest in the southeastern portion near the coast. Overall there were about 315,000 people left without power in Connecticut. A man in Sterling died after being struck by a falling tree limb. The highest storm surge was 5 ft (1.5 m) in New London. Coastal flooding was limited to New London County, although coastal damage was minimal. One woman died while on a capsized sailboat. In Norwich, a rainfall total of 6.22 in (158 mm) was reported, which was the statewide peak. Flooding was minor, limited to streams and small rivers. Total damage in the state was estimated around $49 million, including $4.5 million in crop damage. There was one death due to a fire that occurred during the storm's passage, and there were five other deaths across the state. The most significant area affected by Bob was Massachusetts, where over $1 billion in damage occurred. A C-MAN station in Buzzards Bay recorded winds every hour and observed peak sustained winds of 77 mph (124 km/h), along with gusts to 89 mph (143 km/h). Sustained winds in the state peaked at 100 mph (161 km/h) in Provincetown, and there was an unofficial report of a gust of 125 mph (201 km/h) in Brewster. Cape Cod, which was mostly east of the eye, received very little precipitation, but some of the strongest winds. The highest rainfall total in the state was 7.06 in (179 mm) in Westfield. Storm surges in the state were most significant along Buzzards Bay, peaking at 5.8 ft (1.8 m) in New Bedford and Woods Hole. High waves eroded the beach around Chatham Light, leaving behind a 5 ft (1.5 m) cliff. Other locations, including southward-facing shores along Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, lost 50 ft (15 m) of beach from erosion. Boat damage was significant in the region. The hurricane left over 500,000 people without power, including all of Cape Cod. Damage was heaviest from Buzzards Bay eastward to Cape Cod, and at least 61 houses were destroyed. Damage was also extensive to apple and peach orchards across these areas, and agricultural damage was estimated around $10 million. The state also suffered $69 million in damage to public property. Although it remained offshore of the state, Bob produced strong winds in New Hampshire, with gusts reaching 60 mph (97 km/h) at Pease Air National Guard Base. Mount Washington experienced 7.46 in (189 mm) of precipitation during the storm's passage. Both the Lovell and Contoocook rivers experienced flooding due to the storm, and widespread flooding occurred in urban areas in the south and central portions of the state. There were two deaths in the state, one from an

Hurricane Bob making landfall at Rhode Island

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

Heinrich Beitzke

Heinrich Beitzke

Deutsch: Heinrich Beitzke, Militärschriftsteller und preußischer Abgeordneter, 1862.

Heinrich Beitzke was a German politician and historian, born at Muttrin in the Prussian Province of Pomerania. He served as a volunteer in the campaign of 1815, studied at the military schools of Coblenz and Mainz, entered the army as an officer in 1817, and retired in 1845 with the rank of major. In 1858 he was elected to the Prussian Chamber of Deputies. He published: Geschichte der deutschen Freiheitskriege in den Jahren 1813 und 1814 (three volumes, 1855 — an accurate and unprejudiced narrative, widely read) Geschichte des russischen Kriegs im Jahre 1812 (1856) Geschichte des Jahres 1815 (two volumes, 1865) Das preussische Heer vor und nach der Reorganisation (1867).

Heinrich Beitzke (15 February 1798 – 10 May 1867 (Berlin) was a German politician and historian, born at Muttrin in the Prussian Province of Pomerania. He served as a volunteer in the campaign of 1815, studied at the military schools of Coblenz and Mainz, entered the army as an officer in 1817, and retired in 1845 with the rank of major. In 1858 he was elected to the Prussian Chamber of Deputies. He published: Geschichte der deutschen Freiheitskriege in den Jahren 1813 und 1814 (three volumes, 1855 — an accurate and unprejudiced narrative, widely read) Geschichte des russischen Kriegs im Jahre 1812 (1856) Geschichte des Jahres 1815 (two volumes, 1865) Das preussische Heer vor und nach der Reorganisation (1867).

Heinrich Beitzke

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

Marine microbial symbiosis

Bone eating worm symbiosis

Marine microbial symbiosis / Some symbiotic relationships / Bone eating worm symbiosis

English: Osedax rubiplumus from whale-2893.

Microbial symbiosis in marine animals was not discovered until 1981. In the time following, symbiotic relationships between marine invertebrates and chemoautotrophic bacteria have been found in a variety of ecosystems, ranging from shallow coastal waters to deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Symbiosis is a way for marine organisms to find creative ways to survive in a very dynamic environment. They are different in relation to how dependent the organisms are on each other or how they are associated. It is also considered a selective force behind evolution in some scientific aspects. The symbiotic relationships of organisms has the ability to change behavior, morphology and metabolic pathways. With increased recognition and research, new terminology also arises, such as holobiont, which the relationship between a host and its symbionts as one grouping. Many scientists will look at the hologenome, which is the combined genetic information of the host and its symbionts. These terms are more commonly used to describe microbial symbionts. The type of marine animal vary greatly, for example, sponges, sea squirts, corals, worms, and algae all host a variety of unique symbionts.

Osedax, also called the bone eating worm is a siboglinid worm from polychaete genus. It was discovered in a whalefall community on the surface of bones, in the axis of Monterey Canyon, California, in 2002. Osedax lacks a mouth, a functional gut and a trophosome. But female osedax have a vascularized root system originating from their ovisac which contains heterotrophic endosymbiotic bacterial community dominated by γ-proteobacteria clade. They use the vascularized root system to access the whale bones. The endosymbionts help the host utilize nutrients from the whale bones.

Figure 1 shows Osedax rubiplumus with ovisac (red colored projections) which houses symbiont bacteria

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

Tribute act

History

Tribute act / History

English: Queen Real Tribute Band pop concert in Makarska, Croatia, 25.07.2019. - Ivan Ristanović Hrvatski: Koncert grupe Queen Real Tribute u Makarskoj, Hrvatska, 25.07.2019. - Ivan Ristanović

A tribute act, tribute band or tribute group is a music group, singer, or musician who specifically plays the music of a well-known music act. Tribute acts include individual performers who mimic the songs and style of an artist, such as Elvis impersonators covering the works of Elvis Presley or groups like The Iron Maidens, an all-female band that pays tribute to Iron Maiden. Many tribute bands, in addition to playing the music of an artist or group, also try to emulate the vocal styles and overall appearance of that group, to make as close an approximation as possible. Others introduce a twist on the original act; for example, Dread Zeppelin plays Led Zeppelin songs in a reggae style with a lead singer dressed up as Elvis Presley, while Gabba perform the songs of ABBA in the style of the Ramones. Tribute bands usually name themselves based on the original band's name, or on one of their songs or albums.

The first tribute acts to emerge may have been Beatles tribute bands, such as The Buggs, who attempted to look and sound like The Beatles while playing their songs. However, one might argue that Elvis impersonators qualify as well. Neil Innes's band "The Rutles", a humorous take on the Beatles, achieved tremendous success with a film, All You Need Is Cash backed by George Harrison. In the Autumn of 1991 United Kingdom promoter Robert Reed was invited by John Tyrrell & Rod Stephen to Gothenburg, Sweden to watch a one-off show performed by their group Bjorn Again. This was due to Robert’s links with the Australian comedian Col Elliott. They were absolutely the finished product. London based agents were not interested in this tribute act performing ABBA songs. They did not understand that most people who liked ABBA were closet fans. Robert, with his experience of working with the group DOLLAR, realised that ABBA music was alive and well in gay venues. Combining this with the Aussie backpackers phenomenon in London, Robert invited Bjorn Again to the United Kingdom for a tour in the Spring of 1992. He came up with the idea for the group to change into their stage clothing before entering the arrival hall at Heathrow Airport. The paparazzi were alerted & in attendance. At the same time, a large group of Japanese tourists who had landed earlier were mingling with their tour guide. The only ‘hook’ Robert needed was to shout ‘ABBA, ABBA’ as he pointed to the door & the flashbulbs did the rest. Bjorn Again became a household name during the tour & the rest is history. Robert, also promoted The Australian Doors Show later the same year. Although initially created to honor the original bands, many tribute bands have grown to have their own fan base. Only One Direction have performed to hundreds of thousands of fans, have completed four UK theatre tours, and debuted in their own show on London's West End in October 2015. Those bands and artists that have inspired a cult following in their fans tend to have a significant tribute band presence as well, such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Sabbath, Journey, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Styx, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Madonna, The Misfits, Queen, Alice in Chains, Grateful Dead, Van Halen, ABBA, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Cars, R.E.M., Rammstein, Neil Diamond, and Steely Dan. More recently, tribute acts have looked to capitalize on the success of the pop genre, with a heavy focus on newer acts such as One Direction, Adele, Take That, The Wanted, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears and Beyoncé. In 1997, the British journalist Tony Barrell wrote a feature for The Sunday Times about the UK tribute-band scene, which mentioned bands including Pink Fraud, the Pretend Pretenders and Clouded House. In the piece, Barrell asserted that "the main cradle of the tribute band...is Australia. Starved of big names, owing to their reluctance to put Oz on their tour itineraries, Australians were quite unembarrassed about creating home-grown versions. Then, like an airborne seed, one of these bands just happened to drift to Britain." The band in question was the ABBA tribute Björn Again, who staged a successful publicity stunt in the early 1990s, arriving at Heathrow Airport in white one-piece outfits similar to the ones worn by ABBA on the cover of their 1976 album, Arrival. Other tribute acts such as The Beatnix (Beatles), Zeppelin Live, and The Australian Pink Floyd Show have experienced continued popularity for over a decade. In 1998, two men who were in a Blues Brothers tribute band changed their names officially by deed poll to Joliet Jake Blues and Elwood Jake Blues. They also are the only men in the UK to have their sunglasses on in their passport and driving licence photos. In 2000, filmmakers Jeff Economy and Darren Hacker produced the documentary film ...An Incredible Simulation, which examined the tribute band phenomenon. Produced separately and independently in 2001 was the documentary Tribute by directors Kris Curry and Rich Fox, which also covered the movement. In 2007, produ

Tribute Act to Queen

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter-in-the-Forest

St Peter-in-the-Forest

St Peter-in-the-Forest

English: The church of St Peter-in-the-Forest, Walthamstow. Wikidata has entry Q27087218 with data related to this item.This is a photo of listed building number 1393232.

St Peter-in-the-Forest is a Church of England church in Walthamstow, East London, sited in a small portion of Epping Forest. The building was founded in 1840 as a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church, Walthamstow, and designed by the architect John Shaw Jr. It became a parish of its own in 1844, was assigned a cemetery in 1845, and extended in 1887. Though damaged by bombing in World War II, and fire damaged in the 1970s, it was Grade II listed in 2009. It is currently on the Heritage at Risk Register.

St Peter-in-the-Forest is a Church of England church in Walthamstow, East London, sited in a small portion of Epping Forest. The building was founded in 1840 as a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church, Walthamstow, and designed by the architect John Shaw Jr. It became a parish of its own in 1844, was assigned a cemetery in 1845, and extended in 1887. Though damaged by bombing in World War II, and fire damaged in the 1970s, it was Grade II listed in 2009. It is currently on the Heritage at Risk Register.

St Peter-in-the-Forest

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

Jamtli

Jamtli

klockstapel outside Jamtli museum in Östersund, Sweden

Jamtli is the name of the regional open air museum of Jämtland and Härjedalen in Östersund, Sweden. It consists of an open-air museum with historical buildings, and an indoor museum with both permanent and temporary exhibitions. “Jamtli” literally means “hillside of Jämtland” in the local dialect. Since the 1980s, the museum has been working with living history in a project entitled Jamtli Historyland. This venture has contributed to make the museum one of the most popular tourist attractions in the region.

Jamtli is the name of the regional open air museum of Jämtland and Härjedalen in Östersund, Sweden. It consists of an open-air museum with historical buildings, and an indoor museum with both permanent and temporary exhibitions. “Jamtli” literally means “hillside of Jämtland” in the local dialect. Since the 1980s, the museum has been working with living history in a project entitled Jamtli Historyland. This venture has contributed to make the museum one of the most popular tourist attractions in the region.

Belltower of Jamtli (Klockstapel) inspired by characteristic feature in 18th century church architecture in Jämtland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_Oxyrhynchus_208_%2B_1781

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 208 + 1781

Text

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 208 + 1781 / Text

English: the fragment of the text of John 16:14-22

Papyrus 5, designated by siglum ⁵, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John dating palaeographically to the early 3rd century. The papyrus is housed in the British Library. It has survived in a very fragmentary condition. The text of the manuscript was reconstructed several times. Textually it is very close to Codex Sinaiticus, but with some exceptions.

According to reconstruction of Philip W. Comfort [leaf 1 verso (John 1:23-32)] εγ]ω̣ φ̣ων[η] β̣ο̣[ωντος εν τη ερημω ευ]θ̣υνατ[ε την οδον κυ καθως ει π]ε̣ν ησα[ιας ο προφητης και απεσ τ]α̣λμενοι [ησαν εκ των φαρισαι ω]ν και ηρ̣ω̣[τησαν αυτον τι ουν βα π̣τ̣ιζεις ει [συ ουκ ει ο χς ουδε ηλιας ουδε ο προ[φητης απεκριθη αυτοις ο ιωανν[ης λεγων εγω βαπτιζω εν υ δατι μ[εσος υμων εστηκεν ον υμεις ουκ οιδα[τε ο οπισω μου ερχομε ν]ος [ο]υ ο[υκ ειμι αξιος ινα λυσω αυ του τον [ιμαντα του υποδηματος ταυτα εν β[ηθανια εγενετο πε ραν του ιο[ρδανου οπου ην ο ιωαν ν]ης βαπτι[ζων τη επαυριον βλε πει τον ιην [ερχομενον προς αυτον και λεγει [ιδε ο αμνος του θυ ο αιρω   την αμαρ[τιαν του κοσμου ουτος εστιν υπερ [ου εγω ειπον οπισω μου ερχεται α[νηρ ος εμπροσθεν μου γεγον[εν οτι πρωτος μου ην καγω ο̣υ̣κ η̣δ̣[ειν αυτον αλλ ινα φανερω θ̣η̣ [τω ισραηλ δια τουτο ηλθον ε γ̣[ω εν υδατι βαπτιζων και εμαρτυ [ρησεν ιωαννης λεγων οτι τεθεαμαι] [το πνα καταβαινον ως περιστεραν [εξ ουρανου και εμεινεν επ αυτον] [leaf 1 recto (John 1:33-41)] καγω ουκ ηδειν αυτον] αλλ ο π̣[εμ ψας με βαπτιζειν εν υ]δατ[ι] ε̣[κει νος μοι ειπεν εφ ον αν ι]δης το̣ [πνα καταβαινον και μεν]ον επ αυ[τον ουτος εστιν ο βαπτιζ]ων εν πνι αγιω καγω εωρακα και μεμ]αρτυρηκα ο̣ τι ουτος εστιν ο εκλεκτο]ς του θυ   τη ε̣ παυριον ιστηκει ο ιωανν]η̣ς και εκ των μαθητων αυτου δ]υ̣ο̣ και εμ̣ βλεψας τω ιηυ περιπατο]υντι λεγε[ι ιδε ο αμνος του θυ   και εκ]ουσαν οι δ̣υ̣ο̣ μαθηται λαλουντος και η]κολουθη σαν τω ιηυ   στραφεις δ]ε ο ιης και θε ασαμενος αυτους ακ]ολοθουντας λεγει αυτοις τι ζητει]τε <οι δε> ειπα̣ν̣ <αυ> <τω> ραββει ο λεγεται ερ]μηνευονε νον διδασκαλε που μεν]εις λεγει αυτοις ερχεσθε και οψε]σθε ηλθαν ουν και ειδαν που μενει κ]αι παρ αυτω εμειναν την ημεραν] ε̣κ̣ε̣ι̣ν̣η̣ν̣ ω ρα ην ως δεκατη ην ανδ]ρεας ο α δελφος σιμωνος πετρου εις εκ δ]υο των ακουσαντων παρα ιωαννο]υ̣ και α [κολουθησαντων αυτω ευρισκει] [ουτος πρωτον τον αδελφον τον ιδιον] [σιμωνα και λεγει αυτω ευρηκαμεν] [τον μεσσιαν ο εστιν ερμηνευομενον] [leaf 2 recto (John 16:14-22)] οτι εκ του εμου λημψετ]α̣ι και ανα[γ γελει υμειν παντα οσ]α̣ εχει ο πρ ε εμα εστιν δια τουτο ειπο]ν οτι εκ τ[ου εμου λαμβανει κα]ι αν[αγ]γ̣ε̣λ̣ε̣ι̣ υμει   μεικρον και ουκετι θεωρειτε με κ]αι παλιν μεικρον κ]αι οψεσθε [με ειπαν ουν τινες εκ των μ]αθητων αυτου προς αλληλους τι] εστιν τουτο ο λε γει ημειν μεικρον και ου] θεωρει̣τε με και παλιν μεικρον κ]αι οψ]ε̣σ̣θ̣ε̣ μ̣ε̣ κ̣α̣ι̣ [οτ]ι̣ υπαγω προς τον] πρα   ελεγον ο̣υ̣ν τι εστιν τουτο] μ̣εικρον ο̣υ̣κ οιδα μεν τι λαλει εγ]νω <ο> ιης οτι η̣[θ]ε̣λον αυτον ερωταν] κ̣αι ειπενπ αυτ[ο]ις περι τουτου ζητ]ε̣ιτε με μετ αλληλω[ν οτι ειπον μεικρ]ον και ου θεωρει[τε με και παλιν μεικρο]ν και οψεσθε με αμην αμην λεγ]ω υμειν οτ[ι κ]λα[υ σετε και θρηνησ]ετε υμεις ο δε κοσμος χαρησετ]αι υμεις λυπηθη σεσθε αλλ η λυπ]η υμων εις χαραν γενησεται η γυν]η οταν τικτη λυ πην εχει οτι ηλθεν] η ωρα αυτης οταν δε γεννηση το] παιδ[ι]ον ουκε̣ τι μνημονευει της θλ]ειψ[ε]ως δι α την χαραν οτι εγενν]ηθ̣η ανθρω πος εις τον κοσμον ] και υμεις ουν [leaf 2 verso (John 16:22-30)] νυν μεν [λυπεν εχετε παλιν δε οψομαι υ[μας και χαρησεται υμων η καρδια [και την χαραν υμων ου δεις αρει [αφ] υμων και εν εκεινη τη ημερ̣[α] ε[μ]ε̣ [ουκ ερωτησετε ουδεν [α]μην α̣[μην λεγω υμειν αν τι αιτη[σ]η̣τε [τον πρα δωσει υμειν εν τω ον[ο]ματ̣[ι μου αιτειτε και και λημψεσθε ι[να η χαρα υμων η π̣επληρω[μ]ε[ν]η [ ταυτα εν παροι μ̣ιαις λελ[α]ληκα [υ]μειν ερχεται ω̣ρ̣α̣ οτε ο̣υκετ[ι εν παροιμιαις λα λησω υμειν αλλα παρρησια περι του πρς απαγγε[λω υμειν [ εν ε κεινη τη ημερα [εν τω ονοματι μου αιτησεσθε [και ου λεγω υμειν ο]τι εγω ερωτησ[ω τον πρα [ αυτος γ]αρ ο πρ φιλει υμ[ας οτι υμεις εμε πεφιληκα̣τε̣ και [πεπιστευκατε οτι παρα θυ εξηλθ[ον εξηλθον παρα του πρς και ε[ληλυθα εις τον κ̣ο̣σ̣μον παλιν α̣[φιημι τον κοσμον και πορευομαι προ[ς τον πρα λε γ̣ο̣υ̣σ̣ιν <αυτω> οι μ[αθηται αυτου ιδε νυν εν παρρη̣σια λ[αλεις και παροιμιαν ου δεμιαν λ[εγεις νυν οιδαμεν οτι οιδας πα̣[ντα ου χρειαν εχεις [leaf 3 recto (John 20:9-19)] [ ουδεπω γαρ ηδεισαν την γραφην] [οτι δει αθτον εκ νεκρων αναστηναι] [ απηλθον ουν παλιν προς αυτους οι] [μαθηται

Fragment of John 16:14-22

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

Boulder Station

Incidents

Boulder Station / History / Incidents

English: Boulder Station, Las Vegas Nevada

Boulder Station is a hotel and casino located in Sunrise Manor, Nevada on Boulder Highway. It is owned and operated by Station Casinos. Groundbreaking began on August 5, 1993. The project was built at a cost of $103 million, and opened on August 23, 1994. An expansion in 1995 added a child-care facility, an 11-screen movie theater, and a video game arcade. A $50 million renovation took place in 2008, to compete against the new Eastside Cannery. A renovation of the hotel's 300 rooms was completed in 2011. Boulder Station's Railhead concert venue has earned several awards from the Academy of Country Music for its hosting of country performers. The Railhead has also hosted various blues performers as well. Multiple incidents, including several shootings, have occurred on the property during its history.

In November 2000, a man crashed a vehicle into Boulder Station, which subsequently sued the driver and the car's owner for $21,790 in damages. In 2002, a 30-year-old armed man robbed a change booth inside Boulder Station and later opened fire while fleeing through the casino, injuring a slot employee. The robber was killed by a security guard. In 2003, a 20-year-old man was shot and killed on the top-floor of Boulder Station's parking garage, after previously fighting with another man. In 2004, two men were shot in the parking lot, resulting in one death. On December 31, 2008, a 53-year-old man made a bomb threat against Boulder Station as part of a robbery attempt to pay his medical bills, prompting the evacuation of the casino area. The man was later arrested, and it was discovered that he had no bomb. In August 2016, a hotel employee was battered and sexually assaulted by a 22-year-old man in one of the rooms on the 10th floor. During the same month, a security officer for the property was patrolling the parking garage when he was beaten by three teenagers who took his gun. A shooting occurred in the parking lot in May 2017, when a man shot at another man in self-defense during an attempted robbery. In October 2017, a woman was robbed of her purse in the parking lot. In July 2018, two people exchanged shots at each other during an altercation in the parking lot. The incident ended when a security officer, who had been shot twice, fired at one of the suspects.

A portion of the parking lot, seen in 2012

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

Angel of Peace

Angel of Peace

Friedensengel München

The Angel of Peace is a monument in the Munich suburb of Bogenhausen. The architects were Heinrich Düll, Georg Pezold und Max Heilmaier.

The Angel of Peace (German: Friedensengel) is a monument in the Munich suburb of Bogenhausen. The architects were Heinrich Düll, Georg Pezold und Max Heilmaier.

Angel of Peace

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

History of Belgium

The General Strike of 1960–61

History of Belgium / WW2 to present / The General Strike of 1960–61

English: Demonstration in Brussels by Walloon workers in 1960 Walon: Metingue des ovrîs walons a Brussele e 1960

The history of Belgium extends before the founding of the modern state of that name in 1830, and is intertwined with those of its neighbors: the Netherlands, Germany, France and Luxembourg. For most of its history, what is now Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the Carolingian Empire, or divided into a number of smaller states, prominent among them being the Duchy of Brabant, the County of Flanders, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and County of Luxembourg. Due to its strategic location and its history as a country of contact between different cultures, Belgium has been called the "crossroads of Europe"; for the many armies fighting on its soil, it has also been called the "battlefield of Europe" or the "cockpit of Europe". It is also remarkable as a European nation which contains, and is divided by, a language boundary between Latin-derived French and Germanic Dutch. Belgium's modern shape can be partly traced back at least as far as the "Seventeen Provinces" within the Burgundian Netherlands.

In December 1960, Wallonia was gripped by a general strike in response the general decline of Wallonian manufacturing but it succeeded only in Wallonia, in a period of turbulence in the aftermath of the Second Schools War. The Wallonian workers demanded federalism, in addition to structural reforms. Even though the strike had been intended to be nationwide, Flemish workers appeared reluctant to support it. The Strike was led by André Renard, the founder of "Renardism" which combined militant socialism with Walloon nationalism. The historian Renée Fox described Wallonia's alienation: At the beginning of the 1960s (...), a major reversal in the relationship between Flanders and Wallonia was taking place. Flanders had entered a vigorous, post–World War II period of industrialization, and a significant percentage of the foreign capital (particularly from the United States, coming into Belgium to support new industries, was being invested in Flanders. In contrast, Wallonia's coal mines and time-worn steel plants and factories were in crisis. The region had lost thousands of jobs and much investment capital. A new Dutch-speaking, upwardly mobile "populist bourgeoisie" was not only becoming visible and vocal in Flemish movements but also in both the local and national policy... [The strike of December 1960 against the austerity law of Gaston Eyskens ] was replaced by a collective expression of the frustrations, anxieties, and grievances that Wallonia was experiencing in response to its altered situation, and by the demands of the newly formed Walloon Popular Movement for...regional autonomy for Wallonia... Nationwide the economy was generally healthy with an annual growth rate of 5% in the 1960s. However old inefficient factories were being shut down in textiles and leather goods. Coal miners were angered by the closure of used-up mines. Limburg miners at the Zwartberg mine rioted in 1966 to protest its closure. Two miners were killed by police and ten were injured, while nineteen policemen were hurt. In 1973 a series of worldwide crises adversely affected the Belgian economy.

Walloon workers demonstration in Brussels in the winter of 1960

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tend%C3%BCrek

Mount Tendürek

Mount Tendürek

Tendürek is a shield volcano located in the Ağrı and Van provinces of eastern Turkey, close to the borders with Iran. The elongated volcano rises 1,800 m above the Doğubeyazıt plain, south of Mount Ararat. Two main cones with a crater each and several minor lateral cones form the edifice. The edifice dates 700,000–500,000 years BP to 13,000 BP and is mostly constructed from basaltic lavas, with some pyroclastics and trachytic/trachyandesitic lavas. It has a volume of more than 300 km³ and covers a surface area of about 650 km². Pyroclastic cones with basaltic lava flows on the eastern side of the mountain are around 2,500 years old. The last known eruption may have been a gas and ash eruption in 1855, and hydrothermal systems exist on the volcano. Since 1993, the volcano has been subsiding in a ring fault. The Armenian name for the mountain was Tondrak. The medieval Armenian Tondrakians, a religious movement of the 950s, is named after this area.

Tendürek (Turkish: Tendürek Dağı, Armenian: Թոնդրակ, Tondrak) is a shield volcano located in the Ağrı and Van provinces of eastern Turkey, close to the borders with Iran. The elongated volcano rises 1,800 m (5,906 ft) above the Doğubeyazıt plain, south of Mount Ararat. Two main cones with a crater each and several minor lateral cones form the edifice. The edifice dates 700,000–500,000 years BP to 13,000 BP and is mostly constructed from basaltic lavas, with some pyroclastics and trachytic/trachyandesitic lavas. It has a volume of more than 300 km³ and covers a surface area of about 650 km². Pyroclastic cones with basaltic lava flows on the eastern side of the mountain are around 2,500 years old. The last known eruption may have been a gas and ash eruption in 1855, and hydrothermal systems exist on the volcano. Since 1993, the volcano has been subsiding in a ring fault. The Armenian name for the mountain was Tondrak. The medieval Armenian Tondrakians, a religious movement of the 950s, is named after this area.

Tendürek seen from space

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

Dettelbach

Dettelbach

Deutsch: Dettelbach

Remaining town fortifications

Dettelbach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 20 km east of Würzburg, and 8 km north of Kitzingen. It includes neighboring villages as administrative subdivisions, namely Bibergau, Brück, Dettelbach-Bahnhof, Effeldorf, Euerfeld, Mainsondheim, Neuses am Berg, Neusetz, Schernau und Schnepfenbach. Dettelbach was first mentioned as a settlement in 741 AD. "Stadtrecht" town privileges were granted in 1484 AD. Dettelbach has a nearly complete medieval city wall that includes towers and two remaining town gates. Dettelbach's most prominent architectural features are cobble-stoned streets with picturesque rows of half-timbered houses, and historic buildings dating as far back as the Renaissance, or even late-Gothic era. Dettelbach is famous for its wine, available from a number of local wineries. One major tourist attraction is the annual wine fest in the heart of downtown. The festival takes place every year from the Catholic Feast of Corpus Christi to the Sunday following the holiday.

Dettelbach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 20 km east of Würzburg, and 8 km north of Kitzingen. It includes neighboring villages as administrative subdivisions, namely Bibergau, Brück, Dettelbach-Bahnhof, Effeldorf, Euerfeld, Mainsondheim, Neuses am Berg, Neusetz, Schernau und Schnepfenbach. Dettelbach was first mentioned as a settlement in 741 AD. "Stadtrecht" town privileges were granted in 1484 AD. Dettelbach has a nearly complete medieval city wall that includes towers and two remaining town gates. Dettelbach's most prominent architectural features are cobble-stoned streets with picturesque rows of half-timbered houses, and historic buildings dating as far back as the Renaissance, or even late-Gothic era. Dettelbach is famous for its wine, available from a number of local wineries. One major tourist attraction is the annual wine fest in the heart of downtown. The festival takes place every year from the Catholic Feast of Corpus Christi to the Sunday following the holiday. A local specialty are "Muskatzinen," flavorful pastries spiced with nutmeg, made after a secret recipe. Dettelbach's current Mayor is Matthias Bielek (Freie Wähler) and received 56.6% of votes.

Remaining town fortifications

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

Music of Cuba

Overview

Music of Cuba / Overview

English: 17th century depiction of Havana. Place of manufacture: Amsterdam.

The music of Cuba, including its instruments, performance and dance, comprises a large set of unique traditions influenced mostly by west African and European music. Due to the syncretic nature of most of its genres, Cuban music is often considered one of the richest and most influential regional musics of the world. For instance, the son cubano merges an adapted Spanish guitar, melody, harmony, and lyrical traditions with Afro-Cuban percussion and rhythms. Almost nothing remains of the original native traditions, since the native population was exterminated in the 16th century. Since the 19th century Cuban music has been hugely popular and influential throughout the world. It has been perhaps the most popular form of regional music since the introduction of recording technology. Cuban music has contributed to the development of a wide variety of genre and musical styles around the globe, most notably in Latin America, the Caribbean, West Africa and Europe. Examples include rhumba, Afro-Cuban jazz, salsa, soukous, many West African re-adaptations of Afro-Cuban music, Spanish fusion genres, and a wide variety of genres in Latin America.

Large numbers of African slaves and European, mostly Spanish, immigrants came to Cuba and brought their own forms of music to the island. European dances and folk musics included zapateo, fandango, paso doble and retambico. Later, northern European forms like minuet, gavotte, mazurka, contradanza, and the waltz appeared among urban whites. There was also an immigration of Chinese indentured laborers later in the 19th century. Fernando Ortiz, the first great Cuban folklorist, described Cuba's musical innovations as arising from the interplay ('transculturation') between African slaves settled on large sugar plantations and Spaniards from different regions such as Andalusia and Canary Islands. The African slaves and their descendants made many percussion instruments and preserved rhythms they had known in their homeland. The most important instruments were the drums, of which, there were originally about fifty different types; today only the bongos, congas and batá drums are regularly seen (the timbales are descended from kettle drums in Spanish military bands). Also important are the claves, two short hardwood batons, and the cajón, a wooden box, originally made from crates. Claves are still used often, and wooden boxes (cajones) were widely used during periods when the drum was banned. In addition, there are other percussion instruments in use for African-origin religious ceremonies. Chinese immigrants contributed the corneta china (Chinese cornet), a Chinese reed instrument still played in the comparsas, or carnival groups, of Santiago de Cuba. The great instrumental contribution of the Spanish was their guitar, but even more important was the tradition of European musical notation and techniques of musical composition. Hernando de la Parra's archives give some of our earliest available information on Cuban music. He reported instruments including the clarinet, violin and vihuela. There were few professional musicians at the time, and fewer still of their songs survive. One of the earliest is Ma Teodora, supposed to be related to a freed slave, Teodora Ginés of Santiago de Cuba, who was famous for her compositions. The piece is said to be similar to 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century Spanish popular songs and dances. Cuban music has its principal roots in Spain and West Africa, but over time has been influenced by diverse genres from different countries. Important among these are France (and its colonies in the Americas), and the United States. Cuban music has been immensely influential in other countries. It contributed not only to the development of jazz and salsa, but also to the Argentine tango, Ghanaian high-life, West African Afrobeat, Dominican Bachata and Merengue, Colombian Cumbia and Spanish Nuevo flamenco and to the Arabo-Cuban music (Hanine Y Son Cubano) developed by Michel Elefteriades in the 1990s. The African beliefs and practices certainly influenced Cuba's music. Polyrhythmic percussion is an inherent part of African music, as melody is part of European music. Also, in African tradition, percussion is always joined to song and dance, and to a particular social setting. The result of the meeting of European and African cultures is that most Cuban popular music is creolized. This creolization of Cuban life has been happening for a long time, and by the 20th century, elements of African belief, music and dance were well integrated into popular and folk forms.

Ancient print of colonial Havana

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narayanganj%E2%80%93Bahadurabad_Ghat_line

Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line

Rolling stock

Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line / Rolling stock

Staff-road rail crossing 2016.

The Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line is a railway line connecting Narayanganj and Bahadurabad Ghat in Bangladesh. There are branch lines to Jagannathganj Ghat and Netrakona-Mohanganj. This track is under the jurisdiction of Bangladesh Railway

On 24 April 2013, the first Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit (DEMU) service in the country was inaugurated between Narayanganj and Dhaka. Twenty DEMU sets were purchased from Chinese manufacturer CRRC Tangshan for Tk 460 crore (US$59 million as of 2013). Each set consists of three carriages, with the engines incorporated into the ones on either end, and has a capacity of 149 seated passengers and 151 standing passengers. Eighteen months later, the Dhaka Tribune characterized the DEMU service as "a lemon" because travel time was little better than conventional service, carriages had inadequate ventilation, and there was a three-foot mismatch between carriage door and station platform heights. By July 2019, half of the DEMUs were out of operation due to break downs. Prime Minister Hasina described them as "unfit", and said no more would be purchased.

Bangladesh Railway DEMU

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

Counting efficiency

Radiation protection instruments

Counting efficiency / Scintillation counters / Radiation protection instruments

English: Rota, Spain (Feb. 4, 2007) - Electronics Technician 2nd Class Shea Thompson tests an Alpha Particle Detection Probe. Rota's Radiation Detection, Indication and Computation (RADIAC) lab calibrates equipment for Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, units and military sealift command ships. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Glen Dennis (RELEASED)

In the measurement of ionising radiation the counting efficiency is the ratio between the number of particles or photons counted with a radiation counter and the number of particles or photons of the same type and energy emitted by the radiation source.

Large area scintillation counters used for surface radioactive contamination measurements use plate or planar radioactive sources as calibration standards. The Surface Emission Rate (SER), not the source activity, is used as a measure of the rate of particles emitted from the source of radiation. The SER is the true emission rate from the surface, which is usually different to the activity. This difference is due to self-shielding within the active layer of the source which will reduce the SER, or backscatter which will reflect particles off the backing plate of the active layer and will increase the SER. Beta particle plate sources usually have a significant backscatter, whereas alpha plate sources usually have no backscatter, but are easily self-attenuated if the active layer is made too thick.

Hand-held large area alpha scintillation probe under calibration using a plate source in close proximity to the detector.

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

Electoral district of Bulleen

Electoral district of Bulleen

English: Location of the Victorian electoral district of Bulleen (dark green) in the Greater Melbourne area.

The electoral district of Bulleen is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 36 square kilometres in eastern Melbourne, including the suburbs of Bulleen, Doncaster, Templestowe Lower, and part of Templestowe. It lies within the Eastern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council. Bulleen was created in 1985, and has been a safe seat for the Liberal Party since its inception. It was won at its first election by David Perrin, the outgoing secretary of the Victorian Dairy Industry Authority. Perrin served four terms as member for the seat, and was an outspoken conservative backbencher during the Kennett government, opposing Kennett on drug reform, euthanasia, and gay and lesbian anti-discrimination laws. In 1999, Perrin lost Liberal preselection to former Kennett adviser Nicholas Kotsiras in a bitter contest which saw numerous claims of branch stacking. Kotsiras subsequently also served four terms as member for Bulleen. He held many shadow portfolios in opposition between 2002 and 2010, and served as a minister in both the Baillieu and Napthine governments from 2010 to 2014.

The electoral district of Bulleen is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 36 square kilometres (14 sq mi) in eastern Melbourne, including the suburbs of Bulleen, Doncaster, Templestowe Lower, and part of Templestowe. It lies within the Eastern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council. Bulleen was created in 1985, and has been a safe seat for the Liberal Party since its inception. It was won at its first election by David Perrin, the outgoing secretary of the Victorian Dairy Industry Authority. Perrin served four terms as member for the seat, and was an outspoken conservative backbencher during the Kennett government, opposing Kennett on drug reform, euthanasia, and gay and lesbian anti-discrimination laws. In 1999, Perrin lost Liberal preselection to former Kennett adviser Nicholas Kotsiras in a bitter contest which saw numerous claims of branch stacking. Kotsiras subsequently also served four terms as member for Bulleen. He held many shadow portfolios in opposition between 2002 and 2010, and served as a minister in both the Baillieu and Napthine governments from 2010 to 2014. He held the roles of Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014, and Minister for Energy and Resources from 2013 to 2014. In early 2014, Kotsiras announced that he would retire at the 2014 election, and resigned from the ministry in March. Kotsiras was succeeded as member for Bulleen by then-Legislative Council member and Minister for Planning Matthew Guy, who successfully switched to the Legislative Assembly. Guy was elected Opposition Leader in December 2014 in the aftermath of the Liberal government's election defeat.

Location of Bulleen (dark green) in Greater Melbourne

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

Chanjody

Chanjody

English: St: Sebastian's Church, Chanjody

Chanjody is a small village in the Changanassery municipality in the Kottayam district, Kerala, India. Administered through the Thrikodithanam panchayat, a small part of the village forms part of the district of Pathanamthitta.

Chanjody is a small village in the Changanassery municipality in the Kottayam district, Kerala, India. Administered through the Thrikodithanam panchayat, a small part of the village forms part of the district of Pathanamthitta.

St Sebastian's Church

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/StSebastiansChurchChanjody.jpg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Weston_(canal_builder)

Richard Weston (canal builder)

Biography

Richard Weston (canal builder) / Biography

English: Armorials of Weston of Sutton Place, Surrey: Ermine, on a chief azure 5 bezants

Sir Richard III Weston was an English canal builder and agricultural improver. He instigated the construction of the Wey Navigation—one of the first man-made navigations in Britain—and introduced new plants and systems of crop rotation.

Weston was born in 1591, the eldest son of Sir Richard II Weston (1564-1613) of Sutton Place, Surrey, by Jane Dister (d.1625), daughter of John Dister of Bergholt, Essex. He was the great-great-grandson of Sir Richard I Weston (1465-1541), builder of Sutton Place. He was educated, or spent part of his early life in Flanders. In 1613 he succeeded to the family estates at Sutton and Clandon and was knighted on 27 July 1622 at Guildford. Sir Richard Weston was ambassador from England to Frederic the fifth, Elector Palatine, and King of Bohemia, in 1619. He was present at the famous battle of Prague in 1620. Early 1630s Weston decided to copy the canal and lock system then prevalent in The Netherlands to make the River Wey navigable between Weybridge and Guildford. He was appointed one of the Royal Commissioners to oversee the work in 1635. During the English Civil War (1642–1651), his property was sequestrated and he took himself into exile. In 1644 he visited Ghent, Bruges and Antwerp and took the opportunity to study agricultural methods in use there. By 1649 he was back in England and instigated a bill in parliament to authorise the construction of the navigation which became an Act of Parliament in 1651. Weston immediately set to work on construction, although he died before the scheme reached completion. One of his first agricultural schemes was to increase the hay yield, by introducing a new strain of hay and by irrigation schemes. He also introduced from Flanders a crop rotation scheme based on clover, flax and turnips. In 1645 he had written an account of Flemish husbandry which formed the basis of the "Discours" which was published in various versions in 1651 and 1652. Weston died aged 61 and was buried at Trinity Chapel Guildford. He married Grace Harper of Cheshunt and by her had seven sons and two daughters.

Arms of Weston: Ermine, on a chief azure 5 bezants

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%A9tigny-sur-Orge_train_crash

Brétigny-sur-Orge train crash

Accident

Brétigny-sur-Orge train crash / Accident

Français&#160;: Croquis de l'accident de Bretigny-sur-Orge. Avec échelle. English: Sketch of the Bretigny-sur-Orge accident, with scale. The red star is where a fishplate (rail joint) failed, causing the accident. Carriages 4, 5, 6, and 7 of Corail Train 3657 (in orange, numbered) derailed, while the locomotive (in red) and carriages 1, 2, and 3 of train 3657 stayed on the track. Carriage 6 swept along the platform (in grey) before stopping. Train 3700 stopped before hitting any of the wreckage.

On 12 July 2013, a train crash occurred in the commune of Brétigny-sur-Orge in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, when a passenger train carrying 385 people derailed and hit the station platform. Seven people were killed and there were 11 serious injuries and 21 minor injuries. The accident was cited as the most serious rail crash in France since the 1988 Gare de Lyon accident in which 56 people were killed.

At 17:11 CEST (15:11 UTC) on 12 July 2013, SNCF Corail Intercités train 3657 from Paris Gare d'Austerlitz to Limoges derailed and crashed at Brétigny station, resulting in the deaths of seven people (three passengers on the train and four on the platform) and injuries to "dozens" more. 385 passengers were on board, which occurred a few minutes after the train departed Austerlitz at 16:53. It was scheduled to arrive at Limoges-Bénédictins at 20:05. The trains and platforms at Brétigny were particularly busy as it was the Friday before the Bastille Day holiday weekend. Reports indicate the train, which was not scheduled to stop, crashed at 137 km/h (85 mph) (below the speed limit of 150 km/h). The last four carriages derailed on a double slip, and the train then broke in two between its fourth and fifth carriages. The rear of the train deviated to the left from Track 1 to Track 3 at the following railroad switch. With the fifth and seventh carriages following different tracks, the sixth carriage swept the platform between them for a distance of around 100metres. It was pierced by a roof beam. The fifth carriage first hit the platform on its left and then came to rest along the opposite platform.

Diagram of the derailment

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_VII,_Count_of_Armagnac

Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac

Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac

English: Bernard VII of Armagnac

Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac was Count of Armagnac and Constable of France. He was the son of John II and Jeanne de Périgord. He succeeded in Armagnac at the death of his brother, John III, in 1391. After prolonged fighting, he also became Count of Comminges in 1412. When his brother, who claimed the Kingdom of Majorca, invaded northern Catalonia late in 1389 in an attempt to seize the kingdom's continental possessions, Bernard commanded part of his forces. Bernard's wife was Bonne, the daughter of John, Duke of Berry, and widow of Count Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy. He first gained influence at the French court when Louis, Duke of Orléans married Valentina Visconti, the daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan. Bernard's sister Beatrice married Valentina's brother Carlo. After Louis' assassination in 1407, Armagnac remained attached to the cause of Orléans. He married his daughter Bonne to the young Charles, Duke of Orléans in 1410. Bernard d'Armagnac became the nominal head of the faction which opposed John the Fearless in the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War, and the faction came to be called the "Armagnacs" as a consequence.

Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac (1360 – 12 June 1418) was Count of Armagnac and Constable of France. He was the son of John II and Jeanne de Périgord. He succeeded in Armagnac at the death of his brother, John III, in 1391. After prolonged fighting, he also became Count of Comminges in 1412. When his brother, who claimed the Kingdom of Majorca, invaded northern Catalonia late in 1389 in an attempt to seize the kingdom's continental possessions (the County of Roussillon), Bernard commanded part of his forces. Bernard's wife was Bonne, the daughter of John, Duke of Berry, and widow of Count Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy. He first gained influence at the French court when Louis, Duke of Orléans married Valentina Visconti, the daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan. Bernard's sister Beatrice married Valentina's brother Carlo. After Louis' assassination in 1407, Armagnac remained attached to the cause of Orléans. He married his daughter Bonne to the young Charles, Duke of Orléans in 1410. Bernard d'Armagnac became the nominal head of the faction which opposed John the Fearless in the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War, and the faction came to be called the "Armagnacs" as a consequence. He became constable of France in 1415 and was the head of the government of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII, until the Burgundians invaded Paris in the night of 28-29 May 1418. On 12 June 1418, he was one of the first victims of the massacres in which over 550 of his real or suspected followers were killed in the course of weeks throughout the summer.

Seal of Bernard VII

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Italy%27s_Shores

From Italy's Shores

From Italy's Shores

English: L. to R.&#160;: Harold Lloyd, unknown, Jane Novak, unknown actor, and Roy Stewart in From Italy's Shores (1915) - cropped screenshot

From Italy's Shores is a 1915 American short drama film featuring Harold Lloyd.

From Italy's Shores is a 1915 American short drama film featuring Harold Lloyd.

(left to right) Harold Lloyd, unknown, Jane Novak, unknown, and Roy Stewart

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

Duiliu Zamfirescu

Biography

Duiliu Zamfirescu / Biography

English: Duiliu Zamfirescu - First page of Fără titlu, published by Tipografia St. Mihailescu, Strada Covaci, 14 in 1883.

Duiliu Zamfirescu was a Romanian novelist, poet, short story writer, lawyer, nationalist politician, journalist, diplomat and memoirist. In 1909, he was elected a member of the Romanian Academy, and, for a while in 1920, he was Foreign Minister of Romania. Zamfirescu is best remembered for his Comăneștenilor literary cycle, comprising his novels Viața la țară, Tănase Scatiu, În război, Îndreptări and Anna.

Born in Plăinești, Râmnicu Sărat County (present-day Dumbrăveni, Vrancea County), he attended elementary school and gymnasium in Focșani, and later studied at the Matei Basarab High School in Bucharest (1873–1876), before entering the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Law. He graduated in 1880. Zamfirescu made his debut with a series of poems in Ghimpele review (1877), and, later in the same year, became an enthusiastic supporter of the Romanian war effort during the Independence War, an experience which placed its mark on his later works and choice of subjects. Three years later, he became associated with Alexandru Macedonski's Literatorul, a circle of Symbolist writers, publishing a Romantic poem titled Levante și Kalavryta ("Levante and Kalavryta"). At the time, his work was under the influence of Macedonski's Parnassianism. In 1880, he was appointed public prosecutor in the Northern Dobrujan town of Hârșova, while being employed, until 1884, as literary columnist for România Liberă. At the time, the editorial staff also included the writers Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea, Alexandru Vlahuță, and D. D. Racoviță-Sphinx. Zamfirescu contributed articles in which he declared his dislike for naturalism, as well as distancing himself from the Realism of his contemporaries Ion Luca Caragiale and Ioan Slavici (despite common perception, he claimed he had "nothing in common" with the latter two). At the time, he also contributed political articles under the pen name Don Padil. In 1882, after briefly serving as a prosecutor in Târgoviște and resigning, Duiliu Zamfirescu moved back to Focșani, where he practiced law and was a French language substitute teacher. Later in the same year, he settled in Bucharest and joined România Liberă's editorial staff, publishing his first volume of prose and poems, Fără titlu ("Untitled"), in 1883. Zamfirescu authored his debut novel, În fața vieții ("Facing Life") in 1884—the work was noted for the chapter "Pesimistul de la Soleni" ("The Pessimist of Soleni"), a satire of the Russian-born socialist thinker Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea. In 1885, he came out first in an examination for the office of legation Attaché, and was consequently employed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while at the same time teaching the Romanian language at the Sf. Gheorghe High School. He also began associating with the Junimea circle and began writing for its magazine, Convorbiri Literare, bringing his writings to the attention of Titu Maiorescu, while becoming a regular in the literary circle formed around the restaurant Casa Capșa. He was part of a small group of literary figures who oscillated between Literatorul and Maiorescu's circle—others to do so were Vasile Alecsandri, Veronica Micle and Matilda Cugler-Poni. The first of his poems to be published with Maiorescu's approval was titled Iarna ("Winter")—printed in June 1884. Zamfirescu is considered one of the most important writers to have been associated with Junimea during the final stage of its existence. He nonetheless maintained some distance to the society, and reportedly irritated Titu Maiorescu by collaborating with the newly established anti-Junimist magazines Literatură și Artă Română (edited by N. Petraşcu, on whom Zamfirescu was to be an influence, and Dimitrie C. Ollănescu-Ascanio). Ultimately, in May 1885, Zamfirescu was dispatched to Italy, as legation secretary in Rome, a position which he filled until 1906, with a hiatus (1892–1894) during which he was assigned to Greece and later Belgium. He was a colleague of Dimitrie Ghyka, and remembered for welcoming the ethnic Romanian Transylvanian activist Badea Cârţan during the latter's celebrated trip to the Italian capital (1896). Zamfirescu married an Italian woman, Henrietta Allievi, who died in 1920. An enthusiastic admirer of Leo Tolstoy's writings, he began work on a monograph entirely dedicated to the latter (excerpts of which were first published in 1892 issues of Convorbiri Literare). With his 1894 volume of poetry Alte orizonturi ("Other Horizons"), Zamfirescu entered a prolific phase o

First page of Fără titlu, poeme și nuvele, 1883

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts

Fall River, Massachusetts

Modern era

Fall River, Massachusetts / History / Industrial development and prosperity / Modern era

English: Title: City Hall Date: [ca. 1880–1970] Format: Postcards/Cards Genre: Postcards Location: Fall River Public Library Collection (local): Fall River Collection--Historic Postcards, c. 1880-1970 Subjects: City &amp; town halls Automobiles Places: Massachusetts &gt; Bristol (county) &gt; Fall River Extent: 1 photograph&#160;: color photomechanical print Permalink: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/pg15bv01m Terms of Use: No known copyright restrictions This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). CC BY icon Preferred Citation: Courtesy of Fall River Public Library Notes (date): Date supplied by cataloger. Notes: Title from item. No. 68546 Identifier: 1281

Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 88,857 at the 2010 census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state. Located along the eastern shore of Mount Hope Bay at the mouth of the Taunton River, the city became famous during the 19th century as the leading textile manufacturing center in the United States. While the textile industry has long since moved on, its impact on the city's culture and landscape remains to this day. Fall River's official motto is "We'll Try", dating back to the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1843. It is also nicknamed the "Scholarship City" because Irving Fradkin founded Dollars for Scholars there in 1958. In 2017, mayor Jasiel Correia introduced the "Make It Here" slogan as part of a citywide rebranding effort. Fall River is known for the Lizzie Borden case, Portuguese culture, its numerous 19th-century textile mills and Battleship Cove, the world's largest collection of World War II naval vessels and the home of the battleship USS Massachusetts. Fall River is also the only city in the United States to have its city hall located over an interstate highway, Interstate 195.

In the 1960s the city's landscape was drastically transformed with the construction of the Braga Bridge and Interstate 195, which cut directly through the heart of the city. In the wake of the highway building boom, the city lost some great pieces of its history. The Quequechan River was filled in and re-routed for much of its length. The historic falls, which had given the city its name, were diverted into underground culverts. A series of elevated steel viaducts was constructed as to access the new Braga Bridge. Many historic buildings were demolished, including the Old City Hall, the 150-year-old Troy Mills, the Second Granite Block (built after the 1928 fire), as well as other 19th century brick-and-mortar buildings near Old City Hall. Constructed directly over Interstate 195, where its predecessor was, the new city hall was opened in 1976, after years of construction delays and quality control problems. Built in the Brutalist style popular in the 1960s and 1970s, the new city hall drew complaints from city workers and residents almost immediately. In 1970 the Valle's Steak House chain opened one if its landmark restaurants on William S. Canning Boulevard. The steak house was popular with Fall River residents but economic challenges caused the chain to close all of its restaurants in the 1980s. Also during the 1970s, several modern apartment high-rise towers were built throughout the city, many part of the Fall River Housing Authority. There were two built near Milliken Boulevard, two on Pleasant Street in Flint Village, another on South Main Street, and in the north end off Robeson Street. Today, these high-rises mostly house the elderly. In 1978, the city opened the new B.M.C. Durfee High School in the north end, replacing the historic Rock Street masterpiece that had become overcrowded and outdated for use as a high school. The "new" Durfee is one of the largest high schools in Massachusetts. Since about 1980, there has been a considerable amount of new development in the North end of the city, with many new single- and multi-family housing developments, particularly along North Main Street. In 2018, Fall River was ranked the 77th most dangerous city in the United States.Fall River is also the most dangerous city in Massachusetts and second most dangerous city in New England. On January 20, 2019, a cannabis dispensary opened in Fall River, becoming only the sixth dispensary in Massachusetts and the first in Southeastern Massachusetts to open to anyone 21 years or older.

Fall River's old City Hall, demolished in 1962

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_levee

New Year's levee

Present day

New Year's levee / Present day

English: Mayor Ford with an honour guard of civic employee war veterans at the annual Mayor's New Years Levee at Toronto City Hall.

A New Year's levée is a social event on New Year's Day hosted by the Governor General of Canada, the lieutenant governors, military establishments, municipalities, and other institutions.

Over the years, New Year's levees have become almost solely a Canadian observance, although kinds of levees still exist in other countries. Today, levees are the receptions (usually, but not necessarily, on New Year's Day) held by the governor-general, the lieutenant governors of the provinces, the military and others, to mark the start of another year and to provide an opportunity for the public to pay their respects. Most levees may be attended by any citizen, including children. Attending the lieutenant governor's levee is an annual ritual for some families. Today the levee has evolved from the earlier, more boisterous party into a more sedate and informal one. It is an occasion to call upon representatives of the monarch, military and municipal governments and to exchange New Year's greetings and best wishes for the new year, to renew old acquaintances and to meet new friends. It is also an opportunity to reflect upon the events of the past year and to welcome the opportunities of the New Year. The province of Prince Edward Island maintains a more historical approach to celebrating levee day. On New Year's Day, all Legions and bars are opened and offer moose milk (egg nog and rum) from the early morning until the late night. Though there are still the formal receptions held at Government House and Province House, levee day is not only a formal event. It is something that attracts a large number of Islanders, which is quite unusual in comparison to the other provinces where it has gradually become more subdued. Prince Edward Island levees begin at 8 a.m. The historic town of Niagara-on-the-Lake (the first capital of Upper Canada) holds a levee complete with firing of a cannon at Navy Hall (a historic building close to Fort George) The levee is well attended by townspeople and visitors. Toasts are made to the Queen, "our beloved Canada", the Canadian Armed Forces, veterans, "our fallen comrades", as well as "our American friends and neighbors" (this final toast would not have been made two centuries ago when the town was founded). Greetings are brought from all levels of government and it is a great community event. Some religious leaders, such as the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ontario, hold a levee on New Year's Day.

Rob Ford with Toronto Civic Employees War Veterans Honour Guard at the Mayor of Toronto's New Year's levee in 2011.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-ATPase

V-ATPase

V-ATPase

English: Cartoon representation of the molecular structure of protein registered with 1ho8 code. Deutsch: Grafik des Molekularstruktur von jenem Protein, das mit 1ho8 code registriert ist. Plattdüütsch: Grafik, de de Molekularstruktur von dat Protein wiest, dat mit’n Kood 1ho8 registreert is.

Vacuolar-type H⁺ -ATPase is a highly conserved evolutionarily ancient enzyme with remarkably diverse functions in eukaryotic organisms. V-ATPases acidify a wide array of intracellular organelles and pump protons across the plasma membranes of numerous cell types. V-ATPases couple the energy of ATP hydrolysis to proton transport across intracellular and plasma membranes of eukaryotic cells. It is generally seen as the polar opposite of ATP synthase because ATP synthase is a proton channel that uses the energy from a proton gradient to produce ATP. V-ATPase however, is a proton pump that uses the energy from ATP hydrolysis to produce a proton gradient.

Vacuolar-type H⁺ -ATPase (V-ATPase) is a highly conserved evolutionarily ancient enzyme with remarkably diverse functions in eukaryotic organisms. V-ATPases acidify a wide array of intracellular organelles and pump protons across the plasma membranes of numerous cell types. V-ATPases couple the energy of ATP hydrolysis to proton transport across intracellular and plasma membranes of eukaryotic cells. It is generally seen as the polar opposite of ATP synthase because ATP synthase is a proton channel that uses the energy from a proton gradient to produce ATP. V-ATPase however, is a proton pump that uses the energy from ATP hydrolysis to produce a proton gradient.

crystal structure of the regulatory subunit H of the v-type atpase of saccharomyces cerevisiae

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

Ben Mauk

Ben Mauk

English: Photo of Ben Mauk in formal attire

Gary Benjamin Mauk is a former American football quarterback. He completed his college football career in 2007 for the Cincinnati Bearcats. He attended high school at Kenton High School where he set national passing records as a senior. He then went on to play at Wake Forest, and then later transferred to Cincinnati at the conclusion of the 2006 season. He is the older brother of Maty Mauk, former quarterback for the Missouri Tigers.

Gary Benjamin Mauk (born January 4, 1985) is a former American football quarterback. He completed his college football career in 2007 for the Cincinnati Bearcats. He attended high school at Kenton High School where he set national passing records as a senior. He then went on to play at Wake Forest, and then later transferred to Cincinnati at the conclusion of the 2006 season. He is the older brother of Maty Mauk, former quarterback for the Missouri Tigers.

Mauk wearing casual attire

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

Rabbit

Ecology

Rabbit / Ecology

Rabbit kittens 1 hour old

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha. Oryctolagus cuniculus includes the European rabbit species and its descendants, the world's 305 breeds of domestic rabbit. Sylvilagus includes 13 wild rabbit species, among them the seven types of cottontail. The European rabbit, which has been introduced on every continent except Antarctica, is familiar throughout the world as a wild prey animal and as a domesticated form of livestock and pet. With its widespread effect on ecologies and cultures, the rabbit is, in many areas of the world, a part of daily life—as food, clothing, a companion, and a source of artistic inspiration. Although once considered rodents, lagomorphs like rabbits have been discovered to have diverged separately and earlier than their rodent cousins, and have a number of traits rodents lack, like two extra incisors.

Rabbits are prey animals and are therefore constantly aware of their surroundings. For instance, in Mediterranean Europe, rabbits are the main prey of red foxes, badgers, and Iberian lynxes. If confronted by a potential threat, a rabbit may freeze and observe then warn others in the warren with powerful thumps on the ground. Rabbits have a remarkably wide field of vision, and a good deal of it is devoted to overhead scanning. They survive predation by burrowing, hopping away in a zig-zag motion, and, if captured, delivering powerful kicks with their hind legs. Their strong teeth allow them to eat and to bite in order to escape a struggle. The longest-lived rabbit on record, a domesticated European rabbit living in Tasmania, died at age 18. The lifespan of wild rabbits is much shorter; the average longevity of an eastern cottontail, for instance, is less than one year.

Rabbit kits one hour after birth

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

Benjamin Jesty

Benjamin Jesty

Benjamin Jesty. Oil painting by M.W. Sharp, 1805. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Benjamin Jesty; Michael William Sharp

Benjamin Jesty was a farmer at Yetminster in Dorset, England, notable for his early experiment in inducing immunity against smallpox using cowpox. The notion that those people infected with cowpox, a relatively mild disease, were subsequently protected against smallpox was not an uncommon observation with country folk in the late 18th century, but Jesty was one of the first to intentionally administer the less virulent virus. He was one of the six English, Danish and German people who reportedly administered cowpox to artificially induce immunity against smallpox from 1770 to 1791; only Jobst Bose of Göttingen, Germany with his 1769 inoculations pre-dated Jesty's work. Unlike Edward Jenner, a medical doctor who is given broad credit for developing the smallpox vaccine in 1796, Jesty did not publicise his findings made some twenty years earlier in 1774.

Benjamin Jesty (c. 1736 – 16 April 1816) was a farmer at Yetminster in Dorset, England, notable for his early experiment in inducing immunity against smallpox using cowpox. The notion that those people infected with cowpox, a relatively mild disease, were subsequently protected against smallpox was not an uncommon observation with country folk in the late 18th century, but Jesty was one of the first to intentionally administer the less virulent virus. He was one of the six English, Danish and German people who reportedly administered cowpox to artificially induce immunity against smallpox from 1770 to 1791; only Jobst Bose of Göttingen, Germany with his 1769 inoculations pre-dated Jesty's work. Unlike Edward Jenner, a medical doctor who is given broad credit for developing the smallpox vaccine in 1796, Jesty did not publicise his findings made some twenty years earlier in 1774.

Benjamin Jesty by Michael William Sharp, 1805

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

Sweater

Nomenclature

Sweater / Nomenclature

English: Icelandic sweater Deutsch: Islandpullover

A sweater, also called a jumper in British English, is a piece of clothing, typically with long sleeves, made of knitted or crocheted material that covers the upper part of the body. When sleeveless, the garment is often called a slipover or sweater vest. Sweaters are worn by adults and children of all genders, often over a shirt, blouse, T-shirt, or other top, but sometimes next to the skin. Sweaters were traditionally made from wool but can now be made of cotton, synthetic fibers, or any combination of these.

A sweater with an open front fastened by buttons or a zipper is generally called a cardigan, but the nomenclature for other styles in different dialects can be quite confusing. In British English, a sweater may also be called a pullover, jumper or jersey. In the United States however, "jumper" refers to a style of women's sleeveless dress, worn over a blouse or shirt, and "jersey" refers to a knit shirt, especially if part of an athletic uniform. If sleeveless, such a garment may be called a "slipover" or "tank top" in British English, while "tank top" in US English refers to a sleeveless shirt or undershirt. In the U.S. a sleeveless sweater may also be called a sweater vest, especially if it has a V-neck and somewhat formal appearance resembling a formal vest, a garment known as a waistcoat in the UK In British English, "vest" refers to an undershirt. In South African English, a knitted sweater is always called a jersey, while sweater, when used, refers to a sweatshirt. In the sport of ice hockey, the top of a hockey player's uniform had traditionally been a sweater; and even though modern hockey uniform tops are more commonly a jersey they are typically referred to as a "hockey sweater," regardless of the style, but frequently, in the U.S. it is called a hockey "jersey". See also: List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom List of British words not widely used in the United States List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z

A pullover from Iceland (lopapeysa)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_California

COVID-19 pandemic in California

March

COVID-19 pandemic in California / Timeline / March

English: LOS ANGELES (March 27, 2020) U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Noah Crow, left, and Pfc. Arnoldo RomeroVelazco, both riflemen with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, post security to secure the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in Los Angeles, California, March 27. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) deployed in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore base hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. One of the Department of Defense’s missions is Defense Support of Civil Authorities. DOD is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, as well as state, local and public health authorities in helping protect the health and safety of the American people.

The first case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. state of California was confirmed on January 26, 2020. A state of emergency has been in place in the state since March 4, 2020. A mandatory statewide stay-at-home order was issued on March 19. As of August 24, 2020, the California Department of Public Health has reported 668,366 confirmed cases and 12,134 deaths in the state. As of August 21, 2020, California has the highest number of confirmed cases in the United States, but only the 20th highest number of confirmed cases per capita. It has the third-highest count of deaths related to the virus, behind New York and New Jersey, but only 27th highest death count per capita. Compared to worldwide provinces/subdivisions, California ranks second in total confirmed cases behind the Brazilian state of São Paulo. On August 9, 2020, Dr. Sonia Y. Angell resigned as the CDPH Director and State Public Health Officer. Governor Gavin Newsom indicated Angell's resignation was related to data issues with the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange system that resulted in nearly 300,000 backlogged COVID-19 test results.

March 1: Two cases were reported in Alameda and Solano Counties, in health care workers at the NorthBay VacaValley Hospital. The workers were exposed to the patient in the case reported February 26 in Solano County. March 2: An adult resident of San Mateo County tested presumptively positive; they were placed in isolation in a hospital. The source of exposure was reported as unknown. March 4: California public health officials in Placer County reported a second confirmed case in an "older adult" resident with underlying health conditions who was aboard the Princess Cruises cruise ship Grand Princess on a cruise to Mexico that departed San Francisco on February 11 and returned on February 21. Although initial reports indicated that the new case had been hospitalized in "critically ill" condition, public health officials in Placer County subsequently reported the new case's death later on the same day. This marked the eleventh death in the United States attributable to coronavirus, the first death in the U.S. attributable to coronavirus outside Washington state, and the first death in California attributable to coronavirus. The source of the new case's infection appears to be the same as that of a resident of Sonoma County who tested positive on March 2 and who was also aboard the cruise ship Grand Princess on the same dates. In relation to this, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency in California. Consequently, Princess Cruises, the owner and operator of the cruise ship Grand Princess, working with the CDC, the state of California, and public health officials in San Francisco, terminated a port call in Ensenada, Mexico planned for March 5 and ordered the cruise ship to return to San Francisco over concerns about the potential for an outbreak of coronavirus aboard the cruise ship. Sixty-two passengers still aboard Grand Princess who may have made contact with the Placer County case that died earlier in the day were quarantined aboard the cruise ship at the request of the CDC. In addition, eleven passengers and ten crew members were exhibiting potential symptoms of coronavirus, and Grand Princess was ordered by the state of California to remain offshore while test kits were being airlifted to the cruise ship. March 5: The San Francisco Department of Public Health reported two community spread cases within the city. The two cases were unrelated and hospitalized at different hospitals in San Francisco. Yolo County reported its first case, through community transmission. Press reports in April indicated that Santa Clara County began a community surveillance test from March 5 to 14, finding that 11% of patients reporting non-flu respiratory symptoms were infected with coronavirus. As a result of those findings, the county began issuing increasingly aggressive social-distancing policies, starting on March 9. March 7: Eight new cases were reported in Santa Clara County, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 32. A faculty member of the Stanford University School of Medicine has tested positive for coronavirus. The faculty member stopped attending work after symptoms had appeared, and the member's place of work was closed for terminal cleaning. In Santa Cruz County, officials confirmed the county's first case, a former passenger of Grand Princess. Six presumptive positive cases were reported in San Francisco. All were reported as isolated at home in good condition. Each patient had contact with a confirmed case. In Elk Grove, a family tested positive and was quarantined, resulting in the closure of Elk Grove Unified School District for the week of March 7–13, including student activities and events. In a letter to families, the school district announced no students or employees had tested positive. In Madera County, officials confirmed the county's first coronavirus case from a person who had been aboard Grand Princess. Their spouse, whom they were with on the cruise, was also being monitored. Both were taken to the Madera Community Hospital and were reported as in monitored isolation. In Fresno County,

The USNS Mercy hospital ship arrived in Los Angeles on March 27 to provide relief to the hospital system by treating non-COVID-19 patients

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

May Revolution

Liniers government

May Revolution / Prelude / Liniers government

Depicted person&#58; &#32;Santiago de Liniers (1753–1810).

Portrait of Santiago de Liniers

The May Revolution was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and parts of Brazil. The result was the removal of Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros and the establishment of a local government, the Primera Junta, on May 25. The junta would eventually become the country of Argentina. It was the first successful revolution in the South American Independence process. The May Revolution was a direct reaction to Spain's Peninsular War. In 1808, King Ferdinand VII of Spain abdicated in favor of Napoleon, who granted the throne to his brother, Joseph Bonaparte. A Supreme Central Junta led resistance to Joseph's government and the French occupation of Spain, but eventually suffered a series of reversals that resulted in the Spanish loss of the northern half of the country. On February 1, 1810, French troops took Seville and gained control of most of Andalusia. The Supreme Junta retreated to Cadiz and dissolved itself, and the Council of Regency of Spain and the Indies replaced it.

After the British invasion of 1806, Santiago de Liniers successfully reconquered Buenos Aires. The population did not allow Rafael de Sobremonte to continue as Viceroy. He had escaped to Cordoba with the public treasury while the battle was still in progress. A law enacted in 1778 required the treasury to be moved to a safe location in the case of a foreign attack, but Sobremonte was still seen as a coward by the population. The Royal Audiencia of Buenos Aires did not allow his return to Buenos Aires and elected Liniers, acclaimed as a popular hero, as an interim Viceroy. This was an unprecedented action, the first time that a Spanish viceroy was deposed by local government institutions, and not by the King of Spain himself; King Charles IV ratified the appointment at a later time. Liniers armed the entire population of Buenos Aires, including criollos and slaves, and defeated a second British invasion attempt in 1807. The Liniers administration was popular among criollos, but not among peninsulars such as the merchant Martín de Álzaga and the Governor of Montevideo, Francisco Javier de Elío. They requested the Spanish authorities appoint a new viceroy. In the wake of the outbreak of the Peninsular War, de Elío created the Junta of Montevideo, which would scrutinise all the orders from Buenos Aires and reserve the right to ignore them, but did not openly deny the authority of the Viceroy or declare Montevideo independent. Martín de Álzaga began a mutiny to remove Liniers. On January 1, 1809, an open cabildo (an extraordinary meeting of vecinos, prominent people of the city) chaired by Álzaga demanded the resignation of Liniers and the appointment of a local junta. The Spanish militia and a group of people summoned by the meeting gathered to support the rebellion. A small number of criollos, notably Mariano Moreno, supported the mutiny, but most of them did not. They felt that Álzaga wanted to remove the Viceroy to avoid his political authority while keeping the social differences between criollos and peninsulars unchanged. The riot was quickly routed when criollo militias led by Cornelio Saavedra surrounded the plaza and dispersed the insurgents. As a result of the failed mutiny, the rebel militias were disarmed. This included all peninsular militias, and the power of the criollos increased as a result. The leaders of the plot, with the exception of Moreno, were exiled to Carmen de Patagones. Javier de Elío freed them and gave them political asylum at Montevideo.

Santiago de Liniers ruled as viceroy between 1807 and 1809.

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

Cavallucci

Cavallucci

Cavallucci are a rich Italian Christmas pastry made with anise, almonds, candied fruits, coriander, and flour. They are Sienese in origin, and the name translates approximately to "little horses."

Cavallucci are a rich Italian Christmas pastry prepared with anise, almonds, candied fruits, coriander, and flour. They are Sienese in origin, and the name translates approximately to "little horses". The chewy biscuits traditionally use Tuscan millefiori honey as an essential ingredient in the paste.

Cavallucci are a rich Italian Christmas pastry prepared with anise, almonds, candied fruits, coriander, and flour. They are Sienese in origin, and the name translates approximately to "little horses". The chewy biscuits traditionally use Tuscan millefiori honey as an essential ingredient in the paste.

Cavallucci

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

Coastal Carolina University

History

Coastal Carolina University / History

English: Framed by Blanton Park, the Edward M. Singleton Building was the first building on campus, built in 1963.

Coastal Carolina University is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954, it became an independent university in 1993. The university is a national sea-grant institution and owns part of Waties Island, an Atlantic barrier island that serves as a natural laboratory for CCU's instruction and research. The campus is also the home of the Horry County Schools Scholars Academy, a high school for gifted students.

Coastal Carolina University was founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, a two-year community college, by the Coastal Educational Foundation, a group of citizens who wanted to establish a post-secondary institution in the region. The college originally operated under contract as an extension of the College of Charleston. Classes met at night at Conway High School and were taught by part-time faculty. After the College of Charleston contract expired in 1958, Coastal became an independent community college supported by Horry County. The Horry County Educational Commission was created in 1959 to oversee the college's county tax money. This body was responsible for contracting operations to the University of South Carolina a year later under the name Coastal Carolina Regional Campus. The deal was finalized at the Chat 'n' Chew restaurant in Turbeville, South Carolina, a town halfway between Conway and Columbia. The site of the present-day campus was chosen in 1960, on a plot of land between U.S. 501 and S.C. 544, on land owned by Burroughs Timber Company and International Paper. The campus' first building, later named the Edward M. Singleton Building, opened in 1963. After decade of growth, USC Coastal Carolina College became a four-year institution in 1974. The first residence halls (currently "The Woods" residence halls) opened in 1987. By 1991, enrollment had grown to over 4,000 students, leading the Coastal Educational Foundation and Horry County Educational Commission to seek independent status for the school. On July 1, 1993, the school officially became an autonomous state institution under the name Coastal Carolina University, in a bill signed into law by South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell on the steps of the Singleton Building. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team opened its inaugural game vs. Newberry College on Sept. 6, 2003, in front of a crowd of more than 8,000 at the newly opened Brooks Stadium. In 2004, Coastal Carolina University celebrated its 50th anniversary; the same year, enrollment reached 7,000 students, and CCU opened the first phase of the University Place housing complex across S.C. 544. Throughout the 2010s, the University experienced a building boom achieved as a result of a local 1-cent sales tax for education-related construction (the present Brittain Hall was originally dubbed "Penny Hall" in honor of the penny tax that helped fund its construction). In 2014, the university established its first doctoral degree program, in coastal and marine science systems science. In 2016, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers athletic programs officially joined the Sun Belt Conference. The following year, enrollment reached 10,600 students and the Chanticleers baseball team won the NCAA College World Series, the first national title for the university.

Framed by Blanton Park, the Edward M. Singleton Building was the first building on campus, built in 1963.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_brooches

Anglo-Saxon brooches

Small-long

Anglo-Saxon brooches / Early Anglo-Saxon brooches / Long brooches / Small-long

English: Early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, 5th to 6th century. Cast in copper alloy. British Museum

Anglo-Saxon brooches are a large group of decorative brooches found in England from the fifth to the eleventh centuries. In the early Anglo-Saxon era, there were two main categories of brooch: the long brooch and the circular brooch. The long brooch category includes cruciform, square-headed, radiate-headed, and small-long brooch brooches. The long brooches went out of fashion by the end of the sixth century. The circular brooch form developed from jewelled disc brooches produced in Kent in the early sixth century. In the early Anglo-Saxon era, the circular brooch type included the saucer, the applied saucer, the button, the annular, the penannular, and the quoit brooches. The circular was the most common brooch form during the middle to late Anglo-Saxon era, with the enamelled and non-enamelled circular brooches being the predominant brooch styles. There are a few styles that fall into the miscellaneous category. These include the bird and S-shaped brooch of the early Anglo-Saxon era and the safety-pin, strip, ottonian, rectangular, and bird motif of the middle to late Anglo-Saxon era.

The small-long brooch is similar to the cruciform and the great square-headed brooch. These copper alloy brooches have the greatest number of design variations of Anglo-Saxon brooches created in the early Anglo-Saxon era. The small-long head includes square, trefoil and cross shapes and the foot can be found in triangular, lobed, crescent, bifurcated or lozenge shapes. Small-longs are predominantly found in East Kingdom of East Anglia, although they are widely found throughout England. They are decorated in simple designs, usually consisting of a small bronze bow. They are similar to the cruciform style brooch style and have been described as an inexpensive substitute to the cruciform brooch. They can be dated from the late fifth to the sixth century. These brooches disappear from Anglian sites earlier than other places in England.

Cruciform brooch

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

Cornelis de Graeff II.

Cornelis de Graeff II.

Het wapen De Graeff van Polsbroek als heren van Purmerland en Ilpendam (1678-1870)

Cornelis de Graeff was a member of the family De Graeff, a prominent regent family from the Dutch Golden Age. His parents were Pieter de Graeff and Jacoba Bicker, his younger brother was Johan de Graeff, the Lord of the semisouverain Lordship Zuid-Polsbroek. Cornelis never married. Cornelis de Graeff was a Canon of St. Pieter at Utrecht. Most of the time he resided at his castle Ilpenstein. He also owned Bronstee, a country estate near Heemstede. At Ilpenstein castle De Graeff had a famous art collection, including Rembrandts Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph and the Portrait of Andries de Graeff. The two famous paintings, both by Rembrandt, can be seen today at Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel. De Graeff also owned Frans Halsens painting Catharina Hooft with her Nurse.

Cornelis de Graeff (23 August 1671, Amsterdam – 16 February 1719, Ilpendam) was a member of the family De Graeff, a prominent regent family from the Dutch Golden Age. His parents were Pieter de Graeff and Jacoba Bicker, his younger brother was Johan de Graeff, the Lord of the semisouverain Lordship Zuid-Polsbroek. Cornelis never married. Cornelis de Graeff was a Canon of St. Pieter at Utrecht. Most of the time he resided at his castle Ilpenstein. He also owned Bronstee, a country estate near Heemstede. At Ilpenstein castle De Graeff had a famous art collection, including Rembrandts Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (the sitters were Wendela de Graeff and her two sons) and the Portrait of Andries de Graeff. The two famous paintings, both by Rembrandt, can be seen today at Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel. De Graeff also owned Frans Halsens painting Catharina Hooft with her Nurse.

Coat of arms De Graeff van Polsbroek as Lords of Purmerland and Ilpendam

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Burt

James M. Burt

James M. Burt

English: 66th Armored Regiment Coat Of Arms

James Montross Burt was a United States Army armor officer who received the Medal of Honor for his valor in the Battle of Aachen during World War II. Burt was born in New England and graduated from Norwich University in 1939 where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. The Norwich Corps of Cadets is known historically as a source of cavalry officers and Burt was commissioned as an armor officer - then the new mechanized form of cavalry. He entered active service in 1941 and was assigned to the 66th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Division at Fort Benning, Georgia. He served in North Africa, Sicily, and Northern Europe. Promoted to captain, Burt commanded Company B, 66th Armor in near continuous combat from the day the unit landed at the Normandy beachhead in June 1944 through the end of the war.

James Montross Burt (July 18, 1917 — February 15, 2006) was a United States Army armor officer who received the Medal of Honor for his valor in the Battle of Aachen during World War II. Burt was born in New England and graduated from Norwich University in 1939 where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. The Norwich Corps of Cadets is known historically as a source of cavalry officers and Burt was commissioned as an armor officer - then the new mechanized form of cavalry. He entered active service in 1941 and was assigned to the 66th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Division at Fort Benning, Georgia. He served in North Africa, Sicily, and Northern Europe. Promoted to captain, Burt commanded Company B, 66th Armor in near continuous combat from the day the unit landed at the Normandy beachhead in June 1944 through the end of the war.

66th Armor regimental coat of arms. In later life Captain Burt served as Honorary Colonel of the Regiment.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Chevy_II_/_Nova

Chevrolet Chevy II / Nova

Fourth generation (1975–1979)

Chevrolet Chevy II / Nova / Fourth generation (1975–1979)

English: 1976–1977 Chevrolet Nova photographed in Montreal, at Gibeau Orange Julep.

The Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova is a small automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, and produced in five generations for the 1962 through 1979, and 1985 through 1988 model years. Nova was the top model in the Chevy II lineup through 1968. The Chevy II nameplate was dropped after 1968, with Nova becoming the nameplate for all of the 1969 through 1979 models. Built on the X-body platform, the Nova was replaced by the 1980 Chevrolet Citation introduced in the spring of 1979. The Nova nameplate returned in 1985, produced through 1988 as a S-car based, NUMMI manufactured, subcompact based on the front wheel drive, Japan home-based Toyota Sprinter.

The 1975 Chevrolet Nova was the most-changed Chevy car for that model year. "Now it's beautiful," said the brochure of Nova's all-new sheet metal, "refined along the lines of elegant European sedans." Chevrolet wisely maintained a visual kinship with the 1968–1974 design, and also retained Nova's efficiently sized 111-inch wheelbase. Front tread grew by an inch and a half, and the front stabilizer bar had a larger diameter. Novas now had standard front disc brakes and steel-belted radial tires. The front suspension and subframe assembly was similar to the one used in the second generation GM F-body cars (the Camaro and Pontiac Firebird), whereas the rear axle and suspension were carried over from the previous generation. Coupes, including the hatchback, had fixed side windows (or optional flip-out windows - the first for a GM vehicle later optioned throughout the 1980s with its light duty trucks (S10, Astro/Safari, and GMT400 trucks to the K2XX series) and vertical vents on the B-pillar. All Novas now had cut-pile carpeting, formerly installed only in the Custom series. Speedometers had larger, easier-to-read graphics. Windshields offered greater glass area. Front-door armrests were redesigned with integral pull bars. The base model carried the inline six-cylinder 250 cu in (4.1 L), 105 hp (78 kW), three V8 engines (262 cu in (4.29 L), a 1975-only option, a 305 cu in (5.00 L) and a 350 cu in (5.7 L)) for 1976 only, were offered. Mated to a three-speed automatic, 3-speed manual or 4-speed – V8s only – Which remained the norm through the end of the decade (and the end of the rear-wheel drive X platform). The LN (Luxury Nova) package (which was the top luxury trim similar to the Caprice and Malibu Classic) sent Nova into the luxury portion of the compact market; some actually thought of it as competing against a few high-end European imports. The Nova LN was called "the most luxurious compact in Chevrolet's history," with wide-back reclining front seats that "look and feel like big, soft lounge chairs." LN equipment included ad­ditional sound insulation, map pockets, an electric clock, a smoked instrument lens, floor shifter and center console, and a day/night mirror. Taillight lenses have additional white accents unavailable with the base model and a chrome plated grille. Above the front marker lenses, the LN had 4.3 LITER (or 5.7 LITER) decals - making it the first Chevrolet product with metric displacement badges sold in the Americas. Swing-out quarter windows could be ordered for the coupe. "Thanks to LN," the sales brochure announced, "Nova's image will never be the same again." The LN was more Eurocentric as opposed to the Custom which became the mid-level trim option. For 1976 the Nova LN was rebranded Concours to rival the Ford Granada and the Mercury Monarch, as well as upscale versions of the Dodge Dart and Plymouth Valiant. Like regular versions of the 1976 Nova, the Concours came in three body styles: coupe, hatchback coupe, and four-door sedan. Concours was the most luxurious Chevrolet compact to date. Rosewood vinyl decorated the upper door panels, instrument panel, and steering wheel. Concours models had an upright hood ornament, bumper guards, bright trim moldings, black bumper impact strips, and full wheel covers; more-basic Novas came with hubcaps. The Concours coupe also was the first Chevrolet coupe with a fold-down front center armrest. A V-8 Concours coupe sold for $547 more than the comparable base Nova. Engines for the 1976 Chevrolet Nova were a 105-horsepower inline-six, a 165-horsepower 350-cubic-inch V-8, or a 140-horse 305-cubic-inch V-8. 1976 GM vehicles first saw use of the THM200 — from the GM T platform to GM X-Bodies (Chevrolet Nova et al.). A lighter duty 10 bolt rear differential with a 7.5" ring gear (also used with the Vega/Monza) was phased into production (last produced in 2005) - which was standard equipment with the base inline six. A Cabriolet padded vinyl top was available for Nova coupes. Modest revisions were made to the brakes, and also to fuel and exhaust system mountings. D

1976/77 Chevrolet Nova sedan

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M142_HIMARS

M142 HIMARS

Operators

M142 HIMARS / Operators

English: Map with HIMARS operators in blue

The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army, mounted on a standard Army M1140 truck frame. The HIMARS carries six rockets or one MGM-140 ATACMS missile on the U.S. Army's new Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles five-ton truck, and can launch the entire Multiple Launch Rocket System Family of Munitions. HIMARS ammunition is interchangeable with the MLRS M270A1, however it is only able to carry one pod rather than the standard two for the M270 and A1 variants. It was designed as a small, mobile, MLRS, with the ability to 'shoot-and-scoot'. The launcher is C-130 transportable. The chassis is produced by BAE Systems Mobility & Protection Systems, the OEM of the FMTV. The rocket launching system is produced by Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control.

Map with HIMARS operators in blue

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

Tourism in Cameroon

Tourism in Cameroon

Français&#160;: Mefou primate sanctuary

Tourism in Cameroon is a growing but relatively minor industry. Since the 1970s, the government of Cameroon has cultivated the industry by creating a ministry of tourism and by encouraging investment by airlines, hotels, and travel agencies. The government describes the country as "Africa in miniature", promoting its diversity of climate, culture, and geography. Cameroon's wildlife draws both safari-goers and big-game hunters, as Cameroon is home to many of Africa's iconic animals: cheetahs, chimpanzees, elephants, giraffes, gorillas, hippopotami, and rhinoceroses. Impediments to further growth of the tourism sector include poor transport infrastructure and corrupt officials who may harass visitors for bribes.

Tourism in Cameroon is a growing but relatively minor industry. Since the 1970s, the government of Cameroon has cultivated the industry by creating a ministry of tourism and by encouraging investment by airlines, hotels, and travel agencies. The government describes the country as "Africa in miniature", promoting its diversity of climate, culture, and geography. Cameroon's wildlife draws both safari-goers and big-game hunters, as Cameroon is home to many of Africa's iconic animals: cheetahs, chimpanzees, elephants, giraffes, gorillas, hippopotami, and rhinoceroses. Impediments to further growth of the tourism sector include poor transport infrastructure and corrupt officials who may harass visitors for bribes.

Chimpanzee at Mefou primate sanctuary

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

Brazilian cuisine

Southeast Brazil's cuisine

Brazilian cuisine / Regional cuisines / Southeast Brazil's cuisine

Traditional snack food from Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Brazilian cuisine is the set of cooking practices and traditions of Brazil, and is characterized by European, Amerindian, African, and most recently Asian influences. It varies greatly by region, reflecting the country's mix of native and immigrant populations, and its continental size as well. This has created a national cuisine marked by the preservation of regional differences. Ingredients first used by native peoples in Brazil include cashews, cassava, guaraná, açaí, cumaru, and tucupi. From there, the many waves of immigrants brought some of their typical dishes, replacing missing ingredients with local equivalents. For instance, the European immigrants were accustomed to a wheat-based diet, and introduced wine, leafy vegetables, and dairy products into Brazilian cuisine. When potatoes were not available, they discovered how to use the native sweet manioc as a replacement. Enslaved Africans also had a role in developing Brazilian cuisine, especially in the coastal states.

In Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, feijoada is popular, especially as a Wednesday or Saturday lunch. Also consumed frequently is picadinho (literally, diced meat) and rice and beans. In Rio de Janeiro, besides the feijoada, a popular plate is any variation of grilled beef fillet, rice and beans, farofa, fried garlic and fried potatoes (batatas portuguesas), commonly called filé à Osvaldo Aranha. Seafood is very popular in coastal areas, as is roasted chicken (galeto). The strong Portuguese heritage also endowed the city with a taste for bolinhos de bacalhau (fried cod fritters), being one of the most common street foods there. In São Paulo, a typical dish is virado à paulista, made with rice, virado de feijão (similar to a tutu), sauteed kale, fried plantains or bananas and pork chops. São Paulo is also the home of pastel, a food consisting of thin pastry envelopes wrapped around assorted fillings, then deep-fried in vegetable oil. It is a common belief that they originated when Japanese immigrants adapted the recipe of fried spring rolls to sell as snacks at weekly street markets. In Minas Gerais, the regional dishes include corn, pork, beans, chicken (including the very typical dish frango com quiabo, or chicken with okra), tutu de feijão (puréed beans mixed with cassava flour), and local soft-ripened traditional cheeses. In Espírito Santo, there is significant Italian and German influence in local dishes, both savory and sweet. The state dish, though, is of Amerindian origin, called moqueca capixaba, which is a tomato and fish stew traditionally prepared in a panela de Goiabeiras (pot made of clay from Goiabeiras district in Vitória). Amerindian and Italian cuisine are the two main pillars of Capixaba cuisine. Seafood dishes, in general, are very popular in Espírito Santo, but unlike other Amerindian dishes, the use of olive oil is almost mandatory. Bobó de camarão, torta capixaba, and polenta are also very popular.

Pão de queijo, coffee and a small bottle of cachaça

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

Venice Seaboard Air Line Railway Station

History

Venice Seaboard Air Line Railway Station / History

Venice, Florida: Venice Depot:

The Venice Seaboard Air Line Railway Station is a historic former Seaboard Air Line Railroad depot located at 303 East Venice Avenue in Venice, Florida. It is the southern trailhead of the Legacy Trail, which runs along the railroad's former right of way. It currently serves as a hub for bus service operated by Sarasota County Area Transit. On August 17, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

In the 1870s, Richard Roberts established a homestead near Roberts Bay. In 1884, he sold a portion of his holdings to Frank Higel. Higel established a citrus operation involving the production of several lines of canned citrus items, and for the next 30 years the Higel family members were boat builders, fishermen, grove caretakers and contractors. Darwin Curry was the first postmaster. The Higel and Curry families chose the name "Venice" for their community post office, located south of Shakett Creek on what is now Portia Street in the unincorporated community of Nokomis. The Seaboard Air Line (SAL) was the first railroad to expand its network into Sarasota County, Florida, extending tracks first to Sarasota in 1903 and Fruitville in 1905. The SAL extended their network into Venice in 1911, at the instigation of Mrs. Potter ("Bertha") Palmer, whose family had just purchased thousands of acres south of Fruitville and adjacent to the Venice area. The first depot in Venice was located originally at the junction of what is now Tampa and Nokomis Avenues. In 1925, Fred H. Albee purchased 2,916 acres (1,180 ha) of land from the Venice-Sarasota Company. Albee had previously developed Nokomis and built its first luxury hotel, known as the Pollyanna Inn. Albee asked John Nolen to design a city on his land, but Albee did not have a chance to implement his city plan before he was approached with a proposal from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) to purchase the land in October 1925. The purchase was motivated by a desire by the BLE to increase the union's assets and holdings in the area. The BLE Realty Corporation was organized to develop the area, and the Venice Company was created to market property. The company retained Nolen to complete a city plan in 1926. Nolen moved the SAL tracks eastward to the present location of the Venice depot. The new depot was designed by New York architectural firm of Walker & Gillette (still extant today under the name Swanke Hayden Connell Architects), who the BLE retained to design most of the new buildings they were planning for Venice. Walker & Gillette designed the depot in harmony with the other structures in Venice, adopting a Mediterranean Revival style then highly popular in Florida due to its warm climate and Spanish heritage. The spare, unornamented exterior yellow stucco surfaces, in combination with the simple arched and blocky volumes gently-sloping red tile roofs seen in the depot building are the hallmarks of this style. The structure of the building under the stucco used a hollow clay tile. For a town as small as Venice was, the train station was commodious, boasting a 400-foot-long platform, baggage and freight rooms, a prominent tower, extensive arcades spanning the length of the platform, and (as was normal in much of the United States at the time) segregated white and colored waiting rooms. As Venice was a planned city, the large size of the depot can probably be explained by its founders' hopes that it would grow to the point where it would require such a grand reception for prodigious rail service. The total cost of the depot was $47,500. It opened for service on March 27, 1927. The Venice Seaboard Air Line Depot became an important point of transit for the city over the next forty-five years. It was served by great SCL trains such as the Camellia and the Orange Blossom Special. The station regularly welcomed Kentucky Military Institute students and faculty for annual winter terms, beginning in January 1933. It became the primary point of entry to the city for U.S. Army material and personnel once the Army established an air base in Venice in 1942, during World War II. In 1960s, when passenger rail traffic had become moribund across the US, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus used it for shipping their equipment and operations around the country once they moved to Venice in 1960. Operations were taken over by the new Seaboard Coast Line in 1967 when it was formed from the merger of the SAL and its rival, the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. Passenger service

View of depot platform through archway.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_Grand_Prix

2008 Chinese Grand Prix

Race

2008 Chinese Grand Prix / Race

English: Pitstop underway for Fernando Alonso at 2008 Chinese Grand Prix Français&#160;: Arrêt de Fernando Alonso au puits de ravitaillement lors du Grand Prix automobile de Chine 2008.

The 2008 Chinese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 19 October 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China. It was the 17th and penultimate race of the 2008 Formula One season. The 56-lap race was won by Lewis Hamilton for the McLaren team after starting from pole position. Ferrari driver Felipe Massa finished second, and Kimi Räikkönen was third in the other Ferrari. This was the 200th Grand Prix victory by British drivers. Hamilton, the eventual Drivers' Champion, led the Championship going into the race, and started from pole position alongside Räikkönen. Second in the Drivers' Championship, Massa began from third, next to Fernando Alonso of Renault. The first three drivers retained their positions into the first corner, but Alonso was passed by Hamilton's McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen. Alonso, however, was able to regain the place midway through the first lap. Over the course of the race, Hamilton extended a considerable lead over the two Ferraris. Massa passed Räikkönen with seven laps remaining, to improve his chances of surpassing Hamilton's points tally at the final race in Brazil.

The conditions on the grid were dry before the race. The air temperature was 27 °C (81 °F) and the track temperature was 30 °C (86 °F); weather forecasts suggested a small possibility of rain. Hamilton and Alonso began the race on harder compound tyre; both Ferraris opted for the softer compound. Hamilton accelerated faster than the Ferraris off the line, and retained his lead into the first corner. Kovalainen overtook Alonso to take fourth in the opening corners. However, Alonso pushed Kovalainen hard through the middle sector of the lap, and passed him at the turn 14 hairpin after drafting the McLaren along the back straight. At the end of the first lap, Hamilton led from Räikkönen, Massa, Alonso and Kovalainen. Heidfeld was able to move from ninth on the grid to take sixth, after Bourdais drove into the back of Trulli at the first corner. Bourdais dropped back to 18th; Trulli pitted at the next opportunity as a result of the damage and retired after the second lap. Webber was able to climb from 16th on the grid to take 12th behind Glock, and passed the Toyota on the second lap. Kubica, further up the field, improved on his grid position, moving from 11th to take eighth behind Vettel. However, Hamilton was the quickest on track, as he set new fastest laps on laps three, six and eight, to extend his lead over Räikkönen to more than four seconds. This trend continued until lap 10 when Räikkönen fought back and closed the gap. However, Hamilton extended his lead when he set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:36.325 on lap 13. In the other McLaren, Kovalainen was struggling, running two seconds a lap slower than Hamilton, and dropping back from Alonso to Heidfeld. The Red Bull of Mark Webber was the first to pit, on lap 12. Webber had passed Barrichello and Piquet in separate manoeuvres to take ninth, but his pit stop dropped him back down to 18th position. Massa and Alonso came in to pit on lap 14, from third and fourth. Kovalainen took the lead of the Grand Prix when Hamilton and Räikkönen paused their battle to take harder tyres and fuel on lap 15. By the time Kovalainen and Heidfeld had pitted on laps 17 and 18, Hamilton had established a commanding lead: 6.9 seconds over Räikkönen and 14.1 seconds over Massa. Räikkönen began to pull back Hamilton's lead over the next ten laps, before losing 1.4 seconds on lap 30. At the back of the race, Bourdais began a slow climb back up the field. The Toro Rosso driver passed Sutil (who later spun out and retired with a gearbox problem), Nakajima and Coulthard, to sit in 15th by lap 30. Rosberg fought Glock for 12th, until he passed the Toyota at the turn 14 hairpin on lap 12. Rosberg's pit stop relegated him to 18th, dropping six places. Kubica pitted late, on lap 25, dropping from third to ninth, one position outside of the points. Kovalainen suffered a puncture on lap 35. The McLaren limped around the track back to the pit lane on the disintegrating tyre, rejoining in 17th on a replacement. Alonso, Massa, Hamilton and Räikkönen all pitted for the final time over laps 36 to 38. Coming out of the second round of pit stops, Hamilton led Räikkönen by 13 seconds, Räikkönen more than 2.5 seconds ahead of Massa. The gap between the Ferraris began to close, and Massa eased past Räikkönen on the back straight on lap 49, to take second place on the track. Meanwhile, Kovalainen parked his car in the McLaren garage and retired from the race, his team not taking any chances with a problem which had developed with the engine's hydraulics. Hamilton took his fifth win of the season when he crossed the line at the end of the 56th lap, almost 15 seconds ahead of the second-placed Massa. Räikkönen took third ahead of Alonso. Heidfeld managed to jump from ninth on the grid to finish in fifth place, just ahead of his teammate Kubica, who climbed from eleventh on the grid. A one-stop pit strategy worked well for Glock as he finished seventh; Piquet took eighth. Vettel, Coulthard, Barrichello and Nakajima took the next four places; Bourdais recovered from his early contact with Trulli to take 13th. Webb

Fernando Alonso during his first pit stop

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

Curse of the Billy Goat

End of the curse

Curse of the Billy Goat / End of the curse

English: The Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians play Game 7 of the World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2016. (K.Farabaugh-VOA)

The Curse of the Billy Goat was a sports-related curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise in 1945, by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis. The curse lasted 71 years, from 1945 to 2016. His pet goat, named Murphy, was bothering other fans, Sianis was asked to leave Wrigley Field, the Cubs' home ballpark, during game 4 of the 1945 World Series. Outraged, Sianis allegedly declared, "Them Cubs, they ain't gonna win no more," which had been interpreted to mean that the Cubs would never win another National League pennant, at least for the remainder of Sianis's life. The Cubs lost the 1945 World Series to the Detroit Tigers, and did not win a World Series championship again until 2016. The Cubs had last won the World Series in 1908. After the incident with Sianis and Murphy, the Cubs did not play in the World Series for the next 71 years until, on the 46th anniversary of William Sianis's death, the "curse" was broken when they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–0 in game 6 of the 2016 National League Championship Series to win the NL pennant.

The Cubs ended the 2016 season with a 103–58 (.640) record. It was their first 100-win season since 1935 (100–54, .649), their best since 1910 (104–50, .675), and the sixth 100-win season in franchise history. The Cubs won the National League Championship Series (NLCS), their first pennant in 71 years, with a 5–0 shutout in Game 6 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field on October 22, 2016; the "curse" was broken on the 46th anniversary of Billy Sianis's death. The Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 World Series in seven games after trailing in the series 3 games to 1. They won game 7 by a score of 8–7 in 10 innings at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, ending their 108-year drought.

Cubs and Indians play Game 7 of the 2016 World Series

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_River_(New_Zealand)

Anne River (New Zealand)

Anne River (New Zealand)

English: Anne River. St James Walkway, New Zealand

The Anne River is a small river in Canterbury, New Zealand. It rises near the Anne Saddle and flows east then north for approximately 6 kilometres until it meets the Henry River, itself a tributary of the Waiau River. The St James Walkway, a popular tramping track, follows the Anne River for its entire length, and the Anne Huts are located near the river's mouth.

The Anne River is a small river in Canterbury, New Zealand. It rises near the Anne Saddle and flows east then north for approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) until it meets the Henry River, itself a tributary of the Waiau River. The St James Walkway, a popular tramping track, follows the Anne River for its entire length, and the Anne Huts are located near the river's mouth.

Anne River

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh,_Leith_and_Newhaven_Railway

Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway

A railway to the harbours

Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway / History / A railway to the harbours

English: Former railway station at Trinity, Edinburgh. Now a private house.

The Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway was a railway company formed in 1836 to connect the city of Edinburgh with the harbours on the Firth of Forth. When the line connected to Granton, the company name was changed to the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway. It opened part of its route in 1846, but reaching the centre of Edinburgh involved the difficult construction of a long tunnel; this was opened in 1847. It was on a steep incline and was worked by rope haulage. The rope-worked tunnel proved a major handicap, and after the company had been taken over by the North British Railway, a longer but more convenient route was built round the eastern edge of the city at Abbeyhill. It opened in 1868. By the end of the nineteenth century the Leith station was unsuitable for the developing suburban passenger traffic, and a new branch to Leith Central station was built, opening in 1903. All of the original route has been dismantled, except part of the line from Piershill to a waste consolidation depot at Powderhall which remained in use until it closed in 2016.

The sea passage was generally straightforward, although slow and sometimes subject to interruption by bad weather. Getting to the harbour, whether for people or goods, was problematic for such a relatively short distance, and the success of the "coal railways", the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway of 1826 and its successors, caused business interests in Edinburgh to meet in 1835 to consider a railway connection from the city to the Forth. This resulted in a Parliamentary Bill in the 1836 session, and the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway obtained its authorising Act of Parliament on 13 August 1836. The main line was to run from Princes Street Gardens to Newhaven, with a branch to Leith. Starting the line at Princes Street Gardens required a substantial tunnel on a north-south alignment under the New Town. The construction was to cost £100,000 but handsome dividends of 15% were said to be assured. As soon as authorisation was obtained, serious doubts were cast on the commercial viability of the scheme, and the landowners under whose property the line would run in tunnel proved troublesome. Serious technical difficulties with the Leith branch were exposed. This caused considerable delay, during which a new harbour was proposed at Trinity, to the west of Newhaven, and the parties interested in that harbour had taken control of the railway company. The location of the proposed northern terminal was changed, to Trinity: a further Act of Parliament of 1 July 1839 authorised the variation of the route. The southern end, to Canal Street (by Princes Gardens) and the tunnel were unchanged. Trinity Harbour was never built: the northern terminal was set back from the shoreline and at a high level, but was near the Chain Pier. This had been in use as a ferry pier for some time and was apparently preferred for the railway passengers, who made their way on foot from the railway station to the ferry. On 31 August 1842 the line opened from Trinity to Scotland Street, in the Canonmills district some way from the intended Princes Street terminus: the tunnel to Canal Street was not yet complete, and the Leith branch not started. Horse traction was used, and competition from horse omnibuses, which reached more convenient locations in the city, was serious.

Former station at Trinity, now a private house.

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

Sailing By

Sailing By

Annotated map showing the zones used by the w:Shipping Forecast. Redrawn from w:Image:ShippingZones2.JPG Coastal Weather Stations: Tiree Stornoway Lerwick Fife Ness Bridlington Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic Greenwich Light Vessel Automatic Jersey Channel Light Vessel Automatic Scilly Automatic Valentia Ronaldsway Malin Head

"Sailing By" is a short piece of light music composed by Ronald Binge in 1963, which is used before the late Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4. A slow waltz, the piece uses a repetitive ABCAB structure and a distinctive rising and falling woodwind arpeggio.

"Sailing By" is a short piece of light music composed by Ronald Binge in 1963, which is used before the late Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4. A slow waltz, the piece uses a repetitive ABCAB structure and a distinctive rising and falling woodwind arpeggio.

UK Shipping map

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

Royal Turf Club of Thailand

Royal Turf Club of Thailand

View from Baiyoke Tower II, showing the Royal Turf Club

The Royal Turf Club of Thailand under Royal Patronage is a sports club in Thailand, formerly located at its historic horse racing venue in Bangkok and commonly known as the Nang Loeng Racecourse. It was founded in 1916 by a group of aristocrats as an alternative to the Royal Bangkok Sports Club, and became highly popular during the first half of the twentieth century. Horse racing in Thailand declined in popularity towards the end of the twentieth century, and the Royal Turf Club likewise saw large falls in spectator numbers. Nevertheless, it continued to hold races every other Sunday, until its land lease was terminated by the Crown Property Bureau in 2018. The club was long known as a site of business and political networking among the elite, especially senior military figures.

The Royal Turf Club of Thailand under Royal Patronage (Thai: ราชตฤณมัยสมาคมแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์) is a sports club in Thailand, formerly located at its historic horse racing venue in Bangkok and commonly known as the Nang Loeng Racecourse (สนามม้านางเลิ้ง). It was founded in 1916 by a group of aristocrats as an alternative to the Royal Bangkok Sports Club, and became highly popular during the first half of the twentieth century. Horse racing in Thailand declined in popularity towards the end of the twentieth century, and the Royal Turf Club likewise saw large falls in spectator numbers. Nevertheless, it continued to hold races every other Sunday, until its land lease was terminated by the Crown Property Bureau in 2018. The club was long known as a site of business and political networking among the elite, especially senior military figures.

The Royal Turf Club, seen from Baiyoke Tower II

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

Copper fist

Copper fist

বাংলা: 1co4 কোডসহ নিবন্ধিত প্রোটিনের আণবিক গঠনের কার্টুন উপস্থাপনা। English: Cartoon representation of the molecular structure of protein registered with 1co4 code. Deutsch: Grafik des Molekularstruktur von jenem Protein, das mit 1co4 code registriert ist. Plattdüütsch: Grafik, de de Molekularstruktur von dat Protein wiest, dat mit’n Kood 1co4 registreert is.

Copper fist is an N-terminal domain involved in copper-dependent DNA binding. It is named for its resemblance to a fist. It can be found in some fungal transcription factors. These proteins activate the transcription of the metallothionein gene in response to copper. Metallothionein maintains copper levels in yeast. The copper fist domain is similar in structure to metallothionein itself, and on copper binding undergoes a large conformational change, which allows DNA binding.

Copper fist is an N-terminal domain involved in copper-dependent DNA binding. It is named for its resemblance to a fist. It can be found in some fungal transcription factors. These proteins activate the transcription of the metallothionein gene in response to copper. Metallothionein maintains copper levels in yeast. The copper fist domain is similar in structure to metallothionein itself, and on copper binding undergoes a large conformational change, which allows DNA binding.

Structure of a zinc domain conserved in yeast copper-regulated transcription factors.[1]

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

Beachmont station

Beachmont station

English: An outbound train at Beachmont station in August 2018

Beachmont is an elevated rapid transit station in Revere, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Blue Line, and is located above Winthrop Avenue in the Beachmont neighborhood. Beachmont station is fully accessible, with elevators from the lobby to the platforms.

Beachmont is an elevated rapid transit station in Revere, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Blue Line, and is located above Winthrop Avenue in the Beachmont neighborhood. Beachmont station is fully accessible, with elevators from the lobby to the platforms.

An outbound train at Beachmont station in 2018

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

Stars and planetary systems in fiction

Gliese 754

Stars and planetary systems in fiction / List of planetary systems in fiction / Gliese 754

This is an artist's concept of a gas giant planet orbiting the cool, red dwarf star Gliese 876, located 15 light-years away in the autumn constellation Aquarius.

The planetary systems of stars other than the Sun and the Solar System are a staple element in many works of the science fiction genre.

Murasaki (1992), shared universe novel written by several Nebula Award winners and edited by Robert Silverberg. The scenery is set in a fictional double planet system with Genji and Chujo orbiting Gliese 754 about 20 light-years from the Solar System. The system was first explored by a Japanese robot interstellar probe, and the star has been given the proper name Murasaki.

An artist's conception of the giant extrasolar planet Gliese 876 b, including two candidate moons for terraforming

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

Glischrochilus

Ecology

Glischrochilus / Ecology

Glischrochilus quadripunctatus, cropped

Glischrochilus is a genus of sap-feeding and predatory beetles under the family Nitidulidae, subfamily Cryptarchinae. Most members of this genus are commonly known as picnic beetles or beer bugs.

Glischrochilus beetles from the subgenus Librodor, consisting the majority of species in the genus, feed on exuding sap from injured trees and decaying vegetable or fungal matter. They are also attracted to ripening fruits, as well as beer, vinegar, wine, fruit juice and fermenting beverages. They frequently drown as they feed, rendering these liquids unsuitable for consumption. They congregate in large numbers when such beverages are present, often ruining picnics and outdoor gatherings like barbecues, earning them their common names of 'picnic beetles', 'picnic bugs', or 'beer bugs'. Researchers who wish to attract the bugs use bait that contains beer, molasses, vinegar, pineapple and other ingredients. Glischrochilus beetles from the subgenus Glischrochilus on the other hand are facultative and obligatory predators of soft invertebrates (including insect larvae) living under tree barks. Species from both subgenera are found in North America and Eurasia. Glischrochilus are also known to be involved in the transmission of the plant pathogenic fungi Ceratocystis and Fusarium. They are also considered pests of certain fruit and vegetable crops like strawberries, corn, tomatoes, apricot, muskmelons, raspberries, and peaches. They normally only become a problem when fruits are damaged or are overripe and beginning to ferment. They are difficult to control as they are primarily attracted to the odor of food. Methods of control include scent baits and removing damaged or overripe fruits.

European bark beetle predators, Glischrochilus quadripunctatus, are predators of the larvae of wood-boring insects, particularly bark beetles.[6]

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

Traian Popovici

Traian Popovici

English: Romanian lawyer Traian Popovici

Traian Popovici was a Romanian lawyer and mayor of Cernăuţi during World War II, known for saving 20,000 Jews of Bukovina from deportation.

Traian Popovici (October 17, 1892 – June 4, 1946) was a Romanian lawyer and mayor of Cernăuţi during World War II, known for saving 20,000 Jews of Bukovina from deportation.

Traian Popovici, year 1934

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

Hundred of Macclesfield

Hundred of Macclesfield

More trees

The Hundred of Macclesfield is a cadastral division of the County of Hindmarsh in South Australia. It lies in the Adelaide Hills and straddles the South Eastern Freeway. It is named after the Earl of Macclesfield while the aboriginal name used for the area covered by the hundred is reported to be Kangowirranilla, meaning 'place for kangaroos and water'. Within its bounds are the localities of Blakiston, Flaxley, Littlehampton, Macclesfield, Totness, parts of Bugle Ranges, Echunga, Gemmells, Green Hills Range, Meadows, Mount Barker, Mount Barker Junction, Mount Barker Summit, Nairne, Paris Creek, Strathalbyn and Wistow.

The Hundred of Macclesfield is a cadastral division of the County of Hindmarsh in South Australia. It lies in the Adelaide Hills and straddles the South Eastern Freeway. It is named after the Earl of Macclesfield while the aboriginal name used for the area covered by the hundred is reported to be Kangowirranilla, meaning 'place for kangaroos and water'. Within its bounds are the localities of Blakiston, Flaxley, Littlehampton, Macclesfield, Totness, parts of Bugle Ranges, Echunga, Gemmells, Green Hills Range, Meadows, Mount Barker, Mount Barker Junction, Mount Barker Summit, Nairne, Paris Creek, Strathalbyn and Wistow.

Gums in the locality of Macclesfield

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

Malin Beg

Malin Beg

English: The coast near Malin Beg, Ireland Deutsch: Die Küste um Malin Beg, Irland

The coastline with the Silver Strand and Malin Beg

Malin Beg is a small Gaeltacht village south of Glencolumbkille, County Donegal, Ireland. It is famous for its beach, the Silver Strand.

Malin Beg (Gaeilge: Málain Bhig) is a small Gaeltacht village south of Glencolumbkille, County Donegal, Ireland. It is famous for its beach, the Silver Strand.

The coastline with the Silver Strand and Malin Beg

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

Bilu Island

Bilu Island

English: View of Bilu Island from Mawlamyaing

View of Bilu Island from Mawlamyaing

Bilu Island is a Deltaic island of Salween River in Chaungzon Township, Mon State, located west of Mawlamyine. The island is roughly the size of Singapore, and inhabited by 200,000 people. On 8 February 2015, the Mon State government began a construction project to build a 1,586 metres bridge, the Bilu Island-Thanlwin Bridge, to connect Mawlamyine's Mupun jetty to Bilu Island's Ka-nyaw village, the first to be constructed. The project, which is estimated to cost US$60 million, will be constructed by a Japan-Burma joint venture. Bilu Island is not connected to the national electricity grid. The people in this island depend on some interesting home industries such as black boards for schools, rubber bands, cane products, wooden pipes, pencils, pens and tobacco.

Bilu Island (Burmese: ဘီလူးကျွန်း; Mon: တေကာ့ခမိုင်း; Bilu Kyun, lit. "ogre island") is a Deltaic island of Salween(Thanlwin) River in Chaungzon Township, Mon State, located west of Mawlamyine. The island is roughly the size of Singapore, and inhabited by 200,000 people. On 8 February 2015, the Mon State government began a construction project to build a 1,586 metres (5,203 ft) bridge, the Bilu Island-Thanlwin Bridge, to connect Mawlamyine's Mupun jetty to Bilu Island's Ka-nyaw village, the first to be constructed. The project, which is estimated to cost US$60 million, will be constructed by a Japan-Burma joint venture. Bilu Island is not connected to the national electricity grid. The people in this island depend on some interesting home industries such as black boards for schools, rubber bands, cane products, wooden pipes, pencils, pens and tobacco.

View of Bilu Island from Mawlamyaing

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterville,_Washington

Waterville, Washington

Geography

Waterville, Washington / Geography

English: Truck in front of a wheat field near Waterville Deutsch: Lastwagen vor Weizenfeld in der Nähe von Waterville im Staate Washington, USA

Waterville is a town in and the county seat of Douglas County, Washington, United States which is known for its wheat industry. It is part of the Wenatchee-East Wenatchee metropolitan area. The population was 1,138 at the 2010 census.

Waterville is located at 47°38′52″N 120°4′22″W (47.647889, −120.072779). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.87 square miles (2.25 km²), all of it land. Like most of Eastern Washington, Waterville experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with cold, moist winters and hot, dry summers. At 2,625 ft (800 m), Waterville has the highest elevation of any incorporated city or town in Washington.

Truck in front of a wheat field near Waterville

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Birch

Robert H. Birch

Robert H. Birch

English: Banditti Of The Prairies: Murders Attacking Colonel Davenport

Robert H. "Three-Fingered" Birch, born Robert Henry Birch, was a 19th-century American adventurer, criminal, soldier, lawman, postmaster, and prospector. He was a member of the infamous "Banditti of the Prairie" in his youth, whose involvement in the torture-murder of Colonel George Davenport in 1845 led to his turning state's evidence against his co-conspirators. Birch was also the discoverer of the Pinos Altos gold mine with Jacob Snively and James W. Hicks. During the American Civil War, he served in the American Southwest with the Confederate forces of the Arizona Rangers and 2nd Texas Cavalry.

Robert H. "Three-Fingered" Birch, born Robert Henry Birch (c. 1827 – c. 1866), was a 19th-century American adventurer, criminal, soldier, lawman, postmaster, and prospector. He was a member of the infamous "Banditti of the Prairie" in his youth, whose involvement in the torture-murder of Colonel George Davenport in 1845 led to his turning state's evidence against his co-conspirators. Birch was also the discoverer of the Pinos Altos gold mine with Jacob Snively and James W. Hicks. During the American Civil War, he served in the American Southwest with the Confederate forces of the Arizona Rangers and 2nd Texas Cavalry.

An illustration from Edward Bonney's book Banditti of the Prairies in which Robert Birch and his accomplices in the Banditti of the Prairie attacked and murdered Colonel George Davenport at his home on July 4, 1845. Birch was later captured and arrested for the crimes and escaped from jail in Wisconsin.

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

Sam McGuffie

Sam McGuffie

English: Sam McGuffie, a running back from Cypress, Texas, runs through the obstacle course during the skills competition. McGuffie is one of 91 of the top athletes in the nation who will compete in the Army-sponsored “All-American” Bowl high-school football contest in the Alamodome on Jan. 5th.

Samuel Terrence McGuffie is an American bobsledder for the United States men's national team, a former American football running back and wide receiver and a former rugby union player. In American football, he most recently was a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. Previously in the National Football League, he had spent time with the Oakland Raiders in training camp in 2013, and then was briefly a practice squad player for the Arizona Cardinals and later the New England Patriots. He played his freshman season of college football at Michigan before transferring to Rice to play his final three seasons in his native state of Texas.

Samuel Terrence McGuffie (born October 16, 1989) is an American bobsledder for the United States men's national team, a former American football running back and wide receiver and a former rugby union player. In American football, he most recently was a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. Previously in the National Football League, he had spent time with the Oakland Raiders in training camp in 2013, and then was briefly a practice squad player for the Arizona Cardinals and later the New England Patriots. He played his freshman season of college football at Michigan before transferring to Rice to play his final three seasons in his native state of Texas.

McGuffie warming up prior to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on January 3, 2008

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

These Are the Voyages...

Production

These Are the Voyages... / Production

English: Jonathan Frakes on Galileo 7.9 Convention (Neuss, Germany)

"These Are the Voyages..." is the series finale of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise. The 22nd episode of the fourth season and the 98th of the series overall, it first aired on the UPN network in the United States on May 13, 2005. "These Are the Voyages..." is a frame story in which the 22nd-century events of Star Trek: Enterprise are recounted in a 24th-century holodeck re-creation that is insinuated into the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Pegasus", which aired eleven years before. The episode features guest stars Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Jeffrey Combs, as well as a voice cameo from Brent Spiner. Series creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, who co-wrote the episode, conceived "These Are the Voyages..." as a valentine to Star Trek fans. Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship Enterprise, registration NX-01. In this episode, the story moves to the year 2370, when Commander William Riker grapples with making a difficult admission to his commanding officer about a cover-up.

"These Are the Voyages..." was written by Braga and Berman, the pair's only script of the fourth season. Enterprise writer Mike Sussman told TrekNation in May 2005 that Braga had considered the idea of an episode crossover featuring characters from other Star Trek series prior to the finale. Sussman's original idea for the episode was to have The Doctor of Star Trek: Voyager treating an ill patient who may or may not have been Archer trapped in the future. Due to the subject matter, Sussman said his version would not have been suitable for the final episode. In interviews, Berman said the episode had always been intended as the season finale regardless of cancellation, and gave conflicting answers regarding whether Trip would still have been killed if the show was to continue. Allan Kroeker directed the episode, his third series finale following Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "What You Leave Behind" and Star Trek: Voyager's "Endgame". "These Are the Voyages..." featured guest appearances by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis as their Next Generation characters William Riker and Deanna Troi. Brent Spiner, another Next Generation veteran who had guest-starred earlier in the fourth season of Enterprise, had an off-screen speaking role as the android Data. Jeffrey Combs appeared as the Andorian Shran, whom Coto had wanted to be a permanent addition to the cast in the event of another season. Filming of the final episode began on Friday, February 25, after the first half of the day was spent completing "Terra Prime". Principal photography took eight days to complete, one day longer than usual. The snowy complex set of Rigel X, first seen in the pilot episode, was used, as was the rarely seen Enterprise galley. Enterprise-D locations such as hallways and the observation lounge were re-created. Frakes and Sirtis arrived just as a "Save Enterprise" rally was being held outside the lot. Similar to "What You Leave Behind", many of the production staff cameoed for a large crowd scene at the end of the episode, as Archer prepares to give his speech. Fifteen "VIPs" including writers Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, André Bormanis, and Manny Coto joined two dozen extras in forming part of the audience. The rest of the digital set was filled by a computer-generated crowd. After their parts were finished, the final dismissal of each cast member was met with applause. Jolene Blalock and Scott Bakula were the last actors to be released, and Bakula gave a speech thanking the production crew for making the cast feel welcome. Filming ended on Tuesday, March 8, and the sets were struck. Frakes and Sirtis returned on March 9 to complete green screen shots, which would be used when their characters entered or exited the holodeck. Before the episode's release, Berman would not elaborate on the final episode's content, saying "It's going to have some surprising twists and turns. It's somewhat of a valentine." A series-ending wrap party was held for the cast and crew at the Roosevelt Hotel in April. Cast members spoke about their feelings about the end of the series. John Billingsley said the show "was a great ride, and it changed my life. It's something that will last forever for me." He was happy to say goodbye to the two-hour makeup sessions to create his character, Phlox. Many of the cast were taking a break and going on vacation before seeking new acting jobs. Among the notable guests were Star Trek: Nemesis screenwriter John Logan, who was not affiliated with Enterprise, and Peter Weller, who appeared as a villain in "Terra Prime".

Jonathan Frakes relished the chance to portray Riker once again.[10]

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

Siddiq Manzul

Siddiq Manzul

English: Siddiq Manzul (Sudan) - African Cup of Nations 1959

Siddiq Mohammed Manzul was a Sudanese footballer who played with Al-Hilal Club. He participated in the first Africa Cup of Nations in 1957 and again in 1959.

Siddiq Mohammed Manzul (Arabic: صديق محمد منزول‎) (1932 – 11 April 2003) was a Sudanese footballer who played with Al-Hilal Club. He participated in the first Africa Cup of Nations in 1957 and again in 1959.

Manzul at the 1959 African Cup of Nations

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

Alaska Airlines

Introducing flights across the U.S. (2000s)

Alaska Airlines / History / Introducing flights across the U.S. (2000s)

English: A photo of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900 (N546AS) at SeaTac Airport.

Right side view of an airplane taxiing on the tarmac, with several trucks in the foreground and to the left. In the background is a tree-covered hill and dark clouds.

Alaska Airlines is a major American airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the fifth largest airline in the United States when measured by fleet size, scheduled passengers carried, and the number of destinations served. Alaska, together with its regional partners Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines, operate a large domestic route network, primarily focused on connecting from the Pacific Northwest and Alaska to over one hundred destinations in the contiguous United States, Hawaii, Canada, Costa Rica, and Mexico. The airline operates out of five hubs, with its primary hub being at Seattle/Tacoma. Alaska Airlines is currently not a member of any of the three major airline alliances, but it plans to join Oneworld by the end of 2020. As of 2020, the airline employs over 16,000 people and been ranked by J. D. Power and Associates as having the highest customer satisfaction of the traditional airlines for twelve consecutive years.

With the delivery of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft starting in 1999, Alaska began launching more medium-haul flights. In 2000, Alaska started service between Anchorage and Chicago. On May 15, 2001, the airline took delivery of its first 737–900. In 2001, the airline was granted slot exemptions by the Department of Transportation to operate a nonstop flight from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle, but it was halted after only a week due to the September 11 attacks. The airline resumed service to Reagan Airport on December 4, 2001, to meet the demand. In January 2002, William Ayer was named CEO of Alaska Airlines. Ayer had been serving as president under Kelly since 1997, having come to Alaska from Horizon two years earlier after spending 13 years with the smaller airline. Ayer took over as chairman and CEO of the Alaska in 2002 upon Kelly's retirement. He led the company through a transformation called Alaska 2010 that was intended to insulate the airline from the traditional boom-bust cycle of the airline industry. In 2002, flights to Newark, New Jersey, were launched and in 2003, services to Orlando began. In 2003, service to Boston began. In 2003, Alaska Airlines won the Technology Leadership Award from the magazine Air Transport World for its pioneering of new technologies both in the airport and within the airplane itself. In 2005, due to the greater efficiency of the Boeing 737 Next Generation and rising costs for maintenance, fuel, and crew training, Alaska Airlines decided to phase out its remaining 26 MD-80s and trained its pilots to fly the newer Boeing 737-800s that were being ordered to replace them. According to the airline, the MD-80 burned 1,100 US gallons (4,200 l) of fuel per hour, while the 737-800 burns just 850 US gallons (3,200 l) per hour. The last MD-80 flights flew on August 25, 2008, with one flight from San Jose to Seattle and another from Sacramento to Seattle. To mark its transition to an all-Boeing fleet, Alaska Airlines unveiled a 737-800 called Spirit of Seattle with Boeing's house colors painted on the fuselage and the airline's Eskimo logo painted on the tail fin. Also in 2005, Alaska Airlines contracted out many of its jobs, including ground crew positions, to Menzies Aviation. In some cases, this resulted in an almost 40% decline in wages. This agreement was found to be a violation of union agreements in 2008 and the new ground crews caused enough damage to aircraft in the first year to make the savings negligible. In addition, Menzies contractors gained a reputation of stealing from checked bags after a few incidents in 2007. Starting in June 2006, Alaska Airlines introduced new cargo aircraft to the fleet: five 737-400C combi aircraft and one 737-400F freighter. The aircraft were originally purchased by Alaska as passenger aircraft in 1992, and converted by Pemco Air Services. The 737-400C "combi" aircraft were uniquely suited for the needs of Alaska, carrying a combination of four cargo pallets and 72 passengers, allowing goods and people to be transported to remote towns. 737-400 based aircraft had 20% more passenger and cargo capacity than the aging Boeing 737-200 cargo aircraft they replaced. On September 9, 2007, Alaska Airlines introduced daily nonstop service between Portland, Oregon, to Boston. On October 12, 2007, the airline began service to Hawaii with a flight to Honolulu from Seattle. Seattle–Kauai service began on October 28, 2007, and Anchorage–Honolulu service began on December 6, 2007. On October 26, 2008, Alaska launched service from Seattle to Minneapolis-Saint Paul. On August 3, 2009, service from Seattle to Austin, Texas, began. Service from Seattle to Houston began on September 23, 2009 and from Seattle to Atlanta on October 23, 2009.

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900 at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Alaska was the launch customer of the 737-900 aircraft.

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