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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/156th_Wing

156th Wing

Decorations

156th Wing / Decorations

English: 156AW Photo 2016

The 156th Wing is a unit of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, stationed at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

156AW Photo 2016 at Muñiz Air National Guard Base

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

Wu Chung House

Wu Chung House

Wu Chung House zh:胡忠大廈

The Wu Chung House is a 40-floor skyscraper located on 213 Queen's Road East, in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong. It was completed in 1992.

The Wu Chung House (Chinese: 胡忠大廈) is a 40-floor skyscraper located on 213 Queen's Road East, in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong. It was completed in 1992.

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

Ali Krieger

2013–2014

Ali Krieger / International career / Senior national team / 2013–2014

English: Ali Krieger, US Women's National Team, June 2014

Alexandra Blaire Krieger Harris is an American soccer player for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League, the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women's national soccer team. She first appeared for the United States national team at the 2008 Four Nations Tournament during a match against Canada on January 16, 2008. She has since made more than 100 total appearances for the team. Krieger has represented the United States at three FIFA Women's World Cups: 2011 in Germany, 2015 in Canada, and 2019 in France. She was part of the defense that held opponents scoreless for a record 540 minutes and helped lead the United States to become 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup champions. She started in all seven matches for the United States in the 2015 tournament, and she played every minute of all six United States matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. In 2012, Krieger sustained a serious knee injury during the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament and did not recover in time to be selected to the 2012 Olympic Team.

Krieger made her return to the national team in January 2013, when she was called up to a 29-player training camp leading up to two matches against Scotland in early February. On February 21, Krieger was named to the 23-player roster for the 2013 Algarve Cup in Portugal that took place from March 6 to 13. On March 8, Krieger made her first international goal in the match against China. She was subsequently named Budweiser Woman of the Match. She also started in the match against Sweden on March 11 and the final match on March 13 to help the United States win the Algarve Cup title. Following the 2013 Algarve Cup, Krieger traveled to Europe with the national team for matches against Germany and the Netherlands in early April. She appeared during the match against the Netherlands on April 9, a 3–1 win for the United States. In late May, Krieger was named to the 21-player roster that traveled to Canada to train in preparation for a match against Canada on June 2. She played all 90 minutes of the match to help the United States defeat Canada 3–0. Krieger started off 2014 at a national team training camp from January 8 to 15 at U.S. Soccer's National Training Center in Carson, California. Following the training camp, Krieger appeared in a match against Canada on January 31 in Frisco, Texas. Krieger recorded an assist in a match against Russia on February 8, a 7–0 win for the United States. She also appeared in a second match against Russia on February 13. Following the matches against Russia, Krieger was named to the 24-player roster for the 2014 Algarve Cup that took place from March 5 to 12. She made the start during the team's first match of the tournament on March 5 against Japan, a 1–1 draw. She also started in the match against Sweden on March 7, a game that ended the 43-game unbeaten streak for the United States. Krieger started in the match against Korea DPR that secured their seventh-place finish in the tournament. Krieger joined the team for a two-game series against China in April. She started in both matches. In late April, Krieger was named to a 22-player roster for a match against Canada on May 8. She played all 90 minutes in the match, which ended in a 1–1 draw. She was then named to the roster for two games against France on June 14 and 19. She started both matches. Krieger was named to a 19-player roster for a match against Switzerland on August 20 in Cary, North Carolina. She started the match and the United States went on the win 4–1. Krieger joined the national team for a training camp at the end of August in order to prepare for two matches against Mexico in September as well as the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Qualifying tournament in October. She was subsequently named to the roster for the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship that served as a qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Krieger made four appearances in the tournament. She started for the United States in their opening match against Trinidad & Tobago on October 15, which they won 1–0. She also appeared in the team's second group match against Guatemala on October 17, a 5–0 win for the United States. Her third appearance during the tournament came during the semifinal match against Mexico on October 24. She played all 90 minutes to help the United States advance to the final and qualify for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Her fourth appearance of the tournament came during the final against Costa Rica on October 26, helping the United States win the tournament. Following the CONCACAF Qualifying tournament, Krieger was named to the 24-player roster for the International Tournament of Brasilia in Brazil that took place from December 10 to 21. She made the start during the team's opening match against China on December 10, which resulted in a 1–1 draw. She came in for Lori Chalupny during the 31st minute of the match against Brazil on December 14. Krieger made an assist in the match against Argentina on December 18. Krieger made an appearance in the final against Brazil. The game was a 0–0 draw, but the tournament title was given to Brazil, w

Krieger with the United States women's national team in June 2014

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

Wanstead Park railway station

Wanstead Park railway station

English: Wanstead Park station entrance

Wanstead Park is a railway station in Forest Gate, London. It is on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line in Zone 3, 11 miles 11 chains down the line from Gospel Oak and situated between Leytonstone High Road and Woodgrange Park. It is operated by London Overground. Despite its name, Wanstead Park Station is not situated in Wanstead but in Forest Gate - and it is not near Wanstead Park but Wanstead Flats. The station was opened 9 July 1894. The station is 360 yards from Forest Gate station, according to TfL's journey planner, and this interchange is suggested in the National Rail Timetable.

Wanstead Park is a railway station in Forest Gate, London. It is on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line in Zone 3, 11 miles 11 chains (17.9 km) down the line from Gospel Oak and situated between Leytonstone High Road and Woodgrange Park. It is operated by London Overground. Despite its name, Wanstead Park Station is not situated in Wanstead but in Forest Gate - and it is not near Wanstead Park but Wanstead Flats. The station was opened 9 July 1894. The station is 360 yards (330 m) from Forest Gate station, according to TfL's journey planner, and this interchange is suggested in the National Rail Timetable.

The station entrance in 2008

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D-ji,_Nagoya

Kōshō-ji, Nagoya

Kōshō-ji, Nagoya

English: Kōshoji temple in Yagoto, Nagoya.

Kōshō-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in Yagoto, Nagoya, in central Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon.

Kōshō-ji (興正寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in Yagoto, Nagoya, in central Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon.

Main path leading to the middle gate and pagoda of Kōshō-ji

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

Malabar pied hornbill

Distribution and habitat

Malabar pied hornbill / Distribution and habitat

English: Anthracoceros coronatus (Malabar pied hornbill) in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

The Malabar pied hornbill, also known as lesser pied hornbill, is a bird in the hornbill family, a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.

The Malabar pied hornbill is a common resident breeder in India and Sri Lanka. Its habitat is evergreen and moist deciduous forests, often near human settlements.

Two hornbills in Yala National Park in Sri Lanka.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong%E2%80%93Shenzhen_Western_Corridor

Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor

Transport

Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor / Transport

English: Shenzhen Bay Bridge, China

The Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor, also known for the main component Shenzhen Bay Bridge, is a cross-border highway between Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. The highway bridge is a 5.5-kilometre dual three-lane controlled-access highway. It connects Ngau Hom Shek, Hong Kong, to Dongjiaotou, which is administratively located in Nanshan District of Shenzhen. The Corridor also had other components, a border checkpoint Shenzhen Bay Port, built on reclaimed land, as well as roads that connect the Corridor to the existing road network of Shenzhen. The highway bridge is part of Route 10 of the Hong Kong trunk road numbering system, the only other existing part being the Kong Sham Western Highway, formerly known as Deep Bay Link. The Shenzhen section of the Corridor, was also included as the extension of the S3 Guangshen Riverbank Expressway since circa 2010.

Four Hong Kong public bus routes run on this corridor. They are operated by the New Lantao Bus Company and Citybus. B2 to and from Yuen Long B2P to and from Tin Shui Wai B3 and B3A to and from various location of Tuen Mun B3X to and from Tuen Mun (express service) A green public light bus route, 618, also operates from Tin Shui Wai new town. Hong Kong taxis, minibuses and cross-border buses are allowed access to the corridor; private vehicles must have the correct permit to use the corridor.

Shenzhen Bay Bridge at night

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

List of food preparation utensils

List of food preparation utensils

English: Kitchen tools, which mainly come from the 1970s, on a kitchen hook strip. From left: Pastry blender and potato masher Spatula and (hidden) serving fork Skimmer and chef's knife (small cleaver) Whisk and slotted spoon Spaghetti ladle Sieve and measuring spoon set Bottlebrush and ladle Deutsch: Küchenwerkzeuge, die vorwiegend aus den 1970er-Jahren stammen, an einer Küchen-Hakenleiste. Von links: Hand-Teigmixer, darunter: Kartoffelstampfer Pfannenwender, darunter ("verdeckt"): Fleischgabel Schaumlöffel, darunter: Kochmesser ("kleines Hackmesser") Schneebesen, darunter: Schaumlöffel Spaghettiheber Küchensieb, darunter: Messlöffel-Satz Flaschenbürste, darunter: Schöpfkelle

A kitchen utensil is a hand-held, typically small tool that is designed for food-related functions. Food preparation utensils are a specific type of kitchen utensil, designed for use in the preparation of food. Some utensils are both food preparation utensils and eating utensils; for instance some implements of cutlery – especially knives – can be used for both food preparation in a kitchen and as eating utensils when dining. In the Western world, utensil invention accelerated in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was fuelled in part by the emergence of technologies such as the kitchen stove and refrigerator, but also by a desire to save time in the kitchen, in response to the demands of modern lifestyles.

A kitchen utensil is a hand-held, typically small tool that is designed for food-related functions. Food preparation utensils are a specific type of kitchen utensil, designed for use in the preparation of food. Some utensils are both food preparation utensils and eating utensils; for instance some implements of cutlery – especially knives – can be used for both food preparation in a kitchen and as eating utensils when dining (though most types of knives used in kitchens are unsuitable for use on the dining table). In the Western world, utensil invention accelerated in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was fuelled in part by the emergence of technologies such as the kitchen stove and refrigerator, but also by a desire to save time in the kitchen, in response to the demands of modern lifestyles.

An assortment of utensils

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

Pontiac Ventura

1971–1977 X-body compact

Pontiac Ventura / 1971–1977 X-body compact

1975 Pontiac Ventura photographed in Accokeek, Maryland, USA.

The Pontiac Ventura was an automobile model that was produced by Pontiac. The name is most likely derived from Ventura, California.

In 1971, Pontiac moved the name to their new X-body Nova clone, the Ventura II. Ventura II production ran from 1971 to 1977. The "II" suffix was dropped after 1972, and the Phoenix name replaced Ventura in 1978. Engine offerings for the abbreviated 1971 model year included a 250 cu in. six cylinder or 307 cu in., only the 307 was available for the Sprint option in '71. For 1972, a Pontiac-built 350 cu in. V8 with two-barrel carburetor was added to the option list and became the base V8 for 1973 and 1974. Transmission offerings consisted of a standard column-shift three-speed manual with options including a four-speed manual, two-speed automatic (with six-cylinder) or three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic automatic (with V8s). The 1973 six-cylinder Ventura was the last Pontiac model to offer the two-speed automatic, a badge-engineered Chevrolet Powerglide, which was dropped completely from all GM cars and trucks after this model year in favor of the Turbo Hydra-Matic. A Ventura Sprint option package was offered on two-door models 1971 to 1975, including three-speed transmission with floor shift and optional 350 cu in. V8 equipped four-speed, body color mirrors, custom carpeting, all-vinyl upholstery with either the standard bench or optional Strato bucket seats, Custom Sport steering wheel, blackout-grille trim, special striping, blackout grille, and 14x6" (36 cm diameter, 15 cm wide) wheels. In mid-1972, Pontiac introduced the limited production Ventura SD for the Southern California market as sort of a sporty-luxury compact to counter imported luxury sedans then taking the U.S. market by storm. The SD option added the high-back Strato bucket seats from the Firebird along with a Custom Sport steering wheel, Rally II wheels, uprated suspension and other items. Some 250 Ventura SD's were built for 1972, all at the GM Nova/Ventura assembly plant in Van Nuys, California plant. In 1973, higher spec cars received a new split grille in the Firebird/GTO style. Lower grade cars retained the split level grille used in 1971 and 1972. The Ventura Custom became a separate series (2Z, versus 2Y for the regular Ventura), carrying a "Custom" script on the rear roof pillar. In addition to the two-door coupe and four-door sedan, a three-door hatchback coupe was added to the lineup. In 1974, the Pontiac GTO name moved to the Ventura from the intermediate LeMans line. The GTO package gave the basic Ventura a 350 cu in. (5.7L) engine with a four-barrel carburetor of about 200 hp (149 kW). The package also came with a functional "shaker" hood scoop, tri-color GTO decals, Rally II wheels, and special grill-mounted driving lights. The GTO package could be ordered on the hatchback Ventura as well as the base and Custom coupes. The GTO was dropped in 1975, along with the Pontiac 350. The Ventura could be optioned with the Buick 350 V8 instead. The Ventura SJ was a new offering for 1975, when the Ventura and other GM compacts were restyled with new rooflines along with improved suspensions shared with the second generation F platform (Camaro/Firebird), plus standard front disc brakes. The Ventura SJ was marketed as an American rendition of a Euro-style luxury sport sedan that Pontiac created with the larger mid-sized Grand Am in 1973, as well as a competitor to the new-for-1975 Ford Granada and Mercury Monarch, both marketed as luxury compacts designed to compete with the more expensive imports such as Audi and Mercedes. As such the Ventura SJ included an upgraded interior with reclining bucket seats in either cloth or vinyl along with a center console, rally instrumentation and other items. Only minor appearance changes were made to the Ventura for 1976 and 1977 including new grilles and revised taillights. 1976 saw the inclusion of the Oldsmobile 260 cubic inch V8. For 1977, the Chevy 250 six was replaced by Buick's 231 cu in V6 as the base powerplant and the Chevrolet 305 cubic-inch V8 was introduced as an option; the 2.5 liter "Iron Duke" 4-cylinder was also (and unusually) optional along with the 301 cu in V8. One unique feature for 1976 was the a

1975 Pontiac Ventura

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_F.C.

Paris Saint-Germain F.C.

Iconic shirts

Paris Saint-Germain F.C. / Identity / Iconic shirts

English: The three most iconic shirts of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club.

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris SG, or simply Paris or PSG, is a French professional football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. PSG are one of France's most successful clubs, having won more than 40 competitive honours, including nine league titles and one major European trophy. Their home ground is the Parc des Princes. Founded in 1970, PSG won their first major honour, the French Cup, in 1982 and their maiden Ligue 1 title in 1986. The 1990s was among the most successful periods in PSG's history; they claimed their second league crown, three French Cups, two League Cups, two French Super Cups and, most notably, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996. After suffering a decline in fortunes during the 2000s, the club have enjoyed a revival since 2011 with increased financial backing; they have clinched seven league titles and eighteen national cups, achieving unparalleled dominance in domestic competitions. In 2020, the club reached the UEFA Champions League final for the first time, losing to Bayern Munich.

During their first three seasons of existence, the home shirt of Paris Saint-Germain was red with blue and white details in its sleeves and neck to bring together the three colours of the club: the red and blue of Paris, and the white of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. During the 2010–11 season, PSG wore a red shirt during home matches to commemorate their 40th anniversary. The connection between Paris Saint-Germain and the city's fashion houses is a longstanding one. French fashion designer Daniel Hechter became PSG president in 1973 and designed the club's traditional home look that same year: a blue shirt with a red vertical stripe flanked by two thinner white stripes (blue-white-red-white-blue). First worn in the 1973–74 season, the so-called "Hechter shirt" has remained the classic home identity of PSG ever since. The famous jersey made its debut during a home Ligue 2 game against Red Star on November 10, 1973. This was also the club's maiden match at the Parc des Princes. PSG won 3–1 as Othniel Dossevi scored the club's first goal at the stadium as well as the first with the Hechter shirt. PSG stars from the 1990s and 2000s like Raí, Ronaldinho and Pauleta are associated with this kit. While wearing it, the capital club reached five European semi-finals in a row between 1993 and 1997, claimed the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and achieved eight consecutive wins against Le Classique arch-rivals Olympique de Marseille between 2002 and 2004. The general belief is that Hechter based his creation on the red-and-white jersey worn by Ajax, the dominant team in Europe at the time, but with the French flag in mind. Hechter himself has denied this, though, instead claiming he was inspired by the Ford Mustang. He transposed the car's hood stripes on the shirt and employed the three colors of the club. The Hechter shirt has two alternate versions: the "reversed Hechter" (red-white-blue-white-red), introduced in the 1974–75 season, and the "white Hechter" (white-blue-red-blue-white), which premiered in the 1994–95 season. It was with the club's most iconic away outfit, though, that fans saw the first big PSG team which won their maiden Coupe de France titles in 1982 and 1983, experienced their first European campaign in 1983 and claimed their maiden league crown in 1986. The shirt was white with blue and red vertical stripes on the left. Like the Hechter jersey, it debuted in the 1973–74 season as the away kit. Promoted by PSG president Francis Borelli, the white shirt became the club's home identity from 1981 to 1990. Now known as the "Borelli shirt," it is synonym with PSG legends from the 1980s like Safet Sušić, Luis Fernández and Dominique Bathenay.

The three most iconic shirts of Paris Saint-Germain.

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

Andrzej Duda

Presidency (2015–present)

Andrzej Duda / Presidency (2015–present)

Polski: 20/06/2016 Podpisanie przez przywódców Polski i Chin wspólnego oświadczenia ws. ustanowienia wszechstronnego strategicznego partnerstwa. Fot. Andrzej Hrechorowicz.

Andrzej Sebastian Duda is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as president of Poland since 6 August 2015. Before becoming president, Andrzej Duda was a member of Polish Lower House from 2011 to 2014 and the European Parliament from 2014 to 2015. Andrzej Duda was the presidential candidate for the Law and Justice party, during the 2015 presidential election in May 2015. In the first round of voting, Andrzej Duda received 5,179,092 votes – 34.76% of valid votes. In the second round of voting, Andrzej Duda received 51.55% of the vote, beating the incumbent president Bronisław Komorowski, who received 48.45% of the vote. On 26 May 2015, Andrzej Duda resigned his party membership as the president-elect. On 24 October 2019, he received the official support from PiS ahead of his re-election campaign in 2020. He finished first in the first round and then went on to defeat Rafał Trzaskowski in the runoff with 10,440,648 votes or 51.03% of the vote.

The five-year term of Andrzej Duda began on 6 August 2015 with taking an oath of office during a National Assembly session. Duda rejected the European Union's proposal of migrant quotas to redistribute asylum seekers, saying: "I won’t agree to a dictate of the strong. I won’t back a Europe where the economic advantage of the size of a population will be a reason to force solutions on other countries regardless of their national interests". In September 2015 Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz declared that Poland, as an expression of “European solidarity”, would take in 2,000 people over the next two years, mainly from Syria and Eritrea (out of 3,700 originally requested). Duda and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović were the originators of the Three Seas Initiative. Duda repeatedly met with general secretary of the Communist Party of China and China's leader, Xi Jinping, stating that "Polish companies will benefit hugely" from China's Belt and Road Initiative. Duda and Xi signed a declaration on strategic partnership in which they reiterated that Poland and China viewed each other as long-term strategic partners. Duda said that he hope Poland will become a gateway to Europe for China. In September 2017, his approval rating stood at 71% and in February 2018, at 72%, a record surpassed only by Aleksander Kwaśniewski, whose approval ratings surpassed 75% from 1995 to 2005.

Duda and Xi Jinping signed a declaration on strategic partnership

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Ambedkar_Nagar

Dr. Ambedkar Nagar

Dr. Ambedkar Nagar

English: Memorial of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

Bhim Janmabhoomi, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Mhow

Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, commonly known as Mhow, is a cantonment in the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It is located 23 kilometres south-west of Indore city, towards Mumbai on the old Mumbai-Agra Road. The town was renamed as Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in 2003, by the Government of Madhya Pradesh. Some articles in popular literature state that 'MHOW' stands for Military Headquarters Of War. However, this is a backronym, and there is no proof to support the theory that the name of the village comes from the acronym. The village near Mhow was called Mhow Gaon in the pre-British era, when English was not used in India. The Cantonment which came up in 1818 came to be known as Mhow Cantt after the name of this village. Sir John Malcolm spelt the name of this town as MOW in his writings. The 1918 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica also mentions 'MAU'. However, the Cantonment was referred to by British officers as Mhow at least as early as the end of 1823. In 2003, the town was renamed Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, who was born here.

Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, commonly known as Mhow, is a cantonment in the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It is located 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-west of Indore city, towards Mumbai on the old Mumbai-Agra Road. The town was renamed as Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in 2003, by the Government of Madhya Pradesh. Some articles in popular literature state that 'MHOW' stands for Military Headquarters Of War. However, this is a backronym, and there is no proof to support the theory that the name of the village comes from the acronym. The village near Mhow was called Mhow Gaon in the pre-British era, when English was not used in India. The Cantonment which came up in 1818 came to be known as Mhow Cantt after the name of this village. Sir John Malcolm spelt the name of this town as MOW in his writings. The 1918 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica also mentions 'MAU'. However, the Cantonment was referred to by British officers as Mhow at least as early as the end of 1823 (letter from Lt Edward Squibb to his father in London). In 2003, the town was renamed Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, who was born here.

Bhim Janmabhoomi, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Mhow

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

Golden Triangle of Jakarta

Transportation

Golden Triangle of Jakarta / Transportation

English: Jalan H R Rasuna Said Jakarta

Golden Triangle of Jakarta is roughly a triangular shape land area of Jakarta, Indonesia, which extends from Central Jakarta to South Jakarta. Most of the business, financial, and diplomatic establishments are located in the area, which also forms the center of the city. The area is the main CBD of Jakarta, where most of the tallest skyscrapers are located. The area is bordered by main avenues of Jakarta, Thamrin Avenue-Sudirman Boulevard, Rasuna Said Avenue, and Gatot Subroto Avenue. There are many other roads criss-crossing the area. There are clusters of commercial buildings such as SCBD, Mega Kuningan, Rasuna Epicentrum and Kuningan Persada. Golden triangle is one of the fastest evolving CBD in Asia-Pacific region.

The area is served by TransJakarta Corridor 1, Corridor 6, Corridor 9. There are many routes operated by Kopaja, Mayasari Bakti and APTB buses. Sudirman, Cikini and Gondangdia station of Jakarta commuter rail are located within the area. The North-South line of Jakarta MRT crosses the area with multiple stations. The area will be also served by LRT.

TransJakarta bus station at the junction of Gatot Subroto Avenue & Rasuna Said Road, on the background skyline of Mega Kuningan

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Dohema_Jr._(SP-612)

USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612)

USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612)

USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612) English: The United States Navy patrol vessel off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the right background is the Swedish commercial cargo ship Hermes with World War I neutrality markings painted on her side.

USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Dohema Jr. was built as a private motorboat of the same name by her owner, Edwin Binney of Sound Beach, Connecticut, in 1912. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from Binney for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612) on 2 June 1917 with Ensign G. R. Hefflefinger, USNRF, in command. Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Dohema Jr. performed patrol duty in the Delaware River and Delaware Bay and transported Navy personnel within the naval district for the rest of World War I. Dohema Jr. was decommissioned on 27 November 1918 and returned to Binney the same day.

USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Dohema Jr. was built as a private motorboat of the same name by her owner, Edwin Binney of Sound Beach, Connecticut, in 1912. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from Binney for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612) on 2 June 1917 with Ensign G. R. Hefflefinger, USNRF, in command. Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Dohema Jr. performed patrol duty in the Delaware River and Delaware Bay and transported Navy personnel within the naval district for the rest of World War I. Dohema Jr. was decommissioned on 27 November 1918 and returned to Binney the same day.

USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612) off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during World War I. In the right background is the Swedish commercial cargo ship Hermes with World War I neutrality markings painted on her side.

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

Arizona State University

Sustainability

Arizona State University / Sustainability

English: Solar panel array on the roof deck of ASU's parking structure on Apache Blvd. in Tempe, AZ.

Arizona State University is a public metropolitan research university on five campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area, and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona. ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the U.S. As of fall 2019, the university had nearly 90,000 students attending classes across its metro campuses, more than 38,000 students attending online, including 83,000-plus undergraduates and more nearly 20,000 postgraduates. The university is organized into 17 colleges, featuring more than 170 cross-discipline centers and institutes. ASU offers 350 degree options for undergraduates students, as well as more than 400 graduate degree and certificate programs. ASU has nearly 600 ASU scholar-athletes across 26 varsity-level sports. The Arizona State Sun Devils compete in the Pac-12 Conference and have won 59 Pac-10/Pac-12 championships dating back to 1979, and have captured 24 NCAA championships dating to its first title in 1965. In addition to its athletic program, the university is home to over 1,100 registered student organizations.

As of March 2014, ASU was the top institution of higher education in the United States for solar generating capacity. Today, the university generates over 24 megawatts (MW) of electricity from on-campus solar arrays. This is an increase over the June 2012 total of 15.3 MW. ASU has 88 solar photovoltaic (PV) installations containing 81,424 solar panels across four campuses and the ASU Research Park. An additional 29 MWdc solar installation was dedicated at Red Rock, Arizona in January 2017, bringing the university's solar generating capacity to 50 MWdc. Additionally, six wind turbines installed on the roof of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability building on the Tempe campus have operated since October 2008. Under normal conditions, the six turbines produce enough electricity to power approximately 36 computers. ASU's School of Sustainability was the first school in the United States to introduce degrees in the field of sustainability. ASU's School of Sustainability is part of the Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. The School was established in spring 2007 and began enrolling undergraduates in fall 2008. The school offers majors, minors, and a number of certificates in sustainability. ASU is also home to the Sustainability Consortium which was founded by Jay Golden in 2009. The School of Sustainability has been essential in establishing the university as "a leader in the academics of sustainable business." The university is widely considered to be one of the most ambitious and principled organizations for embedding sustainable practices into its operating model. The university has embraced several challenging sustainability goals. Among the numerous benchmarks outlined in the university's prospectus, is the creation of a large recycling and composting operation that will eliminate 30% and divert 90% of waste from landfills. This endeavor will be aided by educating students about the benefits of avoiding overconsumption that contributes to excessive waste. Sustainability courses have been expanded to attain this goal and many of the university's individual colleges and schools have integrated such material into their lectures and courses. Second, ASU is on track to reduce its rate of water consumption by 50%. The university's most aggressive benchmark is to be the first, large research university to achieve carbon neutrality as it pertains to its Scope 1, 2 and non-transportation Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Solar panel array on the roof deck of ASU's parking structure on Apache Blvd. in Tempe, AZ.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Suffering_(video_game)

The Suffering (video game)

Gameplay and design

The Suffering (video game) / Development / Gameplay and design

English: Richard Rouse III (Ubisoft Montreal) at the Game Developers Conference in 2010 (fifth day), speaking for "Five ways a video game can make you cry". Français : Richard Rouse III (Ubisoft Montreal) à la Game Developers Conference en 2010 (cinquième jour).

The Suffering is a 2004 first and third-person shooter survival horror video game, developed by Surreal Software for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. The game was published by Midway Games for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The PC version was published by Encore in North America and by Zoo Digital Publishing in Europe. In North America, the game was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in March, and for PC in June. In Europe, it was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in May, and for PC in July. A version was also planned for the GameCube, but was cancelled prior to release. In 2017, the game was released on GOG.com by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the current owner of the IP after acquiring publisher Midway Games' assets following the latter company's bankruptcy in 2009. The game tells the story of Torque, a prisoner on death row for murdering his ex-wife and two children, a crime of which he claims to be innocent, saying he blacked out and cannot remember what happened.

An early decision on Rouse's part was that The Suffering be more of an action game than a traditional survival horror. This had implications for much of the design work on the game, as "it meant we were going to focus more on combat and avoid the long cutscenes, frail central characters, clumsy controls, fixed camera angles, and sparse ammo of many console horror games." Another early decision was to keep the central character as much of a mystery as possible, implying only his strength and little else. Artist Mike Nichols says, "We didn't really want a character that looked of any particular nationality or race. He really is almost Neanderthal in appearance. He's very primal. We wanted that strength to come through." Creature design was also an important element in the development process, with the team determined to create a unique array of enemies. According to Rouse, from the beginning, we wanted to stay away from zombies and the more tired horror clichés that everyone's had enough of, and wanted to move onto something that was more disturbing and more unique to this experience. It was also early on we decided we wanted to have a theme for all the creatures. So instead, they weren't just this random monster or this random aberration, instead they're each themed after different execution methods that tie into the history of Carnate and all the various forms of execution of humans that have gone on there. After the team had done their initial creature design for the game, they sent their work to Stan Winston Studios, where Terry Wolfinger took the preexisting designs and finessed them, changed colors, added details etc. to make them more unsettling, referred to as "Stan Winstonizing them." However, it was also important that the creatures, and the game as a whole, have a real world basis, so as to enhance the horror. Rouse explains, to have a disturbing and unsettling tone we knew that creepy monsters alone would not be enough. Therefore we wanted to tie into real-world horrific events. Thus the storyline is suffused with the darkest elements of American history, including prison life and culture, slavery, racism, unethical medical experimentation, mob-mentality executions, and the death penalty. This is fairly serious subject matter for a videogame, particularly an action-adventure, and it amplified the horror of our world tremendously.

Richard Rouse III, writer and lead designer of The Suffering.

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

Teresio Olivelli

Teresio Olivelli

Deutsch: Teresio Olivelli

Blessed Teresio Olivelli was an Italian Roman Catholic soldier during World War II and part of the Italian Resistance movement to Fascism and the Nazi regime. Olivelli graduated in law in Pavia in 1938 and went on to comment in papers on the legal and social issues of the time before he became a volunteer fighter in the Spanish Civil War and in World War II with a notable campaign fought in Russia. The war soured his views towards the Italian fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and his time in the resistance was marked with articles in a newspaper he founded dedicated to promoting the Christian message and attempting to improve upon aspects of fascism with a more Christian message. Olivelli's beatification cause started in 1988 under Pope John Paul II and he became titled as a Servant of God. The cause was first designed to demonstrate that Olivelli died because of hatred of his faith – thus beatification would be quicker – but disagreements led to a prolonged cause designed instead to prove Olivelli led a life of heroic virtue which Pope Francis confirmed on 14 December 2015. This confirmation allowed for the pope to name him as Venerable.

Blessed Teresio Olivelli (7 January 1916 – 12 January 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic soldier during World War II and part of the Italian Resistance movement to Fascism and the Nazi regime. Olivelli graduated in law in Pavia in 1938 and went on to comment in papers on the legal and social issues of the time before he became a volunteer fighter in the Spanish Civil War and in World War II with a notable campaign fought in Russia. The war soured his views towards the Italian fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and his time in the resistance was marked with articles in a newspaper he founded dedicated to promoting the Christian message and attempting to improve upon aspects of fascism with a more Christian message. Olivelli's beatification cause started in 1988 under Pope John Paul II and he became titled as a Servant of God. The cause was first designed to demonstrate that Olivelli died because of hatred of his faith – thus beatification would be quicker – but disagreements led to a prolonged cause designed instead to prove Olivelli led a life of heroic virtue which Pope Francis confirmed on 14 December 2015. This confirmation allowed for the pope to name him as Venerable. Francis approved his beatification on 16 June 2017 and he was beatified on 3 February 2018 in Vigevano.

Teresio Olivelli

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas-Rhin%27s_1st_constituency

Bas-Rhin's 1st constituency

Bas-Rhin's 1st constituency

English: A Map of Bas-Rhin's 1st Constituency shown within Alsace.

The 1st constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département, Alsace.

The 1st constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département, Alsace.

Bas-Rhin's 1st Constituency shown within Alsace.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarendon_County,_New_South_Wales

Clarendon County, New South Wales

Clarendon County, New South Wales

Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia Picture taken by AYArktos December 2005

Clarendon County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the towns of Gundagai, Junee and Bethungra. The Murrumbidgee River is the boundary to the south. Clarendon County was named in honour of George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl Clarendon.

Clarendon County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the towns of Gundagai, Junee and Bethungra. The Murrumbidgee River is the boundary to the south. Clarendon County was named in honour of George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl Clarendon (1800-1870).

The Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai; the boundary between Clarendon and Wynyard

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

Chancelloriidae

Chancelloriidae

Chancelloria eros scleritome (7.1 cm tall) from the Middle Cambrian of western Utah, USA. Cambrian rocks frequently produce some of the oddest-looking organisms anywhere in the fossil record. One distinctive group of fossil organisms long known from Cambrian rocks is the chancelloriids. Chancelloriids have bag-shaped bodies covered with multirayed sclerites. They are often perceived as representing fossil sponges (Porifera), but ultrastructural studies on chancelloriid skeletal components show that they are a separate group. This is a commercially prepared, complete scleritome of Chancelloria eros Walcott, 1920 (Animalia, Coeloscleritophora, Chancelloriidae) in hard, gray, slightly calcareous mudshale. It comes from the “deep Wheeler Lagerstätte” (sensu Robison, 1991 in The Early Evolution of Metazoa and the Significance of Problematic Taxa), one of several famous soft-bodied fossil deposits in Utah. Most chancelloriid fossils are isolated sclerites, typically collected from acid residues of Cambrian limestones. Stratigraphy: Wheeler Formation, upper Ptychagnostus atavus Interval-zone (= lower Bolaspidella Assemblage-zone), upper Middle Cambrian. Locality: House Range, northern Millard County, western Utah, USA.

The Chancelloriids are an extinct family of animal common in sediments from the Early Cambrian to the early Late Cambrian. Many of these fossils consists only of spines and other fragments, and it is not certain that they belong to the same type of organism. Other specimens appear to be more complete and to represent sessile, bag-like organisms with a soft skin armored with star-shaped calcareous sclerites from which radiate sharp spines. Classifying the chancelloriids is difficult. Some paleontologists classify them as sponges, an idea which chancelloriids' sessile lifestyle and simple structure make plausible. Other proposals suggest that they were more advanced, or at least originated from more advanced ancestors; for example chancelloriids' skins appear to be much more complex than those of any sponge. It has been suggested that chancelloriids were related to the "chain mail" armored slug-like halkieriids, which are important in analyses of the Cambrian explosion.

The Chancelloriids are an extinct family of animal common in sediments from the Early Cambrian to the early Late Cambrian. Many of these fossils consists only of spines and other fragments, and it is not certain that they belong to the same type of organism. Other specimens appear to be more complete and to represent sessile, bag-like organisms with a soft skin armored with star-shaped calcareous sclerites from which radiate sharp spines. Classifying the chancelloriids is difficult. Some paleontologists classify them as sponges, an idea which chancelloriids' sessile lifestyle and simple structure make plausible. Other proposals suggest that they were more advanced, or at least originated from more advanced ancestors; for example chancelloriids' skins appear to be much more complex than those of any sponge. It has been suggested that chancelloriids were related to the "chain mail" armored slug-like halkieriids, which are important in analyses of the Cambrian explosion. While the sclerites of the two groups are very similar right down to the microscopic level, and therefore unlikely to have evolved independently, the large dissimilarity in the body plans of the two groups creates a puzzle which is hard to resolve.

Chancelloria eros fossil, Wheeler Shale, House Range, Utah

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

National Gallery of Canada

Canadian and indigenous

National Gallery of Canada / Collection / Canadian and indigenous

The National Gallery of Canada, located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up 46,621 square metres, with 12,400 square metres of space used for exhibiting art; making the museum one of the largest art museums in North America by exhibition space. The institution was established in 1880 at the Second Supreme Court of Canada building, and moved to the Victoria Memorial Museum building in 1911. In 1913, the Government of Canada passed the National Gallery Act, formally outlined the institution's mandate as a national art museum. The museum was moved to the Lorne building in 1960. In 1988, the museum was relocated to its present location. The National Gallery of Canada is presently situated in a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill. The building was designed by Moshe Safdie and opened in 1988. The museum's permanent collection includes over 93,000 works from European, American, and Asian, Canadian, and indigenous Canadian artists.

The museum's Canadian collection includes works dating from 18th century New France, to the 1990s. The collection includes paintings from pre-Confederation; abstract paintings and other postwar art; and the Henry Birks Collection of Canadian Silver. Early pre-Confederation paintings were among the first items in the Canadian collections, with the National Gallery's earliest works originating from Canadian artists at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. The museum's Canadian collection holds a large number of works by the Group of Seven. The museum also holds a large collection of Tom Thomson works, with the museum adding The Jack Pine to its collection in 1918. The museum also holds the largest collection of works by Alex Colville. Other artists featured in the collections includes William Berczy, Jack Bush, Paul-Émile Borduas, Emily Carr, Robert Field, Vera Frenkel, Theophile Hamel, Joseph Légaré, Cornelius Krieghoff, Fernand Leduc, Alexandra Luke, Ken Lum, James Wilson Morrice, John O'Brien, Antoine Plamondon, William Raphael, Jean-Paul Riopelle, William Ronald, Michael Snow, Lisa Steele, Jeff Wall, Joyce Wieland, Paul Wong, and members of the Regina Five. In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Canada in 2017, the museum of undertook a C$7.4 million renovation to open the Canadian and Indigenous Art: From Time Immemorial to 1967 gallery. The gallery exhibits the progression of Canadian art and history, exhibiting Canadian and indigenous Canadian works side-by-side. These works are exhibited in a manner which examines the intertwined relations between the two groups of people. The indigenous collection includes works by indigenous artists around the world, although it has an emphasis on works by the indigenous peoples of Canada. The museum collection acquired its first works by First Nations and Metis artists in the early 20th century. The museum acquired its first Inuit works in 1956, crafted by artists in Nunavik. In 1979, Henry Birks bequeathed a number of works from indigenous Canadian artists to National Gallery. In 1989 and 1992, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development bequeathed 570 works by Inuit artists. A number of Indigenous Canadian artists whose works are featured in the collection include Kenojuak Ashevak, Kiawak Ashoona, Qaqaq Ashoona, Carl Beam, Faye HeavyShield, Osuitok Ipeelee, Rita Letendre, Norval Morrisseau, Shelley Niro, David Ruben Piqtoukun, Abraham Anghik Ruben, Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, Jeffrey Thomas, John Tiktak, and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun.

The Jack Pine by Tom Thomson. The Canadian collection includes a number of works by Thomson.

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

Monte San Lorenzo

Monte San Lorenzo

Monte San Lorenzo, also known as Monte Cochrane (Argentina-Chile border). Cropped from original image.

Monte San Lorenzo, also known as Monte Cochrane, is a mountain on the border between Argentina and Chile. It is in Patagonia. The mountain reaches a height of 3,706 metres. The Chilean name of Cochrane comes from the nearby town of Cochrane. This is where climbers often approach the mountain. The peak was first climbed by Alberto María de Agostini in 1943. The mountain is covered by three large glaciers. There are two in Argentina and one in Chile. The Argentine glaciers show clear evidence of retreat.

Monte San Lorenzo, also known as Monte Cochrane, is a mountain on the border between Argentina and Chile. It is in Patagonia. The mountain reaches a height of 3,706 metres (12,159 ft). The Chilean name of Cochrane comes from the nearby town of Cochrane. This is where climbers often approach the mountain. The peak was first climbed by Alberto María de Agostini in 1943. The mountain is covered by three large glaciers. There are two in Argentina and one in Chile. The Argentine glaciers show clear evidence of retreat.

NASA image of San Lorenzo as seen form the south.

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

The Diamond Troupe

Reunions

The Diamond Troupe / Reunions

English: Programme of 21st Annual Dinner of 29th Division (UK) Association, Café Royal, London

The Diamond Troupe was the concert party of the 29th Division, a First World War infantry division within the British Army. Also known as the "Incomparable Division", the 29th was formed in 1915 by combining units that had previously been acting as garrisons about the British Empire. The division fought throughout the Gallipoli Campaign and, from 1916 to the end of the war, on the Western Front in France. Concert parties were an integral element of the war effort; and by 1917, virtually every division had at least one. They mirrored the Pierrot troupes of music halls and seaside resorts, offering soldiers a respite from war, reminding them of home, and providing a neutral outlet to air grievances about "food, conditions, and sergeants". The Diamond Troupe was one of a small number of concert parties to achieve considerable notoriety, both on the battlefield and at home. Its success was due to a combination of factors, not the least of which were the fame of the Division itself and the exceptional performances of many troupe members, especially by what historian Larry J Collins described as "the show-stopper": the female impersonator.

Given the Diamond Troupe’s reputation and success, it is all too easy to forget that as a performing unit, they existed for less than two years: from their first show under a “fine canvas theatre” in Proven in August/September 1917 to their last performance as victors in Wermelskirchen, Germany in December 1918. And then, as Gillon wrote, “the Diamond Troupe thus stole silently away…” It is not known how often troupe members kept in touch with one another after the war nor to what extent they were called upon to join in activities associated with the 29th Division. In 1921, the Division Association spearheaded an effort to keep servicemen in touch with their regimental associations. Their approach called for sending out small cards every month, each containing a calendar and a poem relating to the history of the Division. In February 1921, the card included Lancelot Cayley Shadwell’s lyrics to the Song of the 29th Division. It is not known how long this practice was maintained. On 25 April 1929—the fourteenth anniversary of the Gallipoli landing—the 29th Division Association held its twenty-first annual dinner at London’s Café Royal. There, Hill, Stannard, Palmer and Holmes were reunited to perform the Song of the 29th Division. A newspaper report at the time described the event as a: ... remarkable gathering of distinguished sailors and soldiers… [whose most] inspiring moment came when Mr. Alec Hill sang the song of the 29th Division. He used to sing it out there in the war days, and [it] … has never, perhaps, been cherished by so many war leaders. Earl Jellicoe, Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, General Sir Ian Hamilton, and General Sir Aylmer Hunter Weston, among others at the top table, sang it with the infectious enthusiasm of youth.

Programme of the 21st Annual Dinner of the 29th Division (UK) Association, Café Royal, London

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

Cerro de la Estrella National Park

Cerro de la Estrella National Park

Ladera del Cerro de la Estrella, en Iztapalapa. Fue declarado parque nacional de México en 1938 por el presidente Lázaro Cárdenas. En 1991 fue cambiado su estatuto al de área natural protegida.

Cerro de la Estrella National Park is centered on the Cerro de la Estrella mountain which is located entirely within eastern Mexico City, in the borough of Iztapalapa. The park was originally designated in 1938 with 1,100 hectares, but the growth of the city has encroached on it and left it with less than 200 hectares. The park is meant to provide cultural and recreational opportunity as well as to protect the mountain, which is important archaeologically and culturally as the site of the pre Hispanic New Fire ceremony and the modern-day Passion Play. Archaeological remains include temples related to the ceremony and older structures such as housing units, petroglyphs, and a major temple related to the Teotihuacan culture. The park and the archaeological sites remain in danger of destruction by encroachment, use of land for agriculture, graffiti and the dumping of garbage.

Cerro de la Estrella National Park is centered on the Cerro de la Estrella mountain which is located entirely within eastern Mexico City, in the borough of Iztapalapa. The park was originally designated in 1938 with 1,100 hectares, but the growth of the city has encroached on it and left it with less than 200 hectares. The park is meant to provide cultural and recreational opportunity as well as to protect the mountain, which is important archaeologically and culturally as the site of the pre Hispanic New Fire ceremony and the modern-day Passion Play. Archaeological remains include temples related to the ceremony and older structures such as housing units, petroglyphs, and a major temple related to the Teotihuacan culture. The park and the archaeological sites remain in danger of destruction by encroachment, use of land for agriculture, graffiti and the dumping of garbage.

Walking path in Cerro de la Estrella National Park.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Cathedral,_Utrecht

St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht

St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht

Nederlands: Luchtfoto van Utrecht, NederlandEnglish: Aerial photograph of Utrecht, The Netherlands

St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, or Dom Church, is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, which was the cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht during the Middle Ages. It is the country's only pre-Reformation cathedral, but has been a Protestant church since 1580. It was once the Netherlands' largest church, but the nave collapsed in a storm in 1674 and has never been rebuilt, leaving the tower isolated from the east end. The building is the one church in the Netherlands that closely resembles the style of classic Gothic architecture as developed in France. All other Gothic churches in the Netherlands belong to one of the many regional variants. Unlike most of its French predecessors, the building has only one tower, the 112-metre-high Dom Tower, which is the hallmark of the city.

St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, or Dom Church (Dutch: Domkerk), is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, which was the cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht during the Middle Ages. It is the country's only pre-Reformation cathedral, but has been a Protestant church since 1580. It was once the Netherlands' largest church, but the nave collapsed in a storm in 1674 and has never been rebuilt, leaving the tower isolated from the east end. The building is the one church in the Netherlands that closely resembles the style of classic Gothic architecture as developed in France. All other Gothic churches in the Netherlands belong to one of the many regional variants. Unlike most of its French predecessors, the building has only one tower, the 112-metre-high (367 ft) Dom Tower, which is the hallmark of the city.

Military aerial view of Domplein and its environs, 1920-1940. Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie.

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

Earl Wilson Stadium

Earl Wilson Stadium

English: Earl Wilson Stadium

Earl E. Wilson Baseball Stadium at Roger Barnson Field is a baseball stadium located on the northwest corner of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus in Paradise, Nevada. It has been the home field for the UNLV Hustlin' Rebels college baseball team since its opening in 1994. The stadium features 2,500 theater-type seats and 500 bleacher back seats bringing the stadium's capacity to 3,000. The stadium was dedicated on January 29, 1994 in conjunction with a UNLV Alumni game. 2,500 attended the game and grand opening ceremonies. In 1997, the infield playing surface was replaced and the outfield fence was replaced with a new fence that stands 12' high. In 2007 the stadium received a new playing surface and in 2009 it received a new scoreboard in left field to replace the original one. Earl Wilson Stadium has hosted five Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournaments, more than any other venue.

Earl E. Wilson Baseball Stadium at Roger Barnson Field is a baseball stadium located on the northwest corner of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus in Paradise, Nevada. It has been the home field for the UNLV Hustlin' Rebels college baseball team since its opening in 1994. The stadium features 2,500 theater-type seats and 500 bleacher back seats bringing the stadium's capacity to 3,000. The stadium was dedicated on January 29, 1994 in conjunction with a UNLV Alumni game. 2,500 attended the game and grand opening ceremonies. In 1997, the infield playing surface was replaced and the outfield fence was replaced with a new fence that stands 12' high. In 2007 the stadium received a new playing surface and in 2009 it received a new scoreboard in left field to replace the original one. Earl Wilson Stadium has hosted five Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournaments (2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012), more than any other venue. In 2010, the locker rooms were remodeled, the clubhouse lounge area received new flatscreen TVs and couches, the infield grass was replaced, new black padding was installed behind the backstop, a fresh halo was installed around the batting circle and the facility received a fresh coat of red paint. Future plans call for a new clubhouse, a new synthetic outfield surface, an overhang for the bleachers, a two-story press box, new batting cages and a video scoreboard to replace the scoreboard which was installed in 2009. Earl Wilson Stadium sits on the former site of UNLV's original baseball stadium, Rebel Field. Rebel Field opened on April 1, 1973, when the Hustlin' Rebels lost to Southern Cal 9–2 in front of 1,500 fans. The attendance record at the stadium happened in May 1977 when 5,000 watched the Kenny Rogers Celebrity-News Media Softball Game benefiting the Nevada Special Olympics. In 1980, Hustlin' Rebel Field was renamed Roger Barnson Field in honor of the late UNLV assistant athletic director, Roger Barnson. Barnson, a former pitcher at Arizona State University had lost his life in an automobile accident on March 14, 1980. Earl Wilson Stadium was built with $1.2 million from a $6.5 million gift from the estate of Earl and Hazel Wilson. The $6.5 million gift was the largest single gift ever received by the university, was donated by the late Hazel Wilson on behalf of her late husband, Earl. Earl Wilson was a Las Vegas businessman who was a major stockholder in the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas and had played semi-professional baseball in Oregon.

Entrance of Earl Wilson Stadium.

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

GFK Tikvesh

1990s and the new century

GFK Tikvesh / History / 1990s and the new century

English: Tikveš players salute their fans.

GFK Tikvesh 1930, commonly referred to as Tikvesh, is a professional football club from Kavadarci, Republic of Macedonia, that currently competes in the Macedonian Second League. After playing at different home grounds in the early years, the club moved to Gradski Stadion Kavadarci on 19 March 1950 and have remained there since. The 'golden age' of the club came in the late 1960s and lasted throughout the entire 1970s. Tikvesh had won the Macedonian Republic League twice, and they have competed in the Yugoslav Second League for five seasons. Tikvesh was a founding member of the Macedonian First League. The club's traditional colours are red and white, they are nicknamed the Winegrowers and they have contested the Winegrowers Derby with their neighbouring rivals FK Vardar Negotino, although Tikvesh have predominantly played in higher league so their meetings have only been sporadic.

After the Breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, Tikvesh were one of the founding members of the Macedonian First League, the top level professional football league in Macedonia. In the inaugural season they finished 7th in the table. A succession of managers followed, but despite a wealth of home grown talent and some well known signings (such as Dejvi Glavevski, Dzhevdet Shainovski, Sasho Karadzhov, Arbnor Morina, Vlado Šuvak, Đorđe Iskić) Tikvesh failed to achieve any significant results, never breaking into the top four and therefore failing to qualify for European competition. Bankruptcy and Rejuvenation With the arrival of the new century came the darkest days of the club's existence. In 2000–01 Tikvesh were relegated from the Macedonian First League for the very first time, they recorded the Macedonian First League lowest ever points total, going through an entire season with only one win. With a drastic improvement in form the following season Tikvesh made an immediate return to the top-flight by winning the Macedonian Second League. In a turbulent 2002–03 Tikvesh saw four different managers through the course of the season in the Macedonian First League. Despite promising performances during the first half of the season Perica Gruevski surprisingly resigned as manager on 8 November 2002, citing the bad financial situation at the club as the main reason for his departure. His assistant Lazar Iliev was appointed as a caretaker manager, and took the helm until the winter break. On 16 January 2003 Tikvesh announced that they had appointed Blagoja Kitanovski as new head coach, who only held the position for three months and resigned in April 2003. On 28 April 2003 Nikola Gligorov was appointed as the new manager of Tikvesh. After a very good start of the 2002–03 season Tikvesh comfortably avoided relegation in the end, however more pain was yet to be inflicted in 2003–04 season when they were relegated from the Macedonian First League for a second time in four years. Following this relegation from the Macedonian First League Tikvesh fell into serious financial difficulties and a downward spiral set in. Tikvesh have not returned to the Macedonian First League since. 2004–05 saw Tikvesh suffer a second consecutive relegation, placing them in the Macedonian Third League – South. They finished the 2004–05 season in 10th place (3rd from bottom) but lost the relegation play-off game to FK Karaorman Struga played at a neutral venue at Philip II Arena on 19 June 2005. The 90 minutes ended with a 0–0 draw and after 30 minutes of extra time Tikvesh lost 3–1. Shortly afterwards in 2006–07 season the club went into bankruptcy. Eventually the club was rejuvenated under the name of FK Tikvesh Nacional (Macedonian: ФК Тиквеш Национал), they started competing in the Regional League – OFL Kavadarci, 4th tier football league in Macedonia, achieving promotion at the first attempt in 2007–08. In 2008–09 FK Tikvesh Nacional played in the Macedonian Third League – South and finished the season in 5th place. In the summer of 2009 the Kavadarci Municipality Council took control of the club and changed the name to Gradski Fudbalski Klub Tikvesh (City's Football Club Tikvesh; Macedonian: ГФК Тиквеш). In 2009–10 they won the Macedonian Third League – South and were promoted as champions. In 2010–11 Tikvesh made a very good start to the season in the Macedonian Second League, but in the end they finished 3rd in the table and narrowly missed the chance to be promoted to the Macedonian First League, they lost 2–0 to FK Napredok Kichevo in the play-off final at Gjorche Petrov Stadium in Skopje. In the same season Tikvesh had their best ever Cup run. After defeating FK Drita 2–1 in the first round and FK Osogovo 3–1 on aggregate in the second round, in a memorable quarter-final Tikvesh overcame a 4–1 first-leg deficit to defeat FK Vardar, an emphatic 4–0 win at home in the second-leg made it 5–4 on aggregate and Tikvesh went through to the semi-finals where they eventually lost to FK Teteks over two legs (0–0; 0–6). The first half of the season in 2011–12

Tikvesh players salute their fans, 2011–12

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Television_Series_Drama

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama

Best Actress – Television Series Drama

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama / Winners and nominees / Best Actress – Television Series Drama

Claire Danes at MuchMusic, for the program MuchOnDemand, to promote the film Stardust.

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The award honors the best performance by an actress in a drama television series. It was first awarded at the 19th Golden Globe Awards on March 5, 1962 under the title Best TV Star - Female, encompassing performances in comedy and drama television series, to Pauline Frederick. The nominees for the award announced annually starting in 1963. In 1969, the award was split into the drama and comedy categories, presented under the new title Best TV Actress - Drama and in 1980 under its current title. Since its inception, the award has been given to 50 actresses. Angela Lansbury has won the most awards in this category, winning four times, and received ten nominations for the awards, the most in the category.

Claire Danes won the award three times for her performances on My So-Called Life and Homeland.

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

McKeen railmotor

In Service

McKeen railmotor / In Service

English: McKeen rail motor car, ca. 1913. This Mckeen motor car was one of five imported in 1913. These were the first Queensland railmotors. (Description supplied with photograph)

The McKeen Railmotor was a 6-cylinder self-propelled railcar or railmotor. When McKeen Company of Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A., first unveiled the car in 1905, the McKeen was among the first engines with a gasoline-powered motor. Revisions to the McKeen car led to the modern self-propelled gasoline rail-motor vehicle, and the "contours of the porthole windows, the front-mounted gasoline engines, and other features anticipated the streamline concept."

Queensland Railways McKeen car c1913

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoDa_(Charlotte_neighborhood)

NoDa (Charlotte neighborhood)

NoDa (Charlotte neighborhood)

N. Davidson St. @ E. 36th St. in NoDa

The center of NoDa: N. Davidson St. @ E. 36th St.

NoDa is a popular arts district in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It is located in the North Charlotte neighborhood on and around North Davidson Street and 36th Street, approximately one mile northeast of Uptown. Formerly an area of textile manufacturing and mill workers' residences, the area has also served as a center for the arts. NoDa shares the same geography as Historic North Charlotte which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The name "NoDa" was coined by architect Russell Pound. In addition to historic mill houses, NoDa has seen a boom in residential construction in multifamily housing in recent years. The neighborhood has become an entertainment district focused on bimonthly gallery crawls. In addition to the art galleries, there are several music venues and restaurants in the neighborhood.

NoDa (short for "North Davidson") is a popular arts district in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It is located in the North Charlotte neighborhood on and around North Davidson Street and 36th Street, approximately one mile northeast of Uptown. Formerly an area of textile manufacturing and mill workers' residences, the area has also served as a center for the arts. NoDa shares the same geography as Historic North Charlotte which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The name "NoDa" was coined by architect Russell Pound. In addition to historic mill houses, NoDa has seen a boom in residential construction in multifamily housing in recent years. The neighborhood has become an entertainment district focused on bimonthly gallery crawls. In addition to the art galleries, there are several music venues and restaurants in the neighborhood.

The center of NoDa: N. Davidson St. @ E. 36th St.

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

Panamanian cuisine

Dishes

Panamanian cuisine / Dishes

English: Sancocho de guandú con carne salá, Barranquilla. Español: Sancocho de guandú con carne salá, típico de Barranquilla.

Panamanian cuisine is a mix of African, Spanish, and Native American techniques, dishes, and ingredients, reflecting its diverse population. Since Panama is a land bridge between two continents, it has a large variety of tropical fruits, vegetables and herbs that are used in native cooking. Typical Panamanian foods are mildly flavored, without the pungency of some of Panama's Latin American and Caribbean neighbors. Common ingredients are maize, rice, wheat flour, plantains, yuca, beef, chicken, pork and seafood.

Corn-based dishes come from the kernel, cooked in water and then ground in order to obtain a dough (as opposed to using corn flour to obtain the dough). Fresh corn is also used in some dishes. Due to the multicultural background of the Panamanians, many of its dishes are heavily influenced by the cuisine of other Latin American countries and also the Caribbean as well as European. Some of the main meals, dishes and specialties include: Almojábanos – "S" shaped corn fritters. Arroz con camarones y coco – rice with shrimp and coconut milk. Arroz con chorizo y ajíes dulces Arroz con pollo Arroz con puerco y vegetales Arroz verde Bistec de hígado – liver steak Bistec picado – chopped beefsteak. Bollos – corn dough wrapped in nahuala palm leaves, corn husk or plantain leaves and boiled. There are two main varieties: fresh corn bollos (bollos de maíz nuevo) and dry corn bollos. The dry corn type is sometimes flavored with butter, corn, or stuffed with beef, which is called bollo "preñado" (lit. "pregnant bollo"). Bollos have been described as a type of tamale. Carne entomatada Carimañola – similar to an empanada, but made from yuca and stuffed with beef Ceviche – commonly made from corvina and tilapia Chorizo con vegetales Chuletas en salsa de piña Empanadas – made either from flour or corn, and stuffed with meats and/or vegetables, cheese, and sometimes sweet fillings, such as fruit marmalade or manjar blanco (dulce de leche). Ensalada de papas – potato salad, called ensalada de feria, when beetroot is added. Fried fish Guacho soup Hojaldres/Hojaldras – a type of fry-bread, similar to South American countries, known in other countries as "blach tostones". Lengua guisada – stewed beef tongue Mondongo a la culona – stewed beef tripe Palm tree flower – prepared like spaghetti Pernil de pueco al horno – roasted pork leg Plátano en tentacion – ripe plantain cooked in a sweet syrup. Ropa vieja Salpicón de carne Sancocho Tamal de olla Tamales Tortillas – these can be around ten to twelve inches in diameter (these are always cooked on a griddle), or smaller, around four inches (most of the time these are fried). Torrejitas (Pastelitos) de maíz – A fresh corn fritter. Tortilla Changa – a thick tortilla made out of fresh corn. Tasajo – dried, sometimes smoked meat, usually from beef though the word refers mainly to the mode of curing rather than the type of meat.

An example of sancocho

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

Obervellach

Obervellach

Main square at the community Obervellach in the district of Spittal by the Drau, Carinthia, Austria

Main square

Obervellach is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau, in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Obervellach (Slovene: Zgornja Bela) is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau, in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Main square

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

Romantic Punch

Romantic Punch

한국어: 2015년 8월 9일 부산 락 페스티벌에서의 로맨틱펀치 English: Romantic Punch in Busan Rock Festival on 9 August 2015

Busan Rock Festival, August 9, 2015

Romantic Punch is a rock band based in South Korea, which currently has four members. The band was formed in July 2003 as a Christian indie band "WA★DISH" and changed its name to "Romantic Punch" in May 2009. They originally had five members, but, Park Hana, who was on pregnancy leave at the time, left the group on March 9, 2015. No specific reason or explanation was given for her departure. Besides playing at various rock festivals, they perform their solo concert titled "Romantic Party" at regular intervals. Their fan club is expanding continuously and currently has more than ten thousand members. Up to now, they have staged more than 1000 street concerts in various locations and regions in Korea. Their management agency is "Queen Entertainment" based in Seoul, Korea. In January 2013, they signed a contract with "Kiss Entertainment" as their management office in Japan, but after 2013, the band have had no major activities in Japan.

Romantic Punch is a rock band based in South Korea, which currently has four members. The band was formed in July 2003 as a Christian indie band "WA★DISH" (Wash the Dishes) and changed its name to "Romantic Punch" in May 2009. They originally had five members, but, Park Hana (the group's bassist), who was on pregnancy leave at the time, left the group on March 9, 2015. No specific reason or explanation was given for her departure. Besides playing at various rock festivals, they perform their solo concert titled "Romantic Party" at regular intervals. Their fan club is expanding continuously and currently has more than ten thousand members. Up to now, they have staged more than 1000 street concerts in various locations and regions in Korea. Their management agency is "Queen Entertainment" based in Seoul, Korea. In January 2013, they signed a contract with "Kiss Entertainment" as their management office in Japan, but after 2013, the band have had no major activities in Japan.

Busan Rock Festival, August 9, 2015

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/103d_Rescue_Squadron

103d Rescue Squadron

103d Rescue Squadron

English: Pararescue specialists jumping out of the C-130. (Courtesy Photo: USAF ANG 106)

The 103d Rescue Squadron is a unit of the New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing stationed at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, New York. The squadron has no assigned aircraft; the squadron is composed of pararescue specialists that use aircraft of the 101st and 102d Rescue Squadrons of the Wing.

The 103d Rescue Squadron (103 RQS) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing stationed at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, New York. The squadron has no assigned aircraft; the squadron is composed of pararescue specialists that use aircraft of the 101st and 102d Rescue Squadrons of the Wing.

Night parachute jump of a 103d RS pararescue specialist

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

Methyl phenyldiazoacetate

Methyl phenyldiazoacetate

English: structure of t-BuO2CC(N2)C6H4NO2

Methyl phenyldiazoacetate is the organic compound with the formula C₆H₅CCO₂Me. It is a diazo derivative of methyl phenylacetate. Colloguially referred to as "phenyldiazoacetate", it is generated and used in situ after isolation as a yellow oil. Methyl phenyldiazoacetate and many related derivatives are precursors to donor-acceptor carbenes, which can be used for cyclopropanation or to insert into C-H bonds of organic substrates. These reactions are catalyzed by dirhodium tetraacetate or related chiral complexes. Methyl phenyldiazoacetate is prepared by treating methyl phenylacetate with p-acetamidobenzenesulfonyl azide in the presence of base.

Methyl phenyldiazoacetate is the organic compound with the formula C₆H₅C(N₂)CO₂Me. It is a diazo derivative of methyl phenylacetate. Colloguially referred to as "phenyldiazoacetate", it is generated and used in situ after isolation as a yellow oil. Methyl phenyldiazoacetate and many related derivatives are precursors to donor-acceptor carbenes, which can be used for cyclopropanation or to insert into C-H bonds of organic substrates. These reactions are catalyzed by dirhodium tetraacetate or related chiral complexes. Methyl phenyldiazoacetate is prepared by treating methyl phenylacetate with p-acetamidobenzenesulfonyl azide in the presence of base.

Solid state structure of t-BuO2CC(N2)C6H4NO2, a representative donor-acceptor carbene related to the title compound. Key distances: C-N = 1.329 Å, N-N = 1.121 Å.[4]

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

Yuliy Firtsak

Yuliy Firtsak

Русский: Юлий Фирцак (1836 — 1912) — епископ мукачевский с 17 декабря 1891 года по 1 июня 1912 год, русинский общественный деятель.

Yuliy Firtsak was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1891 to 1912.

Yuliy Firtsak (Ukrainian: Юлій Фірцак; 22 August 1836 – 1 June 1912) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1891 to 1912.

Bishop Yuliy Firtsak

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

Repsol

International expansion

Repsol / History / International expansion

English: View of Repsol headquarters in Madrid (Spain) from the south angle. Español: Vista de la sede central de Repsol (Madrid, España) desde el ángulo sur.

Repsol S.A. is a fossil fuel company based in Madrid, Spain. It carries out upstream and downstream activities throughout the entire world. It has more than 24,000 employees worldwide. It is vertically integrated and operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading.

In 1999 Repsol bought 97.81% of the Argentine oil and gas company YPF S.A., which at the time was the largest oil-and-gas company in Ibero America. The acquisition better positioned Repsol as a multinational company. Repsol's acquisition of YPF also increased its capital to 288 million shares worldwide. Repsol's presence in Latin America was one of the keys to corporate growth. It was the first full year after the acquisition of YPF and the consolidation of Gas Natural SDG by global integration. The company's business structure was more balanced and international. Then in December 2001 Repsol completed an asset exchange agreement with Petrobras, making it the second largest consolidated oil company in Brazil. The same year Repsol announced new discoveries in Libya, Indonesia, Spain, Venezuela, Argentina, and Bolivia, prompting the development and marketing of its electricity business through Gas Natural SDG. In 2003 Repsol tripled its reserves and production of hydrocarbons in Trinidad and Tobago. North American expansion in 2008 saw Repsol open a massive regasification plant on the east coast of Canada with enough capacity to supply up to 20% of the gas demand for New York and New England.

Repsol Campus in Madrid, company's headquarters built in 2013.

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

Edward Kloczko

Edward Kloczko

Français : Édouard Kloczko au festival Trolls et légendes de Mons

Edward J. Kloczko is a French linguist. He has worked with and published on the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien. In 1985, he founded the Faculté des études elfiques, which was the first French non-profit literary and educational organization dedicated to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. He contributes to "The Words of Middle-earth", a linguistic column of Mythprint the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society.

Edward J. Kloczko (born 22 August 1963, Lviv) is a French linguist. He has worked with and published on the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien. In 1985, he founded the Faculté des études elfiques (School of Elvish Studies, whose acronym Fée is French for 'fairy'), which was the first French non-profit literary and educational organization dedicated to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. He contributes to "The Words of Middle-earth", a linguistic column of Mythprint the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society.

Edward J. Kloczko at the Belgian Book Fair "Trolls et Légendes", 23 April 2011

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

The Flaming Disc

The Flaming Disc

English: Advertisement for the American film serial The Flaming Disc (1920), here titled The Flaming Disk, with Elmo Lincoln, on page 2 (inside front cover) of the September 11, 1920 Exhibitors Herald.

The Flaming Disc is a 1920 American silent adventure film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. The first episode of the series, "Rails of Death", opened on November 21, 1920. A total of 18 film episodes were produced. The Flaming Disc is now presumed to be a lost film.

The Flaming Disc is a 1920 American silent adventure film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. The first episode of the series, "Rails of Death", opened on November 21, 1920. A total of 18 film episodes were produced. The Flaming Disc is now presumed to be a lost film.

Advertisement under the title The Flaming Disk

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

Hell

In literature

Hell / In literature

English: 1 Painting Visita al infiero (Visit to hell) by Mauricio García Vega

In religion and folklore, Hell is an afterlife location in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, often torture as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are Christianity and Islam, whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under Earth's surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, Paradise, Purgatory, Limbo, and the underworld. Other religions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth. Such places are sometimes equated with the English word hell, though a more correct translation would be "underworld" or "world of the dead". The ancient Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, and Finnic religions include entrances to the underworld from the land of the living.

In his Divina commedia (Divine Comedy), set in the year 1300), Dante Alighieri employed the concept of taking Virgil as his guide through Inferno (and then, in the second canticle, up the mountain of Purgatorio). Virgil himself is not condemned to Hell proper in Dante's poem but is rather, as a virtuous pagan, confined to Limbo just at the edge of Hell. The geography of Hell is very elaborately laid out in this work, with nine concentric rings leading deeper into Earth, and deeper into the various punishments of Hell, until, at the center of the world, Dante finds Satan himself trapped in the frozen lake of Cocytus. A small tunnel leads past Satan and out to the other side of the world, at the base of the Mount of Purgatory. John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667) opens with the fallen angels, including their leader Satan, waking up in Hell after having been defeated in the war in Heaven and the action returns there at several points throughout the poem. Milton portrays Hell as the abode of the demons, and the passive prison from which they plot their revenge upon Heaven through the corruption of the human race. 19th-century French poet Arthur Rimbaud alluded to the concept as well in the title and themes of one of his major works, A Season in Hell (1873). Rimbaud's poetry portrays his own suffering in a poetic form as well as other themes. Many of the great epics of European literature include episodes that occur in Hell. In the Roman poet Virgil's Latin epic, the Aeneid, Aeneas descends into Dis (the underworld) to visit his father's spirit. The underworld is only vaguely described, with one unexplored path leading to the punishments of Tartarus, while the other leads through Erebus and the Elysian Fields. The idea of Hell was highly influential to writers such as Jean-Paul Sartre who authored the 1944 play No Exit about the idea that "Hell is other people". Although not a religious man, Sartre was fascinated by his interpretation of a Hellish state of suffering. C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce (1945) borrows its title from William Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1793) and its inspiration from the Divine Comedy as the narrator is likewise guided through Hell and Heaven. Hell is portrayed here as an endless, desolate twilight city upon which night is imperceptibly sinking. The night is actually the Apocalypse, and it heralds the arrival of the demons after their judgment. Before the night comes, anyone can escape Hell if they leave behind their former selves and accept Heaven's offer, and a journey to Heaven reveals that Hell is infinitely small; it is nothing more or less than what happens to a soul that turns away from God and into itself.

Visit to hell by Mexican artist Mauricio García Vega.

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

Ahtahkakoop

John Hines

Ahtahkakoop / John Hines

English: Fort Carlton.

Ahtahkakoop was a Chief of the House Cree division of the Plains Cree, who led his people through the transition from hunter and warrior to farmer, and from traditional indigenous spiritualism to Christianity during the last third of the 19th century. He rose to be a respected and tactical leader of the Cree Nation in the latter part of the 19th century. At the onset of his leadership, the plains buffalo herds were abundant in the northern plains and parklands, providing greatly to the social, environmental, and economical balance vital to the survival of the Cree. By the 1860s, the buffalo were rapidly disappearing and with the arrival of the European settlers this balance became altered. Chief Ahtahkakoop understood that the ways of living that his band was used to needed to change in order for it and its future generations to survive. Together with his friend and fellow Chief, Mistāwasis, he signed the 1876 Treaty 6 as the second signatory chief at Fort Carlton, Saskatchewan. By signing this treaty he agreed to relocate his band to a 67 square miles reserve at Sandy Lake, 45 miles northwest of present-day Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

In the summer of 1874, Ahtahkakoop and his band traveled to Fort Carlton to pick up supplies before heading out to hunt buffalo. While at the stop in Carlton he met the young missionary, John Hines, only in passing. However, Ahtahkakoop had been hoping to meet someone that could help his people transition and adapt to the changing world around them. The two men parted ways, with Ahtahkakoop leaving for the hunt and Hines setting out to build a new home for himself. However, when Ahtahkakoop heard that Hines was living nearby at a site on Whitefish Lake he decided to pay Hines a visit. During this visit Ahtahkakoop suggested to Hines that he should join them and move his settlement to Sandy Lake (yēkawiskāwikamāw) to be a minister there. In October of the same year, Hines moved his settlement to Sandy Lake, camping on Ahtahkakoop's land, which was much more appropriate for cultivation than his previous settlement sites. This was not Ahtahkakoop's first encounter with missionaries. Prior to his encounter with Hines, Roman Catholic priests had visited Ahtahkakoop and his people. Ahtahkakoop had allowed for these priests to baptize his children. Ahtahkakoop had yet to be converted and baptized when Hines arrived at his camp. He was baptized 20 May 1877 along with his wife, who had been cautious about converting under the Church of England due to the fact that this church differed from that of her children. Ahtahkakoop not only introduced Hines and his religious teachings to his own people but also other bands, such as that of Mistawasis and Okinomotayew of Stony Lake. He stated that it was neither the work of Hines nor his own work that led to the spread of Christianity, but that rather people converted of their own accord. Ahtahkakoop was under the impression that the previous missionaries under the Roman Catholic Church that visited his people would send somebody to educate his children, and others in his band, which they had stated they would. However, he was underwhelmed by these missionaries and was therefore excited for Hines to start educating his children and others at his camp. Therefore, Hines established a day school at Ahtahkakoop's site. He later set up additional day schools at other camps, one of which at Stony Lake which was run by one of Hine's previous pupils that had been taught at the school at Sandy Lake. Ahtahkakoop was not only concerned about religious and practical teachings that Hines could provide but also agricultural teaching. Ahtahkakoop was aware of the changing economic world around him. With the drastic decrease in buffalo populations, which the Cree people had been so reliant on, Ahtahkakoop decided that turning to agriculture would provide the best and most stable economic income for the band. Therefore, Hines taught Ahtahkakoop and his people various agricultural tools, such as how to sow grain and plant gardens. At any given time, Ahtahkakoop's land had anywhere between 20 and 120 acres of land in use for agricultural purposes. In later years the Government of Canada praised Ahtahkakoop and Hines on their agricultural efforts.

Fort Carlton, 1872.

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

Reggie Wayne

Reggie Wayne

English: Reggie Wayne, a player on the Indianapolis Colts American football team.

Reginald Wayne is a former American football wide receiver who spent 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Miami, and was drafted by the Colts in the first round of the 2001 NFL Draft. A six-time Pro Bowl selection, Wayne was a member of the Colts' Super Bowl XLI championship team that beat the Chicago Bears. He ranks tenth all-time in NFL career receptions, tenth all-time in NFL receiving yards, and 24th all-time in career touchdown receptions. On December 14, 2014, Wayne played in both his 209th game and his 142nd win as a member of the Colts, breaking the franchise records set by Peyton Manning.

Reginald Wayne (born November 17, 1978) is a former American football wide receiver who spent 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Miami, and was drafted by the Colts in the first round (30th overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft. A six-time Pro Bowl selection, Wayne was a member of the Colts' Super Bowl XLI championship team that beat the Chicago Bears. He ranks tenth all-time in NFL career receptions, tenth all-time in NFL receiving yards, and 24th all-time in career touchdown receptions. On December 14, 2014, Wayne played in both his 209th game and his 142nd win as a member of the Colts, breaking the franchise records set by Peyton Manning.

Wayne with the Colts in September 2010

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

Future of the Indian Air Force

Airborne early warning

Future of the Indian Air Force / Under development / Airborne early warning

KW3555 AWACS IAF

The Indian Air Force has been undergoing a modernization program to replace and upgrade its aging and outdated equipment since the late 90s to advanced standards. For that reason it has started procuring and developing aircraft, weapons, associated technologies, and infrastructures. Some of these programs date back to the late 80s. The primary focus of current modernization and upgrades is to replace aircraft purchased from the Soviet Union that currently form the backbone of the Air Force. The Indian Airforce plans to attain 45 squadrons strength by 2035 & deploy 450 fighter jets each along the Northern & Western borders with Pakistan, China & Eastern Borders with China. The IAF will also acquire large numbers of stealthy autonomous UCAVs, swarm drones and unmanned aircraft to transform into a fully advanced Network-Centric Force capable of sustained multi role operations along the entire spectrum.

In 2004, Defence Research and Development Organisation revived the Airavat Project, which was India's first attempt in developing an indigenous AEW aircraft. A $210 million deal signed with Brazil's Embraer in 2008 for the supply of three Embraer EMB-145 regional jets. Embraer Defense and Security, on 16 August 2012, delivered the first EMB 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) class of aircraft. The delivery followed successful completion of ground and flight tests of the aircraft which met operational targets established by both Embraer and Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO). Later, the aircraft will be delivered to the Indian Air Force after integration of missions systems of DRDO by CABS in India.

DRDO AWACS

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

Spice use in Antiquity

Common spices by region

Spice use in Antiquity / History of early known spice use / Common spices by region

English: corianderUnknown கொத்துமல்லி

Spices have been around in conjunction with human use for millennia, many civilizations in antiquity used a variety of spices for their common qualities. The variety of spices were used for common purposes among the ancient world, and they were also used to create a variety of products designed to enhance or suppress certain sensations. Spices were also associated with certain rituals to perpetuate a superstition, or fulfill a religious obligation, among other things.

Many spices originated from particular regions in the classical world, however they made their way invariably from one region to another across the ancient world through trade.

Coriander seeds.

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

Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Background and passage

Religious Freedom Restoration Act / Background and passage

English: Tipi for peyote ceremony

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-141, 107 Stat. 1488, codified at 42 USC § 2000bb through 42 USC § 2000bb-4, is a 1993 United States federal law that "ensures that interests in religious freedom are protected." The bill was introduced by Congressman Chuck Schumer on March 11, 1993. A companion bill was introduced in the Senate by Ted Kennedy the same day. A unanimous U.S. House and a nearly unanimous U.S. Senate—three senators voted against passage—passed the bill, and President Bill Clinton signed it into law. RFRA was held unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court, as applied to the states in the City of Boerne v. Flores decision in 1997, which ruled that the RFRA is not a proper exercise of Congress's enforcement power. However, it continues to be applied to the federal government—for instance, in Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal and Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. These cases did not consider whether Congress was violating the Establishment Clause if it carves out exemptions based on religious laws from federal laws and regulations that it itself has authorized. In response to City of Boerne v.

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act applies to all religions, but is most pertinent to Native American religions that are burdened by increasing expansion of government projects onto sacred land. In Native American religion the land they worship on is very important. Often the particular ceremonies can only take place in certain locations because these locations have special significance. This, along with peyote use, are the main parts of Native American religions that are often left unprotected. The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment states that Congress shall not pass laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion. In the 1960s, the Supreme Court interpreted this as banning laws that burdened a person's exercise of religion (e.g. Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963); Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972)). But in the 1980s the Court began to allow legislation that incidentally prohibited religiously mandatory activities as long as the ban was "generally applicable" to all citizens. Also, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, intended to protect the freedoms of tribal religions, was lacking enforcement. This led to the key cases leading up to the RFRA, which were Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 485 U.S. 439 (1988), and Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990). In Lyng, the Court was unfavorable to sacred land rights. Members of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok tribes tried to use the First Amendment to prevent a road from being built by the U.S. Forest Service through sacred land. The land that the road would go through consisted of gathering sites for natural resources used in ceremonies and praying sites. The Supreme Court ruled that this was not an adequate legal burden because the government was not coercing or punishing them for their religious beliefs. In Smith the Court upheld the state of Oregon's refusal to give unemployment benefits to two Native Americans fired from their jobs at a rehab clinic after testing positive for mescaline, the main psychoactive compound in the peyote cactus, which they used in a religious ceremony. Peyote use has been a common practice in Native American tribes for centuries. It was integrated with Christianity into what is now known as the Native American Church. The Smith decision outraged the public. Many groups came together. Both liberal (like the American Civil Liberties Union) and conservative groups (like the Traditional Values Coalition) as well as other groups such as the Christian Legal Society, the American Jewish Congress, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, and the National Association of Evangelicals joined forces to support RFRA, which would reinstate the Sherbert Test, overturning laws if they burden a religion. The act, which was Congress's reaction to the Lyng and Smith cases, passed the House unanimously and the Senate 97 to 3 and was signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.

This tipi is used for peyote ceremonies in the Native American Church, one of the main religions affected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Peyote_ceremony_tipi.jpg

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

Maine Central Railroad Company

Passenger operations

Maine Central Railroad Company / Passenger operations

English: Sebago Lake Station, Standish, Maine. The Queen Anne style building was erected by the Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad in 1890, but closed in 1935. The depot no longer exists.

The Maine Central Railroad Company was a former U. S. Class I railroad in central and southern Maine. It was chartered in 1856 and began operations in 1862. By 1884, Maine Central was the longest railroad in New England. Maine Central had expanded to 1,358 miles when the United States Railroad Administration assumed control in 1917. The main line extended from South Portland, Maine, east to the Canada–United States border with New Brunswick, and a Mountain Division extended west from Portland to Vermont and north into Quebec. The main line was double track from South Portland to Royal Junction, where it split into a "lower road" through Brunswick and Augusta and a "back road" through Lewiston which converged at Waterville into single track to Bangor and points east. Branch lines served the industrial center of Rumford, a resort hotel on Moosehead Lake, and coastal communities from Bath to Eastport. At the end of 1970 it operated 921 miles of road on 1,183 miles of track; that year it reported 950 million ton-miles of revenue freight.

The MEC passenger trains, often advertised as "M.C. R.R." in the early 20th century, were essential to the sporting camp movement as early as the 1880s when people from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Detroit would make their way north to hunt and fish in the western mountains and the Maine North Woods. From Portland's Union Station the MEC had unnamed trains to Bangor via Lewiston, to Bangor via Augusta, to Rockland, to Calais via Ellsworth, to Farmington and to Montreal via North Conway. Among the named trains operated by the MEC prior to ending passenger service in 1960 were the Bar Harbor Express, Down Easter, Flying Yankee, Gull, Katahdin, Kennebec, Mountaineer, Penobscot, Pine Tree, and Skipper. The Down Easter name is in use by Amtrak (now spelled Downeaster), which began passenger service between Boston and Brunswick, Maine in 2001.

Passenger station in Standish, Maine, c. 1907

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

Cholanaikkan

Cholanaikkan

A Cholanaikkan Nilambur

The Cholanaikkans are an ethnic group of India. They primarily inhabit the southern Kerala State, especially Silent Valley National Park, and are one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes of the region. The Cholanaikkans speak the Cholanaikkan language, which belongs to the Dravidian family.

The Cholanaikkans are an ethnic group of India. They primarily inhabit the southern Kerala State, especially Silent Valley National Park, and are one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes of the region. The Cholanaikkans speak the Cholanaikkan language, which belongs to the Dravidian family.

A Cholanaikkan in Nilambur.

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

Fontarnauite

Fontarnauite

Català: Fontarnauita, trobada a la regió d’Anatòlia, a l’oest de Turquia

Fontarnauite is a relatively recently described, rare sulfate, borate mineral with the formula (Na, K)₂[B₅O₈]·2H₂O. It is found in an evaporite boron deposit. It coexists with other evaporite boron minerals, especially probertite. It is monoclinic, crystallizing in the space group P2₁/c. It was named for Ramon Fontarnau i Griera, a materials scientist of the University of Barcelona.

Fontarnauite is a relatively recently described, rare sulfate, borate mineral with the formula (Na,K)₂(Sr,Ca)(SO₄)[B₅O₈(OH)]·2H₂O. It is found in an evaporite boron deposit. It coexists with other evaporite boron minerals, especially probertite. It is monoclinic, crystallizing in the space group P2₁/c. It was named for Ramon Fontarnau i Griera, a materials scientist of the University of Barcelona.

Fontarnauite, Anatolia, West Turkey

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

Calf Hey Reservoir

Calf Hey Reservoir

English: Calf Hey Reservoir. Calf Hey reservoir at Haslingden

Calf Hey Reservoir is a reservoir in Haslingden Grane, close to the town of Haslingden, in the Borough of Rossendale, England. It was the first of three reservoirs in the valley, the others being Ogden Reservoir and Holden Wood Reservoir. Not to be confused with the upper of the two Ogden Reservoirs 11 miles to the north, near Nelson.

Calf Hey Reservoir is a reservoir in Haslingden Grane, close to the town of Haslingden, in the Borough of Rossendale, England. It was the first of three reservoirs in the valley, the others being Ogden Reservoir and Holden Wood Reservoir. Not to be confused with the upper of the two Ogden Reservoirs 11 miles to the north, near Nelson.

Calf Hey Reservoir at Haslingden

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

Treaty of Wallingford

Treaty of Wallingford

English: wallingford ( oxfordshire UK ) castle ruins remains of saint nicholas college

The Treaty of Wallingford, also known as the Treaty of Winchester or the Treaty of Westminster, was an agreement reached in England in the summer of 1153. It effectively ended a civil war known as the Anarchy, caused by a dispute between Empress Matilda and her cousin Stephen of Blois over the English crown. The Treaty of Wallingford allowed Stephen to keep the throne until his death, but ensured that he would be succeeded by Matilda's son, Henry II.

The Treaty of Wallingford, also known as the Treaty of Winchester or the Treaty of Westminster, was an agreement reached in England in the summer of 1153. It effectively ended a civil war known as the Anarchy (1135–54), caused by a dispute between Empress Matilda and her cousin Stephen of Blois over the English crown. The Treaty of Wallingford allowed Stephen to keep the throne until his death (which was to come in October 1154), but ensured that he would be succeeded by Matilda's son, Henry II.

Ruins of Wallingford Castle, where a truce was agreed.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Wallingford_castle_ruins.jpg

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

Upper Canada College

Arts and athletics

Upper Canada College / Extracurricular activities / Arts and athletics

William P. Wilder sports complex at en:Upper Canada College

Upper Canada College in Toronto, Ontario is an independent school for boys between Senior Kindergarten and Grade Twelve, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The secondary school segment is divided into ten houses; eight are for day students and the remaining two are for boarding students. Aside from the main structure, with its dominant clock tower, the Toronto campus has a number of sports facilities, staff and faculty residences, and buildings for other purposes. UCC also owns and operates a campus in Norval, Ontario, for outdoor education. UCC was founded in 1829 by Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada Sir John Colborne, based upon Elizabeth College, Guernsey. It is the oldest independent school in the province of Ontario and the third oldest in Canada. UCC is widely described as the country's most prestigious preparatory school, and has produced many notable graduates. After facing closure by the government on more than one occasion, UCC became fully independent in 1900, nine years after moving to its present location.

Upper Canada College runs a variety of extracurricular theatre programs, ranging in scope and scale, from musicals to Shakespeare, with at least one large-scale and one small-scale production each year. Smaller, student written and run plays are also produced. The theatre program, which includes all aspects of production, is run in conjunction with Bishop Strachan School, a nearby girls' private school. Various bands and music groups that practice extra-curricularly are also supported by the college, including a wind ensemble, concert band, stage band, string ensemble, jazz ensemble, and singers. These groups compete in festivals at different levels and also organize fundraising concerts. UCC has, and still does, develop sports rivalries with other boys' schools in Ontario. Sports teams run by UCC include baseball, basketball, cricket, football, golf, hockey, rowing, rugby, lacrosse, soccer, squash, Swimming, Track and Field, tennis, and volleyball. Some teams are purely intramural, but 45 interscholastic teams compete in the CISAA and OFSAA and regularly place high in the standings at national and international competitions, such as the Head of the Charles Regatta.

The William P. Wilder Sports Complex, an arena housing one NHL and one Olympic sized hockey rink

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Wilder_complex.JPG

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

Smedley Butler

Veracruz, Mexico, and first Medal of Honor

Smedley Butler / Military career / The Banana Wars / Veracruz, Mexico, and first Medal of Honor

English: Four legendary Marine Officers photographed at Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1914. Front row, left to right: en:Wendell C. Neville; en:John A. Lejeune; en:Littleton W. T. Waller, Commanding; en:Smedley Butler.

Eight people in military uniforms. They are wearing hats and are standing in formation.

Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, nicknamed "Old Gimlet Eye", was a senior United States Marine Corps officer who fought in both the Mexican Revolution and World War I. Butler was, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, in Central America and the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and France in World War I. Butler later became an outspoken critic of American wars and their consequences. Butler also exposed an alleged plan to overthrow the United States government. By the end of his career, Butler had received 16 medals, five for heroism. He is one of 19 men to receive the Medal of Honor twice, one of three to be awarded both the Marine Corps Brevet Medal and the Medal of Honor, and the only Marine to be awarded the Brevet Medal and two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions. In 1933, he became involved in a controversy known as the Business Plot, when he told a congressional committee that a group of wealthy industrialists were planning a military coup to overthrow Franklin D.

Butler and his family were living in Panama in January 1914 when he was ordered to report as the Marine officer of a battleship squadron massing off the coast of Mexico, near Veracruz, to monitor a revolutionary movement. He did not like leaving his family and the home they had established in Panama and intended to request orders home as soon as he determined he was not needed. On March 1, 1914, Butler and Navy Lt. (later Adm.) Frank J. Fletcher (not to be confused with his uncle, who was then Rear Adm. Frank F. Fletcher) "went ashore at Veracruz, where they met the American superintendent of the Inter-Oceanic Railway and surreptitiously rode in his private car [a railway car] up the line 75 miles to Jalapa and back". A purpose of the trip was to allow Butler and Fletcher to discuss the details of a future expedition into Mexico. Fletcher's plan required Butler to make his way into the country and develop a more detailed invasion plan while inside its borders. It was a spy mission and Butler was enthusiastic to get started. When Adm. Fletcher explained the plan to the commanders in Washington, DC, they agreed to it. Butler was given the go-ahead. A few days later he set out by train on his spy mission to Mexico City, with a stopover at Puebla. He made his way to the U.S. Consulate in Mexico City, posing as a railroad official named "Mr. Johnson". March 5. As I was reading last night, waiting for dinner to be served, a visitant, rather than a visitor, appeared in my drawing-room incognito – a simple "Mr. Johnson," eager, intrepid, dynamic, efficient, unshaven! * * * He and the chief railroad inspector scoured the city, saying they were searching for a lost railroad employee; there was no lost employee, and in fact the employee they said was lost never existed. The ruse gave Butler access to various areas of the city. In the process of the so-called search, they located weapons in use by the Mexican army and determined the size of units and states of readiness. They updated maps and verified the railroad lines for use in an impending US invasion. On March 7, 1914, he returned to Veracruz with the information he had gathered and presented it to his commanders. The invasion plan was eventually scrapped when authorities loyal to Mexican Gen. Victoriano Huerta detained a small American naval landing party (that had gone ashore to buy gasoline) in Tampico, Mexico, which led to what became known as the Tampico Affair. When President Woodrow Wilson discovered that an arms shipment was about to arrive in Mexico, he sent a contingent of Marines and sailors to Veracruz to intercept it on April 21, 1914. Over the next few days street fighting and sniper fire posed a threat to Butler's force, but a door-to-door search rooted out most of the resistance. By April 26 the landing force of 5,800 Marines and sailors secured the city, which they held for the next six months. By the end of the conflict the Americans reported 17 dead and 63 wounded and the Mexican forces had 126 dead and 195 wounded. After the actions at Veracruz, the US decided to minimize the bloodshed and changed their plans from a full invasion of Mexico to simply maintaining the city of Veracruz. For his actions on April 22, Butler was awarded his first Medal of Honor. The citation reads: For distinguished conduct in battle, engagement of Vera Cruz, 22 April 1914. Major Butler was eminent and conspicuous in command of his battalion. He exhibited courage and skill in leading his men through the action of the 22d and in the final occupation of the city. After the occupation of Veracruz, many military personnel received the Medal of Honor, an unusually high number that somewhat diminished the prestige of the award. The army presented one, nine went to Marines and 46 were bestowed upon naval personnel. During World War I Butler, then a major, attempted to return his medal, explaining he had done nothing to deserve it. The medal was returned to him with orders to keep it and to wear it as well.

Marine Officers at Veracruz. Front row, left to right: Wendell C. Neville; John A. Lejeune; Littleton W.T. Waller, Commanding; Smedley Butler

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_Album_Downloads_Chart_number_ones_of_the_2010s

List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of the 2010s

By artist

List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of the 2010s / Number-one albums / By artist

English: Eminem performing at the DJ hero party on June 1, 2009

This is the list of the number-one albums of the UK Album Downloads Chart during the 2010s. As of 4 October 2019, thirty albums have returned to number one. They are: Recovery by Eminem, Now That's What I Call Xmas by various artists, Loud by Rihanna, 21 by Adele, Progress by Take That, Beyoncé's self-titled album Beyoncé, Bad Blood by Bastille, AM by Arctic Monkeys, In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith, x by Ed Sheeran, Wanted on Voyage by George Ezra, 1989 by Taylor Swift, Now That's What I Call Music! 90 by various artists, Now That's What I Call a Summer Party by Various Artists and Now That's What I Call Music! 91 by Various Artists, 25 by Adele, Now That's What I Call Christmas! by Various Artists, A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay, Now That's What I Call Summer Hits, Now That's What I Call Music! 94, Now That's What I Call Music! 95 by Various Artists, Classic House by Pete Tong, Now That's What I Call Music! 96, Now That's What I Call Music! 98, The Greatest Showman, Now That's What I Call Music! 99, Now That's What I Call Music! 100, A Star Is Born, Now That's What I Call Music! 103 and Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent by Lewis Capaldi.

As of 22 February 2019, sixteen different artists have spent four or more weeks at the top of the UK Official Download Chart so far during the 2010s. The totals below do not include compilation albums credited to various artists.

Recovery by American rapper Eminem has spent six weeks at number-one over three separate runs.

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

Dahan River

Dams

Dahan River / Dams

English: Fushing Township luo-fu bridge,TAIWAN.

The Dahan River is a river in northern Taiwan. It originates in Hsinchu County and then flows through Taoyuan City and New Taipei City for 135 km, before it joins Xindian River in Taipei to form the Tamshui River. The upper reaches of the Dahan are also known as Takekan Creek or Taigang Creek. An alternative historical name for the Dahan is the Shihmen River.

Due to the lack of a natural water source for the Taoyuan plateau, thousands of artificial ponds were constructed to capture summer rainfall for irrigation, making the area one of Taiwan's most productive agricultural regions. In 1928 the Taoyuan Canal was dug to divert water from the Dahan River near the present location of Shihmen Dam. The canal enabled a more constant water supply for Taoyuan and effectively returned water to old channels of the river that had been cut off thousands of years ago. Due to urbanization, the Dahan river is increasing in importance as a domestic water source, while the use for irrigation has decreased. The Shihmen Dam, one of Taiwan's first multi-purpose water projects, was completed in 1964. It provides flood control, irrigation, domestic water supply and hydroelectricity for much of Taoyuan and New Taipei City. The dam has had problems with silt build-up since its construction, due to the high rate of erosion caused by typhoon storms and earthquakes in the upper Dahan River drainage. About 123 "sabo dams" (check dams) have been built along the Dahan River upstream in order to block silt and extend the useful life of the Shihmen reservoir. Chief among these is the Junghua Dam, 26 kilometres (16 mi) upstream. The second largest dam, the Baling dam, failed during Typhoon Wipha in 2007, destroying Baling village and washing 10,000,000 cubic metres (350,000,000 cu ft) of silt into the Dahan River. The Taiwanese government has proposed the construction of a mega-dam on the Takekan Creek known as Gaotai Dam (高台壩) to trap silt and provide additional water storage. This plan has been criticized due to its potential environmental damage, and its limited useful life, because the new reservoir would also eventually fill with silt.

Dahan River and Luo-fu bridge above Shihmen reservoir

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

Ocellated turkey

Description

Ocellated turkey / Description

English: An ocellated turkey, (Meleagris ocellata) walking in a Yucatan resort. Taken December 2019.

The ocellated turkey is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, as well as in parts of Belize and Guatemala. A relative of the North American wild turkey, it was sometimes previously treated in a genus of its own, but the differences between the two turkeys are currently considered too small to justify generic segregation. It is a relatively large bird, at around 70–122 cm long and an average weight of 3 kg in females and 5 kg in males. The ocellated turkey lives only in a 130,000 km² range in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico—which includes all or part the states of Quintana Roo, Campeche, Yucatán, Tabasco, and Chiapas—as well as the northern and western parts of Belize and northern Guatemala. The ocellated turkey was considered endangered by the Mexican endangered species list as recently as 2002 and has been assigned nearly threatened status by the IUCN in the year 2009. Despite their recent decline, they have bounced back from the brink of extinction.

The body feathers of both sexes are a mixture of bronze and green iridescent color. Although females can be duller with more green, the breast feathers do not generally differ and cannot be used to determine sex. Neither sex possesses the beard typically found in wild turkeys. Tail feathers of both sexes are bluish-grey with an eye-shaped, blue-bronze spot near the end with a bright gold tip. The spots, or ocelli (located on the tail), for which the ocellated turkey is named, have been likened to the patterning typically found on peafowl. The upper, major secondary wing coverts are rich iridescent copper. The primary and secondary wing feathers have similar barring to that of North American turkeys, but the secondaries have more white, especially around the edges. Both sexes have blue heads with some orange or red nodules, which are more pronounced on males. The males also have a fleshy blue crown covered with nodules, similar to those on the neck, behind the snood. During breeding season this crown swells up and becomes brighter and more pronounced in its yellow-orange color. The eye is surrounded by a ring of bright red skin, which is most visible on males during breeding season. The legs are deep red and are shorter and thinner than on North American turkeys. Males over one year old have spurs on the legs that average 4 cm (1.6 in), with lengths of over 6 cm (2.4 in) being recorded. These spurs are much longer and thinner than on North American turkeys. Ocellated turkeys are much smaller than any of the subspecies of North American wild turkey, with adult hens weighing about 4 kg (8.8 lb) before laying eggs and 3 kg (6–7 pounds) the rest of the year, and adult males weighing about 5–6 kg (11–13 lb) during breeding season.

An ocellated turkey, (Meleagris ocellata) walking in a Yucatán resort.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9tis_buffalo_hunt

Métis buffalo hunt

Pemmican trade

Métis buffalo hunt / Pemmican trade

English: Metis drying buffalo meat, White Horse Plains (St. Francois Xavier), Red River, Canada (Painted in 1899 by William Armstrong (1822-1914))Français : Séchage de la viande de bison, plaines White Horse (St. Francois Xavier), rivière Rouge, Canada (fait en 1899 par William Armstrong (1822-1914).)

Métis buffalo hunting began on the North American plains in the late 1700s and continued until 1878. The great buffalo hunts were subsistence, political, economic, and military operations for Métis families and communities living in the region. At the height of the buffalo hunt era, there were two major hunt seasons: summer and autumn. These hunts were highly organized, with an elected council to lead the expedition. This made sure the process was fair and all families were well-fed and provided for throughout the year.

Converting the buffalo into bags of pemmican the Métis would bring them north to trade at the North West Company posts. After the North West Company was absorbed by the Hudson's Bay Company most of the pemmican was sold to the Hudson's Bay Company at Red River. The pemmican, which forms the staple article of produce from the summer hunt, is a species of food peculiar to Rupert's Land. It is composed of buffalo meat, dried and pounded fine, and mixed with an amount of tallow or buffalo fat equal to itself in bulk. The tallow having been boiled, is poured hot from the caldron into an oblong bag, manufactured from the buffalo hide, into which the pounded meat has previously been placed. The contents are then stirred together until they have been thoroughly well mixed. When full, the bag is sewed up and laid in store. Each bag when full weighs one hundred pounds. It is calculated that, on an average, the carcass of each buffalo will yield enough pemmican to fill one bag. — Red river by Joseph James Hargrave The smaller buffalo cow was the main target of the hunt. A buffalo cow, weighing about 900 pounds (410 kg), will yield 272 pounds (123 kg) of meat or 54 pounds (24 kg) to 68 pounds (31 kg) of dried meat. A bull buffalo, weighing 2,000 pounds (910 kg), will yield 550 pounds (250 kg) of meat or between 110 pounds (50 kg) to 137 pounds (62 kg) of dried meat. It takes between 4 pounds (1.8 kg) or 5 pounds (2.3 kg) of meat to produce 1 pound (0.45 kg) of dried meat. A bag of pemmican or a taureau (lit. 'a bull') weighed between 90 pounds (41 kg) to 100 pounds (45 kg) and contained between 45 pounds (20 kg) to 50 pounds (23 kg) of dried pounded meat. These bags of taureaux (lit. 'bulls') when mixed with fat from the udder were known as taureaux fins, when mixed with bone marrow as taureaux grand and when mixed with berries as taureaux à grains. The product of 1,776 buffalo cows on one autumn hunt in 1845, which 55 hunters and their families with 213 carts took part, was 228 bags of pemmican (pimikchigan) each (90 pounds (41 kg)), 1213 bales of dried meat (viande sèche) each 60 pounds (27 kg) to 70 pounds (32 kg), 166 sacks of tallow (boskoyas) each 200 pounds (91 kg) and 556 bladders of marrow each 12 pounds (5.4 kg). The Hudson's Bay Company depended on the products of the buffalo hunts well into the 1870s. Samuel MacKenzie, the factor of Île-à-la-Crosse, ordered provisions for the passing brigades in 1871. The list included 240 bags of common pemmican (90 pounds (41 kg) each), 8 bags of fine pemmican (45 pounds (20 kg) each), 10 bags of hard grease (100 pounds (45 kg) each) and 1 bag of soft grease (100 pounds (45 kg)) for the Île-à-la-Crosse Post and an additional 29 bags of common pemmican (90 pounds (41 kg)), 1 bag of fine pemmican (90 pounds (41 kg)) and 1 bag of hard grease (100 pounds (45 kg)) was ordered for the Portage La Loche Post. For these people on the edge of the prairie the pemmican trade was as important a source of trade goods as was the beaver trade for the Indians further north. This trade was a major factor in the emergence of a distinct Métis society. Packs of pemmican would be shipped north and stored at the major fur posts: Fort Alexander, Cumberland House, Île-à-la-Crosse, Fort Garry, Norway House, and Edmonton House. So important was pemmican that, in 1814, governor Miles Macdonell nearly started a war (Pemmican War) with the Métis when he passed the short-lived Pemmican Proclamation, which forbade the export of pemmican from the Red River Colony.

Métis drying buffalo meat, St. François Xavier (White Horse Plains) by William Armstrong

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Thomas_(sculptor)

Cecil Thomas (sculptor)

Early career

Cecil Thomas (sculptor) / Early career

English: Bromhead memorial with wreaths

Cecil Walter Thomas, OBE FRBS, was a British sculptor and medallist. As a sculptor, he created many private memorials for display in churches and cemeteries and as a medallist was regularly commissioned by the Royal Mint.

Thomas was born in the Shepherd's Bush area of London to John Thomas, a seal engraver, and Alice Sophia Thomas (née Ings). As a teenager, Cecil became an apprentice in his father's practice and continued working for his father while studying at the Slade School of Fine Art, Heatherley School of Fine Art, and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. In his early career, he specialised in gem engraving, receiving commissions from all over the world, including several from the House of Fabergé. Nonetheless, his work in creating cameo portraits inspired his interest in medals and coins; he was one of the few artists to engrave directly into the die. Among his earliest works were a small medal in 1899 for Sesame house (now held by the British Museum), and a carnelian intaglio seal for London County Council and an intaglio portrait of Sir Henry Irving, both dating from 1905. He began accepting commissions on his own account by the time he was in his mid-twenties, and created several cast-bronze medals. His medal for the Surrey Rose Club (1909) attracted particular acclaim, which he followed with the Oxford millenary medal (1912), which exemplifies Thomas' interpretation of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Thomas was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, starting in 1909, and at the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, of which he became an associate in 1914 and a fellow the following year. He also exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in London, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, Manchester City Gallery, the Salon in Paris, and at shows in the United States. During the First World War, Thomas joined the British Army, initially serving as a staff officer. He was observed by his superiors using sand models to demonstrate plans to his men and transferred to a military intelligence position. He was seriously wounded later in the war and returned to his medal-making during his recovery. After the war, he received a commissioned for a recumbent effigy from a lord and lady, in memory of their two sons. This resulted in many more commissions for funerary bronze effigies. Several are on display in churches including All Hallows-by-the-Tower in the City of London; Christ Church Cathedral in Newcastle, New South Wales; and Exbury Church in Hampshire. As well as private memorials, Thomas created effigies of multiple public figures, including Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury Cathedral; Bishop Edward Talbot in Southwark Cathedral; Admiral Philip Nelson-Ward at Boxgrove Priory church; and Reverend Prebendary Boyd in St Alban's Church, Teddington. He also designed a war memorials for the St John Ambulance Brigade at St John's Gate, Clerkenwell. He was made a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (now the Royal British Society of Sculptors) in 1938. Thomas volunteered for the Royal Air Force at the outbreak the Second World War, serving in the model-making section at RAF Medmenham in Buckinghamshire, interpreting aerial photographs into terrain models. He was demobilised in 1945, having reached the age of 60.

Bromhead Memorial at Richmond Cemetery for deceased residents of the Royal Star and Garter Home not commemorated elsewhere

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

Sacred bull

Crete

Sacred bull / In antiquity / Crete

English: Fresco of bull-leaping from Knossos (an acrobat on a bull with two female acrobats on either side).

There are varying beliefs about cattle in societies and religions with cows, bulls, and calves being worshiped at various stages of history. As such, numerous peoples throughout the world have at one point in time honored bulls as sacred. In the Sumerian religion, Marduk is the "bull of Utu". In Hinduism, Shiva's steed is Nandi, the Bull. The sacred bull survives in the constellation Taurus. The bull, whether lunar as in Mesopotamia or solar as in India, is the subject of various other cultural and religious incarnations as well as modern mentions in New Age cultures.

Bulls were a central theme in the Minoan civilization, with bull heads and bull horns used as symbols in the Knossos palace. Minoan frescos and ceramics depict bull-leaping, in which participants of both sexes vaulted over bulls by grasping their horns.

The Bull-Leaping Fresco: Knossos

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Jurlique

History

Jurlique / History

English: Counter for Australian cosmetics brand Jurlique at Elizabeth Street, Sydney branch of Australian department store David Jones in 2013.

Jurlique International Pty Ltd, is an Australian cosmetics manufacturer specialising in natural botanical-based skincare and cosmetics under the brand name Jurlique. Jurlique is considered ethical and environmentally friendly, although internationally it does submit some samples for animal testing as mandated by Chinese local laws for products sold in that market.

Jurlique was founded in 1985 in the Australian state of South Australia by Dr Jurgen Klein and his wife Ulrike. The company's name is based on a phonetic combination of their first names. The native German couple relocated to a farm in the Adelaide Hills a year prior to the launch of their brand, due to its warm climate. Jurgen was a biochemist and naturopath, who had previously worked for German holistic skincare brand Dr. Hauschka. and Ulrike was a horticulturalist and botanist. Today the farm is still part of the company and Jurlique claims to be the number two prestige skincare brand in Australia. The brand is sold in over 5,000 stores worldwide, including over 58 Jurlique concept stores, 18 of which located across Australia.

Jurlique counter at David Jones Elizabeth Street, Sydney

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Rugby union in Portugal

Rugby union in Portugal

lance de partido do Mareantes Rugby Clube

Rugby union in Portugal is a growing sport, though still a long distance from association football. The sport is essentially amateur in Portugal, with some degree of semi-professionalisation in its top flight league and the national rugby union team. The rugby union teams in Portugal are mostly university sides, from Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra, with multi-sport clubs like Benfica and Belenenses having rugby union collectivities.

Rugby union in Portugal is a growing sport, though still a long distance from association football. The sport is essentially amateur in Portugal, with some degree of semi-professionalisation in its top flight league and the national rugby union team. The rugby union teams in Portugal are mostly university sides, from Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra, with multi-sport clubs like Benfica and Belenenses having rugby union collectivities.

Players from Mareantes Rugby Clube before kick off

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

Lietuvos aidas

Lietuvos aidas

Front cover of Lietuvos aidas announcing that Council of Lithuania declared Lithuania as an independent state.

Lietuvos aidas is a daily newspaper in Lithuania. It was established on September 6, 1917 by Antanas Smetona, and became the semi-official voice of the newly formed Lithuanian government. When the government evacuated from Vilnius to the temporary capital, Kaunas, it ceased publication. The newspaper was revived in 1928 as the newspaper of the Lithuanian government and became the most popular newspaper in Lithuania. At its peak, it published three daily editions with combined circulation of 90,000 copies. World War II disrupted its publication. In 1990, after Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union, the newspaper once again became the official newspaper of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania. At the end of 1992, its circulation reached 103,000 copies. However, it was soon privatized and faced shrinking readership, financial difficulties, and other controversies. In April 2006, bankruptcy proceedings were initiated by the State Tax Inspectorate when its tax debts reached more than 4 million litas. The company was liquidated in 2015, but the newspaper continues to be published by a non-profit organization.

Lietuvos aidas (literally: Echo of Lithuania) is a daily newspaper in Lithuania. It was established on September 6, 1917 by Antanas Smetona, and became the semi-official voice of the newly formed Lithuanian government. When the government evacuated from Vilnius to the temporary capital, Kaunas, it ceased publication. The newspaper was revived in 1928 as the newspaper of the Lithuanian government and became the most popular newspaper in Lithuania. At its peak, it published three daily editions with combined circulation of 90,000 copies. World War II disrupted its publication. In 1990, after Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union, the newspaper once again became the official newspaper of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania. At the end of 1992, its circulation reached 103,000 copies. However, it was soon privatized and faced shrinking readership, financial difficulties, and other controversies. In April 2006, bankruptcy proceedings were initiated by the State Tax Inspectorate when its tax debts reached more than 4 million litas. The company was liquidated in 2015, but the newspaper continues to be published by a non-profit organization (viešoji įstaiga).

The front page of Lietuvos Aidas with the text of the Act of Independence of Lithuania. The bulk of the issue was confiscated by German authorities.

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Lee Tze-fan Memorial Art Gallery

Lee Tze-fan Memorial Art Gallery

中文（繁體）‎: 李澤藩美術館

Lee Tze-fan Memorial Art Gallery is a gallery located in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan and dedicated to the Taiwanese painter Lee Tze-fan. The gallery was established on August 6, 1994, and the building was reconstructed from Lee's former residence. The owner of this gallery is Lee Tze-Fan Memorial Foundation for Art Education. The foundation has been received the donation from Lee's family and students, and focus on researching, collecting and digitizing Lee's paintings and belongings, so they can operate the gallery without selling paintings and fundraising. One of the gallery's feature is exhibiting Lee's original studio, diaries, letters and painting tools.

Lee Tze-fan Memorial Art Gallery (Chinese: 李澤藩美術館; pinyin: Lǐzéfān Měishùguǎn) is a gallery located in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan and dedicated to the Taiwanese painter Lee Tze-fan. The gallery was established on August 6, 1994, and the building was reconstructed from Lee's former residence. The owner of this gallery is Lee Tze-Fan Memorial Foundation for Art Education. The foundation has been received the donation from Lee's family and students, and focus on researching, collecting and digitizing Lee's paintings and belongings, so they can operate the gallery without selling paintings and fundraising. One of the gallery's feature is exhibiting Lee's original studio, diaries, letters and painting tools.

Lee Tze-Fan Memorial Art Gallery is located on the third floor of this building.

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Football League 100 Legends

Legends

Football League 100 Legends / Legends

Bust of Steve Bloomer, Pride Park Stadium.

The Football League 100 Legends is a list of 100 great association football players who played part or all of their professional career in English Football League and Premier League football. The players were selected in 1998 by a panel of journalists, including veteran reporter Bryon Butler, and the list was intended to reflect the League's history by including players from throughout the preceding 99 seasons. The Football League also announced plans for a gala dinner later in the season at which surviving legends would receive a specially commissioned award. The list includes 34 players who began their playing careers before the Second World War, 37 who began their careers between the end of the war and 1980, and 29 whose professional careers began after that date. At the time of the list's publication, six of the legends were still active, all playing in the Premier League. As of the 2013–14 season, Ryan Giggs is the most recent player to be put on this list.

A statue of Steve Bloomer, who was honoured for his career with Derby County and Middlesbrough before the First World War

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

Metro Detroit

Economy

Metro Detroit / Economy

English: Chrysler Headquarters and Technology Center

The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is a major metropolitan area in the U.S. State of Michigan, consisting of the city of Detroit and its surrounding area. There are varied definitions of the area, including the official statistical areas designated by the Office of Management and Budget, a federal agency of the United States. Metro Detroit is known for its automotive heritage, arts, entertainment, popular music, and sports. The area includes a variety of natural landscapes, parks, and beaches, with a recreational coastline linking the Great Lakes. Metro Detroit also has one of the largest metropolitan economies in the U.S., with seventeen Fortune 500 companies.

Detroit and the surrounding region constitute a major center of commerce and global trade, most notably as home to America's 'Big Three' automobile companies: General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. Detroit's six-county Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has a population of about 4.3 million and a workforce of about 2.1 million. In December 2017, the Department of Labor reported metropolitan Detroit's unemployment rate at 4.2%. The Detroit MSA had a Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP) of $252.7 billion as of September 2017. Firms in the region pursue emerging technologies including biotechnology, nanotechnology, information technology, and hydrogen fuel cell development. Metro Detroit is one of the leading health care economies in the U.S., according to a 2003 study measuring health care industry components, with the region's hospital sector ranked fourth in the nation. Casino gaming plays an important economic role, with Detroit the largest US city to offer casino resort hotels. Caesars Windsor, Canada's largest, complements the MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, and Greektown Casino in the city. The casino hotels contribute significant tax revenue along with thousands of jobs for residents. Gaming revenues have grown steadily, with Detroit ranked as the fifth-largest gambling market in the United States for 2007. When Casino Windsor is included, Detroit's gambling market ranks either third or fourth. There are about four thousand factories in the area. The domestic auto industry is primarily headquartered in Metro Detroit. The area is an important source of engineering job opportunities. A rise in automated manufacturing using robotic technology has created related industries in the area. A 2004 Border Transportation Partnership study showed that 150,000 jobs in the Detroit–Windsor region and $13 billion in annual production depend on the city's international border crossing. In addition to property taxes, residents of the City of Detroit pay an income tax rate of 2.50%. Detroit automakers and local manufacturers have made significant restructurings in response to market competition. GM made its initial public offering (IPO) of stock in 2010, after bankruptcy, bailout, and restructuring by the federal government. Domestic automakers reported significant profits in 2010, interpreted by some analysts as the beginning of an industry rebound and an economic recovery for the Detroit area. The region's nine-county area, with its population of 5.3 million, has a workforce of about 2.6 million and about 247,000 businesses. Fourteen Fortune 500 companies are based in metropolitan Detroit. In April 2015, the metropolitan Detroit unemployment rate was 5.1 percent, a rate lower than the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta metropolitan areas. Metro Detroit has made Michigan's economy a leader in information technology, biotechnology, and advanced manufacturing. Michigan ranks fourth nationally in high-tech employment with 568,000 high-tech workers, including 70,000 in the automotive industry. Michigan typically ranks second or third in overall Research & development (R&D) expenditures in the United States. Metro Detroit is an important source of engineering and high-tech job opportunities. As the home of the "Big Three" American automakers (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler), it is the world's traditional automotive center and a key pillar of the U.S. economy. In the 2010s, the domestic auto industry accounts, directly and indirectly, for one of ten jobs in the United States, making it a significant component for economic recovery. For 2010, the domestic automakers have reported significant profits indicating the beginning of rebound. A Center for Automotive Research (CAR) study estimated that tax revenue generated by the automotive industry in the United States for a single year, 2010, amounted to $91.5 billion in state and local tax revenue and additional $43 billion in federal tax revenue. Metro Detroit serves as the headquarters for the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM), with Selfridge Air Nati

The Chrysler Headquarters in Auburn Hills

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

Userkaf

Statuary

Userkaf / Reign / Statuary

English: Fragment of a statue of King Userkaf from his Sun Temple at Abu Gurob, now at the Ägyptisches Museum Berlin (ÄM 19774); Alabaster Deutsch: Fragment einer Statue des Königs Userkaf aus seinem Sonnenheiligtum in Abu Gurob, jetzt im Ägyptischen Museum Berlin (ÄM 19774); Alabaster

Piece of statue showing a mouth

Userkaf was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the Fifth Dynasty. He reigned for seven to eight years in the early 25th century BC, during the Old Kingdom period. He probably belonged to a branch of the Fourth Dynasty royal family, although his parentage is uncertain; he could have been the son of Khentkaus I. He had at least one daughter and very probably a son, Sahure, with his consort Neferhetepes. This son succeeded him as pharaoh. His reign heralded the ascendancy of the cult of Ra, who effectively became Egypt's state god during the Fifth Dynasty. Userkaf may have been a high-priest of Ra before ascending the throne, and built a sun temple, known as the Nekhenre, between Abusir and Abu Gurab. In doing so, he instituted a tradition followed by his successors over a period of 80 years. The Nekhenre mainly functioned as a mortuary temple for the setting sun. Rites performed in the temple were primarily concerned with Ra's creator function and his role as father of the king. Taken with the reduction in the size of the royal mortuary complex, this suggests a more concrete separation between the sun god and the king than in the preceding dynasties.

Several fragmentary statues of Userkaf have been uncovered. These include a bust of the goddess Neith in his likeness found in his sun temple at Abusir, now in the Egyptian Museum. This head of Userkaf is 45 cm (18 in) high and carved from greywacke stone. It is considered particularly important as it is among the very few sculptures in the round from the Old Kingdom that show the monarch wearing the Deshret of Lower Egypt. The head was uncovered in 1957 during the joint excavation expedition of the German and Swiss Institutes of Cairo. Another head which might belong to Userkaf, wearing the Hedjet of Upper Egypt and made of painted limestone, is in the Cleveland Museum of Art. The head of a colossal larger-than-life sphinx statue of Userkaf, now in the Egyptian Museum, was found in the temple courtyard of his mortuary complex at Saqqara by Cecil Mallaby Firth in 1928. This colossal head of pink Aswan granite shows the king wearing the nemes headdress with a cobra on his forehead. It is the largest surviving head dating to the Old Kingdom other than that of the Great Sphinx of Giza and the only colossal royal statue from this period. Many more fragments of statues of the king made of diorite, slate and granite but none of limestone have been found at the same site. Some bore Userkaf's cartouche and Horus name. Kozloff notes the youthful features of Userkaf on most of his representations and concludes that if these are good indications of his age, then he might have come to the throne as an adolescent and died in his early twenties.

Fragment of an alabaster statue of Userkaf from his sun temple, now at the Egyptian Museum of Berlin[110]

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

Morrissey

Early solo work: 1988–1991

Morrissey / Solo career / Early solo work: 1988–1991

English: The Forum in Inglewood, CA

Steven Patrick Morrissey, known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter, and author. He came to prominence as the frontman of the rock band the Smiths, which was active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecating and black humour, and anti-establishment stances. Born to working-class Irish immigrants in Davyhulme, Lancashire, Morrissey grew up in nearby Manchester. As a child, he developed a love of literature, kitchen sink realism, and pop music. In the late 1970s, he fronted punk rock band the Nosebleeds with little success before beginning a career in music journalism and writing several books on music and film in the early 1980s. He formed the Smiths with Johnny Marr in 1982 and the band soon attracted national recognition for their eponymous debut album. As the band's frontman, Morrissey attracted attention for his trademark quiff and witty and sardonic lyrics.

Several months before the Smiths dissolved, Morrissey enlisted Stephen Street as his personal producer and new songwriting partner, with whom he could begin his solo career. By September 1987, he had begun work on his first solo album, Viva Hate, at Wool Hall Studios near Bath; it was recorded with the musicians Vini Reilly and Andrew Paresi. Rather than featuring pre-existing images of celebrities, as the Smiths' album and single covers had done, the cover sleeve of Viva Hate featured a photograph of Morrissey taken by Anton Corbijn. In February 1988, EMI released the first single from this album, "Suedehead", which reached number 5 on the British singles chart, a higher position than any Smiths' single had achieved. The second single from the album, "Everyday Is Like Sunday", was released in June and reached number 9. The album reached number 1 on the UK album charts. The album's final song, "Margaret on the Guillotine", featured descriptions of Thatcher being executed; in response, the Conservative Member of Parliament Geoffrey Dickens accused Morrissey of being involved in a terrorist network and police Special Branch conducted a search of his Manchester home. Morrissey's first solo performance took place at Wolverhampton's Civic Hall in December 1988. The event attracted huge crowds, with NME journalist James Brown observing that "the excitement and atmosphere inside the hall was like nothing I have ever experienced at any public event". Following Viva Hate, Morrissey put out two new singles; "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" was about the Kray twins, gangsters who operated in London's East End, and reached number 6 on the UK singles chart. This was followed by "Interesting Drug", which reached number 9. After his songwriting partnership with Street ended and was replaced by Alan Winstanley and Clive Langer, he recorded "Ouija Board, Ouija Board", released as a single in November 1989; it reached number 18. Christian spokespeople and tabloid newspapers condemned the song, claiming that it promoted occultism, to which Morrissey responded that "the only contact I ever made with the dead was when I spoke to a journalist from The Sun." With Winstanley and Langer he began work on his first compilation album, Bona Drag, although only recorded six new songs for it, the rest of the album comprising his recent singles and B-sides. The album reached number 9 on the UK album chart. Two of the newly recorded Bona Drag tracks were released as singles: "November Spawned a Monster", a song about a wheelchair-bound woman, reached number 12 in the charts but received criticism from some who believed that it mocked the disabled. The second, "Piccadilly Palare", referenced London rent boys and featured terms from the polari gay slang. Released in November 1990, it reached number 19 in the charts. The song attracted some criticism from the British gay press, who were of the opinion that it was wrong for Morrissey to utilise polari when he was not openly gay; in an interview the previous year he had nevertheless acknowledged his attraction to both men and women. Adopting Mark E. Nevin as his new songwriting partner, Morrissey created his second solo album, Kill Uncle; released in March 1991, it peaked at number 8 on the album chart. The two singles released in promotion of the album, "Our Frank" and "Sing Your Life", failed to break the Top 20 on the singles charts, reaching number 26 and 33 respectively. Another of the album's tracks, "Found, Found, Found", alluded to Morrissey's friendship with Michael Stipe, the lead singer of American indie rock band REM. Planning his first solo tour, Morrissey assembled several musicians with a background in rockabilly for his new backing group, including the guitarist Boz Boorer, Alain Whyte, and Spencer Cobrin. Morrissey began the Kill Uncle tour in Europe; he brought Phranc as his support act and decorated the stage of each performance with a large image of Edith Sitwell. On the US leg of his tour, he sold out Los Angeles' 18,000 seat The Forum in fifteen minutes, faster than Micha

Morrissey sold out The Forum in Los Angeles in fifteen minutes

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

Count of Odemira

Count of Odemira

Arms of the Portuguese Noronha family, ancient Counts and Dukes of Linhares. Made by JSobral Español: Escudo de armas del Ducado de Linares. “BLASONADO: Escudo cuartelado. I&IV mantelado: 1º y 2º de plata, un león de púrpura coronado de oro; mantel de gules, un castillo de oro; bordura componada de dieciocho piezas de veros y de oro. (Enríquez de Castilla, casa de Trastámara); II&III en campo de plata, cinco escusones de azur, puestos en cruz, cargados cada uno de cinco bezantes de plata, colocados en aspa, y una bordura de gules cargada de siete castillos de oro, tres en jefe, dos en flanco y dos hacia la punta. (Portugal, casa de Braganza) NOROÑA. (MMC3arón5acrolirioVR)

Count of Odemira was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. Sancho de Noronha by royal decree issued on 9 October 1446, by King Afonso V of Portugal. Sancho de Noronha was the third son of Alfonso, Count of Gijón and Noroña and of his wife Isabel of Portugal.

Count of Odemira (in Portuguese Conde de Odemira) was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. Sancho de Noronha by royal decree issued on 9 October 1446, by King Afonso V of Portugal. Sancho de Noronha was the third son of Alfonso, Count of Gijón and Noroña (natural son of King Henry II of Castile) and of his wife Isabel of Portugal (natural daughter of King Fernando I of Portugal).

Coat of Arms of Sancho of Noronha, 1st Count of Odemira.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_jumping_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Large_hill_individual

Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Large hill individual

Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Large hill individual

The large hill individual ski jumping medal ceremony at Whistler on Day 9 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

The Men's large hill individual ski jumping competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. It started on 19 February and ended on 20 February. Austria's Thomas Morgenstern was the defending Olympic champion in this event. Andreas Küttel of Switzerland was the defending world champion in this event. Two test events took place at the Olympic venue on 24–25 January 2009, both won by Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer. On the 25th, Schlierenzauer set the hill jumping record with a jump of 149.0 metres which was also tied by Finland's Ville Larinto. The last World Cup event in this format prior to the 2010 Games took place on 6 February 2010 in Willingen, Germany and was won by Schlierenzauer.

The Men's large hill individual ski jumping competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. It started on 19 February and ended on 20 February. Austria's Thomas Morgenstern was the defending Olympic champion in this event. Andreas Küttel of Switzerland was the defending world champion in this event. Two test events took place at the Olympic venue on 24–25 January 2009, both won by Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer. On the 25th, Schlierenzauer set the hill jumping record with a jump of 149.0 metres (488.8 ft) which was also tied by Finland's Ville Larinto. The last World Cup event in this format prior to the 2010 Games took place on 6 February 2010 in Willingen, Germany and was won by Schlierenzauer.

Gold medallist Simon Ammann

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9onard_Thiry

Léonard Thiry

Léonard Thiry

English: "Aeetes Accepts the Dismembered Corpse of Absyrte", from The History of Jason and The Conquest of The Golden Fleece. Engraved by René Boyvin (died 1580) after Leonard Thiry (died 1550).

Léonard Thiry, was a Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker. He is considered a member of the First School of Fontainebleau, working as an assistant to Rosso Fiorentino and continuing under Francesco Primaticcio, but none of his individual contributions can now be identified. His designs were reproduced as prints by Léon Davent, René Boyvin and others, although he does not seem to have worked any plates himself. He is credited with some drawings. For a long time he was credited by many with the prints signed "L.D.", which are now recognised as by Léon Davent.

Léonard Thiry (active 1530 – 1550), was a Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker. He is considered a member of the First School of Fontainebleau, working as an assistant to Rosso Fiorentino and continuing under Francesco Primaticcio, but none of his individual contributions can now be identified. His designs were reproduced as prints by Léon Davent, René Boyvin and others, although he does not seem to have worked any plates himself. He is credited with some drawings. For a long time he was credited by many with the prints signed "L.D." (supposedly standing for "Léonard [de] Deventer"), which are now recognised as by Léon Davent.

Aeetes Accepts the Dismembered Corpse of Absyrte, a School of Fontainebleau surround, print by René Boyvin after Thiry

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

Meher Baba

1930s – First contact with the West

Meher Baba / Life and works / 1930s – First contact with the West

Meher Baba dictating a letter using his alphabet board, Rahuri (India). Person writing is Dr. Abdul Ghani Munsiff. (১৯৩৬ সালে একটি বোর্ডের মাধ্যমে মেহের বাবা তার এক শিষ্যকে তার বার্তা বুঝিয়ে দিচ্ছেন)

Meher Baba was an Indian spiritual master who claimed he was an Avatar — God in human form. Merwan Sheriar Irani was born in 1894 in Pune, India, to Irani Zoroastrian parents. His spiritual transformation began when he was 19 years old and lasted for seven years. During this time he contacted five spiritual teachers before beginning his own mission and gathering his own disciples in early 1922, at the age of 27. From 10 July 1925 to the end of his life, Meher Baba maintained silence, communicating by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand gestures. With his mandali, he spent long periods in seclusion, during which time he often fasted. He also traveled widely, held public gatherings, and engaged in works of charity with lepers and the poor. In 1931, Meher Baba made the first of many visits to the West, where he attracted followers. Throughout most of the 1940s, Meher Baba worked with a category of spiritual aspirants called masts, who he said are entranced or spellbound by internal spiritual experiences. Starting in 1949, along with selected mandali, he traveled incognito about India in an enigmatic and still largely unexplained period he called the "New Life".

In the 1930s, Meher Baba began a period of extensive world travel and took several trips to Europe and the United States. It was during this period that he established contact with his first close group of Western disciples. He traveled on a Persian passport because he had given up writing as well as speaking and would not sign the forms required by the British government of India. On his first trip to England in 1931, he traveled on the SS Rajputana, the same ship that was carrying Mahatma Gandhi, who was sailing to the second Round Table Conference in London. Baba and Gandhi had three meetings on board, one of which lasted for three hours. The British press publicized these meetings, but an aide to Gandhi said, "You may say emphatically that Gandhi never asked Meher Baba for help or for spiritual or other advice." In the West, Meher Baba met with a number of celebrities and artists, amongst them Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, Tallulah Bankhead, Boris Karloff, Tom Mix, Maurice Chevalier, and Ernst Lubitsch. On 1 June 1932, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. held a reception for Baba at Pickfair at which he delivered a message to Hollywood. As a result, says Robert S. Ellwood, Meher Baba emerged as "one of the enthusiasms of the '30s". In 1934, after announcing that he would break his self-imposed silence in the Hollywood Bowl, Baba changed his plans abruptly, boarded the RMS Empress of Canada, and sailed to Hong Kong without explanation. The Associated Press reported that "Baba had decided to postpone the word-fast breaking until next February because 'conditions are not yet ripe'." He returned to England in 1936 but did not return to the United States again until the early 1950s. In the late 1930s, Meher Baba invited a group of Western women to join him in India, where he arranged a series of trips throughout India and British Ceylon that became known as the Blue Bus Tours. When the tour returned home, many newspapers treated their journey as an occasion for scandal. Time Magazine's 1936 review of God is my Adventure describes the US's fascination with the "long-haired, silky-mustached Parsee named Shri Sadgaru [sic] Meher Baba" four years earlier.

Meher Baba dictating a message to a disciple in 1936 using his alphabet board

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

Gemalto

Banking & Payment

Gemalto / Banking & Payment

English: The back of an ATM card, bearing the name Gemalto

Gemalto was an international digital security company providing software applications, secure personal devices such as smart cards and tokens, and managed services. Formed in June 2006 by the merger of two companies, Axalto and Gemplus International. Gemalto N.V.'s revenue in 2015 was €3.122 billion. Purchased by Thales Group in April 2019 and now operating as Thales DIS AIS Deutschland GmbH, Gemalto was until its acquisition the world's largest manufacturer of SIM cards. Thales DIS AIS Deutschland GmbH is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and has subsidiaries and group companies in several countries. It has approximately 15,000 employees in 118 offices; along with 17 production sites, 45 personalization centers, and 27 R&D centers in 49 countries.

Gemalto supplies contact and contactless cards, EMV chip cards, payment terminals, and user authentication solutions for secure online banking. According to the Nilson report, Gemalto is the largest provider of chip cards, selling 1.5 billion chip cards, representing 49 percent of the market. At the start of 2010 in Germany 20 million ATM cards and 3.5 million credit cards were hit by an end-of-the-decade programming glitch which prevented them working. Gemalto's customers include 300 banks. Gemalto worldwide banking and retail customers include Santander UK, ABN AMRO Netherlands, Aktia, Finland, American Express, Banque Accord (France), Accord Italia (Italy), Caisse d'Épargne (France), La Caixa (Spain), Crédit Agricole (France), Diners Club Croatia, Findomestic Italy, Fortis Belgium. Hansabank Estonia, HBOS UK, HSBC UK, ING Belgium, JCB, LHV Pank Estonia, National Bank of Greece, OpBank, Parex Bank (Latvia), Sampo (Finland), Société Générale, Agip France, Arena Netherlands, BMW, B.P., Esso, Sodexo, and Total France.

The back of an ATM card, bearing the name Gemalto in its label

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2018 in the United States

June

2018 in the United States / Deaths / June

English: Eddy Clearwater at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Massachusetts on April 20th 2008.

This is a list of events in the year 2018 in the United States.

June 1 Eddy Clearwater, American musician and singer (b. 1935) Bob Clotworthy, American Hall of Fame diver (b. 1931) Andrew Massey, British-born American conductor (b. 1946) Sam Moore, American Bible publisher (b. 1929) William Edward Phipps, American actor (b. 1922) Rockin' Rebel, American professional wrestler (b. 1966) Fred Van Dusen, American baseball player (b. 1937) June 2 Mary Baumgartner, American baseball player (b. 1930) Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist (b. 1918) Bruce Kison, American baseball player (b. 1950) Nick Meglin, American magazine editor (b. 1935) Irving Sandler, American art critic (b. 1925) William Simmons, American anthropologist (b. 1938) C. C. Torbert Jr., American jurist (b. 1929) Bernard E. Trainor, American journalist and Marine Corps general (b. 1928) June 3 Clarence Fountain, American singer, founder of The Blind Boys of Alabama (b. 1929) Frank Carlucci, American politician (b. 1930) Jerry Hopkins, American journalist (b. 1936) Johnnie Keyes, American pornographic actor (b. 1940) Kent McCray, American television producer (b. 1929) June 4 Dwight Clark, American football player (b. 1957) Jeffrey Coy, American politician (b. 1951) Norman Edge, American jazz double-bassist (b. 1934) Mary Jane Fonder, 75, American convicted murderer (b. 1942) Georgann Johnson, American actress (b. 1926) Steve Kline, American baseball player (b. 1947) C. M. Newton, American college basketball coach and administrator (b. 1930) Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, American poet and musician (b. 1944) June 5 – Kate Spade, fashion designer (b. 1962) June 8 – Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef, author and television personality (b. 1956). June 9 Joan Bernard Armstrong, American judge (b. 1941) Richard H. Bube, American physicist (b. 1928) Kristine Ciesinski, American opera singer (b. 1953) Murray Fromson, American journalist and professor (b. 1930) Crawford Gates, American composer and conductor (b. 1922) Lorraine Gordon, American jazz club owner (b. 1923) John Wesley Hanes III, American civil servant (b. 1925) Kenyatta Jones, American football player (b. 1979) Clemens Kalischer, American photojournalist (b. 1921) June 10 Neal E. Boyd, American singer (b. 1975) Dorothy Cotton, American civil rights activist (b. 1930) Harold L. Dibble, American archaeologist (b. 1952) James Gips, American technologist (b. 1946) Tom McEwen, American drag racer (b. 1937) Edward Sadlowski, American labor activist (b. 1939) Christopher Stasheff, American author (b. 1944) June 11 Wayne Dockery, American jazz double bassist (b. 1942) Larry Thomas, American political advisor (b. 1948) June 12 Robert Alan Browne, American actor (b. 1932 Keith Fahnhorst, American football player (b. 1952) Jack Laxer, American photographer (b. 1927) Al Meltzer, American sportscaster (b. 1929) June 13 Anne Donovan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1962) D. J. Fontana, American musician (b. 1931) Tom Gear, American politician (b. 1949) J. Alex Haller, American pediatric surgeon (b. 1927) Ronald I. Meshbesher, American lawyer (b. 1933) Charles Vinci, American weightlifter (b. 1933) June 14 Ed Roebuck, American baseball player (b. 1932) Mary K. Shell, American journalist and politician (b. 1927) Marta Weigle, American folklorist and anthropologist (b. 1945) June 15 – Matt "Guitar" Murphy, American blues guitarist (b. 1929) June 16 – Martin Bregman, American film producer (b. 1926) June 17 Elizabeth Brackett, American television journalist (b. 1942) O. Timothy O'Meara, American mathematician (b. 1928) Rebecca Parris, American jazz singer (b. 1952) Aihud Pevsner, American physicist (b. 1926) Dutch Rennert, American baseball umpire (b. 1930) Stephen E. Robinson, American religious scholar (b. 1948) June 18 Walter Bahr, American Hall of Fame soccer player (b. 1927) Big Van Vader, American professional wrestler and football player (b. 1955) Billy Connors, American baseball player (b. 1941) Barry McDaniel, American opera singer (b. 1930) Claude Ramsey, American politician (b. 1943) Billy Sammeth, American talent manager (b. 1951) Lawrence A. Skantze, 89, American military office

Eddy Clearwater

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade

4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade

Organization

4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade / Organization

English: MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- A Marine from Team 3 of the Foreign Military Training Unit, 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (Anti-Terrorism), negotiates his way through a simulated City Hall building at Combat Town here. Room-to-room house clearing teqniques are just one of the few skills the FMTU Marines learn during training.

The 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade was a brigade-sized unit of the United States Marine Corps that was designed specifically to be an anti-terrorism unit. The mission of this unit was to be a quickly deployable unit to wherever needed in the world so they could fight terrorism and deter, detect and defend from terrorist groups both domestically and internationally. The unit became operational on 29 October 2001, and was deactivated in February 2006. A Marine Expeditionary Brigade is a smaller brigade of marines that can deploy quickly when they are needed. All Marine Expeditionary Brigades are a part of a Marine Expeditionary Force. The reason a MEB exists is that they are large enough to support themselves without needing help from local infrastructure. They are also small enough to transport easily, especially in amphibious mechanized landing craft. The 4th MEB was specifically trained to find and stop terrorist plots so civilians and other active military personnel stay safe. There are different types of the MEBs, and not all are anti-terrorism like the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade.

The organization of the 4th MEB was a unit designed to work independently, but also trained to work with other Marine units. This unit was organized with a couple of other units like the Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF). Being paired with this and many other units like security force battalion broadened the range of response circumstances that the 4th MEB could respond to. With all of the assets the 4th MEB had, it made them very deadly and able to perform the job extremely well. When a mission came up the MEB team could be paired with almost any other unit in the Marines like aviation and ground forces so the mission would have a greater chance of success. The way the Marine Corps set up their forces like the MEB is having them be part of larger task forces. The category that MEB falls into is Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) which means they operate both in the air and on the ground. This MAGTF is then subdivided with the Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) being the largest of the three subdivisions. The medium-sized one being the Marine Expeditionary Brigade and the smallest is the Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). This makes the Marine Expeditionary Force a good size, with about 4,800 Marines and Sailors, because it is large enough to sustain itself for long periods of time but can also send smaller units on patrol. The 4th MEB Marines went through extensive training to become part of the anti-terrorism team. The main goal of their training was to learn urban combat tactics. An example was when the team went through BUST, which is Basic Urban Skills Training. The goal of this course is to better train soldiers to be safer when they're in urban environments and perform breaching and other tactics used in urban combat. This training helped the anti-terrorism group become better at eliminating their targets so there were fewer terrorism threats. They also go through normal marine boot camp like all Marines must go through. Also, they must train with other units they are paired with like Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force. They do this so if need arises they are prepared for whatever circumstances could arise. This is extremely important to do because if the units aren’t trained together and they are needed in a time of war the mission could go badly and there would be a larger chance for loss of life.

Room-to-room house clearing techniques are a part of the training simulated at Combat Town, Camp Lejeune in 2005.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otter%C3%B8ya_(Vestland)

Otterøya (Vestland)

Otterøya (Vestland)

no: Utsikt frå Siggjo. Landet nedst i bilete er øya Bømlo. Vegen ein ser på Bømlo er Riksveg 542. Vegen fortset ut på Spyssøy over lågbrua Spyssøybrua over Gassasundet. Frå Spyssøy går vegen over hengebrua Bømlabrua til Nautøy. Bak Nautøy ligg Føyno. Frå Føyno fortset vegen som Europaveg 39 over Stordabrua til sørspissen av øya Stord. Ei anna grein av vegen fortset frå Føyno i undervasstunnelen Bømlafjordtunnelen til Sveio. Bruene og tunnelen utgjer Trekantsambanet. Fjorden heiter Sagvågfjorden til venstre for Gassasundet, og Bømlafjorden til høgre for Gassasundet og austom og sørom øyene.

Otterøya or Otrøyna is an unpopulated island in Bømlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 0.45-square-kilometre island lies in the Bømlafjorden, southeast of the islands of Føyno, Nautøya, and Spyssøya. The southern part of the island is a nature reserve. The Bømlafjord Tunnel runs underneath the island.

Otterøya or Otrøyna is an unpopulated island in Bømlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 0.45-square-kilometre (110-acre) island lies in the Bømlafjorden, southeast of the islands of Føyno, Nautøya, and Spyssøya. The southern part of the island is a nature reserve. The Bømlafjord Tunnel runs underneath the island.

View of the island (top-center of the photo)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGurk%27s_Bar_bombing

McGurk's Bar bombing

Location of the bomb

McGurk's Bar bombing / Investigation / Responsibility / Location of the bomb

English: A mocked up bar front on the spot where the actual McGurk's bar was destroyed by a bomb in 1971, corner of Great George's Street and North Queen Street, Belfast

On 4 December 1971, the Ulster Volunteer Force, an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a bomb at McGurk's Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The pub was frequented by Irish Catholics/nationalists. The explosion caused the building to collapse, killing fifteen Catholic civilians—including two children—and wounding seventeen more. It was the deadliest attack in Belfast during the Troubles. Despite evidence to the contrary, the British security forces asserted that a bomb had exploded prematurely while being handled by Irish Republican Army members inside the pub, implying that the victims themselves were partly to blame. A report later found that the police were biased in favour of this view, and that this hindered their investigation. The victims' relatives allege that the security forces deliberately spread disinformation to discredit the IRA. In 1977, UVF member Robert Campbell was sentenced to life imprisonment for his part in the bombing and served fifteen years. The bombing sparked a series of tit-for-tat bombings and shootings by loyalists and republicans, which contributed to making 1972 the bloodiest year of the conflict.

For the RUC, the location of the bomb (whether it exploded inside or outside) became the key to finding who was responsible. However, investigators (both RUC and British Army) were unsure and gave conflicting opinions. RUC duty officers' reports were made daily. Their purpose was to brief the Chief Constable and others at HQ about events that had happened that day. The reports were also made available to the British Army's General Officer Commanding for Northern Ireland. The 4–5 December 1971 report said of the bombing: "Just before the explosion a man entered the licensed premises and left down a suitcase, presumably to be picked up by a known member of the IRA. The bomb was intended for use on other premises. Before the 'pick-up' was made the bomb exploded". The origin of this information could not be established. On 6 December, however, the RUC took a witness statement from an 8-year-old boy. He said that a car had stopped outside the pub with four men inside and "a wee Union Jack stuck in the back window". He said one left a package in the Great George's Street doorway and ran back to the car, which sped off just moments before the package exploded. A man and a woman backed up his story, although they did not witness as much as the boy. Despite this, the security forces and the government stood behind the "own goal" theory. A British Intelligence Corps document covering the period 8–15 December said: "It has been confirmed that it was a [Provisional IRA] bomb which was destined for another target, but exploded prematurely." A Ministry of Defence (MOD) document dated 14 December said that this "should be publicised". On 23 December, the British Army sent a letter (signed by a lieutenant colonel) to people living in north Belfast. It said that when the IRA in the area is destroyed, "we can look forward to … a period in which you will not lose your friends in a repetition of the [IRA's] accident in the McGurk’s bar."

A mock-up of the original bar erected close to its original location, December 2011

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

An Athlete Wrestling with a Python

An Athlete Wrestling with a Python

London, Tate Britain, Frederic Leighton: An Athlete Wrestling with a Python, bronze, 1877, N01754

An Athlete Wrestling with a Python was the first of three bronze sculptures produced by the British artist Frederic Leighton. Completed in 1877, the sculpture was a departure for Leighton, and heralded the advent of a new movement, New Sculpture, taking realistic approach to classical models. It has been described as a "sculptural masterpiece" and as "possibly Leighton's greatest contribution to British art". Despite its indebtedness to the Classical tradition, it can be understood as one of the first stirrings of modern sculpture in Britain as well as in Europe. The Athlete was arguably the most influential piece of English sculpture of the 19th century. The sculpture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1877 under the title An Athlete Wrestling with a Python but it is sometimes also known as An Athlete Strangling a Python or An Athlete Struggling with a Python. The original full-size bronze was acquired for the nation using funds from the Chantrey Bequest, and is displayed at Tate Britain in London.

An Athlete Wrestling with a Python was the first of three bronze sculptures produced by the British artist Frederic Leighton. Completed in 1877, the sculpture was a departure for Leighton, and heralded the advent of a new movement, New Sculpture, taking realistic approach to classical models. It has been described as a "sculptural masterpiece" and as "possibly Leighton's greatest contribution to British art". Despite its indebtedness to the Classical tradition, it can be understood as one of the first stirrings of modern sculpture in Britain as well as in Europe. The Athlete was arguably the most influential piece of English sculpture of the 19th century. The sculpture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1877 under the title An Athlete Wrestling with a Python but it is sometimes also known as An Athlete Strangling a Python or An Athlete Struggling with a Python. The original full-size bronze was acquired for the nation using funds from the Chantrey Bequest, and is displayed at Tate Britain in London.

Bronze at Tate Britain

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

Akashita

Akashita

Akashita is a Japanese yōkai that appears in yōkai emaki in the Edo Period, among other places. They are depicted as a beast with clawed hands and a very hairy face covered with dark clouds, but its full body appearance is unknown. In its opened mouth is a big tongue. It is drawn as a beast with clawed hands and a hairy face, with most of its body hidden in a black cloud over a floodgate. It is characterized by its open mouth and large tongue. Sekien did not attach an explanatory note about this yōkai, but its origins are identifiable as Akaguchi which appears in older Edo period yōkai scrolls such as Bakemono no e. This yōkai is known interchangeably as Akaguchi and Akashita.

Akashita (赤 (あか)舌 (した), lit. "red tongue") is a Japanese yōkai that appears in yōkai emaki in the Edo Period, among other places. They are depicted as a beast with clawed hands and a very hairy face covered with dark clouds, but its full body appearance is unknown. In its opened mouth is a big tongue. It is drawn as a beast with clawed hands and a hairy face, with most of its body hidden in a black cloud over a floodgate. It is characterized by its open mouth and large tongue. Sekien did not attach an explanatory note about this yōkai, but its origins are identifiable as Akaguchi which appears in older Edo period yōkai scrolls such as Bakemono no e. This yōkai is known interchangeably as Akaguchi and Akashita.

"Akashita" (赤舌) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/SekienAkashita.jpg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_D._Jackson_Square

Lloyd D. Jackson Square

Lloyd D. Jackson Square

English: Jackson Square King Street and James Street entrance

Lloyd D. Jackson Square, also known as Jackson Square, is an indoor shopping mall, commercial, and entertainment complex located in the downtown core of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, which is named after Lloyd Douglas Jackson, who served as mayor of the city from 1950 to 1962. The civic square is located in the centre of the city, bounded by several major roads: King Street, Bay Street, York Boulevard and James Street, with the appointed address being 2 King Street West. The mall officially opened in 1972.

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Jackson Square King Street and James Street entrance

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

List of airports in Manitoba

List of airports and heliports

List of airports in Manitoba / List of airports and heliports

English: Brandon Municipal Airport Passenger Terminal

This is a list of airports in Manitoba. It includes all Nav Canada certified and registered water and land airports, aerodromes and heliports in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Airports names in italics are part of the National Airports System.

The list is sorted by the name of the community served, click the sort buttons in the table header to switch listing order.

Brandon Municipal Airport

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Presbytery of Aberdeen

Presbytery of Aberdeen

View of Queen Victorias Statue and Queens Cross Church in the area of Queens Cross, Aberdeen, Scotland. en:Category:Aberdeen

The Presbytery of Aberdeen is one of the forty-six presbyteries of the Church of Scotland, being the local presbytery for the city of Aberdeen. The current moderator is the Rev Hutton Steel who is minister of High Hilton Parish Church. The presbytery represents and supervises thirty six Church of Scotland congregations within the city. The office is at Mastrick Parish Church. The role of Presbytery Clerk is held by the Rev Dr John A Ferguson.

The Presbytery of Aberdeen is one of the forty-six presbyteries of the Church of Scotland, being the local presbytery for the city of Aberdeen. The current moderator is the Rev Hutton Steel who is minister of High Hilton Parish Church. The presbytery represents and supervises thirty six Church of Scotland congregations within the city. The office is at Mastrick Parish Church. The role of Presbytery Clerk is held by the Rev Dr John A Ferguson.

Queen's Cross Church

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

Rockwell International

Manned spacecraft

Rockwell International / Products / Manned spacecraft

English: Discovery (OV-103), the third of NASA's fleet of reusable, winged spaceships, arrived at Kennedy Space Center in November 1983. It was launched on its first mission, flight 41-D, on August 30, 1984. It carried aloft three communications satellites for deployment by its astronaut crew. Other Discovery milestones include the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope on mission in April 1990, the launching of the Ulysses spacecraft to explore the Sun's polar regions on mission in October of that year and the deployment of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in September 1991.

Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate in the latter half of the 20th century, involved in aircraft, the space industry, both defense-oriented and commercial electronics, light & heavy vehicle components in the automotive industry, printing presses, avionics, power tools, valves and meters, and industrial automation. Rockwell International's predecessor was founded in 1919 by Willard Rockwell. At its peak in the 1990s, Rockwell International was No. 27 on the Fortune 500 list, with assets of over $8 billion, sales of $27 billion and 115,000 employees.

Apollo Command and Service Module (initially under North American Aviation, then North American Rockwell) Space Shuttle orbiter (initially under North American Rockwell)

Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery

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

Vijayanagara Empire

Vijayanagara Empire

English: Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646 ad

Vijayanagara Empire

The Vijayanagara empire was an Indian empire. From 1336 and afterwards, it was in the Deccan, in the peninsula and in southern India. It was founded by Harihara and his brother Bukka Raya. The empire is named after its capital city Vijayanagara, now Hampi in modern Karnataka, India. It began in 1336 and ended in 1660, though in its last century it began losing its power. Stories of the empire's creation and history are not certain, though tales of the empire's wealth and power were described by European travellers such as the Portuguese travelers Domingo Paes and Nuniz, and the Venetian traveler Niccolò Da Conti.

The Vijayanagara empire was an Indian empire. From 1336 and afterwards, it was in the Deccan, in the peninsula and in southern India. It was founded by Harihara (Hakka) and his brother Bukka Raya. The empire is named after its capital city Vijayanagara, now Hampi in modern Karnataka, India. It began in 1336 and ended in 1660, though in its last century it began losing its power. Stories of the empire's creation and history are not certain, though tales of the empire's wealth and power were described by European travellers such as the Portuguese travelers Domingo Paes and Nuniz, and the Venetian traveler Niccolò Da Conti.

Extent of Vijayanagara Empire

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

Serer prehistory

Serer prehistory

Français : Sud de l'Algérie

The prehistoric and ancient history of the Serer people of modern-day Senegambia has been extensively studied and documented over the years. Much of it comes from archaeological discoveries and Serer tradition rooted in the Serer religion.

The prehistoric and ancient history of the Serer people of modern-day Senegambia has been extensively studied and documented over the years. Much of it comes from archaeological discoveries and Serer tradition rooted in the Serer religion.

West Saharan montane xeric woodlands[1]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gill_works_at_the_Midland_Hotel,_Morecambe

Eric Gill works at the Midland Hotel, Morecambe

Eric Gill works at the Midland Hotel, Morecambe

English: The entrance to the Midland Hotel in Morecambe

Eric Gill works at the Midland Hotel, Morecambe include a sculpture, reliefs and a medallion.

Eric Gill works at the Midland Hotel, Morecambe include a sculpture, reliefs and a medallion.

The main entrance to the Midland Hotel.

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

Tactical Support Wing

Subordinate units

Tactical Support Wing / Subordinate units

A Douglas A-4L Skyhawk (BuNos 145141) of Naval Reserve attack squadron VA-205 Green Falcons, Reserve Carrier Air Wing 20 (RCVW-20), landing on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60) in the mid-1970s. The A-4L 145141 was later sold to Malaysia.

The Tactical Support Wing is a United States Navy reserve air wing whose primary mission is operational and training support for active forces. Based at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, the wing is composed of five squadrons and five Squadron Augment Units in seven states. It is the Navy Reserve's only tactical wing, and has been since the 1994 disestablishment of the Navy's West Coast reserve air wing. In 2007, the wing was renamed from Reserve Carrier Air Wing 20 under the Navy's Active-Reserve Integration plan.

The Tactical Support Wing consists of five squadrons: VFA-204 River Rattlers – based at NAS JRB New Orleans, Louisiana VAQ-209 Star Warriors – based at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington State VFC-12 Fighting Omars – based at NAS Oceana, Virginia VFC-13 Saints – based at NAS Fallon, Nevada VFC-111 Sundowners – based at NAS Key West, Florida

A-4L of VA-205 landing on the USS Saratoga in the 1970s

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris,_Illinois

Morris, Illinois

Description

Morris, Illinois / Description

English: Downtown Morris, Illinois during the Grundy County Corn Festival

Morris is a city in and the county seat of Grundy County, Illinois, United States and part of the southwest Chicago metropolitan area. The population was estimated at 15,053 in 2019.

Morris is the Grundy County seat and has a large hospital and modern schools. It is home to the Morris Community High School Redskins, who have won three state championships in football. There are many small parks, ball diamonds, tennis courts, two golf courses, an outdoor swimming pool, an indoor olympic-sized pool as well as the Gebhard Woods State Park and the William G. Stratton State Park for boat launching on the Illinois River and a skatepark located near White Oak elementary school. Morris Community High School is known to be located on an abandoned mining network that stems for approximately five miles (8 kilometres). Morris is home to the Grundy County Speedway, and the city also hosts the annual Grundy County Fair and Grundy County Corn Festival.

Downtown Morris during the Grundy County Corn Festival

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Level,_Brighton

The Level, Brighton

Early history

The Level, Brighton / Early history

English: The Level, Brighton, showing Dutch elms in a double avenue. Planted 1844. I (Peter Bourne) am the author. The picture is part of my collection.

The Level is an urban park in central Brighton, on the south coast of England. The park is a triangle of 8.05 acres bounded by Union Street to the north, Richmond Terrace to the east, and Ditchling Road to the west. In the past, the land has been used as a cricket ground for the Prince of Wales and as a setting for large-scale dinner parties to commemorate events such as the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte and the coronation of Queen Victoria. The Level is often used for public meetings and gatherings. These have included May Day events, a 1983 peace camp and the Brighton Urban Free Festival. Present day features of the park include a grassed area with elm trees and outdoor seating, several cafés, a skatepark, a rose garden, a children's playground and a pond. The park was substantially redeveloped from 2009 onwards.

London Road and Lewes Road, two major routes leading out of Brighton, were built along steep-sided valleys through which winterbournes flowed intermittently. The valleys, and therefore the streams, met where the Level is now and flowed out to sea at the Old Steine. The land was always marshy and swampy and was never built upon. Instead, it became a popular place for public recreation and entertainment as Brighton grew into a fashionable seaside resort in the 18th century. After the town's authorities banned ball games and other traditional entertainments on the Old Steine in 1787, the Level became the focus for the early resort's sporting activities: The Prince of Wales (later George IV of the United Kingdom) then laid out a cricket ground on the northern side in 1791. The Prince of Wales Ground hosted early first-class matches and served as the home of Brighton Cricket Club, later one of the principal founders of Sussex County Cricket Club. In 1822, the cricket ground moved to a nearby site called the Hanover Ground; after another move to the Royal Brunswick Ground on the Brunswick estate, it was established on its present site on Eaton Road in Hove in 1872. The Bat and Ball pub on Ditchling Road, facing the west side of the Level, commemorates the ground. Other popular events included the town's annual bonfire celebrations on Guy Fawkes Night, regular circuses and fairs, and traditional activities such as bat and trap and skipping. Writing in 1883, a contributor to the Sussex Archaeological Collections journal noted that the local Good Friday tradition of skipping was still maintained at the Level, where "scores of skippers" could be seen. As well as these informal recreational events, the Level (especially the southern part, closest to the town centre) was used for formal, town-wide events and commemorations, such as the Prince's birthday celebrations. The Allied Powers' defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte was celebrated in Brighton by the Great Peace Festival of August 1814. A mass dinner of roast beef and plum puddings was served at 75 double rows of tables for more than 7,000 people, and the town's authorities organised activities such as running races, stoolball, dancing and kiss-in-the-ring. The coronations of King George IV and Victoria, and the ends of both the Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean War were celebrated with similar large-scale public feasts. On 22 April 1822, the 8.05 acres of land that today form the Level was given in trust to Brighton by Thomas Read Kemp and other landowners. Thereafter, apart from 105 acres (42 ha) of downland near Brighton Racecourse, far out of town on top of Race Hill, The Level was the only area of common land available to the town's residents. In the same year Union Road was built to connect the Ditchling and Lewes Roads, marking the northern edge of the Level, and the land to the north of it was sold. Local entrepreneur James Ireland established the Royal Gardens on this section, but the venture failed and the land was later sold again; Park Crescent was built on it from 1849. Also in 1822, the Level itself was designed and laid out by architect Amon Henry Wilds and horticulturist Henry Phillips. The elm trees, a gift to the town from Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester, were planted in November 1844. Many were uprooted in the Great Storm of 1987, although at the time Brighton Borough Council was considering felling many of them because of an outbreak of Dutch elm disease. By the time Victoria became Queen in 1837, the Level was an important part of the growing resort of Brighton: the town extended for 1 mile (1.6 km) northwards from the seafront, encompassing a "splendid boulevard" formed by the green spaces of the Old Steine, Valley Gardens (with St Peter's Church as the centrepiece) and the Level itself. Also at this time, when the success of Britain's first inter-city railway encouraged investment and speculation in the new form of transport, six routes were suggested for a railway line between London and Brighton. The shortest and most direct, covering 47.5 miles (76.4 km) bu

West side of the Level with elm trees, 2006

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

History of Russia

Eastern Slavs (7 c - 13 c)

History of Russia / Eastern Slavs (7 c - 13 c)

The history of Russia begins with the East Slavs, Turkic, and the Finno-Ugric peoples. Parts of Southern Russia around the Black sea were settled by Greeks and Romans until about the 3rd century. Huns and Turkic tribes invaded the regions around the Black sea until the 10th century. Eastern Slavs then immigrated to the region. Vikings created the Kievan Rus. In the 13th century, Mongols conquered the region and created the Golden Horde. The Mongols ruled until the 15th century. The tsardom of Russia and Russian empire were then created. Poland-Lithuania invaded Moscow, but Russia eventually drove them out. Russia expanded more west and east into Siberia. Napoleon tried to invade Russia during the winter but failed. Russia fought against Germany in WW1. In 1917, the October Revolution happened, and the communists led by Lenin created the Soviet Union. In WW2, Hitler also failed to invade Russia. Russia occupied East Germany, Poland, and most of East Europe during the Cold War. It became a big rival of the United States. In the 1990s, the Union ended, with things like the Yugoslavia revolution, and became modern Russia.

Some of the ancestors of the modern Russians were the Slavic tribes. They came from the forests of the Pripet Marshes. The Early East Slavs gradually settled Western Russia by moving from Kiev towards present-day Suzdal and Murom and then from Polotsk towards Novgorod and Rostov. From the 7th century onwards, East Slavs were the majority of Western Russia. They mixed slowly and peacefully with the native Finno-Ugric tribes, such as the Merya, the Muromians, and the Meshchera. The Cyrillic alphabet, invented in modern Bulgaria in the 9th century, also spread during this period.

Tribes in Russia at the arrival of the Varangians and before Slavic colonization

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

Mieszko III the Old

Mieszko III the Old

Polski: Mieszko Stary

Mieszko III the Old, of the royal Piast dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland from 1138 and High Duke of Poland, with interruptions, from 1173 until his death. He was the fourth and second surviving son of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland, by his second wife Salomea, daughter of the German count Henry of Berg-Schelklingen.

Mieszko III the Old (Polish: Mieszko III Stary) (c. 1126/27 – 13 March 1202), of the royal Piast dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland from 1138 and High Duke of Poland, with interruptions, from 1173 until his death. He was the fourth and second surviving son of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland, by his second wife Salomea, daughter of the German count Henry of Berg-Schelklingen.

Mieszko stary

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_de_Salis-Seewis

Count de Salis-Seewis

Comtes de Salis-Seewis (1777–1915)

Count de Salis-Seewis / Comtes de Salis-Seewis (1777–1915)

English: Scan (by me, R. de Salis, Rodolph (talk)) of my own book, Shield & crests & count's coronet of Johann Gaudenz v Salis-Seewis: Salis-Seewis impaling Salis-Bothmar, from the cover of the 1889 biography of the poet by Adolf Frey.

Count de Salis-Seewis is a primogenitive title created in Versailles, France on 1 February 1777, while the title Graf was created in Vienna, Austria, 16 March 1915.

1) Johann Ulrich Dietegan (1740–1815), married (1760) Jakobea von Salis-Bothmar (1741–1791); 1st Count; 2) Johann Gaudenz Gubert, (Malans 1762 - Malans 1834), poet, married Ursina von Pestalozzi; 2nd Count; 3) Johann-Ulrich Dietegan (Chur 1794– Modena 1844), married Barbara von Cleric; 3rd Comte; 4) (kaiserlich und königlich Hauptmann) Johann Gaudenz Gubert Dietegen (Malans 26.1.1824–1873), married (Agram 1857) Wilhelmine von Vranyczany-Dobrinović (Severin/Agram 1839 - Karlstadt 28.12.1898), daughter of Ambros von Vranyczany-Dobrinović by Julie Tompa de Horsova; 4th Count;

Arms of Johann Gaudenz v Salis-Seewis : Salis-Seewis impaling, or quartered with, Salis-Bothmar. From an 1889 book cover, Adolf Frey's biography of the poet.

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

Hedley Verity

Personal life

Hedley Verity / Personal life

HEDLEY VERITY Yorkshire and England cricketer was born here. An outstanding slow left-arm bowler, he dismissed Bradman on ten occasions, and took 1,956 wickets, including 144 in 40 Test appearances for England (average 14.90). Yorkshire won the County Championship in 7 of his 10 seasons from 1930 to 1939. 1905-1943

Hedley Verity was a professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939. A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he took 1,956 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 14.90 and 144 wickets in 40 Tests at an average of 24.37. Named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1932, he is regarded as one of the most effective slow left-arm bowlers to have played cricket. Never someone who spun the ball sharply, he achieved success through the accuracy of his bowling. On pitches which made batting difficult, particularly ones affected by rain, he could be almost impossible to bat against. Verity was born in Leeds and, from an early age, wished to play cricket for Yorkshire. After establishing a good reputation in local cricket, he signed a contract as a professional cricketer playing in the Lancashire League. His first season was not a success but, after moving clubs, he began to make a name for himself. Initially a medium-paced bowler, he switched to bowling spin in an attempt to secure a place in the Yorkshire team.

Verity married Kathleen Alice Metcalfe, a bookbinder and the daughter of a sales agent, on 7 March 1929. The two had known each other as children in Headingley and met again at a Rawdon youth club social event. They had two sons, first Wilfred, named after Wilfred Rhodes, and then George Douglas, named after George Hirst and Douglas Jardine. Shortly before the outbreak of the war, Kathleen Verity began to suffer from poor health, and the family planned a trip to South Africa in the English winter of 1939 to aid her recovery and so Verity could take up one of several offers of a coaching job. In the last months before Hedley Verity went overseas during the war, Kathleen joined him in Omagh and later in London just before he went away. The Hedley Verity, a branch of Wetherspoons in Leeds city centre, is named after Verity and there is a Blue Plaque on the house he was born in.

Hedley Verity Blue Plaque

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

Ramsey County Poor Farm Barn

Ramsey County Poor Farm Barn

English: Ramsey County Poor Farm Barn, 2020 White Bear Ave, Maplewood, Minnesota, USA. Viewed from the southwest. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 77000766

The Ramsey County Poor Farm Barn served as home and work for the indigent in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The barn is now used by the Ramsey County Cooperative extension service. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The second floor houses the Ramsey County Fright Farm. It is the number one Haunted House in Minnesota.

The Ramsey County Poor Farm Barn served as home and work for the indigent in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The barn is now used by the Ramsey County Cooperative extension service. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The second floor houses the Ramsey County Fright Farm. It is the number one Haunted House in Minnesota.

Ramsey County Poor Farm Barn from the southwest

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

Sangwangsimni station

Sangwangsimni station

日本語: 上往十里駅ホーム（ソウル地下鉄2号線）한국어: 상왕십리역(서울 지하철 2호선) 승강장 모습English: The platform at Sangwangsimni Station on Seoul Subway Line 2 in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea(South Korea)

Sangwangsimni Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2 in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

Sangwangsimni Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2 in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

Station Platform

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

Lasqueti Island

Community

Lasqueti Island / Community

English: The ferry from Vancouver Island to Lasqueti Island, Centurion VII, coming into False Bay to dock.

Lasqueti Island is an island off the east coast of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Georgia, qathet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada and has a population of 399 people. A passenger-only ferry connects the island to the community of French Creek, near Parksville. The ferry makes two to three runs per day, five days per week, weather permitting.

The island community is an enclave of Canadian counter-culture. Lasqueti Island is one of the least developed of the major Gulf Islands. Its roads are mostly unpaved, and it is the only one of the larger Gulf Islands that is not currently connected to BC Hydro's electrical power grid. Solar, wind, micro-hydro, and fossil fueled generators power the island. There is a hotel and a restaurant in False Bay, where the ferry arrives and departs. There are at least three B&B's on the island, but services are seasonal and very limited. Potable water may be scarce at times, in different places on the island. There are local markets and an informal food cooperative but they operate at odd hours, depending on the season and demand. Lasqueti island has a yearly Arts Festival on Canada Day Weekend, and other activities. These different festivals and informal activities feature local painters, sculptors, poets, fiction writers, and historians. Performing arts, on the Canada Day long-weekend, include: The Bolting Brassicas (marching band), the Lasquirkus (circus), and other activities. The island has a reputation for sailing and sea kayaking which is considered among some of the finest, but also among the most challenging, in lower British Columbia. Tides and currents may become foreboding without warning - the winter weather down the Strait of Georgia has been responsible for various mariners' deaths.

The ferry from Vancouver Island to Lasqueti Island, Centurion VII, coming into False Bay to dock.

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

Insects on stamps

Insects on stamps

English: United Nations postage stamp

Many countries have featured insects on stamps. Insect related topics such as the mosquito eradication programme of the 1960s as well as graphic designs based on insects have also appeared. Many stamps also feature butterflies. Insects only started to appear on stamps much later than other larger and more attractive animals. The first postal stamp featuring a beetle was released in 1948 in Chile as a tribute to natural historian Claudio Gay. Since then, insects have become popular subjects in philately. Between 1953 and 1969, about 100 stamps featuring beetles were published worldwide. Most of the time, aesthetically attractive species are pictured, but some stamps also feature pests. In other instances, due to simplified drawing, it is hard to identify what species is depicted on the stamp.

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An UN anti-malaria stamp.

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

Erhard Mayke

Erhard Mayke

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Moment aus dem 5.000 m Eis-Schnellauf in St. Moritz. Der gute Eis-Schnelläufer Carlson/Norwegen (schwarzes Hemd) und der deutsche Recordläufer Mayke (weisses Hemd) während des 5.000 m Laufes.

Erhard Mayke Was a German speed skater and competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics hosted in St moritz Switzerland, he also competed in the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men in the same year 1928 hosted in Davos. Career personal bests were: 500 – 48.4; 1500 – 2:37.6, 5000 – 9:20.0; 10000 – 19:01.6. Also having a second appearance at the Olympics 1936 in Germany where he was one of the timekeepers in speed skating.

Erhard Mayke (born January 6, 1896 West Prussia -1962) Was a German speed skater and competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics hosted in St moritz Switzerland, he also competed in the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men in the same year 1928 hosted in Davos. Career personal bests were: 500 – 48.4 (1928); 1500 – 2:37.6 (1928), 5000 – 9:20.0 (1928); 10000 – 19:01.6 (1928). Also having a second appearance at the Olympics 1936 in Germany where he was one of the timekeepers in speed skating.

The 5000 metres race between Carlson and Mayke.

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

Tobias Enström

Early career

Tobias Enström / Playing career / Early career

English: Atlanta Thrashers defenceman Tobias Enstrom prior to a National Hockey League game against the Calgary Flames, in Calgary.