As demonstrated in the letter below to the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), its final report on the mysterious collapse of the Salomon Brothers Building, otherwise known as World Trade Center 7, on 11 September 2001, is wholly inadequate with respect to the establishment of historical truth and the pursuit of justice. The report has a putative legal basis from an illegal ex post facto law. NIST acts in combination with other entities to suppress evidence and the legal discovery process. NIST makes fanciful inferences to explain phenomena never encountered in the long history of steel structured buildings. NIST excludes clear evidence of seismic blast events that were coincidental to not only to the collapse of WTC 7, but also WTC 1 and WTC 2. NIST excludes other evidence of controlled demolition and foreknowledge of controlled demolition. NIST does not put under proper scrutiny the strange but telling behavior of Sir Rudolph Giuliani, who as New York City Mayor on Black Tuesday, carefully avoided his state of the art emergency command post on the 23rd floor of World Trade Center 7. Why? Streams of molten metal at Ground Zero contradict assertions of fire-induced global (mechanical) collapse from ordinary building contents and even jet fuel. Read more below.
I hereby submit eight comments on NIST NCSTAR 1A, the Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 by the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster, which is a draft for public comment released on 21 August 2008. This letter also appears on my website http://www.show-the-house.com/ under the title "Schlock & Awe on Top of Shock & Awe: the NIST Report on WTC 7."
"On October 1, 2002, the National Construction Safety Team Act (Public Law 107-231) was signed into law. (A copy of the Public Law is included in Appendix A.) The NIST WTC Investigation was conducted under the authority of the National Construction Safety Team Act."
1.1 Comment: The National Construction Safety Team Act (Public Law 107-231) is an ex post facto law with respect to its putative authority to investigate the events of 11 September 2001, and as such this act conflicts with prohibitions against ex post facto laws which are expressed in the Constitution of the United States, Article 1, sections 9 and 10.
1.2 Reason for Comment: There is a very great need for a solid legal foundation for a real investigation of the crime of the century, the events of 11 September 2001. Fraud and force muted preexisting laws, rules and procedures for a proper investigation and a new law was given. Inasmuch as 9/11 served as a pretext to execute preexisting plans to invade Iraq and resulted in the deaths of over a million Iraqis and displacement of over 4 million, and has raised our national debt to a dangerous level, and has caused untold suffering here and abroad, our national honor requires establishment of historical truth and pursuit of justice.
1.3 Suggestion for Revision: An entirely new investigation under proper legal authority is required. Scientific findings and analysis will be components of such a new investigation.
"However, the reader should keep in mind that the building and the records kept within it were destroyed, and the remains of all the WTC buildings were disposed of before congressional action and funding was available for this Investigation to begin."
2.1 Comment: This sentence in this NIST Report on the mysterious collapse of World Trade Center 7 is a classic example of what the founding fathers of the USA sought to prevent happening in our republic when they included two prohibitions against ex post facto laws in Article I, sections 9 and 10 of our Constitution.
2.2 Reason for comment: It must be pointed out that this NIST Report rests on the false assumption that there was no preexisting agency authorized to investigate Ground Zero in New York during the long interval between the 9/11 attacks and the 1 October 2002 passage of the National Construction Safety Team Act. Our Congress acted in combination with local, state and federal officials and private entities to countenance the illegal removal of evidence from a crime scene and the suppression of a legal discovery process and thereby thwarted a proper criminal investigation and redress for victims and their survivors. This game of legal thimblerig does not conduce to the establishment of historical truth and the proper administration of justice. Such corruption supported the stated goals of the war mongers who had the motive, means and opportunity to carry out a false flag intelligence operation and did in fact benefit by fulfillment of policy objectives. NIST has been used to lend a veneer of authority and respectability to an assault on our justice system.
2.3 Suggestion for revision: An entirely new investigation under proper legal authority is required. Matters of law are not subservient to affairs of state which are totally unhinged from the Constitution of the United States and international law. A scientific report teetering on such shaky legal foundation naturally has as much to hide as it reveals, and I list in items 3 through 8 below the notable false statements, omissions and unsupported assertions in this report.
2.3.1 Background But first, let me say I know I sound somewhat harsh in my assertions, but please believe me that I address these heavy issues with sincerity and deep concern. I am not blaming everybody at NIST or other federal, state and local government agencies and private entities. I realize that in this age of specialization, people play compartmentalized roles and very often do not have a clear look at the big picture. We all have our prejudices too, and must keep them in check so as not to affect our judgments. We also live in an age of technological wonders that can be devilishly deceiving. We must be on guard at all times.
Before I continue in this fault finding exercise, let me tell you that I was a federal employee working out of the New York Regional Office of the US Department of Commerce on 9/11. I lost my boss, our Assistant Regional Director, Marion Britton, who, I've been told, was on United Airlines Flight 93 which, I've been told, went down near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. I only know I never saw Marion again after 9/11. The empty ditch in the field looked like a bomb crater. And debris was scattered as far as 8 miles to the east in New Baltimore.
My skepticism about the official story of 9/11 began with the realization that there were no video surveillance images of Marion at Newark's Liberty International Airport on the morning of 9/11. The more I thought about it, the more I started to realize we have NEVER seen ANY credible video surveillance images of ANY of the passengers – let alone hijackers – at ANY of the three airports from which the ill fated flights of 9/11 are said to have departed. Nearly seven full years after that terrible morning we will never forget, we have yet to hear an explanation why we have not seen routine video surveillance footage of passengers or hijackers. Isn't this a bit beyond strange?
Right after the shock and awe of 9/11 and during the subsequent anthrax attacks, people, including me, were on edge and not thinking in a critical fashion and therefore were susceptible to the repeated broadcast videos of two Arab suspects passing through a security checkpoint at the Portland Maine International Airport. That kind of brainwashing was proof enough for the vast majority of people. But such film, problematic in many ways, proved nothing. The same goes for surveillance video images of alleged hijackers passing through security at Dulles International Airport. With no timestamp and afternoon shadows outside the terminal door, this film was shown only briefly and then withdrawn.
Most telling about the video surveillance problem was the 9/11 Commission's decision to downplay or otherwise ignore it. This was very strange behavior for an investigatory commission. When you also consider that none of the flight manifests published by American and United Airlines showed the names of the alleged hijackers, you can understand why the FBI website does not include 9/11 in Osama Bin Laden's "10 Most Wanted" poster. These are elements of a high tech lynching.
Were this the only problem, maybe I could live with it. But there is more. Much more. I'll give just one example. A trusted colleague at the Department of Commerce whom I've known for 18 years shared his experiences with me weeks after 9/11. His desk was four tenths of a mile north northeast of the World Trade Center complex, on the 37th floor of the Federal Building at 26 Federal Plaza, on Broadway between Duane and Worth Streets. He sat about 20 feet from a window with a view of the World Trade Center complex. He heard two very loud bangs spaced a few seconds apart as the attacks of 9/11 began. This observation was later corroborated by many other witnesses, most notably William Rodriguez. Minutes later my colleague was in a conference room and looking out a window with a southern exposure. He told me that at first he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him, because when he first caught sight of the aerial vehicle that plowed into the south tower WTC 2 as it moved over New York harbor, one wing was pointed almost straight down to the water and the other straight up to the sky. This highly unusual attitude and flight path of a large commercial sized jet in New York City airspace, I later learned, was also witnessed by personnel in the control tower at Newark's Liberty International Airport as well as by many others on the streets and in the buildings of lower Manhattan and surrounding areas.
I also discovered on the Internet that aviation professionals expressed deep doubt that such an accurate, high speed descending arc of flight which induced great G forces was humanly possible. These aviation professionals believe that remote control of the aerial vehicle is the only possible explanation for the hits on WTC 2 and the Pentagon. These two jets flew more like missiles than jets in the hands of flight students on their maiden voyages. With this in mind, and after hearing that 9/11 Commission Co-Chairmen Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton expressed strong doubts as to the veracity of testimonies from high ranking personnel in the US Air Force, I had also to reckon with the location of the New York Regional Office of the US Air Force not more than 60 feet to the left of where my colleague stood when he saw that incoming aerial vehicle. Having had time to examine this matter further, I have come to the conclusion that this aerial vehicle was headed right for the New York Regional Office of the US Air Force, our neighbor on the 37th floor of the Federal Building, but hit WTC 2 first! Certainly this office would have been convenient for placing a homing device or directional aerial.
These matters about lack of video evidence and missile-like trajectories into 9/11 targets are just the tip of the iceberg. I will forebear, at least for now, from telling you the rest, and will focus on my comments on the NIST Report on WTC 7. I just feel it is best to make a clean breast of it so you know from where I am coming and perhaps guide me to where I would like to go. My goals are to establish historical truth and pursue justice. I am available to head a full, fair and impartial investigation 9/11. Real science will be a real aid to a real investigation.
A full, fair and impartial investigation of 9/11 will consider all who had the motive, means and opportunity to pull off a complex "false flag" intelligence operation and, after seven full years, who has benefitted in their own perverse ways by implementation of policy objectives. A clue may be found in who benefitted by the ex post facto law exonerating American and Israeli telecommunications companies for conspiracy to wiretap illegally.
Finally, a full fair and impartial investigation of 9/11 will overcome the conspiracy of silence engendered by the Talmudic Law of the Moser, or Law of the Jewish Informer, which prohibits a Jew from informing on another Jew to a non-Jew, directly or indirectly. This law is very much like the Mafioso Code of Omerta. It is diametrically opposed to the adversarial and discovery processes of our judicial system, and an impediment to frank exchanges of information within our intelligence and law enforcement communities. The Talmudic Law of the Moser is not conducive to the establishment of historical truth or the pursuit of justice. A real investigation of 9/11 must grapple with this reality.
I am available to head a proper investigation of 9/11, and will be happy to work with NIST.
"Eventually, the fires reached the northeast of the building. The probable collapse sequence that caused the global collapse of WTC 7 was initiated by the buckling of a critical interior column in that vicinity."
3.1 Comment: History shows that severe fires deform but do not collapse steel structures.
3.2 Reason for comment: I am at a loss to understand how NIST can conceivably make the leap to fire-induced mechanical collapse at virtually free fall speed when no fire has ever done this to a steel structured building except on 9/11. NIST's strained inference is rendered plausible only by computer graphic gimmickry and suppression and exclusion of contradictory evidence.
3.3 Suggestion for revision: An entirely new investigation under proper legal authority is required. Such investigation will consider responsible dissenting views such as those expressed by Mr. Richard Gage and his Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth. Fifteen different characteristics of a controlled demolition have been described and identified in the collapses of WTC 7, 1 and 2.
"Hypothetical blast events did not play a role in the collapse of WTC 7. NIST concluded that blast events did not occur, and found no evidence whose explanation required invocation of a blast event."
4.1 Comment: These statements are false and misleading. The Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University recorded two seismic events at 17:20:42 and 17:20:50 EDT, exactly when WTC 7 collapsed. Each of the two seismic events registered 0.6 on the Richter scale, which is comparable to a typical quarry blast at distances even greater than the WTC from the seismograph's sensors. So it is indeed curious that NIST uses the plural form ("hypothetical blast events") even as it excludes mention of these two seismic events in this executive summary.
4.2 Reason for comment: The Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory's definite seismic evidence of two blast events coinciding with the collapse of World Trade Center 7 needs to be pointed out, as it supports a conclusion of controlled demolition rather than NIST's fire induced global (mechanical) collapse theory. It also needs to be pointed out that although clear evidence of blast events from seismic recordings appears in Figures B-2 and B-9 of NIST's NCSTAR 1-9, WTC Investigation (pages 652 and 667 respectively), the authors of this executive summary totally ignore and otherwise avoid their very own strong evidence that real blast events did play a role in the collapse of WTC 7. Such gross neglect or lack of candor undermines this finding. After shock and awe, we are getting schlock and awe! Americans and the international community deserve better.
4.3 Suggestion for revision: An entirely new investigation under proper legal authority is required. Such investigation will not ignore seismic evidence of blast events coinciding with the collapse of WTC 7. Such investigation will also review seismic evidence of blast events coinciding with the collisions of aerial vehicles into WTC 1 & 2 and the collapses of WTC 1, 2 & 7. Such investigation will consider the engineered resilience of the Twin Towers' structures as well as the man-made and natural surface layers in, around and under the World Trade Center complex as factors precluding building collapses and impacts of aerial vehicles as seismic events.
"Blast from the smallest charge capable of failing the critical column would have resulted in a sound level of 130 dB to 140 dB at a distance of at least half a mile. There were no witness reports of such a loud noise, nor was such a noise heard on the audio tracks of video recordings of the WTC 7 collapse."
5.1 Comment: These are false statements offering slight information when there is much more. Contrary to what the NIST Report says, there were indeed eyewitness accounts of explosions heard and shock waves seen right before and during the collapse of WTC 7 just before 5:21 PM on 11 September 2001.
5.2 Reason for comment: NIST is making a false statement to the effect that there were no eyewitness testimonies to the sounds of explosions before and during the collapse of WTC 7. Such false statements, compounded by suppression of seismic evidence as shown in item 4 and other scientific evidence as shown in item 8, can only lead to wrong conclusions.
5.3 Suggestion for revision: An entirely new investigation under proper legal authority is required. Eyewitnesses who heard and recorded explosions with their video cameras should be properly deposed and not excluded from consideration. Ground noise, the muffling effects of buildings and building materials and other objects must be taken into account in determining why there were witnesses who did not hear or record the sounds of explosions. In this regard, Professor Steven Jones, a leading exponent of aluminum powder incendiaries as one of the methods employed in the controlled demolitions of WTC 1, 2 and 7, whose voice has been muffled by the mainstream news media, can attest to the relative quiet of these kinds of explosives. I have seen on the Internet videos with soundtracks including sounds of explosions before and during the collapse of WTC 7. If these are fake, they ought to be exposed as fake and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Also to be considered are numerous testimonies indicating foreknowledge of the impending implosion, including Larry Silverstein's famous admission that a decision was made to "pull it"; i.e., bring down WTC 7 by controlled demolition. How the BBC managed to report the collapse as a fait accompli twenty minutes before it actually happened deserves thorough examination.
"The partial or total collapse of a building due to fire is an infrequent event."
6.1 Comment: This is quite an understatement if applied only to steel structured buildings. As previously stated, history shows that strong fires may deform steel structures but do not cause them to collapse. No steel structure has ever collapsed as a result of a fire, and NIST argues unconvincingly that this record of integrity of steel structures was broken three times on 9/11 in the space of a few hours.
6.2 Reason for comment: It is necessary to show that this statement misleads the reader into thinking such collapses can and do happen but are exceedingly rare events. To know that in the entire history of mankind the collapse of steel structured buildings is specific only to the events of 11 September 2001 in New York City is to know that the fire induced global collapse hypothesis simply does not fly, especially when evidence to the contrary has been suppressed. The NIST finding is absurd!
6.3 Suggestion for revision: An entirely new investigation under proper legal authority is required. Best evidence of controlled demolitions of WTC 1 and WTC 2 is contained in the remarkable film of the Twin Tower collapses made by Richard A. Siegel on a pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. The soundtrack is calibrated to the sound of the tone at 10:00 EDT from radio station 1010WINS New York, which plays in the background. The sounds of massive explosions correlate perfectly with the seismic readings taken at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory further up the Hudson in the Palisades. Siegel's film is positive proof that the seismic readings before and during the collapses of each of the Twin Towers were very high powered blast events. Likewise, the seismic readings are positive proof that Siegel's film captured sounds of explosions and not sounds of debris hitting the ground. As previously state in item 4, seismic evidence of 2 blast events 8 seconds apart does indeed pertain to the collapse of WTC 7.
"Establishment and implementation of codes and protocols for ensuring effective and uninterrupted operation of the command and control system for large-scale building emergencies."
7.1 Comment: This recommendation raises a very pertinent question. Why did Mayor Rudolf Giuliani prefer an impromptu command post in the field at 75 Barclay Street to his expensive, state of the art emergency command post on the 23rd floor of WTC 7? 75 Barclay Street is approximately 60 feet from the Barclay Street entrance of WTC 7, or the distance a baseball thrown by Nolan Ryan will travel in the blink of an eye. Giuliani's decision to stay away from WTC 7 was made well before any damage was inflicted on the building. In fact, in this time frame Giuliani expressed foreknowledge of the collapse of WTC 2 in a live interview with Peter Jennings of ABC News.
7.2 Reason for comment: Proper scrutiny of the as yet unexplained decision by Mayor Giuliani to stay away from the established emergency command post on the 23rd floor of WTC 7 at a time when he expressed awareness of the impending collapse of WTC 2 – a first in the annals of steel structured buildings – will shed light on the mayor's "establishment and implementation of codes and protocols for ensuring effective and uninterrupted operation of the command and control system for large-scale building emergencies" in the World Trade Center complex on 11 September 2001 and much, much more.
7.3 Suggestion for revision: An entirely new investigation under proper legal authority is required. Such investigation will consider possible advantages derived for nefarious purposes from the "establishment and implementation of codes and protocols for ensuring effective and uninterrupted operation of the command and control system for large-scale building emergencies" relative to the heinous crimes committed on 11 September 2001, from foreknowledge of unprecedented building collapses to disposal of evidence by a former US Attorney who presumably knows the importance of preserving evidence at a crime scene. Criminal investigations whose records were conveniently destroyed in WTC 7 must be enumerated with a view toward reconstruction of case files from other sources. Building records reflecting engineering on WTC must likewise be reconstructed from other sources to determine if and how charges were placed inside the building.
"The fires in WTC 7 were ignited as a result of the impact of debris from the collapse of WTC 1, which was approximately 370 feet to the south. The debris also caused some structural damage to the southwest perimeter of WTC 7. The fires were ignited on at least 10 floors; however, only the fires on Floors 7 through 9 and 11 through 13 grew and lasted until the time of the building collapse. These uncontrolled fires had characteristics similar to those that have occurred previously in tall buildings. Their growth and spread were consistent with ordinary building contents fires."
8.1 Comment: These findings of fires consistent with "ordinary building contents fires" fail to explain pools of molten metal, glowing steel beams and signs of vaporized steel observed by recovery crews and other competent and reliable eyewitnesses in the basement levels of WTC 7 as well as WTC 1 and WTC 2.
8.2 Reason for comment: Since "ordinary building contents fires" do not explain pools of molten metal and glowing steel girders which lingered in the sub-basement levels of WTC 7 as well as WTC 1 and WTC 2 for seven full weeks after the attacks of 11 September 2001, nor do they explain signs of vaporized steel in the World Trade Center complex, another explanation for these highly unusual thermal effects must be found in a new investigation. NIST studiously avoided proper examination of these thermal effects and thereby left a major flaw in its investigation and findings.
8.3 Suggestion for revision: An entirely new investigation under proper legal authority is required. NIST needs to entertain the overwhelming evidence of aluminum powdered incendiaries offered by Physics Professor Steven Jones as a partial explanation of the building collapses. NIST also needs to carefully weigh and consider the 15 characteristics of a controlled demolition which are evident in the collapse of WTC 7 as well as in the collapses of WTC 1 and WTC 2. And NIST must be guided by the seismic evidence of blast events coincidental to the collapses of WTC 7, WTC 1 and WTC 2. A real investigation that takes all of this scientific evidence into account will have to consider the time and labor involved in planting charges in the World Trade Center complex, as well as the expertise and access needed for such a project, and from there narrow down the range of possible suspects. At this point, we can rule out a man in a cave or tent in Afghanistan.
In light of the eight comments outlined above, I reiterate the very strong need for a real investigation of the events of 11 September 2001. I ask you to share my comments within the National Institute of Standards and Technology and also with the United States Department of Commerce and the United States Department of Justice and any other individuals and entities concerned. And I repeat that I am available to head a full, fair and impartial investigation of 9/11.


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Now available online and airing on PBS stations across the country over the weekend, the final episode of the weekly commentary and news show Moyers & Company will mark the official television retirement (though not the career) of veteran journalist Bill Moyers.
In the fall of last year, Moyers announced with little fanfare that the show would be ending and he would retire from television (yes, this time he means it) after more than forty years working in print and broadcast media. Though Moyers will end his near- weekly appearance in the homes of millions of Americans, the website which he created in 2012,BillMoyers.com will continue to operate—creating both familiar and new kinds of content.
"Democracy is a public trust – a reciprocal agreement between generations to keep it in good repair and pass along… So to this new generation I say: over to you, welcome to the fight." —Bill MoyersCelebrating his long career but lamenting the impact of his departure, historian Peter Dreier, in a pieceposted to Common Dreams this week, argues that Moyers' retirement from the airwaves will "leave a huge hole" not easily filled by others. "No other program has journalistic breadth and depth, as well as the progressive viewpoint, that Moyers' show has provided views for over four decades," Dreier wrote.
What has made Moyers' presence on television so unique, explained Nichols, was the creation of a journalistic forum that just largely lacking across the U.S. media landscape, especially in broadcast news.
In the final episode, titled The Children's Climate Crusade, Moyers spends most of his half-hour in conversation with law professor Mary Christina Wood—an author and founder of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law program at the University of Oregon—talking about a series of lawsuits brought by young people who charge that government officials are betraying future generations by not aggressively addressing the threat of global warming and climate change.
Though he consciously refused to make the final M&C episode about himself, it was hard to mistake Moyers' final remarks as anything other than a parting—if not final—missive to his many viewers about the foundational importance of democratic principles and the necessary struggle that defending such principles demands.
So as the next generation steps forward, I am tempted to think that the only thing my generation can say to them is: we're sorry. Sorry for the mess you're inheriting. Sorry we broke the trust. But I know in my heart that's not what they ask or expect. So instead I recommend to them the example of Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin, another of my heroes from the past. He battled the excesses of the first Gilded Age a century ago so boldly and proudly that he went down in history as "Fighting Bob." He told us, "…democracy is a life; and involves continual struggle." I keep asking myself, what if that struggle is the palpable reality without which this world would be truly barren?
So to this new generation I say: over to you, welcome to the fight.
And to all of you who have been loyal to these broadcasts, and to my colleagues who produced them and our funders who kept on giving despite my foibles and flaws, I say: thank you. This series ends, but not our website — BillMoyers.com. I'll see you there, and I'll see you around.


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The following is a list of important scholarly resources related to John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.

Secondary sources

  Fulltext in Swetswise, Ingenta and Ebsco.

 Cameron, Duncan; Dick, Andrew; Fitzmaurice, Paul; & others. (2015) An American President in Ealing: The John Quincy Adams Diaries, 1815–1817. Publisher: Little Ealing History Group.

  Fulltext in Project Muse. Adams role in antislavery petitions debate 1835–44.

 Heffron, Margery M. "'A Fine Romance': The Courtship Correspondence between Louisa Catherine Johnson and John Quincy Adams", New England Quarterly, June 2010, Vol. 83 Issue 2, pp. 200–18
 Holt, Michael F. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War. 1999.

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 Lewis, James E. Jr. John Quincy Adams: Policymaker for the Union. Scholarly Resources, 2001. 164 pp.
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 Melanson, James. "'Entangling Affiances with None': John Quincy Adams, James K. Polk, and the Impact of Conflicting Interpretations", New England Journal of History, Fall 2009, Vol. 66 Issue 1, pp. 26–36, on Monroe Doctrine
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  Also published as Arguing About Slavery: John Quincy Adams and the Great Battle in the United States Congress.
 Morris, Walter John (1963) John Quincy Adams, Germanophile, Pennsylvania State University

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  Fulltext online at Jstor and Ebsco. He tried to create a national observatory, which became the U.S. Naval Observatory.
 Pessen, Edward. "John Quincy Adams" in Henry Graff, ed. The Presidents: A Reference History (3rd ed. 2002) online
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 Unger, Harlow Giles. John Quincy Adams (2012), biography
 Waldstreicher, David, ed. A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams (2013)  excerpt and text search; 600pp; 25 essays by scholars

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Jimi is a psychic /medical intuitive and natural healing practitioner of many modalities. He has a jewelry design company (Jimi Designs) and a wellness space called Shine Your Light Wellness in Cincinnati Ohio. He has been studying and practicing natural healing techniques for over 11 years. Jimi has a 1st level mastery in the ancient practice known as the One Breath, and has studied and received this mastery on the big island of Hawaii. Jimi a first level master in 4 modalities of ancient healing including Pranayama, yoga, Chi Cong, and ancient Shamanic healing techniques, and has studied in over 12 modalities of natural healing such as Reiki, Barbra Brennen studies, crystal therapy, aroma therapy, sound therapy, reflexology, cranial sacral, pressure point, tapping, etc. Jimi is also an intuitive medium that helps people all over the world with his abilities. He will be showing Shine Your Light Natural Healing Jewelry, offering free blessings, and 10-15 minute readings. Shine Your Light is hand carved cast Sterling jewelry that is made from a collection of sacred forms or shapes and natural healing stones that he puts his healing intention into these pieces as a master teacher and natural healing practitioner. This line is a passion of Jimi's that started over seven years ago. Each piece has a function for healing.


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Ex-ASU, PSU guard Marshall had heart condition
Former Arizona State, Penn State guard Jermaine Marshall died of natural causes
Former Arizona State and Penn State guard Jermaine Marshall died last month of natural causes, according to his family.
Marshall, 28, was found dead on Jan. 18 at his home in France, where he was playing for Nantes in the country's second division.
Ex-Arizona State, Penn State guard Marshall dies
French authorities performed an autopsy and determined the cause of death as heart complications which had gone undetected, according to his family.
Marshall played three seasons at Penn State from 2010 to 2013 before transferring to Arizona State for his final year of eligibility. His clutch performances led the Sun Devils to an NCAA tournament berth in 2014, averaging 15.1 points per game. One of his finest performances that season came against ASU rivals Arizona, who was ranked No. 2 when Marshall scored eight of his 29 points in the second overtime to lead his team to a 69-66 win.
"Our family was exceptionally blessed to know and love Jermaine. Incredibly talented, funny, thoughtful, a fierce competitor and a superb athlete who had an unbelievable work ethic and reputation," his family said in a statement. "Jermaine fell in love with the game of basketball at an early age. He went on to fulfill a life-long dream of playing at the college level and professionally for the Hermine Nantes basketball team in Nantes, France. Jermaine was loved by teammates and fans all over the world."
Funeral services will be held on Feb. 9 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.


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BREAKING NEWS: Kuroda Leaves In 2nd Inning With Apparent Hand Injury
It wasn't a good start and it wasn't a long start for Hiroki Kuroda tonight, who just left the game with 1 out in the top of the 2nd after taking a line drive off the fingertips on his pitching hand. He reached out with that bare hand on a leadoff line drive up the middle, and after throwing a few warm-up pitches to test the hand, hit 2 batters and walked another to force in a run. More on this story as it becomes available. Obviously this is not good news for the Yankees.
** UPDATE 7:29 PM- Via Dan Barbarisi, the Yanks are calling Kuroda's injury a "right middle finger contusion." X-rays still to come... **
** UPDATE 10:16 PM- X-rays came back negative and Joe told the media after the game that it's just a bruised middle finger. I bet Kuroda misses his next start, but probably no more than that. Definitely better than a break. **
Labels: Breaking News, Hiroki Kuroda
How Does Brennan Boesch Fit Into This Team?
(Boesch's only Yankee highlight to date. Courtesy of Getty Images)
(Originally published at IIATMS/TYA)
There was a brief period of time after his signing on April 15th where things were looking pretty sweet for Brennan Boesch. He had hooked on with a team in desperate need of help in the outfield, signed a guaranteed Major League deal with that team, and because of the circumstances surrounding the rest of the outfield competition, looked to be a lock for a starting spot in that team's outfield for at least the first month of the regular season.
Then Boesch missed a few games with a strained rib cage, watched as the Yankees traded for Vernon Wells and signed Lyle Overbay, and ended up being one of the final players selected for the Opening Day roster, now in the 4th outfielder spot instead of the starting lineup. He was on the bench to start Monday's home opener as Joe elected to go with right-handed hitters Wells and Ben Francisco against southpaw Jon Lester, and there he stayed for the entirety of the game. When Boston went to the bullpen and brought in a right-hander in the bottom of the 6th inning, it was Travis Hafner and Overbay who got the calls to be the lefty pinch hitters over Boesch, and they were the only lefty pinch hitters Joe used in the game's final 4 innings despite Boston using three more right-handed pitchers.
Labels: Brennan Boesch, Lineup Decisions, Random Musings
2013 AB4AR MiL Season Preview: High-A Tampa
Continuing our quick run up the MiL preview ladder, we move to High-A Tampa, where many of last year's top prospects made at least a quick stop on their 2012 journeys through the system. Some of them have already moved on to the next level, some have stayed to start the 2013 season here, and some are making the jump up from Charleston after spending a full year last year in Low-A. One thing that's for certain with this team- everybody knows who the top two players are.
Labels: Minor Leagues, Prospects, Season Preview
Breaking Prospect News: Ty Hensley Out 2-3 Months After Hip Surgery
Well ain't it just Prospect Day here at AB4AR? Too bad this post isn't of the positive variety.
George King of The Post is reporting that 2012 1st round draft pick Ty Hensley will have surgery today to fix a bone impingement in his right hip and is expected to miss 2-3 months recovering and rehabbing. There were reports that Hensley was dealing with a pulled abdominal muscle early in Spring Training and as Mark Newman so plainly put it, "it turned out this was the cause."
Hensley, a top 10 Yankee prospect in pretty much every list out there (including the AB4AR Top 30) caused a bit of a stir last year after word came out of an "abnormality" being discovered in his pitching shoulder during a physical, although that turned out to be a non-issue. This latest injury news will surely add concern about Hensley's ability to stay healthy long-term, but with him likely being targeted for another short-season league anyway in 2013 it's not the biggest loss in the world. Assuming he doesn't suffer any setbacks, we should still be able to see him on a mound this year.
Labels: Injuries, Prospect News, Quick Hits, Ty Hensley
2013 AB4AR MiL Season Preview: Low-A Charleston
While the Major League boys resume their regular season activity tonight in the Bronx, we're still a day away from the Minor League season kicking off. I meant to cover these previews over the weekend, but obviously that didn't happen. With no game action to review from last night, now seems like as good a time as any to preview the four big MiL affiliates. We'll start off this morning with Low-A Charleston, which has seen most of last year's big talent contingent graduate but still boasts a respectable group of prospects.
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05 July 2009 | The farm in Denmark
The best sleep in the world
The Sears Tower is at risk of being renamed.
28 May 2009 | Denmark
What does working with one's hands or Shell Oil Company in Nigeria have to do with sailing?
Link to photos of Shell Oil Company in Nigeria
Topic for the day.
It is all connected, somehow.
Sailing, cruising, downsizing, reducing waste, conserving resources, taking a journey from having work as your life... to work as only a means to an end... and back again to seeing work as something you enjoy, believe in, and find productive and satisfying for your mind, body and soul. That's kind of an ideal, and can obviously only be achieved once one's basic needs are met. But the more basic one's needs, the more possible it is to meet them with the income from a job one enjoys.
..."good food, shelter, and something meaningful to do." - and friends and family.
[This posting references the previously-dated two postings with links to news articles and photos.]
What's happening in Nigeria? I don't know the conversation among Nigerians living near the oil leaks and gas burns and polluted fishing grounds. It's probably about the basics. The lack of basic necessities, in direct contradiction to the wealth being pumped out of the ground. Not only does it seem that none of the wealth is seen locally, but that the direct reverse is the case; they are paying the consequences for someone else's oil and monetary gains.
So, what will happen to Shell and companies like it? Probably not much. But, the market can make a difference. The market being a looming term for all the stuff we buy and the value of the resources it takes to make all that stuff. It comes back to conserving, downsizing, and thinking.
So many things we use are made from petroleum. We try to think about the packaging at the grocery stores where we shop. There is plastic everywhere. Non-recyclable plastic.
People seem afraid to talk to the stores about their supplier's packaging. If there is only one kind of eggplant available and it's wrapped in plastic on top of a foam carton, (which we have seen), then should we choose something else for dinner? Denmark seems to have as much plastic packaging on regular non-organic produce as anywhere else we've been. There is the option of buying organic produce, which often has better packaging, (also more expensive), or of buying from a 'green grocer', meaning a small veggie-only market. They are more likely to sell produce individually, possibly more locally-grown, without the packaging that is common for produce that's been shipped to Denmark from Spain, or even South America.
It's tough when you are on a budget, to change policy through your shopping habits.
Life is a lot tougher for people who live in a place that's been exploited of it's resources so we can have twenty kinds of fresh produce year-round, fish that once sustained a small poor nation, and a cup of daily coffee, and the disposable cup it comes in.
It's not popular to talk about people's coffee. Enough for now. But, have a "bring your own cup to work day"...soon. It's not unsanitary if it doesn't touch the machine. Certainly no more unsanitary than the germs on the money being changed hands.
We will keep thinking and keep trying.
The next posting topic might be about immigration... which is pretty hot whether you're in Denmark or Missouri, U.S., and is also connected to the issues in the posting above. ...the Nigerian woman in the grocery store in Denmark; poverty-stricken Somalia with it's depleted fishing stock; the children's book at the local library that is in Somali and English; the Arabic children's book that begins on the back page instead of the front; the check-out girl at the super-market who wears a head scarf; the political poster on the advertisement board at the train station that says "Give us Denmark back".
It's all a learning process for me.


There are some things you can ask for on an airplane that don't cost money.
Between the actual flight tickets, the ride to and from the airport, the extra service fees, and the pricey airport food, traveling can be pretty expensive. Luckily, there are some things you can get on the airplane for free, Melanie Glessing, a commercial flight attendant for American Airlines, told INSIDER.
Glessing said she's normally happy to give passengers whatever they ask for, but sometimes the plane doesn't have what customers want. It's important to keep in mind that some flights don't have extra things to spare and that the flight attendant doesn't have control over that. But usually, there are a few things you can ask for without having to pay any more money.
You can always ask for extra snacks.
Is that one pack of pretzels just not enough for you? Good news: You can almost always ask for more bags of snacks, free of charge, Glessing said. "Feel free to ask," she said. "Sometimes we're double-catered, depending on the flight." So, if you didn't get a chance to grab a meal (or if you didn't want to pay $16 for a sandwich), you can much on cookies, crackers, and pretzels for the duration of the flight.
If you specifically ask for a full can of soda, they will accommodate.
Glessing told INSIDER that if a flight has more than 1,500 people on it, they will automatically hand out full cans of soda. But if you're on a smaller flight and would like more than one cup of pop (you're not alone), Glessing said you can ask the flight attendants.
"If someone specifically asks for the full can, we are typically happy to accommodate them," she said.
Headphones are available on most flights.
The most in-demand complimentary item you can snag on a plane? Headphones, Glessing said. "Most flights are catered with complimentary headphones," she said. "They go quick, and there usually isn't enough for each passenger." So if you forgot your headphones (again, you're not alone), you'll have to ask for a pair ASAP.
Flight attendants have basic medicine.
Glessing told INSIDER that planes do have basic medicines like Aspirin and antacid. "But I wouldn't trust it," she said. "It sits on the plane for who knows how long." So if you're feeling like you might need some medicine for the flight, it's probably best to bring your own to make sure it's effective.
But if you're really in a pinch, you can always ask flight attendants for some. Just keep in mind, it may not work super well.
If you're on a little plane you can say hi to the captain during boarding.
For security reasons, flights no longer offer tours of the cockpit. But if you're traveling with little ones, Glessing said flight attendants can set up a chance for them to say hi to the captain during boarding. Added bonus? Glessing said that sometimes the captains will allow you to take a picture of them with your children, if they're huge plane fans.
If you're seated in a certain place you can get free alcoholic beverages.
If you splurged for the extra legroom and are sitting in the first three rows of an American Airlines plane or the exit rows, you have access to one more free item. Glessing told INSIDER that you get free alcoholic beverages like wine, beer, or mixed drinks. If you're interested in having access to free booze, moving to the front of the plane might serve you well (pun intended).


Lanvin's remarkable price tag belies the quality in the bottle. It's a delicate type with green apple and sappy fruit at the core, and a light dressing of cracked-yeast ferment character. The palate is clean and zesty with a beguiling rice-papery feel to the finish. An extraordinary bargain.


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Shellfish numbers have been plentiful for centuries and important kai for Northland Māori, but industrial harvesting and canning had a devastating effect on toheroa numbers.
The toheroa population collapsed after years of overharvesting.
For three decades, a ban on harvesting has been in place, and the kai that once nourished hapū all along the coast is no longer making it to the dinner table.
There was a need to find out how abundant the toheroa were historically and what their population size is at present. The Toheroa Abundance Project was formed.
Since local tangata whenua held a great deal of understanding about this taonga, kuia and kaumātua were asked to share their understandings – their mātauranga .
Two local men, Barry Searle and Jim Te Tuhi, have been instrumental in establishing the toheroa project. They have been working to save the toheroa population in Northland over many years and are now working with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to re-establish a growing toheroa population.
The relationships formed with the local people as part of this project have been a crucial part of its success. Many kuia and kaumātua living along the beach were interviewed and asked what they felt was impacting on the toheroa populations. They were also asked if they wanted to help sample toheroa populations along the beach.
Locals have learned skills from the scientists about how to gather data in a beach survey investigation. This is important for the ongoing work of the project. The beach is being mapped by tangata whenua, looking for signs of the toheroa and counting and measuring the shellfish inside sample areas.
Toheroa are naturally aggregated into dense beds, so you can go many kilometres and find no toheroa but then find a dense bed with lots of individuals crammed in together. It is important to know where these beds are likely to be so the team can concentrate their sampling efforts around those areas.
Combining iwi knowledge with the results of the recent surveys, the Toheroa Abundance Project group has highlighted some of the potential issues that are affecting the toheroa's re-establishment as a sustainable source of kai.
The goal is that the information gathered from the project is communicated widely and that it influences decisions about how the area is managed. It is also important to educate children in schools about the history and the biology of the toheroa, particularly the factors that affect toheroa and how our human behaviour influences the population growth. While we are still some time away from being able to harvest toheroa again, it's hoped that the population can be rebuilt and toheroa will once again be a delicacy we can all enjoy.
Gathering knowledge from local kaumātua and kuia was vital to the Toheroa Abundance project. Passing on knowledge and understanding about the world we live in through storytelling is part of Māori culture.
The sampling techniques used by the toheroa research team are a common way of collecting data in a specific area and are often used together. Some transect lines, like the one in this project, are GPS-mapped locations. There is no guesswork when returning to collect data at different time intervals, whether seasonally or each year.
For the Toheroa Abundance Project, the sampling involves running a line from high water down to the low water mark, called the transect line. Holes are dug at set intervals along the transect line. If it is over a toheroa bed, digging of the quadrats occurs at 5-metre intervals. At each position along the transect, a 500 x 500 mm square quadrat is placed. This ensures the same unit area of sand from each position is sampled along the transect line.
The sample is placed in a trolley with a sieve in the bottom and is rinsed out in the surf, leaving the shellfish behind on the sieve. Each individual quadrat sample identifies, counts, measures and records the shellfish found. The data can be then recorded on a map of the beach, and estimates can be made of the total toheroa population size.
Shellfish play an important role in a marine ecosystem. Explore this interactive diagram to learn more about life in the sea.
Learn more about the role of shellfish in the marine food web through the Dr Steve Wing's research on cockles.
The ocean has always been an important source of food for Māori. Monitoring ocean and kaimoana health is important.
Find out how iwi around the Bay of Plenty came together to help the clean-up effort and to monitor the area after the Rena disaster.
Find out how concerns from iwi over the discovery of tetrodotoxin in grey side-gilled sea slugs led to a collaboration with Cawthron Institute to further test for toxins in kaimoana.
Using science to find solutions to current issues often directly results in many new innovative discoveries and technologies.Combining data from transect sampling with knowledge from the past (collected from oral histories) provides information that can be used to manage future toheroa populations.
Check out these supporting resources.
While not about shellfish, this activity provides a good example of sampling wildlife using a transect.


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MyParty worm is an unwelcome guest
Another mass-mailing worm is doing the rounds, and this one claims to contain a link to a Web page of party photos
By Wendy McAuliffe | January 28, 2002 -- 13:51 GMT (05:51 PST) | Topic: Networking
The first email worm to use the .com extension has been spotted in the wild over the weekend. Antivirus experts are currently rating the MyParty virus as a medium risk.
Initial reports of the mass-mailing worm were received on Sunday evening, and the rate of infection steadily increased overnight and on Monday morning. The email arrives with the subject line, "new photos from my party," and purports to contain the URL to a Web page containing pictures of a friend's party. But what appears to be the URL www.myparty.yahoo.com is in fact an executable attachment capable of infecting a local machine with a copy of the virus. The real www.myparty.yahoo.com URL points to a non-existent page.
MyParty is the latest in a line of 'socially engineered' viruses that rely on the user to click on an attachment to spread the virus. "People have tended to go for the easy .exe attachment, as it still manages to lure people into double clicking," said David Emm, product marketing manager for McAfee AVERT. "But in the last six months, attachments have been replaced with URLs that link to an infected Web site."
The worm is UXP compressed, and when clicked on, copies itself to the C:\Recycled\regctrl.exe and executes that file. It then uses the victim's default SMTP mail server to send itself out to all addresses found in the Windows Address Book and addresses found within .DBX files. DBX files are where Windows archives emails from Outlook.
According to Emm, both corporate and home PC users will be equally affected by the "myparty" worm.
"People can't resist something like this. The emails are close enough to everyday life and legitimate emails to put people off-guard. Nine out of 10 emails like this will be bona fide."
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Launch of new 3P's campaign
L-R Scott Fraser, Scottish Water's Scottish Water's corporate affairs regional manager; Bruce Ritchie, head of business operations and visitor experience at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo; Abi Walker waste water treatment modern apprentice.
Scottish Water has teamed up with Edinburgh's famous penguins to raise public awareness of its new 3P's campaign and prevent toilet and sewer blockages.
The initiative aims to highlight the importance of only flushing away the 3P's – Pee, Poo and (toilet) paper to avoid clogging up the water cycle.
Materials such as personal cleansing and cleaning wipes, cotton buds and nappies can collect in large clumps in Scottish Water's 31,621 miles of sewers and waste water pipes; often creating blockages which can potentially make their way into rivers and onto beaches, impacting the coastal environment and our seas.
Scott Fraser, Scottish Water's corporate affairs regional manager, said: "We're delighted to be with the penguins at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo, to highlight how we can all help the water cycle.
"Around 80 per cent of all blockages are entirely avoidable because they are caused by people putting the wrong things down their sinks and toilets. That's why we're constantly working with the public to prevent blockages that can clog up the cycle.
"We are pleased with the response to our campaign to date, which has seen a reduction in sewer blockages of 11 per cent in the past three years.
"However, with nearly 100 sewer blockages a day, there is a long way to go."
Bruce Ritchie, head of business operations and visitor experience at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo, said: "We've had incidents of our toilets and sewers being blocked due to the wrong things being flushed. That's why we're keen to support Scottish Water's 3P's campaign and raise awareness to our visitors to only dispose of Pee, Poo and (toilet) Paper down our toilets.
"As a conservation charity we know our visitors will be keen to do their bit and prevent anything untoward entering our seas and damaging our marine ecosystems."
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These are the specs of the system I currently own.
I have Windows XP 64bit installed on one of the drives and Windows Vista installed on another so if needed I'll try running the game on Vista if it's not possible on XP64.
The problem I get after it's installed and I start it up for a short time (3 to 5 seconds) I can see the main menu but then the screen goes black and though I can still hear the game I can't do anything.


Mat Classic will still take place over two days at the Tacoma Dome, but will have a 32-entrant field.
With snow in the forecast this weekend, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association decided to cancel regional wrestling tournaments scheduled across the state Saturday.
Instead, all regional qualifiers become state qualifiers as the WIAA will expand the state field from 16 to 32 entrants.
The WIAA made the decision to cancel all regionals, even though some areas might not be impacted by weather, so all wrestlers were entering the state tournament, dubbed Mat Classic, on a level playing field, WIAA Executive Director Mike Colbrese said Friday.
Mat Classic will still take place over two days (Feb. 15-16) at the Tacoma Dome.
"We decided the only fair way to address it would be to bring them all into the Dome," Colbrese said.
Some details of the expanded state tournament are still being worked out and will be decided Monday.
The Class 4A Region IV tournament in Camas is still planning to wrestle Friday, according to the Vancouver Columbian. It will pare a 16-team field down to the eight that will qualify for state but there will be no wrestling Saturday.


If you'll do something in half a shake, you will do it very soon.
If someone goes mental, they become very angry indeed.
If you wax poetic, you speak in a more poetic style than normal, using more imagery, metaphors, etc.


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Parasitoidism of Psyllaephagus pilosus Noyes (Hym.: Encyrtidae) on the blue gum psyllid, Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Maskell) (Hem.: Psyllidae) in V region eucalypts plantations
Rodriguez A. F.; Saiz G. F.
The blue gum psyllid, Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), was detected in Eucalyptus sp. shoots in the I Region of Chile in 1999. The successful results obtained in North America and Europe using biological control with Psyllaephagus pilosus Noyes (Hym.: Encyrtidae) motivated its application in Chile. After its introduction during 2001, studies showed a rapid establishment and a high dispersion capacity during the first year. To evaluate its permanent establishment and its controlling efficacy on the pest without requiring new releases, population fluctuations of both species were determined in contiguous eucalyptus plantations of 14 and 2 months, with and without release of the parasitoid, respectively. The study was performed in Casablanca (33°26′ S lat, 71°29′ W long, 320 m.o.s.l.). Two plots of 60 x 40 m with 311 plants were selected. Biweekly were collected shoots, placed directly in glass jars, and all stages of psyllids and parasitoids were identified and counted under a stereoscopic microscope in the laboratory. Results showed that when the highest density of the psyllia, parasitoidism affected over 80% of the developed nymphs, reducing drastically the total density of C. eucalypti throughout the season. Results also indicated that the parasitoid established definitely and is able to control outbreaks of the psyllids without new releases. In addition to the parasitoid, the physiological state of the plant shoots and the transformation of foliage associated with the plant development also influenced psyllid population fluctuation. © 2007 Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA.


WATERVILLE, Maine – The Thomas College men's basketball team defeated Northern Vermont University-Johnson 69-43 for their second-straight North Atlantic Conference (NAC) win in a row on Saturday afternoon at Larry Mahaney Gym.
The Badgers jumped out to an early 8-0 lead in the opening four minutes, but the Terriers battled back to make it 12-12 four minutes later. Thomas outscored Johnson 28-11 from that point to the end of the half and held a 40-23 advantage at the break.
The teams played an even game in the second half, with Johnson holding a 20-19 edge in the frame, but Terriers pulled away with the 69-43 win.
Lovegeurson Fleurine (Fort Pierce, Fla.) recorded his second double-double in as many games, leading the Terriers with 15 points and 16 rebounds. Michael Gilman (Windham, Maine) scored 14 off the bench, while Zach Mackinnon (Kennebunk, Maine) chipped in 11.
The Terriers will be off until Saturday, December 29 when they visit Salem State at 7:00 PM.


Earlier this week, I talked a little about roasting vegetables for a quick way to get a wide variety of vegetables in my meals. One of my favorite vegetables for the oven is broccoli. Roasting brings out a unique sweet flavor that is often missed when steaming or boiling. When I added bacon to the mix, well, this is just too good to keep to myself. I found this recipe from Michelle over at Nom Nom Paleo. She is a paleo and Whole 30 fanatic in the kitchen! Plus, she deeply understands my love for bacon with almost everything.
For this recipe, I used just the florets and I minced my garlic.
In a plastic storage bag, add broccoli, garlic, bacon, oil, and salt/pepper. Shake vigorously until well coated.
Spread onto baking pan and spread florets until they are all in single layer.
Roast 30 minutes, shaking and flipping vegetables at 15 minutes.
These are great right out off the pan. If you can wait for the rest of the meal, I like this with baked salmon, roasted chicken, or side by side with a stuffed pork tenderloin.
Is the bacon cooked before you put it in the oven or is it raw?
No, it is raw. I checked over at the original site that she borrowed this from….


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Лы́ще (белор. Лышча) — деревня в Пинском районе Брестской области Белоруссии. Административный центр Лыщенского сельсовета. Расположена на автодороге Ганцевичи — Логишин  в 40 км на север от города Пинск, 215 км от Бреста. По переписи населения 2019 года в деревне насчитывалось 310 человек.

Происхождение названия
Название деревни происходит от кабардинского слова лIыщIэ «работник, батрак».

История
Упоминается в связи с передачей поселения Лавришинскому монастырю. Позже собственность Любанских. После 2-го раздела Речи Посполитой (1793) в составе Российской империи. В 1860-ые деревня, центр сельской общины в Логишинской волости Пинского уезда Минской губернии. Часть дворов относилась к имению Эльяшово помещицы Скирмунтовой (105 душ), другая — к имению Павлиново Чаховской (34 души). Была почтовая станция (4 экипажа, 9 коней). В конце XIX века — 91 двор, 534 жителя, церковь, хлебозапасный магазин, корчма, почтовая станция. На начало XX века — 107 дворов, 657 жителей, народное училище. В 1921-1939 годах в составе Польши, деревня в Логишинской гмине Пинского повята Полесского воеводства. В 1921 году — 97 дворов, 604 жителя. С 1939 года — в Пинской области БССР. С 15 января 1940 года — в Логишинском районе. С 12 октября 1940 года — в Заборовском сельсовете, 151 двор, 824 жителя. С июля 1941 по июль 1944 годов — оккупирована немецко-фашистскими захватчиками. С 1954 года — в Брестской области, работал колхоз имени Кирова. В 1960 году — деревня, центр сельсовета, 927 жителей. В 1972 году — 252 хозяйства, 960 жителей, средняя школа, швейная мастерская, фельдшерско-акушерский пункт, ветучасток, отделение связи. В конце XX века — 242 двора, 529 жителей.

Родина писателя Зиновия Пригодича, известного белорусского лингвиста доктора филологических наук профессора Николая Пригодича, хоккеиста и тренера Эдуарда Занковца.

Инфраструктура
В деревне имеются ОАО «Лыще», средняя школа, отделение связи, библиотека.

Культура

 Дом культуры
 Музей ГУО «Лыщенская средняя школа» Пинского района

Достопримечательности
 Церковь св. Александра Невского
 Часовня на кладбище
 Обелиск с именами земляков, погибших в годы Второй мировой войны
 Памятный знак, установленный лётчикам 27 авиаполка АДД гв. капитану Богославскому И.И. и гв. лейтенанту Романову В.Н., погибшим при выполнении боевого задания 27 июня 1944 года
 Памятник С. М. Кирову

Галерея

Примечания

Ссылки
 Глобус Беларуси ;

Населённые пункты Пинского района


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2020 Eastern Metropolitan Region NAIDOC Award WINNERS!!
EMR-NAIDOC-Award-Winners.pdf (516kB)
Elders Award
Proudly sponsored by Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service
Presented to Uncle Eric Peters
"Uncle Eric Peters has been a longtime supporter of many causes over the years including Oonah Belonging Place. He has so generously given his time and energy to many projects and programs including our Elders project, the Healesville 150 year celebration, Reconciliation events, The Healesville Indigenous Arts Enterprise, Oonah Learning Centre and most recently sharing his story on zoom for the who's your mob group that is being facilitated by Gail Crozier for the Bringing Them Home project. I am so impressed with his skills using online platforms and I hear he is a regular on Facebook.
Uncle Eric and his beloved wife Aunty Marg and Sister Aunty Dot Peters were instrumental in the development of the Victorian Aboriginal Remembrances Committee of which he is still a part of today. His presence is also ensuring that Aunty Marg and Aunty Dot remain linked. Uncle Eric was always there to support his sister except when Collingwood were playing North Melbourne then the sibling rivalry would come out.
It's hard to remember a community gathering that Uncle Eric hasn't been at and he is always the life of the party. He loves to tell a yarn and you have to be careful and pay attention to what he is saying because he can be very creative in what he is saying and before you know it you are completely sucked in hook line and sinker, then he will burst out laughing because he has such a great poker face and is quite believable. Apart from when he lost his precious Aunty Marg I have never seen him without a smile on his face and he just lights up the room. I always feel uplifted after having a yarn with Uncle Eric and I appreciate all that he has done and continues to do for our community. He is an inspiration and role model and most deserving of the Elder Award for 2020."
Community Award
Proudly sponsored by Eastern Health
Presented to Carolyn Dawe
"Carolyn has been working for community for many of years, always quietly without recognition. She is always willing to go above and beyond to make things happen. She works in Admin, Accounts, training of staff, quality control, project management for events.
An inspirational and supportive community member who has been supporting Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place and now Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service through her dedication and commitment. She wouldn't ask for recognition as a quiet achiever, but she deserves it."
MMIGP would also like to thank Carolyn for all her hard work and commitment to our organisation during her time with Mullum Mullum. Although Carolyn is no longer working for Mullum Mullum she is still a deadly and valued member of our community and we wish her all the best. Congratulations on this very well deserved award!
Proudly sponsored by Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place
Presented to Leanne Henderson
Leanne Henderson is an Indigenous Community member who began engaging with Oonah originally as a participant in our Community Art Group at the beginning of 2017, then not long after signed up to become a volunteer with us in May of 2017.
Leanne continued to engage with the Art Group, working on projects such as the Bunyip Project. This is where Leanne found a love for 3D art, particularly using natural materials. Utilizing the techniques, she learnt in class, Leanne created a beautiful 3D art piece for the 2018 NAIDOC Art Exhibition Oonah held at the Memo. This piece was sold, much to Leanne's surprise. After this, Leanne continued to experiment with this style of art, creating more 3D sculptures which would feature in 2019 and 2020 NAIDOC Oonah Art Exhibitions. Most recently she has created an incredible Rainbow Serpent 3D piece for
Oonah's virtual NAIDOC Art Show.
Leanne uses art to express her cultural identity and learn more about her heritage. All pieces tell a story and share Leanne's journey of connecting to Community. However, this whole time Leanne has not seen herself as the deadly artist she truly is. We all love seeing her creations and we think she deserves a lot more credit than she gives herself. We are so proud of the artist she has become, and we cannot wait to see what she produces in the future.
Youth Achievement Award
Proudly sponsored by Swinburne University of Technology
Presented to Brandi McGregor
"Brandi has been going from strength to strength over the past few years and it has been true pleasure to watch her grow in confidence during this time.
When I first met Brandi just over 4 years ago now, she was attending weekly tutoring sessions at Oonah. She was a quiet and soft spoken, but after a while she warmed up and I got to know her a bit better. She would never miss a session with her tutor and was always attentive during her sessions. When she would arrive early and we would catch up on her week, sometimes she would tell me about the times she spoke up against racism and confronted difficult situations (often with a maturity beyond her years). Brandi also shared her love of netball, as well as the acceptance letter she had received in 2017 to attend SEDA the following year to complete her year 11 and year 12 studies.
Brandi was nominated and awarded with the EMR Youth Sporting Achievement in 2017 and it was after this that her confidence truly grew.
Brandi felt more comfortable in speaking up and using her voice. She showed genuine interest being more involved in her Community and learning the 'behind the scenes' of Oonah through student placement. Brandi also did placement with Badger Creek Primary School during this time.
After completing her placement hours in 2018, Brandi called Oonah at the start of 2019 to ask to continue learning through Work Experience.
In her own words:
"I want to know how you do for someone what you did for me; how you work out what they're good at and what they want to achieve and then how you help them to achieve it".
Brandi would travel from Healesville to Hawthorn East via public transport to attend her classes at SEDA, where she rarely missed a day. One of Brandi's big achievements was when she developed a workshop for 30-40 SEDA students (her peers) during Reconciliation Week to help educate her classmates on what Reconciliation is and why Indigenous education is so important. In this workshop she engaged two local Indigenous young people to share their stories on racism, Stolen Generations and growing up proud in their culture.
Brandi had tried to engage another Indigenous young man to share his story, but as he was unable to attend, a Oonah staff member took his place to share her experience of reconciliation and what she has learn from working in an Indigenous organization as a non-Indigenous woman. This workshop was so successful that Brandi was then asked to take on the responsibility of being the cultural leader at her school, which saw her planning future cultural events/workshops. Her session inspired fellow classmates with Indigenous heritage to look further into the cultural as well as helped educate some peers who had previously made some distasteful remarks towards Brandi for holding the workshop.
When Brandi completed her studies with SEDA, she then took a Traineeship through AFL SportsReady at Oonah, which she has been completing this year. She finishes her studies at the end of November 2020 and we could not be more proud. Brandi has showed resilience, determination, commitment to her Community and commitment to her education over her years of study. This has supported her with the skills she needs for employment opportunities now, and in the future."
Proudly sponsored by Karen Milward Consulting
Presented to Emily Mancel
"Emily is 17 years old and is a proud Aboriginal woman devoted to her local community. She embraces her culture, her peers and her Elders. Emily has grown up with Mullum Mullum since she started school and she has grown to be a wonderful role model and a leader for all future leaders.
I am proud to call Emily a true friend and I admire her resilience, her determination and community-spirit. Emily has been in foster care for the majority of her life and now lives by with her brother Anthony.
Emily's maturity is well beyond her years and despite the challenges she and her brother have faced she always look so the positive side of life.
I admire Emily's qualities and generous and caring personality. Emily always puts others before herself, she wants to see other people happy and she has been a great role model with helping the young people at VACCA's youth /kids group while also helping teach kids the ways of cultural dance at Mullum Mullum.
Emiliy's commitment to working with community and young people was recognised when she won the Maroondah Team award with the hip hop crew through Mullum Mullum.
I also know that Emily is close to her nanna Aunty Fran. She loves looking after her nanna and I love how Emily is devoted to her nanna and her brother.
Emily has proven that she can handle the toughest of situations and this year has successfully completed Year 12 at Mooroolbark Secondary College while also completing TAFE at Box Hill Institute.
Emily has always shown people that no matter what your life situation is you can always achieve what you put your mind to.
Emily has a bright future and her determination, compassion and devotion to community will ensure whatever path she takes in life her path will be a rewarding and fulfilling path. Please join me in recognising all of Emily's hard work. Emily is very deserving of the Youth Achievement Award."
Non-Indigenous Community Service Award
Proudly sponsored by Oonah Health and Community Services Aboriginal Corporation
Presented to Bernie Freeman
"Bernie has been volunteering with Oonah Aboriginal Health and Community Service since 2015. Before this he would volunteer with the Healesville Aboriginal Arts Enterprise with helping at markets, packing and unpacking etc. With Oonah he is there every week assisting with Tucker Bag pick up every Thursday & Friday, assisting at Oonah events and helping with any task, and is always one of the last to leave with Anne Jenkins (CEO).
For years he has volunteered cleaning Oonah, now he gets a little money but never said a bad word about anyone or anything. Because of his volunteering with tucker bag a lot of families have more food in their bags every Friday, he is a quiet man that has given so much to community over a long period of time and keeps giving. Our service would be lost without him."
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Il gambetto di donna è l'apertura del gioco degli scacchi definita dalle mosse
 d4 d5
 c4

Storia
Il gambetto di donna è una delle aperture più antiche che si conoscano: si sa che Lucena ne parlò in un suo scritto del 1497 ed è già nominata in un manoscritto precedente, conservato a Gottinga.

Durante il primo periodo degli scacchi moderni, le aperture di donna non erano di moda, e il gambetto non divenne popolare finché non fu giocato nel 1873 a un torneo a Vienna.
La sua popolarità crebbe molto in seguito alle teorie di Steinitz e Tarrasch sul gioco posizionale.

Il picco di popolarità si ebbe negli anni venti e trenta del XX secolo, e fu giocato in 32 su 34 partite al Campionato del mondo di scacchi del 1934. Da quella volta il giocatore nero ha usato via via più raramente le aperture simmetriche (come sarebbero 1.d4 d5 o 1.e4 e5) tendendo a preferire le difese indiane.

Il gambetto di donna è ancora giocato frequentemente e rimane parte del repertorio di molti grandi maestri: a livello di Campionato del mondo il gambetto di donna rifiutato è stato ad esempio giocato durante il Mondiale 2013, tra Magnus Carlsen e Viswanathan Anand, e in quello 2016, tra Sergej Karjakin e Magnus Carlsen, mentre il gambetto di donna accettato lo è stato nel 3º turno del femminile Knockout del 2017, tra Dronavalli Harika e Sopiko Guramishvili.

Analisi

Con 2.c4, il Bianco minaccia di scambiare un pedone d'ala (il pedone c) con un pedone centrale (il pedone d nero) e di dominare il centro con e2-e4. Il tratto c4 non può essere considerato un vero gambetto in quanto il Nero non può pensare di mantenere il vantaggio di un pedone.

Una delle trappole in apertura è: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 b5? (il Nero tenta di tenere il pedone mentre dovrebbe svilupparsi con, per esempio, 3...e5!) 4.a4 c6? 5.axb5 cxb5?? 6.Df3! e il Bianco vince un pezzo sul lato di donna nero.

Il gambetto di donna è diviso in due categorie principali basate sulla risposta del Nero: il gambetto di donna accettato e il gambetto di donna rifiutato. Nel primo il Nero gioca 2…dxc4, lasciando temporaneamente il centro, nel secondo il Nero mantiene il suo pedone d5. Spesso il Nero sarà limitato nei movimenti dei suoi pezzi, e potrà svilupparsi più liberamente dopo le spinte di pedone c5 o e5.

Continuazioni
Tecnicamente, ogni risposta del nero diversa da 2…dxc4 è considerata un gambetto di donna rifiutato, ma le difese slava, Čigorin e il controgambetto Albin sono trattate a parte. La partita ortodossa e la difesa Tarrasch sono due linee importanti.

Dopo 1.d4 d5 2.c4 si possono avere:
 2…dxc4 (Gambetto di donna accettato)
 2…Cc6 (Difesa Čigorin): la difesa Čigorin è inusuale, ma pur sempre giocabile per il Nero.
 2…c5 (Difesa simmetrica): la difesa simmetrica è raramente giocata e sembra giocabile per il Bianco.
 2…c6 (Difesa slava): la difesa slava è una risposta solida, nonostante molte sue varianti siano tattiche. Se il Nero gioca sia …c6 sia …e6 (in qualsiasi ordine), l'apertura assume le caratteristiche sia della slava sia della partita ortodossa, ed è considerata semi-slava.
 2…e5 (controgambetto Albin): il controgambetto Albin è un tentativo del Nero di guadagnare l'iniziativa. Non è comune ad alti livelli, ma può essere pericoloso nei tornei minori.
 2…e6 (Gambetto di donna rifiutato)
 2…Af5 (Difesa baltica) o (Keres)
 2…Cf6 (Difesa Marshall)

Se il Bianco decide di fianchettare l'alfiere di re, il gioco rientra nella partita catalana.

La difesa Marshall, tra quelle elencate, è la più debole per il Nero. Marshall la giocò solo per un periodo negli anni venti del Novecento prima di abbandonarla.

Note

Donna


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Синарна — гідрологічний заказник місцевого значення. Оголошений відповідно до рішення 5-ї сесії 23-го скликання Вінницької облради від 29.04.99 р.

Заказник площею 27,7 га розташований на території Стрижаківської сільської ради в долині безіменного струмка на північний захід від села Синарна Оратівського району Вінницької області, в межах землекористування колективного сільськогосподарського підприємства «Світанок».

За фізико-географічним районуванням України (1968) ця територія належить до Плисківсько-Оратівського району Центральної області Придніпровської височини Дністровсько-Дніпровської лісостепової провінції Лісостепової зони. Для цієї області характерними є сильно розчленовані лесові рівнини з чорноземними ґрунтами та грабовими дібровами, тобто з геоморфологічної точки зору описувана територія являє собою підвищену сильно розчленовану лесову рівнину.

Клімат території є помірно континентальним. Для нього характерне тривале, нежарке літо, і порівняно недовга, м'яка зима. Середня температура січня становить -6,5°… -6°С, літня і 18,5°…+ 19,0°С. Річна кількість опадів становить 525—550 мм.

За геоботанічним районуванням України ця територія належить до Європейської широколистяної області, Подільсько-Бессарабської провінції, Вінницького (Центральноподільського) округу.

Заказник являє собою обводнене високотравне болото з переважанням рогозу широколистого, що утворює тут густі й високі зарості. У флорі заказника представлені типові болотні види, такі як осока омська, несправжньосмикавцева, струнка; вех широколистий, омег водяний, калюжниця болотяна, калюжниця рогата, чистець болотяний, гірчак перцевий, валеріана висока тощо.

В ставку водяться характерні для Вінницької області види риб: карась сріблястий, окунь звичайний, короп, плітка, краснопірка.

Таким чином, територія заказника «Синарна» відзначається своєю мальовничістю, наявністю рідкісних видів флори і типових видів фауни, а також рідкісних угруповань водно-болотної рослинності.

Джерела
 Заповідні об'єкти Вінниччини. — Вінниця: Велес, 2005. — 104 с.+ 28 с. іл.
 Наукове обґрунтування. Автори: Спеціалісти відділу заповідної справи Держуправління екобезпеки у Вінницькій області Магденко Л. В., Царенко Н. В., Старший викладач Вінницького педагогічного університету М. М. Коцюбинського, кандидат географічних наук Гудзевич А. В.

Гідрологічні заказники Вінницької області
Природоохоронні об'єкти, засновані 1999
1999 у Вінницькій області


Series 1 Land Rover 80 - Lights behind grill, side lights in bulkhead. I've owned the vehicle for 20+ years and it has been kept dry storage throughout.
Chassis has been renovated with non-visable repairs and galvanized. The bulkhead has also been repaired, galvanized and painted. Fuel gauge and dash warning lights not working. Many new parts, inclusive of the following. 1 re-sleeved original master cylinder.
Brake pipe set (original specification). Full set of brake shoes. All new track rod ends. Universal joints for prop shafts.
5 new bar grip tyres. New wiper motor arm and blade.
Vehicle is currently being used for fun when time allows. V5 present as vehicle is taxed, insured and being used. The item "Land Rover Series 1 80" is in sale since Monday, February 08, 2016. This item is in the category "Cars, Motorcycles & Vehicles\Classic Cars\Land Rover". The seller is "a240pud" and is located in BRIDGEND, Bridgend.


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Kobe, Lakers Beign Stretch Run With Big Win Over Atlanta
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The Lakers have beaten the Hawks five straight times at Staples Center.
Feb 22, 2011, 6:51am PST
Lakers Dominate Hawks, 104-80
Fresh off winning his record-tying fourth All-Star game MVP award on Sunday, Kobe Bryant scored 20 points and dished out five assists to pace the Los Angeles Lakers in a 104-80 rout of the Atlanta Hawks.
Lakers Vs. Hawks: Time, Broadcast Info, Lineups & Game Preview
The Los Angeles Lakers begin their post All-Star break journey tonight with a game against the Atlanta Hawks at Staples Center. Kobe Bryant returns to the same floor two days after winning his record fourth straight All-Star MVP, and will face two All-Stars in Joe Johnson and Al Horford of the Hawks.
After NBA All-Star Game, Kobe, Lakers Look For Another Staples Center Win, This Time Against Hawks
Behind 20 points from Kobe Bryant, 14 points and 10 rebounds from Pau Gasol, and 15 rebounds and three blocks from Andrew Bynum, the Los Angeles Lakers blew out the Atlanta Hawks Tuesday night, 104-80 at Staples Center.


Hong Kong is a dynamic metropolis offering a unique blend of Eastern and Western culture. Hong Kong is a well-run and established financial centre, offering a gateway to the East – a market which continues to outstrip all others in its growth and potential for further expansion. Offshore law firms are rapidly expanding to meet the onshore demand for offshore services.
All the leading UK and US firms have a presence in Hong Kong, as do the offshore firms. Most of the firms focus on corporate, banking, funds, litigation and insolvency, although there are a number of full service law firms.
Clients are predominantly international financial institutions and global multinational companies. Hong Kong law is based on the English common law system, making it easy for lawyers from Commonwealth countries to make the transition. Increasingly the firms are looking for lawyers with Chinese language skills and the firms themselves tend to be a mix of Hong Kong and Chinese nationals and expats.
Lawyers are very well paid in Hong Kong, although expats no longer receive the kind of cost of living allowances paid in previous years.
Income tax is also capped at 16% and housing allowances can also be claimed, resulting in lawyers take home being significantly better than their counterparts in the UK.
Lawyers work comparable hours to UK City law firms and their clients expect a high standard of legal service. However, outside the office there are a wonderful array of shops and restaurants to explore as well as excellent sports and leisure facilities.
Whilst Hong Kong rightly has a reputation for being a dynamic and busy financial centre, less well known are the fantastic beaches and national parks, which occupy more than 80% of the land area of Hong Kong. Hong Kong is also a wonderful starting point from which to explore the entire region, with China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand only a short flight away.


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The following events occurred in February 1903:

February 1, 1903 (Sunday)
The Mumbles-based British lifeboat James Stevens capsizes at the mouth of the River Afan in Wales while on its way to rescue the stranded Christina, resulting in the deaths of six of her fourteen crew, mostly volunteers who worked as oyster fishermen.
Died: Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, 83, Irish mathematician and physicist

February 2, 1903 (Monday)
Born: Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Dutch mathematician, in Amsterdam (died 1996)

February 3, 1903 (Tuesday)
Discovery Expedition: Captain Scott and his companions, Edward Adrian Wilson and Ernest Shackleton, return to New Zealand after their southern journey of , including relays, in 93 days at a daily average of just over .
Born: Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish politician and pioneering aviator, in London (died 1973)

February 4, 1903 (Wednesday)
Born: Alexander Imich, Polish-born American parapsychologist and chemist, in Częstochowa (died 2014)

February 5, 1903 (Thursday)
In the South Antrim by-election in Ireland, brought about by the resignation of Irish Unionist MP William Ellison-Macartney, Charles Curtis Craig retains the seat for the party.
Born: Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations, in Tokyo (died 1994)

February 6, 1903 (Friday)
Born: Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist, in Chillán (died 1991)

February 7, 1903 (Saturday)
Died: James Glaisher, 93, English meteorologist and aeronaut

February 8, 1903 (Sunday)
Born:
Greta Keller, Austrian cabaret singer and actress, in Vienna (died 1977)
Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician, first Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaysia, in Alor Setar, Kedah  (died 1990)

February 9, 1903 (Monday)

February 10, 1903 (Tuesday)
Born:
Waldemar Hoven, German physician and war criminal, in Freiburg (executed 1948)
Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer, in Kozlov (died 1939, carbon monoxide poisoning)

February 11, 1903 (Wednesday)
Oxnard strike of 1903: Japanese and 200 Mexican laborers become charter members of the Japanese-Mexican Labor Association (JMLA); it is the first time in U.S. history that a labor union has been formed by members of different races.
Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its première in Vienna, Austria, conducted by Ferdinand Löwe, nearly seven years after the composer's death.

February 12, 1903 (Thursday)
The aircraft engine that will power the Wright brothers' first airplane later in 1903 is run for the first time in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It is the first successful attempt to build a heavier-than-air aircraft engine.
Randall Davidson is enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury at Canterbury Cathedral in England, succeeding the late Frederick Temple.
The North British Locomotive Company is established in Glasgow, Scotland, through a merger of manufacturing companies Dübs, Neilson, Reid, and Sharp Stewart.

February 13, 1903 (Friday)
Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03: Britain, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela, ending the naval blockade imposed because of the country's refusal to pay foreign debts and reparation for damages suffered by European citizens in the Federal War. The settlement is achieved through American intervention by means of the Washington Protocols.
Born: Georges Simenon, Belgian writer, in Liège (died 1989)

February 14, 1903 (Saturday)
Born: Stuart Erwin, American actor, in Squaw Valley, California (died 1967)
Died: Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, 72, Hungarian noblewoman, widow of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este and Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria

February 15, 1903 (Sunday)
Morris and Rose Michtom introduce the first teddy bear in the United States, naming it after U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.

February 16, 1903 (Monday)
Romanian inventor Traian Vuia tells the Académie des Sciences of Paris about his procedure for taking off in a heavier-than-air mechanical machine. His ideas are rejected.
Born: Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist and actor, in Chicago (died 1978)

February 17, 1903 (Tuesday)

February 18, 1903 (Wednesday)

February 19, 1903 (Thursday)

February 20, 1903 (Friday)
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom approves a redesign of the Flag of Australia, on which the stars of the Southern Cross are combined with the Union Jack.

February 21, 1903 (Saturday)
Born:
Anaïs Nin, French writer, in Neuilly-sur-Seine (died 1977)
Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist, in Le Havre (died 1976)

February 22, 1903 (Sunday)
Born:
Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer and media personality, in Toronto (died 1990)
Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi, in Vändra (died 1969)
Frank P. Ramsey, English mathematician, in Cambridge (died 1930)
Died: Hugo Wolf, 42, Austrian composer (syphilis)

February 23, 1903 (Monday)
Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity" under the terms of the Cuban–American Treaty.

February 24, 1903 (Tuesday)
Born: Vladimir Bartol, Slovene author, in Trieste, Austria-Hungary (died 1967)

February 25, 1903 (Wednesday)
 Born: King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player, Ottawa, Ontario (died 1986)

February 26, 1903 (Thursday)
The ocean liner SS Columbus, later renamed by the White Star Line as Republic, is launched by Harland and Wolff at Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Born: Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, in Imperia (died 1979)
Died: Richard Jordan Gatling, 84, American inventor

February 27, 1903 (Friday)
Battle of Kwatarkwashi: Forces from the British-administered Protectorate of Northern Nigeria defeat the army of the Sokoto Caliphate's Kano Emirate, effectively ending self-government of the emirate.
Born: Grethe Weiser, German actress, in Hanover (died 1970)

February 28, 1903 (Saturday)
Born: Vincente Minnelli, American director, in Chicago (died 1986)

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Вазописець Дарія — анонімний давньогрецький вазописець, працював в Апулії близько 340—320 до н. е. у червонофігурній техніці наприкінці доби «розкішного стилю».

Свою умовну назву Вазописець Дарія отримав за іменною вазою, так званою, Вазою Дарія, яку було виявлено 1851 року поблизу Каноса-ді-Пулья. Нині вона експонується в Національному археологічному музеї Неаполя (експонат H3253).

Більшість його робіт — вази великих форм, зокрема, кратери з волютами, амфори та лутрофори. Найчастіше художник зображував театральні сцени, особливо з класичних трагедій Евріпіда, або сцени давньогрецької міфології. Ціла низка міфологічних мотивів, не представлених у збережених літературних творах або переказах, відома виключно за вазами Вазописця Дарія. Серед ваз малих форм у Вазописця Дарія здебільшого зустрічаються пеліки, на яких зображувались весільні сцени, жіночого побуту, діонісійські та ероські мотиви. На відміну від інших сучасних художників, поховальні сцени (вази для наїскосів) у творчості Вазописця Дарія трапляються рідко. Деякі з його робіт, як і Ваза Дрія зображують цілком історичні сюжети.

Джерела

 Darius Painter — Getty museum
 Margot Schmidt. Der Dareiosmaler und sein Umkreis: Untersuchen zur Spätapulischen Vasenmalerei, Munich: Aschendorff, 1960.
 Jean-Marc Moret. L'Ilioupersis dans la céramique italiote, les mythes et leur expression figurée au IVe siècle, Institut Suisse de Rome, 1975.
 Alexandre Cambitoglou, Arthur Dale Trendall.  The Red-figured Vases of Apulia, II, Late Apulian, Oxford, 1982: p. 482—522. Bibliography.
 Christian Aellen, Alexandre Cambitoglou, Jacques Chamay. Le peintre de Darius et son milieu, Vases grecs d'Italie Méridionale, Hellas et Roma, Genf 1986.
 Arthur Dale Trendall. Rotfigurige Vasen aus Unteritalien und Sizilien. Ein Handbuch. von Zabern, Mainz 1991 (Kulturgeschichte der Antiken Welt Vol. 47), ISBN 3-8053-1111-7 (p. 85-177).
 Françoise-Hélène Massa-Pairault. Le Peintre de Darius et l'actualité. De la Macédoine à la Grande Grèce, in L'incidenza dell'Antico II: studi in memore di Ettore Lepore, Napoli, 1996.
 Rolf Hurschmann. Dareios-Maler, in Der Neue Pauly Vol. 3 (1997), col. 324.
 Claude Pouzadoux, Guerre et paix en Peucétie à l'époque d'Alexandre le Molosse (notes sur quelques vases du Peintre de Darius), in Le Canal d'Otrante et la Méditerranée antique et médiévale, colloque organisée à l'Université de Paris X — Nanterre (20-21 novembre 2000), Edipuglia, Bari, 2005.

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