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General Nguyen Ngoc Loan Executing a Viet Cong Prisoner in Saigon is a photograph taken by Eddie Adams on February 1, 1968. It shows South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing a Viet Cong officer in Saigon during the Tet Offensive. The event was also captured by NBC News film cameras, but Adams' photograph remains the defining image.
Executed in the summer of 1882 during his second trip to the region, this painting was part of an intensely productive campaign: Monet himself declared that he had worked ‘like a maniac’. He covered the cliffs in all directions, from Aval to Varangeville, where he painted several pictures of the fisherman’s house, seen from different angles and in a range of sizes and compositions. Each view conveys a particular aspect of the light and weather. This work anticipates the series paintings that the artist would complete in years to come. The locale allowed the painter to play around with the curving cliffs which stand out against the sea. During this period with Alice Hoschedé at his side, Monet was coping with a difficult situation, because her husband still wanted to pay regular visits to his wife.
A room in the prison is dedicated to the memory of the underground fighters who were executed during the Mandate period in pre-state Israel and elsewhere.
5 agencies combined to do a drug dealer roundup in Claiborne County, Tenn on 7-25-08. they focus on prescription drug dealers. Biggest roundup in the county history.
A beautifully executed drawing has the power to convey an artist’s talent in the most pure and obvious way. Using only a single tool and the movement of the artist’s hand, line and form converge to bring a unique vision into focus. The most elementary of art forms, a drawing is the basis for most master works of art, yet can become a work of art in and of itself. Contemporary painter, Henry Asencio’s series of charcoal studies serve to prove this notion. These drawings are more than the essence of a painting, they are equally simple and complex works of art. Masterfully executed, Asencio’s loose, abstract painting technique is apparent in his drawings. Even in the absence of the explosive color in his paintings these works remain impulsive and dynamic. In spite of a flurry of lines that suggest movement, Asencio is ironically able to capture the sensual stillness signature in all of his compositions. Simple in color, yet complex in his use of light and shadow his drawings possess rich dimension and powerful sensuality. Asencio’s soft, heavily shaded modeling of figure and form is reminiscent of master draftsman Leonardo DiVinci’s “Sfumato” technique. A technique utilizing the blurred outline and mellowed colors of a composition to allow one form to merge with another while artistically striving to leave something to the imagination. And ultimately, it is the imagination of artist and viewer that has the power to transform seemingly simple lines into a work of art. Henry Asencio’s drawings are a testament not only to the artist’s talent but the underlying intrigue of his entire body of work.
This project was being executed during the Transformers 3 movie period .It took me quite awhile to finish .I still remember when first saw FR leaderclass ironhide which inspired me with 2 large cannon attached on its arms ,it was amazing I couldn't resist to make one ,so I quickly went to my nearest toysrus store and bought 1 .I guess this was a completed kitbash too as I have dismantle part by part and figure out the way to make it more majestic .It took me almost 1 month to kitbash it and come with its 2 freaking big cannon which I think its worth the wait .YES it can be TRANSFORMED TO ITS TRAIN MODE.
Here are the spec :
Build in with head light white glowing eyes blue LEDs
Independent interchangable LEDs on its cannon up to 3 colours ,RED,BLUE,GREEN
Head modify with 360 turn.
Both hands modify with live adjustable fingers and attachable wraist with very strong durable earth magnet.
Comes with 2 freaking big cannons with interchangable LEDs light build in ,attachable and deattchable to its arms .
Painted with durable lacquer paint added a few protective layer of gloss for its durability.
Over 20 points of articulated areas very posable.
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Marines execute a High Intensity Tactical Training session during the unit’s physical training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort June 10. Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 in coordination with Marine Corps Community Services South Carolina organized the PT event to familiarize the Marines and provide basic instruction about the HITT program. (Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez/Released)
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On 23 October, Amnesty International held a vigil in front of the Palace of Justice (Brussels, Belgium) to demand clemency for Troy Davis.
Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed on October 27 at 7pm for the murder of Police Officer Mark MacPhail in Georgia. The Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal, despite a credible claim of innocence. 7 out of 9 witnesses have recanted, no murder weapon was found and no physical evidence linked Davis to the crime. The Georgia Board of Pardon and Paroles denied clemency to Davis -- we must urge them to reconsider their decision.
Take action on www.amnesty.be
Officers from South Manchester Challenger executed multiple warrants at addresses across Manchester on Thursday 23 January 2025.
Officers were supported by partner agencies – Tactical Aid Unit, Regional Crime Unit, other Challenger Teams as part of the investigation into class A and B drugs supply across Greater Manchester.
A large quantity of drugs was discovered at several properties, as well as a loaded and viable firearm. All these items have been seized.
The investigation - which was also aided by intelligence passed to us by the community, alongside a meticulous investigation and proactive policing - has resulted in the arrests of five people.
Four men and one woman between the ages of 22 and 37 were all arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A and B drugs. They have all been remanded into custody.
Officers have also seized a large quantity of drugs and other items related to the supply of illegal drugs.
Detective Constable Helen Rutter, of our South Manchester Challenger Team, said: “Today’s warrants and arrests are part of an on-going investigation in relation to distribution and supply of class A and B drugs in and around the South Manchester area.
“Protecting our communities from such criminality means taking a stand against the supply of illegal drugs and firearms. I urge the public to continue keeping this open line of communication with police about criminal activities or expressing their concerns through contacting us directly via LiveChat, speaking to your local neighbourhood officer or anonymously through Crimestoppers.
“Every bit of information, no matter how small, contributes to our investigations across Greater Manchester and could support us in tackling vehicle crime at its root.
"If you have any concerns about crime come and speak to officers or alternatively report through 101 or via LiveChat on gmp.police.uk. Always call 999 in an emergency."
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Soldiers assigned to the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company, 12th Aviation Battalion, The Army Aviation Brigade and the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), Joint Force Headquarters - National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington conduct a Platoon Validation Exercise on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 22, 2021. The Soldiers are trained and tested to execute emergency response technical rescue operations within the National Capital Region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nicholas T. Holmes)
I added the football with a background layer and bevel emboss to stand out. I used the background as a chalkboard and added the definition.
The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale published by E. Cailteux of Lille.
Lille in the Great War
Lille's occupation by the Germans began on the 13th. October 1914 after a ten-day siege and heavy shelling which destroyed 882 apartment and office blocks and 1,500 houses, mostly around the railway station and in the town centre.
By the end of October the town was being run by German authorities. Because Lille was only 20 km from the front line, German troops passed through the city regularly on their way to and from the front.
As a result, occupied Lille became a place both for the hospitalisation and treatment of wounded soldiers as well as a place for soldiers' relaxation and entertainment. Many buildings, homes, and businesses were requisitioned to those ends.
Lille was also the hunting ground of the Great War German flying Ace Max Immelmann who was nicknamed 'The Eagle of Lille'.
Lille was liberated by the Allies on the 17th. October 1918, when General Sir William Birdwood and his troops were welcomed by joyous crowds. The general was made an honorary citizen of the city of Lille on the 28th. October of that year.
The only audio recording known to have been made during the First World War was recorded near Lille in October 1918. The two minute recording captured the Royal Garrison Artillery conducting a gas shell bombardment.
Monument to the Executed of Lille
The Great War monument in the Square Daubenton in Lille shows four leaders of the city’s Resistance standing against a wall just moments before their execution by the German Army in the dungeons of the citadel.
Along with Léon Trulin, who can be seen lying at their feet, Eugène Jacquet, Georges Maertens, Ernest Deceuninck and Sylvère Verhulst set up a network for communicating information to the Allies about the German occupiers of Lille.
They were eventually betrayed and executed on the 22nd. September 1915.
In total, twenty-five individuals were executed in Lille by firing squad under the occupation. Notices were posted informing the public about executions of political prisoners, saboteurs, and hostages in response to attacks or acts of sabotage against the German occupiers.
An estimated 500,000 French men and women worked for the Resistance during Germany's occupation of France. Resistance workers carried out thousands of acts of sabotage against the German occupiers, even though the risks were great. More than 90,000 members of the Resisters were killed, tortured or deported by the Germans.
First executed with James Carpenter in 1971 in bluish-white glass for the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (today the Museum of Arts and Design) in New York, the artist has been fascinated by this material and has made the most of its artist potential. Glass Forest #6 presents light sources and glass which are the basic elements of the works and environments Chihuly creates with neon. These fluorescent structures enable him to experiment with colour, scale and line in space. Dozens of slumped spheres rear upwards like germinating seeds. The piece is made of blown white glass filled with argon gas and neon, which produces the shades of pink. The ethereal silhouettes looming up in the darkness create a breathtakingly eerie effect.
Dale Chihuly, Glass Forest #5, 2012, 2 x 8,5 x 4,9 m,
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Launching a mobile app for your next event? I think you’ll find this blog useful. With an event mobile app, you are on the right track to boost engagement and extend the reach and scope of your event. But to execute it smoothly, you need to be more strategic in your approach. To ensure you make the most out of your event mobile app, follow these six simple, actionable tips. After reading this blog, you’ll be able to ensure your app is noticed, downloaded, and drives clicks and conversions at every step of your event.
PRE-EVENT
1.Promote event app: Get the word out!
This is the most obvious tip. You’ve got an app, and now you need to promote it at all the right places so that it gets noticed by people. Promote your app on your website or registration page and ensure you’ve got a powerful call to action (CTA) with a link to download the app. Also, list the benefits of the app in a succinct way – things like faster check in, more networking opportunities, and interactive maps.
2.Offline app promotion
Familiarize your attendees by mentioning your app in promotional materials used before the event like paper brochures, tickets, downloadable PDFs, and guides. The more you spread the word about your app, the more likely your attendees will engage and download it.
DURING THE EVENT
3.Use kick-off announcement to ask attendees to download the app
A kick-off announcement is a great way to ask attendees to download your event app. With everyone assembled in the same place at the same time, it is the optimal time to spread the word about your app and drive immediate, measurable adoption. You can also take the help of presenters and ask them to mention the app in their speeches and encourage downloads. Since you’ll provide the CTA in emails and flyers, make sure the directions to download is as simple as possible.
4.Ask speakers to make your event engaging through mobile app
One of the best ways to drive app adoption is by creating experiences that are only available on the event app. Include things like polling to make the session more interactive, or maybe use live Q&A so that attendees can message their questions directly from their devices. You may also want to keep tent cards on the table that lists the benefits of your app and has a clear CTA to download. This way, attendees who haven’t downloaded your app can download it during the event and engage themselves in an insightful session.
POST-EVENT
5.Use the app to send personalized appreciation announcement
Event mobile app can be a great way to engage attendees during the event. But it is equally important to keep the engagement going on even after the event is over. You can use mobile apps to send a personalized “thank you” message to your delegates in the next few days. A personalized communication is the simplest way to bring them back into your app and offer any benefits like access to attendee directories and networking opportunities as well as information about future events.
6.Inform attendees about future events with the same app
If you’ve got another event lined up, then you can use the same app to inform attendees about it. Continue using the app to promote events, training sessions and other programs through it.
Steven Shapiro has designed and executed successful business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketing and communications strategies for nearly 20 years, with extensive background in the learning and development and financial services sectors. Steven now applies his experience and his creatively strategic, metrics-based thinking to the clients of Communications Strategy Group (CSG), a company he founded in May 2004.
Steven’s career was primarily steeped in the financial services and learning and development industries. He served as the Vice President of Corporate Communications for Scudder Kemper Investments and Founders Funds after serving as the Assistant Director of Public Relations for the American Stock Exchange. Shapiro started his career as an outside communications consultant for Ernst & Young, Lehman Brothers, Prudential, and Wellington Asset Management.
Just prior to founding CSG, Steven served as Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Jones Knowledge, a holding company for a series of online education companies. In this capacity, he was directly responsible for establishing Jones International University as a recognized pioneer in the online post secondary education; launch Jones e-global library, a comprehensive suite of online library research tools; and position Jones e-education, a learning course management and delivery platform, for dominance in the K-12 market.
Steven received his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Emory University.
Marines execute a High Intensity Tactical Training session during the unit’s physical training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort June 10. Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 in coordination with Marine Corps Community Services South Carolina organized the PT event to familiarize the Marines and provide basic instruction about the HITT program. (Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez/Released)
The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale that was published by Lévy et Neurdein Réunis of 44, Rue Letellier, Paris.
Although the card was not posted, someone has written on the divided back:
"From today's Daily
Telegraph.
With much love,
Auntie Florrie.
13. 1. 56."
On the left side of the divided back of the card, an 8 cm long news item had been glued to the card, but almost all of it has been scraped off.
Chartres
Chartres is a city and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in France. At the 2019 census, there were 38,534 individuals living in the city.
Chartres is famous worldwide for its Gothic cathedral which is in an exceptional state of preservation. The majority of the original stained glass windows survive intact, while the architecture has seen only minor changes since the early 13th. century.
Part the old town, including most of the library associated with the School of Chartres, was destroyed by Allied bombs in 1944.
The Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, is one of the finest and best preserved Gothic cathedrals in France and in Europe. Its historical and cultural importance has been recognized by its inclusion on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
Chartres is built on a hill on the left bank of the river Eure. The medieval cathedral is at the top of the hill, and its two spires are visible from miles away across the flat surrounding lands. To the southeast stretches the fertile plain of Beauce, the "Granary of France", of which the town is the commercial centre.
Chartres cathedral was built on the site of the former Chartres cathedral of Romanesque architecture, which was destroyed by fire (that former cathedral had been built on the ruins of an ancient Celtic temple, later replaced by a Roman temple).
Begun in 1205, the construction of Notre-Dame de Chartres was completed 66 years later.
The stained glass windows of the cathedral were financed by guilds of merchants and craftsmen, and by wealthy noblemen, whose names appear at the bottom. It is not known how the famous and unique blue, bleu de Chartres, of the glass was created, and it has been impossible to replicate it.
Chartres in WWII
In World War II, the city suffered heavy damage, both by bombing and during the battle of Chartres in August 1944, but the cathedral was spared by an American Army officer who challenged the order to destroy it.
On the 16th. August 1944, Colonel Welborn Barton Griffith Jr. questioned the necessity of destroying the cathedral, and volunteered to go behind enemy lines to find out whether the Germans were using it as an observation post.
With his driver, Griffith proceeded to the cathedral and, after searching it all the way up its bell tower, confirmed to Headquarters that it was empty of Germans. The order to destroy the cathedral was withdrawn.
Colonel Griffith was killed in action later on that day in the town of Lèves, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) north of Chartres. For his heroic action both at Chartres and Lèves, Colonel Griffith received, posthumously, decorations awarded by the President of the United States and the U.S. Military, and also from the French government.
Following deep reconnaissance missions and after heavy fighting in and around the city, Chartres was liberated on the 18th. August 1944, by the U.S. 5th. Infantry and 7th. Armored Divisions commanded by General George S. Patton.
Churches of Chartres
The Église Saint-Pierre de Chartres was the church of the Benedictine Abbaye Saint-Père-en-Vallée, founded in the 7th. century by Queen Balthild. At the time of its construction, the abbey was outside the walls of the city. It contains fine stained glass and, formerly, twelve representations of the apostles in enamel, created circa 1547 by Léonard Limosin, which now can be seen in the fine arts museum.
Other noteworthy churches of Chartres are Saint-Aignan (13th., 16th. and 17th. centuries), and Saint-Martin-au-Val (12th. century), inside the Saint-Brice hospital.
Museums of Chartres
Chartres' Museums include:
-- Le Musée des Beaux-Arts, a fine arts museum, housed in the former episcopal palace adjacent to the cathedral.
-- Le Centre International du Vitrail, a workshop-museum and cultural center devoted to stained glass art, located 50 metres (160 feet) from the cathedral.
-- Le Conservatoire du Machinisme et des Pratiques Agricoles, an agricultural museum.
-- Le Musée le Grenier de l'Histoire, a history museum specializing in military uniforms and accoutrements, in Lèves, a suburb of Chartres.
-- Le Musée des Sciences Naturelles et de la Préhistoire, a Natural science and Prehistory Museum (closed since 2015).
Other Features of Chartres
The river Eure, which at this point divides into three branches, is crossed by several bridges, some of them ancient, and is fringed in places by remains of the old fortifications, of which the Porte Guillaume (14th. century), a gateway flanked by towers, was the most complete specimen, until destroyed by the retreating German army on the night of the 15th./16th. August 1944.
The steep, narrow streets of the old town contrast with the wide, shady boulevards which encircle it and separate it from the suburbs. The Parc André-Gagnon lies to the north-west, and squares and open spaces are numerous.
Part of the Hôtel de Ville dates from the 17th. century, and is called l'Hôtel de Montescot. There is also La Maison Canoniale dating back to the 13th. century, and several medieval and Renaissance houses.
La Maison Picassiette, a house decorated inside and out with mosaics of shards of broken china and pottery, is also worth a visit.
There is also a statue of General Marceau (1769–1796), a native of Chartres and a general during the French Revolution.
The Economy of Chartres
Historically, game pies and other delicacies of Chartres are well known, and the city's industries have also included flour-milling, brewing, distilling, iron-founding, leather manufacture, perfumes, dyeing, stained glass, billiard requisites and hosiery.
More recently, businesses include the manufacture of electronic equipment and car accessories. Since 1976 the fashion and perfumes company Puig has had a production plant in the commune.
Pilgrimages
Chartres has been a site of Catholic pilgrimages since the Middle Ages. The poet Charles Péguy, who was born in 1873, revived the pilgrimage route between Paris and Chartres before the Great War.
At the outbreak of the war, Péguy became a lieutenant in the French 276th. Infantry Regiment. He died at the age of 41 in battle, shot in the forehead, near Villeroy, Seine-et-Marne on the 5th. September 1914, the day before the beginning of the Battle of the Marne. There is a memorial to Charles near the field where he was killed.
After the war, a number of students carried on the pilgrimage in his memory. Since 1982, the association Notre-Dame de Chrétienté, with offices in Versailles, organizes the annual 100 km (62 mi) pilgrimage on foot from Notre-Dame de Paris to Notre-Dame de Chartres. About 15,000 pilgrims, from France and countries outside France, participate every year.
The Bataclan Theatre Massacre
Chartres was the home of Omar Ismael Mostefaï aged 29, one of the three gunmen who attacked the audience at the Bataclan concert venue on the 13th. November 2015, starting at 21.40.
It was part of a carefully co-ordinated attack on Paris; over a 20 minute period, Islamist militants also killed and injured people at the Stade de France, and at six restaurants and cafes in the 10th. and 11th. arrondissements.
One of the restaurants was a popular Cambodian eatery in the trendy Canal Saint-Martin area, where at least 12 people died. Another 19 people were killed at a busy restaurant on nearby Rue de Charonne.
Shootings and bomb blasts on that night left a total of 130 people dead and hundreds wounded, with more than 100 in a critical condition.
The Start of the Bataclan Massacre
On the evening of the 13th. November 2015, the American rock band Eagles of Death Metal was playing to an audience of about 1,500 people at the Bataclan on the Boulevard Voltaire in the 11th. arrondissement of Paris.
Three dark-clad gunmen had been waiting in a black rental car near the venue for more than an hour, and were armed with Zastava M70 assault rifles. The M70 is a derivative of the Soviet AK-47, and can fire at a rate of 620 rounds per minute. Over 4 million of the ghastly things have unfortunately been manufactured.
The terrorists were three French natives of Algerian descent. As the band was playing their song "Kiss the Devil", the three men got out of the car and opened fire on people outside the venue, killing three.
They then burst into the concert hall and sprayed the crowd with automatic gunfire. Witnesses heard shouts of "Allahu Akbar" as the terrorists opened fire. Initially, the audience mistook the gunfire for pyrotechnics. The band ran offstage and escaped with many of the crew, although their tour manager was killed.
Rows of people were mown down by gunfire or were forced to drop to the ground to avoid being shot. Survivors described hundreds of people lying beside and on top of each other in pools of blood, screaming in terror and pain.
The gunmen also fired up into the balconies, and dead bodies fell down onto the stalls below. For a few minutes, the hall was plunged into darkness, with only the flashes from the assault rifles as the gunmen kept shooting.
The terrorists shouted that they were there because of French airstrikes against Islamic State. A witness who was inside the Bataclan heard a gunman say:
"This is because of all the harm
done by Hollande to Muslims all
over the world."
A radio reporter attending the concert reported that:
"The terrorists were calm and determined, and they
reloaded three or four times. Two gunmen attacked
the concert hall; one gunman covered fire while
another reloaded to ensure maximum efficiency."
Whenever a gunman stopped to reload, members of the crowd, some with bullets in them, ran for the emergency exits, scrambling over each other to escape. Some were shot from behind as they fled, and the terrorists laughed as they shot them. Those who reached an emergency exit were shot by the third gunman, who had positioned himself there.
Other groups of people barricaded themselves in backstage rooms. Some smashed open the ceiling in an upstairs toilet, and hid among the rafters under the roof. Those who could not run lay still on the floor or under bodies pretending to be dead. One women was seen hanging from a third floor window.
According to survivors, the terrorists walked among those who were lying down, kicked them, and shot them in the head if there were any sign of life.
An eyewitness reported hearing the gunmen ask amongst themselves where the members of the Eagles of Death Metal were once the gunfire stopped. Mostefaï and another of the gunmen then went upstairs to the balconies, while the third attacker stayed downstairs and fired at people who tried to flee.
Initial Armed Response to the Terrorists
The Brigade of Research and Intervention (BRI) arrived on the scene at 22:15, soon followed by the elite tactical unit, RAID. At 22:15, the first two responding officers entered the building armed with handguns and encountered one of the terrorists who was standing on the stage.
The Jihadist died after being shot by the officers and detonating his explosive vest. Mostefaï and the other remaining gunman (Mohamed-Aggad) then fired upon the officers, forcing them to withdraw and wait for backup.
The Stand-Off
From this point, Mostefaï and the other attacker took about twenty hostages and herded them into a room at the end of a corridor located further within the building. They also seized the hostages' mobile phones and attempted to use them to access the Internet, but they were unable to find a signal.
Some of the hostages were forced to look down into the hall and out the windows and report what they saw. During this time, the two terrorists fired on police and first responders as they arrived at the scene.
At 23:30, an elite police squad entered the building. One unit evacuated survivors from downstairs, while another unit went upstairs. They found Mohamed-Aggad and Mostefaï, who had begun using hostages as human shields. They shouted out to police the number of a hostage's phone.
Over the next 50 minutes, they had four phone exchanges with a police negotiator, during which time they threatened to execute hostages unless they received a signed paper promising France's departure from Muslim lands.
The Police Assault
The police assault began at 00:20 and lasted three minutes. Police launched the assault because of reports that Mohamed-Aggad and Mostefaï had started killing hostages. Police using shields burst open the door to the room and exchanged fire with Mohamed-Aggad and Mostefaï while managing to pull the hostages one-by-one behind their shields. One terrorist detonated his explosive vest, and the other tried to do the same but was shot.
Ninety people were killed at the Bataclan on that night, and hundreds of others were wounded. Almost all of the deceased victims were killed within the first 20 minutes of the attack. All of the hostages were rescued without injury.
Police dog teams from the Brigade Cynophile assisted with body removal because of concerns that there could still be live explosives in the theatre. Identification and removal of the bodies took 10 hours, a process made difficult because some audience members had left their identity papers in the theatre's cloakroom.
Omar Ismael Mostefaï
The homegrown suicide bomber Omar Ismael Mostefaï was identified after his finger was found among the Bataclan concert hall carnage.
Mostefaï was born in the Paris suburb of Courcouronnes and had eight past convictions for petty crimes. He is said to have been radicalised by a Belgian hate preacher at a mosque in France.
The Jihadist was buried in the Cimetière Parisien de Thiais
located in Val-de-Marne.
A Prolonged Ice Storm
So what else happened on the day that the card was written?
Well, on Friday the 13th. January 1956, a six-day ice storm that had lashed Mount Washington in the United States since the 8th. January came to an end.
Arno Dübel
The day also marked the birth of Arno Dübel.
Arno Dübel was a German male who gained notoriety for his decades-long unemployment. Born in Bornumam Elm, Lower Saxony, West Germany, Dübel began an apprenticeship as a painter, but dropped out in 1976, and lived on unemployment benefits ever since.
Dübel actively advertised his unwillingness to find work, and went to great lengths to avoid sanctions for not working, taking part in talk shows promoting his lifestyle.
He even unsuccessfully tried to start a career as a schlager music singer with a song about his lack of employment.
Dübel's demonstrable abuse of the social security system in Germany made him a target for yellow journalism, with German tabloid Bild calling him "Germany's most insolent unemployed." Bild used him as an example of alleged widespread fraud of the welfare system.
Dübel died in Hamburg on the 23rd. May 2023, at the age of 67.
Within the concentration camp the Bunker was a centre of terror.
In the cells individual prisoners were punished by being imprisoned for weeks or months, often in the dark and with insufficient food. These prisoners were especially exposed to torture and maltreatment by SS guards. An unknown number of them were murdered in the Bunker or driven to suicide.
In the courtyard of the Bunker the SS executed prisoners, applied corporal punishment or the so-called “pole-hanging”.
But not well executed with 15mm fisheye. I wanted to get the lobster in the reflection of my buddy's domeport, but he didn't understand my intention.
Check out the wrongly set left flash on my rig. I really need to take care of that, because it can seriously damage a lot of photo's, when you don't check the scatter.
U.S. Army paratroopers from the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, make their way to the rendezvous point during air assault training at Neibhur Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 11, 2024. AKARNG UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook aviators from the 207th Aviation Troop Command partnered with U.S. Army paratroopers to conduct the air assault helicopter training. The joint training honed the air crews’ and paratroopers’ ability to successfully execute airborne operations and prepared them to overcome the many challenges faced while operating in an austere, cold-weather environment. (Alaska National Guard photo by Alejandro Peña)
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Jan. 24, 2023: Washington DC: A Georgetown Hoyas cheerleader executes a backflip in a BIG EAST basketball game at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. (Michael R. Smith/The Sports Pulse).
Les armoiries peintes sur le bâti de chêne qui surmonte la porte principale sont tirées de celles qui figurent
sur la carte de Port-Royal exécutée par Lescarbot ainsi que
sur plusieurs documents de l'époque. Ce sont les armes de la
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DUO PROTEGIT UNUS
Un seul en défend deux, c’est à dire : un même glaive défend les deux royaumes. Henri IV est roi de France et de Navarre.
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DABIT DEUS HIS QUOQUE FINEM
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INVIA VIRTUTI NULLA EST VIA.
A la vertu, il n’est pas d’obstacle. (Ovide, Métamorphoses,. XIV.113)
Devise d’Henri IV.
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www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/french/emblem.php?id=FMOb060
L’histoire de Port-Royal commence en France, sous le règne du roi Henri IV. En 1603, un noble du nom de Pierre Dugua, sieur de Mons, propose au roi de fonder un établissement dans une région appelée Acadie.
Après avoir rassemblé les sommes nécessaires au voyage et à l’acquisition des navires et des vivres, le sieur de Mons part pour le nord est de l’Amérique du Nord, accompagné d’un groupe composé d’ouvriers, de soldats, d’artisans et d’explorateurs, tant protestants que catholiques. Le sieur de
Mons, par exemple, est un huguenot, tandis que d’autres, comme Champlain, sont catholiques. Même si cette période de tolérance religieuse n’est que de courte durée, la France d’Henri IV est alors le seul pays qui accorde un statut d’égalité aux deux religions.
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Dès que les voyageurs, harassés, pénètrent dans l'enceinte de Port-Royal, les voilà encouragés davantage à la vue des armoiries de France déployées au-dessus de la porte principale.
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Soldiers assigned to Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, stand for a photo behind their section's assigned M777 howitzer at Fort Carson, Colorado, July 16, 2020. The Soldiers spent the day executing training tasks necessary to the successful completion of 1st SBCT's Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise, which began the day prior. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Daniel Parker)
After gaining independance from the Dutch in 1948 and granted home rule, successive governments struggled to maintain law & order . In the face of unrest a coup in 1980 brought military rule. In 1982 15 opposition lawyers, politicians, journalists and union leaders were imprisoned and executed on the parapet of the fort. The bullet holes in the wall are a stark reminder of the massacre.
Title: Hamburg, steps in Botanic Garden. "A beautifully designed, executed and planted flight of steps." (Negus neg., 69) n.d.
Date: undated
Description: Hamburg, steps in Botanic Garden. "A beautifully designed, executed and planted flight of steps." (Negus neg., 69) n.d. (Manning Lantern Slide: 1255)
Image ID: 218.LS.1255
Related Information: Warren H. Manning Papers at the Iowa State University Library
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