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Visitors to the Columbia Memorial Space Center were asked a few questions in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) exhibition "Suited for Space."
With good, old-fashioned pens and paper, visitors talked about their favorite spacesuits, what they would bring with them to the moon, and whether they'd like to visit the moon or Mars.
For more information about this exhibition and to see a tour schedule:
www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/suitedForSpace/inde...
For great interactive content, visit "Suited for Space" on Facebook: www.facebook.com/suitedforspace
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Although in existence during earlier centuries, the "Marteau d'arme" was officially introduced as an offensive weapon by the mid 13th century. It was adopted by the infantry capable to inflict heavy damage to the armoured knights..
By the 15th century the marteau d'arme evolved in a weapon with a longer wooden handle whose metal end had a hatchet combined with a hook - "falcon's beak". These weapons were soon used by the cavalrymen, but with a shorter handle entirely made of metal until they were abandoned in the 16th centurywhen they were replaced by pistols.
In Eastern Europe the marteau d'arme was used for much longer, then in Central and Western Europe, as pistols were more expensive and rarer to come by.
This explains why the marteau remained popular for much longer in Ukraine, Poland, Moldavia, Hungary and preserved an undomitable "white arm" for highwaymen.
By the end of the 18th century, beginning of the 19th century, the marteau d''arme remained a symbol of power and social rank among aristocracy.
There are some beautiful examples of period engravings, soon after the Napoleonic wars, when Hungarian noblemen were displaying marteau d'armes as fashionable acoutrements, in the manner in which their English counterparts would use walking sticks.. During uncertain times such 'elegant" objects would always come in useful as defence weapons in case one was aggressed. the look of it was enough to inhibit any potential attacker who might be hammered and hacked to pieces.
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Arme de guerre dérivée de l'outil du même nom. Le marteau de guerre se composait d'un manche de bois terminé par une tête en plomb ou en fer et souvent munie d'une pointe dans le prolongement du manche. Bien que de telles armes furent certainement utilisées bien avant, le marteau d'arme semble avoir été admis dans les armées vers le milieu du XIIIe siècle. C'était une arme très lourdes, utilisée par les fantassins, capables de provoquer de gros dégâts et qui accélérât sans doute l'usage des armures de plates complètes. Au XVe siècle, le manche devient plus allonge et la partie métallique s'enrichit souvent d'une hache ou d'une pointe latérale(bec de faucon). A la même époque, apparaît un marteau plus court porté par les cavaliers et parfois entièrement fait de fer (cf. image). Ces marteaux furent en usage jusqu'au XVIe siècle dans la cavalerie avant d'être abandonnés au profit du pistolet.
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NOTE on the ORIGIN of the HUTZUL People:
The Hutsul (Romanian - Huţul) are mountain peoples with occupations in cattle breeding, and shepherding, forestry, and timber, who live in the upper reaches of the river Prut, in Pokutia (Romanian - Pocuţia). The origin of the Hutsul has been suggested to be one of the migrating peoples - Cuman, Scythian, Celtic, Gothic, Dacian, Romanian etc. However, they speak a dialect of Ukrainian and are generally thought to be Slavic, but have many Romanian influences in their language, costume and customs,
In the 9th century the political unity of the Ukraine was formed around the Poianian tribe of the Kiev region. Most of the original tribal names are only left as geographical and territorial names but in the mountainous Carpathians some diversity and traces of the old tribal characteristics have been preserved in the Slavic peoples of the Hutsul, Lemko and Boiko peoples.
The first references to the Hutsul are in the 14th century in current southern Ukraine. During the 15th century they colonised along the Prut river, over the mountains and along the Tisa river into Maramureş, and along the Ceremuş river towards northern Moldavia. In the 17th century they migrated across the mountains to the upper Suceava valley. By the late 17th century there were around 40 villages and further migration continued into the upper valleys of the Moldova and Bistriţa rivers.
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There's a blog hop today for the new SSS, Encouraging Words release! Come hop along for a chance to win prizes! bdengler4.blogspot.com/2017/08/sss-encouraging-words-blog...
Text homework for AP art. We were each given a word (I got compose) and a color scheme (I got violets). I spent WAY over the required three hours... haha!
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Item Title: Opera dress, Winter 1813
Description/Notes: Woman in an opera dress from 1813. The woman wears a long-sleeved brown dress with with a pink bodice. There are pink and gold ribbon details on the bodice and shoulders. The skirt is hemmed in with a sawtooth decoration. She wears an ermine wrap around her shoulders. She wears white shoes with small bows and a gold necklace with two chains. Attached to both chains is a cross or heart pendant. She holds a pink and gold square handbag with a red strap in her left hand. Her hat has a deep brim with rows of netting edged with pearls over it. She wears pearl drop earrings. She stands next to an ornate stone pedestal which features a woman and two hippocamps, seahorses with horse's heads and fish tails from classical mythology, carved into a square panel on the front face. The figure is probably Thetis, the Greek goddess of the sea. The contributor has written "1813" in the bottom right hand corner of the plate.
Original Collection: Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century
Item Number: fpc00098.tif
Permissions: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library.
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See the Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century for the original collection.
First page of my sketch notes from Ethan Marcotte's "Rolling Up Our Responsive Sleeves". Doodled with more enthusiasm than skill at Refresh Boston on July 31, 2013.
Page 2 is better. :)
Max playing his guitar in the Metro Center Metro station during the No Pants Subway Ride. Washington, DC.