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Event: The Brooklyn premiere for the movie ‘Notorious’; a movie about the life and times of Christopher Wallace, aka B.I.G or Biggie.
Date: January 8, 2009
Location: Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Brooklyn, NY
Dignitaries in attendance include: Marty Markowitz (Brooklyn Borough President), who delivered a proclamation on the behalf of David Patterson, Governor of the State of New York; The Reverend Jessie Jackson; and Latisha James, Brooklyn Council Member.
Celebrities in attendance include: George Tillman, Jr., Director of Notorious; Jamal Woolard, who plays the role of Biggie; Derek Luke, who plays the role of Puffy; Antonique Smith, who plays the role of Faith; Anthony Mackie, who plays the role of Tupac; and Dennis L.A. White, who plays the role of D-Roc.
Make sure you see it this movie, Notorious.
Big up Mister Cee and the entire Hot 97 crew who were at the premiere.
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Event: The Brooklyn premiere for the movie ‘Notorious’; a movie about the life and times of Christopher Wallace, aka B.I.G or Biggie.
Date: January 8, 2009
Location: Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Brooklyn, NY
Dignitaries in attendance include: Marty Markowitz (Brooklyn Borough President), who delivered a proclamation on the behalf of David Patterson, Governor of the State of New York; The Reverend Jessie Jackson; and Latisha James, Brooklyn Council Member.
Celebrities in attendance include: George Tillman, Jr., Director of Notorious; Jamal Woolard, who plays the role of Biggie; Derek Luke, who plays the role of Puffy; Antonique Smith, who plays the role of Faith; Anthony Mackie, who plays the role of Tupac; and Dennis L.A. White, who plays the role of D-Roc.
Make sure you see it this movie, Notorious.
Big up Mister Cee and the entire Hot 97 crew who were at the premiere.
Special thanks to Christopher Williams from Where Itz At Magazine - www.whereitzatlive.com
www.RevengeFashionMagazine.com
www.Youtube.com/RevengeFashionTV
www.Myspace.com/RevengeFashionMagazine
Revenge Media, Inc.
Bare entertainment™
Phoenix performed at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas’ Boulevard Pool on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. The Grammy Award-winning French alt-rockers, no strangers to giving dramatic, high-energy performances, didn’t disappoint their packed crowd, delivering highly anticipated fan favorites such as "Trying to be Cool," "1901" and "Lasso."
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Medicinal Rice Formulations of India popular among Senior Traditional Oryza Experts.
Septenary/Octonary/Quinary Ingredients of Important Traditional Herbal Formulations from Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database
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Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Sterility . Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Stomach cancer. Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Stomach ulcers. Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Stomatodynia. Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Stress headache. Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Sublingual gland tumor. Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Submandibular gland tumor. Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Suspicious Breast Lumps. Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Sweating (excessive) . Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Swine Flu. Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
Oudhia, P. (2013). Medicinal Rice Bhejri with Red, Brown and Black Rice based Traditional Herbal Formulations for Synovial sarcoma . Medicinal Rice Formulations (1990-2013) in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database at pankajoudhia.com
This picture is a part of Compilation of Pankaj Oudhia’s Research Works at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University (IGKV), Raipur, India (1990-2001),
A view from the Mount of Olives, with the Old City of Jerusalem in the background. In the center you can see the golden domes of the Church of Mary Magdalene, built in 1888 by Tsar Alexander III of Russia. To its immediate right is the top of the Church of Dominus Flevit, which means "cry of the Lord" and refers to Luke 19:41, "And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it."
According to Matthew 26:26-30, Jesus & his disciples went to the Mount of Olives following the Last Supper, and His teachings in Matthew 24-25 took place here.
The Mount of Olives is also home to the Church of All Nations, the Church of the Pater Noster, and the Tomb of Zechariah. The Garden of Gethsemane lies at the foot of the mountain.
Taken by Anna James.
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The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut is situated beneath the cliffs at Deir el Bahari on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Designed by the architect Senemut, the mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is located next to the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II, which served both as an inspiration, and later, a quarry. It is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt.
De tempel van Hatsjepsoet, was gebouwd in Deir el-Bahari en was een huis van miljoenen jaren dat diende om de cultus van de overleden koningin verder te zetten.
De tempel is gedurende zijn verdere geschiedenis onderworpen aan verschillende beschadigingen. Zo heeft Thoetmoses III de tempel van Hatsjepsoet zwaar beschadigd toen hij probeerde haar naam te verwijderen. Onder Achnaton werden talrijke beelden van Amon vernietigd en onder Ramses II worden de Osirisbeelden verwoest. De Koptische christenen gebruikten de tempel als klooster en hebben daarbij de gezichten van de goden weggehaald.
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Sea of light on Chamonix Mont Blanc Valley - Winter time sun set and lights on down in the valley with the grooming machine at work on the mountain.
The Baths of Caracalla, the largest baths in Rome at the time and second largest in Roman history stretched over 25 acres, and opened in AD 216. 1,600 people could bathe at once and the facility could handle up to 6,000 bathers a day. Both rich and poor were allowed to bathe.
Photo showing Michael John Gorman.
DOORS – Digital Incubator for Museums, initiated by Ars Electronica as MUSEUM BOOSTER and Ecsite, gives small and medium-sized museums across Europe the opportunity to drive the digital and sustainable transformation of the museum sector.
Photo: tom mesic
A walk around the stunning French village of Roussillon in the Vaucluse.
This is the village of Roussillon in The Luberon. Famous for the yellow ochre stone that is here.
This was my favourite of all the villages I saw.
Roussillon is another village lying alongside the Luberon. Set on an ochre hill, the village has taken on the colours of the soil beneath it. The village top and its epaces and sites; footpaths lead to the various parts of the ancient sulphur and fiery-coloured deposits amidst the scented pine woods.
Situated at the foot of the plateau of Vaucluse, Roussillon is ranked among the most beautiful villages in France. Dominating the valley of Calavon, its houses are crowded together on a spur eroded by ravines and ochre quarries. From the summit to which the dwellings cling, the panorama extends from the mountain chain of Luberon in the south to the mountains of Vaucluse in the north. Between the horizon and the village, the nearby countryside with its coloured soil is covered with woods, vineyards, orchards and cornfields.
The deep ochres used in the construction of this hilltop community are stunning. No other village looks so warm and rich, so harmonious and inviting. It hues come from at least 17 shades of ochre discovered in and around the village, notably in he dramatic former quarries along the Sentier des Ochres. The quarries are to the east of the village.
Taken from DK Eyewitness Travel: Provence & The Cote D'Azur
Down this side is Place Camille Mathieu.
Camille Matthieu was mayor of Roussillon from 1892 to 1941.
They have "super loos" down here.
A door.
Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day - 05-20-2014
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The Western Veil Nebula, also known as Caldwell 34 and the “Witch’s Broom”, is a large supernova remnant near the bright star 52 Cygni in Cygnus. This object is thought to be approximately 1,500 light-years away.
Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 9x300s – 45 minutes each – binned 2x2
255 minutes total exposure – 4 hours 15 minutes
Imaged from Dardenne Prairie, Missouri (a red zone) over three nights in April and May, 2013 with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.
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This one, like the Eastern Veil I posted earlier, is usually imaged in narrowband but, even though it is considered faint, the colors come out well with normal RGB exposures even from the city.
15.09.19. Ladies European Tour 2019. The Solheim Cup, PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland. 13-15 September 2019. Bronte Law of England reacts during Sunday singles matches. Credit: Phil Inglis/LET
....sculpture in the Clarks Shopping Village.
Street, Somerset.
Started in 1825, by Quaker brothers Cyrus and James Clark, as a business making sheepskin rugs and slippers, using out-workers in the village, it has expanded to become a global shoe brand, with operations in Europe, the United States and the Far East.
For much of the life of the business, the company manufactured its own shoes in Somerset, building several factories in the area. The company's Quaker ethos made provision for workers' housing, education and leisure activities, while its keen social conscience kept Street 'dry' for many years. Rising costs and low productivity prompted the company to move production abroad, and while shoe design is still predominantly done in the United Kingdom, all manufacturing has now moved to India, Brazil, Cambodia, China, and Vietnam. In 1993, redundant buildings at its Street site were opened as Clarks Village, which includes more than 90 shops. There are also coffee shops, refreshment stalls, and a dining area shared by fast food chains, mostly selling goods at a discount to high street prices.
From left to right:
Arturo McFields Yescas, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the OAS
Luis Almagro, OAS Secretary General
Date: November 5, 2021
Place: Washington DC
Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS
Premier John Horgan joined fellow premiers from across the country for a meeting of the Council of the Federation, on July 12, 2022.
Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of 709,037 in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 with a metropolitan population estimated at 1,546,706 in 2021.
During the Viking Age, the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a kaupstad or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around the year 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honor of the king. It became a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on January 1, 1838. The city functioned as the capital of Norway during the 1814-1905 union between Sweden and Norway. From 1877, the city's name was spelled Kristiania in government usage, a spelling that was adopted by the municipal authorities in 1897, although 'Christiania' was also used. In 1925, the city was renamed Oslo.
Oslo is the economic and governmental center of Norway. The city is also a hub of Norwegian trade, banking, industry and shipping. It is an important hub for maritime industries and maritime trade in Europe.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo
The State Opening of Parliament – 8 May 2013
Extract from the Court Circular
“The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, travelled in State to the Palace of Westminster today to open the Session of Parliament.
Her Majesty and His Royal Highness drove in a Carriage Procession, escorted by a Sovereign's Escort of The Household Cavalry, under the command of Major Nicholas Stewart, The Life Guards, and were received at the Sovereign's Entrance by the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain.
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall drove in a Carriage Procession, escorted by a Travelling Escort of the Household Cavalry, under the command of Major Simon Deverell, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).
Guards of Honour were mounted at Buckingham Palace by The Queen's Guard found by 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, under the command of Major Piers Ashfield, and at the Palace of Westminster by 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, under the command of Major Henry Llewelyn-Usher.
A staircase party of The Household Cavalry was on duty at Victoria Tower, House of Lords.
Royal Salutes were fired in Green Park by The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Major Mark Edward, and from the Tower of London Saluting Battery by the Honourable Artillery Company, under the command of Major John Chorley.
The Imperial State Crown, the Cap of Maintenance and the Sword of State were conveyed previously to the House of Lords in a Carriage Procession, escorted by a Regalia Escort of The Household Cavalry.”
Information from the Ministry of Defence website:
In total 1,290 Armed Forces personnel took part in the Sate Opening of Parliament ceremony including Cavalry, troops lining the route and forming guards of honour and bands.
Soldiers from the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards and Welsh Guards together with 4 half-companies of the Royal Air Force Regiment and 4 half-companies of the Royal Navy, lined the route of the procession, from Buckingham Palace to the Huse of Lords while the Queen’s carriage was escorted by members of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
Musical accompaniment was provided by the Royal Artillery Band, the Band of the Grenadier Guards, the Band of the Coldstream Guards, the Band of the Scots Guards, the Band of the Irish Guards, the Band of the Welsh Guards and the Band of the Honourable Artillery Company.
The General Officer Commanding London District, Major General George Norton, commanded the parade.
As the Queen reached the House of Lords, a 41-gun salute was fired by members of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, supported by the Royal Artillery Band, in Green Park.
A further 41-gun salute was be fired at midday at the Tower of London by the Army’s oldest regiment, the Honourable Artillery Company, which is part of the Territorial Army.
After the Queen’s procession returned to Buckingham Palace, the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery marched past Her Majesty, followed by the Sovereign’s Escort and Regalia Escort, formed by the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, and a Guard of Honour provided by members of the Grenadier Guards and the Welsh Guards
Perayaan Hari Kemerdekaan AS yang ke-242 pada tanggal 4 Juli 2018 digelar di kediaman Duta Besar Amerika Serikat untuk Indonesia, Joseph R. Donovan Jr. di Jakarta. Tema untuk perayaan tahun ini adalah “Partnerships Across the Oceans.” #DubesDonovan dalam sambutannya menyatakan bahwa Amerika Serikat dan Indonesia adalah negara maritim, dan kedua negara bekerja sama dalam berbagai bidang termasuk lingkungan, keamanan dan perlindungan lautan bagi generasi mendatang.
Photo credit: State Dept. / Budi Sudarmo, Erik A. Kurniawan, Rifky Suryadinata.
Mariánské Lázně is a spa town in the Karlovy Vary region of the Czech Republic. The town, surrounded by green mountains, is a mosaic of parks and noble houses. Most of its buildings come from the town's Golden Era in the second half of the 19th century, when many celebrities and top European rulers came to enjoy the curative carbon dioxide springs.
There are a few spa houses in the town that are abandoned and passing time is slowly destroying them...
MEET THE STANS: UZBEKISTAN - a dome of the Mir-i Arab Madrassah in Bukhara. Located on the Silk Road, the city has long been a centre of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion.
Meet the Stans is a four-part BBC TV series, shown on BBC2, BBC World and by broadcasters internationally, in which Simon Reeve travelled from the far north-west of Kazakhstan, by the Russian border, east to the Chinese border, south through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the edge of Afghanistan, and west to Uzbekistan and the legendary Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara.
Commemorating the first English Civil War battle at Edgehill, fought on 23 October 1642. This reenactment took place at Kineton, a village on the original battlefield area, 374 years ago to the day. The battle between Royalists and Parliamentarians was indecisive and led to three more years of civil war.
ITU Forum on Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Smart Cities
Wuxi, China, 3 December 2018
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A far view of the Galata Tower, a monument I was to spot from several places around town. A painting of this monument in my hotel's dining area appeared earlier in this album. The nine storeyed tower is 66.90 meters tall (62.59 m without the ornament on top, 51.65 m at the observation deck), and was the city's tallest structure when it was built. The elevation at ground level is 35 meters above sea-level. The tower has an external diameter of 16.45 meters at the base, an 8.95 meters diameter inside, and walls that are 3.75 meters thick. I was never able to find out what purpose this tower served during it's heydays. The tower is located in the historic part of town on the European side. (Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 2014)
museumPASSmusees 2024 - Wiels - Jana Euler - Alexis Blake
Jana Euler?s exhibition Oilopa, a contraction of the terms Oil (painting) and Europa, unfolds into a semi-utopian land, reversing the ascendant flows of financial figures while extrapolating on cycles of surplus and vacuity.
Originally conceived as a performance, Crack Nerve Boogie Swerve embraces concepts such as transparency, resistance, resonance and disruption?breaking free from norms, liberating oneself from the constraints of oppression and stretching the boundaries of art institutions. At WIELS, Alexis Blake (b. 1981, US/NL) expands the scope of a live work into a performative exhibition that encapsulates its past iterations while slowly transforming the present one.
WIELS est l'une des plus d?importantes institutions d'art contemporain en Europe. Sans constituer de collection permanente, WIELS se consacre a la presentation et a la production d?expositions temporaires d?artistes nationaux et internationaux, aussi bien des talents emergents que des valeurs etablies.
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Tant de choses a vivre avec le pass musees
Le pass musees est l?abonnement le plus genereux aux musees belges. Cela signifie :
*Acces a tous les musees participants de notre pays, pendant une annee entiere. Quand vous le voulez et aussi souvent que vous le souhaitez.
*Visiter les expositions temporaires gratuitement ou avec une jolie reduction.
*Beneficier d?Avantages extra comme des billets de train a moitie prix, des reductions dans les boutiques des musees et de nombreux autres cadeaux reserves exclusivement aux detenteurs de pass musees.
*Recevoir et sauvegarder les meilleurs conseils en matiere de musees : tous les quinze jours, recevez dans votre boite mail des informations sur les expositions a ne pas manquer et les plus belles decouvertes a faire dans les musees. Vous pouvez sauvegarder vos expositions preferees dans l?app pass musees en prevision de votre prochaine visite.
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller is presented an award at Les Invalides, Paris, France, May 24, 2018. Gen. Neller received the French National Order of Merit Award from French Army Chief, Gen. Jean-Pierre Bosser. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Olivia G. Ortiz)
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Upon arriving at the ruins of Ancient Delphi, we learn that two-thirds of the site is closed due to technical difficulties. Grrrrr! This is very disappointing. We walk back to the entrance and talk to a woman at the ticket office at the gate. She tells us they’ve recently had rocks fall down the mountain onto the upper portion of the site. It’s very dangerous up at the Temple of Apollo and beyond. Understanding the situation better, we both calm down and look around, analyzing our options. My dad suggests I draw another part of the site, the Temple of Athena Pronaia, just across the road and a short way down the hill.
Once I’m at the Temple of Athena, I walk around to determine what might occupy me for the rest of the day, and I see plenty. Before me stand the ruins of the Tholos, a circular building of the Doric order, the function of which is still a mystery to archeologists. I’ll have no problem drawing here. What a relief. I pull my chair from its bag, unfold it, and begin to draw.
The visit and guided tour of Poblet Monastery.
Monks still lives in this monastery. It was restored in the 20th century, having been ruined in the 19th century. There are tombs here of the Kings and Queens of Aragon.
The Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet (Catalan: Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet) is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located at the foot of the Prades Mountains, in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). It was founded by Cistercian monks from France on lands conquered from the Moors. The main architect was Arnau Bargués.
This monastery was the first of three sister monasteries, known as the Cistercian triangle, that helped consolidate power in Catalonia in the 12th century. (The other two are Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus.)
Poblet was one of the two royal pantheons of the kings of the Crown of Aragon since James I of Aragon (along with Monastery of San Juan de la Peña). Some of the most important royal sepulchres have alabaster statues that lie over the tomb. The kings have lion sculptures at their feet, while the queens have dogs.
Peter IV of Aragon (1319 – 1387) made it a condition, under solemn oath at the moment of crowning, that all the Aragonese kings be buried there. Only Ferdinand II of Aragon broke the oath, after his kingdom had been merged with the Kingdom of Castile, and was buried in Granada.
The Calefactory
Or "warming room". Used by monks to alleviate the chill of winter. Was also used as the monks' barber's shop.
Window
Highlights of MAC’s 2016-2017 Season include “Stephen Schwartz and Friends,” a concert of popular Broadway tunes performed by the Oscar, Grammy and Tony Award-winning composer and musical theater icon (Oct. 7); Grammy Award-winners Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, former lead vocalist for Sérgio Mendes & Brazil '66 (Oct. 15); an entertaining presentation by Rick Steves, the beloved host and writer of the popular public television series “Rick Steves’ Europe” (Oct. 22); a must-see concert by Grammy Award-winning American singer and keyboardist Bruce Hornsby (Oct. 28); American country star and Grammy Award-winner Wynonna Judd in Wynonna Judd & the Big Noise Christmas (Dec. 2); and “Seven Things I’ve Learned: An Evening with Ira Glass,” starring the host of NPR’s award-winning “This American Life” (Feb. 25).
The government of the Swiss Confederation has been based in the Bundeshaus (Parliament) in Bern since the building was completed in 1902.
Built to the plans of architect Hans Wilhelm Auer in the Neo-Renaissance style, it is home to both the National Council and the Council of States, with each of the country’s cantons represented.
Guided tours are available in many languages, allowing you to look around both of the chambers and the impressive domed hall which stands between them and beneath the copped-topped dome seen from the outside.
The parliament is fronted by the Bundesplatz, where 23 water jet fountains – one for each of the cantons – shoot up into the air from the pavement every day.
Kalkriese, the site of the final destruction of the 17th 18th and 19th Legions.
This was the total width of ground available for the remains of the Legions to "run the gauntlet" of the German warriors behind their barricades on the left and the impenetrable marsh to the right. The paved path is modern, of course
It was a disaster when they were caught in a running ambush after days of foul weather and traveling through country - thick, untamed forest - totally unsuited to their normal formations and wiped out in the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9 by the warrior Arminius and a coalition of German tribes.
The site has only been recently discovered. There are a very high proportion of military finds and bone pits containing the remains of Romans later found and buried by the Roman general Germanicus.
The site itself is geographically interesting but it's such a pity that very few of the actual finds are on display. The attached museum isn't doing itself any favours with the paucity of display
For more details about the actual battle, try:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest#/med...
It's in Italian, but fairly clear for all that!