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n the day jerusalem marks the "day of Unification" (i.e. the occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967) settelers from the nearby area held a facist parade in the streets of East Jerusalem. Raising signs "Jerusalem is for the Jewish", and chanting slogans such as "muhamad's dead", or "death to the arabs". Themarch passed through Arab neighborhoods, while the protestors were dressed in white carring Israeli flags. In reaction Palestinians residing in the area went out to protest peacfully with Israelis, who joined the protest in solidarity with the local residents. The polices reaction to the demonstaration that day, was brutal and oppressive.They arrested nd beat protesters, and used the police horses to scare off the demonstrators by attempting to run over them. All this taking place while he right wing protesters continued to chant "death to the Arabs" and blocked the main street, all palestinian shops and business owners in and around the old city where forced to close for most of a business day by the police so this parade will go though with no interfirence, the business and shp owners did not get any compensation .
Daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who succeeded Oda Nobunaga, was well-known for his unification of Japan, helping to bring to an end the Sengoku, or Warring States period.
At the age of 50, he finally fathered his only son, Sutemaru, or Tsurumatsu. The little boy must have well-loved and anticipated, as the only heir of Toyotomi, meant to carry on his dynasty. Sadly, this small prince only lived just over two years, dying in September 1591. The beauty and richness of the Momoyama period are shown here, in these items a rich and all powerful warlord bestowed upon his son.
From the Tokyo National exhibit Masterpieces of the Zen Culture from Myoshinji, February 2009.
Owned by Toyotomi Sutemaru (1598-5191).
Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century.
Helmet, H. 15.5 cm, D. 24.3 cm
The helmet is either leather or paper, pressed with gold foil.
Myoushinji Temple.
On the Unification Day, my father and I took a trip to Go Cong Town to visit the former battlefield from Vietnam War.
I met 'mother Ba', one of heroic war mothers who supported north Vietnam soldiers on these days.
PAJU CITY, Republic of Korea - Maj. Gen. Jean-Jacques Joss (center), the Swiss delegate, and Col. Carlson, the Swedish delegate to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC), are meeting BG Kwon Tae-hwan (left), the ROK 1st Engineering Brigade commander. The NNSC observed the brigade participating during a bridge-recovery exercise near the Unification Grand Bridge as part of Key Resolve 2009. Courtesy Photo
n the day jerusalem marks the "day of Unification" (i.e. the occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967) settelers from the nearby area held a facist parade in the streets of East Jerusalem. Raising signs "Jerusalem is for the Jewish", and chanting slogans such as "muhamad's dead", or "death to the arabs". Themarch passed through Arab neighborhoods, while the protestors were dressed in white carring Israeli flags. In reaction Palestinians residing in the area went out to protest peacfully with Israelis, who joined the protest in solidarity with the local residents. The polices reaction to the demonstaration that day, was brutal and oppressive.They arrested nd beat protesters, and used the police horses to scare off the demonstrators by attempting to run over them. All this taking place while he right wing protesters continued to chant "death to the Arabs" and blocked the main street, all palestinian shops and business owners in and around the old city where forced to close for most of a business day by the police so this parade will go though with no interfirence, the business and shp owners did not get any compensation .
n the day jerusalem marks the "day of Unification" (i.e. the occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967) settelers from the nearby area held a facist parade in the streets of East Jerusalem. Raising signs "Jerusalem is for the Jewish", and chanting slogans such as "muhamad's dead", or "death to the arabs". Themarch passed through Arab neighborhoods, while the protestors were dressed in white carring Israeli flags. In reaction Palestinians residing in the area went out to protest peacfully with Israelis, who joined the protest in solidarity with the local residents. The polices reaction to the demonstaration that day, was brutal and oppressive.They arrested nd beat protesters, and used the police horses to scare off the demonstrators by attempting to run over them. All this taking place while he right wing protesters continued to chant "death to the Arabs" and blocked the main street, all palestinian shops and business owners in and around the old city where forced to close for most of a business day by the police so this parade will go though with no interfirence, the business and shp owners did not get any compensation .
Yonov Frederick Agah, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 in Durban, South Africa. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Jakob Polacsek
Following unification, major renewal of water and sewage systems commenced, leading to long diversions,such as this one in Oschatz. The nearest, lower tower is of the Rathaus, town hall, from 1536, rebuilt 1842 to plans of the well known G.Semper of Dresden Opera House fame following a fire. The two larger towers belong to the Aegidien Church of the mid 15th century, rebuilt after destruction by the Hussites, and further restored in 1952.
Even after re-unification, East Germans have a more interesting & diverse taste in cars than the west Germans. Leipzig-registered (Austin?) Mini (City E?) & Merseburg-registered Rover 214.
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The North American A-5 Vigilante is an American carrier-based supersonic bomber designed and built by North American Aviation for the United States Navy. It set several world records including long distance speed and altitude records. Its service in the nuclear strike role to replace the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior was very short; however, as the RA-5C, it saw extensive service during the Vietnam War in the tactical strike reconnaissance role. Prior to the unification of the Navy designation sequence with the Air Force sequence in 1962, it was designated the A3J Vigilante.
Design and development
In 1953, North American Aviation began a private study for a carrier-based, long-range, all-weather strike bomber, capable of delivering nuclear weapons at supersonic speeds. This proposal, the North American General Purpose Attack Weapon (NAGPAW) concept, was accepted by the United States Navy, with some revisions, in 1955. A contract was awarded on 29 August 1956. Its first flight occurred two years later on 31 August 1958 in Columbus, Ohio.
At the time of its introduction, the Vigilante was one of the largest and by far the most complex aircraft to operate from a United States Navy aircraft carrier. It had a high-mounted swept wing with a boundary-layer control system (blown flaps) to improve low-speed lift. There were no ailerons. Roll control was provided by spoilers in conjunction with differential deflection of the all-moving tail surfaces. The use of aluminum-lithium alloy for wing skins and titanium for critical structures was also unusual. The A-5 had two widely spaced General Electric J79 turbojet engines (the same as used on the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter), fed by intake ramps and a single large all-moving vertical stabilizer. Preliminary design studies had employed twin vertical fin/rudders. The wings, vertical stabilizer and the nose radome folded for carrier stowage. The Vigilante had a crew of two seated in tandem, a pilot and a bombardier-navigator (BN) (reconnaissance/attack navigator (RAN) on later reconnaissance versions) seated on individual North American HS-1A ejection seats.
Despite being designated by the US Navy as a "heavy", the A-5 was surprisingly agile; without the drag of bombs or missiles, even escorting fighters found that the clean airframe and powerful engines made the Vigilante very fast at high and low altitudes. However, its high approach speed and high angle of attack in the landing configuration made returning to the aircraft carrier a challenge for inexperienced or unwary pilots.
The Vigilante had advanced and complex electronics when it first entered service. It had one of the first "fly-by-wire" systems on an operational aircraft (with mechanical/hydraulic backup) and a computerized AN/ASB-12 nav/attack system incorporating a head-up display ("Pilot's Projected Display Indicator" (PPDI), one of the first), multi-mode radar, radar-equipped inertial navigation system (REINS, based on technologies developed for North American's Navaho missile), closed-circuit television camera under the nose, and an early digital computer known as "Versatile Digital Analyzer" (VERDAN) to run it all.
Given its original design as a carrier-based, supersonic, nuclear heavy attack aircraft, the Vigilante's main armament was carried in a novel "linear bomb bay" between the engines in the rear fuselage, which provided for positive separation of the bomb from the aircraft at supersonic speeds. The single nuclear weapon, commonly the Mk 28 bomb, was attached to two disposable fuel tanks in the cylindrical bay in an assembly known as the "stores train". A set of extendable fins was attached to the aft end of the most rearward fuel tank. These fuel tanks were to be emptied during the flight to the target and then jettisoned with the bomb by an explosive drogue gun. The stores train was propelled rearward at about 50 feet per second (30 knots) relative to the aircraft. It thereafter followed a typical ballistic path.
In practice, the system was not reliable and no live weapons were ever carried in the linear bomb bay. In the RA-5C configuration, the bay was used solely for fuel. On three occasions, the shock of the catapult launch caused the fuel cans to eject onto the deck; this resulted in one aircraft loss.
The Vigilante originally had two wing pylons, intended primarily for drop tanks. The second Vigilante variant, the A3J-2 (A-5B), incorporated internal tanks for an additional 460 gallons of fuel (which added a pronounced dorsal "hump") along with two additional wing hardpoints, for a total of four. In practice the hardpoints were rarely used. Other improvements included blown flaps on the leading edge of the wing and sturdier landing gear.
The reconnaissance version of the Vigilante, the RA-5C, had slightly greater wing area and added a long canoe-shaped fairing under the fuselage for a multi-sensor reconnaissance pack. This added an APD-7 side-looking airborne radar (SLAR), AAS-21 infrared line scanner, and camera packs, as well as improved ECM. An AN/ALQ-61 electronic intelligence system could also be carried. The RA-5C retained the AN/ASB-12 bombing system, and could, in theory, carry weapons, although it never did in service. Later-build RA-5Cs had more powerful J79-10 engines with afterburning thrust of 17,900 lbf (80 kN). The reconnaissance Vigilante weighed almost five tons more than the strike version with almost the same thrust and an only modestly enlarged wing. These changes cost it acceleration and climb rate, though it remained fast in level flight.
The Royal Australian Air Force considered the RA-5C Vigilante as a replacement for its English Electric Canberra. The McDonnell F-4C/RF-4C, Dassault Mirage IVA, and the similar BAC TSR-2 was also considered. However, the TFX (later the F-111C Aardvark) was accepted.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The North American A-5 Vigilante is an American carrier-based supersonic bomber designed and built by North American Aviation for the United States Navy. It set several world records including long distance speed and altitude records. Its service in the nuclear strike role to replace the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior was very short; however, as the RA-5C, it saw extensive service during the Vietnam War in the tactical strike reconnaissance role. Prior to the unification of the Navy designation sequence with the Air Force sequence in 1962, it was designated the A3J Vigilante.
Design and development
In 1953, North American Aviation began a private study for a carrier-based, long-range, all-weather strike bomber, capable of delivering nuclear weapons at supersonic speeds. This proposal, the North American General Purpose Attack Weapon (NAGPAW) concept, was accepted by the United States Navy, with some revisions, in 1955. A contract was awarded on 29 August 1956. Its first flight occurred two years later on 31 August 1958 in Columbus, Ohio.
At the time of its introduction, the Vigilante was one of the largest and by far the most complex aircraft to operate from a United States Navy aircraft carrier. It had a high-mounted swept wing with a boundary-layer control system (blown flaps) to improve low-speed lift. There were no ailerons. Roll control was provided by spoilers in conjunction with differential deflection of the all-moving tail surfaces. The use of aluminum-lithium alloy for wing skins and titanium for critical structures was also unusual. The A-5 had two widely spaced General Electric J79 turbojet engines (the same as used on the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter), fed by intake ramps and a single large all-moving vertical stabilizer. Preliminary design studies had employed twin vertical fin/rudders. The wings, vertical stabilizer and the nose radome folded for carrier stowage. The Vigilante had a crew of two seated in tandem, a pilot and a bombardier-navigator (BN) (reconnaissance/attack navigator (RAN) on later reconnaissance versions) seated on individual North American HS-1A ejection seats.
Despite being designated by the US Navy as a "heavy", the A-5 was surprisingly agile; without the drag of bombs or missiles, even escorting fighters found that the clean airframe and powerful engines made the Vigilante very fast at high and low altitudes. However, its high approach speed and high angle of attack in the landing configuration made returning to the aircraft carrier a challenge for inexperienced or unwary pilots.
The Vigilante had advanced and complex electronics when it first entered service. It had one of the first "fly-by-wire" systems on an operational aircraft (with mechanical/hydraulic backup) and a computerized AN/ASB-12 nav/attack system incorporating a head-up display ("Pilot's Projected Display Indicator" (PPDI), one of the first), multi-mode radar, radar-equipped inertial navigation system (REINS, based on technologies developed for North American's Navaho missile), closed-circuit television camera under the nose, and an early digital computer known as "Versatile Digital Analyzer" (VERDAN) to run it all.
Given its original design as a carrier-based, supersonic, nuclear heavy attack aircraft, the Vigilante's main armament was carried in a novel "linear bomb bay" between the engines in the rear fuselage, which provided for positive separation of the bomb from the aircraft at supersonic speeds. The single nuclear weapon, commonly the Mk 28 bomb, was attached to two disposable fuel tanks in the cylindrical bay in an assembly known as the "stores train". A set of extendable fins was attached to the aft end of the most rearward fuel tank. These fuel tanks were to be emptied during the flight to the target and then jettisoned with the bomb by an explosive drogue gun. The stores train was propelled rearward at about 50 feet per second (30 knots) relative to the aircraft. It thereafter followed a typical ballistic path.
In practice, the system was not reliable and no live weapons were ever carried in the linear bomb bay. In the RA-5C configuration, the bay was used solely for fuel. On three occasions, the shock of the catapult launch caused the fuel cans to eject onto the deck; this resulted in one aircraft loss.
The Vigilante originally had two wing pylons, intended primarily for drop tanks. The second Vigilante variant, the A3J-2 (A-5B), incorporated internal tanks for an additional 460 gallons of fuel (which added a pronounced dorsal "hump") along with two additional wing hardpoints, for a total of four. In practice the hardpoints were rarely used. Other improvements included blown flaps on the leading edge of the wing and sturdier landing gear.
The reconnaissance version of the Vigilante, the RA-5C, had slightly greater wing area and added a long canoe-shaped fairing under the fuselage for a multi-sensor reconnaissance pack. This added an APD-7 side-looking airborne radar (SLAR), AAS-21 infrared line scanner, and camera packs, as well as improved ECM. An AN/ALQ-61 electronic intelligence system could also be carried. The RA-5C retained the AN/ASB-12 bombing system, and could, in theory, carry weapons, although it never did in service. Later-build RA-5Cs had more powerful J79-10 engines with afterburning thrust of 17,900 lbf (80 kN). The reconnaissance Vigilante weighed almost five tons more than the strike version with almost the same thrust and an only modestly enlarged wing. These changes cost it acceleration and climb rate, though it remained fast in level flight.
The Royal Australian Air Force considered the RA-5C Vigilante as a replacement for its English Electric Canberra. The McDonnell F-4C/RF-4C, Dassault Mirage IVA, and the similar BAC TSR-2 was also considered. However, the TFX (later the F-111C Aardvark) was accepted.
At the Unification Observatory, Goseong County, Gangwon Province, which is South Korea's northernmost point.
Several religious symbols were erected next to the observatory, facing north, to pray for the wellbeing of visitors' long-lost family members in the north, and to wish for a peaceful unification of Korea.
There is also some propaganda value as well, demonstrating South Korea's religious freedoms as opposed to North Korea's state control of religion and crackdown on Christianity.
This Maitreya leads the Buddhist installation. He is flanked by a seated Guanyin.
Benedict Oramah, President, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Cairo at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 in Durban, South Africa. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Jakob Polacsek
n the day jerusalem marks the "day of Unification" (i.e. the occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967) settelers from the nearby area held a facist parade in the streets of East Jerusalem. Raising signs "Jerusalem is for the Jewish", and chanting slogans such as "muhamad's dead", or "death to the arabs". Themarch passed through Arab neighborhoods, while the protestors were dressed in white carring Israeli flags. In reaction Palestinians residing in the area went out to protest peacfully with Israelis, who joined the protest in solidarity with the local residents. The polices reaction to the demonstaration that day, was brutal and oppressive.They arrested nd beat protesters, and used the police horses to scare off the demonstrators by attempting to run over them. All this taking place while he right wing protesters continued to chant "death to the Arabs" and blocked the main street, all palestinian shops and business owners in and around the old city where forced to close for most of a business day by the police so this parade will go though with no interfirence, the business and shp owners did not get any compensation .
The bottom two tickets were purchased by passengers of the JFK Express, a limited stop train from Manhattan to JFK Airport in Queens. "The Train to the Plane". This was a premium extra fare train. While in a multi day/month format, these were single use tickets.
It operated between 1978 and 1990. Passengers paid extra, premium fares to ride JFK Express trains.
"For most of its history, the JFK Express operated along the IND Sixth Avenue Line; IND Fulton Street Line; and IND Rockaway Line between its northern terminal at 57th Street–Sixth Avenue in Manhattan and its southern terminal at Howard Beach–JFK Airport in Queens. At Howard Beach, passengers had to transfer to shuttle buses to reach the airport itself.
During the JFK Express's last six months of operation, it was extended northward along the IND 63rd Street Line to 21st Street–Queensbridge, also in Queens. The service primarily used R46 subway cars.
The premium fare for the JFK Express was collected by train conductors on board, who punched the tickets that passengers had to purchase prior to boarding.
In addition to the conductors, there were transit police officers aboard to provide protection for travelers.
The initial fare was $3.50, and the fare for the shuttle bus itself was $1.00. On January 1, 1979, airline and airport employees were provided a discounted book of twenty tickets, selling for $25.
On July 3, 1981 the fare was raised to $4 from $5.
When the service was discontinued in 1990, the fare was $6.75."
The top two tickets are not NYCTA related, but were also used for a transportation service at JFK Airport.
The Unification Tower in Paju overlooks the Han River estuary and North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It is one of a series of unification towers build along the North and South Korean border. This one is not located on DMZ territory, and is the most accessible to Seoul.
It houses a children's museum, activity center, restaurant, and observation decks.
The Unification Tower in Paju overlooks the Han River estuary and North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It is one of a series of unification towers build along the North and South Korean border. This one is not located on DMZ territory, and is the most accessible to Seoul.
It houses a children's museum, activity center, restaurant, and observation decks.
Tom Peddle (left) and Ray Cunningham (right with camera) in the unification monument in Pyongyang North Korea.
Mt. Ohdu Tongil Unification Observatory
Looking at North Korea across the river
1992
Like the beginning of a joke
A Mormon missionary, a Buddhist monk and a Catholic nun all look across the river at North Korea...
First trip. Everyone has their photo taken on this highway for some reason. Now I think the Pyongyang-Nampo Youth highway is more interesting.
Benedict Oramah, President, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Cairo at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 in Durban, South Africa. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Jakob Polacsek
This is a posthumous portrait of a Javanese queen, who was thought to be the earthly manifestation of a god, being reunited with her god after death. She appears to be standing on her sacred cow. This sculpture is on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Put this kind of art in a context with other similar works with a timeline of art history. See the Art of South and Southeast Asia--Indonesia and Java, and, specifically, Southeast Asia.
The Khmer capital at Angkor is the center of a powerful, opulent empire that includes most of continental Southeast Asia. The Angkor period is noted for the vast number of breathtaking monuments constructed from the late ninth to the thirteenth century. Ranging from relatively small structures to the gigantic Baphuon and Angkor Wat, these temple-mountains are profusely decorated with sculptures, which are used to provide a relative chronology for other works from the same periods. Angkor hegemony is challenged in the middle of the fourteenth century with the rise of new kingdoms in Laos and Thailand. The establishment of the kingdom of Majapahit in eastern Indonesia in the thirteenth century marks one of the high points of unification in island Southeast Asia. Sculptures, many of large scale, and metalwork are the most important artistic traditions during the period.
Exxon (the resulting unification of branding) still has a large presence in Texas. There is exactly one ExxonMobil-brand (Exxon) station off I-35 south of Ardmore in Oklahoma... that's all we get!
The Monument of Unification in Plovdiv was created in 1985 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Unification of Eastern Rumelia and the Principality of Bulgaria in 1885. Its sculptor is Velichko Minekov. This event is one of the most important in the historical development of Bulgaria.
After the Russo-Turkish war for liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, the Berlin Peace Treaty of 1878 divided Bulgaria into two independent parts (states).
Every year on September 6th the historical event of the Unification is noted as an official holiday.
You can change one fraction into another by one of three methods:
breaking large hydrocarbons into smaller pieces (cracking)
combining smaller pieces to make larger ones (unification)
rearranging various pieces to make desired hydrocarbons (alteration)
Cracking
Cracking takes large hydrocarbons and breaks them into smaller ones.
There are several types of cracking:
Thermal - you heat large hydrocarbons at high temperatures (sometimes high pressures as well) until they break apart.
steam - high temperature steam (1500 degrees Fahrenheit / 816 degrees Celsius) is used to break ethane, butane and naptha into ethylene and benzene, which are used to manufacture chemicals.
visbreaking - residual from the distillation tower is heated (900 degrees Fahrenheit / 482 degrees Celsius), cooled with gas oil and rapidly burned (flashed) in a distillation tower. This process reduces the viscosity of heavy weight oils and produces tar.
coking - residual from the distillation tower is heated to temperatures above 900 degrees Fahrenheit / 482 degrees Celsius until it cracks into heavy oil, gasoline and naphtha. When the process is done, a heavy, almost pure carbon residue is left (coke); the coke is cleaned from the cokers and sold.
Catalytic - uses a catalyst to speed up the cracking reaction. Catalysts include zeolite, aluminum hydrosilicate, bauxite and silica-alumina.
fluid catalytic cracking - a hot, fluid catalyst (1000 degrees Fahrenheit / 538 degrees Celsius) cracks heavy gas oil into diesel oils and gasoline.
hydrocracking - similar to fluid catalytic cracking, but uses a different catalyst, lower temperatures, higher pressure, and hydrogen gas. It takes heavy oil and cracks it into gasoline and kerosene (jet fuel).
After various hydrocarbons are cracked into smaller hydrocarbons, the products go through another fractional distillation column to separate them.
Unification
Sometimes, you need to combine smaller hydrocarbons to make larger ones -- this process is called unification. The major unification process is called catalytic reforming and uses a catalyst (platinum, platinum-rhenium mix) to combine low weight naphtha into aromatics, which are used in making chemicals and in blending gasoline. A significant by-product of this reaction is hydrogen gas, which is then either used for hydrocracking or sold.
Alteration
Sometimes, the structures of molecules in one fraction are rearranged to produce another. Commonly, this is done using a process called alkylation. In alkylation, low molecular weight compounds, such as propylene and butylene, are mixed in the presence of a catalyst such as hydrofluoric acid or sulfuric acid (a by-product from removing impurities from many oil products). The products of alkylation are high octane hydrocarbons, which are used in gasoline blends to reduce knocking. Now that we have seen how various fractions are changed, we will discuss the how the fractions are treated and blended to make commercial products.
Commentary on the Illuminations
Psalm 95 begins the cycle of psalms within the Kabbalat Shabbat liturgy in which we are led to experience God’s power in the material world, whose completion we celebrate as Shabbat falls. Here, the Psalmist calls up the magnificent breadth of creation, its heights and its depths, urging us to respect the limitless power of its Creator.
Why should we shout and sing to God, as the psalmist urges us in this first psalm of the Kabbalat Shabbat service? The midrash on Psalms opens its discussion of Psalm 95 by asking why we should sing to the Lord. The rabbis introduce passages from Zephaniah 3:14 and Isaiah 14:5-6, explaining that the reason Israel should exult in God because God extends royal mercy to Israel by abandoning judgments against us at the same time that He renders Edom [read, Rome] and other wicked rulers impotent. Since God is so great that He can rescue Israel from its enemies this way, He is no ordinary king, but rather, rules over even all other supposed gods, Israel’s God is the greatest of all kings, who created and controls even the sea and the land. Thus Israel must worship God, and above all, the Psalm ends, trust in God, and never questioning God’s care even in the face of fear and doubt.
The illuminations express the Psalmist’s exuberance with imagery of the powers that God, “greater than all powers” exerts in the divinely-created natural world. The Hebrew illumination offers a landscape border of the sea and sky, with a dove carrying an olive branch prominent in the foreground, flying from the English side. The dove reminds us not only of Noah’s dove, who signaled God’s restoration of life on the land after the Flood, but also of Israel’s gentleness and compliance with Divine will. The English side bears a landscape symbolic of the whole earth, showing land rising from the sea, to desert, planted plains, forests, plateaus, Jerusalem rising in the highlands, and snow-capped mountains beyond, with an eagle—symbolic of God’s parenting of Israel—soaring among the mountains. The dancing letters of the Hebrew and English initial words bear patterns of cosmic spectral emission lines of the most common chemical elements in the universe, the building blocks of our material world created in the aftermath of the Big Bang: hydrogen, helium, lithium, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, neon, magnesium, silicon, sulfur, iron, aluminum, calcium, argon, sodium, krypton, strontium, xenon, and barium.
Illuminations and Commentary from Kabbalat Shabbat: the Grand Unification.
Illuminations and commentary by Debra Band, Translations and literary analyses by Raymond P. Scheindlin. Forthcoming 2016. Copyright © Debra Band 2015
Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) Summer school 2017
Juan Ignacio Ramos, Izquierda Revolucionaria.
Photo: Natalia Medina
BCWF Wrestling - Wrestle World IV - Legion Von Creed Vs Andy namite, Joey D
Legion Von Creed (c) def. (Pin) Andy namite, Joey D (c)
Type of match : Table Match
Title Unification
For : BWS championship (No Change)
BCWF european championship (New Champ)
( BCWF Wrestle World IV a Grivegnee, Liege, le vendredi 9 novembre ! )
Kanini Mutooni, Director, Investment, USAID East Africa Trade and Investment Hub, Kenya at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 in Durban, South Africa. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Jakob Polacsek
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PAJU CITY, Republic of Korea - Maj. Gen. Jean-Jacques Joss, the Swiss delegate, and Col. Carlson, the Swedish delegate to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC), meet BG Kwon Tae-hwan, the ROK 1st Engineering Brigade commander and his troops. The NNSC observed the soldiers participating in a bridge-recovery exercise near the Unification Grand Bridge during Key Resolve 2009. Courtesy Photo