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The Great Patriotic War (Russian: Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́, romanized: Velikaja Otečestvennaja vojna) is a term used in Russia and some other former republics of the Soviet Union to describe the conflict fought during the period from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945 along the many fronts of the Eastern Front of World War II, primarily between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. For some legal purposes, this period may be extended to 11 May 1945 to include the end of the Prague offensive.
History
The term Patriotic War refers to the Russian resistance to the French invasion of Russia under Napoleon I, which became known as the Patriotic War of 1812. In Russian, the term отечественная война originally referred to a war on one's own territory (otechestvo means "the fatherland"), as opposed to a campaign abroad (заграничная война), and later was reinterpreted as a war for the fatherland, i.e. a defensive war for one's homeland. Sometimes the Patriotic War of 1812 was also referred to as the Great Patriotic War (Великая отечественная война); the phrase first appeared in 1844 and became popular on the eve of the centenary of the Patriotic War of 1812.
After 1914, the phrase was applied to World War I. It was the name of a special war-time appendix to the magazine Theater and Life (Театр и жизнь) in Saint Petersburg, and referred to the Eastern Front of World War I, where Russia fought against the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The phrases Second Patriotic War (Вторая отечественная война) and Great World Patriotic War (Великая всемирная отечественная война) were also used during World War I in Russia.
The term Great Patriotic War re-appeared in the official newspaper of the CPSU, Pravda, on 23 June 1941, just a day after Germany invaded the Soviet Union. It was found in the title of "The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet People" (Velikaya Otechestvennaya Voyna Sovetskogo Naroda), a long article by Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, a member of Pravda editors' collegium. The phrase was intended to motivate the population to defend the Soviet fatherland and to expel the invader, and a reference to the Patriotic War of 1812 was seen as a great morale booster. During the Soviet period, historians engaged in huge distortions to make history fit with Communist ideology, with Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov and Prince Pyotr Bagration transformed into peasant generals, Alexander I alternatively ignored or vilified, and the war becoming a massive "People's War" fought by the ordinary people of Russia with almost no involvement on the part of the government. The invasion by Germany was called the Great Patriotic War by the Soviet government to evoke comparisons with the victory by Tsar Alexander I over Napoleon's invading army.
The term Отечественная война (Patriotic War or Fatherland War) was officially recognized by establishment of the Order of the Patriotic War on 20 May 1942, awarded for heroic deeds.
The term is not generally used outside the former Soviet Union, and the closest term is the Eastern Front of World War II (1941–1945). Neither term covers the initial phase of World War II in Eastern Europe, during which the USSR, then still in a non-aggression pact with Germany, invaded eastern Poland (1939), the Baltic states (1940), Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (1940) and Finland (1939–1940). The term also does not cover the Soviet–Japanese War (1945) nor the Battles of Khalkhin Gol (1939).
In Russia and some other post-Soviet countries, the term is given great significance; it is accepted as a representation of the most important part of World War II. Until 2014, Uzbekistan was the only nation in the Commonwealth of Independent States that had not recognized the term, referring to it as World War II on the state holiday - the Day of Remembrance and Honour.
A Guiness Record from Israel.
Danny Bargil is a hair stylist who has the outs
A Guiness Record from Israel.
Danny Bargil is a hair stylist who has the outstanding skill of cutting hair with 10 scissors at the same time.
lolz
this was in a (free) english newspaper a while ago
my friend cut it out and gave it to me
because she is a nice person
Cover article in the local Winters, California newspaper about PG&E's upcoming Gas and Training Technical Center, with information about improvements and measures being taken to make it site appropriate. Article includes interview with Courtney McLeod Golden of Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects.
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PG&E has a commitment to build a “best-in-class” training center that would provide realistic and hands-on gas operations training within a safe learning environment. Dreyfuss & Blackford was selected for the programming, master planning, and design of the new training center located on a 30-acre site within the city of Winters.
Starting with a matrix of 82 Training Tasks, we conducted interviews with over 60 “Subject Matter Experts” - seasoned staff and consultants deeply committed to quality and safety. We orchestrated several intensive planning workshops with stakeholders to promote full stakeholder engagement in the development of the master plan.
The new training facility will be a Center of Excellence for PG&E, incorporating best industry practices and technology-led instruction that will elevate the standards of pipeline safety to the highest levels in the United States.
Kärntner Straße
This article describes the Kärntner Strasse in Vienna. On the same country road see Kärntner Straße (Austria).
Kärntnerstraße with Opera (left) and St. Stephen's Cathedral (by clicking at the end of the site on the link you can see the pictures)
The northern part of the Carinthian road
Kärntner Straße is next to ditch (Graben) one of the most famous streets in Vienna's city center. It starts at Karlsplatz or the Friedrichstrasse and bypasses the Vienna State Opera, continues straight to the center of Vienna, Stephansplatz. Where the pedestrian zone is continued in a westerly direction from the ditch. In northeastern direction it is connecting after the Stephansplatz with the Red Tower road (Rotenturmstraße) that leads up to the Danube Canal.
History
Just between 1878-1909 existent: The Kärntnerhof-Passage instead of the hotel Astoria today (No. 32)
The Carinthian road already existed at the time of the Romans in Vienna. In the Middle Ages it was in 1257 first documented as "Strata Carinthianorum" and linking the city center with the Carinthian Gate of the city wall (near the present opera), its extension was at that time an important connection to the port cities such as Venice and Trieste. There are to be found various spellings, in 1563: "Cärnerstrass", 1566: "Khärnerstrass" about 1567 "Khärnnerstrassen", "Kahrnerstrass", 1587: "Kärnerstras", 1749 "Karnerstrasse".
About 1968, still without pedestrian zone
In the period of promoterism (Gründerzeit) and the later 19th Century it was widened and heavily remodeled. The Carinthian Court, a representative Passagenbau (passage building) erected in 1878 by the architect Otto Thienemann was, for example, 1909/10 torn down and replaced by the Hotel Astoria. In 1945 the Carinthian road was severely affected, which subsequently led to numerous renovations and new buildings. Also due to the here traditionally high economic activity, however, there are permanently transformations.
In 1974, the Carinthian road between Opera and Stephansplatz was by the architects Wilhelm Holzbauer and Wolfgang Windbrechtinger transformed to a pedestrian zone (opening 6th August 1974), which is bordered by numerous stores with raised price levels, such as, for example, Glashaus J. & L. Lobmeyer which was founded in 1823 and several cafes. The Carinthian road forms together with the trench (Graben) and the carbon market (Kohlmarkt), the so-called "Golden U" on traditional downtown shopping streets disposing of a superior offer and designed as pedestrian zones. Below the road is the metro line U1 . Today the road is mainly frequented by tourists. 2009, the pedestrian zone was redesigned, which in the run-up of the activities led to controversy - especially over the originally planned, modern lighting fixtures.
A new focus was added in 2011 with a major department store, the flagship store (Weltstadthaus).
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Thanik you letter to rob matthies from north shore mount seymour lions club twist and go magazine article tap water scooter
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One of my photos got published in the Dutch dive magazine "Duiken". The article was written by Steven Weinberg
소녀시대 티파니와 수영(오른쪽)이 홍콩 프로모션차 2일 오전 인천국제공항을 통해 출국했다.
차에서 먼저 내린 수영이 매무새를 고치고 있는 티파니에게 어깨 동무를 하며 우정을 과시하고 있다.
티아라 지연이 12일 오전 서울 여의도 Kbs2 음악프로그램 '뮤직뱅크'(이하 뮤뱅) 리허설을 위해 방송국으로 들어서고 있다. 이날 '뮤뱅'에는 티아라를 비롯해 슈퍼주니어, 카라, 시크릿, 2pm, 틴탑, 왁스, 베스티, 써니힐, 방탄소년단, 네스티네스티, 라붐, 에이코어, 김종민, 스피카.S, exid, 로열 파이럿츠, 레드벨벳 등이 출연한다.
Article in At Home Arkansas, but of course, they always have to "correct" my name and put two Cs in it. lol.
Article Title: Colleters in 10 species belonging to three tribes of Rubiaceae: morphoanatomical diversity and potential as useful characters for taxonomy
Karina Lucas Barbosa Lopes-Mattos, Sara Akemi Ponce Otuki, Aristéa Alves Azevedo, Zefa Valdivina Pereira, and Renata Maria Strozi Alves Meira
Citation: Botany, 2015, 93(7): 425-434, 10.1139/cjb-2014-0212
Source: www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjb-2014-0212
Caption: Fig. 1. Colleters in Palicourea longepedunculata (A–B), Palicourea marcgravii (C–D), and Chiococca alba (E–F). (A, C, E) Overview of colleters under the stereomicroscope. (B, D) Cross sections and (F) longitudinal section of vegetative apical meristems. (A) Secretion (white arrow) produced by a senescent colleter showing a brownish color starting at the apex and extending towards the base (black arrows). (B, C) Standard (white arrows) and bifurcated standard (black arrows) colleters at the base of stipules. (D) Standard colleters distributed on the stipule adaxial surface (asterisks) and among leaf primordia (arrows). (E, F) Reduced standard colleters at stipule apex. Co, colleter; St, stipule; Lp, leaf primordium; Tr, trichomes). Scale bars = 1.5 mm (A); 700 µm (B); 1.2 mm (C); 400 µm (D); 1 mm (E); 200 µm (F).
Botany, NRC Research Press, a division of Canadian Science Publishing. www.nrcresearchpress.com/journal/cjb
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The Classic Motorcycle Racing Register has been running the Classic Motorcycle Festival in Auckland, New Zealand, for 40 years. The range of machinery on the track is of equal quality to any event held world wide. The club runs all classic events held in the North Island of New Zealand and includes both regularity events and racing to cater for the largest number of riders. A great weekend with good summer weather and well worth my trip from the south. I have not finished sorting the photos yet so have another 100 or so to add. If you would like larger copies without watermarks just ask, I can provide them at no cost.
I have added the watermark after a journalist has used, and continues to use, my photos for a magazine article and their website without asking. Anyway (returning to a happy place), I hope you enjoy viewing the photos.
Coast Reporter Article
Arts & Entertainment
Photo www.duaneburnett.com
Powerful mojo workin' at benefit concert
SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE www.flickr.com/photos/duaneburnett/sets/72157622910182423/
A sold out show in support of Rose Schwarz at the Roberts Creek Hall on Dec. 19 was a complete success in every way.
Not only did it raise one-third of the money needed for Rose's Mississippi medical trip, it was also what you would call a magic moment in show business.
From the beginning of the night when the opening band set the tone and got everyone going to the last note played by legendary blues man Harry Manx, the love and positive energy permeated the room.
"If you could have bottled it and sent a drop to every country on earth, you could easily save the world," said Rose's father Gary Gilbert.
For those who still wish to contribute to the cause, there is an account called the Rose Fund (account number 556688) set up at both the Gibsons and Sechelt branches of the Sunshine Coast Credit Union as well as a PayPal account: tani_schwarz@hotmail.com.
There will also be collection cans at the Sechelt and Gibsons bottle depots until after the New Year so please save all your extra cans and bottles for Rose over the holidays. The extra money will also go toward the family's medical expenses in Mississippi.
Rose and her family are again deeply touched by the love and support from all of the good people living on the Sunshine Coast and they are wishing everyone the best in 2010.
— Submitted
An excerpt: Sanity and insanity have to do with one’s thought process. Sanity is considered to be a balanced thought process according to the standards of ethical values and norms of the society.
Anything practised by a majority of people for an extended period of time, at a certain stage, it becomes normal. Normal is something that everyone likes and practises. Something that people, as a majority, do not practise, is considered to be abnormal.
Link: rariazgoharshahi.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/are-you-crazy.html
Article discussing inroads into creating an artificial pancreas. See full text at www.asktheexperts.org.uk/how-close-are-we-to-an-artificia...
My felt works featured in a lifestyle weekly today. Blogged : terriekwong.blogspot.com/2010/04/felt-works.html#links