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Citations and references Ganges (1809 whaler)

references dunmore, john (1992); s in pacific navigation, australia:melbourne university press, isbn 0-522-84488-x laing, alexander (1971) american ships. (american heritage press). mawer, granville allen; ahab s trade: saga of south seas whaling stackpole, edouard a.; sea hunters: new england whalemen during 2 centuries, 1635-1835

Current Lezomania Blas de Lezo

unknown oil on canvas of blas de lezo. francisco hernando muñoz atuesta, compiler of diarios de ofensa y defensa has shown has tradionally been affirmed english king forbade writing on failure of armed forces @ cartagena de indias, absolutely false . there spate of novels following publication colombian ultra-rightist pablo victoria of fictional biography of lezo: francisco hernando muñoz atuesta (2015), diarios de ofensa y defensa. ataque inglés sobre cartagena de indias (diaries of offense , defense. english attack on cartagena de indias). ediciones genealogía e historia. bogotá. colombia. carlos alonso mendizábal (2008), blas de lezo, el malquerido ( blas de lezo, unloved 1 ), dossoles, burgos. ramiro ribas narváez (2009), la conjura de la mentira. derrota de inglaterra en cartagena de indias ( conspiracy of lies: defeat of england @ cartagena de indias ), akrón. alber vázquez (2010), mediohombre. la batalla que inglaterra ocultó al mundo ( half-man: battle england hid world ), ...

In support of Virginia's adult literacy organizations Virginia Literacy Foundation

1 in support of virginia s adult literacy organizations 1.1 grant giving 1.2 training , workshops 1.3 annual conference in support of virginia s adult literacy organizations grant giving since established, foundation has funded grass roots literacy programs have helped 200,000 adult virginians learn read. when vlf started, organization supported 34 community- , faith-based literacy organizations across virginia served total of 1,400 adults. in 2008, number of adult students served per year vlf supported organizations has jumped 14,000 adult learners. vlf has disbursed on $3.4 million in challenge grants since 1987 fund data collections systems, program expansion , improvement, operating costs, staff salaries, , purchase of equipment , supplies. vlf has collaborated important public/private partners such virginia department of education , verizon foundation, have consistently awarded funds vlf achieve mission. training , workshops in addition grants, vlf provides technical support , ad...

History Bil'in

1 history 1.1 ottoman era 1.2 british mandate era 1.3 jordanian era 1.4 post-1967 history main mosque of bil in potsherds hellenistic, byzantine, crusader/ayyubid, , mamluk periods have been found here. ottoman era potsherds ottoman period have been found. in 1863, french explorer victor guérin saw distance, , described small hamlet, while official ottoman village list of 1870 showed 32 houses , population of 147, though population count included men only. in 1882 palestine exploration fund s survey of western palestine described bil in (then called belain) little village on hill-side . british mandate era in 1922 census of palestine conducted british mandate authorities, bil in had population of 133, muslim, increasing in 1931 census 166, still muslims, in total of 39 houses. in 1945 village had 210 muslim inhabitants, while total land area 3,992 dunams, according official land , population survey. of this, 1,450 dunums of village land plantations , irrigable land, 800 used cereals, ...

Institutes.2C Centers and Programs Penn State Law

1 institutes, centers , programs 1.1 center agricultural , shale law 1.2 center study of mergers & acquisitions 1.3 institute arbitration law , practice 1.4 institute sports law, policy & research 1.5 other penn state law programs institutes, centers , programs center agricultural , shale law under direction of professor ross pifer, center agricultural , shale law provides agricultural , shale law research , information specific focus on issues of importance in pennsylvania. through programs, center serves wide variety of stakeholders including agricultural producers, landowners , royalty owners, business professionals, judges, attorneys, legislators, government officials, community groups, , general public. center study of mergers & acquisitions headed professor samuel c. thompson, jr., former director of ucla center study of mergers , acquisitions, center examines corporate, securities, tax, antitrust, , other legal , economic issues arise in mergers , acquisitions. impor...

Weekly/Monthly 2009–10 Los Angeles Lakers season

^ http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/potw_091123.html ^ http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nba/news/newstest.aspx?id=4275059 ^ http://www.nba.com/2009/news/12/28/players.week/ ^ http://www.nba.com/2010/news/01/06/players.of.month/ ^ http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/22/playersofweek

Later Medieval period Norwich Cathedral

nave interior of cloisters cathedral viewed norwich castle in southwest the cathedral damaged after riots in 1272, resulted in city paying heavy fines levied henry iii, rebuilding completed in 1278 , cathedral reconsecrated in presence of edward on advent sunday of year. a large two-storey cloister, such in england, on 1,000 ceiling bosses begun in 1297 , finished in 1430 after black death had plagued city. the norman spire blown down in 1362. fall caused considerable damage east end, result of clerestory of choir rebuilt in perpendicular style. in fifteenth , sixteenth centuries, cathedral s flat timber ceilings replaced stone vaults: nave vaulted under bishop lyhart (1446–72), choir under bishop goldwell (1472–99) , transepts after 1520. vaulting carried out in spectacular manner hundreds of ornately carved, painted , gilded bosses. bosses of vault number on 1,000. each decorated theological image, , group have been described without parallel in christian world. nave vault shows hist...

Partisan affiliations Carole Keeton Strayhorn

in campaigns school board, college board, , mayor, keeton not identified partisan affiliation since posts elected on nonpartisan basis. keeton democrat until mid-1980s; served democratic nominee walter mondale s campaign chair in travis county during 1984 presidential election. keeton switched parties , became republican in 1986, when gop nominee u.s. house seat held j. j. pickle.

Characters Saved by the Bell

in casting morning, miss bliss, peter engel knew success of show not hinge on miss bliss herself, on students. engel particularly envisioned 1 character, zack morris, incorrigible kid lie face, letting know s lying, , make love him same. engel insisted show not go on without zack morris, turned out 1 of difficult characters cast. engel s casting director, shana landsburg, happened across fourteen-year old mark-paul gosselaar , struck teen s charisma, charm, , looks. after quick read-through, gosselaar given role. after casting zack morris, next character sought after morris s nerdy friend, samuel screech powers. gosselaar asked read through script number of kids, , second audition scheduled finalists. gosselaar himself insisted dustin diamond right part believed diamond screech in real life. after reading through script, diamond given part, although engel later found out had misread head shot , diamond considerably younger rest of cast—a fact that, had been aware, might have preven...

Cultural events and festivals Bucharest

romanian atheneum a number of cultural festivals held in bucharest throughout year, festivals take place in june, july, , august. national opera organises international opera festival every year in may , june, includes ensembles , orchestras on world. the romanian athaeneum society hosts george enescu festival @ locations throughout city in september every 2 years (odd years). museum of romanian peasant , village museum organise events throughout year, showcasing romanian folk arts , crafts. in 2000s, due growing prominence of chinese community in bucharest, chinese cultural events took place. first officially organised chinese festival chinese new year s eve festival of february 2005, took place in nichita stănescu park , organised bucharest city hall. in 2005, bucharest first city in southeastern europe host international cowparade, resulted in dozens of decorated cow sculptures being placed across city. concert @ george enescu philarmonic in 2004, bucharest imposed in circle of impo...

Political office Arturo Frondizi

newly elected congressmen frondizi , ricardo balbín (1946), named frondizi running mate in 1951. parted ways in few years. frondizi drafted progressive platform alternative (the 1945 declaration of avellaneda) ucr before february 1946 elections. elected argentine chamber of deputies in 1946. founded intransigence , renewal movement (mir) faction of ucr, , stood vice president on ricardo balbín s ucr ticket 1951 elections. lost overwhelmingly incumbent, president juan perón. parting ways balbin, frondizi formed intransigent wing of ucr. ucri separated more conservative , anti-peronist ricardo balbín @ ucr s 1956 convention. @ time, peronists included left-wing element. peron s government overturned military coup d état in september 1955, , went exile in paraguay. before next election, frondizi s closest collaborator, businessman rogelio frigerio, obtained exiled perón s endorsement. support proscripted justicialist party voters, ucri won february 1958 elections. (outgoing president pe...

Awards and recognition Irma Becerra Fernandez

^ st. thomas university news: stu provost earns sfhcc education leadership award . news.stu.edu. 2016-03-18. retrieved 2017-07-01.  ^ north miami: city on move | miami-dade county s official economic development partnership . beaconcouncil.com. retrieved 2017-07-01.  ^ gold medal winners, lifetime achiever honored - miami today . miamitodaynews.com. 2014-04-23. retrieved 2017-07-01.  ^ irma becerra-fernandez named education-administrator of year great minds in stem . news.fiu.edu. 2013-08-22. retrieved 2017-07-01.  ^ henaac25 part 5: education award dr. irma becerra-fernandez, fiu . youtube. 2013-11-26. retrieved 2017-07-01.  ^ in company of women past winners (pdf). miamidade.gov. retrieved 2017-07-01.  ^ academic affairs vice provost hired | | panthernow . fiusm.com. 2011-03-02. retrieved 2017-07-01.  ^ miami today profile - irma becerra-fernandez (pt1) . youtube. 2014-09-19. retrieved 2017-07-01.  ^ 6812_are_torchawprocvr (pdf). fiua...

Combat and travel Eve Online

an artist s rendering of rifter-class frigates after successful attack against armageddon-class battleship the game s primary mode of play flying around in space ships. players can dock @ stations, safe , can use station services such repairing, refitting, , regional market. space combat takes place in real time @ sub-light speeds around 100 m/s in excess of 8000 m/s, depending on ship size , setup. while players can manually control ships in space combat simulators such wing commander or x-wing following release of rhea expansion on december 9, 2014, opt instead give commands such orbit, approach or align flight computer, best comply. weapon aiming, however, cannot done manually; instead, player locks on opponent , orders weapons fire, , result determined through calculations based on factors such range, velocity, weapon tracking, , degree of randomness. travel across distances longer hundreds kilometers done ship s warp drive, every ship , escape pod has, though player may ...

Discography Yo La Tengo

ride tiger (1986) new wave hot dogs (1987) president yo la tengo (1989) fakebook (1990) may sing me (1992) painful (1993) electr-o-pura (1995) i can hear heart beating 1 (1997) and nothing turned inside-out (2000); no. 138 summer sun (2003); no. 115 i not afraid of , beat ass (2006); no. 66 popular songs (2009); no. 58 fade (2013); no. 26 stuff there (2015) no. 96 ^ billboard 200 (2015-09-19). top 200 albums . billboard. retrieved 2015-12-23. 

Honours Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

national honours  luxembourg: knight of order of gold lion of house of nassau foreign honours  austria: grand star of order of honour services republic of austria  belgium: dame grand cordon of order of leopold i  brazil: grand cross of order of southern cross  denmark: knight of order of elephant  finland: grand cross of order of white rose of finland  greece: grand cross of order of beneficence  italy: grand cross of order of merit of italian republic  latvia: grand cross of order of 3 stars  netherlands: dame grand cross of order of netherlands lion  netherlands: dame grand cross of order of crown  norway: dame grand cross of order of saint olav portugal portuguese royal family: dame grand cross of royal order of saint isabel  portugal: grand cross of order of christ  portugal: grand cross of order of saint james of sword  portugal: grand cross of order of infante henry  romania: grand cross of order of ...

Gameplay New Super Mario Bros. U

players use wii u gamepad s stylus add platforms , stun enemies on main screen. new super mario bros. u iterates on gameplay featured in new super mario bros. wii. objective of each level reach goal flag @ end of each level while avoiding enemies , hazards. the game can controlled either using wii remotes or wii u gamepad, latter of allows off-tv play, game can played solely on gamepad s screen, without use of television. wii u pro controller support added in 1.3.0 patch. up 5 players can play simultaneously. in multiplayer, player using wii u gamepad cannot control character, instead can interact environment, such putting blocks down or stunning enemies. such, in multiplayer, there must equal number of controllers, excluding gamepad, desired number of on-screen characters. certain game modes allow players play mii characters saved on console. new version asymmetric multiplayer experience called boost mode. in mode, player gamepad can use touchscreen place blocks on screen or stun enem...

Religions Demographics of Egypt

according cia world factbook, approximately 90% of population muslim , 10% christian (5% coptic orthodox church of alexandria, 5% other christian). estimates of christian population in egypt range 6% 20%. muslim 90% (mostly sunni) christianity 10% bahá í: fewer 2,000 individuals (< 0.003%). judaism: 6 individuals ^ international religious freedom report 2014 department of state ^ international religious freedom report 2006 - egypt ^ international religious freedom report 2007 - egypt ^ cia world factbook - egypt ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html

Club career Khalid Al-Shenaif

1 club career 1.1 al shabab 1.2 al-ahli 1.3 international goals club career al shabab al-shenaif made league debut in 1990-91 season , became essential element of al shabab squad, during 10 years al shabab won 13 championship notable winning saudi premier league 3 times in row 1991 1993 , winning asian cup winners cup in 2000-01. al-ahli after ten years al shabab, on september 2001 transferred al-ahli played 3 years before announced retirement football @ age 31 in 2004. in 3 years al-ahli won 4 championship. international goals scores , results list saudi s goal tally first.

Islam Holy places

kaaba in mecca @ night the 3 holiest sites in islam masjid al-haram, or grand mosque, (in mecca) ; al-masjid al-nabawi, or prophet s mosque, (in medina)and al-aqsa mosque in jerusalem. every year millions of muslims on world visit masjid al-haram , al-masjid al-nabawi perform hajj. muslims required, if physically able, undertake pilgrimage mecca @ least once in 1 s life: recommended possible, preferably once year. individuals financial position , health severely insufficient exempt making hajj (e.g. if making hajj put stress on 1 s financial situation, not end in homelessness or starvation, still required). during pilgrimage, muslims spend 3 7 days in worship, performing several strictly-defined rituals, notably circumnavigating qaaba among millions of other muslims , stoning of devil @ mina. @ end of hajj, heads of men shaved, sheep , other halal animals, notably camels, slaughtered ritual sacrifice bleeding out @ neck according strictly-prescribed ritual slaughter method simila...

Description Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

a. p. leucostoma, juvenile. this smallest of 3 subspecies, both in maximum length , in average length. 2 maximum lengths ever reported both 62 inches (157.5 cm): first wright , wright (1957) , second david l. edwards specimen killed north of yazoo city in mississippi 30 years later. regarding average length, study clarke (1949) of 100 specimens showed 86 less 42 inches (106.7 cm) long , 64 less 36 inches (91.4 cm). in study barbour (1956) of 167 specimens western kentucky, largest 39 inches (99.3 cm) , average size 27.5 inches (70 cm). coloration similar 2 eastern subspecies, except specimens tend become darker @ younger age. also, light line borders dark cheek strip—clearly defined in a. p. conanti , less in a. p. piscivorus—is not present in subspecies. dorsal color pattern consists of 10 15 dark crossbands can seen in small specimens, in larger ones.

Season summary 2006–07 Melbourne Victory FC season

melbourne victory celebrating a-league grand final victory. melbourne began 2006–07 hyundai a-league season hoping vastly improve on 7th place in inaugural season. coach ernie merrick had made number of off-season signings bolster squad skill , experience including 3 brazilians alessandro, claudinho, fred along scottish premier league player grant brebner. after hugely successful round 2 fixture against sydney fc @ telstra dome (now etihad stadium) in front of crowd of 39,730, melbourne victory announced move 1 match olympic park telstra dome. melbourne became first team complete a-league double in history of competition; clinching premiership against new zealand knights 4–0 @ olympic park 4 rounds of a-league season remaining, beating adelaide united 6–0 in grand final @ sold out telstra dome take championship. melbourne qualified 2008 afc champions league a-league champions.

Buddhism Holy places

the mahabodhi temple important buddhist pilgrimage site. the buddha said have identified 4 sites worthy of pilgrimage buddhists, saying produce feeling of spiritual urgency. these are: bodh gaya, india, important religious site , place of pilgrimage, mahabodhi temple houses believed bodhi tree buddha realized enlightenment , buddhahood. kushinagar, india, buddha attained parinirvana after death. lumbini, nepal, queen maya gave birth prince siddhartha gautama. sarnath, india, deer park buddha first taught dhamma after realizing enlightenment. in later commentarial tradition, 4 more sites added make 8 great places, places miraculous event reported have occurred: sravasti: place of twin miracle, showing supernatural abilities in performance of miracles. sravasti place buddha spent largest amount of time, being major city in ancient india. rajgir: place of subduing of nalagiri, angry elephant, through friendliness. rajgir major city of ancient india. sankassa: place of descending earth tus...

Skiing Portes du Soleil

portes du soleil among largest ski areas in world , takes time hold of main pistemap. resorts have detailed maps of respective parts of system. there main circuit through of swiss , of french resorts (chatel-morgins-champoussin-les crosets/champery-avoriaz-chatel)that can skied in both clockwise , counterclockwise directions. average skier or boarder spend of day doing circuit. apart short walk in morgins, circuit can skied without removing 1 s skis or board. there places on circuit (especially in morgins) 1 might experience sparse snow or have go down chairlift late in season. should noted skiing ciruit counterclockwise means having either ski famous la chavanette known le mur or suffer humiliation of taking chairlift down. if re not wall, there alternative route les crosets via les lindarets , point de mossette. doing circuit means 1 have leave out numerous tempting , testing options , bypass 2 major areas not on main circuit. 1 torgon/abondance area connected lift chatel , other m...

January 14.2C 1996 1995–96 NFL playoffs

at 3 rivers stadium, pittsburgh game time: 12:30 p.m. est game weather: 50 °f (10 °c), clear game attendance: 61,062 referee: bernie kukar tv announcers (nbc): dick enberg, phil simms, , paul maguire on steelers opening drive, neil o donnell s first pass of game tipped defensive tackle tony siragusa , intercepted jeff herrod, returned pittsburgh 24-yard line. colts drive halted when ray seals tackled running lamont warren loss on third down , one. on next play, cary blanchard hit right upright on 34-yard field goal, still bounced in , colts took 3–0 lead. after each team punted, pittsburgh s norm johnson kicked field goal game under 2 minutes left in first quarter. field goal occurred after kordell stewart dropped pass in end zone. replays showed colts safety jason belser made contact stewart before ball arrived, no penalty flag thrown. in second quarter, 30-yard reception colts receiver sean dawkins set blanchard s second field goal. later on, pittsburgh drove 80 yards i...

Canada Electric bicycle laws

1 canada 1.1 federal requirements 1.2 provincial requirements use 1.2.1 alberta 1.2.2 british columbia 1.2.3 ontario 1.2.4 manitoba 1.2.5 new brunswick 1.2.6 newfoundland 1.2.7 nova scotia 1.2.8 prince edward island 1.2.9 quebec 1.2.10 saskatchewan canada eight provinces of canada allow electric power assisted bicycles. in 8 provinces, e-bikes limited 500 w output, , cannot travel faster 32 km/h (20 mph) on motor power alone on level ground. in alberta prior july 1, 2009, limits 750 w , 35 km/h (22 mph), presently match federal legislation. age restrictions vary in canada. require approved helmet. regulations may or may not require interlock prevent use of power when rider not pedaling. versions (e.g., if capable of operating without pedaling) of e-bikes require drivers licenses in provinces , have age restrictions. vehicle licenses , liability insurance not required. generally, considered vehicles (like motorcycles , pedal cycles), subject same rules of r...

Student life Wardlaw-Hartridge School

1 student life 1.1 classes 1.2 school day 1.3 getting school 1.4 homerooms 1.5 dress code 1.6 student organizations 1.6.1 student council 1.6.2 upper school judiciary board 1.6.3 upper school clubs student life classes with 420 students in grades pk-12, class sizes @ wardlaw small, example, upon graduation, class of 2006 had 25 students , class of 2010 graduated 4 more. despite having few students, students still offered opportunity take more rarefied classes despite small enrollment; example, ap physics c: electricity , magnetism has 2 students enrolled of spring 2010. school day wardlaw-hartridge s normal school year 165 days (a bit shorter public , parochial schools). lower, middle, , upper schools require students present attendance @ 8:00 am. lower school students dismissed between 2:45 , 3:45 in middle school, students not participating in sports dismissed @ 3:15 pm; participating in sports dismissed @ 4:30 pm. academic day in upper school ends @ 3:16 pm, , athletics run 3:30-6:0...

Battle for London: singles 2010 ATP World Tour Finals

rafael nadal won career golden slam @ 2010 open on 7 june, after winning fifth french open title, spaniard rafael nadal announced first qualifier. rafael nadal won 7 titles in year, of player on tour. nadal began year reaching final of qatar exxonmobil open losing nikolay davydenko 0–6, 7–6(8), 6–4. @ australian open lost in quarterfinals andy murray. nadal won first title of year , first in 11 months @ monte-carlo rolex masters defeated fernando verdasco in final 6–0, 6–1 victory. sixth consecutive title @ event. went on win next 3 tournaments, racking 24 consecutive match wins on way. won internazionali bnl d italia, fifth in event, defeating compatriot david ferrer 7–5, 6–2 in final. nadal claimed home masters tournament, mutua madrileña madrid open, first time, avenging 2009 final defeat, roger federer 6–4, 7–6(5) win. nadal reclaimed french open, winning fifth time , avenging loss robin söderling in last year s 4th round encounter 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 victory in final, reclaimed world no...

Race 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix

jenson button took third win of season, extending championship lead in process. timo glock got off perfect start second on grid , took lead. jarno trulli running second, had fight off lewis hamilton in first corner, had passed jenson button , sebastian vettel fifth on grid after flying start of kers. button had overtaken vettel, running heavier fuel load. kimi räikkönen, meanwhile, had pushed ferrari sixth place, making 4 positions start. further in field, there damage sustained cars of felipe massa, nick heidfeld, robert kubica , kazuki nakajima, of whom had pit replace front wings, whilst heikki kovalainen lost track position after running wide. massa complained of problems kers system due temperature problem, , advised turn off. at start of lap 2, button overtook hamilton claim third position. kers-aided mclaren of hamilton kept vettel s red bull @ bay, , when hamilton entered pits on lap 15 did vettel pass him. since both toyotas running light on fuel, made pit stops early, glock i...

Comparison of Knots and Control Points Non-uniform rational B-spline

a common misconception each knot paired control point. true degree 1 nurbs (polylines). in general, knots break domain knot spans, each control point corresponds 1 basis function spans range of (degree+1) knot spans. example, suppose have degree-3 nurbs 7 control points , knots 0,0,0,1,2,5,8,8,8. first 4 control points grouped first 6 knots. second through fifth control points grouped knots 0,0,1,2,5,8. third through sixth control points grouped knots 0,1,2,5,8,8. last 4 control points grouped last 6 knots. some modelers use older algorithms nurbs evaluation require 2 knot values total of (degree+n+1) knots.

Season 3 Happy Together (2001 TV series)

season 3 known happy together: let s go school (해피투게더 학교가자), 4 mc s dressed females (except shin bong-sun, female), , participated in school-themed games, , corner season 1, mc s play against students in quiz scholarship. began on july 5, 2007. these proved unpopular , scrapped in 3 weeks. now, show known happy season 3 corners challenge! memorize song, , s you! (그건 너!). these 2 corners proved popular, , ratings have gone usual norm. s you! has been replaced that! (이건 뭐!), guests bring item cherish, , don t laugh in sauna!, joined 2 remaining corners take place in sauna. in 2009, challenge! memorize song removed save time. don t laugh in sauna! remains, , follows star quiz how possible! (스타퀴즈 세상에이럴수가!) quiz guests daily products. on april 25, 2017, show undergo revamp, 1 significant change show in form of 2-part series because recordings go overtime. slogan: 함께하면 더욱 행복한 목요일 밤, 해피투게더! (a thursday night happier if spent together, happy together!) challenge! memorize song challenge! mem...

Instruments Music of Scotland

1 instruments 1.1 accordion 1.2 bagpipes 1.3 fiddle 1.4 guitar 1.5 harp 1.6 tin whistle 1.7 bodhran instruments accordion though derided scottish kitsch, accordion has long been part of scottish music. country dance bands, such led renowned jimmy shand, have helped dispel image. in 20th century, melodeon (a variety of diatonic button accordion) popular among rural folk, , part of bothy band tradition. more recently, performers phil cunningham (of silly wizard) , sandy brechin have helped popularise accordion in scottish music. bagpipes the tannahill weavers though bagpipes closely associated scotland many outsiders, instrument (or, more precisely, family of instruments) found throughout large swathes of europe, north africa , south asia. common bagpipe heard in modern scottish music great highland bagpipe, spread highland regiments of british army. historically, numerous other bagpipes existed, , many of them have been recreated in last half-century. during 19th century bagpipes played...

Some murder cases of the 17th century Historical murders and executions in Stockholm

mäster mikaels gata (fjällgatan) around turn of 19th-20th century, viewed west. lasse lucidor 36 years old when murdered. murder , manslaughter still common reason use of capital punishment. sometimes, executioner have execute executioner: executioner mikael reissuer (also known mäster mikael) executed on 20 march 1650 successor. mäster mikael exercised practice @ designated execution spot in södermalm 1635 until death in 1650. mikael killed friend, påwel andersson in 1650 following argument debt. mikael plead not guilty , stated påwel had accidentally run edge of mikael s sword . court did not believe him , sentenced death , executed successor. the well-known poet lasse lucidor (his real name lars johansson) known unlucky 1 36 years old when got caught in melee battle on night of 12 august 1674 , pierced lieutenant arvid kristian storm s sword. murder took place in basement of today s kindstugatan 14 in gamla stan. these armed conflicts, or called duels result of trifles combined...

Folk music Music of Scotland

a detail highland wedding david allan, 1780 there evidence there flourishing culture of popular music in scotland during late middle ages, song melody survive period pleugh song . after reformation, secular popular tradition of music continued, despite attempts kirk, particularly in lowlands, suppress dancing , events penny weddings. period saw creation of ceòl mór (the great music) of bagpipe, reflected martial origins, battle-tunes, marches, gatherings, salutes , laments. highlands seventeenth century saw development of piping families including maccrimmonds, macarthurs, macgregors , mackays of gairloch. there evidence of adoption of fiddle in highlands martin martin noting in description of western isles of scotland (1703) knew of 18 players in lewis alone. well-known musicians included fiddler pattie birnie , piper habbie simpson. tradition continued nineteenth century, major figures such fiddlers neil , son nathaniel gow. there evidence of ballads period. may date late medieval e...

The Middle Ages Historical murders and executions in Stockholm

1 middle ages 1.1 murder , manslaughter among populace 1.2 käpplinge murders 1.3 medieval legislation 1.4 fights , honor 1.5 political murders 1.6 stockholm bloodbath the middle ages murder , manslaughter among populace one of stockholms tänkeböcker, logs of court cases in stockholm city court. a section of country law of magnus eriksson begins illustration depicting hanging. according stockholm tänkeböcker, fair assume violence deadly outcome hundred times more common during middle ages compared today. usually, cases of manslaughter involved 2 intoxicated men fighting each other, resulting in either party s death. if surviving party report event , turn himself in, punishment less grave. murder more serious crime, if perpetrator attempt hide fact. the käpplinge murders hostility between german merchants , populace of stockholm led so-called käpplinge murders. on 14 june 1389, german hättebröder, soldiers , merchants marched towards stortorget , gathered near kåkbrinken. germans read al...