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Grange helmet">Benty Grange helmet</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Germanic_boar_helmet" title="Germanic boar helmet">boar-crested helmet</a> of <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxons" title="Anglo-Saxons">Anglo-Saxon</a> origin, from the 7th century. It was excavated by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bateman_(antiquary)" title="Thomas Bateman (antiquary)">Thomas Bateman</a> in 1848 from a burial mound at the <a href="/wiki/Benty_Grange" title="Benty Grange">Benty Grange</a> farm in <a href="/wiki/Monyash" title="Monyash">Monyash</a> in western <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a>. The grave had probably been looted by the time of Bateman's excavation, but still contained the helmet and other high-status objects suggestive of a richly furnished burial, such as the <a href="/wiki/Benty_Grange_hanging_bowl" title="Benty Grange hanging bowl">fragmentary remains of a hanging bowl</a>. The ornate helmet was constructed by covering the outside of an iron framework with plates of horn and the inside with cloth or leather, now decayed. It would have provided some protection against weapons, but may have also been intended for ceremonial use. It was the first Anglo-Saxon helmet to be discovered; others have been <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Hoo_helmet" title="Sutton Hoo helmet">found at Sutton Hoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coppergate_Helmet" title="Coppergate Helmet">at York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Helmet" title="Pioneer Helmet">at Wollaston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shorwell_helmet" title="Shorwell helmet">at Shorwell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_helmet" title="Staffordshire helmet">in Staffordshire</a>. The Benty Grange helmet is displayed at <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Weston_Park_Museum" title="Weston Park Museum">Weston Park Museum</a>, which purchased it from Bateman's estate in 1893. 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The <a href="/wiki/Concept_album" title="Concept album">concept album</a> follows the story of a young girl who is sent away by her family to the fictional island of Adan. Aoba and composer Taro Umebayashi wrote, <a href="/wiki/Musical_composition" title="Musical composition">composed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arrangement" title="Arrangement">arranged</a>, and produced the music for the album, which was preceded by one <a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">single</a>, "Porcelain". <i>Windswept Adan</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Folk_baroque" title="Folk baroque">chamber folk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_folk" title="Psychedelic folk">psychedelic folk</a> album with elements of <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ambient_music" title="Ambient music">ambient music</a>. Marking a departure from Aoba's earlier minimalist instrumentation, it includes a <a href="/wiki/Celesta" title="Celesta">celesta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wind_chime" title="Wind chime">wind chimes</a>, <a href="/wiki/String_section" title="String section">string arrangements</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vocal_music" title="Vocal music">vocal</a> performances. The album received widespread critical acclaim for its arrangements, instrumentation, and <a href="/wiki/Worldbuilding" title="Worldbuilding">worldbuilding</a>. Upon its release, the album debuted at number 82 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Japan_Hot_Albums" title="Billboard Japan Hot Albums"><i>Billboard Japan</i> Hot Albums</a> chart and number 88 on the <a href="/wiki/Oricon_Albums_Chart" title="Oricon Albums Chart">Oricon Albums Chart</a>. Aoba supported the album with her first international tour between August and October 2022. 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It was released in Japan on 3 December 1994, and most of the world in 1995. Sony began developing it after a failed venture with <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> to create <a href="/wiki/Super_NES_CD-ROM" title="Super NES CD-ROM">a CD-ROM add-on</a> in the early 1990s. The console was primarily designed by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Kutaragi" title="Ken Kutaragi">Ken Kutaragi</a> and his team in Japan, while additional development was outsourced in the United Kingdom. An emphasis on <a href="/wiki/3D_computer_graphics" title="3D computer graphics">3D polygon graphics</a> was placed at the forefront of the console's design. The PlayStation signalled Sony's rise to power in the <a href="/wiki/Video_game_industry" title="Video game industry">video game industry</a>. It received acclaim and sold strongly; in less than a decade, it became the first computer entertainment platform to ship over 100 million units. Its use of <a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">compact discs</a> heralded the game industry's transition from <a href="/wiki/ROM_cartridge" title="ROM cartridge">cartridges</a>. The PlayStation's success led to a <a href="/wiki/PlayStation" title="PlayStation">line of successors</a>, beginning with the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a> in 2000. 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Channel 11 began service in 1953, originally affiliated with <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>. It presented several notable children's shows in its early years. After <a href="/wiki/Time_Inc." title="Time Inc.">Time Inc.</a> purchased the station in 1957, ABC switched affiliates, leaving channel 11 to become an <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">independent station</a> that broadcast the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> baseball team, movies, and syndicated programs. By the late 1970s, WTCN was one of the nation's most financially successful independent stations. On March 5, 1979, channel 11 became an NBC affiliate but struggled with its revamped newscasts. Between 1983 and 1987, the station moved from last to first in late news ratings, battling <a href="/wiki/WCCO-TV" title="WCCO-TV">WCCO</a> for two decades. It changed call signs twice in that period, to WUSA in 1985 and KARE in 1986, when Gannett moved the WUSA call sign to <a href="/wiki/WUSA_(TV)" title="WUSA (TV)">its Washington, D.C., station.</a> More recently, as of 2022, the station has been a second-place finisher in local news. 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The only known specimen was discovered in a <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> quarry near the town of <a href="/wiki/Hjoula" title="Hjoula">Hjoula</a>. The owner of the quarry allowed the specimen to be <a href="/wiki/Fossil_preparation" title="Fossil preparation">prepared</a> by researchers, and it was donated to the <a href="/wiki/MIM_Museum" title="MIM Museum">MIM Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>. In 2019, the researchers named the new genus and species <i><b>Mimodactylus libanensis</b></i>; referring to the MIM Museum, with the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> word <i>daktylos</i> for "digit", and the <a href="/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)" title="Specific name (zoology)">specific name</a> refers to Lebanon. The well-preserved <a href="/wiki/Holotype" title="Holotype">holotype specimen</a> is the first complete pterosaur from the Afro-Arabian continent (which consisted of the then joined <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>), and the third pterosaur fossil known from Lebanon. The marine deposits of Hjoula are late <a href="/wiki/Cenomanian" title="Cenomanian">Cenomanian</a> in age and are well-known for fish fossils. The holotype specimen is comparatively small, with a wingspan of 1.32 metres (4.3 ft), and was probably young. 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Fourteen women were murdered; another ten women and four men were injured. The perpetrator, <a href="/wiki/Marc_L%C3%A9pine" title="Marc Lépine">Marc Lépine</a> entered a mechanical engineering class and separated the male and female students, ordering the men to leave. He shot all nine women in the room, killing six. The shooter then moved throughout the building, killing eight more women and wounding students before fatally shooting himself. The massacre is regarded as <a href="/wiki/Misogynist_terrorism" title="Misogynist terrorism">misogynist terrorism</a> and representative of wider societal violence against women. In response to the massacre, the Canadian legislature passed more stringent <a href="/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Canada" title="Firearms regulation in Canada">gun control laws</a>. It also led to policy changes in emergency services protocols for shootings, such as police intervening immediately to reduce casualties. The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually as <a href="/wiki/National_Day_of_Remembrance_and_Action_on_Violence_Against_Women" title="National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women">White Ribbon Day</a>. 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Commonly known as "Woof", he was credited with ten aerial victories and led combat formations at <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wing_(military_unit)" title="Wing (military unit)">wing</a> level, becoming the youngest <a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">group captain</a> in RAAF's history. Arthur first saw action in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Middle East</a> and was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a> for shooting down four aircraft in a single <a href="/wiki/Sortie" title="Sortie">sortie</a>. He was then posted to <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign" title="New Guinea campaign">New Guinea</a>, where he received the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a> for continuing to lead an attack after discovering his guns were inoperable. As <a href="/wiki/Wing_leader" title="Wing leader">wing leader</a> of <a href="/wiki/No._71_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 71 Wing RAAF">No. 71 Wing</a>, he was severely burned in a runway collision. Upon recovery, he was posted to the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a> and played a leading part in the <a href="/wiki/Morotai_Mutiny" title="Morotai Mutiny">Morotai Mutiny</a> when eight RAAF officers attempted to resign. Following his discharge, he pursued business interests in Australia and Vietnam, before settling in <a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin</a>, Northern Territory. 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Swift and <a href="/wiki/Liz_Rose" title="Liz Rose">Liz Rose</a> wrote the lyrics, which discuss unrequited love. Swift and <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Chapman_(record_producer)" title="Nathan Chapman (record producer)">Nathan Chapman</a> produced the track, which has a <a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">banjo</a>-led <a href="/wiki/Country_pop" title="Country pop">country pop</a> production. The song was nominated in three categories at the <a href="/wiki/52nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="52nd Annual Grammy Awards">2010 Grammy Awards</a>, reached the top 10 on several charts and received <a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">certifications</a> in Australia, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand. The song peaked at number two on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a> certified it as <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">seven-times platinum</a>. <a href="/wiki/Roman_White" title="Roman White">Roman White</a> directed the song's music video, which stars Swift in two roles. The video won <a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award_for_Best_Female_Video" title="MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video">Best Female Video</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2009_MTV_Video_Music_Awards" title="2009 MTV Video Music Awards">MTV Video Music Awards</a>, where Swift's acceptance was interrupted by <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a>. Following a <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift_masters_dispute" title="Taylor Swift masters dispute">2019 dispute</a> about the ownership of Swift's back catalog, she <a href="/wiki/Re-recording_(music)" title="Re-recording (music)">re-recorded</a> the song as "<b>You Belong with Me (Taylor's Version)</b>" for her album <i><a href="/wiki/Fearless_(Taylor%27s_Version)" title="Fearless (Taylor's Version)">Fearless (Taylor's Version)</a></i> (2021). 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From 1836, he lectured at <a href="/wiki/Guy%27s_Hospital" title="Guy's Hospital">Guy's Hospital</a> and published a textbook on science for medical students called <i>Elements of Natural Philosophy</i>. Bird was innovative in the medical use of electricity, designing his own equipment and bringing medical <a href="/wiki/Electrotherapy" title="Electrotherapy">electrotherapy</a> into the mainstream. He invented a variant of the <a href="/wiki/Daniell_cell" title="Daniell cell">Daniell cell</a> in 1837, making key discoveries in <a href="/wiki/Electrometallurgy" title="Electrometallurgy">electrometallurgy</a>. Bird also designed a flexible <a href="/wiki/Stethoscope" title="Stethoscope">stethoscope</a>, and in 1840 published the first description of one. In 1842, he was the first to describe <a href="/wiki/Hyperoxaluria" title="Hyperoxaluria">oxaluria</a>, a condition which leads to the formation of a particular kind of stone, and published a comprehensive paper on urinary deposits in 1844. A devout Christian, Bird believed Bible study and prayer were just as important to medical students as their studies. He founded the Christian Medical Association, although it did not become active until after his death. 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It is an <a href="/wiki/Expansion_pack" title="Expansion pack">add-on</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Platformer" title="Platformer">platform game</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Shovel_Knight" title="Shovel Knight">Shovel Knight</a></i>. Players battle using one fighter among twenty characters, each with various movesets and fighting styles. <a href="/wiki/Game_mechanics#Game_mode" title="Game mechanics">Modes</a> include "Treasure Clash", to collect the most gems, and a "free for all" <a href="/wiki/Deathmatch_(video_games)" title="Deathmatch (video games)">battle to death</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Narrative_of_video_games" title="Narrative of video games">story mode</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Single-player_video_game" title="Single-player video game">single player</a> battles against <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_in_video_games" title="Artificial intelligence in video games">AI</a>-controlled opponents across several <a href="/wiki/Level_(video_games)" title="Level (video games)">stages</a> before facing a <a href="/wiki/Boss_(video_games)" title="Boss (video games)">boss</a>. Completing this mode with each fighter allows the player to unlock new stages and characters. Yacht Club Games envisioned <i>Showdown</i> as a small <a href="/wiki/Minigame" title="Minigame">minigame</a> similar to modes in <i><a href="/wiki/Mega_Man_7" title="Mega Man 7">Mega Man 7</a></i> (1995) and <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._3" title="Super Mario Bros. 3">Super Mario Bros. 3</a></i> (1988). The developers gradually built a more expansive title which they compared to a <a href="/wiki/Party_game" title="Party game">party game</a>. <i>Showdown</i> was released for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_4" title="PlayStation 4">PlayStation 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Switch" title="Nintendo Switch">Nintendo Switch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_One" title="Xbox One">Xbox One</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wii_U" title="Wii U">Wii U</a> on December 10, 2019. It received average reviews on release, with praise towards its characters and multiplayer gameplay, but many reviewer's criticized the single-player mode for its <a href="/wiki/Game_balance" title="Game balance">difficulty balancing</a>. 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His publications have included cookery books and works on history, but he is best known for his <a href="/wiki/Spy_fiction" title="Spy fiction">spy novels</a>. He had several jobs before writing his first novel, <i><a href="/wiki/The_IPCRESS_File" title="The IPCRESS File">The IPCRESS File</a></i>, in 1962; it was a critical and commercial success. He wrote several spy novels featuring the same central character, an unnamed <a href="/wiki/Working_class" title="Working class">working-class</a> intelligence officer. Between 1962 and 1966 Deighton was the food correspondent for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i> and drew <a href="/wiki/Cookstrip" title="Cookstrip">cookstrips</a>—black and white graphic recipes with a limited number of words. A selection of these was collected and published in 1965 as <i><a href="/wiki/Len_Deighton%27s_Action_Cook_Book" title="Len Deighton's Action Cook Book">Len Deighton's Action Cook Book</a></i>, the first of five cookery books he wrote. Other topics of non-fiction include military history. Many of his books have been best sellers and he has been favourably compared with <a href="/wiki/John_le_Carr%C3%A9" title="John le Carré">John le Carré</a>. Deighton's fictional work is marked by a complex narrative structure, extensive research and an air of verisimilitude. Several of his works have been adapted for film and radio. 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It covers methods of transforming equations to <a href="/wiki/Equation_solving" title="Equation solving">solve</a> them by isolating variables. <a href="/wiki/Linear_algebra" title="Linear algebra">Linear algebra</a> examines <a href="/wiki/System_of_linear_equations" title="System of linear equations">systems of several linear equations</a> and techniques to determine for which values all equations in a system are true at the same time. <a href="/wiki/Abstract_algebra" title="Abstract algebra">Abstract algebra</a> investigates algebraic structures, which consist of a <a href="/wiki/Set_(mathematics)" title="Set (mathematics)">set</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mathematical_object" title="Mathematical object">objects</a> together with <a href="/wiki/Operation_(mathematics)" title="Operation (mathematics)">operations</a> defined on that set. It distinguishes algebraic structures, such as <a href="/wiki/Group_(mathematics)" title="Group (mathematics)">groups</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ring_(mathematics)" title="Ring (mathematics)">rings</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Field_(mathematics)" title="Field (mathematics)">fields</a>, based on their number of operations and the <a href="/wiki/Axiom" title="Axiom">laws they follow</a>. Algebraic methods were first studied in ancient times to solve specific problems. As algebra evolved, it became increasingly abstract and generalized, leading to many applications in other branches of mathematics and the <a href="/wiki/Empiricism" title="Empiricism">empirical sciences</a>. 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Inspired by the victims of <a href="/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper" title="Jack the Ripper">Jack the Ripper</a>, and by <a href="/wiki/Victorian_fashion" title="Victorian fashion">fashion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victorian_erotica" title="Victorian erotica">erotica</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_United_Kingdom#19th_century" title="Prostitution in the United Kingdom">prostitution practices</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a>, the collection was presented on the runway at <a href="/wiki/London_Fashion_Week" title="London Fashion Week">London Fashion Week</a> on 16 March 1992. Editor <a href="/wiki/Isabella_Blow" title="Isabella Blow">Isabella Blow</a> was fascinated by the <a href="/wiki/Fashion_show" title="Fashion show">runway show</a> and insisted on purchasing the entire collection, and became McQueen's friend and <a href="/wiki/Muse_(person)" title="Muse (person)">muse</a>. <i>Jack the Ripper</i> remains an object of critical analysis for its violent concept and styling. McQueen continued the narrative and aesthetic tendencies from <i>Jack the Ripper</i>, producing collections inspired by <a href="/wiki/Macabre" title="Macabre">macabre</a> aspects of history, art, and his own life. Items from <i>Jack the Ripper</i>, most notably a pink <a href="/wiki/Frock_coat" title="Frock coat">frock coat</a> with a thorn print (<i>shown</i>) , have appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Alexander_McQueen:_Savage_Beauty" title="Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty">Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty</a></i> (2011 and 2015) and <i>Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!</i> (2013). 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The sixth crewed mission in the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Apollo_program" title="Apollo program">Apollo program</a>, it was launched by <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. Commander <a href="/wiki/Pete_Conrad" title="Pete Conrad">Charles "Pete" Conrad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Astronaut_ranks_and_positions#Lunar_Module_Pilot" title="Astronaut ranks and positions">Lunar Module Pilot</a> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bean" title="Alan Bean">Alan Bean</a> walked on the Moon while <a href="/wiki/Astronaut_ranks_and_positions#Command_Module_Pilot" title="Astronaut ranks and positions">Command Module Pilot</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_F._Gordon_Jr." title="Richard F. Gordon Jr.">Richard Gordon</a> remained in orbit. Launched on a rainy day, Apollo 12 was twice struck by <a href="/wiki/Lightning" title="Lightning">lightning</a>; the outward journey otherwise saw few problems. On November 19, Conrad and Bean landed close to the <a href="/wiki/Surveyor_3" title="Surveyor 3">Surveyor 3</a> probe. This meant NASA could plan missions expecting that astronauts could land close to target. Conrad and Bean carried <a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Surface_Experiments_Package" title="Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package">a group of nuclear-powered instruments</a>, and the first color television camera taken by an Apollo mission to the surface, but the picture was lost after Bean accidentally pointed the camera at the Sun and its sensor burned out. Conrad and Bean visited Surveyor 3 and <a href="/wiki/Surveyor_3#Retrieved_parts" title="Surveyor 3">removed parts</a> for return to Earth. The Apollo 12 mission safely returned to Earth on November 24. 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It features an eagle and the Lone Star of Texas on the <a href="/wiki/Obverse_and_reverse" title="Obverse and reverse">obverse</a> (<i>shown</i>), while the <a href="/wiki/Obverse_and_reverse" title="Obverse and reverse">reverse</a> is a complex scene with the winged goddess <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(mythology)" title="Victoria (mythology)">Victory</a>. Proposed by the <a href="/wiki/American_Legion" title="American Legion">American Legion</a> as a fundraiser for the 100th anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Texas_Revolution" title="Texas Revolution">Texas independence from Mexico</a>, the coin was approved by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> in 1933. It was designed by sculptor <a href="/wiki/Pompeo_Coppini" title="Pompeo Coppini">Pompeo Coppini</a>, and, after initial rejection by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Commission_of_Fine_Arts" title="United States Commission of Fine Arts">Commission of Fine Arts</a>, the designs were approved and the coins entered production at the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint" title="Philadelphia Mint">Philadelphia Mint</a> in October 1934. The first coins to reach the public were sold by auction in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a> on December 15, 1934. Profits from the coins helped finance the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Science_and_Natural_History_Museum" title="Texas Science and Natural History Museum">Texas Memorial Museum</a> in Austin. Most 1934-dated coins went unsold and were sent back to the Mint. Smaller issues took place each year through 1938. Despite the relative lack of sales, the issue is popular with collectors, with the coins gradually gaining in value. 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It is the earliest-written extant work depicting a Christian account of <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">heaven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hell" title="Hell">hell</a> in detail. The work describes a divine vision experienced by <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Peter</a> through <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus Christ</a>. It delves into a vision of the afterlife (<i><a href="/wiki/Katabasis" title="Katabasis">katabasis</a></i>), and details both heavenly bliss for the righteous and infernal punishments for the damned. The punishments are graphically described and loosely correspond to "<a href="/wiki/Eye_for_an_eye" title="Eye for an eye">an eye for an eye</a>": blasphemers are hung by their tongues; liars have their lips cut off; callous rich people are pierced by stones and are dressed in filthy rags; and so on. While the Apocalypse of Peter influenced other <a href="/wiki/Early_Christianity" title="Early Christianity">early Christian</a> works, it eventually came to be considered inauthentic and was not included in the standard <a href="/wiki/Biblical_canon#New_Testament" title="Biblical canon">canon of the New Testament</a>. Still, it influenced later works wherein the protagonist takes a tour of the realms of the afterlife, including the <a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_of_Paul" title="Apocalypse of Paul">Apocalypse of Paul</a> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Divine_Comedy" title="Divine Comedy">Divine Comedy</a></i> of <a href="/wiki/Dante_Alighieri" title="Dante Alighieri">Dante</a>. 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Designed by architect <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Harrison" title="Wallace Harrison">Wallace Harrison</a> of <a href="/wiki/Harrison_%26_Abramovitz" title="Harrison & Abramovitz">Harrison, Abramovitz, and Harris</a>, the building was developed between 1956 and 1960 as part of <a href="/wiki/Rockefeller_Center" title="Rockefeller Center">Rockefeller Center</a>. The building's eight-story base partially wraps around its 48-story main shaft. The <a href="/wiki/Fa%C3%A7ade" title="Façade">facade</a> comprises glass panels between limestone columns. The lobby has white-marble and stainless-steel walls, and red-burgundy glass ceilings; there is artwork by <a href="/wiki/Josef_Albers" title="Josef Albers">Josef Albers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Glarner" title="Fritz Glarner">Fritz Glarner</a>, and Francis Brennan. The ground floor also includes storefronts. Each of the upper floors covers 28,000 sq ft (2,600 m<sup>2</sup>), with the offices arranged around the core. Construction started in May 1957; the building was <a href="/wiki/Topping_out" title="Topping out">topped out</a> during November 1958, and the occupants took possession in late 1959. The <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Landmarks_Preservation_Commission" title="New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission">New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission</a> designated the lobby as a city landmark in 2002. 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Published by <i><a href="/wiki/Blackwood%27s_Magazine" title="Blackwood's Magazine">Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine</a></i>, it is the first history of American literature and the first substantial work of criticism concerning US authors. Using no reference materials, Neal made multiple factually inaccurate claims about many of the 120+ authors covered. Scholars nevertheless praise the staying power of Neal's opinions, many of which are reflected by other critics decades later. Neal also argued American literature relied too much on British precedent and had failed to develop its own voice. Neal wrote the series in London under an English pseudonym, which convinced few readers. American Writers was well received in the UK but drew considerable ire in the US, particularly from <a href="/wiki/William_Lloyd_Garrison" title="William Lloyd Garrison">William Lloyd Garrison</a>. Neal was met with hostility and a fistfight on an 1827 visit to his hometown of <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland, Maine</a>; he relocated there and remained until his death forty-nine years later. 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The ship served as a <a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leader</a> for <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">torpedo boats</a>, a scout for the fleet, and a station ship with the <a href="/wiki/East_Asia_Squadron" title="East Asia Squadron">East Asia Squadron</a>. When <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> commenced <i>Niobe</i> helped defend Germany's <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> coast. One of the cruisers permitted Germany by the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" title="Treaty of Versailles">Treaty of Versailles</a>, <i>Niobe</i> was modernized, but was sold in 1925 to the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes</a> (later Yugoslavia). Renamed <i>Dalmacija</i> the vessel served until April 1941, when she was captured by the Italians. Renamed again as <i>Cattaro</i>, she served until the Italian surrender in September 1943. Seized by the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germans</a>, she was used in the <a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Sea" title="Adriatic Sea">Adriatic Sea</a> until 19 December 1943, when she ran aground on the island of <a href="/wiki/Silba" title="Silba">Silba</a>, and was destroyed by British <a href="/wiki/Motor_torpedo_boat" title="Motor torpedo boat">motor torpedo boats</a>. <i>(<b><a href="/wiki/SMS_Niobe" title="SMS Niobe">This article</a></b> is part of a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics" title="Wikipedia:Featured topics">featured topic</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Ships_of_the_Royal_Yugoslav_Navy" title="Wikipedia:Featured topics/Ships of the Royal Yugoslav Navy">Ships of the Royal Yugoslav Navy</a></b>.)</i> </p> <div class="tfa-recent" style="text-align: right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Writers" title="American Writers">American Writers</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1271_Avenue_of_the_Americas" title="1271 Avenue of the Americas">1271 Avenue of the Americas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_of_Peter" title="Apocalypse of Peter">Apocalypse of Peter</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist tfa-footer noprint" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/daily-article-l.lists.wikimedia.org/" class="extiw" title="mail:daily-article-l">By email</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">More featured articles</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About_Today%27s_featured_article" title="Wikipedia:About Today's featured article">About</a></b></li></ul> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint" style="margin:0.5em 0"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/December_19,_2024" title="Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 19, 2024">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Today%27s_featured_article/December_19,_2024&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/December 19, 2024 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/December_19,_2024&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/December_19,_2024&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/December_19,_2024&action=watch">watch</a></li></ul> </div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <hr/> <p><b>December 20</b> </p> <div id="mp-tfa-img" style="float: left; 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word-wrap: break-word;">Charge of the Carthaginian war elephants as envisaged by Gaston Bussière in 1920.</div></div> </div> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bagradas_River_(240_BC)" title="Battle of the Bagradas River (240 BC)">Battle of the Bagradas River</a></b> was fought in 240 BC in what is now north-east <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a> between a <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Carthage" title="Ancient Carthage">Carthaginian</a> army led by <a href="/wiki/Hamilcar_Barca" title="Hamilcar Barca">Hamilcar Barca</a> and a rebel force led by <a href="/wiki/Spendius" title="Spendius">Spendius</a>. Carthage was fighting a coalition of <a href="/wiki/Mutiny" title="Mutiny">mutinous</a> soldiers and rebellious African cities in the <a href="/wiki/Mercenary_War" title="Mercenary War">Mercenary War</a>, which had started late the previous year in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/First_Punic_War" title="First Punic War">First Punic War</a>. Hamilcar left Carthage and evaded a rebel blockade by crossing the Bagradas River (the modern <a href="/wiki/Medjerda_River" title="Medjerda River">Medjerda River</a>) at its mouth. Two rebel armies marched towards the Carthaginians. When they came into sight Hamilcar ordered a feigned <a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_(military)" title="Withdrawal (military)">retreat</a>. The rebels broke ranks to chase the Carthaginians and this impetuous pursuit caused them to fall into disorder. Once the rebels had closed, the Carthaginians turned and charged them. The rebels broke and were <a href="/wiki/Rout" title="Rout">routed</a>. The Carthaginians pursued, killing or capturing many of the rebels and taking a bridge over the Bagradas. 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It was initially published in three volumes, the first of which was released on 22 October 1964, before being published as one book. The story concerns the exploits of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang—a car with hidden powers and abilities—and its owners, the Pott family. Fleming, better known as the creator of <a href="/wiki/James_Bond_(literary_character)" title="James Bond (literary character)">James Bond</a>, took his inspiration for the subject from a series of <a href="/wiki/Aero-engined_car" title="Aero-engined car">aero-engined</a> racing cars called "<a href="/wiki/Chitty_Bang_Bang" title="Chitty Bang Bang">Chitty Bang Bang</a>" (<i>shown</i>), built by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Zborowski" title="Louis Zborowski">Louis Zborowski</a> in the early 1920s. Fleming wrote the book while convalescing after having had a major heart attack; he had created the story as a bedtime story for his son, Caspar. Fleming did not live to see <i>Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang</i> published; he died of a heart attack on 11 August 1964. The story was loosely adapted as a 1968 film <a href="/wiki/Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang" title="Chitty Chitty Bang Bang">of the same name</a> and the film was later adapted <a href="/wiki/Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang_(musical)" title="Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical)">as a stage musical</a>. 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It was commissioned after <a href="/wiki/Antipope_John_XXIII" title="Antipope John XXIII">Antipope John XXIII</a>'s death on December 22, 1419, and completed during the 1420s, establishing it as one of the early landmarks of <a href="/wiki/History_of_Florence#Renaissance" title="History of Florence">Renaissance Florence</a>. John XXIII had a long history of cooperation with Florence, which had viewed him as the legitimate pontiff during the <a href="/wiki/Western_Schism" title="Western Schism">Western Schism</a>. Its design included figures of the <a href="/wiki/Theological_virtues" title="Theological virtues">three Virtues</a> in <a href="/wiki/Niche_(architecture)" title="Niche (architecture)">niches</a>, John XXIII's <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">family arms</a>, a gilded bronze <a href="/wiki/Effigy" title="Effigy">recumbent effigy</a> laid out above an inscription-bearing <a href="/wiki/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">sarcophagus</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Madonna_(art)" title="Madonna (art)">Madonna and Child</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Lunette" title="Lunette">half-lunette</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Baldachin" title="Baldachin">canopy</a>. At its completion, the monument was the tallest sculpture in Florence. The tomb monument was the first of several collaborations between Donatello and Michelozzo; attribution of each design element to the artists, as well as interpretations of its design and <a href="/wiki/Iconography" title="Iconography">iconography</a>, have been debated by art historians. 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Initially identified as a wolf upon its discovery in 1914, its remains were later separated and lost within the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bonn" title="University of Bonn">University of Bonn</a>'s collections. These were reunited in the late 1970s, and the animal was re-identified as an early <a href="/wiki/Dog" title="Dog">domestic dog</a> and dated to the <a href="/wiki/B%C3%B8lling%E2%80%93Aller%C3%B8d_Interstadial" title="Bølling–Allerød Interstadial">Late Glacial Interstadial</a>. It likely suffered and survived <a href="/wiki/Canine_distemper" title="Canine distemper">canine distemper</a> as a puppy, a disease with an almost 100% fatality rate in wild dogs and wolves. The puppy's survival likely required intensive care from humans, including food, water, and regular cleaning. This may show a close emotional bond between the humans and the dog, and possibly that it was regarded as a <a href="/wiki/Pet" title="Pet">pet</a> — perhaps by the humans it was buried alongside. The dog died aged around 7.5 months for unclear reasons; it may have died from natural causes, or have been <a href="/wiki/Animal_sacrifice" title="Animal sacrifice">sacrificed</a> to be buried alongside the humans. 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Two <a href="/wiki/Viet_Cong" title="Viet Cong">Viet Cong</a> operatives detonated a car bomb under the hotel, which housed <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> officers. The explosion killed two Americans and injured approximately 60. The Viet Cong commanders had two objectives: to demonstrate their ability to strike in <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> should the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> decide to launch air raids against <a href="/wiki/North_Vietnam" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnam</a>, and to show the South Vietnamese that the Americans could not be relied upon for protection. The bombing prompted debate within United States President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>'s administration. Most of his advisers favored retaliatory bombing of North Vietnam and the introduction of American combat troops, while Johnson preferred the existing strategy of training the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam" title="Army of the Republic of Vietnam">Army of the Republic of Vietnam</a> to protect South Vietnam from the Viet Cong. In the end, Johnson decided not to take retaliatory action. 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Honest OG Recording and <a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic Records</a> released it on October 30, 2020. Trainor co-wrote the album with her brothers, Ryan and Justin, among others. It features artists such as <a href="/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire" title="Earth, Wind & Fire">Earth, Wind & Fire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane" title="Seth MacFarlane">Seth MacFarlane</a>, Trainor's cousins and her father. The album covers Christmas standards such as "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Beginning_to_Look_a_Lot_Like_Christmas" title="It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas">It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas</a>" (1951) and "<a href="/wiki/Last_Christmas" title="Last Christmas">Last Christmas</a>" (1984), as well as six original recordings. Trainor promoted <i>A Very Trainor Christmas</i> with public appearances and televised performances, and by the release of Trainor and MacFarlane's cover of "<a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)" title="White Christmas (song)">White Christmas</a>" (1942), which reached number one on the <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Adult Contemporary</a> chart. Critical commentary for the album was generally positive; it reached number seven on the US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Christmas_Holiday_charts#Top_Holiday_Albums" title="Billboard Christmas Holiday charts">Top Holiday Albums</a> chart. A deluxe edition was released on October 29, 2021, followed by a new version of the album on October 11, 2024. <i>(<b><a href="/wiki/A_Very_Trainor_Christmas" title="A Very Trainor Christmas">This article</a></b> is part of a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics" title="Wikipedia:Featured topics">featured topic</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Meghan_Trainor_albums" title="Wikipedia:Featured topics/Meghan Trainor albums">Meghan Trainor albums</a></b>.)</i> </p> <div class="tfa-recent" style="text-align: right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1964_Brinks_Hotel_bombing" title="1964 Brinks Hotel bombing">1964 Brinks Hotel bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonn%E2%80%93Oberkassel_dog" title="Bonn–Oberkassel dog">Bonn–Oberkassel dog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Antipope_John_XXIII" title="Tomb of Antipope John XXIII">Tomb of Antipope John XXIII</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist tfa-footer noprint" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/daily-article-l.lists.wikimedia.org/" class="extiw" title="mail:daily-article-l">By email</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">More featured articles</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About_Today%27s_featured_article" title="Wikipedia:About Today's featured article">About</a></b></li></ul> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint" style="margin:0.5em 0"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/December_25,_2024" title="Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 25, 2024">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Today%27s_featured_article/December_25,_2024&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/December 25, 2024 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/December_25,_2024&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/December_25,_2024&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/December_25,_2024&action=watch">watch</a></li></ul> </div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <hr/> <p><b>December 26</b> </p> <div id="mp-tfa-img" style="float: left; margin: 0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0em;"> <div class="thumbinner mp-thumb" style="background: transparent; color: inherit; border: none; padding: 0; max-width: 117px;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tony_Cascarino.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tony Cascarino, the club's leading scorer in 1984–85"><img alt="Tony Cascarino, the club's leading scorer in 1984–85" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Tony_Cascarino.jpg/117px-Tony_Cascarino.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Tony_Cascarino.jpg/176px-Tony_Cascarino.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Tony_Cascarino.jpg/234px-Tony_Cascarino.jpg 2x" data-file-width="263" data-file-height="376"/></a></span><div class="thumbcaption" style="padding: 0.25em 0; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Tony Cascarino</a>, the club's leading scorer in 1984–85</div></div> </div> <p>During <b><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="1984–85 Gillingham F.C. season">Gillingham F.C.'s 1984–85 season</a></b>, they competed in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Football League Third Division</a>, the third tier of the <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football league system</a>. It was the 53rd season in which <a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a> competed in <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">the Football League</a>, and the 35th since they were <a href="/wiki/Re-election_(Football_League)" title="Re-election (Football League)">voted back into the league</a> in 1950. Gillingham started the season with five wins in the first seven games and were challenging for a place in the top three of the <a href="/wiki/Ranking" title="Ranking">league table</a>, which would result in <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a>. The team's performances then declined, and by November they were in mid-table. They won 12 out of 16 games to go back up to second place, before a poor run in March meant that they again dropped out of the promotion places. Gillingham finished the season fourth in the table, missing promotion by one place. They also competed in three <a href="/wiki/Single-elimination_tournament" title="Single-elimination tournament">knock-out competitions</a>, winning no trophies, but won three times to reach the fourth round of the <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_FA_Cup" title="1984–85 FA Cup">1984–85 FA Cup</a> before losing. The team played 56 competitive matches, and won 30. 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It draws heavily upon the traditional <a href="/wiki/Kongo_religion" title="Kongo religion">Kongo religion</a> of Central Africa, and from <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a> and from <a href="/wiki/Kardecist_spiritism" title="Kardecist spiritism">Spiritism</a>. Central to Palo is the <i>nganga</i>, usually made from an iron cauldron. Many <i>nganga</i> are regarded as material manifestations of ancestral or nature deities known as <i>mpungu</i>. The <i>nganga</i> may contain a wide range of objects, among the most important being sticks and human remains, the latter called <i>nfumbe</i>. In Palo, the presence of the <i>nfumbe</i> means that the spirit of that dead person inhabits the <i>nganga</i> and serves the possessor. The <i>nganga</i> is "fed" with the blood of <a href="/wiki/Animal_sacrifice" title="Animal sacrifice">sacrificed animals</a> and other offerings. Palo is most heavily practiced in eastern Cuba although it is found throughout the island and abroad, including in other parts of the Americas such as Venezuela, Mexico, and the United States. Palo adherents have faced problems with police for <a href="/wiki/Grave_robbery" title="Grave robbery">grave robbery</a> to procure human bones. 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Mylonas">George E. Mylonas</a></b> (1898 – 1988) was a Greek <a href="/wiki/Archaeology" title="Archaeology">archaeologist</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">ancient Greece</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Aegean_civilization" title="Aegean civilization">Aegean prehistory</a>. He excavated widely, particularly at <a href="/wiki/Olynthus" title="Olynthus">Olynthus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elefsina" title="Elefsina">Eleusis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mycenae" title="Mycenae">Mycenae</a>, where he made the first archaeological study and publication of <a href="/wiki/Grave_Circle_B,_Mycenae" title="Grave Circle B, Mycenae">Grave Circle B</a>, the earliest known monumentalized burials at the site. Mylonas was born in <a href="/wiki/Smyrna" title="Smyrna">Smyrna</a>, then part of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>, and received an elite education. 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For many months before his birth, his mother <a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6rte" title="Börte">Börte</a> had been a captive of the <a href="/wiki/Merkit" title="Merkit">Merkit tribe</a>, one of whom forcibly married and raped her. Although there was thus considerable doubt over his parentage, Börte's husband <a href="/wiki/Genghis_Khan" title="Genghis Khan">Genghis Khan</a> considered Jochi his son and treated him accordingly. Many Mongols, most prominently Börte's next son <a href="/wiki/Chagatai_Khan" title="Chagatai Khan">Chagatai</a>, disagreed; these tensions eventually caused Jochi's exclusion from the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_succession" title="Order of succession">line of succession</a>. After Genghis founded the <a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongol Empire</a> in 1206, he entrusted Jochi with nine thousand warriors and a large territory in the west of the <a href="/wiki/Mongol_heartland" title="Mongol heartland">Mongol heartland</a>; Jochi campaigned extensively to extend Mongol power in the region. He also commanded an army during the <a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_the_Khwarazmian_Empire" title="Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire">invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire</a>, but during the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Gurganj" title="Siege of Gurganj">Siege of Gurganj</a> in 1221, tensions arose between him and his family. They were still estranged when Jochi died of ill health <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1225</span>. His descendants continued to rule his territories, which became known as the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Horde" title="Golden Horde">Golden Horde</a>. 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They are found on islands in eastern <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesia</a>, where they inhabit hill and <a href="/wiki/Montane_ecosystems#Montane_forests" title="Montane ecosystems">montane forest</a>. Medium-sized pigeons with long tails and wings, they are 33–38.5 cm (13.0–15.2 in) long and weigh 259–385 g (9.1–13.6 oz). They mostly have dull grey, white, or chestnut-brown plumage, their most distinctive feature being bright red skin around the eyes. Males and females mostly look alike, but the <a href="/wiki/Papuan_mountain_pigeon" title="Papuan mountain pigeon">Papuan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pale_mountain_pigeon" title="Pale mountain pigeon">pale mountain pigeons</a> show slight <a href="/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism" title="Sexual dimorphism">sexual dimorphism</a>. They are <a href="/wiki/Sociality" title="Sociality">social</a> and are usually seen in <a href="/wiki/Flock_(birds)" title="Flock (birds)">flocks</a> of 10–40 birds, although some species can form flocks of more than 100. The genus was originally <a href="/wiki/Species_description" title="Species description">described</a> by the Italian zoologist <a href="/wiki/Tommaso_Salvadori" title="Tommaso Salvadori">Tommaso Salvadori</a> in 1874 and currently contains the Papuan, <a href="/wiki/Seram_mountain_pigeon" title="Seram mountain pigeon">Seram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buru_mountain_pigeon" title="Buru mountain pigeon">Buru</a>, and pale mountain pigeons. Mountain pigeons inhabit trees and feed on a wide variety of fruit. All four species are listed as being of <a href="/wiki/Least-concern_species" title="Least-concern species">least concern</a> on the <a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List</a>. 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