Historical
Angels: A Comprehensive Guide
Angels have been a part of human culture and religion for centuries. They are often depicted as having wings and carrying a harp. But what do we really know about angels? In this guide, I will explore the earliest references to angels, their roles in various religious texts, and their appearances in mythology and popular culture. I will also discuss some of the common characteristics of angels and their purported abilities. Finally, I will consider why people should still be interested in these celestial beings.
By Talia Meadows4 years ago in FYI
Chernobyl Accident 1986 - Ukraine
The April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power factory in Ukraine was the product of a defective Soviet reactor design coupled with serious miscalculations made by the factory operators. It was a direct consequence of Cold War insulation and the performing lack of any safety culture. The accident destroyed the Chernobyl 4 reactor, killing 30 drivers and firemen within three months and several further deaths latterly. One person was killed incontinently and an alternate failed in sanitarium soon after as a result of injuries entered. Another person is reported to have failed at the time from a coronary thrombosis. Acute radiation pattern (ARS) was firstly diagnosed in 237 people on-site and involved with the clean-up and it was latterly verified in 134 cases. Of these, 28 people failed as a result of ARS within many weeks of the accident. Nineteen further workers latterly failed between 1987 and 2004, but their deaths can not inescapably be attributed to radiation exposure. Nothing offsite suffered from acute radiation goods although significant, but uncertain, a bit of the thyroid cancers diagnosed since the accident in cases who were children at the time are likely to be due to input of radioactive iodine fallout,. Likewise, large areas of Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, and beyond were defiled in varying degrees. See also sections below and Chernobyl Accident Appendix 2 health impacts. The Chernobyl disaster was a unique event and the only accident in the history of marketable nuclear power where radiation-related losses occurred. The design of the reactor is unique and in that respect, the accident is therefore of little applicability to the rest of the nuclear assiduity outside the also Eastern Bloc. Still, it led to major changes in safety culture and in assiduity cooperation, particularly between East and West before the end of the Soviet Union. Former President Gorbachev said that the Chernobyl accident was a more important factor in the fall of the Soviet Union than Perestroika – his program of liberal reform.
By Amit Kumar4 years ago in FYI
Muslims and Europe
Like Granada, it is a city in Europe. The only difference is that not all the Muslims who settled here came from outside like Granada, but are ethnic Europeans, ie Caucasians. Living in the heart of Christian Europe, these people belong to a large ethnic group, the Bosniaks, who have been living in the Balkan region for centuries. Islam came here in the fourteenth century AD.
By shakeel ahmad4 years ago in FYI
The Nuanced Ways Russian And Ukranian Culture Shaped The World
As my long time readers know, I have many close relationships with individuals who defected from the U.S.S.R. in the early 1990s. I have focused most of my historical work focusing on classical communities and cultures aka Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
By Jessica Bugg4 years ago in FYI
She is Fierce
Women's History Month is upon us and as the world stage looks to the events unfolding in Ukraine, it has never been more important for the west to step outside of itself. We have to look to Eastern Europe to provide support, but also as an example of stalwart bravery in the face of an old threat. The men and women of Ukraine have been facing Russia and the threat it poses for decades (at least). This is not a new threat for the people of Ukraine, or for that matter the people of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia - four of which share a major land border with Russia, all of which have citizens who not only remember life in the USSR but who lived the largest part of their lives under Russian rule.
By S. A. Crawford4 years ago in FYI
The Cemetery
Wondering if “in the shade of the cypresses and inside the comforted by crying urns” the sleep of death is perhaps less hard or not, I enter the Cemetery of the Lupi, or La Cigna Municipal Cemetery, today on the edge of the port and industrial area of the city of Livorno, near the Cigna stream, in the locality of Santo Stefano dei Lupi. The area takes its name from the gronda of the Lupi , a vast area — that in medieval times extended from Pisa to the village of Labron - so-called by the landowning family. It was precisely the edict of San Cloud, of 1804, to which Foscolo refers in the Carme “I Sepolcri”, together with a concomitant epidemic of yellow fever, to decree the birth of the new cemetery.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in FYI
Finale~Black Major First
As we wrap up Black History month, I wanted this last one to highlight two major first by black americans. Black history touches every aspect of American history but the truth of Slavery is rarely taught and it usually goes straight to the civil rights movement of the 60’s while covering certain people such as Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr, and Rosa Parks because they are considered safe to teach about in schools.
By Kia T Cooper-Erbst4 years ago in FYI
