Mirny Sloop-of-war

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13 Oct 2013

Rest of the world, USA Cert (UK) ... As if the nostalgic indulgence of the original Rodriguez/Tarantino Grindhouse project wasn't wearing enough, we now have this sequel to a movie that was itself a spinoff from a spoof trailer – a three-minute gag stretched out into two full-length feature films, with a third ("Machete Kills Again – In Space") most likely in the offing....(size: 2.7Kb)

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Green energy: How their green rush is costing us all

The Daily Telegraph

13 Oct 2013

The Chancellor is at war with Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat energy and climate change secretary, because Osborne wants to use his autumn statement at the beginning of December to show that he is on the side of families feeling the pinch. One of his targets is the package of various green measures designed to deal with climate change, measures that are the responsibility of Davey’s department....(size: 11.8Kb)

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Sox’ imprint everywhere

Boston Herald

13 Oct 2013

The Red Sox’ regular starting nine of Mike Napoli, Dustin Pedroia, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Daniel Nava, Jacoby Ellsbury, Shane Victorino and David Ortiz have a WAR total of 33.6, easily outdistancing the former Sox ... As for pitching, a look at a hypothetical four-deep rotation of ex-Red Sox starters reveals a quartet with more WAR than what the Red Sox are throwing out there this postseason....(size: 8.2Kb)

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Interview: The world is black

Dawn

13 Oct 2013

Is this a position of negotiation or a burden for the artist and others in his position? This tête-à-tête also addresses the broader framework of contemporary obsession with the dynamics of ‘war on terror’. Your work has revolved around socio-political issues and lately on the subject of ‘war on terror’ ... This war is a weapon or an excuse being used to implement the empire’s road map of aggressive globalisation....(size: 3.8Kb)

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Hanson: Netanyahu and the end of days

Fresno Bee

13 Oct 2013

Why does the unpleasant Netanyahu sound to us so unyielding, so dismissive of Rouhani's efforts to dialogue, so ready to start an unnecessary war? How can the democracy that wants Iran not to have the bomb sound more trigger-happy than the theocracy intent on getting it? ... After World War II, the survivors of the Holocaust envisioned Israel as the last-chance refuge for endangered Jews....(size: 4.9Kb)

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Naval forces were important during the Civil War

The Examiner

13 Oct 2013

But it was during the Civil War that the Navy grew up. Both sides had navies and the naval side of the Civil War was unique and important ... At the beginning of the war, the Union had less than 40 vessels ... Many iconic navy men came out of the Civil War too including inventor John Ericsson (who built the Monitor), Commodore David Farragut and Alabama commander Raphael Semmes....(size: 1.8Kb)

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Death notices for Oct. 12, 2013

Richmond Times Dispatch

13 Oct 2013

Otto B., of Rockville, a World War II veteran, a retired plumbing and heating contractor, husband of Audrey Clarke Schwerdtfeger ... Thurman Lee, 89, of Richmond, a retired Navy seaman who was a World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veteran ... Benjamin, 59, formerly of Jackson, Miss., a retired Army lieutenant colonel and Vietnam War veteran, a retired federal employee, husband of Eva Morris....(size: 2.4Kb)

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First Look at Star Wars Rebels Villain the Inquisitor!

IMDb

13 Oct 2013

The panel, hosted by Lucasfilm's Pablo Hidalgo, focused on the Empire and how it is central to the story of Star Wars Rebels ... takes place about 14 years after the events of Star Wars....(size: 1.0Kb)

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New Footage From "Star Wars: Rebels"

IMDb

13 Oct 2013

Revenge of the Sith" and "Star Wars Episode IV ... 'Star Wars Rebels' takes place in a time where the 'Empire' is securing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the last of the ......(size: 1.1Kb)

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War crime suspect found in Everett

The Boston Globe

13 Oct 2013

A former Salvadoran government minister accused of colluding in the infamous killing of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador two decades ago has been living a quiet life in a modest apartment building in Everett, says a human rights group pursuing a legal case against him.<img width='1' height='1' ......(size: 2.5Kb)

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Hidden beauty of the portuguese man o' war

The Observer

13 Oct 2013

One of Aaron Ansarov's hauntingly beautiful pictures created from a photograph of a Portuguese man o'war ... The light from Ansarov's table reveals the startling vibrancy of the man o'war's distinctive pink and blue colours ... While the photographs reveal a complex structure and vivid colouration, the portuguese man o'war takes on a new look once the processing of the images begins....(size: 4.6Kb)

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War Command wins Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket for Aidan O'Brien

The Observer

13 Oct 2013

War Command, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Joseph O'Brien, winning the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes ... Asked if War Command might have a target at the Breeders' Cup, he replied ... There was little sign here of the brilliance that carried War Command six lengths clear of the Coventry Stakes field in mid-June but O'Brien felt the softer surface accounted for that ... The trainer was asked if War Command was now his main Guineas contender....(size: 3.1Kb)

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In his own words: Joe Gomer and the "Tuskegee Experiment" of WWII

MSNBC

13 Oct 2013

World War Two fighter pilot Joe Gomer grew up in Iowa during the 1930's, just outside the reach of the Jim Crow laws that segregated the southern U.S ... "The War Department set it up as an experiment. They didn't think we were capable of handling these aircraft but we changed that into the great experience." ... But at a cost; Gomer lost several friends and several planes during the war....(size: 2.1Kb)

Career (Russian Empire)
Mirny and its Captain Mikhail Lazarev on a commemorative coin of the Bank of Russia
Name:	Mirny
Namesake:	Peaceful
Builder:	Mikhail Lazarev (oversaw refit of the original ship Ladoga), Olonetskaya Shipyards, Lodeynoye Pole
Laid down:	1818
Launched:	1819
Christened:	Ladoga
Maiden voyage:	1819
Renamed:	Mirny
Homeport:	Kronshtadt
General characteristics
Type:	24-gun sloop-of-war
Displacement:	530 tonnes^[1]
Length:	36.6 m (120.1 ft)^[1]
Beam:	9.15 m (30.0 ft) ^[1]
Depth of hold:	4.6 m (15.1 ft)^[1]
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Speed:	10 kn (19 km/h)^[1]
Complement:	72^[1]
Armament:	6 × 120 mm carronade 14 × 76 mm pounders^[1]

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