Cerro de Chipinque

Being part of the Sierra Madre Oriental, El Cerro de Chipinque, also known colloquially as "The M" ('La M, La Eme) is a figure located on top of the mountain chain, in the state of Nuevo León, México.

The rock figure is visible from various parts of the city of Monterrey, including neighbouring cities, like San Nicolás de los Garza or Guadalupe and San Pedro Garza García, which is the municipality established on the base of the mountain.

Some other known mountains or elevations of the zone are the Cerro de las Mitras, Cerro del Topo Chico, Cerro del Obispado, Cerro de la Loma Larga and La Huasteca.

La m seen from the plateau of Chipinque National Park.

La m seen from the plateau of Chipinque National Park.

La m seen from an hotel at the plateau.

La m seen from an hotel at the plateau.

Coordinates: 25°36′31″N 100°22′19″W / 25.60861°N 100.37194°W / 25.60861; -100.37194

Leather Archives and Museum

The Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M), based in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, USA, has much information and details on the beginning of the leather subculture and BDSM community. The 10,000 sq ft (930 m²), two-story building houses:

In addition to activities in Chicago, the LA&M serves the leather world by preserving material from all leather communities, sending “traveling” exhibits around the country, and providing email and telephone research assistance.

In May 2009, the LA&M announced that International Mister Leather (IML) would be placed in a trust to benefit the museum. All proceeds from IML would go towards preserving leather history.

Collections

The Leather Archives & Museum is a library, museum and archives pertaining to leather, fetishism, sadomasochism, and alternative sexual practices. The geographic collection scope is worldwide and includes all sexual orientations and genders. The library collection contains published books, magazines, scholarly publications, films and electronic resources related to the subject matter. The museum collection contains original erotic art and artifacts from alternative sex organizations and individuals. The archival collection contains unpublished papers and records from notable activists, artists, businesses and organizations related to the subject matter.

Lamedh

Lamed or Lamedh is the twelfth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Lāmed , Hebrew 'Lāmed ל, Aramaic Lāmadh , Syriac Lāmaḏ ܠ, and Arabic Lām ل. Its sound value is [l].

The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Lambda (Λ), Latin L, and Cyrillic Л. اع

Hebrew Lamed

Hebrew spelling: לָמֶד

Pronunciation

Lamed transcribes as an alveolar lateral approximant /l/.

Significance

Lamed in gematria represents the number 30.

With the letter Vav it refers to the Lamedvavniks, the 36 righteous people who save the world from destruction.

As an abbreviation, it can stand for litre. Also, a sign on a car with a Lamed on it means that the driver is a student of driving (the Lamed stands for lomed, learner).

As a prefix, it can have two purposes:

Arabic lām

The letter is named lām, and is written is several ways depending in its position in the word: