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Fortification
Fortifications are military constructions or buildings designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and also used to solidify rule in a region during peace time. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs. The term is derived from the Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make").
From very early history to modern times, walls have been a necessity for cities to survive in an ever changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley Civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek Phrourion was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These construction mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and lands that might threaten the kingdom. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acted as a border guard rather than a real strongpoint to watch and maintain the border.
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Fort Mill evens playoff series with Spartanburg
Go Upstate
11 Jul 2018
The hits were about even. The score was not.Spartanburg banged out 10 hits, one fewer than Fort Mill, but could only get one runner home Tuesday night at Duncan Park Stadium and lost, 9-1, in the opening round of the American Legion baseball playoffs.With the best-of-five series tied at 1-1 (Spartanburg took the opener by a 10-0 score), action shifts back to Fort Mill on Wednesday and a fourth game will be played 7.30 p.m....
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Fountain-Fort Carson High School unveils $170k weight room
Colorado Springs Gazette
11 Jul 2018
Continuing it’s initiative to bring a “Division I experience” to District 8, Fountain-Fort Carson High School opened a state of the art Perform-X weight room, pricing out around $170,000, according to athletic director Jared Felice. The new facility was available .......
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Fountain-Fort Carson High School unveils $170,000 weight room
Colorado Springs Gazette
11 Jul 2018
Continuing its initiative to bring a “Division I experience” to District 8, Fountain-Fort Carson High School opened a state of the art Perform-X weight room, pricing out around $170,000, according to athletic director Jared Felice. The new facility was available .......
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Fort Dodge softball will get home-field advantage, Des Moines Hoover makes state tournament
The Des Moines Register 11 Jul 2018 EditASI to levy entry fees at major tourist spots in Maharashtra
DNA India 11 Jul 2018
The access charges are also applicable for entry into Aurangabad Caves, Bhaja caves near Lonavala, Bibi Ka Maqbara in Aurangabad, Daulatabad Fort, Junnar caves, Temple and inscription near Pune, Kanheri Caves in Mumbai, Karla caves near Lonavala, Pandulena Caves, Pathardi, Raigad Fort, Shaniwarwada in Pune, Hirakota old fort in Alibag, Solapur Fort and Pune's Aga Khan Palace....
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AL Marine Warning and Forecast
Waco Tribune-Herald
11 Jul 2018
AL Marine Warnings and Forecast for Tuesday, July 10, 2018. ————— ... * At 722 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Fort Gaines, ... SOURCERadar ... Bridge, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, Western Dauphin Island, Farewell ... * At 722 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Fort Gaines, ... Bridge, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, Western Dauphin Island, Farewell ... —————....
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III Corps bids farewell to Thomson and Fox, welcomes Kamper
TDT News
11 Jul 2018
FORT HOOD — Fort Hood welcomed new III Corps deputy commander Maj ... Thomson and retiring Fort Hood chief of staff Col ... “I’d like to say thank you and that it’s incredible to be back,” said Kamper, who last served at Fort Hood when he commanded Operation Test Command....
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Judge dismisses murder conspiracy charges in Fort Ann woman's death
The Post-Star
11 Jul 2018
FORT EDWARD — A Washington County judge has dismissed conspiracy charges against two West Fort Ann men who were accused of plotting to kill their 95-year-old relative in the months before she was murdered last summer. Judge Kelly McKeighan dismissed conspiracy counts that alleged 73-year-old Gordon W. Twiss and 52-year-old David M. Twiss were involved in the planning of the July 9, 2017 murder of Leona Twiss ... Gonyea ... Twiss was guilty.” ... ....
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Residents Raise Concerns Over Proposed Halliburton Heliport
CBS Sports 11 Jul 2018
FORT LUPTON, Colo. (CBS4) – An oil and gas company has its eyes on the Colorado skies in Fort Lupton. Halliburton is in the final stages of getting a permit for a heliport at its Weld County facility in Fort Lupton ... At the request of the Fort Lupton Planning Committee, Halliburton conducted a test flight last month....
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FWB residents bemoan tree removal
NWF Daily News
11 Jul 2018
FORT WALTON BEACH — The owner of a 1-acre property on Brooks Street that might feature a seafood restaurant in the future has had trees cleared from the site without a permit, city officials say.Property owner NBI Properties Inc. of Fort Walton Beach began having several trees cut down on Monday at the lot at 109 E....
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Laura Haynes awarded Florida State Society DAR scholarship
Citrus County Chronicle
11 Jul 2018
Laura was sponsored for the state award by the Fort Cooper chapter of the DAR, having also received a $1,000 scholarship from the local chapter. Kim Bennett, newly elected regent of the Fort Cooper chapter, was delighted to ......
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Planned Parenthood Forced to Close Center in Indiana
Voa News 11 Jul 2018
Planned Parenthood says years of intimidation and harassment by anti-abortion groups is forcing it to close its center in Fort Wayne, Indiana ... She said pro-life activists had sent mailers to several Fort Wayne neighborhoods that included the name, ......
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