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The Irish Princess and her dynastic marriage to a Norman that helped shape Europe. Aoife, Princess of Leinster -> Catherine, The Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales is Aoife, Princess of Leinster and Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke 26th Great-Granddaughter  via her paternal grandfather’s line.

** Aoife or Eva, Princess of Leinster, played a pivotal role in the history of Ireland and the Norman expansion. She was the daughter of Diarmaid MacMurrough, King of Leinster, who sought the help of the Normans to secure his throne and defeat his enemies. As part of this alliance, Aoife married the Norman leader Richard de Clare, known as ‘Strongbow,’ on 25 August 1170. This marriage marked the arrival of the Normans in Ireland, just 104 years after their conquest of England by William the Conqueror.

Through their daughter, Isabelle de Clare, The 4th Countess of Pembroke, the union of Aoife and Strongbow forged a lineage that would shape the future of European nobility. Isabelle became an ancestor of nearly every reigning monarch across Europe. Within a few generations, her descendants included much of the European aristocracy, including all the Kings of Scotland since Robert the Bruce (1274–1329) and every monarch of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom since Henry IV (1367–1413). 

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Aoife MacMurrough, Princess of Leinster and Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Painting of their wedding, depicting the political and cultural consequences. 

Isabelle de Clare 4th Countess of Pembroke m. William Marshall 1st Earl of Pembroke. 

Eve Marshall m William de Briouze, born  Pembroke Castle.

Eve de Briouze m. William de Cauntelo, Coat of Arms

Millicent de Cauntelo m. Eon la Zouche, Coat of Arms

Eva la Zouche m. Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord Berkeley, buried St Mary's Church, Portbury. 

Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley m. Catherine Clivedon

Sir John Berkeley m. Elizabeth Betteshorne, burial location.

Eleanor Berkeley m. Sir Richard Poynings, burial tomb.

Eleanor de Poynings m. Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland

Lady Margaret Percy m. Sir William Gascoigne 

Anne Gascoigne m. Sir Thomas Fairfax - Gawthorpe Hall, family seat.

William Fairfax m. Anne Baker - Gilling Castle, family seat. 

John Fairfax m. Mary Birch - Master of the Great Hospital at Norwich, Norfolk

Rev. Benjamin Fairfax m. Sarah Galliard - Preacher at Rumburgh, Suffolk.

Benjamin Fairfax m. Bridget Stringer - died in Halesworth, Suffolk.

Sarah Fairfax m. Rev. John Meadows - died in Ousedon, Suffolk.

Philip Meadows m. Margaret Hall

Sarah Meadows m. Dr. David Martineau

Thomas Martineau m. Elizabeth Rankin - buried at Rosary Cemetery, Norwich.

Elizabeth Martineau m. Dr. Thomas Michael Greenhow - died in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Frances Elizabeth Greenhow m. Francis Lupton

Francis Martineau Lupton m. Harriet Davis

Olive Lupton m. Richard Middleton

Peter Middleton m. Valerie Glassborow

Michael Middleton m. Carole Goldsmith 

Catherine Middleton m. Prince William of Wales

*Catherine is also a descendant of Aoife via her mother Caroles maternal line.

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The updated list of nominees so far:

France:

Jean Lannes

Josephine de Beauharnais

Thérésa Tallien

Jean-Andoche Junot

Joseph Fouché

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Joachim Murat

Michel Ney

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (Charles XIV of Sweden)

Louis-Francois Lejeune

Pierre Jacques Étienne Cambrinne

Napoleon I

Marshal Louis-Gabriel Suchet

Jacques de Trobriand

Jean de dieu soult.

François-Étienne-Christophe Kellermann

Louis Davout

Pauline Bonaparte, Duchess of Guastalla

Eugène de Beauharnais

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Antoine-Jean Gros

Jérôme Bonaparte

Andre Masséna

England:

Richard Sharpe (The Sharpe Series)

Tom Pullings (Master and Commander)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Jonathan Strange (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell)

Captain Jack Aubrey (Aubrey/Maturin books)

Horatio Hornblower (the Hornblower Books)

William Laurence (The Temeraire Series)

Austria:

Klemens von Metternich

Friedrich Bianchi, Duke of Casalanza

Franz I/II

Archduke Karl

Marie Louise

Poland:

Wincenty Krasiński

Józef Antoni Poniatowski

Józef Zajączek

Maria Walewska

Russia:

Alexander I Pavlovich

Alexander Andreevich Durov

Prince Andrei (War and Peace)

Pyotr Bagration

Mikhail Miloradovich

Levin August von Bennigsen

Prussia:

Louise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Gebard von Blücher

Carl von Clausewitz

Frederick William III

Gerhard von Scharnhorst

Louis Ferdinand of Prussia

Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Netherlands:

Ida St Elme

Wiliam, Prince of Orange

The Papal States:

Pius VII

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Special Order No. 5

Record Group 393: Records of U.S. Army Continental CommandsSeries: Letters Received

[3 fold - 1st fold]

M625. PM Gen/64

Troy Lincoln Co.

May 4" 1864

March AC Major and

Assistant Provost Marshal

Special Order No. 5

In regard to an insult 

offered the American flag

at Harmony Mo.

APMGnel May 6/64

[2nd fold]

Approved in Substance

James F. Wright [?]

Major & Acting Dist PM

Dist North Mo

May 10, 1864

[bottom endorsement illegible]

[handwritten] 

Head Quarters [4th?] Sub. District North Mo

Troy Lincoln County Mo May 4th 1864

Special Orders

No 5 

     Evidence Having been obtained

at this Office that on Sunday May 1st 1864

the National Flag was publicly disgraced

by being forcibly taken from over the Pulpit of 

the church in or near New Harmony Pike Co. 

Mo. and thrown out of doors. It is hereby ordered

I  That the Trustees of said Church within 

two days from this date shall raise or cause

to be raised the National Flag over the 

Pulpit in said Church and allow it to remain 

untill further orders. In default of which 

said Church will not be used after that date

as a place for Public worship. 

II   Any person or persons found guilty of 

insulting our National Flag will be arrested

and tried by the Military authorities.

A. G. Marsh Major + 

Asst Pro. Mar. 4th Sub. Dist [illegible]

[in red ink] 

To 

Call. J. P. Sanderson

Provost Marshal General

St. Louis Mo      [/in red ink]

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2023-24 1st NHL Games

October 10, 2023

Waltteri Merelä (Tampa Bay) vs. Nashville.

Connor Bedard (Chicago) at Pittsburgh.

Kevin Korchinski (Chicago) at Pittsburgh.

October 11, 2023

Fraser Minten (Toronto) vs. Montreal.

Matt Poitras (Boston) vs. Chicago.

Johnny Beecher (Boston) vs. Chicago.

Alex Laferriere (Los Angeles) vs. Colorado.

October 12, 2023

Adam Fantilli (Columbus) vs. Philadelphia.

Zach Benson (Buffalo) vs. New York Rangers.

Uvis Balinskis (Florida) at Minnesota.

Matthew Samoskevich (Florida) at Minnesota.

October 13, 2023

Logan Cooley (Arizona) at New Jersey.

October 14, 2023

Emil Andrae (Philadelphia) at Ottawa.

Pavel Mintyukov (Anaheim) at Vegas.

October 15, 2023

Matt Tomkins (Tampa Bay) at Ottawa.

October 16, 2023

Justin Sourdif (Florida) at New Jersey.

October 19, 2023

Leo Carlsson (Anaheim) vs. Dallas.

Tristan Luneau (Anaheim) vs. Dallas.

October 21, 2023

Hardy Häman-Aktell (Washington) at Montreal.

Ryan Shea (Pittsburgh) at St. Louis.

Ty Emberson (San José) at Nashville.

October 24, 2023

John Ludvig (Pittsburgh) vs. Dallas.

October 25, 2023

Hunter Shepard (Washington) at New Jersey.

October 26, 2023

Dmitri Voronkov (Columbus) at Montreal.

Ilya Salauyou (Calgary) vs. St. Louis.

October 27, 2023

Daemon Hunt (Minnesota) at Washington.

October 28, 2023

Nikolas Matinpalo (Ottawa) at Pittsburgh.

November 1, 2023

Connor Zary (Calgary) vs. Dallas.

November 2, 2023

Mason Lohrei (Boston) vs. Toronto.

November 4, 2023

Marc Del Gaizo (Nashville) at Edmonton.

Ryan Johnson (Buffalo) at Toronto.

Roby Järventie (Ottawa) vs. Tampa Bay.

Magnus Chrona (San José) vs. Pittsburgh.

Raphaël Lavoie (Edmonton) vs. Nashville.

Martin Pospíšil (Calgary) at Seattle.

November 7, 2023

Ondřej Pavel (Colorado) vs. New Jersey.

November 9, 2023

Ryan Winterton (Seattle) at Colorado.

November 13, 2023

Sam Malinski (Colorado) at Seattle.

November 16, 2023

Linus Karlsson (Vancouver) at Calgary.

November 22, 2023

Jayden Struble (Montreal) at Anaheim.

November 25, 2023

Jiří Kulich (Buffalo) at New Jersey.

Isak Rosén (Buffalo) at New Jersey.

November 30, 2023

Sam Laberge (New Jersey) at Philadelphia.

December 1, 2023

Šimon Nemec (New Jersey) vs. San José.

December 3, 2023

Louis Crevier (Chicago) at Minnesota.

December 7, 2023

Ryker Evans (Seattle) vs. New Jersey.

December 8, 2023

Marc Johnstone (Pittsburgh) at Florida.

December 9, 2023

Jiří Smejkal (Ottawa) at Detroit.

December 15, 2023

Adam Edström (New York Rangers) vs. Anaheim.

December 17, 2023

Angus Crookshank (Ottawa) at Vegas.

December 20, 2023

Ivan Miroshnichenko (Washington) vs. New York Islanders.

December 21, 2023

Emil Heineman (Montreal) at Minnesota.

December 30, 2023

Georgii Merkulov (Boston) vs. New Jersey.

January 4, 2024

Brennan Othmann (New York Rangers) vs. Chicago.

Declan Carlile (Tampa Bay) at Minnesota.

January 5, 2024

Vasili Ponomaryov (Carolina) at Washington.

January 6, 2024

Emil Martinsen-Lilleberg (Tampa Bay) at Boston.

Jack Thompson (Tampa Bay) at Boston.

Graeme Clarke (New Jersey) vs. Vancouver.

Lukas Cormier (Vegas) vs. New York Islanders.

January 8, 2024

Jason Polin (Colorado) vs. Boston.

January 9, 2024

Yan Kuznetsov (Calgary) vs. Ottawa.

January 10, 2024

Jesper Wallstedt (Minnesota) at Dallas.

January 11, 2024

Gage Goncalves (Tampa Bay) vs. New Jersey.

January 13, 2024

Phil Kemp (Edmonton) at Montreal.

Joshua Roy (Montreal) vs. Edmonton.

Max Crozier (Tampa Bay) vs. Anaheim.

January 15, 2024

Brendan Brisson (Vegas) vs. Nashville.

January 19, 2024

Kyle MacLean (New York Islanders) at Chicago.

January 20, 2024

Adam Klapka (Calgary) vs. Edmonton.

January 23, 2024

Olen Zellweger (Anaheim) vs. Buffalo.

January 27, 2024

Shakir Mukhamadullin (San José) vs. Buffalo.

February 16, 2024

Matt Villalta (Arizona) vs. Carolina.

February 18, 2024

Matt Rempe (New York Rangers) at New York Islanders.

February 19, 2024

Marshall Rifai (Toronto) at St. Louis.

Justin Brazeau (Boston) vs. Dallas.

Mason Morelli (Vegas) at San José.

February 20, 2024

Arshdeep Bains (Vancouver) at Colorado.

February 22, 2024

Zachary Bolduc (St. Louis) vs. New York Islanders.

February 24, 2024

Pierrick Dubé (Washington) at Florida.

Logan Stankoven (Dallas) at Carolina.

February 25, 2024

Brian Halonen (New Jersey) vs. Tampa Bay.

March 7, 2024

Patrik Koch (Arizona) vs. Minnesota.

March 12, 2024

Zack Ostapchuk (Ottawa) vs. Pittsburgh.

March 14, 2024

Marat Khusnutdinov (Minnesota) vs. Anaheim.

March 15, 2024

Landon Slaggert (Chicago) vs. Los Angeles.

March 17, 2024

Devin Cooley (San José) at Chicago.

March 21, 2024

Zach Dean (St. Louis) at Ottawa.

March 22, 2024

Jack St. Ivany (Pittsburgh) at Dallas.

March 24, 2024

Cam Crotty (Arizona) vs. Dallas.

March 26, 2024

Brandon Scanlin (New York Rangers) vs. Philadelphia.

James Malatesta (Columbus) at Arizona.

Josh Doan (Arizona) vs. Columbus.

Logan Morrison (Seattle) vs. Anaheim.

March 30, 2024

Cameron Butler (Columbus) vs. Pittsburgh.

April 1, 2024

Ivan Fedotov (Philadelphia) vs. New York Islanders.

Akil Thomas (Los Angeles) at Winnipeg.

April 6, 2024

Collin Graf (San José) vs. St. Louis.

April 9, 2024

Maksymilian Szuber (Arizona) at Seattle.

April 12, 2024

Ethan Del Mastro (Chicago) vs. Nashville.

Scott Morrow (Carolina) at St. Louis.

Sam Colangelo (Anaheim) vs. Calgary.

Liam Öhgren (Minnesota) at Vegas.

April 14, 2024

Frank Nazar III (Chicago) vs. Carolina.

April 15, 2024

Lane Hutson (Montreal) at Detroit.

Georgi Romanov (San José) at Edmonton.

April 16, 2024

Logan Mailloux (Montreal) vs. Detroit.

Jackson Blake (Carolina) at Columbus.

Bradly Nadeau (Carolina) at Columbus.

Luca Del Bel Belluz (Columbus) vs. Carolina.

Gavin Brindley (Columbus) vs. Carolina.

April 17, 2024

Ruslan Iskhakov (New York Islanders) vs. Pittsburgh.

Aku Räty (Arizona) vs. Edmonton.

April 18, 2024

Nikita Chibrikov (Winnipeg) vs. Vancouver.

Brad Lambert (Winnipeg) vs. Vancouver.

William Gauthier (Anaheim) at Vegas.

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─ •✧ WILLIAM'S YEAR IN REVIEW : MAY ✧• ─

3 MAY - William opened James' Place in London.

4 MAY - William held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace.

5 MAY - He received Admiral Sir Antony Radakin (Chief of the Defence Staff)

6 MAY - William attended a SportsKey session at the Doug Ellis Sports Centre in Birmingham where he was received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands (Mr. John Crabtree).

8 MAY - William appeared in a video address at the 2022 Bafta Television Awards as he introduced a special segment highlighting “Planet Placement".

10 MAY - William visited the the Palace of Westminster along with Cahrles and Camilla in his role as the Counsellor of State for the State Opening of the Parliament where they were received at the Sovereign's Entrance by the Marquess of Cholmondeley (Lord Great Chamberlain) and the Duke of Norfolk (Earl Marshal). Later in the afternoon, he and Catherine attended the opening of the Glade of Light Memorial in Manchester where they were received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester (Sir Warren Smith).

11 MAY - William and Catherine were received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire (Colonel Peter McCarthy) as they visited St. John's Primary School in Port Glasgow. They later visited Wheatley Group in Kennishead where they were received by Mr. John McLeod (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Glasgow). They subsequently visited the University of Glasgow.

12 MAY - William visited Heart of Midlothian Football Club at Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh where he was received by Mr. Kingsley Thomas (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh).

13 MAY - William and Catherine took part in the 2022 Mental Health Minute as they took over the radio staions for a special 60-second broadcast. He later invested Mrs. Deborah James with the insignia of a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

14 MAY - He attended the FA Cup Final between Chelsea Football Club and Liverpool Football Club at Wembley Stadium.

15 MAY - William departed for the United Arab Emirates from Heathrow Airport in London.

16 MAY - William was recieved by The Queen's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (His Excellency Mr. Patrick Moody) as he touched down at Abu Dhabi International Airport. He paid his Condolences to The President of the United Arab Emirates following the death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan before flying back to the United Kingdom in the evening.

17 MAY - William held an Investiture at Windsor Castle in the morning. Later in the afternoon he presented new Colours to 1st Battalion Irish Guards.

18 MAY - William was received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire (Mr. Ian Dudson) as he unveiled a new Submariners Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas.

19 MAY - The Duke of Cambridge recieved The President of the Republic of Colombia. He and Catherine were received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa) as they attended the Royal Film Performance of "Top Gun: Maverick" at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester Square.

24 MAY - William paid a visit to Royal Marsden Hospital in London. Later in the evening, he attended a Reception at the Cavalry and Guards Club in Piccadilly.

25 MAY - William and Catherine gave a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace along with The Earl and Countess of Wessex, Princess Beatrice and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.

26 MAY - William held a Meeting for the Earthshot Prize.

27 MAY - William received the Lord Hague of Richmond and Mr. Simon Patterson (Chairman & Vice Chairman, The Royal Foundation).

28 MAY - William took the salute at the Colonel's Review of The Queen's Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade.

30 MAY - William was spotted at the Houghton Horse Trials supporting Zara who was competing in the event.

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Duncan Lacroix stands in front of a statue with the Beatles' song playing in the background, seemingly unaware of what type of statue it is. 🙄

This is the statue behind Duncan, Statue of Earl Roberts by Harry Bates, which is in Glasgow`s Kelvingrove Park, commemorates one of the most distinguished commanders of the British Empire, Field Marshal Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts of Kandahar 1st Earl Roberts (1832 – 1914) and is an exact replica of the original which was unveiled in 1898 in Calcutta, India, to acknowledge his actions during the “Indian Rebellion,” 1857-1858 also known as the “Sepoy Mutiny”.

Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE KStJ PC was one of Britain’s most successful military commanders of the 19th century. British Victorian-era general born in Kanpur (Cawnpore) India served much of his military career there. Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations of British India.

He won important victories during the Second Afghan War and revitalised the British campaign in the Boer War. He rose to Major-General during the Afghan war, 1878-80, and Commander-in-Chief in India, 1885-93.

A Field Marshal is the highest rank in the British Army. The rank of Field Marshal is never awarded except to a General who has commanded an army in war.

These are words from a recruiting speech given by Lord Roberts:

"I seem to see the gleam in the near distance of the weapons and accoutrements of this Army of the future, this Citizen Army, the wonder of these islands, and the pledge of the peace and of the continued greatness of this Empire" Extract from Lord Robert's speech in Glasgow on 6th May 1913.

Lord Roberts was the protagonist of a national military service and he visited Glasgow on the 5th of May 1913 as part of his duties to the National Service League and aimed to ‘rouse public interest to the necessity of a more adequate home defence.

The University of Glasgow decided confer his honorary degree upon him at a special ceremony, to coincide with Lord Roberts visit at this time. Professor James Moir, Dean of the Faculty of Law, presented Earl Roberts for the degree of Doctor of Laws at the Bute hall.

Lord Roberts died at the Front of pneumonia at St Omer, France while visiting Indian troops fighting the First World War. He was given a state funeral after lying in state at Westminster Hall (only one of two non-royal family members to do so in the 20th century, the other being Sir Winston Churchill) and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.

Indian troops preceding the coffin of Field Marshal Roberts, November 1914. From W. R. DEIGHTON, 4, GRAND HOTEL BUILDINGS, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.

#StatueofEarlRoberts #KelvingrovePark #Victorianera #LordFrederickSleighRoberts #RobertsofKandahar #1stEarlRoberts #replica #Calcutta #India #IndianRebellion #SepoyMutiny #commandersoftheBritishEmpire #Glasgow #FieldMarshal #General #Kanpur #Cawnpore #HarryBates #sculptor #StOmer #France #FirstWorldWar #Indiantroops #statefuneral #WestminsterHall #StPaul's Cathedral #lyinginstate

Posted 16th March 2024

[pinturas-segunda-guerra-mundial]

1944 02 01 Marshall Islands, Roi island - Howard Gerrard

Company C, 4th Light Tank Battalion was committed to Roi with the 23rd Marines. Attached to the M4A2 Sherman medium tank unit was 1st Platoon, Company C with M5A1 Stuart light tanks

Las Islas Marshall 1944; Operación Flintlock. Howard Gerrard ■ Apoyo de tanques en la isla Roi. La Compañía C, 4º Batallón de Tanques Ligeros (4th Light Tank Battallon) fué enviado a Roi con el 23º de Infantería de Marina (23rd Marines). Adjunto a la unidad de tanques medianos M4A2 Sherman estaba el 1er Pelotón (1 st Platoon), Compañía C con tanques ligeros M5A1 Stuart. (El resto de la compañía se adjuntó al 25º de Infantería de Marina que actuaba como Reserva de la División). El M5A1 pronto sería reemplazado por el Sherman, ya que se descubrió que su armamento principal, el cañón M6 de 37 mm, era menos efectivo contra los búnkeres o fortines. De todos modos, el Stuart fue efectivo para apoyar a los soldados de infantería que avanzaban con sus ametralladoras de calibre 30, una M1919A4 en el frente (1), una M1919A5 coaxial (2) y otra M1919A4 encima de la torreta (3) aunque algunos carecían de este arma. Los tanques estaban equipados con el kit de vadeo LT-5 (4), pero resultaron innecesarios, ya que el arrecife cubierto de agua era poco profundo. Los kits LT-5 se desechaban tirando de un cable de liberación. Los tanques tenían rayas de camuflaje color arena pintadas sobre su color base verde bosque. Los Sherman no fueron pintados de manera similar, conservando su apariencia verde bosque por todas partes. La 4.ª División de Marines había realizado un extenso entrenamiento infantería-tanques y esto resultó ser valioso. La Escuadra de fusileros de Marines (Marine rifle squad) de 12 hombres estaba formado por un líder de escuadra (squad leader) armado con carabina M1 calibre .30 (5), un asistente del líder de escuadra (assistant squad leader) armado con rifle M1, dos fusileros automáticos con BAR M1918A2 calibre .30 (6), dos asistentes fusileros con fusiles automáticos M1 (7), y seis fusileros, uno con lanzagranadas. Para comunicarse con la tripulación del tanque, se instaló una lata de municiones reacondicionada en el ténder trasero del tanque y dentro de el se proporcionó un teléfono TS-10 (8). Las tripulaciones de tanques tienen visibilidad limitada y las escuadras que operaban con tanques detectaban objetivos y dirigían el fuego del tanque hacia ellos. Las granadas de mano de fósforo blanco y humo de color M16 (9) se usaban a menudo para marcar objetivos. La capacidad de suprimir el fuego enemigo y destruir posiciones enemigas ayudó mucho a la infantería en su avance. A cambio, los soldados de infantería reconocian rutas transitables para los tanques, esenciales en estas islas llenas de cráteres llenas de restos y escombros, y protegieron a los tanques de los ataques enemigos cercanos.

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The United States banned Russian crude oil imports months ago, and Russian ships are banned from U.S., British, and EU ports. On Dec. 5, the European Union’s sanctions on Russian crude come into effect. But Greek and other European shipping companies are currently—and legally—helping Russian exporters get their oil to the desired destination.

What’s more, a growing ghost fleet of ships that officially don’t exist and cannot, as a result, be traced or investigated is transporting sanctioned Russian goods around the world, just as it was already transporting banned Iranian, Venezuelan, and North Korean commodities. The ghost fleet is likely to grow as the EU’s oil sanctions kick in. That seriously undermines the sanctions—and creates risks on the high seas.

In May, Lloyd’s List Intelligence, which monitors global shipping, began noticing an odd pattern at the Russian ports of Ust-Luga, Primorsk, Novorossiysk, and St. Petersburg. Of the 204 large tankers departing the ports between the 1st and the 26th of that month, 58 belonged to Sovcomflot, the Russian shipping giant. But many more of the oil tankers—79—were Greek owned. “A vast increase in voyages to India, Turkey and China indicate where the cargo, normally bound for North America and Western Europe, is now going,” Lloyd’s noted in a subsequent report.

During the same month, the research outfit observed seven other large oil tankers leaving the waters off the Greek city of Kalamata and the Maltese cities of Marsaxlokk and Marsaskala and then heading to India, China, and the United Arab Emirates. They had been loaded with Russian oil by smaller tankers traveling from the Black Sea ports of Novorossiysk, Tuapse, and Taman, Lloyd’s found. Greek vessels and ports are, in other words, helping Russia export its oil.

But, as Richard Meade of Lloyd’s List Intelligence pointed out, “there’s nothing illegal about what the Greek ports and shipping companies are doing. It’s just a shift in trade due to restrictions, and the Greek companies are not doing it in a clandestine way. But when the rules change, they won’t be able to do what they’re doing today.” That change will occur on Dec. 5, when the EU’s ban on Russian crude comes into effect, and Feb. 5, when its ban on refined Russian petroleum products does so.

Although the EU banned Russian vessels at the end of May, Russian oil can still be delivered to the EU on tankers owned or flagged in other countries. This appears to be where Greece’s large shipping industry has spotted an opportunity. Indeed, the fact that traders are now rushing to fill up on Russian oil suggests that the time lapse between the planned-sanctions announcement in October and their coming into effect may have turned into a grace period for companies and countries wanting a bit more of the black gold.

“What the Greek tonnage is transporting is oil that has been already contracted and is fully approved by the EU. … It’s something that our countries desperately need,” Greek shipowner Evangelos Marinakis told the industry publication TradeWinds in July, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told a Greek economic conference that Greek shipping companies were “providing almost the largest tanker fleet for the transportation of Russian oil.” But now that grace period is closing. On Nov. 21, the U.S. government announced that it too will ban the maritime transport of Russian crude from Dec. 5. U.K. sanctions on Russian oil and oil products also come into effect on that date.

Those bans, though, are likely to accelerate another growing maritime trend: illegal shipping by vessels that officially don’t exist. In recent years, a whole new fleet of ghost vessels has joined the world’s official fleet of vessels. Unlike the officially existing vessels—which are registered in a flag state (most often Panama, Liberia, or the Marshall Islands), have an International Maritime Organization (IMO) tracking number, and are covered by commercial insurance—the ghost vessels are not registered with a flag state or the IMO and don’t have commercial insurance.

That puts them in a different category from the Greek tankers, which are shipping Russian oil in the very public manner in which most shipping is conducted. Such vessels are registered with a flag state and the IMO; their owners, managers, and crews are documented; and they’re commercially insured. The shadow vessels, by contrast, officially don’t exist.

To further hide their existence, they frequently turn off their AIS—the maritime equivalent of GPS—so authorities that might want to monitor them can’t see them. “What we’ve got today is a subterfuge fleet operating internationally, about 200 vessels, with very little oversight from international bodies, with an infrastructure that supports it,” Meade told me.

“Today we’re seeing new shipping companies being created in the same way we saw after Iranian, Venezuelan, North Korean sanctions. Back when sanctions were first imposed on Iran, vessels would turn off their AIS and go dark, then turn up somewhere else, and that has evolved to where we are today.” Indeed, every time new sanctions are imposed, crafty parts of the shipping industry find ways to evade them.

Today’s ghost fleet is three times larger than its estimated size only nine months ago. The IMO has even discovered fake flag authorities. In 2019, it documented 73 vessels sailing under the registration of a flag authority that was fraudulently claiming to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo; 91 vessels registered to such an authority claiming to represent Fiji; and 150 to an alleged Micronesian one.

The existence of a ghost fleet traversing the world’s oceans poses an obvious safety risk to global shipping—and an acute headache for Western governments. “If you look at Iran, despite the massive international sanctions, goods are coming in and out of the country,” Cormac Mc Garry, a maritime analyst with risk consultancy Control Risks, told me. “And it’s no surprise that many countries are not bothering to investigate the vessels coming into their ports.” It may, in fact, be in their interest to look the other way regarding both ghost-fleet vessels and legally operating shipping companies that may be transporting sanctioned goods.

“Sanctions only work to the extent companies are willing to abide by them,” Mc Garry said. “Half the world doesn’t really care about Western sanctions against Russia. And sanctions are extremely difficult to enforce.”

Even though insurers are extremely sensitive to sanctions violations among their clients, they can’t investigate every ship covered by their policies. To be sure, underwriters could demand that shipping companies and cargo providers prove that they do business with only nonsanctioned partners—but dishonorable outfits will simply disappear into the shadow economy. What’s more, many countries depend on trade with a sanctioned country, and because ghost ships’ cargo is cheaper than legally shipped cargo, it’s sold cheaply. As Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, and Russia have established, there are always countries willing to buy sanctioned goods at a reduced price.

The ghost fleet, though, can’t get commercial insurance, and no maritime outfit will individually take on the considerable risk involved in operating a ghost ship carrying hazardous cargo like oil. But sanctioned countries’ governments have thought up a solution for that: These days they often provide the insurance for official vessels willing to transport their goods, and perhaps for ghost ships too—though given that ghost ships officially don’t exist, it’s difficult to know their insurance status.

“Iran has effectively developed P&I [shipping property and indemnity] insurance,” Meade said. “Now Russia is doing the same thing.” In June, the Russian National Reinsurance Company reportedly began insuring official Russian ships after Western insurers canceled coverage in response to U.S. and European sanctions.

This month, a Djibouti-flagged tanker ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, carrying 284,000 metric tons of crude—and turned out to be a vessel long suspected of transporting cargo to and from Iran. It’s safe to assume it had Iranian government P&I insurance.

But shipping companies can’t just moonlight for the Russians, the Iranians, or the Venezuelans. Because P&I insurance policies run over a one-year period, shipping companies must decide whether to be part of the commercially insured fleet that complies with Western sanctions, or to ship goods sanctioned by the West to countries without such sanctions, under insurance provided by the Russian or the Iranian government. The ghost fleet, meanwhile, doesn’t have to bother with any rules—but it also has no legal protection.

The Greek shipping companies making a quick buck on Russian crude have only a couple of weeks until the EU and U.S. bans on crude come into effect. Morally, Greece’s large shipping industry ought never to have entered into the unusual collaboration. Indeed, Greek ships are known to have violated sanctions before. On Aug. 29, after the EU’s sanction on Russian coal had come into force, the Greek-managed vessel Stavros was sighted loading 53,000 tons of coal at a Russian port. A couple of months earlier, two leading Greek shipowners criticized the EU’s sanctions against Russia, calling them ineffective and arguing that they were harming the EU more than Russia.

Had Greece’s government been more committed to the sanctions, it could have pleaded with the firms not to enable Russia. Then again, assisting Russia with its oil exportation will be illegal after Dec. 5. Will some of the Greek firms keep doing it anyway? And how many ships around the world will disappear into the ghost fleet? With governments unlikely to catch the offenders, it’s a good thing that journalists and NGOs are keeping a watchful eye.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.6 (before 1970)

447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers. 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto. 1217 – The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs. 1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars. 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race. 1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game. 1900 – President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead. 1943 – World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation. 1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television. 1963 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is appointed to head the South Vietnamese government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the latter deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.

[is-the-battlemech-cool-or-not]

MESSAGE FOR: Ward, A., ILKHAN / FIRST LORD

FROM: M. Hazen, COMGEN

My IlKhan, as requested, here is a breakdown of the forces being sent to Helios as part of the third wave of Operation TOUCHDOWN.

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* National:

-- SLDF Royal:

1st Royal BattleMech Regiment "Turkina"

2nd Royal BattleMech Regiment "Werewolves"

3rd Royal BattleMech Regiment "Gunslingers" (ex-Stone's Lament/KotRS)

331st Royal BattleMech Regiment "The North American Regiment"

410th Royal BattleMech Regiment "The United Member States Regiment"

1st Royal Swiss Cavalry Regiment

13th Royal French Demi-Regiment

59th Royal Jump Infantry Regiment "The King's Own Jump Troops"

82nd Royal Jump Infantry Regiment "The All Americans"

101st Royal Jump Infantry Regiment "Screaming Eagles"

175th Royal Mechanized Infantry Regiment "The Desert Rats"

181st Royal Mechanized Infantry Regiment "The King's Own Scots Rifles"

206th Royal Mechanized Infantry Regiment "The Democrats of Brazil"

8th Royal CAAN Regiment "The Black Sea Regiment"

20th Royal CAAN Regiment "The Saipan Regiment"

124th Royal Heavy Assault Regiment "Dai Maxbuster"

1st Royal Separate Special Purpose Regiment "The Fidelis"

Elements of Clan Iron Orca - Command Star

-- SLDF Regular:

46th BattleMech Regiment "The Chrome Hounds Regiment"

171st BattleMech Regiment "The Zhukov Regiment"

332nd BattleMech Regiment "The Antarctica Regiment"

335th BattleMech Regiment "The Joan of Arc Regiment"

398th BattleMech Regiment "The European Regiment"

9th Mechanized Infantry Regiment "The Pride of Puget Sound"

59th Mechanized Infantry Regiment "New Kyoto Samurai"

80th Mechanized Infantry Regiment "The Texas Rangers"

138th Mechanized Infantry Regiment "The Chicago Regiment"

233rd Mechanized Infantry Regiment "The King of Denmark Regiment"

245th Mechanized Infantry Regiment "The Latvian Rifles"

256th Mechanized Infantry Regiment "The Dutch and Belgian Fusiliers"

1st French Regiment

1st German Regiment

1st Ukrainian Regiment

1st Infantry Regiment "The Big Red One"

4th Infantry Regiment "The Gurkha Rifles"

10th Infantry Regiment "The Welsh Foot Regiment"

61st Infantry Regiment "The Michigan Sixty-First"

77th Special Operations Group "Blackhearts"

-- Non-Star League:

>> FWL:

1st Nova Cat Provisionals

Kara's Scorchers

>> Capellan Confederation:

Death Commandos

1st McCarron's Armored Cavalry

1st St. Ives Lancers

Marshals of Tikonov

>> Federated Suns:

1st Avalon Hussars

Davion Assault Guards RCT

3rd Davion Guards

McKinnon's Company

>> Lyran Commonwealth:

2nd Donegal Guards (AWOL)

>> Draconis Combine:

Hikage

Ryuken-San

1st Genyosha

4th Arkab Legion

5th Sword of Light

>> Rasalhague Dominion:

Rasalhague Galaxy

1st Drakøns

>> Magistracy of Canopus:

1st Canopian Night Stalkers

2nd Canopian Fusiliers

>> Aurigan Coalition:

1st Aurigan Guards

>> Taurian Concordat:

Taurian Guards Regiment

>> United Hindu Collective:

Messengers of Shiva

>> Raven Alliance:

First Raven Phalanx

Alliance Grenadiers

>> Scorpion Empire:

Seeker Keshik

* Mercenaries:

Neon Knights

Lone Wolves (inc. Fox Patrol)

Lindon's Company

Steve's Stevedores

Tiamat's Terrors

Raging Horde

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As we discussed, this does represent a significant deployment of SLDF personnel, but the experience these units will gain will far outweigh any risks. Standing up units with the names and recruitment profiles of old SLDF regiments is a powerful tool to establish continuity with the old Star League, and provide the people of Terra incentives to join up. I am hoping similar programs can be carried out as the Star League expands.

Deployment of these forces will begin on D+6, following destruction of remaining Blakist assets in the Coen Regional Area of Operations (CRAO), currently scheduled for tomorrow, D+5. Most of the forces listed here will deploy to pre-selected AOs across Helios, with several SLDF Regular units detailed to continue occupation operations in the CRAO following the first and second wave units departure to a new AO.

Mercenary and non-Star League forces will be assigned as deemed fit. Currently I plan on attaching the following units to my own operational sector command - in addition to those already attached in prior waves:

2nd Royal BattleMech Regiment

59th Royal Jump Infantry Regiment

124th Royal Heavy Assault Regiment

1st Royal Separate Special Purpose Regiment

46th BattleMech Regiment

1st Ukrainian Regiment

1st Infantry Regiment

Taurian Guards Regiment

1st Canopian Night Stalkers

2nd Canopian Fusiliers

Hikage

Ryuken-San

3rd Davion Guards

Neon Knights

Yours,

M. Hazen

Commanding General, SLDF

MESSAGE ENDS

STOP STOP STOP

[brookston]

Holidays 7.7

Holidays

Aerial Forest Protection Service Day (Russia)

All You Need Is Love Day

Andean Condor Day

ASB Young People’s Day (UK)

Battle of Chesma Day (Russia)

Bonza Bottler Day

Bungie Day

Cherry Dy (French Republic)

Comic Book Day

Day of Water Transport Workers (Belarus, Russia)

Double Seven Day (China)

Family Day (Lesotho)

Father-Daughter Take A Walk Together Day

Fishermen’s Day (Marshall Islands)

George Town Heritage Day (Penang, Malaysia)

Global Forgiveness Day

International Oola Day

International Peace & Love Day

International Ponytail Day

International Soil Conversation Day

Kharchi Puja (Tripura, India)

Kinderfest (Children’s Day; Switzerland)

LOL Surprise! Day

Medical Worker Day (Kyrgyzstan)

National Black Women in Sports Day

National Day of Rock ’n’ Roll

National Dora Day

National Father-Daughter Take a Walk Day

National Greshun Day

National Hellcat Day

National Koi Day

National Zombie Day

Running of the Bulls begins (Fiesta de San Fermin; Pamplona, Spain) [thru 7.14]

Saba Saba Day (Farmer’s Day; Tanzania)

Serbian Peoples Uprising Day (Yugoslavia)

Seven Deadly Sins Day

707 Day

Seven Seven (UK)

Tanabata (Star Festival; Japan)

Tell the Truth Day

Tribute 7/7 (Texas)

TR-707 Day

Undina Asteroid Day

Unity Factory Day (Yemen)

Vardavar (Armenia)

White-Flowered Bower (a.k.a. Wild Virgin’s Bower)

World Byproduct Day

World Kiswahili Language Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Eat A Vegetable You've Never Tried Before Day

National Dive Bar Day [Also 2nd Friday in April]

National Krimpet Day

National Macaroni Day

National Strawberry Sundae Day

World Chocolate Day

World Day of Cacao

World Mango Day

Independence & Related Days

Adonia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

National Day (Equatorial Guinea)

Solomon Islands (from UK, 1978)

New Year’s Days

Islamic New Year [Hijri New Year]

1st Sunday in July

NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week begins (Australia) [1st Sunday]

National Build a Scarecrow Day [1st Sunday]

National Dombyra Day (Kazakhstan) [1st Sunday]

Navy Day (Ukraine) [1st Sunday]

World Biryani Day [1st Sunday]

World Meditation Day [1st Sunday of Every Month]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 7 (2nd Week of July)

Be Nice to New Jersey Week (thru 7.13) [1st Full Week]

Creative Maladjustment Week (thru 7.14)

National Farriers Week (thru 7.13) [1st Full Week]

National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee Week [Australia] (thru 7.14) [Starts 1st Sunday]

Nude Recreation Day (thru 7.13) [Week after 7.4]

Operation Safe Driver Week (thru 7.13)

Sparkling Wine Week begins [Begins 1st Sunday]

Therapeutic Recreation Week (thru 7.13) [2nd Full Week] (2024 Date]

Festivals Beginning July 7, 2024

Gibson County Fair (Princeton, Indiana) [thru 7.13]

Golden Apricot International Film Festival (Yerevan, Armenia) [thru 7.14]

International Computer Music Conference (Seoul, South Korea) [thru 7.13]

Union Fair & Maine Wild Blueberry Festival (Union, Maine) [thru 7.14]

Wild and Free Festival (Novella, Croatia) [thru 7.11]

Feast Days

Æthelburh of Faremoutiers (Christian; Saint)

Aphrodisia (Bathing festival of Aphrodite & Peitho, goddess of persuasion; Ancient Greece)

Benedict XI, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Cannelloni Day (Pastafarian)

Caprotina (Ancient Roman Female Slave & Servant Festival)

Consualia (Ancient Roman Harvest Festival)

Count the Holes in Your Colander Day (Pastafarian)

Cyril and Methodius (Christian; Saints)

David Eddings (Writerism)

Dog-Lion Beast (Muppetism)

Doris McCarthy (Artology)

Edelburga of Kent (Christian; Saint)

Ethelburga, Ercongota and Sethrida (Christian; Virgins)

Feast of the Milky Way (Chih Nu; China)

Félicien Rops (Artology)

Felix of Nantes (Christian; Saint)

Fernande Sadler (Artology)

Feriae Ancillarum (Old Roman Maid's Day Out)

Fledh Ghoibhnenn (Feast of Goibhniu, Celtic Brewer of the “Beer of Immortality”)

Frances Xavier Cabrini (Canonized; Christian; Saint; 1946)

St. Francis of Assisi (Positivist; Saint)

Geliy Korzhev (Artology)

Hedda, Bishop of the West Saxons (Christian; Saint)

Herbal Infused Honey Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Illidius (Christian; Saint)

Jeff VanderMeer (Writerism)

Job of Maniava (Christian; Saint)

Job of Manyava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)

Kathy Reichs (Writerism)

Maelruain (Celtic Book of Days)

Marc Chagall (Artology)

Margaret Walker (Writerism)

Millennial Fairy Olympics, Day 2 (Shamanism)

No’man (Muppetism)

Nonae Caprotinae (Nones of the Wild Fig, honoring Juno Caprotina, a.k.a. Festival of the Handmaidens; Ancient Rome)

Nones of July (Ancient Rome)

Palladius (Christian; Saint)

Pantaenus, Father of the Church (Christian; Saint)

Parlia (Festival for the Pales for Larger Animals; God of the Herds; Ancient Rome) [also 4.21]

Robert A. Heinlein (Writerism)

Rumilia (Ancient Rome)

Tanabata (Lovers of the Milky Way; Star Festival; Pagan)

V.E. Schwab (Writerism)

Willibald (Catholic Church)

X-Day (Approximate; Church of the SubGenius)

Islamic Lunar Holidays

Islamic New Year [Hijri New Year] (a.k.a. ... 

Amun Jadid (Philippines)

Arabic New Year

Awal Mouharam (Algeria, Djibouti)

Awal Muharram (Malaysia)

El Hijra (Egypt)

Hegira (Lebanon)

Hegire (Tunisia)

Hejira (Kuwait)

Hijiri (Maldives)

Islamic New Year 1445 (Bahrain, Brunei, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Oman, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, UAE, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen)

Muharam (Comoros, Niger)

Muharram (Comoros)

1er Moharrem (Morocco)

Premier Moharram (Mauritania)

Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah

Sasi Sura (Javanese New Year; Suriname)

She Came to Stay, by Simone de Beauvoir (Novel; 1943)

Tahun Baru (Indonesia)

Tamharrat (Gambia)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 31 of 60)

Premieres

The Adventures of Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi (Novel; 1881)

The Age of Reason, by Jean-Paul Sartre (Novel; 1945)

All You Need Is Love Day, by The Beatles (Song; 1967)

Back Room Stomp, recorded by Rex Thwart and his 52nd Street Stompers (Song; 1937)

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, recorded by Dicky Wells and his Orchestra, with Djano Reinhardt (Song; 1937)

Bugle Call Rag, recorded by Dicky Wells and his Orchestra, with Djano Reinhardt (Song; 1937)

But I’m a Cheerleader (Film; 2000)

Chilly and the Looney Gooney (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1969)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, by Hunter S. Thompson (Novel; 1972)

First Knight (Film; 1995)

Give Peace a Chance, by John Lennon (Song; 1969)

God Save the King, by Ben Jonson and Dr. Bull (UK National Anthem; 1607)

The Grand Illusion, by Styx (Album; 1977)

The Greatest Show on Earth, a.k.a. The Weather Show (Science Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1979)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 (UK Film; 2011) [#8]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK Film; 2009) [#6]

Here Comes the Sun recorded, by The Beatles (Song; 1969)

His Mouse Friday (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1951)

The Ice Break, by Michael Tippett (Opera; 1976)

Images and Words, by Dream Theater (Album; 1992)

Le Great Dane Robbery (The Inspector Cartoon; 1968)

Lethal Weapon 2 (Film; 1989)

Live and Let Die, by Paul McCartney & Wings (Song; 1973)

Mickey Steps Out (Disney Cartoon; 1931)

Monsters at Work (Animated YV Series; 2021)

More Songs About Buildings and Food, by Talking Heads (Album; 1978)

Mouse in Manhattan (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1945)

My Prayer, by The Platters (Song; 1956)

Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs (Novel; 1959)

No One Writes to the Colonel, by Gabriel García Márquez (Novella; 1961)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Film; 2006)

Religion and Science, by Bertrand Russell (Essays; 1935)

Ryan’s Hope (Soap Opera; 1975)

Scary Movie (Film; 2000)

Spider-Man: Homecoming (Film; 2017)

Stunt, by Barenaked Ladies (Album; 1998)

Stupor Duck (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Summer Magic (Film; 1963)

Three Tenors, by Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti (Live Album; 1990)

Weekend at Bernie’s (Film; 1989)

Woody Woodpecker (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1941) [1st WW Cartoon]

You Oughta Know, by Alanis Morissette (Song; 1995)

Today’s Name Days

Edda, Firmin, Willibald (Austria)

Nedelcho, Nedelya, Nedyalka, Nedyalko (Bulgaria)

Goran, Klaudije, Odon, Vilibald, Vilko (Croatia)

Bohuslava (Czech Republic)

Villebaldus (Denmark)

Koidu, Koidula (Estonia)

Klaus, Launo (Finland)

Raoul (France)

Edda, Firmin, Willibald (Germany)

Dominica, Cyriaca, Iria, Kiriaki, Kuriakis, Kyriake, Kyriaki, Ria (Greece)

Apollónia (Hungary)

Apollonio, Claudio, Edda (Italy)

Alda, Aline, Elita, Maruta (Latvia)

Estera, Sangailas, Vilgailė (Lithuania)

Håvard, Hulda (Norway)

Antoni, Benedykt, Cyryl, Estera, Kira, Metody, Piotr, Pompejusz, Sędzisława, Wilibald (Poland)

Chiriachi (Romania)

Oliver (Slovakia)

Fermín (Spain)

Klas (Sweden)

Ralph, Randall, Randolph, Randi, Randy, Raoul, Raul, Rogelio, Roger (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 189 of 2024; 177 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 27 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 2 (Ren-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 1 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 30 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 9 Red; Oneday [8 of 30]

Julian: 24 June 2024

Moon: 3%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 20 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Francis of Assisi]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 18 of 94)

Week: 2nd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 17 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Tammūz (a.k.a. Tammuz or Tamuz) [תַּמּוּז] (Hebrew Calendar) [Month 4 of 12]

Tinne (Holly) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 7 of 13]

[the-paintrist]

Louis-François, Baron Lejeune (3 February 1775 in Strasbourg – 29 February 1848) was a French general, painter, and lithographer. His memoirs have frequently been republished and his name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe.

He studied painting in the studio of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, alongside Jean-Victor Bertin, but left the studio to volunteer in the Compagnie des arts de Paris in 1792. He received his baptism of fire in the battle of Valmy later that year. He became a sergeant in the 1st Arsenal battalion and in 1793 moved to the artillery at La Fère, assisting in the sieges of Landrecies, Le Quesnoy and Valenciennes. At Valenciennes he became aide-de-camp to General Jacob then, as a lieutenant on attachment to the engineers, took part in the 1794 Holland campaign and the 1795 campaign.

Called to the depot in 1798, he succeeded brilliantly in his exams and was made a captain on attachment to the engineers. He became aide-de-camp to Marshal Berthier in 1800, a post he retained until 1812 and in which he took an active part in practically all of the Napoleonic campaigns. He was wounded and captured in Spain. He was promoted to full captain after Marengo and chef de bataillon after Austerlitz, also becoming a knight of the Légion d'honneur and a colonel at the Siege of Saragossa.

In 1812, during the French invasion of Russia, he was made général de brigade and chief of staff to Davout. Frostbitten on the face, Lejeune left his post during the retreat from Russia and was arrested on the orders of Napoleon. Freed in March 1813, Lejeune was then sent to the Illyrian provinces, before rejoining the army under the orders of Marshal Oudinot, becoming his chief of staff. During the Saxony campaign, Lejeune was present at the Battle of Lutzen (1813), the crossing of the River Spree and at Bautzen. He was made an officer of the Légion d'honneur and a commander of the Order of Maximilian of Bavaria. At the battle of Hoyersverda, when Bülow's corps wiped out the 12th corps formed up in square on the plain, Lejeune (at risk of being kidnapped) ventured into the enemy lines with one battalion, General Wolf's cavalry and six 12 pounder guns. He thus broke the whole of the Prussian artillery and saved marshal Oudinot and his army. Wounded several times and lastly at Hanau, he was authorised to leave the army in November 1813 after more than 20 years' service. After his departure from the army, he devoted himself to painting.

After an initial grant in Hanover in 1808, and a second in Westphalia in 1810, he was made a baron d'Empire in 1810. Already a member of the cross of the Order of Leopold, Lejeune was made a knight of St Louis by Louis XVIII and in 1823 a commander of the Légion d'honneur. He returned to the army (now under the Bourbons) from 1818 to 1824, becoming commander of Haute-Garonne in 1831. On 2 September 1821 he married Louise Clary, sister of General Marius Clary and niece of Désirée Clary, queen of Sweden by her marriage with Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. In 1824 the king of Sweden conferred on Lejeune the grand-cross of the Order of the Sword. In 1837 he became director of the École des beaux-arts et de l’industrie in Toulouse, a city of which he became mayor in 1841 and in which he died of a heart attack aged 73.

Louis-François Lejeune (1775-1848) had an exciting career as a soldier and  painter. He served mostly under Berthier, and also under Davout and Oudinot. This was his most daring feat: 

“At the battle of Hoyersverda [1813], when Bülow’s corps wiped out the 12th corps formed up in square on the plain, Lejeune (at risk of being kidnapped) ventured into the enemy lines with one battalion, general Wolf’s cavalry and six 12 pounder guns. He thus broke the whole of the Prussian artillery and saved marshal Oudinot and his army.”

Lejeune painted a bunch of battle scenes and continued painting into the reigns of the Bourbon restoration.

This was an interesting sidelight:

“The German campaign of 1806 brought him to Munich, where he visited the workshop of Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography. Lejeune was fascinated by the possibilities of the new method and whilst there he made the drawing on stone of his famous Cossack. Whilst he was taking his dinner, and with his horses harnessed and waiting to take him back to Paris, one hundred proofs were printed, one of which he subsequently submitted to Napoleon. The introduction of lithography into France was greatly due to the efforts of Lejeune.”

[napoleonic-sexyman-tournament]

With two days left to submit nominees, here is where the list stands:

France:

Jean Lannes

Josephine de Beauharnais

Thérésa Tallien

Jean-Andoche Junot

Joseph Fouché

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Joachim Murat

Michel Ney

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (Charles XIV of Sweden)

Louis-Francois Lejeune

Pierre Jacques Étienne Cambrinne

Napoleon I

Marshal Louis-Gabriel Suchet

Jacques de Trobriand

Jean de dieu soult.

François-Étienne-Christophe Kellermann

Louis Davout

Pauline Bonaparte, Duchess of Guastalla

Eugène de Beauharnais

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Antoine-Jean Gros

Jérôme Bonaparte

Andrea Masséna

Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle

Germaine de Staël

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas

René de Traviere (The Purple Mask)

Claude Victor Perrin

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

François Joseph Lefebvre

Major Andre Cotard (Hornblower Series)

Edouard Mortier

Hippolyte Charles

Nicolas Charles Oudinot

Emmanuel de Grouchy

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

Géraud Duroc

Georges Pontmercy (Les Mis)

Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont

Juliette Récamier

Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey

Louis-Alexandre Berthier

Étienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

Catherine Dominique de Pérignon

England:

Richard Sharpe (The Sharpe Series)

Tom Pullings (Master and Commander)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Jonathan Strange (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell)

Captain Jack Aubrey (Aubrey/Maturin books)

Horatio Hornblower (the Hornblower Books)

William Laurence (The Temeraire Series)

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Beau Brummell

Emma, Lady Hamilton

Benjamin Bathurst

Horatio Nelson

Admiral Edward Pellew

Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke

Sidney Smith

Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford

George IV

Capt. Anthony Trumbull (The Pride and the Passion)

Barbara Childe (An Infamous Army)

Doctor Maturin (Aubrey/Maturin books)

Scotland:

Thomas Cochrane

Colquhoun Grant

Austria:

Klemens von Metternich

Friedrich Bianchi, Duke of Casalanza

Franz I/II

Archduke Karl

Marie Louise

Franz Grillparzer

Wilhelmine von Biron

Poland:

Wincenty Krasiński

Józef Antoni Poniatowski

Józef Zajączek

Maria Walewska

Władysław Franciszek Jabłonowski

Adam Jerzy Czartoryski

Antoni Amilkar Kosiński

Zofia Czartoryska-Zamoyska

Stanislaw Kurcyusz

Russia:

Alexander I Pavlovich

Alexander Andreevich Durov

Prince Andrei (War and Peace)

Pyotr Bagration

Mikhail Miloradovich

Levin August von Bennigsen

Pavel Stroganov

Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna

Karl Wilhelm von Toll

Dmitri Kuruta

Alexander Alexeevich Tuchkov

Barclay de Tolly

Fyodor Grigorevich Gogel

Ekaterina Pavlovna Bagration

Prussia:

Louise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Gebard von Blücher

Carl von Clausewitz

Frederick William III

Gerhard von Scharnhorst

Louis Ferdinand of Prussia

Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Alexander von Humboldt

Dorothea von Biron

The Netherlands:

Ida St Elme

Wiliam, Prince of Orange

The Papal States:

Pius VII

Portugal:

João Severiano Maciel da Costa

Spain:

Juan Martín Díez

José de Palafox

Inês Bilbatua (Goya's Ghosts)

Haiti:

Alexandre Pétion

Sardinia:

Vittorio Emanuele I

Denmark:

Frederik VI

Sweden:

Gustav IV Adolph

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Sweetwood Creative CCO and Creativity In Captivity Podcast Host Pat Hazel.

Showtime declared Pat Hazell one of the five funniest people in America. His 25 years of experience as a writer, producer and director have made him a go-to guy for new American theater. Pat is one of the original writers for NBC’s Seinfeld, a Tonight Show veteran, a critically acclaimed playwright and a contributing commentator to National Public Radio. He is recognized for his genuinely funny Americana humor and his salute to nostalgia.

His podcast "Creatvity In Captivity" he interviews the top creative people on the planet, from every discipline. (I'm on Season 4, episode 15, btw.)

Pat's new show "Permanent Record" opens in Marshall, Texas at Memorial Hall. Click here and make the trip, Texans!

As the Chief Creative Officer of Sweetwood Creative, he is responsible for the national tours of five original productions: Bunk Bed Brothers, Nashville Backstage, The Wonder Bread Years, My Funny Valentine and A Kodachrome Christmas. Pat is currently collaborating on a musical adaptation of his original play Grounded For Life. However, his greatest accomplishment is being the father of two of the brightest shining stars in the universe, Tucker and Keaton.

  EVENTS & COURSES

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  So excited for our Second Annual Filmmaker Retreat in Joshua Tree. Join us Sept. 28th to Oct. 1st in the desert for a transformational experience. "Define Your Voice is our theme and you'll emerge knowing what you want and how better to achieve it.

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  Thanks,

  Jordan 

  This episode is 85 minutes.

  My cult classic mockumentary, “Dill Scallion” is online so I’m giving 100% of the money to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. I’ve decided to donate the LIFETIME earnings every December, so the the donation will grow and grow. Thank you.

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Today In History:

A bit of February 14th history…

1803 - Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of US Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is void

1849 - In NYC, James Polk becomes 1st serving US President to have his photograph taken

1876 - Alexander G Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents; Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor

1896 - Theodore Hertzel’s “Der Judenstaat” (The Jewish State) is published, proposing a Jewish homeland as a means of escaping anti-semitism in Europe

1929 - St Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago; 7 gangsters killed, allegedly on Al Capone’s orders

1931 - Original “Dracula” film is released (pictured) 

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MAUDLIN CASTLE SEPTEMBER 2022

Maudlin Castle is a tower house which formed part of a medieval hospital and National Monument located in Kilkenny, Ireland