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  1. ‘A Longa Marcha – Caminhe ou Morra’ traz Stephen King de volta ao cinema

    Até onde você consegue ir? A Longa Marcha – Caminhe ou Morra, suspense inspirado no livro A Longa Marcha (editora Suma), do mestre do terror Stephen King, ganhou um novo cartaz. Com distribuição da Paris Filmes, a produção estreia nos cinemas brasileiros em 18 de setembro.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_j8OdbQ9sI

    O jovem Ray está prestes a participar de uma famosa prova anual de resistência, que atrai milhares de espectadores e termina apenas quando restar um sobrevivente. O elenco traz Mark Hamill, Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton e Judy Greer.

    A direção é de Francis Lawrence (da franquia Jogos Vorazes) com roteiro de JT Mollner (Desconhecidos). Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Francis Lawrence e Cameron MacConomy assinam a produção. A distribuição nacional é da Paris Filmes.

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  2. ‘A Longa Marcha – Caminhe ou Morra’ traz Stephen King de volta ao cinema

    Até onde você consegue ir? A Longa Marcha – Caminhe ou Morra, suspense inspirado no livro A Longa Marcha (editora Suma), do mestre do terror Stephen King, ganhou um novo cartaz. Com distribuição da Paris Filmes, a produção estreia nos cinemas brasileiros em 18 de setembro.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_j8OdbQ9sI

    O jovem Ray está prestes a participar de uma famosa prova anual de resistência, que atrai milhares de espectadores e termina apenas quando restar um sobrevivente. O elenco traz Mark Hamill, Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton e Judy Greer.

    A direção é de Francis Lawrence (da franquia Jogos Vorazes) com roteiro de JT Mollner (Desconhecidos). Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Francis Lawrence e Cameron MacConomy assinam a produção. A distribuição nacional é da Paris Filmes.

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    #ALongaMarcha #BenWang #CameronMacConomy #CharliePlummer #Cinema #CooperHoffman #DavidJonsson #estreiaSetembro #FrancisLawrence #GarrettWareing #JogosVorazes #JordanGonzalez #JoshHamilton #JTMollner #JudyGreer #MarkHamill #ParisFilmes #provaDeResistência #RomanGriffinDavis #RoyLee #StephenKing #StevenSchneider #suspense #TheLongWalk #TutNyuot

  3. The Roman Cup That Acts Like a Mood Ring (and Predates Nanotech by 1,700 Years)

    The Lycurgus Cup changes color under different lighting due to nanoscale metal particles embedded in the glass (Credit: British Museum collection / Wikimedia Commons-style museum photography).

    Dear Cherubs, a Roman drinking cup has entered the chat from the 4th century and it is behaving suspiciously like it has opinions about lighting. Depending on how you shine it, it flips from green to glowing red like it’s trying out mood-ring cosplay long before mood rings were even a bad idea.

    A CUP THAT CAN’T PICK A SIDE
    Meet the famous Lycurgus Cup, a late Roman glass vessel usually dated to around the 4th century AD. In reflected light it appears greenish, but when light passes through it, it turns a deep ruby red. It’s not magic, not wizardry, and definitely not a Roman prank—though it does feel like something they would have done for fun.

    According to analyses carried out in the late 20th century, including work reported by the British Museum, this optical trick comes from microscopic particles embedded in the glass. And by “microscopic,” we’re talking on the scale of tens of nanometers. Yes, nanometers. In ancient Rome. The vibes are honestly a bit disrespectful to modern tech timelines.

    The cup depicts the myth of King Lycurgus tangled in vines—very dramatic, very extra—and yet the real drama is happening in the material itself.

    NANOTECH BEFORE IT WAS COOL
    Here’s where things get spicy. In studies conducted in the 1990s using electron microscopy, researchers found tiny particles of gold and silver dispersed in the glass, roughly around 50–100 nanometers in size. That’s the sweet spot where metals start messing with light in very specific ways, scattering wavelengths differently depending on whether light is reflected or transmitted.

    As noted in historical materials science discussions referenced by thisclaimer.com, this isn’t “nanotechnology” in the modern engineered sense—but it absolutely is nanostructure behavior. In other words, Romans weren’t calculating particle distributions on a whiteboard, but they did accidentally stumble into physics that engineers today still try to control deliberately.

    So how did they do it? Likely through impurities in metal dust used during glassmaking. Gold and silver particles, when suspended in glass, create what scientists call a dichroic effect. Fancy term, simple outcome: the cup is basically a tiny optical illusion generator.

    The key twist? They didn’t know why it worked. They just knew it looked expensive. Which, to be fair, is also how a lot of modern luxury tech is designed.

    Today, materials scientists study objects like the Lycurgus Cup to understand early accidental nanotechnology. It sits in the awkward historical category of “they absolutely didn’t mean to do this, but they did it anyway and now we’re impressed.”

    It also quietly challenges the idea that advanced material science is strictly modern. Humans have been experimenting with matter for millennia—we just got better at naming it later.

    So yes, this is a 1,600-year-old cup that changes color based on light. No, it is not a wizard artifact. But it does make you wonder what else ancient artisans stumbled into while just trying to make something look fancy for a banquet.

    Sources:
    British Museum Collection – Lycurgus Cup https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1222-1
    Nature (materials science discussions on dichroic glass and nanoparticles) https://www.nature.com/
    Encyclopaedia Britannica – Lycurgus Cup https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lycurgus-Cup

    The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #ancientRome #ancientTechnology #archaeology #beauty #Europe #historicalArtifacts #lifestyle #lycurgusCup #materialsScience #Nanotechnology #news #opticalEffects #romanGlass #scienceHistory #travel #viral
  4. The Roman Cup That Acts Like a Mood Ring (and Predates Nanotech by 1,700 Years)

    The Lycurgus Cup changes color under different lighting due to nanoscale metal particles embedded in the glass (Credit: British Museum collection / Wikimedia Commons-style museum photography).

    Dear Cherubs, a Roman drinking cup has entered the chat from the 4th century and it is behaving suspiciously like it has opinions about lighting. Depending on how you shine it, it flips from green to glowing red like it’s trying out mood-ring cosplay long before mood rings were even a bad idea.

    A CUP THAT CAN’T PICK A SIDE
    Meet the famous Lycurgus Cup, a late Roman glass vessel usually dated to around the 4th century AD. In reflected light it appears greenish, but when light passes through it, it turns a deep ruby red. It’s not magic, not wizardry, and definitely not a Roman prank—though it does feel like something they would have done for fun.

    According to analyses carried out in the late 20th century, including work reported by the British Museum, this optical trick comes from microscopic particles embedded in the glass. And by “microscopic,” we’re talking on the scale of tens of nanometers. Yes, nanometers. In ancient Rome. The vibes are honestly a bit disrespectful to modern tech timelines.

    The cup depicts the myth of King Lycurgus tangled in vines—very dramatic, very extra—and yet the real drama is happening in the material itself.

    NANOTECH BEFORE IT WAS COOL
    Here’s where things get spicy. In studies conducted in the 1990s using electron microscopy, researchers found tiny particles of gold and silver dispersed in the glass, roughly around 50–100 nanometers in size. That’s the sweet spot where metals start messing with light in very specific ways, scattering wavelengths differently depending on whether light is reflected or transmitted.

    As noted in historical materials science discussions referenced by thisclaimer.com, this isn’t “nanotechnology” in the modern engineered sense—but it absolutely is nanostructure behavior. In other words, Romans weren’t calculating particle distributions on a whiteboard, but they did accidentally stumble into physics that engineers today still try to control deliberately.

    So how did they do it? Likely through impurities in metal dust used during glassmaking. Gold and silver particles, when suspended in glass, create what scientists call a dichroic effect. Fancy term, simple outcome: the cup is basically a tiny optical illusion generator.

    The key twist? They didn’t know why it worked. They just knew it looked expensive. Which, to be fair, is also how a lot of modern luxury tech is designed.

    Today, materials scientists study objects like the Lycurgus Cup to understand early accidental nanotechnology. It sits in the awkward historical category of “they absolutely didn’t mean to do this, but they did it anyway and now we’re impressed.”

    It also quietly challenges the idea that advanced material science is strictly modern. Humans have been experimenting with matter for millennia—we just got better at naming it later.

    So yes, this is a 1,600-year-old cup that changes color based on light. No, it is not a wizard artifact. But it does make you wonder what else ancient artisans stumbled into while just trying to make something look fancy for a banquet.

    Sources:
    British Museum Collection – Lycurgus Cup https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1222-1
    Nature (materials science discussions on dichroic glass and nanoparticles) https://www.nature.com/
    Encyclopaedia Britannica – Lycurgus Cup https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lycurgus-Cup

    The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #ancientRome #ancientTechnology #archaeology #beauty #Europe #historicalArtifacts #lifestyle #lycurgusCup #materialsScience #Nanotechnology #news #opticalEffects #romanGlass #scienceHistory #travel #viral
  5. The Roman Cup That Acts Like a Mood Ring (and Predates Nanotech by 1,700 Years)

    The Lycurgus Cup changes color under different lighting due to nanoscale metal particles embedded in the glass (Credit: British Museum collection / Wikimedia Commons-style museum photography).

    Dear Cherubs, a Roman drinking cup has entered the chat from the 4th century and it is behaving suspiciously like it has opinions about lighting. Depending on how you shine it, it flips from green to glowing red like it’s trying out mood-ring cosplay long before mood rings were even a bad idea.

    A CUP THAT CAN’T PICK A SIDE
    Meet the famous Lycurgus Cup, a late Roman glass vessel usually dated to around the 4th century AD. In reflected light it appears greenish, but when light passes through it, it turns a deep ruby red. It’s not magic, not wizardry, and definitely not a Roman prank—though it does feel like something they would have done for fun.

    According to analyses carried out in the late 20th century, including work reported by the British Museum, this optical trick comes from microscopic particles embedded in the glass. And by “microscopic,” we’re talking on the scale of tens of nanometers. Yes, nanometers. In ancient Rome. The vibes are honestly a bit disrespectful to modern tech timelines.

    The cup depicts the myth of King Lycurgus tangled in vines—very dramatic, very extra—and yet the real drama is happening in the material itself.

    NANOTECH BEFORE IT WAS COOL
    Here’s where things get spicy. In studies conducted in the 1990s using electron microscopy, researchers found tiny particles of gold and silver dispersed in the glass, roughly around 50–100 nanometers in size. That’s the sweet spot where metals start messing with light in very specific ways, scattering wavelengths differently depending on whether light is reflected or transmitted.

    As noted in historical materials science discussions referenced by thisclaimer.com, this isn’t “nanotechnology” in the modern engineered sense—but it absolutely is nanostructure behavior. In other words, Romans weren’t calculating particle distributions on a whiteboard, but they did accidentally stumble into physics that engineers today still try to control deliberately.

    So how did they do it? Likely through impurities in metal dust used during glassmaking. Gold and silver particles, when suspended in glass, create what scientists call a dichroic effect. Fancy term, simple outcome: the cup is basically a tiny optical illusion generator.

    The key twist? They didn’t know why it worked. They just knew it looked expensive. Which, to be fair, is also how a lot of modern luxury tech is designed.

    Today, materials scientists study objects like the Lycurgus Cup to understand early accidental nanotechnology. It sits in the awkward historical category of “they absolutely didn’t mean to do this, but they did it anyway and now we’re impressed.”

    It also quietly challenges the idea that advanced material science is strictly modern. Humans have been experimenting with matter for millennia—we just got better at naming it later.

    So yes, this is a 1,600-year-old cup that changes color based on light. No, it is not a wizard artifact. But it does make you wonder what else ancient artisans stumbled into while just trying to make something look fancy for a banquet.

    Sources:
    British Museum Collection – Lycurgus Cup https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1222-1
    Nature (materials science discussions on dichroic glass and nanoparticles) https://www.nature.com/
    Encyclopaedia Britannica – Lycurgus Cup https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lycurgus-Cup

    The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #ancientRome #ancientTechnology #archaeology #beauty #Europe #historicalArtifacts #lifestyle #lycurgusCup #materialsScience #Nanotechnology #news #opticalEffects #romanGlass #scienceHistory #travel #viral
  6. The Roman Cup That Acts Like a Mood Ring (and Predates Nanotech by 1,700 Years)

    The Lycurgus Cup changes color under different lighting due to nanoscale metal particles embedded in the glass (Credit: British Museum collection / Wikimedia Commons-style museum photography).

    Dear Cherubs, a Roman drinking cup has entered the chat from the 4th century and it is behaving suspiciously like it has opinions about lighting. Depending on how you shine it, it flips from green to glowing red like it’s trying out mood-ring cosplay long before mood rings were even a bad idea.

    A CUP THAT CAN’T PICK A SIDE
    Meet the famous Lycurgus Cup, a late Roman glass vessel usually dated to around the 4th century AD. In reflected light it appears greenish, but when light passes through it, it turns a deep ruby red. It’s not magic, not wizardry, and definitely not a Roman prank—though it does feel like something they would have done for fun.

    According to analyses carried out in the late 20th century, including work reported by the British Museum, this optical trick comes from microscopic particles embedded in the glass. And by “microscopic,” we’re talking on the scale of tens of nanometers. Yes, nanometers. In ancient Rome. The vibes are honestly a bit disrespectful to modern tech timelines.

    The cup depicts the myth of King Lycurgus tangled in vines—very dramatic, very extra—and yet the real drama is happening in the material itself.

    NANOTECH BEFORE IT WAS COOL
    Here’s where things get spicy. In studies conducted in the 1990s using electron microscopy, researchers found tiny particles of gold and silver dispersed in the glass, roughly around 50–100 nanometers in size. That’s the sweet spot where metals start messing with light in very specific ways, scattering wavelengths differently depending on whether light is reflected or transmitted.

    As noted in historical materials science discussions referenced by thisclaimer.com, this isn’t “nanotechnology” in the modern engineered sense—but it absolutely is nanostructure behavior. In other words, Romans weren’t calculating particle distributions on a whiteboard, but they did accidentally stumble into physics that engineers today still try to control deliberately.

    So how did they do it? Likely through impurities in metal dust used during glassmaking. Gold and silver particles, when suspended in glass, create what scientists call a dichroic effect. Fancy term, simple outcome: the cup is basically a tiny optical illusion generator.

    The key twist? They didn’t know why it worked. They just knew it looked expensive. Which, to be fair, is also how a lot of modern luxury tech is designed.

    Today, materials scientists study objects like the Lycurgus Cup to understand early accidental nanotechnology. It sits in the awkward historical category of “they absolutely didn’t mean to do this, but they did it anyway and now we’re impressed.”

    It also quietly challenges the idea that advanced material science is strictly modern. Humans have been experimenting with matter for millennia—we just got better at naming it later.

    So yes, this is a 1,600-year-old cup that changes color based on light. No, it is not a wizard artifact. But it does make you wonder what else ancient artisans stumbled into while just trying to make something look fancy for a banquet.

    Sources:
    British Museum Collection – Lycurgus Cup https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1222-1
    Nature (materials science discussions on dichroic glass and nanoparticles) https://www.nature.com/
    Encyclopaedia Britannica – Lycurgus Cup https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lycurgus-Cup

    The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #ancientRome #ancientTechnology #archaeology #beauty #Europe #historicalArtifacts #lifestyle #lycurgusCup #materialsScience #Nanotechnology #news #opticalEffects #romanGlass #scienceHistory #travel #viral
  7. Departing From Geneva
    Thursday, November 20th, 2025 @ Geneva, Switzerland
    rovingsun.com/2025/11/20/depar

    After breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Geneva, we checked out and took the hotel's shuttle to Geneva Airport. After spending some time at two airport lounges, we flew on United Airlines back to Dulles.

    #CrownePlazaGeneva #Geneva #Switzerland #GVA #IAD #UnitedAirlines

  8. Lyon Peninsula
    Tuesday, November 11th, 2025 @ Lyon, France
    rovingsun.com/2025/11/11/lyon-

    After arriving at Geneva, we took the train over to Lyon and checked into the InterContinental Hotel Dieu. We then walked around the Presqu'ile district of the city before having dinner in the evening.

    #InterContinentalLyon #HotelDieu #PresquileLyon #Rhone #Saone #EgliseSaintNizier #BartholdiFountain #CroixRousse #bouchon #Lyon #France #IAD #GVA #UnitedAirlines

  9. Protesters tell VP: “You don’t get to hate us and enjoy us”

    VP’s family trip to #Disneyland draws protests as #immigration raids continue and a judge blocks ICE tactics in LA

    by CK Smith, July 12, 2025

    "Vice President #JDVance’s visit to Disneyland with his family over the weekend drew protests and political backlash as critics pointed to the timing, like the sweeping immigration raids across #SouthernCalifornia and a federal court ruling rebuking the administration’s tactics.

    "Demonstrators gathered Saturday outside the Grand Californian Hotel and along Disney Way, waving U.S. and #MexicanFlags and holding signs that read '#NoVacationsDuringDeportations' and 'You don’t get to hate us and enjoy us,' according to a local station. One protester told reporters, 'I would tell him to go home. Get the hell out of here.'

    "The protest followed days of intensified immigration enforcement actions, including ICE raids at farms in #VenturaCounty where about 200 people were detained and one man died in custody. Just yesterday, U.S. District Judge Maame E. Frimpong issued a ruling that blocked ICE from using 'roving patrols' and racial profiling in the #LosAngeles area. She ruled those actions likely violated the Fourth Amendment and that detainees must have access to legal counsel.

    "Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento told City News Service he would only meet with Vance if the vice president addresses local fears, saying the raids are 'terrorizing residents and shuttering our businesses and making people live in fear.'

    "Critics say Vance’s decision to vacation in the state the administration frequently denounces isn’t just tone-deaf — it’s political hypocrisy in action."

    salon.com/2025/07/12/protester

    #ICERaids #ICEKidnappings #ICESucks #JDVance #GoHome

  10. As far back as 2017, I wrote that what is holding Trump back from becoming the genocidal dictator of his dreams, is a big enough army willing to accomplish his illegal ethnonationalist goals. Even now, as GOP budget funding feeds into Trump's turbo-charged police state, he lacks the ability to occupy multiple cities at once, and as Minneapolis demonstrated, the violent fascist goons necessary to control even the cities he occupies. Furthermore, Gestapo security forces the regime is forced to deploy to quell resistance to the ethnic cleansing project in our streets, are Gestapo forces that aren't actually doing the kidnappings necessary to feed Stephen Miller's insatiable demand for deportation numbers.

    As I noted above, one of the ways Trump has tried to bridge the numbers gap between the army he has, and the Schutzstaffel of his dreams, is to recruit local police forces into roving "task force" agents that resemble nothing so much as slavecatchers, through the 287(g) program. This program, a longstanding bipartisan gift to racist sheriff's departments that want to play border cop or concentration camp jailer in their towns, has rapidly expanded under the Trump regime, and now former DHS employees are sounding the alarm that like ICE itself, these "deputized" murderpigs are being tasked with rounding people up for the color of the skin, with virtually no oversight whatsoever.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

    Ex-watchdogs warn rush to give power to local police in immigration crackdown risks ‘threat to civil rights’

    “Taking a problematic enforcement program, that reintroduces models of enforcement that were discontinued because of demonstrable civil rights violations and super-sizing it while removing all internal guardrails, is more than alarming,” said Katerina Herodotou, one of the former CRCL officials who was ousted last year. “It is a threat to civil rights nationwide.”

    This is a long article but the short story here is that immediately after taking power, the Trump regime gutted every civil rights and oversight division that would keep track of abuses by pigs operating under these 287(g) agreements. At the same time, DHS mandated a return to a "task force model" of rounding up migrants that had been phased out in 2012 after longtime Trump ally Sheriff Joe Arpaio was found running what was essential a migrant torture camp out of his jail in Arizona.

    "Now deputized local officials can interrogate anyone they believe is in the US unlawfully about their immigration status in the course of their regular police work. And they can detain people and turn them over to ICE without the pretext of a criminal arrest, purely on suspicion of violating immigration law despite that being a federal, civil offense."

    So, pigs that sign up for this program can behave exactly like Gestapo goons in Minneapolis, and because there's literally nobody assigned to police the police doing this, they definitely will. Now Americans don't have to wait for ICE to come to their town; local police forces can bring the Gestapo to our streets by proxy. Of course adoption of the program is (for now) voluntary, but there sure are a lot of police departments signing up.

    "An increasing number of local law enforcement agencies throughout the country have signed 287(g) agreements in the past year to actively cooperate with ICE. In January 2025, fewer than 200 jurisdictions were involved. Now, more than 1,400 local, county and state agencies have signed on to aid DHS in its immigration enforcement work."

    How is Trump getting police forces to sign up for a program that makes them Gestapo agents? Sure cops are racist, but they're also lazy. Would you believe by bribing them with money the GOP provided in the Big Fascism Bill?

    "Big Beautiful Bill funding is now used for incentivizing local agencies to deputize more of their officers for ICE task forces, offering $7,500 for equipment per new task force officer, $100,000 for new vehicles per agency and full reimbursement for the salary and benefits of each task force officer."

    The Trumpenreich has even instituted a bonus program for murderpigs that round up migrants well.

    "The Trump administration in October also began offering “monetary performance awards” to local agencies based on the number of undocumented immigrants they identify, including up to $1,000 per officer, per quarter. One CRCL official was shocked to learn of this.

    “They have essentially set up a bounty hunter system and are incentivizing local/state law enforcement to detain anyone who appears to be undocumented,” they told the Guardian."

    Folks, the Trump regime is turning local police into their white nationalist Gestapo and paying slavecatcher bounties to murderpigs who kidnap migrants. I don't know what it will take for Americans to realize we're already living in the Pork Reich, but it sure does feel like it's time to stop pretending.

    #ICE #Police #EthnicCleansing #Trump #GOP #CivilRights #Gestapo #DHS #Murderpigs #287G

  11. As evening fell last night ICE continued conducting raids and protesters continued to tail them the entire time.

    Last night the ICE agents seemed to just be aimlessly wandering around causing conflict, shoving random people off of sidewalks.

    The even assaulted the city council presidnet of Minneapolis who was observering the ICE roving patrol.

    #minneapolisICE

  12. Israel’s Attorney-General: Gofman’s appointment as next Mossad chief cannot stand

    Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara told the High Court of Justice on Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to…
    #Israel #News #GaliBaharav-Miara #israelpoliticalsituation #Israelipolitics #Politics #RomanGofman
    europesays.com/2979386/

  13. Stereo3D view of the ankle breaking terrain through which Curiosity is roving these days, captured by her Front Hazard Avoidance cameras.

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye

    #Mars Sol 4493 - Mar. 27, 2025
    📷: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    #Curiosity #rover #Sol4493 #GouldMesa #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #Solarocks #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #crater #GedizVallis #science #STEM #NASA #3D #Stereo3D #Stereoscopy

  14. Roving band of hooligans in Huntington Beach giving e-bikes a bad name...And in fact these are again those e-motorcycles. Using them for a quick getaway...

    Violent attack in Huntington Beach leaves man with broken nose, black eye

    "..."It's escalating," he said. "And it's not the e-bikes causing the problem, it's the kids on the e-bikes that are causing the problems."..."

    abc7.com/post/violent-attack-h

    #crime

  15. Tänään pakataan auto junaan Turussa. Viikolle 36 on tiedossa välitilaa maan äärissä: rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_det.as. Vaimo paistaa siellä vohveleita. Näitä "kerran elämässä" reissuja. On Lappia ollut jo ikäväkin, mutta harmi loitota hyvästä kodista kesken leppeimmän syyskesän.

    #reissu #matka #journey #trip #utsjoki #rovaniemi #kemijarvi #pyhätunturi #saariselka #kirkko #kirkkotuvat #vohveli #juna #trains #auto #perhe #pappila #lappi #lapland #sápmi #turku

  16. Splendid water towers (waassertierm) in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

    Source: behance.net and luxtimes.lu

    Well now. It appears that the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a serious contender in the race to build the most impressive, remarkable, and awe-inspiring water towers in the world. Just a quick review of the images included within this post shows the incredible range of architectural styles that can be found in just 998 square miles.

    While water towers in North America far too often appear to be carbon copies or rubber stamps of one another, Luxembourg clearly demonstrates how spirited inspiration can be beautifully melded into engineering function. Bravo!

    While French and German are common languages in Luxembourg, this post “primarily” uses the national language, Luxembourgish, for local terms, such as:

    • Waassertuerm = water tower
    • Waassertierm = water towers

    Though, readers will note the use of “Château d’eau” in francophone areas of the country.

    The following list identifies the tallest of these amazing water towers. As information is found on the others (new and old), the list will be updated accordingly.

    Peace/Fridden!

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    1. Waassertuerm Ban de Gasperich “Lighthouse” (2018): Luxembourg City = 68.54 m/224.9 feet
    “Lighthouse” – Source: wortimmo.lu

    2. Waassertuerm Leudelange (2008): Leudelange = 58.1 m/190.6 feet

    Waassertuerm Leudelange – Source: eumiesawards.com

    3. Waassertuerm Dudelange (1928): Dudelange = 56 m/183.7 feet – now a museum

    4. Aquatower: Bergdorf = 55 m/180.4 feet – now an interactive water museum

    Aquatower – Source: commons.wikimedia.org

    5. Waassertrueme und Zentralbehalter: Altrier = 54 m/177.2 feet

    6. Waassertuerm Kirchberg “Nature” 1 (2024): Kirchberg = 53 m/173.9 feet

    Nature 1 and 2 – Source: detail.de

    7. Waassertuerm Kirchberg “Nature” 2 (2024): Kirchberg = 46 m/150.9 feet

    8. Waassertuerm Sandweiler (2000): Luxembourg Airport = 45.5 m/149.3 feet

    9. Waassertuerm an Atelieren (2014): Käerjeng and Niederkerschen (2014)? = 44 m/144.4 feet

    10. Waassertuerm Bonnevoie (1984): Luxembourg City = 40.1 m/131.6 feet

    11. Waassertuerm Senningerberg (1914): Senningerberg = 40 m/131.2 feet – being converted to bicyclist’s hostel

    Waassertuerm Senningerberg – Source: luxtimes.lu

    12. Château d’eau Kinneksbierg: Steinfort = 38 m/

    13. Waassertuerm Reimberg (1931): Reimberg = 34 m/124.7 feet – now used as an exhibition space

    14. Waassertuerm Hivange “Cone” (2003): Hivange = 32 m/105 feet

    “Cone” – Source: en.paperjam.lu

    15. Waassertuerm Limpertsberg (1903): Limpertsberg ~ 30 m/

    16. Château d’eau de Dahl (1985): Dahl = 29 m/98.4 feet

    17. Waassertuerm Dippach “L” (2017): Dippach = 27 m/88.6 feet

    “L” – Source: paulbretz.com “L” – Source: paulbretz.com

    18. Waaassertuerm um Lampertsbierg (1903): Luxembourg City ~ 26.5 m/86.9 feet

    19. Waassertuerm Luxembourg-Belair (1935): Luxembourg City = 21.45 m/70.4 feet

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    More information needed:

    • Château d’eau Derenbach: Derenbach
    • Château d’eau Huldange see below
    • Château d’eau Kleinbettingen (1953)
    • Château d’eau, Louvroil
    • Château d’eau Weiergewan
    • Waassertuerm Altrier # 2
    • Waassertuerm Asselborn
    • Waassertuerm Bartringen
    • Waassertuerm Beaufort
    • Waassertuerm Berdorf #2
    • Waassertuerm Capellan
    • Waassertuerm Cessange: Luxembourg City
    • Waassertuerm Contern: Contern
    • Waassertuerm Dalhem
    • Waassertuerm DuPont Teijin: Contern
    • Waassertuerm Elvange
    • Waasertuerm Fingig
    • Waassertuerm Foetz (1986)
    • Waassertuerm Frissange x 2
    • Waassertuerm Goeblange
    • Waassertuerm Heinerscheid
    • Waassertuerm Hellingen
    • Waassertuerm Hoscheid
    • Waassertuerm Hosingen
    • Waassertuerm Howald
    • Waassertuerm Huldang
    • Waassertuerm Industriezone Contern:
    • Waassertuerm Leudelange #1
    • Waassertuerm vu Mamer
    • Waassertuerm Napoléonsgaard (1928)
    • Waassertuerm Nidderaanwen x 2
    • Waassertuerm Niederanven
    • Waassertuerm Pärel
    • Waassertuerm Perchesberg (1912)
    • Waassertuerm Reckange-sur-Mess
    • Waassertuerm Reckeng op der Mess
    • Waassertuerm Réibierg
    • Waaassertuerm Remerschen
    • Waassertuerm Rippweiler
    • Waassertuerm Rodange Pétange
    • Waassertuerm Schrassig
    • Waassertuerm Steinfort #2
    • Waassertuerm Zessingen
    Source: ingsci.lu

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  17. Splendid water towers (waassertierm) in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

    Source: behance.net and luxtimes.lu

    Well now. It appears that the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a serious contender in the race to build the most impressive, remarkable, and awe-inspiring water towers in the world. Just a quick review of the images included within this post shows the incredible range of architectural styles that can be found in just 998 square miles.

    While water towers in North America far too often appear to be carbon copies or rubber stamps of one another, Luxembourg clearly demonstrates how spirited inspiration can be beautifully melded into engineering function. Bravo!

    While French and German are common languages in Luxembourg, this post “primarily” uses the national language, Luxembourgish, for local terms, such as:

    • Waassertuerm = water tower
    • Waassertierm = water towers

    Though, readers will note the use of “Château d’eau” in francophone areas of the country.

    The following list identifies the tallest of these amazing water towers. As information is found on the others (new and old), the list will be updated accordingly.

    Peace/Fridden!

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    1. Waassertuerm Ban de Gasperich “Lighthouse” (2018): Luxembourg City = 68.54 m/224.9 feet
    “Lighthouse” – Source: wortimmo.lu

    2. Waassertuerm Leudelange (2008): Leudelange = 58.1 m/190.6 feet

    Waassertuerm Leudelange – Source: eumiesawards.com

    3. Waassertuerm Dudelange (1928): Dudelange = 56 m/183.7 feet – now a museum

    4. Aquatower: Bergdorf = 55 m/180.4 feet – now an interactive water museum

    Aquatower – Source: commons.wikimedia.org

    5. Waassertrueme und Zentralbehalter: Altrier = 54 m/177.2 feet

    6. Waassertuerm Kirchberg “Nature” 1 (2024): Kirchberg = 53 m/173.9 feet

    Nature 1 and 2 – Source: detail.de

    7. Waassertuerm Kirchberg “Nature” 2 (2024): Kirchberg = 46 m/150.9 feet

    8. Waassertuerm Sandweiler (2000): Luxembourg Airport = 45.5 m/149.3 feet

    9. Waassertuerm an Atelieren (2014): Käerjeng and Niederkerschen (2014)? = 44 m/144.4 feet

    10. Waassertuerm Bonnevoie (1984): Luxembourg City = 40.1 m/131.6 feet

    11. Waassertuerm Senningerberg (1914): Senningerberg = 40 m/131.2 feet – being converted to bicyclist’s hostel

    Waassertuerm Senningerberg – Source: luxtimes.lu

    12. Château d’eau Kinneksbierg: Steinfort = 38 m/

    13. Waassertuerm Reimberg (1931): Reimberg = 34 m/124.7 feet – now used as an exhibition space

    14. Waassertuerm Hivange “Cone” (2003): Hivange = 32 m/105 feet

    “Cone” – Source: en.paperjam.lu

    15. Waassertuerm Limpertsberg (1903): Limpertsberg ~ 30 m/

    16. Château d’eau de Dahl (1985): Dahl = 29 m/98.4 feet

    17. Waassertuerm Dippach “L” (2017): Dippach = 27 m/88.6 feet

    “L” – Source: paulbretz.com “L” – Source: paulbretz.com

    18. Waaassertuerm um Lampertsbierg (1903): Luxembourg City ~ 26.5 m/86.9 feet

    19. Waassertuerm Luxembourg-Belair (1935): Luxembourg City = 21.45 m/70.4 feet

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    More information needed:

    • Château d’eau Derenbach: Derenbach
    • Château d’eau Huldange see below
    • Château d’eau Kleinbettingen (1953)
    • Château d’eau, Louvroil
    • Château d’eau Weiergewan
    • Waassertuerm Altrier # 2
    • Waassertuerm Asselborn
    • Waassertuerm Bartringen
    • Waassertuerm Beaufort
    • Waassertuerm Berdorf #2
    • Waassertuerm Capellan
    • Waassertuerm Cessange: Luxembourg City
    • Waassertuerm Contern: Contern
    • Waassertuerm Dalhem
    • Waassertuerm DuPont Teijin: Contern
    • Waassertuerm Elvange
    • Waasertuerm Fingig
    • Waassertuerm Foetz (1986)
    • Waassertuerm Frissange x 2
    • Waassertuerm Goeblange
    • Waassertuerm Heinerscheid
    • Waassertuerm Hellingen
    • Waassertuerm Hoscheid
    • Waassertuerm Hosingen
    • Waassertuerm Howald
    • Waassertuerm Huldang
    • Waassertuerm Industriezone Contern:
    • Waassertuerm Leudelange #1
    • Waassertuerm vu Mamer
    • Waassertuerm Napoléonsgaard (1928)
    • Waassertuerm Nidderaanwen x 2
    • Waassertuerm Niederanven
    • Waassertuerm Pärel
    • Waassertuerm Perchesberg (1912)
    • Waassertuerm Reckange-sur-Mess
    • Waassertuerm Reckeng op der Mess
    • Waassertuerm Réibierg
    • Waaassertuerm Remerschen
    • Waassertuerm Rippweiler
    • Waassertuerm Rodange Pétange
    • Waassertuerm Schrassig
    • Waassertuerm Steinfort #2
    • Waassertuerm Zessingen
    Source: ingsci.lu

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