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  • Glacier Point at Sunset, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Let's start with something beautiful, before we get into America's dark past. Glacier Point at Sunset, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Let's start with something beautiful, before we get into America's dark past.
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Featured articles

Ten featured articles were promoted this week.

Sign reading "We cater to White Trade only"
Signs like this made it necessary to produce The Negro Motorist Green Book, to help the emerging black middle class to navigate the segregated United States.
In 1872, Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in her hometown of Rochester, New York, and convicted in a widely publicized trial. Although she refused to pay the fine, the authorities declined to take further action. In 1878, Congress was presented with an amendment giving women the right to vote. Popularly known as the Anthony Amendment, it became the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.
  • Live and Let Die (novel) (] by ]) A "lurid meller" in one critic's estimation, Live and Let Die was Ian Fleming's second Bond novel. Code number 007 is on the trail of Mr. Big, real name Buonaparte Ignace Gallia, who's been financing Soviet spies by selling 17th century gold coins from pirate Henry Morgan's buried treasure. The coins are smuggled into the US by placing them in aquariums containing "poisonous tropical fish". In a quiet moment of reflection "Boney" Gallia confesses to Bond that he is prey to "'accidie'- the deadly lethargy that envelops those who are sated." He has a spherical head, "twice the normal size", and his skin is grey-black in colour. Intellectually brilliant, and with superb organisational skills, Mr. Big represents the "banality of evil", who is eventually defeated by the "anonymous, blunt instrument wielded by a government department" (Fleming's description of his hero). Bond's last glimpse of Mr. Big is of his left arm rising out of the sea as sharks rip his flesh apart.
  • McKinley Birthplace Memorial dollar (] by ]) US President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist in 1901. The McKinley Birthplace Memorial dollar was a one dollar gold coin struck in 1916 and 1917 and intended to be sold at a markup to finance the construction of… er… the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial in Niles, Ohio. The price to the public was $3; over 30,000 of the two dates were minted of which one-third were actually sold at full price to the public, one-third were sold at an undisclosed discount to a Texas coin dealer and the rest melted. The coin has a left-facing profile of McKinley on the obverse and the proposed NMBP on the reverse. The failure of the issue to sell has been ascribed to it being "ill-publicized". They're now worth about $500 upwards.
  • Susan B. Anthony dollar (nominated by RHM22) Back again for the second week is the Susan B. Anthony dollar a United States dollar coin minted from 1979 to 1981, and again in 1999. The Mint began preparation for the reduced-diameter Susan B. Anthony dollar dollar coin in 1976. Proposed as a smaller replacement for the cumbersome Eisenhower dollar, a number of shapes and compositions were tested, but all were opposed by the vending machine industry, a powerful lobby affecting coin legislation. Finally, a round planchet with an eleven-sided inner border was chosen for the smaller dollar. In the early 1960s, as the price of silver rose, Treasury Department vaults were depleted of silver dollars by the public. Silver dollars had not been minted in the United States since 1935, a shortage developed in the Western United States, especially in areas in which gambling was common.
  • Mind Meld (] by ]) Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime is a 2001 documentary film in which two unemployed actors with a website to promote talk about the science fiction soap opera they once appeared in. Among topics raised are; the question of the "legitimacy of consistently portraying an extraterrestrial", alcoholism, sex, typecasting and fine art photography.
  • The Negro Motorist Green Book (nominated by Prioryman) The Negro Motorist Green Book (at times titled The Negro Traveler's Green Book) was an annual guidebook for African Americans, commonly referred to simply as the "Green Book". It was published in the United States from 1936 to 1966, during the Jim Crow era in order to be free of discomfort, discrimination, segregation and insult. White supremacists had long sought to restrict black mobility, and simply undertaking an auto journey was fraught with inconveniences, and worse – potentially dangerous – for many blacks. They were subjected to racial profiling by police departments ("Driving While Black"), faced being punished for being "uppity" or "too prosperous" if they were seen driving a car (regarded by many whites as a white prerogative), and risked harassment or worse. There was not a single hotel or other accommodation open to blacks in Salt Lake City, Utah in the 1920s, leaving black travelers stranded if they found themselves there overnight.
  • Radiocarbon dating (] by ]) When cosmic rays enter the Earth's upper atmosphere they collide with atoms and molecules of atmospheric gases (mostly oxygen and nitrogen) to produce a shower of particles, particularly neutrons. When these neutrons go on to hit nitrogen atoms the collision knocks off a proton, converting the nitrogen into radioactive carbon-14. The carbon reacts with oxygen to produce radioactive carbon dioxide. All forms of carbon dioxide gas are heavier than oxygen and nitrogen, so it flows down to the ground, where it's taken up into plant material by the process of photosynthesis and then into animal material when the plants are eaten. Because a certain proportion of the carbon is radioactive, and radioactivity decays, if the radioactivity of the bone your dog dug up in the garden is measured and you know that the proportion of each isotope of atmospheric carbon has remained constant and you know the rate of decay you can work out when the bone was last inside a living animal. August 1485. Rover, drop it. The technique was invented by Willard Libby in the late 1940s, and has become a standard tool for archaeologists and food safety inspectors.
  • Air Mata Iboe (] by ]) Air Mata Iboe is an Indonesian film from 1941- a "musical extravaganza" with a tragic storyline. Married to a merchant, the Indonesian woman Soegiati has three sons and a daughter; they marry and move away, leaving only Soemadi, who is his mother's favourite. One night the police come to arrest the merchant, Soebagio, who's been moonlighting as a robber. Soemadi makes a false confession to protect his father, and is exiled for his "crimes". Feelings of guilt drive Soebagio to his grave, and his widow Soegiati is left in debt. She is soon homeless and penniless. Turning first to her two remaining sons, who are wealthy, Soegiati is refused help because they are scared of their wives. Her daughter and son-in-law offer to take her in, but Soegiati sees their poverty and chooses instead to live on charity. Time passes, Soemadi returns and after meeting his mother seeks revenge on his brothers. Fifi Young took the rôle of Soegiati; she was to reprise it in 1957 in a remake. The original film is probably lost- the film stock was nitrocellulose which is dangerously flammable, and it's possible that copies were deliberately destroyed.

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Nine featured lists were promoted this week.

The beautiful and talented "Priyanka Chopra" is on this weeks "Featured List".photo: 2014
Picture of Allan Quatermain, probably H. Rider Haggard's most popular character, as depicted by Thure de Thulstrup for a serialization of Haggard's novel Maiwa's Revenge
  • List of works by H. Rider Haggard (nominated by SchroCat) H. Rider Haggard was a prolific and high-profile English writer, probably best known for his Allan Quatermain series of stories. He wrote much, much more besides, and his output included 56 novels, 3 short-story collections and nearly 100 letters to The Times. He was also an expert on land management and agricultural reform and wrote several non-fictional books on the subject, which added to his works on South Africa and the Zulus, about which he was knowledgeable following his time in the country. Rider Haggard was interested in land affairs in 1895 he served on a government commission to examine Salvation Army labor colonies, and in 1911 he served on the Royal Commission examining coastal erosion.
  • Pancuran Tujuh (Template:Lang-jv, both meaning "Seven Springs") is a hot spring that you need to place on your bucket list, as Chris Woodrich proves with this utterly remarkable photo, well its really 30 photos. Read about how he "got the shot" below. Pack your bags and book the trip now, we hear its nice this time of year … Pancuran Tujuh (Template:Lang-jv, both meaning "Seven Springs") is a hot spring that you need to place on your bucket list, as Chris Woodrich proves with this utterly remarkable photo, well its really 30 photos. Read about how he "got the shot" below. Pack your bags and book the trip now, we hear its nice this time of year …

Featured pictures

Twenty-eight featured pictures were promoted this week.

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The earliest examples of Sudano-Sahelian style likely comes from Jenné-Jeno around 250 BC, where the first evidence of permanent mudbrick architecture in the region is attested
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  • Pasteur's portrait by Edelfelt (created by Albert Edelfelt, nominated by Hafspajen) The portrait of Louis Pasteur depicting him among the laboratory glassware used in the experimental methods. Pasteur, whom is also know as the "father of microbiology" for his discoveries in the fields of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.
  • La Schiavona (created by Titian, nominated by SchroCat) La Schiavona (1510–12) by Titian; this is a portrait of an unknown lady probably from Dalmatia ('La Schiavona' translates as "Dalmatian woman"). The raised relief sculpture was a later thought by addition, and the original drapery he painted is now starting to show through the thinning paint.
  • Pancuran Tujuh (created and nominated by Chris Woodrich) "A panoramic image consisting of 30 or so frames shot using a Canon EOS 60D, a Canon EF-S 18–55mm lens at 55mm (effective length of 88mm after including the crop factor) and a "Nodal Ninja" panoramic head, then "stitched" together in PTGui." According to local legend, a man named Syekh Maulana Maghribi discovered the springs. Sailing to Gresik on Java. There he found seven springs, which he named Pancuran Pitu, and bathed in the waters, treating himself. The waters contain sulfur and other minerals, this might be just the place your looking for to rejuvenate your body and soul. With a population of 143 million, Java is the home of 57 percent of the Indonesian population, and is the most populous island on Earth. This is one remarkable panoramic photo, well done Chris!
  • Anthidium florentinum (created and nominated by Alvesgaspar) Something must be bugging Alvesgaspar this week or it is just these fine photos of bugs that has us questioning the bugs around us. Anthidium is a genus of bee often called mason or potter bees, who use conifer resin, plant hairs, mud, or a mix of them to build nests. Alvesgaspar's bug collection of featured photos continues to grow, with not one but two featured bugs, this week. Get out your fly swatter for the next one....
  • Eristalinus taeniops (created and nominated by Alvesgaspar) Eristalinus taeniops is a species of hoverfly, also known as the band-eyed drone fly that for the most part likes to hang out in Portugal, Spain and around the Mediterranean, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, North Africa, The Canary Islands, The Caucasus Eastern parts of Afrotropical region to South Africa, Nepal Northern Pakistan and Northern India, Iran and Southern California. "Waiter, there seems to be a fly in my soup? Don't worry sir that spider on your bread will soon get him!
  • Gorakhpur Junction railway station (created and nominated by The Herald) A shot from the foot-over bridge of Gorakhpur Junction railway station located in the city of Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway. A remodeling of the Gorakhpur railway station was launched in 2009. The remodeling work was completed on war-footing within the scheduled time. With the inauguration of the remodeled yard on 6 October 2013, Gorakhpur has a platform measuring 1,366.33 metres (4,482.7 ft) with ramp making it the world’s longest railway platform.Waiter, do you have frogs legs? - No sir, I've always walked"
  • The Adoration of the Kings (created by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, nominated by SchroCat) – The Adoration of the Kings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1564). Many of those surrounding Christ—including the Three Kings—are caricatured slightly or shown as a grotesque, and the Virgin is shown naturally and not idealized. The viewpoint is from a slightly elevated position, which has the effect of focusing attention on the Christ figure in the Virgin's lap, which is shown in the exact center of the painting. In this treatment, the painter's first purpose is to record the range and intensity of individual reactions to the sacred event. In the chronological sequence of Bruegel's work, this painting of 1564 marks an important departure as the first to be composed almost exclusively of large figures.
  • Hollister Municipal Airport (created and nominated by WPPilot) Looking for a nice Hundred Dollar Hamburger?, Hollister Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Hollister, a city in San Benito County, California, United States, just south of San Jose. It saw its first powered flight departure on April 14, 1912 from what was then a small livestock pasture. in the 1940s, the U.S. Navy took control of the Field and commissioned it as a Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Hollister. Today Hollister Airport is a popular destination for pilots, for the $100 hamburger. The traditional "$100 hamburger trip" would typically involve: flying a short distance (less than two hours), eating at an airport restaurant, and flying home. That was many years ago, the cost of fuel forced aircraft rental prices to over $150 dollars a hour today and that same burger is going to run you well over a hundred bucks. It will be the best burger you eat for a while. Hollister airport does not have a tower. Contact them using UNICOM 123.00, make left traffic on runway 31 (that is the big runway) & have a safe flight.
  • Madonna of Loreto (created by Raphael, nominated by Chris Woodrich) The Madonna of Loreto is a painting finished around 1508–1509 by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It is housed in the Musée Condé of Chantilly, France. It has been widely copied throughout the centuries. It shows the Christ Child playing with the Madonna's veil, while a melancholic St. Joseph looks on. For centuries the painting kept company with the Portrait of Pope Julius II, first at the Santa Maria del Popolo, then in private collections, and for a time their location was unknown. Their ownership, or provenance, has been difficult to unravel because of the number of copies of both paintings, the unclear ownership chain, misinformation and delay of publication of vital information. Saint Joseph seemed to be an after-thought, x-rays of the painting show that Saint Joseph was painted over a window previously over the Madonna's shoulder. Further, the change in the position of the Child's right foot was revealed via x-ray. These changes align with Raphael's preliminary drawings for the painting.
  • Pampus (created and nominated by Johan Bakker) Our second Aerial Photo to make the list of Featured Photos this week: Pampus an artificial island and late 19th Century sea fort located in the IJmeer near Amsterdam. It now belongs to the municipality of Muiden and is open to visitors. The fort was commissioned in 1895. It was armed with four Krupp 240mm (9.5") L35 (35 calibers long) guns deployed in two hydraulically operated cupolas of two guns each. Electric lifts brought shells and cartridges up from the magazines on the ground floor. These guns fired a shell of 280kg for a range of up to eight km. Each gun had a crew of an NCO and six gunners, who could get off one shot every six minutes. During WW2 the Nazi's used the island as a bombing target, filling bomb chambers with smoke to show the pilot where the bomb hit as a training aid.
  • Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm (created by Willem van de Velde the Younger, nominated by Alborzagros) Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm. c. 1665 by Willem van de Velde the Younger. Most of Van de Velde's finest works represent views off the coast of Holland, with Dutch shipping. His best productions are delicate, spirited and finished in handling, and correct in the drawing of the vessels and their rigging. The numerous figures are tellingly introduced, and the artist is successful in his renderings of sea, whether in calm or storm. The ships are portrayed with almost photographic accuracy, and are the most precise guides available to the appearance of 17th-century ships.
  • Battle of Scheveningen (created by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, nominated by Alborzagros ) Battle of Scheveningen by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten – between 1653 and 1666. After their victory at the Battle of the Gabbard in June 1653, the English fleet of 120 ships under General at Sea George Monck blockaded the Dutch coast, capturing many merchant vessels. The Dutch economy began to collapse immediately: mass unemployment and even starvation set in. On 24 July (3 August Gregorian calendar), Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp put to sea in the Brederode with a fleet of 100 ships to lift the blockade at the island of Texel, where Vice-Admiral Witte de With's 27 ships were trapped by the English. On 8 August, the English sighted Tromp and pursued to the south, sinking two Dutch ships before dark, but allowing De With to slip out and rendezvous the next day with Tromp off Scheveningen, right next to the small village of Ter Heijde, after Tromp had positioned himself by some brilliant maneuvering to the north of the English fleet. Around 7 in the morning of 31 July, the Dutch gained an advantage from the weather and attacked, led by the Brederode. The ensuing battle was ferocious, with both fleets moving through each other four times. Tromp was killed early in the fight by a sharpshooter in the rigging of William Penn's ship. His death was kept secret to keep up the morale of the Dutch.
  • Baturraden (created by Chris Woodrich, nominated by Chris Woodrich) An overview of the Baturraden tourist resort, on the slopes of Mount Slamet in Banyumas Regency. Baturraden is located in Central Java, at about 640 metres (2,100 ft) above sea level. The area is some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the peak of the mountain; this has led to the number of visitors decreasing when the volcano is active. The name Baturraden is derived from the Javanese words Batur ("manservant") and Raden ("nobleman/noblewoman"). According to local legend, the young daughter of a local king fell in love with a young man who worked in the stables. As their feelings were mutual, the two furtively had a relationship before ultimately eloping – not getting their parents' blessings. Shortly after their first child was born, the noblewoman's father marched on their home with his army and demanded that she return home. When she refused, the king had the stableman stabbed with a kris. The noblewoman, in despair, took the kris from her husband's body and killed herself. More Drama, just what we need around here.
  • Your shipping forecast, by Willem van de Velde, calls for smooth sailing today. Your shipping forecast, by Willem van de Velde, calls for smooth sailing today.
  • ...Well, we're never 100% accurate. Scheveningen happens. ...Well, we're never 100% accurate. Scheveningen happens.
  • Perhaps WPPilot can fly you there. Perhaps WPPilot can fly you there.
  • ...Or you could take the train from the longest railway platform in the world. ...Or you could take the train from the longest railway platform in the world.

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    • Since there's nothing about racial segregation in South Africa (apartheid) in this report, I've removed it from the title and added "racial segregation" in its place, which evidently refers to racial segregation in the United States. Apartheid as a concept is specific to South Africa. While I'm sure many here think it's cool and PoMo to use words outside their original context, I am sorry to say that this is entirely incorrect, as it is an obvious anachronism. Viriditas (talk) 04:51, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
    • Thanks Viriditas, I'd just like to publicly dissociate myself from that. I tried taking my name off the byline, but it got put back. I've change the heading to something more anodyne. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 06:55, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
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