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SPAIN, M thru SPAIN, MARGARET
SPAIN, M was born 30 October 1965, received Social Security number 352-64-5903 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 5 March 2002
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SPAIN, M A was born ABT 1882 in Co Mayo, (daughter of John Spain) was in the 1901 census for Woodstock Street, Pottinger, County Down, Ireland
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SPAIN, MABEL was born 9 November 1935, received Social Security number 203-26-5578 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died 26 November 1997
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SPAIN, MABEL was born 21 January 1887, received Social Security number 072-24-3579 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died July 1976
SPAIN, MABEL was born 25 December 1886, received Social Security number 542-30-8419 (indicating Oregon) and, Death Master File says, died July 1972
SPAIN, MABEL A. was born 5 July 1903, received Social Security number 322-05-9492 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 1 February 2003
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SPAIN, MABEL B. was born 9 November 1934, received Social Security number 177-28-5720 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died 26 November 1997
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SPAIN, MABEL D. was born 20 May 1910, received Social Security number 228-16-5599 (indicating Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died 27 February 2002
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SPAIN, MABEL L. died 24 November 2012 in Missouri, U.S.A. Special thanks to Reclaim the Records. Please consider donating to them.
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SPAIN, MABEL L. was born 10 November 1918, received Social Security number 487-66-2765 (indicating Missouri) and, Death Master File says, died 24 November 2012
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Spain, Mabel Lora, female, was born 14 November 1909 in Davidson County, Tennessee, U.S.A. to J.D. Spain, Carpenter, (father) and Minnie Reader Spain, according to File 41198 Reel B-13.
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SPAIN, MABEL V. was born 1 September 1912, received Social Security number 414-72-0246 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died 25 November 2006
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SPAIN, MABLE was born 21 August 1909, received Social Security number 510-30-8291 (indicating Kansas) and, Death Master File says, died March 1977
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SPAIN, MABLE C. was born 16 February 1909, received Social Security number 242-17-6558 (indicating North Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died 24 October 1992
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SPAIN, MABLE G. was born 15 August 1910, received Social Security number 409-20-4069 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died 9 August 1998
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SPAIN, MABLE S. was born 19 August 1919, received Social Security number 408-30-5826 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died 18 June 2003
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SPAIN, MABLE T. was born 23 December 1910, received Social Security number 258-26-4660 (indicating Georgia) and, Death Master File says, died 13 May 2000
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Spain, Macarthur, Rank: CPL, Branch: US MARINE CORPS, War: VIETNAM, was born 27 May 1949, died 13 December 2017, and was buried in Section Q, Site 284 in Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
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SPAIN, MACEY was born 5 November 1916, received Social Security number 169-18-1745 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died August 1977
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SPAIN, MACK died 18 February 2013 in Missouri, U.S.A. Special thanks to Reclaim the Records. Please consider donating to them.
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SPAIN, MACK was born 18 May 1931, received Social Security number 249-46-7961 (indicating South Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died August 1981
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SPAIN, MACK was born 29 August 1943, received Social Security number 500-56-1306 (indicating Missouri) and, Death Master File says, died 18 February 2013
SPAIN, MACK A who was 53 (born ABT 1927) married 5 APR 1980 in STEPHENS COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a bride named FRANCES E WRIGHT who was 54 (born ABT 1926).
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SPAIN, MACK A who was 62 (born ABT 1927) married 26 MAY 1989 in EASTLAND COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a bride named SHIRLEY M GARRELL who was 49 (born ABT 1940).
SPAIN, MACK A. was born 21 June 1926, received Social Security number 466-28-6703 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died 26 December 1994
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SPAIN, MACKIE (possibly her maiden name) had a baby named MARTHA A. MCCULLOUGH on 8 March 1931 in McCracken County, Kentucky, U.S.A.
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SPAIN, MACKIE S who was 32 (born ABT 1950) married 9 JUL 1982 in STEPHENS COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a groom named JACKIE L SCHLEGEL who was 41 (born ABT 1941).
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SPAIN, MADELINE was born 21 April 1894, received Social Security number 527-46-6016 (indicating Arizona) and, Death Master File says, died November 1975
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SPAIN, MADELINE L. was born 5 August 1937, received Social Security number 225-46-0788 (indicating Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died 31 December 2010
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SPAIN, MADELINE V who was 49 (born ABT 1939) married 25 MAR 1988 in LIBERTY COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a groom named WILBUR F GILMORE who was 47 (born ABT 1941).
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SPAIN, MADELINE V who was 67 (born ABT 1938) married 15 JUL 2005 in JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a groom named WILLIAM A SHIPMAN who was 80 (born ABT 1925).
SPAIN, MADELON was born 7 May 1909, received Social Security number 414-66-2054 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died 24 May 1993
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SPAIN, MADGE was born 17 September 1909, received Social Security number 409-52-3651 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died 18 March 1996
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SPAIN, MADISON L. was born 6 August 1933, received Social Security number 284-28-1880 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died 3 January 2009
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SPAIN, MADISON PAIGE was born 8 August 2006 in Missouri, U.S.A. Special thanks to Reclaim the Records. Please consider donating to them.
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Spain, Madora died 21 March 1925 in Davidson County, Tennessee, U.S.A.
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SPAIN, Madora J. was born ABT 1856 in Ind; was in the 1860 census in Gibson County, Indiana.
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SPAIN, MAE married 26 Sep 1896 in IROQUOIS COUNTY, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. a groom named WILLIAM F SHOUFLER.
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SPAIN, MAE was born 9 December 1905, received Social Security number 246-32-6606 (indicating North Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died 22 February 2002
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SPAIN, MAE was born 11 March 1920, received Social Security number 415-14-2814 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died April 1982
SPAIN, MAE was born 21 September 1884, received Social Security number 295-22-5823 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died January 1973
Spain, Mae A died 8 June 1965 at age 74, (born about 1891) and was buried in block K, lot 00163 in Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A.
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SPAIN, Magaret was born ABT 1881 in Kings Co, (daughter of Margaret Spain) was in the 1901 census for Killaun, Killyon, King's County (now known as County Offaly), Ireland
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SPAIN, MAGDALENE B. was born 31 May 1931, received Social Security number 242-42-7439 (indicating North Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died 17 January 2012
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SPAIN, MAGDALENE H. was born 29 May 1935, received Social Security number 404-46-5654 and, Death Master File says, died 6 August 2001
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Spain, Magdalene H., wife of Anthony R. Spain, was born 29 May 1935, died 6 August 2001, and was buried in Section CBH, Row 3, Site 185 in Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, California, U.S.A.
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SPAIN, MAGGIE married 18 Nov 1891 in COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. a groom named PATRICK MEARA.
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SPAIN, MAGGIE was born 2 November 1893, received Social Security number 220-30-4150 (indicating Maryland) and, Death Master File says, died December 1976
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SPAIN, MAGGIE was born 3 June 1893, received Social Security number 499-28-2765 (indicating Missouri) and, Death Master File says, died April 1979
SPAIN, MAGGIE was born 25 February 1885, received Social Security number 241-06-7611 (indicating North Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died September 1978
SPAIN, MAGGIE C. was born 26 August 1912, received Social Security number 461-32-8484 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died 11 July 1998
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SPAIN, MAGGIE M. was born 4 December 1918, received Social Security number 220-12-9379 (indicating Maryland) and, Death Master File says, died 21 February 2005
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Spain, Mai R. died 18 October 1918 in White County, Tennessee, U.S.A.
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SPAIN, MALCOLM D. was born 9 September 1933, received Social Security number 289-28-6615 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died 7 April 2002
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Spain, (Male) died in 1909 according to a Massachusetts vital record for Boston, Volume 10, Page 169.
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SPAIN, MALINDA KAYE was born 27 June 1968 in Missouri, U.S.A. Special thanks to Reclaim the Records. Please consider donating to them.
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SPAIN, MALISSA was born 6 July 1902, received Social Security number 420-42-3810 (indicating Alabama) and, Death Master File says, died 8 October 2003
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SPAIN, MALISSA was born 15 February 1909, received Social Security number 240-03-9361 (indicating North Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died 28 August 2000
SPAIN, MAMIE was born 5 April 1905, received Social Security number 212-14-9657 (indicating Maryland) and, Death Master File says, died April 1973
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SPAIN, MAMIE was born 14 May 1915, received Social Security number 248-62-2178 (indicating South Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died July 1983
SPAIN, MAMIE was born 27 November 1921, received Social Security number 401-24-9003 and, Death Master File says, died 11 December 1993
SPAIN, MAMIE of Jefferson County, Kentucky died 12 December 1993 at age 72 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A.
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SPAIN, MAMIE B. was born 3 October 1909, received Social Security number 415-72-8044 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died September 1991
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SPAIN, MAMIE L. was born 28 December 1933, received Social Security number 413-50-3877 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died 18 April 1993
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SPAIN, MAMIE L. was born 3 May 1900, died 11 May 1980, and was buried in Block 4N Lot 072 Grave W4 of Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville, Georgia, U.S.A. by undertaker: Wards.
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SPAIN, MAMIE W. was born 7 November 1900, received Social Security number 454-24-2027 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died February 1990
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SPAIN, Mammie (daughter of Jack Elam) was born ABT 1920 in Spain and was in the 1920 census in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
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SPAIN, Manda was born ABT 1844 in Ala; was in the 1850 census in Lawrence County, Alabama.
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SPAIN, MANDA C. was born 26 July 1918 to EARNESTINE METCALFE (possibly her maiden name) in Nelson County, Kentucky, U.S.A.
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SPAIN, MANDANE was born 22 October 1891, received Social Security number 565-01-7934 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died September 1983
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SPAIN, Mansel D was born ABT 1835 in Al; was in the 1850 census in Dallas County, Texas.
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SPAIN, MANTA was born 3 September 1882, received Social Security number 276-09-7893 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died March 1976
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SPAIN, MARANDA was born 6 March 1893, received Social Security number 240-06-4949 (indicating North Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died April 1974
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SPAIN, MARCEDA was born 19 May 1902, received Social Security number 503-05-0590 (indicating South Dakota) and, Death Master File says, died June 1980
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SPAIN, MARCEDES M. was born 27 November 1925, received Social Security number 481-20-5923 (indicating Iowa) and, Death Master File says, died 25 March 2005
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SPAIN, MARCELLA was born 26 December 1913, received Social Security number 480-62-6990 (indicating Iowa) and, Death Master File says, died March 1985
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SPAIN, MARCELLA Y. was born 3 January 1959, received Social Security number 228-08-0720 (indicating Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died 17 June 2013
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Spain, Marcella Y., wife of Walter T. Spain Jr, was born 3 January 1959, died 16 June 2013, and was buried in Section 2, Row 31, Site 33 in Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Suffolk, Virginia, U.S.A.
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SPAIN, MARCELLUS was born 4 March 1917, received Social Security number 318-48-3857 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 9 July 1991
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SPAIN, MARCUS C. was born 17 January 1931, received Social Security number 319-28-0497 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 19 October 2006
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SPAIN, MARCUS NATHANIEL was born 31 July 1973 in Missouri, U.S.A. Special thanks to Reclaim the Records. Please consider donating to them.
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SPAIN, MARGARET (possibly her maiden name) had a baby named MARK J. WEBER on 21 November 1953 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A.
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SPAIN, MARGARET (possibly her maiden name) had a baby named RUTH A. WEBER on 17 July 1958 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A.
SPAIN, MARGARET (the bride) and DENNIS GREENE had their wedding 21 November 1980 and it was registered in Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A., according to the Connecticut Marriage Index.
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 2 April 1887, received Social Security number 376-52-6018 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died January 1974
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SPAIN, MARGARET was born 2 April 1892, received Social Security number 374-03-6127 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died July 1974
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 5 May 1913, received Social Security number 135-05-8468 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died August 1995
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 6 March 1924, received Social Security number 537-16-5307 (indicating Washington) and, Death Master File says, died November 1989
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 7 February 1916, received Social Security number 412-07-2227 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died October 1979
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 9 May 1914, received Social Security number 337-14-8638 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died May 1978
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 10 June 1916, received Social Security number 513-60-6724 (indicating Kansas) and, Death Master File says, died December 1980
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 11 January 1898, received Social Security number 413-34-3360 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died January 1977
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 13 June 1932, received Social Security number 142-24-1607 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died December 1973
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 15 August 1906, received Social Security number 322-30-3313 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died January 1981
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 17 May 1895, received Social Security number 300-40-4438 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died February 1975
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 18 May 1938, received Social Security number 464-54-1417 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died 16 December 1995
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 23 February 1904, received Social Security number 484-60-7191 (indicating Iowa) and, Death Master File says, died January 1987
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 23 January 1918, received Social Security number 465-18-5981 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died 9 February 1996
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 23 January 1955 in Missouri, U.S.A. Special thanks to Reclaim the Records. Please consider donating to them.
SPAIN, MARGARET was born 26 October 1906, received Social Security number 512-22-5772 (indicating Kansas) and, Death Master File says, died January 1986


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import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * 日志输出工具类
 * @author Tom
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public final class LoggerUtil {

	public static void PrintInfo(Class clazz, String title, String msg){
		LoggerFactory.getLogger(clazz).info(title + ", " + msg);
	}

}

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https://celticswire.usatoday.com/lists/nba-boston-celtics-gorman-hunter-bing-randolph-born-55-rebounds-wilt-chamberlain-history/
OTD: Wilt nabs 55 rebounds vs BOS; Gorman, Hunter, Bing, Randolph born
November 24, 2020 10:52 am ET
On this day in 1960, the Boston Celtics let big man legend Wilt Chamberlain pull down an NBA-record 55 rebounds and still managed to win the game against his (then) Philadelphia (now, Golden State) Warriors.
The feat, which occured in a 132 – 129 win for the Celtics, has yet to be bested since, with the Big Dipper (Chamberlain hated the nickname 'Wilt the Stilt') setting a record for the ages on that night despite not coming away with the win.
"I got 55 rebounds against the Boston Celtics in one particular game," related Chamberlain in a clip posted by Twitter user TodayInSports3.
60 years ago today, Wilt Chamberlain grabs an #NBA record 55 rebounds in a game.#TodayInSports #NBATwitter
pic.twitter.com/2esowdH4LB
— #TodayInSports (@TodayInSports3) November 24, 2020
The thing that I remember the most about the 55 rebounds was, when the game was over, I was probably more tired than I've ever been in my entire life," he added.
"I was also probably as happy as I've ever been because not only did it help us to win a game [editor's note; it seems Wilt's memory is off here], but it was against the best rebounder I ever knew of, and against the best team to ever play the game of basketball. I knew that this is what I was supposed to do if I wanted to dominate the game — was to rebound."
"There also was something very gratifying about it; you go up there and you grab that ball and you squeeze it and say, 'It's mine,'" explained Chamberlain.
It is also the birthday of longtime Boston Celtics play-by-play man Mike Gorman, born this day in 1945 in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Gorman began calling Celtics games with Boston icon Tommy Heinsohn in 1981 after a career as an aviator for the U.S. Navy in the 1970s, forming the industry's longest-tenured duo until Heinsohn's passing earlier this year (rest in peace).
"This is a guy who has more rings than 99% of people who have played…"
Tommy Heinsohn and Mike Gorman discuss their broadcasting beginnings with the @celtics! #NBABDAY pic.twitter.com/NRtsNbQpyc
— NBA History (@NBAHistory) August 26, 2019
A five-time Emmy award-winner, Gorman has also covered NCAA basketball and the Olympics games over the course of his storied career.
He shares that birthday with former Boston power forward Brandon Hunter, who came into this world on this day in 1980 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Happy birthday Brandon Hunter! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/tpVMGYcryf
— HonestLarry (@HonestLarry1) November 24, 2020
A product of his hometown Ohio University, Hunter would be drafted 56th overall in the 2003 NBA draft by the Celtics, and play a total of 36 games for them in his rookie 2003-04 season.
He would be left unprotected by Boston in the 2004 NBA expansion draft that was held in part to populate the newly-formed Charlotte Bobcats, who took the Ohio native and dealt him to the Orlando Magic.
In honor of the #NBADraft tonight…tbt to the most recent Bobcat 2 get drafted. Brandon Hunter in '03 by the Celtics pic.twitter.com/cvx1SoHwap
— Ohio Ticket Sales (@OhioTicketSales) June 26, 2014
He averaged 3.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game as a Celtic.
Ex-Celtic floor general Dave Bing was born today as well, in 1943 in Washington, D.C.
Happy birthday Dave Bing! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/37wUDI2gxh
Playing his college ball with Syracuse University, Bing would be drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1966 NBA draft with the sixth overall pick, and would play stints with that team and the (then) Washington Bullets (now, Wizards) before signing with Boston as a free agent.
It would be the final season in his storied career as a player, in which he averaged 13.6 points, 2.7 boards, 3.8 assists and a steal per game.
Bing would many years later become the mayor of the city of Detroit after retiring as a player.
Finally, former Celtics forward Shavlik Randolph was born today too, in 1983 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Happy birthday Shavlik Randolph! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/7eVqk8NUPX
Randolph — a grandson of former New York Knick forward Ron Randolph — played collegiately for local Duke University, and played for the Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat and overseas after going undrafted.
In 2013, he was able to convert a ten-day contract into a rest-of-season deal, then returned to the team in 2015 in a three-team deal from the Phoenix Suns.
In 21 games over two seasons, the Duke product averaged 3.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game with the team.
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Costello Music é o primeiro álbum de estúdio da banda de indie rock escocesa The Fratellis, lançado em 2006 com os singles Henrietta, Chelsea Dagger, Whistle For The Choir, Flathead, Baby Fratelli e Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes

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Monika Zehrt - (29 de septiembre de 1952 en Riesa, Alemania Oriental) Atleta alemana especialista en pruebas de velocidad que ganó dos medallas de oro en los Juegos Olímpicos de Múnich 1972 (400 metros lisos y relevos 4 x 400 metros)

En los Campeonatos de Europa de Helsinki 1971 ganó el oro con el equipo de Alemania Oriental en los relevos 4 x 400 metros, que además batieron el récord mundial con 3:29,3

El 4 de julio de 1972, poco antes de los Juegos Olímpicos de Múnich, igualó en París el récord mundial de los 400 metros lisos que tenía la jamaicana Marilyn Neufville con 51,0

Era la gran favorita para ganar el oro olímpico en Múnich, y lo consiguió con una marca de 51,08 (récord olímpico), por delante de la alemana occidental Rita Wilden (51,21) y de la estadounidense Kathy Hammond (51,64)

En esos Juegos ganó también la medalla de oro en los relevos 4 x 400 metros con el equipo de Alemania Oriental, que batió dos veces el récord mundial, una en semifinales (3:28,5) y otra en la final (3:23,0). El cuarteto lo componían por este orden Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler y Monika Zehrt.

Perteneció al Club SC Dynamo Berlin y fue entrenada por Inge Utecht, Cuando estaba en activo medía 1.68 m y pesaba 56 kg. Se retiró del atletismo en 1974.

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 100 metros - 11.3 (Potsdam, 14 Jun 1973)
 200 metros - 22.8 (Potsdam, 28 May 1972)
 400 metros - 51.0 (París, 04 Jul 1972)

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The Remarkable Inventions of Walter Mortinson
By Quinn Sosna-Spear
"Contains elements of Oz and Harry Potter with a healthy dollop of Willy Wonka thrown into the mix." —Kirkus Reviews
In this sweeping and inventive debut novel that's perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman, and Tim Burton, a prodigal inventor flees his home to find his destiny.
In the humdrum town of Moormouth, Walter Mortinson's unusual inventions cause nothing but trouble. After one of his contraptions throws the town into chaos, Walter's mother demands he cut the nonsense and join the family mortuary business.
Far off on Flaster Isle, famed inventor Horace Flasterborn plans to take Walter under his wing, just as he did Walter's genius father decades ago. When a letter arrives by unusual means offering Walter an apprenticeship, it isn't long before Walter decides to flee Moormouth to meet his destiny.
Walter runs away in the family hearse along with Cordelia, the moody girl next door with one eye and plenty of secrets. Together they journey through a strange landscape of fish-people, giantess miners, and hypnotized honeybees in an adventure that will not only reveal the truth about Walter's past, but direct his future.
Photograph by Marvin Lemus
Quinn Sosna-Spear
Quinn Sosna-Spear was named a California Young Playwright at seventeen and went on to study at the University of Southern California. She has since written books, films, and comics. Her novels are inspired by her childhood and the untimely death of her own mother. Quinn hopes to share with all readers—particularly those struggling with loss—the humor, poignancy, and adventure in such things…as dreary and impossible as they may seem.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (April 2020)
Children's Fiction > Family > General
Children's Fiction > Social Situations > Friendship
"Sosna-Spear's debut novel contains elements of Oz and Harry Potter with a healthy dollop of Willie Wonka thrown into the mix….An earnest novel that celebrates courage and individuality."
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Environmental hazards of sand mining wars
For residents settled around Jehlum River the miner's ethnicity isn't a concern – the act of mining is.
Irfan Amin Malik
In 2010, the Department of Irrigation and Flood Control sent a report to Union Water Resource Ministry warning of "massive flood [that] may engulf" Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) in next five years.
Unaware of it, in the couple of years to come, Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh would wake up every morning to park his tractor amidst a water-stream to extract raw material, including sand, gravels, and boulders, used in construction, to earn his living.
The department had also sent a project report worth 2,200 crore rupees to develop infrastructure to deal with the floods. Nonetheless, in 2014, the flood struck J-K – leaving nearly 200 people dead and damaged property of multi-crore rupees.
"After the floods, I became the target of neighbours and police," says Mr. Sheikh, a 43-year-old resident of Tral, south Kashmir. In the flood's aftermath, the local tractor owners were blamed for resorting to ruthless extraction in tributaries. "We were regularly heckled and charged with penalties by different government departments only because we were doing the extraction in the stream," recalls Mr. Sheikh. "People blamed us for the damage occurred in the area due to flash floods."
Small-time sand and boulder miners usually work with a carrier-vehicle and a handful of labourers laden with gravels. So was Mr. Sheikh. After completing post-graduation in 2012, when he couldn't secure a job, he sat behind the tractor-wheels. His place was merely three kilometres away from Watal Ara, a famous stream in south Kashmir.
But, the prospects of his business, he says, hit rock bottom in August 2019; the Central government stripped J-K's special-status barring non-locals to avail government services and acquiring lands. The constitutional exclusivity also stopped a non-local company to operate in the region unless the government desired so, through lease agreements.
In a first, this year bidding for mining of mineral blocks in Jehlum River and its tributaries was opened for non-local bidders. But, in the heated mining wars – the environment is at stake; given the players and shifted powers, the subsequent steps can expose Kashmir back to 2014 Flood Horror.
Concerned Populace
A senior geologist in the Department of Geology and Mining J-K, who does not wish to be named, notes that there are about 500 mineral blocks in J-K, of which 250 – each of which measures a maximum of ten hectares – belong to ten districts of the Valley. "A considerable number of the mineral blocks are situated along the banks of river Jhelum," he says.
And the mining and extraction industry is booming too. Professor of Economics at University of Kashmir, Nisar Ali, says that in 1940-50 the industrial sector was generating ten per cent of Gross State Development Production (GSDP). Today, Mr. Ali says, it is just five per cent. "Constructing industry has mounted to nineteen per cent because of the rapid housing construction during last three decades."
However, Mr. Sheikh worries that wherein the local small-time miners employed manual labourers for extractions, the non-local firms "would use heavy extraction machines and will dig up the entire portion in the tributary."
"This not only snatches our livelihood but also damages the environment," says Mr. Sheikh.
For residents settled around Jehlum River, though, the miner's ethnicity isn't a concern – the act of mining is.
"We have been resisting the mining from the first day because it has already wreaked havoc in our area," says Abdul Majeed Bhat, a resident of Kakapora, Pulwama. "On and off, we were motivating local administration to halt the mining but dealing with the outsiders will be a difficult task."
For instance, Mr. Majeed notices how the digging has caused destruction to the protection walls. The walls were constructed by the government after 2014 floods to protect the river from eroding the embankment and minimize chances of a breach.
People also fear about the noise pollution by heavy machinery movement used for extraction and transportation of sand. They now lamented the involvement of non-local firms would prove costlier to their local resources, with the embankments protecting paddy fields and orchards would also face the brunt of heavy mining.
While a few others in south Kashmir fear the heavy load carriers, which might be used to transport the mined sand, on temporary roads cut through river embankments. "It has already damaged the banks and puts the entire region vulnerable to inundation," says Nazir Ahmad, a resident of Lethpora, Pulwama. "The uncontrolled plunder of sand in the river Jehlum has already overburdened the embankments." The digging by local firms has already created huge craters on the embankments, he believes, and now the introduction of non-local firms could completely destroy the embankments.
A research report published on the website of Environmental Information System (ENVIS), a centre at Centre of Mining Environment (CME), Indian School of Mines (ISM), excessive instream sand-and-gravel mining causes the degradation of rivers. Instream mining lowers the stream bottom, which may lead to bank erosion.
"Depletion of sand in the streambed and along coastal areas causes the deepening of rivers and estuaries, and the enlargement of river mouths and coastal inlets. It may also lead to saline-water intrusion from the nearby sea," reads the report. "The effect of mining is compounded by the effect of sea level rise. Any volume of sand exported from streambeds and coastal areas is a loss to the system."
"Excessive instream sand mining is a threat to bridges, river banks and nearby structures, the report explains. Sand mining also affects the adjoining groundwater system and the uses that local people make of the river. Instream sand mining results in the destruction of aquatic and riparian habitat through large changes in the channel morphology," explains report. "Impacts include bed degradation, bed coarsening, lowered water tables near the streambed, and channel instability. These physical impacts cause degradation of riparian and aquatic biota and may lead to the undermining of bridges and other structures. Continued extraction may also cause the entire streambed to degrade to the depth of excavation."
Sand mining, the research reveals, generates extra vehicle traffic, which negatively impacts the environment. Where access roads cross riparian areas, the local environment may be impacted.
Now that 250 blocks are being formally thrown open for mining of minerals in Valley, there are apprehensions that large scale mining for sand and other minerals from river Jehlum and its tributaries can lead to severe environmental consequences.
Government's claims on mining
Though, the government claims that before beginning their operations, both local as well as non-local firms, will have to seek environmental clearances from pollution board, Department of Fisheries and Irrigation, and Flood Control Department.
But, Deputy Director of Department of Geology and Mining, Dr. Amarjeet Singh Sodhi, says that the mining can leave no scope for environmental degradation in J-K. "All the firms are bound to get Non-Objection Certificates (NOC) from all the departments falling under ministry of environment, forest, ecology and environment," he says. "Mining sites will be properly checked and [then] will be handed over to the firms. The amount received from the firms will go to the government exchequer."
A senior engineer of Department of Irrigation and Flood Control, who does not wish to be named, argued that due to entrance of non-local firms there are mounting apprehensions of floods, especially in the areas lying close to rivers and streams.
"The continuous mining and extraction could increase the velocity of river flow leading to instant flooding and over siltation in water bodies," says the south Kashmir based senior engineer. "When firms mine heavily in tributaries, it will definitely have an effect on ecology and flood management in Kashmir."
A retired executive engineer in Department of Irrigation and Flood Control, Sartaj Singh, agrees too that giving mining rights to non-local firms could prove devastating for the Valley. "As per Flood and Water Management Act 2010, no activity could be performed in any tributary unless permitted by IFC [Irrigation and Flood Control] Department," he says. "The government however bypassed the department and issued the mining rights to non-local firms."
However, despite the government provided regulations and multiple checkpoints-cum-departments' issuance of certificates, the reality for a senior Environmental Science professor at University of Jammu is that the implementation process falls flat in developing countries like India.
"We know how people, including these firms, easily manage to get NOCs from different departments," he says. "The corruption can easily throw unscrupulous elements into the competition that would destroy the ecology of J-K."
Irfan Amin Malik is a Reporting Fellow at The Kashmir Walla.
The story appeared in our 17-23 February 2020 print edition.
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Xmas has been celebrated in India from the advent of Christianity, when the apostle Thomas landed in Goa, India to spread the word of the new religion. Xmas became a day of great celebration with special Xmas sweets and cookies prepared by households to welcome guests. Traditional Indian recipes for Xmas sweets begin with the traditional Christmas cake, a staple of Xmas celebrations in home.
According to the traditional Indian recipe for the Xmas cake, you will require 400 grams of sweetened condensed milk, 100 grams of butter, 200 grams of maida, and 200 grams of chopped dried fruit like raisins, cashew nuts and almonds and one teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda. First, heat 6 tablespoons of sugar in a bowl until it melts and add 50ml of water to make caramel syrup. Now, melt the butter and add in the condensed milk with maida and soda. Next, put in the caramel syrup and dried fruits and mix well. Then pour the mixture into a greased cake tin and bake in an oven for 45 minutes.
Traditional Indian recipes for Xmas sweets have also appropriated Western sweets and adapted them to the local taste. Chocolate brownies are Indian Xmas sweets that are delicious to the taste. To make brownies, beat 100 grams of butter with 50 grams of sugar, and then add 100 grams of maida, 100 grams of cocoa and half a teaspoon of baking powder to the mixture. Then pour on half a cup of milk and 100 grams of sweetened condensed milk and mix well. Put the mixture in a greased tray and bake for 30 minutes.
The icing for the brownies is another of the traditional Indian recipes for Xmas sweets that can be quickly made. Melt 50 grams of butter and add 25 grams of sweetened cocoa powder and cook over a low heat for 1 minute. Remove from heat and pour in 100 grams of condensed milk and mix the ingredients thoroughly. Spread the icing mixture over the brownies, cut into squares and serve to your guests.
Traditional Indian recipes for Xmas sweets have evolved from Western recipes for Xmas cake and brownies. These Indian sweets have taken on a distinctly Indian flavor with the inclusion of plenty of condensed milk in the ingredients.


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OH MY VOLCANO!!!
Nahum 1:5-6 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
WAS GOD A VOLCANO? YES! GOD - ALLAH WAS A VOLCANO-VOLCANIC ACTIVITY!!!
This post on the Chariots of the Gods has been written for forums but posted here first for readers of this blog.
I would like to pass on some ideas, some of which are my own and some I have learnt from others. I am not an academic so please try to not expect me to debate like one. My efforts are not perfect, my knowledge is scant and I do not have all the answers. My ideas are not all backed up by reliable sources because some of them are novel and some of them are not yet widely accepted. Please see the links at the bottom for the best sources or back-up information I can provide. If you need 100% reliable academic published sources then stop reading now. I do, however, believe these ideas deserve closer inspection by the expert community and hope some of you at least will look into them. Two things are needed in order to solve mysteries: fresh eyes and knowledge. I have the former, you have the latter.
The reason why I am writing on here and on another forum today is because of the re-emergence of the snake oil salesman Erich Von Daniken, the author of 'Chariots of the Gods: was God an astronaut?' His ideas, that the ancient gods were visiting aliens or astronauts, are ones I have wanted to challenge for a long time. When I saw how popular his ideas were on Twitter I decided I had to say something. When I realised his ideas are approved by the Theosophical Society and therefore also Freemasonry I realised just how widespread his misinformation was and how important it was to challenge it.
The 'chariots of the gods' were, I believe, natural phenomena the ancients mistook for the vehicles of gods. If you imagine a charging chariot, what do you see in addition to the actual chariot? A trail of dust cloud. How else, other than by watching chariots charging, would the ancients have seen a trail of dust or something that looked like a trail of dust...or looked like a chariot charging? By witnessing a volcanic eruption. Volcanoes have lines of billowing ash coming out of them, ash racing down mountain slopes and fire blazing along in rivers. To the ancients, in their very natural environments, these lines of ash, smoke and fire would have reminded them of the lines created by charging chariots. Here are some verses and exerts that show how widespread the god vehicle idea was...
Isaiah 66:15-6 says "The Lord will come with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For with fire and with his sword the Lord will execute judgment on all men, and many will be those slain by the Lord."
'They believe that when it expels hot lava, Merapi is really sending golden carriages to the South Sea, the kingdom of Nyai Ratu Kidul (Queen of the South Sea), for the feast.'
'However, he (Agni) is feared by nature. When he gets angry he can burn trees with his fire and burns the grass with his chariot's wheels while raging thru the forest.'
'Pele is a skilled rider of the holua, a wooden sled that slides down steep stone ramps. Papalauahi and and other chiefs challenged Pele to see who was the best holua rider. Papalauahi proved by far to be the most skilled. Pele lost her temper. She produced a great flood of lava which overran many of the other chiefs and onlookers.'
'MOUNT Cameroon, also called Mount Fako, also called Buea Mountain but most fondly called "The chariot of the gods" is the only mountain in Cameroon which has also been recorded as a volcanic mountain.'
Here is the analogous interpretation of natural events explained in the bible account of a locust invasion....turning a natural phenomenon into an invasion of chariots.
Joel 2:5 With a noise like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops, like a crackling fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle.
The battle between man and nature was very dramatic for the ancient people.
There are examples in Hinduism and Buddhism but these I have yet to study. I am sure there will be many more and when I have the time I will find them.
There are more Biblical verses and fuller explanations in the links below.
The thing all the above had in common was, I believe, a misunderstanding of volcanoes. It was only in recent history that we in the modern world learnt what volcanoes were. Even today, indigenous people are throwing chickens into volcanoes falsely believing a god resides within who needs to be placated. Yahweh, for example, required animal sacrifice at the foot of Mount Sinai (which I believe was one of the volcanoes in Saudi...the Bible says Arabia), threw out fire and brimstone (which is volcanic sulfur), had 'rivers of fire' coming out of him (just like Pele), was said to have hair as white as wool (smoke), had a tongue of 'consuming fire', had eyes of fire, showed his anger in fire, destroyed whole villages and lived on a 'holy hill'.
The ancients believed the fiery top of the volcanoes was a sign a god was in-residence or that gods were fighting or arguing, or that there was a battle between good and evil. Pele would be said to have fights with her sister, the Klamath Indians believed Skell and Llao fought between each other on the top of fiery hills throwing fire and stones at each other, the Maasai people believed when their volcano erupted it was because their god was angry, a Filipino legend has it that the moon god angered the sun god on the volcano Mt Pinatubo....many more examples in the links.
Pyramids, I and others believe, were built in part to represent volcanoes. There are pyramids all over the world but they are often found near to volcanoes in volcanic regions. The exception is Egypt but even there there is the Black Desert with volcanic cones, one called Pyramid Mountain and said by some to have been the inspiration for the pyramids of Egypt. If not that volcano then maybe the volcanoes the people of Punt will have seen in eastern-central Africa. In the link below you can see a map of the volcanoes of Africa and see the concentration of them in this region. Did the Egyptians migrate from Punt to Egypt? If they did they will have taken their god with them; taken their misguided faith with them. Along with their faith they will have taken their inherent need for a 'high place' just like Yahweh's 'high place'; a temple, a mound, a resting place for the gods...for the 'Most High'. Could it be that they believed building a 'high place' could somehow attract down their god? They believed volcanoes were just ordinary mountains that a god or gods had chosen to live on or fight on. Any old mountain, man-made mound, pyramid, temple, steeple, ziggurat would do. Fire seems to be central to these holy places yet no-one ever questions why? What did the ben-ben stone represent if not the blown off part of a volcano? Or the pinnacle where god was? Yahweh was said to be the 'Light of Israel' and there are many 'Mountains of Light' in ancient history.
Volcanoes have always been the most dramatic and catastrophic things on earth. The Santorini eruption was forty times more powerful than an atomic bomb. This eruption is said by some to be the cause of the ten plagues of Egypt and subsequent Exodus of the Hebrews. Volcanoes were interpreted in different ways throughout the world depending on the geology of the people and the location of the eruption. For example, a submerged volcano would have been seen by the ancient Hebrews as a monster...the Leviathan. But submerged volcanoes can and do 'create' new land and would also have been seen as the 'world mountain', the primordial land surrounded by primordial waters. The ancient Hebrews had their holy mountain, described as 'the Light of Israel' on his 'fiery hill' so a submerged volcanic eruption, barely recognisable, would have been seen as the adversary.
Volcanoes tend to be located where continents are pulling apart, which explains why the Red Sea Rift Zone is home to submerged volcanoes (a recent island was 'created') and volcanoes along the north-west coast of Saudi Arabia. It is likely the volcano line carries on up the rift into the Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River (the home of the Leviathan) but this I have not been able to prove. Maybe one day nature will prove that for me. Volcanoes were the creators and destroyers of life....new land could be created just as it could be taken away, new plants could grow on revitalising ash deposits just as plants could be burnt to a crisp, new animals and humans could benefit from the lush volcanic land just as they could be killed by the 'Most High', who had the added benefit of throwing out lots of gold and gemstones!
Going back to the beginning....the 'chariots of the gods'. I believe the ancients thought the gods arrived from other planets and stars. To them, brightness only came from fire they produced, the moon, the sun, the stars and fire made by something from 'the heavens', the latter just being the sky. So when they saw fire on the top of the mountain they assumed it had been made by a man, but not just any old man....a very powerful man. This man just landed on the top of the mountain and decided to live there, just as Yahweh was said to live on Mount Sinai. But where did these god-men come from originally? From up above. Yahweh was said to look like 'glowing heat' on the top of Mount Sinai just like the Ben-ben stone must have looked radiant in the sunlight. That glowing heat...the 'glory of god'...looked like the sun. So, perhaps, the ancient people, with a fascination for the sky (no TV, no games console, no radio...only sky) would have put two and two together to come up with the idea the gods' original homes were the sun, the moon, the stars. This could explain why pyramids contained dead Pharaohs with vents directed at the stars.....the souls could ascend up to the place where their gods also ascended up to...from a vessel much like the one their gods' used. Throughout the world there are accounts of bodies being buried inside caves on mountain slopes. I believe the same belief is behind this practice and originates from volcano misunderstandings.
The ancients imagined their gods must have travelled around the sky and created in their own minds the vehicles they must have used having witnessed or been told via the oral tradition about the chariots of fire and ash from volcanoes. The idea of gods riding on chariots, carriages or sleds will have been extended to other natural phenomena, such as charging tsunami waves or the moving objects in the sky, such as Helios riding the chariot of the sun. Their fertile imaginations were not boxed in by modern media but were fueled by ignorance of the natural world around them. It is no wonder then that the holiest ancient regions of the world are also the most volcanic, or have connections to volcanic regions. Unfortunately I have seen a huge amount of explanations for Yahweh, the pyramids, the chariots of the gods that do not involve the natural environment of the ancient people but lots of modern thinking, for example nuclear bombs, alien invasions, etc.
What I feel is necessary to understand the ancients is to be like them....to step into their shoes and picture the scene using your imagination....the very thing that (I believe) created all of these mysteries. We need to empathise with them in order to understand them. Then and only then will we finally realise the true purpose of mythology: to warn of impending doom envisioned by our ancestors who had witnessed devastation and lived to tell the tale. Maybe then we can put mythology to good use and save lives with it rather than childishly play with it, as we have done for too long.
Chariots....http://ohmyvolcano.blogspot.com/2011/12/chariots-of-fire.html
Pyramids and volcanoes....http://ohmyvolcano.blogspot.com/2012/09/pyramids-volcanoes.html
Volcanoes in Egypt....http://ohmyvolcano.blogspot.com/2012/03/volcanoes-in-egypt.html
Volcano gods and there correlations...http://ohmyvolcano.blogspot.com/2013/01/volcano-gods.html
Halos......http://ohmyvolcano.blogspot.com/2013/07/volcano-smoke-rings-angels-halos.html
The Biblical Leviathan....http://ohmyvolcano.blogspot.com/2012/07/what-is-leviathan.html
A God of Volcanoes: Did Yahwism Take Root in Volcanic Ashes? Jacob E.Dunn (JSOT) http://jot.sagepub.com/content/38/4/387
LENTICULAR CLOUDS
No doubt the ancients saw these and believed they were chariots of the gods.
Ragnarok - End of the world - Volcanic eruption
This post is about Ragnarok, the end of the world prophecy, which I believe referred to a Norse volcanic eruption.
EpsilonRose's thread on Reddit Debate Religion....
To Pagans] What are your thoughts on Ragnarök (or other pagan ends of the world)?
Please see my post on Thor followed by information on the origins of the 'myth' of Ragnarok....
http://volcano-gods.blogspot.com/search/label/Thor
I am unable to post to Debate Religion because I have been banned because my posts were judged by a mod to be a joke and I was branded a troll.
I initially PM'd the above to EpsilonRose but she PM'd back to say she felt it wasn't worth sharing with the forum. Her response including this...
Beyond that, a large part of Ragnarök is its winter, which wouldn't be associated with a volcano, and even the volcanic parts don't actually suggest a super volcano. Travel and knowledge in the ancient world were much more limited then what they are now and, given the size of Iceland, a regular volcano or a particularly egregious forest fire would have sufficed and require far fewer assumptions about their knowledge (do we actually have any reason to believe that they knew super volcanoes were a thing?).
She thinks volcanoes only erupt in the summer???
'even the volcanic parts'....wait a minute, if she denies it was a volcanic eruption then why is she calling parts of the story 'volcanic'?
So it's only worth sharing this information if the volcano was a SUPER-volcano? Wow, so Ragnarok might have been caused by just an ordinary volcano but the volcanic part isn't important enough to share with others because it wasn't super-big. Oh.....hmmm....
'Travel and knowledge in the ancient world was limited then'....what's that got to do with anything?
Given the size of Iceland....what? That makes no sense. No punch-line followed.
So it could have been a 'forest fire'.
Do forest fires make land callapse and then spew out new land?
Do forest fires trigger earthquakes?
Do forest fires produce steam? (Ragnarok eruption may have been on an island in the sea)
Do forest fires cause the sun to be darkened for years?
Do forest fires make the earth sink into the sea?
I think the OP has fallen to Groupthink having seen how unpopular my ideas are.
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Q: How to group contours and draw a single bounding rectangle I need to group contours and draw a single bounding rectangle that encloses all the contours, something like this

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
import cv2 as cv

img = cv.imread('shapes1.png', 0)
imgRGB = cv.cvtColor(img.copy(), cv.COLOR_GRAY2RGB)

_, ctrs, _ = cv.findContours(img, cv.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)

boxes = []
for ctr in ctrs:
    x, y, w, h = cv.boundingRect(ctr)
    boxes.append([x, y, w, h])

for box in boxes:
    top_left     = (box[0], box[1])
    bottom_right = (box[0] + box[2], box[1] + box[3])
    cv.rectangle(imgRGB, top_left, bottom_right, (0,255,0), 2)

fig = plt.figure(figsize = (10, 10))
ax  = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.imshow(imgRGB, cmap='gray')

Is there any straight forward way to do it rather than merging all bounding rectangles programmatically

A: If you don't mind using numpy, you can simply use the concatenate function from there, see the following code. Attention: I use OpenCV 4.0.0 where the order of the return values of findContours is different.
import cv2
import numpy as np

# Input image
input = cv2.imread('images/kchZb.png', cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)

# Modify input image to extract "original" image
_, input = cv2.threshold(input[10:400, 40:580], 224, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)

# Find contours
cnts, _ = cv2.findContours(input, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)

# Concatenate all contours
cnts = np.concatenate(cnts)

# Determine and draw bounding rectangle
x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(cnts)
cv2.rectangle(input, (x, y), (x + w - 1, y + h - 1), 255, 2)

# Output image
cv2.imwrite('images/output.png', input)
cv2.imshow('Input', input)
cv2.waitKey(0)

Disclaimer: I'm new to Python in general, and specially to the Python API of OpenCV (C++ for the win). Comments, improvements, highlighting Python no-gos are highly welcome!

A: You can do it by iterating all the contours and create a bounding box from each contour and then calculate the minX, minY, maxX, maxY.
int minX=MAX_INTEGER, minY=MAX_INTEGER, maxX=0, maxY=0;

for each contour in contours:
    Rect rect = boundRecFromContour(contour)
    if rect.x < minX:
        minx = rect.x
    if rect.y < minY:
        minY = rect.y
    if rect.x+rect.width > maxX:
        maxX = rect.x+rect.width
    if rect.y+rect.height > maxY:
        maxY = rect.y+rect.height
Rect groupRect = (minX, minY, minX+maxX, minY+maxY)

Now you can draw the groupRect.
Also, you can use the technic as well to achieve the problem:
cv::Mat idx;
cv::findNonZero(binaryImg, idx);
// find min max points
double maxX = 0, minX = MAX_INTEGER;
double maxY = 0, minY = MAX_INTEGER;
for (int i=0; i<idx.rows; ++i) {
    cv::Point pnt = idx.at<cv::Point>(i);
    if (pnt.x > maxX) {
        maxX = pnt.x;
    }
    if (pnt.x < minX) {
        minX = pnt.x;
    }
    if (pnt.y > maxY) {
        maxY = pnt.y;
    }
    if (pnt.y < minY) {
        minY = pnt.y;
    }
}
Rect groupRect = cv::Rect(cv::Point(int(minX), int(minY)), cv::Point(int(maxX), int(maxY)));

A: @HansHirse solution was very elegant. Here is another solution, using enclosing of the bounding rectangles. This is possible directly with the Rect class in OpenCV in C++, and with the OpenCV Wrapper library.
The or (|) operator is used to give the minimum enclosing rectangle.
import cv2 as cv
import opencv_wrapper as cvw

img = cv.imread("shapes1.png", 0)
imgRGB = cvw.gray2bgr(img)

contours = cvw.find_external_contours(img)

enclosing_rect = contours[0].bounding_rect | contours[1].bounding_rect
enclosing_rect = enclosing_rect | contours[2].bounding_rect

cvw.rectangle(imgRGB, enclosing_rect, cvw.Color.GREEN)

cv.imshow("Image", imgRGB)
cvw.wait_key(0)

Disclosure: I'm the author of OpenCV Wrapper

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The following article is adapted from GTM Research's recent report, Solar PV Balance of System (BOS) Markets: Technologies, Costs and Leading Companies, 2013-2016. To learn more about BOS markets in the U.S. and globally, click here.
As in other segments of the solar supply chain, cost reductions are a vital part of every player's focus in the balance-of-system (BOS) market. The figure below illustrates the BOS cost breakdown for a 10-megawatt fixed-tilt, ground-mount project in the U.S. As can be seen, the largest cost component is labor, followed by the mounting structure and foundations (SBOS). Those two components account for 49 percent of the total BOS cost for the crystalline silicon (c-Si) system.
Note: The figure above assumes a thin-film project with 12.5 percent module efficiency and a multi c-Si project with 15 percent efficiency.
Government investment: The U.S. Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative aims to reduce the cost of solar power to $1 per watt by 2017. The Secretary of Energy has stated that the goal of SunShot is to subsidize technology development and drive down the cost of solar energy to release the burden of subsidization from the federal government through the ITC and other incentive programs.
Market diversity: The U.S. is in essence 50 different solar markets due to the prevalence of state subsidy programs. This has befuddled most foreign market entrants because of the complexity and unique aspects of each state's program, but it also provides the U.S. market with a slower overall growth pattern than a market with one blanket policy as in Italy or Germany. This levels the playing field a bit in terms of technology development; as BOS cost reductions improve overall costs in one market, another can take advantage of the improvements. Ultimately, this will help states determine accurate and sustainable pricing for new subsidy programs and relieve the burden of overpricing subsidies from the taxpayer and state programs.
Climate diversity: The range of climates in the United States can allow technological advances, new products and new techniques to be validated in snowy as well as tropical settings. This will improve product bankability and allow the advances to be scaled worldwide more rapidly. Because of the lack of climate diversity in Germany, inverter manufacturers like Siemens and SMA suffered setbacks to their product development and reputations for reliability when they first started installing inverters in the markedly different climates of the Southwestern U.S.
High labor costs: The U.S. has some of the highest labor costs in the world. Thus, stakeholders are deeply incentivized to develop products and best practices that reduce labor time and accelerate project delivery time. Emerging markets like China and India have very low labor costs and therefore less incentive to develop material and labor innovations that will reduce labor time.
Less aggressive subsidy programs: U.S. policymakers have the luxury of learning from the rest of the global solar market's failures in subsidy policy development. When subsidy rates are set too high, as in Ontario and some EU markets, innovations to reduce costs are less emphasized. Subsidy programs take significant resources to unwind their poor policy attributes after they are instilled, and their adaptations to more conservative but sustainable rates result in reduced investment by developers and manufacturers in the region. Clearly, the results of poorly structured programs are contrary to the intention of creating market growth. Programs in the U.S. are less aggressive. Feed-in tariffs are slow to catch on, and in some cases have been deemed illegal by utilities and state energy commissions tasked with developing programs. Consequently, to achieve success in this market, BOS cost reduction in the U.S. is more critical because there is less of a subsidy cushion to fall back on.
GTM Research's latest report on BOS markets forecasts costs to fall $0.07 per watt to $0.08 per watt per year from 2012 to 2016 (5.5 percent to 6 percent per year). It should be noted that GTM's forecast includes a margin of 11 percent to most accurately approximate the BOS costs currently seen in the market -- these could be captured by the EPC firm or in other parts of the value chain.
The U.S. market is poised to assume a prominent role in BOS cost reduction over the next five years. Standard designs, new products and best practices that allow solar to be installed with manageable but not overstated profits will be developed in the U.S. and exported to new markets. This will create a global market less reliant on subsidies and more available for sustained and effective growth.
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My Blandin Foundation scholarship made my career possible. Without your help, I would have not been able to attend any further education. You gave me the means to support myself, and to have a career that I have always been proud of.
I cannot thank you enough. Your program is truly a blessing, and I am thrilled to see it continues. You DO make a difference in lives!! You make dreams come true.
May God bless each and every person involved with the scholarships.