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Biasha Miao Village
Nestled in the mountainous beauty of Guizhou province, is the fascinating Biasha Miao Village. Also known as "Basha Miao", or "Baisha Miao", this village has remained largely untouched by modernity. This extraordinary Miao village is home to a group with a long history of gun ownership. The male inhabitants of Biasha Miao Village maintain their rich cultural traditions by openly carrying, making, and using their guns. World renowned as "the last gunslingers in China", the residents proudly display their traditional ways. With a history spanning over 2,000 years, and tremendous cultural significance, Biasha Miao Village is an attraction that cannot be missed.
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- Biasha Miao Village is located in Congjiang County, Guizhou, about 220 km from the city of Kaili.
- Although gun ownership by citizens is prohibited in China, and exception has been made for the inhabitants of Biasha.
- The Miao in the village have a lengthy history of gun ownership, and maintain their rich cultural traditions, which has become a major attraction for visitors.
- The inhabitants of Biasha Miao Village now perform fascinating shows to display their marksmanship, dancing, and traditional music.
History of Biasha Miao Village
According to legend, the ancestors of Biasha Miao Village immigrated from central China some 2,000 years ago. Based on Chinese mythology, the Miao descended from the Jiuli tribe, who were led by the mythical king, Chiyou.
The Miao of Biasha were renowned as fearsome warriors and hunters. They hunted large game such as bear, in the mountainous region surrounding the village.
Based on archeological claims, the Miao were among the first people to settle in present-day China. They are also believed to be one of the first tribes to practice rice farming in ancient times. The Miao primarily settled in the areas now known as Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guangxi provinces. The largest population can be found in Guizhou.
Today, the Miao has a population of roughly 8,940,116, which is larger than most ethnic minorities in China. They are divided into several branches including the Striped Hmong, Black Hmong, and White Hmong, just to name a few.
The population of Biasha Miao Village now numbers around 2,500 people, with about 500 households. The village is comprised of diaojiaolou, which are wooden structures built on stilts. This traditional dwelling is popular amongst the Miao, and other ethnic groups that specifically reside in mountainous regions. They are masterpieces of ingenuity and carpentry. Biasha is famous for its stunning array of diaojiaolou, built in the distinctive Miao-style.
Culture Of Biasha Miao Village
The inhabitants of Biasha Miao Village have a long history with guns. The men of the village were and still are today, renowned for their marksmanship. They still make, carry and use guns to maintain their rich cultural traditions. The Miao proudly sustain their warrior past, dressing in period costumes from the Qing dynasty (1636 to 1912), complete with long rifles and sickles affixed to their belts. The Biasha inhabitants favour the powder shotgun with a range of about 20 meters.
Biasha is one of the most visited villages in the region, and the Miao capitalize on that fact. The inhabitants give folk-custom performances demonstrating various aspects of traditional life in the village, including a welcoming ceremony involving guns. This ancient custom of greeting honored guests, involves several men with long rifles from Biasha Miao Village, meeting visitors outside the village gates. The men then stand in a row, firing three shots of gunpowder (no live ammunition is used) as a means of the welcoming guests.
The men of Biasha Miao Village, attach great importance to their hair, which is considered the embodiment of strength and power. All males in the village wear their hair shaved off all around the head, with remaining hair on the crown of the head coiled up. The Miao of Biasha refer to the hair-coil as "hugun", and has been passed down for thousands of years. Hair is shaved off with a sickle, rather than using scissors, or clippers.
Amongst the many ancient and compelling customs of the Miao in Biasha, is the worship of trees. The inhabitants have worshipped and planted trees for generations, and many of the ceremonies take place in the surrounding forests. When a baby is born, the Biasha Miao will plant a tree. After the individual grows into adulthood, then later dies, the same tree is cut down and made into a coffin for the person's remains. Villagers then plant another tree in memory of the departed individual, symbolic of the cycle of life.
- Visitors to Biasha Miao Village must be mindful that it is a functioning village with ancient and unique customs – therefore, be respectful.
- Never attempt to touch the head, or "hugun" of a Biasha Miao, as this is incredibly disrespectful. In ancient times, anyone who dared to attempt this, was often shot.
- If you take photographs of the Biasha Miao, be prepared to give some money in return.
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Marlon Wayans and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Cast in G.I. Joe
by Harry Hopkinson
Stephen Sommers's G.I. Joe movie continues to move forward with casting. Marlon Wayans has been cast as Ripcord, the leader of the military unit. And Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in negotiations to play Duke Hauser's best friend, the science officer that is assigned to the Special Forces unit. This project continues to be shaping up more and more like a major blockbuster event. The cast already includes A-list talent like Sienna Miller and Rachel Nichols. Personally, I'm a bit surprised that Josph Gordon-Levitt has signed on to such a project. Until now he's chosen to do heavy character work in indie films like Brick and Mysterious Skin, this is a sharp contrast for him, but I have no doubt he can pull it off.
As for Marlon Wayans, this is somewhat of a departure for him as well, he typically works mostly on comedy projects with the lone exception of Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream where he turned in a shockingly strong performance. I have a feeling he might just add the much-needed comic relief that makes these types of summer blockbusters such entertaining fare. I think he's a great addition to an already great cast.
I can't wait to see who they cast as Duke - he is the field commander and second in command of the G.I. Joe team after Hawk. To many people he is the face of G.I. Joe, and is definitely a fan favorite. Sam Worthington (he's playing one of the leads in James Cameron's Avatar) is in talks to be in the movie as well, but it's known for which character. I feel like Duke, if he's in the script, could surely be a big name as well. I'm sure we'll be hearing more about this project soon as its slated to begin shooting in February.
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What!? Joseph Gordon, say it aint so. What's up with all of my favorite actors doing more Hollywood/blockbuster stuff. First Ed Norton does The Incredible Hulk, then Christian Bale signs on for Terminator 4, and now this.
Zach D. on Jan 8, 2008
um...you kno, still not sure about marlon wayans... but the more these actors sell out, the better these blockbuster type movies get right?
Ramon M. on Jan 8, 2008
joseph gordon is great, he has done a lot of serious stuff but he is also a very funny guy. anyone remember 3rd Rock from the sun??? one of my all time favorites and he did an amazing job. im actualy looking forward to this now, he changed my mind. 🙂
sarah on Jan 8, 2008
Marlon Wayans? Umm.. NO. That just made me cross this off my list. Anything that guy makes is utter trash.
Heckle on Jan 8, 2008
Heckle I am sorry to tell you that Marlon Wayans was EXCELLENT in Requiem for a Dream. I think he has more range then you are giving him credit. In terms of selling out.... I think that this is a good move for any actor to do such a film like GI Joe. Plus doing films that have a payday afford him the chance to continue doing independent films. Christian Bale sold out far before Terminator 4 if you might remember Batman Begins!!!!! I hate the use of "Selling Out" anyway... see my comments above.
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When I was a kid, I would load up my G.I. Joes, and take them outside to my sandbox where I would build Volcanos and bunkers, and act out battles. I was obsessed with everything G.I. Joe. You couldn't pry me away from the TV with a crowbar when the cartoon was on. When I look at the cast that is being put together for this, it puts a pain in my heart. I finally get a chance to see some of my favorite characters come to life on the big screen, and the best they can come up with is Marlon Wayans? With all the great African American characters, why would they choose Ripcord for him?? There's no way anyone can take this movie the least bit serious now. What's next? Is Keenan Ivory Wayans going to play Destro? How cool would this be....Hugh Jackman in a dual role as Xamot and Tomax? Tim Roth as Zartan. Steve Buscemi as Cobra Commander. Robert Redford as (an older) General Hawk. Jason Scott Lee as Quick Kick. Samuel L. Jackson as Roadblock (forget the Heavy Duty stuff). Christian Bale as Flint. My vote would be for Jessica Beil as Lady Jaye. Daniel Day Lewis as anyone he would be willing to play. They make someone up for him. I don't care. How about Dr. Mindbender?
Tcox on Jan 9, 2008
The kid from 3rd Rock? Cool. He can pull off funny and waaaaay deeper subject matter as well. That dude Heckle is a hater. Marlon Wayans has range and besides its not like G.I. Joe will be an oscar contender for best freakin drama people. How about Bale as Duke? What I wanna know is...who's Cobra Commander and Destro?
Cyfer1 on Jan 9, 2008
Scracth Bale.......Matthew McConaughey as Duke.Perfect.
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Everything is made of energy and has a distinct frequency or vibration. The Divine Law of Vibration states that nothing rests, everything moves, everything vibrates… With today's technology, quantum physicists have shown that matter may appear to be solid, but when you look at it through extremely high powered microscopes to see its smallest components: molecules, atoms, neutrons, electrons, photon, etc. it is space filled with frequency and vibration. You, your table, and your car seem solid, but it is the frequency of the vibration of the energy that makes these things different. Not only does your body, but your thoughts, words, desires, intent, and feelings, have distinct vibrations. Your vibrations affect everything around you in your environment, including people, animals, vegetative, and inanimate objects, and they in turn affect you and all become part of universal knowledge. The philosophical and scientific basis for this Law of Vibration can be found in quantum physics and in Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Energy is related to matter and the speed of light. This is Einstein's famous E = mc2 equation. When two frequencies are brought together, the lower will always rise to meet the higher. This is the principle of resonance.
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We've been exploring the connection between words and energy.
This has led me to some interesting places with my ongoing search, and I recently stumbled upon an article called The Power of Words: How Words Affect Your Energy.
In our day to day lives, we tend not to think too deeply in terms of the words we write and speak.
But as we examine the world of quantum physics, it becomes clearer that words are also a form of energy, and once spoken they transform into vibrations.
Magic has a strong relationship with magnetic and electrical energy. The most powerful thing in the universe is energy.
Sound is able to direct energy since it contains certain frequency patterns that attract energy to flow in a controllable manner.
Nearly all words in the English language are carefully designed to produce magical effects.
Have you ever thought of words in this way before?
Do words indeed produce magical effects?
Have words in the English language really been designed in such a way to create magic?
These days, vibrations are often talked about in connection with The Law of Attraction. The idea is that if we are vibrating at higher frequencies, we bring good into our lives. If we're emitting lower frequencies, we draw bad into our lives.
This would suggest that we have some control over the frequencies we're putting out. I have to wonder if the words we say has some kind of impact on these "vibrations" too.
But Einstein said everything is vibration, not just human beings. That would suggest that water is vibration. Clouds are vibration. Plants, animals and living things are vibrations. Does that mean that we're all made of the same stuff?
And how do our vibrations impact others? How do their vibrations impact us? What effect do we have on earth, and what influence does it have on us? What about space, time, and the universe? What prompted Einstein to say that everything in life is vibration?


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by Frank Pallotta @frankpallotta May 6, 2015: 6:06 PM ET
While everyone is watching "Avengers: Age of Ultron" soar at the box office, another of Disney's franchises is casting its own spell.
Disney's (DIS) "Cinderella" crossed the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office, the company announced on Wednesday.
The live-action film, which brings to life the 1950 animated classic, has been a quiet hit at the box office for Disney.
It opened in March to an impressive $67.8 million and has pulled in almost $195 million in the U.S.
This puts the fantasy film third domestically so far this year behind "Ultron" and Universal's smash hit, "Furious 7."
"Cinderella" is also another successful film in the company's attempts of taking its animation classics and adding a live-action spin.
5 Stunning stats about Disney
2010's live-action "Alice In Wonderland" grossed $1.02 billion worldwide while last summer's "Maleficent" (based on 1959's "Sleeping Beauty") grossed $758.4 million globally.
If you add in the haul of "Cinderella," Disney has made over $2 billion with live-action films based on its animated canon.
And the company has many more films like this to come with "The Jungle Book," "Mulan," "Pinocchio," "Dumbo," and "Beauty and the Beast" starring Emma Watson as Princess Belle are all in development.
If future reimagined films continue to make strides with audiences, Disney may have another blockbuster brand to go along with the likes of Marvel, Pixar, and "Star Wars."
CNNMoney (New York) First published May 6, 2015: 6:06 PM ET


the man with the twisted lip – Welcome to the Land Left of Center!
Now, The Man with the Twisted Lip is a curious tale (and, as is current, another of Sherlock Holmes). It starts with Watson running an errand for a friend, chasing down one of his patients. Simple enough. But who else should he run into in a vile opium den than his dear friend Sherlock Holmes in disguise?
This story is, in fact, all about disguises, though the fact isn't readily apparent. The case that Holmes is currently manning is the matter of the death of one Neville St. Clair, more specifically, murder. But there is no body to be found, and the opium den's lascar is adamant that he knows nothing of this man. The only man to be found on the upper level of his building is his tennant, Hugh Boone.
Hugh Boone is arrested for the murder of Neville St. Clair. As Holmes repeats, it is a simple case in appearance but not in nature. The wife is certain her husband is alive, because she received a letter a week after his supposed death in what she knows for a fact to be his hand. So Holmes starts to meditate in his own fashion.
The answer took most of a night to come to him, but when it did, he was certain of it and rose early, taking Watson along with him to the cell where Hugh Boone lay asleep. It was a joke at the station that the man desperately needed a bath, and Holmes agrees, and his impromptu bathing of Boone's face reveals none other than Neville St. Clair.
Not murdered, not missing, just incredibly ashamed of being a professional beggar and possibly being caught by his wife.
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New App Helps International Students Acclimatize at Sheridan
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When it came to developing an app catering to Sheridan's international student community, Andrew Ness, Director of International Centre, found the perfect resource: Ganesh Neelanjanmath, a 2011 graduate of Sheridan's Project Management program, and a former international student himself. Not only did Neelanjanmath live the international student experience, but he had also counselled many other students from India who were seeking information about how to study in Canada.
Screenshot of the iCent app
Neelanjanmath arrived at Sheridan in 2010 after first completing a bachelor of computer science engineering in India in 2005, and accumulating several years of varied work experience as a programmer, business analyst and project manager, first in India and later in Spain. "Most of my Spanish experience involved working for educational institutes – that's when I realized how many students go abroad to study, and I became interested in having a similar experience."
"I came to understand that Canada is truly multicultural, and nowhere more so than in the Toronto area" – Ganesh Neelanjanmath
Already possessing a global outlook, Neelanjanmath drew on his experience working for a U.S.-based immigration company when researching his options. "I came to understand that Canada is truly multicultural, and nowhere more so than in the Toronto area." He chose Sheridan, at least in part, because the staff was so helpful and responsive to his inquiries: "I was handheld throughout the process."
Given the increasing numbers of international students applying to and enrolling at Sheridan (over 1500 new students in September 2014 alone), Ness decided that a specialized app would help to streamline the process for students embarking on their studies here, and that's when he turned to Neelanjanmath . After graduating, Neelanjanmath had launched his own company, Neel-Tech Inc, and did consulting work on the side while working full-time for Pulse Services, Rogers and Bell Canada. After a year of development, the Sheridan iCent app was ready to launch in May, 2015.
In its initial launch, the app is geared to new international students. It guides them through every step of the process – uploading their study permits, providing a pre-departure checklist, airport arrival assistance, providing a registration checklist, and collecting emergency contact information. Other features are geared at assisting students to settle, helping with needs such as residency, grocery shopping, banking, telecom and places of worship once they arrive in Canada. The app also provides students with details about campus maps, security info, health insurance, immigration compliance, driver's licenses, parking rules, and much more. Given that students from around the world come to study in Canada, the app caters to serving international students with information in their preferred choice of language. The International Centre team promoted the app during pre-departure orientations held in India and China in July, and to date, the app has been downloaded over 1,100 times from the Apple app store and the Google Play store.
Ness says: "We have been extremely pleased with the improvements we've seen in student responsiveness and communication, and it's directly attributable to the use of the app. As the start of term draws closer, more and more students are using it. It's a key part of our strategy to integrate and acclimatize our new students and is working beautifully."
"It's a key part of our strategy to integrate and acclimatize our new students and is working beautifully" – Andrew Ness
The beauty of the app, from Ness' perspective, is the ease with which information can be added and updated quickly and easily, using the interface created by Neel-Tech Inc. In the longer term, he sees it as a key part of Sheridan's internationalization initiative. "We plan to customize it so that students from Sheridan who are going on international exchanges will be able to access the information they need as soon as they arrive at their destination."
Neelanjanmath, who developed the app on spec, has already seen interest from other colleges in acquiring a similar tool. And his relationship with Sheridan is continuing as he grows his business – he's already hired two co-op students from Sheridan, and recently offered one of them a full-time position. "I want to do something that connects the globe, and in terms of business, providing services to and being connected with youth is the best way to do this."
Pictured at top of page: Sheridan alumnus Ganesh Neelanjanmath
Written by: Susan Atkinson, Manager of Media Relations and Communications at Sheridan.
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Weeks 5 and 6: Evolutionary developmental biology. The discovery of hox genes, the homeobox, and the consequences for evolutionary theory. Hox genes and chemical gradient; the notion of a genetic "toolkit". Organism-environment coupling the work of Kaufmann and others in considering the system at the "edge of chaos"
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Lighthouses of the Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands are an archipelago off the east coast of New Guinea in the western South Pacific Ocean. The islands were colonized by Britain in the late 1800s. During World War II Japanese forces invaded from the north and were stopped by Allied forces in prolonged and heavy fighting in and around the island of Guadalcanal. The islands became independent in 1978. In recent years tourism in the Solomon Islands has been limited by civil unrest in many parts of the country.
Bougainville, the largest and northwesternmost island of the Solomons chain, is not part of the nation of the Solomon Islands. Instead, it is a province of Papua New Guinea.
As far as I know there have never been any traditional masonry lighthouses in the Solomon Islands. As recently as 2014 nearly all of the larger navigational aids were described as "framework towers" in the international light lists. However, there must have been a major project to replace these beacons beginning around that time. Now nearly all of the lightbeacons are described as "white columns." Photos are not available, but satellite images suggest that these "white columns" are round metal or fiberglass towers similar to the Honiara range light shown at right. Photos of any of these new lights would be welcome!
Honiara and Noro are the two international ports in the Solomon Islands. These ports are operated by the Solomon Islands Ports Authority, which is probably responsible for aids to navigation in the islands.
ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume K of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 111.
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Nawae Construction
Based at Alotau in Papua New Guinea, this company holds contracts to maintain and upgrade navigational aids in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; its page has a number of lighthouse photos.
World of Lighthouses - Solomon Islands
Photos by various photographers available from Lightphotos.net.
Online List of Lights - Solomon Islands
Coming soon: photos by various photographers posted by Alexander Trabas.
Honiara Harbor Range Front Light, Guadalcanal
photo copyright Nawae Construction; used by permission
Choiseul Province Lighthouse
Papara Voghöe Point
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 51 m (167 ft); one long (1.5 s) flash every 10 s, white, red or green depending on direction. 12 m (39 ft) square steel skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. No photo available and the tower is not seen in Bing's satellite view of the location. Located on a prominent headland on the south coast of Choiseul, the northwesternmost major island of the archipelago. Site status unknown. Admiralty K4892; NGA 10772.
Western Province (New Georgia Area) Lighthouses
Onua Island (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white flash every 10 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on a reef off the southeast corner of Shortland Island. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4889; NGA 10792.
Munda Range Rear (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); three quick white flashes every 15 s. 11 m (36 ft) "white column." The tower also carries a large white triangular daymark. A 2000 postage stamp depicts the original light tower (right stamp of the pair below) and Google has a distant satellite view. Located off Munda on the south side of the island of New Georgia. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS SOL-001; Admiralty K4896.41; NGA 10740.
Kunda Kunda (Kundu Kundu) Reef (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white flash every 10 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located on a reef on the north side of the western entrance to the passage between New Georgia and Rendova Islands. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4896; NGA 10732.
Santa Isabel Province Lighthouse
Sogna Reef (Tasla Island) (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white flash every 10 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view. Located on a reef off the north coast of Santa Isabel, marking the beginning of the passage leading to the provincial capital of Buala. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4898.7; NGA 10688.
Malaita Province Lighthouse
Auki Outer Reef (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); two quick white flashes every 10 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." No photo available but Bing has a distant satellite view. Located on a reef on the south side of the entrance to Auki harbor. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4903; NGA 10712.
[Auki Range Rear]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); red flash every 1.5 s. 10 m (33 ft) white post. A photo is at right and Bing has a satellite view showing both range lights. It's possible many of the "white column" lights resemble this one. Located just offshore in Auki Harbor. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4902.1; NGA 10708.
Central Province (Tulagi Area) Lighthouses
Russell Islands (Lagholon Island, Lanalau Islet) (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 11 m (36 ft); white flash every 10 s. 11 m (36 ft) "white column." No photo available but Bing has a distant satellite view. The light guides vessels in what became known during World War II as The Slot: the channel between Santa Isabel and New Georgia pointing towards Guadalcanal. Located on a small island at the northeastern corner of the Russell Islands, about 65 km (40 mi) west northwest of Cape Esperance. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. ARLHS SOL-005; Admiralty K4920; NGA 10724.
Mboli (Siota) Harbor (Utuha Passage) (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white flash every 10 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view. Located off the east side of the entrance to the harbor and to the narrow passage between Nggela Sule (Florida Island) and the neighboring island of Nggela Pile. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4912; NGA 10672.
Auki Range Rear Light, Malaita, August 2013
Google Maps photo by Peacebuilders International
Indalilau Islet (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view. Located on an islet off the southern tip of Nggela Sule (Florida Island) about 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Tulagi. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4906; NGA 10680.
Tuituhi (Lyons) Point (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); three white flashes every 20 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view. Located off the southeastern tip of Nggela Sule (Florida Island) about 16 km (10 mi) southeast of Tulagi. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS SOL-003; Admiralty K4907; NGA 10668.
Tulagi Harbor Range Front (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); red flash every 5 s. 9 m (30 ft) square steel skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; lantern painted black. A 2000 postage stamp depicts the original lighthouse (left stamp of the pair at right), and Google has a satellite view. Located off the harbor of Tulagi in Iron Bottom Sound, the scene of many naval battles during World War II. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS SOL-007; Admiralty K4908; NGA 10660.
Tulagi Harbor Range Rear (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 12 m (39 ft) square steel skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; lantern painted black. No photo available but Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located at the tip of a promontory of the mainland, 1145 m (3750 ft) north of the front light. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS SOL-002; Admiralty K4908.1; NGA 10664.
Tulagi Harbor Front Light (left) and Munda Rear Light
2000 postage stamp minisheet
Soghonangola
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); two red flashes every 10 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view. Located off the southern tip of Soghonangola Island on the west side of the entrance to Tulagi Harbor. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4909; NGA 10665.
Guadalcanal Province Lighthouses
Cape Esperance (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white flash every 10 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column," apparently a round barbell-shaped fiberglass tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. The original lighthouse was an approx. 25 m (82 ft) square pyramidal skeletal tower, painted white. Cape Esperance was the site of one of the crucial naval battles in October 1942. Located near the northwestern tip of Guadalcanal. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4932; NGA 10652.
* Honiara Harbour (Honiara Anchorage Range Front) (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); red flash every 5 s. 11 m (36 ft) round barbell-shaped fiberglass tower, colored with red and white horizontal bands and mounted on a square concrete base. A Nawae Construction photo is at the top of this page, Lightphotos.net has a photo by Gennadiy Sushchenko, Nick Hobgood has a street view, and Google has a distant satellite view. Located on the Honiara waterfront, near the ferry pier. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4934; NGA 10636.
* Vavaya Ridge (Honiara Anchorage Range Rear)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown; green flash every 5 s. Approx. 11 m (36 ft) round barbell-shaped fiberglass tower, colored white. No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view. Located beside a road a short distance west of the Solomon Islands Parliament building. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4934.1; NGA 10640.
Taivu Point (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); two long (2 s) white flashes every 20 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." No photo available but Bing has a distant satellite view. Located off the point on the northeastern shoulder of Guadalcanal. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS SOL-006; Admiralty K4944; NGA 10616.
Northwest Reef (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); three white flashes every 15 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." No photo available but Bing has a distant satellite view. Located on a dangerous reef off the northeastern coast of Guadalcanal. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4945; NGA 10612.
Rere Point (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white flash every 5 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." No photo available but Bing has a distant satellite view. The original light was an 18 m (59 ft) square steel skeletal tower, painted with red and white horizontal bands. Located just off a promontory on the northeast coast of Guadalcanal. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS SOL-004; Admiralty K4946; NGA 10608.
Tawara'o (Square) Island (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white flash every 10 s. 10 m (33 ft) "white column." This light replaced a 13 m (43 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower, painted white and mounted on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Square Island is an islet off the southeastern tip of Guadalcanal. Located on a reef off the northeast side of the island. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4947; NGA 10584.
Makira-Ulawa Province (San Cristóbal) Lighthouse
Wangalaha Point
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 30 m (98 ft); white flash every 5 s. Skeletal tower, painted white. The tower height is not known, but this location would require a tall tower. No photo available and Bing's satellite view may show the light station but fails to show the tower. Located on a promontory near Wango on the north coast of Makira (formerly known as San Cristóbal). Site open, tower closed. Admiralty K4947.6; NGA 10576.
Information available on lost lighthouses:
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Beijing's Blue Helmets: What to Make of China's Role in UN Peacekeeping in Africa – Modern War Institute
This full story is found on MWI: Beijing's Blue Helmets: What to Make of China's Role in UN Peacekeeping in Africa – Modern War Institute:
Thousands of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops are currently deployed to some of Africa's most dangerous locations. In the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, hundreds of PLA troops are split between several installations surrounded by a kaleidoscope of ambiguity as dozens of armed groups fight each other and government security forces. The PLA troops at these austere locations represent a mix of rank and military specialties: senior colonels managing military hospitals, military engineering noncommissioned officers building roads and infrastructure, and staff officers writing operational plans and coordinating logistics.
Only four hundred miles to the north, over 1,100 PLA troops are deployed throughout war-torn South Sudan. The vast majority of these troops are trained infantrymen ready to face the threats associated with operating in the middle of a deadly and prolonged civil war. The common link between these PLA forces in sub-Saharan Africa central Africa: they are all serving as part of United Nations peacekeeping operations. But these blue helmets are not in Africa solely out of humanitarian benevolence. For China, UN peacekeeping is one of many tools it employs to support its whole-of-nation engagement across Africa to advance its foreign policy goals.
China's Second Continent
One cannot ignore the rapidly expanding influence of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Africa across all four elements of national power on the DIME spectrum (diplomatic, informational, military, and economic). This influence includes augmented diplomatic relations with African countries and the African Union, expanded military-to-military cooperation with African partners, the establishment of China's first overseas military base in Djibouti, the proliferation of state-owned enterprises across the continent, extensive investment via the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and, most recently, China's highly publicized COVID-19 diplomacy.
Within the military domain, a key aspect of the PRC's influence relates to its use of UN peacekeeping operations. Although once a reluctant supporter, today the PRC is the second largest financial contributor to UN peacekeeping (behind the United States) and is a major contributor to training international peacekeepers. But one area that has changed and merits closer examination is the PRC's steadily increasing contribution of actual troops to UN peacekeeping in Africa over the past two decades.
Of the 122 countries that provide troops to UN peacekeeping as of February 2021, China is the world's ninth leading contributor with 2,464 blue helmets. This commitment dwarfs that of the other permanent members of the UN Security Council: the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the United States. Chinese peacekeepers represent a diverse cross-section of the PLA including combat troops, force protection soldiers, medical personnel, military engineers, logisticians, and staff officers deployed to some of the UN's most dangerous operations. The four largest UN operations in Africa with PLA troops include the UN missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Darfur, and Mali. But why are nearly 2,500 PLA troops deployed to such places as eastern Congo, Juba, Darfur, and central Mali and how does this advance Beijing's interests?
China, like all other countries, is a self-interested state concerned about advancing its own priorities. In Africa, China's whole-of-nation investment is intricately linked to its foreign policy objectives. As with its major BRI investments in Africa, China's increased commitment to UN peacekeeping should be viewed through a lens of realism, not as a sign of Beijing's unexpected turn toward humanitarianism. However, this is not abnormal. Recent research by University of Tennessee professor Gary Uzonyi finds that member states use UN peacekeeping to accomplish their own specific foreign policy goals under the legitimizing cover of the UN flag. Richard Gowan, the UN director at the International Crisis Group, agrees that China's peacekeeping engagement should not be viewed as its idealist support to multilateralism and humanitarianism. Rather, according to Gowan, "China's cautious contribution to peacekeeping looks like a pragmatic attempt to advance its interests through the U.N. system." For China, UN peacekeeping in Africa offers a legal and normalized means to protect its massive investments, obtain needed hard and soft military skills, and enhance its reputation as a benevolent rising superpower actively engaged in the UN system.
China uses peacekeeping to safeguard its investments in Africa. A notable example is the over 1,100 PLA peacekeepers currently deployed to South Sudan. According to a 2020 report from the Jamestown Foundation, China's outsized presence in South Sudan is linked directly to the longtime investment from the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in South Sudan's oil sector. Since 2011, CNPC's operations in South Sudan increased even as the internal conflict expanded and foreign companies departed. Today, CNPC is the leading foreign investor in South Sudan's oil sector and protecting this investment is vital to PRC interests. The number of PLA peacekeepers in South Sudan has steadily increased alongside CNPC's expansion. In 2015, China deployed a seven-hundred-troop infantry battalion to South Sudan, marking its first and only combat troops serving under the UN. Since 2015, a significant portion of China's blue helmets in South Sudan are forward deployed in proximity to strategic oil deposits and pipelines, ensuring China can keep a watchful eye on its investment.
Aside from protecting investment in South Sudan, China uses its peacekeeping presence to prevent conflict spillover into neighboring Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia, home to some of China's signature BRI investments in East Africa. Uncontrolled conflict proliferation in the region could significantly jeopardize Chinese infrastructure investments. Uzonyi would agree with China's preventive peacekeeping mindset. His research posits that a state is more motivated to contribute to peacekeeping if it determines that addressing conflict-specific factors—such as arms flows, conflict contagion, illicit trafficking, and refugee flows—would directly benefit its foreign policy goals.
South Sudan is only one example of China using UN peacekeeping to help safeguard its economic interests. Of the thirteen countries worldwide where Chinese peacekeepers were deployed between 2012 and 2018, nine were home to large Chinese investment immediately preceding the arrival of PLA peacekeepers. China appears to use its blue helmets to protect its own national interests under the guise of protecting vulnerable civilians in conflict.
Gaining Military Skills and Experience
After twenty years of war across multiple combat theaters, the United States and many of its Western allies, notably France and the United Kingdom, are highly experienced at training, deploying, operating, and sustaining their forces across diverse missions including logistically complicated ground operations, naval power projection, counterterrorism operations, and even humanitarian assistance. Russia, a fellow permanent member of the UN Security Council, is gaining its own experience through its not-so-secret military interventions in places like Syria, the Central African Republic, and Ukraine. Unlike these other Security Council permanent members, China has no real-world combat experience in the past forty years.
Just prior to his retirement in June 2018, PLA Lieutenant General He Lei publicly lamented that his biggest regret is that he never had a chance to fight in a war. China's last large-scale military conflict was its failed invasion into Vietnam in 1979 and although the PLA has since greatly expanded its force and added high-tech weapons and equipment, its combat effectiveness remains untested.
To combat its lack of operational experience, China uses UN peacekeeping as a low-risk avenue to obtain much-needed military skills and experience. Research from Wake Forest Professor Lina Benabdallah finds that China's expanded military presence in Africa is aimed at increasing skills transfers and knowledge sharing with its African partners. This reasoning also applies to China's use of UN peacekeeping to gain both hard and soft military skills. Without having a war in which to fight, the PLA's infantry force in South Sudan is gaining deployment experience. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, PLA troops representing softer noncombat specialty areas—military medicine and engineering—are learning how to operate in a complex environment. The same is true across the four missions in Africa to which PLA peacekeeping troops are involved: China is able to project power abroad, test its deployment and logistical capabilities, and feel out its new role as a rising global power.
Enhanced Reputation
China uses its participation in UN peacekeeping to build its brand as a benevolent country committed to peace and security while upholding its principle of noninterference. Beijing focuses much of its peacekeeping on noncombat operations in places like Mali, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan, where it provides medical care, infrastructure repair, and personal security. This focus enables China to promote its military cooperation with African partners and bolsters China's image as a rising power and attractive partner. Chinese domestic and foreign state media continue to highlight the PLA's participation in UN peacekeeping as a tangible example that China is a responsible player within the international system. China's use of savvy communications helps to ensure this message resonates with African partners and international observers, and serves as another means for the PRC to boost its global reputation.
Even senior PLA officials would agree with this assessment. Writing in Foreign Affairs in 2017, Senior Colonel Shou Bo, who served at the time as director of the PLA's Center for Security Cooperation, linked the PRC's increased support to UN peacekeeping with China's focus on improving its international prestige by enhancing its "image as a responsible nation on a peaceful rise." Zhou averred that China's support to UN peacekeeping is guided by impartiality as China avoids interfering in the domestic affairs of other states. Now retired and a senior fellow at China's Center for International Security and Strategy, Zhou continues to link Chinese peacekeeping with its impartiality. In 2019, he openly stated that "Africa is a test lab" for China to build military skills and strengthen bilateral partnership through peacekeeping while strictly maintaining a noninterference policy in its partners' internal affairs.
Is it Working?
The PRC's strategy of using UN peacekeeping to advance its own priorities appears to be working. China has strengthened bilateral and multilateral cooperation while increasing oversight and protection of its economic investments. As China safeguards its economic priorities, the PLA continues to develop military skills as it enhances its reputation on the global stage.
In South Sudan, the conflict remains contained—which helps to protect massive BRI investments in neighboring countries—and China's CNPC has even increased its dominance over the oil sector by signing a 2018 agreement expanding access to hydrocarbon exploration. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, China controls the rare earth minerals market thanks to friendly contracts from the government enabling its vast resource extraction from the country's eastern regions. In Mali, it may be too early to tell if the PLA peacekeeping presence has met all intended objectives, but China's relationship building and security presence supports its future economic interests in the country, which remains central to China's ongoing effort to extend BRI across West Africa.
UN peacekeeping is a low-cost, low-risk path to increasing China's military capacities. The PLA is gaining experience with training, logistics, lines of communication, combat readiness, pre-deployment training, and a number of other secondary and tertiary skills. By focusing its peacekeeping presence on noncombat operations, Beijing is advancing its long-term PLA reform goals and obtaining key lessons learned in a low-risk environment. And these skills are being honed while the UN pays the PRC approximately $42 million annually for its benevolent contribution of nearly 2,500 peacekeepers.
The PRC judges much of its success on the perceptions of others and early indications are that the PLA's presence in Africa is a win-win. In a 2016 interview, former Malian prime minister Moussa Mara lauded PLA peacekeepers for their ability to establish trust, support both peace and development, and improve the livelihoods of local Malians. In his most telling statement, Mara expressed that "Chinese peacekeepers have won the hearts of the Malian people."
Outside of improved relationships with African states, China has noticeably improved its standing within the UN system. China's investment in UN peacekeeping—through significant funding, training, and troop contributions—is yielding strong returns. One recent example is the appointment of Chinese ambassador Xia Huang as the UN's special envoy for the Great Lakes region. China has ambitions for greater leadership roles at the UN headquarters with widespread rumors of its lobbying efforts to have a Chinese national lead the Department of Peace Operations, a position traditionally held by the French.
The PRC's use of UN peacekeeping to achieve its own foreign policy goals is not surprising. Most other troop-contributing countries are similarly driven to participate out of self-interest. While self-serving, Beijing's approach is not necessarily a bad thing and does not negatively impact peacekeeping. As the PRC achieves its own economic, military, and reputational goals, UN peacekeeping is better funded, better trained, and better manned to carry out today's complex missions.
However, the PRC's dogmatic references to its principle of noninterference in Africa increasingly do not hold water. Deploying peacekeepers to safeguard one's own investments and bolster one's own reputation cannot be considered anything short of interference. According to Benabdallah, the paradox between Beijing's rhetoric and reality indicates that the PRC wants to simultaneously gain power and advance its foreign policy goals while branding its engagement as benevolent. Regardless of the rhetoric, interference is China's modus operandi to achieving its goals in Africa.
Geopolitical competitors must take note of China's motivations. China is indeed using the legitimizing cover of UN operations to obtain resources, win friends, and develop skills and capabilities that, in other environments, on other days, could be employed against its great power rivals. By understanding China's means to achieve its long-term objectives, Western policymakers can develop informed strategies to maximize China's participation within the UN system while countering its ability to gain a competitive advantage.
Major Thomas Dyrenforth is a US Army foreign area officer currently serving at United States Africa Command in Germany. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and holds a master of international policy and practice from the Elliott School at George Washington University. Major Dyrenforth was most recently assigned as a military attaché at the US embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the United States Military Academy, Department of the Army, or Department of Defense.
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Introducing the Renamed & Redesigned ASO Toolkit
We released the Redbox Toolbox in 2019 as a way for indie developers to take their first steps into the world of ASO. We're now following some of our own advice by changing the name of our tool to "ASO Toolkit" so that's easier to find!
It's okay, we understand you indie developers may not have heard of Redbox Mobile! We were voted ASO Company of the Year in 2020 so we know our stuff! Our typical client base is multi-national companies with large marketing budgets, that ask us to improve their metadata and ranking in the App Store.
This comes with a cost, and for many, making apps is just a hobby or a side project so spending thousands on your App Store marketing simply isn't an option so, we created our tool as a low-cost entry to App Store Optimization.
This year, we're taking our own ASO advice by rebranding the "Redbox Toolbox" to "ASO Toolkit" as finding it in the App Store sea of apps was proving difficult at times. However, we're not just rebranding, we've also taken the time to rewrite the app from scratch, in SwiftUI, to optimise your in-app experience.
Now you know why we're changing our name, we can show you which new features are available (so far) in the updated ASO Toolkit app!
First impressions count so we've made the home screen (or sidebar on iPad) easier to glance at with visible app icons, a Recently Viewed section and access to an even greater number of tools.
We've streamlined our search functionality too, so instead of always searching the App Store, you'll also be able to filter apps that you've saved previously or ones that you own when linking your App Store Connect account.
Once you've selected an app you'd like to analyse, you'll be taken to the App Overview screen which is where you'll find all of the metrics relevant to your app. Tapping on one of them will take you to the relevant tool so you can find out more and take action.
The App Overview also allows you to manage any competitor apps you may have and view some extra details about your app. On each tool, and the App Overview, you can change the country or language that the data is relevant too.
Metadata is arguably the biggest part of ASO so it's no secret that we have made the most changes here! In the new update, you're now able to create drafts of metadata which allows you to prototype different variations of your Title, Subtitle etc. depending on an app update, event or time of year.
Publishing the changes to App Store Connect is just a few taps away too so you'll never need to leave the app. We've added support for comparing more than one competitor's metadata too and you'll now see metadata inside App Store Connect alongside the live App Store metadata.
Keyword rankings also play a big part of ASO, so we've made some improvements here too. You'll now be able to view trends at a glance and even compare your app against a competitor's on the timeline graph. We've also added support for grabbing live keyword rankings, as App Store rankings can change every hour!
The Category Rankings tool has been refined to fit in more details on bigger screens and makes it easier to compare those rankings against competitor apps. There's now support for viewing all apps in the category.
We've also made improvements to our other tools that can be accessed from the home screen and even introduced a few new ones.
First up, the Storefront Switcher is one of our most used features and allows you to quickly change the region the App Store is using straight from your device.
This allows you to see if your app has been featured in that country or you can perform a search as if you were a user in that location and to see the rankings of apps, stories, and the ad placement.
We're pleased to introduce the ASO Guides and ASO Tips tools which are great for ASO beginners. They both provide a clear insight into best practices for ASO and give you helpful hints on which tools to use in the ASO Toolkit to improve your app's place in the App Store. If you're an ASO expert already, we'd love to hear some of your tips!
The Metadata Prototype tool allows you to quickly type out an app's metadata strategy without first creating a draft. If you'd like to add it to an app's draft, you can do that too! The Keyword Lookup tool is a simple tool that makes it quick to search the App Store and see which apps rank for a specific keyword.
That concludes all of the features we've added so far to the new ASO Toolkit app but we've still got plenty more to come!
If you'd like to help shape the future of the ASO Toolkit, there's no time like the present - we're currently looking for beta testers who will be happy to share their thoughts on the new beta and report any bugs to us.
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You know I wasn't really fair yesterday in my letter to the RockStar Scarf. The truth is there really are two sides to every story. Unless you just happen to be dating Ted Bundy the likely-hood is that you did have a good time with your partner at some point and even learned a little something along the way. To this truth I owe the RockStar scarf an apology. I would actually recommend this to anyone just getting started out with knitting or changing yarns/colors.
This was the first pattern I wasn't afraid of. It was more of a Boy Band Scarf than a RockStar scarf, sexless and nonthreatening. I don't know why but I was afraid of patterns. They used to seem so intimidating. After RockStar though I'm able to look at a pattern and just see it for what it is, a pattern, a guide to lead me along the way. So thank you for that RockStar Scarf.
Some of the problems I had with RockStar stemmed from the fact we just weren't on the same page. The two main points that I had issue with had nothing to do with the pattern at all. *blush* I didn't like the way the yarn was being shown off in garter stitch. This yarn is fantastic and even switching over to a Stockinette stitch gave it more opportunity to shine and just be lovely. The garter stitch made it seem too crunched up. You couldn't see how soft and smooth the yarn or the colors were. The other thing, and this is kind of selfish on my part... I just couldn't see doing garter stitch for six feet or so. o.0 Especially since I wasn't pleased with how the yarn wasn't being shown to it's best advantage. The colors are unique and that's why I got it. The colors seduced me and I just felt I wasn't using the yarn the way I wanted it to be used. Throw in some crazy loopy mohair and you have a breakup waiting to happen.
The funny thing is how well the RockStar Scarf reminded me of all the times I dated musicians. Dating a Guitar Player is a bit like making this RockStar Scarf. You know what you're doing every night. Things don't really change. Whether you're sitting at home or a band practice waiting around listening to yet another version of Stairway to Heaven, Metallica's One or god forbid you are dating someone who thinks they are the next Angus Young. o.0 (Angus Young = AC/DC) Trust me it doesn't even matter what TYPE of music they play. I dated a Guy who played for a Bluegrass band. It's always the same damn thing.
You may not have to listen to Solo's so long you consider going on a killing spree or a dating a mime (same thing really... in the long run). But perhaps after the repetition of doing six feet of garter stitch you might consider that all that loud music in your youth did in fact cause you brain damage.
The truth is I was seeing more than the Cable Scarf. I've been playing around with other yarns and patterns just experimenting with technique. I wasn't ready to settle down for a long steady relationship.
In addition to that there is Wobbly Circles. How can I say no to such a fun, free spirited project? I can't. Plus it's not a scarf. I'd feel a bit odd knitting so many scarves in such warm weather. Perhaps if the season was different I'd frog Rock Star and start over with different materials.... Ah but if "what ifs" were puppies I'd have a messy yard.
So that is why I am parting ways with RockStar. I just need something different. I can't take another 40 minute free style guitar solo.
What about converting it/him? Since it may not make it as a boy band rock star scarf, how about folding it like an envelope and making yourself a little purse? It would look really cute as a purse! Really, I'm not kidding.


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Today's Church of Saint Biagio was built in the baroque style in the 17th century (its construction began in 1633) by Finalese architect Andrea Storace. From the previous medieval church (1261) it has retained only the apse and the tall octagonal late-gothic slightly leaning bell tower with its many narrow mullioned windows opening on every side. The bell tower is set on a defensive tower belonging to the walls built before 1452.
The raw-stone façade was left unfinished while the interior with its nave and two aisles is impressive for its magnificence and for the richness of its decorations. The mausoleum of Giovanni Andrea Sforza Del Carretto, the last Del Carretto marquis who died in 1604, once in Santa Caterina church, now stands in the nave. Two wonderful sculptures attributed to Francesco Schiaffino also enrich the nave: the Carrara marble Balustrade (four pretty angels holding a finely chiselled Eucharistic cloth) and the pulpit representing Ezekiel's Vision (a column of clouds rises above the Tables of the Law and leads to the symbols of the four Evangelists).
The frescoes of the vault were painted by Luigi Gainotti and Antonio Bertolotto (1911), while the dome and the presbytery vault were frescoed by Francesco Semino and Domenico Buscaglia (1878). The church still houses: a marble ciborium of Lorenzo Sormano (1521); the original 15th century altarpiece of S. Biagio; and fine copies of Raffael's Transfiguration and of Rubens' Annunciation by Finalese painter Francesco Spoleti. In the side chapels are the Triptych of Madonna delle Grazie (1416), the work of an anonymous Ligurian painter and the great Santa Caterina Polyptych, a remarkable work of the early 15th century Piedmontese school.
Precious works of art, ornaments and vestments once belonging to the Prelates of the Del Carretto marquisate are still preserved in the church.


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Q: Jackson Object mapper to convert java map to json maintaining order of keys I am using jackson.map.ObjectMapper API to convert map to json string. I am using writeValueAsString method to achieve this.
I pass a map sorted on the basis of values to writeValueAsString method. The JSON string which I get is resorted on the basis of keys.
Is there a way to convert maps to JSON string using jackson without disturbing the order of items in the map.
I tried setting Feature.SORT_PROPERTIES_ALPHABETICALLY to false, but as per documentation it is applicable only for POJO types.
Any idea to implement the said behavior.

A: with Jackson 2.3.1 (don't know for previous versions) you can serialize a SortedMap, for example a TreeMap, the order will be respected.
Here is an exempale in junit 4:
    @Test
public void testSerialize() throws JsonProcessingException{
    ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
    om.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_NULL_MAP_VALUES,false);
    om.configure(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT,true);
    om.setSerializationInclusion(Include.NON_NULL);

    SortedMap<String,String> sortedMap = new TreeMap<String,String>();
    Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<String,String>();
    map.put("aaa","AAA");

    map.put("bbb","BBB");
    map.put("ccc","CCC");
    map.put("ddd","DDD");

    sortedMap.putAll(map);

    System.out.println(om.writeValueAsString(map));

    System.out.println(om.writeValueAsString(sortedMap));

}

and here is the result:`
with a Map
{
  "aaa" : "AAA",
  "ddd" : "DDD",
  "ccc" : "CCC",
  "bbb" : "BBB"
}

with a SortedMap
{
  "aaa" : "AAA",
  "bbb" : "BBB",
  "ccc" : "CCC",
  "ddd" : "DDD"
}

`
The 1st serialization with a Map will not be ordered,
The second one with a TreeMap will be ordered alphabeticaly using keys. you can pass a Comparator to the treeMap for a different order.
Edit: It also work on Jackson with a LinkedHashMap() even if this is not a SortedMap.  This is an implementation of Map that keep the order which keys were inserted into the map. This could be what your are looking for.


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New Mexico Lands Marvel Studios' "The Avengers" Movie
By AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff
Published Dec 24, 2010 at 8:15 PM | Updated at 8:30 PM CST on Dec 24, 2010
Scarlett Johannson is onboard for the new "Avengers" movie.
New Mexico has landed what Gov. Bill Richardson's office is billing as the largest movie production in state history.
Richardson and Marvel Studios' co-president Louis D'Esposito announced this week that the comic book-based adventure film "The Avengers" will be shot primarily in New Mexico.
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The film is expected to employ hundreds of New Mexico-based cast and crew, and use hundreds of local service and supply vendors.
Its all-star cast includes Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johannson, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo.
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The governor's office says preproduction is already under way. Principal photography is scheduled to run from April through September.
Richardson says the announcement is a good example of the job creation, economic impact and visibility the movie industry has brought to the state.
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