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Mardi Gras in New Orleans Cemeteries, Part One: Long Live the King
Rex ball dance card, 1916. Wikimedia Commons.
During Mardi Gras season, New Orleans sees increased tourist traffic to one of its most popular attractions: its cemeteries, particularly Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 and St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. It nearly seems counterintuitive to visit a place of death and remembrance on a trip so populated with mirth and celebration.
Yet the relationship of New Orleans cemeteries to its carnival celebrations is much richer than simply beads on wrought iron or the odd Muses shoe left on a tomb shelf. While the Carnival celebration is one of life and vivacity, the themes of mortality and cemeteries often creep into the mix. From death-themed floats, krewes, and costumes to actual celebrations in the cemeteries themselves, our cities of the dead have been part of the Mardi Gras stage since the 19th century.
Statue in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 with bead decorations. Photo by Flickr user clcg28.
Of course, the interactions between Mardi Gras and New Orleans cemeteries have not always been celebratory. Even the glorious reign of Rex, King of Mardi Gras, must end at the cemetery gates.
Since 1872, the Rex Organization announces its king on the day before Mardi Gras. On Mardi Gras day, the King of Carnival rides with his krewe in one of the most celebrated parades of the season. Hundreds of community members have been Rex over the years. For some of the first men to hold the title of Rex, though, their final processions to the cemetery have been obscure, tragic, or both.
Rex Primus
The first man to hold the title of Rex was Lewis Salomon. Descendant of a Revolutionary War hero, Salomon was a New Orleans financier who coordinated the first Rex parade in 1872, along with a number of other New Orleans "movers and shakers," incidentally including Chapman Hyams (1838-1923), whose tomb in Metairie Cemetery is one of the most photographed of New Orleans cemetery landmarks.
The first (and last) Jewish man to serve as Rex in New Orleans' Mardi Gras, Salomon later moved to New York, although he visited New Orleans each year for Mardi Gras for decades after his reign. He died in 1925 and, surprisingly, it appears as if no one knows where he was buried. His final resting place seems to remain a mystery. His sister Delia, however, married local liquor dealer Otto Karstendiek and, upon her death in 1866, was buried in the only cast-iron tomb in Lafayette Cemetery No. 1.
Lewis Salomon was remembered as the first Rex for decades after his great parade. And although his final resting place may remain a mystery, it stands to reason that it does, in fact, exist someplace. Unfortunately, neither of these things were true for the third King of Carnival, Rex 1874, A.W. Merriam.
The Funeral Parade of A.W. Merriam
A.W. Merriam was the "proprietor of the largest billiard saloon in the world," the Crescent Billiard Hall, which once stood at 115 St. Charles Avenue. In 1874 he was King of Carnival, presiding over the parades and balls which marked the splendor of the occasion. In a tragic incident that seems nearly unbelievable, Merriam died on the night of Mardi Gras. Said the Ouachita Telegraph:
The veritable "Rex" himself, in all the trappings of mock royalty, and the paraphernalia of mimic state, left the Mardi Gras ball-room on the morning of the 18th and returned to his residence. About 8 o'clock the same morning a member of his family entered the sleeping apartment of the masquerader, and found that a greater king than the discrowned "Rex" had invaded the chamber before, and asserted his sway over its tenant. Apoplexy had done its work in the night. The king was dead.
Lewis Salomon, from the Times-Picayune.
Merriam's funeral was held days later and, in an even more tragic turn of fortune, his moral remains were paraded to Girod Street Cemetery, where he was interred.[1] While the old king may have rested in peace for as long as seventy years, Girod Street Cemetery was demolished in 1957. Whether the remains of A.W. Merriam were transferred to Hope Mausoleum (as all unclaimed remains of white people reportedly were) or elsewhere, or at all, is anyone's guess. No record concerning Girod Street Cemetery includes his name.
Girod Street Cemetery before its 1957 demolition.
Rex rules his chaotic kingdom for a day. He is emblematic of both disarray and refinement, satire and grace. Upon the close of the evening on Shrove Tuesday, when Rex has met with the Court of Comus and the curtain is drawn on the season, Rex relinquishes his rule until next year, when he returns in the guise of another man.
For most of those who served as Rex, death and burial was a rather uneventful affair. Yet one King of Carnival would have a much greater impact on the cemeteries of New Orleans than simply being buried there.
The Builder King
In 1915, Mardi Gras took place on February 16. Rex this year was Ernest Lee Jahncke, who "headed the procession on a golden chariot of state symbolic of his imperial power… crowned with jewels and wearing a mantle of cloth of gold, [sitting] upon the throne in the center of the car, gracefully acknowledging the plaudits of his subjects." The theme that year was "Fragments from Sound and Story," and featured such floats as "The Fatal Kiss of Undine (the water nymph)" and "The Barter of Mephistopheles," illustrating the bargain of Dr. Faust with the devil.[2]
Mardi Gras royalty, 1915. Ernest Jancke as Rex, with Queen Sadie Downman. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Rear Admiral (USNR) Ernest L. Jahncke (1878-1960) served as assistant secretary of the Navy from 1929 to 1933 and was himself a "renowned yachtsman.[3]" He was the son of Fritz Jahncke (1847-1911), a German immigrant and founder of Jahncke Navigation Company. The elder Jahncke was instrumental in one of the greatest shifts in tomb construction in New Orleans history.
Beginning in 1879, Jahncke was one of the first building supply dealers to make Portland cement available for his clients. While Portland cement had been available elsewhere in the country as early as the 1860s, its use was nearly unheard of in New Orleans prior to Jahncke's business.
Since the 1700s, builders in New Orleans cemeteries used mortars, stuccoes, and renders mixed from hydrated lime, a material procured from burning limestone or oyster shells in a kiln. These materials required protection from the elements, usually achieved by limewashing tombs on a regular basis.
Fritz Jahncke Portland cement advertisement from 1888 Soards New Orleans Directory.
Portland cement, conversely, was much stronger and less flexible than traditional lime-based cements. It was also easier to work with and, after some time, cheaper than its lime-based counterparts. The introduction of Portland cement would change building in New Orleans cemeteries forever. After World War II, improvements to the manufacturing process of Portland cement would create an even harder, less malleable, cheaper product.
The materials which Fritz Jahncke had made available to New Orleans cemetery builders would eventually replace lime-based stuccoes and shift the way tombs were constructed. Just as importantly, Jahncke established himself as a great paver, paving sidewalks and streets using new cement mixes and replacing the brick and shell-lined avenues that once marked neighborhoods and cemeteries. These materials in cemeteries cut down on the need to mow grass or perform other landscaping. An unintentional consequence of this paving process was the exacerbation of drainage issues in cemeteries which continue to this day.
The Jahncke family expanded from serving as Mardi Gras royalty a century ago to owning a shipyard and a dry dock in addition to the cement company. Ernest continued these businesses into the twentieth century and long after his reign as Rex. He was, however, the Rex spokesperson who, in 1942, announced that Mardi Gras would be cancelled that year in the spirit of solemnity and frugality in the face of World War II. Both Ernest and Fritz Jahncke are buried in Metairie Cemetery.
Jahncke family coping, Metairie Cemetery. Photograph by FindaGrave user Barbara Munson.
In the next installment of our examination of New Orleans cemeteries in Mardi Gras history, we bring death to the party itself and check out cemetery and mortality-themed floats, krewes, and costumes.
[1] "Funeral of A.W. Merriam," New Orleans Republican, February 20, 1874, p. 1.
[2] "Splendid Parade of Rex is Viewed by Record Crowd," Times-Picayune, February 17, 1915, p. 5.
[3] "Ernest Lee Jahncke," Times-Picayune, November 17, 1960, p. 17.
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Emily, I have a photo of the REX Court 1929. Both King William Henry McLellan and Queen Beecye Casanas Toledano buried in Lafayette #1.
Emily Ford
That's so cool Gayl!! I'd love to see them sometime. I think I've seen one of two photos of Beecye, but not of McLellan.
Hi! William Henry McLellan is my great great uncle. Any chance I could see the photo? I'd love to see the 1938 Rex court where my great grandfather was king.
Hey Holley! I'll get in touch with Gayl and see if I can't put you in touch or otherwise send you a copy.
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Please disregard and delete my earlier messages. I am working on some Salomon genealogy and confused the same with next generation information. Thank you for the splendid photo of Mr Salomon (above).
Okay, Emily. Starting over on Lews J Salomon. Born 09/24/1838 in Mobile. Died 05/04/1925 in Far Rockaway, NY. Married to Theresa King (Friedman) of Philadelphia on 12/23/1880 in NY City. NY State record of marriage gives his name as Lewis Jacob Salomon. Death record gives his name as Lewis Joseph Salomon. DAR info shows him as Lewis Jackson Salomon. His father was in business in Mobile at time of his birth, with Lewis Judson. Best guess?
Hi Mr. Carter! This does look like the same Lewis Salomon. I'm not familiar with his father's background, but that he would be in Mobile in business from New York would make sense, for sure.
I don't suppose you have discovered where Mr. Salomon was buried?
The title, according to the organization, is "Rex, King of Carnival", never "King Rex" as both words mean the same thing. Also Jahncke had another role in Rex, it was his luggers on the new basin canal that delivered Zulu to the city for his rule on Mardi Gras.
Dear John, noted and corrected! Thanks for the info.
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New dental clinic for status patients
Sometimes, getting money out of Ottawa is harder than pulling teeth. As a result, some aboriginal people haven't been going to the dentist.
Apr. 19, 2005 3:00 a.m.
Sometimes, getting money out of Ottawa is harder than pulling teeth.
As a result, some aboriginal people haven't been going to the dentist.
Now, status Indians who cannot afford to pay upfront for dental care can visit their own clinic in Whitehorse.
The clinic, which will be operating later this month, is Ottawa's $358,000 answer to a longstanding complaint that eventually caught the ear of the grand chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations.
Ed Schultz threw together a news conference last year to put pressure on Ottawa's non-insured health benefits program, which provides coverage to status Indians, Inuit and Metis.
By then, only one dental clinic in Whitehorse, Chilkoot, was willing to direct-bill status fees to the program.
The rest refuse to deal with what they call an unwieldy process, which leaves poor patients to either wait in the growing queue at Chilkoot, or neglect their teeth.
"Access to dental services has been an ongoing concern in the Yukon," federal spokesperson Paul Duchene said from Ottawa.
"The new clinic will not entirely address the need for dental services for Yukon First Nations."
But Ottawa has shown little interest in addressing the real reason dental patients find themselves in this situation, charged Schultz.
He believes the federal government has deliberately created a billing system so bureaucratic, onerous and slow, it actually saves money by discouraging patients and dentists alike from submitting claims.
Some of the expenses submitted for root canals, fillings and cleanings months ago have still not been paid.
Some, accuse CYFN's health manager, are approved, then denied midway through treatment.
And patients who do not receive treatment end up in emergency surgery, a reactionary solution that likely costs more in the long run, said Schultz.
Ottawa never did answer the allegations, and, when asked why it did not simply make the administration of the benefits program more user-friendly, Duchene could only say, "That is a good question."
The small clinic, located in the Elijah Smith Building on Main Street, is projected to cost about $220,000 annually to maintain.
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"Ultimately, it could result in significant savings, just because of the way it's operated," said Duchene.
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Ганс Гайнц Е́верс (); 3 листопада 1871, Дюссельдорф, Німецька імперія — 12 червня 1943, Берлін, Третій Рейх) — німецький письменник і поет, автор містичних оповідань і романів готичної спрямованості. Серед найвідоміших творів: «Павук», «Альрауне», «Смерть барона фон Фріделя». Творчість Еверса мала значний вплив на західну фантастичну літературу першої половини XX століття, сам він вважав себе спадкоємцем Едгара По і Оскара Вайльда.

Біографія
Ганс Гайнц Еверс народився 3 листопада 1871 року в Дюссельдорфі в забезпеченій сім'ї. Його мати походила зі знатного роду, була онукою банкіра, дочкою генерала кавалерії. Батько — жанровий художник і баталіст, син коваля, був придворним живописцем Фрідріха Франца II Великого Герцога Мекленбург-Шверинського. У березні 1891 отримав атестат зрілості, після чого проходив військову службу у Берліні, але через шість тижнів був звільнений через прогресуючу короткозорість. За наполяганням батьків успішно здав іспити в університет, де провчився на юридичному факультеті декілька років.

Творчість
У 1897 році 26-річний Еверс декларує себе вільним художником та присвячує своє життя літературній творчості. Він створює цілу низку творів, що відносяться до найрізноманітніших жанрів: це і гуморески, і сатиричні замальовки, і фантастичні історії тощо, що користуються читацьким успіхом, який неабияк підігрівався завдяки майстерним літературним містифікаціям Еверса. З 1901 року Еверс виступає як актора кабаре, здобувши чималий успіх, трохи пізніше він також стає господарем кабаре «Юбербреттль» ().

На початку 1900-х років Еверс здійснив низку подорожей, побувавши на Капрі (1903), в Берліні (1904), Неаполлі (1904), в Порт-о-Пренсі на Гаїті (1906), Парижі (1908), Ріо-де-Жанейро (1908) та Індії (1911). Свої мандрівки Еверс детально зображував в дорожніх щоденниках «Моїми очима» (1909) та «Індія і я» (1911). Окрім документальних оповідок за роки подорожей Еверс створив два романи — «Учень чародія» (1910) та «Альрауне» (1911), а також декілька збірок новел — «Розіпнутий Тангейзер» (1901), «Жахи» (1907) та «Гротески» (1910).

Окрім літератури ще однією пристрастю Еверса був кінематограф: у 1913 році за його сценарієм був знятий фентезійний фільм «Празький студент» (реж. Стеллан Рійє та Пауль Вегенер).

Першої світової війни застала Еверса в Перу, з 1914 по 1920 рік він живе в США, де був інтернований, як і багато інших німців, і 1916—1920 роки провів у спеціальному таборі для переміщених осіб. У 1917 році він випустив збірку оповідань з назвою «Мої похорони». У 1921 Еварс повернувся до Німеччини, де зацікавився націонал-соціалізмом, зокрема, його ідеями німецького націоналізму і загальними ніцшеансько-окультними нюансами філософії націонал-соціалістів (ці симпатії пізніше позначилися на негативному ставленні до Еверса після війни, внаслідок чого його твори були викреслені з німецької літератури; проте, роман «Альрауне» був вкотре екранізований у ФРН у 1952 році режисером Артуром-Марією Рабенальтом з Гільдеґард Кнеф у головній ролі).

У 1932 році Ганс Гейнц Еверс написав роман «Горст Вессель» про командира нацистських штурмовиків, за яким у 1933 році був знятий фільм (головний герой фільму і сам фільм були перейменовані за наполяганням Геббельса в «Ганс Вестмар»). У 1934 році Еверс став головою Німецького Союзу письменників. Після «ночі довгих ножів» 30 червня 1934 значна частина книг Еверса, як письменника-гомосексуала, окрім «Горста Весселя» і «Вершника німецької ночі», була заборонена в Німеччині.

Наприкінці життя Еверса друкували вкрай мало, і помер він у бідності від прогресуючого старечого туберкульозу 12 червня 1943 року в Берліні. За декілька тижнів по смерті Еварса його берлінська квартира була розбомблена.

Твори (вибірково)

Романи
 1909 : Учень чародія, або Мисливці на диявола / Der Zauberlehrling oder die Teufelsjäger
 1911 : Альрауне. Історія однієї живої істоти / Alraune. Die Geschichte eines lebenden Wesens
 1920 : Вампір / Vampir
 1922 : Духовидець. Із спогадів графа фон О*** / Der Geisterseher. Aus den Papieren des Grafen O*** // Співавтор: Фрідріх Шиллер
 1928 : Перетворена на чоловіка / Fundvogel
 1932 : Горст Вессель / Horst Wessel
 1932 : Вершник німецької ночі / Reiter in deutscher Nacht

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Німецькі письменники-романісти
Німецькі прозаїки
Німецькі поети
Автори фентезі Німеччини
Фантасти жахів Німеччини
ЛГБТ-письменники
Ганс Гайнц Еверс
Члени НСДАП
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Written by: Briana Wright @misswrighttv
Photo from Instagram @moneybaggyo
Yesterday, MoneyBagg Yo and his crew celebrated his 29th birthday in Las Vegas. It looked as though they enjoyed themselves, at least up until shots were fired.
Most of the festivities were documented on social media by either MoneyBagg, his girl Ari Fletcher, or his crew. In an IG live streamed by an attendee, you can see partygoers outside of the function when shots go off. As the crowd moves in disarray, someone says "They're coming back!" and more shots are fired.
The shooter has not been identified but sources say 1 person was shot twice and taken to the hospital. The Memphis rapper addressed rumors that he and/or his crew had been shot at on his IG story: "Shot at who? Ain't no muhf*ckas shot at us mane."
Other than that, it looked as though MoneyBagg had a great birthday. His girl Ari Fletcher gifted him with a Maybach! He also got iced out by his friend and song-mate on the new track "Code Red," Blac Youngsta.
As for the person who got shot, let's pray for their recovery and we'll keep y'all updated.
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Is Theo's Evil Sword Actually This Classic Lord of the Rings Weapon? – The Rings of Power
In Tolkien's mythology, a number of unique swords, including Narsil, the broken sword that Isildur wielded against Sauron, Glamdring, and Orcrist, two old Elven swords discovered by Gandalf and Thorin Oakenshield in a troll cave, and Sting, Bilbo's little sword also discovered in the same cave. The Rings of Power, on the other hand, appears to have added a brand-new, unique sword to the narrative—and this time, it's a bad one.
Theo, a teenage Southlander, discovered a mystery sword hilt with the Sauron sign in a barn close to his house in the Southlands in episode 2 of The Rings of Power (the land that will become Mordor). The sword emits smoke and the hilt begins to splinter as a drop of Theo's blood contacts it.About this enigmatic weapon, we learned a little more in episode 4. Theo was informed by an elderly man who also bears a scar from Sauron on his arm that the object was not a sword, but rather a "power fashioned for our ancestors by his master's own hand." The elderly man continues by referring to "the handsome servant, he who was lost but shall return," and identifying this servant as Sauron (the master being ultimate Bad Guy Morgoth). Our knowledge of Sauron's involvement with this enigmatic sword leads us to believe that Morgoth may have created it just for him.
A Red Herring or the Evil Sword?
However, we believe that this scene has a few instances of deliberate misdirection because the production wants to keep viewers guessing for as long as possible. The elderly man suggests that the Stranger might be Sauron by mentioning the "starfall" that brought him and saying that it "means his [Sauron's] time is nigh." But take note that he doesn't really declare that Sauron was the one who fell; hence, much as Galadriel's washing up on Nmenor is a sign of that realm's imminent destruction, the Stranger's arrival suggesting that Sauron is coming doesn't imply that the Stranger is to blame for Sauron's coming. Furthermore, we continue to believe that Gandalf is most likely the Stranger.The scene's conclusion contains another potential deception. Theo is advised by the elderly guy to prepare and "reserve your strength, you'll need it for what's coming." After that, an Orc appears and informs Adar, the leader of the Orcs, that "they discovered it, it's in the tower." This may imply that the sword is the enigmatic weapon the Orcs are seeking and that they are pursuing Theo because they spotted him carrying the sword and now know it is in "the tower," which is the watchtower where Theo and the other refugees are staying.
The "weapon" they're seeking for could, however, potentially be one of the palantri, according to another theory. Galadriel may have told the Orcs where it was by touching a palantr in the tower in Nmenor, but these antiquated seeing stones may also be used as weapons by giving people deceptive visions that lead them astray. Perhaps they didn't mean Theo's sword at all, but we'll have to wait and see. That's a bit of a stretch.
To Whom Belongs the Evil Sword?
Then again, what exactly is this enigmatic sword? In the cinematic adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring, Sauron was depicted brandishing a mace as a tribute to his master Morgoth, who also used a mace. However, for the majority of the time after that, he sits around in his tower gazing around with his enormous eye while delegating tasks to others. The Dark Lord has less of a relationship with a specific blade in Tolkien lore than many of his opponents. In light of this, why is a fine sword leaving his mark on citizens of the future Mordor?Part have hypothesised that the sword is Gurthang, a weapon that was first crafted by a Dark Elf in the First Age and used by First Age hero Trin to murder himself after learning his bride was indeed his sister (some of Tolkien's legendarium is much more similar to Game of Thrones than you might anticipate!). But given how strongly the old man hints that the blade was created for Sauron by Morgoth in episode 4, that seems less credible.
The Witch-King of Angmar, the head of the Ringwraiths, is believed to have stabbed Frodo with this sword on Weathertop in The Fellowship of the Ring. This is another theory. There are a few problems there, though. One, the hilt is completely different, and it doesn't even really like that sword. The men who became the Nazgûl were warriors and commanders, thus we believe Halbrand has a much higher chance of becoming the Witch-King of Angmar than Theo.
Considering Elrond (in the books) as well as Aragorn (in the movies) refer to the Witch-sword King's as "a" Morgul-knife/blade rather than "the" Morgul-knife/blade, it is extremely possible that this weapon is another "Morgul-knife" or "Morgul-blade." Theo is still a young man who has the potential to develop into a warrior or a leader. He could end up being one of the Nine Ringwraiths, and it's plausible that they all possessed Morgul-blades. The Witch-smoke, King's sword's which emerges after Aragorn drops it and it disintegrates, serves as a reminder of the smoke that emerges from the blade in episode 2 when it re-forms itself.Even if Halbrand is the Witch-King, it's still feasible that this sword will be reforged as the Witch-weapon King's because swords can change hands. To fill the void left by not being able to discuss the Silmarils and the lack of Rings of Power yet, we assume that this may be another Morgul-blade, possibly one that is even more potent. This would allow the show to continue without having to forge any more Rings of Power. In fact, it's possible that Sauron would use this sword's evil energy to build the One Ring, destroying it in the process and cementing its link to Tolkien's main Evil Artifact.
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Where Could Photoelectric Effect Lead to?
The sun gives us almost everything: light, heat, hydrocarbons, food … And its generosity is boundless. The funny fact is that in ancient times, people used windmills, rivers' energy and other tricks to ease the life. Over the years, humanity has gone through a technological revolution, moved to more productive ways of generating energy. In recent times, alternative energy is being increasingly talked about (like solar batteries). This is due to the fact that natural resources (gas, oil …) come to an end, and the rest is becoming harder and harder to produce.
A solar battery, or cell, is a solid-state set of photoelectric cells that generate electricity by converting the input optical irradiation of silicon wafers with hole conductivity of solar radiation into electrical energy.
The production of solar cells is growing rapidly in various directions. There are different types of them:
Photoelectric transducers – solid-state devices that directly convert solar energy into electricity (solar cells). Several solar cells are called integrated solar battery.
Solar Power Station (SPS) – the solar station that uses highly concentrated solar radiation as energy to drive the heat and other engines (steam, gas turbine, thermoelectric, etc.).
Solar collectors (SC) are low-temperature solar heating stations.
Organic battery is a device that converts solar beams into electricity by using genetically modified cells that are printed on thin plastic with a conductor.
The process of converting the energy into electricity is known as the photoelectric effect. The photoelectric effect is the phenomenon of electrons ejection from a substance under the influence of light. It works because of the physical nature of sunlight: sunlight consists of discrete particles of energy known as photons.
The photon energy is measured by the formula:
where h is Planck's constant, which is equal to 6.62 x 10-34 J * s; and f is the frequency in Hz.
The kinetic energy of the photoelectrons causes them to move to the opposite electrode, thus completing the circuit and producing a measurable current. The kinetic energy of the photoelectrons can be calculated as:
where m is the electron mass; and v is the frequency of the incident light.
In the process of photoelectric effect, the photon ejects electron from the material.
The ejected electron leaves the material if it is negatively charged. The repulsive force of similar charges acts.
Ejected electron comes back into the material in case of positive charge. The attractive force of unsimilar charges acts.
The photon's energy passes to the ejected electron and goes to overcome attractive force and to transfer the kinetic energy.
The photoelectric effect was explained by Albert Einstein in 1905 (for which in 1921 he was nominated by the Swedish physicist Carl Wilhelm Oseen and received the Nobel Prize), based on the Max Planck hypothesis on the quantum nature of light. The Einstein's work contains an important new hypothesis – if Planck in 1900 suggested that light is emitted only by quantized particles, Einstein had already known that light exists only in the form of quantized particles. From the energy conservation law, when presenting light in the form of particles (photons), the formula for the photoelectric effect of Einstein is:
where A is work function (the minimum energy required to remove an electron from the material).
The minimum frequency at which the light is unable to eject an electron or photoelectric threshold is:
The discovery of the photoelectric effect was very important for a deeper understanding of the nature of light. However the value of science is not only in that it clarifies the complex and diverse structure of the world around us, but also that it gives us the tools for improving the production, the conditions of material and cultural life of society. Thus, the study of the photoelectric effect led to important steps in understanding the quantum nature of light and electrons and influenced the formation of the concept of wave–particle duality.
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	express = require('express');

var Configuration = require('../../lib/conf');

var markdown = require('./markdown');

var render = require('../../lib/noir-util').render;
var redirectGET = require('../../lib/express-util').redirectGET;

var Post = require('./model/post');

function checkPerms(req, res, next) {
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		next();
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		redirectGET('/login?next='+ encodeURIComponent(path.join(req.app.set('basepath'), req.url)))
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function getUrl(post, basepath) {
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	var date = post.publishDate || post.lastEditDate;

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		url : getUrl(post, basepath),
		title :  post.title,
		bodyHtml : markdown.toHTML(post.bodyMarkdown),
		snippetHtml : markdown.toHTML(post.bodyMarkdown),
		bodyMarkdown : post.bodyMarkdown,
		published : !!post.published,
		publishDateISO8601 : post.publishDate && post.publishDate.toISOString(),
		lastEditDateISO8601 : post.lastEditDate && post.lastEditDate.toISOString()
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function extractBlogPost(req, res, next) {
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					.findOne(function(err, post) {
						if (err) {
							return next(err);
						}

						if (!post) {
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						}

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				post.title = b.title;
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			var url = getUrl(post, basepath) + "/edit";
			redirectGET(url)(req, res, next);
		});
	});

	callback(null, app);
};

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It is safe to say that no person in history has had more influence on the human race than a man named Jesus. Universities (including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Oxford and Cambridge) were founded by his followers. Countless hospitals carry some reference to Jesus, and the Red Cross pays homage to him in their name. More than 2 billion people on earth claim to follow him.
The first book printed on a printing press was the Bible, which is primarily about Jesus, and every year the Bible is the best selling book in the world. Cathedrals have been built to honor Jesus, artwork about Jesus is world famous, and songs and books about Jesus could fill libraries.
Yet while he was on the earth (and serious historians agree that Jesus of Nazareth lived on the earth) he only taught for a short time and was sent to execution by the religious leaders of his day. He had a small core-group of followers, one of whom betrayed him. When he was arrested and killed, those followers at first ran and hid, thinking they were next.
So who is this Jesus? That is a question he asked his followers to answer and it is a question that Jesus' followers today think everyone should answer.
Jesus himself claimed to be sent by God for the purpose of being the sacrifice for the sins of all who would accept that free gift.
Sin is a word that means "missing the mark." The mark is to be in a right relationship with God, which happens by obeying God. But none of us can do that, and God knew it. So God himself provided the ultimate payment for sin, a sacrificial lamb that was perfect: Jesus, God's own son.
The Bible says that Jesus (a name that means savior) is the Christ (a title that means anointed and is the same as Messiah).
Ultimately what matters most, though, is who each of us thinks Jesus is. We say "is" because the Bible teaches that Jesus was raised from the dead, walked on the earth for forty days after that, was seen by more than 500 people, and then ascended into heaven.
C. S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, said you have to believe one of three things about Jesus. He was either a liar, claiming to be the Son of God, or he was a lunatic, claiming to be the Son of God, or he is Lord. Which description would you choose?
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Please think about it, talk to others about it, and even talk to God about it. If you have more questions or want to talk to someone about Jesus, please Contact Us. In the meantime we are praying that you'll get to know Jesus personally.
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Two separate lobbying pushes are underway urging Congress to create new multi-billion dollar tax credits benefiting virtually all coal and nuclear power plants across the United States. The price tags: up to $65 billion for coal and $4.8 billion for nuclear.
My thought bubble: The efforts show the aggressive lengths companies are going trying to survive in a hyper-competitive electricity market while also seeking to take advantage of President Trump's vows to boost coal and nuclear power, which has Republican backing in Congress. The tax credit proposals, which have not been publicly disclosed, face skepticism from others in the coal and nuclear industries and are sure to face criticism that they're handouts to legacy energy sources.
Companies and groups involved in the separate efforts, including coal-heavy utility American Electric Power, coal trade group American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity and nuclear utility Exelon, are working to persuade senators to introduce proposals in the coming weeks that are separate from the broader tax overhaul.
No senator has signaled public support to either effort, according to executives involved and inquiries made to numerous offices. Both measures face long odds, though the coal push is the tougher ask given its bigger price tag and nuclear power's bipartisan backing. The companies are pushing for the proposals to be included as part of any broader tax-credit extension legislation Congress could take up before the end of the year or, more likely, next year.
Executives involved acknowledge their uphill battles.
On coal: "Frankly, this is a novel idea to people who are used to nuclear tax credits and renewable tax credits," said Paul Bailey, CEO of the coal group. "They're used to all kinds of tax incentives and credits, but this is the first time anyone has thought about one for the existing coal fleet like this."
On nuclear: "I think we recognize the challenges that we face," said David Brown, a lobbyist with Exelon, the U.S.'s largest nuclear operator. "But we also recognize that this is a technology that enjoys bipartisan support and we're going to continue to educate policymakers and encourage them to support it."
The tax proposals are different from a Trump administration effort to overhaul electricity market rules benefiting a smaller number of coal and nuclear plants. That effort, underway at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, is seeking to ensure the electric grid remains resilient. Coal and nuclear provide continuous electricity and can store fuel on site, unlike most other electricity sources.
The big picture: Trump is presiding over an arranged marriage between two industries previously at odds. Nuclear power is America's biggest carbon-free electricity source, and coal is the dirtiest of any electric fuel. They're now finding themselves awkwardly aligned, with Republicans running government and both industries struggling to remain economically viable as cheap natural gas, solar and wind grab bigger pieces of the electric pie. They're not collaborating on their lobbying pushes. Each side was either unaware or nominally aware that the other is pushing a tax credit.
The gritty details about each tax credit, according to numerous industry officials either backing each proposal or aware of them.
Pushed by American Electric Power, coal producers Peabody Energy and Arch Coal and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a coalition of coal producers and coal-dependent utilities.
Would cost between $6 billion and $6.5 billion a year and last 10 years. That's a little less than the annual combined average cost of wind and solar tax credits extended in 2015, Bailey said.
All coal plants that comply with major Clean Air Act regulations would qualify, which is most if not all coal plants operating today that aren't already scheduled to shut down.
Bailey said this tax credit is necessary because whatever FERC may do would apply to about 40,000 megawatts of coal. The U.S. coal fleet is six times that. "This tax idea is designed to help the entire coal fleet, and not conflict with what FERC is doing," Bailey said.
Would allow coal plant operators to recoup half of their fixed operation and maintenance expenses up to a limit of $26 per kilowatt of installed capacity.
A spokeswoman for AEP said the credit "would be an interim solution" as the FERC process unfolds. Requests for comment to Arch Coal were not returned. Peabody deferred to the trade group.
Brown, the Exelon lobbyist, says other companies are likely to come out in support of its proposal soon.
Early internal estimates of the cost are between $1 billion and $1.2 billion a year.
It would be a 30% investment tax credit for capital expenditures at existing nuclear units that would run for four years.
Exelon floated a similar version of this tax credit last year, but the issue wasn't as ripe then as it is today, Brown said, thanks in part to Trump's elevation of the issue.
Brown said this proposal is necessary because whatever FERC may end up doing would take at least three years. "We see this investment tax credit as a bridge," Brown said.
This measure may help Exelon reverse its decision to prematurely close its nuclear plant Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania if other action, such as at FERC, is also taken, Brown said.
What's ahead: Even skeptical officials in the same industry say these proposals face a fighting chance in the longer term given the unpredictable nature of Washington these days.
"This year it's going to be hard to add tax benefits outside tax reform just because there is a cost to anything you do," said an industry official not involved but aware of both efforts. "But I think anything is in play down the road."


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Trailokyanath Chakraborty (2 August 1889 – 9 August 1970) was an Indian independence activist and politician. He led and worked with other renowned freedom fighters and led to freedom of India. He lived for 80 years, out of which he spent 30 years in jail. Some of his years in jail was after Indian independence in Bangladesh, which was under Pakistan control, after partition of India into India and Pakistan.  He was born in 1889 at Kapasiatia  district Mymensingh in present-day Bangladesh. He joined in freedom struggle as a boy of 7 years old while  in school in 1906 and became a leader of the Dhaka Anushilan Samiti. He was first arrested for his revolutionary activities in 1908, as a result of that he could not finish his education. However, he could speak 3-4 of Indian languages apart from English. Many of these languages he learnt in jail from his jail mates. He was one of the chief accused in the Barisal Conspiracy Case of 1913, and was sentenced by the British and transported to the Andamans as a result. After independence in 1947, he became a politician and parliamentary member. He died in 1970 in Delhi, India. In spite of being freedom fighter and spending much of his life in hiding, he had strong influence in family of his brothers, education of grand kids, their marriage decisions. He inspired many girl grandchildren to get higher degrees in education. He never married.

Early life
Chakravarty joined the revolutionary organization Anushilan Samiti in 1906 while in school. He was arrested for revolutionary activity in 1908, and consequently could not complete his schooling. In 1912, he was arrested for a murder but later released due to lack of evidence. He was arrested again, in Calcutta in 1914, due to his underground revolutionary activities carried out in Rajshahi, Comilla and Malda and was sent to Andaman for the Barisal Conspiracy Case.

Role in freedom struggle

Trailokyanath came back to Calcutta on the expiry of his sentence. There he took the charge of the National School. He was arrested once more in 1927 and was sent to a prison at Mandalaya in Burma. He was released in 1928 when he joined the Hindustan Republican Army. He participated in the Lahore Congress in 1929. He was in jail again from 1930 to 1938. After his release, Trailokyanath joined the Ramgarh Congress. He made a futile attempt to stir rebellion in the British Indian army during the Second World War. He participated in the quit India movement and was imprisoned in 1942. However, he was released from jail in 1946. He now devoted himself to organisational activities in Noakhali.

After independence
After the partition of India in 1947, Chakravarty joined politics in East Pakistan. He founded the Pakistan Socialist Party. He was elected member of the Provincial Assembly in 1954 as a nominee of the United Front. After promulgation of martial law in the country in 1958, an embargo was imposed on his political and social activities. He passed the final years of his life in self-exile at his village home. He wrote two memoirs on contemporary politics entitled Jele Trish Bachhar, Pak-Bharater Swadhinata Sangram. His other contribution is Geetai Swaraj.

Death
Chakravarty had been suffering from a dilated heart and traveled to Calcutta for treatment in 1970. From there, he was carried to Delhi and was accorded a national reception. He died at 3:30 a.m. (IST) on 9 August that year at the residence of his former associate Surendra Mohan Ghose. His remains were cremated the following day in Calcutta at the Keoratola crematorium. The last rites were performed by his nephew.

A two-minute silence was observed in Lok Sabha, the lower House of the Indian Parliament, following Chakravarty's death as a mark of respect. India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi remarked: "His daring and courage inspired young men of older generation. Long years of suffering didn't weaken his belief in democracy or his complete commitment to socialism and secularism."

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Q: How to group and pick the first record by multiple queries? sorry for my English if my question here is not clear for you because I can't state my problem in a clearer way.
TLDR:

*

*Need to group by fieldA

*sort decreasing by fieldB

*and then sort increasing by fieldC

*then pick only the top one of each group.
Here is my scenario; I have some records in mongodb.
A sample document:
{
"userId": 2,
"data": "bbbbbx",
version: 2,
mainVersion: 1
}
A user may have multiple records, e.g. userId:2 has N records.
rule is:anytime a new record is saved here, version attribute is incremented by 1.
So, userId may have 5 records; oldest record's version is 1, latest record's version is 5.
Also, these records are inherited from a main record of the system, which also has a version number. The record above has a "mainVersion" field, which is 1. When system's main record is updated, user records are updated as well.
Let's say that; userId:2 had 5 records, most recent one's version is 5 and mainVersion is 1. Then a system update occurs, all user records are updated as well. UserId:2 now has 6 records, I can show the flow of records of userId:2 like that:

*

*version:1 mainVersion:1

*(user updates its record)

*version:2 mainVersion:1

*(user updates its record)

*version:3 mainVersion:1

*(user updates its record)

*version:4 mainVersion:1

*(user updates its record)

*version:5 mainVersion:1

*(System update here!)

*version:5 mainVersion:2
If a new user is added to the system, its first record starts with the current mainVersion. If userId:3 is the new user at this point, its first record should be:
{
"userId": 3,
"data": "data here",
version: 1 (its first record) ,
mainVersion: 2 (current mainVersion)
}
My problem: I am trying to make some queries.
I was trying to pick the most recent records for user's. For the scenario I wrote, I need the record;

*

*version:5 mainVersion:2

for userId:2. Main sort field is mainVersion, secondary sort field is version. If userId:2 has created a record earlier with version:6 but mainVersion:1 (We can say its a system malfunction or the user decided not to use that record) I ignore it.
I have implemented this basic scenario in mongo playground, you can check this.
https://mongoplayground.net/p/LMBpWSLB1tN
I think I am able to pick the most recent record with my aggregation query there, I use mergeObjects with double fields, picking the max of mainVersion and then version.
But now I need to pick the first records of the current mainVersion. Lets say that userId:2's record I want is:

*

*version:5 mainVersion:2

But userId:3 has many updates and has N records with mainVersion:2.

*

*version:1 mainVersion:1

*version:2 mainVersion:1

*...

*version:11 mainVersion:1

*version:11 mainVersion:2 (current mainVersion's first record, I need that one!)

*version:12 mainVersion:2

*...

*version:N mainVersion:2 (this is the most recent one)

I need the record with version:11 and mainVersion:2 for userId:3.
I need that for every userId each.
The mongo here I work on is version 4.2.22 so I can't use newer stuff like window functions etc. introduced in newer versions.
Any ideas to pick these records? I don't know how to use more than one mergeObjects with getting the max mainVersion and min version.  (Sorry for the long post)

A: You can just perform your $sort + $limit logic inside a sub-pipeline in $lookup
db.collection.aggregate([
  {
    $group: {
      _id: "$userId"
    }
  },
  {
    "$lookup": {
      "from": "collection",
      "let": {
        uid: "$_id"
      },
      "pipeline": [
        {
          $match: {
            $expr: {
              $eq: [
                "$$uid",
                "$userId"
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        {
          $sort: {
            mainVersion: -1,
            version: 1
          }
        },
        {
          "$limit": 1
        }
      ],
      "as": "top1"
    }
  },
  {
    $unwind: "$top1"
  },
  {
    "$replaceRoot": {
      "newRoot": "$top1"
    }
  }
])

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In her installations and sculptures, 40-year-old Chiharu Shiota nimbly explores the psychic entanglements of loss and remembrance, dreams and reality, past and present. Though experiences and childhood recollections fuel her imagination, the results are not merely personal. "I want to show universal things," she stated in a video made during the creation of Infinity (2012), her newest cocoonlike environment and the centerpiece of a recent exhibition of the same title. "I have a universe inside of me, and there are universes outside. And sometimes they come together." Since 1996, Shiota has connected her world with those of others by suspending ordinary objects imbued with human presence (shoes, hospital beds, a charred piano) inelaborate yarn webs that visually and physically engulf viewers.
Using 150 balls of black wool yarn, Shiota took three days to weave Infinity. From the ceiling and upper walls of the gallery, she worked downward and outward to the floor, looping, pulling and stapling to produce a deep, dense thicket of crisscrossing strands that filled and darkened the space so that it felt like a grotto. Inside this mesh hung four round incandescent lightbulbs that brightened and dimmed at varying intervals. Shiota has compared their rhythms to breathing or heartbeats, symbols of hope and life amid chaos, an idea inspired by a recent visit to her native Japan, where she witnessed the resiliency of her compatriots in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. Infinity, therefore, suggests the ostensible boundlessness of human existence as well as the interconnectedness that defines humanity. And Shiota's description of her work—as threads becoming entangled, then torn apart—sounds like a gloss on the challenges that mire many relationships.
In its allusion to bodily functions, Infinity also extends Shiota's preoccupation with corporeality, a theme she initially investigated under the tutelage of Marina Abramovic ́ and Rebecca Horn. Having moved to Germany via Australia in 1997, Shiota contends that diasporic peoples "live with their bodies as their only real possession." The dresses that she regularly features in her work, a veritable second skin for women and girls in her estimation, signify this predicament.
Up close, the complex network of yarn in Infinity resembled an abstract drawing by the likes of Sol LeWitt. (Shiota's desire to draw in the air inspired her technique.) While Marcel Duchamp's iconic 1942 installation Sixteen Miles of String offers an obvious historical precedent for the matrices that Shiota assembles, their experiential and feminine murmurings more closely resonate with the work of Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Annette Messager and even Yayoi Kusama. Like her forebears, Shiota has honed a potent visual vocabulary, directing attention to those webs that ensnare us and with which we entrap others in the messy emotional rituals of life.
Photo: View of Chiharu Shiota's installation Infinity, 2012, wool thread, lights; at Daniel Templon.
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Принц Лоран Бельгийский (, ; род. 19 октября 1963 года) — сын короля Бельгии Альберта II и королевы Паолы.

Биография
Родился в семье принца Альберта и принцессы Паолы. У него есть старший брат, король Филипп (род. 1960) и старшая сестра, принцесса Астрид Бельгийская (род. 1962).

Среднее образование получил в двух учебных заведениях, частично в Колледже Пия X в Антверпене, на нидерландском языке, а частично в Королевской школе в Лакене (Брюссель) на французском языке. После получения среднего образования поступил в Королевскую военную академию, где он получил военное образование. По завершении академии, он поступил на службу в бельгийский флот, как и его отец до него. Он начал военно-морскую службу как стажер на фрегате.

В сентябре 1985 года присвоено звание младшего лейтенанта, 1985 года принял присягу в качестве офицера. Принц Лоран решил стать водолазом и пилотом вертолёта.

20 июля 1989 года, принц Альберт, принц Льежский, который был в то время контр-адмиралом, во время морского парада в Брюгге, вручил сыну знак водолаза. В сентябре 1989 года произведён в лейтенанты. Через несколько месяцев, после завершения своего обучения в качестве пилота, его дядя, покойный король Бодуэн, вручил ему знак пилота вертолёта. 15 ноября 1994 года произведён в капитаны 3 ранга.

По окончании военного училища, отправился в США для прохождения практики на частных предприятиях различных отраслей, таких как фармацевтика, аэрокосмическая промышленность. Стажировался в Международном валютном фонде, во Всемирном банке и в Организации Объединенных Наций.

Вернувшись в Бельгию, он провёл несколько месяцев в качестве стажёра в Европейской комиссии.

В 1994 году стал президентом института, который стремится содействовать сохранению природы и развитие экологически чистых технологий с учётом экономических и социальных факторов. Этот институт, известный как «Королевский институт устойчивого управления природными ресурсами и содействию развитию экологически чистых технологий» (IRGT). IRTGT прекратила свою деятельность в 2009 году.

Принц Лоран является председателем фонда, названного в честь него, борющегося за благополучие домашних и диких животных. Этот фонд был основан в 1995 году целью улучшения отношений между людьми и животными.

На европейском уровне, он является председателем Европейской исследовательской группы альтернативной проверки токсичности (ERGATT).

В соответствии с Конституцией, принц Лоран сенатор, и принял конституционную присягу 31 мая 2000 года.

26 июня 2004 года Принц Лоран был произведен в капитаны Бельгийского флота.

Принц также почётный президент Бельгийского национального оркестра.

Является 14-м в очереди на занятие бельгийского престола.
С именем Лорана связан скандал: бельгийские СМИ сообщали, что на обустройство виллы принца из бюджета ВМС Бельгии было потрачено около 400 тысяч евро.

Семья

Свадьба принца Лорана и Клэр Кумбс состоялось в Брюсселе 12 апреля 2003 года. В этот день королевским указом от 1 апреля 2003 года Клэр Кумбс получила титул принцессы Бельгии.

У супругов есть дочь, принцесса Луиза (родилась в 2004 году), и двое сыновей-близнецов, Николай и  (родились в 2005 году).

Примечания

Ссылки
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