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The Case Of The Disappearing Caliph
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili imam, rode his donkey to the Muqattam hills outside...
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a light-filled bedroom
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âPhotographer helps boy in wheelchair do the impossible.â
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so i went babysitting and i was craving a smoothie from mcdonalds⊠sorry but I really love them. and itâs downtown so itâs full of drunks. And this...
A Greek bronze winged helmet of Phrygian-Chalcidian type, late Classical Period, circa 4th century B.C.
For thirteen days in October 1962 the world was on the brink of nuclear war - The Cuban Missile CrisisÂ
Day 1
At 8:45 AM on October 16, 1962, National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy alerted President Kennedy that a major international crisis was at hand. Two days earlier a United States military surveillance aircraft had taken hundreds of aerial photographs of Cuba. CIA analysts, working around the clock, had deciphered in the pictures conclusive evidence that a Soviet missile base was under construction near San Cristobal, Cuba; just 90 miles from the coast of Florida. The most dangerous encounter in the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union had begun.
Day 2, October 17
American military units begin moving to bases in the Southeastern U.S. as intelligence photos from another U-2 flight show additional sites; and 16 to 32 missiles. To avoid arousing public concern, the president maintains his official schedule, meeting periodically with advisors to discuss the status of events in Cuba and possible strategies. Â
President Kennedy attends a brief service at St. Matthewâs Cathedral in observance of the National Day of Prayer. After, he has lunch with Crown Prince Hasan of Libya, and then makes a political visit to Connecticut in support of Democratic congressional candidates.
Above: Map of the western hemisphere showing the full range of the nuclear missiles under construction in Cuba, used during the secret meetings on the Cuban crisis.
Below: Photo secretly taken by a U2 spy plane of a nuclear missile launch site in Cuba.
-from the JFK Library
Wound closure techniques ca. 1855.
Fig 1. Closure of the wound without sutures, using adhesives and cloth.
Fig 2. Simple interrupted suture.
Fig 3. Simple uninterrupted suture.
Fig 4. Interfolded suture, with stabilizing rods. Suture passes under wound and is pulled together despite no stitches over the wound site.
Fig 5. âSuture en zigzagsâ - Continuous horizontal mattress suture.
Fig 6. Twisted suture. Dieffenbach used this stitch in the early steps of his reconstructive surgery.
Fig 7. Suture needle holder.
Fig 8. Curved suture needles.PrĂ©cis iconographique de MĂ©decine OpĂ©ratoire et dâAnatomie Chirurgicale. Drs. Bernard and Huette, 1854.
The life of a âRed Cross Boxâ
Photos:
Illustration from Memoirs of a Prisoner of War by George S. Vasil, Gift of George S. Vasil, The National WWII Museum, 2012.390
Boxes being assembled by Red Cross volunteers. Courtesy of the American Red Cross.
Red Cross warehouse in Switzerland. Courtesy of the American Red Cross.
Prisoner of War food package, The National WWII Museum, 1994.001.0470
Haaaaa
Can’t believe i haven’t touched, let alone eaten any form of food or drinks. An achievements of some sort in my books, i guess.
