The Flagstaff War occurred in New Zealand in 1844 when Hōne Heke, a Maori chief, decided to protest British control in New Zealand by cutting down the flagstaff that raised the British flag over Kororāreka. The first time the flag was cut down was on July 8th, 1844, by Te Haratua un...
South Africa now respectfully and humbly calls on this honourable Court to do what is in its power to do to indicate the provisional measures that are so urgently required to prevent further irreparable harm to the Palestinian people in Gaza, whose hopes including for their very survival, are n...
The years of litigation that followed the HP-Autonomy acquisition rivaled the long-standing law suit at the heart of the plot of Charles Dickens’ novel Bleak House that itself was based on a real and infamous 56-year legal battle over a contested will. Lynch was put under house arrest in...
it was elegant and ambitious.Hudson also intended to build alongside it a high-level road link across the Tyne to allow for travel from Newcastle on the rail link to Berwick via a bridge at Bill Quay.If this had happened, Newcastle could have been sidetracked and never become the major for...
“My father…accomplished something that Whitehat never attempted,” wrote Mary. “He was elected to the California State Legislature.” In 1889, John H. McCarty served as the California State Assemblyman from San Francisco’s 39th Assembly district in the 28th session. This should have provided ...
"I might be late to the party but my uncle once had to paint a hotel room after a triple homicide happened in the room. The people killed were nuns and were dismembered in the hotel bathroom. He told me instead of cleaning the walls he was ordered to just paint over ...
I won’t go back into the history of the property as this is detailed in the link above. I stopped by to see what has happened in the eight years since then. The main transformation has been the growth of the trees and sumacs that surround the building. The graffiti has greatly ...
Around 28 km from the main hill town, Avalanche Lake is a must-visit attraction in Ooty. This lake got its name due to of a huge avalanche (landslide) that happened in the area in the starting of 1800s. Mountain trekking is one of the most popular activities here. The Lake was formed...
Recognize that part of your mission is to instill a culture of security in those around you. At the end of the day, remember why you do this work. It is not for glory, recognition, or wealth. It is for the protection of something greater than yourself—the safeguarding of trust, ...
TO HIM “WITH HOPE.Among the remarks“A wise man once said, peace is the prize, and I stand before him today. As Arab-Americans, we unite against the betrayal of those in power.” And pointed out that the Kamala Harris-Joe Biden Regime“has failed miserably in all aspects of humanity...