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| 47adbe9 | Santiago de Cuba has the Antonio Maceo Airport (MUCU/SCU), which was home to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. Shown in the photo is a Cuban Mig 21 inside the VT-45 hanger. Santiago de Cuba had 12 of these Russian built fighters situated at the San Antonio de los Banos Airfield in Cuba. Now the airport is essentially a turboprop hub, however it can also accommodate mid-sized jet aircraft. There are about twenty international flights eac.. | history military-aviation cuban-history cuba | Captain Hank Bracker | |
| 1275ce2 | Despite the differences in their ages, I still thought of them as adventurous girls. It never occurred to me that they might be related, that is until I heard Connie refer to Rita as "Mom"?? Now at least I knew their names, but the relationship confused me.... They acted more like friends and equals, than mother and daughter. Didn't I detect flirtation in Connie's comments, and didn't Rita give me the eye? As we walked through this typical .. | Captain Hank Bracker "Seawater One...." | ||
| 1cff849 | Mario Garcia Menocal was born on December 17, 1866, in the town of Jaguey, located southeast of Havana in the Matanzas Province of Cuba. As a young man, he was a partisan in Cuba's fight for independence and he later became a prominent conservative politician. Menocal was elected to the presidency of Cuba in 1912 and assumed the office in 1913. During his administration, he strongly supported business and corporations, as he had promised in.. | cornell-university cuban-president cuban-history | Captain Hank Bracker "The Exciting Story of Cuba" | |
| 9819e92 | Catawamteak," meaning "the great landing," is what the Abenaki Indians called the early settlement that became Rockland, Maine. Thomaston and Rockland can be bypassed by Route 90, an eight-mile shortcut which I frequently used as a midshipman, but our bus stayed on the main road and stopped to let passengers on and off in both places. At one time Rockland was part of Thomaston, called East Thomaston, but the two towns have long since separa.. | history-of-maine maine-maritime-academy rockland sea-stories maine | Captain Hank Bracker "Salty & Saucy Maine" | |
| 32a4c8c | I know that many people including our President insist that it be called the Christmas Season. I'll be the first in line to say that it works for me however that's not what it is. We hint at its coming on Halloween when the little tykes take over wandering the neighborhood begging for candy and coins. In this day and age the idea of children wandering the streets threatening people with "Trick or Treat!" just isn't a good idea. In most case.. | diving-for-the-cross festive-days holiday-season | Captain Hank Bracker | |
| b3569bb | Investigations revealed that two Venezuelan nationals, Freddy Lugo and Hernan Ricardo Lozano, who had been employed by Luis Posada Carriles, planted the bombs that destroyed a Cuban airliner. The men admitted to the crime and confessed that they were acting under Luis Posada's orders. During the ensuing investigation, explosives, weapons and a radio transmitter were discovered at Posada's private detective agency, in Venezuela. Posada was a.. | cuban-revolution cuban-history mma panama venezuela cia | Captain Hank Bracker "The Exciting Story of Cuba" | |
| 23527d9 | A Most Dangerous Hurricane Columbus was aware of dangerous weather indicators that were frequently a threat in the Caribbean during the summer months. Although the barometer had not yet been invented, there were definitely other telltale signs of an approaching hurricane. Had the governor who detested Columbus, listened to his advice and given him some leeway, he could have saved the convoy that was being readied for a return trans-Atlantic.. | columbus cuban-history hispanic-history captain-hank-bracker caribbean | Captain Hank Bracker | |
| 0665c6e | With the decline of the United States as the world's leader, I find it important to look around our globe for intelligent people who have the depth of understanding that could perhaps chart a way to the future. One such person is Bernard-Henri Levy a French philosopher who was born in Beni Saf, French Algeria on November 5, 1948. . The Boston Globe has said that he is "perhaps the most prominent intellectual in France today." Although his p.. | inspirational-life intelligence phlosophy words-to-inspire-you musings quotes-on-life | Captain Hank Bracker "Salty & Saucy Maine" | |
| 44b7f14 | In 1934, strongman Fulgencio Batista forced President Grau's resignation. Then in 1940, Grau lost his bid for the Presidency to his adversary Batista. Four years later in 1944, he did win the election and took office for a four-year term starting on October 10th. After Grau won the election and was the President elect, Batista still in office, blatantly attacked the National Treasury, leaving the cupboards bare by the time Grau was actually.. | lansky luciano mob mafia | Captain Hank Bracker | |
| 945765a | Although his log entries do not speak of America per se, a chart created by Admiral Zheng was used to make a detailed map of the world. A copy of this map, drawn in 1763, was found in a second-hand bookshop and was offered as evidence that Zheng's fleet was the first to discover America. At the age of 61, Admiral Zheng died aboard ship and befittingly was buried at sea. | chinese-history captain-hank-bracker world-history explorers cuba maps | Captain Hank Bracker "The Exciting Story of Cuba" | |
| 4a4c6d0 | The M/S Saint Louis was a German passenger liner owned by the Hamburg-America Line. She was best known for her voyage in 1939, in which her Captain Gustav Schroder attempted to find homes for her passengers. On May 13, 1939, just prior to the Second World War, 937 German-Jewish refugees boarded the ship in the hopes of escaping persecution and the holocaust that was to follow. Although the passengers had previously purchased legal Visas, th.. | nautical-history german-history refugees | Captain Hank Bracker | |
| e979898 | She pined for Rick and the brief but happy life they had once shared, before his drinking had ruined everything. | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| d1be7be | Enough, you're testing my patience now, and I've not got time to stand around debating the issue. | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| 778c3f8 | On September 28, 1870, after heavy bombardment, during the Siege of Strasbourg, the French were forced to surrender the heavily fortified fortress. The Municipal Library housed in the Dominican church, with its unique collection of medieval manuscripts, rare Renaissance books and historical artifacts were destroyed by fire, as were many other Gothic buildings in the city center. Of the population of 150,000 people, over 600 were left dead a.. | wwii-history women-s-strength refugees | Captain Hank Bracker | |
| 59d0ea5 | In the way of a reflection of my family and friends I mused at the number of people that I encountered during the past 85 years. Everyone here has played an important part but there have been others, many of whom have now passed across the horizon of life, however the purpose of my reminiscing is to share happy thoughts while at the same time take a peek into the future. I can look back to those first few glimpses of my life and find my gra.. | inspirational german-language mma-captain-hank-bracker world-war-2 speech | Captain Hank Bracker "Seawater One" | |
| 3a0e9f0 | Leaving West Africa was bitter sweet. I had made friends the most of which I would never see again. I was seen as an adult in Liberia and for the first time in my life I was accepted as a grown-up. In fact I was given responsibilities I could never have expected had I remained in the United States. As the captain of a coastal vessel I had the same duties as the captain of any ship, large or small and the decisions I made affected the lives .. | seawater-three ship-handling mma maritime-history sea-stories | Captain Hank Bracker "Salty & Saucy Maine" | |
| 9524192 | This magnificent city that I only knew from photographs had been devastated. The infamous submarine bunkers had been bombed, and the bunkers that survived were later dynamited. I could understand this, but why civilian houses had also been leveled and set afire by incendiary bombs was beyond me. Each British Lancaster bomber delivered up to 8,000 pounds of bomb loads each night, with as many as 1,000 bombers over the target on a given night.. | b-24 hamburg herman-goring lancasters operation-gomorrah german-history mma-captain-hank-bracker world-war-ii | Captain Hank Bracker "Seawater One" | |
| daf8765 | The SS Deutschland was one of a group of four ships that included the SS Albert Ballin, on which my father had originally come to the United States. The other two were the SS Hamburg, and the SS New York. The Deutschland was launched during the Roaring Twenties on April 28, 1923, at the Blohm and Voss shipyard along the Elbe River in Hamburg. Nearly a year later after sea trials, she inaugurated her regular run to New York City. | captain-hank-bracker german-history mma maritime-history sea-stories | Captain Hank Bracker "Seawater One" | |
| bdc609d | Durban has the largest Indian population outside of India! The Afro-Indian Culture that ensued has become a strong influence on the people of South Africa who have adopted many of the Indian traditions. This is especially true of how food is prepared! Of course rice is the preferred carb and considered a stable with most meals. | curry cusine food-preparation mma south-africa | Captain Hank Bracker "Seawater One" | |
| d197df9 | Discharging cargo in the ports along the coast of South Africa went faster than loading it, but from Durban up to Dar es Salaam, hoping to save a little time not to mention port costs, we frequently did both at the same time, in these quaint little harbors along the coast, By now some of these ports had become old hat to me and so I volunteered to stay aboard. This way I could make some overtime pay by covering for some of the other mates,.. | dar-es-salaam mosquitoes sexy-humor mma-captain-hank-bracker sea-stories | Captain Hank "Seawater Three" | |
| 83a4b3a | But even italics fail to do justice to this magnificent outburst, the last stand of William James for the spirit of man. What can one about the philosophical bravado, the cosmic effrontery, the sheer of this ailing philosopher with one foot in the grave talking down the second law of thermodynamics? It is a scene fit to set alongside the death of Socrates. The matchless incandescant of the man! | Robert D. Richardson Jr. | ||
| 588a1e8 | William found Rio and its approaches so overpoweringly grand that "no words of mine... can give any idea of [the] magnificence of this harbor and its approaches." | Robert D. Richardson Jr. | ||
| 6af2cba | Vidal could not not work hard ("I find that when I do not write, I do not think"). He agreed to do a teleplay for NBC about Abraham Lincoln, which soon grew into the novel that would be his magnum opus and most successful book. Work was fueled by coffee ("This stuff has killed more writers than liquor") and a desire to stave off the melancholy of middle age. So he kept busy ("The mind that doesn't nourish itself devours itself"). By" -- | James Edmonds | ||
| e2a4c98 | The little girl's eyes were squeezed tightly shut and she bore the angry expression unique to babies who had just been wrenched from the sanctuary of warmth and nourishment where they had spent the previous nine blissful months. | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| ae06746 | As she voiced all this out loud for the first time, she found a long-buried inner strength, and with it a conviction that her sanity and indeed her very survival depended on her walking away. | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| f3e71f7 | hoops on toast. | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| 0deacae | we really thought you ought to know. | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| 10ab031 | as she breathed deeply, trying to lower her pulse rate. Rick | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| 705b5bb | want to spoil things. I think she | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| ac9dd63 | that's what he said. | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| d4eca87 | Chrissie lowered her voice so that he struggled to | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| d6cebc2 | He had the terrible feeling that he had just lost something very precious. Something he had never owned but that nevertheless should have belonged to him. | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| 649a2e3 | All right there, mate?' Clark jumped and turned round. He straightened up and looked at Billy, recognition taking a few seconds. Billy's hair was shorter now, and his face was tanned. 'Christ, you startled me,' he said. 'What have you got there?' Clark held up the jar by a piece of tatty string. 'Sticklebacks!' For a moment his blue eyes shone with excitement, then they clouded over. He ran a wet hand through his red hair and swept it off h.. | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| 4d61930 | time, Dan. | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| dc4422f | Some people pursue happiness, others create it. | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| f116f8d | blackbird. They reached the sandy area | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| f0fbcc4 | We'll | Kathryn Hughes | ||
| 49a860c | here George Eliot had progressed through the bookshelves. Roland saw her black silk skirts, her velvet trains, sweeping compressed between the Fathers of the Church, and heard her firm foot ring on metal among the German poets. Here | A.S. Byatt | ||
| 21944eb | These individuals have riches just as we say that we 'have a fever,' when really the fever has us." -Seneca Roman Stoic philosopher, famed playwright" | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 66e5253 | In the fall of 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait, and in the run-up to the Gulf War, Americans were sickened by a story that emerged. On October 10, 1990, a fifteen-year-old refugee from Kuwait appeared before a congressional Human Rights Caucus.23 The girl--she would give only her first name, Nayirah--had volunteered in a hospital in Kuwait City. She tearfully testified that Iraqi soldiers had stolen incubators to ship home as plunder, leaving over.. | Robert M. Sapolsky | ||
| 20ec2ce | it's often the tiny details that really thrill someone enough to make them tell all their friends about you. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 5ab5239 | In other words, while evidence of corporate social responsibility (scenario C) boosts sales a bit, it's far more effective when the individual and the business share social responsibility and the individual determines the amount of money donated. | Robert M. Sapolsky | ||
| c715375 | Despite these criticisms of his criticisms, my stance has a major problem, one that causes Morse to conclude that the contributions of neuroscience to the legal system "are modest at best and neuroscience poses no genuine, radical challenges to concepts of personhood, responsibility, and competence."25 The problem can be summarized in a hypothetical exchange: Prosecutor: So, professor, you've told us about the extensive damage that the defe.. | Robert M. Sapolsky | ||
| 55a2ea7 | Let's incorporate behavior. If someone has extensive frontocortical damage, how predictable is it that you'd note something odd about them, behaviorally, after a five-minute conversation? Something like 75 percent. Now let's consider a broader range of behaviors. How predictable is it that this person with the frontal damage will do something horrifically violent at some point? Or that someone who was abused repeatedly as a child will becom.. | Robert M. Sapolsky |