tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360753106116672282024-03-08T15:01:48.478-08:00Random articleanontcotrolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05393036472877587281noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136075310611667228.post-90175826038517584362010-10-08T13:18:00.001-07:002010-10-08T13:18:38.868-07:00Port of BasarabiThe <b>Port of Basarabi</b> is one of the largest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania" linkindex="97" title="Romania">Romanian</a> river ports, located in the city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murfatlar" linkindex="98" title="Murfatlar">Murfatlar</a> (formerly Basarabi) on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube-Black_Sea_Canal" linkindex="99" title="Danube-Black Sea Canal">Danube-Black Sea Canal</a>.<br />
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Interesting!anontcotrolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05393036472877587281noreply@blogger.com73tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136075310611667228.post-67051985245823222782010-10-05T04:33:00.000-07:002010-10-05T04:33:00.520-07:00Oswald Sickert<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Sickert" linkindex="173"><span style="font-size: small;">Oswald Sickert</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h1><blockquote><b>Oswald Adalbert Sickert</b> (21 February 1828 - 11 November 1885) was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_minority_of_Southern_Schleswig" linkindex="174" title="Danish minority of Southern Schleswig">Danish -German</a> artist, considered a painter of dramatic genre, landscapes and an engraver from the English school.</blockquote><br />
Finally someone interesting! A Painter :D, I did a quick google and came up with this painting of his:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.leninimports.com/walter_sickert_gallery_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="175" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.leninimports.com/walter_sickert_gallery_1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>anontcotrolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05393036472877587281noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136075310611667228.post-48934393276356592902010-10-05T01:49:00.000-07:002010-10-05T01:49:31.348-07:00Good Times (newspaper)<blockquote><i><b>Good Times</b></i> is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_County,_California" linkindex="101" title="Santa Cruz County, California">Santa Cruz County</a>’s free-circulation weekly newspaper founded by Jay Shore and published in Santa Cruz, California since 1975. Good Times is read by more than 100,000 people in the county, a coastal area that includes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitola,_California" linkindex="102" title="Capitola, California">Capitola</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_del_Mar" linkindex="103" title="Rio del Mar">Rio del Mar</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptos" linkindex="104" title="Aptos">Aptos</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watsonville" linkindex="105" title="Watsonville">Watsonville</a>. It is owned by MainStreet Media Group.<br />
<i>Good Times</i> is Santa Cruz counties community newspaper with features by local writers on news, opinion, entertainment, arts and events. Editorial-based and run in downtown Santa Cruz, the alternative weekly is owned by Main Street Media Group, which publishes twelve papers in California and some magazines.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Times_%28newspaper%29#cite_note-0" linkindex="106"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> <i>Good Times</i> won an award for General Excellence in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Newspaper_Publishers_Association" linkindex="107" title="California Newspaper Publishers Association">California Newspaper Publishers Association</a> Better Newspaper Contest 2006–2007.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Times_%28newspaper%29#cite_note-1" linkindex="108"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> In 2008 it won first place for environmental and agricultural reporting.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Times_%28newspaper%29#cite_note-2" linkindex="109"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
The newspaper commemorated its 35th anniversary in April 2009 with the largest issue ever detailing the Best of Santa Cruz including features on dining, activities, shopping, professionals, nightlife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Beach_Boardwalk" linkindex="110" title="Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk">Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk</a> and more.</blockquote><br />
I know someone from here!anontcotrolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05393036472877587281noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136075310611667228.post-1634162469359797702010-10-04T04:29:00.000-07:002010-10-04T04:33:51.451-07:00Hastings, Sierra Leone<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings,_Sierra_Leone" linkindex="416"><span style="font-size: small;">Hastings, Sierra Leone</span></a></h1><blockquote><h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hastings</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town" linkindex="417" title="Town">town</a> located in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Area" linkindex="418" title="Western Area">Western Area</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone" linkindex="419" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburb" linkindex="420" title="Suburb">suburb</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown" linkindex="421" title="Freetown">Freetown</a>, the nation's capital. It population was estimated at 15,054 (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" linkindex="422" title="2004">2004</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census" linkindex="423" title="Census">census</a>). Hastings lies just 15 miles to central Freetown. Around 80% of the residents are from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Creole_people" linkindex="424" title="Sierra Leone Creole people">Creole</a> ethnic group.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h1></blockquote><br />
Ok. So a African town. anontcotrolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05393036472877587281noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136075310611667228.post-83854521784520094232010-10-04T04:25:00.001-07:002010-10-04T04:29:20.000-07:00Sócrates Nolasco<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates_Nolasco" linkindex="116">Sócrates Nolasco</a><br />
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<blockquote><b>Arístides Sócrates Henríquez Nolasco</b> was a writer from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic" linkindex="117" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a>. He was born in what is now <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enriquillo" linkindex="118" title="Enriquillo">Enriquillo</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barahona_Province" linkindex="119" title="Barahona Province">Barahona Province</a> on March 20, 1884, and died in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_Domingo" linkindex="120" title="Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a> on July 2, 1980.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Corripio_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates_Nolasco#cite_note-Corripio-0" linkindex="121"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> The parents of Sócrates Nolasco (as he is usually called) were Juliana Nolasco and Manuel Henríquez y Carvajal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Corripio_0-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates_Nolasco#cite_note-Corripio-0" linkindex="122"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> Some of his formative years, from 1906 to 1913, were spent in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba" linkindex="123" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, in the city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Cuba" linkindex="124" title="Santiago de Cuba">Santiago de Cuba</a>, and he later returned to that nearby country, to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana" linkindex="125" title="Havana">Havana</a>, living there from 1951 to 1954.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Corripio_0-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates_Nolasco#cite_note-Corripio-0" linkindex="126"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Pe.C3.B1a2003_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates_Nolasco#cite_note-Pe.C3.B1a2003-1" linkindex="127"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Nolasco was a relatively prolific writer, and helped develop a body of work related to the Dominican Republic.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ArnoldEtAl1994_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates_Nolasco#cite_note-ArnoldEtAl1994-2" linkindex="128"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> His works have been compiled into three volumes, dealing with his stories<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates_Nolasco#cite_note-3" linkindex="129"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup>, historical essays<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates_Nolasco#cite_note-4" linkindex="130"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup>, and literary essays.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates_Nolasco#cite_note-5" linkindex="131"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></blockquote><br />
Funny I got a writer for my first random. Not much to say about this. Wouldn't mind traveling to Cuba sometime though - would be a good experience. anontcotrolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05393036472877587281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136075310611667228.post-68839656496130921672010-10-04T04:23:00.000-07:002010-10-04T04:23:41.400-07:00Random article<a accesskey="x" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random" linkindex="22" title="Load a random article [ctrl-x]">Random article</a> <br />
That wonderful button to the left on Wikipedia. Such wonders. Ever guessed where its going to take you? Has anyone got it right?<br />
Thats what this blog is about. Pushing that button. One click. But it's more then that. <br />
I will post a link, talk about it, maybe post some of the article, or maybe not, might post a photo, might follow links/references. The most important thing is this will be RANDOM. I will learn, You will learn.<br />
I will try to do this twice a day. Enjoy the Randomness.anontcotrolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05393036472877587281noreply@blogger.com2