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Our Lady of Guadalupe. Venerated image and legend Coordinates: 19°29′04″N 99°07′02″W / 19.48444°N 99.11722°W / 19.48444; -99.11722 Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a series of five Marian apparitions in December 1531, and a venerated image on a cloak enshrined within the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

Our Lady of Guadalupe

The basilica is the most-visited Catholic shrine in the world, and the world's third most-visited sacred site.[1][2] Pope Leo XIII granted the image a decree of a canonical coronation on 8 February 1887 and was ceremoniously crowned on 12 October 1895. Marian apparitions[edit] Detail of the face. The next day, Sunday, December 10 (Julian calendar), Juan Diego spoke to the Archbishop a second time. Wal-Mart's Jim and Laura: The Real Story. The bloggers backing the big retailer are not fake people, but real fans.

Wal-Mart's Jim and Laura: The Real Story

However, Wal-Mart is paying plenty for their support by Pallavi Gogoi On Sept. 27, 2006, a folksy blog called Wal-Marting Across America was born. It features the journey of Laura and Jim, a couple on their maiden trip in an RV (recreational vehicle), capturing lives and stories as they journey from Las Vegas to Georgia, and park for free at Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) parking lots. Henry Semon. Early life[edit] Semon was born on November 3, 1884 in Port Clinton, Ohio.

Henry Semon

He was the son of Thomas and Louise (Nieman) Semon. His parents were born in (Germany) and immigrated to the United States when they were young. Semon grew up on his parents' Ohio farm, near Lake Erie. Archives West: Henry Semon legislative correspondence, 1935-1947. Henry Semon (1884-1958) was born in Port Clinton, Ohio.

Archives West: Henry Semon legislative correspondence, 1935-1947

He moved to Klamath County, Oregon, in 1910, where he worked as a potato farmer. In 1933, he was elected to the state legislature as a representative from Klamath County. He served consecutive terms in the legislature until 1955. Menippean satire. The genre of Menippean satire is a form of satire, usually in prose, which has a length and structure similar to a novel and is characterized by attacking mental attitudes rather than specific individuals or entities.[1] Other features found in Menippean satire are different forms of parody and mythological burlesque,[2] a critique of the myths inherited from traditional culture,[2] a rhapsodic nature, a fragmented narrative, the combination of many different targets, and the rapid moving between styles and points of view.[3] The term is used by classical grammarians and by philologists mostly to refer to satires in prose (cf. the verse Satires of Juvenal and his imitators).

Menippean satire

Terminology[edit] Classical tradition[edit] Varro's own 150 books of Menippean satires survive only through quotations. The genre continued with Seneca the Younger, whose Apocolocyntosis, or "Pumpkinification", is the only near-complete classical Menippean satire to survive. Later examples[edit] According to P. Human-Animal Studies: Courses in Drama, Theater and Film. Center for a New American Security. The next president will inherit a relationship with Russia fraught with more tension than at any point since the Cold War.

Center for a New American Security

Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine sparked fear that its belligerence could threaten the territorial integrity of NATO’s eastern members while raising questions about NATO’s ability to deter Russian aggression in its immediate neighborhood and beyond. In the Middle East, Russia obstructs U.S. policy in Syria by arming the Assad regime and providing diplomatic cover for its assaults on U.S. -backed Syrian rebels. With a blunt anti-western posture, acts of intimidation toward its neighbors, and a rapidly modernizing military, Russia has plunged its relationship with the United States into a crisis that threatens to destabilize the transatlantic community and undermine future opportunities for cooperation.

YouTube Poop - Wikipedia. 2015 Becoming-Animal Is a Trap for Humans: Deleuze and Guattari in Madagascar. Police News - Blue Lives Matter. Bain Capital - Wikipedia. Bain Capital is a global alternative investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Bain Capital - Wikipedia

It specializes in private equity, venture capital and credit products. Bain Capital invests across a range of industry sectors and geographic regions. As of June 2014, the firm managed more than $75 billion of investor capital across its various investment platforms. Nation's First Known Intersex Birth Certificate Issued in NYC. On Tuesday, 55-year-old Sara Kelly Keenan received something in the mail she’s been waiting for her entire life: an accurate birth certificate.

Nation's First Known Intersex Birth Certificate Issued in NYC

Keenan was born intersex, with male genes, female genitalia and mixed internal reproductive organs. Now, Keenan, who uses female pronouns, is making history. Hers is believed to be the first birth certificate ever issued in the United States that reads “intersex” in the gender field, instead of “male” or “female.” Lambda Legal attorney Paul Castillo commended the New York City agency “for issuing an accurate birth certificate.” “In the United States, birth certificates often provide access to a wide range of public services and critical identity documents, such as state IDs and passports,” Castillo said. William Lawrence House (Bellefontaine, Ohio) - Wikipedia. ^ Jump up to: a b National Park Service (2009-03-13).

William Lawrence House (Bellefontaine, Ohio) - Wikipedia

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h O'Connor, Mark S. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William Lawrence House. National Park Service, 1979-02-05.^ Jump up to: a b O'Connor, Mark S.