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ART REVIEW: Wisdom Painting Best And Mostly Worldwide Used As a Reference Points by Olusola David Ayibiowu by Creative Arts Solution Foundation
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ART REVIEW. Briefly, this painting title wisdom have successfully influenced so many reference points on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. Through my research in 2022 online on Google search of which has revealed to me. So many people, newspapers, churches, company, organizations, universities are still using this wisdom painting photo as a service sermon in church, songs, reference points in different ways as a means to communicate the importance of Wisdom of God in different forms, factors, benefits and till date it's still in use online. So l #hashtag it as the most popular painting used as a reference points Visit: creativeartssolutionfoundation.blogspot.com/2022/09/art-r... #Wisdom #wikimediacommons #ArtReview #Wisdom #Paintings #VisualArt #ArtWork #hashtag #Wisdom #googlesearch
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Diehl Defence to integrate IRIS-T Missile to the FA-50 and KF-21 Aircraft
The German Company Diehl Defence and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to integrate their Infra-Red Imaging System-Tail/Thrust vector-controlled (IRIS-T) Short Range Air to Air Missile (SRAAM) into the FA-50 Fighting Eagle and KF-21 Boramae Aircraft.
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) currently operates a dozen of the FA-50PH Fighting Eagle Aircraft, and also uses the AIM-9L/I-1 Sidewinder Missile which is also made by Diehl Defence. The IRIS-T Missile is also already integrated into the JAS-39C/D Gripen which the Philippines is reportedly getting soon.
So this is a good Prospect for the IRIS-T, if the Philippines does get the Gripen soon and the Boramae later then that will be three Platforms in the Philippines that can use it.
Here is a Picture by the way of the Full Scale Mock Ups (FSMU) of the AIM-9L/I-1 and the IRIS-T that I took during the Asian Defense and Security (ADAS) 2022 Event which I haven’t released to the Public yet until now. I will also be uploading this to Wikimedia Commons after this Posting
Here is the Link to the Article at the Aviacionline Website: https://www.aviacionline.com/2024/02/german-iris-t-air-to-air-missile-to-be-integrated-into-korean-fa-50-and-kf-21-boramae-fighters
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Baiae; where the privileged of the Roman upper class indulged in shady affairs
The Ancient Roman Thermal Resort That Got Punished by Its Blessings
Tempio di Venere a Baia (19th century). Image source: WikimediaCommons.
During Roman times the upper classes had the extravagant habit of searching for elegant and expensive places outside the busy Roman capital, where they purchased fancy villas and luxurious mansions in which they spent their holidays and free time. They fancied spending some quality time far from Rome’s busy, noisy, and dusty metropolis, closer to the countryside in a place for relaxation and pleasure.
Wealthy Romans settled for Capri, Pompeii and Herculaneum. But there was one place that was far more exclusive and classy than the rest of the resorts, it was Baia or Baiae reckoned far superior and fashionable and the visitors that frequented the stylish and trendy thermal resort together with its residents in possession of lavish villas on its beaches and shores were of far higher status. It was the most privileged of the privileged of the Roman upper class, its “Elite”, and the affairs they were indulged in would prove to be far more illicit, shady and sinister than anywhere in the Roman Empire.
In Rome, nothing escaped the watchful eye of the powerful senate, which held an iron grip on Rome and its political leaders. But in Baiae, things were different, it was a place where everything was possible, here things happened through corruption, manipulation and bribes.
Baiae’s Potentials
Roman ruins in Baiae, Italy. Image source: flickr.
From the beginning, Baiae wasn’t but an ancient, small, and insignificant Roman town on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples. But it was its temperate climate and famous mineral springs that first attracted the high Roman nobles to its shores.
With time it turned into a highly fashionable and popular holiday resort for the Roman Elite. Its caldera peppered coast and the proximity to Naples worked like an on Rome’s ultra-wealthy who took weekend trips here to party.
They were fascinated by Baiae’s thermal heated spas and mosaic-covered pools which created an amazing atmosphere where they could indulge their wildest desires. Here is where they came to carry out illicit affairs, more than 2000 years ago.
Baiae was located directly above a collection of natural volcanic vents which were famously acknowledged for their healing medicinal hot springs. The abundance of these hot springs soon created a grand collection of thermal baths as constructing these spas was easy thanks to the already existing natural springs. The public and private baths of Baiae were filled with naturally warm mineral water directed to the pools from the underground hot springs thanks to the Roman engineers who were able to construct a complex system of chambers that channelled underground heat into facilities that acted as saunas.
Temple of Mercury, Baiae. Image source: WikimediaCommons.
In addition to their recreational function, the baths were used in Roman medicine, to treat various illnesses, and physicians would attend to their patients at the springs. Baiae was supplied with fresh drinking water from a branch of the Aqua Augusta aqueduct; a cross-section of which can be seen nearby. The water was led via pipelines to an enormous cistern called “Piscina Mirabilis”, this gigantic freshwater cistern provided the whole city of ultra-rich upper-class citizens with fresh water.
Historical Figures in Baiae
There are many tales of intrigue surrounding Baiae, one resident is said to have constructed a Nymphaeum*, surrounded by marble statues and a private grotto dedicated exclusively to earthly pleasures. The guests would gather around the pools not only to bathe but also to have their dinner served as it came floating on enormous dishes down the water in the pools.
*The Nymphaeum served as a sanctuary, a recevoir and a chamber where weddings were held.
Sex scandals were everyday life, and old men came here to become young. Julius Caesar is said to have owned a magnificent mansion in the area, and after he was murdered, Cleopatra is said to have escaped in a boat from Baiae’s shores. Rulers such as Nero and Cicero had their pleasure palaces here and Haridian is said to have died on his property in this city in 138 AD.
The Hemicycle Nymphaeum Theatre, Archaeological park of Baiae. Image source: flickr.
Another dark story is the one when Julia Agrippina plotted her husband’s murder, so her son Nero could become Emperor, on these grounds. She poisoned Claudius with deadly mushrooms, but when he somehow survived the attempt Agrippina got her physician to administer a portion of poisonous wild gourd, which finally did the trick.
Baiae was known to be a prominent high-class resort for centuries, it catered the whims among the Roman Elite, it was, therefore, to expect its notorious reputation for its many hedonistic offerings together with widespread rumours of corruption and scandals. The reason the offerings were frequent was due to the fact that the city rested on natural springs, places that were prone to become offering sites in antiquity.
Baiae’s Connection to the Underworld
Sulphurous gas in a volcanic entrance to the underworld. Image source: Pxhere.
The calderas were revered by the Ancient Greeks and Romans as entrances to the underworld and thus had magical powers. But there is also a downside to this. Being close to the underworld means you are close to the gods, they will easily hear your prayers but somewhere on the “Phlegraean Fields” or flaming fields there was an opening guiding you to a long and complex underground tunnel network, it would lead you to the Great Antrum deep down in the ground. The Antrum was the portal to the cave leading to the underworld, through its opening flowed rivers of fire, the fabled rivers of Hades: The Styx and the Phlegethon “rivers of fire”, that boiled the souls of the departed.
Even among many mysteries of the ancient world, the great Antrum on the bay of Naples surely remains among the most intriguing. But the circumstances around the resort also encouraged technological advancements such as the local invention of waterproof cement. A cement that consisted of a mixture of volcanic rock and limestone, it prompted the construction of private fish ponds and lavish bathhouses. Most opulent villas had their own fish farm for their private consumption, but as the seawater in the pool quickly evaporated on hot days, it would become saltier and endanger the fish living in it.
The solution they came up with was to supply the ponds with fresh water, during hot summer days, to reduce the saltiness of the pond and prevent the fish from dying. Oysters were hung by the sea in nets, bound together by a rope, just as it is done today, which makes it easy to get to the oysters.
The area known to the Romans as “Phlegraean Fields” is the region containing the calderas and underground tunnel system that form part of a volcano, the twin of mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. It once possessed a crater that measured 13 km (eight miles) across, but most of it is underwater now. The flaming fields contain a total of 24 volcanoes which together with the calderas defined the landscape, ironically it was a fitting name.
Baiae’s Downfall
Remains of the Underwater Archaeological Park of Baiae. Image source: WikimediaCommons.
Given Baiae’s sinful reputation it was perhaps paradoxical that the abundant volcanic activity which was the reason for its rise also became its downfall. Over several centuries, bradyseism, the repeated and gradual fall and rise of the Earth’s surface, caused both by hydrothermal and seismic activity as a result much of the city sank into its watery grave, where it sits today. After having seen an aerial photo, taken in the 1940s, rumours started to spread about parts of a hillside with edifices, which had disappeared into the sea.
Twenty years later submarines scanning the area found the lost city, lost since Roman times. Underground pressure had caused the land surrounding Baiae to continuously rise and fall pushing the ancient city’s ruins upwards to the surface only to once again swallow them back into the sea, exactly like a kind of geological purgatory!
It was because of the undulation of the earth, the ruins still lie in relatively shallow waters. But not everything was swallowed by the sea, parts of the city partly escaped the punishment, and a portion of the old resort is still accessible on land; it consists of a barren rubble-strewn plateau. As a consolation, many of the sunken sculptures were actually replicas of the originals that can still be found up on the hill by Baiae Castle.
Fire burst from the rocks in places and clouds of sulphurous gas snakes out of vents leading up from the deep underground. However, the modern Baiae is but a shadow of what it once was, the part remaining on land is surrounded by a hot, smelly sulphurous gas and the part swallowed by the sea is perpetually punished in purgatory. The same forces that once made Baiae so attractive in the first place were to become the ones that destroyed it.
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Future Uncharted: The Excitement of the Unknown
What are you most excited about for the future?
The future, they say, is a blank canvas, and I’ve found it to be so – unpredictable, mysterious, and incredibly exciting.
Mystery Box by: Daniel Zimmel (wikimediacommons)
I never truly know what lies ahead, and it’s this constant intrigue that keeps me going, stirs my curiosity, and fuels my motivation.
It’s the anticipation of new experiences,…
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At least four Burkinabe soldiers killed by a bomb in the north of the country
At least four Burkinabe soldiers killed by a bomb in the north of the country
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MADRID, 26 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
At least four Burkinabe soldiers have died when a homemade explosive device exploded on a highway in the north of the country, the Army confirmed in a statement published this Saturday.
The incident occurred on Friday, on the Bourzanga-Kongoussi route during the return of an escort mission to the city of…
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Nehmt Nord Stream 2 endlich in Betrieb!
Journalistenwatch: »Verlauf von Nordstream 2 (Grafik:SamBailus/WikimediaCommons) Ich möchte an dieser Stelle erst einmal ein großes Dankeschön an Gerhard Schröder aussprechen für seine aufrichtigen Bemühungen um Frieden und Deutschlands Energiesicherheit. Er handelt damit eindeutig im Interesse unseres Volkes. In welchem Interesse agiert unsere Regierung? Nord Stream 2 ist fertiggestellt und mit Gas befüllt. Diese mehr als 1.200 Kilometer […] http://dlvr.it/SWGgqH »
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Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 One of the Winners in Nigeria is Olusola David, Ayibiowu by Creative Arts Solution Foundation
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Introduction. The Wiki loves Monument contest in Nigeria 2022 photograph of the "State Car in which General Murtala Ramat Mohammed was assassinated on 13 February 1976" photo taken by Olusola David, Ayibiowu, has been selected as one of the best 10 images in Nigeria/Winner 2022. Brief Story, I checked my email address on February 19, 2023. Suddenly, I received an email from Wikimedia Commons. Hello Olusola David, Ayibiowu, Thank you first for contributing to the recently concluded "Wiki loves Monument" contest in Nigeria 2022. I am happy to announce to you that your submitted image was selected as one of the best 10 images in Nigeria and, thereby, eligible for a consolation prize. So I need you to reply to this email to authenticate you as a user and also to claim your prize on or before Sunday, February 19, 2023. Thanks and best regards, Kaizenify Summary, One of the best 10 images on Wiki Love Monuments 2022 emerged as the winner among the finalists out of many photographs contributed by Olusola David, Ayibiowu. This is amazing, and all glory be to God. Visit our blog: olusoladavidayibiowu.blogspot.com/2023/03/wiki-loves-monu... For more info. #Wikipedia #Wikilovesmonuments2022 #10bestimages
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GERMAN BEAUTY HOMER (Blue Bar Pied)
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#siddharthagautama #gautama #maytreia #maitreya #budha #omॐ #budasidarta #gautama #lahore #museum #lahoremuseum #tempo #fastingbudha #commons #wikimedia #wikimediacommons #krishna #krsna #ShreemBrzee #Shreem #Brzee ॐ☯⚛🔯🌟♀️🕊 🌍🌳🌱🍃🎼🗺🕊 Wikimedia Commons File:Fasting budha Museu Lahore Buddha Siddhartha Gautama https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fasting_buddha_at_lahore_museum.jpg#mw-jump-to-license (em Vila Industrial, São Paulo-Sp) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN8I0DBHDIm/?igshid=6kql05zs5geg
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