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Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos Dumont, October 19, 1901, on a flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower.
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Wellwishers cheering The Queen were startled when the soldier she’d just spoken to suddenly sat himself down in the road.
Many thought he’d collapsed with heat exhaustion during the royal tour of Kendal, Cumbria.
But Her Majesty knew exactly what was going on and didn’t bat an eyelid.
The monarch understood what the crowds didn’t - that it was Fijian mark of respect for royalty.
Sgt Rusiate Bolavucu, 32, representing the Burma Company, part of the 1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster Regiment, was following an ancient tradition from his South Pacific homeland.
He said: ‘It is a traditional and cultural thing for people from Fiji to do when they meet a head of state. It is a way of showing respect.
‘The Queen has been to Fiji so she knows about it, and she had asked me where I was from, so she smiled when she saw what I was doing.’
It is very important to show respect to one’s elders or to those in authority in Fijian culture.
This is done through a variety of actions taking into account body posture and position, clothing and gestures.
In Fijian culture it is thought that good things come through the head and are passed down to the feet. It is important to make sure that one’s head is not above others in the room.
Men sit cross legged as it is rude to draw one’s knees up to the chest.
He was among other solders from the 1st Battalion, who had just returned from Afghanistan, and those from 4th Battalion the Duke of Lancaster Regiment, who all managed to say a few words to The Queen, who was accompanied by Princess Anne.
SOURCE: DAILYMAIL
"A gesture of respect accorded to Queen Elizabeth by a Fijian soldier serving in the Royal British Forces has gone viral on the internet."
Well, I learned something today!
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Talia Joy Castellano (1999-2013)
It’s ok to mourn her death, but let’s celebrate this 13-year-old makeup guru’s inspirational life.
“I love you so much and just remember there is someone who loves you dearly in this world. You are beautiful in every way possible! ♡ Just keep swimming." - From her final Youtube video
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the-absolute-best-posts: agewa: “We went to Kineshma, that’s in...
“We went to Kineshma, that’s in Ivanovo region, to visit his parents. I went as a heroine and I never expected someone to welcome me, a front-line girl, like that. We’ve gone through so much, we’ve saved lives, lifes of mothers, wives. And then… I heard accusations, I was bad-mouthed. Before that I’ve only ever been “dear sister”… We had tea and my husband’s mother took him aside and started crying: “Who did you marry? A front-line girl… You have two younger sisters. Who’s going to marry them now?” When I think back to that moment I feel tears welling up. Imagine: I had a record, I loved it a lot. There was a song, it said: you have the right to wear the best shoes. That was about a front-line girl. I had it playing, and [his?] elder sister came up and broke it apart, saying: you have no rights. They destroyed all my photos from the war… We, front-line girls, went through so much during hte war… and then we had another war. Another terrible war. The men left us, they didn’t cover our backs. Not like at the front.” from С.Алексеевич “У войны не женское лицо”
In Soviet Union women participating in WWII were erased from history, remaining as the occasional anecdote of a female sniper or simply as medical staff or, at best, radio specialists. The word “front-line girl” (frontovichka) became a terrible insult, synonimous to “whore”. Hundreds thousand of girls who went to war to protect their homeland with their very lives, who came back injured or disabled, with medals for valor, had to hide it to protect themselves from public scorn.
This has always happened in history: Women do something important. Then they get shamed for it (so nobody will talk about it) and it gets erased from history.
And then certain men will say: “Women suck, they’ve never done anything important.”
Look into history and learn that women have played a far greater role then douches (present and past) wanted you to know.
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Abandoned (Haunted) Hotel in Colombia
The Hotel del Salto is located near Tequendama Falls on the Bogotá River in Colombia. It was opened in 1924 and shut its doors in the 1990′s. The hotel’s Gothic design is perfectly enhanced by a river and waterfall. Some say the hotel is haunted and no one wanted to stay there. Others state that the adjoining river was extremely polluted and they had to close. For whatever reason, the hotel stands as a beautifully macabre landmark for lovers of classic architecture, urban exploration, and maybe a few ghosts.
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budacub: Brilliant!
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36 Things You Obviously Need In Your New Home
A Fire Pit IN THE POOL
A Door That Turns into a Ping-Pong Table
Chilled Produce Drawers in the Kitchen
A Wine Cellar Trap Door
A Sleepover Room
A Door Handle That Automatically Turns Off Electricity and Gas When You Leave
A Swing-Set Dining Table
A Built-In TV for the Bathtub
A Glass-Encased Fireplace
A Loft Hammock
A Hot Tub That Flows from the Inside to Outside
A Huge Round Bedroom Window
A Stained-Glass Door
A Library Staircase/Slide
A Bone-Shaped Pool for Your Dog
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Craig: "You were terrible on that!" (x)
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Genetically engineered Pterophyllum Scalara fish glow in a tank under a blacklight while being displayed at the 2013 Bio Expo in Taipei. Picture: REUTERS
Did Sheldon do this?
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A bird’s-eye view of the building the Bay Bridge
Photographer Peter Stackpole was just 21 years old when he was given a big break:
A man with a hammer in his hand decided to test the nerve of the young man who had a camera in his hand. “Hey kid, why don’t you come out with us? You’ll get some good pictures,” he said. So the kid jumped on a crew boat and rode out to the first tower, under construction […] By the time the kid came back down it was 1936, the bridge was completed, and he had a body of work that would outlast anything else he would do, including his sessions with Hollywood stars as one of the first staff photographers for Life.
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