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Remember those who served

Donnapest — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:30:35 MDT

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List of those who served

jayp64 — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:54:40 MDT

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Remember those who served

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Serving those who served us

genmemorial — Sat, 9 May 2009 18:47:58 MDT

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To those who served

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Serving Those Who Served Us

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For Those Who Served

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Remember those who served

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Remember those who served

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A memorial to those who served

arrussell — Sat, 9 May 2009 22:54:47 MDT

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For those who served in WWII

alphaelaborate1 — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:22:01 MDT

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For those who served

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Remember Those who served

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litleredkar94 — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:02:39 MDT

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God Bless America and all who Served her

freedom

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honoring those who served for our country

Canberra

mpizzullo — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:49:20 MDT

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Dedicated to those who served in the navy

remember those who served

ladywolfcry — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:07:24 MDT

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November 11 2008 Serve Yourself for Those who Served

eBrez — Sat, 9 May 2009 22:53:56 MDT

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salut to all those who served b4 me and with me

ashoulder2cry0n — Sat, 9 May 2009 20:55:50 MDT

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Those who have served

Heroes1207 — Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:16:34 MST

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Honor those who served memorial day

jdfangman — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:12:01 MDT

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Veterans Day

NJH_05 — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:29:59 MDT

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Remembering those who have served

Honor

pointdivide — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:58:13 MDT

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Sea Cadets proudly serving those who have served

Memorial Day

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Honoring those who served

loki1200GSA — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:58:20 MDT

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WWFM IV Caching for those who served

ryanandtamilehman — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:44:44 MDT

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Avenue of Flags3

LegionStuff — Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:32:15 MST

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For those who served their country

Trinity College

kwisecup_photos — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:58:06 MDT

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Monument to all those who served in war

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kris21sy — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:09:06 MDT

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All those who have served in the Armed Forces

Honoring those who served in Saluda NC

usdadiva — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:16:31 MDT

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Saskatchewan Service Medal

KilgoreTrout89 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:51:19 MDT

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Awarded to those who served in Operation Saska Stab Saskatchewan

Tribute to those who served in WW 2 here in Guam

426HEMI_photos — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:33:54 MDT

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gettip5 — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:25:07 MDT

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Did you see the movie Glory this was a tribute to those men who really served

Hodags on Parade

NBell56 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:53:14 MDT

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In Memory of those who served

Hodags on Parade

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Betty boop remember those who served this day memorial day

jdfangman — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:03:54 MDT

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ALL GAVE SOME SOME GAVE ALL

UNIONWELDER1 — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:59:30 MDT

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JUST TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO SERVED AND NEVER CAME HOME

Notice the names of honor

bonbest — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:32:00 MDT

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of those who served on Witchcraft

For Those Who Served by Vickie McCormick

susanm056 — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:37:46 MDT

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jessicadancer18 — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:43:31 MDT

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Go Vets toward my great uncle Bill and all of those who served

In honor of those

ButtonsMom — Wed, 3 Jun 2009 03:03:48 MDT

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who have served from past and present

American Monument in Bastogne acknowledging those who served and those who died in order to liberate Europe from the Nazis

BurgerQueen2006 — Sat, 9 May 2009 22:56:13 MDT

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PROUDLY WE SERVE US Flag

awaterbu — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:06:14 MDT

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Always At Half Mast For Those who Served and Their Spouses who Stood By Them

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bigkat_05 — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:02:14 MDT

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the Eternal Flame at Daley plaza this flame is forever burning in honor of those who served and especially those who died in the armed forces the flame was lit august 22 1972

Remembering those who served Scrapblog

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Dedication plaque

JOEMANCO — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:33:01 MDT

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Dedicated to those who are a part of our heritage and those who have served their country This Eagle Project Restoration by LeRoy Babcock Jr

Grandpa in Labor Day Parade 2006 Honoring those who served in WWII

andypandy_01 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:34:47 MDT

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The caption on the back of this picture reads as followsLabor Day Parade September 2 2006Grandpa and Grandma are heroes to many of us as without them many of us would not existit seems as if God is on their side and ours as we are blessed by them and their livesmy what their eyes have seen

Canberra

mpizzullo — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:48:46 MDT

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One of several plagues listing those who served in Parliament at the time the house was open

A fitting memorial to those who served their country

rayjoeinbris — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:27:11 MDT

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A place mat J Thurlow's name appears in column 3

Dedicated to Those Who Served

additm — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:37:32 MDT

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The wall is covered with namesThey extend on to the back of this wall

National Defense Ribbon

crittl_2008 — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:21:54 MDT

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Given to all those who have served in the never ending war since 9112001

Dinner is served Those who know me and now much i can quotput awayquot will note that was unable to finish Believe it or not

jrmoof — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:36:21 MDT

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quotok children the cake will be served soon those who fall asleep will not get any cakequot

yunnies — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:11:02 MDT

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Inscription on the Diamond that's the name of the area World Wars statue dedicated to those who served in WW1 and WW2

jdwier007 — Sat, 9 May 2009 09:47:59 MDT

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White Bluff Veterans Monument

whitebluffnews — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:26:02 MDT

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To Honor All Those From The White Bluff Area Who Bravely Served Their Country We Salute You Dedicated 2009

While Bluff Veterans Monument

whitebluffnews — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:41:01 MDT

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To Honor All Those From The White Bluff Area Who Bravely Served Our Country We Salute You

Memorial Tribute to nurses

raven27h347 — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:21:51 MDT

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Here's a memorial I thought was pretty neat it was dedicated to all the nurses who served and those who gave their lives for our troops

Stone Memorial

charmstarr — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:48:56 MDT

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Dedicated to the Memory of all those who have served in the war engaged in by the United States and especially those who gave their livesErected by the people of Fort Edwardy 1948

Stone memorial

charmstarr — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:48:09 MDT

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Dedicated to the Memory of all those who have served in the war engaged in by the United States and especially those who gave their livesErected by the people of Fort Edward 1948

Stone Memorial

charmstarr — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:17:28 MDT

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Dedicated to the memory of all those who have served int he wars engaged in by the United States and especially those who gave their lives Erected by the people of Fort Edward 1948 Roger's Island Fort Edward NY

Melbourne Derbyshire Comemorative Memorial

memorialhunter — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:12:39 MDT

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This memorial comemorates those from the parish of St Michael with St Mary who served their country in WW1

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memorialhunter — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:42:12 MDT

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The Roll of Honour commemorates all those who served in WW1 and are from this parish St Michael with St Mary Melbourne Derbyshire

Korean War Memorial

gotpsych — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:47:12 MDT

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the korean war memorial is amazing with the reflecting wall each panel represents different groups of those who served including women chaplains soldiers etc

United States Navy Memorial

RawanArar — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:16:18 MDT

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The United States Navy Memorial honors those who have served or are currently serving in the Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard and the Merchant Marine

Raising the Flag 4

PalomaDelSol — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:30:12 MDT

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In Honor of our Fallen Soldiers this flag is dedicated to those who have served our country and paid the ultimate price to keep us safe and free

WW2 Memorial Registry

nickiwest — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:19:19 MDT

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This is the touchscreen kiosk located at the Memorial where you can find the names of those who served You can access it through wwwwwiimemorialcom

For You

thewhiterhino — Fri, 8 May 2009 23:27:15 MDT

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For all those that fell that day and fopr ALL OF THOSE who have protected and served since then OohfuckingRah to you You did your job the most honorable thing ANYONE can do I love you guys

911 Remember

eclaycamp — Wed, 2 Sep 2009 06:48:23 MDT

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Stone Memorial

charmstarr — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:54:12 MDT

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Dedicated to the memory of allt hose who have served in the wars engaged in by the United STates especially those who gave their lives 1948 Roger's Island Fort Edward NY

Stone Memorial

charmstarr — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:53:47 MDT

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Dedicated to the memory of allt hose who have served in the wars engaged in by the United STates especially those who gave their lives 1948 Roger's Island Fort Edward NY

What are those

rebelpearl — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:41:37 MDT

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For a small price you could get a cold drink non alcoholic served in a pinapple For the ease of the servers the feather s told them who wanted what Red strawberry orange mango yellow pina colada

memorial day2

GreenvilleGangsta — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:38:12 MDT

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Flat Stanley at War Memorial

jrpdpb — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:18:48 MDT

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New Zealand is very proud of its soldiers and nearly every town had some memorial for those who had served This memorial in Palmerston North was one of the nicer ones

mighty 8th air force museum

Schneider357 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:32:28 MDT

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The Memorial Gardens are a quiet testament to the cherished memory of the veterans Stone walls and granite monuments with the names of those who valiantly served their country line the winding paths around a dramatic reflecting pool

Pool behind the main restaurant

CajunGypsy — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:13:28 MDT

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This pool is located behind Turtle Bay's sitdown restaurant where those who want a change from the daily buffets can enjoy pizza and other Italian dishes served by wait staff

We The People 2

Loneknight776 — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:01:45 MDT

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At first I hated the glare on the soldier's face but after thinking about it I kinda like it You're not just looking at one soldier but reflecting on those who have served this country The faceless soldier will always defend

HanleyWarMemorialStaffordshire

memorialhunter — Wed, 7 Oct 2009 00:24:46 MDT

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Located out side the Town Hall in Albion Street HanleyOn the memorial is the following inscriptionTo our valiant dead 19141818 19391945They died for our freedomMarble tabletNorth Staffordshire Ex Far East Prisoners of War AssociationTo those who served in the Far East in the 19391945 War and died in Japanese Prison Camps of later as result of captivityMarble tabletNorth Staffs BranchDedicated to our comrades who fought in THE BURMA CAMPAIGN 19411945When we go home tell them of us and sayfor your tomorrow we gave our today Kohima EpitaphLest we forget

No I Didn't Really Shoot It

HORNHEAD5 — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:23:37 MDT

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I've never even shot a real gun in my life so this is about as fake a pic as you're ever going to see I tip my hat to those men and women who HAVE served in our military andor who still are

Happy Memorial Day

artie741 — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:41:35 MDT

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Plaque at the 'Neue Wache'

jivy0808 — Thu, 3 Sep 2009 00:45:44 MDT

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The plaque tells the history of the Neue Wache and how it was first built in 1931 as a memorial to those who died in WW1 It was heavily damaged by bombing towards the end of WW2 and was later restored and has served as a memorial since the 60's

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shassinger — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:25:47 MDT

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This was our day at Greenwich This was one of my favorite days as were most outside of the bustling city Even though it was one of the heat wave days there was so much that I wanted to see here that the heat did not bother me too much The Painted Hall was spectacular and one of my favorite experiences from our class itinerary The art work was beautiful and demonstrated the respect that was paid to those who had served in the British Navy The view from the observatory was also something that made me realize the span of the adventure I was on and the vast area to explore in our short time

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phOTO_o_tHE_dAY — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:49:15 MDT

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phOTOotHEdAY 978 The Fountain of Eternal Life also known as the War Memorial Fountain and Peace Arising from the Flames of War is a statue and fountain in Cleveland Ohio Designed by Marshall Fredericks 0898 it was dedicated in 64 Photographed here is the centerpiece a 35foot bronze figure that represents man escaping from the flames of war and reaching skyward for eternal peace The memorial was rededicated on Veterans Day in 91 to honor those who served died or were declared missing in Vietnam from the Greater Cleveland area The memorial has now expanded to include the casualties of Iraq Gulf War I and Gulf War II

Tzompantli or Platform of Skulls

StacyJamesFry — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:03:44 MDT

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The Tzompantli was a centrallylocated platform used to display the skulls of enemy warriors defeated in battle as well as the heads of sacrificial victims The Platform of Skulls a Tshaped stone structrue sixty meters long and twelve meters wide was dedicated to the glory of military conquest and ritual sacrifice It was here that prisoners heads as well as those of other sacrificial victims were displayed for all the inhabitants to viewThe central panel of the the platform is carved with three horizontal rows of skulls There are also representations of eagles and warriors carrying human heads in their handsThe decoration served as a reminder of the aggression of the military chiefs and as a terrifying warning to anyone who might attack the cityDuring the excavation of the platform several human skulls as well as a statue of the ChacMool were discovered

Those who served

iluv2sb — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:48:27 MDT

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Memorial Day

sljwalker — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:51:52 MDT

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Artemis of the Ephesians

stanza31 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:51:35 MDT

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The Lydians conquered the Greek city of Ephesus in 560BC Croesus King of the Lydians purported to be the richest man of his day built the Temple of Artemis the largest building in the ancient world one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World The Temple was designed by the Greek architect Chersiphron and had 121 Ionic marble pillars each sixty feet tall and a wooden roof It also served as a bank and attracted visitors as a place of pilgrimage It burned down on the day of Alexander the Great's birth Of course the idol Artemis in her temple was much larger than the one depicted here The idol was carved from a meteorite most likely see Acts 1935 Artemis of the Ephesians was depicted differently than Diana of the Romans Diana was the twin of Apollo in Roman mythology and daughter of Zeus I will resist the temptation to talk about Troy now Anyway Artemis as a fertility goddess those are either bull testes or breats across her midsection appears quite differently than Diana who is young and a huntress with a bow Instead what we see here is similar to images of the Phrygian central Anatolia goddess Cybele who is a still more ancient mother goddess Cybele may be related to the Canaanite goddess Asherah see 1 Kings 1819

flomotion live oct09

ds7788io — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:21:18 MDT

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Thursday 1st October Flomotion LiveNick Luscombe's Flomotion Live' returns to a new monthly slot with a quality and eclectic live music and DJ programmeExpect folk jazz soul and electronic performances from exciting acts hand picked from a stunning array of new and emerging artists Keep up to date via wwwflomotionradiocom Nick Luscombe and guests will DJ during the night all set in the unique environ of Momo's wonderful Kemia Bar Moorish furnishings provide the perfect space and style for guests to listen to some of the most progressive music around Delicious kemia Arabic tapas are served as an alternative for those who prefer a more relaxed yet totally authentic dining experience Kemia Bar at Momo25 Heddon StreetLondon W1B 4BH020 7434 4040wwwmomorestocom Free entry7pm til late Thursday 1st OctoberKaty Carr Alt folk1940's fusion from one of London's most prolific live performers Katy Carr original twisted folk songstress performs songs on her keyboard and ukulele from her forthcoming album 'Coquette' released on 9th November 2009 Expect to be enchanted and dazzled by her songs both created and inspired from themes of white cliffs and Spitfire pilotsFor more information see wwwkatycarrcomKaty Carr is about to release her 3rd album and it's very special Odd and brilliant Mojo Definitely one for the Mercury Prize Jury to consider The Times

Honor

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Sea Cadets proudly serving those who have served

Some Gave All

CountryBelle1863 — Sat, 9 May 2009 11:44:18 MDT

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quotA Blessingquot A drawing by Viktoriya Ishchuk

mcyoung_art — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:15:53 MDT

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A real 'Blessing' Mayo junior honored for artwork 04172007 By Christina Killion ValdezThe PostBulletin Rochester MN April 17 2007 A drawing by Viktoriya Ishchuk that honors the people who serve our country has earned the Mayo High School junior national recognition Ishchuk is one of four winners in SemperComm Foundation's third annual high school art competition who will be honored at a gala event on May 10 in Arlington Va The SemperComm Foundation is a nonprofit organization working to boost the morale of US service members stationed overseas The theme of this year's competition was For Them which Ishchuk interpreted as meaning support in her pencil illustration entitled A BlessingI really liked the idea of the previous generation sending their support for the new generation Ishchuk said Her drawing depicts two real people who've never met she said The older man in the drawing is her neighbor Cpl Milton Robsahm who served in the US Marine Corps during the Korean War and World War II Robsahm is pictured with his hand on the shoulder of Staff Sgt Jared Scott who Ishchuk said she met on a visit to the Marines recruiting center in Rochester You can take it literally as a blessing Ishchuk said about the symbol of his hand on his shoulder At the same time it's very symbolic because it's a sign of the previous generation passing on their own courage and the will that pulled those men throughOn talking with her neighbor Ishchuk said she learned about his sense of duty and patriotism Milton said to me that he wasn't being a hero he was just doing what he had to do she said It got me thinking of what makes a heroIt also got her thinking about older brother who currently serves in the Navy None of us can really know what these guys are going through right now she said Whether we agree or disagree with this war it's not like they exactly volunteer for this stuff to happen to themIshchuk is not an art student but she's hoping to some day get a master's in art and become a college art professor

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Laraamn — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:16:52 MDT

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picture by mrsuperchicken Taken on May 18 2007 This iconic photograph drew a number of responses from readers of the Nashville paper The Tennessean including this one Dear Tennessean The Tennessean's April 5 photograph of young Christian Golczynski accepting the American flag from Marine Lt Col Ric Thompson is one of the most moving and emotion provoking images I have ever seen As one would expect many of your readers were touched by this incredible picture Staff Sergeant Golczynski had previously served one full tour in Iraq Shortly before his death on March 27 he wrote to his family that he had volunteered to do this a second time due to our deep desire to finish the job we started In his letter he said We fight and sometimes die so that our families don't have to Tragically Staff Sergeant Golczynski had only two weeks remaining on his second tour We look at the photograph of Christian every day It is displayed prominently in our home Our hearts ache for Christian and for all those who have lost loved ones in this controversial conflict When looking at the face of Christian Golczynski I am reminded that doing what is right is not always easy and doing what is easy is not always right Christian's dad knew that too James Drescher Franklin TN I have looked into the eyes of a family member as I handed him or her a folded American flag at the end of a military burial service I have fought to maintain my composure as I said On behalf of a grateful nation And looking at this picture I am struck by several thoughts Lieutenant Colonel Thompson is not some administrative staffer for whom the notion of service and sacrifice is some vague concept to be carted out when it's politically expedient He feels the tragedy to his marrow Yet he can look in the eyes of this fallen warrior's son and offer compassion strength and hope Staff Sergeant Golczynski would have taught Christian what it takes to be a good citizen husband and man There is peace and clarity of purpose in Staff Sergeant Golczynski's legacy That is a father's gift to his son That should see Christian through Regardless of our politics or stances on the Iraq war we should be mindful of the fact that scenes like this are playing out daily across this country Gouge JC Ward September 2 2007 0809 AM The Sunday Paper

Son at Funeral

mrsuperchicken — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:00:29 MDT

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Taken on May 18 2007This iconic photograph drew a number of responses from readers of the Nashville paper The Tennessean including this oneDear TennesseanThe Tennessean's April 5 photograph of young Christian Golczynski accepting the American flag from Marine Lt Col Ric Thompson is one of the most moving and emotion provoking images I have ever seenAs one would expect many of your readers were touched by this incredible picture Staff Sergeant Golczynski had previously served one full tour in Iraq Shortly before his death on March 27 he wrote to his family that he had volunteered to do this a second time due to our deep desire to finish the job we started In his letter he said We fight and sometimes die so that our families don't have to Tragically Staff Sergeant Golczynski had only two weeks remaining on his second tour We look at the photograph of Christian every day It is displayed prominently in our home Our hearts ache for Christian and for all those who have lost loved ones in this controversial conflict When looking at the face of Christian Golczynski I am reminded that doing what is right is not always easy and doing what is easy is not always right Christian's dad knew that too James DrescherFranklin TNI have looked into the eyes of a family member as I handed him or her a folded American flag at the end of a military burial service I have fought to maintain my composure as I said On behalf of a grateful nation And looking at this picture I am struck by several thoughts Lieutenant Colonel Thompson is not some administrative staffer for whom the notion of service and sacrifice is some vague concept to be carted out when it's politically expedient He feels the tragedy to his marrow Yet he can look in the eyes of this fallen warrior's son and offer compassion strength and hope Staff Sergeant Golczynski would have taught Christian what it takes to be a good citizen husband and man There is peace and clarity of purpose in Staff Sergeant Golczynski's legacy That is a father's gift to his son That should see Christian throughRegardless of our politics or stances on the Iraq war we should be mindful of the fact that scenes like this are playing out daily across this country Gouge JC Ward September 2 2007 0809 AM The Sunday Paper

A tribute to those who served at Camp Rock Spring

kathykathy4444 — Sat, 9 May 2009 18:22:01 MDT

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Spring Break IN MIAMI

HSINMIAMI2009 — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:35:12 MDT

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Memorial Crypts

pamm1044 — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:28:48 MDT

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Martyrs of the Civil war who are buried at the Catholic University Some of the spots are held for those who served sacrificially and who still live

Ares

MercuriusTJ — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:14:03 MDT

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Ares is the great Olympian God of War Battlelust Civil Order and Manly Courage Ares who became the Greek god of war had a miserable childhood The only son of the mighty Zeus ruler of the Olympians and his wife Hera Ares was disliked by his father from the moment he was born and was barely tolerated from then on Perhaps Zeus just couldn't warm up to the little guy because he hadn't had a part in Ares' conception or his birth Hera with the help of a magical herb had managed to get herself pregnant with the help of Zeus or any man a process called parthenogenesis Note Most myths name Ares as the son who was born as a result of this immaculate conception but in some versions the son was HephaestusHera had done this to even the score with her husband for having given birth to Dionysus by himself A short version of that story Semele one of Zeus' many lovers lay dying while pregnant with Zeus' son Dionysus With the help of Hermes Zeus removed the unborn child and implanted him under the skin of his thigh where he remained until he was ready to be born For whatever reason Zeus failed to bond with his infant son Ares Zeus was not even particularly concerned when the young boy went missing a few years later and didn't expend much effort looking for the poor lad As it turns out the young Ares had been abducted by two playmates the giant Aloadai twins who had caught him and locked him in a bronze jar Ares stayed captive in the bronze jar almost losing his mind in captivity until the stepmother of the unruly twins figured out what had happened and told Zeus' assistant Hermes who was able to release Ares from the jarAfter this incident Hera decided that Ares' might be better off living somewhere else and arranged for him to live with Priapus one of the minor deities Priapus trained the young Ares in the art of dancing and later in the martial artsEven though he was welltrained and served as the god of war Ares wasn't a great fighter and lost many of his battles especially those involving his halfsister and archenemy Athena who was the goddess of wisdom as well as the goddess of war not to mention being Daddy's favorite Ares represented war conducted up close and personal hand to hand combat and the frenzy of battle and bloodlust Athena and Zeus superbly rational favored war at a distance strategic planning playing according to the rules of the game cold and calculating by comparison Ares style was instinctual passionate and primitivenot destined to make him appear heroic in the eyes of a culture that valued reason and moderation There were other reasons as well The Greek god Ares the god least favored by the citizens of Greece and by his parents Zeus and his wife Hera was seen by the ancient Greeks as a mercenary warrior filled with a bloodlust that could not be appeased and a fickle god as well one who would fight for either side just to have a chance to vent his rage Ares' unpopularity was probably inevitable given that the Greeks of that time were mostly involved in petty wars amongst themselves wars where allegiances were unclear and shifted frequently Any god of war would have found it very difficult to please everyone in that situationIt's easy to see why Ares' other incarnation as Mars the Roman God of War fared much better the Roman viewpoint was no doubt influenced by the fact that Rome was usually at war with foreign powers so that a god of war could be someone that could be worshipped and viewed as heroic one always battling for a just cause ie their side During the Trojan War Ares fought on the side of the Trojans against the Greeks as a show of support for his lover Aphrodite who had set the war in motion This did not win him any points with the other Olympians who except for Apollo supported the Greeks He charged at Athena who was taunting him about it and she calmly reached down and picked up a rock and smashed him over the head with it stopping his advanceAthena also convinced one of the Greek warriors to wound Ares in the side during the battle and Ares bellowed so loudly in pain and rage that the earth shook He complained to Zeus about Athena's humiliating him on the battlefield and Zeus dismissively called him a whine who enjoyed nothing but brawling Ares rarely went out of his way to come to the aid of his fellow Olympians But once bored with the endless petty wars of the Greeks he decided to rescue Hades who was being held captive by King Sisyphus Ares came to his assistance threatening to decapitate Sisyphus if he didnt release him and turn himself in as Hades prisoner Trembling with fear Sisyphus surrendered to HadesAres may not have matched the Olympian ideal of rationality and moderation but he was not without his followers Unfortunately they were mostly a band of malevolent minor deities and mortals including several of his sons most of whom ended with unhappy fates Ares usually rode into battle accompanied by his two sons Phobos Fear and Daiemos Panic Although the Greek god Ares was heavily criticized for reacting emotionally rather than rationally and for not always following the rules he was quick to jump to the defense of those with whom he felt a kinship including his large brood of offspring Unfortunately his feelings often propelled him into battles that he could not winWhen one of his sons was killed during the Trojan War Ares leapt onto the battlefield defying Zeus' orders that the gods and goddesses not take part in the battleAnd Ares felt strongly about his daughters as well When his daughter Alcippe was raped by one of Poseidon's sons Ares promptly killed him This lead to the first murder trial in recorded history The trial was held on a hill in Athens that was subsequently named the Aeropagus Ares' Hill Ares was acquitted of the crimeSometimes Ares' loyalties led him astray One of his sons Cycnus was a thief who fell upon travelers murdering them for their bones which he was using to construct a gruesome temple to his father Cycnus picked the wrong victim when he tried to assault Heracles Hercules As they fought Areas rushed to fight on his son's side but they were no march for Heracles who killed Cycnus and wounded AresLittle is written about Ares in his aspect as Lord of the Dance but much can be inferred Just as in many tribal cultures warriors drum and dance before doing battle the passion and intensity of the ecstatic dance the sheer physicality of it is closely associated with the masculine energy the forceful and aggressive impulse that can bring courage in its wake And no one every doubted that Ares had courageBut what of his loves Ares never married although he had over twenty lovers who bore him children And apparently his love affairs weren't overnighters but were long lasting relationships because many of them bore him several children Being deceptive or even indirect could not be listed among his shortcomings Unlike the other Greek gods Ares did not rely on trickery abduction or rape to establish his love affairs Ares is best known for his longterm love affair with the goddess Aphrodite the goddess of romance and beauty His lengthy love affair with Aphrodite led to the birth of four childrentheir daughter Harmonia Harmony later became the mother of the Amazons a tribe of fearsome warrior women The tabloids were probably invented for the sole purpose of keeping up with the latest gossip about what the couple were up to Be sure to read the story of Hephaestus for an account of how Aphrodite's husband managed to catch them in the act and haul them into court for the Trial of the Century which ended in their acquittal of course So important was Aphrodite to Ares that when she fell in love with the beautiful Adonis who was some say effeminate Ares' polar opposite Ares' was overcome with such jealousy that he turned himself into a wild boar in some accounts it was a bear and killed his rival the only time he was known to battle disguised in another form The union of Ares and Aphrodite the original machoman and the ultrafeminine sex kitten seemed unlikely to survive for long but it certainly did Ares contributed the passionate intensity and Aphrodite taught him to accept and enjoy the vulnerable unprotected parts of himself the loving and tender feelings he otherwise would never have displayed

Feat of Tabernacles 2008

1jammy — Fri, 8 May 2009 23:43:12 MDT

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Yeshua coming to Tabernacle among us in a succahWhen Was Jesus BornAccording to Luke 12426 Mary conceived Jesus in the sixth month of Elizabethacircs pregnancy with John the Baptist This means that Jesus was born 15 months after the angel Gabriel appeared to Elizabethacircs husband Zacharias and informed him that his wife would bear a childAccording to Luke 15 Zacharias was a priest of the division of Abijah Luke 18 says that Gabriel appeared to Zacharias while he was serving as a priest in the TempleWe know from 1 Chronicles 24 the Talmud and other sources that the division of Abijah served as priest during the second half of the fourth month of the Biblical calendar which would have put at about late June the Biblical calendar begins in the spring with PassoverFifteen months later would place the birth of Jesus in the seventh month of the Biblical calendar That would be in the fall of the year in either late September or October His conception not his birth would have occurred in December of the previous year at Hanukkah the Festival of LightsIn the seventh month of the Biblical calendar is the month of the Feast of Tabernacles John 114 speaking of Jesus as the Word says acircAnd the Word became flesh and dwelt among us full of grace and truthacirc The word acircdweltacirc that is used here is the Greek word acircshenooacirc which literally means acircto tabernacleacircSo when the Son of God came to earth to tabernacle among men it appears that He timed His arrival in the Bethlehem manger to coincide with the Feast of Tabernacles That was only appropriate for the Feast of Tabernacles is the most joyous of all the Biblical feasts It is in fact the feast of thanksgivingThe fuller meaning of this feast will not be fulfilled until the Lord returns again to tabernacle among men for a thousand years while He reigns over the earth from Mt Zion in Jerusalem Isnacirct the Word of God marvelousWhat Is The Feast of TabernaclesEach of the Biblical holidays teaches us something unique and wonderful about our relationship with God our Creator Sustainer and Provider Just as the spring festivals have been made fuller with the first coming of Jesus as our Suffering Servant it is expected that the fall festivals are shadows of what is yet to come Colossians 21617 when He returns as Conquering KingThe Feast of Tabernacles called Sukkot in Hebrew is a joyous celebration lasting for eight days The first and final days are both holy sabbaths days of rest and no work There are two main elements to the Feast of Tabernacles the building of booths called sukkot and sacrifices There is also an element of the annual harvest There are many spiritual lessons in each of these elements lessons that speak to the inclusion of righteous Gentiles in the family of Israel which is the true mystery of the Gospel God commands that the Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot be a season of joy and rejoicingSukkot commemorates the time when the Children of Israel were redeemed from bondage in Egypt The building of these booths during Sukkot is a yearly reminder of how God was with His children protecting them and providing for all of their needs We are also reminded that our lives are but a vapor these bodies are only our temporary dwelling placesTradition has taught for thousands of years that the week is a picture of Godacircs plan for His creation There are six days in which we are do all of our work while the seventh day is to be a day of rest It is taught that the Messiah will come to reign as the Conquering King at the end of the sixth millennium The dawn of the seventh millennium will usher in the Millennial Reign of our King a millennial Sabbath The Feast of Tabernacles however has an eighth day what does that symbolize The number eight signifies eternity We joyfully look forward to the reign of our Master on the seventh day and on the eighth day the final Sabbath of the festival we joyfully look forward to spending eternity with our God and our King This truly is a festival of joy and rejoicing Arenacirct we blessed to have His WordWhy The Feast of TabernaclesIn Leviticus 23 we have a record of the calendar that God outlined for His children to keep He had redeemed the children of Israel from Egypt Along with them were many people from other nations who had joined themselves to the God of the Hebrews and they too were included in this multitude of people who became known as acircThe Children of Godacirc We know that Rahab and her family were accepted Gentiles as was Ruth the daughter in law of Naomi These women are counted in the lineage of Jesus But do you remember Caleb the son of Jephunneh one of the 12 spies He was a Caananite that left Egypt with the children of Israel He too was one of those nonHebrews who were grafted into Israel He was one of the multitude in the wilderness who accepted the terms of the covenant between God and Israel and included in this covenant is Godacircs calendarWe read about the Feast of Tabernacles in Leviticus 233344 where we read acircIt is a statute forever throughout your generations you shall celebrate it in the seventh monthacirc Did you catch that acircForever throughout your generationsacircThe Feast of Tabernacles was kept by Jesus as we read in John 7 the Apostles also kept this festival as did the early church We have early church writings that tell us that believers kept these festivals right up through fourth century and beyond To be sure some Christians have never stopped keeping the festivalsIn Zechariah 14 where the prophet is speaking of the state of the world after the return of the Lord we read in verse 16 acircThen everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King the LORD of hosts and to keep the Feast of TabernaclesacircWe see that as acircgrafted inacirc believers we have kept this festival in the past many keep it currently and everyone in all the nations of the world will be keeping this festival in the future when Messiah reigns from the throne of David in Jerusalem Every knee will bow every tongue will confess and all the nations will praise HimChag Sameach my friends happy holy days

Babylonian World Map

derekuz — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:01:35 MDT

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TITLE Babylonian World MapDATE 600500 BCAUTHOR unknownDESCRIPTION This later Babylonian clay tablet dating from the Persian Period early 5th century BC shows an asysocentic view of a flat round world with Babylonia in the center Its identity as a map attempting to depict the entire world is proved by the adjacent text which mentions seven outer regions beyond the encircling ocean This is a slightly different concept from that of the early Greeks for whom the encircling ocean was outside of all known landsAt this time Babylon was still a flourishing city regarded as the center the hub of the universe Yet only with the rise to supremacy of the Babylonian kings with Hammurabi toward 2000 BC had its claim to this position become possible Previously the position was occupied by one of the former capitals of the earlier kingdoms Probably the Sumerians made the city of Nippur honored by them as a central shrine a Sumerian Rome the center of the universe from about 2300 BC for at that time supremacy was regarded as conditional upon the possession of NippurIn addition to the entire kingdom of Babylonia which is schematically portrayed seven unnamed circles are depicted and an accompanying cuneiform text is found on both sides of the tablet The text contains names of countries and cities but on the reverse side is chiefly concerned with a description of the Seven Islands or regions which are depicted in the form of equal triangles only one of which is entirely intact on the tablet rising beyond the circle of the Earthly Ocean Some scholars believe that there may have been eight islands originally The tablet further states that these islands are at equal distances of seven miles from either each other or from the Babylonian world around the outer periphery of the Earthly Ocean Various legendary beasts are named which were reputed to live in regions beyond the ocean that encircled the Babylonian world A few ancient heroes reached those places and the badly damaged text appears to describe conditions in them The map is really a diagram to show the relation of these places to the world of the BabyloniansThe Babylonians knew little about the nature of these seven islands We hear chiefly only of their various degrees of brightness From the text on the tablet and the inscriptions on the chart itself we learn that the first island lay in the southeast the second in the southwest and so on in a clockwise sequenceThe descriptions of the first and second islands are not preserved The third island is where the winged bird ends not his flight ie cannot reach On the forth island the light is brighter than that of sunset or stars it lay in the northwest and after sunset in summer was practically in semiobscurity The fifth island due north lay in complete darkness a land where one sees nothing and the sun is not visible The Sumerians and Babylonians probably had some knowledge possibly acquired from other people of the northern high latitudes and of the polar nights Highly remarkable is the sixth island where a horned bull dwells and attacks the newcomer An exactly similar presentation true to tradition occurs in the same position in an astrolabe of the 17th century AD and has been used in the reconstruction of the tablet The seventh island lay in the east and is thus described where the morning dawns meaning that it faces the sunrise Again the islands are all seven miles distant from the earth but the distance between them varies being sometimes six sometimes nine miles The description of two of these islands however has not survivedAccording to Babylonian ideas the islands said to lie between the Earthly and the Heavenly Oceans connected the heavens and the earth These islands form bridges to the Heavenly Ocean wherein are the various animal constellations 18 of which are mentioned by nameThus round the heavens flowed the Heavenly Ocean corresponding to the Earthly Ocean on the earth And in the Heavenly Ocean were animal constellations the vanished gods These probably recur in the expression belt of heaven the Sumerian for which may be literally translated divine animals As the animal constellations also sank below the horizon so the Heavenly Ocean extended beneath the earth so that plenty of room existed below the Underworld for the passage of the sun moon and planets After the overthrow of the old world order of Apsu and Tiamat or Chaos the former gods according to the Babylonian Epic of Creation were deposed and banned as animals to the Heavenly Ocean by command of the creator of the new worldIn the beginning everything was ocean the Apsu Chaos whence arose a number of divinities including Tiamat the sea and the gods Anu Enlil and Enki Ea the later representatives of the tripartite world Now Apsu desired to destroy his offspring but was killed by Enki who looked upon the Apsu as his home Then Tiamat who went forth to revenge Apsu was vanquished in conflict with Sumer Babylon and Assur respectively Now before the struggle Tiamat had created in place of Apsu huge monsters in animal form The late Sumerian ruler Gudea of Lagash 2600 BC records in his inscriptions seven such monsters in Hammurabi's time about 2000 BC the number was eleven The text of the Babylonian cosmos however enumerates eighteen animals but the names of two of them are not known Each of the last two texts named begin with the same three animals Basmu Mushus and Laha mu It appears from these tests that in the course of time new kinds of animals were addedAll of these animal constellations though not to be confused with our zodiac knowledge which in this form has not been traced beyond about 420 BC may nevertheless be approximately equated with our zodiacal signs among other things and changes however the names have naturally altered in the course of time The chief animals are also shown on some postBabylonian tablets of an astronomical nature Karl Maasz has therefore made use of these drawings in his reconstruction in which pictures of the so called boundary stones have served as guides According to the drawings of the clay tablet in question the order of the animal constellations run from right to left from north to west then around to the east The text contains the following full list of animals in the Heavenly Ocean 1 the adder Basmu 2 the red serpent Mushus a typical name for the dragon of Babybn which the god Marduk borrowed from the god Enlil of Nippur this dragon appears as a decoration on the Ishtar Gate of Babylon He is of special interest because the four animal elements which compose him are borrowed from the neighboring animal constellations the front legs from the lion standing before him the back legs from the raven or eagle standing behind him the scorpion's sting on his tail from the scorpion next to him here The dragon himself represents in principle a serpent the hydra 3 the Lahamu a serpent with the front feet of a lion also reminiscent in this respect here of its neighbor the lion the hydra 4 the gazelle 5 the bull in the late Sumerian period a wild bull 6 the panther 7 the ram 8 unknown 9 the lion the constellation Leo 10 the jackal the constellation Cassiopeia 11 the stag the constellation Andromeda 12 the fowl the falcon 13 unknown 14 the monkey 15 the hegoat also known as the goatfish 16 the ostrich probably the crane 17 the cat 18 an insect possibly the grasshopper The numbers 118 correspond to the numbers on the illustration except that numbers 8 and 13 are not preserved in the text of the clay tabletThese divine animal constellations which dwell in the Heavenly Ocean are there named the departed gods in another cuneiform document they are referred to as the gods of the night and the goddesses of the night because they were derived from the earlier vanished gods of the Sumerians which as the result of a reform in prehistoric times were deposed and replaced by human gods The Epic of Creation is the acknowledgment of this reformAll of this the Seven Islands the animal constellations and the Heavenly Ocean encircle the primary focus of the tablet the world map The earth proper again is displayed as a circular disc Enclosed by the circle of the Earthly Ocean lies an oblong marked Babylon with two parallel lines running to it from mountains at the edge of the enclosure and running on to a marsh which is identified by two parallel lines near the bottom of the circle The marsh can be identified as the swamp of lower presentday Iraq its identity secured by the name Bit Yakin at its left end the so called Sea Country and known to be a tribal territory covering marshland A trumpetshaped arm of the ocean curves around the right end of the marsh so that its neck touches the lines from Babylon Despite the absence of a name it is clear that the parallel lines running to and from Babylon represent the river Euphrates To the right of Babylon an oval marks Assyria and above it is apparently Urartu eastern Turkey and Armenia Several other cities are marked by small circles one near the trumpetshaped sea named Fort of the god is probably Der Badrah at the foot of the Zagros Mountains The name Khabban to the upper left appears to denote an area of Elam southeast of the Zagros geographically out of place it might also be another town of the same name otherwise unknown At the top in the north are the mountains whence the Euphrates descends in a southeasterly direction In the center lies Babylon the hub of the universe Encircling the earth is the Earthly Ocean entitled the Bitter River creating a gulf the Persian Gulf of today it flows across the earth as far as the Euphrates To the southwest is shown the land of Habban For the rest the map gives various nameless places indicated only by blank ovals It is oriented towards the northwest From other Babylonian sources it can be learned that for the Babylonians the Bitter River or Earthly Ocean was enclosed by a double range of mountains those to the east and west the sunrise and sunset range respectively being specially mentionedObviously this is not so much a topographical map as it is an attempt to illustrate ideas expressed in the accompanying text greatest attention being paid to the remote regions The Babylonians evidently viewed the earth as flat in common with other ancient peoples Their references to the four comers relate to the directions of the winds and should not be taken as implying that they thought it was squareIn summary the Babylonian cosmos comprises a world map executed in cartographic manner a contour sketch of the Seven Islands complete with descriptive text and finally a descriptive text only of the Heavenly Ocean and its animal constellations