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, an extremely talented illustrator.This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted from 8 June through 14 June. Anything in quotation marks is taken from the respective articles and lists; see their page histories for attribution.
Featured articles
Five
featured articles
were promoted this week.
Pope Paul III and his Grandsons
- non-profit organization behind the production of several educational children's programs—including its first and best-known, Sesame Street—that have run on public broadcasting around the world." "Sesame Street premiered on PBS in the United States in November 1969, and the Workshop was formally incorporated shortly after, in 1970. Gerald S. Lesser and Edward L. Palmerwere hired to conduct research for the show; they were responsible for developing a system of planning, production, and evaluation, and the interaction between television producers and educators, later called the "CTW model". They also hired a staff of producers and writers. After the initial success of Sesame Street, they began to plan for its continued survival, which included procuring additional sources of funding and creating other TV shows."
- extratropical cycloneon November 23, a day after exiting the coastline of North Carolina."
- Lake Michigan Circle Tour(LMCT) moniker. Four bridges used by the highway have been recognized for their historic character as well."
- Pope Paul III and His Grandsons (nominated by Ceoil) Pope Paul III and His Grandsons "is an oil on canvas painting by Titian, housed in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. It was commissioned by the Farnese family and painted during Titian's visit to Rome between autumn 1545 and June 1546. It depicts the thorny relationship between Pope Paul III, born Alessandro Farnese, and two of his grandsons, Ottavio and Alessandro. Ottavio kneels to his left; Alessandro, wearing a cardinal's dress, stands behind him to his right. The painting explores the effects of ageing and the manoeuvring behind succession; Paul was at the time in his late seventies and operating within an uncertain political climate as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, came into ascendancy. Paul was not a religious man; he viewed the papacy as a means to consolidate his family's position. He appointed Alessandro as cardinal against accusations of nepotism, fathered a number of illegitimate children and spent large sums of church money collecting art and antiquities. Around 1545 Charles took political and military advantage, weakening Paul's hold on the papacy. Aware of the changing tides of influence, Titian abandoned the commission before completion, and for the next 100 years the painting languished unframed in a Farnese cellar."
- tenth President of the United States (1841–1845). He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison, and became president after his running mate's death in April 1841. Tyler's opposition to nationalism and emphatic support of states' rights endeared him to his fellow Virginians but alienated him from both major parties in Washington. A firm believer in manifest destiny, President Tyler sought to strengthen and preserve the Union through territorial expansion, most notably the annexation of the independent Republic of Texasin his last days in office."
Featured lists
Five
featured lists
were promoted this week.
Hahnchen
.- List of Eurasian nuthatch subspecies (nominated by Jimfbleak) "The Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) is a small passerine bird found throughout temperate Asia and in Europe. There are more than 20 subspecies, but the precise number depends on how small differences between populations are evaluated. This article follows the 2013 Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive treatment, which has more recognised forms than the 1996 Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers. Given the similarities between geographical forms of the Eurasian nuthatch, subspecies boundaries are somewhat fluid, although less than half as many are recognised now as in 1967."
- concrete-face rock-fill dam, Shuibuya Dam at 233 m (764 ft). In Sichuan, China is constructing the 312 m (1,024 ft) tall Shuangjiangkou Damwhich, when complete, will become the world's tallest dam."
- Satellite Award. In total, Psych received thirty-one award nominations in its eight-year tenure. The show has been recognized in terms of awards for its first episode, 'Pilot' its musical team; the series itself; and actor James Roday. Roday and Hill also lead in nominations, with nine."
- Bollywood."
- comedy-drama film directed by David O. Russell. The screenplay, written by Eric Warren Singer and Russell, is based on the FBI ABSCAM operation of the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was filmed in Boston, Worcester, and New York City. It stars an ensemble cast of Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence." It won a lot of awards, far too many to mention here - but, luckily, we have a list.
Featured pictures
Twenty-two
featured pictures
were promoted this week.
Nice, France
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as restored by former Pittsburgh native, Adam Cuerden
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- fish farm.
- National Gold Bank Noteswere issued by California banks between 1871 and 1883, and were redeemable in gold. This is a complete set of all known to still exist; $500 notes were issued, but are all believed destroyed, and $1000 notes were prepared, but never issued, and no record of them remains. As such, this is as complete of a set as is possible to achieve.
- Age of Exploration, around the time of the Spanish Armada, and dealing with the conflict between England and Spain.
- Nice, France. This picture shows one unusual feature: To avoid overhead lines in the Place Masséna and Place Garibaldi, where they would be considered an eyesore, the trams have the ability to lower their pantographand rely on their batteries in those parts of the city.
- Gas mask (created by Nikodem Nijaki, nominated by Tomer T) A Polish gas mask used in the 1960s and 1970s, beautifully photographed.
- Wars of Liberation ("Befreiungskriege" in German, hence the name of the monument), and built between 1842 and 1863, with a design by Friedrich von Gärtner with modifications after his death by Leo von Klenze, who completed its construction.
- John Lorimer Worden (created by Mathew Brady, restored and nominated by Adam Cuerden) American Civil War Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden was the commander of the Monitor, whose battle with the confederate ship Merrimack was the first battle between two ironclad ships.
- Simón Bolivarhad taken up the cause, and most of South America was free.
- Dustforce trailer (created by Hitbox Team, with music by Lifeformed;, nominated by Chris Woodrich (Crisco 1492)) A platform video game in which the player takes on the rôle of janitors, attempting to clean up a filthy world, Dustforce was widely praised for its clever, soothing design and being enjoyable despite its difficulty.
- Medang Kingdom, and located on a narrow valley surrounded by paddy fields."
- KDS444/KDS4444) A gorgeous diagram of the anatomy of a typical post-clitellum segment of an annelid.
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1902 replaced a hideous reproduction of the same map, now deleted.
- Starved Vietnamese man (created by U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service, restored by by Chris Woodrich, and nominated by GamerPro64) A shocking depiction of just one month of starvation's effects on a person who, after being captured by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War, was intentionally starved.
- Christ Pantocrator (created and nominated by Godot13) Christ Pantocrator is a specific Orthodox Christian depiction of Jesus, usually seen on domes. In it, He has a "somewhat melancholy and stern aspect", has His right hand raised in blessing, and a book, representing the Gospels, in His left hand. This depiction is from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
- Nave, Quire, and The Lady Chapel of Exeter Cathedral (created and nominated by David Iliff) A gorgeous set showing several notable architectural views from the interior of Exeter Cathedral. The cathedral was completed by about 1400, with some reconstruction work done after it was hit by a bomb in 1942, during World War II.
Featured portals
One
featured portal
was promoted this week.
- Sven Manguard) It's honestly a bit hard to describe a well-done portal, because a well-done portal is designed in such a way that one gets what one would expect based on the portal's name. And this is certainly a well-done portal, covering all varieties of literature from as much of the world as either featured articles or pictures allow.
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The effects of starvation on a Vietnamese man who had spent a single month in a Viet Cong prison, restored by Chris Woodrich. -
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