Bird down
The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers. Very young birds are clad only in down. Down is a fine thermal insulator and padding, used in goods such as jackets, bedding, pillows and sleeping bags.
Down offers excellent therma
Airport Extreme
An airport is a facility where aircraft can take off and land. At the very minimum, an airport consists of one runway (or helipad), but other common components are hangars and terminal buildings. Apart from
Robert Poydasheff
Robert S. "Bob" Poydasheff is the current Mayor of Columbus, Georgia. Prior to becoming mayor in 2003, he served on the city council from 1994 to 2002. He served with distinction in the United States Army for 24 years retiring at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, he served as chief counsel to several high-ranking officers involved in the
Authority figure
In politics, authority generally refers to the ability to make laws, independent of the power to enforce them, or the ability to permit something. People obey authority out of respect, while they obey power out of fear. For example, "the congress has the authority to pass laws" vs "the police have the power to arrest law-breakers"
Jedwabne Pogrom
The Massacre in Jedwabne or Jedwabne Pogrom was an event in July 1941, during World War II where a significant part of (or most of, according to J. T. Gross) the Jewish population of the Polish village of Jedwabne was massacred, many of them burned alive, by their non-Jewish neighbors. Evidence shows that the massacr
Cossack state
A Cossack host or Cossack voisko (Казачье войско, kazachye voysko, sometimes incorrectly translated as Cossack Army) was an administrative subdivision of Cossacks in Imperial Russia. It consisted of a certain territory with Cossack settlements that had to provide military regiments for service in the Russian Imperial Army and for border patrol. Usually the hosts were named after the regions of their dislocation. The stanitsa, or village formed the primary unit of this or
