Photo, above: The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova (Russian: Автомат Калашникова). It is also known as Kalashnikov, AK or, in Russian slang, Kalash. The...
Photo, above: This image is an illustration from The Soldier in Our Civil War and depicts a New Year’s Contraband Ball at Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the siege at Vicksburg. On July 6, 2011, James Taylor, co-founder of the Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society, was a guest speaker...
Images, above: Greater Germania's ancient families' coats of arms, from what is now Poland. See Hour 4, A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich by Christopher B. Krebs JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 21 December 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Fatal...
Photo, above: The Battle of Chaldiran (Persian: چالدران ; Turkish: Çaldıran) occurred on 23 August 1514 and ended with a victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire. As a result, the Ottomans gained immediate control over eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq. The battle, however, was just...
Photo, above: Antarctic dollar. See Simon Constable, Dow Jones, on holiday gifts for the money-minded JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents. Hour One Thursday 19 December 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board, in re: David...
Photo, above: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, and Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space Show. Hour One Wednesday 19 December 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Toshi Yoshihara, A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies at the Naval War College, in re: Liaoning steams southward...
Photo, above: Life on Europa? This moon of Jupiter might have life in a subsurface ocean. Water from a subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon, Europa, could reach the surface through seeps or erupt from hot water vents. This water would reveal the chemistry of the subsurface ocean and may contain...
Photo, above: Geysers of vapor—a couple of hundred kilometers tall and possibly erupting at supersonic speeds—occasionally spew from the south polar regions of Europa, one of Jupiter’s ice-covered moons, a new study suggests. See: Hour 3, Block D, Sid Perkins. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday ...
Photo, above: Hôtel de Crillon, one of three restaurants: ". . . le restaurant Les Ambassadeurs représente le raffinement et le goût à la française. Le chef de cuisines allie tradition et modernité." Hotel closed for renovation till 2015. See Hour 2, Block A: French Kids Eat Everything: How Our...
Photo, above: Combat, 24 August 1944: "French troops enter the liberated capital" "after four years of hope and struggle." "DeGaulle will be in Paris today [In Rennes,] his car was covered with flowers by the population" "A day of battles and a night of enthusiasm in free Paris." "Lyon and...