Photo, above: Russia deployed warships off the coast of Syria to deter any military intervention by the Western states in the Arab country, a report says. Citing a Russian diplomat, The Sunday Times said that Russia has sent five landing ships, carrying military vehicles and hundreds of marines,...
Tapestry, above: Cyrus II of Persia (Old Persian: Kūruš; New Persian: کوروش بزرگ c. 600 BC or 576 BC–530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Under his rule, the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the...
Photo, above: Sir Roger Penrose with Zometool. See Hour 2, Blocks A through D: Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe by Roger Penrose; JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 17 Feb 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing by...
Photo, above: Antarctic ice cave - this is the accurate blue. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 16 Feb 2013 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Arctic Mission: 90 North by Airship and Submarine by William F. Althoff (Nov 1, 2011); 1 of 2 Saturday 16 Feb 2013 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: Arctic Mission: 90...
Photo, above: Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: 'Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those...
Photo, above: Chestnut Hill Quaker Meeting House, Police Suspect Union Thugs Behind Philly Arson See: Hour 1, Block D: Jillian Kay Melchior JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Edward Hayes, Esq. Hour One Thursday 14 Feb 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: David M Drucker, Roll Call, in re: Sen Hagel's "delay" (...
Photo, above: World's tallest building, coming to Khazar Island in Baku, Azerbaijan; see: Hour 2, Block C: Peter Savodnik, “Azerbaijan Is Rich. Now It Wants to Be Famous.” JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Wednesday 13 Feb 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Stephen Yates, Chief Executive Officer, D.C....
Photo, above: Help name two of Pluto’s five moons! See: Robert Zimmerman, behindtheblack.com, Hour 4, Block C JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One State of the Union speech Tuesday 12 Feb 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: John Batchelor in re: SOTU. Tuesday 12 Feb 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: John Batchelor in...
Photo, above: North Korea has allegedly been placed under martial law and its ruler Kim Jong-un has ordered the army to “prepare for war”, a South Korean daily claims. The North Korean leader issued a series of orders to his top defense and security officials on Saturday to conclude preparations...
[Photo, above: Northrop, Henry Davenport Charming Bible Stories (Philadelphia, PA: J.H. Moore Company, 1893)] JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 11 Feb 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Cain's Legacy: Liberating Siblings from a Lifetime of Rage, Shame, Secrecy, and Regret by Jeanne Safer Ph.D.; 1 of 2...