the Sword in the Stone of Galgano Guidotti stands as a fascinating blend of history and legend. The sword is embedded in rock, a testament to the story of Galgano Guidotti, a 12th Century AD, knight who, after receiving visions from the Archangel Michael, renounced his violent ways.

In 1180, as a symbol of his spiritual transformation, he drove his sword into a stone at Monte Siepi, where it miraculously remained. Galgano died a year later and was canonized in 1185 AD, and the Montesiepi Chapel was eventually built around the sword to honor his legacy.

For years, skeptics questioned the authenticity of the story, but tests have confirmed that the sword dates back to 12th Century AD, aligning with the timeline of Galgano's life. This fascinating piece of history is not just a relic but also a part of local folklore, with legends surrounding its origins and mystical nature. The sword has become a symbol of faith and divine intervention for many, with its remarkable preservation inspiring both awe and reverence.

One of the most intriguing aspects of tale is a local legend involving a thief who attempted to steal the sword but was killed by wolves, leaving only his hands, which are said to be preserved nearby. Whether fact or folklore, the Sword in the Stone continues to captivate visitors and historians alike, standing as a powerful reminder of Galgano's transformation and the rich tapestry of stories that weave through Tuscany's past.

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The Throne of Charlemagne (German: Karlsthron or Aachener Königsthron, "Royal Throne of Aachen") is a throne erected in the 790s by Charlemagne, as one of the fittings of his palatine chapel in Aachen (today's Aachen Cathedral) and placed in the Octagon of the church. Until 1531, it served as the coronation throne of the King of the Romans, being used at a total of thirty-one coronations. As a result, especially in the eleventh century, it was referred to as the totius regni archisolium ("Archstool of the Whole Realm"). Charlemagne himself was not crowned on this throne, but instead in the Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome by Pope Leo III in 800 AD.

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Der Eifeler Journalist Christian Esser erhält die „Presse-Ente“ 2023.

Seit 2022 arbeitet er als Chefreporter@RTL News. Foto: RTL/Frank Friese

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Erster Juni 2023: Die Gewerkschaft „DJV-Aachen“ im Deutschen Journalisten-Verband vergibt jährlich eine „Presse-Ente“ für journalistische Arbeit. Darüber hinaus wird eine „Ente“ an eine Persönlichkeit oder Einrichtung der Region verliehen, die im vergangenen Jahr im Interesse der Öffentlichkeit stand. Preisträger 2023 sind der Journalist Christian Esser und der Rap-Musiker Mohamed El Moussaoui, besser bekannt als MoTrip. Mohamed El Moussaoui wurde 1988 in Beirut geboren. Er wuchs in Aachen am Blücherplatz auf und entdeckte schon früh die Liebe zur Musik. Sein größter Erfolg ist die Single „So wie Du bist“, die mehrere Wochen die Charts dominierte. MoTrip engagiert sich für die Lebenshilfe Aachen und besuchte erst kürzlich den Libanon, um auf das vom Krieg zerstörte Land aufmerksam zu machen. Er lebt mit seiner Familie in Aachen-Brand. Laudator ist Steffen Johr von der #LA Lebenshilfe Aachen (L.A.).

Quelle: https://www.aachener-zeitung.de/region-nrw/aachener-rapper-motrip-erhalt-presse-ente/3758975.html

Das Neustädter Tor, auch als Stendaler Tor bezeichnet, in Tangermünde, einer Stadt im Südosten des Landkreises Stendal im nördlichen Sachsen-Anhalt, ist ein charakteristisches und unverwechselbares Bauwerk der norddeutschen Backsteingotik. Der rechteckige Turm wurde um 1300 errichtet. Der Rundturm und der Mittelbau entstanden um 1450 und flankieren einen spitzbogigen Durchfahrtsbau. Der Rundturm ist mit einem auskragenden Wehrgang versehen. Die reichere Gestaltung des Rundturms, des Mittelbaus und des Aufsatzes am Rechteckbau entspricht der Bauzeit um 1450 und wurde vermutlich durch Stephan Buxtehude vermittelt, auf den das Uenglinger Tor in Stendal und das Elbtor in Werben zurückgehen. Der Rundturm ist verziert durch Glasurziegel in spiral- oder zickzackförmiger Anordnung, durch einen Formsteinfries mit einer Darstellung des Medusenhaupts und variiertem Blendenschmuck.

Röyksopp are a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø formed in 1998. The duo consists of childhood friends Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland who formed Röyksopp during the Bergen Wave. After experimenting with different genres of electronic music, the band solidified their place in the electronica scene with their 2001 debut album, Melody A.M., released on the Wall of Sound record label. Röyksopp has consistently experimented with various genres pertaining to electronic music. Stylistically, the band makes use of various genres, including ambient, house music and synth-pop. The band is also known for its elaborate concert performances, which often feature eccentric outfits. Since their 1998 debut, the duo has gained critical acclaim and popular success around the world. To date, Röyksopp has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, won seven Spellemannprisen awards, performed worldwide tours, and produced albums that have topped the charts in several countries, including four consecutive number-one albums in their native country.

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"Now: in basic terms you form your reality, privately and en masse—through your beliefs, of course, and those beliefs cause you to organize your psychic world in certain fashions."

"You use such belief organizations to concentrate upon certain data and ignore other, so that consciously and unconsciously you organize inner and outer stimuli so that it makes sense according to your beliefs, and forms therefore a more or less dependable framework in which action and response are possible."

"History is written according to the present beliefs of a historian in his time. As you know, your western world followed its own mixture of Christianity, Darwinism, and Freudian psychology. Because those ideas still are largely in the mainstream of your society, your television news, newspapers, and magazines are invisibly slanted. The news is invisibly organized to fit certain patterns, so that when you read or hear it, it carries the seemingly indelible mark, confirming the basic beliefs of the culture."

"I am not speaking strictly of political parties or political newspapers, or of any specialized journals or magazines, but of the overall pattern displayed by all of your mass communications. You can see easily, however, the highly specialized, intensified view of the world that is apparent in scientific journals. These are in sharp conflict with, for example, religious journals. If you look you can easily become aware of these specialized worlds."

"Regardless of these differences, the overall picture is largely the same: you cannot trust yourself, your body, the natural world. You are everywhere presented with the evidence. The headlines speak of problems between nations, mass and private crime, illness. The misuse of animals, man’s stupidity and cruelty, so it seems that the species is nearly insane."

"Let us look at the invisible organization behind such material, however. I do not want to shock you, but there are quite as many cases of honest heroism as there are crimes committed. There are patterns of highly constructive change that never show, as far as your media is concerned. There are as many people recovering from diseases, even by themselves, as those who succumb. There are compensating, creative earth patterns occurring in terms of energy, but these do not show."

"If you do not understand this, then you will take your newspapers and other news unthinkingly, thinking that a fairly adequate picture of world events is being portrayed—a picture that only deepens the negative feelings that are behind the invisible organization of such data. In such a way you miss any significant evidence to the contrary."

"Privately, then, you will to some extent or another have to take up defenses against that reality. As long as you think that your physical information about the world, through newspapers and so forth, presents a fairly adequate, objective view of events, then all of the evidence to the contrary will literally be invisible, for you will continue to organize your view of the world in the old way. You will think, for example, when a story about misuse of political power is concerned “That’s only one story. How many more politicians do the same thing?”"

"For the newspapers also act in a suggestive fashion, further programming your expectations. In a way you organize your physical experience as you do your inner life, through association, through emotional association. I am not simple speaking of sensationalism in newspapers or on TV. When you read the news or hear it, however, because of cultural beliefs you are programmed to behave in a certain fashion, in a fashion that validates, seemingly, the concepts of Freud and Darwin, and the most unfortunate aspects of Christian pessimism."

"This is not done with any ill intent. Individuals collect the news and write it. To many people, some kind of organization, even one that is wobbly, is far better than facing the task of setting up an entirely new view of reality. The inner structure of most of your organizations and institutions are based on those old precepts. Individual lives have been constructed along those frameworks."