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The Sun Also Rises is a 1926 novel written by American author Ernest Hemingway about a group of American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of Fermín in Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights. An early and enduring modernist novel, it received mixed reviews upon publication. The novel was published in the US in 1926 and in 1927 in England with the title of Fiesta. The basis for the novel was Hemingway's 1925 trip to Spain. The setting was unique and memorable, showing the seedy café life in Paris and the excitement of the Pamplona festival, with a middle section devoted to descriptions of a fishing trip in the Pyrenees. Also unique was Hemingway's spare writing style, combined with his restrained use of description to convey characterizations and action, which became known as the iceberg theory. The characters are based on real people (who are pictured) and the action is based on real events. (more...) Recently featured: John Brownlee as Attorney-General of Alberta – Alexander of Lincoln – Theoren Fleury Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Albert II, Prince of Monaco The wedding of Albert II, Prince of Monaco (pictured), and Charlene Wittstock takes place at the Prince's Palace in Monaco. Astronomers announce the discovery of ULAS J1120+0641, the most distant quasar yet found. The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, the world's longest cross-sea bridge, opens in Shandong, People's Republic of China. The 1,318 km (819 mi) Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway opens after 39 months of construction. Amid heavy protests, the Greek parliament passes austerity measures to obtain the latest tranche of a €110 billion EFSF loan. Christine Lagarde is appointed Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, beginning 5 July. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
On this day...
July 2: Feast day of Martinian and Processus (Roman Catholic Church) 706 – In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang interred the final bodies in the Qianling Mausoleum, which remained unopened until the 1960s. 1644 – The combined forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliamentarians defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Marston Moor, one of the decisive encounters of the English Civil War, near York. 1881 – U.S. President James A. Garfield was fatally shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington, D.C. 1950 – A mentally ill Buddhist monk set fire to the Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji (restoration pictured), destroying what is now one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan. 2000 – In the Mexican general election, Vicente Fox was elected to be the first President of Mexico from an opposition party in 71 years. More anniversaries: July 1 – July 2 – July 3 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now July 2, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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A map of the native range of the four subspecies of painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), a pond turtle found in slow-moving fresh waters in North America.

Eastern (C. p. picta)

Midland (C. p. marginata)

Southern (C. p. dorsalis)

Western (C. p. bellii)

Intergrade mixtures (large areas only)

Mix of eastern and midland

Mix of eastern and southern

Mix of midland and western

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