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"Indian Camp" is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway (pictured). The story was first published in 1924 in Ford Madox Ford's literary magazine Transatlantic Review in Paris and republished by Boni & Liveright in 1925 in the American edition of Hemingway's first volume of short stories In Our Time. The first of Hemingway's stories to feature the semi-autobiographical character Nick Adams—a child in this story—"Indian Camp" is told from his point-of-view. In the story, Nick Adams' father, a country doctor, has been summoned to an Indian camp to deliver a baby. At the camp, the father is forced to perform an emergency caesarean section using a jack-knife, with Nick as his assistant. Afterward, the woman's husband is discovered dead, having fatally slit his throat during the operation. The story is important because it shows the emergence of Hemingway's understated style and use of counterpoint. An initiation story, "Indian Camp" includes themes such as childbirth and fear of death, which permeate much of Hemingway's subsequent work. When the story was published, the quality of writing was noted and praised; scholars consider "Indian Camp" an important story in the Hemingway canon. (more...) Recently featured: Marojejy National Park – Battle of Valcour Island – Fridtjof Nansen Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Yulia Tymoshenko Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (pictured) is sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of abuse of office during a 2009 gas dispute with Russia. Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims share the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to macroeconomics. The Civic Platform, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, retains a plurality in the Polish parliamentary election. Twenty-five people are killed during a violent clash between Coptic protesters and the Egyptian Army at a demonstration in Cairo. France and Belgium agree to break up and partially nationalize Dexia, Belgium's largest bank. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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October 13 1710 – Queen Anne's War: The French surrender ending the Siege of Port Royal gave the British permanent possession of Nova Scotia. 1773 – French astronomer Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy, an interacting, grand-design spiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 23 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici. 1843 – B'nai B'rith, the oldest continually operating Jewish service organization in the world, was founded in New York City. 1917 – At least 30,000 people in the Cova da Iria fields near Fátima, Portugal, witnessed the "Miracle of the Sun". 2010 – A live television audience of over 1 billion viewers watched as 33 miners were rescued (pictured) following a cave-in at the San José Mine in the Atacama Desert of Chile. More anniversaries: October 12 – October 13 – October 14 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now October 13, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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A cinder cone and lava flows from various eruptions on the flank of Mauna Loa, the world's largest shield volcano in terms of volume and area covered, and one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mauna Loa has probably been erupting for at least 700,000 years, and may have emerged above sea level about 400,000 years ago. Its magma comes from the Hawaii hotspot, which is the source of the Hawaiian Islands. The Mauna Loa Observatory and the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory are both located near the mountain's summit.

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