On December 2, 2024, the Richardson City Council appointed eleven members to a Charter Review Commission, as required by law every ten years. Details on the 2014 amendments can be read in "Charter Amendments: Vote Yes AND No".
Let's examine the new ommission members for 2024.
"Temples in ruins
in the Anatolian sun.
Stone's secret persists."
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| From 2024 05 10 Hattusha |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from the ruins of Hattusa, in central Turkey. Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age (c. 3300 — c. 1200 BCE). The remains of at least thirty-one temples survive at Hattusa. The Green Stone is a roughly cubic block of nephrite standing in the remains of the Great Temple. It is believed to have had some religious use or purpose, but what that may have been is unknown. The local inhabitants call the stone a "wish stone" and attribute to it magical wish-granting properties. It's amazing to me how little information remains of one of the world's largest empires of antiquity. And how people, even today, use magic to explain phenomena they don't understand.
Bonus photo after the jump.
"Ascend marble steps
To Atatürk's resting place,
Eternal repose."
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| From 2024 05 09 Ankara |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from the Anitkabir, the mausoleum complex in Ankara, Turkey, containing the final resting place of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.
Bonus photos after the jump.
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