CATCHING THE WORLD LINES

The Battle of Siget from August 6 to September 7, 1566. In the Habsburg-Ottoman war from 1551 to 1562, the Ottomans besieged Siget (Hungarian: *Szigetvár)* in the spring of 1556, but the defenders under the command of Mark Stančić (Hungarian: Horváth Stancsics Márk) managed to defend the fort. In August 1561, Marko Stančić died, and in September of the same year Count Nikola IV Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi Miklós) was appointed as the new captain of Siget, at his own request. The conflict between the Ottoman vassal and the pretender to the Hungarian throne, Duke of Transylvania Sigismund Zapolya and the Czech, Hungarian and Croatian king Maximilian II. Habsburg, and the failure of the siege of Malta in 1565, influenced the decision of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to break the truce concluded in 1562. At the age of 72 he undertakes the 13th campaign for his 45-year reign. The victory of the Croatian ban Petar Erdody near Obreska on September 10, 1565, over the army of the Bosnian Sandj...

While most consumers of World War II history are familiar with Malta and the epic struggle the small island endured, few are aware of the similar onslaught conducted against the nearby islands of Pantellaria and Lampedusa. Located to the west of Malta between Sicily and the Tunisian coast, these Italian-controlled islands largely escaped Allied attention for the first three years of the Mediterranean conflict, but this abruptly changed in the late spring of 1943. As Allied authorities finalised their plans for Operation *Husky*, the invasion of Sicily, they determined that a valuable prerequisite to this undertaking was the seizure of Pantellaria and Lampedusa as both islands were ideally positioned to provide the Axis with early warning of the pending Allied invasion. To this end, both islands had airfields, radar installations and observation posts that increased the threat of detection for transiting Allied forces. Likewise, Pantellaria had a large underground hanger that was capabl...

Prostitution and life of hookers in Victorian society... Prostitution in Victorian England was a part of everyday life for people from every class, ethnicity, and gender. Prostitution became a major concern and a focal point for social reformers in the 19th century. No one knows for certain, but there were somewhere between 8,000 and 80,000 prostitutes in London during the Victorian Age. It is generally accepted that most of these women found themselves in prostitution due to economic necessity. There were three attitudes towards prostitution — condemnation, regulation, and reformation. Prostitution has been around for decades. It was around during the Ancient Rome Empire and it was certainly in the 1930s during the Great Depression. On October 29, of 1929 the stock market crashed which was the official beginning of the Great Depression. From there banks and people started losing their money putting people into poverty and out of jobs. During this madness there was one occupation that ...

 @ Nairaland : Lady Who Uses Cassava As Her S£x Toy Lands In Hospital - Romance - Nairaland. Just as reported by Ibe Caleb on social media; The lady decided to use CASSAVA as a Love Machine. She carved the mouth to the desired shape.  Though she had been using it but  while using it on herself (recently) the cassava went deep in and got stuck. She started bleeding and had to cry out for help.

Ghost In The Mirror  Episode 6  ... Grandma's corpse was kept in the mortuary as instructed by Dad. Her room was also under lock and key by God knows who.  On the third day very early in the morning, Mom received a call from Dad, telling him that some people were already at the mortuary to pick up Grandma's corpse.  "Who are they?!" Mom screamed all of a sudden. I was in bed but I had woken up. As soon as I heard Mom's scream, I jerked up and dashed out of the room into hers. The call had already ended but the phone was still in her hand which was suspended in the air. She raised her head as soon as I opened the door, while her mouth was still agape. "Mom, I heard you scream. What is it?" I quizzed sitting beside her, and then she told me what Dad said.  I was still with her in her room when we started to hear chants coming from outside the compound, and my uncle who was Dad's younger brother had already left the house. So there were no very close ad...

Ghost In The Mirror  Episode 5  ... "Is there nobody at home?" Grandma screamed again. "Someone should please bring me a cup of cold water" She added. I almost passed out on hearing Grandma's voice, I was filled with great fe@r and shock. I looked back swiftly, rushed to the door and then twisted the door handle. I was about dashing out when Aunty Ibinabo spoke again. "Jeffery please, save me" She said stretching forth one of her arms. I had already stepped out, but my hand was still on the door handle. And all of a sudden I saw the linen lying on the floor. I didn't know whether to hurry up and pick it up or just dash out of the room like that.  "But, what if Grandma comes in and finds the mirror uncovered? Won't that be a big pr0blem and tr0uble?" I soliloquized with a hand under my chin. I turned swiftly looking left and right, rushed back in, picked up the linen from the floor and was about covering the mirror with it when Aunty I...

Ghost In The Mirror  Episode 4  ... I jerked up from sleep all of a sudden, turned swiftly and started to look around my room. I was trembling in fear, that I couldn't stand on my feet. I grabbed my phone all of a sudden, flashed the corners of the room with it's torchlight. I managed to get up, walked toward the window, and then I shut the open window all of a sudden with my face kept aside. I was too frightened to look outside. I walked back to the chair and then sat on it, waiting for morning to come cos I couldn't just wait to tell Mom what I heard again this time, and about the dream I had. But that night was the longest night ever. I would check the time, after seeing 1:05 am, I would check back after sometime and would see 1:07 am. The time kept crawling and crawling, till it was 6am. I jumped up as soon as I heard Mom's voice and rushed out into her room. I opened the door and went in after knocking, and I asked Mom to come that I needed to show her something. I...

Ghost In The Mirror  Episode 3  ... We returned in after our search. I sat alone on my bed wondering why Mama would turn aunty Ibinabo into a g0at. The more I thought about it, the more confused I got. I then heaved a deep sigh and laid flat on the bed, on my back with my gaze fixed. After a few minutes, I began to hear grandma's voice from the outside. I hurried up, wore my slippers and was rushing out of the room when Mom and I bumped into each other in the passage. "Your grandma is back, let's go outside" She whispered and then grabbed my hand, and we went outside together. "Ah, Mama, you're back" Mom said with a grin, and at the same time scratching the back of her head. "My dear, I am back o. I strolled out to see a friend " Grandma said leaning her back on a wooden chair outside. "That's great. Erm... Jeff, kindly get Mama a cup of water" I turned swiftly to go get it when Mama said I shouldn't bother, and that she wasn...

Ghost In The Mirror  Episode 2  ... "Ibinabo!" Mama continued. "Eat them, this is what you will continue eating as long as I live. Maybe whenever I'm broke, I might consider selling you off but just remain this way first" I started to shiver, and didn't even know how to return quietly to my room without her noticing my presence. I started to sweat profusely, but I was also catching cold. My stomach started to rumble too, I became so pressed that I needed to use the to!let. I left the entrance quietly, taking a step or two backward, paused for a second, and then retreated into my room. I haven't been so terr!ffied all my life. I rushed into the to!let, sat there for a few seconds and also, trying to comprehend what I had just witnessed but the urge to use the toilet had vanished. I returned to the room and started to pace up and down, then I managed to sit on the edge of the bed. "How is it possible? That, Aunty Ibinabo is the black g0at?" I ask...

Ghost In The Mirror. Episode 1  My uncle's wife once traveled to the village from the city to take care of my s!ck grandmother, and she never returned. Like, she went miss!ng in the village. My Dad, and uncle went from the city to the village in search of her, They even reported to the local vigilante men but nothing could be done. Even Grandma said that it was the first day she arrived in the village she last saw her. That she left the house and never returned. Months and years went by, but still no news of her. Her children who were just kids when she left are now approaching adulthood. Their father took care of them all by himself. After like 10 years of no news of her, we went to the village one Christmas. I hadn't visited the village for 11 years, and I was just 8 the last time I did. So Dad,  Mom,  my siblings, and I visited after a long time. Grandma had a female black goat. The first day we arrived at the village in grandma's house, it stood still staring at me fr...