Angela Merkel became the first German leader to walk through the imposing steel gates marking the entrance to Germany's original concentration camp in Dachau on Tuesday, touring the memorial as controversy continued to rage over the timing of the historic visit during her election campaign.
The timing though of that historic rally was odd: elections were not scheduled until 2013 and there was no political crisis brewing to suggest an early election may be on the cards.
As if the numeric symmetry weren't enough, there's one big historic coincidence involved in the cabin timing.
We tested this hypothesis by investigating historic trends in magnitudes, durations and timing of the annual peak flows of rivers that drain the Rocky Mountains around the North American hydrographic apex, the source for rivers flowing to the Pacific, Arctic (including Hudson Bay and Atlantic Oceanss.
With the Los Angeles resident recently relocating to the Catalan capital for another season and the annual Sonar Festival kicking off this week, it's perfect timing to see the historic Spanish metropolis in a whole new, darker light.
Characterizing the timing, severity, and agents of historic forest disturbances is critical to developing management and conservation strategies based on natural processes.
The ministers spoke about the "blessed" visit and the "historic" opportunity, but offered few specifics about its timing, meaning or content.
But with the historic events of next week on our mind, its timing and resonance is extra sticky.
The timing had additional significance as the historic date of the traditional Merina Kingdom fandroana new year's festival, historically celebrated by a ritual period of anarchy followed by the Merina sovereign's reestablishment of order.
Our aim is to estimate the timing, pattern and magnitude of the historic population decline using different methods to detect past demographic changes.
