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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_From_the_Barrage

Live From the Barrage

Live From the Barrage

English: live from the barrage, queens, NY

Live From the Barrage is a combination music, call-in, and comedy Internet radio show/podcast hosted independently by John Houlihan since 2012, in a bar in a garage in Queens, New York. The show's slogan is: "it’s Friday night and we’re in fuggin' Queens". The show began on livestream 2012-2015 and then Radio NOPE from 2015-Present. The format is largely talk based, ranging from music, sports, national events & more with both call-in and in-person guests. Founded in 2012, Live From The Barrage broadcasts live at 8PM Eastern each week drawing regular listeners from around the world. Since launching the show has aired over 300 episodes and has hosted celebrity guests such as Marc Maron, DMC of

Live From the Barrage is a combination music, call-in, and comedy Internet radio show/podcast hosted independently by John Houlihan since 2012, in a bar in a garage in Queens, New York. The show's slogan is: "it’s Friday night and we’re in fuggin' Queens". The show began on livestream (now: Vimeo Livestream) 2012-2015 (episodes 1-118) and then Radio NOPE from 2015-Present (119-Present). The format is largely talk based, ranging from music, sports, national events & more with both call-in and in-person guests. Founded in 2012, Live From The Barrage broadcasts live at 8PM Eastern each week drawing regular listeners from around the world. Since launching the show has aired over 300 episodes and has hosted celebrity guests such as Marc Maron, DMC of (Run DMC, Billy Bragg, Steve Albini, Mike Watt, Tom Scharpling, Jon Wurster, C. J. Ramone , Pussy Riot, Eric Bachmann, & many more. The show is noted for its irreverent tone and occasional forays into Insult comedy and a roast like atmosphere. The interplay and frequent frustration between the host and the other on-air personalities being a key part of the show. The shows feature a live weekly game hosted by producer Ryan Collison, which often involve the guests and the listeners. It also features a live news read by newsman and producer Tommy Rockstar, that is frequently interrupted by wisecracks and (frequently inebriated) commentary. The show has been featured favorably in the New York Timesand on FOX5 News in New York. Barrage has listeners and callers around the world, from the United States and Canada, to as far afield as the U.K., Germany and Australia. Regular callers and in-studio guests of note have included Steve Albini, Matt Sweeney, Justin Foley of the Austerity Program and many others.

Live From the Barrage

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halder,_Netherlands

Halder, Netherlands

Halder, Netherlands

English: photo Kasteeltje Nieuw-Herlaar This is an image of rijksmonument number 33630

Het gerestaureerde kasteeltje Herlaar bij Halder

Halder is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Sint-Michielsgestel, between the towns of Sint-Michielsgestel and Vught.

Halder is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Sint-Michielsgestel, between the towns of Sint-Michielsgestel and Vught.

Het gerestaureerde kasteeltje Herlaar bij Halder

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Edwards

Duncan Edwards

Early life

Duncan Edwards / Early life

Duncan Edwards was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s, playing 177 matches for the club. He was noted for his physical strength, toughness, and level of authority on the pitch, and has been ranked amongst the toughest players of all time. One of eight players who died as a result of the Munich air disaster, he survived initially but succumbed to his injuries in hospital two weeks later. Born in Woodside, Dudley, Edwards signed for Manchester United as a teenager and went on to become the youngest player to play in the Football League First Division and at the time the youngest England player since the Second World War, going on to play 18 times for his country at top level. In a professional career of less than five years he helped United to win two Football League championships and two FA Charity Shields, and reach the semi-finals of the European Cup.

Edwards was born on 1 October 1936 at 23 Malvern Crescent in the Woodside district of Dudley. He was the first child of Gladstone and Sarah Anne Edwards and their only child to survive to adulthood, his younger sister Carol Anne dying in 1947 at the age of 14 weeks. His cousin, three years his elder, was Dennis Stevens, who also went on to become a professional footballer. The Edwards family later moved to 31 Elm Road on the Priory Estate, also in Dudley. Edwards attended Priory Primary School from 1941 to 1948, and Wolverhampton Street Secondary School from 1948 to 1952. He played football for his school as well as for Dudley Schools, Worcestershire and Birmingham and District teams, and also represented his school at morris dancing. He was selected to compete in the National Morris and Sword Dancing Festival, but was also offered a trial for the English Schools Football Association's under-14 team, which fell on the same day, and opted to attend the latter. Edwards impressed the selectors and was chosen to play for the English Schools XI, making his debut against the equivalent team from Wales at Wembley Stadium on 1 April 1950. He was soon appointed captain of the team, a position he held for two seasons. By this stage, he had already attracted the attention of major clubs, with Manchester United scout Jack O'Brien reporting back to manager Matt Busby in 1948 that he had "today seen a 12-year-old schoolboy who merits special watching. His name is Duncan Edwards, of Dudley." Joe Mercer, who was then coaching the England schools team, urged Busby to sign Edwards, who was also attracting interest from Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa. Edwards signed for United as an amateur on 2 June 1952, but accounts of when he signed his first professional contract vary. Some reports state that it occurred on his 17th birthday in October 1953, but others contend that it took place a year earlier. Those accounts that favour the earlier date usually state that a club official, either Busby himself or coach Bert Whalley, arrived at the Edwards family home soon after midnight to secure the youngster's signature as early as possible, but other reports claim that this occurred when he signed his amateur contract. Wolves manager Stan Cullis was indignant at missing out on a highly touted local youngster and accused United of improperly offering financial inducements to Edwards or his family, but Edwards maintained that he had always wanted to play for the Lancashire team. To guard against the possibility that he might not make a success of his football career, he also began an apprenticeship as a carpenter.

Duncan Edwards' signature

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veitsh%C3%B6chheim

Veitshöchheim

Attractions

Veitshöchheim / Attractions

English: detail of castle Veitshöchheim near Würzburg Deutsch: Balustrade mit Putten und Vasen des Schlosses Veitshöchheim

Veitshöchheim is a municipality in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 6 kilometres northwest of Würzburg. Veitshöchheim has a population just under 10,000.

Statuary in the gardens at Schloss Veitshöchheim

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemispherical_photography

Hemispherical photography

Hemispherical photography

English: Creative Commons attribution "photo by S.B. Weiss". Hemispherical photograph of winter roosting habitat at Monarch Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Hemispherical photography, also known as canopy photography, is a technique to estimate solar radiation and characterize plant canopy geometry using photographs taken looking upward through an extreme wide-angle lens or a fisheye lens. Typically, the viewing angle approaches or equals 180-degrees, such that all sky directions are simultaneously visible. The resulting photographs record the geometry of visible sky, or conversely the geometry of sky obstruction by plant canopies or other near-ground features. This geometry can be measured precisely and used to calculate solar radiation transmitted through plant canopies, as well as to estimate aspects of canopy structure such as leaf area index. Detailed treatments of field and analytical methodology have been provided by Paul Rich and Robert Pearcy.

Hemispherical photography, also known as canopy photography, is a technique to estimate solar radiation and characterize plant canopy geometry using photographs taken looking upward through an extreme wide-angle lens or a fisheye lens (Rich 1990). Typically, the viewing angle approaches or equals 180-degrees, such that all sky directions are simultaneously visible. The resulting photographs record the geometry of visible sky, or conversely the geometry of sky obstruction by plant canopies or other near-ground features. This geometry can be measured precisely and used to calculate solar radiation transmitted through (or intercepted by) plant canopies, as well as to estimate aspects of canopy structure such as leaf area index. Detailed treatments of field and analytical methodology have been provided by Paul Rich (1989, 1990) and Robert Pearcy (1989).

Hemispherical photograph used to study microclimate of winter roosting habitat at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponta_Gar%C3%A7a

Ponta Garça

Ponta Garça

Português: Ponta Garça, Ilha de São Miguel, Açores

Partial view of the parish of Ponta Garça, considered the longest parish on the island of São Miguel

Ponta Garça is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,547, in an area of 29.35 km². It is the largest parish in Vila Franca do Campo.

Ponta Garça is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,547, in an area of 29.35 km². It is the largest parish in Vila Franca do Campo.

Partial view of the parish of Ponta Garça, considered the longest parish on the island of São Miguel

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_routes_of_City_of_Buffalo_streetcars

List of routes of City of Buffalo streetcars

List of routes of City of Buffalo streetcars

English: A map displaying the street car and bus routes in Buffalo, NY in 1935. Routes of City of Buffalo Streetcars

The Pan-American Exposition was held from May 1 through November 2, 1901.

Buffalo Street Car and Bus Guide Oct 1935

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loppers

Loppers

Loppers

Deutsch: Astschere von GardenaEnglish: Gardena loppers

Loppers are a type of scissors used for pruning twigs and small branches, like pruning shears with very long handles. They are the largest type of manual garden cutting tool. They are usually operated with two hands, and with handles typically between 30 centimetres and 91 centimetres long to give good leverage. Some have telescopic handles which can be extended to a length of two metres, in order to increase leverage and to reach high branches on a tree. Loppers are mainly used for the pruning of tree branches with diameters less than 5 centimetres. Some of the newer lopper designs have a gear or compound lever system which increases the force applied to the blades, or a ratchet drive.

Loppers are a type of scissors used for pruning twigs and small branches, like pruning shears with very long handles. They are the largest type of manual garden cutting tool. They are usually operated with two hands, and with handles typically between 30 centimetres (12 in) and 91 centimetres (36 in) long to give good leverage. Some have telescopic handles which can be extended to a length of two metres, in order to increase leverage and to reach high branches on a tree. Loppers are mainly used for the pruning of tree branches with diameters less than 5 centimetres (2 in). Some of the newer lopper designs have a gear or compound lever system which increases the force applied to the blades, or a ratchet drive.

Bypass loppers with double curved blades

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Taylor

Ike Taylor

Ike Taylor

English: Ike Taylor, a player on the National Football League.

Ivan "Ike" Taylor is a former American football cornerback. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft, and spent his entire 12-year career in Pittsburgh. He played college football at University of Louisiana at Lafayette He was formerly an analyst for NFL Now and other shows on the NFL Network.

Ivan "Ike" Taylor (born May 5, 1980) is a former American football cornerback. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft, and spent his entire 12-year career in Pittsburgh. He played college football at University of Louisiana at Lafayette He was formerly an analyst for NFL Now and other shows on the NFL Network.

Taylor with the Steelers in 2020

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Chewings

Charles Chewings

Charles Chewings

English: Charles Chewings, Australian geologist Source:

Charles Chewings was an Australian geologist and anthropologist.

Charles Chewings (16 April 1859 – 9 June 1937) was an Australian geologist and anthropologist.

Charles Chewings

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C5%9Fak%C5%9Fehir

Başakşehir

Başakşehir

English: Başakşehir 20170825

Başakşehir is one of the 39 second-level districts in Greater Istanbul, Turkey. The population of Başakşehir is 311,095 as of 2012. It is in the European part of Istanbul.

Başakşehir is one of the 39 second-level districts in Greater Istanbul, Turkey. The population of Başakşehir is 311,095 as of 2012. It is in the European part of Istanbul.

Başakşehir from air

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Blitzstein

Marc Blitzstein

Life and career

Marc Blitzstein / Life and career

English: Photograph of Marc Blitzstein and the cast of the Federal Theatre Project production of The Cradle Will Rock

Marcus Samuel Blitzstein, was an American composer, lyricist, and librettist. He won national attention in 1937 when his pro-union musical The Cradle Will Rock, directed by Orson Welles, was shut down by the Works Progress Administration. He is known for The Cradle Will Rock and for his Off-Broadway translation/adaptation of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. His works also include the opera Regina, an adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes; the Broadway musical Juno, based on Seán O'Casey's play Juno and the Paycock; and No for an Answer. He completed translation/adaptations of Brecht's and Weill's musical play Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and of Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children with music by Paul Dessau. Blitzstein also composed music for films, such as Surf and Seaweed and The Spanish Earth, and he contributed two songs to the original 1960 production of Hellman's play Toys in the Attic.

Blitzstein was born in Philadelphia on March 2, 1905, to affluent parents. Blitzstein's musical gifts were apparent at an early age; he had performed a Mozart piano concerto by the time he was seven. He went on to study piano with Alexander Siloti (a pupil of Tchaikovsky and Liszt), and made his professional concerto debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Liszt's E-flat Piano Concerto when he was 21. After studying composition at the Curtis Institute of Music, he went to Europe to continue his studies in Berlin with Arnold Schoenberg (with whom he did not get on), and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger (with whom he did). Despite his later political beliefs, he was, in the early years of his career, a self-proclaimed and unrepentant artistic snob, who firmly believed that true art was only for the intellectual elite. He was vociferous in denouncing composers—in particular Respighi, Ravel, and Kurt Weill—who, he felt, debased their standards to reach a wider public. His works of this period, mostly pianistic vehicles such as the Piano Sonata (1927) and the Piano Concerto (1931) are typical of the Boulanger-influenced products of American modernism — strongly rhythmic (though not influenced by jazz) and described by himself as "wild, dissonant and percussive." These early works were far removed from the Schoenberg style. The dramatic premiere of the pro-union The Cradle Will Rock took place at the Venice Theater on June 16, 1937. The cast had been locked out of the Maxine Elliott Theatre by the Works Progress Administration, the government agency which had originally funded the production, so the cast and musicians walked with the audience to the nearby Venice. There, without costumes or sets, they performed the work concert-style, actors and musicians alike, sitting among the audience (to evade union restrictions on their performance) with Blitzstein narrating from the piano. In 1939, Leonard Bernstein led a revival of the play at Harvard, narrating from the piano just as Blitzstein had done. Blitzstein attended the performance, after which he and Bernstein became close friends; Bernstein would later say that Blitzstein's contribution to the American musical theatre was "incalculable". The 1999 film Cradle Will Rock was based on this event, though heavily embellished. In the film, Blitzstein (played by Hank Azaria) is portrayed as gaining inspiration through ghostly appearances by his idol Brecht and his late anorexic wife. Additional major compositions include the autobiographical radio song play I've Got the Tune, The Airborne Symphony (1946), Regina (1949), Reuben, Reuben (1955), and Juno (1959). At the time of his death Blitzstein was at work on Idiots First, a one-act opera based on the eponymous story by Bernard Malamud – intended to be part of a set of one-acters called Tales of Malamud – which Ned Rorem has called "his best work". This was followed by the work Blitzstein intended to be his magnum opus, a three-act opera commissioned by the Ford Foundation and optioned by the Metropolitan Opera entitled Sacco and Vanzetti. Both Tales of Malamud and Sacco and Vanzetti were completed posthumously, with the approval of Blitzstein's estate, by composer Leonard Lehrman. Lehrman's long-awaited Marc Blitzstein: A Bio-Bibliography, published in 2005 by Praeger, is the longest published biographical bibliography of any American composer at 645 pages. In 1958, Blitzstein was subpoenaed to appear before the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). Appearing first in a closed session, Blitzstein admitted his membership in the Communist Party (ending in 1949) and, challenging the right of HUAC to question him at all, refused to name names or cooperate any further. He was recalled for a further public session, but after a day sitting anxiously in a waiting room he was not called to testify. During a visit to Martinique in 1964, at the age of 58, Blitzstein was murdered by three sailors he had picked up in a bar, one of whom he was said to have propositioned. He is buried at Chelton Hills Cemetery in Philadelphia.

Marc Blitzstein and the cast of The Cradle Will Rock (1937)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAZ_Volga

GAZ Volga

Second series—the Shark

GAZ Volga / First Generation, the GAZ-M-21 / Second series—the Shark

Deutsch:  Donezk. Parade der Bräute 2010.English:  Brides parade in Donetsk, 2010. GAZ M-21 Volga of 1958-62 (inscriptions on fenders are from later cars, wheels are custom)Русский :  Донецк. Парад невест 2010

Volga is an Executive car that originated in the Soviet Union to replace the venerated GAZ Pobeda in 1956. Their role in serving the Soviet nomenklatura made them a contemporary cultural icon. Several generations of the car have been produced. Despite the continuous modernisations, GAZ found it increasingly difficult to keep the ageing design competitive in a market economy. GAZ CEO Bo Andersson decided to discontinue the Volga range in 2010.

The 16-slit vertical grille for models from 1958 (which gave it the unofficial nickname Akula (Shark)) was not the only change by any means. Most of the changes came in February 1959, and included new front fenders with raised wheel arches, reflector glasses in the tail lights, a flock trim on the dashboard (later replaced by leatherette), a new radio with a metallic mesh speaker, windscreen washer and lock actuator on the boot. The following year was to have a new rear design with more contemporary tailfins , but this was not implemented. Instead, the car body received several reinforcement supports and the novel, but ultimately troublesome central lubrication system was removed. The actual model designation of the Sharks was such that the automatic-equipped vehicles would retain the GAZ-M-21 with no suffix designation and the GAZ-M-21E (though by this point these have all but disappeared from the line-up). Also unchanged was the taxicab GAZ-M-21A. The base model, from February 1959 was now called GAZ-M-21I. Its export 80 hp vehicle now became the GAZ-M-21K. In addition to the engine, it now had a more extensive chrome trim elements on the exterior (including the mentioned grille) and improved upholstery inside. Russian customers could order the latter features, for an extra price, and such vehicles were called GAZ-M-21U. In 1961, the Volga lost another characteristic icon, the removal of the deer mascot from the bonnet. A feature of both the "Star" and the "Shark", it became an iconic attribute of the 21st Volga, and Soviet automotive industry in general. Nonetheless, it was not only a common victim to hooligans, but also would divert splash stream right into the windscreen should the car pass a puddle at speed. Even more, it played a role in Pedestrian injury during accidental run-overs. Given its added cost, it was gradually phased out. In 1959 the taxi models gained a new droplet shaped object. In 1960 the deer was standard only on export cars and vehicles allocated for private ownership. In 1961, the deer could be found on the extra-trimmed GAZ-M-21Us. Simultaneously, two-tone colour schemes were also phased out from available options.

The second generation featured a more natural fascia. This example has the GAZ-M-21U additional trim, which includes chrome on the grille, front window frame and side window sills.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogdan_Borusewicz

Bogdan Borusewicz

Senator and Marshal

Bogdan Borusewicz / In post-1989 Poland / Senator and Marshal

Bogdan Michał Borusewicz, was the Marshal in the Polish Senate from 20 October 2005 to 11 November 2015. Borusewicz was a democratic opposition activist under the Communist regime, a member of the Polish parliament for three terms and first Senate Marshal to serve two terms in this office. He was the acting president of Poland for a few hours in 2010.

He was chosen a senator in the 2005 parliamentary election, running as an independent but supported by both the Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO) parties. He was chosen as the Marshal (Speaker) of the Senate with their support. During first term he was caucused with PiS and after 2007 parliamentary election, with PO. After Parliamentary election in 2015 Civic Platform preceded to opposition and Borusewicz was made Deputy Marshal of the Senate.

Marshal Bogdan Borusewicz with Albanian President Alfred Moisiu

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Mordaunt

Harriet Mordaunt

Marriage

Harriet Mordaunt / Marriage

English: Walton Hall. The original Walton Hall dates back to the 1500s as the family seat of the Morduant Family. The current building, seen here across one of the lakes formed in the River Dene, was rebuilt in 1862 to a design by Sir Gilbert Scott at the commission of Sir Charles Morduant, the 10th Baronet. Some years ago the hall was converted into a very upmarket time share complex. This ran into financial difficulties and today the hall consists of apartments, a conference centre and a spa. See http://www.pumahotels.co.uk/waltonhall

Harriet Sarah, Lady Mordaunt was the Scottish wife of an English baronet and Member of Parliament, Sir Charles Mordaunt. She was the respondent in a sensational divorce case in which the Prince of Wales was embroiled, and after a counter-petition had led to a finding of mental disorder she spent the remaining 36 years of her life out of sight in a series of privately rented houses, and then in various private lunatic asylums, finally ending her days in Sutton, Surrey.

On 6 December 1866, at the age of 18, Lady Mordaunt married Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th baronet (1836–1897) at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Perth. Sir Charles was a Conservative M.P. for the two-member constituency of South Warwickshire from 1859 to 1868. Through his brother, John Murray Mordaunt (1837–1923), who played cricket for Warwickshire and I Zingari, he was the uncle of three other cricketing Mordaunts, H.J. (Sir Henry Mordaunt, 12th baronet), E.C. and G.J., who all appeared at county level. The couple lived at Walton Hall, Warwickshire, which, to mark his coming-of-age, Sir Charles had commissioned in the fashionable Gothic Revival style from the architect George Gilbert Scott, who later designed St. Pancras station in London. A descendant of Sir Charles once counted 72 bedrooms at Walton. They also had a residence in Belgrave Square, London. The Mordaunts remained part of the so-called "Marlborough House set" who were associated socially with the Prince and Princess of Wales. According to later legal reports, Sir Charles made a “handsome” settlement on his wife at the time of their marriage and initially they appeared to live “most happily together”. However, it became clear subsequently that Lady Mordaunt was in the habit of entertaining male guests alone while her husband was absent on Parliamentary business or engaged in his various sporting pursuits.

Walton Hall, Warwickshire, home of Sir Charles and Lady Mordaunt

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingfisher

Kingfisher

Kingfisher

Brown-headed Paradise-kingfisher (Tanysiptera danae)

Kingfishers or Alcedinidae are a family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species found in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The family contains 114 species and is divided into three subfamilies and 19 genera. All kingfishers have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Most species have bright plumage with only small differences between the sexes. Most species are tropical in distribution, and a slight majority are found only in forests. They consume a wide range of prey usually caught by swooping down from a perch. While kingfishers are usually thought to live near rivers and eat fish, many species live away from water and eat small invertebrates. Like other members of their order, they nest in cavities, usually tunnels dug into the natural or artificial banks in the ground. Some kingfishers nest in arboreal termite nests. A few species, principally insular forms, are threatened with extinction. In Britain, the word "kingfisher" normally refers to the common kingfisher.

Kingfishers or Alcedinidae are a family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species found in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The family contains 114 species and is divided into three subfamilies and 19 genera. All kingfishers have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Most species have bright plumage with only small differences between the sexes. Most species are tropical in distribution, and a slight majority are found only in forests. They consume a wide range of prey usually caught by swooping down from a perch. While kingfishers are usually thought to live near rivers and eat fish, many species live away from water and eat small invertebrates. Like other members of their order, they nest in cavities, usually tunnels dug into the natural or artificial banks in the ground. Some kingfishers nest in arboreal termite nests. A few species, principally insular forms, are threatened with extinction. In Britain, the word "kingfisher" normally refers to the common kingfisher.

The paradise kingfishers of New Guinea have unusually long tails for the group.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Fran%C3%A7ois_Bastien_S%C3%A9bastiani_de_La_Porta

Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta

Embassy to Mustafa IV

Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta / Embassy to Mustafa IV

English: Badge of Légion d'Honneur Русский: Знак ордена Почётного легиона

Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta was a French soldier, diplomat, and politician, who served as Naval Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of State under the July Monarchy. Having joined the French Revolutionary Army in his youth, Sébastiani rose through its ranks before becoming a supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte. Sébastiani was the French Consulate's emissary to The Levant, notably drafting plans to reconquer Ottoman Egypt, and later served as the Empire's Ambassador to The Porte. In the latter capacity, he attempted to increase French influence and signaled pro-Russian activities in the Danubian Principalities, thus provoking the War of 1806–1812. In 1807, Sébastiani organized the defense of Constantinople during the Dardanelles Operation. Recalled due to British pressure after the deposition of Selim III, he served in the Peninsular War and resided in the Alhambra, took part in the unsuccessful invasion of Russia, and defended the Champagne region in front of the Sixth Coalition. Sébastiani recognized the Bourbon Restoration, but rallied with Napoleon during the Hundred Days, being elected to the Chamber for the first time in 1815.

The successful rebellion led by Kabakçı Mustafa and the Janissary troops put an end to French diplomatic success. Sébastiani negotiated with Kabakçı, while the British sought support from various factions inside Constantinople — the Grand Dragoman, Aleko Soutzos, eventually informed the French Ambassador on the parallel British projects. This resulted in Soutzos' beheading — that which, in Ion Ghica's version of events, caused the Soutzos family to abandon their commitment to France and begin supporting Russia. According to the Revue des Deux Mondes biography, Sébastiani had betrayed Aleko Soutzos' confidence by revealing as many details of Anglo-Ottoman negotiations as to render it clear that the Dragoman had been acting as his spy, and by failing to respect the promise of French protection. Under the new monarch, Mustafa IV, he attempted to impose a pro-French pasha as governor of Baghdad, and later provoked a scandal by asking for the Imperial Executioner, the Bostanji-bashi, to be demoted—this came after three Ragusan subjects, having been found guilty of theft, were subjected to the falaka torture, despite the facts that the recent annexation of Ragusa by France offered them a degree of immunity. As a result of his pressures, Sébastiani obtained rule over the province of Baghdad for his favorite, and, in return, allowed the Bostanji-bashi to remain in office. He asked to be recalled in April 1807, being replaced by Chargé d'affaires Faÿ de La Tour Maubourg. This departure was also prompted by renewed British requests. Shortly before his leaving, Sultan Mustafa awarded Sébastiani the Order of the Crescent 1st Class, which has been interpreted as a measure to alleviate the impact of British successes. According to other accounts, Mustafa himself had become deeply dissatisfied with Sébastiani's interventions and policies. Upon his return to France, Sébastiani received the Grand Aigle de la Légion d'honneur. The Revue des Deux Mondes speculated that, based on the Corsican heritage he shared with Sébastiani: "the Emperor would often keep his eyes closed in respect to his Generals' mistakes. As for [Sébastiani's] diplomatic skills, Napoleon was so affected that he sent him to the arms as soon as he returned from the Orient, and did not assign him to any negotiations until his fall [of 1814]."

Légion d'honneur

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanie_V%C3%B6gele

Stefanie Vögele

2017

Stefanie Vögele / Professional career / 2017

English: Vögele at the 2017 Australian Open.

Stefanie Vögele is a professional Swiss tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her career-high in doubles is No. 103, set on 12 January 2015.

Vögele kicked off her 2017 season at the Shenzhen Open. Coming through qualifying, she lost in the first round to fellow qualifier Ons Jabeur. Getting past qualifying at the Australian Open, Vögele won her first-round match over Kurumi Nara. She was defeated in the second round by thirteenth seed and seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams.

Vögele at the 2017 Australian Open

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Lobb

Les Lobb

Les Lobb

English: Photograph of Les Lobb in1920

Les Lobb was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League.

Les Lobb (5 September 1894 – 3 March 1970) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Lobb (right) in 1920

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal

Taj Mahal

Outlying buildings

Taj Mahal / Architecture and design / Outlying buildings

English: Taj Mahal world heritage site in Agra, India. Svenska: Taj Mahal, världsarv i Agra i Indien.

The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the southern bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by a crenellated wall. Construction of the mausoleum was essentially completed in 1643, but work continued on other phases of the project for another 10 years. The Taj Mahal complex is believed to have been completed in its entirety in 1653 at a cost estimated at the time to be around 32 million rupees, which in 2020 would be approximately 70 billion rupees. The construction project employed some 20,000 artisans under the guidance of a board of architects led by the court architect to the emperor, Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. The Taj Mahal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 for being "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage".

The Taj Mahal complex is bordered on three sides by crenellated red sandstone walls; the side facing the river is open. Outside the walls are several additional mausoleums, including those of Shah Jahan's other wives, and a larger tomb for Mumtaz's favourite servant. The main gateway (darwaza) is a monumental structure built primarily of marble, and reminiscent of the Mughal architecture of earlier emperors. Its archways mirror the shape of the tomb's archways, and its pishtaq arches incorporate the calligraphy that decorates the tomb. The vaulted ceilings and walls have elaborate geometric designs like those found in the other sandstone buildings in the complex. At the far end of the complex are two grand red sandstone buildings that mirror each other, and face the sides of the tomb. The backs of the buildings parallel the western and eastern walls. The western building is a mosque and the other is the jawab (answer), thought to have been constructed for architectural balance although it may have been used as a guesthouse. Distinctions between the two buildings include the jawab's lack of a mihrab (a niche in a mosque's wall facing Mecca), and its floors of geometric design whereas the floor of the mosque is laid with outlines of 569 prayer rugs in black marble. The mosque's basic design of a long hall surmounted by three domes is similar to others built by Shah Jahan, particularly the Masjid-i Jahān-Numā, or Jama Masjid, Delhi. The Mughal mosques of this period divide the sanctuary hall into three areas comprising a main sanctuary and slightly smaller sanctuaries on either side. At the Taj Mahal, each sanctuary opens onto an expansive vaulting dome. The outlying buildings were completed in 1643.

Taj Mahal and outlying buildings as seen from across the Yamuna River (northern view)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirck_Vellert

Dirck Vellert

Dirck Vellert

English: The Triumph of Faith Nederlands: Triomf van het Geloof Alternate titles: English: Stained glass with the Triumph of Faith.[1] Nederlands: De triomf van de Eeuwigheid.[2] Nederlands: Glasruitje met de Triomf van het Geloof.[3]

Dirck Vellert, was a Flemish Renaissance painter.

Dirck Vellert (1480, Amsterdam – 1547, Antwerp), was a Flemish Renaissance painter.

Triumph of Faith, stained glass allegory, 1517

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K/T_extinction_event

K/T extinction event

K/T extinction event

English: This shaded relief image of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula shows a subtle, but unmistakable, indication of the Chicxulub impact crater. Most scientists now agree that this impact was the cause of the Cretatious-Tertiary Extinction, the event 65 million years ago that marked the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs as well as the majority of life then on Earth.

The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, now called the Cretaceous–Palaeogene extinction event, was about 65.5 million years ago. It may be called the K/T extinction event or K/Pg event for short. This is the famous event which killed the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period. It was a large-scale mass extinction of animal and plant species. The event marks the end of the Mesozoic era and the beginning of the Cainozoic era.

The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, now called the Cretaceous–Palaeogene extinction event, was about 65.5 million years ago. It may be called the K/T extinction event or K/Pg event for short. This is the famous event which killed the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period. It was a large-scale mass extinction of animal and plant species. The event marks the end of the Mesozoic era and the beginning of the Cainozoic era.

This image of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula show a subtle, but unmistakable, indication of the Chicxulub impact crater. Most scientists agree that this impact was the main cause of the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wood_(mathematician)

James Wood (mathematician)

James Wood (mathematician)

English: James Wood (1760-1839), Master of St John's College, Cambridge, and Dean of Ely

James Wood was a mathematician, and Master of St John's College, Cambridge. In his later years he was Dean of Ely.

James Wood (14 December 1760 – 23 April 1839) was a mathematician, and Master of St John's College, Cambridge. In his later years he was Dean of Ely.

James Wood

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Art_Club

Glasgow Art Club

Glasgow Art Club

English: The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, Glasgow. Founded in 1867 by William Dennistoun. Professional artists started joining in 1870s and exhibitions were held. It moved to 185 Bath Street premises in 1893. Wikidata has entry Q17568115 with data related to this item. This is a photo of listed building number 32960.

Glasgow Art Club is a club for practising and retired artists and lay members with an interest in the arts, that has become over the generations “a meeting place for artists, business leaders and academics.”

Glasgow Art Club is a club for practising and retired artists and lay members with an interest in the arts, that has become over the generations “a meeting place for artists, business leaders and academics.”

Bath Street entrance

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Watson-Watt

Robert Watson-Watt

Contribution to Second World War

Robert Watson-Watt / Contribution to Second World War

Sir Robert Watson-Watt KCB, FRS, FRAeS, the 'inventor' (scientist who developed the practical application) of radar, seen here descending from a plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, on Saturday 18 February, 1961, after speaking at a rally protesting the spread of nuclear weapons.

Sir Robert Alexander Watson Watt, KCB, FRS, FRAeS was a British pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology. Watt began his career in radio physics with a job at the Met Office, where he began looking for accurate ways to track thunderstorms using the radio signals given off by lightning. This led to the 1920s development of a system later known as huff-duff. Although well publicized at the time, the system's enormous military potential was not developed until the late 1930s. Huff-duff allowed operators to determine the location of an enemy radio in seconds and it became a major part of the network of systems that helped defeat the U-boat threat. It is estimated that huff-duff was used in about a quarter of all attacks on U-boats. In 1935 Watt was asked to comment on reports of a German death ray based on radio. Watt and his assistant Arnold Frederic Wilkins quickly determined it was not possible, but Wilkins suggested using radio signals to locate aircraft at long distances. This led to a February 1935 demonstration where signals from a BBC short-wave transmitter were bounced off a Handley Page Heyford aircraft.

In his English History 1914–1945, historian A. J. P. Taylor paid the highest of praise to Watson-Watt, Sir Henry Tizard and their associates who developed and put in place radar, crediting them with being fundamental to victory in the Second World War. In July 1938, Watson-Watt left Bawdsey Manor and took up the post of Director of Communications Development (DCD-RAE). In 1939, Sir George Lee took over the job of DCD, and Watson-Watt became Scientific Advisor on Telecommunications (SAT) to the Ministry of Aircraft Production, travelling to the US in 1941 to advise them on the severe inadequacies of their air defence, illustrated by the Pearl Harbor attack. He was knighted by George VI in 1942 and received the US Medal for Merit in 1946. Ten years after his knighthood, Watson-Watt was awarded £50,000 by the UK government for his contributions in the development of radar. He established a practice as a consulting engineer. In the 1950s, he moved to Canada and later he lived in the US, where he published Three Steps to Victory in 1958. Around 1958, he appeared as a mystery challenger on the American television programme To Tell The Truth. In 1956, Watson-Watt reportedly was pulled over for speeding in Canada by a radar gun-toting policeman. His remark was, "Had I known what you were going to do with it I would never have invented it!". He wrote an ironic poem ("Rough Justice") afterwards: Pity Sir Robert Watson-Watt, strange target of this radar plot And thus, with others I can mention, the victim of his own invention. His magical all-seeing eye enabled cloud-bound planes to fly but now by some ironic twist it spots the speeding motorist and bites, no doubt with legal wit, the hand that once created it.

Sir Robert descends from a plinth in Trafalgar Square, London in 1961 after speaking at a rally protesting at the spread of nuclear weapons

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_transport_in_Warsaw

Bus transport in Warsaw

Fleet

Bus transport in Warsaw / Fleet

English: Bus Solaris Urbino 10 W1 (#1006, built in 2010, company MZA Warszawa) on line 119 on Marszałkowska Street in Warsaw, Poland. Polski: Autobus Solaris Urbino 10 W1 trzeciej generacji (#1006, zbudowany w roku 2010, przewoźnik MZA Warszawa) na linii 119 na ulicy Marszałkowskiej w Warszawie.

Bus transport in Warsaw was introduced in 1920. Since 1994, services have been managed by Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Warszawie, and operated by various companies under contract. ZTM's fleet consists of 1787 vehicles, which cover 288 lines. In 1921, three lines were opened. From November 1939 the regular liquidation of the rolling stock began, only one car survived the war. Bus transport appeared again in April 1945. The first night bus appeared on the streets of Warsaw in 1963. On March 11, 1994, the Warsaw transport was reorganized. In November 1994, the first German low-floor Neoplan N4020 was put into operation. 1999 was marked by modern and low-floor Solaris Urbino 15 buses. In 2002, MAN buses joined the Solarises.

Solaris Urbino 10

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe

Roe

India and Pakistan

Roe / Around the world / Asia / India and Pakistan

বাঙালী তরকারি। ভাতের সাথে খাওয়া হয়।

Roe or hard roe is the fully ripe internal egg masses in the ovaries, or the released external egg masses of fish and certain marine animals, such as shrimp, scallop, sea urchins, and squid. As a seafood, roe is used both as a cooked ingredient in many dishes and as a raw ingredient. The roe of marine animals, such as the roe of lumpsucker, hake, mullet, salmon, Atlantic bonito, mackerel, squid, and cuttlefish are especially rich sources of omega-3 fatty acids, but omega-3s are present in all fish roe. Also, a significant amount of vitamin B₁₂ is among the nutrients present in fish roes. Roe from a sturgeon or sometimes other fish such as flathead grey mullet, is the raw base product from which caviar is made. The term soft roe or white roe denotes fish milt, not fish eggs.

Among the tribal populace of eastern India, roe that has been deeply roasted over an open fire is a delicacy. In this region, the roe of rohu is also considered a delicacy and is eaten fried or as a stuffing within a fried pointed gourd to make potoler dolma. All along the Konkan coast and Northern Kerala, the roe of sardines, black mackerel and several other fish is considered a delicacy. The roe can be eaten fried (after being coated with red chilli paste) and also as a thick curry (gashi). In Goa, roe is first steamed or poached, then coated with salt and chilli powder and then shallow fried or roasted on a tawa (flat pan). In the state of Kerala, roe is deep fried in coconut oil, and is considered a delicacy. A common method of quick preparation is to wrap the roe in wet banana leaves and cook it over charcoal embers. In Odisha and West Bengal, roe of several fresh-water fish, including hilsa, are eaten, the roe being cooked separately or along with the fish, the latter method being preferred for all but large fishes. Roe, either light or deep-fried are also eaten as snacks or appetizers before a major meal. All along the Indus River and Specially South Pakistan Sindh, the roe of Palla, Palla and several other fish is considered a delicacy. The roe can be eaten fried (after being coated with red chilli paste) and also as a thick curry (Salan/Curry). coated with salt and chilli powder and then shallow fried or roasted on a tawa (flat pan).

Fried roe dish with vegetables

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_10

Mariner 10

Instruments

Mariner 10 / Instruments

English: Mariner 10 Diagram On November 3, 1973, the Mariner Venus/Mercury 1973 spacecraft - also known as Mariner 10 - was launched from Kennedy Space Center. It was the first spacecraft designed to use gravity assist. Three months after launch it flew by Venus, changed speed and trajectory, then crossed Mercury's orbit in March 1974. This photo identifies various parts of the spacecraft and the science instruments, which were used to study the atmospheric, surface, and physical characteristics of Venus and Mercury. This was the sixth in the series of Mariner spacecraft that explored the inner planets beginning in 1962.

Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. It was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of multiple planets. Mariner 10 was launched approximately two years after Mariner 9 and was the last spacecraft in the Mariner program. The mission objectives were to measure Mercury's environment, atmosphere, surface, and body characteristics and to make similar investigations of Venus. Secondary objectives were to perform experiments in the interplanetary medium and to obtain experience with a dual-planet gravity assist mission. Mariner 10's science team was led by Bruce C. Murray at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Mariner 10 conducted seven experiments at Venus and Mercury. Six of these experiments had a dedicated scientific instrument to collect data. The experiments and instruments were designed by research laboratories and educational institutions from across the United States. Out of forty-six submissions, JPL selected seven experiments on the basis of maximizing science return without exceeding cost guidelines: together, the seven scientific experiments cost US12.6 million dollars, about one-eighth of the total mission budget.

An illustration showing the instruments of Mariner 10.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbury,_Illinois

Fairbury, Illinois

History

Fairbury, Illinois / History

Thomas A. Beach House, Fairbury, Illinois, USA. U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Fairbury is a city in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,757 at the 2010 census. Fairbury is located on U.S. Route 24 11 miles east of Chenoa and six miles west of Forrest. It was founded in 1857. The town has a large population of members of the Apostolic Christian faith, who first settled in the area in 1864.

Fairbury was laid out on November 10, 1857 by Caleb L. Patton and Octave Chanute. Like most Illinois towns of the 1850s, the original town of Fairbury was centered on a depot ground. It consisted of twenty-six blocks, each divided into fourteen to sixteen lots. There was no central public square, but one was later included in Marsh's addition. The plan used was virtually identical to that at Chatsworth Illinois, including the street names, and the plan very similar to that at Gridley and El Paso on the same railroad. Octave Chanute was a civil engineer employed by the new Peoria and Oquawka Railroad, which is now the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad. Caleb L. Patton was an early settler on the land where the town was built. Chanute, a French native, was later famed for publishing Progress in Flying Machines, which helped pioneer aviation. The Wright brothers even mentioned Chanute as a mentor to them. Chanute built the railroad that made Fairbury possible, but did so against the will of Patton, Fairbury's first citizen. It is Caleb Patton who should really be credited for the creation of Fairbury. It was he who owned the land that the original town was built on, and it was he who advertised lots for sale and attracted other people to live there. Today, the original town's area starts at the corner of Maple Street and First Street and stretches to the corner of Oak Street and Seventh Street. When Patton heard that Chanute wanted to build a railroad in his general direction, he saw it as an opportunity to make use of his otherwise deserted land and struck a deal. If Chanute built his railroad through Fairbury, then Patton would give Chanute half of the town's property. Patton and Chanute reached an agreement, and Chanute kept up his end of the deal. Patton gave a small chunk of the land to the Baptist Church and set aside an area for the railroad and a depot. However, when Chanute reached Fairbury, he was met by a group of armed citizens. The town had passed an ordinance that no railroad would pass through Fairbury, and they advised Chanute to simply build around the town (preferably where the golf course is currently). They had even received an injunction from Pontiac, Illinois forbidding Chanute from building a railroad through the town. Alma Lewis-James, author of Stuffed Clubs and Antimacassars: Account and Tales of Early Fairbury, best describes what Chanute did next: "...Chanute was clever. He did not use force, but quietly laid his rails to the eastern edge of town, skipped Fairbury, began again at the western edge, and worked straight on until Saturday night. In the darkness and secretly, he moved his crews back; and the next morning, at first dawn; and reinforced by armed guards of his own, he was ready for business. To the consternation of the dumbfounded and helpless villagers, he rushed the track straight through the town and the courthouse was closed. By Monday morning he was well on his way to Peoria." In 1859 John Marsh bought 80 acres (320,000 m²) of land to the west of Patton's. He donated a section of his property to the town, and it was named Marsh Park. He named another part of his addition to the town Livingston Square. It was to be used for businesses and markets. He built the Arcade Block in another section, which were a series of brick buildings connected to each other. Inside this block were two saddle and harness stores, a gun and sporting goods store, a poultry house, a drug store, Fairbury Marble Works (they made tomb stones for the cemetery), and a bed spring factory. Many more businesses were located here later on. In 1866, the Livingston Hotel was built. It was renowned for being the only hotel in Illinois with running water. Marsh did not like the east side of Fairbury and developed his west side vigorously. His addition to the town caused it to split; the east side versus the west side. Each side wanted to have the better houses, the better buildings, the better parks, the better everything. No one really knows how this feud started, but the town was clearly divided. After that devastati

The Thomas A. Beach House is one of two Fairbury properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HKScan

HKScan

HKScan

English: HKScan corporate headquarters in Kupittaa, Turku, Finland.

HKScan Oyj is a Finnish manufacturer of meat foods and products, but nowadays its product range also includes ready meals and pet foods. It is based in Turku. In the 1990s and 2000s the company – by then known as HK Ruokatalo Oy – targeted the international market, acquiring meat production companies around the Baltic Sea: In Sweden, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – including the Swedish Scan AB in 2007, resulting in the modern-day name of the company. HK is originally an initialism of Helsingin Kauppiaat, a company that was acquired by LSO in 1991. HK is the best known brand of the company in its native Finland. Its Finnish subsidiary is still known as HK Ruokatalo Oy. HKScan Oyj is the fifth largest food manufacturer in Europe and a company listed in the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

HKScan Oyj (Nasdaq Helsinki: HKSAV) is a Finnish manufacturer of meat foods and products, but nowadays its product range also includes ready meals and pet foods. It is based in Turku. In the 1990s and 2000s the company – by then known as HK Ruokatalo Oy – targeted the international market, acquiring meat production companies around the Baltic Sea: In Sweden, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – including the Swedish Scan AB in 2007, resulting in the modern-day name of the company. HK is originally an initialism of Helsingin Kauppiaat ("Helsinki Merchants"), a company that was acquired by LSO in 1991. HK is the best known brand of the company in its native Finland. Its Finnish subsidiary is still known as HK Ruokatalo Oy ("HK Food House Inc."). HKScan Oyj is the fifth largest food manufacturer in Europe and a company listed in the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

HKScan corporate HQ in Turku, Finland.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Tin_stop

Ho Tin stop

Ho Tin stop

English: MTR Light Rail Ho Tin Stop, Hong Kong

Ho Tin, named after nearby Ho Tin Street, is an at-grade MTR Light Rail stop located at Kin Fung Circuit, opposite to Tuen Mun River and Tuen Mun Station in Tuen Mun District. It began service on 18 September 1988 and belongs to Zone 2. It serves the nearby industrial area.

Ho Tin (Chinese: 河田), named after nearby Ho Tin Street, is an at-grade MTR Light Rail stop located at Kin Fung Circuit, opposite to Tuen Mun River and Tuen Mun Station in Tuen Mun District. It began service on 18 September 1988 and belongs to Zone 2. It serves the nearby industrial area.

Ho Tin Stop platform Platform 1---Route 507 Platform 2---Route 751

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Robertshaw

Louis Robertshaw

Vietnam War

Louis Robertshaw / Biography / Vietnam War

English: Group photo of the attendees of the U.S. Marine Corps General Officers Symposium in 1967. Attendees: # (from left) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Front row MajGen Van Ryzin,Assistant Chief of Staff G-4 MajGen Murray,Assistant Chief of Staff G-3 LtGen Weede,CG Fleet Marine Force LtGen Masters,Commandant Marine Corps Schools LtGen Buse,Chief of staff LtGen Chapman,Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen Greene,Commandant of the Marine Corps LtGen Krulak,CG, Fleet Marine Force LtGen Walt,Deputy Chief of Staff (Manpower) / Director of Personnel LtGen Ralph K. Rottet,Deputy Chief of Staff (Property & Procurement) MajGen Fields,CG MCB Camp Pendleton & 4th Marine Division MajGen Paul R. Tyler,Quartermaster general 2nd row MajGen Charles F. Duchein, Jr.,Reserve MajGen Kyle,CG 5th Marine Division MajGen Robert B. Bell,Reserve MajGen John H. Masters,CG MCSC Barstow MajGen Tompkins,CG MCRD Parris Island MajGen Robertshaw,Marine liaison to the Chief of Naval Operations MajGen Paul J. Fontanta,Marine Corps Equipment Command MajGen George S. Bowman,Deputy CG FMFLant MajGen Simpson,CG 2nd Marine Division MajGen Butcher,CG MCB Camp Lejeune MajGen McCutcheon,Deputy Chief of Staff (Air) Middle row BGen Carl,CAB East & MCAS Cherry Point BGen Gayle,Deputy Chief of Staff G-3 BGen Hurst,Marine Corps Landing Force Development Center MajGen Thrash,CAB West & MCAS El Toro MajGen Davis,Assistant Chief of Staff G-1 MajGen Jones,Deputy Director of Presonnel MajGen Hugh M. Elwood,CG 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Mr. Joseph F. Wright,Fiscal Director MajGen Russell A. Bowen,Reserve BGen Douglas J. Peacher,Reserve BGen Arthur H. Adams,Marine Air Reserve Training Command Glenview & 4th Marine Aircraft Wing 4th Row BGen Ryan,Director C&SColl BGen Virgil W. Banning,Deputy Director for Commands/Areas (JCS) BGen Drake,Director Marine Corps Reserve BGen Charles T. Hagan, Jr.,Reserve BGen William A. Stiles,CG Landing Force Training Command Atlantic BGen John W. Antonelli,Chairman of the Long Range Study Panel BGen Homer G. Hutchinson, Jr.,Assistant Chief of Staff J-3 for United States Pacific Command BGen Platt,Assistant Chief of Staff G-1 BGen Robinson,CG Marine Corps Supply Activity Philadelphia BGen Anderson,Deputy Chief of Staff (Research, Development & Studies) BGen Frank E. Garretson,Director of Information Back row BGen Robert R. Fairburn,CG MCSC Albany BGen Wilson,Legislative assistant for the Commandant BGen Webster,CG Landing Force Training Command Pacific BGen Alan J. Armstrong,Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff (Air) BGen Regan Fuller,Force Troops Pacific & MCB 29 Palms BGen George E. Dooley,Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff (Programs) BGen Peatross,Director Military Advisory Group BGen Axtell,Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff G-4 BGen James A. Feeley,Deputy J-3 for United States European Command BGen John E. Williams,CG Force Troops Atlantic BGen James F. Lawrence,Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs

Louis Bentham Robertshaw was an American football player and lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps. He flew combat missions in World War II and the Korean War and flew an F4B Phantom II fighter in the Vietnam War as commanding general of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. He received three Distinguished Flying Crosses, 12 Air Medals, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and three Legion of Merit with Combat "V."

During the Vietnam War, he flew an F-4B Phantom II fighter and served as commanding general of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Da Nang, then as the Marine liaison for the Chief of Naval Operations. He rose to the rank of lieutenant general and was the Inspector General of the Marine Corps from July 1967 to March 1969. He was the deputy chief of staff for manpower at Headquarters Marine Corps when he retired in 1971.

Robertshaw (6th from left, 2nd row from bottom) at the 1967 General Officers Symposium

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_(singer)

Margaret (singer)

Artistry

Margaret (singer) / Artistry

Polski: Koncert Lato Zet i Dwojki 2014 w Toruniu

Smiling Margaret performing on-stage. She is wearing a crop top and a bucket hat.

Małgorzata Jamroży, known professionally as Margaret, is a Polish singer and songwriter. Before her mainstream debut, she performed with underground bands, recorded soundtracks for television commercials and films, and produced a fashion blog. Through her blogging, she was discovered by music manager Sławomir Berdowski and signed by the record label Extensive Music. Margaret found success in 2013 with her debut single, "Thank You Very Much", which was included on her first extended play All I Need and charted in several European countries. Her debut studio album, Add the Blonde, reached the top 10 in the Polish charts, and spawned three singles, "Wasted", "Start a Fire" and "Heartbeat". The single "Cool Me Down" from its 2016 reissue became Margaret's first Polish top five single and achieved moderate success in some European territories after she signed an international record deal with Warner Music that year. Margaret released a collaborative jazz album with Matt Dusk titled Just the Two of Us in 2015. She earned her second Polish top 10 album with Monkey Business, which yielded the singles "What You Do" and "Byle jak".

Margaret is an alto. On the single "Cool Me Down", her vocal range covers around one-and-a-half octaves from G₄ to C₆. Her vocals were widely compared to Rihanna's, whom some listeners accused Margaret of copying. She responded; "In lower registers my timbre is indeed similar to Rihanna's ... I will not apologise for that". Although Margaret's music has been classified as pop, she incorporates other musical styles into her songs. She said her music is "bitter-sweet. It looks cute and sweet, but it can get serious, wild and crazy." Margaret has been actively involved in the songwriting process for her albums since the beginning of her career. She co-wrote four of the songs on Add the Blonde and most of the songs on her subsequent releases. Majority of her earlier work is in English, which she attributed partly to the fact that her songs sound better when sung in that language. On her first Polish-language album Gaja Hornby, Margaret said she felt ready to open up and sing in her native language and compared singing in English to wearing a mask. The album introduced Margaret's alter ego Gaja Hornby, which she adopted at the beginning of her career to protect her privacy and regain anonymity. It was inspired by Julia Roberts' Pretty Woman character who used different names in the film and is a combination of a name Margaret wished she was given at birth and the name of her favourite author Nick Hornby. Margaret said the reason to reveal her alter ego was to show her fans the more personal side of her life. Margaret has named the Polish singer Grażyna Łobaszewska as a role model and her biggest inspiration, and credits Polish rapper Łona as a primary influence on her writing style. She has cited Miroslava Duma and earlier in her career Gwen Stefani as her fashion inspirations. She also admires Rihanna, Jarle Bernhoft and Tom Odell.

Margaret during "Lato Zet i Dwójki 2014" concert in Toruń, Poland

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Grums

Grums

Grums railway station, Grums, Sweden. Photo by Riggwelter, May 20, 2006. Seit 1. Mai 2010 befindet sich im ehemaligen Bahnhofsgebäude nun die neue Vårdcentrale (Ärztehaus).

Grums railway station

Grums is a locality and the seat of Grums Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 5,025 inhabitants in 2010.

Grums is a locality and the seat of Grums Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 5,025 inhabitants in 2010.

Grums railway station

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner

Isabella Stewart Gardner

Travel and collecting

Isabella Stewart Gardner / Travel and collecting

Isabella Stewart Gardner was a leading American art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. She founded the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Gardner possessed an energetic intellectual curiosity and a love of travel. She was a friend of noted artists and writers of the day, including John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Dennis Miller Bunker, Anders Zorn, Henry James, Okakura Kakuzo and Francis Marion Crawford. Gardner created much fodder for the gossip columns of the day with her reputation for stylish tastes and unconventional behavior. The Boston society pages called her by many names, including "Belle," "Donna Isabella," "Isabella of Boston," and "Mrs. Jack". Her surprising appearance at a 1912 concert wearing a white headband emblazoned with "Oh, you Red Sox" was reported at the time to have "almost caused a panic", and remains still in Boston one of the most talked about of her eccentricities.

In 1874, Isabella and Jack Gardner visited the Middle East, Central Europe and Paris. Beginning in the late 1880s, they traveled frequently across America, Europe and Asia to discover foreign cultures and expand their knowledge of art around the world. Jack and Isabella would take more than a dozen trips abroad over the years, keeping them out of the country for a total of ten years. The earliest works in the Gardners' collection were accumulated during their trips to Europe especially. In 1891, she started to focus on European fine art after inheriting $1.75 million from her father. One of her first acquisitions was The Concert by Vermeer (c. 1664), purchased at a Paris auction house in 1892. She also collected from other places abroad such as Egypt, Turkey, and the Far East. The Gardners began to collect in earnest in the late 1890s, rapidly building a world-class collection primarily of paintings and statues, but also tapestries, photographs, silver, ceramics and manuscripts, and architectural elements such as doors, stained glass, and mantelpieces. In the early years of the 20th century, Isabella traveled with friend and Boston architect Edmund March Wheelwright to collect for the Harvard Lampoon Building, also called "Lampoon Castle", a faux Flemish castle in Harvard Square. Isabella donated many pieces of art to the castle over her years of collecting. The value of this collection is uncertain, due to the secret nature of the Lampoon. Nearly seventy works of art in her collection were acquired with the help of dealer Bernard Berenson. Among the collectors with whom she competed was Edward Perry Warren, who supplied a number of works to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Gardner collection includes works by some of Europe's most important artists, such as Botticelli's Madonna and Child with an Angel, Titian's Europa, Raphael's The Colonna Altarpiece, and Diego Velázquez. She purchased some of her collection on her own, but often asked for male colleagues, such as her business partner, to purchase on her behalf as it was uncommon for women to participate in art collecting. Isabella Stewart Gardner's favorite foreign destination was Venice, Italy. The Gardners regularly stayed at the Palazzo Barbaro, a major artistic center for a circle of American and English expatriates in Venice, and visited Venice's artistic treasures with amateur artist and former Bostonian Ralph Curtis. While in Venice, Gardner bought art and antiques, attended the opera and dined with expatriate artists and writers.

Isabella Stewart Gardner in Venice (1894), by Anders Zorn (Gardner Museum)

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King Georges Road, Sydney

King Georges Road, Sydney

MAIN ROAD BEVERLY HILLS

King Georges Road is a major arterial road in Sydney, Australia, running through the local government areas of the Georges River Council and City of Canterbury-Bankstown. King Georges Road begins at a junction with the Princes Highway at Blakehurst and continues north-west for about 12 kilometres through the suburbs of South Hurstville, Hurstville, Penshurst, Beverly Hills, Roselands and Wiley Park to Punchbowl, where it becomes Wiley Avenue for a short distance and then Roberts Road. King Georges Road is the southernmost section of the A3, which through various name changes continues to the city's northern beaches area, reaching the coast at Mona Vale.

King Georges Road is a major arterial road in Sydney, Australia, running through the local government areas of the Georges River Council and City of Canterbury-Bankstown. King Georges Road begins at a junction with the Princes Highway at Blakehurst and continues north-west for about 12 kilometres through the suburbs of South Hurstville, Hurstville, Penshurst, Beverly Hills, Roselands and Wiley Park to Punchbowl, where it becomes Wiley Avenue for a short distance and then Roberts Road. King Georges Road is the southernmost section of the A3, which through various name changes continues to the city's northern beaches area, reaching the coast at Mona Vale.

King Georges Road (MR3), Beverly Hills

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São Caetano do Sul

Demographics

São Caetano do Sul / Demographics

English: Buildings in São Caetano do Sul. Português: Edifícios em São Caetano do Sul.

São Caetano do Sul is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 158,024 in an area of 15.33 km². It is the city with the highest per capita income in Brazil and it also has the highest Human Development Index. It is intensely conurbated with São Paulo, Santo André and São Bernardo do Campo, causing the physical limits between cities to be lost. São Caetano do Sul, together with Ferraz de Vasconcelos, is one of two cities in the state of São Paulo that are not crossed by any state or federal highway.

Immigrants from many nationalities have settled in São Caetano but the most significant groups are Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese, Germans and Japanese. In the 1950s, nationals from rural Northeastern Brazil started arriving as the region experienced a rapid industrialization boom.

The vertical growth of the city occurs due to the fact that there is no more space for it to grow horizontally.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage

Cabbage

Cultivars

Cabbage / Cultivation / Cultivars

Brassica oleracea viridis Cabbage at a market near Greenville, Mississippi. Image #96cs1134/CD1468-014. Deutsch: Weißkohl-Pflanzen Español: El col se cultiva en el municipio Čeština: bílé hlávkové zelí Українська: Бруньки можуть досягати великих розмірів.

Cabbage is a leafy green, red, or white biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabbage, and belongs to the "cole crops" or brassicas, meaning it is closely related to broccoli and cauliflower; Brussels sprouts; and Savoy cabbage. Cabbage weights generally range from 500 to 1,000 grams. Smooth-leafed, firm-headed green cabbages are the most common, with smooth-leafed purple cabbages and crinkle-leafed savoy cabbages of both colours being more rare. Under conditions of long sunny days, such as those found at high northern latitudes in summer, cabbages can grow quite large. As of 2012, the heaviest cabbage was 62.71 kilograms. Cabbage heads are generally picked during the first year of the plant's life cycle, but plants intended for seed are allowed to grow a second year and must be kept separate from other cole crops to prevent cross-pollination. Cabbage is prone to several nutrient deficiencies, as well as to multiple pests, and bacterial and fungal diseases. Cabbage was most likely domesticated somewhere in Europe before 1000 BC, although savoys were not developed until the 16th century AD.

There are several cultivar groups of cabbage, each including many cultivars: Savoy – Characterized by crimped or curly leaves, mild flavor and tender texture Spring greens – Loose-headed, commonly sliced and steamed Green – Light to dark green, slightly pointed heads. Red – Smooth red leaves, often used for pickling or stewing White, also called Dutch – Smooth, pale green leaves Some sources only delineate three cultivars: savoy, red and white, with spring greens and green cabbage being subsumed into the latter.

White cabbage

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auquainville

Auquainville

Demography

Auquainville / Demography

Auquainville is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auquainvillais or Auquainvillaises.

In 2010 the commune had 307 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population of Auquainville

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rarh_region

Rarh region

Extent

Rarh region / Geography / Extent

Rarh region is a toponym for an area in the Indian subcontinent that lies between the Chota Nagpur Plateau on the West and the Ganges Delta on the East. Although the boundaries of the region have been defined differently according to various sources throughout history, it is mainly coextensive with the state of West Bengal, also comprising parts of the state of Jharkhand in India. Linguistically, the region is defined with population speaking the Rahr Bangla local dialect. The Rarh region historically has been known by many different names and has hosted numerous settlements throughout history. One theory identifies it with the powerful Gangaridai nation mentioned in the ancient Greco-Roman accounts. An inscription of Vallalasena names it as the ancestral place of the Sena dynasty.

According to Britannica, the Rahr plains cover parts of the following districts, divided into northern and southern Rarh by the Damodar river: Northern Rarh: Murshidabad, Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman, and Birbhum Southern Rarh: Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, and Bankura P. R. Sarkar defines the Rarh region as follows: East Rarh consists of roughly of the following districts: Western Murshidabad Northern Birbhum Eastern Burdwan (Bardhaman) Hooghly Howrah East Midnapore (Medinipur) Indas of Bankura district West Rarh consists of the following districts: Old Santhal Pargana district (today 6 districts: Godda, Deoghar, Dumka, Jamtara, Sahibganj and Pakur) Most parts of Birbhum Western Burdwan Bankura district except for Indas Purulia Dhanbad Most parts of Giridih Four block of Ranchi, namely Silli, Sonahatu, Bundu and Tamar Singhbhum Jhargram subdivision of West Midnapore

Districts of West Bengal

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Sacatepéquez Department

Sacatepéquez Department

Sacatepéquez is a department in Guatemala. The capital is Antigua Guatemala.

Sacatepéquez is a department in Guatemala. The capital is Antigua Guatemala.

Coat of arms

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_chemistry

Combinatorial chemistry

Combinatorial split-mix (split and pool) synthesis

Combinatorial chemistry / Combinatorial split-mix (split and pool) synthesis

English: Flow diagram of the split-mix combinatorial synthesis

Combinatorial chemistry comprises chemical synthetic methods that make it possible to prepare a large number of compounds in a single process. These compound libraries can be made as mixtures, sets of individual compounds or chemical structures generated by computer software. Combinatorial chemistry can be used for the synthesis of small molecules and for peptides. Strategies that allow identification of useful components of the libraries are also part of combinatorial chemistry. The methods used in combinatorial chemistry are applied outside chemistry, too.

Combinatorial split-mix (split and pool) synthesis is based on the solid-phase synthesis developed by Merrifield. If a combinatorial peptide library is synthesized using 20 amino acids (or other kinds of building blocks) the bead form solid support is divided into 20 equal portions. This is followed by coupling a different amino acid to each portion. The third step is the mixing of all portions. These three steps comprise a cycle. Elongation of the peptide chains can be realized by simply repeating the steps of the cycle. The procedure is illustrated by the synthesis of a dipeptide library using the same three amino acids as building blocks in both cycles. Each component of this library contains two amino acids arranged in different orders. The amino acids used in couplings are represented by yellow, blue and red circles in the figure. Divergent arrows show dividing solid support resin (green circles) into equal portions, vertical arrows mean coupling and convergent arrows represent mixing and homogenizing the portions of the support. The figure shows that in the two synthetic cycles 9 dipeptides are formed. In the third and fourth cycles, 27 tripeptides and 81 tetrapeptides would form, respectively. The "split-mix synthesis" has several outstanding features: It is highly efficient. As the figure demonstrates the number of peptides formed in the synthetic process (3, 9, 27, 81) increases exponentially with the number of executed cycles. Using 20 amino acids in each synthetic cycle the number of formed peptides are: 400, 8,000, 160,000 and 3,200,000, respectively. This means that the number of peptides increases exponentially with the number of the executed cycles. All peptide sequences are formed in the process that can be deduced by a combination of the amino acids used in the cycles. Portioning of the support into equal samples assures formation of the components of the library in nearly equal molar quantities. Only a single peptide forms on each bead of the support. This is the consequence of using only one amino acid in the coupling steps. It is completely unknown, however, which is the peptide that occupies a selected bead. The split-mix method can be used for the synthesis of organic or any other kind of library that can be prepared from its building blocks in a stepwise process. In 1990 three groups described methods for preparing peptide libraries by biological methods and one year later Fodor et al. published a remarkable method for synthesis of peptide arrays on small glass slides. A "parallel synthesis" method was developed by Mario Geysen and his colleagues for preparation of peptide arrays. They synthesized 96 peptides on plastic rods (pins) coated at their ends with the solid support. The pins were immersed into the solution of reagents placed in the wells of a microtiter plate. The method is widely applied particularly by using automatic parallel synthesizers. Although the parallel method is much slower than the real combinatorial one, its advantage is that it is exactly known which peptide or other compound forms on each pin. Further procedures were developed to combine the advantages of both split-mix and parallel synthesis. In the method described by two groups the solid support was enclosed into permeable plastic capsules together with a radiofrequency tag that carried the code of the compound to be formed in the capsule. The procedure was carried out similar to the split-mix method. In the split step, however, the capsules were distributed among the reaction vessels according to the codes read from the radiofrequency tags of the capsules. A different method for the same purpose was developed by Furka et al. is named "string synthesis". In this method, the capsules carried no code. They are strung like the pearls in a necklace and placed into the reaction vessels in stringed form. The identity of the capsules, as well as their contents, are stored by their position occupied on the strings. After each coupling step, the capsules are redistributed among new strings according to definite rules.

Flow diagram of the split-mix combinatorial synthesis

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Sylvestre,_Haute-Vienne

Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne

Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne

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The church in Saint-Sylvestre

Saint-Sylvestre is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

Saint-Sylvestre (Occitan: Sint Sauvéstre) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

The church in Saint-Sylvestre

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estienne_Roger

Estienne Roger

Estienne Roger

English: Kalverstraat 1-39 seen in direction of Damsquare. Drawing. Amsterdam, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (inv.nr. 010055000264). Nederlands: Kalverstraat 1-39 gezien in de richting van de Dam. Tekening. Amsterdam, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (inv.nr. 010055000264).

Estienne Roger was a francophone printer, bookseller and publisher of sheet music working in the Netherlands.

Estienne Roger (1664 or 1665 in Caen, France – 7 July 1722 in Amsterdam) was a francophone printer, bookseller and publisher of sheet music working in the Netherlands.

Roger's bookshop in Kalverstraat was the first or second on the right on the corner at the Gapersteeg.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Larionov

Yuri Larionov

With Bazarova

Yuri Larionov / Programs / With Bazarova

The pairs podium at the 2011 European Figure Skating Championships. From left: Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov (2), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (1) and Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov (3)

Yuri Yuryevich Larionov is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Vera Bazarova, he is the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a three-time European medalist, the 2007 World Junior silver medalist, and the 2012 Russian national champion. They won six senior Grand Prix series medals outside the final, including gold at the 2012 NHK Trophy.

Bazarova/Larionov at the 2011 European Championships

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_wire_marker

Overhead wire marker

Overhead wire marker

Deutsch: Hoch- und Höchstspannungsfreileitungen in Einebenenanordnung beim Flugplatz Karlsruhe-Forchheim Der weitere Verlauf wird anscheinend zur Schonung des Landschaftsbildes auch unter Baumhöhe gehalten. In der Schneise wurde die Kleingartenanlage Heidenstücker angelegt, dort ist das Betreten der Dächer verboten. 110 kV und 220 kV vom Umspannwerk Daxlanden Richtung UW OberwaldEnglish: High-voltage overhead power lines in single-level arrangement at the Karlsruhe-Forchheim Airfield in Germany. This low-profile configuration extends beyond the airfield to protect the landscape by matching tree height. The Heidenstücker allotment garden was developed along the path; roof access there is forbidden. 110 kV and 220 kV from the Daxlanden substation looking towards Oberwald substation

Overhead wire markers are safety instruments applied to the overhead power lines marking transmission lines and ropeways along the flight path during the day. Markers are often installed on overhead lines near airfields, or at river crossings where there is a possibility of float-equipped aircraft using the river. Some markers contain conductor marking lights or strobe lights to improve visibility at night or in fog.

Overhead wire markers are safety instruments applied to the overhead power lines marking transmission lines and ropeways along the flight path during the day. Markers are often installed on overhead lines near airfields, or at river crossings where there is a possibility of float-equipped aircraft using the river. Some markers contain conductor marking lights or strobe lights to improve visibility at night or in fog.

markers on a line near an airfield

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mee_Canyon

Mee Canyon

Mee Canyon

English: Source: This photograph was taken by myself, Bill Duncan.

Mee Canyon is a remote scenic area within the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness which in turn forms the core of the Bureau of Land Management administered McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area in west central Colorado. Limited access and primitive facilities limit visitation and help preserve the wilderness in its natural state. Mee Canyon is accessed either by boat from the Colorado River, or from a trail head near Glade Park.

Mee Canyon is a remote scenic area within the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness which in turn forms the core of the Bureau of Land Management administered McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area in west central Colorado. Limited access and primitive facilities limit visitation and help preserve the wilderness in its natural state. Mee Canyon is accessed either by boat from the Colorado River, or from a trail head near Glade Park.

Arch Tower, in Mee Canyon

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobkou_Planitia

Sobkou Planitia

Sobkou Planitia

English: Mariner 10 mosaic showing the bright ray crater Degas on Mercury. The crater is 45 km in diameter, and the mosaic was produced from images taken during the first and third encounters. North is up. (Mariner 10, Atlas of Mercury, Fig. 3-E) Location & Time Information Date/Time (UT): N/A Distance/Range (km): N/A Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): N/A Orbit(s): Flyby Imaging Information Area or Feature Type: crater, ray crater Instrument: GEC 1-inch vidicon tube (TV) camera Instrument Resolution (pixels): 700 x 832, 8 bit Instrument Field of View (deg): 0.38 x 0.47 Filter: N/A Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A Phase Angle (deg): N/A Instrument Look Direction: N/A Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A Ordering Information CD-ROM Volume: N/A NASA Image ID number: Fig. 3-E, Atlas of Mercury Other Image ID number: N/A NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 73-085A-01S NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): N/A Other ID: N/A Русский: Окрестности кратера Дега на Меркурии. Мозаика из снимков, полученных космическим аппаратом «Маринер-10» во время первого (1974) и третьего (1975) пролёта возле планеты.

Sobkou Planitia is a large basin on the planet Mercury. It is named after the ancient Egyptian messenger deity Sobkou. He was associated by the Egyptians with the planet Mercury.

Sobkou Planitia is a large basin on the planet Mercury. It is named after the ancient Egyptian messenger deity Sobkou (whose name is more usually transliterated Sobek). He was associated by the Egyptians with the planet Mercury.

Mariner 10 image of Sobkou Planitia showing the crater pair Degas and Brontë

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Kingston-upon-Thames

Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames

History

Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames / History

Kingston-upon-Thames was a local government district in north east Surrey, England from 1835 to 1965 around the town now known as Kingston upon Thames. It was alternatively known as Kingston on Thames. It was a municipal borough and also held the rarer status of Royal borough. The district was abolished in 1965 and was replaced with the larger London Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, with the Royal borough status passed to the new district.

The ancient borough of Kingston-upon-Thames received its charter in 1484 from Edward IV. The borough corporation was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The ancient parish of Kingston-upon-Thames was much larger than the ancient borough. Through the gradual process of splitting off new parishes, the borough and parish became coterminous in 1894. It formed part of the expanded Metropolitan Police District from 1840 and the London Traffic Area from 1924. It was known as a Royal borough through ancient custom and the right to the title was confirmed by George V in 1927. The borough formed part of the London Passenger Transport Area from 1933. It gained an area of 251 acres (1 km²) in the north west from the abolition of Ham Urban District in 1933 and was affected by a minor exchange of territory with the Municipal Borough of Richmond in 1958. The district was abolished in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 and its former area was transferred to Greater London to be combined with that of the Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe and the Municipal Borough of Surbiton to form the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames; with the status of Royal borough transferred to the new borough. The borough's coat of arms was first registered in 1572. It was Azure three salmon naiant in pale argent. This coat of arms was re-adopted as that of the new London Borough of Kingston upon Thames in 1965, with the addition of a crest and supporters, and the changing of the colour of the fins of the three fishes from silver to red.

A map showing the wards of Kingston-upon-Thames Municipal Borough as they appeared in 1868.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_hamburger

History of the hamburger

Culinary history

History of the hamburger / Culinary history

English: Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937). The film has fallen into the public domain, as its copyright has expired.

The hamburger first appeared in the 19th or early 20th century. The modern hamburger was a product of the culinary needs of a society rapidly changing due to industrialization and the emergence of the working class and middle class with the resulting demand for mass-produced, affordable food that could be consumed outside of the home. Considerable evidence suggests the USA was the first country where two slices of bread and a ground beef steak were combined into a "hamburger sandwich" and sold. There is some controversy over the origin of the hamburger because its two basic ingredients, bread and beef, had been prepared and consumed separately for many years in different countries before their combination. Shortly after its creation, the hamburger quickly included all of its currently typically characteristic trimmings, including onions, lettuce, and sliced pickles. It is named after the German city of Hamburg. After various controversies in the 20th century, including a nutritional controversy in the late 1990s, the burger is now readily identified with the United States, and a particular style of cuisine, namely fast food.

The hamburger was very popular among Americans during the postwar period following World War I, even in popular culture. An example of this was the prominent appearance of hamburgers in E. C. Segar's Thimble Theatre comic strip, which prominently featured a cartoon character named Popeye the Sailor who ate spinach to sustain his superhuman strength. Popeye's first appearance was as a supporting character on January 17, 1929, alongside many other characters. One of these characters was J. Wellington Wimpy (often shortened to just "Wimpy"), a lover of hamburgers who was both polite and gluttonous. His signature phrase, "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today", became popular and widely known. During the height of his popularity in the 1930s, Wimpy introduced the hamburger to the youth of the time as a healthy food. It also resulted in the creation of a chain of fast food restaurants called Wimpy's in his honor, which sold hamburgers for ten cents. In a similar fashion, the fictional character Jughead Jones, who first appeared in Archie Comics in 1941, was passionate about food generally, and hamburgers specifically. Fictional characters related to the hamburger, such as the Ronald McDonald clown character designed by Willard Scott who first appeared on television in 1963, soon became a recognizable part of American culture. The burger also made appearances in underground comix such as Zap Comix#2 during the late 1960s, in which cartoonist Robert Crumb designed a character called "Hamburger Hi-Jinx". By the end of the decade, pop art was including the hamburger as an artistic element, appearing in the works of Andy Warhol (Dual Hamburger), Claes Oldenburg (Floor Burger), Mel Ramos (Vinaburger, 1965), and more recently, David LaChapelle (Death by Hamburger, 2002). An example of the popularity and identification that the burger enjoyed among the American public was the name of the Battle of Hamburger Hill, which occurred in May 1969 during the Vietnam War. Its name was inspired by the number of American and Vietnamese casualties, which made the scene resembles a "butcher". The hamburger was also the inspiration of Star Wars creator George Lucas's design for the Millennium Falcon ship. Hamburgers also appear in computer games, as in the case of BurgerTime, an arcade-style game created in 1982 by Data East Corporation. The hamburger also appears prominently on American television shows such as American Eats and Man v. Food. By the 1960s, American society had become highly motorized, largely due to the 1956 Federal Highway Act passed by President Dwight Eisenhower and inspired by the German Autobahn, as well as the impressive growth rates of American automobile manufacturers at the time. Due to the extensive use of cars at the time, hamburgers were often served at drive-ins, often by waiters known as carhops. Drive-in restaurants first appeared in the United States in the early 1930s, and gradually become a common sight across the country. The ability to serve hamburgers to customers in their cars was seen as a business opportunity by countless fast-food chains, especially McDonald's. The popularity of the hamburger grew rapidly among the American population during this period, and statistics indicate that the average American was eating three burgers per week. During the Cold War, the hamburger became a national symbol of the United States. As private outdoor social events, often held in backyards and featuring a barbecue, became more widespread during the mid-1950s, the hamburger gained a new culinary and social relevance in the country. By the late 1960s, hamburgers began to grow in size as various burger chains competed with each other, resulting in Burger King launching the Whopper and McDonald's launching the Quarter Pounder. As the race between the major chains grew more intense, the prices of their burgers increased, and the days when a hamburger could be bought for just a few cents were numbered. In the 1970s, major hamburger chains began to use considerable resources in marketing their products. They began

J. Wellington Wimpy (Wimpy), on the left one of Popeye's friends from a 1937 cartoon, had a tremendous craving for hamburgers.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tjaarda

Tom Tjaarda

Design portfolio

Tom Tjaarda / Design portfolio

1965 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 - red - fvr

Tom Tjaarda was an automobile designer noted for his work on a broad range of automobiles — estimated at over eighty — from exotic sports cars including the Ferrari 365 California, De Tomaso Pantera and Aston Martin Lagonda Coupé to high-volume popular cars including the first generation Ford Fiesta and the Fiat 124 Spider. For his work, Tjaarda was honored at the 1997 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance as well as the 1997 Concorso Italiano. Jalopnik called Tjaarda "one of the defining automotive designers of the 20th century." Noted automotive designer and journalist Robert Cumberford called Tjaarda "one of the world’s most accomplished Italian car designers." Car Design News called him "one of the great unsung heroes of the car design world."

1959. Ghia Selene I 1960. Innocenti 950 S Ghia Spider 1960. (Innocenti) Ghia IXG Dragster 1960. Renault Dauphine Ghia Coupé 1960. VW Karmann Ghia 1500 (type 34) Coupé (rear design; main body design by Sergio Sartorelli) 1961. Ferbedo Automobilina pedal car (Ghia) 1961. Ghia Cart 1961. Innocenti 1100 Ghia Coupé 1962. Chevrolet Corvair Pininfarina Coupé (I) 1963. Chevrolet Corvette Rondine Pininfarina Coupé (I) 1963. Fiat 2300 Pininfarina 1963. Lancia Flaminia 2.8 Pininfarina Coupé Speciale 1964. Chevrolet Corvette Rondine Pininfarina Coupé (II) 1964. Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Pininfarina series 1 1964. Mercedes 230 SL Pininfarina Coupé 1965. Fiat 124 Spider Pininfarina 1966. Ferrari 365 California 1968. Ghia Centurion (with Giorgetto Giugiaro and Rowan Industries) 1968. Serenissima Coupé (Ghia) 1969. De Tomaso Mustela (I) (Ghia) 1969. Isuzu Bellett MX1600 GT (Ghia) 1969. Lancia Flaminia Marica (Ghia) 1969. Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF Competizione (Ghia) 1970. De Tomaso Deauville (Ghia) 1970. De Tomaso Pantera Ghia 1970. Sinthesis 2000 Berlinetta 1970. Williams De Tomaso-Ford (Cosworth) 505/38 (De Tomaso Formula 1) 1971. All-Cars AutoZodiaco Damaca 1971. De Tomaso 1600 (Ghia) Spider 1971. De Tomaso Zonda (Ghia) 1971. Isuzu Bellett SportsWagon (Ghia) 1972. De Tomaso Longchamp 1972. De Tomaso Pantera L (Ghia) 1972. De Tomaso Pantera 290 (Ghia) 1972. De Tomaso Pantera GT4 (Ghia) 1972. Ford Fiesta (Ghia, Project "Wolf") 1973. De Tomaso/Ford Pantera 7X (Ghia) 1973. De Tomaso Monttella 1/1 197X 1973. Ford Mustela (II) (Ghia) 1974. Ford Ghia Coins 1974. Ford Maverick 1978. Autobianchi/Lancia Y10 1979. Fiat Brazil 1979. Ford Mustang II Proposals (Ghia) (different variants) 1979. Zastava (facelifts of older Fiat-based models for Yugoslavia) 1980. De Tomaso Longchamp Cabrio 1981. SEAT Ronda 1981. SEAT Guappa Coupé 1982. Chrysler LeBaron 1982. Chrysler Imperial 1983. Rayton-Fissore Taxi Torino 1985. Chrysler Jeep (Interior) 1985. Rayton-Fissore Magnum 4x4 1989. Aston Martin Lagonda Coupé 1988. PPG 4x4 (USA) 1989. Laforza Magnum 4x4 1989. Zastava Utility vehicle 1991. Bitter Tasco 1992. Saab 900 four door 1992. Suzuki Coupé (for Bugatti) 1993. Fiat Iveco Truck Interior 1995. Lamborghini Diablo (Interior) 1998. Isotta-Fraschini T8 Coupé 1998. Isotta-Fraschini T12 Coupé 2000. Qvale Mangusta (II) 2001. Laforza PSV (II) (production engineering only) 2002. Spyker GT Sport 2003. Fiat Barchetta (Facelift) 2006. Shelby Series 2 2007. Tjaarda Mustang

Ferrari 330 GT 2+2

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerium

Cerium

Applications

Cerium / Applications

Karl Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929)

Cerium is a chemical element with the symbol Ce and atomic number 58. Cerium is a soft, ductile and silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air, and it is soft enough to be cut with a knife. Cerium is the second element in the lanthanide series, and while it often shows the +3 oxidation state characteristic of the series, it also has a stable +4 state that does not oxidize water. It is also considered one of the rare-earth elements. Cerium has no biological role in humans and is not very toxic. Despite always occurring in combination with the other rare-earth elements in minerals such as those of the monazite and bastnäsite groups, cerium is easy to extract from its ores, as it can be distinguished among the lanthanides by its unique ability to be oxidized to the +4 state. It is the most common of the lanthanides, followed by neodymium, lanthanum, and praseodymium. It is the 26th-most abundant element, making up 66 ppm of the Earth's crust, half as much as chlorine and five times as much as lead.

The first use of cerium was in gas mantles, invented by the Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach. In 1885, he had previously experimented with mixtures of magnesium, lanthanum, and yttrium oxides, but these gave green-tinted light and were unsuccessful. Six years later, he discovered that pure thorium oxide produced a much better, though blue, light, and that mixing it with cerium dioxide resulted in a bright white light. Additionally, cerium dioxide also acts as a catalyst for the combustion of thorium oxide. This resulted in great commercial success for von Welsbach and his invention, and created great demand for thorium; its production resulted in a large amount of lanthanides being simultaneously extracted as by-products. Applications were soon found for them, especially in the pyrophoric alloy known as "mischmetal" composed of 50% cerium, 25% lanthanum, and the remainder being the other lanthanides, that is used widely for lighter flints. Usually, iron is also added to form an alloy known as ferrocerium, also invented by von Welsbach. Due to the chemical similarities of the lanthanides, chemical separation is not usually required for their applications, such as the mixing of mischmetal into steel to improve its strength and workability, or as catalysts for the cracking of petroleum. This property of cerium saved the life of writer Primo Levi at the Auschwitz concentration camp, when he found a supply of ferrocerium alloy and bartered it for food. Ceria is the most widely used compound of cerium. The main application of ceria is as a polishing compound, for example in chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP). In this application, ceria has replaced other metal oxides for the production of high-quality optical surfaces. Major automotive applications for the lower sesquioxide are as a catalytic converter for the oxidation of CO and NOₓ emissions in the exhaust gases from motor vehicles, Ceria has also been used as a substitute for its radioactive congener thoria, for example in the manufacture of electrodes used in gas tungsten arc welding, where ceria as an alloying element improves arc stability and ease of starting while decreasing burn-off. Cerium(IV) sulfate is used as an oxidising agent in quantitative analysis. Cerium(IV) in methanesulfonic acid solutions is applied in industrial scale electrosynthesis as a recyclable oxidant. Ceric ammonium nitrate is used as an oxidant in organic chemistry and in etching electronic components, and as a primary standard for quantitative analysis. The photostability of pigments can be enhanced by the addition of cerium. It provides pigments with light fastness and prevents clear polymers from darkening in sunlight. Television glass plates are subject to electron bombardment, which tends to darken them by creation of F-center color centers. This effect is suppressed by addition of cerium oxide. Cerium is also an essential component of phosphors used in TV screens and fluorescent lamps. Cerium sulfide forms a red pigment that stays stable up to 350 °C. The pigment is a nontoxic alternative to cadmium sulfide pigments. Cerium is used as alloying element in aluminum to create castable eutectic alloys, Al-Ce alloys with 6–16 wt.% Ce, to which Mg and/or Si can be further added; these alloys have excellent high temperature strength.

Carl Auer von Welsbach, who discovered many applications of cerium

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landolphia_owariensis

Landolphia owariensis

History

Landolphia owariensis / History

English: "In The Rubber Coils. Scene - The Congo 'Free' State" Linley Sambourne depicts King Leopold II of Belgium as a snake entangling a congolese rubber collector.

Landolphia owariensis is a species of liana from the family Apocynaceae found in tropical Africa. Latex can be extracted from this plant for the manufacture of natural rubber. Other names for this vine are eta, the white rubber vine and the Congo rubber plant. Congo rubber was a commercial rubber exported from the Congo Free State starting in 1890, most notable for its forced harvesting under conditions of great human suffering, in the Congo Free State, detailed in the 1904 Casement Report. From 1885 to 1908, millions died as a result of murder, deprivation, and disease, with population falling by millions in this period; some writers estimate this loss to be as high as 10 million people.

In 1885, Leopold II established the Congo Free State under the auspices of the International Association of the Congo, by securing the European community's agreement with the claim that he was involved in humanitarian and philanthropic work. To monopolize the resources of the entire Congo Free State, Leopold issued three decrees in 1891 and 1892 that stripped control of resources from the native populations and required them to work. Collectively, these forced the natives to deliver all ivory and rubber, harvested or found, to state officers or to the state's monopoly concession companies, thus nearly completing Leopold's monopoly of the Congo's ivory and rubber trade. The rubber came from wild vines in the jungle, unlike the rubber from Brazil (Hevea brasiliensis), which was tapped from trees. To extract the rubber, instead of tapping the vines, the Congolese workers would slash them and lather their bodies with the rubber latex. When the latex hardened, it would be scraped off the skin in a painful manner, as it took off the worker's hair with it. The Force Publique, the Free State's military, was used to enforce the rubber quotas. During the 1890s, the Force Publique's primary role was to enforce a system of corvée labour to promote the rubber trade. Armed with modern weapons and the chicotte—a bull whip made of hippopotamus hide—the Force Publique routinely took and tortured hostages, slaughtered families of rebels, and flogged and raped Congolese people. Failure to meet the rubber collection quotas was punishable by death. Recalcitrant villages were burned and Force Publique soldiers were sometimes required to provide a severed hand from their victims as proof that they had not misused their weapons. A Catholic priest quotes a man, Tswambe, speaking of a hated state official, Léon Fiévez, who ran a district along the river 500 kilometres (300 mi) north of Stanley Pool: All blacks saw this man as the devil of the Equator...From all the bodies killed in the field, you had to cut off the hands. He wanted to see the number of hands cut off by each soldier, who had to bring them in baskets...A village which refused to provide rubber would be completely swept clean. As a young man, I saw [Fiévez's] soldier Molili, then guarding the village of Boyeka, take a net, put ten arrested natives in it, attach big stones to the net, and make it tumble into the river...Rubber causes these torments; that's why we no longer want to hear its name spoken. Soldiers made young men kill or rape their own mothers and sisters.

A 1906 cartoon from the British satirical magazine Punch, depicting King Leopold II as a rubber vine curled around the body of a Congolese man

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balint_Balassi_Memorial_Sword_Award

Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award

Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award

English: Logo of Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award

The Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award is a European award for literature presented in Budapest since 1997. The native form of this name is Balassi Bálint-emlékkard. This award commemorates the 16th century Hungarian poet Bálint Balassi. The memorial sword is presented annually to an outstanding Hungarian poet, and to a foreign poet for excellence in translation of Hungarian literature, including the works of Balassi. The sword itself is a replica of those sabres that the 16th century Hungarian cavalry wore during the sieges of fortresses. They are the work of a contemporary swordsmith. This award is presented each year on Bálint's Day, February 14, in the city of Buda. The celebration venue is traditionally the Hotel Gellért.

The Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award is a European award for literature presented in Budapest since 1997. The native form of this name is Balassi Bálint-emlékkard (Balassi Bálint-emlékkard). This award commemorates the 16th century Hungarian poet Bálint Balassi. The memorial sword is presented annually to an outstanding Hungarian poet, and to a foreign poet for excellence in translation of Hungarian literature, including the works of Balassi. The sword itself is a replica of those sabres that the 16th century Hungarian cavalry wore during the sieges of fortresses. They are the work of a contemporary swordsmith. This award is presented each year on Bálint's (Valentine's) Day, February 14, in the city of Buda. The celebration venue is traditionally the Hotel Gellért.

Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award 2010 logo

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York

Yonkers, New York

Yonkers, New York

English: View of Yonkers from Alpine Overlook on the New Jersey Palisades

View of Yonkers from the New Jersey Palisades in 2013

Yonkers is the 4th largest city in the American state of New York. It is the southwestern part of Westchester County Yonkers borders the New York City borough of The Bronx and is 2 miles north of Manhattan. Broadway runs through all three, and railroads also connect them to Grand Central Terminal. The Bronx River separates Yonkers from Mount Vernon, New York on the east. The Hudson River is on the west. The city's best-known attraction is Yonkers Raceway, a harness racing track. There is a large shopping area along Central Park Avenue. It is sometimes called "Central Avenue" by area residents.

Yonkers is the 4th largest city in the American state of New York. It is the southwestern part of Westchester County Yonkers borders the New York City borough of The Bronx and is 2 miles (3 km) north of Manhattan. Broadway runs through all three, and railroads also connect them to Grand Central Terminal. The Bronx River separates Yonkers from Mount Vernon, New York on the east. The Hudson River is on the west. The city's best-known attraction is Yonkers Raceway, a harness racing track. There is a large shopping area along Central Park Avenue. It is sometimes called "Central Avenue" by area residents.

View of Yonkers from the New Jersey Palisades in 2013

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_Valley

Cache Valley

Transportation

Cache Valley / Transportation

English: US-91 south of Richmond, Utah.

Cache Valley is a valley of northern Utah and southeast Idaho, United States, that includes the Logan metropolitan area. The valley was used by 19th century mountain men and was the site of the 1863 Bear River Massacre. The name, Cache Valley is often used synonymously to describe the Logan Metropolitan Area, one of the fastest growing metro areas in the US per capita — both in terms of economic GDP and population.

U.S. Highways 89 and 91 enter the valley from the southwest as one highway, and then separate in downtown Logan. US-89 goes northeast into Logan Canyon, and thence to Bear Lake, a large lake in the area. US-91 goes due northward into Idaho and to reconnect with I-15. Several state highways run through the valley: In Idaho, State Highways 34 and 36; and in Utah, SR-23, SR-30, SR-101, SR-142, SR-165, SR-200, and SR-218. The valley is served by the Cache Valley Transit District (CVTD), a zero-fare bus system. CVTD primarily serves the Logan area however offers shuttle service to Preston. There are two airports in the valley, the Logan-Cache Airport and Preston Airport. Neither airport provides commercial service, however Salt Lake City International Airport is within driving distance (less than 2 hours).

Looking north on US‑91 toward Richmond, Utah, August 2007

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maps_of_manifolds

Maps of manifolds

Types of maps

Maps of manifolds / Types of maps

In mathematics, more specifically in differential geometry and topology, various types of functions between manifolds are studied, both as objects in their own right and for the light they shed

Just as there are various types of manifolds, there are various types of maps of manifolds. In geometric topology, the basic types of maps correspond to various categories of manifolds: DIFF for smooth functions between differentiable manifolds, PL for piecewise linear functions between piecewise linear manifolds, and TOP for continuous functions between topological manifolds. These are progressively weaker structures, properly connected via PDIFF, the category of piecewise-smooth maps between piecewise-smooth manifolds. In addition to these general categories of maps, there are maps with special properties; these may or may not form categories, and may or may not be generally discussed categorically. In geometric topology a basic type are embeddings, of which knot theory is a central example, and generalizations such as immersions, submersions, covering spaces, and ramified covering spaces. Basic results include the Whitney embedding theorem and Whitney immersion theorem. In complex geometry, ramified covering spaces are used to model Riemann surfaces, and to analyze maps between surfaces, such as by the Riemann–Hurwitz formula. In Riemannian geometry, one may ask for maps to preserve the Riemannian metric, leading to notions of isometric embeddings, isometric immersions, and Riemannian submersions; a basic result is the Nash embedding theorem.

The right-handed trefoil knot.

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Šiauliai County

Šiauliai County

Šiauliai County is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the north of the country, and its capital is Šiauliai. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Šiauliai County remains as the territorial and statistical unit.

Šiauliai County (Lithuanian: Šiaulių apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the north of the country, and its capital is Šiauliai. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Šiauliai County remains as the territorial and statistical unit.

Location of Šiauliai County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Hauptbahnhof

Dresden Hauptbahnhof

Unifying railways

Dresden Hauptbahnhof / Operations / Railway lines and operations / Unifying railways

Deutsch: Dresden Hauptbahnhof

Dresden Hauptbahnhof is the largest passenger station in the Saxon capital of Dresden. In 1898, it replaced the Böhmischen Bahnhof of the former Saxon-Bohemian State Railway, and was designed with its formal layout as the central station of the city. The combination of a station building on an island between the tracks and a terminal station on two different levels is unique. The building is notable for its halls that are roofed with Teflon-coated glass fibre membranes. This translucent roof design, installed during the comprehensive rehabilitation of the station at the beginning of the 21st century, allows more daylight to reach the concourses than was previously possible. The station is connected by the Dresden railway node to the tracks of the Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway and the Dresden–Werdau railway, allowing traffic to run to the southeast towards Prague, Vienna and on to south-eastern Europe or to the southwest towards Chemnitz and Nuremberg. The connection of the routes to the north, northwest and east does not take place at the station, but north of Dresden-Neustadt station.

The Dresden station is located on three electrified double-track main lines: The Děčín–Dresden railway (also called the Elbtalbahn–Elbe Valley Railway) (route 6240) passes through the station running over two lateral elevated railway tracks and runs to the south-east. It connects with Děčín and Prague through the valley of the Elbe. The section to Pirna is designed for speeds up to 160 km/h. From Dresden Hauptbahnhof to the vicinity of Dresden-Neustadt station there is a parallel single or double-track line for freight traffic (route 6241). The double track line branches off in Dresden Hauptbahnhof and runs south of the south hall. The line is single track from the vicinity of Dresden Mitte station over the Marien Bridge to Dresden-Neustadt station and it is shared by passenger trains and runs as a single track to the line to Dresden-Klotzsche. The Pirna–Coswig S-Bahn line (route 6239) runs parallel to the Elbe Valley Railway; it runs through the northern hall of Dresden station. The Dresden–Werdau railway (route 6258) starts in the station and branches on the western approach over a grade-separated junction. It represents the first section of Saxon-Franconian trunk line via Chemnitz, Zwickau and Hof to Nuremberg. The Hauptbahnhof is also connected with railway to Berlin via the triangle of rail tracks between Dresden Freiberger Straße and Dresden Mitte and with the railway to Leipzig and railway to Görlitz via Dresden-Neustadt.

The western approach connects the two platform levels and branches simultaneously with the mainline at a level junction

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Egypt

List of birds of Egypt

Plovers and lapwings

List of birds of Egypt / Plovers and lapwings

Pluvialis squatarola, delta sine saloum (SE).

This is a list of the species of birds found in Egypt, a country in north-east Africa. The avifauna of Egypt include a total of 494 species of birds. No species are endemic to Egypt. This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. All of the birds below are included in the total bird count for Egypt. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories. Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Egypt (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Egypt as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Egypt although populations exist elsewhere (X) Extinct - a species or subspecies that no longer exists.

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water. Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus; Ancient Egyptian: its hieroglyph mostly used to denote rxt 'common folk, subjects'; also once its head follows the word (i)3by.t 'dancer' (cfr. Eng.: lapwing = leap-wing Spur-winged plover, Vanellus spinosus Sociable lapwing, Vanellus gregarius White-tailed lapwing, Vanellus leucurus Lesser sand-plover, Charadrius mongolus Greater sand-plover, Charadrius leschenaultii Caspian plover, Charadrius asiaticus Kittlitz's plover, Charadrius pecuarius Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius Three-banded plover, Charadrius tricollaris Eurasian dotterel, Charadrius morinellus

A black-bellied plover

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_XIV_Gemina

Legio XIV Gemina

In support of imperial candidates

Legio XIV Gemina / Under Germanicus / In support of imperial candidates

Legio quarta decima Gemina was a legion of the Imperial Roman army, levied by Julius Caesar in 57 BC. The cognomen Gemina was added when the legion was combined with another understrength legion after the Battle of Actium. The cognomen Martia Victrix was added sequentially following their service in the Pannonian War c. AD 9 and the defeat of Boudicca in AD 61. The emblem of the legion was the Capricorn, as with many of the legions levied by Caesar.

In the turmoil following the defeat of Valerian, the XIV Gemina supported usurper Regalianus against Emperor Gallienus (260), then Gallienus against Postumus of the Gallic Empire (earning the title VI Pia VI Fidelis—"six times faithful, six times loyal"), and, after Gallienus' death, Gallic Emperor Victorinus (269–271).

Shield design of the Quartodecimani, a comitatensis legion under the Magister Militum per Thracias, 5th century, according to Notitia Dignitatum.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio,_New_York

Scipio, New York

Scipio, New York

Howland Cobblestone Store, hamlet of Sherwood, Twon of Scipio, NY

Howland Cobblestone Store, Sherwood, NY

Scipio is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,713 at the 2010 census. The town name was provided by a clerk with an interest in the classics. Scipio is centrally located in the southern half of the county, south of Auburn.

Scipio is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,713 at the 2010 census. The town name was provided by a clerk with an interest in the classics. Scipio is centrally located in the southern half of the county, south of Auburn.

Howland Cobblestone Store, Sherwood, NY

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_Wilhelm_Bauer

German submarine Wilhelm Bauer

Salvage, refit and new service

German submarine Wilhelm Bauer / Salvage, refit and new service

Deutsch: Die vier Bugtorpedorohre vom U-Boot Wilhelm Bauer als Klasse 241

Wilhelm Bauer is a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's navy, completed shortly before the end of World War II. It was scuttled at the end of the war, having never gone on patrol. In 1957, it was raised from the seabed off Flensburg Firth, refurbished and recommissioned for use by the West-German Bundesmarine in 1960. Finally retired fully in 1983, it is the only floating example of a Type XXI U-boat. It has been modified to appear in wartime configuration and exhibited at the Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, Germany.

In June 1957, after more than 12 years on the floor of the Baltic Sea, U-2540 was raised and overhauled at Howaldtswerke, Kiel. The submarine was commissioned as a research vessel in the Bundesmarine, serving from 1 September 1960 until 28 August 1968 as a test boat (class 241). On relaunch she was renamed Wilhelm Bauer, after the designer of the first German U-boat, Brandtaucher, built in Kiel by August Howaldt in 1850. From May 1970 she again entered service, this time with a civilian crew and served as a testbed for the technical innovations of the class 206 U-boat. After an underwater collision with the German destroyer Z-3 (D172) on 6 May 1980 Wilhelm Bauer was discharged from use at Eckernförde on 18 November 1980 and finally released from service in 1983.

The four bow torpedo tubes on the submarine (Class 241)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_Forest_National_Park

Bavarian Forest National Park

Description

Bavarian Forest National Park / Description

Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald

The Bavarian Forest National Park is a national park in the Eastern Bavarian Forest immediately on Germany's border with the Czech Republic. It was founded on 7 October 1970 as the first national park in Germany. Since its expansion on 1 August 1997 it has covered an area of 24,250 hectares. Together with the neighbouring Czech Bohemian Forest the Bavarian Forest forms the largest contiguous area of forest in Central Europe.

Especially protected are the Norway spruce–dominated highland forests, mixed mountain forests of European silver fir, European beech and spruce trees and water meadow spruce woods in the valleys. Although a few remnants of ancient forest remain, the National Park area is still heavily influenced by the former forestry industry. Since nature is now left to take its course again, there is no human intervention when there are catastrophic events such as large scale bark beetle infestation. This resulted in the death of a portion of the high elevation forests in the 1990s and triggered controversial discussions amongst the residents of the National Park, which highlighted differing attitudes to the wilderness. As the result of a compromise, bark beetle is now fought in the buffer area. The highest peaks in the National Park are the Großer Falkenstein (1,305 m (4,281 ft)), the Lusen (1,373 m (4,505 ft)) and the Großer Rachel (1,453 m (4,767 ft)). In addition to the forests, there are also ecologically valuable raised bogs with bog lakes such as the Latschensee and former high meadows, the so-called Schachten, which spread even further on the Czech side of the border in the Bohemian Forest. With over 700,000 visitors per year, the National Park is an important economic factor in the economically underdeveloped region of the Bavarian Forest.

Bavarian Forest National Park

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_management

Waste management

Principles of waste management

Waste management / Principles of waste management

Waste management include the activities and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process. Waste can be solid, liquid, or gas and each type has different methods of disposal and management. Waste management deals with all types of waste, including industrial, biological and household. In some cases, waste can pose a threat to human health. Waste is produced by human activity, for example, the extraction and processing of raw materials. Waste management is intended to reduce adverse effects of waste on human health, the environment or aesthetics. Waste management practices are not uniform among countries; regions, and residential and industrial sectors can all take different approaches. A large portion of waste management practices deal with municipal solid waste which is the bulk of the waste that is created by household, industrial, and commercial activity.

Diagram of the waste hierarchy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangsamoro_Transition_Authority

Bangsamoro Transition Authority

History

Bangsamoro Transition Authority / History

English: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte administers the oath to the members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority during a ceremony at the Malacañan Palace on February 22, 2019.

The Bangsamoro Transition Authority is the interim regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region and has executive and legislative powers over the region.

With the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law following a plebiscite on January 21, 2019 the abolition process of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) begins paving way for the formal creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Under the law a transition body, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), is to be organized pending the election of the new region's government officials in 2022. It was planned that the BTA will be constituted in February 2019. It is projected that the transition body will compose of a total of 105 members (80 appointed members and 25 elected officials of the ARMM) until June 30, 2019. After that date the body will compose of only 80 members. Until the BTA was constituted, Section 5 of Article XVI of the Bangsamoro Organic Law provided for a caretaker body consisting of the same 25 ARMM officials as well as the original 20 members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission. The 80 appointed members of the BTA took their oath on February 22, 2019 with the official turnover of the ARMM to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region occurred on February 26, 2019.

President Rodrigo Duterte administers the oath to the members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority during a ceremony at the Malacañang Palace on February 22, 2019.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neville,_5th_Earl_of_Salisbury

Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury

Marriage and issue

Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury / Marriage and issue

Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury KG PC was an English nobleman and magnate based in northern England who became a key supporter of the House of York during the early years of the Wars of the Roses. He was the father of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, the "Kingmaker".

He married Alice Montacute (1407-1462), daughter and heiress of Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury (1388-1428), by whom he had twelve children:

Arms of Montagu quartering Monthermer

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudavent_Hatun_Tomb

Hudavent Hatun Tomb

Hudavent Hatun Tomb

Türkçe: Niğde Hüdâvend Hatun Kümbeti UFUK MERAL https://www.facebook.com/ufukmerall

Hudavend Hatun Türbe or Huvand Hatun Türbe is a 14th-century Seljuk Kümbet in Nigde, Turkey.

Hudavend Hatun Türbe or Huvand Hatun Türbe is a 14th-century Seljuk Kümbet in Nigde, Turkey.

View of the Türbe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_William_Bentinck

Lord William Bentinck

Italian adventure

Lord William Bentinck / Early career / Italian adventure

Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck GCB GCH PC, known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British soldier and statesman. He served as Governor-General of India from 1828 to 1835. He has been credited for significant social and educational reforms in India including abolishing sati, suppressing female infanticide and human sacrifice. Bentinck said that "the dreadful responsibility hanging over his head in this world and the next, if… he was to consent to the continuance of this practice one moment longer." Bentinck after consultation with the army and officials passed the Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 there was little opposition. The only challenge came from the Dharma Sabha which appealed in the Privy Council however the ban on Sati was upheld. He ended lawlessness by eliminating thuggee – which had existed for over 450 years – with the aid of his chief captain, William Henry Sleeman. Along with Thomas Babington Macaulay he introduced English as the language of instruction in India.

Sailing from Sicily on 30 January 1814, Bentinck first made for Naples. There he reluctantly signed an armistice with Joachim Murat; whom he personally detested as being a man whose "whole life had been a crime," yet whom Britain found it expedient to detach from his brother-in-law, Napoleon, by guaranteeing his Kingdom of Naples in return for an alliance. Having instructed the forces under his command in Sicily to make a landing at Livorno, Bentinck then travelled north, with a day's stop in Rome, to join them. The disembarkation at Livorno began on the 9 March and took three days to complete, Murat's Neapolitans already having occupied the port beforehand. Napoleon's sister Elisa, though having now abandoned her Grand Duchy of Tuscany, had nevertheless not given up completely in attempting to salvage something out of the collapse of her brother's Empire. Having obtained from Murat - husband of her sister Caroline - the guarantee that he would obtain the consent of the Coalition he had just joined to her retention of the Principality of Lucca and Piombino in return for having rendered up Tuscany without a fight, she had, by the time of Bentinck's appearance at Livorno, retired to Lucca. Upon hearing of his landing, she sent a delegation to gain assurances that Murat's pact would be respected. Bentinck replied that it would not. If she did not depart immediately, he said, she would arrested. With 2,000 British troops dispatched towards the city to carry out this threat, the heavily pregnant Elisa had no choice but to abandon the last of her territories and flee north, where she eventually fell into allied hands at Bologna. Elisa quit Lucca on the 13 March. The next day, Bentinck issued a proclamation from Livorno calling on the Italian nation to rise in a movement of liberation. "Italians!" he declared, "Great Britain has landed her troops on your shores; she holds out her hand to you to free you from the iron yoke of Buonaparte...hesitate no longer...assert your rights and your liberty. Call us, and we will hasten to you, and then, our forces joined, will effect that Italy may become what in the best times she was". In thus attempting to bring about his long-nurtured dream of an independent Italian nation-state in the north and centre (he did not consider the Neapolitans and Sicilians 'Italians'), Bentinck was quite publicly repudiating the policy of his own Government - which was intending to largely restore the status quo ante bellum in Italy; with Austria in possession of Lombardy and the King of Sardinia re-established in Piedmont. For the next month, Bentinck was therefore operating as effectively an independent actor representative of Britain only, as Rosselli says, in the widest sense: in that he held himself to be furthering Britain's true interests, regardless of whether the current Government recognised them or not. Ordering his troops north to besiege Genoa, Bentinck himself now headed to Reggio Emilia for a conference with Murat. At this conference on the 15th, he brazenly demanded that Tuscany be handed over to himself and evacuated by the Neapolitan forces then in possession of it. It was necessary, he argued, that Tuscany be under British jurisdiction, as otherwise he would have no logistical base from which to conduct future operations - to which Murat replied that it was the same argument on his side which dictated his own necessary possession of it. Suddenly threatening to turn his forces against Naples itself and restore the rightful Ferdinand IV if Murat did not give way, Bentinck was quickly reprimanded in a firm note from Castlereagh reminding him that he was instructed to co-operate in every way with Murat and Austria. At which he reluctantly withdrew his bid for Tuscany - which he had likely been hoping to turn into the nucleus of a free Italian state under his own aegis - and left for Genoa. There had, in any case, been no discernable response from the Tuscans to Bentinck's proclamation, while in Genoa he would find a welcoming audience at last. Bentinck had been ordered to take and occupy Genoa

Elisa Bonaparte; whom Bentinck would not countenance retaining the Principality of Lucca and Piombino, first granted to her by Napoleon in 1805.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_House,_Melbourne

Upper House, Melbourne

Description

Upper House, Melbourne / Description

English: Plan of the Observatory level and its functions

Upper House is a multi-residential complex located within Melbourne, Australia, on the south east corner of Swanston Street and Queensberry Street in Carlton, known for its unique projected balconies. The building is developed by Piccolo Developments and designed by Jackson Clement Burrows as residential apartment structures. The construction, headed by Hamilton Marino Builders, commenced in early 2013 and was completed in October, 2014.

Made up of two distinct apartment buildings, The Podium and The Cloud, with both offering differing views and floor plans from each other. With a total of 17 storeys, the Cloud apartments on floors 12–16 sit above the Podium apartments which make up the first ten floors, giving the impression of levitation. In the middle of these two structures on the 11th floor is the Observatory, a 500-square metre communal area that comprises a lounge, gym, entertainment area and external outdoor spaces with surrounding views of the city. The Upper House is located on the site of the former Electrical Trades Union building on the busy Swanston Street of the Melbourne CBD. The apartment features 110 units as well as a white façade with cantilevered balconies which extrude out, increasing unit floor space. The ground level of the building features a separate café as well as a lobby area.

Plan of the Observatory level and its functions

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_12

The Amazing Race 12

Race summary

The Amazing Race 12 / Race summary

The Amazing Race 12 complete route map.

The Amazing Race 12 was the twelfth installment of American reality television show The Amazing Race. It featured 11 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world. The 12th season premiered on November 4, 2007 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. It took the timeslot of the canceled CBS series Viva Laughlin. The finale aired on January 20, 2008 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Newly dating couple TK Erwin and Rachel Rosales were the winners of this season. A DVD for this season was released on March 24, 2014, via Amazon's CreateSpace program.

Complete route map

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caerleon,_Bellevue_Hill

Caerleon, Bellevue Hill

Caerleon, Bellevue Hill

English: Caerleon, Bellevue Hill, Sydney

Caerleon is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill. It is listed on the Register of the National Estate as well as having a New South Wales heritage listing. It was named after Caerleon, a small town in Wales.

Caerleon (/kərˈliːən/; Welsh: Caerllion) is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill. It is listed on the Register of the National Estate as well as having a New South Wales heritage listing. It was named after Caerleon, a small town in Wales.

Caerleon

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lozells

Lozells

Lozells

Doorway of the Royal Oak public House, Lozells Road, Lozells, Birmingham, England. The art deco carving is by William Bloye.

Lozells is a loosely defined inner-city area in West Birmingham, England. It is centred on Lozells Road, and is known for its multi-racial population. It is part of the ward of Lozells and East Handsworth and lies between the districts of Handsworth and Aston. Lozells has a high population density compared to East Handsworth. It is a very ethnically diverse area with a high population of people of Afro-Caribbean, Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin. Housing in Lozells consists mainly of terraced houses, which were constructed during the Industrial Revolution when the area became industrialised and the workers required housing. The housing is a mix of private and council housing, with some newer post-war tower-blocks and estates. Lozells Road was the scene of rioting from 9–11 September 1985, with shops, houses and vehicles being burnt, and looting also taking place. Racial tension, high unemployment and hostility towards the police were seen as major factors of the rioting. Further riots on the night of the 22 October 2005 left two men dead and a police officer shot and wounded.

Lozells is a loosely defined inner-city area in West Birmingham, England. It is centred on Lozells Road, and is known for its multi-racial population. It is part of the ward of Lozells and East Handsworth and lies between the districts of Handsworth and Aston. Lozells has a high population density compared to East Handsworth. It is a very ethnically diverse area with a high population of people of Afro-Caribbean, Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin. Housing in Lozells consists mainly of terraced houses, which were constructed during the Industrial Revolution when the area became industrialised and the workers required housing. The housing is a mix of private and council housing, with some newer post-war tower-blocks and estates. Lozells Road was the scene of rioting from 9–11 September 1985, with shops, houses and vehicles being burnt, and looting also taking place. Racial tension, high unemployment and hostility towards the police were seen as major factors of the rioting. Further riots on the night of the 22 October 2005 left two men dead and a police officer shot and wounded. These riots were started by an unsubstantiated rumour, broadcast on a pirate radio station, of a girl being raped. Four men were later jailed for their part in the riots. The former Royal Oak pub on Lozells Road, now a shop, has a doorway with a carving of a 'royal oak' by the sculptor William Bloye (photo above right).

Doorway of The Royal Oak, carving by William Bloye.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Belev

Georgi Belev

Georgi Belev

Български: Снимка на Георги Белев на риболов. English: Bulgarian opera singer Georgi Belev for fishing.

Georgi Belev was a Bulgarian opera singer. He was born on 13 April 1908 in Tsaribrod, Bulgaria. In 1934 he took private vocal lessons from Sabcho Sabev. In 1942 he left for Salzburg to study with Moratti with Boris Christoff. In 1937 he sang at the Co-operative Theater in Sofia. His debut with the Sofia Opera in 1938 was Alfredo in Traviata. From 1938 to 1942 he was a leading soloist with the Sofia Opera. In 1942 he was invited as guest soloist by the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. While performing there until 1944 he did many tours throughout Germany and Austria. In 1944 he returned to the Sofia Opera and sang many of the important tenor roles until 1954. Between 1954–56 he appeared with the Stara Zagora Opera. International appearances took him to Romania, Poland, Yugoslavia and the USSR. In addition to the roles of Manrico, Don Jose, Alfredo and Cavaradossi, he was very successful as a cantata and oratorio soloist.

Georgi Belev (Bulgarian: Георги Белев) (April 13, 1908 – February 16, 1966) was a Bulgarian opera singer. He was born on 13 April 1908 in Tsaribrod, Bulgaria (today Dimitrovgrad in Serbia). In 1934 he took private vocal lessons from Sabcho Sabev. In 1942 he left for Salzburg to study with Moratti with Boris Christoff. In 1937 he sang at the Co-operative Theater in Sofia. His debut with the Sofia Opera in 1938 was Alfredo in Traviata. From 1938 to 1942 he was a leading soloist with the Sofia Opera. In 1942 he was invited as guest soloist by the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. While performing there until 1944 he did many tours throughout Germany and Austria. In 1944 he returned to the Sofia Opera and sang many of the important tenor roles until 1954. Between 1954–56 he appeared with the Stara Zagora Opera. International appearances took him to Romania, Poland, Yugoslavia and the USSR. In addition to the roles of Manrico, Don Jose, Alfredo and Cavaradossi, he was very successful as a cantata and oratorio soloist.

Georgi Belev

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-19_Chickasaw

Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw

Operational history

Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw / Operational history

A Sikorsky HO4S (S-55) helicopter of the Royal Canadian Navy in the mid-1950s.

The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw was a multi-purpose helicopter used by the United States Army and United States Air Force. It was also license-built by Westland Aircraft as the Westland Whirlwind in the United Kingdom. United States Navy and United States Coast Guard models were designated HO4S, while those of the U.S. Marine Corps were designated HRS. In 1962, the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Marine Corps versions were all redesignated as H-19s like their U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force counterparts.

The H-19 Chickasaw holds the distinction of being the U.S. Army's first true transport helicopter and, as such, played an important role in the initial formulation of Army doctrine regarding air mobility and the battlefield employment of troop-carrying helicopters. The H-19 underwent live service tests in the hands of the 6th Transportation Company, during the Korean War beginning in 1951 as an unarmed transport helicopter. Undergoing tests such as medical evacuation, tactical control and frontline cargo support, the helicopter succeeded admirably in surpassing the capabilities of the H-5 Dragonfly which had been used throughout the war by the Army. The U.S. Marine Corps made extensive use of the H-19 in the Korean War. It was designated as the HRS in USMC service. Marine Squadron HMR-161 arrived in Korea on September 2, 1951 with 15 HRS-1 helicopters. The new helicopter squadron started operations upon arrival. On September 13, 1951, during Operation Windmill I, HMR-161 transported 18,848 pounds of gear and 74 Marines onto a ridge in the Punchbowl area. A week later HMR-161 shuttled 224 recon company marines and 17,772 pounds of supplies to a remote hilltop in the same area. Their performance continued to improve and in Operation Haylift II on February 23–27, 1953, HMR-161 lifted 1.6 million pounds of cargo to resupply two regiments. Although HMR-161 helicopters were operating in hot landing zones they did not lose any helicopters to enemy fire. HRS-1 helicopters were also used to relocate rocket launcher batteries. Because rockets create much visible dust when fired they make an easy target for enemy artillery. To reduce their exposure, launchers and crews were moved twice a day. Each HRS-1 helicopter carried four rocket launchers and extra rockets as external cargo, with the crew in the cabin. The HRS-1 helicopter proved to be durable and reliable in Korean service. One reportedly flew home after losing 18 in (46 cm) of main rotor blade to a tree. HMR-161 reported 90% aircraft availability. The U.S. Air Force ordered 50 H-19A's for rescue duties in 1951. These aircraft were the primary rescue and medical evacuation helicopters for the USAF during the Korean War. The Air Force continued to use the H-19 through the 1960s, ultimately acquiring 270 of the H-19B model. On 1 September 1953, Sabena used the S-55 to inaugurate the first commercial helicopter service in Europe, with routes between Rotterdam and Maastricht in the Netherlands and Cologne and Bonn in Germany. France made aggressive use of helicopters in Algeria, both as troop transports and gunships, Piasecki/Vertol H-21 and Sud-built Sikorski H-34 helicopters rapidly displaced fixed-wing aircraft for the transport of paras and quick-reaction commando teams. In Indochina, a small number of Hiller H-23s and Sikorsky H-19s were available for casualty evacuation. In 1956, the French Air Force experimented with arming the H-19, then being superseded in service by the more capable Piasecki H-21 and Sikorsky H-34 helicopters. The H-19 was originally fitted with a 20-mm cannon, two rocket launchers, two 12.7-mm machine guns, and a 7.5-mm light machine gun firing from the cabin windows, but this load proved far too heavy, and even lightly armed H-19 gunships fitted with flexible machine guns for self-defense proved underpowered. The H-19 was also used by the French forces in the First Indochina War. A small number of war-worn H-19s were given to the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in 1958, when the French military departed. These saw very limited service in the early days of the Vietnam War, before being supplanted by the more capable Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw. The H-19 left U.S. military service when the CH-19E was retired by U.S. Navy squadron HC-5 on 26 February 1969. Surplus H-19s were sold on the open market, and civil interest was sufficient that Sikorsky (and later Orlando Helicopter Airways) offered conversion kits allowing a military surplus H-19 to be commercially operated under a standard Federal Aviation Administration type certificate as an S-55B. Turboshaft con

An HO4S of the Royal Canadian Navy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Syracuse

Province of Syracuse

Province of Syracuse

Siracusa, Belvedere e il porto visti dai monti Climiti

Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

The Province of Syracuse is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it was replaced in 2015 by the Free municipal consortium of Syracuse. Its capital is the city of Syracuse, a town established by Greek colonists arriving from Corinth in the 8th century BC. It has an area of 2,109 square kilometres and a total population of 403,985. Syracuse has 8% of the Sicilian population and 8.2% of Sicily's area.

The Province of Syracuse (Italian: Provincia di Siracusa; Sicilian: Pruvincia di Sarausa; officially Libero consorzio comunale di Siracusa) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it was replaced in 2015 by the Free municipal consortium of Syracuse. Its capital is the city of Syracuse, a town established by Greek colonists arriving from Corinth in the 8th century BC. It has an area of 2,109 square kilometres (814 sq mi) and a total population of 403,985 (2016). Syracuse has 8% of the Sicilian population and 8.2% of Sicily's area.

Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Selwyn_(bishop_of_Lichfield)

George Selwyn (bishop of Lichfield)

Bishop in New Zealand

George Selwyn (bishop of Lichfield) / Bishop in New Zealand

English: George Augustus Selwyn, First Bishop of New Zealand, Bishop of Lichfield

George Augustus Selwyn was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand. He was Bishop of New Zealand from 1841 to 1869. His diocese was then subdivided and Selwyn was Metropolitan of New Zealand from 1858 to 1868. Returning to Britain, Selwyn served as Bishop of Lichfield from 1868 to 1878. After his death, Selwyn College, Cambridge was founded to honour his life and contribution to scholarship and religion. The college and other educational facilities uphold the legacy of the bishop.

Consecrated at Lambeth on 17 October 1841, Bishop Selwyn embarked for his new missionary diocese on 26 December. He appointed William Charles Cotton as his chaplain. The 23 member missionary party set sail from Plymouth late in December 1841 on board the barque Tomatin. In addition to their luggage, the missionaries brought various animals and four hives of bees. On the outbound voyage, Selwyn studied the Māori language with the help of a Māori boy returning from England, and was able to preach in that language immediately on his arrival. He also acquired enough seamanship to enable him to be his own sailing master among the dangerous waters of the Pacific. In April 1842 the Tomatin arrived in Sydney. The boat hit a rock on landing and, rather than wait for its repair, some of the party, including Selwyn and Cotton, set sail for New Zealand on the brig Bristolian on 19 May. They arrived in Auckland on 30 May. After spending some time as guests of Captain William Hobson, the first Governor of New Zealand, Selwyn and Cotton set sail on 6 June on the schooner Wave to visit the mission stations on the Hauraki Gulf, then north to the Bay of Islands. where he arrived on 20 June. Amongst the party was a clerk, William Bambridge, who was also an accomplished artist and was later to become photographer to Queen Victoria. In June 1842 Selwyn set up residence at Te Waimate mission, some 15 miles (24 km) inland from Paihia where the Church Missionary Society (CMS) had established a settlement 11 years earlier. On 5 July 1842 Selwyn set out on a six-month tour of his diocese leaving the Mission Station in the care of Sarah, his wife, and Cotton. In November Selwyn travelled on the brig Victoria down the west coast of the North Island to visit Octavius Hadfield at the Otaki mission and the mission at Whanganui; then up the east coast to visit William Williams. By October 1843 more missionaries had arrived at Waimate, and Selwyn, accompanied by Cotton, embarked on his second tour, this time to mission stations and native settlements in the southern part of North Island. Their journey was made partly by canoe but mainly by walking, often for large distances over difficult and dangerous terrain. Part way through the tour Selwyn decided to split the party into two sections with one section led by himself and the other by Cotton. After being away for nearly three months, Cotton arrived back at Waimate early in 1844 and Selwyn returned a few weeks later. Some buildings at Waimate were converted for use by the College of St John the Evangelist, to teach theology to candidates for ordination. Later in 1844 Selwyn decided to move some 160 miles (257 km) south to Tamaki near Auckland where he bought 450 acres (180 ha) of land, giving it the name of Bishop's Auckland. The party left on 23 October and arrived in Auckland on 17 November. During the first six months of 1845 Selwyn was away for much of the time and management of the settlement, and particularly the schools, fell to Cotton. The Bishop of New Zealand's seat was St Paul's Church, Auckland which served as Auckland's Cathedral for over 40 years, the whole time Selwyn had the role. Selwyn clashed with Archdeacon Henry Williams, the leader of the CMS in New Zealand, when he supported Governor George Grey's accusations of improper land purchases by Williams. Grey twice failed to recover the land in the Supreme Court, and when Williams refused to give up the land unless the charges were retracted, he was dismissed from the CMS in November 1849. However Selwyn later regretted the position he had taken and in 1854 Williams was reinstated to the CMS after the bishop lobbied for his return to membership. The CMS missionaries held the low church beliefs that were common among Evangelical members of the Anglican Church. There was often a wide gap between the views of the CMS missionaries and the bishops and other clergy of the high church traditions of the Oxford Movement (also known as the Tractarians) as to the proper form of ritual and religious practice. Selwyn held high church (Tracta

Memorial in Wellington Cathedral of St Paul

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_sandpiper

Spotted sandpiper

Description

Spotted sandpiper / Description

English: 'Record shot' of Spotted Sandpipers in flight, off Île Sainte-Hélène in Montreal, Canada, showing diagnostic features such as the all-brown back &amp; tail (i.e. no black, unlike many other sandpipers), white leading and trailing edge to the wings, partial white wingbar, and white edging to tail. One of these birds can also be seen in File:Spotted Sandpiper - 2017-08-17 - Andy Mabbett - 01.jpg

The spotted sandpiper is a small shorebird, 18–20 cm long. The genus name Actitis is from Ancient Greek aktites, "coast-dweller", derived from akte, "coast", and macularius is Latin from macula, "spot". Together with its sister species the common sandpiper, it makes up the genus Actitis. They replace each other geographically; stray birds may settle down with breeders of the other species and hybridize.

Adults have short yellowish legs and an orange bill with a dark tip. The body is brown on top and white underneath with black spots. Non-breeding birds, depicted below, do not have the spotted underparts, and are very similar to the common sandpiper of Eurasia; the main difference is the more washed-out wing pattern visible in flight and the normally light yellow legs and feet of the spotted sandpiper. The Actitis species have a distinctive stiff-winged flight low over the water.

'Record shot' of Spotted Sandpipers at Île Sainte-Hélène in Montreal, Canada, showing diagnostic features such as the all-brown back & tail (i.e. no black, unlike many other sandpipers), white leading and trailing edge to the wings, partial white wingbar, and white edging to tail.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati,_Iowa

Cincinnati, Iowa

Cincinnati, Iowa

Cincinnati is a city in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. The population was 357 in the 2010 census, a decline from 428 in 2000.

Cincinnati is a city in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. The population was 357 in the 2010 census, a decline from 428 in 2000.

Location of Cincinnati, Iowa

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosenick%C3%A1_Lhota

Prosenická Lhota

Prosenická Lhota

Čeština: Celkový pohled na Prosenickou Lhotu, okr. Příbram. English: Overview of Prosenická Lhota, Příbram District.

General view of the village

Prosenická Lhota is a village and municipality in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Prosenická Lhota is a village and municipality in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

General view of the village

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Thomas Nevile

Thomas Nevile

Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, England. Effigy of Thomas Neville (d.1615), Dean of Canterbury Cathedral and of his brother Alexander Neville, (d.1614), south choir aisle, Canterbury Cathedral.

Thomas Nevile was an English clergyman and academic who was Dean of Peterborough and Dean of Canterbury, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Thomas Nevile (died 1615) was an English clergyman and academic who was Dean of Peterborough (1591–1597) and Dean of Canterbury (1597–1615), Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge (1582–1593), and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1593–1615).

Monument with kneeling effigies of Thomas Nevile and his brother Alexander Nevile, in Canterbury Cathedral

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Jesus

Gabriel Jesus

Gabriel Jesus

English: FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Brazil 2018/06/10 in Vienna/Ernst-Happel-Stadium. Picture shows Gabriel Jesus (BRA). Deutsch: FIFA Freundschaftliches Spiel Österreich gegen Brasilien am 10. Juni 2018 in Wien/Ernst-Happel-Stadion. Bild zeigt Gabriel Jesus (BRA).

Gabriel Fernando de Jesus, commonly known as Gabriel Jesus, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Manchester City and the Brazil national team. Jesus began his career at Palmeiras. He was voted the best newcomer of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, a year in which he also helped his team win the Copa do Brasil. The following year he was named the player of the season as Palmeiras won their first national league title in 22 years. He joined Manchester City in January 2017 for a transfer fee of €32 million, and won the Premier League in 2018 and 2019, the EFL Cup in 2018, 2019 and 2020, and the FA Cup in 2019. After winning 21 caps and scoring seven goals at youth level, including reaching the final of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and winning an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Jesus made his senior debut for Brazil in September 2016, and was part of the squad that took part at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, later also winning the 2019 Copa América.

Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (born 3 April 1997), commonly known as Gabriel Jesus (Brazilian Portuguese: [ɡabɾiˈɛw ʒeˈzus]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Manchester City and the Brazil national team. Jesus began his career at Palmeiras. He was voted the best newcomer of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, a year in which he also helped his team win the Copa do Brasil. The following year he was named the player of the season as Palmeiras won their first national league title in 22 years. He joined Manchester City in January 2017 for a transfer fee of €32 million, and won the Premier League in 2018 and 2019, the EFL Cup in 2018, 2019 and 2020, and the FA Cup in 2019. After winning 21 caps and scoring seven goals at youth level, including reaching the final of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and winning an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Jesus made his senior debut for Brazil in September 2016, and was part of the squad that took part at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, later also winning the 2019 Copa América.

Jesus with Brazil in 2018

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_City

The Naked City

The Naked City

English: Theatrical release poster for the 1948 film The Naked City.

The Naked City is a 1948 American film noir directed by Jules Dassin. Based on a story by Malvin Wald, the film depicts the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model, incorporating heavy elements of police procedure. A veteran cop is placed in charge of the case and he sets about, with the help of other beat cops and detectives, to find the girl's killer. The movie, shot partially in documentary style, was filmed on location on the streets of New York City and features landmarks such as the Williamsburg Bridge, the Whitehall Building, and an apartment building on West 83rd Street in Manhattan as the scene of the murder. The film received two Academy Awards, one for cinematography for William H. Daniels and another for film editing to Paul Weatherwax. In 2007, The Naked City was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

The Naked City (aka Naked City) is a 1948 American film noir directed by Jules Dassin. Based on a story by Malvin Wald, the film depicts the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model, incorporating heavy elements of police procedure. A veteran cop is placed in charge of the case and he sets about, with the help of other beat cops and detectives, to find the girl's killer. The movie, shot partially in documentary style, was filmed on location on the streets of New York City and features landmarks such as the Williamsburg Bridge, the Whitehall Building, and an apartment building on West 83rd Street in Manhattan as the scene of the murder. The film received two Academy Awards, one for cinematography for William H. Daniels and another for film editing to Paul Weatherwax. In 2007, The Naked City was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Theatrical release poster

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand_Vihar_metro_station

Anand Vihar metro station

Anand Vihar metro station

English: Anand Vihar metro station - Main entrance

Anand Vihar is an interchange metro station located on the branch line of between the Blue Line and Pink Line of the Delhi Metro. The station is located in the Anand Vihar locality, a major connectivity hub of East Delhi and is connected to the Anand Vihar ISBT and Anand Vihar Railway Terminal.

Anand Vihar is an interchange metro station located on the branch line of between the Blue Line and Pink Line of the Delhi Metro. The station is located in the Anand Vihar locality, a major connectivity hub of East Delhi and is connected to the Anand Vihar ISBT and Anand Vihar Railway Terminal.

Main entrance of Anand Vihar metro station

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedjebacken

Smedjebacken

Smedjebacken

English: Smedjebacken Church Street

Smedjebacken Church Street in July 2009

Smedjebacken is a locality and the seat of Smedjebacken Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,100 inhabitants in 2010. Geographically, the town Smedjebacken is situated by the lake Barken, with an area of 34 km², which in turn belongs to the Kolbäcksån stream-system, which drains into lake Mälaren to the south-east.

Smedjebacken is a locality and the seat of Smedjebacken Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,100 inhabitants in 2010. Geographically, the town Smedjebacken is situated by the lake Barken, with an area of 34 km², which in turn belongs to the Kolbäcksån stream-system, which drains into lake Mälaren to the south-east.

Smedjebacken Church Street in July 2009

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire

English: The Coat of arms of Cheshire County Council, the top-tier local government authority for the county of Cheshire between 1889 and 2009. The blazon is:ARMS: Azure a Sword erect between three Garbs Or.CREST: Upon a Mural Crown Gules a Lion statant guardant Or between two Ostrich Feathers Argent.SUPPORTERS: On either side a Lion Or supporting between the forelegs an Ostrich Feather Argent.

Cheshire is a county in England. It is the North West part of the country. It is most famous for making salt and cheese. Cheshire is made up of lots of little towns including the Borough of Macclesfield which covers a large area of plains the main attraction is in kerridge where there is the famous landmark 'White Nancy.'

Cheshire is a county in England. It is the North West part of the country. It is most famous for making salt and cheese. Cheshire is made up of lots of little towns including the Borough of Macclesfield which covers a large area of plains the main attraction is in kerridge where there is the famous landmark 'White Nancy.'

Coat of arms of Cheshire

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steen_Ipsen

Steen Ipsen

Works (Solo)

Steen Ipsen / Works (Solo)

Royal Copenhagen blue and white porcelain plates. Pattern: Musselmalet

Steen Ipsen is a Danish artist known for his contemporary free form ceramic work. Starting his artistic career in the 1990s he is now well known internationally and has been quoted by the Danish Arts Foundation as "one of the most gifted ceramic artists in Denmark". His work combines the clean, simplistic form of traditional Danish ceramics with bright colours, creating a new hybrid form. He generally creates his art in series, his works follow on from a common theme which is usually based on natural occurrences such as crystallisation, cell division and cell fission. Aside from his artistic career, he has also worked as a lecturer for the Danish School of Design from 1996 to 2004 teaching design basics as well as the ceramics art form.

Steen's work steers away from that of his traditional ceramic background. Traditional Danish ceramics such as made by the Royal Copenhagen company combine stylistic and conventional forms that serve a practical purpose. Royal Copenhagen has been described as “one of the world’s most successful producers of fine dinnerware”. His work consists of organic forms that explore movement and natural processes such as crystallization, cell division and cell fusion. Throughout his career Steen has often worked within themes over periods of time, perfecting the form he is working with through practice and repetition.

Royal Copenhagen 1669

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republicans_for_Choice

Republicans for Choice

History

Republicans for Choice / History

English: at Women’s eNews’ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century for 2012. Photo credit: Lindsay Aikman/Michael Priest Photography womensenews.org/story/21-leaders-the-21st-century/111229/...

Republicans for Choice is an American political action committee composed of members of the United States Republican Party who support abortion rights.

Republicans for Choice was founded in 1989 by conservative fundraiser and activist Ann Stone, first wife of Roger Stone, at the suggestion of Lee Atwater, a former chairman of the RNC, to counter the Republican Party's perceived increasing focus on anti-abortion candidates and political platform, and Stone brought this agenda to the 1992 Republican National Convention. As of 2020, three Republicans serving in Congress had been supported by Republicans for Choice, Senators Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

Ann Stone, as honoree at Women's eNews 21 Leaders 2012

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmstadt_Hauptbahnhof

Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof

Regional services

Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof / Rail services / Regional services

Deutsch: Liniennetzplan der Straßenbahn Darmstadt

Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the German city Darmstadt. After Frankfurt Hbf and Wiesbaden Hbf, it is the third largest station in the state of Hesse with 35,000 passengers and 220 trains per day. Built in a late art nouveau style, the station was finished 1912 as one of the major works of architect Friedrich Pützer. The station replaced two separate and increasingly inadequate stations located at the Steubenplatz, around a km closer to the city centre in the east.

Darmstadt station has been served by Rhine-Main S-Bahn lines S 3 and S 4 since 1997. Other regional connections are available to Frankfurt via (Langen), Wiesbaden (via Groß-Gerau and Mainz), Aschaffenburg (via Dieburg and Babenhausen), Mannheim and Heidelberg (via Bensheim and Weinheim) and Eberbach (via Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach). The lines to Riedstadt-Goddelau (via Griesheim) and Groß-Zimmern (via Roßdorf), on the other hand, have been closed for a long time. The Pfungstadt Railway (Pfungstadtbahn) to Pfungstadt was reactivated at the beginning of the 2011/2012 timetable on 11 December 2011. It is served by the extension of services on the Odenwald Railway (Odenwaldbahn) from Darmstadt station to Pfungstadt as RB 66.

Darmstadt Tram map, with (HBF) Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kom%C3%B6die_im_Bayerischen_Hof

Komödie im Bayerischen Hof

Komödie im Bayerischen Hof

München, Komödie im Bayerischen Hof

The Komödie im Bayerischen Hof is a large private theater in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Comedies, musical comedies, musicals and revues are performed in the 570-seat theater.

The Komödie im Bayerischen Hof is a large private theater in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Comedies, musical comedies, musicals and revues are performed in the 570-seat theater.

Komödie im Bayerischen Hof

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Morin

Bernard Morin

Bernard Morin

English: Animated Boy Surface

Bernard Morin was a French mathematician, specifically a topologist.

Bernard Morin (French: [mɔʁɛ̃]; 3 March 1931 in Shanghai, China – 12 March 2018) was a French mathematician, specifically a topologist.

Looping animated cutaway view of Boy's surface.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Town_Hall

Leigh Town Hall

Leigh Town Hall

English: Leigh town Hall This is a photo of listed building number 1163007.

Leigh Town Hall stands facing the parish church across the Civic Square at the junction with Market Street in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It was granted Grade II Listed status in 1987.

Leigh Town Hall stands facing the parish church across the Civic Square at the junction with Market Street in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It was granted Grade II Listed status in 1987.

Leigh Town Hall

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_Coaches

Edwards Coaches

Edwards Coaches

English: Setra S 315 GT-HD Edwards Coaches vehicle at Vauxhall, London.

Edwards Coaches is a family-owned coach company based in Llantwit Fardre, near Pontypridd in South Wales.

Edwards Coaches is a family-owned coach company based in Llantwit Fardre, near Pontypridd in South Wales.

Setra S 315 GT-HD in Vauxhall in 2008

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Hanon

Pierre Hanon

Pierre Hanon

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief&#160;: Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie&#160;: [ onbekend ] Beschrijving&#160;: Pierre Hanon. Ajax tegen Anderlecht. Spelmomenten Datum&#160;: 6 augustus 1967 Trefwoorden&#160;: sport, voetbal Persoonsnaam&#160;: Anderlecht Instellingsnaam&#160;: AJAX Fotograaf&#160;: Kroon, Ron / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende&#160;: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort&#160;: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris&#160;: bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer&#160;: 920-5747

Pierre Hanon was a footballer who played mainly for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the national team. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean-Marie Trappeniers. In total, Hanon collected 48 caps. Hanon signed to Anderlecht in 1945 as a young player. He was first called in the first team in 1954 but he lost his place after a poor performance. A season later, he played in the 2–0 victory to rivals Standard Liège, but was sent to the B team again for the rest of the competition. His third match with the team was in Hungary for the first European game in Anderlecht history. Hanon was called by the manager the day of the match because of Susse Deglas's injury, while he was doing his military service. So he left the barracks without eating to join the team, and though made a good match. Used as a right winger, Hanon became a libero at the end of his Anderlecht career, and then at Cercle Brugge.

Pierre Hanon (29 December 1936 in Brussels – 13 October 2017) was a footballer who played mainly for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the national team. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean-Marie Trappeniers. In total, Hanon collected 48 caps. Hanon signed to Anderlecht in 1945 as a young player. He was first called in the first team in 1954 but he lost his place after a poor performance. A season later, he played in the 2–0 victory to rivals Standard Liège, but was sent to the B team again for the rest of the competition. His third match with the team was in Hungary for the first European game in Anderlecht history. Hanon was called by the manager the day of the match because of Susse Deglas's injury, while he was doing his military service. So he left the barracks without eating to join the team, and though made a good match. Used as a right winger, Hanon became a libero at the end of his Anderlecht career, and then at Cercle Brugge.

Pierre Hanon

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Paludi_di_Celano

Museo Paludi di Celano

Museo Paludi di Celano

Italiano: Museo Paludi di Celano

Museo Paludi di Celano is an archaeology museum in Celano, Province of L'Aquila.

Museo Paludi di Celano (Italian for Swamps of Celano Museum) is an archaeology museum in Celano, Province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo).

Museo Paludi di Celano

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Pembroke Power Station

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Pembroke Power Station / Construction

English: Pembroke Power Station under construction

Pembroke B Power Station is a 2,200 MWe natural gas-fired power station near Pembroke in Wales. The power station was officially opened on 19 September 2012 and is the largest gas-fired power station in Europe. It is also the largest power station to be built in the UK since Drax power station came online in 1986. Pembroke Power Station currently generates enough power to supply 3.5 million homes and businesses. It is a CCGT-type power station that uses natural gas. There are five 400 MW modules, each with a 288 MWe Alstom gas turbine, heat recovery steam generator and steam turbine.

In 2004, RWE (former National Power) revived plans to build a CCGT power station at Pembroke when proposals for LNG terminals at Milford Haven brought high pressure natural gas infrastructure to the area. A public exhibition was held by the three-man development team in Pembroke Town Hall in February 2005 outlining the proposal to build the £800 million power station in support of the company's planning application. The EPC contractor was Alstom. The ATEX inspection was conducted by the French notified body LCIE. Construction began in 2008 and was completed by mid-2012. The power station employs around 100 people. During the construction of the power station a contractual dispute broke out between the Main contractor Alstom Power and one of its mechanical subcontractors, Somi. The dispute eventually led to Somi leaving the project leaving dozens of local subcontractors and suppliers unpaid. The local newspaper gave detailed coverage of the matter and the local MP attempted to raise awareness of the issue by mentioning it in Parliament but with little success. The Main contractor Alstom took on most (if not all) of the local subcontractors and paid all wages due and has since won its case against Somi in a high court judgement.

Pembroke Power Station under construction in January 2011