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1402821 | Sodium borate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sodium%20borate | Sodium borate
Sodium borate
Sodium borate may refer to any of several chemical compounds:
- Borax, Na[BO(OH)]·8HO or NaBO·10HO
- Sodium metaborate, NaBO
- Sodium perborate, NaBO
- Trisodium orthoborate, NaBO
- Disodium octaborate, NaBO | 18,000 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
Imus
', officially the ', (), or simply known as City, is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people.
It is the "de jure" capital of the province of Cavite, located south of Metro Manila. The City of Imus was officially converted into a city following a referendum on June 30, 2012... | 18,001 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
history with historical reenactment of scenes from the revolution.
# Etymology.
There are at least four versions on the origin of the name of the city. Firstly, Imus is a Tagalog word meaning "a piece of land cutting into the junction of two rivers." The old location of the church is in Toclong where the conflue... | 18,002 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
of Dasmariñas, to Silang, Indang, Amadeo, Mendez, Alfonso, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, peaking in Tagaytay City Ridge, the highest part of the province, as upland towns.
Although there is no verifiable source of this theory, it has also been said that the name Imus is derived from the word "centimos", the smallest uni... | 18,003 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
legend is that of a young mother crooning her child to sleep with a plaintive Tagalog ditty called "limos." A group of Spanish soldiers, who had gone there for the first time, asked her name of the place, and the woman, thinking that they were asking her the name of the song, answered "Limos". The Spaniards went a... | 18,004 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
half the people of Imus had to endure walking or traveling of dirt road to attend religious services or transact official business in the city proper. The difficulty of communication between Imus and Cavite el Viejo was a long-standing complaint of the Imuseños until another religious order, the Augustinian Recoll... | 18,005 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
and finally to sitio de Balangon, now the city plaza of Imus.
With the establishment of the Recollect parish the people of Imus gained their religious emancipation from the Jesuit-run parish of Cavite el Viejo. The Recollects, however, would not be content with little victory or achievement. In 1774, Recollect Fr... | 18,006 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
remaining stronghold of forces from the Spanish empire had been defeated in the Battle of Alapan as headed by General Emilio Aguinaldo. This battle led to the Philippine Declaration of Independence in Kawit, Cavite June 12, 1898. The modern flag of the Philippines was first unfurled in victory during this battle a... | 18,007 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
2-A to make the initially constructed marker more accessible to the public.
## Modern history.
On June 11, 1977, then President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1163, which transferred the provincial capital of Cavite from Trece Martires City to Imus City. There is no other enabling law after that... | 18,008 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
Philippine Republic) during the Philippine Revolution, which eventually led to the Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spain on June 12, 1898 in nearby Kawit, Cavite. The five-day event was highlighted by the historical reenactment of events from the sewing of the flag by Filipino exiles in Hong Kong, the ... | 18,009 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
and love for the country. Among the guests present was the former Prime Minister of the Philippines, Cesar Virata, who is a grandnephew of General Emilio Aguinaldo.
## Lone district of Imus.
A bill was filed by Congressman Joseph Abaya with co-authors Congressman Pidi Barzaga and Crispin Remulla creating the mun... | 18,010 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
a House Bill (HB) no. 08960 was filed by Congressman Renato P. Dragon together with the other cityhood bills for Bacoor (HB 08959) and Dasmariñas (HB 08931). The bills did not pass the Congress. Congressman Erineo Maliksi filed House Bill no. HB01989 last August 3, 2010, which created the city of Imus. The bill wa... | 18,011 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
as the City of Imus. There were about 22,742 voters who cast their ballots in the town's 453 polling precincts. The "yes" votes won overwhelmingly getting 20,438 while the "no" votes got 2,304.
# Geography.
## Topography.
Imus covers a land total area of or , approximately 6.8% of the total land area of the pro... | 18,012 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
unit is now included in the Greater Manila area, which reaches Lipa City in its southernmost part.
# Demographics.
In the , the population of Imus, was people, with a density of .
## Religion.
Majority of the inhabitants of Imus are Christian, composed mostly of Catholics, Protestants, Aglipayans, and of other... | 18,013 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
as the host diocese during the 5th Asian Youth Day on November 20–27, 2009.
# Economy.
Imus is the foremost banking center of Cavite with numerous financial institutions and also an excellent banking infrastructure is being propagated by the present government to spearhead the development of the city. The city o... | 18,014 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
establishments and 190 financial institutions.
With a comfortable distance from Metro Manila, Imus serves as a favorable site for industrial establishments such as the Imus Informal Industrial Estate and Anabu Hills Industrial Estate. Corporations that are 100% Filipino-owned include Annie's Candy Manufacturing, ... | 18,015 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
of handmade paper and paper products.
The Imus Commercial/Business District along Nueño Avenue (also called Imus Boulevard) is the center of commerce in the city. The Imus Public Market ("Pamilihang Bayan ng Imus") is the hub of trade in the district. The market is divided into 25 zones and has a total of 805 sta... | 18,016 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
local employment to an estimated 13,478 people as of December 1998. Located just along the stretch of the General Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, the main highway of Cavite traversing the city from north to south, the 200-hectare informal industrial estate houses manufacturing companies owned by foreign and Filipino inv... | 18,017 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
resulted in a movement of population into the city.
However, heavy traffic congestion caused by the 'buhos' (pour) system, inadequate road signage and systems, poor road maintenance, mixed vehicles (tricycles, pedicabs, bicycles, etc.), unjustified traffic priority schemes and rampant violation of traffic rules i... | 18,018 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
rice production, is still practiced in the city.
# Local government.
## List of heads.
### Gobernadorcillos.
- Licerio Topacio (1888–1890)
- Cayetano Topacio (1890–1892)
- Angel Buenaventura (1892–1894)
### Capitanes Municipal.
- Bernardino Paredes (1894–1896)
- Jose Tagle (1896–1897)
- Valentin Conejo (... | 18,019 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
Epifanio Gabriel (1928–1931)
### Mayors.
- Dominador Camerino (1931–1940)
- Geronimo Maluto ("acting: 1931–1932)
- Elpidio Osteria (1940–1944)
- Alfredo Saqui (1944–1945)
- Fortunato Remulla (1945)
- Dominador Ilano (1945–1946)
- Epifanio Gabriel ("acting: 1946)
- Dominador Ilano (1946–1963)
- Rodrigo Ca... | 18,020 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
2010–2011, 2013)
- Emmanuel L. Maliksi (2007–2010, 2011–2013, 2013–present)
## City seal.
- Inscriptions. The official seal of the City of Imus bears the inscriptions "Lungsod ng Imus, Lalawigan ng Cavite" (City of Imus, Province of Cavite), the year "2012" representing the year of the city charter.
- Symbolis... | 18,021 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
The satellite symbolizes technology. The road signifies the development of the city towards industrialization. The lady signifies "Inang Bayan"(Motherland) representing Filipino nationalism in the Battle of Alapan. The jeepney represents the entrepreneurial spirit of the Imuseños.
- Colors. Yellow represent the s... | 18,022 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
were further subdivided to make the current collection of 97. The barangays which have been divided into multiple pieces carry the original barangay name, distinguished by capital letters if the name ends in numbers; for example, Medicion 1 is subdivided into Medicion 1-A, Medicion 1-B, etc. Names ending in letter... | 18,023 |
1402759 | Imus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imus | Imus
l barangay name, distinguished by capital letters if the name ends in numbers; for example, Medicion 1 is subdivided into Medicion 1-A, Medicion 1-B, etc. Names ending in letters (such as Bucandala, Bayan Luma, etc.) are distinguished by numbers (Bucandala 1, Bayan Luma 2, etc.). The only exceptions to this rule a... | 18,024 |
1402852 | Torcy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Torcy | Torcy
Torcy
Torcy may refer to several places in France:
# Communes.
- Torcy, Pas-de-Calais
- Torcy, Saône-et-Loire
- Torcy, Seine-et-Marne
- Torcy-en-Valois, Aisne
- Torcy-et-Pouligny, Côte-d'Or
- Torcy-le-Grand, Aube
- Torcy-le-Grand, Seine-Maritime
- Torcy-le-Petit, Aube
- Torcy-le-Petit, Seine-Maritime
... | 18,025 |
1402829 | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Initiative | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Communist%20Party%20of%20India%20(Marxist–Leninist)%20New%20Initiative | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Initiative
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Initiative
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Initiative was a political party India. It merged with CPI(ML) Janashakti COC to form CPI(ML) Unity Initiative. CPI(ML) New Initiative was led by Arvind ... | 18,026 |
1402785 | Randall Batinkoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Randall%20Batinkoff | Randall Batinkoff
Randall Batinkoff
Randall Matthew Batinkoff (born October 16, 1968) is an American actor, known for his roles in the films "For Keeps", "School Ties", and "Higher Learning".
# Early life and education.
Batinkoff was born in Monticello, New York, the son of Barbara (née Carnel) and Barry Batinkoff, ... | 18,027 |
1402785 | Randall Batinkoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Randall%20Batinkoff | Randall Batinkoff
Career.
Batinkoff made his television debut in a 1974 commercial, after an agent spotted him at a toy store. He appeared in several made-for-television films in the 1980s, such as "The Stepford Children", before being cast opposite teen starlet Molly Ringwald in the 1988 comedy, "For Keeps". He starr... | 18,028 |
1402785 | Randall Batinkoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Randall%20Batinkoff | Randall Batinkoff
e early 1990s, Batinkoff had roles in several widely released films, including "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "The Player", "School Ties" (all released 1992) and 1995's "Higher Learning". From 1994 to 1995, he played Reverend David Grantland on the CBS television series, "Christy". He also appeared in th... | 18,029 |
1402818 | Puchheim | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puchheim | Puchheim
Puchheim
Puchheim is a town near Munich in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, in Bavaria, Germany. It has about 20,000 inhabitants.
Puchheim is divided into two parts: the old and rural part called Puchheim-Ort and the new part of Puchheim (Puchheim-Bahnhof) that was founded when the S-Bahn (a quick train com... | 18,030 |
1402818 | Puchheim | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puchheim | Puchheim
ch in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, in Bavaria, Germany. It has about 20,000 inhabitants.
Puchheim is divided into two parts: the old and rural part called Puchheim-Ort and the new part of Puchheim (Puchheim-Bahnhof) that was founded when the S-Bahn (a quick train commuting to Munich) was built. Before th... | 18,031 |
1402803 | Kelley Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kelley%20Park | Kelley Park
Kelley Park
Kelley Park is a city park in San Jose, California, United States.
# Location and facilities.
Kelley Park is bounded by Story Road (on the northwest), Senter Road (on the southwest), Roberts Street (on the northeast), and Yerba Buena High School and Phelan Avenue (on the southeast) in East Sa... | 18,032 |
1402803 | Kelley Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kelley%20Park | Kelley Park
Hollow, is the central location where citizens apply for city park permits and reservations. Most of the rest of the park is picnic areas, lawns, groves of trees, and plenty of pathways in between. There is also an 18-hole disc golf course in the walnut orchard behind History park
# History.
The land was ... | 18,033 |
1402803 | Kelley Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kelley%20Park | Kelley Park
South Carolina in 1820 and attended the University of Virginia and studied law under Armisted Burt in Abbeville, South Carolina before he moved to Yazoo County, Mississippi in 1841, where he was admitted to the bar. In Yazoo County, Archer contracted malaria and moved to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1843 for his... | 18,034 |
1402803 | Kelley Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kelley%20Park | Kelley Park
in 1866. After one term, he was elected county judge in 1867, from which he resigned in 1871. He was elected mayor again in 1877. With his first wife, he had a daughter (also named Louise, born c.1863) before his wife Louise died in 1869. He remarried in 1870, to the former Alice B. Bethell, and they had tw... | 18,035 |
1402803 | Kelley Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kelley%20Park | Kelley Park
Oak. The estate house he constructed was destroyed in a fire in May 1909, and a new estate house was completed on February 16, 1910, the day before Archer died.
Louise Archer married Martin J. Flavin (1849–1893) at Lone Oak in 1883; after Flavin's death, she married Frank Kelley (1858–1924), owner of the S... | 18,036 |
1402803 | Kelley Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kelley%20Park | Kelley Park
quarters for AR-KEL Villa, which were completed by the end of 1930.
## City purchase.
The house and of land were sold to the City of San Jose in August 1951, to be used as a public park with the condition that Louise Kelley be allowed to live there for the rest of her life. According to History San José, ... | 18,037 |
1402803 | Kelley Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kelley%20Park | Kelley Park
fellow Jaycees Ernie and Emily Renzel to purchase the initial 63-acre plot at a price of , to be resold to the City on an annual basis. Louise Kelley died in February 1952 at the age of 89, and the city embarked on purchasing the rest of the AR-KEL/Lone Oak estate, eventually acquiring bounded by Keyes Stre... | 18,038 |
1402803 | Kelley Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kelley%20Park | Kelley Park
ote Creek, Phelan Avenue, and Senter Road.
Campen and Renzel later approached the city to develop the Kelley property as a children's park in 1956, leading to the creation of Happy Hollow, which opened in 1961, followed by the Japanese Friendship Garden (1965), Leininger Center (1966), and the Historical M... | 18,039 |
1402782 | EXA | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EXA | EXA
EXA
In computing, EXA is a graphics acceleration architecture of the X.Org Server (see also X Window System) designed to replace XAA (the XFree86 Acceleration Architecture) and to make the XRender extension more usable, with only minor changes needed to adapt obsolete XFree86 video drivers written to use XAA; it w... | 18,040 |
1402782 | EXA | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EXA | EXA
set was provided via the Direct Rendering Manager, which worked by mapping 3D rendered pictures on top of the 2D picture. This had some buggy corner cases, but more or less worked, until compositing entered into the desktop. This distinction has become the source of a lot of bugs, and performance problems.
EXA was... | 18,041 |
1402782 | EXA | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EXA | EXA
a subset of 3D rendering. Switching entirely over is unfortunately not so simple and not without some major obstacles.
EXA was adapted from KAA, the KDrive Acceleration Architecture, from the experimental Freedesktop.org Xserver. Per the initial mailing list announcement, the goals are:
- 1. Properly accelerate X... | 18,042 |
1402782 | EXA | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EXA | EXA
mentation of the EXA API developed by Intel, using the Graphics Execution Manager.
The Radeon free and open-source device driver supports 2D acceleration through EXA and Glamor.
Glamor is supposed to obsolete all previous attempts.
# Acronym.
According to the X.Org web site "EXA" is an ""acceleration architectu... | 18,043 |
1402833 | Japanese Friendship Garden (Kelley Park) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japanese%20Friendship%20Garden%20(Kelley%20Park) | Japanese Friendship Garden (Kelley Park)
Japanese Friendship Garden (Kelley Park)
The Japanese Friendship Garden is a walled section of Kelley Park in San Jose, California, United States. Dedicated in October 1965, it is patterned after Japan's famous Korakuen Garden in Okayama (one of San Jose's sister cities) and sp... | 18,044 |
1402833 | Japanese Friendship Garden (Kelley Park) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japanese%20Friendship%20Garden%20(Kelley%20Park) | Japanese Friendship Garden (Kelley Park)
n fee, but the city does charge for parking at Kelley Park.
# History.
In 2009 a deadly fish virus killed 90% of the Koi in the ponds.
In 2017 the Coyote Creek flooded the Japanese Friendship Gardens submerging the lower pond and most of the tea house. The main pumps for the ... | 18,045 |
1402768 | Magners | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magners | Magners
Magners
# History.
Commercial cider production was started in Clonmel, South Tipperary, in the then Irish Free State, in 1935 by local man William Magner. Magner bought the orchard from Mr Phelan from Clonmel. Magner quickly established a successful cider mill on the site of Thomas Murphy's brewery in Dowd's ... | 18,046 |
1402768 | Magners | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magners | Magners
than directly exported from Ireland.
In the 1960s, H. P. Bulmer produced a "Champagne perry" product in direct competition with Babycham, owned by Showerings Ltd of Shepton Mallet. Showerings challenged this in court, and H.P. Bulmer lost the case. In 1964, they were forced to sell Bulmer's Clonmel to Guinness... | 18,047 |
1402768 | Magners | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magners | Magners
part of the economic infrastructure of Clonmel.
The company also once produced Cidona, a popular soft drink in Ireland which, along with all of the company's other soft drinks, was sold to Britvic in 2007.
# Brand.
The success of Bulmers cider in Ireland led to the development of the Magners brand to market ... | 18,048 |
1402768 | Magners | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magners | Magners
pubs provided a natural market for a drink such as Irish cider. Majorca in Spain was the first market to sell Magners in May 1999, followed by Munich in Germany in July 1999. Magners was first sold in the United Kingdom in late 1999 when the brand was launched in Northern Ireland. C&C established the trade mark... | 18,049 |
1402768 | Magners | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magners | Magners
in 330 ml, 440ml, pint, litre and 750 ml bottles and 500 ml cans, and is served over ice. It is also available in most Irish bars on draught and Magners is available in some bars on draught in Scotland. Initially the Magner's brand was only available in Spain, Northern Ireland and Scotland. However, the brand s... | 18,050 |
1402768 | Magners | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magners | Magners
Cider") called "Magners Pear" was launched.
In February 2010, "Magners Berry" was launched. The Berry variety is a blend of 17 varieties of apple, similar to Bulmers Original, fused with blackcurrants, raspberries and strawberries with an ABV of 4.5%. It is available in pint and "long neck" bottle in the licen... | 18,051 |
1402768 | Magners | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magners | Magners
onto the Irish market, called the Forbidden Flavours range. The flavours are Cloudy Lemon, Strawberry & Lime, Berry Berry, Juicy Pear.
In March 2017, Bulmers, as part of a €10 million investment, launched a new copper-toned packaging on its bottles and cans, which are inspired by the warm tones of the liquid c... | 18,052 |
1402768 | Magners | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magners | Magners
version of its Strongbow cider produced specifically to be poured over ice, although Strongbow Sirrus has since been discontinued. In 2006 they also relaunched Bulmers Original in the UK, a premium packaged cider.
The Magners brand was the title sponsor of rugby union's Celtic League beginning in 2006–07, when... | 18,053 |
1402768 | Magners | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magners | Magners
main sponsor of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. This has also extended to Singapore, where they sponsored the King's and Queen of Comedy Asia in 2010 and the Comedy Club Series.
In 2013, it was announced that Magners would replace Tennent's Lager as the main jersey sponsor for Celtic F.C. when that ... | 18,054 |
1402768 | Magners | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magners | Magners
announced that Magners would replace Tennent's Lager as the main jersey sponsor for Celtic F.C. when that contract expired.
Magners will be on Celtic's shirts for three years starting from the 2013–14 season.
On 20 August 2013, Celtic wore the "Tipperary Natural Mineral Water" logo on the front of their shirt... | 18,055 |
1402865 | Caterpillar D11 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caterpillar%20D11 | Caterpillar D11
Caterpillar D11
The Caterpillar D11 is a large bulldozer, manufactured by Caterpillar Inc. in East Peoria, Illinois, and mainly used in the mining industry. Primarily designed as a bulldozer, it is also used for push-loading scrapers, and ripping rock overburden.
# History.
## D11N.
The D11N was int... | 18,056 |
1402865 | Caterpillar D11 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caterpillar%20D11 | Caterpillar D11
hydraulically powered impact ripper was added to the D11N which raised the weight up to . This would become known as the D11N Impact Ripper.
## D11R & D11R Carrydozer.
The D11R and D11R Carrydozer were introduced in Las Vegas, Nevada at MINExpo International in 1996. Both were and that would be increa... | 18,057 |
1402865 | Caterpillar D11 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caterpillar%20D11 | Caterpillar D11
for the extra weight and much bigger blade that it carried up front. Both D11Rs received a new Caterpillar 3508B EUI Electronically controlled unit injector diesel engine with electronic controls at 915 gross hp. The Carrydozer's weight is just over 120 tons at 248,600 pounds. According to Caterpillar b... | 18,058 |
1402865 | Caterpillar D11 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caterpillar%20D11 | Caterpillar D11
the 22 to 24 September 2008 expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The D11T and D11T CD are both powered by the CAT C32 engine with ACERT technology. The D11R and the D11T also differ in the configuration and layout of their operator controls. Several levers have been changed into electronic switches, and several ... | 18,059 |
1402865 | Caterpillar D11 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caterpillar%20D11 | Caterpillar D11
dismantled for shipment to most sites. Some are shipped in the United States by railroad flatcars with the blade, push arms and ripper frame removed. Others are dismantled into several units for transport by multiple semi-trailer trucks.
# Blade options.
The dozer blade on front of the tractor usually... | 18,060 |
1402865 | Caterpillar D11 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caterpillar%20D11 | Caterpillar D11
is also a special "Coal U-Blade", capable of carrying 74.9 cubic metres (98.0 cu yd). These are only attached to bulldozers that work solely on coal.
## Applications.
D11s are primarily used for moving large quantities of material (dirt, rock, aggregate, soil etc.) short distances in relatively confin... | 18,061 |
1402865 | Caterpillar D11 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caterpillar%20D11 | Caterpillar D11
preferred for heavy ripping.
Ripping rock allows the ground surface rock to be broken into small, easy to handle and transport rubble which can then be removed so that grading can take place.
Agricultural ripping allows rocky or very hard earth to be broken up so that otherwise unarable land can be us... | 18,062 |
1402865 | Caterpillar D11 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caterpillar%20D11 | Caterpillar D11
Caterpillar D11 can be distinguished from the Komatsu D475 by the elevated drive sprocket, or "High Drive" system, which results in a triangular, rather than oval, shaped track.
The updated version of the Komatsu, the D575A, is the world's largest production bulldozer at 168 tons and 1150 hp.
A bigger... | 18,063 |
1402865 | Caterpillar D11 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caterpillar%20D11 | Caterpillar D11
, is the world's largest production bulldozer at 168 tons and 1150 hp.
A bigger machine, the Acco super bulldozer, was built by Italian firm ACCO, with twin Caterpillar diesel engines giving a combined power of ,
and weighing 183 tons, in the 1980s, but this was a custom built model.
# Image gallery.... | 18,064 |
1402884 | Tumbling Weir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tumbling%20Weir | Tumbling Weir
Tumbling Weir
The Tumbling Weir is a circular weir in the town of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England that allows water from a leat or man-made stream to reach the River Otter.
It is apparently a rare design in that the water enters through a circular opening at the top that is surrounded by the stream. The... | 18,065 |
1402884 | Tumbling Weir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tumbling%20Weir | Tumbling Weir
Yorkshire yarns. Attempting to revive the local economy, Sir George Yonge and Sir John Duntze, Members of Parliament and joint Lords of the Manor, launched a scheme in 1788 to build a new manufactory at Ottery, for the carding and spinning of wool, using the recently invented water frame machinery. At the... | 18,066 |
1402884 | Tumbling Weir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tumbling%20Weir | Tumbling Weir
was maintained by the circular 'tumbling weir', which discharged the overflow into the river through a short tunnel. Water was conveyed from the mill basin to the 5.5 metre water wheel inside the factory (reported to be capable of producing 30 horsepower) by an overhead aqueduct - the factory . A second 3... | 18,067 |
1402884 | Tumbling Weir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tumbling%20Weir | Tumbling Weir
Machine, with extensive Lofts; they are driven by a very powerful stream affording a never-failing supply of water and are capable of making at least one hundred sacks a week.
In 1824 the enterprise was converted to the manufacture of silk, and up to 400 female workers were employed. In 1897 the factory ... | 18,068 |
1402896 | Vulcan Corporation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vulcan%20Corporation | Vulcan Corporation
Vulcan Corporation
Vulcan Corporation is a materials manufacturer that specializes in rubber, plastics,and foam products. Vulcan Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vulcan International, founded in 1909 and based in Wilmington, Delaware.
Built in 1941 by the B.F. Goodrich company the plant ... | 18,069 |
1402896 | Vulcan Corporation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vulcan%20Corporation | Vulcan Corporation
automotive industry, and various other companies.
Vulcan corporation is one of four wholly owned subsidiaries of Vulcan International Corporation, the other three are:
- Vulcan timberland, located in the upper peninsula of Michigan.
- Vulcan Property Management, located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Vul... | 18,070 |
1402896 | Vulcan Corporation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vulcan%20Corporation | Vulcan Corporation
nd various other companies.
Vulcan corporation is one of four wholly owned subsidiaries of Vulcan International Corporation, the other three are:
- Vulcan timberland, located in the upper peninsula of Michigan.
- Vulcan Property Management, located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Vulcan Development compan... | 18,071 |
1402854 | Treasury of Atreus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treasury%20of%20Atreus | Treasury of Atreus
Treasury of Atreus
The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large "tholos" or beehive tomb on Panagitsa Hill at Mycenae, Greece, constructed during the Bronze Age around 1250 BC. The lintel stone above the doorway weighs 120 tons, with approximate dimensions 8.3 x 5.2 x 1.2m, the largest in ... | 18,072 |
1402854 | Treasury of Atreus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treasury%20of%20Atreus | Treasury of Atreus
was named thus by Heinrich Schliemann and the name has been used ever since.
The tomb perhaps held the remains of the sovereign who completed the reconstruction of the fortress or one of his successors. The grave is in the style of the other tholoi of Mycenaean Greece, of which there are nine in tot... | 18,073 |
1402854 | Treasury of Atreus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treasury%20of%20Atreus | Treasury of Atreus
a diameter of 14.5m, it was the tallest and widest dome in the world for over a thousand years until construction of the Temple of Mercury in Baiae and the Pantheon in Rome. Great care was taken in the positioning of the enormous stones, to guarantee the vault's stability over time in bearing the for... | 18,074 |
1402854 | Treasury of Atreus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treasury%20of%20Atreus | Treasury of Atreus
so that each successive tier projected slightly farther inward, until only a small opening is left at the top. Above the entryway there is an open space in the shape of a triangle. This space, which is known as a relieving triangle, is meant to funnel the weight of the structure off the lintel and in... | 18,075 |
1402854 | Treasury of Atreus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treasury%20of%20Atreus | Treasury of Atreus
with zig-zag motifs on the shaft, a frieze with rosettes above the architrave of the door, and spiral decoration in bands of red marble that closed the triangular aperture above an architrave. Segments of the columns and architraves were removed by Lord Elgin in the early nineteenth century and are n... | 18,076 |
1402854 | Treasury of Atreus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treasury%20of%20Atreus | Treasury of Atreus
trave of the door, and spiral decoration in bands of red marble that closed the triangular aperture above an architrave. Segments of the columns and architraves were removed by Lord Elgin in the early nineteenth century and are now in the British Museum. The capitals are influenced by ancient Egyptia... | 18,077 |
1402809 | Behrouz Vossoughi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Behrouz%20Vossoughi | Behrouz Vossoughi
Behrouz Vossoughi
Behrouz Vossoughi (), (born Khalil Vossoughi, , 11 March 1938), is an Iranian actor, TV host and model, with appearances in more than 90 films and plays. He has also worked in television, radio and theater. His work has earned him recognition at several international film festivals,... | 18,078 |
1402809 | Behrouz Vossoughi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Behrouz%20Vossoughi | Behrouz Vossoughi
Masoud Kimiai. Vossoughi received the Best Actor Award at the Sepas Film Festival for this role.
He went on to collaborate with Kimiai on five more films including "Dash Akol" (1971). His next collaboration with Kimiai was "The Deers" (1974) in which he played the role of Seyed Rasoul. Vossoughi's mo... | 18,079 |
1402809 | Behrouz Vossoughi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Behrouz%20Vossoughi | Behrouz Vossoughi
Quinn, Jennifer O'Neill and Michael Sarrazin. He also appeared in "The Invincible Six" (1970) with Curd Jürgens, and "Sphinx" (1981) with Frank Langella and Lesley-Anne Down.
In 2000, at the San Francisco Film Festival award ceremony, Abbas Kiarostami was awarded the Akira Kurosawa Prize for lifetime... | 18,080 |
1402809 | Behrouz Vossoughi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Behrouz%20Vossoughi | Behrouz Vossoughi
(1971), "Toughi" (1971), "Deshne" (1972), "Baluch" (1972), "Tangsir" (1973), "Gavaznha" (1974), "Zabih" (1975), "Mamal Amricayi" (1975), "Zabih, Kandoo" (1975), "Hamsafar" (1975), "Sooteh-Delan" (1978), "Caravans" (1978) and "Sphinx" (1981).
# Filmography.
- "Toofan Dar Shahre Ma" (1958) – directed ... | 18,081 |
1402809 | Behrouz Vossoughi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Behrouz%20Vossoughi | Behrouz Vossoughi
– directed by Esmail Koushan
- "Hashem khan" (1966) – directed by Tony Zarindast
- "Today and Tomorrow" (1966) – directed by Abbas Shabaviz
- "Twenty years of waiting" (1966) – directed by Mehdi Reisfirooz
- "Khodahafez Tehran" (1966) – directed by Samouel Khachikian
- "Dalahoo" (1967) – directed... | 18,082 |
1402809 | Behrouz Vossoughi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Behrouz%20Vossoughi | Behrouz Vossoughi
by Samouel Khachikian
- "Hengameh" (1968) – directed by Naser Mohammadi
- "Dozd e Siahpoosh" (1969) – directed by Amir Shervan
- "Blue World" (1969) – directed by Saber Rahbar
- "Qeysar" (1969) – directed by Masoud Kimiai
- "The Window (1970)" – directed by Jalal Moghadam
- "Dore Donya Ba Jibe K... | 18,083 |
1402809 | Behrouz Vossoughi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Behrouz%20Vossoughi | Behrouz Vossoughi
the Trap" (1971) – directed by Jalal Moghadam
- "Yek Mard O Yek Shahr" (1971) – directed by Amir Shervan
- "Baluch" (1972) – directed by Masoud Kimiai
- "The Dagger" – directed by Fereydun Gole
- "Gharibe" (1972) – directed by Shapoor Gharib
- "The dagger" (1972) – directed by Shapoor Gharib
- "... | 18,084 |
1402809 | Behrouz Vossoughi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Behrouz%20Vossoughi | Behrouz Vossoughi
Fereydun Gole
- "Hamsafar" (1975) – directed by Masoud Asadollahi
- "Bot" (1976) – directed by Iraj Ghaderi
- "Botshekan" (1976) – directed by Shapoor Gharib
- "Malakout" (1976) – directed by Khosrow Haritash
- "Honeymoon" (1976) – directed by Fereydun Gole
- "Sooteh-Delan" (1978) – directed by ... | 18,085 |
1402809 | Behrouz Vossoughi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Behrouz%20Vossoughi | Behrouz Vossoughi
(1990) – directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh
- "The Crossing" (1999) – directed by Nora Hoppe
- "Broken Bridges" (2004) – directed by Rafigh Pouya
- "Zarin" (2005) – directed by Shirin Neshat
- "Sepas" (2011) – directed by Saeid Khoze
- "Keep the Flight in Mind" (2012) – directed by Saeid Khoze
- "Rhino... | 18,086 |
1402809 | Behrouz Vossoughi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Behrouz%20Vossoughi | Behrouz Vossoughi
Actor Tashkent International Film Forum – 1972
- Best Actor Award International Film Festival of India – 1974
- Winner Winged Goat Award for Best Actor Tehran International Film Festival – 1974
- Nominated Winged Goat Award for Best Actor Tehran International Film Festival – 1975
- Nominated Winge... | 18,087 |
1402809 | Behrouz Vossoughi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Behrouz%20Vossoughi | Behrouz Vossoughi
Best Actor Tehran International Film Festival – 1977
- Akira Kurosawa Award San Francisco International Film Festival – 2000
- Lifetime Achievement Award San Francisco International Film Festival – 2006
- Lifetime Achievement Award Thessaloniki International Film Festival – 2012
- Special Achievem... | 18,088 |
1402915 | Grimalditeuthis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grimalditeuthis | Grimalditeuthis
Grimalditeuthis
Grimalditeuthis bonplandi is a squid named after the Grimaldi family, reigning house of Monaco. Prince Albert I of Monaco was an amateur teuthologist who pioneered the study of deep sea squids by collecting the 'precious regurgitations' of sperm whales. The specific name "bonplandi" ref... | 18,089 |
1402872 | Jean Meslier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20Meslier | Jean Meslier
Jean Meslier
Jean Meslier (; also Mellier; 15 June 1664 – 17 June 1729), was a French Catholic priest (abbé) who was discovered, upon his death, to have written a book-length philosophical essay promoting atheism and materialism. Described by the author as his "testament" to his parishioners, the text cri... | 18,090 |
1402872 | Jean Meslier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20Meslier | Jean Meslier
public disagreement with a local nobleman aside, Meslier was to all appearances generally unremarkable, and he performed his office without complaint or problem for 40 years. He lived like a pauper, and every penny left over was donated to the poor.
When Meslier died in Étrépigny, there were found in his ... | 18,091 |
1402872 | Jean Meslier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20Meslier | Jean Meslier
of evil was incompatible with the idea of a good and wise God. He denied that any spiritual value could be gained from suffering, and he used the deist's argument from design against god, by showing the evils that he had permitted in this world. To him, religions were fabrications fostered by ruling elites... | 18,092 |
1402872 | Jean Meslier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20Meslier | Jean Meslier
them from books written by orthodox theologians in the debate between the Jesuits, Cartesians, and Jansenists. Their inability to agree on a proof for God's existence was taken by Meslier as a good reason not to presume that there were compelling grounds for belief in God.
Meslier's philosophy was that of... | 18,093 |
1402872 | Jean Meslier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20Meslier | Jean Meslier
[...] men's moral duties will always be the same so long as they possess their own nature".
In his most famous quote, Meslier refers to a man who "...wished that all the great men in the world and all the nobility could be hanged, and strangled with the guts of the priests." Meslier admits that the statem... | 18,094 |
1402872 | Jean Meslier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20Meslier | Jean Meslier
paraphrased Meslier's epigram, stating that "humanity won’t be happy till the last capitalist is hung with the guts of the last bureaucrat."
Meslier also vehemently attacked social injustice and sketched out a kind of rural proto-communism. All the people in a region would belong to a commune in which wea... | 18,095 |
1402872 | Jean Meslier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20Meslier | Jean Meslier
were popular because of the length and convoluted style of the original.
Voltaire often mentions Meslier (referring to him as "a good priest") in his correspondence, in which he tells his daughter to "read and read again" Meslier's only work, and says that "every honest man should have Meslier's "Testamen... | 18,096 |
1402872 | Jean Meslier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20Meslier | Jean Meslier
following passage is found at the end of Voltaire's "Extrait", and has been cited in support of the view that Meslier was not really an atheist. However, the passage does not appear in either the 1864 complete edition of the "Testament", published in Amsterdam by Rudolf Charles, or in the complete works of... | 18,097 |
1402872 | Jean Meslier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20Meslier | Jean Meslier
Meslier as the first person to write an entire text in support of atheism:
Prior to announcing Meslier as the first atheist philosopher, Onfray considers and dismisses Cristóvão Ferreira, a Portuguese and former Jesuit who renounced his faith under Japanese torture in 1633 and went on to write a book titl... | 18,098 |
1402872 | Jean Meslier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20Meslier | Jean Meslier
and Jacques Roux fomenting jacquerie and riot".
According to Colin Brewer (2007), who co-produced a play about Meslier's life,
Historians argue about who was the first overt, post-Classical atheist but Meslier was arguably the first to put his name to an incontrovertibly atheist document. That this impor... | 18,099 |
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