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1599634 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Sisterhood%20of%20the%20Traveling%20Pants%20(novel) | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (novel)
is portrayed as being rooted in one's birth yet dynamic, and also as existing between friendships in addition to blood relatives.
Coming of Age
br
This summer happens to be a wake-up call for each character. The girls are expected to make decisions for themselves and beh... | 24,300 |
1599634 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Sisterhood%20of%20the%20Traveling%20Pants%20(novel) | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (novel)
bstacles and take risks.
# Critical reception.
"Sisterhood" was well-reviewed at the time of its release. USA Today's Deidre Donahue said "Sisterhood" "has resonated far more deeply than any of the grown-up novels I've read this year." Linda Bindner of the School Library ... | 24,301 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
Estadio Nacional del Perú
The Estadio Nacional of Peru is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru. Its current capacity is 40,000 seats as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation without the lodges for some thousands more. The stadium was first inaugurated on 27 October 1952 for the ... | 24,302 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
branch of the Ministry of Education—is the stadium's administrating entity. The stadium has undergone several renovations since its construction such as for the 2004 Copa América and the artificial turf that was installed for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship at it will be used again for t... | 24,303 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
Cricket asked the Municipality of Lima for an appropriate piece of land where they could play football. The municipality gave them a small piece of land in the Santa Beatriz neighborhood which belonged to a Shooting club. On July 18, 1897, the field was officially inaugurated and named Estadio... | 24,304 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
way for the new stadium which would host the 1953 South American Championship. In the 1950s, Miguel Dasso and the Peruvian President General Manuel A. Odria funded the project for the construction of the new stadium. The new stadium was planned to have capacity of 53,000 and have it entirely m... | 24,305 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
award ceremony for many outstanding athletes including Teodoro Fernández, Alejandro Villanueva, Jorge Alcalde, Olympic gold medalist Edwin Vásquez and Pan American gold medalists Julia Sánchez and Gerardo Salazar. The inaugurating football match was played between players of the Peru national ... | 24,306 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
referee Ángel Eduardo Pazos disallowed the goal. The spectators were infuriated by the decision and this led to a pitch invasion. The police used tear gas and brutal force to quell the disturbances. The stadium's exits were closed which trapped the spectators inside the stadium. The players an... | 24,307 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
Stadium Nacional was the sole venue for the South American Championship 1927, 1935, and 1939. The present Estadio Nacional hosted the 1953 South American Championship and 1957 South American Championship. In 1971, the playoff match for the 1971 Copa Libertadores Finals was played in Peru and f... | 24,308 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
was installed in the stadium and in 1996, an electronic scoreboard was installed to replace the old manual one. The stadium's symbolic element is the tower situated in the northern stand. This tower was abandoned for many years until in 2004, it was used again for the Copa America. Popular int... | 24,309 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
Estadio Nacional was not the sole venue for the South American competition. In return the country received throngs of tourists, international media coverage, and more locals buying tickets to attend the games. Peru's biggest stadium, Estadio Monumental, is also located in Lima with a capacity ... | 24,310 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
the Peruvian First Division, asking to remove it because of the constant injuries it causes. This is also the reason why the Peru national football team did not play its games in the Estadio Nacional for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The artificial turf was removed following the 2010 ren... | 24,311 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
703 underground parking spaces, a new tower with a panoramic gourmet restaurant among other improvements. The renovations concluded in 2011. However, Toronto won the bidding process. The renovated stadium was inaugurated on 24 July 2011 with an U-20 match between Peru and Spain. The match was ... | 24,312 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
sports. Sixteen Peruvian sporting federations are headquartered at the national stadium. These include the Boxing, Karate, Bodybuilding, Kung Fu, Taekwondo and Volleyball federations. They were temporarily relocated for the renovations of the stadium.
# Other events.
The stadium is also used... | 24,313 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
Alejandro Fernández, and many others)
- Voces Solidarias (Gian Marco, David Bisbal, Pedro Suárez Vértiz, Fito Páez, Alejandro Sanz, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Hombres G, Belanova, and many others)
- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (November 29, 2008)
- Iron Maiden (March 26, 2009)
- The B-52's and New ... | 24,314 |
1599554 | Estadio Nacional del Perú | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estadio%20Nacional%20del%20Perú | Estadio Nacional del Perú
Elton John (February 1, 2012)
- Jamiroquai (February 20, 2013)
- Alejandro Sanz (February 26, 2013)
- The Cure (April 18, 2013)
- The Killers (April 4, 2013)
- Metallica (March 20, 2014)
- Paul McCartney (April 25, 2014)
- One Direction (April 27, 2014)
- Teen Top (August 20, 2014)
- ... | 24,315 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
E6B
The E6B flight computer, nicknamed the "whiz wheel" or "prayer wheel", is a form of circular slide rule used in aviation and one of the very few analog calculating devices in widespread use in the 21st century.
They are mostly used in flight training, because these flight computers have been replaced with ele... | 24,316 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
The back is designed for wind vector solutions, i.e., determining how much the wind is affecting one's speed and course.
# Construction.
They are usually made out of cardboard and plastic, or aluminum and plastic, with lettering and markings either printed or engraved into the metal. Pivots of metal models (metal... | 24,317 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
than manual slide rules. Aviation remains one of the few places that the slide rule is still in widespread use. Manual E6Bs/CRP-1s remain popular with some users and in some environments rather than the electronic ones because they are lighter, smaller, less prone to break, easy to use one-handed, quicker, and do n... | 24,318 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
also helps catching many errors which in part explains their continued popularity. The ease of use of electronic calculators means typical flight training literature
does not cover the use of calculators or computers at all. In the ground exams for numerous pilot ratings, programmable calculators or calculators co... | 24,319 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
computer programs to emulate the flight computer functions are also available, both for computers and smartphones.
# Calculations.
Instructions for ratio calculations and wind problems are printed on either side of the computer for reference and are also found in a booklet sold with the computer. Also, many compu... | 24,320 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
to another in various calculations. Once the wheel is positioned to represent a certain fixed ratio (for example, pounds of fuel per hour), the rest of the wheel can be consulted to utilize that same ratio in a problem (for example, how many pounds of fuel for a 2.5-hour cruise?) This is one area where the E6B and ... | 24,321 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
from direction C at a speed of D, then how many degrees must I adjust my heading, and what will my ground speed be?" This part of the calculator consists of a rotatable semi-transparent wheel with a hole in the middle, and a slide on which a grid is printed, that moves up and down underneath the wheel. The grid is ... | 24,322 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
of the wheel. The ruler then is slid so that the pencil mark is aligned with the true airspeed (B) seen through the transparent part of the wheel. The wind correction angle is determined by matching how far right or left the pencil mark is from the hole, to the wind correction angle portion of the slide's grid. The... | 24,323 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
ground speed is calculated as:
# Modern-day E6Bs.
As smartphones and tablets become more and more available, different apps and websites are created for E-6B calculations. These new technologies can draw the results of the calculation and mark wind correction components and speeds. Flight planning website Skyvect... | 24,324 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
device's original name is E-6B, but is often abbreviated as E6B, or hyphenated as E6-B for commercial purposes.
The E-6B was developed in the United States by Naval Lt. Philip Dalton (1903–1941) in the late 1930s. The name comes from its original part number for the U.S Army Air Corps, before its reorganization in... | 24,325 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
B, the circular slide rule with True Airspeed (TAS) and Altitude corrections pilots know so well. In 1936 he put a double-drift diagram on its reverse to create what the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) designated as the E-1, E-1A and E-1B.
A couple of years later he invented the Mark VII, again using his Model B slide... | 24,326 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
belt moved inside a square box by a knob. He applied for a patent in 1936 (granted in 1937 as 2,097,116). This was for the Model C, D and G computers widely used in World War II by the British Commonwealth (as the "Dalton Dead Reckoning Computer"), the U.S. Navy, copied by the Japanese, and improved on by the Germa... | 24,327 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
decided the endless belt computer cost too much to manufacture, so later in 1937 Dalton morphed it to a simple, rigid, flat wind slide, with his old Model B circular slide rule included on the reverse. He called this prototype his Model H; the Army called it the E-6A.
In 1938 the Army wrote formal specifications, ... | 24,328 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
II, mostly of a plastic that glows under black light. (Cockpits were illuminated this way at night.)
The base name "E-6" was fairly arbitrary, as there were no standards for stock numbering at the time. For example, other USAAC computers of that time were the C-2, D-2, D-4, E-1 and G-1, and flight pants became E-1... | 24,329 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
was changed to AN-5835, and then to AN-5834 (1948). The USAF called later updates the MB-4 (1953) and the CPU-26 (1958), but navigators and most instruction manuals continued using the original E-6B name. Many just called it the "Dalton Dead Reckoning Computer", one of its original markings.
After Dalton's death, ... | 24,330 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
Co. Ltd. of London and Brighton and was marked "Computer Dead Reckoning Mk. 4A Ref. No. 6B/2645" followed by the arrowhead of UK military stores.
During World War II and into the early 1950s, The London Name Plate Mfg. Co. Ltd. produced a "Height & True Airspeed Computer Mk. IV" with the model reference "6B/345". ... | 24,331 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
got my E-6B with me, over the Valley of the Ruhr". (World War II USAAC ditty)
- "His computer is the instrument on which he stakes his life ... Don't ask for his computer, for he'd sooner lend his wife". (Navigator's Song, 1943)
- In the "" episode "The Naked Time", Mr. Spock uses an E6B to calculate the time of ... | 24,332 |
1599627 | E6B | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E6B | E6B
t. In the episodes "Mudd's Women" and "Who Mourns for Adonais?", he is seen holding an E-6B.
- In the 2003 movie "The Core", from Paramount Pictures, an E-6B can be seen among the papers and flight documents of Space Shuttle co-pilot Major Rebecca "Beck" Childs, played by Hilary Swank, during the Shuttle re-entry ... | 24,333 |
1599682 | Froelich (crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Froelich%20(crater) | Froelich (crater)
Froelich (crater)
Froelich is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located in the northern regions, just beyond the north-northwestern limb. Only a few kilometers separate this formation from the crater Lovelace to the north. Farther to the south is the crater Merrill, and to the ... | 24,334 |
1599682 | Froelich (crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Froelich%20(crater) | Froelich (crater)
the north-northwestern limb. Only a few kilometers separate this formation from the crater Lovelace to the north. Farther to the south is the crater Merrill, and to the southeast along the limb is the larger Brianchon.
This crater has a circular, symmetrical shape but the rim is worn and does not pro... | 24,335 |
1599658 | X Plastaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X%20Plastaz | X Plastaz
X Plastaz
X Plastaz is a Tanzanian hip hop musical group based in Arusha and founded in 1996. They are one of the most popular acts in the Tanzanian hip hop scene. Their style mixes elements from international hip hop and traditional Maasai music, represented by Maasai singer Merege. While Merege sings in ma... | 24,336 |
1599658 | X Plastaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X%20Plastaz | X Plastaz
the bongo flava genre.
# History.
The first line-up of X Plastaz consisted in the Ruff and Gsann brothers from Arusha, together with their colleague and roommate Ziggy from the Tanga Region. They began singing hip hop in 1995, while earning their living in a haircutting saloon. In 1996 they were noticed by ... | 24,337 |
1599658 | X Plastaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X%20Plastaz | X Plastaz
champion" in his age class. They thus invited Merege to join them when they were performing in the surroundings of Arusha and Moshi. Their new "Maasai hip hop" style was an instant success, as Merege became a stable member of the line-up. Over time, the group also acquired new members, including Ruff and Gsan... | 24,338 |
1599658 | X Plastaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X%20Plastaz | X Plastaz
they also participated in the World AIDS Day international event.
In 2004, German recording label Out Here Records published X Plastaz' first full-length album, "Maasai Hip Hop", which included the hit songs previously published in the "Rough Guides".
In 2006, X Plastaz suffered the sudden death of Nelly, d... | 24,339 |
1599658 | X Plastaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X%20Plastaz | X Plastaz
did not disband, and are still active today. In 2009, they published "Furaha", the first single of their upcoming second album. In the same, Gsan participated in BET Cypher, the annual gathering of America's top MCs, in Brooklyn, New York City. In 2010, they presented another new single, "Afrika", at the Saut... | 24,340 |
1599658 | X Plastaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X%20Plastaz | X Plastaz
village, displaying the lifestyle and customs of the Maasai people. The song's rap is in swahili and haya, while the chorus is actually a traditional Maasai chant. The song was also included in the HBO documentary "This Is My Africa".
In their musical and stylistic embrace of both traditional Maasai culture ... | 24,341 |
1599658 | X Plastaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X%20Plastaz | X Plastaz
rather than mimicking American black music and, more in general, expressing subjection towards Western culture. For example, their website makes reference to the American magazine "National Geographic", which published an article on their music, but is also careful to explain what the magazine is.
As is ofte... | 24,342 |
1599658 | X Plastaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X%20Plastaz | X Plastaz
"National Geographic", which published an article on their music, but is also careful to explain what the magazine is.
As is often the case for hip hop acts, X Plastaz' lyrics often deal with social and political issues. Through their songs, X Plastaz bring the audience's attention to dramatic problems of Ta... | 24,343 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
Santa Bárbara () is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Porto in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. The population in 2011 was 405, in an area of 15.27 km².
# History.
The settlement of this place originated sometime in the 16th century, ... | 24,344 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
the sierra, of the same band from Norte, a league and a half from Vila [do Porto]."" Frutuoso went on to explain:
The inhabitant settlements of the region formed from the distribution of its settlers, who occupied various places, some separated by large distances. Many of these points wer... | 24,345 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
these lands were influenced by its settlers and parishioners, including Father Ângelo Ângelo Soares da Câmara, who was responsible for the supporting the nascent communities, sacrificing his religious benefits to the improvished in the region. He was active in the construction of a potable... | 24,346 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
constructed local mills, powered by oxen, horse or donkey that allowed them to mill grain or corn for their respective families or friends. The construction of windmills, particularly at Arrebentão permitted continuous milling, but dependent on wind.
The parish ceded, between 1965 and 31 ... | 24,347 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
streets, sports field and green-spaces. Following its closer, security was maintained until the middle of the 1980s, when it was abandoned, scavenged by locals and left in ruins.
The potable water distribution was inaugurated in the parish on 11 December 1966, while access to potable wate... | 24,348 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
the first of the archipelagos of the Azores to glimpse the dawn (approximately 24 minutes earlier than the most distant community, on the island of Flores). With an area of approximately ,
Santa Bárbara is bounded in the north and east by the sea, south by the neighboring parish of Santo ... | 24,349 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
quarry pit, where these deposits were excavated and sold, explaining the vertical slopes of the quarry. From its geological record and level of alteration, the pyroclasts are consolidated and took on the red-tinged colour, giving the name of the site: Pico Vermelho.
The highest points in ... | 24,350 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
parish included the "localities" of Termo da Igreja, Lagos, Lagoinhas, Feteiras de Santa Bárbara, Pocilgas, Pico do Penedo, Poço Grande, Boavista, Forno, Fajã de São Lourenço, Norte, Arrebentão and Tagarete, all located along the regional E.R. 1-1ª roadway that circles the island.
Apart f... | 24,351 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
originally establishing residences at the water's edge, but successively branching into the interior. The concave coastal area includes several tourist-oriented villas, wine cellars and summer cottages used by locals throughout the year, in addition to the native community.
# Economy.
Ag... | 24,352 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
was also responsible for the growth of an early wine-making industry, highlighted by the terraced parcels located along the clifftops overlooking the residential and tourist cottages.
# Architecture.
- Bridge of Boavista (), a simple single-arch bridge dating to the 19th century, in the ... | 24,353 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
consisting of three casemates built after the Second World War, of reinforced concrete, embedded into the slope, along the roadway that borders Pico Alto. The visible feature of these military bunkers consist of facades and entrance-ways into the casemates.
- Fort of São Lourenço ()
- LO... | 24,354 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
the parochial church of Santa Bárabra dates to the middle of the 17th century, consisting of single-nave and bell-tower structure, marked by main presbytery and lanteral angular chapels;
- Hermitage of Jesus, Maria e José (), located on the northern edge of São Lourenço, the hermitage dat... | 24,355 |
1599676 | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Bárbara%20(Vila%20do%20Porto) | Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto)
ingle-nave hermitage in the region of Norte, is known for its main altar, constructed using volcanic stone, resembling the grotto where the Marian apparition occurred in Lourdes, France;
- Hermitage of São Lourenço ()
- Império of the Holy Spirit of Santa Bárbara (), the small, unimposin... | 24,356 |
1599688 | Zaskar Range | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zaskar%20Range | Zaskar Range
Zaskar Range
The Zaskar Range or Zanskar Range is a mountain range in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir that separates Zanskar from Ladakh.
Geologically, the Zanskar Range is part of the Tethys Himalaya, an approximately 100-km-wide synclinorium formed by strongly folded and imbricated, weakly metamo... | 24,357 |
1599688 | Zaskar Range | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zaskar%20Range | Zaskar Range
ange is about 6,000 m (19,700 ft). Its eastern part is known as Rupshu. It belongs to the trans-Himalayas.
# Geography.
Zanskar covers an area of some , at an elevation of 3,500-7,000 metres (11,500–23,000 feet).
The Zaskar River flows through this range and cuts the deep and narrow Zanskar Gorge.
The ... | 24,358 |
1599704 | Santa María del Mar District (Peru) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20María%20del%20Mar%20District%20(Peru) | Santa María del Mar District (Peru)
Santa María del Mar District (Peru)
Santa María del Mar District () is a district in southern Lima Province in Peru. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the district of San Bartolo on the north, the Chilca District of the Cañete Province on the east, and the Pucusana Di... | 24,359 |
1599704 | Santa María del Mar District (Peru) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20María%20del%20Mar%20District%20(Peru) | Santa María del Mar District (Peru)
the Chilca District of the Cañete Province on the east, and the Pucusana District on the south.
It is well known for its beaches and attracts many beachgoers every summer. Many of them also rent apartments during this season, making its population increase considerably. The district... | 24,360 |
1599709 | Lettuce big-vein disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lettuce%20big-vein%20disease | Lettuce big-vein disease
Lettuce big-vein disease
Lettuce big-vein disease causes leaf distortion and ruffling in affected lettuce plants.
This disease was first associated in 1983 with a rod-shaped virus named lettuce big-vein associated virus (LBVaV), which is transmitted by the obligately parasitic soil-inhabiting... | 24,361 |
1599709 | Lettuce big-vein disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lettuce%20big-vein%20disease | Lettuce big-vein disease
(LBVaV), which is transmitted by the obligately parasitic soil-inhabiting fungus, "Olpidium brassicae". However, in 2000, a second virus, "Mirafiori lettuce virus", was found in lettuce showing big-vein symptoms. Furthermore, since the lettuce infected with this virus alone developed big-vein s... | 24,362 |
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Delia Ephron
Delia Ephron ( ; born July 12, 1944) is an American bestselling author, screenwriter, and playwright.
# Life and career.
Ephron was born in New York City, the second eldest of four daughters of screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron. She is Jewish. Her movies include "You've Got Mail", "The ... | 24,363 |
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"Vogue", "More", "The Wall Street Journal", and "The Huffington Post". In 2011, she won an Athena Film Festival award for creativity and panache as a screenwriter.
Ephron collaborated with her elder sister, Nora, on "Love, Loss, and What I Wore", which ran for over two and a half years Off-Broadway. It ha... | 24,364 |
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"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (2005)
- "Bewitched" (2005)
## Producer.
- "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993)
- "You've Got Mail" (1998)
- "Hanging Up" (2000)
# Books.
- (with Lorraine Bodger, under name Delia Brock) "The Adventurous Crocheter"
- "My Life and Nobody Else's"
- "Santa and Alex"
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r, under name Delia Brock) "The Adventurous Crocheter"
- "My Life and Nobody Else's"
- "Santa and Alex"
- "How to Eat Like a Child" (1979), illustrated by cartoonist Edward Koren
- "The Girl Who Changed the World"
- "Teenage Romance: Or, How to Die of Embarrassment" (1981)
- "Funny Sauce" (1986)
- "... | 24,366 |
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Computer speakers
Computer speakers, or multimedia speakers, are speakers sold for use with computers, although usually capable of other audio uses, e.g. for an MP3 player. Most such speakers have an internal amplifier and consequently require a power source, which may be by a mains power supply ofte... | 24,367 |
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computers have speakers of low power and quality built in; when external speakers are connected they disable the built-in speakers. Altec Lansing claims to have created the computer speaker market in 1990.
Computer speakers range widely in quality and in price. Computer speakers sometimes packaged wi... | 24,368 |
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Bluetooth speakers can be connected with a computer by using an Aux jack and compatible adaptor.
More sophisticated computer speakers can have a subwoofer unit, to enhance bass output. The larger subwoofer enclosure usually contains the amplifiers for the subwoofer and the left and right speakers.
S... | 24,369 |
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Postage stamps and postal history of the United States
The history of postal service of the United States began with the delivery of stampless letters, whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later also encompassed pre-paid letters carried by private mail ca... | 24,370 |
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of haphazard local organization until after the Revolutionary War, when eventually a national postal system was established. Stampless letters, paid for by the receiver, and private postal systems, were gradually phased out after the introduction of adhesive postag... | 24,371 |
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during the 1890s that it could increase revenues by selling stamps as "collectibles," it began issuing commemorative stamps, first in connection with important national expositions, later for the anniversaries of significant American historical events. Continued te... | 24,372 |
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and no longer require that the stamps be "licked" to activate the glue on their back. In many cases, post office clerks now use Postal Value Indicators (PVI), which are computer labels, instead of stamps.
Where for a century-and-a-half or so, stamps were almost in... | 24,373 |
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the first American colonies; today, the United States Postal Service is a large government organization providing a wide range of services across the United States and its territories abroad.
In the American colonies, informal independently run postal routes began... | 24,374 |
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American Revolution.) The tax was repealed a year later, and very few were ever actually used in the thirteen colonies, but they saw service in Canada and the British Caribbean islands.
In the years leading up to the American Revolution mail routes among the colon... | 24,375 |
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system that Franklin and Goddard forged out of the American Revolution became the standard for the new U.S. Post Office and is a system whose basic designs are still used in the United States Postal Service today.
# Post offices and postmarks.
In 1775, when Benja... | 24,376 |
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and place in question. Each postmark is uniquely distinctive with its own name of state and town, in addition to its distinctive date. Post Offices that existed along railroad lines and at various military posts have their own special historical aspect. Mail and po... | 24,377 |
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to the postman on delivery. The task of collecting money for letter after letter greatly slowed the postman on his route. Moreover, the addressee would at times refuse a piece of mail, which then had to be taken back to the Post Office (post office budgets always a... | 24,378 |
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a precondition for their issue by a nation was the establishment of standardized rates for delivery throughout the country. If postal fees were to remain (as they were in many lands) a patchwork of many different jurisdictional rates, the use of stamps would only p... | 24,379 |
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English postal reforms—standardized rates and the use of postage stamps—be adopted in America.
It would be private enterprise, however, that brought stamps to the U. S. On February 1, 1842 a new carrier service called "City Despatch Post" began operations in New Y... | 24,380 |
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advertised as the post's "agent," and as a result, historians and philatelists have tended to refer to the firm simply as "Greig's City Despatch Post," making no mention of Windsor. In another innovation, the company placed mail-collection boxes around the city for... | 24,381 |
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but soon had its lettering altered to reflect the name change. In its revised form, this issue accordingly became the first postage stamp produced under the auspices of a government in the western hemisphere.
An Act of Congress of March 3, 1845 (effective July 1, ... | 24,382 |
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postal fees, and printed these in bulk. Such provisionals included both prepaid envelopes and stamps, mostly of crude design, the New York Postmaster's Provisional being the only one of quality comparable to later stamps.
The provisional issues of Baltimore were n... | 24,383 |
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Alexandria, Virginia ()
- Annapolis, Maryland ()
- Baltimore, Maryland ()
- Boscawen, New Hampshire ()
- Brattleboro, Vermont ()
- Lockport, New York ()
- Millbury, Massachusetts ( of George Washington)
- New Haven, Connecticut ()
- New York, New York ("POS... | 24,384 |
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one cent, the drop letter rate became two cents.
# First national postage stamps.
Congress finally provided for the issuance of stamps by passing an act on March 3, 1847, and the Postmaster-General immediately let a contract to the New York City engraving firm of... | 24,385 |
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stamp paid for a letter weighing less than 1/2 ounce and traveling up to 300 miles, the 10-cent stamp for deliveries to locations greater than 300 miles, or, twice the weight deliverable for the 5-cent stamp. Each stamp was hand engraved in what is believed to be s... | 24,386 |
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payment of postage on delivery. Indeed, the post office did not issue any 2-cent value for prepaying drop letters in 1847, and these continued to be handled as they had been. Nevertheless, many Americans took up using stamps; about 3,700,000 of the 5¢ and about 865... | 24,387 |
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are in poor condition.
The post office had become so efficient by 1851 that Congress was able to reduce the common rate to three cents (which remained unchanged for over thirty years), necessitating a new issue of stamps. Moreover, the common rate now applied to l... | 24,388 |
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into a drop-letter value. Along with this 1¢ stamp, the post office initially issued only two additional denominations in the series of 1851: 3¢ and 12¢, the three stamps going on sale that July and August. Since the 1847 stamps no longer conformed to any postal ra... | 24,389 |
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of Thomas Jefferson, and portraits of Washington for 10¢ green and 12¢ black values. The 1¢ stamp achieved notoriety, at least among philatelists, because production problems (the stamp design was too tall for the space provided) led to a welter of plate modificati... | 24,390 |
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Washington and Franklin) were issued for the first time. These higher denominations, especially the 90c value, were available for such a short time (a little over a year) that they had virtually no chance of being used. The 90c stamp used is a very rare item, and s... | 24,391 |
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Office would not produce pre-stamped "postal cards" for another dozen years.)
The issue was declared invalid for postage in May 1861, as the Confederate States had supplies of them. Therefore, stamps used after that date usually have the marking "OLD STAMPS/NOT RE... | 24,392 |
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all existing U.S. stamps, and to issue new stamps. Confederate post offices were left without legitimate stamps for several months, and while many reverted to the old system of cash payment at the post office, over 100 post offices across the South came up with the... | 24,393 |
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September 10 to November 1, later modified to November 1 to January 1, 1862. The whole process was very confusing to the public, and there are number of covers from 1862 and later with 1857 stamps and bearing the marking "OLD STAMPS NOT RECOGNIZED".
The 1861 stamp... | 24,394 |
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similar to their earlier counterparts—particularly because Franklin, Washington and Jefferson still appear on the same denominations as previously. Differences in the design of the frames are more readily apparent.
A 2¢ stamp in black featuring Andrew Jackson was ... | 24,395 |
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the amount of mail in the North; ultimately about 1,750,000,000 copies of the 3¢ stamp were printed, and a great many have survived to the present day, typically selling for 2-3 dollars apiece. Most are rose-colored; pink versions are much rarer and quite expensive... | 24,396 |
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as a communication link between Union forces and San Francisco and the West Coast was badly needed. The Pony Express Trail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, was 1,840 miles long. Upon arrival in Sacramento, the U.S. mail was placed on a steamer ... | 24,397 |
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fragility of stamps made them unsuitable for hand-to-hand circulation, and to solve this problem, John Gault invented the encased postage stamp in 1862. A normal U. S. stamp was wrapped around a circular cardboard disc and then placed inside a coin-like circular br... | 24,398 |
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Plantation Bitters; Buhl & Co. Hats and Furs; Lord & Taylor; Tremont House, Chicago; Joseph L. Bates Fancy Goods; White the Hatter, New York City; and Ellis McAlpin & Co. Dry Goods, Cincinnati. (See also: Fractional currency.)
# Grills.
During the 1860s, the post... | 24,399 |
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