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206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
of miles a given item of food or its ingredients has travelled between the farm and the table, is used by simple living advocates to argue for locally grown food. This is now gaining mainstream acceptance, as shown by the popularity of books such as "The 100-Mile Diet," and Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal, V... | 4,500 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
a person "could sprout seeds. They are tasty, incredibly nutritious, and easy to grow... We grow them in wide mouthed mason jars with a square of nylon window screen screwed under a metal ring". Farmer Matt Moore spoke on this issue: "How does it affect the consumer to know that broccoli takes 105 days to... | 4,501 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
section of a grocery store that documented the length of time it took to grow certain vegetables. This aimed to raise awareness in people of the length of time actually needed for gardens.
The do it yourself ethic refers to the principle of undertaking necessary tasks oneself rather than having others, w... | 4,502 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
or neo-Luddites. Although simple living is often a secular pursuit, it may still involve reconsidering personal definitions of appropriate technology, as Anabaptist groups such as the Amish or Mennonites have done.
Technological proponents see cutting-edge technologies as a way to make a simple lifestyle... | 4,503 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
computers, photovoltaic systems, wind and water turbines.
Technological interventions that appear to simplify living may actually induce side effects elsewhere or at a future point in time. Evgeny Morozov warns that tools like the internet can facilitate mass surveillance and political repression. The bo... | 4,504 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
Many advocates of simple living tend to agree that cutting out, or cutting down on, television viewing is a key ingredient in simple living. Some see the Internet, podcasting, community radio, or pirate radio as viable alternatives.
## Simplifying diet.
Another practice is the adoption of a simplified d... | 4,505 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
Environmentalism.
Simple living may be undertaken by environmentalists. For example, Green parties often advocate simple living as a consequence of their "four pillars" or the "Ten Key Values" of the Green Party of the United States. This includes, in policy terms, their rejection of genetic engineering ... | 4,506 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
advocate forms of green anarchism that attempt to implement these principles at a smaller scale, e.g. the ecovillage. Deep ecology, a belief that the world does not exist as a resource to be freely exploited by humans, proposes wilderness preservation, human population control and simple living.
## Anti-... | 4,507 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
to a form of tax resistance in which they reduce their income below the tax threshold by taking up a simple living lifestyle. These individuals believe that their government is engaged in immoral, unethical or destructive activities such as war, and paying taxes inevitably funds these activities.
## Art.... | 4,508 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
Island School of Design as saying "her classmates showed little interest in living in garrets and eating ramen noodles."
# Economics.
A new economics movement has been building since the UN conference on the environment in 1972, and the publication that year of "Only One Earth", "The Limits to Growth", ... | 4,509 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
our commuting and consuming? What is the economy for? And, finally, why do we seem to be unhappier now than when we began our initial pursuit for rich abundance?” In this context, simple living is the opposite of our modern quest for affluence and, as a result, it becomes less preoccupied with quantity an... | 4,510 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
shift of emphasis from raising incomes to reducing costs.
The principles of the new economics, as set out by Robertson, are the following:
- systematic empowerment of people (as opposed to making and keeping them dependent), as the basis for people-centred development
- systematic conservation of resou... | 4,511 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
for qualitative values, not just quantitative values.
# See also.
- (category)
- Affluenza
- Asceticism
- Anti-consumerism
- Black Bear Ranch
- Corporate poverty
- Deep ecology
- Degrowth
- Eye of a needle
- Epicureanism
- Homesteading
- Intentional living
- Jesus and the rich young man
- T... | 4,512 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
Charles Long (1986) "How to Survive Without a Salary: Living the Conserver Lifestyle". 1996 edition
- Wendell Berry (1990) "What Are People For?", North Point Press,
- Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez (1992) "Your Money or Your Life", Viking. "Your Money or Your Life: Revised and Updated for the 21st Centu... | 4,513 |
206509 | Simple living | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple%20living | Simple living
Amy Dacyzyn (1998) "The Complete Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle.",
- Deborah Taylor-Hough (2000) "A Simple Choice: A practical guide for saving your time, money and sanity", SourceBooks,
- John de Graaf, David Wann and Thomas Naylor (2002) "",
- Stephanie Mills (20... | 4,514 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 178428 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet.
Hunt co-founded "The Examiner", a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centre of the Hampstead-based group that included William Hazlitt a... | 4,515 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
character in Charles Dickens' novel "Bleak House".
# Biography.
## Early life.
James Henry Leigh Hunt was born at Southgate, London, where his parents had settled after leaving the United States. His father Isaac, a lawyer from Philadelphia, and his mother, Mary Shewell, a merchant's daughter and a devout... | 4,516 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
in Horsham, West Sussex from 1791 to 1799, a period that Hunt described in his autobiography. Thomas Barnes was a school friend of his. One of the boarding houses at Christ's Hospital is named after Hunt.
As a boy, Hunt was an admirer of Thomas Gray and William Collins, writing many verses in imitation of t... | 4,517 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
in 1807 a volume of theatre criticism, and a series of "Classic Tales" with critical essays on the authors.
Hunt's early essays were published by Edward Quin, editor and owner of "The Traveller".
## Family.
In 1809, Leigh Hunt married Marianne Kent (whose parents were Thomas and Ann). Over the next 20 yea... | 4,518 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
on 26 January 1857 at age 69. Leigh Hunt made little mention of his family in his autobiography. Marianne's sister, Elizabeth Kent (Hunt's sister-in-law), became his amanuensis.
## Newspapers.
### "The Examiner".
In 1808, Hunt left the War Office, where he had been working as a clerk, to become editor of ... | 4,519 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
of so-called "quacks".
The Examiner soon acquired a reputation for unusual political independence; it would attack any worthy target, "from a principle of taste," as John Keats expressed it. In 1813, the Examiner attacked the Prince Regent George. The British government tried the three Hunt brothers and sen... | 4,520 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
described his decorations of the cell as something not found outside a fairy tale. When Jeremy Bentham called on him, he found Hunt playing battledore.
From 1814 to 1817, Leigh Hunt and Hazlitt wrote a series of essays in "The Examiner" that they titled "The Round Table". These essays were published in two ... | 4,521 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
1819 to 1821, Hunt edited "The Indicator", a weekly literary periodical published by Joseph Appleyard. Hunt probably wrote much of the content, which included reviews, essays, stories, and poems.
### "The Companion".
From January to July 1828, Hunt edited "The Companion", a weekly literary periodical publi... | 4,522 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
the epigrammatic couplet of Alexander Pope . The "Story of Rimini" is an optimistic narrative which runs contrary to the tragic nature of its subject. Hunt's flippancy and familiarity, often degenerating into the ludicrous, subsequently made him a target for ridicule and parody.
In 1818, Hunt published a co... | 4,523 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
Bryan Procter, Benjamin Haydon, Charles Cowden Clarke, C.W. Dilke, Walter Coulson and John Hamilton Reynolds. This group was known pejoratively as the Cockney School.
Some of Hunt's most popular poems are "Jenny kiss'd Me", "Abou Ben Adhem" and "A Night-Rain in Summer".
## Friendship with Keats and Shelley... | 4,524 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
a poet had been in some respects detrimental to him.
After Shelley's departure for Italy in 1818, Hunt experienced more financial difficulties. In addition, both his health and that of his wife Marianne failed. As a result, Hunt was forced to discontinue the "Indicator" (1819–1821), having, he says, "almost... | 4,525 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
Byron soon discovered that Hunt was no longer interested in the "Examiner".
Leigh Hunt left England for Italy in November 1821, but storm, sickness and misadventure delayed his arrival until 1 July 1822. Thomas Love Peacock compared their voyage to that of the character Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey.
Several ... | 4,526 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
abandoning the quarterly. Hunt remained in Genoa. Enjoying the Italian climate and culture, Hunt stayed in Italy until 1825. During this period, he created "Ultra-Crepidarius: a Satire on William Gifford" (1823), and his translation (1825) of Francesco Redi's "Bacco in Toscana".
## Return to England.
In 18... | 4,527 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
satire of Moore.
During his later years, Hunt continued to suffer from poverty and sickness. He worked unremittingly, but one effort failed after another. Two journalistic ventures, the "Tatler" (1830–1832), a daily devoted to literary and dramatic criticism, and "London Journal" (1834–1835) failed, even th... | 4,528 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
A copy sent to Thomas Carlyle secured his friendship, and Hunt went to live next door to him in Cheyne Row in 1833.
Hunt's romance, "Sir Ralph Esher", about Charles II's was successful. "Captain Sword and Captain Pen", published in 1835, a spirited contrast between the victories of peace and the victories o... | 4,529 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
Moxon's edition of the works of William Wycherley, William Congreve, John Vanbrugh and George Farquhar, a work which furnished the occasion of Macaulay's essay on the Dramatists of the Restoration. The narrative poem "The Palfrey" was published in 1842.
During the 1830's, Hunt also wrote for the "Edinburgh ... | 4,530 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
poets, which displayed his refined, discriminating critical tastes. Hunt also published a book on the pastoral poetry of Sicily, "A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla" (1848). "The Town" (2 vols., 1848) and "Men, Women and Books" (2 vols., 1847) are partly made up from former material. "The Old Court Suburb" (2 v... | 4,531 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
the title "Stories in Verse".
Hunt died in Putney in London on 28 August 1859. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. In September 1966 Christ's Hospital named one of its houses in the memory of Hunt.
In a letter of 25 September 1853, Dickens stated that Hunt had inspired the character of Harold Skimpole ... | 4,532 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
thought, 'Suppose Hunt behaved like a rascal!'; he may have only had the fanciful thought, 'Suppose a rascal behaved like Hunt!'" (Chesterton 1906).
# Other works.
- "Amyntas, A Tale of the Woods" (1820), a translation of Tasso's "Aminta"
- , with Elizabeth Kent, published anonymously
- "The Seer, or Com... | 4,533 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
by himself and edited by Lee, were printed at Boston in 1857, and an edition (London and New York) by his son, Thornton Hunt, appeared in 1860. Among volumes of selections are "Essays" (1887), ed. A. Symons; "Leigh Hunt as Poet and Essayist" (1889), ed. C. Kent; "Essays and Poems" (1891), ed. R. B. Johnson f... | 4,534 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
Hunt's works was compiled by Alexander Ireland ("List of the Writings of William Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt", 1868). There are short lives of Hunt by Cosmo Monkhouse ("Great Writers," 1893) and by RB Johnson (1896). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Volume 28 (2004).
# References.
- Blainey, Ann. "Immort... | 4,535 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
the Dungeon: The Life of Leigh Hunt". Little, Brown, 2005.
- Lulofs, Timothy J. and Hans Ostrom, "Leigh Hunt: A Reference Guide." Boston: G.K. Hall, 1985.
- Roe, Nicholas, "Fiery Heart: The First Life of Leigh Hunt". Pimlico, 2005.
- The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt (3rd Edition) – With an introduction by ... | 4,536 |
206532 | Leigh Hunt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leigh%20Hunt | Leigh Hunt
nden, Oxford University Press "The World's Classics" Series 1928
# External links.
- Archival material at
- Leigh Hunt Letters – The University of Iowa Libraries
- Essays by Leigh Hunt at Quotidiana.org
- Selection of poems by Leigh Hunt
- "Leigh Hunt and Anna Maria Dashwood: A Shelleyan Romance" by El... | 4,537 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
Penghu
The Penghu (Hokkien POJ: "Phîⁿ-ô͘" or "Phêⁿ-ô͘" ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait. The largest city is Magong, located on the largest island, which is also named Magong. Covering an area of , the archipelago collectively forms of the Republic of Chi... | 4,538 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
Using romanization based on the Mandarin pronunciation for the Chinese name, the islands have also been referred to as 'Penghu Liehtao'.
"Pescadores" was also the name given by the Spanish expedition of Hernando de Grijalva in 1537 to the Micronesian atoll Kapingamarangi.
# History.
Finds of fine red cord-mar... | 4,539 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
a detailed first-hand account of the islands in his "Daoyi Zhilüe" (1349).
## Ming dynasty.
In the 15th century, the Ming ordered the evacuation of the islands as part of their maritime ban. When these restrictions were removed in the late 16th century, legal fishing communities were re-established on the isla... | 4,540 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
at the Battle of Macau in 1622, they seized Penghu, built a fort there, and threatened raids on Chinese ports and shipping unless the Chinese allowed trading with them on Penghu and that China not trade with Manila.
In response, the Chinese governor of Fujian demanded that the Dutch withdraw from Penghu to Taiw... | 4,541 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
mid-17th century, Taiwan and the archipelago were ruled by the Koxinga kingdom (Kingdom of Tungning), which was overthrown by the Qing dynasty in 1683 after the Battle of Penghu.
The Penghu archipelago was captured by the French in March 1885, in the closing weeks of the Sino-French War, and evacuated four mont... | 4,542 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
of the First Sino-Japanese War, having defeated the Qing in northern China, Japan sought to ensure that it obtained Penghu and Taiwan in the final settlement. In March 1895, the Japanese defeated the Chinese garrison on the islands and occupied Makung. The Japanese occupation of Penghu, with its fine harbor, gav... | 4,543 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
Treaty of Shimonoseki in April, helped to ensure the success of the Japanese invasion of Taiwan in May.
Penghu County was then called the Hōko Prefecture by the Japanese government of Taiwan. During World War II, Makō (Makung) was a major base for the Imperial Japanese Navy and the embarkation point for the inv... | 4,544 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
that "the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out". However, the United States and the United Kingdom regard the aforementioned documents as merely wartime statements of intention with no binding force in law.
Following the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powe... | 4,545 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
administered by the Republic of China since 1945.
Boat people fleeing Vietnam in the 1970s and 1980s and rescued by Taiwan's ships in the South China Sea were sent to the Penghu.
On 25 May 2002, China Airlines Flight 611, a Boeing 747-200 aircraft flying from Taipei to Hong Kong, disintegrated and exploded ove... | 4,546 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
rural townships. It is further divided into 97 villages. Like Lienchiang County, Penghu County has no urban townships. The county seat is located at Magong City where it houses the Penghu County Hall and Penghu County Council.
The main islands of Magong City/Huxi Township, Baisha Township, and Xiyu Township are... | 4,547 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
of the vote.
# Political dispute.
Despite the controversy over the political status of Taiwan, both the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China agree that Penghu is a county in (their own respective) "Taiwan Province" (Taiwan Province, Republic of China and Taiwan Province, People's Republic of Ch... | 4,548 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
of San Francisco (see above).
# Economy.
Due to its restricted geography, fisheries have been the main industry for Penghu. The Agriculture and Fisheries Bureau of the Penghu County Government governs matters related to agriculture and fisheries in Penghu. In 2016, the bureau placed a ban on the harvesting of ... | 4,549 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
is powered by the Chienshan Power Plant, a 140 MW diesel-fired power plant commissioned in 2001, and the Hujing Power Plant on Table Island. On 24 December 2010, the "Taiwan-Penghu Undersea Cable Project" of Taipower was approved by the Executive Yuan to connect the electrical grid in Taiwan Island to Penghu.
U... | 4,550 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
current total desalination capacity of the county to provide clean water to its residents is 15,500 m per day. To reduce its groundwater use, in November 2015 the county secured a contract of building an additional desalination plant with 4,000 m capacity per day, construction of which is expected to be complete... | 4,551 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
Siyu Western Fort. Museums in the county are Chuwan Crab Museum, Ocean Resources Museum, Chang Yu-sheng Memorial Museum and Penghu Living Museum. Other attractions in the county include the Double-Heart of Stacked Stones, Fenggui Cave, Little Taiwan, Whale Cave, Xiaomen Geology Gallery and South Penghu Marine Na... | 4,552 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
from China and the Philippines. The area has become a focus for a drug crackdown in recent years.
In 2016, Chou Meng-hsiang (周盟翔), chief prosecutor of the Penghu District Prosecutors Office,"“led an investigation team in Taiwan, including officers from the Coast Guard Administration, in a bid to bring (a) drug ... | 4,553 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
Taiwanese nationals were charged in relation to the importation scheme.
In 2017, media reported "“the biggest-ever haul of drugs in the county’s history”" when 506 kg of ephedrine was seized from a Chinese fishing boat off Penghu "“as part of an ongoing crackdown on the area drug trade”".
Ephedrine smuggling h... | 4,554 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
in the operation, with authorities "“unable to find the Taiwanese ship which should have turned up to take delivery of the drugs”". It was unclear from media reports how the Taiwanese side of the smuggling operation knew to abort the rendezvous. The suppliers of the shipment also evaded capture. It was believed ... | 4,555 |
206519 | Penghu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu | Penghu
liers of the shipment also evaded capture. It was believed the drugs were destined to be transported from Penghu for distribution on Taiwan.
# Transport.
Penghu is served by Magong Airport in Magong City and Qimei Airport in Qimei Township. Both airports opened in 1977. Daily Air Corporation operates flights b... | 4,556 |
206554 | Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helsinki%20Metropolitan%20Area%20Council | Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council
Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council
The Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council (, ) was a co-operation agency operating in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, now replaced by HSL and HSY. The organisation had a few responsibilities, most notably regional public transport and waste management.... | 4,557 |
206554 | Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helsinki%20Metropolitan%20Area%20Council | Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council
of customer fees for public transport and waste management.
# Transportation management.
The Metropolitan Council grouped together different Public Transportation companies operating in the Metropolitan area, such as HKL, operator of the metro, Suomenlinna ferry service and bus serv... | 4,558 |
206554 | Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helsinki%20Metropolitan%20Area%20Council | Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council
bought using the electronic travel cards, a smart card service run by Buscom. These travel cards supported two types of payment for trips:
If the same travel card was loaded with both value and period, period took priority when applicable to the current zone. If the period ran out, o... | 4,559 |
206554 | Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helsinki%20Metropolitan%20Area%20Council | Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council
2: Espoo, Kauniainen, Vantaa, Kerava and Kirkkonummi (excluding Helsinki)
- Entire region: Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen, Vantaa, Kerava and Kirkkonummi
# Mission.
The mission of the Metropolitan Council was to improve the capital area's development by high quality public transports,... | 4,560 |
206568 | Mare (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mare%20(disambiguation) | Mare (disambiguation)
Mare (disambiguation)
A mare is a female horse.
Mare is the Latin word for "sea".
Mare may also refer to:
# People.
- Surname
- Mare (surname)
- Ahmed Marzooq (also known as just "Mare"; born 1976), Maldivian football player and manager
- Walter de la Mare (1873–1956), English poet and wri... | 4,561 |
206568 | Mare (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mare%20(disambiguation) | Mare (disambiguation)
Maire, Netherlands, also known as Mare, former village in Zeeland, Netherlands
- Märe, a mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland
- Maré, Rio de Janeiro, a favela in Rio, Brazil
- Weston-super-Mare, a town in North Somerset, England
- Mare', a town in Syria
## In Romania.
- Baia Mare, a m... | 4,562 |
206568 | Mare (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mare%20(disambiguation) | Mare (disambiguation)
mare, a basaltic plain on Earth's moon
# Music.
- Mare (band), an experimental band on Hydra Head Records
- "Mare" (Diamá Song), 2014 song by Diamá
- "Mare", a song by The Black Eyed Peas from their album "The E.N.D."
# Physics.
- microcalorimeter arrays for a Rhenium experiment (MARE): neut... | 4,563 |
206568 | Mare (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mare%20(disambiguation) | Mare (disambiguation)
(band), an experimental band on Hydra Head Records
- "Mare" (Diamá Song), 2014 song by Diamá
- "Mare", a song by The Black Eyed Peas from their album "The E.N.D."
# Physics.
- microcalorimeter arrays for a Rhenium experiment (MARE): neutrino mass experiment based on the study of Re β spectrum
... | 4,564 |
206579 | 1825 in literature | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1825%20in%20literature | 1825 in literature
1825 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1825.
# Events.
- February 19 – Franz Grillparzer's "König Ottokars Glück und Ende" (The Fortune and Fall of King Ottokar, published 1823) is first performed, at the Burgtheater in Vienna, after Caroline Augu... | 4,565 |
206579 | 1825 in literature | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1825%20in%20literature | 1825 in literature
May 6 – French bibliophile, translator, lawyer and politician (born 1754) dies, leaving a library of over half a million books, one of the greatest private book collections in history.
- The first publication of Samuel Pepys' Diary (1660–1669) appears, edited by Lord Braybrooke from a transcription ... | 4,566 |
206579 | 1825 in literature | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1825%20in%20literature | 1825 in literature
under the Tudor Princes"
## Drama.
- Aleksander Griboyedov – "Woe from Wit" (part published)
- James Sheridan Knowles – "William Tell"
- Harriet Lee – "The Three Strangers"
- Alexander Pushkin – "Boris Godunov" (published 1831, but approved for the stage only in 1866)
## Poetry.
- Anna Laetiti... | 4,567 |
206579 | 1825 in literature | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1825%20in%20literature | 1825 in literature
Loudon – "The Encyclopaedia of Agriculture"
- Thomas Moore – "Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan"
- Harriette Wilson – "The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, Written by Herself"
# Births.
- January 11 – Bayard Taylor, American poet (died 1878)
- February 13 – Julia C. R. Dorr, American ... | 4,568 |
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April 24 – R. M. Ballantyne, Scottish writer of juvenile fiction (died 1894)
- May 21 – Nancy H. Adsit, American art writer, lecturer, educator (died 1902)
- June 7 – R. D. Blackmore, English novelist (died 1900)
- June 14 – Mary Elizabeth Beauchamp, English-born American author and educator (died... | 4,569 |
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Alexander), Irish-born novelist (died 1902)
# Deaths.
- March 9 – Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, essayist and children's author (born 1743)
- April 23 – Maler Müller, German poet, dramatist and painter (born 1749)
- June 4 – Morris Birkbeck, American writer and social reformer (born 1764)
... | 4,570 |
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r, German poet, dramatist and painter (born 1749)
- June 4 – Morris Birkbeck, American writer and social reformer (born 1764)
- June 11 – Helen Craik, Scottish novelist and poet (born c. 1751)
- August 10 – Joseph Harris (Gomer), Welsh poet and journalist (born 1773)
- November 7 – Charlotte Dacr... | 4,571 |
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Maidenhead
Maidenhead is a large market town in Berkshire, England, on the south-western bank of the River Thames. With an estimated population of 67,441, Maidenhead is the largest town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. The town is situated west of Charing Cross, London, northeast of the count... | 4,572 |
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evidence of Roman settlement in the town. There are two well known villa sites in the town, one being in the suburb of Cox Green, and the other just west of the town centre on Castle Hill. This villa sat on the route of the Camlet Way which was a Roman road linking Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum) and Colchest... | 4,573 |
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disembarked from their longboats by the wharf and ferry crossing at Maidenhead and fought their way overland to Reading where they set up camp and made it their regional power base. The area of the present town centre was originally a small Anglo-Saxon town known as "South Ellington". The town would have lik... | 4,574 |
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over the new bridge. Previously, it had kept to the north bank and crossed the Thames by ford at Cookham, and the medieval town, later to become Maidenhead grew up on the site of Alaunodunum and South Ellington, between the new bridge and the bottom of Castle Hill. Within a few years a new wharf was construc... | 4,575 |
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old town hall which was set back from the High Street to form the market square. Maidenhead also became the main stopping point for coaches on journeys between London, Gloucester and Bath and the town became populated with numerous inns. By the mid 18th century, Maidenhead had become one of the busiest coach... | 4,576 |
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on the High Street, the site of which is now a branch of the NatWest Bank. A plaque commemorates their meeting.
When the Great Western Railway came to the town, it began to expand. Muddy roads were replaced and public services were installed. The High Street began to change again, and substantial Victo... | 4,577 |
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times, nearby Boulter's Lock became a favoured resort, especially on Ascot Sunday, and Skindles Hotel developed a reputation for illicit liaisons.
# Governance.
The town is part of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, with an urban population of around 95,000. Currently Cllr Simon Dudley is the Lea... | 4,578 |
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has been held by the Conservative Party in every election since its foundation in 1997. Theresa May was elected MP in 1997 and has represented Maidenhead ever since. As MP, she took a series of ministerial positions, and was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 13 July 2016. May stood down as Pr... | 4,579 |
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suburban regions within the bounds of the town, called Maidenhead Court, North Town, Furze Platt (which in 2012 gained a conservation area), Pinkneys Green, Highway, Tittle Row, Boyn Hill, Fishery and Bray Wick; as well as built-up areas in surrounding civil parishes: Cox Green and Altwood in Cox Green paris... | 4,580 |
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part of the urban area of the large, industrial town of Slough. To the north are the Cookhams, Cookham Village, Cookham Rise and Cookham Dean. To the west is the area of Pinkneys Green. These lie south of the Berkshire-Buckinghamshire border, which is formed by the River Thames (which then bends southwards t... | 4,581 |
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ridge; a wooded spur of the Chilterns which rises dramatically above one of the most scenic stretches of the Thames. The ridge is crowned by the spectacular Cliveden House which can be seen from various parts of the town.
Maidenhead has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the northern outskirts ... | 4,582 |
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jubilee and is located outside the railway station. Maidenhead Bridge was built in 1777. It takes the A4 over the Thames to join Maidenhead to Taplow.
All Saints' Church, Boyne Hill was completed in 1857 is one of the finest examples of the early work of the architect G. E. Street. The site is also regarded... | 4,583 |
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image of the town, including the 'Boy and the Boat' location at the top end of the High Street, near the Methodist Church.
# Character.
Maidenhead has a long history of settlement, going back to the Anglo-Saxon and Roman periods. Despite this, there are no visible architectural remains in the present day t... | 4,584 |
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Maidenhead town centre has lost most many historic buildings and much of its traditional English market town character. The High Street and Bridge Street areas only possess one heavily restored Medieval building and a handful of Georgian buildings in the Chapel Arches area.
Research by the New Economics Fou... | 4,585 |
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by central government that Maidenhead will be part of the new Crossrail project. PRoM's plans highlight five key developments which will help shape the town for the future. A large new retail and residential development called 'The Landing' is due for construction shortly. Additionally there will be an upgra... | 4,586 |
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boutique stores and restaurants, bars, and cafes are to be a feature of this new waterfront quarter of the town centre. The adjoining historic section of the High Street around the 18th Century Chapel Arches Bridge has been restored as part of the development. Existing Georgian and Victorian buildings have b... | 4,587 |
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in 2011 was £461,421.
# Community facilities.
Maidenhead offers High Street shopping facilities including Nicholson's Centre, a shopping centre on the site of Nicholson's brewery. The town also offers an eight-screen Odeon multiplex cinema and the Magnet Leisure Centre which is scheduled to be replaced by ... | 4,588 |
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arts centre including a theatre).
Waltham Place Estate on Church Hill includes an ornamental garden integrated within a organic and biodynamic farm estate. It is promoted by the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
The Reitlinger Open Space on Guards Club Road is named after Henry Reitlinger, a leading colle... | 4,589 |
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be built in the town to replace the now outdated Magnet Leisure Centre located north of Kidwells Park .
The new facility is expected to open at the end of 2020; with the council claiming there will be no break in service from the old Magent Leisure Centre.
The town also has various community centres, the m... | 4,590 |
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at Maidenhead railway station and offering frequent, direct services to London, Reading, Newbury, Didcot and Oxford. Additionally, there are less frequent direct services to Banbury, Hereford, Worcester and Great Malvern. It passes over Brunel's Maidenhead Railway Bridge (known locally as the Sounding Arch),... | 4,591 |
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Courtney Buses. There are also evening bus services from Slough provided by Reading Buses rather than First (as in the daytime), under the 'Thames Valley' brand
The A4 runs through the town and crosses the Thames over Maidenhead Bridge. The town lies adjacent to junction 8/9 on the M4 motorway and is access... | 4,592 |
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progress to reopen these waterways. The Jubilee River, part of the flood defence scheme, begins above Boulter's Lock nearby.
The Crossrail project that is expected to be fully opened in autumn 2019, after previously being expected to be completed by December 2018. In the initial plan for Crossrail, Maidenhe... | 4,593 |
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services an hour (combining both Elizabeth Line and GWR services).
# Employment.
Maidenhead is in England's Silicon Corridor along the M4 motorway west of London. Many residents commute to work in London, or to the towns of Slough and Reading.
Maidenhead's industries include: software, plastics, pharmaceu... | 4,594 |
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Maidenhead is now a Universal Credit Full Service area.
# Sport.
Situated on the River Thames, the town is a rowing centre. Maidenhead Rowing Club organises the Maidenhead Regatta which, along with Marlow Regatta and Henley Regatta, is often seen as a testing ground for olympic rowing athletes. Maidenhead ... | 4,595 |
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League (fifth tier of English Football) for the 2017/18 season.
The Maidenhead Rugby Club was founded in 1921 and is the largest organised sports team in the town. It consists of four men's teams, a women's team and a large youth programme. The men's team attracts international talent from all over the worl... | 4,596 |
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The course was designed by the eminent golf architect Harry S. Colt.
FPD- A Senior social football team has played teams from the twin towns starting with a home and away leg with Bad Godesberg. Future fixtures against St-Cloud and Frascati to follow.
# Institutions.
The local newspaper is "The Maidenhead... | 4,597 |
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of various types of schools including Free Schools and Academies.
## Further educational institutions.
- Berkshire College of Agriculture is based in Maidenhead.
Although the town only has the one college, most students entering college level education travel to the various establishments in the area, inc... | 4,598 |
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(previously County High School for Girls, Maidenhead)
## Primary schools.
- All Saints C of E Junior School
- Courthouse Junior School
- Furze Platt Infant School (caters for Reception - Year 2)
- Furze Platt Junior School (caters for Year 3-6)
- Holyport Primary School
- Larchfield
- Lowbrook Academ... | 4,599 |
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