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50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
visitors, as well as a memorial to all the casualties of the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.
### Henry Crown Space Center.
MSI's Henry Crown Space Center includes the Apollo 8 spacecraft, which flew the first mission beyond low earth orbit to the Moon, enabling its... | 6,120,800 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
Henry Crown Space Center is a domed theater, considered to be the only domed theater in Chicago. The screen of the theater is made of perforated aluminum, allowing the speakers mounted behind the screen to be heard throughout the theater.
### FarmTech.
The "FarmTech" exhibit s... | 6,120,801 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
containing models of "Ships Through the Ages" and several historic racing cars.
"Future Energy Chicago" shows alternative resources, housing developments, and the future of Chicago. The exhibit requires an additional fee.
Some areas in the museum aim for younger children, incl... | 6,120,802 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
First Level.
### Transportation Gallery.
The Transportation Zone contains several permanent exhibits.
The Great Train Story is a model railroad and recounts the story of transportation from Chicago to Seattle.
The museum includes a replica of Stephenson's Rocket, which was t... | 6,120,803 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
outside the museum until 1993, when extensive restoration took place and it was moved indoors as an exhibit in the Transportation Zone.
A model of the Wright Brothers first airplane is on display.
Two World War II warplanes are also exhibited. Both were donated by the British ... | 6,120,804 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
to facilitate visitor access.
### Science Storms.
In March 2010, the museum opened "Science Storms" in the Allstate Court, as a permanent exhibit. This multilevel exhibit features a water vapor tornado, tsunami tank, Tesla coil, heliostat system, and a Wimshurst machine built ... | 6,120,805 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
composed of an incubator where baby chickens hatch from their eggs and a chick pen for those that have already hatched, as well as housing genetically modified frogs, mice, and drought resistant plants.
### ToyMaker 3000.
"ToyMaker 3000", is a working assembly line which lets ... | 6,120,806 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
and ride a mine train to different parts of the mine and learn the basics of its operation. The experience takes around 30 minutes and requires an additional fee.
### Yesterday's Mainstreet".
"Yesterday's Mainstreet" is a mock-up of a Chicago street from the early 20th century... | 6,120,807 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
2013, the "Art of the Bicycle" exhibit opened, showcasing history of the bicycle, and how modern bikes are still continuing to evolve.
"Reusable City" focuses on recycling and other methods that could cut down harmful pollution and especially climate change and the Regenstein H... | 6,120,808 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
is also known for unique and quirky permanent exhibits, such as a walk-through model of the human heart, which was removed in 2009 for the construction of "YOU! the Experience", which replaced it with a , interactive, 3D heart. Also well known are the "Body Slices" (two cadavers... | 6,120,809 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
museum to the Illinois Railway Museum.
## Junior Achievements US Business Hall of Fame.
The museum holds the Junior Achievement's US Business Hall of Fame.
# Exhibitions.
In addition to its three floors of standing exhibits, the museum hosts temporary and traveling exhibitio... | 6,120,810 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
Man, Inventor, Genius"; ""; "Robots Like Us"; "City of the Future"; ""; "The Glass Experience"; ""; "Robot Revolution", which was sponsored by Google and featured numerous hands-on demonstrations and advice from experts for prospective future robot scientists and engineers; and ... | 6,120,811 |
50346 | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
n 1942, with just one tree, honoring soldiers fighting in WW2, the tradition spawned into more than 50 trees.
# See also.
- Architecture of Chicago
- List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago
- Science museum
# Further reading.
- Kogan, Herman. "A Continuing Mar... | 6,120,812 |
2313819 | Supraspinatus muscle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supraspinatus%20muscle | Supraspinatus muscle
Supraspinatus muscle
The supraspinatus (plural "supraspinati") is a relatively small muscle of the upper back that runs from the supraspinatous fossa superior portion of the scapula (shoulder blade) to the greater tubercle of the humerus. It is one of the four rotator cuff muscles and also abducts... | 6,120,813 |
2313819 | Supraspinatus muscle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supraspinatus%20muscle | Supraspinatus muscle
the postero-lateral origin was more lateral than classically described.
The supraspinatus tendon is inserted into the superior facet of the greater tubercle of the humerus. The distal attachments of the three rotator cuff muscles that insert into the greater tubercle of the humerus can be abbrevia... | 6,120,814 |
2313819 | Supraspinatus muscle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supraspinatus%20muscle | Supraspinatus muscle
damaged along its course in fractures of the overlying clavicle, which can reduce the person's ability to initiate the abduction.
# Function.
The supraspinatus muscle performs abduction of the arm, and pulls the head of the humerus medially towards the glenoid cavity. It independently prevents th... | 6,120,815 |
2313819 | Supraspinatus muscle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supraspinatus%20muscle | Supraspinatus muscle
lip inferiorly. The supraspinatus works in cooperation with the deltoid muscle to perform abduction, including when the arm is in adducted position. Beyond 15 degrees the deltoid muscle becomes increasingly more effective at abducting the arm and becomes the main propagator of this action.
# Clini... | 6,120,816 |
2313851 | OPCA | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OPCA | OPCA
OPCA
OPCA may refer to:
# Education.
- Orange Park Christian Academy
# Law.
- Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Arguments, a term used by some judges and legal scholars to refer to arguments used in litigation related to the freemen on the land, sovereign citizen, redemption movement, tax protester conspiracy ... | 6,120,817 |
2313837 | Graphical identification and authentication | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graphical%20identification%20and%20authentication | Graphical identification and authentication
Graphical identification and authentication
The graphical identification and authentication (GINA) is a component of Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that provides secure authentication and interactive logon services. GINA is a replaceable dynamically linked ... | 6,120,818 |
2313837 | Graphical identification and authentication | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graphical%20identification%20and%20authentication | Graphical identification and authentication
default GINA library, MSGINA.DLL, is provided by Microsoft as part of the operating system, and offers the following features:
- Authentication against Windows domain servers with a supplied user name/password combination.
- Displaying of a legal notice to the user prior to... | 6,120,819 |
2313837 | Graphical identification and authentication | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graphical%20identification%20and%20authentication | Graphical identification and authentication
storage capabilities was introduced in Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Service Pack 3 and Windows NT Server 3.51.
- "Security Options" dialog when the user is logged on, which provides options to shut down, log off, change the password, start the Task Manager, and lock the workst... | 6,120,820 |
2313837 | Graphical identification and authentication | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graphical%20identification%20and%20authentication | Graphical identification and authentication
processing the secure attention sequence in various user states, responding to queries as to whether or not locking the workstation is an allowed action, supporting the collection of user credentials on Terminal Services-based connections, and interacting with a screensaver.
... | 6,120,821 |
2313837 | Graphical identification and authentication | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graphical%20identification%20and%20authentication | Graphical identification and authentication
is of a higher version than Winlogon, Windows will not boot. This is done because a GINA library written for a given version of Winlogon will expect a certain set of API calls to be provided by Winlogon.
Support for replaceable GINA DLLs was introduced with Windows NT Server... | 6,120,822 |
2313837 | Graphical identification and authentication | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graphical%20identification%20and%20authentication | Graphical identification and authentication
settings."), and starting applications in the user's context; this facilitates restarting Windows Explorer automatically if it crashes, as well as starting the Task Manager. Windows XP introduced support for Fast User Switching, Remote Desktop and a more interactive, simplifi... | 6,120,823 |
2313837 | Graphical identification and authentication | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graphical%20identification%20and%20authentication | Graphical identification and authentication
els, a complex chaining method used to be required and custom GINAs often did not work with fast user switching. GINA libraries do not work with Windows Vista and later Windows versions. One difference, however, is that GINA could completely replace the Windows logon user int... | 6,120,824 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
Video painting
Video painting is a form of video art presented via projectors, LCD or other flat panel display and wall-mounted in the same manner as traditional paintings. Video painting is a relatively new concept that was first coined by Brian Eno in the 1980s to refer to his experimentations with lo... | 6,120,825 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
History.
Video painting began as a way for Eno to expand upon the ambient philosophy of his music in a visual form. He explained the coinage and practice of video painting to NME:
"I was delighted to find this other way of using video because at last here's video which draws from another source, which ... | 6,120,826 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
we close that openness with thought and language. He reinterpreted art as the attempt to avoid closure and approach openness.
Moving away from his documentary film background, Lawson set about creating a narrative-less frame which he hoped would avoid closure. Working with a close friend and artist, San... | 6,120,827 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
both existing hybrid (video projection boxes) and true flatscreen technologies, and video art projections using cutting-edge projection technology. Even as these devices are being steadily introduced to our domestic and creative cultural spheres, more revolutionary technologies are being developed and im... | 6,120,828 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
will be profoundly transformed.
There are several artists and designers who are producing video paintings and ambient art that is intended to repurpose the blank space of an idle flatscreen. In addition to this there is an ever increasing number of companies specialising in video paintings to varying de... | 6,120,829 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
additionally with expansion into the realm of generative art.
TransLumen Technologies was founded in 2000 and applied for patents on imperceptibly different images or Subthreshold Extreme Gradual Change (STEGC) also called Fluid Stills Art Illusions. These patents were subsequently awarded and additiona... | 6,120,830 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
and the subtle manipulation of image, layer, flow, and transition. It sits in the visual background of our lives - always changing, but never too quickly. It does not conquer, it seduces. It rewards attention, but never commands it. Rather, its aim is to support whatever level of attention the viewer car... | 6,120,831 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
with their 2001 piece ‘Ad Infinitum’. Working as audiovisual artists, the NomIg. duo questioned what would happen if the concepts of Eno's ambient works were applied to the visual domain. As a result their works place paramount importance on fluidity of movement; an absence of direct cuts/edits; and the ... | 6,120,832 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
and expands it into a timeless contemplation of the moment. To achieve their extreme slow motion NomIg. have heavily researched and developed editing techniques which layer and blend frames while not succumbing to the artifacts of the standard digital slow motion process (jerky movement, blurry content).... | 6,120,833 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
intermission background music thereby playing with the conventional structure of the ambient paradigm. 2004 saw NomIg. and Bizzocchi team up to curate a video painting exhibition at the 2004 New Forms Festival.
Believing that this infant art form needs to develop a strong community, NomIg. developed a d... | 6,120,834 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
device into sculptural works.
Visual artist Jeffers Egan has been working with the video painting medium for some time, producing works described as references to Rothko and Pollock.
Malcolm Daniel (who was involved in the New Forms Festival exhibition mentioned below) has recently started producing a ... | 6,120,835 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
an ethereal and meditative presence for the viewer.
An early pioneer of the ambient video art movement and video painting is Douglas R. Siefken. His first public exhibit of the Fluid Stills artform was sponsored by Sony on 02/02/02 at the Julia Friedman Gallery in Chicago. Doug is a founder and Chief Te... | 6,120,836 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
This tranquil and harmonious art form obviates the visual noise and environmental disruption presented by some other digital art alternatives. Doug has a version of the Chicago Skyline series that was installed at the Hotel Cass, Chicago in August 2007. The piece is running on an 80” DLP screen in the ma... | 6,120,837 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
of color palettes. With sales of flatscreens soaring (Keepmedia), and with the new, sleek screens on display instead of being hidden away in an armoir or closet, more people are searching for sources moving art to display in their homes. As Jim Bizzocchi says, "We believe artists will use the flat-panel ... | 6,120,838 |
2313855 | Video painting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20painting | Video painting
inks.
- http://www.voltcafe.com/home/?p=2948
- http://aestheticamagazine.blogspot.com/2010/07/open-prize-for-video-painting-2010.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100719014431/http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/645727
- http://www.artrabbit.com/uk/features/features/july_2010/open... | 6,120,839 |
2313860 | E. Ann Matter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E.%20Ann%20Matter | E. Ann Matter
E. Ann Matter
E. Ann Matter, Ph.D (born December 29, 1949) is former Associate Dean for Arts & Letters and Professor of Religious Studies Emerita at the University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in Medieval Christianity, including mysticism, women and religion, sexuality and religion, manuscript and te... | 6,120,840 |
2313860 | E. Ann Matter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E.%20Ann%20Matter | E. Ann Matter
Studies. In 1976, Matter began to teach at the University of Pennsylvania, where, in 1996, she was elected R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Religious Studies. In 2005, Matter was appointed William R. Kenan Professor of Religious Studies and in 2006 to the post of Associate Dean for Arts & Letters, with respo... | 6,120,841 |
2313860 | E. Ann Matter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E.%20Ann%20Matter | E. Ann Matter
post of Associate Dean for Arts & Letters, with responsibility for all 12 of the University's humanities departments.
In 1992, she received the prized Guggenheim Fellowship and, in 2003, she was elected Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.
# Publications.
In 1992, Matter published "The Voice of M... | 6,120,842 |
2313853 | National secondary road | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20secondary%20road | National secondary road
National secondary road
A national secondary road () is a category of road in Ireland. These roads form an important part of the national route network, but are secondary to the main arterial routes which are classified as national primary roads. National secondary roads are designated with rou... | 6,120,843 |
2313853 | National secondary road | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20secondary%20road | National secondary road
the entire national route (national primary and national secondary) network. National secondary routes are generally more poorly maintained than primary routes (although their quality can vary widely), but often carry more traffic than regional roads. Almost the entire network of national second... | 6,120,844 |
2313853 | National secondary road | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20secondary%20road | National secondary road
quality than the better sections of regional roads. Many of them have been resurfaced with higher quality pavements in recent years with relatively smooth surfaces and good road markings and signposting. However, road widths and alignments are often inadequate, with many narrow and winding secti... | 6,120,845 |
2313853 | National secondary road | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20secondary%20road | National secondary road
the Donegal bypass.
- The N61 and the N63 bypass Roscommon.
- The N69 forms part of the Tralee bypass.
- The N71 bypasses Halfway and Skibbereen.
- The N74 bypasses Cashel.
- The N76 bypasses Callan.
- The N77 forms the northern part of the Kilkenny ring road.
- The N80 bypasses Carlow.
... | 6,120,846 |
2313853 | National secondary road | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20secondary%20road | National secondary road
became regional roads when the road classification system changed from 1977 onward, including some roads, such as the N72 between Killarney and Killorglin, the N86 and the N87, which were originally re-classified as regional roads but later re-classified again as national secondary routes. In 19... | 6,120,847 |
2313853 | National secondary road | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20secondary%20road | National secondary road
between major cities, connect scenic areas to major population centres. For example, the N59 through County Galway and County Mayo, the N70 road through County Kerry (see Ring of Kerry) and the N71 through West Cork. For this reason, many national secondary roads are well-traveled by tourists.
... | 6,120,848 |
2313853 | National secondary road | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20secondary%20road | National secondary road
route designation. Enniscorthy – New Ross route prior to its redesignation as the N30 National primary road."
# See also.
- Roads in Ireland
- Motorways in the Republic of Ireland
- National primary road
- Regional road
- Local Roads in Ireland
- Atlantic Corridor
- Dublin Port Tunnel
-... | 6,120,849 |
2313853 | National secondary road | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20secondary%20road | National secondary road
ional primary road
- Regional road
- Local Roads in Ireland
- Atlantic Corridor
- Dublin Port Tunnel
- Jack Lynch Tunnel
- History of Roads in Ireland
- Trunk Roads in Ireland
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
- Road signs in the Republic of Ireland
- Road speed limits in the Republic... | 6,120,850 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
Feast at Swan Goose Gate
The Feast at Swan Goose Gate, also known as the "Banquet at Hongmen", "Hongmen Banquet", "Hongmen Feast" and other similar renditions, was a historical event that took place in 206 BC at Hong Gate () outside Xianyang, the capital of the Qin dynasty. Its location in pre... | 6,120,851 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
which concluded with Xiang Yu's defeat and the establishment of the Han dynasty with Liu Bang as its first emperor. The Feast at Hong Gate is often memorialised in Chinese history, fiction and popular culture.
# Background.
Between 209 BC and 206 BC, rebellions erupted throughout China to ove... | 6,120,852 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
In late 208 BC, Xiang Liang was killed in action at the Battle of Dingtao so the Chu military came under King Huai II's control. King Huai II sent Xiang Yu and Liu Bang to lead two separate forces to attack the Qin heartland of Guanzhong, and promised that whoever entered that region first woul... | 6,120,853 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
Liu Bang also sent troops to garrison at Hangu Pass to block Xiang Yu from entering Guanzhong. Around the time, Xiang Yu's force had just defeated a Qin army led by Zhang Han at the Battle of Julu. When Xiang Yu arrived at Hangu Pass, he was displeased to hear that Liu Bang had already occupied... | 6,120,854 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
himself "King of Guanzhong" in accordance with King Huai II's earlier promise, while Ziying would be Liu's chancellor. Cao Wushang also added that Liu Bang had seized all the riches of Xianyang for himself. Xiang Yu was furious when he heard this and planned to attack Liu Bang. Xiang Yu's advis... | 6,120,855 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
the news to him, and he sought advice from Zhang to avoid danger. Zhang Liang instructed Liu Bang to enlist the help of Xiang Bo to reduce Xiang Yu's suspicions. Liu Bang met Xiang Bo and treated him like an honoured guest, flattering Xiang Bo and pretending to arrange for a marriage between hi... | 6,120,856 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
a banquet to entertain him. Liu Bang explained that he managed to enter Guanzhong first because of sheer luck, and apologised to Xiang Yu for robbing him of his glory while extolling Xiang's valour in battle. Liu Bang also explained that the misunderstanding was caused by vile words from someon... | 6,120,857 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
By the custom of Qin, the east-facing seat is the most respectable place, usually reserved for the guest (in this case would have been Liu Bang), while south-facing seat is reserved for the Emperor, while his servant ministers would be facing north; thus, the seating arrangement indicates that ... | 6,120,858 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
the guests and find an opportunity to assassinate Liu Bang. Xiang Zhuang started dancing after Xiang Yu approved, but Xiang Bo offered to join the performance and he blocked Xiang Zhuang with his body whenever the latter thrust his sword towards Liu Bang.
In the meantime, Zhang Liang left the ... | 6,120,859 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
(壯士). He ordered his men to give Fan Kuai a goblet of wine, which Fan gulped down. Xiang Yu then offered Fan Kuai a cut of meat (a pork shoulder). Fan Kuai placed the meat on his shield and used his sword to cut off chunks and eat. Xiang Yu was even more impressed and he asked Fan Kuai if he wa... | 6,120,860 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
Shortly after, Xiang Yu sent Chen Ping to call Liu Bang back to the feast. Liu Bang felt that he should bid Xiang Yu farewell but Fan Kuai opposed his decision.
Fan Kuai was essentially reminding Liu Bang that their lives were in Xiang Yu's hands and they should escape as soon as they had a ch... | 6,120,861 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
apologising on Liu Bang's behalf for leaving without bidding farewell and giving an excuse that Liu was already drunk and unable to continue participating in the feast. Xiang Yu accepted the jade tablets but Fan Zeng threw the jade cups to the ground and cut them to pieces with his sword, predi... | 6,120,862 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
Bang established the Han dynasty and became its first emperor.
# Cultural references.
In Chinese culture, the term "Hong Men Yan" ("Feast at Swan Goose Gate") is used figuratively to refer to a trap or a situation ostensibly joyous but in fact treacherous. Another idiom that relates to the ev... | 6,120,863 |
2313854 | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feast%20at%20Swan%20Goose%20Gate | Feast at Swan Goose Gate
Men Yan" ("Feast at Swan Goose Gate") is used figuratively to refer to a trap or a situation ostensibly joyous but in fact treacherous. Another idiom that relates to the event is "項莊舞劍，意在沛公"
(), meaning that a person's actions were intended to be a veiled attack on another person.
The Chinese... | 6,120,864 |
2313857 | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%20von%20Mahlsdorf | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (18 March 1928 – 30 April 2002) was the founder of the Gründerzeit Museum (a museum of everyday items) in Berlin-Mahlsdorf.
# Early years.
Von Mahlsdorf was born Lothar Berfelde, to parents Max Berfelde and Gretchen Gaupp in Berlin-Mahlsdorf, Ge... | 6,120,865 |
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the Hitler Youth. They often quarreled, but the situation escalated in 1944 when her mother left the family during the evacuation. Max demanded that Charlotte choose between parents, threatening her with a gun and leaving her in a room with an hour to choose; when he came in to kill her, she str... | 6,120,866 |
2313857 | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%20von%20Mahlsdorf | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
dealer and dressed in a more feminine way. She began going by "Lottchen". She loved older men and became a well-known figure in the city as von Mahlsdorf. She began collecting household items, thus saving historical every-day items from bombed-out houses. She was also able to take advantage of t... | 6,120,867 |
2313857 | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%20von%20Mahlsdorf | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
in the only partially-reconstructed Mahlsdorf manor house. The museum became well known in cinematic, artistic and gay circles. From 1970 on, the East Berlin homosexual scene often had meetings and celebrations in the museum.
In 1974 the East German authorities announced that they wanted to bri... | 6,120,868 |
2313857 | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%20von%20Mahlsdorf | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
she was able to keep the museum.
In 1991, neo-Nazis attacked one of her celebrations in the museum. Several participants were hurt. At this time, von Mahlsdorf announced she was considering leaving Germany.
In 1992, she received the Bundesverdienstkreuz, 'Order of Merit of the Federal Republic... | 6,120,869 |
2313857 | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%20von%20Mahlsdorf | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
e. V.".
Her life could be described as that of an outsider who survived, no matter the ruling ideology, during the Nazi period, Communist-controlled East Germany, or, once the wall fell, modern Germany, as described in the article "The Sexual and Political Chameleon of Berlin: The Ambiguities o... | 6,120,870 |
2313857 | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%20von%20Mahlsdorf | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
"Charlotte von Mahlsdorf disqualified herself as the patron saint of the Lesbian-Gay Park Festival in Berlin," quoting her remark: ""That lesbians and gays can't have children is, after all, quite natural. Nature, too, seeks out what it can use, what can reproduce, and what can't. If we look at ... | 6,120,871 |
2313857 | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%20von%20Mahlsdorf | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
heute noch viel mehr Arbeitslose.")"
Regardless of these issues, some people still honour her memory, be it for her work as the founder of the Gründerzeit Museum, or for her public role as a transgender woman and her foregrounding of the persecution of homosexuals in both the Third Reich and Ea... | 6,120,872 |
2313857 | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%20von%20Mahlsdorf | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
März 1928 – 30. April 2002"" on the first anniversary of Charlotte's death. However, von Mahlsdorf's relatives demanded the inscription be changed. As questions remained about the disposition of her estate, and the "Förderverein Gutshaus Mahlsdorf e. V." was concerned that her relatives could de... | 6,120,873 |
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founder of the museum)."
## Documentary film.
In 1992, German filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim made a film about von Mahlsdorf called "I Am My Own Woman" (Original title: "Ich bin meine eigene Frau") with von Mahlsdorf appearing in the film.
## Film.
- "Charlotte in Schweden" by Rosa von Praunhe... | 6,120,874 |
2313857 | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%20von%20Mahlsdorf | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
on- and off-Broadway the play has garnered every major American theatre award including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, and the Lambda Literary Award for Drama.
German author , co-author and publisher of von Mahlsdorf... | 6,120,875 |
2313857 | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%20von%20Mahlsdorf | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
hat I want)", that was shown at Teamtheater in May 2012 in Munich, Germany.
# External links.
- Literature by and about Charlotte von Mahlsdorf in the catalogue of Die Deutsche Bibliothek
- Gründerzeitmuseum – Official Website
- Article in "Die Berliner Zeitung" on questions about Charlotte ... | 6,120,876 |
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Airport lounge
An airport lounge is a facility operated at many airports. Airport lounges offer, for selected passengers, comforts beyond those afforded in the airport terminal itself, such as more comfortable seating, quieter environments, and often better access to customer service representatives. Ot... | 6,120,877 |
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as a promotional tool.
# Types.
## Airline lounges.
Airlines operate airline lounges as a service to premium passengers, usually passengers flying first class and business class, with high level frequent flier status, and premium travel credit card memberships.
Most major carriers have one or more lo... | 6,120,878 |
2313845 | Airport lounge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Airport%20lounge | Airport lounge
do not sell lounge memberships, and instead reserve lounge access exclusively for very frequent flyers and passengers in premium cabins. However, a passenger who has a lounge membership in an airline in one of the three major airline alliances (Oneworld, SkyTeam, or Star Alliance) may have access to the ... | 6,120,879 |
2313845 | Airport lounge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Airport%20lounge | Airport lounge
of each other's lounges. For example, although Alaska Airlines operates just six Alaska Lounges, its members have access to American Airlines Admirals Club (and vice versa). Alaska Lounge members cannot, however, access the lounges of other Oneworld members, such as British Airways or Japan Airlines.
##... | 6,120,880 |
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and lifetime memberships. Access to the lounges can be booked via online platforms such as LoungeBuddy or, in limited cases, one-day passes can be purchased directly at the lounge entrance.
## First class airline lounges.
For many airlines, a first class lounge will also be offered to international fir... | 6,120,881 |
2313845 | Airport lounge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Airport%20lounge | Airport lounge
class lounge access almost automatically has access to the business class lounge—such as if a traveling companion is not in first class and cannot be brought into the first class lounge as a guest. In most cases, airlines will offer first class passengers a free pass to their standard airport club. Some ... | 6,120,882 |
2313845 | Airport lounge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Airport%20lounge | Airport lounge
sometimes discounted for elite members of an airline's frequent flyer program and may often be paid using miles. Certain high-end credit cards associated with an airline or lounge network, such as the Chase Sapphire Reserve, Delta Reserve, and United MileagePlus Club credit cards, include membership to t... | 6,120,883 |
2313845 | Airport lounge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Airport%20lounge | Airport lounge
flights within the next 24 hours). Most airlines also usually offer free lounge access to anyone in their premium cabins (first class or business class) on their days of travel; in North America this is usually only available to passengers on intercontinental or transcontinental flights.
Pay-per-use lou... | 6,120,884 |
2313845 | Airport lounge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Airport%20lounge | Airport lounge
and/or prebookable access without need for membership. Premium credit and charge cards such as Diners Club International, and the American Express Platinum and Centurion Card charge cards offer lounge programs for members. Some banks, like ABN Amro and HSBC, offer lounge access for premium clients. Ameri... | 6,120,885 |
2313845 | Airport lounge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Airport%20lounge | Airport lounge
bar for domestic beer, house wine and well liquor. In the United States, premium beverages such as imported beer, top-shelf liquor, high end wines and champagne are often available for purchase. In U.S. states where open bars are prohibited by law, non-premium beverages may be sold at a token rate (e.g. ... | 6,120,886 |
2313845 | Airport lounge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Airport%20lounge | Airport lounge
ities typically include flight information monitors, televisions, newspapers, and magazines, plus business centers with desks, internet workstations, telephones, photocopiers and fax services. Complimentary wireless Internet access for patrons is also common.
In Asia, Europe and the Middle East, lounges... | 6,120,887 |
2313859 | N52 road (Ireland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=N52%20road%20(Ireland) | N52 road (Ireland)
N52 road (Ireland)
The N52 road is a national secondary road in Ireland. It links the M7 motorway from just south of Nenagh, County Tipperary to the M1 motorway north of Dundalk in County Louth. The route forms a connection between the north east of Ireland and the mid west traversing the midlands. ... | 6,120,888 |
2313859 | N52 road (Ireland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=N52%20road%20(Ireland) | N52 road (Ireland)
the M7 motorway and by-passes Nenagh on its western side as single carriageway. Past Nenagh it is generally a single carriageway with no shoulders all the way to Birr. Many sections of this part of the route are very poor through County Tipperary with sharp bends. The route from Birr to Tullamore was... | 6,120,889 |
2313859 | N52 road (Ireland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=N52%20road%20(Ireland) | N52 road (Ireland)
Kilbeggan town and went past the racecourse via Ballinagore). From the Tyrrellspass junction it heads north to Mullingar as the Tyrrellspass eastern bypass and the eastern by-pass of Mullingar (opened May 2007); joins the N4 dual-carriageway just outside Mullingar briefly before leaving to head 5 kil... | 6,120,890 |
2313859 | N52 road (Ireland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=N52%20road%20(Ireland) | N52 road (Ireland)
the route will be upgraded with the old road used for local access only. Two kilometers of dual-carriageway take it to the R132 (the old N1) from where it becomes the Dundalk eastern inner relief route, over a new bridge near the harbour and north to the N1.
# Tullamore bypass.
The Tullamore bypass... | 6,120,891 |
2313859 | N52 road (Ireland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=N52%20road%20(Ireland) | N52 road (Ireland)
cuts through esker ridges. The figures represent symbols of learning and sanctity. Approaching from the north the 1st figure holds up a chalice, the 2nd a book, the 3rd a crosier and the 4th shows the release of a flock of birds representing souls. The installation was funded by the percentage for ar... | 6,120,892 |
2313859 | N52 road (Ireland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=N52%20road%20(Ireland) | N52 road (Ireland)
book, the 3rd a crosier and the 4th shows the release of a flock of birds representing souls. The installation was funded by the percentage for arts scheme where 1% of the budget is allocated to roadside art.
# Lack of priority.
- At the N52 junction with the R162 in County Meath the N52 stops and ... | 6,120,893 |
2313874 | Culture minister | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20minister | Culture minister
Culture minister
A culture minister is a Cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organizations) and measures to protect the national heritage of a country and c... | 6,120,894 |
2313874 | Culture minister | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20minister | Culture minister
of culture or arts
- creating arts councils, which disburse funding to artists and arts organization
- providing funding to artists and arts institutions
In some countries or subnational jurisdictions (e.g., provinces or regions), the minister of culture may also be responsible for sport, youth issu... | 6,120,895 |
2313874 | Culture minister | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20minister | Culture minister
artists can be given such a residency to live in Saudi Arabia.
# Terminology.
A culture minister may also be called a cultural minister, minister of culture, minister for culture, minister of cultural affairs, minister of arts, minister of heritage, secretary of culture or secretary of state of cultu... | 6,120,896 |
2313874 | Culture minister | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20minister | Culture minister
Tourism and Culture (Ontario) (result of merger of Ministry of Culture (Ontario))
- Ministry of Culture (China)
- Ministry of Culture (Colombia)
- Ministry of Culture (Croatia)
- Ministry of Culture (Czech Republic)
- Ministry of Culture (Denmark)
- Ministry of Culture (Egypt)
- Ministry of Cult... | 6,120,897 |
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(Indonesia)
- Ministry of Culture (India)
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- Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienc... | 6,120,898 |
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Affairs and Culture (Myanmar)
- Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)
- Ministry for Culture and Heritage (New Zealand)
- Minister of Culture (North Korea)
- Ministry of Culture (Norway)
- Minister of Culture and National Heritage (Poland)
- Ministry of Culture (Portugal)
- Mi... | 6,120,899 |
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