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536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, two years later.
The "Mary A. Whalen" and "Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge No. 79" are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
# Location.
Red Hook is a peninsula between Buttermilk Channel, Gowanus Bay and Gowanus Canal at the southern edge... | 6,131,200 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Columbia Heights, and Gowanus neighborhoods. Portions of Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill were granted landmark status in the 1970s and were carved out of Red Hook.
Red Hook is the only part of New York City that has a fully frontal view of the Statue of Liberty, which w... | 6,131,201 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
of IKEA was controversial. Opponents cited concerns including traffic congestion, a decrease in property values and destruction of this transit-oriented neighborhood and historically significant buildings in the area. Brooklyn artist Greg Lindquist exhibited a group of paintings in February 2008 in N... | 6,131,202 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
Corporation found that New York City needs eight more dry docks. According to the report, it would cost $1 billion to replace the one sold to IKEA. No schedule for replacement was announced.
In addition, IKEA's contractor was found to be in "violation for not having filed asbestos work, failing to m... | 6,131,203 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
purchases of over $10 can get a $5 ferry credit toward the cost of the shuttle ticket. The ferry, operated by New York Water Taxi, is still free on weekends.
## Park.
A public park is located in southern Red Hook. It contains a paved path, benches, a flagpole with a yardarm, a drinking fountain, ha... | 6,131,204 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
Civil War era baseball team Excelsior of Brooklyn played many of their home games.
# Demographics.
Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of the Carroll Gardens/Columbia Street/Red Hook neighborhood tabulation area was 38,353, a change of 26 (0.1%) from the 38,327 counted ... | 6,131,205 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
crime.
Red Hook is patrolled by the 76th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 191 Union Street. The 76th Precinct ranked 37th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. The 76th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 83.1... | 6,131,206 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
Schools.
Schools in Red Hook include:
- Pave Academy Charter School - Grades K-8
- P.S.15 Patrick F. Daly - Grades PK-5
- Summit Academy Charter School - Grades 6-12
- South Brooklyn Community High School - Grades 9-12
- Red Hook Neighborhood School - Grades PK-5
## Library.
The Brooklyn Publ... | 6,131,207 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
has added a new stop at Van Brunt Street to support local businesses hurt by Hurricane Sandy. The free ferry runs between 10am and 9pm. Originally, when this free service was first introduced, it proved to be popular with local residents, causing changes in the operating policy to favor IKEA shoppers... | 6,131,208 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
Pier 12 at Pioneer Street, bringing additional tourists.
The Red Hook Container Terminal is one of four such facilities in the Port of New York and New Jersey and is the only maritime facility in Brooklyn to handle container ships.
## Public transport.
Subway service in the area is sparse. The clo... | 6,131,209 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
the Culver Line's Smith–Ninth Streets station. The B57 bus connects Red Hook with Downtown Brooklyn and Maspeth, Queens.
IKEA provides a complimentary shuttle that runs to Smith–Ninth Streets, Fourth Avenue / Ninth Street, and Court Street – Borough Hall subway stations from 3 to 9 pm daily, Monday ... | 6,131,210 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
a streetcar line running from Beard Street to Borough Hall, in the 1990s BHRA president Robert Diamond collected disused PCC streetcars that had been used in Boston and Buffalo for potential use on the new line. By 1999, Diamond had begun laying new track for the project, but in 2003 transportation o... | 6,131,211 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
required to complete the project, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) streetcar feasibility study (completed in April 2011) concluded that the line would cost $176 million in capital funding, plus an additional $6.2 to $7.2 million in annual operating funds. A significant portion ... | 6,131,212 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
was made public by a non-profit group named Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector. The study proposed a route between the neighborhoods of Astoria in Queens and Sunset Park in Brooklyn, passing through several neighborhoods on the way, including Red Hook. The private results of the study estimated... | 6,131,213 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
the southern terminal of the proposed streetcar had been truncated to Red Hook and the proposed cost rose to $2.73 billion, with projected completion postponed to 2029.
## Vehicular.
Red Hook is connected to Manhattan by the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel, whose approaches separate it from Carroll Gardens... | 6,131,214 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
featuring dance, music, and spoken-word poetry. Dance Theatre Etcetera, the producers of the event, concentrate local resources for residents and bring in community partners with activities for the whole family.
Sunday's at Sunny's is a reading series held the first Sunday of every month, co-sponsor... | 6,131,215 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
Notable residents.
- Carmelo Anthony (born 1984), basketball player
- Al Capone (1899-1947), gangster
- Joe Gallo (1929-1972), who was commemorated in Bob Dylan's song "Joey" from the album "Desire".
- Stephen Kunken (born c. 1971), actor
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), author
- James McBride, w... | 6,131,216 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
Taz (born 1967 as Peter Senerchia), former professional wrestler and color commentator
- Eli Wallach (1915-2014), actor
- Michelle Williams (born 1980), actress
- Dustin Yellin (born 1975), artist
# In popular culture.
- Red Hook was the setting for the H. P. Lovecraft 1927 story "The Horror at ... | 6,131,217 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
"A View from the Bridge".
- Red Hook is the setting for the 1961 book "Memos from Purgatory" by Harlan Ellison.
- Red Hook is the birthplace of gangster Joe Gallo, which was commemorated in Bob Dylan's song "Joey" from the album "Desire".
- In the 1988 film "Spike of Bensonhurst", the protagonist ... | 6,131,218 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
fight over honor with garden tools.
- The 1991 independent and award-winning film "Straight Out of Brooklyn" is set in the Red Hook Housing Projects.
- In the 1997 film "Cop Land", after a white NYPD officer kills two African American motorists who he thought were firing on him, the other officers ... | 6,131,219 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
of Brooklyn.
- Pier 41 at 204 Van Dyke Street was used as the setting of a bar scene in the 2005 Will Smith film "Hitch".
- A neighborhood based on Red Hook appears in the 2008 video game "Grand Theft Auto IV", under the name "East Hook".
- The 2008 independent documentary film "A Hole in a Fence"... | 6,131,220 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
the World Jam Competition.
- The protagonist of the 2011 film "The Adjustment Bureau" grew up in Red Hook.
- It is mentioned in "Red Hook Summer", a 2012 American film directed by Spike Lee.
- Red Hook is the setting for "Visitation Street", a 2013 novel by Ivy Pochoda.
- Red Hook is the birthpla... | 6,131,221 |
536839 | Red Hook, Brooklyn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hook,%20Brooklyn | Red Hook, Brooklyn
to be from the "Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York".
- "The Red Hook" is the name of a cocktail created at Milk & Honey.
- Red Hook is featured prominently in the FX TV series "The Strain".
- Red Hook is the setting of the Type O Negative song "In Praise Of Bacchus" off of the album "October R... | 6,131,222 |
37318759 | Ngodwana | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ngodwana | Ngodwana
Ngodwana
Ngodwana is a town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. | 6,131,223 |
37318770 | Susan Knight | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Susan%20Knight | Susan Knight
Susan Knight
Susan Margaret Knight (23 March 1942 – 29 May 2009) was an Australian diver who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. | 6,131,224 |
37318776 | 2012 Russian gubernatorial elections | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012%20Russian%20gubernatorial%20elections | 2012 Russian gubernatorial elections
2012 Russian gubernatorial elections
Russian gubernatorial elections in 2012 took place on October 14 in Amur, Bryansk, Belgorod, Novgorod and Ryazan oblast.
The ballots in governors’ elections in the Amur, Belgorod and Ryazan regions had four names to choose from. The ballot in t... | 6,131,225 |
37318776 | 2012 Russian gubernatorial elections | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012%20Russian%20gubernatorial%20elections | 2012 Russian gubernatorial elections
ussia, the Communists, the Liberal-Democratic Party and A Just Russia, as well as Right Cause and Patriots of Russia. Candidates from LDPR and the Liberal-Democratic Party competed in four regions, those from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in three, Right Course and P... | 6,131,226 |
37318774 | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bureau%20Bijzondere%20Opdrachten | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten
Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten
The Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten (BBO, "Office of Special Assignments") was a Dutch secret service during World War II. The BBO dispatched secret agents to the German-occupied Netherlands, where they supported the local resistance and carried out sabotage activ... | 6,131,227 |
37318774 | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bureau%20Bijzondere%20Opdrachten | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten
local resistance groups, for instance by supplying them with arms and ammunition; and supporting the underground press.
The CRASH Luchtoorlog- en Verzetsmuseum '40-'45, a museum housed in the Fort bij Aalsmeer in Aalsmeerderbrug, has a permanent exhibition devoted to the agents who worked ... | 6,131,228 |
37318774 | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bureau%20Bijzondere%20Opdrachten | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten
of the Bureau Militaire Voorbereiding Terugkeer (BMT, "Office for the Military Preparation for the Return"), which in 1942 had in turn replaced the Bureau Voorbereiding van de Terugkeer naar Nederland en het Herstel van het Wettig Gezag Aldaar (BVT, "Office for the Preparation for the Retur... | 6,131,229 |
37318774 | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bureau%20Bijzondere%20Opdrachten | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten
run by Kas de Graaf. Between 31 March 1944 and 23 April 1945, a total of 70 BBO agents parachuted into the Netherlands, at least 17 of which were killed. BBO agents arranged a total of 211 weapons and supplies droppings at 86 different drop sites.
Following the Allied liberation of the Net... | 6,131,230 |
37318774 | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bureau%20Bijzondere%20Opdrachten | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten
5 September 1944 at Kamp Vught:
- Nicolaas Johan Celosse
Op 6 September 1944 at Mauthausen:
- Leonardus Theodorus Cornelis Andringa, Pieter Arnoldus Arendse, Klaas van der Bor, Cornelis Carel Braggaar, Johannes Jan Cornelis Buizer, Joseph Bukkens, Johannes Jan Cornelis, Cees Droogleever ... | 6,131,231 |
37318774 | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bureau%20Bijzondere%20Opdrachten | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten
Adriaan Beukema toe Water, Pieter Cornelis Boogaart, Oscar de Brey, Johanes Cornelis Dane, Jan Emmer, Johannes Henricus Marie de Haas, Jerry van Hemert, Cornelis Eliza van Hulsteijn, Pieter Kamphorst, Meindert Koolstra, Arie Johannnes de Kruyff, Johannes Hermanus Arnoldus Maria ter Laak, An... | 6,131,232 |
37318774 | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bureau%20Bijzondere%20Opdrachten | Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten
is Dane, Jan Emmer, Johannes Henricus Marie de Haas, Jerry van Hemert, Cornelis Eliza van Hulsteijn, Pieter Kamphorst, Meindert Koolstra, Arie Johannnes de Kruyff, Johannes Hermanus Arnoldus Maria ter Laak, Antoon Berend Mink, Willem Johan Niermeyer, Michiel Pals, Laurentius Maria Punt, Goz... | 6,131,233 |
37318794 | Vitellidelos dulcis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vitellidelos%20dulcis | Vitellidelos dulcis
Vitellidelos dulcis
Vitellidelos dulcis is a species of small, air-breathing, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. This species is found in Australia. | 6,131,234 |
37318814 | Kathy Rowlatt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kathy%20Rowlatt | Kathy Rowlatt
Kathy Rowlatt
Kathy Rowlatt (born 14 May 1948) is a British former diver who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. | 6,131,235 |
37318797 | Joy Newman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joy%20Newman | Joy Newman
Joy Newman
Joy E Newman (born 17 November 1945) is a British former diver.
# Diving career.
She competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
She represented England in the 10 metres platform at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. Four years later she returned to compete in the sa... | 6,131,236 |
37318815 | Elena Kononenko | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elena%20Kononenko | Elena Kononenko
Elena Kononenko
Elena Kononenko () is a retired Ukrainian swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1991 European Aquatics Championships. The same year she won a national title in the 100 m butterfly event. | 6,131,237 |
37318799 | Kåre Thomsen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kåre%20Thomsen | Kåre Thomsen
Kåre Thomsen
Kåre Thomsen (born 30 December 1959) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (guitar) and graphic designer, known from a number of releases and active on the Bergen jazz scene performing with musicians like Karl Seglem, Vigleik Storaas and Terje Isungset. He is the younger brother of the acclaimed Berge... | 6,131,238 |
37318799 | Kåre Thomsen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kåre%20Thomsen | Kåre Thomsen
comprising Karl Seglem (saxophone), Vigleik Storaas (piano), Odd Magne Gridseth (bass) and Terje Isungset (drums) in addition.
Thomsen within an eight men strong guitarist happening (Mats Grønner, Ronny Heimdal, Morten Sæle, Kato Ådland, Reinhardt Døskeland, Mads Eriksen and Jan Ove Nordeide in addition) ... | 6,131,239 |
37318799 | Kåre Thomsen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kåre%20Thomsen | Kåre Thomsen
d" (Frank Jakobsen, Øivind Lunde, Harald Dahlstrøm, in addition to his brother) performing a concert at Nattjazz in 1993. In addition Thomsen has several performances at the Bergen Jazz Festival Nattjazz. Within the band "Tundra" (1984), "Growl" (1986–87), "Poems for Trio" (1986–93, 1989–91 with Frode Rasm... | 6,131,240 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
Excite
Excite (stylized as excite) is an internet portal launched in 1995 that provides a variety of content including news and weather, a metasearch engine, a web-based email, instant messaging, stock quotes, and a customizable user homepage. It is currently operated by IAC Applications (formerly Mindspark) of... | 6,131,241 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
being the sixth most visited website in 1997 and fourth by 2000. The company merged with broadband provider @Home Network but together went bankrupt in 2001. Excite's portal and services were acquired by iWon.com and then by Ask Jeeves, but the website went into a steep decline in popularity afterwards. As of Ja... | 6,131,242 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
University. The goal was to create software to manage the vast information on the World Wide Web. In July 1994, International Data Group paid them US$80,000 to develop an online service. In January 1995, Vinod Khosla (a former Stanford student), a partner at the venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & B... | 6,131,243 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
two search engines (Magellan and WebCrawler) and signed exclusive distribution agreements with Netscape, Microsoft and Apple, in addition to other companies. Jim Bellows, then 72, was hired by Excite in 1994 to figure out how to present the content in a journalistic manner. He paid good journalists to write brie... | 6,131,244 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
shares. Its offering was however overshadowed by its biggest rival, Yahoo!, which also went public at the same time. Excite's six founders became millionaires after the offering. In November 1996, America Online (AOL) agreed to make Excite its exclusive search and directory service, in return of a larger 20 perc... | 6,131,245 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
direct online ticketing. On March 31, 1998, Excite reported a net loss of approximately $30.2 million and according to its first quarter report it had only enough available capital to meet obligations through December. Content from Excite's portal was collated from over 100 different sources. Excite was the firs... | 6,131,246 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
@Home Network's Chairman and CEO, Thomas Jermoluk met with Excite's chairman and CEO George Bell on December 19, and Excite was subsequently acquired by @Home Network, on January 19, 1999. At this time, Excite was the sixth largest Internet portal by traffic. At one point, Microsoft was also interested in Excite... | 6,131,247 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
rejected the offer, and later threw Vinod Khosla, one of Excite's venture capitalists, out of his office after he had negotiated Brin and Page down to $750,000. Excite's refusal to buy what became a $900 billion company by 2019 was labeled by Rohrlich a "stupid business decision". In a 2014 podcast and later aga... | 6,131,248 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
portal were combined with Excite's search engine and portal, with a move towards personalized web portal content following the merger. The new company was named "Excite@Home" (the stock symbol and the company's name in regulatory filing records remained as "At Home Corporation" (ATHM)) and, six months after the ... | 6,131,249 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
online greeting card company, Blue Mountain Arts. Excite also acquired photo sharing company Webshots. Excite furthermore paid for sponsorship of Infiniti Indy car driver Eddie Cheever, Jr., through the 2000 and 2001 racing seasons. However, the merger between Excite and @Home fell disastrously short of expectat... | 6,131,250 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
and left the company completely. The company also reported first-quarter net loss of $61.6 million, compared with a loss of $4.6 million in the same period the prior year.
The search engine Magellan, which Excite had purchased in 1996, was closed down in May 2001.
On June 11, 2001, Excite@Home announced that i... | 6,131,251 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
This triggered a demand from Promethean Capital Management and Angelo Gordon & Co for the immediate repayment of $50 million in debt. Furthermore, Cox Cable and Comcast announced that they would separate from Excite@Home by the first quarter of 2002.
On September 13, 2001, Excite@Home sold Blue Mountain Arts to... | 6,131,252 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
would be sold back to AT&T Corporation. @Home Liquidating Trust became the successor company to Excite@Home, charged with the sale of all assets of the former company.
At the end of 2001, the Webshots assets were purchased by the company's founders for $2.4 million in cash from the Bankruptcy Court.
Despite th... | 6,131,253 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
in the course of the bankruptcy proceedings. IWon.com eventually made a joint bid with Seattle's InfoSpace to purchase the domain name and brand. On November 28, 2001, the court accepted the bid and gave iWon less than three weeks to launch a new Excite portal. Bill Daugherty, iWon's founder and co-chief executi... | 6,131,254 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
its new home. iWon changed its corporate name to "Excite Network", and continued to operate Excite, iWon, and a third portal, MyWay. Outside of the United States, Excite Italia took control of portals in UK, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, and Austria. InfoSpace, for its part, ow... | 6,131,255 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
continued to operate until the Excite Network was acquired by Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com) in March 2004. Ask Jeeves promised to rejuvenate iWon and Excite, but was not able to. Ask Jeeves management became distracted, according to the "East Bay Business Times", first by a search feature arms race with Google and Ya... | 6,131,256 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
May 20, 2005, Ask Jeeves made two announcements regarding the rejuvenation of the Excite brand. It first announced that it had acquired Excite Italia B.V. (the operator of Excite Europe), from Tiscali, S.p.A.; and, secondly, the company reported that it had reached a comprehensive settlement with InfoSpace regar... | 6,131,257 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
in the generation of Internet "traffic", announced the completion of its acquisition of the European Excite group of companies.
Excite has never managed to recover back to its heyday popularity. It remains notable in Japan, however. Excite Japan, headquartered in Tokyo, was founded on August 4, 1997 in a partne... | 6,131,258 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
with 1stUp.com to create FreeLane by Excite: 1stUp would allow Excite customers to download software in order for them to be able to log-on to the Internet. The software would then rotate a series of sponsored banner advertisements on the user's computer while they surfed the Internet. 1stUp.com soon went out of... | 6,131,259 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
venues. The powerful search engine capabilities of the Excite server are utilized on this website to help the user search for tickets and events.
## Excite Education.
Since 1999, Excite has also had an education portal that can be used by people to search for and apply for different degrees and online courses.... | 6,131,260 |
536846 | Excite | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excite | Excite
ties of the Excite server are utilized on this website to help the user search for tickets and events.
## Excite Education.
Since 1999, Excite has also had an education portal that can be used by people to search for and apply for different degrees and online courses. The Excite Education portal features a lis... | 6,131,261 |
37318848 | Turkey, Limpopo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turkey,%20Limpopo | Turkey, Limpopo
Turkey, Limpopo
Turkey is a town in the Mopani District Municipality, located in the Limpopo province of South Africa. | 6,131,262 |
37318779 | Matsulu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matsulu | Matsulu
Matsulu
Matsulu is a township in the Mbombela Municipality under the Ehlanzeni District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It lies next to the N4 national road 41 km east of Nelspruit(Mbombela) CBD, 3 km before the Kaapmuiden train station.
The township is divided into three (3) sections... | 6,131,263 |
37318779 | Matsulu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matsulu | Matsulu
forced allocation, the name of the resident was Matsulu.
From the 1970s to 1994 the township was administrated by the now defunct KaNgwane District Bantustan. It played a major role as an official residency for Members of Parliament (KaNgwane District Bantustan).
Like many South African townships, Matsulu was... | 6,131,264 |
37318779 | Matsulu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matsulu | Matsulu
the rest of the City Council (now called Mbombela Municipality).
# Economy.
The township's economy is heavily dependent on its mother city Nelspruit (Mbombela) where most of its employed skilled and semiskilled residents work. The township's economy itself is largely informal where a few hundred find employme... | 6,131,265 |
37318779 | Matsulu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matsulu | Matsulu
with a dozen shops encored by the Spar retailer. However, there is no dedicated CBD, nor industrial site, so many businesses operate unregulated at random locations without any municipal control or any observation of the country's labour laws.
# Educational Institutions.
Here is the list of public education i... | 6,131,266 |
37318779 | Matsulu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matsulu | Matsulu
School
- Masitakhe Secondary School
- Sitfokotile Secondary School
Tertiary
- Matsulu TVET Skills Academy
# Transportation.
Ways to get in-and-around Matsulu while using public transportation. They include;
- Minibus taxis which operate on a short range distance from Matsulu to Nelspruit(Mbombela), Malel... | 6,131,267 |
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al taxis take form of Toyota Avanzas and they transport locals on tarred/paved roads, ignoring the gravel.
- Via air utilising the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport with flights from major cities in Southern Africa, Matsulu is 40 km east of the airport.
- Railway utilising the Kaapmuiden train station w... | 6,131,268 |
37318844 | Valerie Beddoe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valerie%20Beddoe | Valerie Beddoe
Valerie Beddoe
Valerie Jane Beddoe, (née McFarlane, born 15 October 1960) is an Australian former diver who competed in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics, and in three Commonwealth Games. She won a gold medal in the 10m platform at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, having taken silver in the event in 1978. I... | 6,131,269 |
37318829 | Louis Smith Tainter House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis%20Smith%20Tainter%20House | Louis Smith Tainter House
Louis Smith Tainter House
The Louis Smith Tainter House is a historic building in Menomonie, Wisconsin, United States. The building was built in 1889 by architect Harvey Ellis; it was funded by Andrew Tainter, a partner in Knapp, Stout & Co., as a home and wedding gift for his son Louis Smith... | 6,131,270 |
37318829 | Louis Smith Tainter House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis%20Smith%20Tainter%20House | Louis Smith Tainter House
building was built out of locally quarried sandstone in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Paul Wilson, the son of lumberman William Wilson, owned the house after Tainter; in 1940, Dunn County repossessed the property for back taxes. The Stout Institute bought the property from the county and... | 6,131,271 |
37318851 | Roger Marion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger%20Marion | Roger Marion
Roger Marion
Roger Marion (August 5, 1846 – April 13, 1920) was a trader, civil servant and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Carillon from 1886 to 1888 and from 1896 to 1899 and St. Boniface from 1888 to 1892 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative.
He was born in York Facto... | 6,131,272 |
37318851 | Roger Marion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger%20Marion | Roger Marion
ion and Marie Bouchard, and was educated at the Collége de Saint-Boniface. Marion worked at Charles Bottineau's trading post in Dakota Territory for several years. From 1872 to 1876, he worked for the Customs Service in Manitoba and then was Manitoba License Commissioner from 1879 to 1885. In 1873, Marion ... | 6,131,273 |
37318874 | Vyninka Arlow | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vyninka%20Arlow | Vyninka Arlow
Vyninka Arlow
Vyninka Arlow (born 25 March 1974) is an Australian former diver who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the 10 metre springboard event. | 6,131,274 |
37318922 | Aleksandr Pletnev | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr%20Pletnev | Aleksandr Pletnev
Aleksandr Pletnev
Aleksandr Pletnev (; born 1948) is a retired Russian swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships, setting a new European record; individually, he won a bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle event. He also won three national ... | 6,131,275 |
37318902 | Lawrence Wabara | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lawrence%20Wabara | Lawrence Wabara
Lawrence Wabara
Lawrence Wabara represented the Nigerian national football team in the 1950s.
His grandson, Reece is a professional footballer in the United Kingdom where he is on the books of Bolton Wanderers, having previously played for Manchester City, Blackpool, Oldham Athletic, Doncaster Rovers,... | 6,131,276 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
Transylvanian mining railway
The Transylvanian Mining Railway was a local interest narrow-gauge (760mm gauge) railway which was the first mining railway in Transylvania. This railway was built to ease the transportation of the iron ore mined from the iron ore mines from Ghelari to the blas... | 6,131,277 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
from Ghelari to Govăjdia and Hunedoara's ironworks. They've also transported dolomite and limestone from the limestone quarries near Govăjdia to the ironworks.
# Line history.
Earlier the iron ore transport from the mines in Ghelari to the chutes and tipplers of the ironworks from Govăjdi... | 6,131,278 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
tunnel from the main mine in Ghelari to Retişoara's valley which was completed in 1866 at a cost of 111,768 Krones and 50 Fillérs. Meanwhile, they built a 790-metre-long, 633 mm gauge railway specially for horse-drawn ore cars. At the end of the line they built a 160-metre-long chute where ... | 6,131,279 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
iron ore because the transporters came up with new demands which rushed the construction of the railway to the blast furnace in Govăjdia.
The altitude difference between the "Lukács László" mining face from the central mine in Ghelari and the throat of the blast furnace in Govăjdia was 260... | 6,131,280 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
to 7 Fillérs for each quintal of transported iron ore. In 1888 the chutes were replaced by inclined planes (funicular), the first one 140 metres long at Nădrab, and the other 260 metres long at Retişoara.
After the construction of the ironworks at Hunedoara in 1882, the large quantity of i... | 6,131,281 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
Ghelari and Hunedoara parallel to the existing one.
Considering the high costs of transportation for the iron ore and charcoal to the blast furnaces from Govăjdia and Hunedoara, in 1897 they've decided a radical overhaul of the transport system.
This is how the "Transylvanian Mining Railw... | 6,131,282 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
was connected by railway to the "Lukács László" tunnel by extending the adit and the extension of this adit could have been done with modest costs.
The construction of the "Lukács László" tunnel was started in 1898 from two directions and met in the middle in 1899, the tunnel was 504,9 met... | 6,131,283 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
from the inclined plane, a 633mm gauge, electrified railway with an incline of 4‰ was built to the "Kerpely" adit where formally a horse-drawn existed and was electrified, also the inclined plane from Retişoara valley was overhauled to lower and raise 4 filled ore cars and 4 empty ore cars ... | 6,131,284 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
Retişoara's terminus where three electrically driven jaw crushers were installed to crush and sort the iron ore into eight class loading bins where they've loaded the iron ore into the cars of the train from where the iron ore was transported to the ironworks from Govăjdia and Hunedoara. Th... | 6,131,285 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
between January 9–13, 1899, the ministry of commerce asked for a visit from the government that was held at the Hunedoara town hall on 14 February 1899, the construction authorization was given verbally on the mining company's responsibility. The construction of the railway was started at t... | 6,131,286 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
through the 747 meter tunnel at Căţănaş into Govăjdia valley from where gets to Retişoara valley that belongs to Ghelari, where it ends at the base of the inclined plane at a total length of 16 km, with a 760mm gauge built exclusively for steam locomotive usage, the highest incline on the o... | 6,131,287 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
was 3 metres, considering the largest with of the rolling stock of 2,2 metere. The ties were trapezoid shaped, made of oak, at a length of 1,5 metres each, 12 cm high, bottom 20 cm wide, top 14 cm wide.
The Transylvanian Mining Railway had four stations at: Hunedoara, Govăjdia, Nădrab and ... | 6,131,288 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
a locomotive and emptied. The station was also connected to the charcoal tipplers. Here they've also emptied the limestone. The line was also connected via a metal bridge to the earlier mentioned charcoal tipplers where the charcoal transported from the charcoal kilns in the Poiana Ruscă mo... | 6,131,289 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
of the two ironworks, also helped on the improvement of the image and installations of the ironworks, so it proved to be a real success for the local iron ore mining and the two ironworks.
The construction of the railway was constructed on the mining company's own expense, till 1906 the co... | 6,131,290 |
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per ton), and also around 9000 tonnes of other materials and blast furnace products from Govăjdia yearly towards Hunedoara at a unitary price of 1,2 Fillér, in case of higher traffic the transport costs would be lowered accordingly.
The notes gathered by the Hungarian Kingdom's ministry of... | 6,131,291 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
was also done to the contract accordingly when the line's transport simplification capacity was proven.
The above-mentioned installations were put in use and handed over for traffic in the autumn of 1900. On the Transylvanian mining railway from the opening, the following iron ore quantity... | 6,131,292 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
at Hunedoara was built on a hill near the Corvin's Castle. The original West-station building at Hunedoara was demolished and a new station building was built, the tracks were realigned and a delta junction was constructed around the station building, where they've rotated the locomotives w... | 6,131,293 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
and talc quarry was opened at Crăciuneasa hamlet near Govăjdia, in the same time the terminus was built at Crăciuneasa called "Staţia Finală" which was located at 13 km from Hunedoara. From here they've transported dolomite, limestone, and talc to the limeworks from Zlaşti and to Hunedoara ... | 6,131,294 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
original 7 ton capacity ore cars were replaced by "K" type hopper cars with capacities between 20–20 tons each with four axles mounted on two bogies. One Reşiţa steam locomotive number 12F was transformed into a mobile heating unit for passenger cars in winters. In 1990 the passenger servic... | 6,131,295 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
steelworks in Hunedoara till 2000. In 2000 the Austrian company who built the line sent a letter to the management who owned the limeworks from Zlaşti and operated this railway, that the 100-year warranty of the bridges was expiring, and it's necessary for an inspection for all of the bridg... | 6,131,296 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
locomotives, some of the rolling stock was saved and exported. The last three bridges and the last 2,3 km long segment operated util October 2008 for transportation of limestone from the improvised loading station made in the former West-Station of Hunedoara, till the limeworks at Zlaşti. I... | 6,131,297 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
diesel-hydraulic locos and the last ten "K" type hopper cars were transported to Crişcior for restoration and further use. The first curved bridge's segments were transported to Crişcior in February 2010 for restoration and use on the forestry line in Moldoviţa.
# The tunnels.
There are t... | 6,131,298 |
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in 1900. The tunnel is passing through solid limestone uniting Zlaşti valley to Govăjdia valley, with a maximum incline of 27‰ from Zlaşti. The entrances and some sections of the tunnel's inside were lined with stone, other sections had the sidewalls lined with concrete with the ceilings li... | 6,131,299 |
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