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The time is the same on all of the islands you can visit in Hawaii: Maui, Oahu (Honolulu, Waikiki), Kauai, Big Island of Hawaii, Lanai, and Molokai. Even if you spell it Hawii, the time is still the same. The State of Hawaii is in the Hawaiian Time Zone. Hawaii does NOT go on Daylight Savings Time. In the winter, Hawaii is 5 hours earlier than Eastern Standard Time, 4 hours earlier than Central Standard Time, 3 hours earlier than Mountain Standard Time, and 2 hours earlier than Pacific Standard Time.
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Sharma Sharma From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedianavigation search Sharma is a common surname in India and Nepal. The Sanskrit stem śarman- ( nom. śarmā) can mean 'joy', 'comfort', 'happiness'. Although historically associated with people of the Brahmin and Kshatriya varnas, the name has been widely adopted by other communities. [1]An alternative English spelling of the name used in the city of Varanasi and the Indian states of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Kerala is Sarma. Some Assamese people also use Sarmah. [2]Contents [ hide ]1 People1.1 A1.2 B1.3 C1.4 D1.5 E1.6 G1.7 H1.8 I1.9 J1.10 K1.11 L1.12 M1.13 N1.14 P1.15 R1.16 S1.17 T1.18 U1.19 V1.20 Y2 References3 Further reading People [ edit]Notable people with the surname Sharma/Sarma include: A [ edit]Abhishek Sharma (born 1985), Indian cricketer Abhishek Sharma (cricketer, born 2000), Indian cricketer Adah Sharma, Indian actress Aditi Sharma, Indian film and TV actor Ajay Sharma, (1988-1993), Indian cricketer Akki Sharma, Nepalese visual effect artist Alisha Sharma, Nepalese model Alok Sharma, Indian-born British politician with the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom Alok Sharma (cricketer) is an Indian cricketer. He plays Twenty20 cricket for Bengal Amit Prakash Sharma, Indian parasitologist Amit Sharma, Indian cricketer Anand Sharma, Indian politician Anant Sharma (1919-1988), Indian railway union leader, also Minister of State for Industry, and Union Minister Anil Sharma, director, producer, writer in Indian cinema Anjani Kumar Sharma, Nepalese surgeon Ankit Sharma (disambiguation), several people Ankitta Sharma, Indian TV actress Anna Sharma Gurung, (born 1995) Nepalese actress Anthony Francis Sharma, Nepalese Jesuit Anuj Sharma, Indian singer Anushka Sharma (born 1988), Indian film actress and producer Archana Sharma (botanist) (1932–2008), Indian cytogeneticist and cytotoxicologist Aribam Syam Sharma, India film director and composer Arun Kumar Sarmah, Indian politician Ashish Sharma, Indian film and television actor Avinash Sharma (born 1981), New Zealand and Oxford University cricketer B [ edit]Babita Sharma, British television newsreader on BBC News (TV channel) and BBC World News Basanti Sarma, Indian politician B. N. Sarma, lawyer, politician and freedom fighter Benudhar Sharma, Indian historian Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1918–1993), Chief Minister of Haryana, Governor of Odisha and Madhya Pradesh (India)Bhagwatikumar Sharma (born 1934), Indian Gujarati language author and journalist Brajanath Sarma, Assamese playwright and actor C [ edit]Charu Sharma, Indian cricket commentator Charu Sharma, Indian athlete and explorer Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer, politician (nephew of Yashpal Sharma another cricketer)Chris Sharma, American rock climber D [ edit]Deepak Sarma, Professor of Hinduism and Indian philosophy Deepak Sharma (disambiguation), several people Dina Nath Sharma, Nepalese politician Dinesh Sharma (actor), Nepalese actor Dinesh Sharma, mayor of Lucknow (India)Dipannita Sharma (born 1979), Indian model and actress Divyendu Sharma, Indian actor E [ edit]Evelyn Sharma (born 1986), German actress (of Indian origin)G [ edit]Gaurav Sharma (author) (born 1992) Indian author and novelist G. R. Sharma, Indian historian Gokul Sharma (born 1985), Indian cricketer playing for Assam Gopal Sharma (1985–1990), Indian cricketer (spin-bowler)H [ edit]Himanta Biswa Sarma, Indian politician I [ edit]Ishant Sharma (born 1988), Indian cricketer playing for Team India Ishani Sharma, Indian TV actress J [ edit]Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma, Telugu poet Janardhan Sharma, Nepalese politician Jaswant Rai Sharma, better known by his pen name Naqsh Lyallpuri, Indian lyricist Jhabarmal Sharma, journalist and historian of Rajasthan (India)Jitesh Sharma (born 1993), Indian cricketer playing for Vidarbha Joginder Sharma, Indian cricketer Bowler (famous for last over of 2007 T20 WC final)Jyotirmaya Sharma, political scientist from Hyderabad (India)K [ edit]K. V. Sarma, Indian science historian Kapil Sharma (actor), Indian actor and writer Kapil Sharma (comedian), (born 1981), Indian stand-up comedian, actor, TV host and producer Karan Sharma (disambiguation), several people Karn Sharma, Indian cricketer Kavana Sarma, Indian engineer Kidar Sharma (1910-1999), Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and lyricist Konkona Sen Sharma (born 1979), Indian actress Krishna N. Sharma, Indian author Kriti Sharma, Indian artificial intelligence technologist Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, former Prime Minister of Nepal Kum Uma Sharma (born 1942), Indian kathak dancer, choreographer, and teacher L [ edit]Lalit Mohan Sharma (1928-2008), 24th Chief Justice of India M [ edit]Mahesh Sharma (born 1959), Indian politician (Bharatiya Janata Party)Mahika Sharma (born 1994), Indian actress and model Mamta Sharma, Indian singer (Dabangg fam)Manish Sharma (disambiguation), several people Manju Sharma (biologist) (born 1940), Indian biologist from Gandhinagar Manu Sharma (born 1977), also known as Siddharth Vashisht, convicted for the 1999 murder of Jessica Lal Mithila Sharma, Nepalese actress Murari Raj Sharma, Nepalese diplomat Murli Sharma, Indian actor N [ edit]Neha Sharma (born 1987), Indian film actress and model Nia Sharma (born 1990), Indian television actress Nikita Sharma, Indian TV actress Nupur Sharma, official spokesman of the Indian Bharatiya Janata Party P [ edit]Pankaj Sharma, Indian-born neurologist at Royal Holloway College, London Paridhi Sharma, Indian television actress Parvez Sharma, Indian writer and filmmaker Phaldut Sharma, British actor and dancer Phani Sarma, Assamese playwright and actor Pooja Sharma, Indian television actress R [ edit]Rabindra Nath Sharma, Nepalese politician R. S. Sharma (disambiguation), multiple people Rashmi Sharma, Indian film producer Rajan Sarma, Tamil-language actor Rajat Sharma (born 1957), Indian Hindi TV news channel editor Rajesh Sharma (disambiguation), several people Rajiv Sharma, New Zealand-born cricketer Rakesh Sharma (born 1949), Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11Ram Avatar Sharma, Indian Sanskrit scholar Ram Karan Sharma, Indian Sanskrit poet Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian Ram Vilas Sharma (1912-2000), Indian literary critic, linguist, and poet Reecha Sharma, Nepalese actress Richa Sharma (disambiguation), multiple people Rahul Sharma, Indian IPL cricketer Rohit Sharma (born 1987), Indian cricketer Robin Sharma (born 1965), Canadian writer, leadership speaker S [ edit]Sameer Sharma, Indian television actor Sankar Das Sarma, Indian-born American scientist Sandeep Sharma (born 1993), Indian cricketer, playing domestic cricket for Punjab Sanjeev Sharma (1988-1990), Indian cricketer Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999), ninth President of India Shankar Prasad Sharma, Nepalese diplomat Shefali Sharma, Indian TV actress Shivangi Sharma, indian actress Shivkumar Sharma (born 1939), Indian Santoor player Shreya Sharma, child actress Shriram Sharma (1911-1990), Indian Hindu, founder of "All World Gayatri Pariwar"Shubhlakshmi Sharma, Indian cricketer Subbaraya Sharma, Indian Telugu theatre, television and movie artist Sudheer Sharma, Nepalese journalist Surendra Sharma, Indian poet and comedian Suresh Raj Sharma, Nepalese academician T [ edit]Tara Sharma, Hindi-language film actress Tara Nath Sharma, Nepalese writer Tarali Sarma, Indian singer Tanya Sharma, Indian TV actress Tunisha Sharma, Indian TV actress U [ edit]Umang Sharma (born 1989), Indian cricketer playing for Uttar Pradesh Urvashi Sharma, Indian actress V [ edit]Venod Sharma (born 1948), Indian politician, founder of the Haryana Jan Chetna Party (V)Vinod Prakash Sharma (born 1938), Indian malariologist Vishal Sharma (disambiguation), several people Vishwa Nath Sharma (born 1930), Indian Chief of the Army Staff Y [ edit]Yashpal Sharma (actor) (born 1967), Indian actor Yashpal Sharma (cricketer) (born 1954), former Indian cricketer Yuyutsu Sharma, Nepalese writer References [ edit]^ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.^ Assamese Surnames. Languageinindia.com (2003-04-04). Retrieved on 2011-10-20. Further reading [ edit]Atal, Yogesh. Sociology: A Study of the Social Sphere. Pearson Education India. p. 242. ISBN 978-8-13179-759-4. This page lists people with the surname Sharma. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Categories: Surnames Indian family names Brahmin communities Hindu surnames Assamese-language surnames Gujarati-language surnames
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1 On average, shoulder surgery can range anywhere from $6,000 to as much as $20,000 without any type of health insurance policy. 2 Since this procedure will be more than likely covered under your health insurance plan, you should only have to pay a small portion of this amount. According to HealthcareBlueBook.com, the price for the surgery can reach anywhere from $7000 to $10,000. 2 The fee will cover hospitalization services as well as the fee for the physician that will perform the surgery. 3 The prices listed are for patients covered by their insurance providers.
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The Beatles - Biography - IMDb The Beatles Jump to: Overview (1) | Mini Bio (1) | Trivia (40) Overview (1) The Fab Four Mini Bio (1) The Beatles were an English rock band that became arguably the most successful act of the 20th century. They contributed to music, film, literature, art, and fashion, made a continuous impact on popular culture and the lifestyle of several generations. Their songs and images carrying powerful ideas of love, peace, help, and imagination evoked creativity and liberation that outperformed the rusty Soviet propaganda and contributed to breaking walls in the minds of millions, thus making impact on human history. In July of 1957, in Liverpool, 'Paul McCartney (I)' met John Lennon . Both were teenagers. Paul impressed John with his mastery of acoustic guitar, and was invited to join Lennon's group, The Quarrymen. George Harrison joined them in February of 1958. In 1959 they played regular gigs at a club called The Casbah. They were joined by vocalist Stuart Sutcliffe, and by drummer Peter Best, whose mother owned The Casbah club. Early incarnations of the band included The Quarrymen, Johnny & the Moon Dogs, and The Silver Beetles. John Lennon dreamed up the band's final name, The Beatles, a mix of beat with beetle. In 1960 The Beatles toured in Hamburg, Germany. There they were joined by Ringo Starr , who previously played with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. In Hamburg, The Beatles made their first studio work as a backing band for singer Tony Sheridan's recordings for the German Polydor label, however, in the credits the band's name was changed to The Beat Brothers. From February 1961 to August 1963, The Beatles played a regular gig at the Cavern. They were paid five pounds for their first show, rising to three hundred pounds per show in 1963. In two and a half years The Beatles gave 262 shows at the Cavern in Liverpool. Brian Epstein was invited to be the manager of the Beatles in November 1961. His diplomatic way of dealing with the Beatles and with their previous manager resulted in a December 10, 1961, meeting, where it was decided that Epstein would manage the band. A 5-year management contract was signed by four members at then-drummer Pete Best's home on January 24, 1962. Epstein did not put his signature on it, giving the musicians the freedom of choice. At that time McCartney and Harrison were under 21, so the paper wasn't technically legal. None of them realized this and it did not matter to them. What mattered was their genuine trust in Epstein. He changed their early image for the good. Brian Epstein made them wear suits and ties, classic shoes, and newer haircuts. They were advised to update their manners on stage and quit eating and drinking in public. Brian Epstein worked hard on both the Beatles' image and public relations. He improved their image enough to make them accepted by the conservative media. Most if not all of their communication off-stage was managed by Brian Epstein. On January 1, 1962, The Beatles came to London and recorded fifteen songs at the Decca Records. They were not hired, but the material helped them later. During the year 1962, they made several trips to London and auditioned for various labels. In May of 1962 Epstein canceled the group's contract with Tony Sheridan and the German label. Brian Epstein was persistent in trying to sign a record deal for the Beatles, even after being rejected by every major record label in UK, like Columbia, Philips, Oriole, Decca, and Pye. Epstein transferred a demo tape to disc with HMV technician Jim Foy, who liked their song and referred it to Parlophone's George Martin. On June 6, 1962, at the Abbey Road studios, they passed Martin's audition with the exception of Pete Best. George Martin liked them, but recommended the change of a drummer. Being asked by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison; Epstein fired Pete Best. After a mutual decision the band was completed with Ringo Starr , who duly became the fourth Beatle. In September of 1962 The Beatles recorded their first hit Love Me Do, which charted in UK,
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List of Phineas and Ferb songs The show's theme song is called "Today is Gonna Be a Great Day" performed by Bowling For Soup. There is a Christmas version for "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation", a Halloween version for "That's the Spirit" and "The Curse of Candace", a winter version for "For Your Ice Only" and "Happy New Year!" and another Halloween version for "Druselsteinoween", "Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror", and "Face Your Fear". An adaptation was also made for the 2011 Little League World Series.
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Auguste Rodin: The French sculptor's five most iconic works - pictures - Mirror Online Auguste Rodin: The French sculptor's five most iconic works - pictures The father of modern sculpture's best-known masterpieces include The Kiss, The Thinker and The Burghers of Calais Share Father of modern sculpture: Auguste Rodin (Photo: Getty) Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Google is celebrating the 172nd birthday of Auguste Rodin , the universally accepted father of modern sculpture. The French sculptor's work was initially unpopular, but in his later years he became a world-renowned artist. Today's Google doodle iincorporates one of Rodin's best-known works, The Kiss. Tribute: Google's version of The Kiss Here we take a closer look at Rodin's five most famous sculptures. The Kiss This 1889 marble sculpture of an embracing couple depicts the 13th-century Italian noblewoman Francesca da Rimini from Dante's Inferno, who falls in love with her husband's younger brother Paolo. The couple are discovered and killed by Francesca's husband. The lovers' lips do not actually touch in the sculpture, suggesting that they were interrupted and met their demise without them ever having kissed. The Kiss (Photo: Getty) The Thinker Probably the best known of Rodin's monumental works, this depicts a man in sober meditation battling with a powerful internal struggle. First conceived circa 1880–1881 as a depiction of Dante, the image evolved to represent all poets and creators. It now lives in the Rodin Museum in Paris, and is often used to represent philosophy. The Thinker (Photo: Getty) The Burghers of Calais Also completed in 1889, this sculpture serves as a monument to the moment in 1347 during the Hundred Years' War when Calais was captured by the English. Edward III offered to spare the people if any six of the French port's top leaders would surrender themselves to him almost naked, with nooses around their necks, and carrying the keys to the city and castle. One of the wealthiest of the town leaders, Eustache de Saint Pierre, volunteered first, and five other burghers soon followed suit, stripping down to their breeches. This poignant mix of defeat, heroic self-sacrifice, and willingness to face imminent death was captured by Rodin in his sculpture. Burghers of Calais (Photo: Getty) The Gates of Hell This sculptural group work depicts a scene from "The Inferno" and contains 180 figures ranging in size from 15cm high up to more than one metre. It was commissioned in 1880 and was meant to be delivered in 1885, but Rodin continued to work on and off on the project for 37 years until his death in 1917. Rodin worked on The Gates of Hell at the Hôtel Biron in Paris, and in 1919, two years after his death, the hotel became the Musée Rodin for the world to enjoy his work. The Gates of Hell (Photo: Getty) The Age of Bronze This bronze statue of a life-size nude man was first exhibited in 1877 in Paris, when Rodin was falsely accused of having made it by casting a living model. He vigorously denied the charge, but the controversy benefited him, as members of the public were so eager to see his work and decide for themselves. The figure was created to suggest heroism and suffering, what many of Rodin's countrymen went through while fighting in the Franco-Prussian War from 1870 to 1871. The Age of Bronze (Photo: Getty) Most Read Most Recent Most Read Most Recent
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Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel , in the northern Sharon region , approximately 45 kilometers -LRB- 28 miles -RRB- from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa . The city is located along 7 km -LRB- 5 mi -RRB- of the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain . The city has a population of about 91,634 , which includes a high proportion of immigrants arriving since 1990 , notably from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union . In it had a population of . Hadera was established in 1891 as a farming colony by members of the Zionist group , Hovevei Zion , from Lithuania and Latvia . By 1948 , it was a regional center with a population of 11,800 . In 1952 , Hadera was declared a city , with jurisdiction over an area of 53,000 dunams .
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In a common symbol of ecumenism, the Christian Church is portrayed as a boat afloat on the sea of the world with the mast in the form of a cross. Ecumenism refers to efforts by Christians of different church traditions to develop closer relationships and better understandings. The term is also often used to refer to efforts towards the visible and organic unity of different Christian churches in some form.
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Joshua Andrew Dolezal (also spelled Doležal ; born September 1975) is an American academic and writer. He is a full Professor of English studies at Central College (Iowa), focusing on American literature, creative nonfiction, medical humanities and sustainability issues. He is also the author of a memoir, "Down from the Mountaintop: From Belief to Belonging", which details his upbringing in "a strict, cult-like Christian family" and which received widespread attention in connection with the 2015 controversy surrounding his sister, Rachel Dolezal. The book was described by Kim Barnes as an "intimate and lyrical story of fallen faith, found love, and the way we must sometimes circle back to find what we have lost." Dolezal is also the author of a number of essays, poems and academic papers.
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The Greek kingdom of Bactria began as a breakaway satrapy of the Seleucid empire, which, because of the size of the empire, had significant freedom from central control. Between 255-246 BCE, the governor of Bactria, Sogdiana and Margiana (most of present-day Afghanistan), one Diodotus, took this process to its logical extreme and declared himself king. Diodotus II, son of Diodotus, was overthrown in about 230 BC by Euthydemus, possibly the satrap of Sogdiana, who then started his own dynasty. In c. 210 BC, the Greco-Bactrian kingdom was invaded by a resurgent Seleucid empire under Antiochus III. While victorious in the field, it seems Antiochus came to realise that there were advantages in the status quo (perhaps sensing that Bactria could not be governed from Syria), and married one of his daughters to Euthydemus's son, thus legitimising the Greco-Bactria dynasty. Soon afterwards the Greco-Bactrian kingdom seems to have expanded, possibly taking advantage of the defeat of the Parthian king Arsaces II by Antiochus.
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An Overview of Esophageal Cancer Digestive Health Heartburn Diagnosis An Overview of Esophageal Cancer By Sharon Gillson Updated February 25, 2018Share Pin Email Print Maskot/Maskot/Getty Images Esophageal cancer is a tumor that begins to grow in the lining of the esophagus and then can grow through the wall of the esophagus. If the tumor grows through the esophageal wall, it can then spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system. Most of the length of the esophagus is lined with squamous cells. If a malignant tumor grows here, it's called squamous cell cancer. The areas at the bottom of the esophagus, and where the esophagus joins the stomach, are lined with columnar cells. If a malignant tumor grows here, it's called adenocarcinomas. Studies have shown a relationship between the frequency of reflux symptoms and risk of adenocarcinoma. The constant acid reflux will irritate the lining of the esophagus, and complications can occur, such as Barrett's esophagus. Individuals who develop Barrett's esophagus are about 40 times more likely to develop esophageal cancer than individuals in the general population. Symptoms Heartburn Difficulty swallowing Inability to swallow solid foods (eventually liquids also)Pain with swallowing Food sticking in esophagus Weight loss Regurgitation of undigested food Vomiting blood or passing old blood with bowel movements Diagnosis Endoscopy Barium x-rays Computed tomography Treatment Treatment of esophageal cancer will depend on the stage the cancer is in at the time of diagnosis, the overall condition of the patient, and whether cancer has spread to other organs. If cancer has not spread to other organs, surgery may be performed to remove a portion of the esophagus. In some cases, the surgery will also involve removing the stomach, spleen, and lymph nodes inside the chest. Then another part of the lower bowel is pulled up and attached to the remaining section of esophagus. Patients may receive chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments after the surgery. If cancer has spread to other organs, combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy is the most common treatment. This form of treatment is also used in the cases where the patient can't have surgery. Prognosis If the cancer is diagnosed in its earliest stages, the patient's chances of living and be cancer-free five years after treatment are greatly improved. Unfortunately, most cases of esophageal cancer are only discovered when the patient comes to their doctor because of swallowing difficulty, which doesn't happen until later stages of the cancer growth. The prognosis then is very poor. Sources: Lightdale, M. D., Charles J.. "Esophageal Cancer." Vol. 94, No. 1, 1999. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. "What You Need to Know About Cancer of the Esophagus - Types of Esophageal Cancer." National Cancer Institute.
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1. make or cause to be or to become. 2. bring into existence. 3. pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity. 4. invest with a new title, office, or rank. 5. create by artistic means. 6. create or manufacture a man-made product. Familiarity information: CREATE used as a verb is common.
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VESA Explained Buying Guides VESA Explained Posted on March 21, 2017 by FOREST AV21Mar VESA is the name given to describe the millimeter distances BETWEEN mounting screw holes at the back of your TV. The easiest way to find out if your TV is VESA compatible is to read your TVs specification or ask your supplier. If this is not possible follow the simple instructions below. How to measure VESA size: Look at the back of your TV (see example image below) and measure the distances A and B as shown below. VESA measurements are made in millimetres (mm). Example: If A=200mm and B=200mm then this TV is VESA 200×200. Standard VESA sizes:75mm x 75mm100mm x 100mm200mm x 200mm300mm x 300mm400mm x 200mm400mm x 400mm600mm x 400mm800mm x 400mm. There are also other sizes like 400 x 600, 1000 x 600 and so on. This entry was posted in Buying Guides and tagged VESA . Apple i Pad Pro 12.9″ anti-theft display stands
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Apollo 11 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first human to step onto the lunar surface six hours after landing on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 pounds (21.5Â kg) of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Michael Collins piloted the command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin spent just under a day on the lunar surface before rejoining Columbia in lunar orbit.
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BAND NAMES .. ORIGINS Numbers 10cc Manager Jonathan King chose the name after having a dream in which he was standing in front of the Hammersmith Odeon in London where the boarding read "10cc The Best Band in the World". A widely repeated claim, disputed by King and Godley, but confirmed in a 1988 interview by Creme, and also on the webpage of Gouldman's current line-up, is that the band name represented a volume of semen that was more than the average amount ejaculated by men, thus emphasising their potency or prowess. 10 SECONDS OF FOREVERS named after Hawkwind's "10 Seconds of Forever" 10,000 MANIACS Inspired by the old horror movie called '2000 Maniacs' 101 ERS (the) The group was named after the squat where they lived together: 101 Walterton Road, Maida Vale, although it was for a time rumoured that they were named for "Room 101", the infamous torture room in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS (the) The band's name was developed from a suggestion by drummer John Ike Walton to use the name "Elevators" and Clementine Hall added "13th Floor" 2Be3 French band using English language as a pun ~ meaning To Be Free 23rd TURNOFF (THE) They took their name from the motorway sign indicating the nearby M6 exit. 3rd STRIKE Lead singer named his band after the "three strikes, you're out" law. 311 311 is an Omaha police code for indecent exposure. P-Nut and some friends went skinny dipping in a public pool. They were apprehended by police. P-Nut's friendwas arrested, cuffed (naked) and taken home to his parents. He was issued a citation for a code 311 (indecent exposure). 702 Pronounced "Seven-Oh-Two", named after the area code of their hometown of Las Vegas. 801 / THE 801 Taken from the Eno song "The True Wheel", which appears on his 1974 solo album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy). The refrain of the song - "We are the 801, we are the central shaft" 808 STATE Took their name from their Roland TR-808 drum machine. ("the 808 state" is a nickname for Hawaii, due to 808 being the telephone area code) _____________________________________ A A DAY IN THE LIFE named after the Beatles song "A Day in the Life". They are now known as Hawthorne Heights. A DAY TO REMEMBER This was a phrase came from the band's first drummer Bobby Scruggs' girlfriend, who used the phrase a lot at the bands rehearsals. A PERFECT CIRCLE aka APC when asked at a news conference, frontman Maynard Keenan stated that the name " A Perfect Circle" originates from the friendships of the band members, all of them met one another in a way resembling "a perfect circle of friendship" A WILHELM SCREAM they named themselves after a sound effect, The Wilhelm scream, which is a frequently-used film and television stock sound effect, first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums. A-CADS according to press releases, their name is a compromise between the band and thier manager Peter Rimmer. Apparently Rimmer was keen to name the group after the Rand Academy of Music, while the group members preferred choice was The Cads, the result being The A-Cads. A-HA "a-ha" comes from a title that member Pål Waaktaar thought giving to a song. Morten Harket was looking through Waaktaar's notebook and came across the name "a-ha". He liked it and said, "That's a great name. That's what we should call ourselves". After checking dictionaries in several languages, they found out that a-ha was an international way of expressing recognition, with positive connotations. A-STUDIO The band was first called their 'Alma-Ata Studio' after the town Almaty where it was formed. Later, the name was shortened to "A-Studio". A-TEENS The 'A' stands for ABBA since they started as a cover band for the group, but the name was changed upon the request from Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson to avoid confusion. ABC named after the 1970 number-one hit song by The Jackson 5, "ABC" ABBA An acronym for the first names of the band members: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad. AC/DC Guitarists
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An important enzyme, renin, is also produced in the kidneys; it acts in negative feedback. Located at the rear of the abdominal cavity in the retroperitoneal space, the kidneys receive blood from the paired renal arteries, and drain into the paired renal veins. Each kidney excretes urine into a ureter which empties into the bladder.
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Volkswagen Group of America From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedianavigation search This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (August 2017)This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Type Subsidiary of Volkswagen AGIndustry Automotive Founded Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (1955)Headquarters Herndon, Virginia, United States Number of locations 20 "Operational Facilities" in the USArea served North America Key people Hinrich Woebcken CEOProducts Automobiles, Automotive parts Services Automotive financial services Owner Volkswagen Group Divisions Volkswagen of America, Audi of America, LLC, Bentley Motors Inc., Bugatti of America, Automobili Lamborghini America LLC, VW Credit, Inc. Volkswagen Credit Canada Website www.volkswagengroupamerica.com Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (sometimes referred to as Volkswagen of America, abbreviated to VWo A ), [1] is the North American operational headquarters, and subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group of automobile companies of Germany. VWo A is responsible for five marques: Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, and Volkswagen cars. [2] It also controls VW Credit, Inc. (or VCI), Volkswagen's financial services and credit operations. [3] The company is headquartered in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, near Herndon. [4] [5]In Germany, the parent company Volkswagen AG is responsible for eight marques of the group, from six European countries: Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. As of March 2008, VWo A has 20 operational facilities, spanning coast to coast, and its primary objective is "to offer attractive, safe and environmentally sound vehicles which are competitive on an increasingly tough market and which set world standards in their respective classes". [6]On July 16, 2008, Volkswagen AG announced plans to build its first production facility in the United States [7] since the closure of its Westmoreland Assembly Plant in 1988. The Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant was inaugurated on May 24, 2011, and currently builds the US-spec Volkswagen Passat and in 2017 started production of the Volkswagen Atlas. [8]Contents [ hide ]1 History1.1 Foundation1.2 Westmoreland and Auburn Hills1.3 1990s uncertainties1.4 2000s1.5 New Headquarters in Virginia1.6 New manufacturing plant2 Current US facilities3 Regional Offices4 Brands4.1 Volkswagen4.1.1 Current models4.1.2 Sales4.2 Audi4.2.1 Current Audi models4.2.2 Audi Sport models4.2.3 Sales4.3 Bentley4.3.1 Current models4.4 Lamborghini4.4.1 Current models4.5 Bugatti5 See also6 References7 External links History [ edit]Foundation [ edit]Formed in October 1955 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, to standardize dealership service in the United States, it grew to 909 Volkswagen dealers in the US by 1965 under the leadership of Dr. Carl Hahn. Under him and his successor as president of Volkswagen of America, J. Stuart Perkins, VW's U. S. sales grew to 569,696 cars in 1970, an all-time peak, when Volkswagen captured 7 percent of the U. S. car market and had over a thousand American dealerships. The Volkswagen Beetle was the company's best seller in the United States by a wide margin. From then on, however, intense competition from American and Japanese automakers caused VW sales in America to fall as much as 87 percent between 1970 and 1992, despite the introduction of new front-drive models in 1975 to replace the Beetle and its rear-engined, air-cooled stablemates. As a result, the number of dealerships in the U. S. was also reduced to 630 by the mid-1990s. As of 2007, there were 596 operating Volkswagen dealerships in the country. Westmoreland and Auburn Hills [ edit]VWo A inaugurated the Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly Plant near New Stanton, Pennsylvania, in 1978. This was the first modern venture by a foreign automaker at making cars in the USA. In 1988, the plant was closed. In the early 1980s, the manufacturing division and the sales division were merged, and Volkswagen of America moved to Troy, Michigan, as a result, settling in Auburn Hills, Michigan, in 1991 ( 42°38′43.2″N 83°12′55.4″W ).1990s uncertainties [ edit]Volkswagen of America's sales hit rock bottom in 1993, with fewer than 50,000 cars sold that year. Sales began to recover the following year with the introduction of the third generation of the Golf and Jetta. By the end of the decade, thanks to effective advertising and the launch of more competitive new products, including the New Beetle in 1998, the VW brand was back on firmer ground. Volkswagen of America went on to sell 355,648 cars in 2001, its best year since 1973.2000s [ edit]In the 2000s sales tapered off somewhat due to competition, quality issues and delays in product introductions, and VW's U. S. sales for 2005 totaled 224,195 – a reduction of about 37 percent from four years earlier. New models for the 2006 and 2007 model years, such as the Passat, Rabbit, and GTI resulted in a sales growth of 4.9% for 2006 with sales of 235,140 vehicles. Profitability still remained an issue, though; Volkswagen of America had not turned a profit for its parent company since 2002. In January 2007, Volkswagen of America president Adrian Hallmark publicly stated [ citation needed] that he planned to get the subsidiary back to profitability in two to three years. He hoped to introduce new models for North America, and develop new marketing to encompass the whole brand as well as individual cars. [ citation needed] Stefan Jacoby soon replaced him, and Volkswagen of America continued to look at new products to add to its lineup. [ citation needed]In the meantime, a new advertising agency, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, helped rejuvenate VW's presence in the U. S. as well. Its ads for the fifth-generation GTI have sparked interest in the brand, not seen since the launch of the New Beetle, and ads for the fifth-generation Golf/Rabbit hatchback translated into initial strong sales for that model. Due to new air pollution rules promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the diesel powered VWs with TDI - PD technology could no longer be produced after December 31, 2006. For the 2009 model year, VW introduced a new generation of diesels, based on common rail technology. These would meet air pollution standards in all 50 states. The first of these units was made available for sale in August 2008. VW sold 2050 Jetta Sedan TDIs and 361 Jetta Sportwagen TDIs that first month. [ citation needed]In October 2009, Interpublic Group's Deutsch, Los Angeles, the ad agency of renowned ad man Donny Deutsch, won Volkswagen's American advertising account - fourteen years after Deutsch had tried for VW's advertising business against Arnold Advertising. [9]New Headquarters in Virginia [ edit]On September 6, 2007, Volkswagen of America announced it would relocate its North American headquarters to Herndon, Virginia. [10] [11] Volkswagen sales are particularly strong in the Mid-Atlantic region, as well as both coasts. The company indicated that it is important for them to locate in a region where their customer base is strongest. Presently, the Big Three dominate the Midwest US, especially Metro Detroit where the company was formerly located. Volkswagen of America began its move from Auburn Hills to Herndon in April 2008. The company anticipated that 600 of the 1,400 staff would remain at Auburn Hills in the call center and technical services positions, while 400 jobs would transferred to Virginia. About 150 employees in Michigan were expected to move to Herndon, Volkswagen of America President and CEO Stefan Jacoby said. The four hundred remaining jobs were to be cut. The state of Virginia, among 14 locations that Volkswagen of America considered for the move, offered Volkswagen $6 million in incentives that will be awarded pending Volkswagen's fulfillment of employment and other various quotas. [ citation needed]New manufacturing plant [ edit]On July 15, 2008, after an intense, months-long battle between Huntsville, Alabama, a site in Michigan and Chattanooga, Tennessee, the company's supervisory board chose Chattanooga as the location for the new plant. [12] This $1 billion investment will be producing about 150,000 cars a year by its slated opening in 2011, playing a major role in the company's strategy to gain more than 6% of the car market, or about 800,000 cars on top of the 230,000 it produced in America in 2007, by 2018. [7] [13] This plant will also become Volkswagen Group of America's manufacturing headquarters in the USA. [13] The plant was inaugurated on May 24, 2011. [14] [15]Current US facilities [ edit]As of March 2018, Volkswagen Group of America has the following 20 "Operational Facilities" across the US: [6]Auburn Hills, Michigan – Customer Relations and After Sales Support Center Herndon, Virginia – Corporate Headquarters Hillsboro, Oregon – VW Credit, Inc. Center Belmont, California – Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL)Oxnard, California – Technical Center Ontario, California – Parts Distribution Center San Diego, California – Port/PPCMaricopa, Arizona – Proving Ground Golden, Colorado – VW Credit, Inc. and Technical Center Fort Worth, Texas – Parts Distribution Center Houston, Texas – Port/PPC and Parts Distribution Center Libertyville, Illinois – VW Credit, Inc. Center Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin – Parts Distribution Center Jacksonville, Florida – Parts Distribution Center Brunswick, Georgia – Port/PPCCranbury, New Jersey – Parts Distribution Center Allendale, New Jersey – Technical Center Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey – Product Liaison Davisville, Rhode Island – Port/PPCChattanooga, Tennessee – Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant Woodcliff Lake, NJ – Northeast Region Office Rosemont, IL – Midwest Region Office Irving, TX – South Central Region Office Alpharetta, GA – Southeast Region Office Westlake Village, CA – Pacific Region Office Regional Offices [ edit]VW Canada Head Office - Ajax, Ontario Volkswagen Finance Canada - Saint-Laurent, QCBrands [ edit]Volkswagen [ edit]Current models [ edit]The following is a list of the models currently available in the American market: Sedan Compact Jetta Sedan · Passat Sedan · CC Beetle Coupe · Golf SUV Wagon Tiguan · Atlas Golf Sport Wagen · Golf Alltrack Performance Convertible Golf GTI · Jetta GLI · Golf R Beetle Convertible Sales [ edit]The total number of new vehicle sales year-by-year in the U. S. market is as follows: Calendar Year Total American sales2000 [16] 355,4792001 355,6482002 [17] 338,1252003 302,6862004 [18] 256,1112005 [19] 224,1952006 235,1402007 [20] 230,5722008 [21] 223,1282009 [22] 213,4542010 [23] 256,8302011 [24] 324,4022012 [25] 438,1332013 [26] 407,7042014 [27] 366,9702015 349,4402016 322,948Audi [ edit]Current Audi models [ edit]The following is a list of the Audi models currently available in the American market: A3 Sedan, Cabriolet and Sportback e-tron A4 Sedan and allroad A5 Coupe, Cabriolet and Sportback A6 Sedan A7 Sportback A8 Sedan Q3 SUVQ5 SUVQ7 SUVTT Coupe and Roadster S3 Sedan S4 Sedan S5 Coupe, Cabriolet and Sportback S6 Sedan S7 Sportback S8 Sedan SQ5 SUVTTS Coupe Audi Sport models [ edit]The following is a list of Audi Sport currently available in the American market: RS 3 Sedan RS 5 Coupe RS 7 Sportback TT RS Coupe R8 Coupe and Spyder Sales [ edit]Calendar Year Total American sales1995 [28] 18,1241996 [28] 27,3791997 [29] 34,1601998 [30] 47,5171999 [31] 65,9592000 [32] 80,3722001 [33] 83,2832002 85,7262003 [34] 86,4212004 77,9172005 [35] 83,0662006 [36] 90,1162007 [37] 93,5062008 [38] 87,7602009 [38] 82,7162010 101,6292011 [39] 117,5702012 [40] 139,3102013 [41] 158,0612014 [26] 182,0112015 202,2022016 210,213Bentley [ edit]Current models [ edit]The following is a list of the models currently available in the American market: Mulsanne Flying Spur Continental GT Coupe Continental GT Convertible Bentayga Lamborghini [ edit]Current models [ edit]The following is a list of the models currently available in the American market: Huracán Aventador Urus Bugatti [ edit]The only vehicle sold new under the Bugatti label is the Chiron. 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S. car and light-truck sales by make – December 2009 (Ranked by total sales)" (PDF). autonews.com.^ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/audi-sets-all-time-us-sales-record-in-2011-brand-expects-momentum-to-continue-into-2012-136677093.html^ http://www.audiusanews.com/newsrelease.do?id=3290&mid=1^ http://www.audiusanews.com/pressrelease/3645/98/audi-establishes-u.s-sales-record-158061-vehicles-sold External links [ edit]Volkswagen Group America.com corporate site VW.com Volkswagen of America Audi USA.com Audi of America Bentley Motors.com international site Bugatti.com international site Lamborghini.com international site [ show]v t e Volkswagen Group [ show]v t e Automotive industry in the United States [ show]v t e Volkswagen Passenger Cars, a marque of the Volkswagen Group, car timeline, North American market, 1950–1979 — next » [ show]v t e« previous — Volkswagen Passenger Cars, a marque of the Volkswagen Group, car timeline, United States/Canada market, 1980–present [ show]v t e Audi, a marque of the Volkswagen Group, car timeline, North American market, 1980–present Categories: Volkswagen Group Motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States American subsidiaries of foreign companies Companies based in Bergen County, New Jersey Companies based in Fairfax County, Virginia Herndon, Virginia Conglomerate companies established in 1955Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1955 American companies established in 1955
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Nanny Cost Range: $400-$1,000+/week E-mail Post Tweet Comments (12)Typical costs: Costs for a nanny vary greatly by region. According to Baby Center.com and our own data points, a nanny can cost between $400 - $1,000+ a week based on the local supply and demand, the local cost of living, and the qualifications you seek in a nanny. To find a nanny, some people use a local agency, which can charge up to $400 or more to locate a nanny, seek referrals from co-workers, or check classified ads like those on Craigslist [ 1] . Related articles: Day Care, Baby Sitter, Preschool Additional costs: According to Baby Center [ 2] , employers are expected to pay employer's taxes and social security taxes. Baby Center offers a list of guidelines [ 3] to get you started on fulfilling the legal requirements of employing a nanny. You might want to consider a payroll service like Intuit Online Payroll Household [ 4] . Those hiring a nanny are expected to provide health insurance or pay higher wages to compensate. Some employers offer to help pay for routine dental visits or eye exams. Other benefits such as paid holidays, vacation and sick days should also be considered. Discounts: To save money, some families find friends or neighbors pool together to share one nanny to watch 2-4 children at once. Offering a nanny live-in accommodations can bring the cost down. Shopping for a nanny: Parenthood.com [ 5] offers an article with advice on how to screen for, interview and hire a nanny. The International Nanny Association [ 6] offers a directory of agencies that place nannies. There are numerous nationwide nanny finders on the Internet that are registered members of the Better Business Bureau, including e Nanny Source [ 7] fees starting at $98-$149; Go Nannies.com [ 8] with fees starting at $68-$98; and Great Au Pair [ 9] with fees starting at $60-$140. Other sites include Au Pair Care [ 10] and Sitter City.com [ 11] . These paid services can connect you with a nanny that fits your specifications. For an extra fee, many offer reference, background and immigration checks. Child.com suggests asking other parents and searching classified ads, in addition to considering online nanny finder services. Searching sites such as Craigslist [ 12] is another option. If hiring independently, make sure to screen applicants well and check all references thoroughly. Material on this page is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. For medical decisions, always consult your physician for the right course for your infant or child. E-mail Post Tweet Comments (12)Cost Helper News7 Ways to Stretch Your Reduced Food Budget End of the year budgets are tight for everyone, especially in this economy. It's especially hard for the millions of Americans who depend on government programs like food stamps to help make ends meet. || Posted November 11 20137 Lesser-Known Discounts for the 50+ Crowd As they age, members of the Baby Boomer generation don't like to admit that they're senior citizens, but they love getting discounts. It's kind of a quandary, because some of the best deals available are reduced prices for older folks.|| Posted October 21 2013‣ All Cost Helper Blog Posts What People Are Paying - Recent Comments Housekeeping nanny / living Amount: $100.00 per month Posted by: Asik in California, LA. Posted: March 18th, 2018 05:03PMAgency: None Days per Week: 5 days 9 hours per day Hi. I am a nanny of 2 kids 4 years old and 10 months I only get pay 100 weekly too much to do I also live in my boss to controlling telling me way to do and want to help even if i don't ask and force me to use bonous time wen I got other things to do I do appreciate any help but don't force me the kid r great but I don't got much time for me I cook clean and some time do laundry but the place get dirty as fast as I clean on my day wen I return the house look like a tornado came in and left can you tell me wat is wrong here Was this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spam Nanny Amount: $4,000.00 per month Posted by: a user in Dublin, OH. Posted: November 9th, 2016 09:11AMAgency: Days per Week: 5I am a nanny and have been doing this for a long time. I just want to clarify the pay. If your nanny is experienced and educated, she should not be making any less than $18/h. If you expect her to do chores around the house (aside from the normal picking up after the kids) she should be paid a few dollars more. If someone doesn't have experience or education, they should still make no less than $15. In some places this is minimage wage. If you expect your nanny to go above and beyond, you need to compensate. Paying your nanny $5 is NOT OK. We do this job bc we love kids, we want to help them grow, we want to help hardworking parents and make you comfortable knowing your child is safe and getting one-on-one attention and teaching them what they need to know for school and in life. If you have the luxury of hiring a nanny, compensate her accordingly. This is our livelihood. We depend on this money to be paid to us 52 weeks out of the year just as you do. Was this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spam New Nanny Amount: $11.00 per month Posted by: BIANCA NICOLE in Orlando, FL. Posted: August 15th, 2016 01:08AMAgency: None Days per Week: 5Hello, I'm a new nanny and currently work in a Nursery part time at night. I live in Orlando, FL and am Nannying for a sweet family. I work from 7:30am to 6pm M-Th and 7:30am to 1pm on Fridays. I'm responsible for the children ages 8, 6, 5, 3 and a 4 month old. I do light housekeeping (tidying, dishes, sweeping and occasionally laundry) and cook breakfast and lunch. I just started this job this past week and won't to make sure I'm being paid accordingly. I have a background as a CNA and was trained in CPR, AED and First Aid though I need to recertify. I currently get paid $11/hr without overtime. Am I being jiped here? Was this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spam FT Nanny, Bilingual, Lots of Experience Amount: $3,000.00 per month Posted by: Indiana Mommy in Indianapolis, IN. Posted: January 9th, 2015 10:01AMAgency: None Days per Week: 5Our nanny is amazing with our two daughters, and came highly recommended. She is fluent in French and teaching them basic words and phrases. She's very hands-on and lovely. Was this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spam TO THE WOMEN WHO HAS HAD SEVERAL NANNIESAmount: $3,000.00 per month Posted by: adan in west warwick, RI. Posted: December 12th, 2014 04:12PMAgency: Days per Week: 5No wonder you have had so many nannies, you pay SLAVE WAGESWas this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spam NEED A NANNY FOR TWO WEEKS IN ORLANDO AROUND CHRISTMASAmount: $0.00 per month Posted by: NICOLE CONNERS in JOHNS CREEK, GA. Posted: August 23rd, 2013 04:08PMAgency: Days per Week: 2 WEEKS STRAIGHT NO NIGHTSI HAVE TWINS AND MY ELDEST SON IS GETTING MARRIED AND WELL BE IN ORLANDO FOR CHRISTMAS THROUGOUT NEWYEARS ANYONE HAVE EXP. WITH TWINS ? OR KNOW OF ANYONE PLZ EMAIL ME NICKI075@YAHOO. COMWas this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spam Live out nanny Amount: $800.00 per month Posted by: staffordmommy in STAFFORD, VA. Posted: March 23rd, 2013 02:03PMAgency: none Days per Week: Monday Through Friday This is my second nanny. I paid my first $1200 a month but was gone 11 hours a day/5 days. It was basically $5.00 an hour, no benefits. While she was great, my job ended-so hers did too. Now I am only gone about 9 hours a day/5 days so its slightly less than $5.00 an hour. Depends on the person. I've had one babysitter who charges $10.00 an hour and another babysitter who only charges me what I can afford-$25 for a day for instance. They both are good. Long story short-find a babysitter/nanny who is knowledgeable, trustworthy, likes kids and has experience, is punctual, and who is friendly. When you find this person, pay them what you think they are worth. Remember-you get what you pay for, in general. In my opinion, I would rather pay $5.00 an hour for this person to watch my child than send her to an all day daycare for $20 where she is one of many and overlooked. They say that you should get the best childcare that you can afford. Was this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spamlive out nanny Amount: $2,000.00 per month Posted by: chris_in_fallschurch in Falls Church, VA. Posted: October 12th, 2010 10:10AMAgency: none Days per Week: 5We have one child and our nanny comes at 730am and leaves at 4pm, but often has to stay until 6pm when my wife works late. Other than taking care of our son She does light cleaning, his laundry, folds our laundry, takes care of pets Was this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spam Live in Nanny Amount: $500.00 per month Posted by: Susanne in Kenmore, NY. Posted: September 22nd, 2010 08:09PMAgency: none/private nanny Days per Week: 7My husband recently deployed to Iraq. We have 3 children (one is college age, so he really doesn't need a Nanny LOL).. but my 9 year old and 10 month old.. they love her. She is a family friend. About the time we found out that my husband was deploying, the lease for her apartment was about to be ready for renewal. We scooped her up. :) We have a finished basement here that we converted into her living quarters. We don't charge her rent (that's part of her salary right there) and we don't charge her for food, utilities etc. Basically, she lives here for free as a family member who gets paid a small stipend that allows her to have spending money etc. She is great with the kids. I only work 2 days per week, so basically, she is just needed to be home and ready on those two days to watch the kids and take care of their needs as well as making sure they are being enriched with age appropriate activities. The other 5 days, she does light house work and assists me with daily things; however, she is free to do as she pleases and tend to her own business or just relax on the days that I am not at work. I couldn't replace her if I tried. She is perfect and the arrangement works out for everyone. Was this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spam More $$ doesn't buy a better nanny Amount: $1,400.00 per month Posted by: Axxul in Mesa, AZ. Posted: May 14th, 2010 12:05PMAgency: None-found online Days per Week: 5We've had several nannies: Basic chores for all of them were those only related to our son (s): laundry, meals, dishes, toy, messes clean up. -1st: watched our son from his 3months to his 1st B-day, She was great!! She was 60 yrs. w/kids and grandkids and was a nanny before. We paid her 10/hr -2nd: watched our son for about 6 weeks, paid 300/week, didn't wash bottles properly, only fed our son milk and Cheerios (lazy), too lazy to fold son's laundry properly, told us she had reliable transportation when we hired her-not true,so it didn't give me flexibility if I needed her for 30-60 minutes more per day. She didn't have any kids of her own, 26 yr. old girl. -3rd:watched our son from about his 16th month, for a year, she was 60, had kids, gkids, nanny experience, high energy, thought our son his letters, numbers, shapes colors before he turned 2, reliable, fun, etc. Paid her 300/week. -4th: Watched our 2 yr old and 2 month old for about 4 months, left baby bottles with residues, ignored our toddler (I work from home so there were days when she would only talk to him the basics for feeding him, etc), bad attitude. Paid 14/hr, not worth it. 5th-Has been watching our sons for almost 5 months now, great so far! reliable, clean, good w/the kids. Pay 350/week. Our 1st, 3rd and 5th nannies have been great!you can find a good nanny for a decent price, more $$ does not necess. equal good nanny. Benefits: 4 sick days/yr, I get 3 weeks vacation/yr so that's what she also gets paid She can take 2 extra weeks of vacation/yr-not paid. Flexibility; I work from home so she can take the day off or arrive late/leave early for dr. appts, etc. We pay nanny taxes: -2% AZ unemploy per first 7K /yr -7.65% of wages for SSecurity & Medicare, for nanny #2,3 & 5 we paid our share and her share =15.3% I though about hiring a service to do my nanny taxes but it really isn't that hard to do yourself, (read publication 926 from irs.gov) I've found nannies via Craigslist & Care.com. Was this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spamnanny 8-5 M-F for 2 kids Amount: $3,200.00 per month Posted by: a user in San Jose, CA. Posted: May 6th, 2010 11:05PMAgency: A Nanny Solution Days per Week: 5Nanny from agency with lots of experience was $800 a week for 2 kids and did light chores. Was this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spamnanny M-F 9-5, helps with cooking Amount: $1,500.00 per month Posted by: a user in San Jose, CA. Posted: January 22nd, 2010 10:01AMAgency: Days per Week: 5we had a nanny to take care of our 3-month old. Unlicensed. $1500 5 days a week, helps with cooking (we buy the food, she cooks) and some light chores. Was this post helpful to you? yes no Report prohibited or spam Comment On Your Experience With a Nanny Subject: *Amount Spent: * per month Agency: Days per Week: Comments: Purchased: Year: City: * State: *Information about you: Email: * Email addresses are not displayed. Name: This is the name we'll display with your post. Remember me on this computer*=required field. 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Julian calendar The Julian calendar has two types of year: "normal" years of 365 days and "leap" years of 366 days. There is a simple cycle of three "normal" years followed by a leap year and this pattern repeats forever without exception. The Julian year is, therefore, on average 365.25 days long. Consequently the Julian year drifts over time with respect to the tropical (solar) year. Although Greek astronomers had known, at least since Hipparchus, a century before the Julian reform, that the tropical year was slightly shorter than 365.25 days, the calendar did not compensate for this difference. As a result, the calendar year gains about three days every four centuries compared to observed equinox times and the seasons. This discrepancy was corrected by the Gregorian reform of 1582. The Gregorian calendar has the same months and month lengths as the Julian calendar, but, in the Gregorian calendar, year numbers evenly divisible by 100 are not leap years, except that those evenly divisible by 400 remain leap years.[3] This means since 16 February Julian (1 March 1900 Gregorian) and until 15 February Julian (28 February 2100 Gregorian) Julian is 13 days behind Gregorian and the disparity will widen.
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In mid-2004 Madonna embarked on the Re-Invention World Tour in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. It became the highest-grossing tour of 2004, earning around $120 million and became the subject of her documentary I'm Going to Tell You a Secret. In November 2004, she was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame as one of its five founding members, along with The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Bob Marley, and U2. In January 2005, Madonna performed a cover version of the John Lennon song "Imagine" at Tsunami Aid. She also performed at the Live 8 benefit concert in London in July 2005.
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How to Train Your Dragon franchise (also referred to as simply HTTYD) from DreamWorks Animation consists of two feature films "How to Train Your Dragon" (2010) and "How to Train Your Dragon 2" (2014), with a third and final planned for a 2019 release. The franchise is loosely based on the British book series by Cressida Cowell. The franchise also consists of four short films: "Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon" (2010), "Book of Dragons" (2011), "Gift of the Night Fury" (2011) and "Dawn of the Dragon Racers" (2014). A television series following the events of the first film, "", began airing on Cartoon Network in September 2012. Its second season was renamed "Dragons: Defenders of Berk". Set several years later, and as a more immediate prequel to the second film, a new television series, titled "Dragons: Race to the Edge", aired on Netflix in June 2015. The second season of the show was added to Netflix in January 2016 and a third season in June 2016. A fourth season aired on Netflix in February 2017 and a fifth season in August 2017.
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The Legend of Gelert the Dog By Ben Johnson | Comments One of the best known, and loved, folk-tales in Wales is the story of a faithful hound. The story goes that in the thirteenth-century, Prince Llywelyn the Great had a palace at Beddgelert in Caernarvonshire, and as the Prince was a keen hunter, he spent much of his time in the surrounding countryside. He had many hunting dogs, but one day when he summoned them as usual with his horn, his favourite dog Gelert didn't appear, so regretfully Llywelyn had to go hunting without him. When Llywelyn returned from the hunt, he was greeted by Gelert who came bounding towards him …his jaws dripping with blood. The Prince was appalled, and a horrible thought came into his mind …was the blood on the dog's muzzle that of his one-year old son? His worst fears were realised when he saw in the child's nursery, an upturned cradle, and walls spattered with blood! He searched for the child but there was no sign of him. Llywelyn was convinced that his favourite hound had killed his son. Mad with grief he took his sword and plunged it into Gelert's heart. As the dog howled in his death agony, Llywelyn heard a child's cry coming from underneath the upturned cradle. It was his son, unharmed! Beside the child was an enormous wolf, dead, killed by the brave Gelert. Courtesy of Elle Wilson Llywelyn was struck with remorse and carried the body of his faithful dog outside the castle walls, and buried him where everyone could see the grave of this brave animal, and hear the story of his valiant fight with the wolf. To this day, a cairn of stones marks the place, and the name Beddgelert means in Welsh 'The grave of Gelert'. Every year thousands of people visit the grave of this brave dog; slight problem however, is that the cairn of stones is actually less than 200 years old! Nevertheless this story has great appeal. History and myth appear to have become a little confused when in 1793, a man called David Pritchard came to live in Beddgelert. He was the landlord of the Royal Goat Inn and knew the story of the brave dog and adapted it to fit the village, and so benefit his trade at the inn. He apparently invented the name Gelert, and introduced the name Llywelyn into the story because of the Prince's connection with the nearby Abbey, and it was with the help of the parish clerk that Pritchard, not Llywelyn, raised the cairn! Whether the story is based on legend, myth or history it is still an entertaining one. Similar legends can also be found throughout Europe.
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These tomato plant wilt diseases are caused by fungi in the soil that enter through young roots, then begin to plug the vessels that move water to the roots and stems of the plants. Without water, the plants begin to suffer from tomato wilt on sunny days, although they appear to recover at night.
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Hellenistic military equipment was generally characterized by an increase in size. Hellenistic-era warships grew from the trireme to include more banks of oars and larger numbers of rowers and soldiers as in the Quadrireme and Quinquereme. The Ptolemaic Tessarakonteres was the largest ship constructed in Antiquity. New siege engines were developed during this period. An unknown engineer developed the torsion-spring catapult (ca. 360) and Dionysios of Alexandria designed a repeating ballista, the Polybolos. Preserved examples of ball projectiles range from 4.4 kg to 78 kg (or over 170 lbs). Demetrius Poliorcetes was notorious for the large siege engines employed in his campaigns, especially during the 12-month siege of Rhodes when he had Epimachos of Athens build a massive 160 ton siege tower named Helepolis, filled with artillery.
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Miniclip 8 Ball Pool â The Best Pool Game For Android Contents1In-Game Physics2Phone, Tablet, Computer A while back I wrote about World Championship Snooker for Android. It’s a great game for any snooker fan, but it’s a little too realistic and it isn’t free. So what if you want a fun, quick to pick up pool game that’s also free? Well, enter Miniclip’s 8 Ball Pool. I’ve been meaning to write about this app for quite some time as it is a really simple, yet brilliant game. Not only can you play “normal” games across the internet with other people, you can also play tournaments. The whole game is based around coins which are the in game currency which you can use as an ever increasing stake on your matches. As you build up more and more coins you can also trade these in for customised cues and tables. Although, the tables only currently work on the desktop version of the game. As well as this you can also buy perks like increased power, longer guide lines, and increased spin. As you progress in the game you gain XP points and your rank increases until you reach the dizzy heights of Grand Master  at level 100.  You can also check the stats for each person you are playing against from within the game, as you can see from my stats below, with nearly 1500 games under my belt, and 63% wins, I’m not too shabby at this game (practice makes perfect). In-Game Physics8 Ball Pool is a game, it’s not a simulator, so therefore the physics within the game isn’t really true to life. However, once you get used to them you can pull off some pretty brilliant shots that are a lot of fun. At first I found the inaccurate physics to be pretty frustrating, but now that I am used to the game I have to say that I really do love it and I play it most days. Phone, Tablet, Computer Obviously 8 Ball Pool has a free Android app that you can get from the Google Play Store, but you can also play it on your laptop/PC from inside your browser using the Miniclip website. If you already have an account from the mobile app then you can sign in to the website and all of your stats etc will be synced. Overall 8 Ball Pool is a simple, well made game that has a lot of features to keep you entertained for a very long time, and I have to say that I’m pretty addicted to this game. So, if you decide to download 8 Ball Pool and we cross paths, I wish you luck!User Rating: 2.9 ( 9 votes)
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José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo (born 16 June 1991), commonly known as Jota, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for English Championship club Birmingham City. A product of the Celta Vigo youth system, he played little for that club's first team. He had a loan spell with Real Madrid Castilla in 2012–13 and helped Eibar gain promotion to La Liga while on loan in the 2013–14 season. He spent three years with English club Brentford, during which time he again played on loan at Eibar. In August 2017, he joined Birmingham City for a club record fee.
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The use of the term Länder (Lands) dates back to the Weimar Constitution of 1919. Before this time, the constituent states of the German Empire were called Staaten (States). Today, it is very common to use the term Bundesland (Federal Land). However, this term is not used officially, neither by the constitution of 1919 nor by the Basic Law (Constitution) of 1949. Three Länder call themselves Freistaaten (Free States, which is the old-fashioned German expression for Republic), Bavaria (since 1919), Saxony (originally since 1919 and again since 1990), and Thuringia (since 1994). There is little continuity between the current states and their predecessors of the Weimar Republic with the exception of the three free states, and the two city-states of Hamburg and Bremen.
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Best Baby Carriers Best Reviews Baby & Kids Best Baby Carriers Best Baby Carriers Updated April 2018Why trust Best Reviews? Best Reviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing, and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers. Read more Bottom Line Pros Cons Best of the Best ERGObaby Four Position 360Check Price Compare Prices3 stores Comfortable for both wearer and baby, this versatile carrier is the best on the market. Four secure position choices for baby. Supportive bucket seat. Infant insert sold separately. Best Bang for the Buck Boba Baby Wrap Check Price Compare Prices3 stores A simple, no-fuss solution for adults who want to keep baby close while doing other things. Easy to use and wear. A simple approach to carrying your baby that promotes physical bonding. Wearer and child can get hot and sweaty. Child can only face inward. Moby Wrap Moderns 100% Cotton Check Price Compare Prices2 stores Similar to the Boba wrap, but with no spandex for additional support. (100 percent cotton. )A hardware-free solution for those who want to enjoy close contact with baby on the go. Cumbersome and lengthy. Putting this wrap on entails a considerable learning curve. BABYBJORNOriginal Check Price Compare Prices2 stores A reliable, product that will transport your baby securely. The best value for your money. A sturdy carrier made by one of the most trusted names in the industry. Neck aches are fairly common after extended use, especially if not put on correctly. Beco Gemini Check Price Check Price at1 store Parents love the comfortable fit and different positions of this mid-range baby carrier. X-crossing straps keeps parents more comfortable. Doesn't require an infant insert. Many parents complain that the belt clip is difficult to open. How We Decided We purchase every product we review with our own funds — we never accept anything from product manufacturers.83Models Considered39Hours Spent3Experts Interviewed212Consumers Consulted Shopping Guide for Best Baby Carriers While buggies or strollers are still the default mode of transportation for a baby, using a baby carrier — or "babywearing" as it's often referred to — is becoming increasingly popular. Like many products for babies, however, you can find a huge range of options and varieties, so selecting the right carrier for you and your little one can seem like a challenge. If you're struggling, you're in luck — we at Best Reviews are here to demystify the world of baby carriers and help you make an informed purchase. In order to produce fair, thorough, and unbiased reviews, we test products in our labs and out in the field, talk to experts, and consult existing customers to find the opinions of real people who use these products day in, day out. What we never do is accept free products or samples from manufacturers. Read on for our full guide to baby carriers and prepare to start your babywearing journey. Stay Connected Like us on Facebook!Get exclusive content, advice, and tips from Best Reviews delivered to your inbox. Stay Updated Many baby carriers have a position for nursing, so you can feed your baby more easily on the go. Why Buy a Baby Carrier? Here we examine some of the reasons why you might like using a baby carrier. Unlike using a stroller, babywearing leaves your hands free, which can be useful if you're walking the dog, out and about with older children to look after, or simply trying to get some chores done around the house. Many babies — especially newborns — enjoy the closeness to a parent when in a baby carrier, and may be easier to soothe. Strollers can be a nightmare to push over uneven terrain, but that's not an issue with a baby carrier. It's easier to maneuver around crowded places when wearing your baby, as opposed to using a stroller. While they might seem boring to us, most babies are deeply entertained by watching everyday tasks, so putting your little one in a carrier while you get on with your day can keep him happily occupied. Some babies nap better in a carrier than in a crib or cot. Some parents find using a baby carrier helps them to bond with their infant. Staff Best Reviews Types of Baby Carriers Types Soft Structured Carriers Soft structured baby carriers are made from soft, often padded, material sewn into the correct shape, with straps and buckles for fastening. So, you just put it on, fasten it, and pop the baby in. Pros Easy to use and quick to put on, many models can be worn on the front or back. Some have a minimum weight or require an extra insert for carrying newborns. Cons Not as adjustable as wraps or slings, so shorter parents may find some models uncomfortable. They can be relatively costly. Price Generic models start at about $40 but may not be hugely durable; expect to pay $100 to $200 for a highly-rated carrier from a trusted brand. DID YOU KNOW? Some soft structured carriers have pockets on them, which are very handy for holding a few baby essentials. Types Wraps A baby carrying wrap is essentially a long length of slightly stretchy fabric, which can be arranged and tied in a number of ways to carry your baby in various positions. Pros Distributes baby's weight evenly, so it's not all on your back and shoulders. A wrap is one of the most inexpensive baby carrying options, highly adjustable to suit any height, and can be tied in a huge number of ways to best suit you and your baby. Cons Not as quick or easy to put on as other carriers, may have a lower maximum weight limit than structured carriers or baby backpacks. Price$20 to $50. You pay more for name brand models, but all wraps are very similar. Product in Depth ERGObaby Four Position 360Carry Every Which Way The main draw of the Ergobaby 360 is that it can be used to carry your baby in a range of positions. With the carrier on your front, baby can be faced in or out, and older babies can be carried on the back or hip. It's likely to have a longer shelf-life, as babies often favor different carrying positions as they grow. It's also more likely to suit both parents, who may each have their own preferred carrying style. Types Slings Slings are made from woven, non-stretch material, and are worn over one shoulder. Pros Fairly inexpensive, easier to put on than a wrap, good for discretely nursing your baby. Cons Can be uncomfortable once your baby gets too heavy, less supportive than other types of carriers. Price Around $15 to $60. DID YOU KNOW? You can find two types of sling baby carrier — ring slings and pouch slings. The former are adjustable, whereas the latter are not. Types Baby Backpacks Baby backpacks are designed to be worn on the back. and may be framed or unframed. Pros Good for older children, who might be uncomfortable to carry on the front as they get heavier, tend to be rugged and durable, ideal for hiking and carrying for longer periods. Cons Can be bulky — especially framed models. Even lower-end models are expensive. Price$90 to $300. EXPERT TIPBaby backpacks are very supportive, and suitable even for very long periods of babywearing. Staff | Best Reviews Considerations for Selecting a Baby Carrier Considerations Front-Carrying or Back-Carrying Consider whether you want to wear your baby on your front or on your back. Many parents prefer front-carrying at first, as this allows you to keep a closer eye on your baby, plus nursing moms can feed in most front carriers. Some people also feel emotionally closer to their child in a front-carrying position, which can help with bonding. However, you may find carrying your baby on your back less uncomfortable, especially as she gets older and heavier. What's more, some babies simply prefer being carried on the back, so you just have to find what works for you and your little one. FOR YOUR SAFETYConsider the weight of any baby carriers you're considering. Most are fairly lightweight, but even a couple of pounds can make a difference when you also have to support the weight of your child. Considerations Inward-Facing or Outward-Facing Once your baby can hold his head up independently — usually at about four to six months old — you can choose to position him facing outward in a baby carrier that sits on your front. Not all carriers support the outward-facing position, so if you want to have the option, choose your carrier appropriately. The only issue is that some baby carriers just let baby's legs hang down when in the outward-facing position, which can cause hip problems. So, only opt for an outward-facing baby carrier if it allows the proper M-shaped leg position. EXPERT TIPSome babies love to see the world going by in an outward-facing position, whereas others become over-stimulated. Only you know what's best for your child in these kinds of scenarios, so don't be swayed by popular opinion. Staff | Best Reviews Considerations Comfort Think about the comfort of both the wearer of the carrier and passenger inside. For the person wearing the carrier, even weight distribution is key. Thick straps and padding can help on structured carriers and baby backpacks. The nature of the baby wrap means that the part of the wrap that acts as the straps is very wide, so weight is evenly distributed — as such, many users find baby wraps extremely comfortable. For your baby, a well padded structured carrier or a soft, stretchy wrap will increase her comfort. Product in Depth Boba Baby Wrap Nearly Skin-to-Skin When you use a sling like the Boba Baby Wrap, you share an intimacy with your child that imparts a lifetime of benefits. The carrier is machine washable, so you don't have to worry if it gets a bit sweaty from time to time. Parents who choose to use a carrier for its skin-to-skin benefits understand this trade-off and generally don't see it as a major inconvenience. Considerations Ease of Use Structured carriers are the easiest variety of baby carrier to use, since you simply put them on like a backpack (or a front-pack, as the case may be), fasten a strap around your waist, and slip your baby inside. Wraps are arguably the hardest to use, since you have to learn how to tie them, and this varies, depending on how you want to carry your baby. That said, although there's a bit of a learning curve involved with wraps, once you get the hang of them, it should only take you a couple of minutes to put yours on. FOR YOUR SAFETYGenerally, newborns should be carried on your front only, so pay attention to any minimum age or minimum weight for back carriers. Considerations Adjustability Parents come in all shapes and sizes, so it's nonsensical to expect one baby carrier to fit every mom and dad, unless it's adjustable. Wrap-style baby carriers are the most adjustable, since you tie them on yourself, and you’re completely in control of where they sit on your body. Soft structured carriers and baby backpacks usually have adjustable straps to suit people of a range of heights. Parents under about 5'2" sometimes report soft structured carriers have straps that are too long, thus holding their baby too low, and making it uncomfortable. Some models are better suited to shorter users, however, so it's worth looking into if you have your heart set on a structured carried, rather than a wrap. Staff Best Reviews Tips To avoid improper hip development, and issues such as hip dysplasia, babies should always be carried with their legs in the "M" position — that is, with knees bent up and legs spread wide. Ensure your chosen carrier allows your baby to sit in this position. Some towns have baby carrier "libraries" that allow you to try on different baby carriers, and sometimes even borrow them for a short trial, which can help you find one that's right for you and your baby. Be careful your baby doesn't overheat while in her carrier. Treat it as an extra layer of clothing and dress your child accordingly. If your baby can't yet hold up his own head independently, make sure your chosen carrier will offer appropriate support, as it's a pain to have to use one hand to hold up your baby's head at all times. Consider how often you'll use your carrier — if it'll be your main mode of transporting your baby, it's worth spending more than you would if you're only planning to use it occasionally. FAQQ. Are baby carriers safe to use? A. Baby carriers are safe to use, but you should still take some precautions, especially when wearing a newborn. Always make sure the baby carrier is tight, holding your baby close to you so that he doesn't slump back, which could affect his breathing. Young babies should be in your sight while wearing them — on your front, rather than back — and with the face turned upward, not tucked down into the carrier or in a chin-to-chest position. Also, ensure your child is as high up in their carrier as is comfortable — her head should be close enough for you to kiss. Q. Are all baby carriers suitable for newborns? A. Most baby carriers are suitable for most newborns — though they do have a minimum weight limit, so check this out before using, especially if you have a small or premature baby. Some soft structured carriers have a special insert to be used with newborns or babies under a certain weight. Q. Is there a maximum weight limit for baby carriers? A. Yes, all baby carriers have a maximum weight limit. Be sure to pay attention to it, particularly if you intend to wear your baby well into toddlerhood. You may, however, find that using a baby carrier becomes uncomfortable for either you or your child (or both) before she reaches the maximum weight limit. The team that worked on this review Devangana Web Producer Jeff Editor Lauren Writer Melissa Senior Editor Best Strollers Read Next
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The Culinary Institute of America is a much bigger school, but it also keeps class sizes to 16 students per chef-instructor. Each graduating class has four groups of students enrolled in the culinary arts program and one in the pastry program, so there are about 80 new students every three weeks.
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What is a Plough What is a Plough By Tractor Agriculture | July 5, 2014 8 Comments Tractor Agriculture is going to demonstrate topic called What is a Plough inside out today. When i was 14 years old, I went with my father to the fields and saw many types of new tools. We will today discuss about an important Agricultural Equipment which cannot be ignored. This is going to be a single resource article having all the knowledge needed to understand this tool. A Plough or Plow is an Agricultural Implement which is used to cut the soil and make it suitable for the process called seed sowing. Before sowing the seeds into the field, it is paramount to make the field suitable. To accomplish this, different types of ploughs are used nowadays.1 of 8View on Slide Share What is the Advantage of using Plough? The major reasons are listed below: The first reason is to accomplish deeper seed level for efficient penetration. It adds more humus and fertility to the soil by covering vegetation and minerals. It destroys the unwanted weeds. It gives the soil the condition to breathe easily and air can easily pass through the soil. The seeds are able to establish good contact with the soil. The insects and their eggs are destroyed. The surface reaches to such a condition in which the erosion by wind is a rare possibility. Now we have learnt the major advantage of a plough, let us discover the right time to Plough. This is very important research task and the yield of crop generally depends upon quality of seed bed and time of start. There are many factors which should be taken care of during this process. These points are: During rainy season, if early ploughing is done, it helps in retaining the crop and minimizes unwanted weeds. These weeds later become manure which ultimately results in overall benefit. Types of Ploughs There are different types of Ploughs available to match various types of soil structures. These different types are listed below: Mould Board Plough Disc Type Plough Rotary Plough Chisel or sub surface Plough Sub Soiler Plough Mould Board Plough In the older times, wooden plough was used mostly but in the recent times steel versions are used everywhere. The Mould Board version cut the furrow slices into pulverised form. The main use of this tool is to cover vegetables and green manure crops. It is also used for inverting grass into the soil after rainfall. There are different types of Mould Board Ploughs like: Trailed Mounted Semi Mounted These versions are further sub divided into: One-Way Version Two Way Version Trailed Mould Boards It is also called as pull type mouldboard plough and is supported on 2 or 3 wheels. Single Bottom Plough This type of setting is maintained on 2 wheels and a land wheel. A screw jack and hydraulic cylinder are also involved in integration. Gang Mould Board This type has between 2 to 5 bottoms. To lift this plough, a power lift or screw jack or hydraulic cylinders are used which can easily raise or lower the plough. Mounted Ploughs They are also called as direct mounted or tractor mounted ploughs. They are attached to a Tractor and Tractor lift is used to raise or lower them. When this implement is lifted, the whole load is managed by the Tractor itself. One Way Plough These types of implements direct the soil in a particular direction when seen from behind. Two Way Plough This type has 2 type of bottoms i.e. left and right. These kinds of Ploughs are very popular nowadays and are the preferred choice for irregular land. Disc Plough The name resembles the structure of this implement. It is in the form of a disc i.e. DISK (concave shape). They were used in order to reduce the friction. This Plough cannot be used at greater speeds as cutting process requires slow speed. Compared to Mould Board, Disk Plough has lesser maintenance cost. Disc Plow can easily be used in conditions where mouldboard plow cannot be used. These conditions are listed below: The soil that is sticky in nature. The land that is dry and hard. Disc Plough can easily move over the stones. Disk Plow is very effective after crop harvesting and ground being hard. They are mostly used for deep ploughing. The life span of a Disk Plough is greater in abrasive soil as compared to Mould Board Plow. Types of Disc Ploughs The Disc Plows can generally divided into 2 categories. They are: Bullock Based Tractor Based There are different parts that constitute a Disk Plow. They are: Hitch Bolt Disk Scraper Disk Hub Rear Furrow Wheel Beam or Frame Lift Crank Bullock Drawn Plough is divided into 2 types. These are i) Sulky and ii) Gang Type. The Tractor based Disc Plow is divided into 3 types namely:i) Direct Mountedii) Semi Mountediii) Trailing Type. What is a Plough Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video.0:00 / 1:21Rotary Hoe or Rotary Plough This type of plough is very popular nowadays due to their specific use in seed bed preparation. The cutting of soil is done by steel tines or blades. The Rotary Hoes are of 3 types. Pull Type In this type of setting, Tractor pulls the rotary hoe and auxiliary engine is attached to supply power. The blades are made to run using this integration. Tractor Mounted These are mounted on tractors and PTO shaft manages the running process. Self Propelled These type of hoes are usually driven by own engine and are effective in small farms or gardens where the operator walks along side. Tractor Mounted and Self Propelled plough varieties are mostly used. In Tractor Mounted Implements, power from tractor rear PTO shaft is transmitted by a propeller shaft to the gearbox through a dog clutch which is handled by a hand lever. Power from gearbox is transmitted to sprocket for moving the rotor shaft. The rotors have sharp edged blades fitted on them. Types of Tilth The type of tilth can be controlled by the machine. These factors affect the type of tilth:i) The type of soil.ii) The speed of Tractor and machine.iii) The Moisture Content of soil. Depth of Cut The machine can easily cut to a depth of 9” but it is advisable to make a cut of 5” on starting so that machine overloading can be avoided. Chisel or Sub Surface Plough The chisel plow is used at shallow depths and areas where we do not want to turn the soil. Their primary use is to loosen hard dry soil. This implement is mostly used for reclamation of land which has not been used for Agriculture. Sub Soilers They are similar to Chisel Ploughs but are rigid and heavy duty in nature. Sub Soiler can shear land up to depth of 36”. This process requires a lot of machine power, so Tractors with power range between 100hp-200hp are used for these types of Ploughs. Heavy Sub Soiler implements are mostly used for the land reclamation. This implement is used for water conversation on hill slopes and hill side fields and also to improve wet areas drainage. Contact Information: NAME: Tractor Agriculture Address: #1177, Sector 42-BPhone Number: +91-9780446337Related Posts Secondary Tillage Implements What is a Disc Harrow Types of Tractors What is Manure Spreader How to Change Tires on a Rim Category: Agriculture Implements Tags: chisel plough, disc plough, mouldboard plough, rotary plough, subsoiler plough, types of ploughs
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Jacksonville Private Schools Jacksonville Private Schools All Schools (128)High Schools (61)Elementary Schools (115)Preschools (74)Public Schools (194)There are 128 private schools in Jacksonville, FL, serving 25,793 students. The average private school tuition is $6,854 for elementary schools and $7,004 for high schools (view national tuition averages ). The average acceptance rate is 93% (view national acceptance rates ). Minority enrollment is 36% of the student body, and the student:teacher ratio is 11:1.71% of schools are religiously affiliated (most commonly Christian and Baptist ). St Marks Day School Jacksonville, Florida Private Schools School Location Grades Students Children's Educational Services d.b.a. The Broach School and Crossroads Christian School Special Education School Add to Compare12276 San Jose Blvd. Suite 528Jacksonville, FL 32223 (904)652-1282K-12n/a The Foundation Academy Special Program Emphasis (Christian)Add to Compare3765 San Pablo Rd SJacksonville, FL 32224 (904)493-7300PK-12 335Jacksonville Country Day School Add to Compare10063 Baymeadows Road Jacksonville, FL 32256 (904)641-6644PK-6n/a St Marks Day School (Episcopal)Add to Compare4114 Oxford Avenue Jacksonville, FL 32210 (904)388-2632NS-6 448Mosaic Day School Special Education School Add to Compare6867 Southpoint Dr NJacksonville, FL 32216 (904)619-6071NS-K 20A Child's Place Montessori School Montessori School Add to Compare3718 Salisbury Road Jacksonville, FL 32216 (904)733-5797NS-5 89Academie de Montessori Montessori School Add to Compare1216 Lasalle St Jacksonville, FL 32207 (904)398-3830PK-6 71Al-Furqan Academy (Islamic)Add to Compare2333 Saint Johns Bluff Rd SJacksonville, FL 32246 (904)645-0810PK-8 154Amikids Jacksonville Alternative School Add to Compare13375 Beach blvd Jacksonville, FL 32246 (904)223-11216-12 41Argyle Christian Preschool & Kindergarten Daycare / Preschool (Christian)Add to Compare6823 Argyle Forest Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32244 (904)778-4838PK-K 100Arlington Country Day School Add to Compare (1)5725 Fort Caroline Rd Jacksonville, FL 32277 (904)762-0123K-12 221Arlington Kindergarten Daycare / Preschool Add to Compare (3)1210 Marcheck St Jacksonville, FL 32211 (904)743-4034PK-KG 81Assumption Catholic School (Roman Catholic)Add to Compare2431 Atlantic Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32207 (904)398-1774PK-8 603Atcom Christian School (Christian)Add to Compare5508 Wesconnett Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32244 (904)777-0500PK-11 45Baymeadows Christian Academy (Baptist)Add to Compare4826 Baymeadows Rd Jacksonville, FL 32217 (904)733-3400NS-8 262Baymeadows Kinder Care Daycare / Preschool Add to Compare8401 Baymeadows Way Jacksonville, FL 32256 (904)730-9181NS-PKn/a Bethel Holiness Academy (Pentecostal)Add to Compare Po Box 26804Jacksonville, FL 32226 (904)781-5400KG-12 38Beverley Hills Development Center Daycare / Preschool Add to Compare3731 Rogers Avenue Jacksonville, FL 32208 (904)768-3428NS-PK 20The Beverly Institute (Christian)Add to Compare5310 Lenox Ave Ste 13Jacksonville, FL 32205 (904)394-08776-12 11Bishop John J Snyder High School (Roman Catholic)Add to Compare5001 Samaritan Way Jacksonville, FL 32210 (904)771-10299-12 476Bishop Kenny High School (Roman Catholic)Add to Compare1055 Kingman Ave Jacksonville, FL 32207 (904)398-75459-12 1236Blessed Trinity Catholic School (Roman Catholic)Add to Compare (1)10472 Beach Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32246 (904)641-6458PK-8 206The Bolles School Add to Compare7400 San Jose Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32217 (904)256-5002PK-12 1677The Broach School Special Education School Add to Compare11915 Beach Blvd, Ste 101Jacksonville, FL 32246 (904)637-0300K-12 105Broach School of Jacksonville, South Campus Special Education School Add to Compare11915 Beach Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32246 (904)674-0900K-12 152Broach School South Special Education School Add to Compare11915 Beach Blvd. Ste 101Jacksonville, FL 32246 (904)674-0900K-12 135Cedar Creek Christian School (Baptist)Add to Compare (1)1372 Lane Ave SJacksonville, FL 32205 (904)781-9151PK-12 255Cedar Hills Baptist Christian School (Baptist)Add to Compare (1)4200 Jammes Rd Jacksonville, FL 32210 (904)772-0812PK-8 213Center Academy Special Education School Add to Compare10679 Old St. Augustine Rd. Jacksonville, FL 32257 (904)448-19564-12 52Center Academy - St Johns Bluff Special Education School Add to Compare2804 Saint Johns Bluff Rd S Ste 103Jacksonville, FL 32246 (904)645-53666-12 60Chappell Child Dev Center - Deerwood Daycare / Preschool Add to Compare8400 Baycenter Road Jacksonville, FL 32256 (904)739-1279NS-PK 125Chatmans Early Learning Christian Academy (Baptist)Add to Compare1614 Leonid Rd Jacksonville, FL 32218 (904)751-9803PK-9 120Christ The King Catholic School (Roman Catholic)Add to Compare6822 Larkin Rd Jacksonville, FL 32211 (904)724-2954PK-8 333Christ's Church Academy (Christian)Add to Compare10850 Old St. Augustine Rd. Jacksonville, FL 32257 (904)268-8667K-12 430Christian Heritage Academy (Church of the Nazarene)Add to Compare3930 University Blvd SJacksonville, FL 32216 (904)733-4722KG-8 137Show 93 more private schools in Jacksonville, FLRecent Articles March 01, 2018Disaster Preparedness: How Prepared Is Your School? 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30 percent of local government department leaders are women, but only 13 percent of Chief Administrative Officers (CAO) are female, according to a recent ICMA report Tweet this The percentage of women holding local government CAO roles is the same as it was 34 years ago, in 1981, according to the same report Tweet this
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Autumn, winter, and early spring are frequently characterized by rain. Winters are cool and wet with December, the coolest month, averaging 40.6 °F (4.8 °C), with 28 annual days with lows that reach the freezing mark, and 2.0 days where the temperature stays at or below freezing all day; the temperature rarely lowers to 20 °F (−7 °C). Summers are sunny, dry and warm, with August, the warmest month, averaging 66.1 °F (18.9 °C), and with temperatures reaching 90 °F (32 °C) on 3.1 days per year, although 2011 is the most recent year to not reach 90 °F. The hottest officially recorded temperature was 103 °F (39 °C) on July 29, 2009; the coldest recorded temperature was 0 °F (−18 °C) on January 31, 1950; the record cold daily maximum is 16 °F (−9 °C) on January 14, 1950, while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is 71 °F (22 °C) the day the official record high was set. The average window for freezing temperatures is November 16 thru March 10, allowing a growing season of 250 days.
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Washington Union Station From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Union Station (Washington, D. C.))navigation search For the Washington Metro station, see Union Station (Washington Metro). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Washington Union Station Amtrak, MARC, and VRE railway station Location 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE Washington, DC United States Coordinates 38°53′50″N 77°00′23″WCoordinates: 38°53′50″N 77°00′23″WOwned by Amtrak and USDOT. [1] Union Station Redevelopment Corp. leased to Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation [2]Operated by Jones Lang La Salle Line (s) Northeast Corridor Platforms 18Tracks 22Train operators Amtrak, MARC, VREBus stands located on the mezzanine level [3]Bus operators WMATA Metrobus DC Circulator Maryland MTA Commuter Bus Loudoun County Commuter Bus PRTC Buses Bolt Bus Greyhound Lines Megabus Peter Pan Bus Lines Washington Deluxe Best Bus Connections Washington Metro at Union Station DC Streetcar Construction Parking 2,448Bicycle facilities 180Disabled access Yes Other information Station code Amtrak code: WASIATA code: ZWUFare zone 1 (VREX)History Opened 1908Rebuilt 1981–1989Traffic Passengers (2017) 5,225,460 annually [4] 2.49% (Amtrak)Passengers (2016) 28,864 daily [5] 7.45% (Metro)Services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus Acela Express BWI Airporttoward Boston South Station Vermonter New Carrolltontoward St. Albans Rockvilletoward Chicago Capitol Limited Terminus Alexandriatoward Chicago Cardinal Terminus Cardinal Suspended Baltimoretoward New York City Alexandriatoward Charlotte Carolinian Alexandriatoward New Orleans Crescent Alexandriatoward Miami Silver Meteor Silver Star Alexandriatoward Norfolk, Newport News, or Roanoke Northeast Regional New Carrolltontoward Boston South Station or Springfield Alexandriatoward Savannah Palmetto New Carrolltontoward New York City MARCSilver Springtoward Martinsburg or Frederick Brunswick Line Terminus Terminus Camden Line Riverdaletoward Camden Station Penn Line New Carrolltontoward Perryville Virginia Railway Express L'Enfanttoward Broad Run Manassas Line Terminus L'Enfanttoward Spotsylvania Fredericksburg Line [ show]Other services Washington D. C. Union Station U. S. National Register of Historic Places Built 1908Architect D. H. Burnham & Company (William Pierce Anderson, Daniel Burnham)Architectural style Classical, Beaux-Arts, among others NRHP reference # 69000302Designated March 24, 1969Washington Union Station is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D. C. Opened in 1907, it is Amtrak 's headquarters and the railroad's second-busiest station with annual ridership of just under 5 million. [6] The station also serves MARC and VRE commuter rail services, the Washington Metro, intercity bus lines, and local Metrobus buses. At the height of its traffic, during World War II, as many as 200,000 passengers passed through the station in a single day. [7] In 1988, a headhouse wing was added and the original station renovated for use as a shopping mall. Today, Union Station is one of the busiest rail facilities and shopping destinations in the United States, and is visited by over 40 million people a year. [8]Contents [ hide ]1 History1.1 Pre-Union Station Terminals1.2 Construction1.3 Impact on the Neighborhood1.4 Opening and Operation1.5 Decline1.6 Restoration1.7 A New Life2 Architecture3 Services4 Owner5 Gallery6 See also7 Notes8 References9 Further reading10 External links History [ edit]Pre-Union Station Terminals [ edit]Before Union Station opened, each of the major railroads operated out of one of two stations: New Jersey Avenue Station (1851-1907): Baltimore and Ohio Railroad trains arrived and left from this train station. It was located at the corner of New Jersey Avenue NW and C Street NW. [ citation needed]Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station (1872-1907): Baltimore and Potomac Railroad (B&P) (a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad ), the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and the Southern Railway all left from this train station. It was located at the corner of B Street NW (now Constitution Avenue) and 6th Street NW. [ citation needed]The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line ran east on D Street NE across North Capitol, then north on Delaware Avenue NE. It divided into two lines. The Metropolitan branch continued north on 1st Street NE, turning east on New York Ave NE and continuing north through Eckington. The other line turned east onto I Street NE up to 7th Street NE where it headed back north on what is today West Virginia Avenue running next to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb now Gallaudet University. [9]Construction [ edit]A 1902 drawing of a proposal for the design of Union Station Union Station in 1906 before its opening. Notice the absence of the Columbus Fountain. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announced in 1901 that they had agreed to build a new union station together, the city had two reasons to celebrate. [10] The decision meant that both railroads would soon remove their trackwork and terminals from the National Mall. Though changes there appeared only gradually, the consolidation of the depots allowed the creation of the Mall as it appears today. Secondly, the plan to bring all the city's railroads under one roof promised that Washington would finally have a station both large enough to handle large crowds and impressive enough to befit the city's role as the federal capital. The station was to be designed under the guidance of Daniel Burnham, a famed Chicago architect and member of the U. S. Senate Park Commission, who in September 1901 wrote to the Commission's chairman, Sen. James Mc Millan, of the proposed project: "The station and its surroundings should be treated in a monumental manner, as they will become the vestibule of the city of Washington, and as they will be in close proximity to the Capitol itself." [11]After two years of complicated and sometimes contentious negotiations, Congress passed S. 4825 (58th-1st session) entitled "An Act to provide a union railroad station in the District of Columbia" which was signed into law by 26th President Theodore Roosevelt on February 28, 1903. [12] The Act authorized the Washington Terminal Company (which was to be jointly owned by the B&O and the PRR-controlled Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad) to construct a station “monumental in character” that would cost at least $4 million. (The main station building's actual cost eventually exceeded $5.9 million.) Including additional outlays for new terminal grades, approaches, bridges, viaducts, coach and freight yards, tunnels, shops, support buildings and other infrastructure, the total cost to the Terminal Company for all the improvements associated with Union Station exceeded $16 million. This cost was financed by $12 million in first mortgage bonds as well as advances by the owners which were repaid by stock and cash. [ citation needed]Each carrier also received $1.5 million in government funding to compensate them for the costs of eliminating grade crossings in the city. The only railroad station in the nation specifically authorized by the U. S. Congress, the building was primarily designed by William Pierce Anderson of the Chicago architectural firm of D. H. Burnham & Company. [13] [14]Impact on the Neighborhood [ edit]Though the project was supported on the Federal level, there was opposition at the local level. The new depot would displace residents and impact the new neighborhoods east of the tracks. On January 10, 1902, a meeting took place between the representatives of the railroads and those of the District of Columbia to present preliminary plans regarding the construction of the Union Depot (Union Station). The plan proposed creating tunnels under the tracks for K, L and M Street NE but that H Street would be closed. The street would be closed 300 ft on both sides of Delaware Avenue (for a total of 600 ft). If a tunnel was to be built for H Street NE, the cost would be an extra $10,000. [15]On January 13, 1902, the Northeast Washington Citizens' Association meeting at the Northeast Temple on H Street NE was outraged over this plan. Representatives of Congress and the Railroads were present to hear the opposition of the citizens present. The president of the Association that the Pennsylvania Railroad controlled Congress and a member of the Association threatened to take them to court. The loss of a major access road to downtown for the residents of Northeast, the loss of millions of dollars of business properties and of the business it represents, the closure of a vital streetcar line used by commuters was unacceptable considering the cost of building an access across the tracks. [16]At the March 10, 1902 meeting, the President of the Association informed the audience that the District Commissioners was supportive of requests of the citizens of Washington, DC and that H Street would remain open with a 750 ft tunnel running under the tracks. [17]The Station and tracks took the place of over 100 houses in the heart of an impoverished neighborhood called " Swampoodle " where crime was rampant. It was the end of a community but the beginning of a new era for Washington, DC. Tiber Creek which was prone to flooding was put in a tunnel underground. Delaware Avenue disappeared from the map between Massachusetts Avenue and Florida Avenue under the tracks. Only a small section remains next to the tracks between L and M Streets NE. [18]Map showing the impact of the railway tracks Map showing the impact of Union Station Opening and Operation [ edit]Trains at the station shortly after its completion, circa 1908Train concourse, circa 1915U. S. O. Lounge (former Presidential Suite)The first B&O train to arrive with passengers was the Pittsburgh Express which did so at 6:50 a.m. on October 27, 1907 while the first PRR train arrived three weeks later on November 17. The main building itself was completed in 1908. Of its 32 station tracks, 20 enter from the northeast and terminate at the station's headhouse. The remaining 12 tracks enter below ground level from the south via a 4,033-foot twin-tube tunnel passing under Capitol Hill and a 898-foot long subway under Massachusetts Avenue which allow through traffic direct access to the rail networks both north and south of the city. [19] [20] [21] [22]Among the new station's unique features was an opulent "Presidential Suite" (aka "State Reception Suite") where the U. S. President, State Department, and Congressional leaders could receive distinguished visitors arriving in Washington. Provided with a separate entrance, the suite (which was first used by 27th President William Howard Taft in 1909) was also meant to safeguard the Chief Executive during his travels in an effort to prevent a repeat of the July 1881 assassination of 20th President James A. Garfield in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station. [22] [23] The suite was converted in December 1941, during World War II to a U. S. O. (United Services Organization) canteen, which went on to serve 6.5 million military service members during World War II. Although closed on May 31, 1946, it was reopened in 1951 as a U. S. O. lounge and dedicated by President Harry Truman as a permanent "home away from home" for traveling U. S. Armed Services members. [24] [25]On the morning of January 15, 1953, the Pennsylvania Railroad's Federal, the overnight train from Boston, crashed into the station. When the engineer tried to apply the trainline brakes two miles out of the platforms, he discovered that he only had engine brakes. A switchman on the approach to the station noticed the runaway train and telephoned a warning to the station, as the train coasted downhill into track 16. The GG1 locomotive, No. 4876, hit the bumper block at about 35 miles per hour (56 km/h), jumped onto the platform, destroyed the stationmaster’s office at the end of the track, took out a newsstand, and was on its way to crashing through the wall into the Great Hall. Just then, the floor of the terminal, having never been designed to carry the weight of a locomotive, gave way, dropping the engine into the basement. The 447,000-pound (202,800 kg) electric locomotive fell into about the center of what is now the food court. Remarkably, no one was killed, and passengers in the rear cars thought that they had only had a rough stop. An investigation revealed that an anglecock on the brakeline had been closed, probably by an icicle knocked from an overhead bridge. The accident inspired the finale of the 1976 film Silver Streak. [26] The durable design of the GG1 made its damage repairable, and it was soon back in service after being hauled away in pieces to the PRR's main shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Before the latter action was undertaken, however, the GG1 and the hole it made were temporarily planked over and hidden from view due to the imminent inauguration of General Dwight D. Eisenhower as the thirty-fourth President of the United States. [ citation needed]Until intercity passenger rail service was taken over by Amtrak in 1971, Union Station served as a hub for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, and Southern Railway. The Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad provided a link to Richmond, Virginia, about 100 miles (161 km) to the south, where major north-south lines of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard Air Line Railroad provided service to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. World War II was the busiest period in the station's history in terms of passenger traffic with up to 200,000 people passing through on a single day. [7]Decline [ edit]See also: National Visitor Center The "Pit"In 1967, the chairman of the Civil Service Commission expressed interest in using Union Station as a visitor center during the upcoming Bicentennial celebrations. Funding for this was collected over the next six years, and the reconstruction of the station included outfitting the Main Hall with a recessed pit to display a slide show presentation. This was officially the PAVE (Primary Audio-Visual Experience), but was sarcastically referred to as "the Pit". The entire project was completed, save for the parking garage, and opening ceremonies were held on Independence Day 1976. Due to a lack of publicity and convenient parking, the National Visitor Center was never popular. Financial considerations caused the National Park Service to close the theaters, end the slideshow presentation in "the Pit", and lay off almost three-quarters of the center's staff on October 28, 1978. [27]After the leaking roof caused the partial collapse of plaster from the ceiling in the eastern wing of the building, the National Park Service declared the entire structure unsafe on February 23, 1981, and sealed the structure to the public. [28]Restoration [ edit]The 1981 ceiling collapse deeply alarmed members of Congress and officials in the new Reagan administration. On April 3, despite a budget austerity push, administration officials proposed a plan to appropriate $7 million to allow the Department of the Interior to finish its authorized $8 million roof repair program. In addition, the government of the District of Columbia would be permitted to reprogram up to $40 million in federal highway money to finish the parking garage at Union Station. [29] On October 19, administration officials and members of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation agreed on additional aspects of the plan. Up to $1 million would be authorized and appropriated to fund a study on needed repairs at the station and a second study on the feasibility of turning Union Station into a retail complex. The Department of Transportation (DOT) was authorized to sign contracts with any willing corporation to construct a retail complex in and around Union Station. [30] DOT was also authorized to spend up to $29 million in already-appropriated money from its Northeast Corridor rail capital building program on Union Station repairs. [31] The revised bill also required DOT to take control of Union Station from the Department of the Interior, [30] and for DOT to buy out its lease with the station's private-sector owners. The buy-out would be spread over six years, for which $275,000 a year was authorized and appropriated. [31] The bill required DOT to operate Union Station as a train station once more, complete with ticketing, waiting areas, baggage areas, and boarding. Although no statement was made in the bill, Senate aides said the intent was to have Amtrak tear down its 1960s-era station at the rear of Union Station and move its operations back inside. [30] The Senate passed the bill unanimously on November 23. [32] The House approved the bill on December 16. [31] President Ronald Reagan signed the Union Station Redevelopment Act into law on December 29. [33] [34]As a result of the Redevelopment Act of 1981, Union Station was closed for restoration and refurbishing. Mold was growing in the leaking ceiling of the Main Hall, and the carpet laid out for an Inauguration Day celebration was full of cigarette-burned holes. In 1988, Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole awarded $70 million to the restoration effort. "The Pit" was transformed into a new basement level, and the Main Hall floor was refitted with marble. While installing new HVAC systems, crews discovered antique items in shafts that had not been opened since the building's creation. [ citation needed]A New Life [ edit]The station reopened in its present form on September 29, 1988. [35] The former “Pit” area was replaced with an AMC movie theater (later Phoenix Theatres), which closed on October 12, 2009, and was replaced with an expanded food court and a Walgreens store. The food court still retains the original arches under which the trains were parked as well as the track numbers on those arches. A variety of shops opened along the Concourse and Main Hall, and a new Amtrak terminal at the back behind the original Concourse. Trains no longer enter the original Concourse but the original, decorative gates were relocated to the new passenger concourse. In 1994, this new passenger concourse was renamed to honor W. Graham Claytor, Jr., who served as Amtrak's president from 1982 to 1993. The decorative elements of the station were also restored. The skylights were preserved, but sunlight no longer illuminates the Concourse because it is blocked by the newer roof structure built directly overhead to support the aging, original structure. [ citation needed]In June, 2015, the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation released the first ever Historic Preservation Plan to guide future preservation and restoration efforts at the Washington Union Station complex. [36]Architecture [ edit]The central interior of Union Station in 2017Architect Daniel H. Burnham, assisted by Pierce Anderson, was inspired by a number of architectural styles. Classical elements included the Arch of Constantine (exterior, main façade) and the great vaulted spaces of the Baths of Diocletian (interior); prominent siting at the intersection of two of Pierre (Peter} Charles L'Enfant 's avenues, with an orientation that faced the United States Capitol just five blocks away; a massive scale, including a façade stretching more than 600 ft (180 m) and a waiting room ceiling 96 ft (29 m) above the floor; stone inscriptions and allegorical sculpture in the Beaux-Arts style; expensive materials such as marble, gold leaf, and white granite from a previously unused quarry. [ citation needed]In the Attic block, above the main cornice of the central block, stand six colossal statues (modeled on the Dacian prisoners of the Arch of Constantine) created by Louis St. Gaudens. These are entitled " The Progress of Railroading " and their iconography expresses the confident enthusiasm of the American Renaissance movement: Prometheus (for Fire), Thales (for Electricity), Themis (for Freedom and Justice), Apollo (for Imagination and Inspiration), Ceres (for Agriculture) and Archimedes (for Mechanics). The substitution of Agriculture for Commerce in a railroad station iconography vividly conveys the power of a specifically American lobbying bloc. St. Gaudens also created the 26 centurions for the station's main hall. [ citation needed]Burnham drew upon a tradition, launched with the 1837 Euston railway station in London, of treating the entrance to a major terminal as a triumphal arch. He linked the monumental end pavilions with long arcades enclosing loggias in a long series of bays that were vaulted with the lightweight fireproof Guastavino tiles favored by American Beaux-Arts architects. The final aspect owed much to the Court of Heroes at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, where Burnham had been coordinating architect. The setting of Union Station’s façade at the focus of converging avenues in a park-like green setting is one of the few executed achievements of the City Beautiful movement: elite city planning that was based on the "goosefoot" ( patte d'oie) of formal garden plans made by Baroque designers such as André Le Nôtre. [ citation needed]The station held a full range of dining rooms and other services, including barber shops and a mortuary. Union Station was equipped with a presidential suite which is now occupied by a restaurant. [ citation needed]Panoramic image of the great hall in 2016Services [ edit]A food court at Union Station in February 2006. Today Union Station is again one of Washington's busiest and best-known places, visited by 40 million people each year and has many shops, cafes, and restaurants. [37]Passenger services include Amtrak ’s high-speed Acela Express, Northeast Regional, and several of Amtrak's long-distance sleeper trains (including, among others, the Capitol Limited, Crescent, Palmetto, and Silver Service trains); the MARC and VREcommuter railways, linking Washington to Maryland and West Virginia (MARC) and Virginia (VRE); and the Washington Metro Red Line. From Union Station, Amtrak also operates long-distance service to the Southeast and Midwest, including many intermediate stops to destinations such as Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Miami. In fiscal 2011, an average of more than 13,000 passengers boarded or got off Amtrak trains each day. [6] It is also Amtrak's busiest train station that can handle the railroad's Superliner railcars. The station is at the southern end of the Northeast Corridor, an electrified rail line extending north through major cities including Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston. The track area of the station is divided between the ground and the basement levels. The ground level contains tracks 7–20 (tracks 1-6 no longer exist), which are served by high-level bay platforms at the door level of most trains. These tracks are used by all MARC commuter rail services, all Amtrak Acela Express trains, and some Amtrak Northeast Regional trains that terminate at the station. All of the tracks on the upper level terminate at the station and are only used by trains arriving from and departing to the north. [ citation needed]The basement level contains tracks 22–29, which are served by low-level platforms at the track level. These platforms are served by all VRE trains, all Amtrak long-distance trains that serve the station except for the Capitol Limited, and some Amtrak Northeast Regional trains that are continuing south to Virginia. Unlike the tracks on the upper level, the lower level tracks run through under the station building and Capitol Hill via the First Street tunnel. Electrification ends at the station, and all trains continuing south through the tunnel must have their electric engines swapped out for diesel locomotives. For example, when a southbound Northeast Regional train arrives on a lower level platform on its way to Newport News, Virginia, its Siemens ACS-64 engine is removed and set aside. A GE Genesis engine that was earlier removed from a northbound train is coupled to the front of the southbound, and it continues through the tunnel toward Virginia. The electric engine is now placed on a northbound train, which then departs north towards Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and eventually Boston. [ citation needed]The Red Line Metrorail station of the same name is underground beneath the western side of the building. Entrances are located inside Union Station with direct access from the high-level MARC and Amtrak platforms, from the east side of First Street NE, or from just outside the station at Massachusetts Avenue NE, providing access to the main concourse. [38]On August 1, 2011, John Porcari, the United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation, announced that Union Station would begin serving intercity buses operated by Greyhound Lines, Bolt Bus, Megabus, and Washington Deluxe later that year from a new bus facility in the station's parking garage. [39] By November 15, 2011, Bolt Bus, Megabus, Tripper Bus, and Washington Deluxe were operating from the new facility. [40] On September 26, 2012, Greyhound and Peter Pan Bus Lines relocated all of their Washington, D. C., operations to the facility. [41] Buses of the Georgetown -Union Station route of the DC Circulator system stop within the facility every ten minutes during operating hours. [42] As of 2017, Our Bus now services Union Station, providing routes to Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. The DC Streetcar 's H Street/Benning Road Line serves the station from a stop on the H Street Bridge (a.k.a. the "Hopscotch Bridge") directly north of the station. The stop is accessible via the station's parking garage. [43]Columbus Circle has been rebuilt to address the severely deteriorated roadbed, realign the passenger pickup/dropoff locations, streamline the taxi stand, and to better accommodate the popular tour bus attractions. The Ivy City Yard, just north of Union Station, houses a large Amtrak maintenance facility. This includes the new maintenance facility for the Acela high-speed train sets. Amtrak also does contract work for MARC 's electric locomotives. Metro's Brentwood maintenance facility is also in the southwest corner of the Ivy City Yard. Riders on the Metro Red Line between Union Station and Rhode Island Avenue Station get an aerial view of the south end of the Ivy City Yard. Owner [ edit]Union Station is owned by Amtrak and the United States Department of Transportation. [44] The non-profit Union Station Redevelopment Corporation managed the station on behalf of the owners, but an 84-year lease of the property is held by New York-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation and managed by Chicago-based Jones Lang La Salle. [45] It houses the headquarters of Amtrak and carries the IATA airport code of ZWU. [46]In July 2012, Amtrak announced a four-phase, $7 billion plan to revamp and renovate the station over 15 to 20 years. The proposed conversion would "double the number of trains and triple the number of passengers in gleaming, glass-encased halls". Former Amtrak President and CEO Joseph H. Boardman hoped the federal government would finance "50 to 80 percent" of the project. [47]Gallery [ edit]Interior, Waiting Room ca. 1915Union Station's interior waiting room. Interior of Union Station train concourse from West South Front Entrance, 1968Detail of the west end of the main entrance pavilion, showing statuary and inscription See also [ edit]Union Station (Washington Metro)Union Station (disambiguation)Columbus Fountain located in front of Union Station. Washington Terminal Company American Legion Freedom Bell located in front of Union Station. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station New Jersey Avenue Station Notes [ edit]^ "Washington – Union Station, DC (WAS)". the Great American Stations. Amtrak. 2016.^ "Union Station". Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation. Retrieved 19 September 2017.^ "Washington, D. C. STATION". Peter Pan. Peter Pan Bus Lines. Retrieved 19 September 2017.^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, District of Columbia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.^ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved 7 February 2017.^ a b "Amtrak National Fact Sheet: FY2015" (PDF). Amtrak. July 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.^ a b "Union Station". Washington, DC: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2015. See Talk for more discussion of this daily traffic number.^ "The World's Most-visited Tourist Attractions". Travel+Leisure. Time Inc. Affluent Media Group. November 10, 2014.^ Sanborn Map of Washington DC, 1903 - 1916 Vol. 2^ Wright, William (2006). Now Arriving Washington: Union Station and Life in the Nation's Capital (PDF). p. 54.^ Moore 1921, p. 160.^ Pub. L. 57–122, S. 4825, 32 Stat. 909, enacted February 28, 1903^ Churella 2013, pp. 738; 741–745^ Burgess & Kennedy (1949), p. 499-500.^ Plans for Union Depot - January 10, 1902 - The Washington Post - page 12^ Against Union Depot: Northeast Citizens' Association Condemns Project - January 14, 1902 - The Washington Post - page 2^ Talked of Railroad Matters: Northeast Citizens' Association Discussed Proposed New Union Depot - The Washington Post - page 2^ Department of Transportation Headquarters: Environmental Impact Statement, GSA June 2000^ Burgess & Kennedy (1949), p. 500.^ Abbey, Wallace W. "Where the Nation Comes to Washington" ; track diagram. Trains & Travel Magazine, Vol XII, No, 12 (Oct., 1952). p.50-51^ S. Res. 664 "Celebrating the centennial of Union Station in Washington, District of Columbia",110th Congress, 2nd Session September 17, 2008. U. S. Government Printing Office, GPO.gov^ a b Churella 2013, p. 744^ Moore 1921, p. 174.^ Abbey 1952 p.51^ S. Res. 664 2008^ Cooper, Rachel. Union Station in Washington, D. C. Charleston, S. C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2011. Page 61.^ "Visitor Center Staff and Space to Be Reduced". The Washington Post. October 27, 1978. p. C1.^ Harden, Blaine (February 24, 1981). "Union Station, Leaking Badly, Closed as Unsafe". The Washington Post. p. A1.^ Eisen, Jack (April 4, 1981). "U. S. to Rescue Union Station With $48 Million". The Washington Post. p. C1.^ a b c Burgess, John (October 20, 1981). "Rail Station Plan Gets Reagan Nod". The Washington Post. p. B1.^ a b c Burgess, John (December 17, 1981). "Union Station Repairs Voted". The Washington Post. p. C1.^ Burgess, John (November 24, 1981). "Senate Backs Plan for Union Station". The Washington Post. p. A7.^ Pub. L. 97–125, S. 1192, 95 Stat. 1667, enacted December 29, 1981^ "Reagan Signs Measure To Aid Union Station". The Washington Post. December 30, 1981. p. C2.^ Amtrak History and Archives. Accessed March 8, 2013.^ "USRC COMPLETES HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN FOR WASHINGTON UNION STATION". Union Station Redevelopment Corporation. June 15, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2017.^ "Union Station: About". Retrieved October 13, 2017.^ "Station Vicinity Map: Union Station" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved April 5, 2018.^ Thomson, Robert (2011-07-30). "Union Station to become intercity bus center". Post Local. The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2011-08-02.^ Associated Press (2011-11-15). "Officials to inaugurate revamped bus departure zone at Washington's Union Station". Post Local. The Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-11-17.^ "Greyhound and Peter Pan Bus Lines Relocate all Washington, D. C., Service to Union Station". News Release. Dallas, Texas: Greyhound Lines. 2012-09-19. Archived from the original on 2012-11-24. Retrieved 2012-11-24.^ "Georgetown-Union Station". Bus Routes and Schedules. Washington, D. C.: DC Circulator. Archived from the original on 2012-11-24. Retrieved 2012-11-24.^ Laris, Michael (February 27, 2016). "Want to ride the D. C. streetcar? Here's a handy FAQ. "The Washington Post. Retrieved August 25, 2016.^ "History of Union Station". Retrieved October 13, 2017.^ Dana, Hedgpeth (February 1, 2007). "Union Station Is Leased to N. Y. Firm for $160 Million". Washington Post. Retrieved October 13, 2017.^ "Last Up Date.com - Help - Three Letter Airport Codes". www.lastupdate.com.^ "UPDATED: Here's What a Revamped D. C. Union Station Would Look Like". WNYC. References [ edit]Burgess, George H.; Kennedy, Miles C. (1949). Centennial History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Churella, Albert J. (2013). The Pennsylvania Railroad: Volume I, Building an Empire, 1846-1917. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4348-2. OCLC 759594295. Goode, James W. (2003). Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings (2 ed.). Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Books. ISBN 978-1-58834-105-1. OCLC 800333753. Moore, Charles (1921). Daniel H. Burnham: Architect, Planner of Cities. 1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Further reading [ edit]Wright, Bill. "Now Arriving Washington: Union Station and Life in the Nation's Capital". External links [ edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Union Station (Washington, D. C.). Official Site Amtrak – Stations – Washington Union Station Geographic data related to Washington Union Station at Open Street Map Union Station Information - Virginia Railway Express Washington (WAS) – Great American Stations (Amtrak)Union Station, a brief history – National Railway Historical Society Station building from Google Maps Street View Union Station, a documentary produced by WETA-TV (2008) [ show]v t e MARC Train [ show]v t e Landmarks of Washington, D. C. [ show]v t e U. S. 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Flammable and combustible liquids themselves do not burn. It is the mixture of their vapours and air that burns. Gasoline, with a flashpoint of -40°C (-40°F), is a flammable liquid. Even at temperatures as low as -40°C (-40°F), it gives off enough vapour to form a burnable mixture in air. Phenol is a combustible liquid.
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Time factor in climate and weather Time factor in climate and weather The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather refers to the atmospheric conditions of a specific place over a short period of time, usually 24 hours. Climate refers to the average atmospheric conditions over relatively long periods of time, usually 30 years. In other words, when one talks about the climate, then they're talking about the pattern over a long term while when weather is referred to then the conditions of short term are being spoken of. Components of weather and climate There are several aspects to weather. Weather includes sunshine, rain, cloud cover, winds, hail, snow, sleet, freezing rain, flooding, blizzards, ice storms, thunderstorms, steady rains from a cold front or warm front, excessive heat, heat waves and more. Climate may include precipitation, temperature, humidity, sunshine, wind velocity, phenomena such as fog, frost, and hail storms over a long period of time. Changes in climate vs. weather Weather may change from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and season-to-season. Climate, however, is the average of weather over time and space and changes in overall climate tend to be gradual. Forecast and Measurement Weather forecasts are made by collecting data that describe the current state of the atmosphere (particularly the temperature, humidity and wind) and using physically-based mathematical models to determine how the atmosphere is expected to change in the future. The chaotic nature of the atmosphere means that perfect forecasts are impossible, and that forecasts become less accurate as the range of the forecast increases. Climate is measured based on the weather statistics. A general period of 30 years is taken to forecast climate of an area as patterns over a period of time have to be observed. The standard classification of the earth's climatic zones is mainly based on the annual cycles of temperature and rainfall. The time frame makes it possible for weather forecasts to usually be easier and more accurate than forecasts about climate change. Human impact and changes on climate and weather There is extensive evidence that human activity such as agriculture and industry results in inadvertent weather modification. Acid rain, caused by industrial emission of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere, adversely affects freshwater lakes, vegetation, and structures. Anthropogenic pollutants reduce air quality and visibility. The effects of inadvertent weather modification over the long term may pose serious threats to many aspects of civilization, including ecosystems, natural resources, food and fiber production, economic development, and human health. Climate change caused by human activities that emit greenhouse gases into the air is expected to affect the frequency of extreme weather events such as drought, extreme temperatures, flooding, high winds, global warming and severe storms. Global Warming is often euphemistically referred to as “Climate Change”. Study of climate vs. study of weather Climatology is the study of climate, scientifically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of time and is a branch of the atmospheric sciences. Meteorology (from Greek: μετέωρον, meteoron, "high in the sky"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. Referenceshttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/noaa-n/climate/climate_weather.htmlhttp://nsidc.org/arcticmet/basics/weather_vs_climate.htmlhttp://www.mpimet.mpg.de/en/presse/faq-s/was-ist-der-unterschied-zwischen-wetter-und-klima.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather#Weather_modification_and_human_impacthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate#Climate_change
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North Korea (조선) - Mark Your Coin North Korea (조선) Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 (Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk) Other names: Korea DPR, DPRK 100 chon (single: chon) = 1 North Korean won (single: won) [KPW] Symbols: ₩ (won) National identification and other marks National emblem The emblem of North Korea shows a radiating five-pointed star (symbol of communism) above the Paektu Mountain and the Sup'ung Dam. The whole is flanked by ears of rice. On the bottom is a banner with the text "조선민주주의인민공화국의 국" in Chosongul characters, which means: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Drawing of the national emblem of North Korea as it appears on coins Photograph of the national emblem of North Korea as it appears on coins Currency Won in Korean: "원" The won is the national currency of North Korea. The name of the currency is closely related to the Chinese yuan and the Japanese yen. Chon in Korean: "전"
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Signs and symptoms of uterine cancer are: 1 unusual vaginal bleeding. 2 bleeding that starts after menopause. 3 bleeding between periods in premenopausal women. 4 heavy frequent bleeding before or during menopause. 5 bleeding with intercourse. 6 unusual vaginal discharge. 7 foul smelling. 8 pus-like. 9 blood tinged. 10 pain during intercourse. 11 pelvic pain or pressure.
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Harry Maurice Roberts (born 21 July 1936) is an English career criminal who in 1966 instigated the Shepherd's Bush murders, in which three police officers were shot dead. The killings happened after plain-clothes officers approached a van in which Roberts and two other men were sitting in Braybrook Street, near Wormwood Scrubs prison in London. Roberts feared the officers would discover firearms his gang were planning to use in a robbery. He killed two, while one of his accomplices fatally shot the third.
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India national cricket team Although cricket was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in the 18th century, and the first cricket club was established in Calcutta (currently known as Kolkata) in 1792, India's national cricket team did not play its first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's, becoming the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status. In its first fifty years of international cricket, India was one of the weaker teams, winning only 35 of the first 196 Test matches it played. From 1932 India had to wait until 1952, almost 20 years for its first Test victory. The team, however, gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence of players such as batsmen Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, all-rounder Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet of Erapalli Prasanna, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and Bishen Singh Bedi.
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Lehigh University is an American private research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer. Its undergraduate programs have been coeducational since the 1971–72 academic year. As of 2014, the university had 4,904 undergraduate students and 2,165 graduate students. Lehigh is considered one of the twenty-four Hidden Ivies in the Northeastern United States.
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Report Abuse. 1 Yes, Chili's is open on thanks giving as a corporate policy. We do run a reduced staff as we are not going to be very busy, and will receive mostly bar traffic. 2 Possibly yes,depending on where u live at mostly if the workers are lazy then yup they r closed BUT most likely they will be open.
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The first areas of the brain to be pruned are those involving primary functions, such as motor and sensory areas. The areas of the brain involved in more complex processes lose matter later in development. These include the lateral and prefrontal cortices, among other regions. Some of the most developmentally significant changes in the brain occur in the prefrontal cortex, which is involved in decision making and cognitive control, as well as other higher cognitive functions. During adolescence, myelination and synaptic pruning in the prefrontal cortex increases, improving the efficiency of information processing, and neural connections between the prefrontal cortex and other regions of the brain are strengthened. This leads to better evaluation of risks and rewards, as well as improved control over impulses. Specifically, developments in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex are important for controlling impulses and planning ahead, while development in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex is important for decision making. Changes in the orbitofrontal cortex are important for evaluating rewards and risks.
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One of the central problems in the anthropology of art concerns the universality of 'art' as a cultural phenomenon. Several anthropologists have noted that the Western categories of 'painting', 'sculpture', or 'literature', conceived as independent artistic activities, do not exist, or exist in a significantly different form, in most non-Western contexts. To surmount this difficulty, anthropologists of art have focused on formal features in objects which, without exclusively being 'artistic', have certain evident 'aesthetic' qualities. Boas' Primitive Art, Claude Lévi-Strauss' The Way of the Masks (1982) or Geertz's 'Art as Cultural System' (1983) are some examples in this trend to transform the anthropology of 'art' into an anthropology of culturally specific 'aesthetics'.
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Richmond is located at the fall line of the James River, 44 miles (71 km) west of Williamsburg, 66 miles (106 km) east of Charlottesville, and 98 miles (158 km) south of Washington, D.C. Surrounded by Henrico and Chesterfield counties, the city is located at the intersections of Interstate 95 and Interstate 64, and encircled by Interstate 295 and Virginia State Route 288. Major suburbs include Midlothian to the southwest, Glen Allen to the north and west, Short Pump to the west and Mechanicsville to the northeast.
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The numbers game, also known as the numbers racket, the policy racket, the Italian lottery, the policy game, or the daily number is a form of illegal gambling or illegal lottery played mostly in poor and working class neighborhoods in the United States, wherein a bettor attempts to pick three digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the following day. In recent years, the "number" would be the last three digits of "the handle", the amount race track bettors placed on race day at a major racetrack, published in racing journals and major newspapers in New York. A gambler places a bet with a bookie at a tavern, bar, barber shop, social club, or any other semi-private place that acts as an illegal betting parlor.
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Minions is a 2015 American computer-animated comedy film , serving as a spin-off/prequel to the Despicable Me franchise . Produced by Illumination Entertainment for Universal Pictures , it was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda , written by Brian Lynch , and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy . The film stars the voices of Coffin -LRB- as the Minions , including : Kevin , Stuart and Bob -RRB- , Sandra Bullock , Jon Hamm , Michael Keaton , Allison Janney , Steve Coogan and Jennifer Saunders with the narration provided by Geoffrey Rush . It was first foreshadowed in the end credits of Despicable Me 2 -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , where Kevin , Stuart and Bob , three of the Minions , are seen auditioning for the film . Minions had its premiere on June 11 , 2015 , in Leicester Square , London , and went into general release in the United States on July 10 , 2015 . Critical response was mixed : some critics praised the comedic aspects of the film and the performances of Bullock and Hamm , while also felt that the title characters were not able to carry the film on their own , and that the villains were flatly characterized . The film has grossed over $ 1.1 billion worldwide -LRB- outgrossing each of the Despicable Me films -RRB- , making it the thirteenth highest-grossing film of all time , the second highest-grossing animated film and the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film . A sequel is scheduled to be released on July 3 , 2020 .
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In 1989, Troiden proposed a four-stage model for the development of homosexual sexual identity. The first stage, known as sensitization, usually starts in childhood, and is marked by the child's becoming aware of same-sex attractions. The second stage, identity confusion, tends to occur a few years later. In this stage, the youth is overwhelmed by feelings of inner turmoil regarding their sexual orientation, and begins to engage sexual experiences with same-sex partners. In the third stage of identity assumption, which usually takes place a few years after the adolescent has left home, adolescents begin to come out to their family and close friends, and assumes a self-definition as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. In the final stage, known as commitment, the young adult adopts their sexual identity as a lifestyle. Therefore, this model estimates that the process of coming out begins in childhood, and continues through the early to mid 20s. This model has been contested, and alternate ideas have been explored in recent years.
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Anwar Farrukhabadi He wrote lyrics for films such as Al Hilal, MerePiya and Pardesi Sajan. He also write up a MARSIYA (NOHA)مرثیہ /نوحہ Mashhoor Daastan Hai Shahadat Hussain Ki (مشہور داساتاں ہے شہادت حسینؑ کی ) sung by Shamshad Begum and Yusuf Azad Qawwaal, His Ghazal Yeh jo halka halka saroor hai sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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Other important Venetian mosaics can be found in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Torcello from the 12th century, and in the Basilical of Santi Maria e Donato in Murano with a restored apse mosaic from the 12th century and a beautiful mosaic pavement (1140). The apse of the San Cipriano Church in Murano was decorated with an impressive golden mosaic from the early 13th century showing Christ enthroned with Mary, St John and the two patron saints, Cipriano and Cipriana. When the church was demolished in the 19th century, the mosaic was bought by Frederick William IV of Prussia. It was reassembled in the Friedenskirche of Potsdam in the 1840s.
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Twitter COO, 'co-CEO' and 'Mr Fix It' Ali Rowghani resigns. Ali Rowghani, COO of Twitter, has resigned. Twitter COO, 'co-CEO' and 'Mr Fix It' Ali Rowghani resigns. A key Twitter executive has resigned as the social media company struggles to convince investors that it can attract new users in the US. Ali Rowghani, the chief operating officer, had been charged with drawing more users to Twitter but growth has continued to be lacklustre and Twitterâs share price has fallen sharply. The company said it âdoes not intend to hire a replacement for the COO role, and all of Mr Rowghaniâs operating responsibilities will be assumed by other members of the Twitter management teamâ. Rowghani tweeted: âGoodbye Twitter.
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Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, commonly referred to as Calcutta Medical College, formerly Medical College, Bengal, is a medical school and hospital in the city of Kolkata in the state of West Bengal, India. It was established in 1835 by William Bentinck and is the second oldest medical college in India after Ecole de Médicine de Pondichéry. The college imparts the degree Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) as well as specialised ,M.Sc(Medical) ,Ph.D and post-doctoral degrees. Nursing and para-medical courses are also offered.
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Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1 Contest(verb) to make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute. 2 Contest(verb) to strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
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Gabrielle Monique Union -LRB- born October 29 , 1972 -RRB- is an American actress . She began her career in 1990s , appearing on television sitcoms , before landing supporting roles in teen comedy films She 's All That and 10 Things I Hate About You -LRB- 1999 -RRB- . Her breakthrough role was in the 2000 teen comedy film Bring It On , after which she was female lead in the short-lived CBS medical drama series City of Angels later that year . Union is best known for her performances in the romantic comedy films The Brothers -LRB- 2001 -RRB- , Deliver Us from Eva -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , Daddy 's Little Girls -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , Think Like a Man -LRB- 2012 -RRB- and Think Like a Man Too -LRB- 2014 -RRB- . She also had starring roles in Bad Boys II -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , Cradle 2 the Grave -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , the critically acclaimed Neo Ned -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , Cadillac Records -LRB- 2008 -RRB- , and Top Five -LRB- 2014 -RRB- . In 2013 , Union began starring as lead character in the BET drama series Being Mary Jane , for which she has received critical acclaim and an NAACP Image Award . She co-starred in film The Birth of a Nation -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , and next appeared in Almost Christmas -LRB- 2016 -RRB- and Sleepless -LRB- 2017 -RRB- .
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The following is a list of the most popular dogs in 2008, according to the AKC and their average life expectancy. 1 Labrador Retriever (12.5 years) 2 Yorkshire Terrier (14 years) 3 German Shepherd Dog (11 years) Golden Retriever (12 1 years) Beagle (13 years) Boxer (10.5 1 years) Dachshund (15.5 2 years) Bulldog (7 years)
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Beau Marie St. Clair (c. 1952 – January 9, 2016) was an American film producer. In 1996, St. Clair, together with her friend and producing partner, actor Pierce Brosnan, established Irish DreamTime, a production company whose credits include "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1999), "Evelyn" (2002), "Laws of Attraction" (2004), "The Matador" (2005), "The November Man" (2014), and "I.T." (2016).
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As the World Turns -LRB- often referred to as ATWT -RRB- is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2 , 1956 , to September 17 , 2010 . Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light . Running for 54 years , As the World Turns holds the second-longest continuous run of any daytime network soap opera on American television , surpassed only by Guiding Light . As the World Turns was produced for the first 43 years in Manhattan and in Brooklyn from 2000 until 2010 . Set in the fictional town of Oakdale , Illinois , the show debuted on April 2 , 1956 , at 1:30 pm EST. . Prior to that date , all serials had been 15 minutes in length . As the World Turns and The Edge of Night , which premiered on the same day at 4:30 pm EST , were the first two to be 30 minutes in length from their premiere . At first , viewers did not respond to the new half-hour serial , but ratings picked up in its second year , eventually reaching the top spot in the daytime Nielsen ratings by fall 1958 . In 1959 , the show started a streak of weekly ratings wins that was not interrupted for over 12 years . The show switched to color on August 21 , 1967 , and expanded from a half-hour in length to one hour starting on December 1 , 1975 , when The Edge of Night moved to ABC . In the year-to-date ratings , As the World Turns was the most-watched daytime drama from 1958 until 1978 , with ten million viewers tuning in each day . At its height , core actors such as Helen Wagner , Don MacLaughlin , Don Hastings , and Eileen Fulton became nationally known . Three of these actors -- Wagner , Hastings , and Fulton -- are also the three longest serving actors in the history of American soap operas . The show passed its 10,000 th episode on May 12 , 1995 , and celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 2 , 2006 . On September 18 , 2009 , As the World Turns became the last remaining Procter and Gamble-produced soap opera for CBS after Guiding Light aired its final episode on the network . On December 8 , 2009 , CBS announced that it cancelled As the World Turns after almost 54 years due to low ratings . The show taped its final Procter and Gamble scenes for CBS on June 23 , 2010 , and with a dramatic storyline finale , its final episode on the network aired on September 17 , 2010 . On October 18 , 2010 , CBS replaced As the World Turns with a newly debuted talk show The Talk .
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George Orwell's Essay on his Life in Burma: "Shooting An Elephant" | EDSITEment George Orwell's Essay on his Life in Burma: "Shooting An Elephant" Tools The Lesson Introduction George Orwell confronted an Asian elephant like this one in the story recounted for this lesson plan. Credit: Image courtesy of American Memory at the Library of Congress. Eric A. Blair, better known by his pen name, George Orwell, is today best known for his last two novels, the anti-totalitarian works Animal Farm and 1984. He was also an accomplished and experienced essayist, writing on topics as diverse as anti-Semitism in England, Rudyard Kipling, Salvador Dali, and nationalism. Among his most powerful essays is the 1931 autobiographical essay "Shooting an Elephant," which Orwell based on his experience as a police officer in colonial Burma. This lesson plan is designed to help students read Orwell's essay both as a work of literature and as a window into the historical context about which it was written. This lesson plan may be used in both the History and Social Studies classroom and the Literature and Language Arts classroom. Guiding Questions How does Orwell use literary tools such as symbolism, metaphor, irony and connotation to convey his main point, and what is that point? What is Orwell's argument or message, and what persuasive tools does he use to make it? Learning Objectives At the end of this lesson students will be able to Situate Orwell's essay within its appropriate cultural and historical context Distill and articulate the main points of this essay Discuss Orwell's use persuasive tools such as symbolism, metaphor and irony in this essay, and explain how he uses each of these tools to convey his argument or message. Background The essay "Shooting an Elephant" is set in a town in southern Burma during the colonial period. The country that is today Burma (Myanmar) was, during the time of Orwell's experiences in the colony, a province of India, itself a British colony. Prior to British intervention in the nineteenth century Burma was a sovereign kingdom. After three wars between British forces and the Burmese, beginning with the First Anglo-Burmese War in 1824-26, followed by the Second Anglo-Burmese War of 1852, the country fell under British control after its defeat in the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885. Burma was subsumed under the administration of British India, becoming a province of that colony in 1886. It would remain an Indian province until it was granted the status of an individual British colony in 1937. Burma would gain its independence in January 1948. Eric A. Blair was born in Mohitari, India, in 1903 to parents in the Indian Civil Service. His education brought him to England where he would study at Eton College ("college" in England is roughly equivalent to a US high school). However, he was unable to win a scholarship to continue his studies at the university level. With few opportunities available, he would follow his parents' path into service for the British Empire, joining the Indian Imperial Police in 1922. He would be stationed in what is today Burma (Myanmar) until 1927 when he would quit the imperial civil service in disgust. His experiences as a policeman for the Empire would form the basis of his early writing, including the novel Burmese Days as well as the essay "Shooting an Elephant." These experiences would continue to influence his world view and his writing until his death in 1950. Preparation Instructions Review George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant . The text is available through the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource Center for the Liberal Arts . Familiarize yourself with the historical context of Orwell's story, as well as the biographical circumstances that placed him in Burma as a police officer. Additional information on Burmese history , the British Empire in India and the biography of George Orwell can be accessed through the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource Internet Public Library . Review metaphor , imagery , irony , symbolism and connotative and denotative language. The definitions for
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"Queen of Memphis" is a song written by Dave Gibson and Kathy Louvin, and recorded by American country music band Confederate Railroad. It was released in December 1992 as the third single from their album "Confederate Railroad". It peaked at number 2 in the United States, and number 3 in Canada. It is the band's highest-peaking single.
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The Place Beyond the Pines is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by Derek Cianfrance and written by Cianfrance , Ben Coccio , and Darius Marder . It stars Ryan Gosling , Bradley Cooper , Eva Mendes , Emory Cohen and Dane DeHaan , with Ben Mendelsohn , Rose Byrne , Mahershala Ali , Bruce Greenwood , Harris Yulin , and Ray Liotta in supporting roles . The film reunites Cianfrance and Gosling , who worked together on 2010 's Blue Valentine . The film was scored by Mike Patton and also featured previously written music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt . The title is the English meaning of the city of Schenectady , New York , which is derived loosely from a Mohawk word for `` place beyond the pine plains . ''
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During the war, the Seven Nations of Canada were allied with the French. These were Native Americans of the Laurentian valley—the Algonquin, the Abenaki, the Huron, and others. Although the Algonquin tribes and the Seven Nations were not directly concerned with the fate of the Ohio River Valley, they had been victims of the Iroquois Confederation. The Iroquois had encroached on Algonquin territory and pushed the Algonquins west beyond Lake Michigan. Therefore, the Algonquin and the Seven Nations were interested in fighting against the Iroquois. Throughout New England, New York, and the North-west Native American tribes formed differing alliances with the major belligerents. The Iroquois, dominant in what is now Upstate New York, sided with the British but did not play a large role in the war.
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Re: how can you tell if your wisdom teeth are coming in? dizziness, headaches, and jaw popping are classic signs of TMJ, which could be caused by wisdom teeth or other jaw problems. If you don't get it looked at the TMJ can get much worse, so you defininitly should see an oral surgeon soon, NOT a regular dentist.
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No Escape is a 2015 American action film directed by John Erick Dowdle , who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother , Drew Dowdle . The film stars Owen Wilson , Lake Bell , and Pierce Brosnan , and tells the story of an expat engineer trapped with his family in an unidentified South-East Asian country bordering Vietnam during a violent uprising . The film was released on August 26 , 2015 . It had special sneak previews in the Philippines on August 16 and 17 , 2015 , as well as multiple pre-screenings throughout the United States before its official release on August 26 , 2015 by The Weinstein Company .
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Adam Patrick DeVine -LRB- born November 7 , 1983 -RRB- is an American actor , comedian , singer , screenwriter and producer . He is a star and co-creator of the Comedy Central series Workaholics , as well as Adam DeVine 's House Party . Since 2013 , he has portrayed Andy Bailey , the boyfriend of Haley Dunphy , on the critically acclaimed hit ABC sitcom Modern Family . He has voiced main characters on animated series Uncle Grandpa and Penn Zero : Part-Time HeroHe played the role of Bumper Allen in the musical films Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2 . His other film credits include the comedies Neighbors , The Intern , Ice Age : Collision Course , Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates '' .
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Romulus Augustulus Flavius Romulus Augustus (c. AD 460 – after AD 476; possibly still alive as late as AD 507),[3] known derisively and historiographically as Romulus Augustulus, was the Roman emperor who ruled the Western Roman Empire from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. He is often described as the "last Western Roman emperor", though some historians consider this to be Julius Nepos. His deposition by Odoacer traditionally marks the end of the Roman Empire in the West, the end of Ancient Rome, and the beginning of the Middle Ages in Western Europe.
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The Royal Australian Navy is in the process of procuring two Canberra-class LHD's, the first of which was commissioned in November 2015, while the second is expected to enter service in 2016. The ships will be the largest in Australian naval history. Their primary roles are to embark, transport and deploy an embarked force and to carry out or support humanitarian assistance missions. The LHD is capable of launching multiple helicopters at one time while maintaining an amphibious capability of 1,000 troops and their supporting vehicles (tanks, armoured personnel carriers etc.). The Australian Defence Minister has publicly raised the possibility of procuring F-35B STOVL aircraft for the carrier, stating that it "has been on the table since day one and stating the LHD's are "STOVL capable".
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/u/the_howling_cow actually linked the same thing I was going to, but the first half of *[United States Army in World War II, European Theater of Operations: The Siegfried Line Campaign](_URL_2_),* mentions Operation Market Garden, which is often mentioned as an operation that set them back to a longer conflict. The Allies failed to cross the Rhine in sufficient force and failed to hold the bridges and locations they sought and wouldn't break through until March 1945 - in fact, Arnhem itself would not be liberated until mid April of 1945. It also changed a lot of military thinking to this day, regarding the employment of lightly armed paratroopers with little support, especially those being dropped into areas where the potential of engaging heavy enemy units
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Nathan Fillion Nathan Christopher Fillion (/ˈfɪljən/; born March 27, 1971)[2][3] is a Canadian-American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Richard Castle on the ABC series Castle, as well as his earlier portrayal of the lead role of Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the television series Firefly and its feature film continuation, Serenity.
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The state of California was admitted to the United States in 1850. That same year San Diego was designated the seat of the newly established San Diego County and was incorporated as a city. Joshua H. Bean, the last alcalde of San Diego, was elected the first mayor. Two years later the city was bankrupt; the California legislature revoked the city's charter and placed it under control of a board of trustees, where it remained until 1889. A city charter was re-established in 1889 and today's city charter was adopted in 1931.
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What car warranties are available? The car warranty options available will depend on whether you're buying a new car, a used car, or if you want a warranty for your current vehicle. What will a car warranty cover? This can vary, so check the terms and conditions of your policy carefully.
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There's nothing qualitatively different about the joint itself and as such 'double jointed' is not really a phrase used in medicine. However, there are a lot of factors which can affect flexibility, some of which are heritable and some of which, when taken to extremes, can be pathological. For example, the location of tendon and ligament insertions, the shape of bone condyles, the quality of cartilage, and possibly the composition of ligaments and so on. Ehlers-Danos syndrome is a disease which I believe runs in families, but is a spectrum (so not a single broken gene), and causes pathological joint hypermobility.
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Patrick Joseph Wilson -LRB- born July 3 , 1973 -RRB- is an American actor and singer . He spent his early career starring in Broadway musicals , beginning in 1995 . He is a two-time Tony Award nominee for his roles in The Full Monty -LRB- 2000 -- 2001 -RRB- and Oklahoma ! -LRB- 2002 -RRB- . In 2003 , he appeared in the HBO miniseries Angels in America for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie . Wilson has also appeared in feature films such as The Phantom of the Opera -LRB- 2004 -RRB- , Little Children -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , Watchmen -LRB- 2009 -RRB- , Insidious -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , Insidious : Chapter 2 -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , and as demonologist Ed Warren in James Wan 's supernatural horror films The Conjuring -LRB- 2013 -RRB- and The Conjuring 2 -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , the latter four earning him a reputation as a `` scream king '' . On television , he starred in the CBS drama series A Gifted Man -LRB- 2011 -- 2012 -RRB- , and as Lou Solverson in the second season of FX 's anthology series Fargo -LRB- 2015 -RRB- , for which he received a second Golden Globe Award nomination . He has been cast as Orm Marius/Ocean Master in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Aquaman -LRB- 2018 -RRB- .
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Serving Jury Duty Courts Services Serving Jury Duty Serving Jury Duty Jury service represents one of the most important civic responsibilities we have as citizens. When you fulfill your obligation for jury service, you are helping to protect our liberties and to preserve our system of justice. Campaign on "Jury Service: It's Your Duty" Shows Importance of Going to Court When Called Indiana Jury Orientation Video Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video.0:00 / 16:43Indiana Jury Service: Duty, Privilege, Honor. This video was produced in accordance with Jury Rule 11 to provide prospective jurors with an orientation prior to the selection process to aid in understanding their role in the legal system. This video gives an overview of the jury system in Indiana, including the importance of jury service, the jury selection process, the key people involved in a trial, what to expect during the trial, and a discussion of jury deliberations. Transcript (PDF)History The principle of a jury trial was first established in the year 1215 in England when King John signed the Magna Carta. In Indiana, the right to a trial by jury is protected by the Bill of Rights of our state constitution. Article 1 § 13 (a) "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right to a public trial, by an impartial jury..."Article 1 § 20 (a) "In all civil cases, the right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate [undisturbed]. "Eligibility for Jury Duty In order to be eligible for jury duty, you must be: A citizen of the United States At least 18 years of age A resident of the county in which you are to serve as a juror Able to communicate in English Not suffering from a physical or mental disability that prevents you from performing your duties as a juror in a satisfactory manner Not under guardianship because of mental incapacity Not a person who has had your right to vote revoked and not yet reinstated as the result of a felony conviction Not a law enforcement officer, if the trial is for a criminal case (See Indiana Jury Rule 5)Deferral of Jury Service Indiana Jury Rule 7 permits the judge or judge's designee to authorize deferral of jury service upon a showing of hardship, extreme inconvenience, or necessity. Generally, courts do not require you to appear in court to request a deferral. There are a variety of ways in which to contact the court to request a deferral including by telephone, by electronic mail (where available), in writing, or in person. For more information or questions, please contact the court that sent you the notice and/or summons for jury service. (See Indiana Jury Rule 7)More Information If you are called for jury duty and you would like more information, you should seek that information through the local trial court to which you were called for duty. Following is a list of webpages detailing jury information for those Indiana counties that post this information online: Allen County Boone Circuit Court Boone Superior Court IHamilton Circuit and Superior Courts Marion Superior Court Vanderburgh County Jury Service in Federal District Courts This web page is designed to give you some basic information about jury service in Indiana state trial courts. The policies and procedures for jury service in the Federal District Courts may differ from the information on this page. For information regarding jury service in the Federal District Courts, please refer to the following web sites: Northern District of Indiana: http://www.innd.uscourts.gov/jury-information? Southern District of Indiana: http://www.insd.uscourts.gov/juror-information
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The ongoing costs of a pool (electricity, maintenance, and repairs) can cost owners $3,000-$5,000 or more per year. In an effort to save money, many homeowners decide to tackle pool cleaning on their own.Using the monthly pool costs outlined above, that can work out to yearly savings of more than $1,000. Extremely dirty pools (so murky that you canât see the bottom on the deep end) might require a drain and clean service that runs $500 to $600 or more. 2 Pool acid washingârequired for the most stubborn pool stainsâcosts $200 to $300 in addition to the cost of a drain and clean.
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Mafia III Mafia III is an action-adventure video game developed by Hangar 13 and published by 2K Games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and MacOS. It is the third installment in the Mafia series. Set in 1968 in the city of New Bordeaux, a fictional recreation of New Orleans, the story revolves around Lincoln Clay, an orphan and Vietnam veteran, who is on a quest to build a new crime organization to confront the Italian mob. The game was released on October 7, 2016, and received a mixed critical response. The MacOS version was released on May 11, 2017.[3]
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On March 23, 2011, the CRTC rejected an application by the CBC to install a digital transmitter serving Fredricton, New Brunswick in place of the analogue transmitter serving Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick, which would have served only 62.5% of the population served by the existing analogue transmitter. The CBC issued a press release stating "CBC/Radio-Canada intends to re-file its application with the CRTC to provide more detailed cost estimates that will allow the Commission to better understand the unfeasibility of replicating the Corporation’s current analogue coverage." The press release further added that the CBC suggests coverage could be maintained if the CRTC were to "allow CBC Television to continue providing the analogue service it offers today – much in the same way the Commission permitted recently in the case of Yellowknife, Whitehorse and Iqaluit."
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Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers were founded on August 11, 1919[1] by former high-school football rivals Earl "Curly" Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun.[12] Lambeau solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company. He was given $500 ($7,100 today) for uniforms and equipment, on the condition that the team be named for its sponsor. The Green Bay Packers have played in their original city longer than any other team in the NFL.
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Houston is the seat of the internationally renowned Texas Medical Center, which contains the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions. All 49 member institutions of the Texas Medical Center are non-profit organizations. They provide patient and preventive care, research, education, and local, national, and international community well-being. Employing more than 73,600 people, institutions at the medical center include 13 hospitals and two specialty institutions, two medical schools, four nursing schools, and schools of dentistry, public health, pharmacy, and virtually all health-related careers. It is where one of the first—and still the largest—air emergency service, Life Flight, was created, and a very successful inter-institutional transplant program was developed. More heart surgeries are performed at the Texas Medical Center than anywhere else in the world.
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On July 1, 1988, the fourth and last day of a bruising 19th Party Conference, Gorbachev won the backing of the tired delegates for his last-minute proposal to create a new supreme legislative body called the Congress of People's Deputies. Frustrated by the old guard's resistance, Gorbachev embarked on a set of constitutional changes to try to separate party and state, and thereby isolate his conservative Party opponents. Detailed proposals for the new Congress of People's Deputies were published on October 2, 1988, and to enable the creation of the new legislature the Supreme Soviet, during its November 29–December 1, 1988, session, implemented amendments to the 1977 Soviet Constitution, enacted a law on electoral reform, and set the date of the election for March 26, 1989.
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Inferior vena cava. The inferior vena cava (or IVC) (Latin: vena, vein, cavus, hollow) is a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart. It is formed by the joining of the right and the left common iliac veins, usually at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra.
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`` Believe '' is a song recorded by American singer-actress Cher . It is the title track from her twenty-second album of the same name -LRB- 1998 -RRB- , and was released as the lead single from the album on October 19 , 1998 by Warner Bros. . Records . It was written by Brian Higgins , Stuart McLennen , Paul Barry , Steven Torch , Matthew Gray and Timothy Powell , although Cher claimed later in a 2000 interview that she also wrote part , and was produced by Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling . A considerable departure from Cher 's work at the time , `` Believe '' abandoned the singer 's then pop rock-based repertoire in favor of being more club-friendly , in order to engage a younger audience . `` Believe '' is an upbeat dance-pop song . The song is one of the first commercial recordings to feature the audio processor software Auto-Tune as a vocal effect , used to produce the prominent altered effect on Cher 's vocals . This technique would eventually become known as the `` Cher effect '' . Lyrically , the song is about the personal empowerment and self-sufficiency after a painful break-up . Critically , `` Believe '' has been met with appreciation ever since its release ; reviewers have praised its production , catchiness and club-friendly nature , and listed it as one of the singer 's career highlights . The song was also nominated for two Grammy Awards ; for Record of the Year and Best Dance Recording , winning the latter . Commercially , the song attained immense global success , reaching number one in almost every country it charted , including Australia , Canada , Ireland , New Zealand , the United Kingdom , Spain , France , Germany , Italy and the United States . It earned Cher a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest female solo artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart . It also became the highest-selling single by a solo female artist in the United Kingdom . `` Believe '' remains one of the best-selling singles of all time with sales of over 11 million copies worldwide . The music video for `` Believe '' , directed by Nigel Dick , showed Cher in a nightclub performing the song in two different sequences : one in which she is seen performing the song on stage and the other as a supernatural being locked in a cage . Cher has performed the song in a number of live appearances , including in three of her concert tours , most recently the Dressed to Kill Tour in 2014 . It has been covered by a number of artists , and has been featured in several elements of popular culture . Scholars and academics noted the way in which Cher was able to re-invent herself and remain fresh and contemporary amidst the more teen pop-based music of the period . They also credited `` Believe '' as the song which restored the singer 's popularity and cemented her position as a pop culture icon .
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The amount of time it takes for food to pass through your intestines depends on the type of food you have eaten, among other things. In general, it can take 24 to 44 hours from the time you eat food to the time it leaves your body as waste. The amount of food you eat and whether it is solid or liquid will affect how long it takes to pass from the stomach to the small intestine and from there to your colon.
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To be perfectly honest, Lincoln's funeral was the first great memorabilia event in American history. If you dig into it, you'll find a lot of things produced specifically to market to the surge in feeling among Americans. Lincoln's assassination, capping the end of the war, was a titanic event, and everyone knew it at the time. Sheet music like this was one thing. There were buttons and bunting as well. Dried flowers from funeral processions were particularly popular, stored in scrapbooks. If this is part of a family collection, I'd value it for that. I'm not an expert on this *particular* piece and can't give you an estimate on its value, but I can say that this *type* of thing was produced widely.
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middle age - the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age) time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state. adulthood, maturity - the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed.
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Shia Saide LaBeouf -LRB- -LSB- ˈʃaɪ.ə _ ləˈbʌf -RSB- born June 11 , 1986 -RRB- is an American actor , performance artist , and filmmaker . He became known among younger audiences as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens , a role for which LaBeouf received a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003 . He made his film debut in Holes -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , based on the novel of the same name by Louis Sachar . In 2004 , he made his directorial debut with the short film Let 's Love Hate and later directed a short film titled Maniac -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , starring American rappers Cage and Kid Cudi . In 2007 , LaBeouf starred in the commercially successful films Disturbia and Surf 's Up . The same year he was cast in Michael Bay 's science fiction film Transformers as Sam Witwicky , the main protagonist of the series . Despite mixed reviews , Transformers was a box office success and one of the highest-grossing films of 2007 . LaBeouf later appeared in its sequels Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen -LRB- 2009 -RRB- and Transformers : Dark of the Moon -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , both also box office successes . In 2008 , he played Henry `` Mutt Williams '' Jones III in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , the fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise . His other films include Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , Lawless -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , The Company You Keep -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , Nymphomaniac -LRB- 2013 -RRB- and Fury -LRB- 2014 -RRB- . Since 2014 , LaBeouf has pursued a variety of public performance art projects with LaBeouf , Rönkkö & Turner .
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PLANT WHEN DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ARE BETWEEN 60 & 75 DEGREES: Cool season grasses grow best when the soil temperatures are between 50 and 65 degrees F. These temperatures usually occur when the daytime air temperatures are between 60 and 75 degrees. High temperatures of summer can cause these plants to go dormant and thus planting during summer is asking for problems.
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Coconut oil, olive oil, safflower oil, jojoba oil and tallow are ingredients used in creating soap-based facial cleansers. These ingredients are mixed with an alkaline substance, usually sodium hydroxide, or lye, to create a salt.etergents and Soaps. Facial cleansers include detergents and soaps--ingredients that mix with dirt and oils, allowing them to be washed off the skin.
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Renewing Your License in Texas Home Texas Drivers License & ID Renewing Your License Share Tweet Pin It Email Print Renewing Your License in Texas On This Page When to Renew Your TX Driver's License Online Driver's License Renewal TX License Renewal by Phone By-Mail Texas Driver's License Renewal In-Person Texas Renewal Military & Out-of-State Renewals Fees to Renew Your TX Driver License Verified As Of: 4/12/2018Renewing Your Driver's License in Texas Before your Texas driver's license expires, you need to renew your license with the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to continue driving legally in Texas. On this page, you'll find information on how to renew your TX driver's license online, by phone, by mail, and in person . If you need to renew your commercial driver's license, please see our Renewing Your CDL in Texas page. If you need to renew your Texas non-driver identification card, please see our Identification Cards in Texas page. When to Renew Your TX Driver's License Your Texas driver's license will expire on your birthday. The number of years it is valid for depends on your age . Under 18 years old: Valid until you turn 18 years old.18 to 84 years old: Valid for 6 years.85 years old and older: Valid for 2 years. Temporary driver's license: Valid for the duration of your legal stay or 1 year if your legal stay is “duration of status". When you can renew your TX drivers license depends on whether the status of your driver's license. Is it: Valid. Expired. Suspended. ORLost, stolen, or damaged. See below for details on how to renew for each of these scenarios. Once you've determined when you can renew your drivers license, renewals can be made either: Online. By phone. By mail. In person. You will receive a temporary driver's license valid for 45 days to use until you receive your new card in the mail in 3 weeks. If you haven't received your renewed license, you can check the status of your order by contacting the TX DPS. Valid Driver's License If your Texas driver's license is valid you can renew up to:2 years before the expiration date.2 years after the expiration date. Renewal fees vary depending on your age and the type of driver's license you have. Please see the “ Fees to Renew Your TX Driver's License " section below. NOTE: You can also change your address when you renew your Texas driver license. If you did not renewed your driver's license in person for your last renewal, or you have not verified your U. S. citizenship or legal U. S. presence with the TX DPS, you'll need to renew in person. For more information, please see the complete list of accepted U. S. citizenship and legal presence documents . NOTE: If you are 79 years old or older, you must always: Renew your driver's license in person. Pass a vision test. Expired Drivers License You cannot renew your TX driver license if it has been expired for more than 2 years . You'll need to visit your local driver license office in person and: Apply for a new TX driver's license. Pass a written knowledge test. Pass a driving test. For more information, please see our page on Applying for a New License in Texas . If your TX driver's license expired less than 2 years ago, it can still be renewed . Suspended Driver License You cannot renew a suspended Texas driver license. You must reinstate it instead. For more information, please see our Suspended License in Texas page. Check Your Driving Record Is your driver's license suspended? Order your driving record to find out. Lost, Stolen, or Damaged Driver's License If your TX driver's license is lost, stolen, or damaged, you can request a replacement. For more information, please see our Replacing a Lost License in Texas page. You can still renew a lost or stolen card as long as you know both your Texas driver's license number and audit number . Online Driver's License Renewal To be eligible to renew your Texas driver license online, you must: Have a Class C or CM driver's license. Have renewed your DL in person the last time. Have a valid TX driver's license (including one that expired less than 2 years ago). Be at least 18 years old. Be younger than 79 years old. Not have any new medical conditions that affect your driving ability. Have your Social Security number (SSN) on file with the Department of Public Safety (DPS). Be a U. S. citizen. To renew your TX driver's license online, visit the Driver License Renewal and Change of Address website. You'll need to provide: Your TX driver license number. Your date of birth. Your audit number (found on your card). The last 4 digits of your SSN. Payment. (See the “ Fees to Renew Your TX Driver's License " section below. )You will need a printer to print your temporary license. You will not receive an e-mail copy. If you cannot print a copy of your temporary license you must renew by phone or in person. TX License Renewal by Phone To be eligible to renew your TX drivers license by phone, you must meet the same eligibility requirements for online renewal (see the “ Online Driver's License Renewal " section above). To renew by phone, call (866) 357-3639 and provide: Your driver's license number. Your audit number. Your date of birth. The last 4 digits of your Social Security number (SSN). Payment for your renewal fee. (See the “ Fees to Renew Your TX Driver's License " section below. )By-Mail Texas Driver's License Renewal Mail-in eligibility requirements are the same as online renewals (see the “ Online Driver's License Renewal " section above). The Texas DPS will send you a renewal notice to renew by mail, online, or by phone if you meet these criteria. Follow the instructions on your notice to renew by mail. Call your local TX Department of Public Safety office for more information. NOTE: If you are out of state when you need to renew, please see the “ Military & Out-of-State Renewals " section below. In-Person Texas Renewal You must renew your Texas drivers license in person if you are not eligible to renew online, by phone, or by mail. You have to renew in person if you are:79 years old or older. A non-U. S. citizen living in Texas temporarily. Renewing a provisional driver's license. Under 18 years old. Visit your local Texas DPS office in person. You'll need to: Complete an Application For Renewal/Replacement/Change Of A Texas Driver License or Identification Card (Form DL-43). Bring your current driver's license. Have your photo taken. Pay the renewal fee. (See the “ Fees to Renew Your TX Driver's License ". )You will also need to provide the following : Proof of identification. Proof of Social Security number. Proof of Texas residency. Proof of U. S. citizenship. For a complete list of acceptable documents see this brochure put out by the Texas DPS . Renewal for Non-U. S. Citizens If you are a non-U. S. citizen with a limited term Texas driver's license, you'll also need to provide your legal presence documents, issued by either the: U. S. Department of Justice. U. S. Department of State. U. S. Department of Homeland Security. For more information, please see the complete list of accepted legal presence documents . Minors and Provisional Driver License Holders If you are under 18 years old, you must renew your Texas driver's license in person. You'll need to bring one of the following: Verification of Enrollment and Attendance Form (VOE). High school diploma. GED. Recent report card and attendance record. If you are upgrading your learner's permit to a provisional license, you must also provide a driver's education completion certificate. Military & Out-of-State Renewals Notice for Military Members Stationed in Germany If you are currently stationed in Germany, please be aware that some states require you to have a valid U. S. driver's license in addition to your USAREUR license. Read our article for more information. Military members who are stationed or deployed outside of Texas automatically receive a license extension of 90 days AFTER your return to the state or your discharge from the military. If you choose to renew your driver's license in your absence, follow the guide for mail-in renewal below. Note that your dependents do NOT receive this extension, and will need to renew by mail while you're gone. To renew your TX driver's license by mail, download the Out-of-State or Out-of-Country Packet (Form DL-16P) and submit the documents included: A completed Application for Out of State or Out of Country Renewal/Replacement/Change of Texas Driver License or Identification Card (Form DL-16). Include your Texas address. A completed Exemption Certification for Class A or B Non-CDL Supplement to Texas Driver License Application (Form CDL-2), if you are renewing a Class A or Class B driver's license. A completed Explanation for Eye Specialist (Form DL-63), if your last renewal wasn't done in person. Payment for your renewal fee. (See the “ Fees to Renew Your TX Driver's License " section below. )Mail the above documents to: Department of Public Safety P. O. Box 149008 Austin, TX 78714You will receive your new Texas driver's license in the mail within 45 days. Military Member Exemptions If you are an active-duty military member stationed outside of Texas, you have an extra 90 days after being discharged to renew your driver's license. If your TX driver's license has been expired for more than 2 years, you will also need to provide the TX Department of Public Safety (DPS) with following in the addition to the above: Your expired Texas driver license, if available. The front and back of your military ID card. A completed Application for Texas Driver License or Identification Card (Form DL-14A). Veteran Exemptions If you are a disabled veteran and not already receiving a fee exemption for your TX driver's license, you can apply for the exemption when you renew . You can receive a TX driver's license for free if you: Were honorably discharged. Have a 60% service-related disability. Receive compensation from the U. S. You'll need to provide proof of the above with either: A signed letter from the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. ORAn official document from your military branch. NOTE: You also can apply for a free veteran designation on your Texas driver's license when you renew. You'll need to present an original or copy of one of the following: DD-214. DD-215. NGB-22. Fees to Renew Your TX Driver License It will cost you the following to renew your Texas drivers license: Under 18 years old: $16.18 to 84 years old: $25.85 years old and older: $9. License with motorcycle endorsement: $8 (on top of renewal fee). Motorcycle license: $33. Temporary license (non-U. S. citizens): $25. Disabled Military: Free Accepted Forms of Payment Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) offices accept payment by: Credit card. Cash. Check. Money order. For online and transactions over the phone, only credit and debit cards are accepted . For transaction by mail, you can pay by check or money order made payable to “Texas DPS."
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The majority of the world's rum production occurs in the Caribbean and Latin America. Rum is also produced in Austria, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii, the Philippines, India, Reunion Island, Mauritius, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, the United States and Canada.Rums are produced in various grades.um is also produced in Austria, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii, the Philippines, India, Reunion Island, Mauritius, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, the United States and Canada. Rums are produced in various grades.
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The Great Garden is an important European baroque garden. The palace itself, however, was largely destroyed by Allied bombing but is currently under reconstruction.[citation needed] Some points of interest are the Grotto (the interior was designed by the French artist Niki de Saint-Phalle), the Gallery Building, the Orangerie and the two pavilions by Remy de la Fosse. The Great Garden consists of several parts. The most popular ones are the Great Ground and the Nouveau Jardin. At the centre of the Nouveau Jardin is Europe's highest garden fountain. The historic Garden Theatre inter alia hosted the musicals of the German rock musician Heinz Rudolf Kunze.[citation needed]
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Polygamy is illegal in Western countries, historically, because the Bible (as interpreted by every major Christian denomination) condemns it. Plus, there are many (valid, in my opinion) secular arguments that polygamy is an immoral lifestyle (at least in many cases, and as it is typically practiced), as it leads to unbalanced relationships and inherently tends toward strife and resentment. Many people believe that they have the moral right to outlaw immoral lifestyles. Furthermore, in the U.S., polygamy was practiced by the original Mormons, who were widely hated because they were heretics of Christianity, denying many of the key doctrines of the Catholics and Protestants and claiming new revelations and Biblical books. Laws against polygamy were passed (or more strictly enforced) in order to try to suppress them.
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The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971 by Glenn Frey , Don Henley , Bernie Leadon , and Randy Meisner . With five number-one singles , six Grammy Awards , five American Music Awards , and six number one albums , the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s . At the end of the 20th century , two of their albums , Their Greatest Hits -LRB- 1971 -- 1975 -RRB- and Hotel California , were ranked among the 20 best-selling albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America . Hotel California is ranked 37th in Rolling Stones list of `` The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time '' and the band was ranked number 75 on the magazine 's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time . The Eagles are one of the world 's best-selling bands of all time , having sold more than 150 million records -- 100 million in the U.S. alone -- including 42 million copies of Their Greatest Hits -LRB- 1971 -- 1975 -RRB- and 32 million copies of Hotel California . Their Greatest Hits -LRB- 1971 -- 1975 -RRB- was the best selling album of the 20th century in the U.S. . They are the fifth-highest-selling music act and the highest-selling American band in U.S. history . The band released their debut album , Eagles , in 1972 , which spawned three top 40 singles : `` Take It Easy , '' `` Witchy Woman , '' and `` Peaceful Easy Feeling . '' Their next album , Desperado -LRB- 1973 -RRB- , was less successful than the first , only reaching number 41 on the charts ; neither of its singles reached the top 40 . However , the album does contain what would go on to be two of the band 's most popular tracks : `` Desperado '' and `` Tequila Sunrise . '' The band released On the Border in 1974 , adding guitarist Don Felder as the fifth member midway through the recording of the album . The album generated two top 40 singles : `` Already Gone '' and their first number one , `` Best of My Love . '' Their 1975 album One of These Nights included three top 10 singles : `` One of These Nights , '' `` Lyin ' Eyes , '' and `` Take It to the Limit , '' the first hitting the top of the charts . Guitarist and vocalist , Joe Walsh , also joined the band in 1975 . The Eagles continued that success and hit their commercial peak in late 1976 with the release of Hotel California , which would go on to sell more than 16 million copies in the U.S. alone and more than 32 million copies worldwide . The album yielded two number-one singles , `` New Kid in Town '' and `` Hotel California . '' They released their last studio album for nearly 28 years in 1979 with The Long Run , which spawned three top 10 singles : `` Heartache Tonight , '' `` The Long Run , '' and `` I Ca n't Tell You Why , '' the lead single being another chart-topping hit . The Eagles disbanded in July 1980 but reunited in 1994 for the album Hell Freezes Over , a mix of live and new studio tracks . They toured consistently and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 . In 2007 , the Eagles released Long Road Out of Eden , their first full studio album in 28 years and their sixth number one album . The next year they launched the Long Road Out of Eden Tour in support of the album . In 2013 , they began the extended History of the Eagles Tour in conjunction with the band 's documentary release , History of the Eagles . Following the death of Frey in January 2016 , Henley stated in several interviews that he did n't think the band would perform again . However , in March 2017 it was announced that the Eagles would be headlining two concerts in July 2017 .
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Beatles - I Should Have Known Better Lyrics | MetroLyrics I Should Have Known Better Lyrics New! Highlight lyrics to add Meanings, Special Memories, and Misheard Lyrics... Submit Corrections Cancel I should have known better with a girl like you, That I would love everything that you do; and I do, Hey, hey, hey, and I do. Whoa, oh, I never realized what a kiss could be, This could only happen to me Can't you see, can't you see That when I tell you that I love you, oh, You're gonna say you love me too, Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, oh And when I ask you to be mine, You're gonna say you love me too So oh I should realized a lot of things before If this is love you've got to give me more Give me more, hey hey hey, give me more Whoa, oh, I never realized what a kiss could be, This could only happen to me Can't you see, can't you see That when I tell you that I love you, oh, You're gonna say you love me too, Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, oh And when I ask you to be mine, You're gonna say you love me too You love me too, you love me too, you love me too Songwriters JOHN LENNON, JOHN WINSTON LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY, PAUL JAMES MCCARTNEY Published by Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Song Discussions is protected by U.S. Patent 9401941. Other patents pending.
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The membrane enclosing the vesicle is also a lamellar phase, similar to that of the plasma membrane, and vesicles can fuse with the plasma membrane to release their contents outside of the cell. Vesicles can also fuse with other organelles within the cell. Vesicles perform a variety of functions. Because it is separated from the cytosol, the inside of the vesicle can be made to be different from the cytosolic environment. For this reason, vesicles are a basic tool used by the cell for organizing cellular substances. Vesicles are involved in metabolism, transport, buoyancy control, and enzyme storage.
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Our people | australia.gov.au Australia.gov.au Helping you find government information and services Search form Australian people Australia is one of the most ethnically diverse societies in the world today. Almost one in four Australian residents were born outside of Australia and many more are first or second generation Australians, the children and grandchildren of recently arrived migrants and refugees. This wide variety of backgrounds, together with the culture of Indigenous Australians who have lived on the Australian continent for more than 50,000 years, have helped create a uniquely Australian identity and spirit. Indigenous peoples and cultures Before the arrival of British colonisers in 1788, Australia was inhabited by the Indigenous peoples - Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, sometimes referred to as the First Australians. Aboriginal people inhabited the whole of Australia and Torres Strait Islanders lived on the islands between Australia and Papua New Guinea, in what is now called the Torres Strait. There were over 500 different clan groups or 'nations' around the continent, many with distinctive cultures, beliefs and languages. Today, Indigenous people make up 2.4 per cent of the total Australian population (about 460,000 out of 22 million people). The first colony New South Wales was settled as a penal colony – a place where Britain could send convicted criminals because her prisons were overcrowded. Many convicts had grown up in poverty and committed only minor offences, such as the theft of a loaf of bread. Conditions in the new colony were little better than at home – it took many years for British settlers to understand the different environment of the new colony, and disease and malnutrition were widespread during the first decades of settlement. Convicts formed the majority of the colony's population for the first few decades of settlement. Convicts continued being sent to New South Wales until 1823, although as time went by, convicts were increasingly seen as a source of labour to build the colony, rather than just being sent away from Britain as punishment for their crimes. Free settlers The first wave of migrants to Australia included men of capital who were attracted by the colony's agricultural prospects and the availability of convict labour. Their enthusiasm, together with the Gold Rushes era of the mid-nineteenth century, pushed out the boundaries of the new settlement and by the end of the 1850s there were six separate Australian colonies: New South Wales
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David Michael Draiman (born March 13, 1973) is an American songwriter and the vocalist for the band Disturbed as well as for the band Device. Draiman is known for his distorted voice and percussive singing style. In November 2006, Draiman was voted number 42 on the "Hit Parader"’s ""Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time"". Draiman has written some of Disturbed's most successful singles, such as "Stupify", "Down with the Sickness", "Indestructible", and "Inside the Fire".
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The Aristocrat Label The Aristocrat Label © Robert L. Campbell, Robert Pruter, George R. White, Tom Kelly, and George Paulus Last Revised: November 8, 2016 What Was Aristocrat? Revision note.We have adjusted the release schedule for the early months of 1950, to reflect the company's decision to rush out Aristocrat 412 by Muddy Waters and the second Aristocrat 410 by Penny Smith, both of which came out in March 1950. Also Aristocrat 407 by the Blues Rockers was first advertised in December 1949. We have updated our entry on pop bandleader Sherman Hayes. We have updated our entries on the Blues Bockers, and slightly updated our entry on Country guitarist and singer Dick Hiorns. We have also added more information on Forrest Sykes, the boogie-woogie pianist from Kansas City whom no other label recorded. We have added details on the Four-A Melody Men, the gospel group from Saint Louis that recorded for Aristocrat as the Seven Melody Men. We now have a bio for the singer then known as Penny Smith, who had a much longer and more complex career than we'd realized: Penny Smith was her third stage name, and in 2016 she is known to most who know her at all by her fifth name, Debbie Dean. We have also added a bio on Bill Walker, whose combo accompanied her on the second Aristocrat 410. Walker gained his lasting fame as a composer of music for commercials. We have also added some details about Lee Monti's activities after he finished recording for Aristocrat in December 1947. The Aristocrat label was the forerunner to Chess Records , the mighty Chicago independent. But it was different from the label it evolved into, and should not be assimilated to it. A test pressing from Aristocrat's first recording session. From the collection of Robert L. Campbell Aristocrat was officially formed on April 10, 1947 by Charles Aron (who was born in Romania in 1907, and died in Miami, Florida in 1974) and his wife Evelyn (formerly Evelyn Marks, she was born in Chicago in 1919 and died in Boulder, Colorado in 1997). Initially, their partners were Fred and Mildred Brount and Art Spiegel, none of whom took a leadership role in the business. In June, the company became more interested in signing rhythm and blues artists, and took the crucial step of hiring talent scout Sammy Goldberg. By September 1947, Leonard Chess, the proprietor of a neighborhood bar and after-hours joint called the Macomba Lounge (3905 South Cottage Grove), had invested in the company and become involved in the sales end of Aristocrat's operations. Leonard Chess's name was first associated with the company in an item that appeared in Billboard on October 11, 1947; he was identified as a new addition to "the sales staff." By then he was already wholesaling Aristocrat product out of the trunk of his Buick. Aristocrat had first drawn Leonard Chess's attention in June when Sammy Goldberg recruited Tom Archia , the tenor saxophonist who was working in the house trio at the Macomba, for a session led by drummer Jump Jackson. The company liked Archia's work and promptly brought him back for two more sessions as a leader. In late August or early September, Goldberg was responsible for signing Andrew Tibbs, who sang around the corner from the Macomba at Jimmy's Palm Garden, and became accustomed to dropping into the Macomba at intermission. Leonard Chess was also interested in recording an artist he believed would be a big success. As it turned out, Sunnyland Slim, who had been recruited by Sammy Goldberg, and Muddy Waters, who had gotten a call from Sunnyland Slim, were recording the same day. Andrew Tibbs. From the collection of Billy Vera. Sammy Goldberg's tenure at the company lasted only a few months; he moved on after the flurry of recording in the final quarter of 1947. Over time, Leonard Chess increased his share in the firm by buying the Brounts out. As he became more involved in the record business, he increasingly left the day-to-day operation of the Macomba to his brother Phil. After the Arons separated in 1948, Leonard Chess and Evelyn Aron ran the fi
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