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Brick Lane is a street in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. It is part of an old area which includes Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, Spitalfields and Petticoat Lane. Today, it is the heart of the city's British Bangladeshi community and is known to some as "Banglatown". It is famous for its many curry houses. History. Brick Lane gets its name from former brick and tile manufacture, using the local brick earth deposits, that began in the 15th century. Successive waves of immigration began with Huguenot refugees spreading from Spitalfields, where the master weavers were based, in the 17th century. This started a connection with clothing which lasted for over three centuries. The Huguenots were followed by Irish, Ashkenazi Jews and, in the last century, Bangladeshis. The area became a centre for weaving, tailoring and the clothing industry, due to the abundance of semi- and unskilled immigrant labour. Brewing came to Brick Lane before 1680, with water drawn from deep wells. One brewer was Joseph Truman, first recorded in 1683. His family went on to establish the sizable Black Eagle Brewery on Brick Lane. The Brick Lane Market was developed in the 17th century for fruit and vegetables. The Sunday market, like the ones on Petticoat Lane and nearby Columbia Road, dates from a dispensation given to the Jewish community. The Brick Lane Farmers' Market opened 6th June 2010. Emma Elizabeth Smith was viciously assaulted and robbed in Osborn Street, the part of Brick Lane that meets Whitechapel High Street, in the early hours of 3 April 1888. It was one of the first of the eleven Whitechapel Murders, some of which were done by the serial killer, Jack the Ripper. In 1742, La Neuve Eglise, a Huguenot chapel, was built on the corner of Brick Lane and Fournier Street. By 1809, it had become The Jews’ Chapel, for promoting Christianity to the expanding Jewish population, and became a Methodist Chapel
Svitavy (German: "Zwittau") is a town in the Czech Republic. About 17,000 people live there. A small river, also called Svitava, flows through the city from a nearby spring.  History. The original settlement with a church was founded by monks from and called after the flowing river Svitava. Later German settlers started to come here. They founded a new village with a church of St.Giles. Original Svitava slowly merged with the new village. The area around Svitavy became the subject of conflict between the bishop of Olomouc and a monastic manor from Litomyšl, 1256 conflict was settled in favour of the Bishop of Olomouc. So the year 1256 started the history of our town. In 2006 we celebrated 750 year from the foundation of town Svitavy. People from Svitavy. The town has a permanent museum exposition called Searching the Star of David - Oskar Schindler - Righteous Among the Nations (“Hledání Davidovy hvězdy - Oskar Schindler - Spravedlivý mezi národy“).
Sunset Boulevard is a long road in west Los Angeles. It stretches 24 miles (39 km) from Figueroa Street in downtown (central) Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades at the Pacific Ocean. Part of the Boulevard, called Sunset Strip, passes through Hollywood. Traffic. The boulevard is at least four lanes wide for all of the route. Car accidents are not uncommon due to the lack of a central divider on most sections. The road also has difficult curves and hills that a driver cannot see over. Sunset Boulevard often has more cars on it than it was planned for. It is worn and has cracks and potholes. Traffic on Sunset is often slow, especially during the rush hour. However, when traffic is mild, Sunset is a fast thoroughfare because it has few (and short-timed) traffic lights in the western part. Even at rush hours, cars move without waiting, as the lights are well-spaced and well-timed. Sunset Strip. This is the 1½ mile (2.4) km strip running through West Hollywood. The Strip is well-known; it has boutiques, restaurants, and nightclubs that are part of the entertainment industry. It is also known for its trademark array of huge, colorful billboards and is a popular "hangout" spot for rock stars, movie stars and other entertainers. Media. Sunset Strip was the location of a popular TV show "77 Sunset Strip" (1958–1964), starring Ephrem Zimbalist Jnr. Many young stars made an appearance in the series. Sunset Boulevard gave its name to a famous 1950 movie of the same name, rring Gloria Swanson, William Holden and Eric von Stroheim.
The function of 3D television is making a two-dimensional screen look like its picture is in three dimensions. This effect starts when we observe two shifted displays. 3D televisions with glasses. Basic division of 3d technologies 3D televisions in shops and e-shops are in 90% of cases stereoscopic. Glasses are used to see the picture in three dimensionals. The glasses divide display into two components (either shifted in color or otherwise). What 3D TV can do. 3D TV can do anything as well as 2D TV. The newest types of TV even can convert 2D into 3D but the quality is low. Movies in 3D format are still scarce. Few people would invest their money into partially exploited machine. Specification of three-dimensional perception. The best 3D television images are on larger television screens. The closer a person sits to the screen, the stronger the 3D effect. Three-dimensional image processing is also more difficult for the brain. Because the observation of 3D space in a 3D TV is so hard, viewers should be sitting during the watching 3D TV.
Martha Argerich (born 5 June 1941 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine classical pianist of Jewish descent. Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three. At the age of five, she moved to teacher Vincenzo Scaramuzza. Argerich gave her first concert in 1949 at the age of eight. The family moved to Europe in 1955 where Argerich studied with Friedrich Gulda in Austria. She later learned with Stefan Askenase and Maria Curcio. Argerich also had brief periods of learning with Madeleine Lipatti (widow of Dinu Lipatti), Abbey Simon, and Nikita Magaloff. In 1957, at sixteen, she won both the Geneva International Music Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition, within three weeks of each other. Argerich started to become famous around the world when she won the Seventh International Chopin Piano Competition in 1965 at the age of 24. She also made a recording in the same year, including pieces by Chopin, Brahms, Ravel, Liszt, and Prokofiev.
The Black Cauldron is a fantasy novel written by Lloyd Alexander. It was published in 1965 as the second book in The Chronicles of Prydain series. "The Black Cauldron" was awarded a Newbery Medal. "The Black Cauldron" centers around Taran, an Assistant Pig-Keeper who lives in the fantasy land of Prydain. Plot. The book begins with a meeting of many leaders. They make plans to stop the evil Arawn from taking over Prydain. The leaders decide to steal the Black Cauldron, a powerful tool, from Arawn. Prince Gwydion, the war lord of Prydain, leads a band of people into Annuvin, Arawn's country. When there, they learn that the cauldron has already been stolen. The Fair Folk (fairies) tell the group that the witches of Morva stole the cauldron. Prince Ellidyr, a poor youngest son, sneaks away from the group so that he can steal the cauldron for himself. The rest of the group follows to save him from Arawn's soldiers, but are attacked themselves. In the battle, Fflewddur Fflam and Doli are separated from the group. Also, Adaon, son of the chief bard, is wounded very badly. Before he dies, he passes on a brooch to Taran. The brooch has magical powers and Taran uses it to find Fflewddur and Doli. They continue to Morva, where Taran trades the brooch for the cauldron. The group then tries to smash it, but the witches tell them it can only be destroyed when a living person dies in it willingly. On the way back, Ellidyr attacks the group and steals the cauldron. The group is later found by King Morgant and his men, who have captured Ellidyr and beaten him. Morgant plans to use the cauldron to rule Prydain. Morgant ties up the entire group and offers to free them if Taran will join his service. While they are talking, Doli turns invisible and frees the whole group. During the fight that follows, Ellidyr throws himself into the cauldron, destroying it. King Smoit then comes and attacks Morgant, killing him. The group is rescued.
Nokia E7 is a mobile phone model made by Nokia. It complements Nokia's higher-end N8, which does not have a QWERTY keyboard.  Hardware. The phone has a 4-inch (diagonally measured) AMOLED screen. The phone can connect to the internet using its built-in 3G, EDGE or WiFi radios. It can connect to other devices, such as computers or other phones with its Bluetooth radio. The phone also contains a GPS receiver, which uses Nokia's Ovi maps software for street directions. The service is free for the E7 owners. Maps can be obtained through Nokia's Ovi market.  The phone has a non-autofocus camera that can take 8 megapixel photos or video in up to 720p at 25 fps. The phone has no place for a memory card. Software. The phone is pre-loaded with an email client, a calendar, an office suite with support for Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, a PDF viewer and other common productivity applications. The E7 uses the Symbian^3 operating system.
Telecommuting or telework or remote work is a work arrangement in which employees have flexible working locations and hours. They use telecommunication links to work. Many work from home, while others, also called nomad workers or web commuters use mobile telecommunications technology to work from coffee shops or other places. Telework is a broader term, referring to substituting telecommunications for any form of work-related travel, thereby eliminating the distance restrictions of telecommuting. A person who telecommutes is called a "telecommuter". Some telecommuters say that "work is something you do, not something you travel to". Working from home has always been possible for some people, but one of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic was to make it much more common. In many countries there were stay-at-home orders and people had to find ways of working from home. This was mostly by using remote technology. Many people found they liked not having to go into a distant office, especially parents with young children. When they were told they should go back to working in their office many people refused. Hybrid working, where people work from home most of the time but do come into the office sometimes became common. In Australia many people now have the right to work at home. It is unclear whether working away from the office affects performance at work.
Terra Nova was an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast from September 26 to December 19, 2011 on Fox. Fox has said they will not pick the series up for a second year. The series is shopped to other networks. The series tells the story of the Shannon family as they travel 85 million year into the past. The series starred Jason O'Mara and Stephen Lang. Setting. In the future, Earth is overcrowded. Most plants and animals are extinct. The skies are dark grey and the air is barely breathable because of pollution. The only hope for humanity to survive is in the distant past. Scientists find a way to travel to the past. They decide to send people into prehistoric times. They want to try to rebuild civilization and not repeat the mistakes they have made in their own world. The group in the past calls their new home "Terra Nova". The name means "new land" in Latin. People are sent back in time in groups called "pilgrimages". The story told in the series begins in the year 2149. It continues 85 million years in the past. Plot. The series is about the Shannon family as they join the Tenth Pilgrimage of settlers to Terra Nova. Jim Shannon is the father of the family. He is a former police officer. Jim’s wife, Elisabeth, is a surgeon. She is the newest member of Terra Nova’s medical team and the new chief medical officer. Jim and Elizabeth have three children; Josh, Maddy and Zoe. Josh () is their 17 year old son. Josh did not want to travel back in time because doing this meant he would have to leave his girlfriend. Upon arriving at Terra Nova, he finds himself instantly drawn to the beautiful and rule-breaking Skye. Maddy is Josh’s 15 years old sister. She hopes Terra Nova will give her a chance to reinvent herself. Zoe is the Shannon's 5 year old daughter. When the Shannon family first gets to Terra Nova, they meet Commander Nathaniel Taylor. He is the first person to go to Terra Nova and leader of the settlement. Taylor warns the travelers that while Terra Nova is a place of
is the capital city of Tokushima Prefecture in Japan. Tokushima is on Shikoku island at the mouth of the Yoshino River. History. Tokushima is a former castle town ("joka-machi") of the Hachisuka clan.
The polka is a dance for couples which originated in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). It was a "craze" in Europe for a time in the mid to late 19th century. and in the United States. The craze spread in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, of which the Czechs were part. The dance is done with a one-two-three-hop style: The dance soon spread to London and was introduced to America in 1844. It remained a popular ballroom dance until the late 19th century.
is a Japanese city in Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. It is the capital city of the prefecture. The city of Kōchi is at Urado Bay on the Pacific coast. It has been recognized as a core city since 1998. History. Kōchi developed as a castle town which was the center of Tosa Province.
is the capital city of Kagawa Prefecture in Japan. Takamatsu is on the Inland Sea coast of Shikoku in Japan. It has been recognized as a core city since 1999. History. Takamatsu is the Shikoku port which is closest to Honshu from Shikoku island. Takamatsu was a castle town ("joka-machi").
Fly fishing is a method of sport fishing. An artificial fly is used as bait to attract fish. They can look like flies, bugs, or small fish. These fake flies are made with natural or artificial materials such as elk hair, rubber, feathers, yarn, and floss. The flies are cast into the water with a fly line and fly-fishing rod. This way, the fisherman or woman can catch a lot of fish, both freshwater and marine. They use special equipment, such as a fly-fishing rod, reel, and line. History. Fly fishing probably began in ancient Egypt, but its modern form goes back to the England of the second half of the 19th century. Fishermen caught fish with live and later artificial insects. This method spread to the rest of Europe. National and international competitions and championships were started. This brought fly fishing to the attention of the public. Types of fly fishing. Lake fly fishing. Lake fly fishing is done on backwaters and mostly on reservoirs, ponds and lakes. The actual hunt is done either from the bank or from the water, by wading or from a boat. When fly fishing a lake, you want to look for structure, like trees, or boulders. The gear that should be used for lake fly fishing is a 5wt or 6wt rod but could vary depending on the size tippet or the size of fish you are targeting. River fly fishing. River fly fishing is usually done in flowing waters. It is normally done by wading. The fisherman or woman stands in the water or on the bank dressed in special waders and wading boots. To find fish in a river you want to look for things that will hold fish like pools created by structure or a bend in the stream or river, and feeding lanes which are the seams that are created when the fast water meets the slow water. The gear is very similar to fly fishing a lake, where you can use a 3 to 6wt rod for trout. Bernhardt, M. (2024). How to Fly Fish a River-For Beginners. DriftHook. https://drifthook.com/blogs/discover/how-to-fly-fish
is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture in Japan. Matsuyama is on the northwest coast of Shikoku. It has been recognized as a core city since 2000. History. Timeline. The city is known for hot springs (onsen). Dōgo Onsen in Matsuyama is the oldest hot spring bath house in Japan. Eight of the eighty-eight temples in the Shikoku Pilgrimage are in Matsuyama.
The Merkava is a main battle tank. It is developed and produced in Israel for the Israel Defense Forces. The tank was first introduced in 1978 and first used in combat during the 1982 Lebanon War. Four main versions have been developed. These are called Merkava Mark I – Mark IV. When designing the Merkava tank, everything was subordinated to the survival aspect of the crew, the engine is placed in front of the tank and thus serves as an additional component of ballistic protection, while the crew can escape from the damaged Merkava door at the rear of the tank. The thick armor and high mobility make it one of the best protected tanks in the world. The design team that developed the first version of this tank, led by commander of the Israeli armored corps, Israel Tal. General characteristics. Merkava Mark I. The Mark I weighed 63 tons. It had 900 horsepowers and the maximum speed was 46 km/h. It was armed with a 105-millimeter M64 main gun, and the M68 was later installed. Coaxially with the main gun, a 7.62 mm machine gun was mounted; the turret featured two more 7.62 mm machine guns as well as a 60 mm mortar mounted externally. Merkava Mark II. The Mark II was almost the same as the Mark I. The main differences were the internal mortar, better mobility and better resistance. Merkava Mark III. The Mark III weighed 65 tons. It had 1200 horsepowers and the maximum speed was 60 km/h. It was armed with a 120-millimeter MG251 main gun. Other equipment was almost same as the Mark II. The Mark III was longer and had better armor than the Mark II, and some new systems such as fire-control system were added. Merkava Mark IV. The Mark IV weighs 65 tons. It has 1500 horsepowers and the maximum speed is over 60 km/h. The Mark IV is armed with a 120-millimeter MG253 main gun using an electrical semi-automatic revolving magazine for 10 rounds. Coaxially with the
History. In the Middle Ages, Kutná Hora belonged to one of the most important cities in the Bohemian Kingdom. The silver mining started in the second half of 13th century. Unfortunately, the exact date and place, where it all started, remains unknown. Because of that there are lots of legends about the discovery of silver. The most common legend tells a story of a monk named Anthony from the monastery in Sedlec. According to this legend  the monk found out three silver rods at the foot of the hill. The peak of mining in Kutná Hora was reached in 14th century. During ages there were lots of mines, but only few of them have been preserved. Last mine was closed during 17th century. Technology. Mines were formed by shafts – pits going underground. Their depth varied from 20 to 150 metres.  Miners worked with simple tools. Only 50 dm3 of rock were extracted within a six-hour shift. This technology allowed them to reach depths ranging from 400 to 450 metres in 14th century. The deepest mine in 16th century was the Osel (donkey) mine, which reached the depth of 600 metres. St. George Mine. Mine was discovered in 1967 during a hydro-geological exploration of the heart of the city. Originally it was thought that the legendary Osel mine had been discovered. But further exploration proved that it is St. George mine. The mine was established around 1330’s and remained operational until the end of 15th or beginning of 16th century. Nowadays visitors may see 250 meters long tunnel, but in total there more than 800m of stopes, drifts or corridors. During those 250 meters it’s possible to see several interesting areas. Such as drifts to other levels of mine, exploration drifts, partly flooded stope, fragments of wooden drainage or wooden props (protection against collapsing of ceiling).
Ultima Online is an fantasy-themed MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) played all around the world. Game servers are called shards. The game was launched in 1997 by Origin Systems. Nowadays it is owned by Electronic Arts. Like in other games, play is mostly about getting the best character. Game play. The game continues with game mechanisms from the original single player game "Ultima". It was designed as a kind of social and economic experiment. Skills. Skill are measured in percent. The game has about 50 kinds of them. Magery, Necromancy, Alchemy, Mining... The highest amount of skill is 100%, but with special items it can be raised to 120%. Statistics. Basic player statistics are strength, intelligence and dexterity. Craft system. "Ultima Online" has a huge craft system. Players can make various things from weapons to whole ships. Datadiscs. Datadiscs mostly add new monsters, items and maps. OSI shards. OSI (Origin Systems Inc., now part of EA) is the name for official servers (shards). These servers have run more than 10 years. Shard emulation. "Ultima Online" files can be easily modified. This ability gives a free hand to many projects. To run your shard, you need a server emulator. The EA games tolerates other projects.
Urdă (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈurdə]) is the Romanian equivalent for Ricotta, a fresh white cheese made from whey of sheep, goat or cow. Urdă is produced by heating the whey resulting from the draining of any type of cheese. It is often made into molds to the shape of a half sphere. The paste is finely grained, silky and palatable. Since urdă is produced by Romanian shepherds since time immemorial in Romania, this product is considered a traditional Romanian dairy product. It is used especially in the preparation of several desserts as clătită and plăcintă.
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) also known as Azerbaijan People's Republic was the first successful attempt to create a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world before the Republic of Turkey. It was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by the Azerbaijani National Council in Tiflis, Georgia. Its borders were with Russia in the north, Democratic Republic of Georgia in the north-west, Democratic Republic of Armenia in the west, and Persian Empire (Iran) in the south. It had a population of 2.86 million. Ganja was the temporary capital of the Republic as Baku, which is the de jure capital, was under Bolshevik control. Under the ADR, the government was a parliamentary system in which a parliament, called the Milli Majlis (National Assembly of Azerbaijan) elected on the basis of universal, free, and proportional representation, was the highest political institution of state authority and the Council of Ministers was responsible before it. Fatali Khan Khoyski became its first prime minister. Besides the political party Musavat which had the majority in parliament, other political parties were Ehrar, Ittihad, Muslim Social-democrats as well as representatives of Armenian (21 out of 120 seats), Russian, Polish, Jewish and German minorities gained seats in the parliament. Some members supported Pan-Islamist and Pan-Turkist ideologies. Among the important accomplishments of the parliament was to give women the right to vote, making Azerbaijan the first Muslim nation to give women equal political rights with men. Azerbaijan made these reforms earlier than the United Kingdom and the United States. Another important accomplishment of ADR was the establishment of Baku State University, which was the first modern-type university founded in Azerbaijan. End of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, 1920. By March 1920, it became clear that Soviet Russia would attack and invade Azerbaijan. The Soviet Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin said that the invasion was justified by the fact that Soviet Russia could not survive without the Baku oil fields, which was at that time the largest oil field in the world with more than half of the world's oil reserves.
This is a list of tallest buildings in Macon, GA "This list does not have radio towers in it."