the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
Handheld consoles
Digital Platforms
Nintendo e-Shop
Video game lists
Târgovişte is a city in the Dâmboviţa County of Romania.
About 89,000 people lived in Târgovişte as of the year 2003.
Orvault, France
Miami, United States
Corbetta, Italy
Santarem, Portugal
Vellinge, Sweden
Castellon de la Plana, Spain
Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, known as Antonio Machado (July 26, 1875 – February 22, 1939), was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98.
Major publications
Soledades (1903)
Soledades, Galerías y Otros poemas (1907)
Campos de Castilla (1912)
Poesías completas (1917)
Nuevas canciones (1924)
Poesías completas (1936, 4th edition)
Juan de Mairena (1936)
Garcilaso de la Vega (Toledo, c. 1501– Le Muy, Nice, France, October 14, 1536), was a Spanish soldier and poet.
The prototypical "Renaissance man", he was the most influential (though not the first or the only) poet to introduce Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques and themes to Spain.
His exact birth date is unknown, but estimations by scholars put his year of birth between 1498 and 1503.
The Nepenthes, often known as Tropical Pitcher Plants or Monkey Cups, are a genus of carnivorous plants in the  family of the Nepenthaceae consisting of about 120 species (this number is fast increasing, with one to two new species being described each year).
Many hybrids exist, both natural and created by humans.
These plants come from  South China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines; westward to Madagascar and the Seychelles ; southward to Australia and New Caledonia ; and northward to India and Sri Lanka .
Many are plants from hot humid lowland areas, but the majority are from high in the mountains where nights are cold.
Nepenthes are often categorized as being lowland or highland varieties, depending on how high they live above sea level.
Lowland varieties usually require high temperature and humidity levels.
Highland varieties usually require warm days but cold and humid nights.
The name Nepenthes was first published in 1737 in Carolus Linnaeus's Hortus Cliffortianus.
Nepenthes traps contain a fluid of the plant's own production, which may be watery or syrupy and is used to drown prey.
The trapping efficiency of this fluid remains high, even when significantly diluted by water, as inevitably happens in wet conditions.
Many species of Nepenthes produce two different forms of pitchers.
Near the base of the plant are the large lower traps, which usually sit on the ground, while the upper pitchers may be smaller, coloured differently, and have different shapes and features than the lower pitchers.
One of the earliest pictures of Nepenthes appears in Leonard Plukenet's Almagestum Botanicum of 1696.
The plant, called Utricaria vegetabilis zeylanensium, is without doubt a N. distillatoria.
List of Nepenthes natural hybrids
Botanical Society of America: Nepenthes - the Monkey Cups
The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: Nepenthes
is a manga series made by the mangaka .
The manga began its run in 2002, monthly in Monthly Shōnen Jump.
The manga talks about the story and the adventures of Kurohime and the others friends to fight the Gods of their lands and to resurrect the true love of her, the man who sacrificed his life for her, Zero.
Magic in this world is used by Gods and by some kind of humanans, called witches (whether they are men or women).
The magic used by th witches can be showed under many forms, for example can be mixed with human technology, for example a gun or a rifle.
A common use of magic mixes with human technology for example is when Kurohime, shot with her gun, magic bullets, that can invoke magical beasts as dragon or a demon.
Zero - A boy saved by Kurohime in his childhood.
Over ten years, he trained and became a gunslinger.
He uses 4 guns and is known for his incredible speed.
He does not use his guns for killing and only uses them to help people.
Zero doesn't use the magic, often is used by Kurohime for to mix magic with technology.
Zero loves truly Kurohime and in a part of series he will sacrifice his life for to save Kurohime.
Kurohime - A magician who fights using magical bullets.
Ten years ago, she saves Zero, influencing his decision to become a gunslinger.
She is very self-centered, and is said to not be able to genuinely love.
As a result, she defied the gods and was cursed to walk the world as a child.
She can only revert to her adult form when she falls in love.
When a child, she is addressed as Himeko, and her magic powers are greatly hindered.
The adult Kurohime bears a strong resemblance to the goddess that cursed her (In fact, they are both the same.
Kurohime was split into 2 in her battle against the gods; one of "good" which holds all of her love and care and memories, and the other holding her "bad" side, which has no memories, except the anger and hatred.
The latter is the current Kurohime, while the former is the "goddess" who gave her the curse.)
She is also extremely beautiful and believes all men are her "dogs".
Still, she has feelings for Zero, even if she won't admit it.
Her name translates to "Black Princess" (Kuro is black and hime is princess).
Her chief weapon is her witch-gun, "Senryu" (which, when translated means Tornado Dragon).
Aside from being able to fire witch-bullets, Senryu can fire normal bullets with cannon-like force.
In the second arc, Himeko receives the Yamato-Dachi from Yamatohime after defeating Gandhara.
The sword fuses with Senryu, allowing it to switch between sword (Yamato Senryuto) and gun (Yamato Senryuho) forms.
Himeko- Kurohime's form as a child, she differs greatly from her adult self, besides the fact that she is adorable and cute while her adult self is sexy and beautiful.
Himeko is hyperactive and acts like a real child, often falling asleep for naps, while as her adult form is more controlled and calm.
Himeko is unable to use strong magic, for example when she tries to evoke a dragon, it comes just a funny little dragon, really useless.
Onimaru - A heavyset gunslinger that he felt betrayed by Kurohime/Himeko.
When she was bad, Kurohime used him and his troops for to build a tower for to fight Gods, after then Kurohime betrayed Onimaru.
He was once her most loyal soldier and his back bears a large tattoo of the Kanji for "Dog" and "Kurohime".
In the middle of series Onimaru will be cursed by a demon and will be transformed in a little lizard.
Asura - A beautiful looking woman.
The people of that land call her and her kind, demons.
She is extremely powerful, possessing incredible magical powers, whose destructive properties rivals a god.
She is first introduced as a mysterious character who plays a subtle hand in aiding Kurohime and Zero defeat a witch.
Sword- The leader of the death angel squad (Shinigami Tenshidan) sent after Kurohime and Zero in the fourth volume.
She and her comrades (Axe, Lance, Mace, Hammer, and Dagger) are sent to reap a group of vengeful souls from a ghost wagon who were revived courtesy of Kurohime.
Sword seems to have a personal sense of revenge against Kurohime.
Darkray- The former God of Death.
He fought Kurohime when she first challenged the gods.
Using the soul of an infant murdered by an attack on Kurohime as a shield, he defeated her with Sword, slicing her in half.
He was also the one who suggested splitting Kurohime into two beings: one comprised of pure hate, the other, of love and compassion.
This resulted in the birth of Shirohime (White Princess)the Goddess of Mercy.
He later appears in the fourth volume.
Yashahime- The mother goddess and lover of Darkray.
She swears to kill Kurohime to avenge the fallen God of Death, and first appears when Kurohime killed Gandhara on Yamato.
She is very powerful and she  tried to kill Zero's soul.
She is actually jealous of the love zero and Kurohime share, and uses Darkray's skull to turn Zero into the god of death, so as to make Kurohime experience hell on earth forever.
Yamatohime- The Phoenix Suzaku, Devil God, and Spirit Queen of Fire.
She is Asura's master.
She had been imprisoned by the gods in the depths of a volcano, under constant watch by the Demon God Gandhara.
Kurohime official site
Kurohime English language edition
These 41 high density sets operated the outer-suburban services from Marylebone usually to destinations such as High Wycombe, Aylesbury and Banbury which are on the Chiltern Main Line and Great Central Main Line (now the London to Aylesbury Line).
Sometimes, these sets used to operate 8-12 car long expresses to Nottingham Victoria in the final years of the GCML.
Coincidentally, the 115 were under Table 115 in the British Rail timetable.
Some sets were also built for the CLC line between Liverpool and Manchester.
These were later transferred to Marylebone.
They also worked from Tyseley in the later years.
The Marylebone sets, which were later transferred to Bletchley but remained on Chiltern Line duties, were declared surplus after the introduction of Class 165s, from 1991 onwards.
While at Bletchley depot the class was also used on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, units being formed as power twins.
They were in turn replaced on this line by class 117 power twins.
The final Class 115 working out of Marylebone was in July 1992.
The Tyseley sets survived a bit longer, until February 1994.
Pomaia is a little village (it: frazione), near the city of (it: comune) Santa Luce, in the Province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.
The village is a very important point for Buddhism in Italy.
In Pomaia, one of biggest Tibetan monasteries, called the "Lama Zong Khapa Institute", can be seen.
On April in Pomaia there is a Sagra, a local festival about broad beans, followed by a lot of people and many tourists.
Many tourists come in Pomaia, for to see the Buddhist manifestations in the Buddhist Monastery of Pomaia.
Website of Lama Zong Khapa Institute
Morellino di Scansano DOCG is an Italian red wine made in the hills of the village of Scansano (province of Grosseto), in the Maremma, which includes a part of the coast of southern Tuscany.
Morellino is the local name for the Sangiovese grape varietal.
The wine, which gained the DOC status in 1978, and upgraded to DOCG status from the 2007 vintage, is made from of 85% Sangiovese (which is also the base of the tuscan wines: Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano).
The remaining 0–15% of any non aromatic black grape varieties included in a list made and periodically updated by the local authorities.
Consorzio di Tutela del Morellino di Scansano
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (in English lit.
Noble Wine of Montepulciano) is a red wine with Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita status produced in the vineyards in the town of Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy.
The wine is made for the main part from the Sangiovese grape varietal (minimum 70%), blended with Canaiolo Nero (10%–20%)  and small add of other local varieties such as Mammolo.
The wine is aged in oak barrels for 2 years; three years if it is a riserva.
The wine should not be confused with Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, a red wine made from the Montepulciano grape in the Abruzzo region of east-central Italy.
Wines made in Montepulciano
Novello (produced not only in this region)
Rosso di Montepulciano (Red of Montepulciano)
Nobile di Montepulciano (Noble of Montepulciano)
Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva (Noble of Montepulciano Riserva)
Some wineries, in addition to wines, also produce Grappa.
By Italian law, the same company cannot be both a certified winery and a certified distillery, therefore, the Grappa is produced in cooperation, but, is usually sold by the winery and bears the winery name on its label.
Official site of the Consorzio del Vino Nobile
Official site of the local Wine Route Organization - Strada del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Brunello di Montalcino is a red Italian wine.
It is made in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino about  southwest of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
Brunello, roughly translated  as "nice dark one" in the local dialect, is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese (also known as Sangiovese Grosso) grown in the Montalcino region.
In 1980, the Brunello di Montalcino was awarded the first Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) designation and today is one of the Italy's best-known and most expensive wines.
Map highlighting the Montalcino region
Above 90 Montalcino wine tour
The Borodin Quartet is a string quartet that was founded in 1945 in what was then the Soviet Union.
The four players have not always been the same people: there have been some changes to the group, but it is one of the world's longest lasting string quartets.
In 2005 they celebrated their 60th anniversary.
Until he retired in 2007 the cellist Valentin Berlinsky had almost always been the cellist of the quartet.
When they started they were known as the Moscow Philharmonic Quartet.
In 1955 the quartet changed its name to Borodin Quartet, named after the composer Alexander Borodin who composed two famous string quartets.
They often got invitations to play in the West, but the Soviet communist government would not allow them to travel out of their country.
The quartet had to accept the concerts that their government allowed them to do.
They played at the funerals of the dictator Stalin and the composer Sergei Prokofiev which were on the same day (both men died on 5 March 1953.
However, they were not paid anything for either event.
The quartet knew the composer Dmitri Shostakovich very well.
They performed his quartets, and Shostakovich often listened to them practising and discussed with them the way he wanted them to be played.
The quartet often played piano quintets with the pianist Sviatoslav Richter.
When they started in 1945 their cellist was Mstislav Rostropovich.
Rudolf Barshai was their viola player.
Very soon afterwards Rostropovich found he had too many other engagements, so he got Valentin Berlinsky to be their cellist.
The four men who then formed the quartet signed an oath in their own blood that they would be faithful and stay together as a group.
They stayed together for 20 years.
Then Rostislav Dubinsky, the first violinist, defected to the West and the second violinist, Jaroslav Alexandrov, retired because of bad health.
With two new players, the quartet spend two years practising together before they performed again in public.
When Communism collapsed and the Soviet Union broke up, the quartet still continued to be very famous.
They travelled abroad a lot, performing in places such as London.
The Borodin Quartet Official Website
Pienza, a town  (it: commune) in the province of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism."
In 1996, UNESCO put the town his list as a World Heritage Site, and in 2004 the all valley, the Val d'Orcia, was put on the list of UNESCO's World Cultural Landscapes.
Pienza was rebuilt from a village called Corsignano, which was the birthplace (1405) of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Italian: Enea Silvio Piccolomini), a Renaissance humanist born into an exiled Sienese family, who later became Pope Pius II.
Once he became Pope, Piccolomini had the entire village rebuilt as an ideal Renaissance town.
Intended as a retreat from Rome, it represents the first application of humanist urban planning concepts.
The rebuilding was done by Florentine architect Bernardo Gambarelli (known as Bernardo Rossellino).
Important Places and Monuments in Pienza
Palazzo Piccolomini
The piazza is made by four buildings.
The principal residence, Palazzo Piccolomini, is on the west side.
The Duomo
The Duomo (Cathedral), which dominates the center of the piazza, has a façade that is one of the earliest designed in the Renaissance manner.
Artworks in the Duomo include five altar paintings from the Sienese School.
The Baptistry, dedicated as usual to San Giovanni.
Palazzo Borgia
The Palazzo Borgia, on the third side of the piazza, was built as the palace to house the bishops who would travel to Pienza to attend the Pope.
Inside the palace there is the Diocesan Museum, and the Museo della Cattedrale.
The collection includes a lot of religious artifacts.
Paintings include a 7th-century painting of Christ on the Cross (La Croce), 14th century works by Pietro Lorenzetti (Madonna with Child) and Bartolo di Fredi (Madonna della Misericordia).
There are also important works from the 14th and 15th centuries, including a Madonna attributed to Luca Signorelli.
Across from the church is the town hall.
Since Corsigniano was originally a village without a town governance, before the transformations there was no town hall.
But when Corsigniano was given the status of an official city, a Palazzo Comunale was required.
A third floor was added in 1599.
The Palazzo Comunale was probably also designed by Rossellino.
Other buildings
Ammannati Palace
The Gonzaga Palace
The Palazzo del Cardinale Atrebatense
The Pieve of Corsignano, in the neighbourhood, is one of the most important Romanesque monuments of the area.
Piazza Pio II
Hometown Pope Makes Good (Pope Pius II and Pienza) by Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, 24 August 2006)
An interactive whiteboard is a large, interactive screen that connects a computer and a projector.
The projector projects the computer's desktop onto the screen of the interactive whiteboard.
The user can control the computer by using a special pen, finger or another tool to touch the screen of the interactive whiteboard.
Normally, interactive whiteboards are fixed on walls.
However, there are some mobile interactive whiteboards.
Interactive whiteboards are used in many different places such as in classrooms, in work groups and in training rooms for professional coaching.
Interactive whiteboards are the modern version of the traditional whiteboards used in schools.
The interactive whiteboard must be connected to an PC before you can use the whiteboard.
Most whiteboards are connected to the computer's Serial port or to a USB port.
Some newer systems can use a wireless connection to the computer.
Controlling the PC means, that you can use the projection field like the desktop of the PC and the pen or the finger is the computer mouse.
Most of the whiteboards translate the hand writing notes on the board in standard computer text.
And so you can see your text clearly and save it as a file.
Another use for interactive whiteboards is, that you can start presentations easily.
You can start and control your presentation, although you stand in the front of the whiteboard and you are not depending on a keyboard.
Using interactive whiteboards
They can write onto the board and save it as a document for use in the other lessons .
You can also send the whole lesson or the documents via e-mail to pupils who were absent.
Interactive whiteboard makes it easy to demonsate how to use new software
Videos can be shown
Fixing and changing ideas of a brainstorming easily is an resource which students can use to reach a success faster.
When student can use modern technology they are more interested in learning.
Projection Systems
In this system the projector is placed in front of the whiteboard.
Either the projector is fixed on the whiteboard or it hangs on the ceiling.
"Sue" is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, one of the largest, most complete and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever found.
Sue was discovered in the summer of 1990 by Sue Hendrickson, a paleontologist, and was named after her.
She contacted the Black Hills Institute, whose staff retrieved and prepared the bones.
First, ownership disputes were settled in court.
There was a long dispute between the owners of the land, the Sioux tribe, the  United States Department of the Interior, and the Black Hills Institute, whose staff had done the work.
The fossil was then  auctioned in October 1997 for US$8.36 million, the highest amount ever paid for a dinosaur fossil.
After preparation, the skeleton became a permanent feature at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.
The money had been raised by public subscription.
Distorted roar
Sue's roars were created with input from Sue using various animal sounds which were altered.
Some of the roars were reused for Godzilla thirty years later in the short film Mega-Godzilla: King of the Universe.
Several roars were reused for Alex the Lion thirty-one years later in the animated recap The Ultimate "Madagascar" Recap Cartoon.
DOCG is the short version of Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita, a warranty mark used in Italy, about the wines, for to help who buy wines against fake wines or frauds.
This warranty mark shows the exact point where the wine was made.
A wine before to be able to use the DOCG mark must pass many tests and have some qualities.
Often these qualities are for example the little place where we can find the kind of wine, for example just a big hills of just a region in Italy.
List of Italians wine with DOCG
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane (riserva version) (Province of Teramo)
Aglianico del Vulture (superiore version) (Province of Potenza)
Fiano di Avellino (red and white), (Province of Avellino)
Greco di Tufo (white), (Province of Avellino)
Taurasi (red and white), (Province of Avellino)
Albana di Romagna (white)
Ramandolo (white) (Province of Udine)
Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit (Passito) (Province of Udine)
Cesanese del Piglio (o Piglio)
Franciacorta (Spumante, Spumante rosé, Satèn) (Province of Brescia)
Valtellina Superiore
Oltrepò Pavese metodo classico (since 2007)
Valtellina Sfursat, (red)
Conero (red Riserva) Province of Ancona
Verdicchio Riserva (White)
Vernaccia di Serrapetrona Province of Macerata
Asti (Province of Asti, Province of Cuneo and Province of Alessandria)
Barbaresco (Province of Cuneo)
Barolo (Province of Cuneo)
Brachetto d'Acqui o Acqui (Province of Alessandria and Province of Asti)
Gattinara (red normale and Riserva)(Province of Vercelli)
Gavi o Cortese di Gavi (white Frizzante, Spumante and Tranquillo)Province of Alessandria
Ghemme (red normale e Riserva) (Province of Novara)
Roero (white Roero Arneis and Roero Arneis Spumante, red normale and Superiore) (Province of Cuneo)
Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore or Dogliani Province of Cuneo
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore (since 2008)
Barbera d'Asti (since 2008)
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore (o Ovada) (since 2008)
Vermentino di Gallura (white normale and Superiore) (Province of Nuoro and Province of Sassari
Cerasuolo di Vittoria (red normale and Classico) (Province of Caltanissetta, Province of Catania and Province of Ragusa)
Brunello di Montalcino (red normale and Riserva) (Province of Siena)
Carmignano (Rosso nelle tipologie normale e Riserva) prodotto nelle province di Firenze e Prato
Chianti (red) (Province of Arezzo), (Province of Florence), (Province of Pisa), (Province of Pistoia), (ProvincePrato) and (province of Siena)
Colli Aretini (Province of Arezzo)
Colli Senesi (Province of Siena)
Colli Fiorentini (Province of Florence)
Colline Pisane (Province of Pisa)
Montalbano (Province of Florence and Province of Pistoia and Province of prato)
Montespertoli (Province of Florence)
Rùfina (Province of Florence)
Superiore (Province of Florence)
Chianti Classico (Province of Florence and Province of Siena)
Vernaccia di San Gimignano (white normale and Riserva) (province of Siena)
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (red normale and Riserva) (province of Siena)
Morellino di Scansano (Province of Grosseto)
Elba Aleatico Passito (Elba Island, Province of Livorno)
Montefalco Sagrantino (red Secco andPassito) (Province of Perugia)
Torgiano Rosso Riserva (red riserva only))  (Province of Perugia)
Bardolino Superiore (red) (Province of Verona)
Recioto di Soave (white normale, Classico and Spumante) (Province of Verona)
Soave Superiore (whitenormale, Classico and Riserva) (Province of Verona)
Recioto di Gambellara (since 2008)
Prosecco Superiore di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene
Karpenisi is a mountainous Greek city.
It is a small city in Eyritania district.
Karpenisi is the capital of Eyritania prefecture.
Eyritania prefecture has the most mountains of any other prefecture of Greece.
There are mountains everywhere in the Eyritania prefecture.
The highest point of Karpenisi is at the top of the Tymphristos Mountain, which is 2,315 meters high.
Around 7,300 people live in Karpenisi, says the census taken in 2001.
Karpenisi is built at an altitude of 960 meters.
It sits on the slopes of the Tymphristos mountain.
Lamia is east of Karpenisi.
Karpenisi is smaller town than Lamia.
Lamia also serves the district of Karpenisi.
Winter resort
Today, Karpenisi is one of the most important winter resorts in Greece.
In winter, many Greeks go there in order to do winter sports.
The people visiting go skiing and hiking in the forests of Karpenisi.
Karpenisi is surrounded by a fir forest.
Empoli is a town in Tuscany, Italy, about 30 km southwest of Florence.
It is 30 m above sea-level, to the south of the Arno.
The plain  of the town has been usable for agriculture since Roman times.
Empoli is on the main railway line from Florence to Pisa and is well joined with the city of Siena.
Empoli has a long tradition as an agricultural centre.
It has given its name to a local kind of artichoke.
Empoli was already settled in the time of the early Roman Empire, and still existed in the 4th century AD.
The river near the city was a good route for the trade of agricultural products, together with the local amphorae.
Since the 8th century Empoli grew as a town around the castle, known as Emporium or Empolis.
In 1119 it was controlled by Guidi.
In 1182 it went under Florentine rule.
In 1260, after the Battle of Montaperti, Empoli was the seat of a famous council in which Farinata degli Uberti opposed the destruction of Florence.
Later Empoli became an important fortress.
Important places and monuments
The Piazza Farinata degli Uberti, also known as Piazza dei Leoni ("Lions Square"), in the middle there is a fountain by Luigi Pampaloni (1827).
Here lies the Collegiata di Sant'Andrea, the main city's monument.
The Palazzo Ghibellino is the former palace of the Guidi counts.
It was probably built in the 11th century.
The Palazzo Pretorio was the Town Hall in the Middle Ages.
In the frazione of Pontorme is the house of the painter Pontormo.
Important people from Empoli
Giovanni da Empoli (1483–1518), navigator
Jacopo Carrucci, better known as Pontormo (1494–1556), painter
Jacopo da Empoli (1551–1640), painter
Alessandro Marchetti (1633–1714), mathematician and writer
Giuseppe del Papa (1648–1735), doctor and philosopher
Ippolito Neri (1652–1708), doctor and poet
Renato Fucini (1843–1921), writer
Giuliano Vanghetti (1861–1940), orthopaedist
Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924), musician
Alberto Castellani (1884–1932), Eastern countries scholar
Mentore Maggini (1890–1941), astronomer
Remo Scappini (1908–1994), politician and anti-Fascist militant
Carlo Rovini (1932–1988), poet and writer
Sankt Georgen an der Gusen, Austria
Aubervilliers, France
Besançon, France
Namur, Belgium
Igoumenitsa is a small Greek city.
It has a population of about 9,644 people.
It is found in the north-western part of Greece in the Ipiros periphery.
It is a city built along the coast of the Ionian Sea.
It has a big port which links Igoumenitsa with the Italian cities of Bari, Ancona and Brintezi.
It is the second important port of Greece along the Ionian Sea, after the port in the city of Patras.
Larderello is a frazione of the comune of Pomarance, in Tuscany in central Italy.
Larderello is famous for its geothermal productivity.
The region was known from ancient times for its volcanic nature and for the very hot springs.
In 1827, François de Larderel, a Frenchman, invented a way of extracting boric acid from the volcanic mud by using steam to separate the two.
The town Larderello has the name in honour of Larderel's work.
The region was the site of a pioneering experiment in the production of energy from geothermal sources in 1904.
Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first geothermal power generator on 4 July 1904, at the Larderello dry steam field in Italy.
Later, in 1911, the world's first geothermal power plant was built there.
In 1911, the world's first geothermal power plant was built in the Valle del Diavolo ("Devil's Valley"), named for the boiling water in the area.
Larderello now produces 10% of the world's entire supply of geothermal electricity, amounting to 4,800 GWh per year.
"Steaming Forward" , Time magazine, June 16, 2003
The Minneapolis Millers were an ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey Association.
A famous player who played for the Millers was Tiny Thompson.
American Hockey Association (1926–1942) – A minor pro league existing between 1926 and 1942.
American Hockey Association (1992–1993) – A minor pro league existing between 1992 and 1993.
The American Hockey Association was a small professional ice hockey league.
It was active between 1926 and 1942.
Buffalo Majors (1930-31 to 1931-32)
Chicago Cardinals (1926-27)
Chicago Shamrocks (1930-31 to 1931-32)
Dallas Texans (1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
Detroit Greyhounds (1926-27)
Duluth Hornets (1926-27 to 1932-33)
Fort Worth Rangers (1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
Kansas City Americans (1940-41 to 1941-42)
Kansas City Greyhounds (1932-33 to 1939-40)
Kansas City Pla-Mors (1927-28 to 1931-32; joins USHL in 1945)
Minneapolis Millers (1926-27 to 1930-31; 1936-37 to 1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
Minneapolis Warriors (1935-36)
Oklahoma City Warriors (1933-34 to 1935-36)
Omaha Knights (1939-40 to 1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
St. Louis Flyers (1928-29 to 1941-42)
St. Paul Saints (1926-27 to 1929-30; 1932-33; 1935-36 to 1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
Tulsa Oilers (1928-29 to 1931-32; 1932-33 to 1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
Wichita Blue Jays (1932-33)
Wichita Skyhawks (1935-36 to 1939-40)
Wichita Vikings (1933-34)
Winnipeg Maroons (1926-27 to 1927-28)
1926-27 — Duluth Hornets
1927-28 — Minneapolis Millers
1928-29 — Tulsa Oilers
1929-30 — Kansas City Pla-Mors
1930-31 — Tulsa Oilers
1931-32 — Chicago Shamrocks
1932-33 — Kansas City Greyhounds
1933-34 — Kansas City Greyhounds
1934-35 — St. Louis Flyers
1935-36 — St. Louis Flyers
1936-37 — Minneapolis Millers
1937-38 — St. Louis Flyers
1938-39 — St. Louis Flyers
1939-40 — Omaha Knights
1940-41 — St. Louis Flyers
1941-42 — Omaha Knights
Ice hockey leagues in the United States
1942 disestablishments
Bellevue is a small hamlet near the Crowsnest Pass of the Rocky Mountains found in southern Alberta, Canada.
About 350 people live in Bellevue.
It is currently part of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, where about 6,500 people live.
Hamlets in Alberta
The College of William & Mary in Virginia (also known as The College of William & Mary, The College, William & Mary, or W&M) is a public university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States.
It was founded in 1693 by a Royal Charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II.
It is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
William & Mary educated U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler as well as other key figures important to the development of the nation, including U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, Speaker of the House Henry Clay and 16 signers of the Declaration of Independence.
In 2008, the college had 5,850 undergraduate students and 2,042 graduate and professional students in and gave 1,454 bachelors, 440 masters, and 209 professional degrees.
The Sir Christopher Wren Building is both the oldest college building in the United States and a National Historic Landmark.
The building, nicknamed just the "Wren Building", got its new name in 1931 to honor the English architect Sir Christopher Wren.
The first building, in 1699, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
Not much is known about how the first building looked.
It burned down within a few years of its completion.
Tramway tracks are used on tramways or light railways.
Grooved rails (or girder rails) are normally used to let the trams run on streets.
This is called "street-running".
Like normal rail tracks, tram tracks consist of two parallel steel rails.
Tram rails can be placed in several surfaces.
Standard rails can be put on sleepers like railway tracks, or with grooved rails on concrete sleepers into street surfaces (pavement) for street running.
Another environmentally-friendly or ecologically-friendly alternative is to lay tracks into grass turf surfaces.
This is known as grassed track (or track in a lawn).
It was first used in Liverpool in 1924.
Rail infrastructure
Tram technology
Light rail or light rail transit (LRT) is a form of urban rail public transportation.
Generally it can carry fewer people and has a lower speed than heavy rail/metro systems, but it can carry more people and has a higher speed than street-running tram systems.
The term is normally used to refer to rail systems with rapid transit-style features that usually use electric rail cars operating mostly in private rights-of-way separated from other traffic but sometimes, if necessary, mixed with other traffic in city streets.
Modern light rail technology is highly flexible in how it can be used, and whether any given system is considered a true rapid transit system or not depends on its implementation.
The London County Council Tramways was a large network of public street tramways.
They were formed in 1899.
They were run by the council in the County of London, UK.
In 1933 they were taken over by the London Passenger Transport Board.
The PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcar (tram) design was first built in the United States in the 1930s.
The design was very successful in America.
After World War II it was allowed to be used in other countries in the world.
The PCC car has proved to be a long lasting icon of streetcar design, and PCC cars are still in service in various places around the world.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is a fund established in the United Kingdom under the National Lottery etc.
Act 1993.
The Fund opened for applications in 1994.
It uses money raised through the National Lottery to transform and sustain the UK’s heritage.
From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, the natural environment and cultural traditions, HLF provides grants to support all aspects of the UK's diverse heritage.
Douglas' Website
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England.
It lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne.
Gateshead town centre and Newcastle city centre are very close to one another, and together they form the urban core of Tyneside.
Gateshead is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Ambergate is a village in Derbyshire, England, where the River Amber joins the River Derwent.
Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England.
It lies on the River Don, close to its confluence with the  River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster.
Its football club, Rotherham United F.C., was founded in 1870.
Grimsby (or Great Grimsby) is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England.
Towns in Lincolnshire
Halle (also called Halle an der Saale) is the largest town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
It lies in the southern part of the state, on the river Saale.
It has about 234,000 inhabitants (2006).
It is famous all over the world because Georg Friedrich Handel was born there.
This article is a general one on trams in London.
For a specific article on the organisation responsible for running the current generation of trams in London, see London Trams.
For a complete list of historical tram operators, see list of tram operators
There have been two separate generations of trams in London, from 1860 to 1952 and from 2000.
Between 1952 and 2000 no trams ran in London.
The decision to abolish the first generation of trams was taken in a way which allowed various interested groups to have a say, but with little or no consultation to or with the general population.
The debate was largely about trams on London, and made in a way which reflected the time when the British Labour Party controlled both London and the UK.
The first trams in London were authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1870.
They were, of course, horse-drawn at that time, although steam power was also possible.
sv:Londons spårväg
A-Aa
| Aaron's Hill
| Somerset
| Surrey
Abb-Abd
| Abbas Combe
| Abberley
| Hereford and Worcester
| Abberton
| Essex
| Abberton Reservoir
| Abbess End
| Abbess Roding
| Abbey
| Devon
| Abbeycwmhir
| Powys
| Abbeydale
| Gloucestershire
| Sheffield
| Abbeydale Park
| Abbey Dore
| Abbey Field
| Abbey Gate
| Kent
| Abbey Green
| Staffordshire
| Shropshire
| Abbey Head
| Dumfries and Galloway
| Abbey Hey
| Manchester
| Abbeyhill
| City of Edinburgh
| Abbey Hulton
| City of Stoke-on-Trent
| Abbey Mead
| Abbey St Bathans
| Scottish Borders
| Abbeystead
| Lancashire
| Abbeytown
| Cumbria
| Abbey Village
| Abbey Wood
| Greenwich
| Abbey Yard
| Abbots Bickington
| Abbots Bromley
| Abbotsbury
| Dorset
| Abbotsford
| West Sussex
| Abbotsham
| Abbotskerswell
| Abbots Langley
| Hertfordshire
| Abbotsleigh
| Abbots Leigh
| North Somerset
| Abbotsley
| Cambridgeshire
| Abbot's Meads
| Cheshire
| Abbots Morton
| Abbots Ripton
| Abbots Salford
| Warwickshire
| Abbotstone
| Hampshire
| Abbotswood
| Abbots Worthy
| Abbotts Ann
| Abcott
| Abdon
| Abdy
| Rotherham
| Aberaeron
| Ceredigion
| Aberaman
| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
| Aberangell
| Aber Arad
| Carmarthenshire
| Aberarder
| Highland
| Aberargie
| Perth and Kinross
| Aberarth
| Aberavon
| Neath Port Talbot
| Aberbanc
| Aberbargoed
| Caerphilly
| Aberbechan
| Aberbeeg
| Blaenau Gwent
| Aberbran
| Abercanaid
| Merthyr Tydfil
| Abercarn
| Abercastle
| Pembrokeshire
| Abercegir
| Aberchalder
| Aberchirder
| Aberdeenshire
| Abercorn
| West Lothian
| Abercraf
| Abercregan
| Abercrombie
| Fife
| Abercwmboi
| Abercych
| Abercynon
| Aber-Cywarch
| Gwynedd
| Aberdalgie
| Aberdare (Aberdar)
| Aberdaron
| Aberdaughleddau (Milford Haven)
| Aberdeen
| City of Aberdeen
| Aberdesach
| Aberdour
| Aberdulais
| Aberdyfi
| Aberedw
| Abereiddy
| Abererch
| Aberfan
| Aberfeldy
| Aberffraw
| Isle of Anglesey
| Aberffrwd
| Monmouthshire
| Aberford
| Leeds
| Aberfoyle
| Stirling
| Abergarw
| Bridgend
| Abergarwed
| Abergavenny (Y Fenni)
| Abergele
| Conwy
| Aber-Giar
| Abergorlech
| Abergwaun (Fishguard)
| Abergwesyn
| Abergwili
| Abergwynfi
| Abergwyngregyn
| Abergynolwyn
| Aberhonddu (Brecon)
| Aberhosan
| Aberkenfig
| Aberlady
| East Lothian
| Aberlemno
| Angus
| Aberlerry
| Aberllefenni
| Abermagwr
| Abermorddu
| Flintshire
| Abermule
| Abernant
| Abernethy
| Abernyte
| Aber-oer
| Wrexham
| Aberpennar (Mountain Ash)
| Aberporth
| Abersoch
| Abersychan
| Torfaen
| Abertawe (Swansea)
| Swansea
| Aberteifi (Cardigan)
| Aberthin
| The Vale Of Glamorgan
| Abertillery (Abertyleri)
| Abertridwr
| Abertrinant
| Abertyleri (Abertillery)
| Abertysswg
| Aberuthven
| Aber Village
| Aberyscir
| Aberystwyth
Abh
| Abhainn a' Chlàir Bhig
| Western Isles
| Abhainn a' Chnuic Dhuibh
| Abhainn a' Choilich
| Abhainn a' Choire
| Abhainn a' Choire Bhuig
| Abhainn a' Ghleann Duirch
| Argyll and Bute
| Abhainn a' Ghlinne Bhig
| Abhainn a' Ghlinne Mhòir
| Abhainn a' Ghlinne Ruaidh
| Abhainn a' Loin
| Abhainn an Fhasaigh
| Abhainn an t-Sratha Bhàin
| Abhainn an t-Sratha Charnaig
| Abhainn Beinn naun
| Abhainn Bheag an Tunns
| Abhainn Bhuidhe
| Abhainn Bruachaig
| Abhainn Cam Linne
| Abhainn Casavat
| Abhainn Ceothadail
| Abhainn Chragail
| Abhainn Cro Chlach
| Abhainn Cromadh an t-Seile
| Abhainn Cuileig
| Abhainn Deabhag
| Abhainn Dhubh
| Abhainn Droma
| Abhainn Dubh
| Abhainn Gaoithe
| Abhainn Gaorsaig
| Abhainn Geiraha
| Abhainn Ghlas
| Abhainn Ghlas, Western Isles
| Abhainn Ghleann Lubharnadeal
| Abhainn Gleann nam Fiadh
| Abhainn Gleann na Muice
| Abhainn Grimersta
| Abhainn Leataidh (Lettie River)
| Abhainn Liundale
| Abhainn Mhòr
| Abhainn Mhòr, Western Isles
| Abhainn Mhòr, Argyll and Bute
| Abhainn Mhòr a' Ghlinne Ruaid
| Abhainn Mhòr Ceann Resort
| Abhainn na Cuile
| Abhainn na Cloch Àirigh
| Abhainn na Frithe
| Abhainn na Glasa
| Abhainn Osgaig
| Abhainn Poiblidh
| Abhainn Rangail
| Abhainn Rath
| Abhainn Ruadh
| Abhainn Sithidh
| Abhainn Strath a' Bhathaich
| Abhainn Strath na Sealga Bran
| Abhainn Tìr Chonnaill
| A' Bhrideanach
|  Highland
Abi-Aby
| Abingdon
| Oxfordshire
| Abinger Common
| Abinger Hammer
| Abington
| Northamptonshire
| South Lanarkshire
| Abington Pigotts
| Abington Vale
| Abingworth
| Ab Kettleby
| Leicestershire
| Ab Lench
| Ablington
| Wiltshire
| Abney
| Derbyshire
| Aboyne
| Abraham Heights
| Abram
| Wigan
| Abriachan
| Abridge
| Abronhill
| North Lanarkshire
| Abshot
| Abson
| South Gloucestershire
| Abthorpe
| Abune-the-hill
| Orkney Islands
| Aby
| Lincolnshire
Aca-Ach
| Acarsaid
| Acaster Malbis
| York
| Acaster Selby
| North Yorkshire
| Accrington
| Acha
| Achachork
| Achahoish
| Achairn Burn
| Achaleven
| Achalone
| Acha Mor
| Achanamara
| Achanelid
| Ach'an Todhair
| Achaphubuil
| Acharacle
| Achargary
| Acharn
| Achavandra Muir
| Achddu
| Achfary
| Achfrish
| Achgarve
| Achiemore
| A' Chill
| Achiltibuie
| Achina
| Achinahuagh
| Achindarroch
| Achininver
| Achintee
| Achintraid
| Achleck
| Achluachrach
| Achlyness
| Achmelvich
| Achmore
| Achnacarnin
| Achnacarry
| Achnacloich
| Achnacroish
| Achnaha
| Achnahanat
| Achnahannet
| Achnahard
| Achnairn
| Achnasheen
| Achosnich
| Achray Water
| Achreamie
| Achriesgill
| Achrimsdale
| A' Chruach
| Achtalean
| Achterneed
| Achtoty
| Achurch
| Achuvoldrach
Ack-Act
| Ackenthwaite
| Ackergill
| Acklam
| Middlesbrough
| Ackleton
| Acklington
| Northumberland
| Ackton
| Wakefield
| Ackworth Moor Top
| Acle
| Norfolk
| Acocks Green
| Birmingham
| Acol
| Acomb
| Acre
| Oldham
| Acrefair
| Acres Nook
| Acton
| Suffolk
| Ealing
| Acton Beauchamp
| Acton Bridge
| Acton Burnell
| Acton Green
| Acton Pigott
| Acton Place
| Acton Reynald
| Acton Round
| Acton Scott
| Acton Trussell
| Acton Turville
| Adabroc
| Adambrae
| Adam's Green
| Adbaston
| Adber
| Adbolton
| Nottinghamshire
| Add
| Adderbury
| Adderley
| Adderley Green
| Addiewell
| Addingham
| Bradford
| Addingham Moorside
| Addington
| Cornwall
| Buckinghamshire
| Croydon
| Addinston
| Addiscombe
| Addlestone
| Addlestonemoor
| Addlethorpe
| Adel
| Adeney
| Adeyfield
| Adfa
| Adforton
| Adgestone
| Isle of Wight
| Adisham
| Adlestrop
| Adlingfleet
| East Riding of Yorkshire
| Adlington
| Adlington Park
| Admaston
| Admington
| Adpar
| Adsborough
| Adscombe
| Adstock
| Adstone
| Adswood
| Stockport
| Adur
| Adversane
| Advie
| Adwalton
| Adwell
| Adwick le Street
| Doncaster
| Adwick upon Dearne
| Ae
| Aeron
| Afan
| Affetside
| Bolton
| Affleck
| Affpuddle
| Affric
| Afon Carno
| Afon Dulas
| Afofyrny
| Afoitha
| Afon Grannell
| Afon Gwydderig
| Afon Hydfer
| Afon Llynfi
| Afon Mydyr
| Afon Taf Fawr
| Afon Twrch
| Afon-wen
| Afoen
| Afon y Foel
| Afton
| Aftoater
| East Ayrshire
| Agar Nook
| Agbrigg
| Aggborough
| Agglethorpe
| A' Ghairbhe
| Aglionby
| Agneash
| Isle of Man
| Aifft
| Denbighshire
| Aigburth
| Liverpool
| Aike
| Aike Beck
| Aiketgate
| Aikton
| Ailby
| Ailsa Craig
| South Ayrshire
| Ailstone
| Ailsworth
| Aimes Green
| Ainderby Quernhow
| Ainderby Steeple
| Aingers Green
| Ainley Top
| Kirklees
| Ainsdale
| Sefton
| Ainstable
| Ainsworth
| Bury
| Ainthorpe
| Aintree
| Aird
| Aird Adhanais
| Aird a Mhachair
| Aird a' Mhulaidh
| Aird Asaig
| Aird Brenish
| Aird Choinnich
| Aird Dhail
| Airdens
| Aird Mhanais
| Aird Mhighe
| Aird Mhòr
| Aird na Monadh
| Aird nan Sruban
| Aird of Sleat
| Airdrie
| Aird Ruairidh
| Aird Shleibhe
| The Aird
| Aird Thunga
| Airdtorrisdale
| Aird Uig
| Aire
| Aire and Calder Navigation
| Airedale
| Aire View
| Airidh a Bhruaich
| Airlie
| Airmyn
| Airntully
| Airor
| Airth
| Falkirk
| Airthrey Castle
| Airton
| Airy Hill
| Aisby
| Aisgernis
| Aish
| Aisholt
| Aiskew
| Aislaby
| Stockton-on-Tees
| Aisthorpe
| Aith
| Shetland Islands
| Aithnen
| Aithsetter
| Akeld
| Akeley
| Akenham
locations: Aa-Ak
Clay Cross is a former mining town in north east Derbyshire, England.
It is six miles south of Chesterfield.
It is the former Roman road Ryknield Street.
Near by settlements are North Wingfield, Tupton, Pilsley, Ashover, and Tibshelf.
The Talyllyn Railway () is a narrow-gauge preserved railway in Wales.
It runs for  from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn.
The line was opened in 1866 to carry slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn.
It was the first narrow gauge railway in Britain authorised by Act of Parliament to carry passengers using steam haulage.
Despite severe under-investment, the line remained open, and in 1951 it became the first railway in the world to be preserved as a heritage railway by volunteers.
Since preservation, the railway has operated as a tourist attraction.
It has increased the amount of rolling stock it has.
It has done this by buying and building new locomotives and carriages.
In 1976, an extension was opened along the former mineral line from Abergynolwyn to the new station at Nant Gwernol.
In 2001, the preservation society celebrated its 50th anniversary.
In 2005 a major rebuilding and extension of Tywyn Wharf station took place.
This included a much-expanded facility for the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum.
The fictional Skarloey Railway was based on the Talyllyn Railway.
This fictional railway formed part of the Railway Series of children's books by The Rev. W. Awdry.
The preservation of the line inspired the Ealing Comedy film The Titfield Thunderbolt.
Name and gauge
The origin of the railway's name is uncertain.
It could refer to the parish of Talyllyn, which contains its eastern terminus.
Or it could come from Tal-y-llyn.
Tal-y-llyn is a large glacial ribbon lake at the foot of Cadair Idris  further east.
The  gauge of the track is unusual.
It was shared by only three other public railways in the United Kingdom: the nearby Corris Railway (which predated the Talyllyn), and the subsequent Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway and Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway.
Origins and construction: up to 1866
Slate quarrying began in the hills above Tywyn in the 1830s.
Although many small quarries and test levels were established, only one major quarry was developed in the region.
It was at Bryn Eglwys,  north east of the town.
Underground working began in the early 1840s.
By 1847 the quarry was being worked by local landowner John Pughe.
The finished slates were sent by packhorse to the wharf at Pennal.
They were then transferred to boats for a river trip to Aberdyfi (also known as Aberdovey).
Finally they were loaded into seagoing vessels.
This was a complex and expensive transportation arrangement which limited the quarry's output.
In 1861 the outbreak of the American Civil War cut off supplies of cotton to the mills of the north west of England.
As a result a number of prosperous mill owners looked for new business opportunities to diversify their interests.
One such owner was William McConnel of Lancashire.
In 1859 he purchased a house near Dolgellau, north of Tywyn.
In January 1864, McConnel formed the Aberdovey Slate Company.
The company leased the land including Bryn Eglwys from the landowner, Lewis Morris of Machynlleth.
McConnel set about improving Bryn Eglwys to increase its output.
In 1865 his company earmarked money for the construction of a narrow gauge railway connecting the quarry with the port of Aberdyfi.
The standard gauge Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway was expanding rapidly from its base at Machynlleth however.
In 1863 this railway had reached Tywyn, so McConnel decided to build his line from the quarry to Tywyn.
This was the nearest point where slate could be transferred to the standard gauge railway.
This was despite the line's initial isolation from the rest of the system because of difficulties in bridging the estuary of the Afon Dyfi to the south.
An Act of Parliament (28 and 29 Vict, cap cccxv) allowing the company to operate passenger trains as a public railway was given Royal Assent on 5 July 186.,
The company appointed James Swinton Spooner as engineer for the construction.
He laid out plans for a relatively straight line climbing steadily from Tywyn to the quarry and work quickly got underway.
By September 1866 construction had advanced to the point where the Board of Trade inspector Captain Henry Tyler could make an initial inspection and report.
Tyler's report led to an unusual alteration.
It was discovered that the loading gauge of the line was too small.
The internal width of the overbridges was only , but the railway's passenger carriages were  wide.
This left less than  clearance on either side, which was less than the minimum required clearance of .