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Произведения автора582007
1968 Olympics Black Power salute
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1968 Olympics Black Power salute involved the African American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos giving the Black power salute at the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City. The event was one of the most overtly political statements in the history of the modern Olympic Games.
Rubber duck
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A rubber duck is a toy shaped like a stylised Yellow-billed Duck , and is generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic (which is more often used). The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in Western pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing.
Localism in Thailand
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The chief proponent of localism in Thailand or moso (Moderation society) is King Bhumibol Adulyadej`s "the philosophy of Sufficiency Economy". The foundations of King Bhumibol`s theory included sustainability, moderation and broad-based development. The Learning Centre of King Bhumibol’s Philosophy of Economic Sufficiency claimed the concept focused on living a moderate, self-dependent life without greed or overexploitation of, for example, natural resources.
Godsend (Heroes)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Godsend" is the twelfth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes.
Earth tide
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Earth tide is the sub-meter motion of the Earth of about 12 hours or longer caused by Moon and Sun gravitation, also called body tide which is the largest contribution globally. The largest body tide contribution is from the semidiurnal constituents, but there are also significant diurnal constituents. There also semi-annual and fortnightly contributions due to the axial tilt. The use of the word tide is by analogy, and although the forcing is quite similar, the responses are quite different.
Kitty Kelley
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kitty Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American journalist and author of several best-selling unauthorized biographies of celebrities and politicians. Her subjects have included Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey. While Kelley’s 1997 book (The Royals) entered USA TODAY`s Best-Selling Books list at first place, her 2004 book (The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty) entered the list in second place, and her 2010 book (Oprah: A biography) entered the list in fifth place.
Rail transport modelling scales
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rail transport modelling utilises a variety of scales (ratio between the real world and the model) to ensure scale models look correct when placed next to each other. Model railway scales are standardized worldwide by many organizations and hobbyist groups. Some of the scales are recognized globally, while others are less widespread and, in many cases, virtually unknown outside their circle of origin. Scales may be expressed as a numeric ratio (eg: 1/87 or 1:87) or as a letter defined in rail transport modelling standards (eg: HO, OO, N, O, G, TT and Z.) The majority of commercial model railway equipment manufacturers base their offerings on NEM or NMRA standards in most popular scales.
Buckland House
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Buckland House is a large Georgian stately home and the manor house of Buckland in the Oxfordshire, England (formerly in Berkshire). It is a masterpiece of Palladian architecture erected by John Wood, the Younger for Sir Robert Throckmorton in 1757.
Canterbury Rugby Football Union
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Canterbury Rugby Football Union (CRFU) is the governing body for rugby union in a substantial part of the Canterbury region, in the middle of the South Island of New Zealand. Its colours are red and black in a hoop design.
Forbidden fruit (disambiguation)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Forbidden fruit is a metaphor that describes any object of desire (especially sexual desire) whose appeal results from the knowledge that it should not be obtained. The phrase is derived from the story of Adam and Eve.
Annie Lee Moss
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Annie Lee Moss (August 9, 1905 – January 15, 1996) was a communications clerk in the US Army Signal Corps in the Pentagon and alleged member of the American Communist Party. She was believed to be a security risk by the FBI and her superiors at the US Army Signal Corps and was questioned by United States Senator Joseph McCarthy in his role as the chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The highly publicized case was damaging to McCarthy`s popularity and influence.
C. Robert Kehler
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! General Claude Robert "Bob" Kehler, USAF (born April 7, 1952) is the current Commander, U.S. Strategic Command. He previously served as Commander, Air Force Space Command from October 12, 2007 to January 5, 2011. As commander of Air Force Space Command, he was responsible for the development, acquisition and operation of the Air Force`s space and missile systems. He oversaw a global network of satellite command and control, communications, missile warning and launch facilities, and ensures the combat readiness of America`s intercontinental ballistic missile force. He led more than 39,700 space professionals who provide combat forces and capabilities to North American Aerospace Defense Command...
Hildegard of Bingen
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Blessed Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis) (1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath. Elected a magistra by her fellow nuns in 1136, she founded the monasteries of Rupertsberg in 1150 and Eibingen in 1165. One of her works as a composer, the Ordo Virtutum, is an early example of liturgical drama.
Aboriginal tracker
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In the years following British settlement in Australia, aboriginal trackers or black trackers, as they became known, were enlisted by settlers to assist them in navigating their way through the Australian landscape. The trackers` hunter-gatherer lifestyle gave rise to excellent tracking skills which were advantageous to settlers in assisting them in finding food and water and locating missing persons or capturing bushrangers.
Cheese Shop sketch
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Cheese Shop is a well-known sketch from Monty Python`s Flying Circus.
Henri-Gustave Delvigne
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Henri-Gustave Delvigne (Hamburg 1800–Toulon 1876) was a French soldier and inventor. He became a captain in the French infantry service, from which he resigned on the outbreak of the 1830 July Revolution. Delvigne revolutionized rifle technology and rendered it proper as a weapon.
Berkeley County, West Virginia
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Berkeley County is a county located in the Eastern Panhandle region of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, the population is 104,169, making it the second-most populous county in West Virginia, behind Kanawha. Its county seat is Martinsburg.
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