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- Althusser, Louis (French scholar)
Louis Althusser, French philosopher who attained international renown in the 1960s for his attempt to fuse Marxism and structuralism. Inducted into the French army in 1939, Althusser was captured by German troops in 1940 and spent the remainder of the war in a German prisoner of war camp. In 1948
- Altica chalybea
The grape flea beetle (Altica chalybea), 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.2 inch) long and dark steel-blue in colour, eats grape buds in early spring; both the adults and larvae feed on grape leaves in the summer. They can be controlled by spraying an arsenical…
- Altichiero (Italian painter)
Altichiero, early Renaissance painter who was the effective founder of the Veronese school and perhaps the most significant northern Italian artist of the 14th century. Altichiero began his career in Verona, where he remained for a number of years, although nothing is known of his work from this
- Alticinae (insect)
Flea beetle, any member of the insect subfamily Alticinae (Halticinae) belonging to the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae (order Coleoptera). These tiny beetles, worldwide in distribution, are usually less than 6 mm (0.25 inch) in length and dark or metallic in colour. The enlarged hindlegs are
- Altieri Chapel (chapel, Rome, Italy)
…late work is the simple Altieri Chapel in San Francesco a Ripa (c. 1674) in Rome. The relatively deep space above the altar reveals a statue representing the death of the Blessed Ludovica Albertoni. Bernini consciously separated architecture, sculpture, and painting for different roles, reversing the process that culminated in…
- Altieri, Emilio (pope)
Clement X, pope from 1670 to 1676. Of noble birth, Altieri was in the service of the papal embassy in Poland from 1623 to 1627, when he returned to Italy to become bishop of Camerino. Until his appointment as cardinal by Pope Clement IX in 1669, he held numerous church offices, including papal
- altimeter (instrument)
Altimeter, instrument that measures the altitude of the land surface or any object such as an airplane. The two main types are the pressure altimeter, or aneroid barometer, which approximates altitude above sea level by measuring atmospheric pressure, and the radio altimeter, which measures
- Altingia (plant genus)
- Altingia excelsa (plant)
- Altingia styraciflua (plant)
The American sweet gum, or bilsted (Liquidambar styraciflua), which sometimes reaches 45 metres (150 feet) in moist lowlands but is usually half that height at maturity, is grown for its handsome foliage, shade, and scarlet autumnal colour. It is also valued for its heartwood, called red…
- Altiplano (region, South America)
Altiplano, region of southeastern Peru and western Bolivia. The Altiplano originates northwest of Lake Titicaca in southern Peru and extends about 600 miles (965 km) southeast to the southwestern corner of Bolivia. It is a series of intermontane basins lying at about 12,000 feet (3,650 metres)
- Altis (ancient site, Greece)
Altis,, in Greek religion, the sacred grove of Zeus, or the sacred precinct in Olympia, Greece. It was an irregular quadrangular area more than 200 yards (183 m) on each side, and walled except to the north, where it was bounded by the Kronion (hill of Cronus). In it were the temples of Zeus and of
- altithermal (geology)
…sometimes referred to as the Mid-Holocene Climatic Optimum. The relative warmth of average near-surface air temperatures at this time, however, is somewhat unclear. Changes in the pattern of insolation favoured warmer summers at higher latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, but these changes also produced cooler winters in the Northern Hemisphere…
- altitude (linear measurement)
There are two main levels where the atmosphere is heated—namely, at Earth's surface and at the top of the ozone layer (about 50 km, or 30 miles, up) in the stratosphere. Radiation balance shows a net gain at these levels in most cases. Prevailing…
- altitude above sea level (meteorology)
…terms of atmospheric pressure or altitude above sea level. The concept of altitude above sea level, based on barometric pressure, is used to create one type of aircraft altimeter.
- altitude sickness
Altitude sickness, acute reaction to a change from sea level or other low-altitude environments to altitudes above 8,000 feet (2,400 metres). Altitude sickness was recognized as early as the 16th century. In 1878 French physiologist Paul Bert demonstrated that the symptoms of altitude sickness are
- altitude tinting (cartography)
Hypsographic tinting is relatively easy, particularly since photomechanical etching and other steps can be used to provide negatives for the respective elevation layers. Difficulty in the reproduction process is sometimes a deterrent to the use of treatments involving the manipulation of contours.
- altitude, angular (coordinate)
Altitude and azimuth, in astronomy, gunnery, navigation, and other fields, two coordinates describing the position of an object above the Earth. Altitude in this sense is expressed as angular elevation (up to 90°) above the horizon. Azimuth is the number of degrees clockwise from due north
- altitude-azimuth mounting (astronomy)
…Canary Islands, Spain, has an altitude-azimuth mounting. The significance of the latter design is that the telescope must be moved both in altitude and in azimuth as it tracks a celestial object. Equatorial mountings, by contrast, require motion in only one coordinate while tracking, since the declination coordinate is constant.…
- Altizer, Thomas J. J. (American theologian)
Thomas J.J. Altizer, radical theologian associated with the Death of God movement (q.v.) in the 1960s and '70s. A graduate of the University of Chicago (A.B. 1948, A.M. 1951, Ph.D. 1955), Altizer taught religion first at Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Ind.), from 1954 to 1956, and then at Emory
- Altizer, Thomas Jonathan Jackson (American theologian)
Thomas J.J. Altizer, radical theologian associated with the Death of God movement (q.v.) in the 1960s and '70s. A graduate of the University of Chicago (A.B. 1948, A.M. 1951, Ph.D. 1955), Altizer taught religion first at Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Ind.), from 1954 to 1956, and then at Emory
- altjira (Australian Aboriginal mythology)
The Dreaming, mythological period of time that had a beginning but no foreseeable end, during which the natural environment was shaped and humanized by the actions of mythic beings. Many of these beings took the form of human beings or of animals ("totemic"); some changed their forms. They were
- altjiranga (Australian Aboriginal mythology)
The Dreaming, mythological period of time that had a beginning but no foreseeable end, during which the natural environment was shaped and humanized by the actions of mythic beings. Many of these beings took the form of human beings or of animals ("totemic"); some changed their forms. They were
- Altman, Benjamin (American merchant, art collector, and philanthropist)
Benjamin Altman, American merchant, art collector, and philanthropist who established one of the world's great department stores, B. Altman & Co. Altman had little formal schooling, but at the age of 25 he opened his first dry-goods store in Manhattan and in 1906 moved it to the uptown section,
- Altman, Klaus (Nazi leader)
Klaus Barbie, Nazi leader, head of the Gestapo in Lyon from 1942 to 1944, who was held responsible for the death of some 4,000 persons and the deportation of some 7,500 others. Barbie was a member of the Hitler Youth and in 1935 joined the Sicherheitsdienst (SD; "Security Service"), a special
- Altman, Robert (American director)
Robert Altman, unconventional and independent American motion-picture director, whose works emphasize character and atmosphere over plot in exploring themes of innocence, corruption, and survival. Perhaps his best-known film was his first and biggest commercial success, the antiwar comedy M*A*S*H
- Altman, Sidney (Canadian-American scientist)
Sidney Altman, Canadian American molecular biologist who, with Thomas R. Cech, received the 1989 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their discoveries concerning the catalytic properties of RNA, or ribonucleic acid. Altman received a B.S. in physics in 1960 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Altmark, Truce of (European history)
By the Truce of Altmark (1629), which ended the first Polish-Swedish war, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth surrendered to Sweden the major part of Livonia, so that all Estonian lands then came under Swedish rule.
- Altmühl (river, Germany)
Further exceptions are the Altmühl and the Naab, which follow a southerly direction until becoming north-bank tributaries of the Danube, and the Havel, which flows south, west, and north before emptying into the Elbe River. River flow relates mainly to climate, albeit not in a simple way; for example,…
- alto (vocal range)
Alto, (Italian: "high"), in vocal music the register approximately between the F below middle C to the second D above—the second highest part in four-part music. The word alto originally referred to the highest male voice, singing falsetto (see countertenor). Alto derives from the term contratenor
- Alto (computer)
…the project that developed the Alto, the first personal computer, in 1973. Alto used a bitmap display in which everything on the computer screen was, in effect, a picture and had a graphical user interface in which programs were shown in windows that could be manipulated by using a mouse.…
- Alto Adige (region, Italy)
…part of the Italian Trentino–Alto Adige region) and the problem of association with the European Economic Community (EEC; later succeeded by the European Union). During the Paris Peace Conference of 1946, an agreement had been signed guaranteeing the rights of the German-speaking population of Südtirol, a region that Italy…
- Alto Alentejo (province, Portugal)
…and the Guadiana, the Alto Alentejo is a continuation of the Spanish tablelands—a series of plateaus, either crystalline (Paleozoic Cambrian and Silurian schists), at 600 to 1,300 feet (180 to 400 metres) with poor soils except where outcrops of diorite have weathered into rich black soils, or limestone, with piedmont…
- alto horn (musical instrument)
Tenor horn,, brass wind instrument derived from the cornet and the valved bugle, or flügelhorn. A saxhorn of tenor range and a tenor bugle are also sometimes called tenor horns. The tenor horn was used in Prussian cavalry bands by 1829. It has three valves, a cup mouthpiece, and a narrow bore and
- alto oboe (musical instrument)
English horn, orchestral woodwind instrument, a large oboe pitched a fifth below the ordinary oboe, with a bulbous bell and, at the top end, a bent metal crook on which the double reed is placed. It is pitched in F, being written a fifth higher than it sounds. Its compass is from the E below middle
- Alto Paraguay craton (geology)
…(with the exception of the Alto Paraguay craton) those now appear as upwarped massifs arrayed from north to south in the immense eastern portion of the continent; a number of other Precambrian crustal blocks also were accreted along the margins of South America over geologic time. The lofty ranges and…
- Alto Paraná (river, South America)
…hollow gravity dam on the Alto (Upper) Paraná River at the Brazil-Paraguay border. It is located north of the town of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.
- Alto Uruguai River (river, Brazil)
Pelotas River, river in southern Brazil, rising on the western slope of the Serra Geral at Alto do Bispo in Santa Catarina estado (state), on the Atlantic coast. It arches northwestward across the uplands for approximately 280 miles (450 km) before receiving the Canoas River and becoming the
- alto, female (vocal range)
Contralto,, in vocal music, the second-highest voice in four-part music, also called alto
- alto, male (vocal range)
Countertenor, , in music, adult male alto voice, either natural or falsetto. In England the word generally refers to a falsetto alto rather than a high tenor. Some writers reserve the term countertenor for a naturally produced voice, terming the falsetto voice a male alto. Derived from the
- Alto, Mount (mountain, Italy)
…Calabrian Apennines, 6,414 feet at Mount Alto; and, finally, the Sicilian Range, 10,902 feet at Mount Etna. The ranges in Puglia (the "boot heel" of the peninsula) and southeastern Sicily are formed by low, horizontal limestone plateaus, which remained less affected by the Alpine orogeny.
- alto-relievo (sculpture)
In a high relief, or alto-relievo, the forms project at least half or more of their natural circumference from the background and may in parts be completely disengaged from the ground, thus approximating sculpture in the round. Middle relief, or mezzo-relievo, falls roughly between the high and…
- altocumulus (meteorology)
…(23,000 to 6,500 feet), are altocumulus and altostratus. Low clouds, 2 to 0 km (6,500 to 0 feet), are stratocumulus, stratus, and nimbostratus. A cloud that extends through all three heights is called a cumulonimbus. A cloud at the surface is called a fog.
- Alton (England, United Kingdom)
Alton, town (parish), East Hampshire district, administrative and historic county of Hampshire, southern England. It lies among the downs on the River Wey, about 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Winchester by road. The Church of St. Lawrence is in the Perpendicular style with a Norman tower. Eggar's
- Alton (Illinois, United States)
Alton, city, Madison county, southwestern Illinois, U.S. Part of the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area, Alton lies on the Mississippi River (bridged) near its confluence with the Missouri River. The city was named for a son of Colonel Rufus Easton, a St. Louis land speculator who laid out the
- Alton Locke (work by Kingsley)
His second, the much superior Alton Locke (1850), is the story of a tailor-poet who rebels against the ignominy of sweated labour and becomes a leader of the Chartist movement. Kingsley advocated adult education, improved sanitation, and the growth of the cooperative movement, rather than political change, for the amelioration…
- Alton, Charles Talbot, Marquess of (English statesman)
Charles Talbot, duke and 12th earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman who played a leading part in the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) and who was largely responsible for the peaceful succession of the Hanoverian George I to the English throne in 1714. Although he displayed great determination in these
- Alton, John (American cinematographer)
John Alton, (ALDAN JACKO), Hungarian-born U.S. cinematographer who helped create the stark, shadowy look of film noir in the 1940s. He also fostered the development of the Argentine film industry in the 1930s, wrote the esteemed primer Painting with Light (1949), and won an Academy Award for
- Altona (district, Germany)
Altona,, northwest district of the city and Land (state) of Hamburg, northwestern Germany. It lies on cliffs above the right bank of the Elbe River. The name may have come originally from allzu-nah ("all too near"), which was the Hamburgers' designation for an inn that lay too close to their
- Altone Gradar Screen
…glass screens was the "Altone Gradar Screen," manufactured in Germany. These are glass screens, ruled and etched in the usual manner, but with the rulings of the two glass elements filled with a transparent magenta lacquer of two different optical densities. When the screens are assembled, lines in one…
- Altoona (Pennsylvania, United States)
Altoona, city, Blair county, central Pennsylvania, U.S. It is situated on the eastern slopes of the Allegheny Front, a segment of the Allegheny Mountains that separates the Atlantic from the Mississippi valley watersheds. The city lies 45 miles (72 km) by road northeast of Johnstown. It was founded
- altostratus (meteorology)
…stratiform clouds are known as altostratus. In the upper troposphere, the terms cirrostratus and cirrus are used. The cirrus cloud type refers to thin, often wispy, cirrostratus clouds. Stratiform clouds that both extend through a large fraction of the troposphere and precipitate are called nimbostratus.
- Altoviti, Bindo (Italian banker and art patron)
…and patron of the arts, Bindo Altoviti (c. 1550; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston), was also executed by Cellini in Florence. After the unveiling of the Perseus (1554), he began work on a marble crucifix originally destined for his own tomb in the Florentine church of SS. Annunziata; this is…
- Altranstädt, treaties of (Europe [1706 and 1707])
Treaties of Altranstädt, agreements made during the Second, or Great, Northern War (1700–21) by the Swedish king Charles XII with Augustus II, king of Poland and elector of Saxony (Sept. 24, 1706), and with the Holy Roman emperor Joseph I (Sept. 1, 1707). Shortly after Augustus was crowned king of
- Altria Group (American company)
Altria Group, American holding company founded in 1985, the owner of several major American companies with interests in tobacco products and wine, most notably Philip Morris Inc., the largest cigarette manufacturer in the United States. Its headquarters are in Richmond, Virginia. The ancestor of
- altricial state (biology)
…dependent upon the parent (altricial). They reach sexual maturity in about one year.
- altruism (ethics)
Altruism, in ethics, a theory of conduct that regards the good of others as the end of moral action. The term (French altruisme, derived from Latin alter, "other") was coined in the 19th century by Auguste Comte, the founder of Positivism, and adopted generally as a convenient antithesis to egoism.
- altruism (biology)
…however, animals engage in apparent altruism (that is, they exhibit behaviour that increases the fitness of other individuals by engaging in activities that decrease their own reproductive success). For example, American zoologist Paul Sherman found that female Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi) give staccato whistles that warn nearby conspecifics of…
- altruistic behaviour (biology)
…however, animals engage in apparent altruism (that is, they exhibit behaviour that increases the fitness of other individuals by engaging in activities that decrease their own reproductive success). For example, American zoologist Paul Sherman found that female Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi) give staccato whistles that warn nearby conspecifics of…
- Altstadt (city district, Hamburg, Germany)
…of the city is the Altstadt (Old Town), the former medieval settlement, bounded by the harbour and by a string of roads that follow the line of the old fortifications. Within this core there are few great buildings to remind the visitor of the city's thousand-year history apart from the…
- Altstadt (city district, Bremen, Germany)
Other outstanding features in the Altstadt, or Old Town, in the restored heart of the city, are the famous marketplace with its 11th-century cathedral, a picturesque row of old gabled houses, and the modern-style Parliament. Districts heavily bombed in World War II (69 percent of the houses were destroyed) were…
- Altun Mountains (mountains, China)
Altun Mountains, mountain range in the southern part of the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, northwestern China. Branching off from the Kunlun Mountains, the range runs for more than 400 miles (650 km) from southwest to northeast to form the boundary between the Tarim Basin to the north and the
- Alturas de Macchu Picchu (poem by Neruda)
The Heights of Macchu Picchu, poem by Pablo Neruda, published in 1947 as Alturas de Macchu Picchu and later included as part of his epic Canto general. It is considered one of Neruda's greatest poetic works. The 12 sections of The Heights of Macchu Picchu represent separate phases of a journey,
- Altus (Oklahoma, United States)
Altus, city, seat (1907) of Jackson county, southwestern Oklahoma, U.S. The original settlement of Frazier (1886), near Bitter Creek (Salt Fork of the Red River) on the Great Western cattle trail, was subject to flooding; it was renamed Altus (Latin: "high") in 1891, after it was moved to the
- Altus Reservoir (reservoir, Oklahoma, United States)
Altus Reservoir, the project's chief unit, impounded on the North Fork of the Red River by Lugert Dam, lies within Quartz Mountain State Park, 18 miles (29 km) north. Oil fields lie to the northwest. The city is the site of Western Oklahoma State College…
- Altvatergebirge (mountain range, Czech Republic)
Jeseník Mountains,, mountain range that forms the eastern section of the Sudeten mountain system in the northern Czech Republic. The range lies in northern Moravia, bordering the Polish frontier. The Hrubý (High) Jeseník, also known as Vysoký Jeseník, reaches the highest point at Praděd (4,892 feet
- Altwasser (district, Germany)
Altona,, northwest district of the city and Land (state) of Hamburg, northwestern Germany. It lies on cliffs above the right bank of the Elbe River. The name may have come originally from allzu-nah ("all too near"), which was the Hamburgers' designation for an inn that lay too close to their
- Altyn Tagh (mountains, China)
Altun Mountains, mountain range in the southern part of the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, northwestern China. Branching off from the Kunlun Mountains, the range runs for more than 400 miles (650 km) from southwest to northeast to form the boundary between the Tarim Basin to the north and the
- ALU (computer)
The arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) performs simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and logic operations—such as OR and AND. The main computer memory, usually high-speed random-access memory (RAM), stores instructions and data. The control unit fetches data and instructions from memory and effects the operations of the ALU.…
- Alu (island, Solomon Islands)
…largest islands are Shortland (or Alu), which has an area of 10 by 8 miles (16 by 13 km) and rises to 607 feet (185 metres); and Fauro Island, which measures 10 by 6 miles (16 by 10 km) and rises to 1,312 feet (400 metres) at two points along…
- Alucitidae (insect)
Family Alucitidae (many-plumed moths) 130 species worldwide; each wing is very deeply cleft into 6 or more narrow plumelike divisions. Superfamily Nepticuloidea Approximately 900 species worldwide; females with one genital opening and a soft ovipositor. Family Nepticulidae (
- Alucitoidea (insect superfamily)
Superfamily Alucitoidea Almost 150 species worldwide; this superfamily and the related Pterophoroidea are the only families with deeply lobed wings. Family Alucitidae (many-plumed moths) 130 species worldwide; each wing is very deeply cleft into 6 or more narrow plumelike divisions. Superfamily
- Aluko, T. M. (Nigerian author)
T.M. Aluko, Nigerian writer whose short stories and novels deal with social change and the clash of cultures in modern Africa. A civil engineer and town planner by profession, Aluko was educated in Ibadan, Lagos, and London and held positions as director of public works for western Nigeria and
- Aluko, Timothy MofOlorunso (Nigerian author)
T.M. Aluko, Nigerian writer whose short stories and novels deal with social change and the clash of cultures in modern Africa. A civil engineer and town planner by profession, Aluko was educated in Ibadan, Lagos, and London and held positions as director of public works for western Nigeria and
- Alula-Fartak Trench (geological feature, Arabian Sea)
…of these faults forms the Alula-Fartak Trench, in which is found the gulf's maximum recorded depth of 17,586 feet (5,360 metres). The Sheba Ridge is flanked on both sides by sediment-filled basins that reach depths of 13,000 feet (3,900 metres) at the mouth of the gulf. To the west, the…
- alum (chemical compound)
Alum,, any of a group of hydrated double salts, usually consisting of aluminum sulfate, water of hydration, and the sulfate of another element. A whole series of hydrated double salts results from the hydration of the sulfate of a singly charged cation (e.g., K+) and the sulfate of any one of a
- Alum Bay (bay, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom)
It lies close to Alum Bay, notable for its many-coloured sandstone cliffs and for The Needles, a group of chalk sea stacks.
- Alum Rock Park (park, San Jose, California, United States)
The 720-acre (290-hectare) Alum Rock Park (1872), on the eastern edge of the city, is California's oldest municipal park. The city abounds in flower gardens, notably the Municipal Rose Garden and Overfelt Gardens. San Jose is home to the Sharks, the Bay Area's professional ice hockey team. Several…
- alum stone (mineral)
Alunite, , a widespread rock-forming sulfate mineral that occupies pockets or seams in volcanic rocks such as rhyolites, trachytes, and andesites, where it presumably formed through their chemical reaction with escaping sulfurous vapours. It has been used as a source of potash (during World War I)
- Alumbrado (Spanish mystic group)
Alumbrado, (Spanish: "Enlightened", ) a follower of a mystical movement in Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries. Its adherents claimed that the human soul, having attained a certain degree of perfection, was permitted a vision of the divine and entered into direct communication with the Holy
- alumen (chemical compound)
Alum,, any of a group of hydrated double salts, usually consisting of aluminum sulfate, water of hydration, and the sulfate of another element. A whole series of hydrated double salts results from the hydration of the sulfate of a singly charged cation (e.g., K+) and the sulfate of any one of a
- alumina (chemical compound)
Alumina, synthetically produced aluminum oxide, Al2O3, a white or nearly colourless crystalline substance that is used as a starting material for the smelting of aluminum metal. It also serves as the raw material for a broad range of advanced ceramic products and as an active agent in chemical
- alumina zirconia silica (chemical compound)
Alumina-zirconia-silica (AZS), which is melted and cast into molds or directly into the melting tanks of glass furnaces, is an excellent corrosion-resistant refractory that does not release impurities into the glass melt. AZS is also poured to make tank blocks (also called soldier blocks or sidewall…
- aluminium (chemical element)
Aluminum (Al), chemical element, a lightweight, silvery-white metal of main Group 13 (IIIa, or boron group) of the periodic table. Aluminum is the most abundant metallic element in Earth's crust and the most widely used nonferrous metal. Because of its chemical activity, aluminum never occurs in
- Aluminium und Magnesiumfabrik Hemelingen (German company)
…in Germany in 1886 by Aluminium und Magnesiumfabrik Hemelingen, based on the electrolysis of molten carnallite. Hemelingen later became part of the industrial complex IG Farbenindustrie, which, during the 1920s and '30s, developed a process for producing large quantities of molten and essentially water-free magnesium chloride (now known as the…
- aluminosilicate (mineral)
…actually unmodified or chemically modified aluminosilicates (alumina [Al2O3] plus silica), although silica is also used in its pure form. Altogether, the raw materials employed in traditional ceramics fall into three commonly recognized groups: clay, silica, and feldspar. These groups are described below.
- aluminosilicate glass (material science)
Other silica-based glasses are the aluminosilicate glasses, which are intermediate between vitreous silica and the more common soda-lime-silica glasses in thermal properties as well as cost; glass fibres such as E glass and S glass, used in fibre-reinforced plastics and in thermal-insulation wool; and optical glasses containing a multitude of…
- aluminothermic process (metallurgy)
…reduced to ferroniobium through an aluminothermic process. In this process, the concentrate is mixed with hematite (an iron ore), aluminum powder, and small quantities of fluorspar and lime fluxes in a rotary mixer and then unloaded into steel containers lined with magnesite refractory bricks. Here the charge is placed in…
- aluminum (chemical element)
Aluminum (Al), chemical element, a lightweight, silvery-white metal of main Group 13 (IIIa, or boron group) of the periodic table. Aluminum is the most abundant metallic element in Earth's crust and the most widely used nonferrous metal. Because of its chemical activity, aluminum never occurs in
- aluminum arsenide (chemical compound)
Aluminum arsenide and gallium arsenide have the same crystal structure and the same lattice parameters to within 0.1 percent; they grow excellent crystals on one another. Such materials, known as superlattices, have a repeated structure of n layers of GaAs, m layers of AlAs, n…
- Aluminum Bahrain (Bahraini company)
The government-owned Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world's largest aluminum smelters, and Bapco have been profitable, but this has provided less incentive for privatization. Bahrain has remained the most important commercial and financial centre in the gulf, although it has faced growing competition from the…
- aluminum boride (chemical compound)
Aluminum boride (AlB12), for example, is used in many cases as a substitute for diamond dust for grinding and polishing.
- aluminum brass (alloy)
…corrosion by seawater; and the aluminum brasses, which provide strength and corrosion resistance where the naval brasses may fail.
- aluminum bronze (alloy)
Aluminum bronze,, any of a group of strong, corrosion-resistant alloys of copper containing from 4 to 15 percent aluminum and small amounts of other metals, used to make many machine parts and tools. Because of their golden colour and high tarnish resistance, the alloys are also used for jewelry
- aluminum carbide (chemical compound)
…probably beryllium carbide (Be2C) and aluminum carbide (Al4C3). Beryllium oxide (BeO) and carbon react at 2,000 °C (3,600 °F) to produce the brick-red beryllium carbide, whereas pale yellow aluminum carbide is prepared from aluminum and carbon in a furnace. Aluminum carbide reacts as a typical methanide with water to produce…
- aluminum cement
High-alumina cement is a rapid-hardening cement made by fusing at 1,500 to 1,600 °C (2,730 to 2,910 °F) a mixture of bauxite and limestone in a reverberatory or electric furnace or in a rotary kiln. It also can be made by sintering at…
- aluminum chloride (chemical compound)
… with molten aluminum metal produces aluminum chloride; the latter is the most commonly used catalyst in Friedel-Crafts reactions—i.e., synthetic organic reactions involved in the preparations of a wide variety of compounds, including aromatic ketones and anthroquinone and its derivatives. Hydrated aluminum chloride, commonly known as aluminum chlorohydrate, AlCl3∙H2O, is used…
- aluminum chlorohydrate (chemical compound)
…aluminum chloride, commonly known as aluminum chlorohydrate, AlCl3∙H2O, is used as a topical antiperspirant or body deodorant, which acts by constricting the pores. It is one of several aluminum salts employed by the cosmetics industry.
- Aluminum Company of America (American company)
Aluminum Company of America, (Alcoa), American corporation founded in 1888 (as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company) and now a leading producer of aluminum. Its operations range from mining bauxite and other ores to smelting and processing aluminum, fabricating aluminum products, and marketing and
- aluminum foil
…from tin, now replaced by aluminum for nearly all purposes. The reduction of sheet metal to foil is achieved principally through vertical pressure exerted by finishing-mill rolls combined with horizontal tension applied through mandrels paying out and rewinding the foil stock. Backup rolls mounted above the work rolls of the…


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Lady Gaga Wins 3 awards at Brit Music Awards......... Slam Dunk
Won Every International Award except Male Performer..... Hmmmm
Its her year for sure. CONGRATS !
She is moved to Tears and once again graces the Stage with a big ol GOLDEN TROPHIE!
I feel bad for all the other preformers... They are just not GAGA worthy.....
I do hope The GOLDEN lady is Eating healthy getting rest and taking care of herself. She is going to be around for a while I think. .She must be EXHAUSTED.
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Hi there
I have the remote agent on my laptop so my laptop pushes to SW rather than vice versa. I am fairly sure there is meant to be the open in the systray icon to do a manual push to spiceworks but I cant see it. All I see is About, Exit and the custom URL.
Many thanks in advance
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Jun 29, 2015 at 15:34 UTC
Try running the agent as an Administrator. That should show the scan menu I think you're thinking of.
Jun 29, 2015 at 16:01 UTC
Avesco Group Plc is an IT service provider.
I have done. Logged an as a local account on my Windows 8.1 machine. The account name is not the administrator account but is certainly a local admin.
Jun 29, 2015 at 17:19 UTC
Do you have the option to "Run as Administrator" when you right-click on this?
Or can you try it when you're logged in as the local Administrator account?
This discussion has been inactive for over a year.
You may get a better answer to your question by starting a new discussion.


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So, what do you guys think of them occupying foreclosed houses?Thousands of Occupy protesters across the US will occupy foreclosed homes today, in what organisers are describing as a "new frontier" for the movement.
In New York, Occupy Wall Street has teamed up with local activist groups to secretly occupy an empty home, and plan to hand the property over to a homeless family. Similar action is scheduled in more than 20 other cities.
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Growing up, we generally ate dinner as a family. After dinner, my parents would make coffee and head to the living room to watch TV while my brother and I would go finish up our homework or read or maybe watch some TV, as well. After dinner TV time was Wheel of Fortune, my mom's favorite, followed by Jeopardy! My brother and I used to find it funny when my dad would nod off in front of the TV…not because he fell asleep, but because his head would start leaning back slowly, then speeding up before bouncing sharply back forward. Sometimes, this would wake dad up for a short period of time before the Couch Monster would jump back on his head, weighting it down, forcing it to bob backwards again. Other times, though, it wouldn't wake him up and the "bobbing" would happen for a short period of time before he'd wake. While the one-bob was comical, it wasn't nearly as funny as the repetitive bobbing.
Now, after dinner, I frequently find myself sitting on the couch with my laptop and often, on such nights, the Couch Monster climbs up on top of my head, grabs hold and starts leaning forward. Other than the direction my head goes, I have become my father. I'm not sure if the nodding off is due to not getting enough sleep at night or age or just because I've eaten and my body is trying to digest the food…maybe a combination of all three. This usually lasts about 20 to 30 minutes and then I'm awake for another 5 or more hours…I guess it's a head-bobbing cat nap.
The Couch Monster also likes to pounce a little later in the night while my wife and I are watching the shows we've DVR'd. The amount I miss varies from a really short bit to nearly a whole episode. Maybe I need to wrap this post up and start getting more sleep so I can ship the Couch Monster off to someone else's couch…permanently.
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My more 'with it' readers will already have ascertained that the picture at right is obviously not one of Antonio I, Prince of Monaco; it is, in fact, a picture of Antonio Banderas. Alas, the Google gods have not seen fit to supply me with any image of this elusive Grimaldi - foiled yet again! - and so I have had to make do. I figured since I have to spend a certain amount of time writing this, I might as well have something I like looking at when I do.
Rather than dampening my zeal for writing about the House of Grimaldi, though, the paucity of available information on them tells me that I am moving the Pop Culture Institute in the right direction; namely that of creating original content for the Internet, rather than simply posting about the same old crap that a million others do, say, every time Lindsay Lohan does whatever it is she does, especially if it involves a gusset.
A n y w a y... Antonio I was born in January 1661, to Louis I and Catherine Charlotte de Gramont. His June 1688 marriage, to Maria of Lorraine, was personally arranged by France's King Louis XIV; in those days, of course, the Grimaldis were more or less based in the French court at the Palace of Versailles. The couple would eventually have six children, only two of whom - Louise-Hippolyte and Margaretha - would survive infancy.
Assuming the throne following the death of his father in January 1701, in addition to being the Prince of Monaco and the Duke of Valentinois, Antonio I had added to his family's list of hereditary titles when he was created the first Marquis of Baux, a title by tradition given to the eldest son and heir. Following the death of Antonio I on this day in 1731, five days shy of his 70th birthday, a minor controversy occurred... Since at the time a female succession was generally frowned upon, as part of a deal brokered with the Sun King it was agreed that Louise-Hippolyte's husband Jacques François Goyon de Matignon would be given the surname Grimaldi, and co-rule with her when the time came. Which is exactly what came to pass*...
*Alas, although it came to pass, it didn't go so well; as popular as Louise-Hippolyte was among her subjects, that's how unpopular her husband would be. But that's a story best left for another day...
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Antonio Banderas surely would have played a commendable "usurper" role for that matter.
The King is dead so...
- Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 1:16:00 AM PST
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A9, Amazon's much discussed skunk works search project goes live today, so I can finally write about it. I saw it last month (caveat: unbeknownst to me until recently, Amazon targeted me as their conduit to break this news - I think they wanted it to move from the blogosphere out, as opposed the WSJ in) and had to keep the damn thing to myself, it was hard, and here's why: On first blush it's a very, very good service, and an intriguing move by Amazon. It raises a clear question: How will Google - and more broadly, the entire search-driven world - react?
My gut tells me the public face will be one of partnership: After all, A9 uses Google' search results and displays at least two paid AdWord listings per result (I've requested comment from Google, you can imagine I'm not the only one...). But I have to wonder: What business is Google in, after all? Is it still in the business of just search - as it was back when it was cutting search provisioning deals right and left, with Yahoo (already ended), AOL (arguable imperiled due to Gmail and other trends), Ask, and Amazon? Is it really still in the business of being an OEM to others, a strategy which allowed it to steal those portals' customers? Or...has it evolved, to a business where it owns a large customer base, one it must now position itself to defend?
I've only played around with it a bit myself, but it is quite slick, with tightly integrated book results along with the search results. Although, for the moment at least, it is only book results. For instance, searching for Alfred Hitchcock brings up a list of biographies, but no Hitchcock DVDs.
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On Christmas morning there was a slight overnight frost in the outlying suburbs, but here in the centre of the town it was too warm for there to be any trace of it. Herring gulls, unaware of the fact that this was a holiday and that no trains were running, made their raucous way to the near-by station in the hope of finding scraps of food left by the commuters.
>Mummy, Mummy!=
Nikki opened her eyes and forced herself to smile at her daughter before looking at the red figures on the radio alarm. 5.35am.
>Father Christmas has been and left me loads of presents. And he=s eaten the milk and drunk the... No, he=s eaten the mince pie B silly me B and drunk the milk and he=s taken the carrot for the reindeer. Look what I=ve got, Mummy.=
Nikki sat up and held back the corner of the duvet.
>Come on, sweetie. Cuddle up with me before you get cold.=
>Look, I=ve got a colouring book and some crayons and a new dress for Dolly and socks with puppies on them and a banana and... What=s this, Mummy?=
>That=s a yo-yo. I=ll show you how to play with it after breakfast.=
>And look at this donkey, Mummy. When I press the bottom he goes all floppy and lies down.=
>Well, that=s all very nice, dear. Now, it=s still dark and it=s far too early to get up, so why don=t you pop back into your own bed. You can eat the banana and do some colouring for a little while and then perhaps you=ll go back to sleep.= >I hope,= Nikki added under her breath.
Katie wasn=t really expecting a puppy as her present from her mother so she wasn=t disappointed when none appeared after breakfast. Instead, Nikki gave her a large, gift-wrapped parcel. Katie pulled off the wrapping paper to find a cardboard box, inside which was another gift-wrapped parcel. And so it went on, just like a set of Russian dolls, until she came across a puppy! Not a real one, of course, but one which could be made to walk by pumping a bulb attached to a rubber tube.
>Wow! Mum, this is wicked! I=m going to call him Spot, >cos he looks just like Spot in the books. Come on, Spot, walkies.=
Irena was up early as well. Not as early as Katie, but early for her. She prepared the vegetables and had the turkey on the work top ready for the oven before having a bath. Sitting at the table with a pot of tea, she consulted the list that she had prepared the evening after she had invited Tom for lunch. She crossed off Apeel pots@ and Aprepare sprouts and carots@. (Spelling was not one of her strong points.) Ah yes, Amake stuffing@, that was what she had to do next. With Radio 2 playing softly, Irena hummed along as she worked methodically through her list of jobs to be done.
By half past eleven, all that was needed was for Irena to turn the vegetables on and heat up the Christmas pudding and mince pies. The turkey was coming along nicely and the pigs in blankets could be popped in beside it a bit later. Time to lay the table before getting changed. But a cup of tea first.
So far this morning she had been too busy to think of anything other than preparing the meal, but now that Irena had nothing else to occupy her mind, apprehension set in. It was a long time since she had entertained anybody in her home, let alone a man. In fact, she couldn=t remember inviting anybody in B other than the meter reader B since she moved to Brighton. The surprising thing was that she didn=t feel lonely. She supposed she must just enjoy her own company. No wonder she had butterflies in her stomach. Well, she thought, it was no good wondering if she had done the right thing. She had done it, and that was all there was to it. Now all she had to do was to get on with it.
Somehow, time for Irena ceased to exist that morning and she was still wearing her apron and basting the potatoes when, a few minutes before one, the doorbell rang. She hastily pulled the apron over her head and stuffed it in a drawer, then smoothed her hair in the hall mirror before opening the door.
Tom was unaccustomed to company, other than his fellow workers on the caretaking staff at the university, so the prospect of having to make conversation had worried him all morning. He had practised saying >Merry Christmas= in various different ways but had given up trying to decide which version sounded best. All this went out of his head as soon as he saw Irena.
>I brought the wine,= he blurted out, thrusting a supermarket carrier bag towards her. >And this is for you,= holding out another bag.
>Come along in, Tom,= she smiled. >Merry Christmas to you.=
>Oh, yes, merry Christmas. What shall I do with the wine? It=s been in the fridge all morning so it should be cold.=
>Just put it on the side there for the moment. Oh, perhaps you could open a bottle now? Lunch won=t be long but we could have a glass while we wait. I=ve got a corkscrew somewhere around.=
After roast turkey and all the trimmings, Christmas pudding with cream, and mince pies B not to mention several glasses of wine B Tom felt considerably more relaxed. Drinking wine was a novelty for him, and he had found that it went down almost too easily. Irena had been more circumspect. She was still trying to forget an episode in Torquay many years before which had resulted in a night in police cells and a hearing before the town=s magistrates the following morning. After that she had turned almost completely teetotal, although over the years she had allowed herself just the occasional glass of wine when out with friends.
By three o=clock, the salt and pepper pots were acting as wickets and salted peanuts marked the various fielding positions as Tom tried to explain cricketing terminology. What with silly mid-on, gully, square leg, leg spin, off spin and googlies, Irena felt as though her head was spinning. She suggested Tom move into the front room while she put the kettle on.
The room was cosy and warm with just the gas fire and a table lamp providing illumination. By the time Irena came in with the tea, Tom was asleep in an armchair. Irena smiled as she looked at him.
>Well,= she said to herself, >you might not be the most gorgeous specimen of manhood, but it feels nice having you here. And I=ve got no room to talk. When did I last fit into a size twelve anyway?=
As she waited for the kettle to boil for one last cup of tea before bed, Irena concluded that the day had turned out very satisfactorily. Admittedly, Tom would never set the Thames on fire, but he had turned out to be better company than she had expected. She smiled as she remembered how embarrassed he had been about falling asleep in the armchair and waking to find that Irena had done all the washing up from lunch. And he hadn=t expected to be asked to stay for tea. She glanced across at the table cloth that had been used for lunch. As it was made of paper, she had put pencil crosses against the various fielding positions that Tom had marked with salted peanuts and written down the names as best she could remember. If this was going to go anywhere she would need to learn at least some of them. Which led her to wonder: did she want it to go anywhere? And if she did, what should she do about it? How long could she reasonably wait for Tom to make a move? Or would he be too shy to do so?
She decided to give it a couple of weeks at least.
On the other side of the party wall, Tom was also boiling a kettle for a cup of tea. Looking back, he was surprised at how much he had enjoyed the day. This was the longest time he had spent in the company of any one person, man or woman, since his mother had died. He had enjoyed it, but, he wondered, had Irena? He couldn=t recall her saying very much, whereas he knew he had chattered on, probably boring her rigid with all his talk of cricket.
>Let=s face it,= he said to himself, >it=s not likely to be repeated. Pity, though. That was the best meal I=ve had in years.=


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5 comments:
- inkysocks said...
i saved that same photograph. i love that sleeping nook.
- October 8, 2009 at 9:52 PM
- ROXY MARJ said...
NICE! me too!!!! I would never leave it if I had one!! :(
- October 8, 2009 at 10:38 PM
- Sanne said...
yes! and that chair too! i also read your previous post it inspired me, as i recognize that my mind is often in the future and past :-)
- October 9, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- Eva / Sycamore Street Press said...
My sister and I have loved bed nooks ever since I saw Santa Claus the Movie in the 4th grade. So much so, that a decade later, when my parents built their house in Heber, we convinced them to put two bed nooks in the spare room. They're not as cool as the one outfitted in wood in the photo, but they are nooks and they are painted a deep warm pink inside, so that they are very cozy and womblike. You should come and visit sometime!
- October 10, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- ROXY MARJ said...
Sanne >>> ohh I can so relate...you really have to make an effort to stay in today... yeah, that chair is sweet!
Eva >>> :[) Sooo jealous! I'm coming over!
- October 11, 2009 at 6:51 PM


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Preschool Sunday school and Bible school stories about Jesus had fed my soul. I knew that He was good and loving, gentle and kind, supernatural and amazing.
I want to do a short series here about Jesus, highlighting the character He displayed while He walked the roads of Judea in the warm, dusty Middle East.
So here is my scripture for today:
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so that the crowd wondered,
There are other passages like this one, where Jesus had compassion on crowds of people, reaching out to them and healing all who came to Him (see Matthew 14:14 and Mark 6:34).
Jesus had compassion, and Jesus had power. When you have both compassion and power, you can do a lot of good. I wish I had more compassion and more power. I would love to be a healer.
Jesus still has compassion, and Jesus still has power. He is on our side, helping us, sustaining us, comforting and healing us. He is at the right hand of the Father, interceding on our behalf (Romans 8:34). He is our advocate and our friend.
When we see Jesus' power at work, we glorify God. I need to pray that I will see and glorify more.


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Possible rapid heart beat and slightly higher blood pressure. This will fade fairly quickly though. Sometimes if your very sensitive to it the effects may last a little longer than most people. It shouldn't last any longer than approx. 1/2 hour or so. If it lasts any longer I would call your doctor you may need a change in inhalers. Hope this info helps.
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Please get off the MB board! Why don't you harass the Manorville horse guy instead. Seriously, I have found that you post at least 100 times a day anti-DAN posts. You really are pathetic.Help me!!!!!
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#27 Nov 12, 2013
What worries me is the property currently run by the POA cannot be sold until the village get its hands on it. What is stopping them from selling it to developers?
#28 Nov 12, 2013
The MBPOA is whats stopping the village from selling it to developers. Why do you think they are fighting the Villages lawsuit? A small handful of people want the waterfront developed. Those include Gary who will walk away with a lot of money while allowing the waterfront to be destroyed. The POA is the only group trying to not let this happen. Oh sure, the village SAYS they wont develop it, but can we really trust them to their word at this point? No, no we cant.
#29 Nov 12, 2013
tonight there is a public hearing about changing zoning on neighborhood road. the building currently being used by the village for village hall is up for rezoning. they want to put a motor vehicle repair shop there. the law states that anyone living within 500 feet of this property be notified of this proposed change. the village failed to notify these residents and homeowners. if i lived next to/behind this property i would be really angry. i would not want the fumes from this type of business to encroach on my property. this is a health hazard for neighboring homes. another instance of the village doing whatever they want, despite laws in force to protect people. why is everything done the wrong way? you cannot say that the village does not know the law because it is printed on their website. if you lived there, how would you feel?
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#30 Nov 12, 2013
You would be correct if the petitioner (Farra) did not send, via certified mail, notices to all parties within 500 feet. But, you would be wrong if the certified receipts are presented. I will even go one further. If there was no notification, the application should be resubmitted and hearing set for another time in the future. So, let's see what happens tonight.
#31 Nov 12, 2013
Not going to the meeting and I'll tell you what will happen. The village will GRANT this because the one asking for the favor is a village supporter. Done. No need to talk about it any more. Friends get the favors in our village. It doesn't matter if the process was done properly or not. If they are village supporters, it will pass. Remember Rhonda's house? No permits but a village supporter. Therefor she gets to build.Same thing in this situation.
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#32 Nov 12, 2013
If the Village does prevail, it would have to abide by the deed, which says the land is for the residents of MB. They cannot sell it.( the village that is)
#33 Nov 12, 2013
Bull. the POA cant sell it. The "village" has no legal obligation to sell it or not sell it. This is why the POA is fighting the village on this takeover. If the village gets their hands on it, they can and WILL sell parts off to developers. Stop lying and saying the village wont/cant sell it to developers.
Answer this. IF the village cant sell it and make money, why would they fight so hard to get it? why would they take on the burden of maintaining and paying the taxes on the land if they cant make money from it? They wouldn't. But keep up your web of lies, its all you have left.
#34 Nov 12, 2013
This last comment was described as "nuts"? Why would the village want the land if they couldn't sell it off to make money? Whoopsing claims that the village CANT sell it off? Why would they want to gain the property then? That doesn't make any sense. Whoopsing, please explain why the village wants the waterfront if they cant sell it off. This has been bothering me as to why the village wants the land if the cant make money from it.
Lets get ALL the information.... then YOU can decide!
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#35 Nov 13, 2013
Maybe you didn't know the village is TAX EXEMPT. And as far as why fight so hard to acquire it...maybe you don't believe all MBV residents should be able to enjoy it and all MBV residents should be able to financially benefit from it.
#36 Nov 13, 2013
This is the biggest load of crap ever. How will all 'residents benefit" financially if the village cant sell it? Your and whoopsings case doesnt hold water. The village wants the land so they CANT sell it? But it will make all residents money? BULLSH!T!!!
I want whoopsing to explain their reasoning behind their statement. HOW can the village benefit and make money from a piece of land that they say they wont/cant sell to developers?
Lies lies lies. Just admit the truth. The village (Gary) wants the land so they CAN sell it to developers and cash in. This has been the main reason behind the formation of the village from the start. At least the lies at the begin were "we dont want the land or clubhouse". Now its "we want the land and clubhouse, but we wont sell it". Can you guys EVER open your mouths without lying?
#37 Nov 13, 2013
Actually, whopping didn't say it, I did. They could hold a blue claw crab festival, maybe do a snapper derby, and maybe a blues by the bay concert. Oops, I think I fed into your trap?
#38 Nov 13, 2013
Whoopsing was the one that said the village cant sell off the property.
Hey, you could do all those right now. I think all you need to do is ask the POA to hold these events. Oh wait, the "leaders" of the village has a grudge against the POA and would never do something like "getting along". Never mind, go back to being pricks.
#39 Nov 13, 2013
if the village wanted all of the residents to benefit from it, then there would not be a village code already in place which states that you need a permit to use the marina's and waterfront. it is right there in their code. they don't even own the land and they are already prepared to have a permit process. that does not spell FREE to me.
#40 Nov 13, 2013
Nobody said the word free. And why don't you tell me more about the village being responsible to pay the real estate taxes.
#41 Nov 13, 2013
Why would they? They dont own the land. Tell me more about the villages plan to NOT sell the waterfront and how all the residents will benefit from it financially? This should be worth a laugh.
#42 Nov 13, 2013
Lets answer your first question: "Answer this. IF the village cant sell it and make money, why would they fight so hard to get it? why would they take on the burden of maintaining and paying the taxes on the land if they cant make money from it? They wouldn't. But keep up your web of lies, its all you have left."
The village would continue to operate it as a business asset. And, the village is tax exempt so there would be no real estate tax liability. Now, are you saying the present operator is being burdened with operating costs and taxes in excess of what they collect?
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#43 Nov 13, 2013
Oh let the village sell it. Then it will eventually look like Long Beach. Beach and houses and businesses.
#45 Nov 14, 2013
and say good bye to the very last space on LI where people can walk the shore line. Good, that will make it for "everyone" then.
You do realize that the village is lying when they say they want it for "all the residents"?
#46 Nov 14, 2013
Or maybe just the MBPOA can make money from the waterfront... There are three sides to this: yours, mine, and the truth.
Your turn.
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