tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591796009569858792024-03-13T08:15:37.697+01:00Loving San Francisco by Silvana CalabreseSilvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-91039868715080530592018-04-13T18:52:00.000+02:002018-04-13T18:52:52.916+02:00U.S. Route 66 – Historic main street of America<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> It’s labeled <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mother
Road</b> or the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Main Street of America</b>.
It also known as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Will Rogers Highway</b>. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> It became one of the most famous
roads in the United States.<span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> It’s
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Route 66</b> (or U.S. Route 66 or simply
US 66).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> Route 66 crosses eight States and three time zones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> From Chicago to Santa Monica, if you love adventures on the
road in direction east to west, catch your Harley Davidson and go for it! You will
have a great time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Route 66</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> was one of the
original highways within the U.S. Highway System. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> It was established
on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year.<sup> <o:p></o:p></sup></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> The highway ran from
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chicago</b>, Illinois, through <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Missouri</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kansas</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Oklahoma</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Texas</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">New</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mexico</b>, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Arizona</b> before ending at Santa Monica, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">California</b>, covering a total of <st1:metricconverter productid="2,448 miles" w:st="on">2,448 miles</st1:metricconverter> (<st1:metricconverter productid="3,940 km" w:st="on">3,940 km</st1:metricconverter>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> US 66 served as a
major path for those who migrated west, especially during the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dust Bowl</b> of the 1930s, and the road supported
the economies of the communities through which it passed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> The <b>Dust Bowl</b>,
also known as the <b>Dirty Thirties</b>, was a period of severe dust
storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the
American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s;
severe drought and a failure to apply dryland
farming methods to prevent wind erosion (the Aeolian processes)
caused the phenomenon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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People doing business
along the route became prosperous due to the growing popularity of the highway,
and those same people later fought to keep the highway alive in the face of the
growing threat of being bypassed by the new Interstate Highway System.</div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> The route was
inaugurated on 11<sup>th</sup> November 1926. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> In rising of the
route, the publicity worked: several dignitaries, including <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Will Rogers</b>, greeted the runners at certain
points on the route. The race ended in Madison Square Garden, where the $25,000
first prize (equal to $356,298 in 2017) was awarded to Andy Hartley Payne, a Cherokee
runner from Oklahoma. The U.S. Highway 66 Association also placed its first advertisement
in the July 16, 1932, issue of the <i>Saturday Evening Post</i>. The ad invited
Americans to take US 66 to the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. A U.S. Highway
66 Association office in Oklahoma received hundreds of requests for information
after the ad was published. The association went on to serve as a voice for businesses
along the highway until it disbanded in 1976.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Traffic grew on the
highway because of the geography through which it passed. Much of the highway was
essentially flat and this made the highway a popular truck route. The Dust Bowl
of the 1930s saw many farming families, mainly from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas,
and Texas, heading west for agricultural jobs in California. US 66 became the main
road of travel for these people, often derogatorily called "Okies" or
"Arkies." During the Depression, it gave some relief to communities located
on the highway. The route passed through numerous small towns and, with the growing
traffic on the highway, helped create the rise of mom-and-pop businesses, such as
service stations, restaurants, and motor courts, all readily accessible to passing
motorists.<sup><o:p></o:p></sup></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Much of the early
highway, like all the other early highways, was gravel or graded dirt. Due to the
efforts of the U.S. Highway 66 Association, US 66 became the first highway to be
completely paved in 1938. Several places were dangerous: more than one part of the
highway was nicknamed "Bloody 66" and gradually work was done to realign
these segments to remove dangerous curves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> However, one section
through the Black Mountains outside Oatman, Arizona, was fraught with hairpin turns
and was the steepest along the entire route, so much so that some early travelers,
too frightened at the prospect of driving such a potentially dangerous road, hired
locals to navigate the winding grade. The section remained as US 66 until 1953 and
is still open to traffic today as the Oatman Highway. Despite such hazards in some
areas, US 66 continued to be a popular route.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> During World War II,
more migration west occurred because of war-related industries in California. US
66, already popular and fully paved, became one of the main routes and also served
for moving military equipment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> In the 1950s, US 66
became the main highway for vacationers heading to Los Angeles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> In 1953, the Oatman
Highway through the Black Mountains was completely bypassed by a new route between
Kingman, Arizona, and Needles, California; by the 1960s, Oatman, Arizona, was virtually
abandoned as a ghost town.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> The beginning of the
decline for US 66 came in 1956 with the signing of the Interstate Highway Act by
President Dwight D. Eisenhower who was influenced by his experiences in 1919 as
a young Army officer crossing the country in a truck convoy (following the route
of the Lincoln Highway), and his appreciation of the autobahn network as a necessary
component of a national defense system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">During its nearly
60-year existence, US 66 was under constant change. As highway engineering became
more sophisticated, engineers constantly sought more direct routes between cities
and towns. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> US 66 underwent many improvements and realignments over its
lifetime, and it was officially </span>removed from the United States
Highway System in 1985 (2<sup>nd</sup> of June),<sup id="cite_ref-AASHTO85_2-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; unicode-bidi: isolate; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </sup>after it had been replaced in its entirety by segments of the
Interstate Highway System. Portions of the road that passed through Illinois,
Missouri, New Mexico, and Arizona have been designated a National
Scenic Byway of the name "<b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Historic Route 66</b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">", which is returning to some maps.</span> Several
states have adopted significant bypassed sections of the former US 66 into
the state road network as State Route 66.<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> US 66 has been a fixture
in popular culture. Pixar's 2006 animated film <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>Cars</i></b> describes the decline of a once-booming Radiator Springs,
nearly a ghost town once its mother road, US 66, was bypassed by Interstate 40.
The movie's success generated a resurgence of public interest in US 66.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">National Museum of American History</b> in Washington,
D.C. has a section on US <st1:metricconverter productid="66 in" w:st="on">66 in</st1:metricconverter>
its "America on the Move" exhibition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b> </b>Uncle Sam</span><span lang="EN-GB"> (initials U.S., the same of United States)
is a common national personification of the American government or of the United
States themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> According to
legend, he came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel
Wilson. The actual origin is obscure. Since the early 19th century, Uncle Sam has
been a popular symbol of the US government in American culture and a manifestation
of patriotic emotion. While the figure of Uncle Sam represents specifically the
government, the goddess Columbia represents the United States as a nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The first reference
to Uncle Sam in formal literature was in the 1816 allegorical book <i>The Adventures
of Uncle Sam in Search After His Lost Honor</i> by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Other possible
references date to the American Revolutionary War: an Uncle Sam is mentioned as
early as <st1:metricconverter productid="1775, in" w:st="on">1775, in</st1:metricconverter>
the original lyrics of "Yankee Doodle", though it is not clear whether
this reference is to Uncle Sam as a metaphor for the United States, or to an actual
person named Sam. The lyrics as a whole celebrate the military efforts of the young
nation in besieging the British at Boston. The 13th stanza is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">Old Uncle Sam come there to change<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">Some pancakes and some onions,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">For 'lasses cakes, to carry home<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">To give his wife and young ones.<sup> <o:p></o:p></sup></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The precise
origin of the Uncle Sam character is unclear, but a popular legend is that the name
"Uncle Sam" was derived from Samuel Wilson, a meatpacker from Troy, New
York who supplied rations for American soldiers during the War of 1812. </span></div>
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a requirement at the time for contractors to stamp their name and where the rations
came from onto the food they were sending. Wilson's packages were labeled "E.A
– US." When someone asked what that stood for, a co-worker jokingly said, "Elbert
Anderson [the contractor] and Uncle Sam," referring to Wilson, though the "US"
actually stood for United States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The well-known
"recruitment" image of Uncle Sam was first created by James Montgomery
Flagg during World War I. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The image was inspired by a British recruitment poster
showing <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Lord Kitchener</span></b> in a similar pose. It is this image more than any other that
has influenced the modern appearance of Uncle Sam: an elderly white man with white
hair and a goatee, wearing a white top hat with white stars on a blue band, a blue
tail coat, and red-and-white-striped trousers.</span></div>
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Flagg's depiction
of Uncle Sam was shown publicly for the first time, according to some, on the cover
of the magazine <i>Leslie's Weekly</i> on July 6, 1916, with the caption "What
Are You Doing for Preparedness?” More than four million copies of this image were
printed between 1917 and 1918. Flagg's image was also used extensively during World
War II. </div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-83258770813699971472017-11-11T00:01:00.000+01:002017-11-11T00:01:06.825+01:00Steve Jobs’s speech - June 12, 2005 - Stanford University<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Jobs’s speech - June 12, 2005 - Stanford University</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB"> “You’ve got to find
what you love” <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB"> This is
a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of
Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> I am honored
to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities
in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the
closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you
three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b> The first
story is about connecting the dots.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> I dropped
out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a
drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop
out?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> It started
before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate
student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that
I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to
be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out
they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents,
who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: “We
have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” They said: “Of course.” My
biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from
college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to
sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my
parents promised that I would someday go to college.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> And 17
years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost
as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents’ savings were
being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn’t see the value
in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college
was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my
parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it
would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was
one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop
taking the required classes that didn’t interest me, and begin dropping in on
the ones that looked interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> It wasn’t
all romantic. I didn’t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends’
rooms, I returned Coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I
would walk the <st1:metricconverter productid="7 miles" w:st="on">7 miles</st1:metricconverter>
across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna
temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity
and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. </span>Let me give you one
example:</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Reed
College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the
country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was
beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to
take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to
do this. I learned about serif and sans serif typefaces, about varying the
amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great
typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way
that science can’t capture, and I found it fascinating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> None of
this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But 10 years
later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to
me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with
beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in
college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally
spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it’s likely that no
personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have
never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not
have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to
connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very
clear looking backward 10 years later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Again, you
can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking
backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your
future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma,
whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the
difference in my life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;"> My second
story is about love and loss.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> I was lucky
— I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my
parents’ garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown
from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000
employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier,
and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a
company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was
very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things
went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually
we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at
30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult
life was gone, and it was devastating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> I really
didn’t know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous
generation of entrepreneurs down — that I had dropped the baton as it was
being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to
apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even
thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn
on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed
that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. </span>And so I
decided to start over.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> I didn’t
see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing
that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was
replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about
everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> During the
next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar,
and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on
to create the world’s first computer animated feature film, <i>Toy Story</i>,
and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable
turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we
developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple’s current renaissance. </span>And
Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> I’m pretty
sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was
awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits
you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only
thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what
you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work
is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly
satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great
work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t
settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And,
like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll
on. </span>So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <b> My third
story is about death.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> When I was
17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was
your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on
me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every
morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want
to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for
too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Remembering
that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help
me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external
expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these
things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly
important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to
avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked.
There is no reason not to follow your heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> About a
year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and
it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn’t even know what a pancreas
was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is
incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.
My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor’s
code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you
thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It
means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as
possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> I lived
with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they
stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines,
put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was
sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells
under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a
very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. </span>I had
the surgery and I’m fine now.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> This was
the closest I’ve been to facing death, and I hope it’s the closest I get for a
few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit
more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> No one
wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get
there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped
it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best
invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way
for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you
will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but
it is quite true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Your time
is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by
dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let
the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important,
have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know
what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When I was
young, there was an amazing publication called <i>The Whole Earth Catalog</i>,
which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named
Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with
his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960s, before personal computers and
desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors and Polaroid
cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google
came along: It was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great
notions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Stewart and
his team put out several issues of <i>The Whole Earth Catalog</i>, and
then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the
mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a
photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself
hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: “Stay
Hungry. Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay
Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you
graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Stay
Hungry. Stay Foolish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB"> Thank you
all very much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Steve Jobs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-11998055342929634172017-11-04T00:01:00.001+01:002017-11-04T00:01:00.252+01:00Nicknames, slogans and mottos of the fifty states of United States of America<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Each of the
fifty US states has a nickname. It is one of the most folkloric customs of the
United States of America for many reasons, from patriotism to remember some of
the historical peculiarities that the state has been in the past 240 years. Plants,
animals, ideas. It all goes well for being written on placards or official
flags and to outline in two words the history of each state.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Below are
reported the nicknames of the US states, including (in bold type) those
officially used or traditionally assigned to states or districts in the United
States.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-GB">Alabama<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Yellowhammer State, Cotton Plantation State, Cotton
State, Heart of Dixie, Lizard State, Camellia State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Alaska
</b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">The Last Frontier</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB">,<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Great Land, Land of the Midnight Sun, Land of
the Noonday Moon, Seward’s Folly, Seward’s Ice Box, Icebergia, Polaria,
Walrussia, and Johnson’s Polar Bear Garden<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-GB">Arizona <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">The Grand Canyon State<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-indent: 32.2pt; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Apache State, Aztec
State, Baby State, Copper State, Italy of America, Sand Hill State, Sunset
State, Sweetheart State, Valentine State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-GB">Arkansas <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i>The Natural State<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Bear State, Bowie
State, Hot Spring State, Land of Opportunity, Razorback State, Toothpick State,
Wonder State, Diamond State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>California
<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>The Golden
State<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">El Dorado State, The Land of Sunshine and
Opportunity, Golden West, Grape State, Land of Milk and Honey, Land of Fruits
and Nuts, Where Stars are Buried, The Cereal Bowl of the Nation, The Eureka
State, The Bear State (or Republic), The Sunshine State (disused)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Colorado
<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Centennial
State<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Buffalo Plains State, Colorful Colorado,
Columbine State, Highest State, Lead State, Mother of Rivers, Rocky Mountain
Empire, Rocky Mountain State (disused), Silver State (disused), Switzerland of
America<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->7.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Connecticut
<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Constitution
State<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Nutmeg State, Charter Oak
State, Blue Law State, Freestone State, Land of Steady Habits<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->8.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Delaware</b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">The
First State</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-indent: 32.2pt; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Chemical Capital,
Corporate Capital, Diamone State, Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State, Home of Tax Free
Shopping, New Sweden, Peach State, Small Wonder, Uncle Sam’s Pocket
Handkerchief<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">District of Columbia<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">The District<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">A Capital City, The Federal City<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->9.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Florida </b></div>
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<b><i>Sunshine
State<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Alligator State, Citrus
State, Everglade State, Flower State, God’s Waiting Room, Gulf State, Hurricane
State, Manatee State, Orange State, Peninsula State or Peninsular State,
Tropical State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB">10.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-GB">Georgia </span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i>Peach State<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Cracker State, Empire State of the South, of the South, Yankee-land of the South,
Goober State</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i>Aloha State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Paradise, The Islands
of Aloha, Paradise of the Pacific, Pineapple State, Rainbow State, Youngest State<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->12.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Idaho </b></div>
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<b><i>Gem State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Gem
of the Mountanis, Little Ida, Spud State, Potatonia, <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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<b><i>Land of
Lincoln</i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Prairie State</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Corn State, Inland Empire
State, Garden of the West</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Indiana<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>Hoosier State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Crossroads of
America, Hospitality State, Sunshine State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i>Hawkeye
State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Land
of the Rolling Prairie, Tall Corn State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Kansas <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>The Wheat State</i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Sunflower State<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">America’s Bread
Basket, Wheat State,
Home of Beautiful Women, Central State, Jayhawker State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Kentucky <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>Bluegrass State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Corn-cracker State, The Dark
and Bloody Ground State, Hemp State, Tobacco State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Loiusiana <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>The Sportsman’s Paradise</i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Pelican State<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Bayou State, Child of
the Mississippi, Creole State, Fisherman’s Paradise, Holland of America, Sugar
State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Maine <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>Vacationland</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Pine Tree </i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">State<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lumber State</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i>Old Line State</i></b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Chesapeake State</span><span lang="EN-GB">, America in Miniature, Cockade State, Crab State,
Free State, Monumental State, Oyster State, Queen State, Terrapin State, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Massachussets <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>The Spirit of America<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">The Bay State</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Baked Bean State, Codfish
State, The Commonwealth, Old Colony State, Pilgrim State, The People’s Republic
of Massachusetts, Taxachusetts <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Michigan <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>The Greate Lake State</i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Wolverine
State <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Mitten State, Winter
Water Wonderland, The World’s Motor Capital, America’s High Five<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">The North Star State</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Butter Country,
Gopher State,
Land of 10,000 Lakes, Land of Lakes, Land of Sky-Blue Water, New England of the
West, State of Hockey, Vikings State, Bread and Butter State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Magnolia State<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Hospitality State, The South’s Warmest Welcome,
The Birthplace of America’s Music, The Bayou State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Show-Me State</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Bullion State, Cave State, Gateway
State, Bellwether State, Lead State, The Great Rivers State, Ozark State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Montana <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>The Treasure State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Big Sky Country, The Last Best Place<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Nebraska <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>The Cornhusker State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Beef State, Tree Planter’s State, Blackwater
State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Nevada <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>Battle Born<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Silver State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Battle Born State, Sagebrush State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>New Hampshire <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Granite State</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Live Free or Die
State</span><span lang="EN-GB">, Mother of Rivers,
White<span style="color: #a55858;"> </span>Mountain State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>New Jersey <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>Garden State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Crossroads of the Revolution, The Tomato
State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>New Mexico <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>Land of Enchantment</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Cactus State, The Colorful State, Land of
Sunshine or Land of Enchantment, New Andalusia, The Outer Space State, The
Tex-Mex State, The Spanish State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">The Empire State</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Excelsior State<sup><o:p></o:p></sup></div>
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<b><i>The Tar Heel State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Old North State, Turpentine State, Variety
Vacationland, Rip Van Winkle State, Land of the Sky, First in Flight State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>North Dakota <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>The Peace Garden State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Flickertail State, Rough Rider State, Sioux State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i>The Buckeye
State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Birthplace of Aviation, Mother of Modern
Presidents, The Heart of it All<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Oklahoma <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>Sooner State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Native America, Land of the Red Man<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i>The Beaver State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Union State, Pacific Wonderland, Sunset State, Webfoot
State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i>The Keystone State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Liberty Bell State, Independence State, Quaker State,
Toll Booth State<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i>The Ocean State</i></b></div>
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Little Rhody </div>
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<b><i>Palmetto State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sandlapper State, Iodine Products State (disused)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB">The Mount Rushmore State</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"> (since 1980)</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sunshine State<sup> </sup>(before
1980), Artesian State, Blizzard State, Coyote State, Land of
Infinite Variety<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i>Volunteer State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Big Bend State, Butternut State, Hog
and Hominy State, The Mother of Southwestern Statesmen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Texas <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>The Lone Star State</i></b></div>
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Friendship State, Chili State</div>
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<b><i>The Beehive State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Mormon State, Friendly State (in disused),
Greatest Snow on Earth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>Vermont <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>The Green Mountain State</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The Dominion State</i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Mother of Presidents, Mother of States, The
Commonwealth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i>The Evergreen State</i></b></div>
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Apple State</div>
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<b><i>The Mountain State</i></b></div>
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Panhandle State</div>
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<b><i>America’s Dairyland</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Badger State<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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Cheese <span lang="EN-GB">State</span></div>
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<b><i>Equality State </i></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: 32.2pt;">Cowboy State, Park State, Like No Place On
Earth, Forever West</span></div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-55829579934632318582017-10-31T00:01:00.000+01:002017-10-31T00:01:00.192+01:00My first carving. Halloween pumpkin<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">My first carving was on October 31,
1999. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When I was 12 I made my personal
Jack-o’-lantern. </span></div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-10858230727202158532017-10-29T00:01:00.000+02:002017-10-29T00:01:04.144+02:00Nasa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government
responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace
research.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> President Dwight
D. Eisenhower established NASA in 1958 with a distinctly civilian (rather than military)
orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. The National Aeronautics
and Space Act was passed on July 29, 1958, disestablishing NASA's predecessor, the
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The new agency became operational
on October 1, 1958.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Since that time,
most US space exploration efforts have been led by NASA, including the Apollo Moon
landing missions, the Skylabspace station, and later the Space Shuttle. Currently,
NASA is supporting the International Space Station and is overseeing the development
of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, the Space Launch System and Commercial
Crew vehicles. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program (LSP)
which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management for unmanned
NASA launches.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> NASA science
is focused on better understanding Earth through the Earth Observing System, advancing
heliophysics through the efforts of the Science Mission Directorate's Heliophysics
Research Program, exploring bodies throughout the Solar System with advanced robotic
spacecraft missions such as <i>New Horizons</i>, and researching astrophysics topics,
such as the Big Bang, through the Great Observatories and associated programs.<sup>
</sup>NASA shares data with various national and international organizations such
as from the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite. Since 2011, NASA has been criticized
for low cost efficiency, achieving little results in return for high development
costs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> From 1946, the
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) had been experimenting with rocket
planes such as the supersonic Bell X-<st1:metricconverter productid="1. In" w:st="on">1. In</st1:metricconverter> the early 1950s, there was challenge to launch
an artificial satellite for the International Geophysical Year (1957–58). An effort
for this was the American Project Vanguard. After the Soviet launch of the world's
first artificial satellite (<i>Sputnik 1</i>) on October 4, 1957, the attention of
the United States turned toward its own fledgling space efforts. The US Congress,
alarmed by the perceived threat to national security and technological leadership
(known as the "Sputnik crisis"), urged immediate and swift action; President
Dwight D. Eisenhower and his advisers counseled more deliberate measures. On January
12, 1958, NACA organized a "Special Committee on Space Technology", headed
by Guyford Stever. On January 14, 1958, NACA Director Hugh Dryden published "A
National Research Program for Space Technology" stating:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> It is of great urgency and importance to our country both from consideration
of our prestige as a nation as well as military necessity that this challenge [<i>Sputnik</i>]
be met by an energetic program of research and development for the conquest of space...
It is accordingly proposed that the scientific research be the responsibility of
a national civilian agency... NACA is capable, by rapid extension and expansion
of its effort, of providing leadership in space technology.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> While this new
federal agency would conduct all non-military space activity, the Advanced Research
Projects Agency (ARPA) was created in February 1958 to develop space technology
for military application. </span></div>
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On July 29,
1958, Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, establishing NASA.
When it began operations on October 1, 1958, NASA absorbed the 43-year-old NACA
intact; its 8,000 employees, an annual budget of US$100 million, three major research
laboratories (Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, and
Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory) and two small test facilities. A NASA seal was
approved by President Eisenhower in 1959.<sup> </sup>Elements of the Army Ballistic
Missile Agency and the United States Naval Research Laboratory were incorporated
into NASA. A significant contributor to NASA's entry into the Space Race with the
Soviet Union was the technology from the German rocket program led by Wernher von
Braun, who was now working for the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), which in
turn incorporated the technology of American scientist Robert Goddard's earlier
works. Earlier research efforts within the US Air Force and many of ARPA's early
space programs were also transferred to NASA. In December 1958, NASA gained control
of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a contractor facility operated by the California
Institute of Technology.</div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-54573545140331713662017-10-28T00:01:00.000+02:002017-10-28T00:01:12.369+02:00The Pentagon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The Pentagon</span><span lang="EN-GB"> is the
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County,
Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. As a symbol of the U.S.
military, <i>The Pentagon</i> is often used metonymically to refer to the U.S. Department
of Defense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The Pentagon
was designed by American architect George Bergstrom (1876–1955), and built by general
contractor John McShain of Philadelphia. Ground was broken for construction on September
11, 1941, and the building was dedicated on January 15, 1943. General Brehon Somervell
provided the major motive power behind the project; Colonel Leslie Groves was responsible
for overseeing the project for the U.S. Army.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The Pentagon
is one of the world's largest office buildings, with about 6,500,000 sq ft (<st1:metricconverter productid="600,000 m2" w:st="on">600,000 m<sup>2</sup></st1:metricconverter>), of
which 3,700,000 sq ft (<st1:metricconverter productid="340,000 m2" w:st="on">340,000
m<sup>2</sup></st1:metricconverter>) are used as offices. Approximately 23,000
military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel work
in the Pentagon. It has five sides, five floors above ground, two basement levels,
and five ring corridors per floor with a total of <st1:metricconverter productid="17.5 mi" w:st="on">17.5 mi</st1:metricconverter> (<st1:metricconverter productid="28.2 km" w:st="on">28.2 km</st1:metricconverter>) of corridors. The Pentagon
includes a five-acre (<st1:metricconverter productid="20,000 m2" w:st="on">20,000
m<sup>2</sup></st1:metricconverter>) central plaza, which is shaped like a pentagon
and informally known as "ground zero," a nickname originating during the
Cold War on the presumption that it would be targeted by the Soviet Union at the
outbreak of nuclear war. </span></div>
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On September
11, 2001, exactly 60 years after the building's construction began, American Airlines
Flight 77 was hijacked and flown into the western side of the building, killing
189 people (59 victims and the five perpetrators on board the airliner, as well
as 125 victims in the building), according to the official report. It was the first
significant foreign attack on Washington's governmental facilities since the city
was burned by the British during the War of 1812.</div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-44613172287048390322017-10-27T00:01:00.000+02:002017-10-27T00:01:04.048+02:00Hollywood Sign<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB"> The Hollywood Sign (formerly the Hollywoodland Sign) is a landmark and American
cultural icon located in Los Angeles, California. It is situated on Mount Lee, in
the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains. The sign overlooks Hollywood,
Los Angeles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> "HOLLYWOOD"
is spelled out in 44 foot (<st1:metricconverter productid="13.4 m" w:st="on">13.4
m</st1:metricconverter>) tall white capital letters and is <st1:metricconverter productid="352 feet" w:st="on">352 feet</st1:metricconverter> (<st1:metricconverter productid="107.3 m" w:st="on">107.3 m</st1:metricconverter>) long. The sign was
originally created in 1923 as an advertisement for a local real estate development,
but due to increasing recognition and symbolism, the sign was left up. The sign
has been a frequent target of pranks and vandalism across the decades, but it has
since undergone restoration, including the installation of a security system to
deter vandalism. The sign is protected and promoted by The Trust For Public Land,
a non-profit organization, while its site and the surrounding land are part of Griffith
Park.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> From the ground,
the contours of the hills give the sign a wavy appearance. When observed at a comparable
altitude, the letters appear nearly level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The sign makes
frequent appearances in popular culture, particularly in establishing shots for
films and television programs set in or around Hollywood. Signs of similar style,
but spelling different words, are frequently seen as parodies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The sign was
erected in 1923 and originally read "HOLLYWOODLAND." Its purpose was to
advertise the name of a new segregated housing development in the hills above the
Hollywood district of Los Angeles. H.J. Whitley had already used a sign to advertise
his development Whitley Heights, which was located between Highland Avenue and Vine
Street. He suggested to his friend Harry Chandler, the owner of the <i>Los Angeles
Times</i> newspaper, that the land syndicate in which he was involved make a similar
sign to advertise their land. Real estate developers Woodruff and Shoults called
their development "Hollywoodland" and advertised it as a "superb
environment without excessive cost on the Hollywood side of the hills."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> They contracted
the Crescent Sign Company to erect 13 letters on the hillside, each facing south.
The sign company owner, Thomas Fisk Goff (1890–1984), designed the sign. Each letter
was <st1:metricconverter productid="30 feet" w:st="on">30 feet</st1:metricconverter>
(<st1:metricconverter productid="9.1 m" w:st="on">9.1 m</st1:metricconverter>) wide
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high, and the whole sign was studded with some 4,000 light bulbs. The sign would
flash in segments: "HOLLY," "WOOD", and "LAND" would
first light up individually, then the whole sign would light up. Below the Hollywoodland
sign was a searchlight to attract more attention. The poles that supported the sign
were hauled to the site by mules. Cost of the project was $21,000, equivalent to
$295,189 in 2016. </span></div>
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The sign was
officially dedicated in 1923. It was intended only to last a year and a half, but
after the rise of American cinema in Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood,
the sign became an internationally recognized symbol and was left there.</div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-81064038087147411462017-10-26T00:01:00.000+02:002017-10-26T00:01:04.190+02:00Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Washington, D.C.</span><span lang="EN-GB">,
District of Columbia is the capital
of the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DppqcklrKPO4M1jXD6D-TpY9fQDvi9cqbWHAmrkdhlf5FnXh1riTyjA5rwrE7O0FaETsWR136ZHERhQ70Aj31DCAh2Cjjq1CbtcAJSVnApSIM45RIY8CfRNk9AR73VHk8K0dJiOjn0dd/s1600/Washington%252C+D.C.+location.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Washington, D.C. location" border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="750" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DppqcklrKPO4M1jXD6D-TpY9fQDvi9cqbWHAmrkdhlf5FnXh1riTyjA5rwrE7O0FaETsWR136ZHERhQ70Aj31DCAh2Cjjq1CbtcAJSVnApSIM45RIY8CfRNk9AR73VHk8K0dJiOjn0dd/s200/Washington%252C+D.C.+location.jpg" title="Washington, D.C. location" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-GB"> The signing
of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district
located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast. <u>The U.S. Constitution
provided for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress
and the District is therefore not a part of any state</u> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(Article 1, section 8.17
of the U.S. Constitution set forth that a district of no more than </span><st1:metricconverter productid="10 miles" style="font-size: 12pt;" w:st="on">10 miles</st1:metricconverter><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> square should
house the new seat of government. So no one state could claim the President’s
House). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The states of Maryland and
Virginia each donated land to form the federal district, which included the pre-existing
settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria. Named in honor of President George Washington,
the City of Washington was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital.
In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia; in 1871, it created
a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the District.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Washington had
an estimated population of 681,170 as of July 2016. Commuters from the surrounding
Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's population to more than one million
during the workweek. The Washington metropolitan area, of which the District is
the principal city, has a population of over 6 million, the sixth-largest metropolitan
statistical area in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The centers
of all three branches of the federal government of the United States are in the
District, including the Congress, President, and Supreme Court. Washington is home
to many national monuments and museums, which are primarily situated on or around
the National Mall. The city hosts 176 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters
of many international organizations, trade unions, non-profit organizations, lobbying
groups, and professional associations. </span></div>
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A locally elected
mayor and a 13‑member council have governed the District since 1973. However, the
Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws.
D.C. residents elect a non-voting, at-large congressional delegate to the House
of Representatives, but the District has no representation in the Senate. The District
receives three electoral votes in presidential elections as permitted by the Twenty-third
Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clockwise from top right United States Capitol, Washington Monument, the White House, Smithsonian Institution Building, Lincoln Memorial and Washington National Cathedral</span></td></tr>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-35771420278350473362017-10-25T07:28:00.000+02:002017-10-25T07:28:48.538+02:00Blair House or President’s Guest House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The President’s Guest House, commonly known
as Blair House, is a complex of four
formerly separate buildings—Blair House, Lee House, Peter Parker House, and 704
Jackson Place—located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. A major
interior renovation of these 19th century residences between the 1950s and 1980s
resulted in their reconstitution as a single facility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The President's
Guest House is one of several residences owned by the United States government for
use by the President and Vice President of the United States; other such residences
include the White House, Camp David, One Observatory Circle, the Presidential Townhouse,
and Trowbridge House. The President's Guest House has been called "the world's
most exclusive hotel" because it is primarily used to host visiting dignitaries
and other guests of the president. It is larger than the White House and closed
to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Blair House
was constructed in 1824; it is the oldest of the four structures that comprise the
President's Guest House. The original brick house was built as a private home for
Joseph Lovell, eighth Surgeon General of the United States Army. It was acquired
in 1836 by Francis Preston Blair, a newspaper publisher and influential advisor
to President Andrew Jackson, and remained in his family for the following century.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Francis Blair's
son Montgomery Blair, who served as Postmaster General in Abraham Lincoln's administration,
succeeded his father as resident of Blair House. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> In <st1:metricconverter productid="1939, a" w:st="on">1939, a</st1:metricconverter> commemorative marker
was placed at Blair House by the United States Department of the Interior, becoming
the first building to acquire a federally recognized landmark designation; prior
landmarks had been monuments and historic sites other than buildings. It would be
formally designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Beginning in
1942, the Blair family began leasing the property to the U.S. government for use
by visiting dignitaries; the government purchased the property outright the following
December. The move was prompted in part by a request from Eleanor Roosevelt, who
found the casual familiarity Winston Churchill displayed during his visits to the
White House off-putting. On one occasion, Churchill tried to enter Franklin Roosevelt's
private apartments at 3:00 a.m. to wake the president for a conversation. </span></div>
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During much
of the presidency of Harry Truman, Blair House served as the temporary residence
of President Truman while the interior of the White House was being renovated. On
November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo
attempted to assassinate President Truman in Blair House. The assassination was
foiled, in part by White House policeman Leslie Coffelt, who killed Torresola but
was mortally wounded by him.</div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-38792014441698894372017-10-24T00:01:00.000+02:002017-10-24T00:01:13.210+02:00Number One Observatory Circle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Is the official
residence of the Vice President of the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Located on the
northeast grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., the house was
built in 1893 for its superintendent. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) liked
the house so much that in 1923 he took over the house for himself. It remained the
residence of the CNO until 1974, when Congress authorized its transformation to
an official residence for the Vice President, though a temporary one. In fact, by
law, it is still the "official temporary residence of the Vice President of
the United States." The 1974 congressional authorization covered the cost of
refurbishment and furnishing the house.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYO08Dk15DKE2bopYjG2CLsjAB-KvI2YR77c3CA2ImTHDP_wGb_IwL12eZ__HWRzWX7qxywx2UCwWwg39CYCCZfCArBFed2JCA4xMhyp7s9JX4gkLD2TPEK4w0mkCQ8k7Cnq3QTOM_eZw5/s1600/Number+One+Observatory+Circle+VP+residence+Christmas.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Number One Observatory Circle VP residence Christmas" border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="616" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYO08Dk15DKE2bopYjG2CLsjAB-KvI2YR77c3CA2ImTHDP_wGb_IwL12eZ__HWRzWX7qxywx2UCwWwg39CYCCZfCArBFed2JCA4xMhyp7s9JX4gkLD2TPEK4w0mkCQ8k7Cnq3QTOM_eZw5/s320/Number+One+Observatory+Circle+VP+residence+Christmas.jpeg" title="Number One Observatory Circle VP residence Christmas" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB"> Although Number
One Observatory Circle was made available to the Vice President in 1974, three years
passed before a Vice President lived full-time in the house. Vice President Gerald
Ford became President before he could use the house. His Vice President, Nelson
Rockefeller, primarily used the home for entertaining as he already had a well-secured
residence in Washington, D.C., though the Rockefellers donated millions of dollars
of furnishings to the house. Vice President Walter Mondale was the first Vice President
to move into the house. Every Vice President since has lived there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The house at
One Observatory Circle was designed by architect Leon E. Dessez and built in 1893
for $20,000 for the use of the superintendent of the Naval Observatory who was the
original resident. <span style="background: white;">It is built in the Queen Anne
style popular in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> It was built
on <st1:metricconverter productid="13 acres" w:st="on">13 acres</st1:metricconverter>
of land that had originally been part of a 73-acre farm called Northview, which
the Navy purchased in 1880. The home was originally dark red brick. Then in 1960,
it was painted "feather" gray and, in 1963, white with black shutters.
Now it is cream colored.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> In <st1:metricconverter productid="1966, in" w:st="on">1966, in</st1:metricconverter> response to the John
F. Kennedy assassination, Congress passed a law creating "an official residence
for the Vice President of the United States in the District of Columbia" and
designating "approximately ten acres at the United States Naval Observatory"
for such use. The exact location was to be determined by GAO and the Navy later,
and construction was to commence on the residence when funding was available once
the Vietnam War was over. In the interim, the Secret Service paid for expensive
upgrades to the private homes of Vice-Presidents Hubert Humphrey, Spiro Agnew and
Gerald R. Ford. Agnew only lived in his house for three months before resigning,
and shortly thereafter sold it at a large profit, in part because of the upgrades
(additional quarters for the Secret Service, fences and a new driveway for example)
paid for by the government. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> This resulted in a minor scandal and a subsequent investigation
showed that it would be cheaper to set up the new Vice-Presidential residence immediately,
rather than continue to secure private homes. In July 1974 Congress passed a new
law to make Admiral's House the "official temporary residence of the Vice-President
of the United States" effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent
Chief of Naval Operations. Work began on preparing Admiral's House to be temporary
Vice-President's residence later that fall, after Nixon's resignation and the CNO
was moved to Quarters A at the Navy Yard. </span></div>
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The house formally
opened as the vice presidential residence in September 1975. However, Nelson Rockefeller,
the vice president at the time, chose to live in his larger private home instead
and only used Admiral's House for entertaining. In January 1977, Walter Mondale
became the first vice president to live in the house, and it has served as the home
of every vice president since.</div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-65100501830873440952017-10-23T00:01:00.000+02:002017-10-23T00:01:01.501+02:00Presidents of the United States of America<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3V3Y6RPs5LkCtw0E7H0cK1ulfBg5pHgz_1AvKwfKkclnxJq59hRzRq6tT7a_B7mvo5nDTDgn_6Th8fl5sl6wU-PpsoL221AnH_W6uP9ziNlB61iTy80HfqJgZ2nTLFfmmO1_C0CTnUiW/s1600/Bald+eagle+Usa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bald eagle Usa" border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="451" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3V3Y6RPs5LkCtw0E7H0cK1ulfBg5pHgz_1AvKwfKkclnxJq59hRzRq6tT7a_B7mvo5nDTDgn_6Th8fl5sl6wU-PpsoL221AnH_W6uP9ziNlB61iTy80HfqJgZ2nTLFfmmO1_C0CTnUiW/s200/Bald+eagle+Usa.jpg" title="Bald eagle Usa" width="189" /></a><span lang="EN-GB"> The <b>President
of the United States</b> (informally called "<b>Potus</b>") is the head
of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the
executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the
United States Armed Forces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKr5WWk6FpOrmP8FAHWiPwggc5248EF1-zHAwANvswfwZeAZjEfG4erGDAHw9UCPKtZ-lPIBJrtjBdcpNTJIqRFt3k5Xwmp-1MkWdECszTQHKCJn-rWFBiAjXRqegmBqkoK6r-oFYI0hT7/s1600/Seal+of+the+President+of+the+United+States.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Seal of the President of the United States" border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="599" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKr5WWk6FpOrmP8FAHWiPwggc5248EF1-zHAwANvswfwZeAZjEfG4erGDAHw9UCPKtZ-lPIBJrtjBdcpNTJIqRFt3k5Xwmp-1MkWdECszTQHKCJn-rWFBiAjXRqegmBqkoK6r-oFYI0hT7/s200/Seal+of+the+President+of+the+United+States.jpg" title="Seal of the President of the United States" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-GB"> The president
is considered to be the world's most powerful political figure, as the leader of
the only contemporary global superpower. The role includes being the commander-in-chief
of the world's most expensive military with the second largest nuclear arsenal.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Article II,
Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution sets the following qualifications of
eligibility about holding the presidency:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">- be a
natural-born citizen of the United States; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">- be at
least thirty-five years old;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">- be a resident
in the United States for at least fourteen years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Take a look
to the list of Presidents and their presidency </span></div>
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George Washington<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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April 30, 1789 –
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John Adams<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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March 4, 1797 – March
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Thomas Jefferson<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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March 4, 1801 – March
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James Madison<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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March 4, 1809 – March
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James Monroe<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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March 4, 1817 – March
4, 1825</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">John Q. Adams<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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March 4, 1825 – March
4, 1829</div>
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Andrew Jackson<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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March 4, 1829 – March
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<span lang="EN-GB">Martin Van Buren<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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March 4, 1837 – March
4, 1841</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">William H. Harrison<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841<br />
<i>(Died in office)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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John Tyler<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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April 4, 1841 – March
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<span lang="EN-GB">James K. Polk<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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March 4, 1845 – March
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Zachary Taylor<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850<br />
<i>(Died in office)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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13</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Millard Fillmore<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
July 9, 1850 – March
4, 1853</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 20.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
14</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Franklin Pierce<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
March 4, 1853 – March
4, 1857</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
15</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
James Buchanan<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
March 4, 1857 – March
4, 1861</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 20.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
16</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Abraham Lincoln<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865<br />
<i>(Died in office)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 20.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
17</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Andrew Johnson<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
April 15, 1865 – March
4, 1869</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 20.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
18</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Ulysses S. Grant<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
March 4, 1869 – March
4, 1877</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
19</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Rutherford B. Hayes<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
March 4, 1877 – March
4, 1881</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
20</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">James A. Garfield<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881<br />
<i>(Died in office)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
21</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Chester A. Arthur<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
September 19, 1881 –
March 4, 1885</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 20.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 21;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
22</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Grover Cleveland<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
March 4, 1885 – March
4, 1889</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
23</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Benjamin Harrison<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
March 4, 1889 – March
4, 1893</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
24</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Grover Cleveland<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
March 4, 1893 – March
4, 1897</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 20.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 24;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
25</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
William McKinley<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901<br />
<i>(Died in office)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 20.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 25;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
26</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Theodore Roosevelt<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
September 14, 1901 –
March 4, 1909</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 20.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 26;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
27</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">William H. Taft<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
March 4, 1909 – March
4, 1913</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 20.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 27;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
28</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Woodrow Wilson<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
March 4, 1913 – March
4, 1921</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
29</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Warren G. Harding<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923<br />
<i>(Died in office)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 20.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 29;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
30</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Calvin Coolidge<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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August 2, 1923 – March
4, 1929</div>
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Herbert Hoover<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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March 4, 1929 – March
4, 1933</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
32</div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Franklin D. Roosevelt<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945<br />
<i>(Died in office)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
33</div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Harry S. Truman<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
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April 12, 1945 – January
20, 1953</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
34</div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Dwight D. Eisenhower<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
January 20, 1953 – January
20, 1961</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
35</div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">John F. Kennedy<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963<br />
<i>(Died in office)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
36</div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Lyndon B. Johnson<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
November 22, 1963 –
January 20, 1969</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
37</div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Richard Nixon<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974<br />
<i>(Resigned from office)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
38</div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Gerald Ford<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
August 9, 1974 – January
20, 1977</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
39</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Jimmy Carter<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
January 20, 1977 – January
20, 1981</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
40</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Ronald Reagan<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
January 20, 1981 – January
20, 1989</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
41</div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">George H. W. Bush<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
January 20, 1989 – January
20, 1993</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
42</div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Bill Clinton<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
January 20, 1993 – January
20, 2001</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
43</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">George W. Bush<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
January 20, 2001 – January
20, 2009</div>
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<tr style="height: 20.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 43;">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
44</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Barack Obama<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 20.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
January 20, 2009 – January
20, 2017</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
45</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 2.4pt 4.8pt 2.4pt 4.8pt; width: 153.95pt;" width="205">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Donald Trump<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 225.0pt;" width="300">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
January 20, 2017 –
present</div>
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</tbody></table>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-7233782005434896032017-10-22T00:01:00.000+02:002017-10-22T00:01:11.867+02:00The White House<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5Bs258MHL3QMPCjUsGbhDradEyu2jmsDtl3hhpjT9yGoU-EOA2zKKQqwHuOQzybzkuDeZYYsM3D2rYt8ZJL_-sZrp1bqIXS1RshM9f0EZWSFz2yKLqzoWIYDmwOnzedsAMpjMRghxQMd/s1600/The+White+House+South+Facade.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The White House South Facade" border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="1600" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5Bs258MHL3QMPCjUsGbhDradEyu2jmsDtl3hhpjT9yGoU-EOA2zKKQqwHuOQzybzkuDeZYYsM3D2rYt8ZJL_-sZrp1bqIXS1RshM9f0EZWSFz2yKLqzoWIYDmwOnzedsAMpjMRghxQMd/s400/The+White+House+South+Facade.JPG" title="The White House South Facade" width="400" /></a><span lang="EN-GB"> Located at
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the White House is the
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States of
America. The construction began in 1792 and the place has been the residence of
every U. S. president since John Adams, the second one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> The building has classical inspiration sources, that could be found
directly or indirectly in the Roman architect Vitruvius or in Andrea Palladio</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <span style="background: white;">styles;
Palladio being an Italian architect of the Renaissance which had a considerable
influence on the Western architecture (Palladian architecture).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The
residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style.
Construction took place between 1792 and 1800 using Aquia Creek sandstone painted
white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin
Henry Latrobe) added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage.
In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army
in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior.
Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the
partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Exterior construction
continued with the addition of the semi-circular South portico in 1824 and the North
portico in 1829.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices
relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later in 1909,
President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval
Office, which was eventually moved as the section was expanded. In the main mansion,
the third-floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the
existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used
as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new
wings. East Wing alterations were completed in 1946, creating additional office
space. By 1948, the house's load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams
were found to be close to failure. Under Harry S. Truman, the interior rooms were
completely dismantled and a new internal load-bearing steel frame constructed inside
the walls. Once this work was completed, the interior rooms were rebuilt. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The modern-day
White House complex includes the Executive Residence, West Wing, East Wing, the
Eisenhower Executive Office Building—the former State Department, which now houses
offices for the President's staff and the Vice President—and Blair House, a guest
residence. The Executive Residence is made up of six stories—the Ground Floor, State
Floor, Second Floor, and Third Floor, as well as a two-story basement. The property
is a National Heritage Site owned by the National Park Service and is part of the
President's Park. In 2007, it was ranked second on the American Institute of Architects
list of "America's Favorite Architecture".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-90572113495391893292017-09-04T09:45:00.000+02:002017-09-04T09:45:27.121+02:00Miranda warning or Miranda rights<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.0cm; margin-right: 2.0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB">«</span><span lang="EN">You have the right to remain silent. If you give
up the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against
you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney and to have an
attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will
be provided to you at no cost. During any questioning, you may decide at any
time to exercise these rights, not answer any questions or make any statements.
Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">»</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"> The <b><i>Miranda</i> warning</b>
or <b><i>Miranda</i> <i>rights</i></b>, is a right to
silence warning given by police in the United States to criminal
suspects in police custody (or in a custodial interrogation) before they
are interrogated to preserve the admissibility of their statements against them
in criminal proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"> The <i>Miranda</i> warning
is part of a preventive criminal procedure rule that law enforcement are
required to administer to protect an individual who is in custody and subject
to direct questioning or its functional equivalent from a violation of his or
her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;">Fifth
Amendment</span></a> right against compelled self-incrimination. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"> In <i>Miranda
v. Arizona</i> (1966), the Supreme Court held that
the admission of an elicited incriminating statement by a suspect not
informed of these rights violates the Fifth Amendment and the Sixth
Amendment right to counsel, through the incorporation of these rights into
state law. Thus, if law enforcement officials decline to offer a <i>Miranda</i> warning
to an individual in their custody, they may interrogate that person and act
upon the knowledge gained, but may not use that person's statements as evidence
against him or her in a criminal trial.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"> The concept of
"<i>Miranda</i> rights" was enshrined in U.S. law following the
1966 <i>Miranda v. Arizona</i> Supreme Court decision, which found
that the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights of Ernesto Arturo
Miranda had been violated during his arrest and trial for armed robbery,
kidnapping, and rape of a mentally handicapped young woman (Miranda was
subsequently retried and convicted, based primarily on his estranged
ex-partner, who had been tracked down by the original arresting officer via
Ernesto's own parents, suddenly claiming that Ernesto had confessed to her when
she had visited him in jail; Ernesto's lawyer later confessed that he 'goofed'
the trial).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"> The circumstances
triggering the Miranda safeguards, i.e. Miranda rights, are "custody"
and "interrogation". Custody means formal arrest or the deprivation
of freedom to an extent associated with formal arrest. Interrogation means
explicit questioning or actions that are reasonably likely to elicit an
incriminating response. The Supreme Court did not specify the exact wording to
use when informing a suspect of his/her rights. However, the Court did create a
set of guidelines that must be followed. The ruling states:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtieiEURYwgttzXrP7WKrE7unqb8DJ1VNgk3qxlqNSk7_Lnqdsv_5b6h9fWgoYoqZDUeB2zZPqObdTxjniflGZeDOTLhaxyLn6n41bvyVAe9D4tzcdJ1h361aZfT0Llnim1WHsKTYBUt2K/s1600/Miranda+Warning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Miranda Warning" border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="940" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtieiEURYwgttzXrP7WKrE7unqb8DJ1VNgk3qxlqNSk7_Lnqdsv_5b6h9fWgoYoqZDUeB2zZPqObdTxjniflGZeDOTLhaxyLn6n41bvyVAe9D4tzcdJ1h361aZfT0Llnim1WHsKTYBUt2K/s320/Miranda+Warning.jpg" title="Miranda Warning" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN"> The person in
custody must, prior to interrogation, be clearly informed that he/she has
the right to remain silent, and that anything the person says will be used
against that person in court; the person must be clearly informed that he/she
has the right to consult with an attorney and to have that attorney present
during questioning, and that, if he/she is indigent, an attorney will be
provided at no cost to represent him/her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"> Every U.S.
jurisdiction has its own regulations regarding what, precisely, must be said to
a person arrested or placed in a custodial situation. The typical warning
states: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you say may be used against you in a court of law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police and to have
an attorney present during questioning now or in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN">If
you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you before any
questioning if you wish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN">If
you decide to answer questions now without an attorney present, you will still
have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to an attorney.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN">Knowing
and understanding your rights as I have explained them to you, are you willing
to answer my questions without an attorney present?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"> The courts have
since ruled that the warning must be "meaningful", so it is usually
required that the suspect be asked if he/she understands their rights. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN"> Ernesto Arturo
Miranda</span></b><span lang="EN"> (March 9,
1941 – January 31, 1976) was a laborer whose conviction on kidnapping, rape,
and armed robbery charges based on his confession under police interrogation
was set aside in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case <i>Miranda
v. Arizona</i>, which ruled that criminal suspects must be informed of their
right against self-incrimination and their right to consult with an attorney
before being questioned by police. This warning is known as a <i>Miranda</i> warning. </span></div>
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After the Supreme
Court decision set aside Miranda's initial conviction, the state of Arizona
retried him. At the second trial, with his confession excluded from evidence,
he was again convicted.</div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-54638362093081613932017-08-06T00:01:00.000+02:002017-08-06T00:01:16.740+02:00Usa - Oath of office for the President<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB"> In the <span style="color: #450000;">United States</span>, the <span style="color: #450000;">oath
of office </span>for the <span style="color: #450000;">President </span>is
specified in the <span style="color: #450000;">Constitution </span>(<span style="color: #450000;">Article II, Section 1</span>). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> With the right hand up and the left on the open Holy Bible: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully
execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of
my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> An <b>oath
of office </b>is an oath or affirmation a person takes before undertaking the
duties of an office, usually a position in government or within a religious
body, although such oaths are sometimes required of officers of other organizations.
Such oaths are often required by the laws of the state, religious body, or
other organization before the person may actually exercise the powers of the
office or any religious body. It may be administered at an inauguration, coronation,
enthronement, or other ceremony connected with the taking up of office itself,
or it may be administered privately. In some cases it may be administered
privately and then repeated during a public ceremony.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Some oaths
of office are a statement of loyalty to a constitution or other legal text or
to a person or other office-holder (an oath to support the constitution of the
state, or of loyalty to the king). Under the laws of a state it may be
considered treason or a high crime to betray a sworn oath of office.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The word
'oath' and the phrase 'I swear' refer to a solemn vow. For those who choose not
to, the alternative terms 'solemn promise' and 'I promise' are sometimes used.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">History of the Oath<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> While the
oath-taking dates back to the First Congress in 1789, the current oath is a
product of the 1860s, drafted by <span style="color: #450000;">Civil War</span>-era
members of Congress intent on ensnaring traitors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The <span style="color: #450000;">Judiciary Act of 1789</span> established an additional
oath taken by federal judges:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> I do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will administer
justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the
rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the
duties incumbent on me, according to the best of my abilities and understanding,
agreeably to the Constitution, and laws of the United States. [So help me God.]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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outbreak of the <span style="color: #450000;">Civil War </span>quickly
transformed the routine act of oath-taking into one of enormous significance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> In April <st1:metricconverter productid="1861, a" w:st="on">1861, a</st1:metricconverter> time of uncertain
and shifting loyalties, President <span style="color: #450000;">Abraham Lincoln </span>ordered
all federal civilian employees within the executive branch to take an expanded
oath. When Congress convened for a brief emergency session in July, members
echoed the president’s action by enacting legislation requiring employees to
take the expanded oath in support of the Union. This oath is the earliest
direct predecessor of the modern version of the oath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Congress returned for its regular session in December 1861, members who
believed that the Union had as much to fear from northern traitors as southern
soldiers again revised the oath, adding a new first section known as the “Ironclad
Test Oath.” The war-inspired Test Oath, signed into law on July 2, 1862,
required “every person elected or appointed to any office ... under the
Government of the United States ... excepting the President of the United
States” to swear or affirm that they had never previously engaged in criminal
or disloyal conduct.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #450000; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Those
government employees who failed to take the 1862 Test Oath would not receive a
salary; those who swore falsely would be prosecuted for <span style="color: #450000;">perjury </span>and forever denied federal employment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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oath’s second section incorporated a different rendering of the hastily drafted
1861 oath. Although Congress did not extend coverage of the Ironclad Test Oath
to its own members, many took it voluntarily. Angered by those who refused this
symbolic act during a wartime crisis, and determined to prevent the eventual
return of prewar southern leaders to positions of power in the national
government, congressional hard-liners eventually succeeded by <st1:metricconverter productid="1864 in" w:st="on">1864 in</st1:metricconverter> making the Test
Oath mandatory for all members.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The Senate
then revised its rules to require that members not only take the Test Oath
orally, but also that they “subscribe” to it by signing a printed copy. This
condition reflected a wartime practice in which military and civilian authorities
required anyone wishing to do business with the federal government to sign a
copy of the Test Oath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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practice of newly sworn senators signing individual pages in an oath book dates
from this period. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> As tensions
cooled during the decade following the Civil War, Congress enacted private legislation
permitting particular former Confederates to take only the second section of
the 1862 oath. An 1868 public law prescribed this alternative oath for “any
person who has participated in the late rebellion, and from whom all legal disabilities
arising therefrom have been removed by act of Congress.”</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #450000; font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">Northerners immediately pointed to the
new law’s unfair double standard that required loyal Unionists to take the Test
Oath’s harsh first section while permitting ex-Confederates to ignore it. In <st1:metricconverter productid="1884, a" w:st="on">1884, a</st1:metricconverter> new generation of
lawmakers quietly repealed the first section of the Test Oath, leaving intact
the current affirmation of constitutional allegiance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: blue;"> United
States Oath of Allegiance</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">is an oath that must be taken by all
immigrants who wish to become United States citizens (Citizenship ceremony).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I hereby declare on oath,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">all allegiance and fidelity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when
required by the law;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed
Forces of the United States when required by the law;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">that I will perform work of national importance under
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">and that I take this obligation freely without any mental
reservation or purpose of evasion;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">so help me God.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The
principles embodied in the <i>Oath </i>are codified in </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #990066; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Section 337(a)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> in the Immigration and Nationality
Act (INA), which provides that all applicants shall take an oath that incorporates
the substance of the following:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Support the Constitution;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Renounce and abjure absolutely and entirely all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign
prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which the applicant was before
a subject or citizen;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States against all enemies,
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Bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A. Bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the United States when required by the law; or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"> The Oath of Allegiance
for prospective citizens originated with the <span style="color: #0b0080;">Naturalization
Act of 1790</span>, which required applicants to take an oath or affirmation "to
support the constitution of the United States", but did not provide a text.
The <span style="color: #0b0080;">Naturalization Act of 1795</span> added renunciation
of the new citizen's former sovereign to the oath. The <span style="color: #0b0080;">Naturalization
Act of 1906</span> added the section of the oath requiring new citizens to defend
the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign
and domestic; and bear true faith and allegiance to the same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a standard text in 1929. Prior to then, spoken oaths were adapted from naturalization
law, and each court could develop its own procedures for administering the oath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"> The <span style="color: #0b0080;">Internal Security Act</span> of 1950 added the text about
bearing arms and performing noncombatant service in the armed forces of the United
States. The section about performing work of national importance under civilian
direction was added by the <span style="color: #0b0080;">Immigration and Nationality
Act of 1952</span>.</span></div>
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-45184550509564312182017-07-31T00:01:00.000+02:002017-07-31T00:01:08.638+02:00Insects and animals. The top new species of 2016<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB"> Humans have
made their way to the moon, landed rovers on Mars and sent spacecraft to the
outer reaches of the solar system. But the Earth remains a little-known planet.
That becomes clear when naturalists look for creatures closer to home and find
unknown gems. Here are our favorite new species of 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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TUMBLER <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Tumbleweeds
are synonymous with the American West. At some point, two of them interbred to
form a new species, <i>Salsola ryanii</i>,
which is about <st1:metricconverter productid="5 feet" w:st="on">5 feet</st1:metricconverter>
in height and nearly as wide. Usually, such hybrids are sterile, but in this
case, the plant underwent an unusual genetic event that led to a duplication of
its entire genome. That allowed it to reproduce and also made it incompatible
with either of its parents. It has been found at 15 sites throughout
California. "It's extremely rare to catch a new species in the act of
appearing and expanding," says Norm Ellstrand, a professor of genetics at
the University of California, Riverside, "and very exciting." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PENISES? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> When
biologist Jean Krejca unearthed an extremely leggy millipede in a remote cave
in California's Sequoia National Park, she knew it was special, so she sent it
to the millipede experts Bill Shear and Paul Marek. They determined it was a
new species and gave it the name <b><span style="color: teal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Illacme Tobini</span></b>. With 414
legs, it's one of Earth's leggiest creatures. It is closely related to <i>Illacme plenipes</i>, which lives about <st1:metricconverter productid="150 miles" w:st="on">150 miles</st1:metricconverter> away and has
750 legs—the most of any animal. The millipede also has four gonopods, the
millipede equivalents of penises, and boasts zoo poison glands. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> A
VEGETARIAN PIRANHA</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Piranhas
are famous for their fearsome teeth and ability to quickly devour flesh. But
not all creatures in this biological family are so brashly carnivorous.
Researchers from Brazil's Federal University of Para have discovered a new species
of piranha-like fish with chompers specialized for grinding seeds and other
vegetable debris that falls into the tributaries of the western Amazon, where
it lives. It grows to a length of i8 inches and has reddish coloration, with
yellow on its fins and belly, and it is sought after by fishermen for its meat.
The biologists named it <b><span style="color: teal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Myloplus Zorroi</span></b>, after
the fictional character Zorro, a hero in Latin America. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> WHIP SCORPIONS
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Whip
spiders, also known as tailless <b><span style="color: teal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Whip Scorpions</span></b>, display
more variety than scientists knew. Brazilian researchers uncovered eight new
species of these animals in the Amazon rain forest of northern Brazil. They
aren't true spiders—they lack silk and venom glands—but they do possess
fearsome-looking appendages called pedipalps that look like arms with claws and
are used to grab prey. These spiny freaks hang out in caves or leaf litter. To
tell the species apart, researchers Gustavo Miranda and Alessandro Giupponi
counted the hairs on their pedipalps. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> THE LEAF
THAT WASN'T</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> When is a
leaf not a leaf? When it's a spider. Max Kuntner, an arachnologist at the
Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts, and colleagues
discovered the creature on a night-time walk through a rain forest in southern
China. They placed it in the genus <b><span style="color: teal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Poltys</span></b> with orb-weaving
spiders that live in China and produce distinctive circular webs. It's the
first arachnid known to mimic foliage, a survival strategy that helps it avoid
predation by wasps and other insects. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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THE SUN <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The Bahamas
are hardly an unexplored place. It came as quite a shock, then, to
herpetologist Graham Reynolds when he found a handsome, undescribed silver
serpent on a small uninhabited Bahaman island. Reynolds, who works at the
University of North Carolina-Asheville, called it the Conception Bank silver
boa (<b><span style="color: teal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Chilabothrus Argentum</span></b>), and it's already listed as
critically endangered: Reynolds and his colleagues found only 33 of them on the
island. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> These fish
don't need a light—they carry their own, thanks. In August, scientists reported
that they had found two new species of deep sea fish with this unusual
arrangement. They have light-producing bacteria in a pouch within their gut
that makes them appear to glow. They can change the size of this pouch,
contracting it to hide the light and expanding it to reveal the light, which
then passes through transparent scales on their underside. The scientists
dubbed these new species the gray mirrorbelly and black mirrorbelly—<b><span style="color: teal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Monacoa Griseus</span></b> and <i>Monacoa
niger</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> PARASITE IN
PURPLE <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> While most
plants rely on the sun for energy and food, some pursue an alternative
stratagem: thievery. Japanese scientists have found a bizarre new plant they
call <i>Sciaphila yakushimensis</i> (after
Yakushima, the lush Japanese island where it was found). This species, like its
relatives, makes its way aboveground only when it flowers—in this case with a
purple blossom. It gets its sustenance by stealing nutrients from the roots and
root-bound fungi of other plants. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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FAVORITE CRAWLER <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> How many
kinds of tarantulas exist in the United States? Until evolutionary biologist
Chris Hamilton investigated, nobody knew. He and his colleagues spent nearly a
decade looking for tarantulas and sorting through contradictory past studies.
The team turned up 14 new tarantula species, mostly in the Southwest. An
all-black species found near California's Folsom Prison—where Johnny Cash, the
Man in Black, recorded a live album—was dubbed <i>Aphonopelma johnnycashi</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PEACOCKS <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Australian
biologist Jurgen Otto has spent the past decade cataloguing <b><span style="color: teal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Peacock Spiders</span></b>, the males of which engage in adorably
strange jigs to woo females, extending their furry legs and flashy abdomens.
He's discovered dozens of new varieties, and in May, he co-authored a paper in
the journal <i>Peckhamia</i> identifying
seven more. The spiders range in length from 0.1 to <st1:metricconverter productid="0.2 inches" w:st="on">0.2 inches</st1:metricconverter>, and they are
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Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-58235707480364201122017-07-28T00:01:00.000+02:002017-07-28T00:01:18.227+02:00Old MacDonald had a farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN"> “<b>Old MacDonald Had a Farm</b>” is a children’s
song and nursery rhyme about a farmer named MacDonald
(or McDonald, Macdonald) and the various animals he keeps on
his farm. Each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective
noise. </span>In many versions, the song is cumulative, with the animal sounds from
all the earlier verses added to each subsequent verse. It has a Roud
Folk Song Index number of 745. For example, the verse uses a cow as an
animal and “moo” as the animal’s sound.</div>
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<span lang="EN"> It has been translated in many languages.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Old MacDonald had
a farm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">E-I-E-I-O<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">And on his farm he
had a cow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">E-I-E-I-O<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">With a moo-moo
here<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">And a moo-moo
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<span lang="EN">Here a moo, there
a moo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Everywhere a
moo-moo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Old MacDonald had
a farm </span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0cm;">E-I-E-I-O</span></div>
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<span class="textarr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It's
clearer inside of me</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br />
<span class="textarr">Who I will always be</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Here at the core of my heart</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Mystics & cynics & crystals & memories</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Beginning to line up the stars</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Shining the light in the night</span><br />
<span class="textarr">[Shining the light
in the night]</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Raising the veil from my eye</span><br />
<span class="textarr">[Raising the
veil from my eye]</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Waking me up to the light in our life</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Cause of my strength</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Some of my dreams <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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everything I ever wanted to be...</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br />
<span class="textarr">Here I am this is me where I’ll be <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="textarr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In
the dark <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="textarr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">[&]
in the light <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="textarr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">[&]
in the wrong in the right... <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is energy</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br />
<span class="textarr">Give me my destiny</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Everything happens for a reason</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Every choice that I make</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Changes the course I take</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Won't be afraid when I make mistakes</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Open my arms & give in</span><br />
<span class="textarr">[Open my arms
& give in]</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Do it all over again</span><br />
<span class="textarr">[Do it all over
again]</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Do it all over</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Again & again,</span><br />
<span class="textarr">To get to the end</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Of who I am now.</span><br />
<span class="textarr">I'm gonna find the answers &</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Yes I know how <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="textarr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I
know I can win</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br />
<span class="textarr">Some of my dream <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="textarr"><span style="background: white;">& everything I ever wanted <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="textarr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">&
everything I ever wanted</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br />
<span class="textarr">To be</span><br />
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<span class="textarr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Here I am</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<span class="textarr">This is me</span><br />
<span class="textarr">Who am I? </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="textarr">Wait & see...</span></span><br />
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<br />Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-88309555032382003972017-07-16T00:01:00.000+02:002017-07-16T00:01:28.476+02:001830 Abraham Lincoln: letter to his son’s teacher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB">He will
have to learn, I know, that all men are not just, all men are not true, but
teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero; that for every selfish
politician, there is a dedicated leader.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Teach him
that for every enemy there is a friend. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It will
take time, I know, but teach him, if you can, that a dollar earned is of far
more value than five found… Teach him to learn to lose… and also to enjoy
winning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Steer him
away from envy, if you can, teach him the secret of quiet laughter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Let him
learn early that the bullies are the easiest to lick… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Teach him,
if you can, the wonder of a book… But also give him quiet time to ponder the
eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and flowers on a green
hillside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In school,
teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Teach him
to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him they are wrong… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Teach him
to be gentle with gentle people, and tough with the tough. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Try to give
my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone is getting on the
bandwagon… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Teach him
to listen to all men… but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of
truth, and take only the good that comes through. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Teach him,
if you can, how to laugh when he is sad… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Teach him
there is no shame in tears. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Teach him
to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Teach him
to sell his brawn and brain to the highest bidders, but never to put a price
tag on his heart and soul. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Teach him
to close his ears to a howling mob… and to stand and fight if he thinks he is
right.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Treat him
gently, but do not coddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine
steel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Let him
have the courage to be impatient… let him have the patience to be brave. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Teach him
always to have sublime faith in himself, because then he will always have
sublime faith in mankind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This is a
big order, but see what you can do… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">He is such
a fine little fellow, my son! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Abraham
Lincoln (1809-1865) was the sixteenth president of the United States. He
abolished slavery. He was recalled in many ways. Some American cities bear his
name, as the Lincoln the capital of Nebraska. USA dedicated to him the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, and is depicted on the five dollar bill and the one
cent coin. His face was carved in the monument of Mount Rushmore (the first
right).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Silvana Calabresehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969839513112902720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559179600956985879.post-63588363681018210272017-07-12T00:01:00.000+02:002017-07-12T00:01:10.226+02:00Focus on the USA<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The <b>USA</b> is not the same thing as <b>America</b>! America refers to the whole
continent and includes North, South and Central America. It stretches from
Canada to Argentina. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The USA’s
national symbol is the <b>bald eagle</b>.
It is a symbol of freedom, strength and victory. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The USA has
more than six million kilometres of road – more than any other country – and Los
Angeles has the greatest density of traffic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The first
inhabitants of the USA were the <b>Native
Americans</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The USA’s <b>flag</b> is called <b>the Stars and Stripes</b>. There are 50 stars on it, one for each state
in the union, and 13 stripes which symbolize the original 13 states. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The USA’s
national motto is <b>In God We Trust</b>.
But every state has a motto that reflects some of its history and ethnic
heritage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">The Star Spangled Banner</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> is the national anthem of the USA,
but most of the states have at least one state song.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Hamburgers</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> and <b>hot
dogs</b> are the favourite food in the USA. On average, every American eats
more than 200 hamburgers each year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Regions<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #00b7e2; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Alaska <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Alaska is
separated from the other states by Canada. Situated north of Canada, it is
huge, with fewer people than any other state. Part of it is covered with snow,
ice and glaciers. But it also has vast forests, and modern cities. It is an
important oil producing region. Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North
America, is in Alaska. The Inuit (Eskimo) people live here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: navy; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Pacific West<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">States:
California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">It is a
rich region with rocky coasts, high mountains, fertile valleys and thick rain
forests with tall trees. Many people visit California for its mild climate, and
Hollywood is the home of many movie stars, despite the risk of earthquakes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ffcc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Southwest <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">States:
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">An area of
contrasts, with dry, hostile desert areas, and wide open plains. The Grand
Canyon in Arizona is one of the most magnificent sights in the world. Texas,
famous for its cowboys and rodeos, is also an important oil- and gas- producing
region and has many big cattle ranches. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff9900; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Hawaii <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Hawaii is
about <st1:metricconverter productid="3,700 km" w:st="on">3,700 km</st1:metricconverter>
from the coast of California. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">People live
on seven of These 130 beautiful, sub-tropical islands in the Pacific. Volcanoes
formed these islands millions of years ago and some are still active. It is a
popular tourist destination. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff6600; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The South <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">States:
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The states
of the South once formed a separate union and fought a war with the northern
states in the 19<sup>th</sup> century. One reason for the war was that the
South wanted to keep slavery. Many black people live and work here — their
ancestors were brought from Africa as slaves to work on the tobacco and cotton
plantations. New Orleans was originally a French city, and it is still famous
for its Mardi Gras carnival and jazz music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #33cccc; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Rocky Mountain region <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">States:
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">This spectacular
region with its high peaks, deserts and river canyons, is visited by millions
of tourists, particularly for winter sports. There are several national parks,
which are famous for their dramatic scenery and wildlife. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Midwest <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">States:
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">This is the
USA’s, most important agricultural region with large farms, cattle and sheep
ranches and massive fields of corn, oats, wheat and soya beans. But it is also
the heart of industrial production, particularly around the Great Lakes.
Detroit is the main centre for the automobile industry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333399; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">New England<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">States:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">There are
six New England states. Many of the original settlers came here from England,
including the Pilgrim Fathers, who first settled in Massachusetts. This region
is well known for its beautiful scenery and the colour of its leaves in the
fall. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #339966; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Mid Atlantic region <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">States:
West Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Virginia.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">It is a
very heavily populated and industrialized area with a lot of big titles,
although Virginia is famous for its scenery. Washington DC is the capital of
the USA where the American president lives and works. New York, the biggest
city in the USA, is known as the 'melting pot' for its incredible mix of
different nationalities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Florida <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sunny
weather, sandy beaches and interesting places like the Everglades National Park
with its alligators, the Kennedy Space Center and Disneyworld attract millions
of tourists to the peninsula of Florida — the Sunshine State. Many Americans
choose to retire here. </span></div>
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Source:
Excursion, an old Italian book. </div>
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