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Angels Flight Railway

Publié le avril 3 2010
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The Angels Flight Railway is a funicular railway in Los Angeles. It operated from 1901 until it was closed in 1969. The second version opened in 1996, and was closed in 2001 after an accident. On Monday, March 15, 2010 the repaired Railway reopened again. Display "Los Angeles Tramway Angels Flight" from YouTube Click here…
Microsoft Silicon Valley Research Center

Publié le mars 29 2010
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Microsoft Research Silicon Valley is located in Mountain View, California. It was founded in August 2001 and now employs about 65 researchers. Their research work focuses on distributed computing and includes privacy, security, protocols, fault-tolerance, large-scale systems, concurrency, computer architecture, Internet search and services, and related theory.
Gene Simmons’ Mansion in Beverly Hills

Publié le mars 26 2010
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Gene Simmons is « The Demon » and Bassist of the Hard Rock Band « KISS ». He lives in this Mansion in Beverly Hills with his partner Shannon Tweed and his two children. The Reality TV show « Gene Simmons Family Jewels » http://www.aetv.com/gene-simmons-family-jewels shows the life of this unusual family.
The Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum

Publié le mars 24 2010
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The Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum opened on February 11, 1938. Thomas Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor holding patents covering the creation or refinements of devices in telegraphy and telephony, electric power generation and lighting, sound recording, motion pictures, storage batteries, and mining and cement technology.…
John F. Kennedy assassination site

Publié le mars 23 2010
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On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was shot on this street in Dallas, Texas.
Paris 26 Gigapixels

Publié le mars 18 2010
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Paris 26 Gigapixels – the world’s largest photo – is a stitching of 2346 single photos showing a very high-resolution panoramic view of the French capital (354159×75570 px). The photo was shot on September 8th, 2009 on top of the church Saint-Sulpice in Saint-Germain-des-Prés/Paris. Display "Paris 26 Gigapixels teaser – short version" from YouTube Click…
White Sands National Monument

Publié le mars 12 2010
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Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world’s great natural wonders – the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Here, great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert and created the world’s largest gypsum dune field. White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of…
Eiffel Tower in Paris, Texas

Publié le mars 6 2010
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The Eiffel Tower in Paris, Texas is a tourist attraction built in 1995. It has a red Cowboy hat on its top and was once « the second largest Eiffel tower in the second largest Paris ».
Topeka – The city of Google

Publié le mars 3 2010
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The City of Topeka is currently completing Google’s request for information regarding the possibility of becoming a Google fiber optic trial community. Deadline for submission of local government information is March 26, 2010. The City of Topeka welcomes the opportunity to participate in this unique technological experiment, if selected as Google trial community, to benefit…
Ritz Carlton, Half Moon Bay

Publié le mars 1 2010
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The Ritz Carlton, Half Moon Bay is a famous hotel in San Mateo County, California.
Walt Disney’s first Hollywood cartoon studio

Publié le février 24 2010
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Walt Disney’s first Hollywood cartoon studio was a garage in his uncle Robert’s house.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Publié le février 22 2010
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The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is the tallest Lighthouse in America. It has a height of 198.5 ft (63 m) and was first constructed in 1803.