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BIG BEN Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell) of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and is often extended to refer to the clock or the clock tower as well. Big Ben is the largest four-faced chiming) clock and the third-tallest free-standing clock tower in the world. It celebrated its 150th anniversary in May 2009 (the clock itself first ticking on 31 May), during which celebratory events took place. The clock faces are large enough to have once allowed

History (Preston) Harris Library Manchester Central Library Seacroft Library, a small branch library in the Seacroft area of Leeds. [edit] 17th century In the early years of the 17th century many famous collegiate and town libraries were founded throughout the country. Francis Trigge Chained Library of St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham, Lincolnshire was founded in 1598 by the rector of nearby Welbourne.[13] Norwich City library was established in 1608[14] (six years after Thomas Bodley founded

novel The rosary to her sister Maud who was living in America. It was Maud who arranged for their publication. The rosary (1909) found instant success, selling 150,000 copies in a year. It is a love story, extolling the benefits of wedded bliss, a theme she was to continue to use with similar popular success. She felt that her destiny was to write works that inspired people to live good honest lives without being introduced to sin and evil through the printed page. Florence was an admirer of Elizabeth

they are wearing helmets and have oxygen tanks, their job is extremely dangerous and often calls for great bravery. Most Americans remember that, on 9/11, 343 firefighters lost their lives. Picture 3 is Oscar Pistorius, a South African runner who has prosthetic legs from the knee downwards. Not content with breaking world records in competitions for disabled athletes, he has also taken part in competitions for able-bodied athletes and has created a lot of controversy because he can run faster than most

Gradually, water covered the 3 / 4 of the earth's surface. That's more or less a volume of 1.4 billion km3. That's why we qualify Earth "Blue Planet". Water has conditioned the emergence of life, there are about 3 billion years. The first living beings who are the unicellular organisms, have evolved in the oceans. Over millions of years these creatures have multiplied and transformed to become gradually fish, reptiles, birds, mammals ... And when our body is formed in the womb of our mother,

Arizona, USA. Arpaio is responsible for law enforcement in Maricopa County, as well as running the county jail, courtroom security, prisoner transport, service of warrants, and service of process. Arpaio promotes himself as "America's Toughest Sheriff."[1][2] He has become controversial for aggressive publicity-seeking,[3] retaliation against political enemies,[4] abuse of power,[5] civil rights violations,[6] and financial mismanagement.[7] He is also noted for his outspoken stance against illegal

its reputation and thanks to the word of mouth. In other word, Bloomberg’s services are enough for maintaining advantageous results to the company. This success is due to the functionality of Bloomberg’s services. You can obtain of course financial and economic information, but also book your next airplane tickets and command sushi for your lunch. Bloomberg is not only a tool it is also a help for your daily life when you are one of its users. This aspect of Bloomberg’s services is appreciated

moors The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is where West Africa and the Maghreb meet-a huge, sparsely populated, country – stretching between Morocco and Senegal. Contrary to stereotypical descriptions that portray this chunk of the Western Sahara as being ‘the same as it was centuries ago’, Mauritania, has undergone profound demographic, social, political, and musical transformations over the last forty years. Most of the country is desert and a series of droughts (which started in the 1970s) dramatically

This article is about the superhero. For other uses, see Iron Man (disambiguation). Iron Man | Promotional art for The Invincible Iron Man vol. 5, #25 (second printing) (June 2010) by Salvador Larroca. | Publication information | Publisher | Marvel Comics | First appearance | Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963) | Created by | Stan Lee Larry Lieber Don Heck Jack Kirby | In-story information | Alter ego | Anthony "Tony" Edward Stark | Team affiliations | Stark Industries Avengers

homosexuals who don't always benefit from the same civil rights than heterosexuals, and they also suffer discriminations. The homosexual condition is often said to be born in the 1960s, but it existed in fact long before as we can see in literature for example. We will ask ourselves how did the homosexual condition evolved until today in the United States ? We will see first homosexuality and the society, then we will study the homosexual community, its history and how it is represented in arts, cinema