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The Pelican 1450 Case
Interior Dimensions:
14.62" x 10.18" x 6.00" (37.1 x 25.8 x 15.2 cm)
•Watertight, crushproof, and dust proof
•Easy open Double Throw latches
•Open cell core with solid wall design - strong, light weight
•O-ring seal
•Automatic Pressure Equalization Valve
•Comfortable rubber over-molded handle
•Stainless steel hardware and padlock protectors
•Pick N Pluck™ with convoluted lid foam
•Personalized nameplate service available
•Lifetime Guarantee of Excellence

Greetings Woopert - precipitation for the next few days - you forget how small new borns are - all the good work swimming undone at the 19th hole - ho hum ATB
 
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Christopher Columbus was born in the Italian seaport of Genoa in 1451, to a family of wool weavers. As a child he helped his father at the loom and then as a young lad went to sea. He became an experienced sailor and moved to Lisbon in Portugal to try and gain support for a new journey he was planning. He visited the courts of the kings and queens of Europe asking for help and money. Finally Ferdinand and Isabella, the king and queen of Spain, agreed to support him.
 
Anno 1452 is a game about the consolidating of power in the Holy Roman Empire in 1452. Players attempt to gain victory points through a variety of sources. In a system that has similarities to El Grande, players have a limited number of actions each turn to place resources into territories on a map. Going beyond El Grande, the game provides several different types of resources to manage and also gives players several different ways of undermining other players' positions.
 
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1453 - the end of 2 eras'.

October 19 – The Hundred Years' War comes to a close with the French recapture of Bordeaux, leaving the English retaining only Calais on French soil.

In the same year
April 2–May 29 – Siege and Fall of Constantinople (aka Instanbul): The Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II the Conqueror ends the Byzantine (or Eastern Roman) Empire after more than a thousand years by capturing the capital, Constantinople. Mortars are perhaps used in battle for the first time in this action. The consequent closure of the traditional overland route from Western Europe to the Far East and need to identify new maritime routes leads to the Age of Discovery.
 
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Mar 6th, 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to Casimir IV of Poland, and the Polish king agrees to help in their struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
 
Mar 1st 1457 - The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.

Greetings Woopert - hosing down - Queens birthday weekend at this rate it will be under water- kids coming up - avagoodweekend ATB
 
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The LM1458 and the LM1558 from Texas Instruments, are general purpose dual operational amplifiers. The two amplifiers share a common bias network and power supply leads. Otherwise, their operation is completely independent.


Hi anti. Lovely day today over here. Hope you have a good weekend
 
On this day in 1459 the ‘Wars of the Roses’ between the houses of Lancaster and York took on an increased ferocity. Parliament had not met for three and a half years, since March 1456, when it had been dissolved following the resignation of Richard, duke of York, as Protector and the nominal resumption of authority by the mentally-unstable Henry VI. That summer the seat of government was effectively removed to Coventry, in the Lancastrian heart-lands, and the chief offices of state were allotted to intimates of the queen, Margaret of Anjou. As order disintegrated across the country in the following months, England moved closer to outright civil war.
 
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Edward IV (1461–70 and 1471–83)
During the early years of his reign, from 1461 to 1470, Edward was chiefly concerned with putting down opposition to his rule. Lancastrian resistance in the northeast and in Wales caused problems. France and Burgundy were also of concern because Margaret of Anjou’s chief hope of recovering Lancastrian fortunes lay in French support; but Louis XI was miserly in his aid. Edward’s main internal problem lay in his relations with Warwick, who had been his chief supporter in 1461. Richard Neville, 1st (or 16th) Earl of Warwick, called “the Kingmaker,” was cousin to the king and
related to much of the English nobility.
 
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The Treaty of Westminster (or the Treaty of Westminster-Ardtornish) was signed on 13 February 1462 between Edward IV of England of the House of York and the Scottish Lord of the Isles, John of Islay, Earl of Ross. The agreement proposed that if Scotland was conquered by England, the lands beyond the Scottish sea - beyond the Firth of Forth - would be divided between the Lord of the Isles and the Earl of Douglas to be held from the crown of England, and the Earl of Douglas would hold Scotland south of the Firth.
 
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BS EN 1463
The European Standard for Roadstuds
Regulations on the use of roadstuds on public roads in the UK changed with the publication of a European standard BSEN1463 and its adoption into a newly printed Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD) 2002.

With the legal adoption of BSEN1463, reflecting roadstuds used on any public road, must be tested and certified to particular classes and definitions. Acceptable definitions and classifications for use in the UK are then detailed in TSRGD which is a statutory instrument and has the force of law.

BSEN1463 has two parts: Part 1, Initial performance, which is conducted within the laboratory and Part 2 is a 12 month road test.

As each part of the test concludes, manufacturers obtain various classifications and definitions which are documented within a BSI test report verifying status towards possible compliance of TSRGD 2002.

BSEN1463 and its adoption into TSRGD 2002 supersedes the old type approval of roadstuds by the DfT.

BSEN1463 may not mention the method of fixing but this must be clearly identified by the manufacturer.

BSEN Classifications include performances as determined by Parts 1 and 2. These are codes as shown, with applicable numerical references which signify the level of performance obtained.
 
Apparently, he then posted the first French Letter......[/QUOTE]

After first finding a suitable box to put it in <whistle>
Built at Swindon in February 1936, 4866-1466 was a particularly strong, free-running member of the class. It was based at Newton Abbot almost all its working life, transferring to Taunton at the very end. Selected for preservation, it was bought in April 1964 for £750, and delivered to the Society's Totnes depot. Here it again became popular, this time with the local children, who would flock to see it operating. The Society's first engine, it has generally been in working order all its life, and ran under its own steam to Didcot from Plymouth in November 1967, on establishment of Didcot Railway Centre.
 
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The father of modern political theory, Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, was born at Florence, May 3, 1469,saw the troubles of the French invasion (1493), when the Medici fled, and in 1498 became secretary of the Ten, a post he held until the fall of the republic in 1512. He was employed in a great variety of missions, including one to the Emperor Maximilian, and four to France. His dispatches during these journeys, and his treatises on the Affairs of France and Germany, are full of far-reaching insight. On the restoration of the Medici, Machiavelli was involved in the downfall of his patron, Gonfaloniere Soderini. Arrested on a charge of conspiracy in 1513, and put to the torture, he disclaimed all knowledge of the alleged conspiracy. Although pardoned, he was obliged to retire from public life and devoted himself to literature.

It was not until 1519 that he was commissioned by Leo X to draw up his report on a reform of the state of Florence. In 1521-25 he was employed in diplomatic services and as historiographer. After the defeat of the French at Pavia (1525), Italy was helpless before the advancing forces of the Emperor Charles V and Machiavelli strove to avert from Florence the invading army on its way to Rome. In May 1527 the Florentines again drove out the Medici and proclaimed the republic -- but Machiavelli, bitterly disappointed that he was to be allowed no part in the movement for liberty, and already in declining health, died on June 22.

Hello anti - enjoy your fry-up ?! Hot here today, back to work tomorrow <doh>
 
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Most enjoyable thanks Woopert - today is bacon egg and baked bean sandwich with HP sauce then when the long weekend ends its back to cereal and fruit - hope the sun keeps shining for you ATB
 
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