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Marriage Act (1753)

The Marriage Act (1753), also known as the Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act, was a law of the British Parliament of 1753, which stipulated the minimum age required for a marriage to be legal. Its creator was then Prime Minister Henry Pelham. The law required that those who wanted to get married were at least 21 years of age, if they were younger, the consent of the parents was required. The Marriage Act came into force in 1754. It was not in areas like the Channel Islands and Scotland. wiki

Currant wine

Currant wine is an alcoholic drink made from red or white currants. The currant wine category does not include black currant wine, which is a separate category. Currant wine belongs to the group of the best fruit wines. It is also one of the most commonly produced home wines. Home wine vintners value this type of wine because of the quality, easy and fast production process, the clarity of the finished wine, and the availability of fruit. The disadvantage of this type of wine is the need to dilute the must for a high acidity of the fruit. Sour currant wine may be blended with less acidic wines such as apple wine, resulting in a wine with a good acid and extract content. wiki

John Bingham Roberts

John Bingham Roberts John Bingham Roberts (born February 29, 1852 in Philadelphia, died November 28, 1924) is an American surgeon. John Bingham Roberts was born on February 29, 1852 as the son of Caleb Cresson Roberts and Helen S. Bingham. His Uncle R. J. Levis was a plastic surgeon. He attended Lawton School, at age 15, enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson Medical College in 1874. In 1882, he was one of the founders of the Philadelphia Polyclinic and the College for Graduates of Medicine, where he taught surgery and anatomy. From 1890 to 1900 he was a professor of surgery at Women's Medical College. In 1918 the polyclinic became part of the University of Pennsylvania. As a plastic surgeon Roberts was primarily concerned with nasal sores, facial clefts and facial acne. He wrote the textbook "War Surgery of the Face". As one of the first to see the possibility of neurosurgery. He was the president of the American Academy of Me...

Rdesktop

rdesktop is a Terminal Services client that communicates via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). With this application, you can connect to the Windows XP operating system from the Linux desktop with the remote desktop service. If Linux users want to have occasional access to Windows applications, it may be a good idea to install Terminal Services (Windows Terminal Services) on a Windows server. Linux users will be able to remotely connect to such a Terminal Services server, run virtual Windows sessions in a window on their desktops, and every remote user connected to the server will be able to run the necessary programs. As we see access to Terminal Services, Windows no longer requires Windows and Linux users running rdesktop can easily use this service. Since rdesktop is a graphical application, it should be run on Linux or Unix running X Window System. Make a connection In its simplest form, the command used to connect to a system running Windows Terminal Services is: rdesktop ...

Curtain of the Teatr im. Juliusz Słowacki in Cracow

Curtain project of the Słowacki Theater, 1894, oil on canvas, 60.3 x 90 cm, National Museum in Warsaw Theater Curtain im. Juliusz Slowacki's Cracow - oil painting by Henryk Siemiradzki, measuring 11.9 × 9.6 m, painted on linen canvas stretched on a wooden canvas. Unlike most other curtains, it is not rolled up but raised over the stage. The scene depicted on the screen is allegorical. In the middle there is Inspiration, associating Beauty with Truth, below Comedy with Clown. On the left hand side is a dark-robed Tragedy, which looks at Eros crying over the casket with the Beloved Heart. Crimes, Accusations, Fury and Specters. The composition is complemented by Psyche, which is liberating from sensuality, Music and Singing and the retinue around the Terpsychory monument. Siemiradzki work on the curtain was done at own expense, without asking for a fee. The city paid for it 15 thousand. golden reindeer. For the first time, the curtain was raised on 18 April 1894 in the Municipa...

Crucifixion of the Crucifixion

Crucifixion of the Crucifixion Crucifixion of the Crucifixion - an example of late Gothic table painting in the Netherlands, by one of the main representatives of Gothic realism - Rogier van der Weyden. The work was done around 1445. It is currently in the collection of the Kunsthistorishes Museum in Vienna. It is a triptych measuring 101 x 70 cm (center), 101 x 35 cm (side wings). The paintings are painted on oak wood using oil technique. The central part represents the Crucifixion Group, in the center of Jesus on the cross, at the feet of whom the kneeling Mary is supported by John the Evangelist. On the right hand is a couple of funders kneeling in court clothes. It was not possible to identify this courtly couple. In the side wings were painted the figure of Mary Magdalene with a can of oils and St. Veronica holding veraicon. Beyond the saints, the angels are held in their entirety in a uniform dark blue tone. The background is painted in green tones a vast landscape full of hil...

Alice Schwarzer

Alice Schwarzer in 2009 Alice Schwarzer (born 3 December 1942 in Wuppertal-Elberfeld) is a German feminist, New (German) Women's Movement. Founder and publisher of the EMMA bi-monthly newsletter. Curriculum vitae Alice Schwarzer was born as an illegitimate child and raised by her grandparents. According to family law in Germany at the time, the parental rights to a illegitimate child had to be attributed to a man, which in the case of Schwarzer took on her grandfather, Ernst Schwarzer. In one interview Schwarzer described him as a "very maternal grandfather". After being educated as a secretary, Alice Schwarzer moved to Paris in 1963 where she began her studies in a language study. Then, after returning to Germany, she worked as a journalist in the years 1963-1969 and then returned to Paris. Schwarzer came from an atheistic family. At his own will, at the age of twelve he was baptized, and then communion. She is referred to as "rather unbelieving". From 19...