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public restrooms have bred fear for centuries

Edit Vox 27 May 2016
Shortly before midnight on January 3, 1966, Samuel Younge Jr. pulled his bus into a Standard Oil gas station in Tuskegee, Alabama. A college student and civil rights activist, he had spent his day registering black voters in neighboring Macon County. Now he simply had to pee. The station’s 68-year-old, white attendant flatly denied the black man’s bathroom request, and heated words were exchanged ... ("Indecency" by Isaac Cruikshank, 1799) ... ....

Greene King completes £300m secured bond issuance (Greene King plc)

Edit Public Technologies 26 May 2016
(Source. Greene King plc). RNS Number . 4349Z. Greene King PLC. 26 May 2016 26 May 2016. GREENE KING plc. Greene King plc completes successful £300m secured bond issuance ... Details of the transactions are contained in the final prospectus (the "Final Prospectus") which has been approved by the Irish Stock Exchange and can be viewed at the following URL. ... Tel ... · Greene King plc was founded in 1799 and is headquartered in Bury St....

Mount Vernon exhibit looks at Washington as slaveholder

Edit Austin American Statesman 25 May 2016
The $750,000 exhibition, Lives Bound Together, will explore hard truths about Washington's life as a slaveholder, including an acknowledgement that Washington's adopted son likely fathered a child with one of the family's slaves.In this May 19, 2016, photo, a list of slaves at Mount Vernon written by George Washington around 1799 details marriages, children, and notes on individuals, is seen at the Fred W....

Masterpiece in Focus: The White Dress (National Gallery of Canada)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. National Gallery of Canada). Ottawa, Ontario - May 25, 2016. Starting May 27 until September 25, 2016, the National Gallery of Canada presents, as part of its Masterpiece in Focus program, The White Dress, an exhibition thathighlights the evolution of the chemise dress and the drastic transformation in fashion around the turn of the nineteenth century ... Chemise Dresses and the World of Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun 1778-1799....

Amish teens arrested for drinking and driving in minivan

Edit New York Daily News 24 May 2016
They know how to party like it’s 1799 ... ....

Arctic Cat Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAT) to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell

Edit Stockhouse 24 May 2016
ADVISORY, May 24, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --. What. . Arctic Cat Inc. (Nasdaq.ACAT), one of the most widely recognized and respected in the recreational vehicle industry, will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. In honor of the occasion, Christopher Metz, Chief Executive Officer, will ring the Opening Bell. . Where.. Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio. When. ... to 9.30 a.m ... (763) 354-1799 ... ....

Arctic Cat Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAT) to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell (NASDAQ OMX Group Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 24 May 2016
(Source. NASDAQ OMX Group Inc). ADVISORY, May 24, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --. What.. Arctic Cat Inc. (Nasdaq.ACAT), one of the most widely recognized and respected in the recreational vehicle industry, will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. In honor of the occasion, Christopher Metz, Chief Executive Officer, will ring the Opening Bell. Where.. Nasdaq MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43 & Broadway - Broadcast Studio ... ET ... (763) 354-1799....

What’s Happening in the #PAHouse – Week of May 23, 2016 (Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
(Source. Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus). Live web streams of House session and the majority of committee meetings are available at PAHouseGOP.com. Important information and events may also be viewed by visiting Facebook.com/PAHouseGOP ... Monday, May 23, 2016. Committee Meetings/Hearings ... Session ... HB 1799 (Rep ... Votes on Third Consideration HB 585 (Sabatina) HB 1290 (Maher) HB 1499 (Tobash) HB 1781 (Jozwiak) HB 1799 (Hahn) HB 1856 (Rep. R....

Today in History

Edit The Miami Herald 20 May 2016
Today is Friday, May 20, the 141st day of 2016. There are 225 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History. ... On this date.. In 1712, the original version of Alexander Pope's satirical mock-heroic poem "The Rape of the Lock" was published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany ... In 1996, the U.S ... Rep ... "A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity." — Honore de Balzac, French author (born this date in 1799, died in 1850)....

Mount Vernon exhibit looks at George Washington as slaveholder

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 19 May 2016
MOUNT VERNON, Va ... ... A centerpiece of the new exhibit, which will launch in October, is a display of Washington's handwritten list of slaves on the estate from 1799, likely written in preparation for his will ... Matema always knew that she was a descendant of Caroline Branham, a slave who served as a house servant and was the person who found Washington ill in his bed the morning of his death in December 1799 ... ....

3 Questions: Jeffrey Ravel on bringing data to cultural history (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
(Source. MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ... Ravel sat down to talk with MIT News. Q ... A ... It was founded by Louis XIV, the 'Sun King,' in 1680; took a brief hiatus [from 1793-1799] during the French Revolution; was reconstituted by Napoleon; and continues to exist today ... Q ... A ... Some of my colleagues are interested in adding the data from [the post-1799 period] when the troupe was reconstituted by Napoleon. Q ... A ... (noodl. 33607415) ....

Radical or retrogade? Yinka Shonibare can't redeem the Royal Academy

Edit The Guardian 18 May 2016
Jonathan Jones. The RA has real cheek to present itself as a champion of the new with its new awning when it has tried so hard for centuries to fetter British artists ... Related. Five of the best… new art shows ... Except a bit cleaner. But wait a minute ... When Sr Joshua Reynolds died ... Another reason for his rage was the treatment of the brilliant, mercurial Irish painter James Barry, expelled in 1799 in a way that tragically damaged his career ... ....

Prime Minister Gonsalves Signs Agreement With Qatar Civil Aviation Authority Representative (Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines)

Edit Public Technologies 17 May 2016
(Source. Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines). On Thursday, 12th May, 2016, Prime Minister Dr. Hon ... Mohammed Faleh Alhajri was accompanied to St ... The signing ceremony took place at cabinet room ... Dr ... Original documenthttp.//www.gov.vc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1799.prime-minister-gonsalves-signs-agreement-with-qatar-civil-aviation-authority-representative&catid=43.government-news&Itemid=159 ... (noodl....
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