9 September 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Sport
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Raymond James Stadium is a
multi-purpose stadium in
Tampa, Florida , United States. It opened in 1998 and is home to the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the
National Football League (NFL) and the
University of South Florida (USF) Bulls college football program. The
seating capacity for most sporting events is 69,218, though it can be expanded to about 75,000 for special events with the addition of temporary seating. Raymond James Stadium was built at public expense as a replacement for
Tampa Stadium and is known for the replica
pirate ship located behind the seating area in the north end zone.
Raymond James Financial , a financial service firm headquartered in the
Tampa Bay area , has held the naming rights for the stadium for the stadium’s entire existence.
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2 September 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Hotels , New York City
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The Mercer Hotel, located at the corner of
Mercer and
Prince Streets in
SoHo ,
Manhattan ,
New York City . It offers 73 guest rooms on six floors of a
Romanesque revival building. Opening in 1997, The Mercer is the sister hotel to
The Greenwich Hotel .
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15 August 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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The Villages is a
census-designated place (CDP) in
Sumter and
Marion counties in the
U.S. state of
Florida . It shares its name with a broader
master-planned ,
age-restricted community that spreads into portions of
Lake County . The overall development lies in
central Florida , approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of
Ocala and approximately 45 miles (72 km) northwest of
Orlando . As of the
2020 census , the population of the CDP was 79,077.
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6 August 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Cape Hatteras is a
cape located at a pronounced bend in
Hatteras Island , one of the
barrier islands of
North Carolina .
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1 August 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , House of the Month , New York City
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One Vanderbilt is a 73-story
supertall skyscraper at the corner of
42nd Street and
Vanderbilt Avenue in the
Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of
New York City . Designed by
Kohn Pedersen Fox for developer
SL Green Realty , the skyscraper opened in 2020. Its roof is 1,301 feet (397 m) high and its spire is 1,401 feet (427 m) above ground, making it the city’s
fourth-tallest building after
One World Trade Center ,
Central Park Tower , and
111 West 57th Street .
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24 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Portrait
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J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American
theoretical physicist who served as the director of the
Manhattan Project ‘s
Los Alamos Laboratory during
World War II . He is often called the “father of the
atomic bomb ” for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons.
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15 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General
Reading Time: 5 minutes 🔊 Listen to this Post N orth A tlantic T reaty O rganization (NATO; French : O rganisation du t raité de l’A tlantique n ord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance , is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states —30 European and 2 North American. Established in the aftermath of World War II , the organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty , signed in Washington, D.C. , on 4 April 1949. NATO is a collective security system: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. During the Cold War , NATO operated as a check on the threat posed by the Soviet Union . The alliance remained in place after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact , and has been involved in military operations in the Balkans , the Middle East , South Asia and Africa. The organization’s motto is animus in consulendo liber Latin for ‘mind unfettered in deliberation’). The organization’s strategic concepts include deterrence . read more…
14 July 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Bon appétit , New York City
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A bagel (
Polish : bajgiel;
Yiddish : beygl; also spelled beigel) is a
bread roll originating in the
Jewish communities of
Poland . Bagels are traditionally made from
yeasted wheat dough that is shaped by hand into a
torus or ring, briefly
boiled in water, and then baked. The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior.
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9 July 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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The
Five Towns is an informal grouping of
villages and
hamlets in
Nassau County , United States on the
South Shore of western
Long Island adjoining the border with
Queens County in New York City. Although there is no official Five Towns designation, “the basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood.” Each of these “towns” has a consecutive stop on the
Far Rockaway Branch of the
Long Island Rail Road . All five communities are part of the
Town of Hempstead . Woodmere is the largest and most populous community in the Five Towns, while Inwood is the second largest community in the Five Towns.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; French: Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American. Established in the aftermath of World War II, the organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C., on 4 April 1949. NATO is a collective security system: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. During the Cold War, NATO operated as a check on the threat posed by the Soviet Union. The alliance remained in place after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, and has been involved in military operations in the Balkans, the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. The organization’s motto is animus in consulendo liber (Latin for ‘mind unfettered in deliberation’). The organization’s strategic concepts include deterrence. read more…
