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2. Rustication (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Illustration to Serlio, rusticated doorway of the type now called a Gibbs surround, 1537. Although rustication is known from a few buildings of Greek and Roman antiquity, for example Rome's Porta Maggiore, the method first became popular during the Renaissance, when the stone work of lower floors and sometimes entire facades of buildings were finished in this manner. [4]

3. Tabby concrete - Wikipedia

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   James Oglethorpe is credited with introducing "Oglethorpe tabby" into Georgia after seeing Spanish forts in Florida and encouraging its use, using it himself for his house near Fort Frederica. [5] Later Thomas Spalding , who had grown up in Oglethorpe's house, led a tabby revival in the second quarter of the 19th century sometimes referred to ...

4. Lime plaster - Wikipedia

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   Palladio, a renowned Renaissance architect, referred to the process as "Pietra d'Istria" since the plaster bore a striking resemblance to natural rocks such as marble, granite, and travertine commonly found near Venice. Palladio's architectural creations, although seemingly constructed from stone, were in fact composed of brick and stucco. The ...

5. Bitter cold winter temperatures are on their way out, but ...

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   Overall, the weather service said that as much as 2 additional feet of new snow is possible near the eastern shore of Lake Ontario through Saturday. Lighter snowfall amounts are expected elsewhere ...

6. US lawmakers seek to halt weapons sales to UAE, citing Sudan

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   U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has introduced legislation seeking to halt American weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates until the United States certifies that the UAE is not arming the ...

7. 5 killed — including baby boy and toddler — in horrific ...

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   Five people, including a baby boy and little girl, were found dead with gunshot wounds Saturday night inside an Atlanta-area apartment in what police are calling a murder-suicide.

8. Bull-Leaping Fresco - Wikipedia

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   The Bull-Leaping Fresco is the most completely restored of several stucco panels originally sited on the upper-story portion of the east wall of the Minoan palace at Knossos in Crete. It shows a bull-leaping scene. Although they were frescos, they were painted on stucco relief scenes. They were difficult to produce.

9. Georgia QB Carson Beck suffered elbow injury in SEC title ...

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   Georgia quarterback Carson Beck suffered an elbow injury during Saturday's SEC Conference Championship against Texas and is looking into treatment options, the school confirmed in a release on Monday.