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2. Electric fireplace - Wikipedia

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   An electric fireplace is an electric heater that mimics a fireplace burning coal, wood, or natural gas. Electric fireplaces are often placed in conventional fireplaces, which can then no longer be used for conventional fires. [1] They plug into the wall, and can run on a "flame only" setting, or can be used as a heater, typically consuming 1.4 ...

3. Amtrak's 60 Hz traction power system - Wikipedia

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   Amtrak’s 60 Hz traction power system operates along the Northeast Corridor between New Haven, Connecticut, [note 1] and Boston, Massachusetts. This system was built by Amtrak in the late 1990s and supplies locomotives with power from an overhead catenary system at 25 kV alternating current with at 60 Hz, the standard frequency in North America.

4. Foobar - Wikipedia

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   Foo Camp is an annual hacker convention.; BarCamp, an international network of user-generated conferences.; During the United States v.Microsoft Corp. trial, evidence was presented that Microsoft had tried to use the Web Services Interoperability organization (WS-I) as a means to stifle competition, including e-mails in which top executives including Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer referred to ...

5. City upon a Hill - Wikipedia

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   "City upon a hill" is a phrase derived from the teaching of salt and light in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. [n 1] Originally applied to the city of Boston by early 17th century Puritans, it came to adopt broader use in political rhetoric in United States politics, that of a declaration of American exceptionalism, and referring to America acting as a "beacon of hope" for the world.

6. Pelion - Wikipedia

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   Satellite view of the hook-like peninsula formed by Mount Pelion Forest in Mount Pelion. The mountain is thickly forested, with both deciduous and perennial forests, mainly of beech, oak, maple and chestnut trees, with olive, apple, pear trees and plane tree groves surrounding places with water. Pelion is considered one of the most beautiful ...

7. Electric grand piano - Wikipedia

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   Inside view of a Yamaha CP-70. The electric grand piano is a stringed musical instrument played using a keyboard, in which the vibration of strings struck by hammers is converted by pickups into electrical signals, analogous to the electric guitar's electrification of the traditional guitar.