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  2. Aerial work platform - Wikipedia

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    Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform. An aerial work platform (AWP), also known as an aerial device, elevating work platform (EWP), aerial lift, cherry picker, bucket truck or mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height.

  3. Victoria Park Racing & Recreation Grounds Co Ltd v Taylor

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    Taylor. Victoria Park Racing & Recreation Grounds Co Ltd v Taylor, [1] commonly referred as the Victoria Park Racing case, is a leading case of the High Court of Australia on determining whether property rights exist, and protecting claims in property for the purposes of tort law. It is also notable in its rejection of the concepts of quasi ...

  4. GoFundMe - Wikipedia

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    GoFundMe was founded in San Diego, California. [7] In March 2017, GoFundMe became the biggest crowdfunding platform, responsible for raising over $3 billion since its debut in 2010. The company receives over $140 million in donations per month and made 2016 $100 million in revenue. [8] In June 2015, it was announced that Damphousse and ...

  5. Toe board - Wikipedia

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    Toe board. A roofing toe board is one of the most basic pieces of safety equipment a roofer can use. A toe board is a long piece of 2 inch x 4 inch (a 2x4) wood nailed horizontally along a roof in various places. Most roofers work in a variety of weather conditions, sometimes severe heat, and resist wearing an apparatus such as a safety harness.

  6. Raised floor - Wikipedia

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    An alternative raised floor application with disposable formworks from job site in Turkey A suction-cup tile lifter has been used to remove a tile.. A raised floor (also raised flooring, access floor(ing), or raised-access computer floor) provides an elevated structural floor above a solid substrate (often a concrete slab) to create a hidden void for the passage of mechanical and electrical ...

  7. Synagogue architecture - Wikipedia

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    For the thirty-three synagogues of India, American architect and professor of architecture Jay A. Waronker has learned that these buildings tend to follow the Sephardic traditions of the tevah (or bimah, the raised platform where the service is led and Torah read) being freestanding and roughly in the middle of the sanctuary and the ark (called ...

  8. Crowdfunding - Wikipedia

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    Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. [1][2] Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over US$ 34 billion was raised worldwide by crowdfunding.

  9. Dais - Wikipedia

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    Dais. A drawing of a dais with throne under a baldachin. King George VI standing on a dais while reviewing a parade in 1946. A dais or daïs (/ ˈdeɪ.əs / or / ˈdeɪs /, American English also / ˈdaɪ.əs / but sometimes considered nonstandard) [1][2][3][4] is a raised platform at the front of a room or hall, usually for one or more speakers ...