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  2. Minka Kelly - Wikipedia

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    Minka Kelly (born June 24, 1980) [1] is an American actress and philanthropist. [2] She rose to fame for her role as Lyla Garrity on the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006–2009).

  3. Twinkle bulb - Wikipedia

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    The advent of miniature lights found the adaptation of twinkle bulbs as flasher bulbs, which interrupt the entire series circuit of anywhere from 10 to 50 bulbs when powered from 120-volt mains electricity (in North America). These are easily recognizable by their red tips on an otherwise unpainted clear white bulb, and are available in the ...

  4. Tell Me Everything: A Memoir - Wikipedia

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    The book was written by actress Minka Kelly. In her memoir, Kelly discusses her childhood growing up with a single mother, who worked as a stripper and struggled with addiction. Her mother struggled to make ends meet. They often lived with friends and family, even living in a garage and storage room of an apartment complex.

  5. Incandescent light bulb - Wikipedia

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    An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a filament that is heated until it glows. The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb that is either evacuated or filled with inert gas to protect the filament from oxidation. Electric current is supplied to the filament by terminals or wires ...

  6. Mercury-vapor lamp - Wikipedia

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    Color corrected" mercury bulbs overcome this problem with a phosphor on the inside of the outer bulb that emits at the red wavelengths, offering whiter light and better color rendition. Mercury-vapor lights operate at an internal pressure of around one atmosphere and require special fixtures, as well as an electrical ballast. They also require ...

  7. Minka - Wikipedia

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    Minka (Japanese: 民家, lit. "folk houses") are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese building styles. In the context of the four divisions of society , Minka were the dwellings of farmers, artisans, and merchants (i.e., the three non- samurai castes ). [ 1 ]

  8. Minka (communal work) - Wikipedia

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    A modern Mink'a in the campesino community of Ocra, Peru, during which a community kitchen is constructed out of adobe.. Mink'a, Minka, Minga (from Quechua minccacuni, meaning "asking for help by promising something") [1] also mingaco is an Inca tradition of community work/voluntary collective labor for purposes of social utility and community infrastructure projects.

  9. Beechcraft Queen Air - Wikipedia

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    The Beechcraft Queen Air is a twin-engined light aircraft produced by Beechcraft in numerous versions from 1960 to 1978. Based upon the Twin Bonanza, with which it shared key components such as wings, engines, and tail surfaces, it had a larger fuselage, and served as the basis for the highly successful King Air series of turboprop aircraft.