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Ovshinsky was born and grew up in the industrial town of Akron, Ohio, then at the center of the American rubber industry.The elder son of working-class Lithuanian Jewish immigrant parents who left Eastern Europe around 1905—Benjamin Ovshinsky from Lithuania and Bertha Munitz from what is now Belarus—Ovshinsky became active in social activities at an early age during the Great Depression. [7]
A Battery: Eveready 742: 1.5 V: Metal tabs H: 101.6 L: 63.5 W: 63.5 Used to provide power to the filament of a vacuum tube. B Battery: Eveready 762-S: 45 V: Threaded posts H: 146 L: 104.8 W: 63.5 Used to supply plate voltage in vintage vacuum tube equipment. Origin of the term B+ for plate voltage power supplies.
Oakley, Inc. is an American company headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, which is an autonomous subsidiary of Luxottica.The company designs, develops and manufactures sports performance equipment and lifestyle pieces including sunglasses, safety glasses, eyeglasses, sports visors, ski/snowboard goggles, watches, apparel, backpacks, shoes, optical frames, and other accessories.
Frank Butler was born in County Longford, Ireland, and moved with his family to the United States at the age of 13. [1] While Butler's birth date is listed on his and Oakley's U.S. passport application as February 25, 1852, the obituary for Butler posted by the Associated Press in 1926 has his age as 76, which meant he was born in 1850. [2]
The most famous exhibition shooter is Annie Oakley, who toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. While she could shoot well with handguns, rifles, and shotguns, Oakley's preferred firearm was a .22 caliber rifle. Standard tricks of Oakley's included: Cutting a playing card in half with a rifle bullet at long ranges
Manage stress, get enough rest. Americans work, a lot.We also have a lot of debt.These can cause stress, which feeds into high blood pressure and unhealthy eating, drinking and smoking habits.
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The Oakley Thump 2 offers UV and blue-light protection. The Thump 2 incorporates a flash-based player into the frame of a pair of sunglasses for cordless on-the-go listening. Picking up where the original THUMP left off, quadrupling the memory for the same price as the original, 1GB for $299.