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Maxim
The Maxim was the first true self-powered machine gun*, a recoil-operated fully-automatic belt-fed weapon produced by Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, an American-born inventor who moved to England at the age of
Maxim's attention was drawn to guns in when a friend famously advised him "If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable those fool Europeans to cut each other's throats with greater facility." He produced his first gun in , an extremely bulky device with a distinctive bulge at the rear for a rotary crank to reverse the movement of the block, and a unique pointer-operated fire regulator which allowed the weapon to fire at any speed from 1 RPM to Both were eliminated in later designs for simplicity, the crank assembly is replaced with a toggle joint that was the forerunner of that used on the Borchardt C and Luger P
Despite some skepticism from early buyers (the Tsar of Russia's officers, when the 's mechanism was explained to them, laughed and s
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Actress slaps woman who criticised her Down syndrome son on live TV
This is the moment an actress hit an audience member during a live TV show for criticising her son who has Down syndrome.
Movie and theatre actress Evelina Bledans was taking part in ‘Live’, a popular chat show on Russian TV presented by Andrey Malakhov.
The topic was about having a baby later in life and Bledans was invited on the show because she is pregnant with her third child at nearly 50 years old.
The pregnancy was achieved with in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and Bledans dreams of having a daughter.
However, one audience member did not share in the beautiful actress’s joy.
Theatre head Elena Lebedeva was passed a microphone and said live on air: ‘It is dangerous to give birth between the ages of 35 and 40 so what about 49? What were you thinking?
‘Do you want to give birth to another sick child?
‘Will you give birth to another child with Down syndrome? Nobody needs such a child, not soci
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JANUARY
4/1/
Guitars
CYPRUS GUITAR ORCHESTRA
The largest guitar concert ever held in Cyprus, led bygd conductor Vangelis Bountounis and Artistic Director Antonis Koizas, with the guitar duett Stelios & Vassilis, gitarr soloist Maro Razi, string virtuoso players String Demons
Vocals: Margarita Elias, Dalida Mitzi
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Nabucco
G. VERDI
THE MET LIVE IN HD
The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met beneath the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine.
Liudmyla Monastyrska is his daughter Abigaille, the krigare woman determined to rule empires.
Live transmission with English subtitles.
8/1/
Karagiozis the Chef
REGGETIKO PROJECT
Shadow theatre for children with live music by Reggetiko Project (reggae/jazz/ rebetiko).
In this comedy, Karagiozis opens a restaurant, determined to conceal his lack of cooking skills!
In Greek.
10/1/
David