Hospitality_Recreation

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The Banneker Pool gets ready to open for the first day of summer hours Monday. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times

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An Arlington, Virginia, yoga studio has come under fire for offering a 9/11 "promotion." (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

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The author standing next to statue of Nelson Mandela in Maya Angelou’s sculpture garden at her Winston-Salem home.

11. DRY CELL BATTERY It was developed in 1887 by Yai SakizÅ of Japan and patented in 1892. A dry cell uses a paste electrolyte, with only enough moisture to allow current to flow. Unlike a wet cell, a dry cell can operate in any orientation without spilling, as it contains no free liquid, making it suitable for portable equipment. By comparison, the first wet cells were typically fragile glass containers with lead rods hanging from the open top and needed careful handling to avoid spillage.

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A Safeway Sampling Pavilion will provide free food samples and 18 food vendors will be set up around the site on Saturday at the Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle in the District.

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A Harley-Davidson employee test drives the company's new electric motorcycle at a research facility in Wisconsin. The engine emits an electric hum and eliminates the need to change gears, making acceleration and handling easier. How the new cycle will play with Harley fans used to the original's throaty, fossil-fuel-powered rumble is another question. (Associated Press Photographs)

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Harley-Davidson's new electric motorcycle, the LiveWire model one, will be unveiled Monday at an event in New York.

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Actress Helena Bonham Carter walks the a red carpet at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla. on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush) ** FILE **

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Washington Redskins rookie QB Todd Husak (8) during passing drills at training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, VA on Saturday, July 22, 2000. 9 Ross D. Franklin / The Washington Times )

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A tour through the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia (above) will show many hidden gems such as engraved Italian shotguns, American rifles and German handguns. Enclosed in a small ebony coffin (left) is a silver-plated, snub-nosed revolver covered with etchings of bats and housed with a vial of holy water, wooden stake and tiny vampire skulls. (National Firearms Museum Photographs)