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The Treaty of Tilsit was a peace agreement signed between France and the allies of Russia and Prussia after the defeat of the Russians at Friedland. The treaty was signed upon a raft in the middle of the River Memel at Tilsit on June the 25th 1807. The treaty left Russia a free hand in Sweden and Turkey, provided Russia maintain the continental system. Prussia lost her possessions west of the Elbe and the part of Poland she had obtained in the partition of 1793 - 1795. Prussia also had a heavy indemnity imposed upon her and her standing army reduced to 42000 men.
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The Cursores, or Runners, are an order of birds, which includes the ostrich, rhea, emu, cassowary, and apteryx. The birds of this order are distinguished by their remarkable velocity in running, the rudimentary character of their wings, which are too short to be of use for flight, and by the length and strength of their legs. The breast-bone is destitute of the ridge or keel which it possesses in most birds, hence the name Ratitoe (from the Latin ratis, a raft).
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Ianthina (purple shell or violet snail) is a genus of beautiful pelagic gastropods of a violet colour. They float at the surface of the sea, with the thin shells upturned and feed on various kinds of jelly-fish. A special peculiarity is the 'raft', which is attached to the foot, and has the egg capsules suspended from its under surface. This raft or float consists of a mucoid substance, and is filled with air-bubbles, by means of which it sustains the attached animal at the surface of the water. The ancient Tyrian purple dye was obtained in part from these animals.
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Cowper Phipps Coles was an English naval captain. He was born in 1819 and died in 1870. He served in the Agamemnon in the attack on Sebastopol in 1854. He invented a gun raft and designed the Captain which turned turtle and sank with him and others off Cape Finisterre in 1870.
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Jean Louis Theordore Andre Gericault was a French painter. He was born in 1791 at Rouen amd died in 1824. He went to Paris in 1806 and studied under Charles Vernet and Guerin. His first pictures (the Chasseur Officer and the Wounded Cuirassier) were exhibited in 1812 and 1814. In 1817 he visited Italy, returned to Paris in 1819, and painted the Raft of the Medusa (a well-known shipwreck of the time), a work of much power, which won immediate popularity.
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George Raft was an American actor. He was born in 1895 at New York and died in 1980.
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The Mil Mi-8 (Hip) is a Soviet three-crew multi-purpose helicopter. The Mi-8T military-transport helicopter is powered by two Klimov TV2-117A turboshafts providing a top speed of 260 kmh and a range of 465 km, and provides mobility to ground force units and performs tactical landing of troops with light and group armament. The armed version, designated Mi-8TV, is capable of destroying enemy installations with rockets and of laying minefields. The Mi-8TV is fitted with 7.62 mm built-in machine-guns. The six external suspension stations carry weapons racks with UV-32-57 packs with S-5 rockets. The helicopter can also deploy AT-2 Swatter 9M 17P Skorpion anti-tank missiles. The search and rescue helicopter, designation
Mi-8MPS, was developed from the military transport helicopter and is deployed in rescue missions involving searches for distressed aircraft and sea vessels and their crew and passengers. Having located the distress area the helicopter crew drop radio-beacons to mark the area and deliver rescue teams to aid and recover the casualties. The helicopter can lift ten people at a time on a sling via a PSN-10 life raft.
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Huckleberry Finn is a musical period adventure starring Ron Howard, Donny Most, Royal Dano, Antonio Fargas and Jack Elam in a story based upon the novel by Mark Twain about an orphaned boy who takes off with a runaway slave and rides down the Mississippi river on a raft. Huckleberry Finn was directed by J Lee Thompson in 1974.
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Intrigue is an adventure starring George Raft, June Havoc, Helena Carter, Tom Tully and Marvin Miller in a story about a pilot who joins black marketeers following his wrongful dismissal from the air force. Intrigue was directed by Edwin L Marin in 1947.
Nocturne is a crime drama starring George Raft investigating the murder of a womanising Hollywood composer. Nocturne was directed by Edwin L Marin in 1946.
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