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A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered wooden bridges typically have a lifespan of only 20 years because of the effects of rain and sun, but a covered bridge could last over 100 years. In the United States, only about 1 in 10 survived the 20th century. The relatively small number of surviving bridges is due to deliberate replacement, neglect, and the high cost of restoration.
Ricky Thomas Ponting is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer. Ponting was captain of the Australian national team in the relative decline from its "golden era", between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, with 220 victories in 324 matches with a winning rate of 67.91%. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest batsmen of all time and in December 2006 reached the highest rating achieved by a Test batsman for 50 years, although this was surpassed by Steve Smith in December 2017. He stands third in the list of cricketers by number of international centuries scored.
Pont, meaning "bridge" in French, may refer to:
Priconodon is an extinct genus of dinosaur, known from its large teeth. Its remains have been found in the Aptian-Albian age Lower Cretaceous Arundel Formation of Muirkirk, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA and the Potomac Group, also located in Maryland.
Pont-la-Ville is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Pont-en-Ogoz is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. In 1970 the village of Pont-en-Ogoz merged with Villars-d'Avry into the municipality of Le Bry. Then, in 2003 the municipalities of Le Bry, Avry-devant-Pont and Gumefens merged to form a bigger Pont-en-Ogoz.
Les Ponts-de-Martel is a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Thomas M. Connelly Jr., born in Toledo, Ohio in June 1952, is an American business executive with a focus on chemical engineering. In February 2015, he succeeded Madeleine Jacobs as chief executive officer and executive director of the American Chemical Society.
Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans is a commune in the Doubs département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Hilda Pintér is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1950s. She won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon. She was born on September 14, 1933, in Budapest, Hungary. She left Hungary in 1956. She married in Basel, Switzerland in 1957 Franz Salamon, Dr.-Ing. (Franz A. Salamon, Ph.D., Dr.-Ing., Biography: born on February 8, 1932, in Budapest, Hungary. Father Austrian, mother Hungarian. Deported to Bavaria/Germany in 1944. Returned to Hungary with his parents in 1946. Maturity at the "Fazekas Mihàly Gimnazium" in Budapest in 1950. Diploma from the Budapesti Müszaki Egyetem as Mechanical Engineer in 1954. Electrical Engineer in 1956. Escaped from Hungary in November 1956 after the revolution. He married in Basel, Switzerland in June 1957, with Pintér Hilda, Kayak-2 world champion in 1954 in Macon, France. Worked in Switzerland from 1956 to 1960. Worked at SHELL in The Hague/The Netherlands from 1960 to 1962. Worked for Du Pont de Nemours in the US and in Europe from 1962 to 1990. Started as Technical Rep., followed as Techn. Manager, Product Mgr., Customer Service Mgr., Director of Corporate Planning, Corporate Waste Management. As employee of Du Pont, invented the "Fishtail Guide", for the waste free production of the Teflon PTFE unsintered tape. Developed the membrane of Teflon, known as Gore-Tex. Produced the first Fiber Optics as Crofon. From 1990, he is working as independent consultant. Chief executive officer of Dinatar S.A. in 1995 in Geneva. President and CEO of TEDE S.A./Zug/Switzerland in 2004. He lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He won the International Honda NSX Trophy in 2000, 2001, and 2002. She gave birth to their son Jörg in Basel in 1958. She became Swiss in 1972. She won the K-1 Swiss Championship in 1968. Since 1979 she is living in Geneva, Switzerland.
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba is a professional footballer who plays for Régional 1 club Istres. A versatile defender, he can operate as a right back, central defender or left back.
Vallorbe railway station is a station at the border of Switzerland and France on the TGV Lyria line between Paris and Lausanne. It is located at the south-eastern entrance of the tunnel which tunnels one of Jura's mountain ranges, Le Mont d’Or. The station serves the municipality of Vallorbe, in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
The Flageolet Player on the Cliff is an 1889 oil painting by French artist Paul Gauguin, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. It depicts a Breton couple on a narrow path precipitously overlooking the Atlantic.
Still Life with Profile of Laval is an 1886 oil painting by French artist Paul Gauguin, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. It depicts Gauguin's friend Charles Laval in profile with an assortment of inanimate objects, including a ceramic pot Gauguin made himself.
DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours. The company played a major role in the development of Delaware and first arose as a major supplier of gunpowder. DuPont developed many polymers such as Vespel, neoprene, nylon, Corian, Teflon, Mylar, Kapton, Kevlar, Zemdrain, M5 fiber, Nomex, Tyvek, Sorona, Corfam and Lycra in the 20th century, and its scientists developed many chemicals, most notably Freon (chlorofluorocarbons), for the refrigerant industry. It also developed synthetic pigments and paints including ChromaFlair.
Punta Tempesta is a 2,679 m a.s.l. mountain of the Cottian Alps, located in Italy.
The Vallorbe–Le Brassus railway line is a standard gauge railway line in southwestern Switzerland. It runs from Vallorbe to Le Brassus via Le Day and Le Pont. It shares the section between Vallorbe and Le Day with the Simplon line. Originally built by the Pont–Vallorbe Railway and Pont–Brassus Railway between 1886 and 1899, it is now owned by Swiss Federal Railways and Travys, with Travys operating passenger services over the entire route.
Jacques Antoine Bidermann, also known as James Antoine Bidermann, was an American businessman of French and Swiss origins who became the business partner and son-in-law of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont. He married into the Du Pont family and founded the estate that later became the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library.
