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I'm a Computer Networks graduate based in Edinburgh, but I'm a country boy at heart, having grown up in Tillicoultry. I've recently started to frequent the Scottish Wikipedians' notice board. Why Hellinterface??? See Boards of Canada.

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Tillicoultry Armadale, West Lothian Harviestoun Estate Template:Hillfoots Villages Hillfoots Villages Alva, Scotland Alloa Muckhart Menstrie Dollar, Clackmannanshire Clackmannanshire Blairlogie Edinburgh Castle Ochil Hills River Devon, Clackmannanshire

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George Washington is a 1780 oil-on-canvas painting by John Trumbull, depicting George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and later the first president of the United States, standing on a bluff above the Hudson River. His enslaved personal servant, William "Billy" Lee, is on horseback behind him. The view across the river encompasses West Point, New York, with a red-and-white striped banner – possibly the Navy ensign adopted in 1775 – flying atop the fortress. Trumbull served on Washington's staff as an aide-de-camp early in the American Revolutionary War and painted this portrait from memory about five years later while studying in London. It was the first authoritative representation of Washington available in Europe and was soon copied throughout the continent. The painting has been in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City since 1924.Painting credit: John Trumbull

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Did you know...

George Kunkel

... that actor George Kunkel (pictured) portrayed in blackface the character of Uncle Tom, using it at first to promote slavery during the American Civil War but later to attack it, after his views had changed?
... that sauerkraut made by members of a Russian spiritual sect in Armenia was popular in many other parts of the Soviet Union?
... that The Blue Angels was shot using IMAX cameras rigged to a helicopter, plus an ultra-high-speed camera shooting at 1,000 frames per second?
... that Margaret Carroux's German translation of The Lord of the Rings contains errors introduced by her editor?
... that the LACE satellite tracked rocket plumes from space for the United States's Star Wars program?
... that Melanie L. Campbell was arrested for civil disobedience while protesting proposed restrictions on voting rights?
... that historically, lichens like Umbilicaria torrefacta have been used to naturally dye traditional Scottish tartans and textiles?
... that American poet Edwin Ford Piper preserved 828 folk songs, most of which were from Iowa and Nebraska?
... that before reading the script for the play Golden Girls, at least nine of the cast members were under the impression that they would be taking the lead role?

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