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Daily Life In Edmonton
EDMONTON, CANADA – MAY 7:
Small branded containers of Swiss Chalet’s signature gravy are seen inside a Swiss Chalet restaurant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Edmonton
EDMONTON, CANADA – MAY 7:
Swiss Chalet’s signature two quarter chicken dinner is served inside a Swiss Chalet restaurant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Edmonton Auto Expo Highlights
EDMONTON, CANADA – APRIL 13:
A Volkswagen logo displayed on a new 2025 Volkswagen vehicle at the Edmonton Motor Show on April 13, 2025, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature, Mauro Mazzarini. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature, Arch Jonathan Mantovani, Alice Toniolo. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature, Arch. Jonathan Mantovani. )Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature, Arch. Alice Toniolo. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
Piero Oliosi -
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
Piero Oliosi -
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
Piero Oliosi -
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
Piero Oliosi -
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature, Mauro Mazzarini. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
Piero Oliosi -
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
Piero Oliosi -
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
Piero Oliosi -
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
Piero Oliosi -
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
Piero Oliosi -
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 12, 2025 - Milan, Italy. Signature. Milan Design Week. One of the most important international event on design. Set in many sites distributed in different areas of Milan with hundreds of shows room and exhibitions. (Piero Oliosi/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov
Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov (L) watches chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov (C) sign a Ukrainian flag during their meeting with the press after the first part of the "Ukraine. Year 2025" Forum ahead of the 3rd anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 23, 2025. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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US, Canada and Mexico sign new trade agreement at G20
November 30, 2018 - Buenos Aires, Argentina: US President Donald J. Trump is joined by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the USMCA signing ceremony. Trump signed a three-way trade deal with Mexico and Canada on the side of the G-20 summit, that will replace the outdated NAFTA if it is approved by Congress. (Shealah Craighead/White House/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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COLIN Jean-Claude - Archives - No Web No Chaines TV - Mohamed Ali
Info - Sortie du livre "Nos années Apostrophes, 50 ans de livres et d'idées" le 27 novembre à l'occasion du 50ème anniversaire de l'émission en janvier 2025 - Archives - No Web - En France, à Paris, Mohamed Ali sur le plateau de l'émission Apostrophes signant des autographes le 8 mars 1976.
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Ukrainian writer Stepan Protsiuk presents his novel in Ivano-Frankivsk
IVANO-FANKIVSK, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 5, 2024 - Ukrainian novelist, essayist and poet Stepan Protsiuk signs a book while presenting his novel, Master. A Novel About Yevhen Chykalenko, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine. (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Ukrainian writer Stepan Protsiuk presents his novel in Ivano-Frankivsk
IVANO-FANKIVSK, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 5, 2024 - Ukrainian novelist, essayist and poet Stepan Protsiuk signs a book while presenting his novel, Master. A Novel About Yevhen Chykalenko, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine. (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Ukrainian writer Stepan Protsiuk presents his novel in Ivano-Frankivsk
IVANO-FANKIVSK, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 5, 2024 - Ukrainian novelist, essayist and poet Stepan Protsiuk signs a book while presenting his novel, Master. A Novel About Yevhen Chykalenko, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine. (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Obama signs order on pay equality
April 8, 2014 - Washington, D.C., United States: U.S. President Barack Obama signs an Executive Order and a Presidential Memorandum at an event marking Equal Pay Day in the East Room of the White House. Obama signed two executive actions designed to shed light on the pay practices of federal contractors, which he said will help eliminate salary disparities between men and women. (Christy Bowe/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Obama signs order on pay equality
April 8, 2014 - Washington, D.C., United States: U.S. President Barack Obama listens as pay discrimination victim Lilly Ledbetter delivers remarks at an event marking Equal Pay Day in the East Room of the White House. Obama signed two executive actions designed to shed light on the pay practices of federal contractors, which he said will help eliminate salary disparities between men and women. (Christy Bowe/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Obama signs order on pay equality
April 8, 2014 - Washington, D.C., United States: Pay discrimination victim Lilly Ledbetter attends an event marking Equal Pay Day in the East Room of the White House. Obama signed two executive actions designed to shed light on the pay practices of federal contractors, which he said will help eliminate salary disparities between men and women. (Christy Bowe/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Obama signs order on pay equality
April 8, 2014 - Washington, D.C., United States: U.S. President Barack Obama signs an Executive Order and a Presidential Memorandum at an event marking Equal Pay Day in the East Room of the White House. Obama signed two executive actions designed to shed light on the pay practices of federal contractors, which he said will help eliminate salary disparities between men and women. (Christy Bowe/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Obama signs order on pay equality
April 8, 2014 - Washington, D.C., United States: U.S. President Barack Obama listens as pay discrimination victim Lilly Ledbetter delivers remarks at an event marking Equal Pay Day in the East Room of the White House. Obama signed two executive actions designed to shed light on the pay practices of federal contractors, which he said will help eliminate salary disparities between men and women. (Christy Bowe/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Obama Presidency 2014
April 8, 2014 - Washington, D.C., United States: U.S. President Barack Obama signs executive actions to strengthen enforcement of equal pay laws for women, at an event marking Equal Pay Day in the East Room of the White House. The President signs the Presidential Memorandum - Advancing Pay Equality Through Compensation Data Collection, and an Executive Order regarding Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information. Lilly Ledbetter stands to the left of the signing table. (Chuck Kennedy/White House/Polaris)
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Ukrainian boxers leave for Paris 2024 Olympic Games
KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 22, 2024 - A keychain looking like boxing gloves signed by Aider Abduraimov is pictured during the departure of the national boxing team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (UKRINFORM/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Ukrainian boxers leave for Paris 2024 Olympic Games
KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 22, 2024 - A keychain looking like boxing gloves signed by Dmytro Lovchynskyi is pictured during the departure of the national boxing team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (UKRINFORM/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Ukrainian boxers leave for Paris 2024 Olympic Games
KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 22, 2024 - A keychain looking like boxing gloves signed by Oleksandr Khyzhniak is pictured during the departure of the national boxing team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (UKRINFORM/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Ukrainian boxers leave for Paris 2024 Olympic Games
KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 22, 2024 - Boxers Oleksandr Khyzhniak, Aider Abduraimov and Dmytro Lovchynskyi (L to R) hold signed keychains as the national boxing team departs for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (UKRINFORM/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Ukrainian boxers leave for Paris 2024 Olympic Games
KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 22, 2024 - Boxers Oleksandr Khyzhniak, Aider Abduraimov and Dmytro Lovchynskyi (L to R) sign keychains as the national boxing team departs for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (UKRINFORM/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Steve Jobs signature world record broken twice at same auction
Ferrari Press Agency
Jobs 1
Ref 15688
22/03/2024
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Pictures must credit: RR Auction
he world record price for a signature of Apple computer co-founder Steve Jobs has been smashed TWICE at the same auction.
A cheque written by him on behalf of the fledgling tech company went for $176,850 USD / €163.510 euros including buyer’s premium.
That eclipsed a cheque signed by both Jobs and partner Steve Wozniak which went for $163,923 USD / €151.560 euros in March 2022.
However that new record was beaten during the same Steve Jobs and Apple Revolution event staged by US saleroom RR Auction.
An Apple business card signed by Job is 1983 was snapped up for $181,182 USD / €167.515 euros also including buyer’s premium.
The card, signed neatly in black ink by the late tech pioneer, features the iconic 'rainbow' version of the Apple 'byte' logo.
OPS: The rear of the cheque written by Jobs on behalf of the fledgling tech company. The cheque went for $176,850 USD / €163.510 euros including buyer’s premium.
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Steve Jobs signature world record broken twice at same auction
Ferrari Press Agency
Jobs 1
Ref 15688
22/03/2024
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: RR Auction
he world record price for a signature of Apple computer co-founder Steve Jobs has been smashed TWICE at the same auction.
A cheque written by him on behalf of the fledgling tech company went for $176,850 USD / €163.510 euros including buyer’s premium.
That eclipsed a cheque signed by both Jobs and partner Steve Wozniak which went for $163,923 USD / €151.560 euros in March 2022.
However that new record was beaten during the same Steve Jobs and Apple Revolution event staged by US saleroom RR Auction.
An Apple business card signed by Job is 1983 was snapped up for $181,182 USD / €167.515 euros also including buyer’s premium.
The card, signed neatly in black ink by the late tech pioneer, features the iconic 'rainbow' version of the Apple 'byte' logo.
OPS: The cheque written by Jobs on behalf of the fledgling tech company which went for $176,850 USD / €163.510 euros including buyer’s premium.
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Steve Jobs signature world record broken twice at same auction
Ferrari Press Agency
Jobs 1
Ref 15688
22/03/2024
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: RR Auction
he world record price for a signature of Apple computer co-founder Steve Jobs has been smashed TWICE at the same auction.
A cheque written by him on behalf of the fledgling tech company went for $176,850 USD / €163.510 euros including buyer’s premium.
That eclipsed a cheque signed by both Jobs and partner Steve Wozniak which went for $163,923 USD / €151.560 euros in March 2022.
However that new record was beaten during the same Steve Jobs and Apple Revolution event staged by US saleroom RR Auction.
An Apple business card signed by Job is 1983 was snapped up for $181,182 USD / €167.515 euros also including buyer’s premium.
The card, signed neatly in black ink by the late tech pioneer, features the iconic 'rainbow' version of the Apple 'byte' logo.
OPS: The cheque written by Jobs on behalf of the fledgling tech company which went for $176,850 USD / €163.510 euros including buyer’s premium.
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS) -
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Steve Jobs signature world record broken twice at same auction
Ferrari Press Agency
Jobs 1
Ref 15688
22/03/2024
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: RR Auction
he world record price for a signature of Apple computer co-founder Steve Jobs has been smashed TWICE at the same auction.
A cheque written by him on behalf of the fledgling tech company went for $176,850 USD / €163.510 euros including buyer’s premium.
That eclipsed a cheque signed by both Jobs and partner Steve Wozniak which went for $163,923 USD / €151.560 euros in March 2022.
However that new record was beaten during the same Steve Jobs and Apple Revolution event staged by US saleroom RR Auction.
An Apple business card signed by Job is 1983 was snapped up for $181,182 USD / €167.515 euros also including buyer’s premium.
The card, signed neatly in black ink by the late tech pioneer, features the iconic 'rainbow' version of the Apple 'byte' logo.
OPS: The Steve Jobs Apple business card which sold for a record $181,182 USD / €167.515 euros also including buyer’s premium.
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Steve Jobs signature world record broken twice at same auction
Ferrari Press Agency
Jobs 1
Ref 15688
22/03/2024
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: RR Auction
he world record price for a signature of Apple computer co-founder Steve Jobs has been smashed TWICE at the same auction.
A cheque written by him on behalf of the fledgling tech company went for $176,850 USD / €163.510 euros including buyer’s premium.
That eclipsed a cheque signed by both Jobs and partner Steve Wozniak which went for $163,923 USD / €151.560 euros in March 2022.
However that new record was beaten during the same Steve Jobs and Apple Revolution event staged by US saleroom RR Auction.
An Apple business card signed by Job is 1983 was snapped up for $181,182 USD / €167.515 euros also including buyer’s premium.
The card, signed neatly in black ink by the late tech pioneer, features the iconic 'rainbow' version of the Apple 'byte' logo.
OPS: The Steve Jobs Apple business card which sold for a record $181,182 USD / €167.515 euros also including buyer’s premium.
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Steve Jobs signed Apple company cheque in founding year sells for almost $107.000 USD.
Ferrari Press Agency
Jobs 1
Ref 14775
11/05/2023
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: RR Auction
A cheque signed by Apple computer co-founder Steve Jobs in 1976 has sold for almost $107,000 USD.
The price was more than four times the pre-sale $25,000 USD / €22.890 euros estimate.
The cheque was paid from the fledgling company’s account to a management consultancy firm.
The fee was $175 USD and the document was typed except for the ultra rare Jobs signature.
The home computer icon rarely signed autographs so any document with his signature is eagerly sought after.
The cheque , signed "Steven Jobs" , was sold by US saleroom RR Auction based in New Hampshire..
A spokesperson said the “pristine” cheque was also sought after because 1976 was the year of the tech giant’s founding.
OPS: The rear of the Steve Jobs signed cheque.
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Steve Jobs signed Apple company cheque in founding year sells for almost $107.000 USD.
Ferrari Press Agency
Jobs 1
Ref 14775
11/05/2023
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: RR Auction
A cheque signed by Apple computer co-founder Steve Jobs in 1976 has sold for almost $107,000 USD.
The price was more than four times the pre-sale $25,000 USD / €22.890 euros estimate.
The cheque was paid from the fledgling company’s account to a management consultancy firm.
The fee was $175 USD and the document was typed except for the ultra rare Jobs signature.
The home computer icon rarely signed autographs so any document with his signature is eagerly sought after.
The cheque , signed "Steven Jobs" , was sold by US saleroom RR Auction based in New Hampshire..
A spokesperson said the “pristine” cheque was also sought after because 1976 was the year of the tech giant’s founding.
OPS: The Steve Jobs signed cheque.
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Ariane 6 mast gains cryogenic arms
Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is preparing for the arrival of Ariane 6, ESA’s new heavy-lift rocket. This involves the final preparations of the new Ariane 6 launch complex and all the systems necessary for a launch.
On the launch pad, two ‘cryo-arms’ made and tested in France have been attached to the upper end of the mast. They are part of the fluidic connection system which connects to the Ariane 6 upper stage.
These ‘cryo arms’ support the upper umbilicals which supply the Ariane 6 upper stage with cryogenic top-up fuel, maintain the correct pressurisation of the upper stage tanks, cool the engines before ignition and generally keep the upper stage in an optimal condition right up to the point of liftoff. The same umbilicals allow the fuel to be drained safely if a launch is aborted.
Each arm is 13 m long and weighs 20 tonnes. One arm supplies liquid hydrogen at -250ºC, the other supplies liquid oxygen at -180ºC. When Ariane 6 lifts off, these arms will disconnect from the rocket and then pivot away quickly in just 2.6 seconds to avoid interfering with the rocket's ascent.
This manoeuvre requires great precision in order, almost simultaneously, to disconnect the arms, protect the supply hoses from gas ejections from the boosters and allow the launch vehicle to pass while avoiding any contact with it. A 50-tonne counterweight inside the mast – as heavy as a humpback whale – speeds up the retraction of the arms. A smart damping system allows the arms to brake before the end of their swing backwards in order to preserve the mechanical links with the mast.
Keeping the fluidic supplies connected with the rocket until the moment of liftoff guarantees the best availability and simplification of the interface with the launch vehicle.
The disconnect time for Ariane 6 is much faster than for Ariane 5, which is six seconds before liftoff. This means that the sequence for Ariane 6 can be triggered at the latest possible moment in the countdown
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