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Blair House is composed of 119 rooms and spread across 60,000 square feet across four townhouses.

One of the many drawing rooms is pictured.

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Vice President Harris to stay at Blair House while official residence(Naval Observatory) undergoes repairs.


The Blair house, built in 1824.

The 19th-century row house is made up of four townhouses that have been combined into one.

The property was purchased by the U.S. government in 1942 when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president.

It comes complete with an enormous library home to 1,500 books on the history and culture of the U.S.

At a massive 60,600 square feet, the home, complete with 119 rooms, 14 bedrooms and 35 bathrooms, is larger than the White House.

It also serves as a place for the family of a deceased former President to stay before a state funeral.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff are to live at Blair House, across the street from the White House at 1651 Pennsylvania Avenue.

President Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden at 1600.


Harris, 56, was living in Los Angeles until the inauguration on Wednesday and has now moved into Blair House.



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President Joe Biden congratulates Vice President Kamala Harris with a fist bump after she was sworn in during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.

Kamala Harris is embraced by her husband Doug Emhoff after being sworn in as the 49th US Vice President.

The complex of four connected 18th-century townhouses is across the street from the White House and the vice president’s offices.

It features 119 rooms decorated with antiques and fine art.




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Ishilove:
I trust our Nigerian men. They will call good old fashioned chivalry 'simping'.

We no send

2005: The car with partitions inside

The one of a kind Cadillac DTS hit the roads in 2005 with five-inch-thick armor panels, windows that cannot be opened, run-flat tires and a glass partition between the driver and the back seat.


2009: The most technologically advanced protection vehicle in the world.

The Cadillac One was the presidential car from 2009 to 2018, and was described as the 'most technologically advanced protection vehicle in the world' with five-inch-thick bombproof glass and a sealed interior to prevent against chemical attacks.

It was used for President Barack Obama' inauguration.


2018: The Beast

The newest limo now known as the Beast used by President Donald Trump is an updated version of the 2009 model and has been dubbed a 'rolling bunker'.

Features include a foam-sealed fuel tank to prevent it exploding while inside there is also high-tech comms systems and an oxygen and blood supply.

1983: Cadillac develops a model

Cadillac made its first presidential car, the Fleetwood for President Ronald Reagan.

Features included a raised roof and seats, bulletproof glass and oversized wheels.


1989: The last Lincoln

President George H. W. Bush commissioned the Lincoln Town Car in 1989, marking the last Lincoln car used as Cadillac has supplied the cars ever since.

It had an updated powertrain to allow for the extra weight from the fortified vehicle.


1993: The Cadillac Fleetwood returns

The Cadillac Fleetwood made a return with the addition of communication systems inside for President Bill Clinton to take calls while on the move.

It could also reach speeds of up to 142 MPH.


2001: The most high-tech car in the world

The 2001 presidential car - the Cadillac DeVille - is thought to have been most high-tech car in the world at the time with an infrared night vision system.

It also reportedly carried an emergency supply of blood.

How the 'Beast' has changed over the years.


The presidential state car has taken on many guises over the years since the first model in 1939 to the current model that hit the roads in 2018.


1939: The first 'Beast'

The first version of the presidential car that became known as the 'Beast' was the Lincoln K Sunshine Special used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1939 until 1942.

Features included a two-way radio, extra-wide running boards and handles for Secret Service agents to grab and ride on the outside of the car.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, armored doors, bulletproof cars and machine guns were added to the car.


1942: The first with protective armor

Built during the Second World War, the 1942 Lincoln Custom was the first presidential car fitted with protective armor.

The armor made the car 7,000 pounds heavier so had to be fitted with a Bendix Aviation brake servo, to help the driver slow the car down.


1950: Ford takes over

When Harry Truman was elected president in 1948 he changed the chosen carmaker from General Motors to Ford supposedly because GM wouldn't let him use its cars during the White House race.

Features of the new Lincoln Cosmopolitan included armour-plated bodywork and extra headroom to fit tall silk hats worn at the time.

The car was modified by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 to include the 'bubble-top' so people would be able to see him in the car if the roof was up.


1961-1972: JFK's assassination ends the open-top car

Four versions of the Lincoln Continental were made between 1961 and 1972.

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was riding in the car with the code name SS-100-X when he was shot dead, spelling the end to the open-top presidential car and sparking a ramp-up of bulletproof materials and armor plating.

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Biden and the First Lady were in one Beast, which had new special license plates with '46' on them a nod to his position as the 46th president of the United States.


Officials switch over the license plates.

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The mammoth procession first took Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton and their wives to Arlington Cemetery.

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The First Couple are escorted to their waiting vehicle the 2018 Beast which is heavily armored to withstand attack.

President Joe Biden helps First Lady Jill Biden into the presidential limousine before getting in the other side
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Joe Biden's inauguration, the Secret Service put on the biggest motorcade procession in history, as at least seven 'Beast' limousines and an armada of armored cars transported the new president and vice president through the nation's capital.

At least seven heavily armored presidential limos, nicknamed the Beasts, were seen driving through Washington DC flanked by dozens of fortified SUVs and supporting vehicles after Wednesday's inauguration ceremony.


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Nmezor:
Hmmmm so scary...climbing all those stairs ain't going to be easy..Na real exercise be dat

Almost 9k stairs, Idanre hill is around 700 but sat like twice before getting to the top.

Fanjingshan is the highest peak in China's Wuling Mountains and is a sacred place in Chinese Buddhism.

A sea of clouds, photographed at sunset in Mount Fanjing Nature Reserve.

Today both pilgrims and secular tourists flock to the site for the spectacular views.

Mount Fanjing, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is also filled with strange rock formation.

And is a hive of biodiversity, with over 2,000 native plant species and hundreds of endangered animals.

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8,800 stairs leading to the temple on Mount Fanjing.

To reach the temples, visitors must climb over 8,800 steps, which takes around 4 hours.


An aerial view of the short bridge connecting the temples atop the New Golden Summit.

High up in China's Wuling Mountains sits two Buddhist temples dated 500years to the Ming Dynasty(1368 - 1644).

Perched atop a 330ft (100m) tall column of rock over 7,600ft (2,336m) above sea level, separated by a crevice that's spanned by a bridge.

This jaw-dropping spire is called Red Clouds Golden Summit and sits on a ridge on Mount Fanjing, or Fanjingshan an other worldly Unesco World Heritage Site in China's Wuling mountain range.




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Nice wheels

Keep trying, maybe network/traffic.

Trying since last week, sometimes it takes the otp/user Id about 1hr to deliver and session would've expired.

Finally this evening.

shogz89:
and what we can afford

I believe we can afford it, but some people will rather share 60% of the project cost among themselves.

ochuski:
See what dey have yet dey gave us junks

They gave us what we asked for.

The interior and the Driver's cabin of the maglev train prototype in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, January 13, 2021.


With an investment of 60 million yuan ($9.3 million), the HTS maglev project was jointly developed by Southwest Jiaotong University, China Railway Group Limited and CRRC Corporation Limited.

The “super bullet” train is designed to have a speed of 620km/h, developed using a linear acceleration system based on high-temperature superconductors (HTSs).

If these speeds can be achieved in practice, the train would be the fastest commercial transport vehicle in the world.

China rolled out a maglev train prototype with a designed speed of 620 km/h on Wednesday, which is the world's first vehicle using the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev technology, according to its developers.

The domestically developed prototype and a 165-meter maglev test track were unveiled by researchers at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

At the launch ceremony, the 21-meter-long silver-and-black locomotive was seen floating slowly along the track. Experts hailed it as a "zero to one" breakthrough in the country's development of HTS technology.


The aerial photo shows the Maglev train prototype on the test line during a launch ceremony in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, January 13, 2021.



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oluwaseyi0:
Unfortunately this can happen not just because the police and army will overrun the place but because the politician cultists will show them pepper

You're correct bro, later the oga of the cult group/thug(after collecting like 200k from the Senator) will give the boys share 1k - 2k each for weed and pelebe/baby oku.

Poverty.

oz4real83:
That is why there is a popular saying that " A people deserve the kind of govt they have". Next time, the mayor or any other official will think twice before engaging in substandard projects like this. In Nigeria, the people wont mind, they will only comment about it on social media and continue with their lives

In our country, the Mayor is my brother from the East, he's my blood from the South/Southwest or he's my Man from the North will not allow us hold them accountable.

They've also used poverty and hunger to cuff us, if they come around to share/give 500 to each residents of their communities, the queue under the sun will shock you.

Some will even knee and sing praises because of that 500.

That's what poverty and hunger can do.

Oscar Ramírez, Mayor of Frontera Comalapa.

Still image of video filmed by a community leader in the souther Mexican border town of Frontera Comalapa in which he displayed some of the problems inside a new water tank that was unveiled this week.

Community leaders says the new water tank had holes that were covered with concrete.

A mayor in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas was tied to a tree by angry residents who were disgusted with the poor condition of a new water tank.

Local media outlets reported that Óscar Ramírez was presenting a series of public projects that had been promised to habitants of the city of Frontera Comalapa on Monday.

Representatives of the 11 communities that make up the town confronted and questioned Ramírez over the water system's dilapidated state before they temporarily held him against his own will.


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Oscar Ramírez, Mayor of Frontera Comalapa, was photographed wearing a face mask with his hands behind his back and tied to the tree after he was confronted by angry residents on Monday moments after he unveiled a new water tank which they alleged was broken down and had holes that were patched up with cement.



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Oblongata:
I don’t want to be a billionaire, I just want to live a sane life; a place where logic works and where I can die smiling...

Just for me, simple, peaceful and happy life.

If i can afford to relocate, not because i want to have properties in Banana Island/Maitama or drive 2020 Range, Gclass or Sclass, Bentley, RR or Ferrari/Lambo.

If na tokunbo/salvage Camry, lexus i go fit dey afford conveniently anytime and one 3-4rooms conducive apartment in my town, support my kids dreams, support relatives and the needy around in a little way i can, then I'm Ok.


Op has point o, but everyone cannot be like Dangote, Tony Elumelu Emoney or SpaceX CEO even if we work 100% harder in Nigeria.

DonroxyII:
Very Tragic Movie ... He killed them all one by one and even bombed their last rescue chopper after allowing them to board!

Shot the pilots.