The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. It is based in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, regarded as the worldwide "Home of Golf". Formerly it was also one of the governing authorities of the game, but in 2004 this role was handed over to a newly formed group of companies collectively known as The R&A.

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Ski jumps in Olympic Park w Salt Lake City

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The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum is a museum in New York City located at Pier 86 on the West Side of Manhattan. The museum showcases the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the submarine USS Growler, and a Concorde supersonic airplane.

This location places the museum next to a cruise ship terminal. A diplomatic consulate of the People's Republic of China is located nearby.

The museum serves as a host for the annual Fleet Week events.

About the ship:

The fourth USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Intrepid participated in the Pacific War, most notably the Battle of Leyte Gulf, recovered space capsules of the Mercury and Gemini projects, served in the Vietnam War, and as of 2005 is a museum ship in New York City called Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum.

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Village in north-east Niger.

You can see two wanderers with camels.

They are better visible in Google Earth.

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The second USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) is an aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. With the retirement of Constellation in 2003, Kitty Hawk became one of three classes of carrier with only one ship currently in Naval service (the other two classes, Enterprise and John F. Kennedy, were built as one-ship classes).

Kitty Hawk was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 27 December 1956; and launched 21 May 1960, sponsored by Mrs. Neil H. McElroy; and commissioned 21 April 1961 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Captain William F. Bringle in command. She was the first of the Kitty Hawk class (the other ships of that class being USS Constellation (CV-64) and USS America (CV-66)). Unusual for aircraft carriers, the home port of Kitty Hawk is Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, making it the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier.

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Red Square (Russian: Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad) is the most famous city square in Moscow. The square separates Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter, known as Kitay-gorod. As major streets of Moscow radiate from here in all directions, being promoted to major highways outside the city, the Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and of all Russia.

In 1991, the Red Square was added to UNESCO's List of World Heritage Sites

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