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Who owns the Eiffel Tower?

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The Eiffel Tower belongs to the City of Paris. The city grants a concession to operate the tower to the Société Nouvelle d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (New Eiffel Tower Operating Company), which is a subsidiary of Crédit Foncier, a large French bank. This company just runs and maintains the Tower; it does not own it.
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Where is the Eiffel Tower?

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The Eiffel Tower is located on the Left Bank (that is, the southern bank) of the Seine river, at the northwestern extreme of the Parc du Champ de Mars /paɹk dy ʃɑ̃ də maʁs/, a park in front of the École Militaire that used to be a military parade ground (whence the name), in the southwestern portion of the city.
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Is there a restaurant on the Eiffel Tower?

Paris Frequently Asked Questions: April 2006
Yes, two: ???Jules Vernes??? (upscale, second pillar) and ???Altitude 95??? (first platform, cheaper).
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Who built the Eiffel Tower?

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The tower was built by the engineering firm of Gustave Eiffel, Eiffel et Cie, a company well established in metallic construction projects. This firm underwent many transformations in the following years, but it still survives today, still under the name Eiffel, and it still specializes in complex steel construction work and engineering. Eiffel didn't design the tower all by himself, however.
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How do you say Eiffel Tower in French?

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In French, the Eiffel Tower is la Tour Eiffel. The word tour means “tower” in French (in addition to meaning the same thing it means in English), and it pronounced pretty much like the English word of the same spelling, so the entire pronunciation would be /la tuːʁ ɛfɛl/. Yes, although this isn’t normally noticeable.
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How many steps are there in the Eiffel Tower?

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Counting from the ground, there are 347 steps to the first level, 674 steps to the second level, and 1710 steps to the small platform on the top of the tower. The public can only climb as far as the second level via the stairways. Public access to the summit is by elevator only.
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Where can I find a scale model of the Eiffel Tower?

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A very nice plastic scale model of the tower is sold by Heller in France, under reference 81201. It's the only model I've seen, and I think it was once sold under the Revell brand name. It's of good quality, with accurate detail and decals, at 1/650 scale, making it roughly 49 centimetres (19 inches) high. This model is pretty hard to find, but good model shops may have it, and if not, they can probably order it. You can find it in some stores in Paris, too.
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Does the Eiffel Tower have a Web site?

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Yes. Unfortunately, the tower's romantic appeal seems to attract depressed and suicidal individuals almost as well as it attracts tourists and young lovers. Nearly four hundred people have jumped from the tower, or fallen (sometimes it's hard to tell the difference). Most incorrectly estimate their trajectory and hit the tower during the fall, since it becomes wider as you approach the base.
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Can people in wheelchairs visit the Eiffel Tower?

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Only as far as the second level, and only via the elevators. For security reasons, they are not permitted to visit the summit (if you visit the tower, you’ll understand why this is not practical).
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Did the U.S. give the Eiffel Tower to France in exchange for the Statue of Liberty?

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No; that's an urban legend. The Eiffel Tower was partially funded by the French government as a key attraction for the International Exposition of 1889; the rest of the cost was covered by granting the proceeds from admissions to the company that built it (Gustave Eiffel's structural engineering and construction firm) for a period of years. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from philanthropists in France to the United States.
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How do I see who owns a name?

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In our members area, we have a WHOIS utility which will display the current owners information for any given registered domain. This utility is not accessable from outside our domain, or outside the members area. Back to top Our connection to the credit card authentication system is currently down. Try again within a few minutes. Back to top You may have transposed a number, or placed (-) in between where the spaces are. Please use no spaces, and simply enter the card number.
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What is a cooling tower?

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Every type of air conditioning or refrigeration process is a means of moving heat from where it is not wanted to medium where it can be rejected. The radiator of a car is a dry, finned-tube heat exchanger that is used to reject engine heat to the outdoor air efficiently. A cooling tower is essentially a wet heat exchanger used to reject heat from a chiller or excess heat from a HRSG. The water spray over tube banks in a cooling tower is more efficient at rejecting heat than a dry heat exchanger.
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What happens to a tower with switched IASPs if the system that owns it is powered down?

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ANSWER: A tower that has been marked as switchable will never power off - it will instead switch to the backup system. Concurrent maintenance is required to work on a switchable tower.
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What is the tower made from?

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It is widely believed that the Eiffel Tower is made of steel, but this is incorrect. The Eiffel Tower is built of pure iron. Steel has existed for thousands of years, but methods for producing it in large quantities didn't exist until the middle nineteenth century—only a few decades before the Eiffel Tower was built in 1889.
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Can I rent a cabin or fire lookout tower?

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Many National Forests do have cabins or lookouts available for rent, however, the South Platte Ranger District does not at present. Check the USDA Forest Service website for a listing of properties.
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Who owns the cells?

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The stem cell lines remain the property of the individual stem cell providers, as listed on the NIH Stem Cell Registry. Researchers may negotiate a material transfer agreement (MTA) with either the National Stem Cell Bank on behalf of the individual providers, or directly with the cell providers in order to specify their rights and responsibilities concerning resulting data, publications, and potential patents.
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Who owns what when there is a collaboration?

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HGS seems to be more aggressive in taking a piece of the pie than CRA or Incyte. While CRA will license freely and Incyte will license for a lesser portion of the profits, HGS plans to avoid selling out too cheaply. It structures each of its deals independently, but vows to limit the length and magnitude of the rights conveyed in any agreement. At the same time Dr.
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Who owns the copyright?

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Generally, the person who creates a work is the owner of the copyright. Thus, independent artists, photographers and writers own the copyrights to their works. The only exceptions to this rule occur when a work is created by an employee as part of his or her job duties or when a work is created under a written ìwork-for-hireî agreement. For example, free-lance photographers own the copyrights to the images that they allow to newspapers or magazines to publish.
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Who owns the debt?

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The Treasury Bulletin, available online from the Financial Management Service categorizes ownership of U.S. Government securities by types of investors.
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Who owns ChicagoCondosOnline.com?

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ChicagoCondosOnline.com is owned and operated by Condominium Enterprises, Inc., an Illinois S corporation founded in July 2002. The company is owned by Ric Cox, an editor turned entrepreneur. Our office is located at 505 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 5305, Chicago, IL, 60611. For details, click here.
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Who Owns faqs.IGN.com?

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faqs.ign.com is a part of IGN.com -- a network of sites that includes specialty sites like games.ign.com, filmforce.ign.com, vault.ign.com, and cheats.ign.com. IGN.com is owned, financed, and operated by IGN Entertainment, Inc., a unit of Fox Interactive Media, Inc. For more about IGN, head for our "About Us" page. Content on IGN FAQs is in effect, copies of work licensed out by their respective authors for free public distribution on IGN.com.
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Who owns the artifacts?

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Artifacts from public land are the property of the state or federal government and cannot be collected or excavated without a valid permit. Artifacts from private land are the property of the landowner. Collecting or excavating at these is trespassing and/or vandalism without the express permission of the owner. The only exception is human burials. These are protected by law in the entire state. No one may knowingly disturb a grave or excavate it without a permit.
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What is the difference between Eiffel, EiffelEnvision and EiffelStudio?

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Eiffel is the language a developer uses to write great software. EiffelStudio is Eiffel Software's multi-platform environment and toolkit that surround the Eiffel language; it contains several productivity-related tools that are useful for creating large, sustainable, business-critical applications. EiffelEnvision is a plug-in for Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET development environment that allows users to use the Eiffel language at the same level as other .NET languages such as VB.NET and C#.
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Are there performance issues with Eiffel for .NET?

Eiffel Software - EiffelEnvision FAQ
In the end, no. Support for multiple inheritance and the inclusion of the base library classes currently does result in generated assemblies which are larger than those generated by other .NET languages; however, there are no significant performance differences at run-time.
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I own the Get Spain websites. Paul Lopez created a series of websites for me that promote property sales in lots of areas. Now clearly I can't cover these areas myself, so the reason I did this is that if you choose to work an area I have a site in, I will send sales leads through to you as and when they come via my website. Why would I do this? for a share of the profit of course! - If I give you a lead that turns into a sale, we split the money you receive.
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The showground is the headquarters of the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society, a charity founded in 1869 to support agriculture in the county.
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What if someone already owns my name?

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In that case just chose a variation of your name or add inc. to the end, examples could be yournameinc.com, yournamerealestate.com, yournamelistings.com, yournamehomes.com, etc.
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