The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.
The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one million properties on the National Register, 80,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. Each year approximately 30,000 properties are added to the National Register as part of districts or by individual listings.
For most of its history the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the United States Department of the Interior. Its goals are to help property owners and interest groups, such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation, coordinate, identify, and protect historic sites in the United States. While National Register listings are mostly symbolic, their recognition of significance provides some financial incentive to owners of listed properties. Protection of the property is not guaranteed. During the nomination process, the property is evaluated in terms of the four criteria for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. The application of those criteria has been the subject of criticism by academics of history and preservation, as well as the public and politicians.
The past is a term used to indicate the totality of events which occurred before a given point in time. The past is contrasted with and defined by the present and the future. The concept of the past is derived from the linear fashion in which human observers experience time, and is accessed through memory and recollection. In addition, human beings have recorded the past since the advent of written language.
The past is the object of such fields as history, memory, flashback, archaeology, archaeoastronomy, chronology, geology, historical geology, historical linguistics, law, ontology, paleontology, paleobotany, paleoethnobotany, palaeogeography, paleoclimatology, and cosmology.
Sub Sub were an English dance act from Handforth, Cheshire composed of Jimi Goodwin and twin brothers Andy and Jez Williams.
The threesome met at school in 1985 and became regulars at The Haçienda while composing their own material together. They had an underground 12" single ("Space Face" in 1991) and moderate commercial success in the early 1990s on Rob Gretton's label Rob's Records, including the single "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" (featuring guest vocalist Melanie Williams) which reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart. The trio's only full-length album Full Fathom Five was released in September 1994.
After a fire destroyed their recording studio on Blossom Street in the Ancoats area of Manchester on the Williams twins' birthday in 1996, they started anew as the more indie-oriented act Doves in 1998. An unreleased collection of tracks meant to be featured on the band's second full-length album was issued in 1998 as Delta Tapes.
Past is a 1935 outdoor sculpture by Robert Ingersoll Aitken, located in front of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., in the United States. John Russell Pope served as the sculpture's architect and Edward H. Ratti served as its carver. The sculpture is made of Indiana limestone and measures approximately 20 x 8 x 12 feet, with a base approximately 12 x 12 x 15 feet.Past is a companion piece to Present, also located in front of the National Archives Building.
Coordinates: 38°53′36″N 77°01′24″W / 38.89323°N 77.02320°W / 38.89323; -77.02320
It ain’t as fun as in the past
Light that fireworks fuse
Then you better run real fast
These days I light ‘em up
I don't even hear the blast
It ain’t as fun as in the past
I used to smoke in surgery
Then every nurse I'd see,
I'd stop and make a pass
Now they put this suit on me,
They say they've been harassed
It ain’t as fun as in the past
I used to sit right here
Get drunk on beer
Right here on this beach
Then I'd stumble in to St Catherines
Do mass and preach
These days people stop and stare
With faces all aghast
It ain’t as fun as in the past
I loved Beccy back in school
Then we got married
And the first few weeks were cool
Now her and her hot-shot lawyer
Now they own my ass
It sure ain’t as fun as in the past
The other day I walked into a bar
Barman looked me up and down
And served me with a frown
I said take back this plastic cup
And put it in a glass
It ain’t as fun as in the past
Rules are fine some of the time
But tell me what's the deal
With that hard line against moonshine
Man, are you for real?
These kids are packed in bubble wrap
They should let me teach a class
It ain’t as fun as in the past
I've seen too many fun police
One thing I know
They won't be patrolling heaven's streets
I'll be there soon to meet Keith Moon
And I'll raise a glass
To having fun like in the past