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Polmin
Polmin (English: State Factory of Mineral Oils, Polish: Państwowa Fabryka Olejów Mineralnych) was a Polish state-owned enterprise, which controlled excavation, transport and distribution of natural gas. Founded in 1909, it was nationalized in 1927, with main office in Lwow. Polmin operated a large oil refinery in Drohobych, which in late 1930s employed around 3000 people. The refinery purified oil extracted from rich fields of southern part of the Second Polish Republic (Gorlice, Boryslaw, Jasło, and Drohobych). Some Polish-language sources claim that Polmin refinery in Drohobycz was in late 1930s the biggest in Europe.
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Harry Koch (businessman)
Hotze "Harry" Koch ( ; 22 October 1867 – 21 June 1942) was a Dutch-born American businessman who founded the "Quanah Tribune-Chief" newspaper. He was the father of Fred C. Koch (1900–1967), founder of Koch Industries.
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Nghi Sơn Refinery
Nghi Son Refinery is the second planned oil refinery in Vietnam. It would be located about 200 km south of Hanoi in Tinh Gia District of Thanh Hóa Province. Site-clearing for the project broke ground in 2008. Construction began on 23 October 2013, and refinery operations are targeted for 2017. Planned capacity is 200000 oilbbl/d , slightly greater than that of Vietnam's first Dung Quat refinery. The site-clearing phase entails the resettlement of 350 households with 1,500 people and the surface leveling of the area.
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CountryMark
CountryMark is an agricultural cooperative firm, headquartered in Indianapolis, that operates in the United States crude oil and oil refinery businesses. Its chief asset is an oil refinery in Mount Vernon, Indiana which is fitted to process 28,000 barrels-per-day of crude from the Illinois Basin, a series of small oilfields in southeastern Illinois, southwestern Indiana, and western Kentucky. In addition to refining oil and retailing oil products, its fleet of trucks gathers crude oil from Illinois Basin producers and, in 2008, acquired the Evansville-based company Core Minerals and entered the business of searching for and directly producing crude oil. CountryMark also owns a 238 mi finished product pipeline, running from the refinery in Mount Vernon to Peru, Indiana. CountryMark has terminals at the refinery, along the pipeline at Switz City and Jolietville, Indiana, and at the terminus of the pipeline at Peru. CountryMark also has a terminal in Henderson, Kentucky, which is supplied by barge from Mount Vernon.
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Garyville Refinery
The Garyville Refinery is the 3rd largest American oil refinery with a nameplate capacity of 539000 oilbbl/d . The refinery is owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum Corporation. It is located in southeastern Louisiana between New Orleans and Baton Rouge on U.S. Route 61 in Garyville, Louisiana. The facility is the newest grassroots refinery built in the United States, located on 3,500 acres of land adjacent to the Mississippi River. The refinery is on the former San Francisco Plantation property, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.
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Indian Refining Company
The Indian Refining Company was an American oil company in operation from the first decade of the 1900s to April 2, 1943. It was bought by the Texas Company in 1931. It had an oil refinery based in Lawrenceville, Illinois. Indian Refining patented the first "wax free" oil under the Havoline brand. The chemists at the Lawrenceville, Illinois refinery developed the wax free motor oil which led to an Indian Refining patent. The Texas Company (TEXACO) acquired Indian Refining in 1931 primarily to access the formulation for wax free motor oil, which was developed and is currently the standard for all conventional motor oils throughout the world.
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Pine Bend Refinery
The Pine Bend Refinery is the largest oil refinery in Minnesota, located in the Twin Cities suburbs of Rosemount and Inver Grove Heights next to southern split of U.S. Highway 52 and Minnesota State Highway 55. The refinery is notable for being the largest in the United States to be located in a state without any oil wells. Overall, it ranked 14th in the country as of 2012 by production, with a nameplate capacity of 320000 oilbbl per day. The facility is owned by Flint Hills Resources (FHR), a subsidiary of Koch Industries.
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Fred C. Koch
Fred Chase Koch ( ; September 23, 1900 – November 17, 1967) was an American chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became Koch Industries, a privately held company which, under the principal ownership and leadership of Koch's sons, Charles and David, is listed by "Forbes," as of 2015, as the second-largest privately held company in the United States.
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Village Christian Academy
Village Christian Academy is a private Christian school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. It is located at 908 South McPherson Church Road. It is a Christian school founded by Village Baptist Church, although it is a non-denominational school, and uses the facilities of the church. With over 820 students, it is the biggest private school in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
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Mount Vernon Springs Historic District
Mount Vernon Springs Historic District is a national historic district located near Bonlee, Chatham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 23 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 7 contributing structures in the rural village of Mount Vernon Springs. The village grew up near a locally famous mineral spring. Notable buildings include the Greek Revival style Female Dormitory of the Baptist Academy (1855), Gothic Revival style Mt. Vernon Springs Presbyterian Church (1885), the John C. Kirkman House (c. 1877), Robert P. Johnson House (c, 1883), and John M. Foust House (c. 1881 and c. 1910). Also located in the district are the Mt. Vernon Springs, the Baptist Academy Cemetery, and the Mt. Vernon Springs Presbyterian Church cemetery.
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Brandywine Village Historic District
Brandywine Village Historic District is a national historic district located along Brandywine Creek at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 12 contributing buildings, 7 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures. Brandywine Village developed in the late-18th century as a group of flour mills, the homes of prosperous millers, mill workers, shop keepers and artisans. Located in the district are a set of mill owner built homes of granite. Notable buildings include the Gothic Revival style St. John's Episcopal Church (1857-1858) designed by noted Philadelphia architect John Notman, Brandywine Methodist Episcopal Church (1857), and Brandywine Academy (1798). In 1788, Brandywine Village was the site of the first mechanized mill designed by Oliver Evans.
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Pineville Historic District
Pineville Historic District is a national historic district located at Pineville, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It encompasses seven contributing buildings and illustrates Pineville's original role as a 19th-century pineland village, and its gradual transformation to agricultural land and to a year-round community in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. The Pineville Historic District consists of four principal buildings, three residential buildings and one Episcopal church, ranging in date from about 1810 through 1925. The architectural styles represented include Federal, Greek Revival, and Bungalow. In the mid to late-19th century, Pineville was a densely settled village that included as many as one hundred buildings, including an academy, racetrack, library, churches, and residences. Much of the town was burned by Union troops at the close of the American Civil War in April 1865. In the years following the war, much of the land that made up the village was converted for use as farmland. Since that time, Pineville has remained a small community of less than 20 structures surrounded by open farm and hunting lands.
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Erskine Academy
Erskine Academy is a private high school located in South China, Maine that serves eight surrounding towns. The campus occupies about 25 acre of land and includes several academic buildings as well as various athletic fields.
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Franklin Academy (New York)
Franklin Academy High School (commonly called Franklin Academy or FA) is a public high school located in the rural village of Malone, New York that enrolls students from Malone and surrounding communities in northern Franklin County such as Bangor, Belmont, Burke, Constable, Duane and Westville. With an enrollment of around 800 students in Grades 9-12, Franklin Academy is one of the larger high schools in the North Country region of Upstate New York and is accredited by the New York State Department of Education.
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Unionville Village Historic District
Unionville Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Unionville in East Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 69 contributing buildings in the village of Unionville. It includes a variety of brick, stone, and frame residences the earliest of which is dated to about 1750. Notable buildings include Unionville Academy (1834), country store (c. 1875), Union Hotel (1834), Cross Keys Inn (1751), Unionville Saddle Shop (1887), Unionville Hall (1849–50), Grange Hall (1845; originally the Friends Meetinghouse), and Green Lawn Seminary.
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Bellport Academy
Bellport Academy is a historic school building located at Bellport in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1833 as the village's first school and remodeled in 1919. It is located within the Bellport Village Historic District.
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Bellport Village Historic District
Bellport Village Historic District, formerly known as the Bell Street Historic District, is a national historic district located at Bellport in Suffolk County, New York. Located within the district is the separately listed Bellport Academy. It also includes the Village Hall, Bellport Community Center, the former fire house, and a museum/exchange shop built in 1890, as well as other structures.
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Fewkes Group Archaeological Site
Fewkes Group Archaeological Site (40 WM 1), also known as the "Boiling Springs Site", is a prehistoric Native American archaeological site located in the city of Brentwood, in Williamson County, Tennessee. It is in Primm Historic Park on the grounds of Boiling Spring Academy, a historic schoolhouse established in 1830. The 15-acre site consists of the remains of a late Mississippian culture mound complex and village roughly dating to 1050-1475 AD. The site, which sits on the western bank of the Little Harpeth River, has five mounds, some used for burial and others, including the largest, were ceremonial platform mounds. The village was abandoned for unknown reasons around 1450. The site is named in honor of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, the Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1920, who had visited the site and recognized its potential.
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BMW X5 (E70)
The BMW E70 is second-generation BMW X5 mid-size luxury crossover SUV. It replaced the BMW X5 (E53) in November 2006. It is manufactured alongside the new, 2009 BMW X6 at BMW's Greer, South Carolina plant in the U.S. and BMW's facility in Toluca, Mexico.
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Cessna 187
The Model 187 was a proposed light aircraft by United States manufacturer Cessna in the 1970s. As the newer Model 177 had been intended to replace the 172, so the 187 was intended to replace the 182.
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BMW 303
The BMW 303 was a small family saloon produced by BMW in 1933 and 1934. It was the first BMW motor car with a six-cylinder engine and the first BMW motor car with the "kidney grille" associated with the brand. The platform developed for the 303 was used for several other BMW cars, including the BMW 309, a four-cylinder version of the 303, the BMW 315, a 1.5-litre version of the 303 which replaced it in 1934 and was built until 1937, the BMW 319, a 1.9-litre version of the 303 produced alongside the 315 from 1935 to 1937, and the BMW 329, a development of the 319 with styling based on the newer, larger BMW 326, that briefly replaced the 319 in 1937.
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BMW X-Coupe
The X-Coupe was a concept crossover coupe designed by Chris Bangle for BMW, debuting at the 2001 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Based upon the BMW X5 chassis, the X-Coupe featured an aluminium body and a 3.0 litre turbo-diesel engine. Unlike the BMW X5, the X-Coupe had an aluminium body, a trunk opening downwards and two doors that swing outward.
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Italian cruiser Bolzano
Bolzano was a unique heavy cruiser, sometimes considered to be a member of the "Trento" class , built for the Italian "Regia Marina" (Royal Navy) in the early 1930s, the last vessel of the type to be built by Italy. A modified version of the earlier "Trento" class, she had a heavier displacement, slightly shorter length, a newer model of 203 mm gun, and a more powerful propulsion system, among other differences influenced by the "Zara" class that had followed the "Trento"s. "Bolzano" was built by the Gio. Ansaldo & C. between her keel laying in June 1930 and her commissioning in August 1933.
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BMW N53
The BMW N53 is a straight 6 DOHC piston engine which was produced from 2006 to 2011. It is the final naturally aspirated straight-6 engine produced by BMW, ending a history of continuous production of this engine configuration since 1968. The N53 released in 2006 in the facelifted E60/E61 523i and 525i. Following the introduction of the N20 turbocharged straight-4 engine in 2011, the N53 began to be phased out. The N54 turbocharged straight-6 engine was produced alongside the N53, therefore the N54 took over as the highest performance six-cylinder engine.
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BMW X5 (F15)
The BMW X5 (F15) is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV manufactured and marketed worldwide by BMW since 2013. The car was unveiled in 2013 Frankfurt International Motor Show. Early X5 models include xDrive50i, xDrive30d, M50d. BMW xDrive40d, xDrive35i, xDrive25d, sDrive25d were to be added in December 2013.
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BMW X5
The BMW X5 is a mid-size luxury crossover produced by BMW. The first generation of the X5, with the chassis code E53, made its debut in 1999. It was BMW's first SUV and it also featured all-wheel drive and was available with either manual or automatic transmission. In 2006, the second generation X5 was launched, known internally as the E70, featuring the torque-split capable xDrive all-wheel drive system mated to an automatic transmission, and in 2009 the X5 M performance variant was released as a 2010 model.
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BMW X5 (E53)
The BMW E53 is the first-generation BMW X5 mid-sized luxury crossover SUV. It was produced from 1999-2006 and was replaced by the BMW E70. The E53 was developed at a time when BMW still owned Land Rover and as such shares many components and designs with both the Land Rover Range Rover L322 model (specifically the Hill Descent System and Off Road Engine Management system) and the BMW E39 5 Series (specifically engines and electronic systems). The entire in-car entertainment system (Radio Function, Navigation System, Television and Telecommunications systems) are shared with other BMWs and L322.
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Honda CB125
The Honda CB125 was a 122 cc motorcycle made by Honda from 1971-1975 (1973-1985 in the US). It had an overhead camshaft (OHC) engine with a 9500 rpm redline. The "S" model was produced from 1971 to 1975 and was replaced in 1976 by the "J" model (the US bikes retained the S designation). The newer model sported a two piece head, 124 cc displacement, and a larger carburetor.
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Salvador (short story)
"Salvador" is a science fiction short story by American writer Lucius Shepard. Originally published in "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fict ion" in 1984, the following year it won the Locus Poll award for Best Short Story, the SF Chronicle award for Short Story and was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Short Story.
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A Plague of Butterflies
"A Plague of Butterflies" is a short story by American writer Orson Scott Card. It was originally published in an anthology, edited by Card, entitled "Dragons of Darkness". His short story "Middle Woman" appeared in the same book under the pseudonym Byron Walley. "A Plague of Butterflies" was later reprinted in his short story collection "Maps in a Mirror".
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The Hitch-Hiker (short story)
"The Hitch-Hiker" is a short story by Roald Dahl that was originally published in the July 1977 issue of the "Atlantic Monthly", and later included in Dahl's short story collection "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More". The story features a man who picks up a hitch-hiker whilst driving to London. The pick-pocketing of a policeman's notebook during a traffic stop closely follows "Hitch-Hike", a 1960 episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" based on a short story by Ed Lacy.
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Geometria (film)
Geometria is a 1987 short fantasy horror comedy film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. It is based loosely on Fredric Brown's short story, "Naturally", which was originally published in "Beyond Fantasy Fiction" and later reprinted in the short story collection "Honeymoon in Hell". "Geometria" was shot in Guadalajara, Jalisco in Mexico. It is the tenth short film del Toro directed, though all but 1985's "Doña Lupe" remain unreleased.
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It Grows on You
"It Grows On You" is a short story written by author Stephen King and originally published in "Marshroots", volume 3, no. 1, Fall 1973, later revised and published in August 1982 in "Whispers", and again revised for the 1993 short story collection "Nightmares & Dreamscapes". "It Grows on You" was nominated for the 1983 Locus Award for Best Short Story.
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The Fringe (short story)
"The Fringe" is a science fiction short story by American writer Orson Scott Card, originally published in the October 1985 issue of "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction". It was later reprinted in his short story collection "The Folk of the Fringe" and in "Future on Ice", a short story collection edited by Card.
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A Deal in Ostriches
"A Deal in Ostriches" is a short story by the British writer H. G. Wells. It is a cautionary tale about simple human greed. The taxidermist of Wells’ story "Triumphs of a Taxidermist" (1894) makes a return appearance as the narrator of the story. The story was originally published anonymously in the December 20th, 1894 issue of the Pall Mall Gazette and later published in the 1895 short story collection "The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents". The story is the tale of a carefully crafted and skillfully executed con that exploited the natural greed the protagonist's fellow passengers.
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Light of Other Days
"Light of Other Days" is a science fiction short story by Bob Shaw. It was originally published in August 1966 in "Analog Science Fiction and Fact." It was shortlisted for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1966, and was shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1967. The story uses the idea of "slow glass": glass through which light takes years to pass. Bob Shaw used this idea again in later stories.
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The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow is an American computer/traditionally animated short film based on "The Smurfs" comic book series created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo. The animated short was written by Todd Berger and directed by Stephan Franck, and it stars the voices of Melissa Sturm, Fred Armisen, Anton Yelchin, Alan Cumming and Hank Azaria. The film was produced by Sony Pictures Animation with the animation by Sony Pictures Imageworks and Duck Studios. "The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow" was released on DVD on September 10, 2013. The film is loosely based on Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
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The Smurfs (comics)
The Smurfs (French: "Les Schtroumpfs" ) is a Belgian comic series, created by cartoonist Peyo (pen name of Pierre Culliford). The titular creatures were introduced as supporting characters in an already established series, "Johan and Peewit" in 1958, and starred in their own series from 1959. Thirty "Smurf" comic albums have been created, 16 of them by Peyo. Originally, the "Smurf" stories appeared in "Spirou" magazine with reprints in many different magazines, but after Peyo left the publisher Dupuis, many comics were first published in dedicated "Smurf" magazines, which existed in French, Dutch and German. A number of short stories and one page gags have been collected in comic books next to the regular series of 30. By 2008, "Smurf" comics have been translated into 25 languages, and some 25 million albums have been sold. A new Smurfs comic album sold in 2009 in French alone some 140,000 copies. A new "Smurfs" comic album was released in 2012, now making thirty total titles. Another one was issued in 2013, now making thirty-one total titles.
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Firuz Agha Mosque
The Firuz Ağa Mosque (Turkish: "Firuz Ağa Camii" ) is an old Ottoman mosque in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was built by Firuz Ağa, the head treasurer of Sultan Beyazıt II. The marble sarcophagus of Firuz Ağa is located in the mosque complex. The mosque is located in the historical center of the city, on the Divanyolu Street, close to other prominent historical landmarks, Sultanahmet Mosque, Aya Sofya and Basilica Cistern.
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Ayakapı
Ayakapı (Turkish: ""The Gate of the Saint", "The holy gate"" ) (the toponym comes from the Turkish word "Aya", derived from pronunciation of the Greek word ἁγἰα, mean. "female Saint" and the Turkish word "kapı", mean. "gate") is a quarter of Istanbul, Turkey. It is part of the district of Fatih, inside the walled city, and lies on the shore of the Golden Horn. During the Byzantine era, it was named ta Dexiokratiana or ta Dexiokratous in Greek, after the houses owned here by a certain Dexiokrates. Its modern name comes from a church dedicated to Saint Theodosia which, according to Petrus Gillius, stood near the gate. In Ayakapı lies one of the most important surviving Byzantine buildings of the historical peninsula, the Gül Mosque. Moreover, in 1582 the Ottoman architect Sinan built here a Turkish bath, the Ayakapı Hamamı. This structure is currently used as a storage for timber.
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Istiklal Mosque
Istiqlal Mosque, or Masjid Istiqlal, (Independence Mosque) in Otoka, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the largest mosques in the city. It was named after Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, the national mosque of Indonesia, since the mosque was the gift from Indonesian people and government for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a token of solidarity and friendship between two nations. The name ""istiqlal"" is Arabic word for "independence", thus it is also meant to commemorate the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also colloquially known as "Indonesian mosque" or "Suharto mosque", as the credit to the initiator of the mosque construction.
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Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Edirnekapı)
The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Turkish: 'Mihrimah Sultan Camii' ) is an Ottoman mosque located in the Edirnekapı neighborhood near the Byzantine land walls of Istanbul, Turkey. Located on the peak of the Sixth Hill near the highest point of the city, the mosque is a prominent landmark in Istanbul.
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Muhammad Mosque
Muhammad Mosque or Siniggala Mosque is the mosque built in the 11th century in Old City, Baku. The mosque is also known as Siniggala, for the name of its minaret – Siniggala (“damaged tower”). The mosque acquired its second name in 1723, when military squadron of Russian Army, consisting of 15 warships and led by Admiral Matyushkin, approached the city from seaside and demanded its surrender during the Russo-Persian War (1722-1723). Russian warships began to bomb the city after the refusal to surrender. One of the Russian shells hit the minaret of Muhammad Mosque and damaged it. A stormy wind then blew the Russian ships further out to sea. The population of the city interpreted the wind as a divine scourge sent to the occupants. From that time until the middle of the 19th century, the minaret of the mosque wasn’t reconstructed. It remained a symbol of the persistence and courage of the defendants of the tower.
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Istanbul Şehir University
Istanbul Şehir University (Turkish: "İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi" , literally City University of Istanbul) is a private, non-profit university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in 2008 by the Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı (BiSaV or BSV, English: Foundation for Science and Arts ). The university started its education in the academic year of 2010-11 at its campus in Altunizade, Üsküdar, following a ceremony held on October 5, 2010 that was attended by then State President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu.
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Süleymaniye Mosque
The Süleymaniye Mosque (Turkish: "Süleymaniye Camii" , ] ) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. It is the second largest mosque in the city, and one of the best-known sights of Istanbul.
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Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque
The Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque (Turkish: "Gazi Atik Ali Paşa Camii" ) is an old Ottoman mosque located in the Çemberlitaş neighbourhood of the Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey. Its construction was started under the orders of the future Grand Vizier Hadım Atik Ali Pasha in 1496 and was completed in 1497, during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II. The mosque is located near the entrance to the Kapalıçarşı (Grand Bazaar), the Column of Constantine, and the historical Nuruosmaniye Mosque.
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Gül Mosque
Gül Mosque (Turkish: "Gül Camii" , meaning: "The Mosque of the Rose" in English) is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, Turkey, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans.
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Column of the Goths
The Column of the Goths (Turkish: "Gotlar Sütunu" ) is Roman victory column dating to the third or fourth century A.D. It stands in what is now Gülhane Park, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Akrofuom (Ghana parliament constituency)
Akrofuom is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Akrofuom is located in the Obuasi Municipal district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
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Tafo
Tafo is a town in Kumasi Metropolitan District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana near the regional capital Kumasi. Tafo is the thirtieth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 60,919 people. Because of the town's population and housing development in recent years, it is debatable whether Tafo is still regarded as a separate town, or already a suburb of Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region. The town is near Kumasi, with a distance of approximately 3.3 kilometers to the center of a similar name sounding village named New Tafo and must be distinguished from Tafo. Tarkwa is located just 4.6 km away from Tafo. The city center of Kumasi is located approximately 9.8 kilometers away. Tafo is one of the urban constituencies of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, the town's parliamentary candidate shall have one direct seat to the Parliament of Ghana.
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Western Region (Ghana)
The Western Region is located in south Ghana, spreads from the Ivory Coast border in the west to the Central region in the east, includes the capital and large twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi on the coast, coastal Axim, and a hilly inland area including Elubo. It includes Ghana's southernmost location, Cape Three Points, where crude oil was discovered in commercial quantities in June 2007. The Western Region enjoys a long coastline that stretches from South Ghana's border with Ivory Coast to the Western region's boundary with the Central Region on the east.
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Tema
Tema is a city on the Bight of Benin and Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located 25 km east of the capital city; Accra, in the region of Greater Accra, and is the capital of the Tema Metropolitan District. As of 2013, Tema is the eleventh most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of approximately 161,612 people – a marked decrease from its 2005 figure of 209,000. The Greenwich Meridian (00 Longitude) passes directly through the city. Tema is locally nicknamed the "Harbour Town" because of its status as Ghana's largest seaport.
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Techimantia
Techimantia is a city located in the Tano District of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. It is one of the large cities in the region. It is believed to be originally inhabited by Hunters for the Ashanti King from Kumasi. These Hunters originally settled in the region after they found that there were lots of elephants in the region which could be hunted for the Ashanti King.The name of the King is Oti Ampem.Currently,the chief of the town is no more(dead).The occupation of the people in the town is large scale tomatoes farming.Techimantia is one of the largest towns in the region but there are few productive or government work in the town.This was attributed to the curse from Okomfo Anokye of the Ashanti Kingdom.
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Ningo-Prampram
The Ningo-Prampram Constituency is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. The constituency derives its name from the two towns located within the constituency.The towns are,the much larger and older Ningo and the relatively younger Prampram which is much smaller. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Ningo-Prampram is located in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Central University College has a campus at Miotso near Prampram and plans are underway to relocate its other campuses here.Hope City which was initially planned to be built at Kasoa has also been relocated here. Plans are also underway to build the new international airport at a location near Ningo.
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Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Region is located in south Ghana and is third largest of 10 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 24389 km2 or 10.2 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the most populated region with a population of 4,780,380 according to the 2010 census, accounting for 19.4% of Ghana’s total population. The Ashanti Region is known for its major gold bar and cocoa production. The largest city and regional capital is Kumasi.
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Prempeh College
Prempeh College is an elite public secondary school for boys located in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The school was founded in 1949 by the Asanteman traditional authority, the British Colonial Government, the Methodist Church of Ghana and the Presbyterian church of Ghana. The School is named after King of Ashanti, (Asantehene) Sir Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II, who donated the land on which the school was built. It is the oldest government-assisted secondary school for boys in the Ashanti and was modeled on Eton College in England.. The school topped matriculation at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 2004 with 441 students admitted and in 2012, with 296 students from the college admitted, and is considered to be one of the best secondary schools in Ghana. The School has won the National robotics championships a record three times between 2013 and 2016 and currently is the only school from Africa to have won the International robofest World Championships.
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Taifa, Accra
Taifa is a town in the Ga East Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of south-eastern Ghana near the capital Accra. Taifa is the twenty-sixth largest settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 68,459 people. Taifa is located in the northwest suburbs area of Accra. It has a breakpoint on a railway line and a small park located on the northern edge of the location of the Taifa Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. At the Ghana 2000 census of 26 March 2000, the population was 26,145 inhabitants living in the city. Projections of 1 January 2007 estimated the population to be 48,927 inhabitants. In the census of 1984 there was only 1,009 inhabitants. The strong population growth of the Town is influenced by, among other things, a large number of illegal immigrants from west African countries who move to towns and villages near the industrial town of Tema, just to find a job.
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Dodi Papase
Dodi Papase is a town in the Volta Region of Ghana. With a population of approximately 5,254 ,Dodi Papase is the second-most-populous city in the Volta region of Ghana. It is located in eastern Ghana on the banks of the Asukawkaw River and is known for the Dodi Papase Community Secondary School, a second cycle institution (senior high school).
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The Nancy Wilson Show!
The Nancy Wilson Show! is a 1965 live album by Nancy Wilson, recorded at the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles.
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Cimar
Cimar was a Hoshino Gakki guitar brand. Designs of Cimar guitars are sometimes very similar to Hoshino Gakki's Ibanez guitar brand. Cimar guitars appear in Hoshino Gakki catalogues.
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A Nancy Wilson Christmas
A Nancy Wilson Christmas is a 2001 studio album of Christmas music by the American singer Nancy Wilson. As well as being Wilson's first album of Christmas music, it was the first album that Wilson recorded for the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild record label, MCG Jazz.
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D'Angelico Guitars
D’Angelico Guitars is an American musical instrument manufacturer and guitar brand based in Manhattan, New York. The brand was initially founded by master-luthier John D'Angelico in 1932, in Manhattan's Little Italy. In 1999, Steve Pisani, John Ferolito Jr. and Brenden Cohen purchased the D’Angelico Guitars trademark. Cohen serves as the brand’s President and CEO. Original D’Angelico guitars are collector’s items and have been used by musicians including Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Bucky Pizarelli, Chet Atkins, and Chuck Wayne. Additionally, the D'Angelico Mel Bay New Yorker model was featured on the cover of the Mel Bay Publications' guitar method books for decades.
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Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley
Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley is a 1961 studio album by Nancy Wilson with Cannonball Adderley and his quintet. Wilson considered her vocals on the album "as a sort of easy-going third horn" (Wilson quoted in the liner notes). All tracks were recorded in New York City, those with Wilson on June 27 and 29, 1961, and the instrumental tracks on August 23 and 24, 1961.
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Magic Man
"Magic Man" is a song by the American rock band Heart. The single was released in Canada in June of 1975, and in America in 1976, as the second single from the band's debut album, "Dreamboat Annie." Written and composed by Ann and Nancy Wilson, the song is sung from the viewpoint of a young girl who is being seduced by an older man (referred to as a Magic Man), much to the chagrin of her mother, who calls and begs the girl to come home. In an interview, Ann Wilson revealed that the "Magic Man" was her then boyfriend, band manager Michael Fisher, and that part of the song was an autobiographical tale of the beginnings of their relationship.
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List of Heart band members
Heart is an American rock band that first found success in Canada and later in the United States and worldwide. Over the group's four-decade history it has had three primary lineups, with the constant center of the group since 1974 being sisters Ann Wilson (lead singer) and Nancy Wilson (guitarist). While it has been referred to as a duo because of the focus on leaders Ann and Nancy Wilson, Heart is a full rock group. In its original lineup the band had six members, then five in its second incarnation, and is again at six currently.
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Strange Euphoria
Strange Euphoria is a career-spanning box set album by Heart. It features several of their hit songs as well as songs by The Lovemongers, solo songs by Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson, a recording by the pre-Heart group Ann Wilson & The Daybreaks, and previously unreleased demos and live tracks. A DVD is also included featuring a 1976 concert at Washington State University for the Pullman, Washington-based KWSU-TV concert series "The Second Ending" in promotion for their debut album "Dreamboat Annie".
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Ibanez
Ibanez (アイバニーズ , Aibanīzu ) is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass-produce the seven-string guitar and eight-string guitar. Ibanez manufactures effects, accessories, amps, and instruments in Japan, China, Indonesia and in the United States (at a Los Angeles-based custom shop). Currently, there are nearly 165 models of bass guitar, 130 acoustic guitars, and more than 300 electric guitars.
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Sue Ennis
Sue Ennis is a Seattle songwriter whose songs include Classic Rock radio staples "Straight On", "Even It Up" and "Dog & Butterfly" by the rock band Heart. She has co-written over 70 songs with Ann and Nancy Wilson of the band. and co-wrote the theme from "The Golden Child" starring Eddie Murphy with James Bond composer, John Barry, Ann and Nancy Wilson. Her songs have also appeared in "Thomas and the Magic Railroad", a feature film from 2000. In 2004, she and co-writer Hummie Mann won a Soundie award (Puget Sound Advertising Award) for their jingle for State Roofing.
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Human Protein Atlas
The Human Protein Atlas (HPA) is a Swedish-based program started in 2003 with the aim to map of all the human proteins in cells, tissues and organs using integration of various omics technologies, including antibody-based imaging, mass spectrometry-based proteomics, transcriptomics and systems biology. All the data in the knowledge resource is open access to allow scientists both in academia and industry to freely access the data for exploration of the human proteome. The version 17 (launched August 17, 2017) consists of three separate parts, each focusing on a particular aspect of the genome-wide analysis of the human proteins; the Tissue Atlas showing the distribution of the proteins across all major tissues and organs in the human body, the Cell Atlas showing the subcellular localization of proteins in single cells, and finally the new Pathology Atlas showing the impact of protein levels for survival of patients with cancer. The Human Protein Atlas program has already contributed to several thousands of publications in the field of human biology and disease and it was recently (July 25, 2017) selected by the organization ELIXIR as a European core resource due to its fundamental importance for a wider life science community. The HPA consortium is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
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Biocultural anthropology
Biocultural anthropology can be defined in numerous ways. It is the scientific exploration of the relationships between human biology and culture. "Instead of looking for the biology underlying biological roots of human behavior, biocultural anthropology attempts to understand how culture affects our biological capacities and limitations. Biocultural anthropology attempts to understand challenges to human biology in an ever increasing and diversified cultural environment."
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Economics and Human Biology
Economics and Human Biology is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier since 2003. It is an interdisciplinary periodical covering research on biological economics — economics in the context of human biology and health. Typical debates are on nutrition, obesity, height and beauty.
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Human Biology (journal)
Human Biology is a peer reviewed scientific journal, currently published by Wayne State University Press. The journal was established in 1929 by Raymond Pearl and is the official publication of the American Association of Anthropological Genetics. The focus of the journal is human genetics, covering topics from human population genetics, evolutionary and genetic demography and quantitative genetics. It also covers ancient DNA studies, evolutionary biological anthropology, and research exploring biological diversity expressed in terms of adaptation. The journal also publishes interdisciplinary research linking biological and cultural diversity from evidence such sources as archaeology, ethnography and cultural anthropology studies, and more. As of July 1, 2016, the journal is on Volume 87, Issue 3. The journal's current editors are Brian M. Kemp (Washington State University) and Ripan S. Malhi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign).
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Zoi Lygerou
Zoi Lygerou is a Greek associate professor of biology at the Medical School University of Patras whose works have been published in such journals as the European Journal of Biochemistry, Journal of Cell Science, the Molecular and Cellular Biology journal, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and both Science and Nature journals among others. In 1991 she got her first degree at the University of Athens followed by a Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg four years later. She also used to be a postdoc at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund of London under guidance from Paul Nurse. On April 12, 1996 she and her colleagues (along with David Tollervey) have discovered that the minimum amount of enzymes are required for the eukaryotes' ribosomal RNA.
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American Journal of Human Biology
The American Journal of Human Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering human biology. It is the official publication of the Human Biology Association (formerly known as the Human Biology Council). The journal publishes original research, theoretical articles, reviews, and other communications connected to all aspects of human biology, health and disease.
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Biological economics
Biological economics is an interdisciplinary field in which the interaction of human biology and economics is studied. For example, it has been found that chief executives tend to be taller and have wider faces than average. The journal "Economics and Human Biology" covers the field and has an impact factor of 2.722.
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Annals of Human Biology
Annals of Human Biology is a bimonthly academic journal that publishes review articles on human population biology, nature, development and causes of human variation. It is published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Society for the Study of Human Biology, of which it is the official journal.
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PLOS Computational Biology
PLOS Computational Biology is a peer-reviewed computational biology journal established in 2005 and published by the nonprofit Public Library of Science in association with the International Society for Computational Biology. The founding Editor in Chief was Philip Bourne, and the current Editor in Chief is Ruth Nussinov.
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BioEssays
BioEssays is a monthly peer-reviewed review journal covering molecular and cellular biology. Areas covered include genetics, genomics, epigenetics, evolution, developmental biology, neuroscience, human biology, physiology, systems biology, and plant biology. The journal also publishes commentaries on aspects of science communication, education, policy, and current affairs.
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2016 Australian Production Car Series
The 2016 Australian Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing series for modified production touring cars. It was the first Australian Production Car Series to be contested following the cancellation of the Australian Production Car Championship at the end of 2015.
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Stephen Mahy
Stephen Mahy is an Australian born tenor from Sydney, NSW best known for originating the role of Bob Gaudio in the Australian production of Jersey Boys. After graduating from Waapa in 2006, Stephen toured the country in Miss Saigon, covering the lead role Chris and playing the role to every audience in the country. Mahy toured nationally in "Grease" playing the role of Kenickie alongside notable cast members Rob Mills, Gretel Scarlett, Anthony Callea, Lucy Maunder, Todd McKenney and Bert Newton as Vince Fontaine. In 2015 Stephen joined the cast of The Rocky horror Show, playing the role Brad Majors along side Craig McLachlan, Amy Lehpamer, Jade Westaby, Bert Newton, Richard O'Brien, just to name a few.He featured in "Stephen Schwartz in Conversation"at Sydney’s Theatre Royal where he performed on stage for the noted composer.
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Gretel Scarlett
Gretel Scarlett (born 9 November 1987) is an Australian actress and performer. Having appeared in theatre productions including "Wicked" and "Mamma Mia!", she is best known for starring as Sandy in the 2013–2015 Australian production of "Grease". In 2016, Scarlett appears as Kathy Selden in the 2016/2017 Australian production of "Singin' in the Rain" which opened at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne.
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Debbie Reynolds
Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, humanitarian, and mother of the actress and writer Carrie Fisher. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film "Three Little Words", and her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in "Singin' in the Rain" (1952). Other successes include "The Affairs of Dobie Gillis" (1953), "Susan Slept Here" (1954), "Bundle of Joy" (1956 Golden Globe nomination), "The Catered Affair" (1956 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Winner), and "Tammy and the Bachelor" (1957), in which her performance of the song "Tammy" become the first song by a female solo artist to reach number one on the "Billboard" music charts. In 1959, she released her first pop music album, titled "Debbie".
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2007 Australian Production Car Championship
The 2007 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australiann motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars. The championship, which was administered by the Production Car Association of Australia, was promoted as the Shannons Australian Production Car Championship. It was the 14th Australian Production Car Championship.
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2013 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 2013 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was an Australian motor racing series for modified production touring cars. It comprised two CAMS sanctioned national championship titles, the Australian Manufacturers’ Championship (for automobile manufacturers) and the Australian Production Car Championship (for drivers). The 2013 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was the 28th manufacturers title to be awarded by CAMS and the 19th to be contested under the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name. The 2013 Australian Production Car Championship was the 20th Australian Production Car Championship. The Manufacturers title was awarded to Mitsubishi and the Australian Production Car Championship to Garry Holt.
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2011 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 2011 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship for car manufacturers. It was the 26th manufacturers title to be awarded by CAMS and the 17th to be contested under the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name. The championship, which was open to modified production touring cars, also incorporated three drivers titles, the 2011 Australian Production Car Championship, the 2011 Australian Production Car Endurance Championship and the 2011 Australian Endurance Championship.
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Australian GT Production Car Championship
PROCAR had first promoted a national series for production based cars in 1994. This “Australian Super Production Car Series” accommodated numerous models (including high performance GT type cars) which were not eligible for the official Australian Production Car Championship, which at the time had tightened regulations in the interests of cost-control and was limited to vehicles with an engine capacity of less than 2.5 litres. The PROCAR series was renamed the “Australian GT Production Car Series” for 1995. For 1996 the series was given full CAMS national title status to become the Australian GT Production Car Championship while the Australian Production Car Championship itself was discontinued after the 1995 title.
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2009 Australian Production Car Championship
The 2009 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars.<ref name="B09/033">CAMS Bulletin B09/033 – 2009 Australian Manufacturers Championship & Australian Production Car Championship Sporting Regulations As archived at www.webcitation.org on 3 December 2009</ref> It was the 16th Australian Production Car Championship title to be awarded by CAMS. As well as claiming the Class A2 title, Garry Holt won the overall championship in his BMW 335i. Holt held off Class A1 champion Rod Salmon by just two points in the overall standings. Other class champions were Jake Camilleri in his Mazda 3 MPS (Class B) and Stuart Jones' Toyota Celica (Class C).
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2012 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 2012 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship for modified production touring cars. The Manufacturers Championship was determined by a series pointscore for the manufacturers of the competing vehicles although the manufacturers themselves did not directly compete. The series also incorporated the 2012 Australian Production Car Championship, the 2012 Australian Production Car Endurance Championship and the 2012 Australian Endurance Championship, each of which was a drivers' title.
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Rehman Khan
Rehman Khan (born August 21, 1979) is an Indian stand up comedian and a film actor. He participated in "Comedy Circus 2" (2008), Comedy Circus Chincpokli to China, Comedy Circus 20 20 with Rakshanda Khan, Comedy ka Mahasangram with Karishma Tanna, Jubilee Comedy Circus with Saloni Daini, Comedy Ke Superstar with Usha Nadkarni, Comedy Circus Ki Kahani with Ragini Khanna, "Comedy Circus 3 Ka Tadka" (2009) with Anoop Soni, and Shweta Tiwari on Sony Television. Rehman was also part of Star One show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge season 3, Comedy Champions on Sahara TV Chote Miya Bade Miya on Colors TV, Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala on Star Plus, Nautanki-The Comedy Theatre on Colors TV 2013, Mad in India with Sunil Grover on Star Plus 2014.
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Meghan Jadhav
Meghan Jadhav, is an Indian television and movie actor who is best known as his role in Colors TV show Jai Shri Krishna(2008–09) as Shri Krishna. He has also played as Abhimanyu in the mythological serial of Sony Entertainment Television (India) Suryaputra Karn. His performance in Dharma Production's Bollywood film Brothers (2015 film) as younger David was highly praised. Currently portraying the role of Kartikey, son of Shiv and Parvati, in Mahakali– Anth hi Aarambh hai Colors TV
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Comedy Nights Live
Comedy Nights Live was an Indian stand-up comedy television series, which premiered on 31 January 2016, and was broadcast on Colors TV. The series aired on every Sunday nights. The series replaced Colors TV’s popular show "Comedy Nights with Kapil".
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Radhika Madan
Radhika Madan is an Indian television actress. Before her debut as Ishani (protagonist) opposite Shakti Arora on Colors TV, Madan worked as a dance instructor in New Delhi. Madan has played the lead role of Ishani in Ekta Kapoor's show "Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi" on Colors TV. She won "Best Debut Actor Award" at "Zee Gold Awards" 2015. She was seen in the dance reality show "Jhalak Reloaded". Daily Bhasker reported that Madan has "become a household name."
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Juhi Parmar
Juhi Parmar (born 14 December 1980) is an Indian TV personality and an anchor, actress, television presenter, singer and dancer. She is best known for her role as Kumkum in Television Series Kumkum Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan. She is the winner of fifth season of the reality television show Bigg Boss that aired on Colors TV. She currently appears In Colors TV's High Rated mythological Show Shani.
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Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman
Ek Shringaar – Swabhimaan (English: "Self-Respect-An Adornment") commonly abbreviated as "Swabhimaan" is an Indian television series produced under the banner Rajshri Productions, by Sooraj Barjatya. The show premiered on December 19, 2016, on Colors TV and replaced the long-running and colors' third highly rated show Swaragini. The show revolves around two sisters Meghna (Sangeeta Chauhan), Naina (Ankitta Sharma) and their mother Sharda (Prachi Shah) who has raised her daughters to be independent and self-sufficient. Both her daughters have studied hard and have finally obtained their respective education degrees. The show centers on how Sharda is striving to find deserving suitors for both her daughters and is looking for a family who will value both her daughter's education, and will not force her daughters to become housewives despite their extensive education. The show's main theme is women's empowerment, especially in rural areas of India. Sahil Uppal and Samridh Bawa plays the male leads as Kunal and Karan respectively. The series was canceled and its final episode aired 29 September 2017.
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Shani (TV series)
Karmaphal Daata Shani (English: "The lord of the deeds Shani") is an Indian Hindi historical period drama television series, which premiered on 7 November 2016 and is broadcast on Colors TV. The series is produced by Swastik Productions of Siddharth Kumar Tewary. The series airs every Monday to Friday 9.00 pm The series has dubbed into Telugu on Gemini TV and it airs every Monday to Saturday 8:30 pm from 24 July 2017.
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Chhote Miyan
Chhote Miyan is a comedy show that airs on Colors TV hosted by Juhi Parmar and Kapil Sharma with Rahul Mahajan and Sachin Pilgaonkar serving as judges on the show.
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Aasiya Kazi
Aasiya Kazi (born 12 December 1991) is an Indian television actress best known for her role of Santu Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi in the television soap opera "Bandini" on Imagine TV. She also played the role of Saudamini in Colors TV and Hema Malini’s "Matti Ki Banno", Kastur Galla in Imagine TV's "Dharampatni", Dr. Shweta Kapoor / Shweta Rishi Kumar in Zee TV's "Hitler Didi", Ruku in Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha 2 on Colors TV, and as Ganga in "Balika Vadhu"
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Yukti Kapoor
Yukti Kapoor is an Indian television actress who has appeared in several television serials. She made her film debut in 2015 with Uvaa. She was also seen in Colors TV show Balika Vadhu and Star Plus mythological show Siya Ke Ram. She is currently appearing in Agnifera TV show telecasting on &TV TV channel.
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St. Louis Bay Bridge
The St. Louis Bay Bridge is a bridge in the U.S. state of Mississippi which carries U.S. Route 90 over Bay of Saint Louis between Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian. The original bridge was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The bridge's deck and railroad tracks were ruined, but the piers withstood the storm surge and winds and provided a base for a new concrete deck. The new bridge opened to traffic on May 17, 2007. The span carries 4 lanes of traffic as well as a 12 ft path for pedestrians and bicyclists on the Gulf side of the bridge.
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St. Louis tornado history
The St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area has a history of tornadoes. The third-deadliest, and the costliest in United States history, the 1896 St. Louis – East St. Louis tornado, injured more than one thousand people and caused at least 255 fatalities in the City of St. Louis and in East St. Louis. The second-costliest tornado also occurred in St. Louis in September 1927. More tornado fatalities occurred in St. Louis than any other city in the United States. Also noteworthy is that destructive tornadoes occurred in winter and autumn, as well as the typical months of spring. Additionally, damaging tornadoes occurred in the morning and late at night, as well as the more common late-afternoon to early-evening maximum period.
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