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The second and most important result of the raid was the technical knowledge that British scientists gained. Examination of the components of the radar array showed that it was of a modular design that aided maintenance and made fixing faults far simpler than on similar British radar models. This was confirmed during t...
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Fisheries College was one of the three colleges proposed by the then vice-chancellor Prof R P Singh (April 2003-July 2004) along with a College of Horticulture and Forestry at Jhalawar and a Veterinary College at Bhinder. Except the Fisheries College, the other two colleges received approval from the state government, ...
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CEESI’s Iowa facility, in Clear Lake, it located on a custody transfer location owned by the Northern Border Pipeline Company. This facility flows 1-2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. The natural gas used for CEESI meter calibrations is diverted from the Northern Border pipeline, then repressurized and retur...
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The major football club Port Vale F.C. is based in Burslem at Vale Park. The team currently plays in League One, England's third division.
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Welcome to Obamaland: I Have Seen Your Future and It Doesn't Work is a book by British journalist and author James Delingpole, published by Regnery Press in 2009.
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The Saxon name of this village was Caninganmaersees or Cantuctone. Cantuc was an Old English word for a ridge, ton a settlement.
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Over the intervening years Head has developed a cult following for its innovative style and anarchic humor. Members of the Monkees, Nesmith in particular, cite the soundtrack album as one of the crowning achievements of the band.
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The current Parliament of Catalonia, legislative body of Catalan autonomous government, is considered the historical successor of this Courts.
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He finished third overall in the 1993-1994 Continental Cup.
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The age distribution, , in Uesslingen-Buch is; 104 children or 9.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 160 teenagers or 15.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 110 people or 10.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 110 people or 10.5% are between 30 and 39, 223 people or...
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Opinion is divided as to how effective the International Year was. It is possible to argue that there was much rhetoric in the International Year, and yet often the impact of such events can only be discerned many years later.
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St. Moritz, Switzerland became the cradle of the developing winter tourism in the 1860s; hotel manager Johannes Badrutt invited some summer guests from England to return in the winter to see the snowy landscape, thereby inaugurating a popular trend. It was, however, only in the 1970s when winter tourism took over the l...
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Barrett started working with bronze as a way to explore increasingly fluid and gestural forms. As his interest in expressive forms grew, Barrett found that wax gave him the creative freedom to model shapes. He created a technique of pouring wax into a baking tin, drawing the shapes in the wax, and then combining the sh...
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In 2011, Hellyer gave a seminar in Singapore for the International Institute for Strategic Studies on the "Arab Spring".
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Her brothers, Valentine III (1867–1934) and Edward (1872–1932), were both tennis champions and, later, alcoholics who spent beyond their means and inheritances. Anna's four sisters were Elizabeth (1865–1944), Mary (1869–1872), Edith (1873–1920), and Maude (1877–1952). Her father died without leaving a will when Anna w...
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Busia's film roles include a notable performance as Bessie in a 1986 film adaptation of Richard Wright's Native Son (with Geraldine Page and Matt Dillon), as Nettie (opposite Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg) in Steven Spielberg's 1985 The Color Purple, adapted from Alice Walker's novel of the same title, as Ruth in Ba...
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When released in 1991, the album featured extensive sleevenotes in which Cope explained the meaning of each song and stated that the entire album was a meditation on humanity's relationship to Mother Earth. Many songs were given very idiosyncratic interpretations, such as Cope's account of "You" which asserts that the ...
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He was a member of Drammen city council from 1936 to 1945, except for a period from 1940 to 1945 during the German occupation of Norway. He later returned as a councilman from 1951 to 1971. From 1964 he was a member of Buskerud county council.
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Sir Peter Young (1544–1628) was a Scottish diplomat, tutor to James VI of Scotland.
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Laurents suggested that John Dexter direct the show, but later regretted the choice. Dexter insisted on giving the lead role of Leona to Elizabeth Allen, who Laurents felt could manage the acting and singing but had a cold personality too contrary to that of the character. Rodgers' mistreatment of Sondheim left the lyr...
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Aida Martirosyan, fortuneteller
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A profile is expressed as an XML document. There is a schema for this purpose. The profile expresses the requirements that a METS document must satisfy.A sufficiently explicit METS Profile may be considered a data standard.
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The relationship of a former slave to her patron could be complicated. In one legal case, a woman named Petronia Iusta attempted to show — without a birth declaration to prove it — that she had been free-born. Her mother, she acknowledged, had been a slave in the household of Petronius Stephanus and Calatoria Themis, b...
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Puto is a type of steamed rice cake usually served as snack or as accompaniment to savory dishes such as dinuguan or pancit in Philippine cuisine and believed to be derived from Indian puttu of Kerala origin. It is eaten as is or with butter and/or grated fresh coconut, or as an accompaniment to a number of savoury via...
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Mailer describes how 'the hipster' faces marginalization (self-induced to some extent, as a consequence of deliberately rejecting the society around him), and how the hipster draws inspiration from others who have already moved outside (or been forced outside) 'traditional society'. In drawing cultural inspiration from...
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By his third wife, he had five sons and two daughters, including the Civil War pamphleteer, Henry Parker.
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Columbia financed a script from David Newman. But when John Guillermin became the director, he felt like it needed "something more," so Newman ended up being replaced by Guillermin's old friend Lorenzo Semple, Jr., who had worked with him on King Kong.
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The new museum was opened on 4 September 1976 and included an additional collection of contemporary art works from the 19th and 20th centuries with Romantic and Impressionist paintings by artists such as Carl Schuch, Lovis Corinth and Max Slevogt. A large collection of German Expressionists is shown, and a room contain...
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In the 1950 general election Manuel was elected to Parliament for Central Ayrshire. He was re-elected in 1951 but lost the seat in 1955. Persisting despite this rejection, he was re-elected in 1959 when Scotland swung to Labour.
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Accelerated classes include:
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The region varies in elevation, from 100 metres in the west to 340 metres in the east. The annual rainfall range is from 600 to 900 millimetres.
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The Consortium for the Management of Basic and Applied Research in Africa south of Sahara () or COMREFAS is an international multidisciplinary institution whose purpose is to structure and enhance the basic and applied research in Africa in the following scientific fields:
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Patrick Bateson has said of the group:
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The Order of Independence (Wisam al-Istiqial) is the fourth knighthood order of the Kingdom of Jordan.
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The god of law, order, light, and rules, Bright Itempas came after Nahadoth and though at first they fought, later they became lovers. He kills Enefa and imprisons Nahadoth and his children, but offers the Nightlord a chance to be free and serve him every time a new Arameri ruler is chosen.
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Owing to its Gothic churches, Kiedrich is also called Schatzkästlein der Gotik ("Little Treasure Chest of Gothic").
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As the high electronegativity of fluorine reduces the polarizability of the atom, fluorocarbons are only weakly susceptible to the fleeting dipoles that form the basis of the London dispersion force. As a result, fluorocarbons have low intermolecular attractive forces and are lipophobic in addition to being hydrophobic...
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In 1976 he was honoured on a postage stamp, bearing his portrait, issued by Australia Post. In 2009, a series of birds from his Birds of Australia, with paintings by H C Richter, were featured in another set of stamps.
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Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
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By this time, the regiment had earned 12 Battle Honours. With a meritorious history of over a century, it became befitting for King George – V, Colonel of one of the regiments to become the Colonel-in-Chief of the amalgamated regiment. Field Marshal, Lord Chetwode became the first Colonel of the Regiment in 1936.
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While Odawa, a dialect of the Ojibwe language, is the first language of some tribal members, the majority primarily speak English. As part of language revitalization efforts, the Tribe sponsors summer language camps, language classes are offered at the North Central Michigan College in Petoskey, and free classes are al...
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Hendon Aerodrome was an aerodrome in London, England, that was an important centre for aviation from 1908 to 1968.
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (5.06%) is water.
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Sultan Alauddin Ri'ayat Syah al-Kahar died on 28 September 1571, as apparent from the inscription on his grave. He was succeeded by his son Sultan Ali Ri'ayat Syah I. Although Sultan Alauddin was not actually militarily successful against Portuguese Melaka, his reign witnessed the beginning of the high tide of Aceh's p...
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Under the Romans, Berytus was enriched by the dynasty of Herod the Great, and was made a colonia, Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus, in 14 BC. Beirut's school of law was widely known at the time. Two of Rome's most famous jurists, Papinian and Ulpian, both natives of Phoenicia, taught at the law school under the Seve...
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Kanata is home to the Ottawa Senators professional ice hockey team, who play at Canadian Tire Centre. A women's Ottawa Senators team plays at the Bell Sensplex. The annual Bell Capital Cup youth minor amateur ice hockey tournament is held at the Sensplex during the Christmas holiday break. The Kanata Lasers, formally k...
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Jeanne C. Fromer, New York University School of LawProfessor Fromer was honored for her work exploring the claiming systems of patent and copyright law, as well as forum shopping in patent litigation.
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The name is carried today by a commercial building in Portugal Street, Kingsway, London.
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St Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge is a Church of England church and parish within the City of London. The church, which is located in Lower Thames Street near The Monument to the Great Fire of London, is part of the Diocese of London and under the pastoral care of the Bishop of London and the Bishop of Fulham. It is ...
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In 2010, Vadivelu held a press conference, accusing fellow comedian and actor Singamuthu for forgery and financial cheating. Vadivelu, who was previously friends with Singamuthu, purchased land from him but later came to learn that the documents were void. This resulted in the former taking legal action on the latter.
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A limited production run of 300 cars is planned to capitalise on the connection with The 300 Spartans who fought to the last man at the Battle of Thermopylae.
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Larva purplish brown speckled with black. The lateral area yellowish with red lines. A sub-lateral row of small black dots present. Head brownish with red lateral streak. Pupa efflorescent. The larvae feed on Cytisus, Desmodium, Wisteria, Arachis, Butea, Cajanus, Calopogonium, Crotalaria, Derris, Glycine, Indigofera, M...
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Babruysk occupies an area of , and comprises over 450 streets whose combined length stretches for over .
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The potential format and structure of a lesson is dependent upon factors such as culture, learning objectives and the style of the individual teacher. Perhaps the most universal lesson presentation is when one person speaks to one or more people in the same room or space. This may be supplemented with gestures and tool...
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STX had initially scheduled the film for release on October 23, 2015, but in July 2015, the film was moved back to its eventual November 20, 2015 release date.
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Jerome exaggerates the hazards of the maze. The maze has relatively few places at which the path forks and at all but one fork (in Jerome's time) the wrong choice led to a dead end at the end of a short corridor. There are many larger and more elaborate mazes nowadays. Recently, three new forking places (not shown on t...
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Frederic Michael Halford (13 April 1844 – 5 March 1914), pseudonym Detached Badger, was a wealthy and influential British angler and fly fishing author. Halford is most noted for his development and promotion of the dry fly technique on English chalk streams. He is generally accepted as "The Father of Modern Dry Fly F...
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Lucie Cousturier died in Paris on 16 June 1925.In an article published in 1925 the novelist René Maran said that she was "two eyes and a heart".
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Reflecting on his years as a columnist, he said he had learned two lessons:
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He was promoted to Major on 19 July 1940, took part in the Battle of Crete, and subsequently served with great distinction on the Eastern Front, first as a battalion then as a regimental commander. He was awarded the Oak-Leaves to his Knight's Cross on 20 April 1944 as Oberst in command of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1. S...
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The couple co-starred in the radio series Mr. and Mrs. Blanding (1951). They appeared together in the comedy-drama Room for One More (1952), and Drake appeared in a number of leading roles in England and the U.S., and a supporting role in the satiric comedy film Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957). Drake subsequentl...
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It is a locally abundant species inhabiting primary forests and edge areas. Adults can be found near small streams, swaps, ponds, puddles, or small pools.
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Thurman lives in rural Indiana.
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In 2002, the Political Economy Research Institute ranked Anheuser–Busch 40th among the "Toxic 100", a list of U.S. corporations most responsible for air pollution. The study found that Anheuser–Busch released 1,002,786 kg (2,213,657 lbs) of toxic pollutants annually into the air. This is mainly because large amounts of...
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The university campus underwent major renovation and expansion in late 2004. Labs were upgraded with new equipment and computers. The university library got expanded, and a new collection of IT related books was added.
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is the distance from the nodal points to the retina, about 17 mm.
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Nafaanra has seven oral and five nasalized vowels. A difference in vowel length can make a difference in meaning, as in , "to go", vs. , "fetish" or o, "we" vs. oo, "we will". Similarly, the phonemic contrastiveness of nasalization can be seen in sii, "to be giving birth," vs. , "to build". The vowel system closely res...
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Awards were given in four categories on May 1, 2010:
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The submarine sank eight ships in thirteen patrols. They included the William Cory and Son collier , which UB-41 torpedoed in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay on 8 September 1917. UB-41 was struck by a mine, possibly a German one, and sank in the North Sea on 5 October 1917.
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Michael "Mick" Bennett (born 8 June 1949) is a British former cyclist and cycle race promoter. He won the bronze medal in Team Pursuit in the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Games.
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The randomized binary search tree, introduced by Martínez and Roura subsequently to the work of Aragon and Seidel on treaps, stores the same nodes with the same random distribution of tree shape, but maintains different information within the nodes of the tree in order to maintain its randomized structure.
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Dhanish is also host to a YouTube channel with several videos detailing mathematical analyses he has worked on. His most notable video is credited for pioneering a gameplay element in League of Legends called Fly-By Smiting.
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Hoffmanns's titi (Callicebus hoffmannsi) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil.
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Llynfi Valley Collieries
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1964 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):
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Most rhymes are intended to count the number of jumps the skipper takes without stumbling. These were essentially restricted to times when there were relatively few jumpers and time was abundant. These rhymes can take very simple forms.
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In 1930 the new prelature comprised 74 parishes with 123 priests dispersed in four separate exclaves, on the German side of the border to the Polish Voivodeships of Poznań and of Pomerania. Visiting the parishes in the different exclaves was a tiresome effort. In 1933 the prelature comprised 9,601 km² with 135,310 Cath...
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For her second foray, she was involved in firing four torpedoes at the minesweeper ; but the tracks were seen, evasive action was carried out, followed by an unsuccessful depth charge attack which caused no damage to the U-boat.
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The ABL last operated in 1998, when its major shipper, a Del Monte cannery, closed. The Union Pacific then operated over the line through trackage rights to serve one remaining shipper until late 2001. The final locomotive on the line was leased to the Central California Traction Company in Stockton, California.
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The Rangers won their first Stanley Cup in 54 years, dating back to , beating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games.
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Taillis () is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
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Richard Beatniffe (1740–1818) was an English bookseller and author.
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The court held that the outlawing of physical punishment in the school represented more than a pragmatic attempt to deal with disciplinary problems in a new way. It had a principled and symbolic function manifestly intended to promote respect for the dignity and physical and emotional integrity of all children. The sch...
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The song also had dance mixes created by Vasquez. There are two versions of "Junior's Luscious Mix", those being a single edit and a longer version, which has a piano introduction and turns "Secret" into a dancefloor track. According to Larry Flick from Billboard these versions have "vibrant keyboards and an elastic ba...
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In China and other east Asian countries, homemade baby food remains common, and babies are started on rice porridge called xifan, then move on to mashed fruits, soft vegetables, tofu and fish. In Sweden, it is common to start with mashed fruit, such as bananas, as well as oatmeal and mashed vegetables. In western Afric...
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The centre has 85 employees, including 69 researchers (2015). It employs experts in psychology, medicine (including psychiatry and pediatrics), law, sociology, criminology, social anthropology and other disciplines, with the main emphasis on psychology and psychiatry. Its academic staff include research assistants, res...
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It is the first web series to become successful in Venezuela. His first episode, "Cita de salir + el @", which talks about Facebook's "favorite quotations" and the use of the At sign, occurred to Hernández while he was browsing his Facebook profile and noticed they were used in wrong ways, which motivated him to create...
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On the 11th May 1876 Campbell married Mary Cameron and together had five sons and four daughters. Three of his sisters were married to William Aplin, James Forsyth, and Robert Philp. He died at his Albion residence, Donatello, in June 1909 after being ill for several months. His funeral moved from Donatello to the Toow...
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The sessile drop technique has various applications for both materials engineering and straight characterization. In general, it is useful in determining the surface tension of liquids through the use of reference solids. There are various other specific applications which can be subdivided according to which of the ab...
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Over time, instead of keeping Marwari horses, the local gentry bought expensive thoroughbreds or Australian mounts that were high maintenance and unsuited to battle training or the environment. Having surrendered their very raison d’etre, the regions former kings and nobles lost a fundamental part of their soul and lef...
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During the 1860s Rotherham began work on a translation of the Bible in which he tried:This he proposed to do by giving "special heed to the Greek Article, to the Tenses, and to the Logical Idiom of the Original."
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will make the second type of term vanish.
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Choristoneura bracatana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands.
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It appears Penney, a brumby hunter, had come across a stone arrangement around 1931 but had not investigated further at the time. But then in December 1938 he told Hayes, licensee of the Dongara Hotel, about it and the two men set out to relocate the site. They drove in a utility to within ‘about nine miles’ [14.4 km] ...
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Ken Auletta closes his book, The Underclass (1982), by highlighting three typologies of solutions: "the wholesale option," "the laissez-faire option," and "the retail option."
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Jackson has been married three times. He married his first wife, Enid Spann, in November 1974. A rocky marriage, they initially separated for several months after they married, but later reconciled. They had two children. They divorced in 1987.
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Barrington was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Barrington of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broadoak, Essex (died 1586) and as her second husband Winifred Pole (b. aft. 1521 or in 1525), youngest daughter of the 1st Baron Montagu. He was educated at Cambridge University.
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The Steelheads were founded in 1999 as the Sacramento Steelheads by businessman Bruce Portner. They played their inaugural season at Sacramento City College. Portner sought to attract attention to the new franchise by hiring notorious MLB star Pete Rose as "the hitting instructor" of the team.