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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enez
Enez
Attractions Enez was the site of a Byzantine Church of Hagia Sophia built in the 12th century (although some sources suggest the sixth century) but converted into a mosque during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II. The mosque was repaired several times in the 18th century but was left in ruins after an earthquake in 1965. ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enez
Enez
Ecclesiastical history The city was already an episcopal see in the 4th century under bishop Olympius who was driven from the see by the Arians in the reign of Constantius II. At first it was a suffragan of Trajanopolis, the capital and metropolitan see of the Roman province of Rhodope, but by the time of the Notitia E...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alucra
Alucra
Alucra is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, from the city of Giresun. It is the seat of Alucra District. Its population is 3,945 (2022). It was a district of Şebinkarahisar province between 1924 and 1933. Etymology Alucra is a modification of the Ottoman Empire name El Ücra meaning far-off...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%C5%99ina%20Neumannov%C3%A1
Kateřina Neumannová
Although cross-country skiing remained her main sport and her summer training was usually lighter, she took preparations for Atlanta seriously. "This time I left out the pleasant period and started abruptly. Thanks to it I achieved results in athletic tests that I last run in junior categories," she said before the Oly...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87amoluk
Çamoluk
Çamoluk is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Çamoluk District. Its population is 2,985 (2022). Being 180 km inland, in a valley of the upper Kelkit River, Çamoluk is different in landscape, climate and lifestyle from the city of Giresun and the other districts on the Black...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espiye
Espiye
Espiye is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Espiye District. Its population is 26,671 (2022). Etymology "Espiye" and its earlier spelling, "Esbüyeli", are the Turkish names for the district. Espiye is thought to be formed from two parts: "Esb", a Persian word meaning "hor...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espiye
Espiye
In 1397, Suleyman Bey, commander of the Haci Emirli Beylik in the name of the Ottoman Empire, attacked the Greek armies of Trebizond and conquered Giresun. With this victory, the Ottomans took control of the coastal zone and Suleyman Bey was named "Conqueror of Giresun" by the Chepni, in respect to their victorious le...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6rele
Görele
Görele is a town in Giresun Province on the Black Sea coast of eastern Turkey. It is the seat of Görele District. Its population is 18,725 (2022). Geography Görele is a large town on the Black Sea coast. The Black Sea coast highway from Giresun to Trabzon runs through here and Görele is about halfway between the two c...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%C4%9Fl%C4%B1dere
Yağlıdere
Yağlıdere is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Yağlıdere District. Its population is 7,042 (2022). It is in the valley of the Yağlıdere stream, which gives the town its name. The small town of Yağlıdere was founded in 1811 with a marketplace and large mosque. Etymology Ya...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%C4%9Fl%C4%B1dere
Yağlıdere
Other attractions include Golyani (meaning "nearby lake"), a high plateau with impressive views; the old churches in Cakrak; swimming in the stream during the summertime; and Akilbaba Hill (2.800 m), which offers views of the mountains on sunny days. The terrain includes both beaches and forests, featuring oak, alder,...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staincross%20Wapentake
Staincross Wapentake
Staincross was a Wapentake, which is an administrative division (or ancient district), in the historic county of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It consisted of seven parishes, and included the towns of Barnsley and Penistone History Staincross was named after the village of Staincross and also included the parishes of ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing-piston%20engine
Swing-piston engine
A swing-piston engine is a type of internal combustion engine in which the pistons move in a circular motion inside a ring-shaped "cylinder", moving closer and further from each other to provide compression and expansion. Generally two sets of pistons are used, geared to move in a fixed relationship as they rotate arou...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing-piston%20engine
Swing-piston engine
Lutz's engine was being designed as an experimental gas generator for a new type of aircraft engine, one that replaced a traditional centrifugal or axial compressor with his swing-piston design. Ultimately the exhaust would be used to drive a turbine, that power being used to drive a propeller to produce a turboprop. F...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylohyoid%20line
Mylohyoid line
The mylohyoid line is a bony ridge on the internal surface of the mandible. It runs posterosuperiorly. It is the site of origin of the mylohyoid muscle, the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, and the pterygomandibular raphe. Structure The mylohyoid line is a bony ridge on the internal surface of the body of the ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Junior%20Republic
George Junior Republic
The William George Agency for Children's Services (formerly the George Junior Republic) is a non-profit residential treatment center for adolescent boys and girls in Freeville, New York, United States. History William Reuben George founded a junior republic whose economic, civic, and social conditions reproduced tho...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Junior%20Republic
George Junior Republic
There were Woman's Aid societies in New York City, Ithaca, Syracuse, Buffalo, Boston, and elsewhere to promote the work of the Republic. A republic for younger boys was established in Litchfield, Connecticut. A National Junior Republic near Annapolis Junction, Maryland, and a Carter Junior Republic at Readington, near ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fadwa%20Tuqan
Fadwa Tuqan
Fadwa Tuqan (; 1 March 1917 – 12 December 2003) was a Palestinian poet known for her representations of resistance to Israeli occupation in contemporary Arab poetry. She has sometimes been referred to as the "Poet of Palestine". Life Born in Nablus to the wealthy Palestinian Tuqan family known for their accomplishment...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgley%20Optica
Edgley Optica
Operational history The Optica, powered by a 160 hp (119 kW) Lycoming IO-320 engine, made its maiden flight on 14 December 1979 when it was flown by Squadron Leader Angus McVitie, the chief pilot of the Cranfield College of Aeronautics. The Optica, upgraded to the more powerful Lycoming IO-540, entered production in ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibara
Gibara
Gibara () is a town and municipality of the Province of Holguín in the Republic of Cuba. Gibara is the fourth largest town by population and the ninth by area in Holguín. History The main town was founded on January 16, 1817. It is also known as "The White Town", . Gibara has a beautiful and breezy landscape, and als...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioon%20edule
Dioon edule
Dioon edule, the chestnut dioon, is a cycad native to Mexico, also known as palma de la virgen. Cycads are among the oldest seed plants and even pre-date the dinosaurs. It belongs to the Zamiaceae plant family within the order Cycadales. The genus name "Dioon" means "two-egged", referring to the two ovules (see photo b...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioon%20edule
Dioon edule
Habitat Dioon edule is endemic to the eastern coast of Mexico. It is commonly found distributed throughout the Sierra Madre Oriental from Veracruz to the Nuevo Leon. It commonly resides in tropical deciduous thorn forests and oak woodlands. They are usually found at an altitude of 500–1000 feet in harsh areas includin...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioon%20edule
Dioon edule
Death rates among seedlings are considerable, which is detrimental to a slow-growing plant such as the Dioon edule. Seeds must combat harsh, dry climates and frequent bushfires. Most mature plants are heavily armored and able to withstand these fires. Smaller seeds and juvenile plants are not so fortunate. However, the...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%20cloth
Glass cloth
Glass cloth is a textile material woven from glass fiber yarn. Home and garden Glass cloth was originally developed to be used in greenhouse paneling, allowing sunlight's ultraviolet rays to be filtered out, while still allowing visible light through to plants. Glass cloth is also a term for a type of tea towel suite...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burhaniye
Burhaniye
Burhaniye is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 420 km2, and its population is 64,283 (2022). It is located on the Aegean coast and is known for its olive oil. Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport is ten minutes away by car. Burhaniye has a port and a museum of archeology. A museum for the T...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sion%20Mills
Sion Mills
The mill opened in 1835 and worked until 2004. The model village which was created by the Herdman family also incorporated recreational amenities for locals such as a community centre, cricket, bowling and football clubs. These amenities can still be seen today for example, the Sion Mills cricket tradition, Sion Mills ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sion%20Mills
Sion Mills
However, nearly everything in Sion Mills today was designed later, in the 1880s and 1890s, by James Herdman's son-in-law, the English architect William Frederick Unsworth. Sion House, a half timbered Elizabethan style mansion originally built in the early 1840s, was largely remodelled and expanded in the 1880s by Unswo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%27s%20Speedway%20USA
Mickey's Speedway USA
Six playable characters are included in both versions of the game. These default characters are paired in statistics: Mickey and Donald have average statistics, Minnie and Daisy focus on handling and acceleration, and Goofy and Pete have a concentration in speed and quickness. Three additional characters, consisting of...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nannorrhops
Nannorrhops
Nannorrhops ritchiana, the Mazari palm, is the sole species in the genus Nannorrhops in the palm family Arecaceae. Distribution It is native to southwestern Asia, in the historical region of Balochistan, from the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula east through Iran and Afghanistan to Pakistan, growing at altitudes of ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s%20Magical%20Mirror%20Starring%20Mickey%20Mouse
Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse
Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse is a point-and-click adventure video game developed by Capcom and published by Nintendo under license from Disney Interactive for the GameCube. It follows the titular character Mickey Mouse as he explores a mansion within a mirror world, collecting mirror shards in order to...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s%20Magical%20Mirror%20Starring%20Mickey%20Mouse
Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse
Development The game was teased at the 2001 Electronic Entertainment Expo presentation with a series of screenshots, which was assumed to be a platformer like much the vein of Disney's Magical Quest on the Super NES. It was also announced that Nintendo would handle the publication of the title. The title was formally a...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s%20Magical%20Quest
Disney's Magical Quest
Disney's Magical Quest is a Disney platform game trilogy released by Capcom. The games star Mickey Mouse and (depending on the game version) either Minnie Mouse or Donald Duck, who must defeat Pete. The gameplay is similar amongst all games in the series: the player must move as in a typical platform game, defeating en...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s%20Magical%20Quest
Disney's Magical Quest
Story Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Goofy and Donald Duck are playing catch in the park. When it is Goofy's turn to throw the ball, he accidentally throws it too far. Pluto runs off chasing the ball and Goofy runs after Pluto, leaving Mickey alone. Mickey goes searching for his friends after a while, but falls down a cliff into...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s%20Magical%20Quest
Disney's Magical Quest
In 2009, GamesRadar ranked the game fifth on their list of the seven best Disney games, saying "This is another brilliant example of using a license properly, not falling back on it entirely. Mickey alone could have sold this game, but as was common in Capcom's early Disney games, the gameplay was fleshed out beyond co...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arima%20Haruzumi
Arima Haruzumi
Arima Haruzumi (有馬 晴純, 1483 – March 19, 1566) was a Japanese feudal lord in the Sengoku period. Biography Initially known as Arima Sadazumi, he held the title of Shuri-dayu and a position in the shobanshu, the private guard of the Shogun. His tenure as lord had the Arima at the height of their power, controlling trad...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooh%27s%20Heffalump%20Halloween%20Movie
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
After Pooh accidentally eats all of the trick-or-treat candy Rabbit collected from the Hundred Acre Wood, Roo and Lumpy set out to capture the Gobloon to wish for more. According to Tigger's directions on the map, they are able to go past the Creepy Cave then down the Slimy Slide and into the Tree of Terror later on. E...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolfa
Tolfa
Tolfa is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy; it lies to the ENE of Civitavecchia by road. It is the main center in the Monti della Tolfa, an extinct volcanic group between Civitavecchia and the Lake of Bracciano. History A town of medieval origin in the orbit of V...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauria
Lauria
Lauria is a town and comune of the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, southern Italy, situated near the borders of Calabria. It is a walled, medieval town on the steep side of a hill, with another portion of municipal territory in the plain below. It is historically the largest city in the southwestern Lucania region...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20yellow-nosed%20albatross
Indian yellow-nosed albatross
The Indian yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche carteri) is a member of the albatross family, and is the smallest of the mollymawks. In 2004, BirdLife International split this species from the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross; however Clements has not split it yet, and the SACC has not either, but recognises the need fo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vata%20pagan%20uprising
Vata pagan uprising
The pagan Vata (or Vatha), lord of the castle of Békés and leader of a Hungarian tribe in Körösvidék was a longstanding enemy of the king. He adopted Christianity to preserve his positions, but continued to practice paganism. When the opportunity came, he started the uprising of the masses which quickly spread to all ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.%20W.%20Bateson
F. W. Bateson
Frederick (Noel) Wilse Bateson (1901 – 1978) was an English literary scholar and critic. Life Bateson was born in Cheshire, and educated at Charterhouse and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he took a BA in English (second class), and then the B.Litt., which he completed in 1927. From 1927-29 he held a Commonwealth F...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loreto%20College%2C%20Manchester
Loreto College, Manchester
Loreto College is a Roman Catholic sixth form college in Hulme, Manchester, England, based on the educational philosophy of Mary Ward, a 16th-century nun, who founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the congregation of religious sisters who started the college in 1851. Awards and achievements Loreto College...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven%20Feuerstein
Reuven Feuerstein
Reuven Feuerstein (; August 21, 1921 – April 29, 2014) was a Romanian-born Israeli clinical, developmental, and cognitive psychologist, known for his theory of intelligence. Feuerstein is recognized for his work in developing the theories and applied systems of structural cognitive modifiability, mediated learning expe...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven%20Feuerstein
Reuven Feuerstein
While attending the University of Geneva, Feuerstein studied under Andre Rey and Jean Piaget. He completed his degrees in both General and Clinical Psychology. During this time there were three main schools of thought, psychoanalysis, behaviorism and Gestalt psychology. He attended lectures given by Karl Jaspers, Carl ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven%20Feuerstein
Reuven Feuerstein
His interest came from observing the difficulties experienced by the new immigrant students coping with unfamiliar learning environment that he saw as culturally "deprived." He describes culturally "different" children who receive an adequate amount and type of mediated learning experience (MLE) in their native culture...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven%20Feuerstein
Reuven Feuerstein
Unlike previous developmental psychologists, the focus of Feuerstein's theories is the development of normal versus low functioning children. According to Piaget, it is through the normal child's own natural material actions and problem-solving experiences that mind and intelligence eventually evolve toward the develop...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven%20Feuerstein
Reuven Feuerstein
To date FIE program has been successfully used across the world in the following frameworks: Remedial programs for special needs children. Cognitive rehabilitation of brain injured individuals and psychiatric patients. Learning enhancement programs for immigrant and cultural minority students. Enrichment programs f...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven%20Feuerstein
Reuven Feuerstein
FIE-BASIC In 2000, Feuerstein added FIE-BASIC to prevent learning problems in younger children (3 to 8 years old) and to help low performing older children. Feuerstein claims that learning problems may be prevented through early, developmentally appropriate, intervention as well as the emerging brain research. In order...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophical%20Society%20in%20America%20%28Hargrove%29
Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove)
The Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove branch) was an organization that developed from the Theosophical Society in America. In 1895 a division occurred between the Theosophical Society Adyar and the Theosophical Society Pasadena, leading William Quan Judge to form a separate organization distinct from the organ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Series%20of%20Darts%20%282006%20tournament%29
World Series of Darts (2006 tournament)
The World Series of Darts was a professional darts tournament held from 19 to 21 May 2006 at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. It was the first and only edition of the competition, which was established by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) to capitalise on the potentially large North American m...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega%20Boost
Omega Boost
Story In the past, an artificial intelligence named AlphaCore peacefully and silently co-existed with the human race, though its origins remain unknown. Eventually, the human race advanced to the point where they became aware of AlphaCore and its capabilities, and were shocked by what it was capable of. Fearing its pow...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathfoyle
Strathfoyle
Strathfoyle (from ) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland It is about north east of Derry. It was newly built in different phases between the late 1950s and the early 1960s, with many new recent additions to the village, including Westlake, Butler's Wharf and Old Fort. In the 2001 Census it had a popula...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathfoyle
Strathfoyle
Gaelic football Strathfoyle was also the base for the now defunct Gaelic football team Enagh GAC. Since becoming defunct, many of Enagh's roster joined St. Mary's Slaughtmanus and it has since become a popular choice of team for Gaelic footballers from the Strathfoyle area. Rugby The City of Derry Rugby Club is situat...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophical%20Society%20Point%20Loma%20-%20Blavatskyhouse
Theosophical Society Point Loma - Blavatskyhouse
The Three Fundamental Propositions according to Theosophy An omnipresent, eternal, boundless, and immutable principle on which all speculation is impossible, since it transcends the power of human conception and could only be dwarfed by any human expression or similitude. There is one absolute reality which antecedes...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Grgurich
Tim Grgurich
Tim Grgurich (born June 10, 1942) is an American basketball coach. Grgurich served as the head coach at his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, for 5 seasons in the mid to late 1970s. He also served as the head coach at UNLV for the first seven games of the 1994–95 season before abruptly resigning. He arrived at ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise%20barrier
Noise barrier
A noise barrier (also called a soundwall, noise wall, sound berm, sound barrier, or acoustical barrier) is an exterior structure designed to protect inhabitants of sensitive land use areas from noise pollution. Noise barriers are the most effective method of mitigating roadway, railway, and industrial noise sources – ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise%20barrier
Noise barrier
Design The acoustical science of noise barrier design is based upon treating an airway or railway as a line source. The theory is based upon blockage of sound ray travel toward a particular receptor; however, diffraction of sound must be addressed. Sound waves bend (downward) when they pass an edge, such as the apex of...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise%20barrier
Noise barrier
Noise barriers can be effective tools for noise pollution abatement, but certain locations and topographies are not suitable for use of noise barriers. Cost and aesthetics also play a role in the choice of noise barriers. In some cases, a roadway is surrounded by a noise abatement structure or dug into a tunnel using t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic%20modal%20haplotype
Atlantic modal haplotype
In human genetics, the Atlantic modal haplotype (AMH) or haplotype 15 is a Y chromosome haplotype of Y-STR microsatellite variations, associated with the Haplogroup R1b. It was discovered prior to many of the SNPs now used to identify subclades of R1b and references to it can be found in some of the older literature. I...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahir%20Healy
Cahir Healy
Cahir Healy (2 December 1877 – 8 February 1970) was an Irish politician. Background Born in Mountcharles in County Donegal, Ireland he became a journalist working on various local papers. He joined the Irish Republican organization Sinn Féin at its founding in 1905. Opposition to partition Healy later became a Anti ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahir%20Healy
Cahir Healy
World War II and beyond Healy was interned again by the United Kingdom government for a year during the Second World War, under Defence Regulation 18B and held in Brixton Prison until December 1942. After the war Healy helped launch the broad based Irish Anti-Partition League which worked to foster public and political...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-91
A-91
The A-91 is a bullpup assault rifle developed during the 1990s by KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula, Soviet Union as an offspring of the 9A-91 firearm family. The A-91 is a Russian bullpup assault rifle developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau during the 1990s. It is an evolution of the earlier 9A-91 carbine, ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandibular%20symphysis
Mandibular symphysis
In human anatomy, the facial skeleton of the skull the external surface of the mandible is marked in the median line by a faint ridge, indicating the mandibular symphysis (Latin: symphysis menti) or line of junction where the two lateral halves of the mandible typically fuse in the first year of life (6–9 months after ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentry
Brentry
Brentry is a suburb of north Bristol, England, between Henbury and Southmead which is spread along the southern edge of the Filton to Avonmouth railway line. Description The boundaries of Brentry are not well defined. The settlement grew around the junction of two roads, where a public house, the Old Crow, has long be...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Tibbles
Thomas Tibbles
Thomas Henry Tibbles (May 22, 1840 – May 14, 1928) was an American abolitionist, writer, journalist, Native American rights activist, and politician who was born in Ohio and lived in various other places in the United States, especially Nebraska. Tibbles played an important role in the trial of Standing Bear, a legal b...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Tibbles
Thomas Tibbles
After his time as a soldier, he studied at Mt. Union College in Alliance, Ohio from 1858 until the beginning of the U.S. Civil War is 1861. On 1 October this same year, Tibbles married his first wife, Amelia Owen, Freedom, Pennsylvania, with whom he had his first two children, Eda Tibbles in 1868 and May Tibbles in 187...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Tibbles
Thomas Tibbles
Reporter Initially working as a journalist for the Omaha Daily Bee, Tibbles eventually settled at the Omaha Daily Herald, where he would become the assistant editor. This was where he was working when, at one A.M. on March 30, 1879, he was approached by General George Crook about the dire legal situation of the Ponca ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Tibbles
Thomas Tibbles
Tibbles' Involvement Tibbles met the acquaintance of Chief Standing Bear on March 30, 1879, after the Chief and some 30 Ponca Indians were placed under arrest and were being held by order of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Carl Schurz, for fleeing the Indian territory in Oklahoma to their original lands. General G...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Tibbles
Thomas Tibbles
Once the trial of Chief Standing Bear was over, Thomas Tibbles would continue to campaign for equal treatment for Native Americans. During the summer of 1879 until early September of the same year, he went on a speaking tour to Chicago and Boston raising awareness of the plight of the Poncas, in addition to the other t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralogical%20Society%20of%20America
Mineralogical Society of America
The Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) is a scientific membership organization. MSA was founded in 1919 for the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, and petrology, and promotion of their uses in other sciences, industry, and the arts. It encourages fundamental research about natural materials; ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralogical%20Society%20of%20America
Mineralogical Society of America
Roebling Medal First awarded in 1937, the Roebling Medal is the Society's highest honor. It is given in recognition of an individual's lifetime scientific eminence as represented primarily by publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy. The recipient is made a life fellow of the Society and receives both...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Shore%20Channel
North Shore Channel
The North Shore Channel is a 7.7 mile long canal built between 1907 and 1910 to increase the flow of North Branch of the Chicago River so that it would empty into the South Branch and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Its water is generally taken from Lake Michigan to flow into the canal at Wilmette Harbor. Its car...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Shore%20Channel
North Shore Channel
However, the dam exacerbated existing problems of stagnant water flows and ponding on the North Branch for decades, despite multiple modifications to the dam and dredging of the river. The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP) would eventually solve those issues along the North Branch, and starting in July 2018, the Army Co...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen%20Park%20Hole
Pen Park Hole
Pen Park Hole is a large cavern situated underground, at the edge of Filton Golf Course. The cavern was discovered accidentally in the 17th century and the first descent was made by Captain Sturmy in 1669. The entrance is adjacent to the Southmead and Brentry housing estates of north Bristol. Access is tightly controll...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%20wine
Israeli wine
Viticulture has existed in the land of Israel since biblical times. In the book of Deuteronomy, the fruit of the vine was listed as one of the seven blessed species of fruit found in the land of Israel(Deut. 8:8). The location of Israel along a historic wine trading route between Mesopotamia and Egypt brought winemakin...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%20wine
Israeli wine
After Israeli independence For most of its history in the modern era, the Israeli wine industry was based predominantly on the production of Kosher wines which were exported worldwide to Jewish communities. The quality of these wines were varied, with many being produced from high-yielding vineyards that valued quantit...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%20wine
Israeli wine
Israel has a distinctly Mediterranean climate, with the country located along roughly the same latitude as San Diego and the Mexico – United States border. There are two primary seasons - a hot, humid summer season running from April to October with very little precipitation and a cold, rainy winter season from late Oc...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%20wine
Israeli wine
The Golan contains some of the highest elevated vineyards in Israel, with vineyard planted upwards of from the Sea of Galilee towards Mount Hermon. There are seven Israeli wineries in the Golan Heights that cultivate a total of . These include four boutiques, and Château Golan, Bazelet Hagolan, and the Golan Heights W...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%20wine
Israeli wine
In a 2011 report drawn up by the Coalition of Women for Peace, the researchers concluded that all major Israeli wineries use grapes harvested from the occupied territories of the Golan Heights and the West Bank. Taking advantage of tax breaks, Israel's largest producer, Barkan Wine Cellars, which grew out of an old win...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%20wine
Israeli wine
The Golan Heights, occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967, are located northeast of Israel proper, though Israel considers it a sub-region of the Galilee. The legal status in international law of the Golan Heights has resulted in controversy on the export market. In one example, following domestic demand for ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strays%20of%20York
Strays of York
Walmgate Stray Walmgate Stray (), also known as Low Moor, is the least visible of the Strays as, unlike the others, it is not on or adjacent to a classified road. It lies to the south-east of the city, with a short boundary on Heslington Lane and direct access from Heslington Road and University Road, as well as from ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiden%2C%20Germany
Heiden, Germany
Heiden is a municipality in the district of Borken in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 5 km east of Borken. Its most important symbol are the devil stones. Geography Location Heiden is located in the west of the Westphalian Lowland near to the changeover to the Ruhr area in ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%20%28magazine%29
America (magazine)
America is a monthly Catholic magazine published by the Jesuits of the United States and headquartered in midtown Manhattan. It contains news and opinion about Catholicism and how it relates to American politics and cultural life. It has been published continuously since 1909, and is also available online. With its Je...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned%20amazon
Red-crowned amazon
The red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis), also known as the red-crowned parrot, green-cheeked amazon or Mexican red-headed parrot, is an endangered amazon parrot native to northeastern Mexico and possibly southern Texas in the United States. A 1994 study estimated wild populations of between 2,000 and 4,300 matur...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned%20amazon
Red-crowned amazon
Range Their natural range is across the lowlands of northeastern Mexico, and possibly the southern tip of Texas. Red-crowned amazons are a resident (non-migratory) species in their native range, but they can wander outside of their breeding range to follow a food source. Feral birds have bred in urban communities of so...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned%20amazon
Red-crowned amazon
Feral parrots Populations of feral parrots exist in cities such as the Los Angeles metropolitan area in California, US, especially the San Gabriel Valley. Populations also exist in the San Diego area. Captured birds there escaped and became part of the urban ecosystem, starting in about the 1960s. The California Parrot...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned%20amazon
Red-crowned amazon
Red-crowned amazon parrots reach sexual maturity at about five years old. It takes the female approximately 28 days to incubate her eggs, at an average of four eggs per clutch. Fledging begins at nine weeks old. In the wild, these parrots mate for life and find tree cavities near other members of their flock, creating ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20Afghanistan
Catholic Church in Afghanistan
The Catholic Church in Afghanistan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church. Prior to August 2021, there were very few Catholics in this overwhelmingly Muslim country—just over 200 attend Mass in its only chapel—and freedom of religion has been difficult to obtain in recent times, especially under the new Taliban-led A...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20Afghanistan
Catholic Church in Afghanistan
20th century The Kingdom of Italy was the first country to recognise the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919. On January 1, 1933, Egidio Caspani inaugurated the provisional chapel. His appointment was a personal request of Pope Pius XI to the Barnabite Superior General. Caspani had been the Rector of the Barnabite Seminary i...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20Afghanistan
Catholic Church in Afghanistan
Post-Taliban With the fall of the Taliban, Pope John Paul II requested that Moretti return to Afghanistan. The first Mass in 9 years was celebrated on January 27, 2002, for members of the International Security Force and various members of foreign agencies. On May 16, 2002, a mission sui iuris was created for all of A...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20Afghanistan
Catholic Church in Afghanistan
The Catholic community in Afghanistan is mainly made of foreigners, especially aid workers, and no Afghans are known to be currently part of the Church, mainly due to great social and legal pressure not to convert to non-Islamic religions. Some Afghans have converted while overseas, but they keep it secret when they re...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20Americans
Welsh Americans
Welsh Americans () are an American ethnic group whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Wales, United Kingdom. In the 2008 U.S. Census community survey, an estimated 1.98 million Americans had Welsh ancestry, 0.6% of the total U.S. population. This compares with a population of 3 million in Wales. However, 3.8% o...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20Americans
Welsh Americans
In 1810, John Sevier, the first governor of Tennessee, wrote to his friend Major Amos Stoddard about a conversation he had had in 1782 with the old Cherokee chief Oconostota concerning ancient fortifications built along the Alabama River. The chief allegedly told him that the forts had been built by a group of White pe...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20Americans
Welsh Americans
In 1757, Rev. Goronwy Owen, an Anglican Vicar born at Y Dafarn Goch, in the parish of Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf in Anglesey and whose contribution to Welsh poetry is most responsible for the subsequent Welsh eighteenth century Renaissance, emigrated to Williamsburg, in the Colony of Virginia. Until his death on his cot...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20Americans
Welsh Americans
In the 19th century, thousands of Welsh coal miners emigrated to the anthracite and bituminous mines of Pennsylvania, many becoming mine managers and executives. The miners brought organizational skills, exemplified in the United Mine Workers labor union, and its most famous leader John L. Lewis, who was born in a Wels...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20Americans
Welsh Americans
Southern United States A particularly large proportion of the African American population has Welsh surnames. A possible factor leading to this is slaves adopting the surnames of their former masters, though evidence for this is sparse. Examples of slave- and plantation-owning Welsh Americans include Welsh poet Rev. G...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20Americans
Welsh Americans
These Welsh-immigrant families became successful and established other businesses in Knoxville. By 1930, many descendants of post-Civil War Knoxville's Welsh families dispersed into other sections of the city and neighboring counties.. Today, scores of families in greater Knoxville can trace their ancestry directly to ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20Americans
Welsh Americans
Indiana In the years surrounding the turn of the twentieth century, the towns of Elwood, Anderson and Gas City in Grant and Madison Counties, located northeast of Indianapolis, attracted scores of Welsh immigrants, including many large families and young industrial workers. This was due to the discovery of vast quantit...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20Americans
Welsh Americans
New York Oneida County and Utica, New York became the cultural center of the Welsh-American community in the 19th century. Suffering from poor harvests in 1789 and 1802 and dreaming of land ownership, the initial settlement of five Welsh families soon attracted other agricultural migrants, settling Steuben, Utica and R...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20Americans
Welsh Americans
Western United States Welsh miners, shepherds and shop merchants arrived in California during the Gold Rush (1849–51), as well the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain States since the 1850s. Large-scale Welsh settlement in Northern California esp. the Sierra Nevada and Sacramento Valley was noted, and one county: Amad...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20Americans
Welsh Americans
Tin workers Before 1890, Wales was the world's leading producer of tinplate, especially as used for canned foods. The U.S. was the primary customer. The McKinley tariff of 1890 raised the duty on tinplate that year, and in response, many entrepreneurs and skilled workers emigrated to the U.S., especially to the Pittsbu...
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