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According to Bowie, "When I saw the film I thought the best thing about it was the gay scenes. They were the only successful part of the film, frankly." Although the character of Brian Slade is based mainly on David Bowie, Bowie vetoed the proposal that his songs appear in the film. As producer of Lou Reed's 1972 Transformer album, his backing vocals (mainly consisting of "bum-bum-bum"s and "ooh-ooh"s) can be heard on "Satellite of Love".
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This is a list of diplomatic missions to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's government in exile, led by the Polisario Front and headquartered at Camp Rabouni, Algeria, . Some of these states have missions officially accredited to the SADR. As Morocco controls most of the territory claimed by the Sahrawi Republic and amidst the disputed political status of Western Sahara, no embassy is based in Western Sahara, but in neighbouring countries.
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Levi died on 24 August 2020 in Rome at the age of 94. A selection among the many books and essays published by Arrigo Levi: Il potere in Russia da Stalin a Breznev (Il Mulino, 1967) La televisione all'italiana (1969, Etas Kompass) Viaggio fra gli economisti (1970, Il Mulino) Journey Among The Economists (1974, Open Court)
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When Germany was divided into East and West Germany after the war, the Zeiss firm was also split. Part remained in its traditional headquarters at Jena, in East Germany, and part migrated to West Germany. The designer of the first planetariums for Zeiss, Walther Bauersfeld, also migrated to West Germany with the other members of the Zeiss management team. There he remained on the Zeiss West management team until his death in 1959.
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2010 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "The Good Son" (special 5.1 edition) "Do you love me like I love you" (part 6, the good son) Interviewee. by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (Mute Recordings) 2015 B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin 1979–1989 A spectacular documentary film about the island of West Berlin during the 80s viewed by protagonist Mark Reeder.
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Some authors have challenged the phylogeny represented by the cladogram above. They exclude the multituberculates from the mammalian crown group, holding that multituberculates are more distantly related to extant mammals than even the Morganucodontidae.
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Where vegetation ceases to grow, around , are found Delphinium cashmerianum, Glechoma tibetica, Silene longicarpophora, Potentilla fruticosa, and Nepeta spp. Shrublands and woodlands are found in valley bottoms. These include Hippophae rhamnoides, Myricaria elegans, Salix viminalis, Capparis spinosa, Tribulus terrestris, Pegamum harmala, Sophora alopecuroides, and Lycium ruthenicum.
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He was remarkable for his skill and integrity in his profession, and for his generous and humane deportment. His remains were yesterday deposited in the burial ground of the synagogue of this city." The grave site of Haym Salomon is located in the Mikveh Israel Cemetery in Philadelphia. Though it is unmarked, there are two plaque memorials. The east wall has a marble tablet that was installed by his great-grandson, William Salomon, and a granite memorial is set inside the cemetery gate.
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As , Takeru wields a liuyedao and although laid-back, he is nevertheless skilled in combat. Unlike Aguri, he takes an instant liking to Ryuga and finds him interesting, despite Ryuga being standoffish during their first meeting and seeing the rest of the gang as little more than nuisance. However, despite their rough introduction, both Ryuga and Takeru get along well quickly.
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The Somaliland National Army (, ), is the land force and largest branch of the Somaliland Armed Forces is based in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa. There are approximately under 100,000 active members. The Somaliland National Army is composed entirely of professionals and volunteers due to the army not being mandatory of conscription. Some Somaliland battalions operate near the Puntland border due to a border dispute.
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The school is divided into four blocks, all of which have their separate facilities: Protos (Pre-Primary - Pre-Nursery to 2), Deuteros (Primary - 3 to 6), Tritos (Secondary - 7 to 10) and Eschatos (Senior Secondary - 11 and 12).
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The sack of Thebes took place in 663 BC in the city of Thebes at the hands of the Neo-Assyrian Empire under king Ashurbanipal, then at war with the Kushite Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt under Tantamani, during the Assyrian conquest of Egypt. After a long struggle for the control of the Levant which had started in 705 BC, the Kushites had gradually lost control of Lower Egypt and, by 665 BC, their territory was reduced to Upper Egypt and Nubia.
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During this time, the custom made double-lead 'Gracious mellotron' owned by Martin Kitcat was brought to Gilbert's studio and eventually purchased by Bigelf keyboardist Damon Fox, who said during an interview with Bill Kopp of musoscribe.com: "Kitcat was the first person to put 'lead' sounds on both [tape] sides [of his Mellotron keys]. Most bands had Mk II's [and] used them as they were sold: the rhythm sounds on one side, and then flutes, strings, horns -- the lead sounds -- on the right side.
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However, the court also held that MP3tunes was obligated to remove the infringing songs from users' lockers, since MP3tunes tracked the source of each sideloaded file and could easily find files that were copied from the specified infringing links. In contrast, it would be impossible for EMI to externally identify the infringing songs in users' lockers in order to list them in a takedown notice.
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His legal career is highlighted by his service as Co-counsel on the case Intertanko v. Locke, winning a unanimous decision before the United States Supreme Court Chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors Connaughton was elected Chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors in November 1999, defeating the incumbent, Democrat Kathleen K. Seefeldt. He was re-elected to a second four-year term, beginning January 1, 2004. He resigned that position on September 6, 2006.
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A feared defender and tireless worker Diversi played 63 games for the Bears before moving to play for Gundagai and later Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles between 1958 and 1962. Diversi retired from Sydney football and finished his career at Kurri Kurri, in the Newcastle competition. Diversi married the sister of fellow North Sydney player Kevin Price. Kevin's son Ray Price followed in his uncle's footsteps, becoming one of the great locks in the history of the game during the 1970s and 1980s.
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South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 175 competitors, 116 men and 59 women, took part in 97 events in 19 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Seoul, a traditional Korean segment was performed at the closing ceremony. Korea's second appearance in Olympic archery was highly successful, especially for the women's team.
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JOFA has been able to make multiple important changes and the organization is continuing its efforts to expand and push the barriers of the Orthodox community. Also in 1997, Gail Billig became the first female president of a major Orthodox synagogue, at Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, New Jersey. In 2002, the first partnership minyans were established—Shira Hadasha in Jerusalem, and Darkhei Noam in New York City. These are Orthodox communities that maximize women's participation in the prayer to the full extent possible within halakha.
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Azure Active Directory Domain Services is used to join Azure virtual machines to a domain without domain controllers. Azure information protection can be used to protect sensitive information. Azure Active Directory External Identities are a set of capabilities which allow organizations to collaborate with external users including customers and partners. Mobile Engagement collects real-time analytics that highlight users’ behavior. It also provides push notifications to mobile devices. HockeyApp can be used to develop, distribute, and beta-test mobile apps. Storage Services provides REST and SDK APIs for storing and accessing data on the cloud.
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Nigeria's political figures are commonly known as multiple indigenous languages outside their own indigenous language.
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Nader later contributed another $30,000. The center is a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization established to protect the pensions of retirees. The Center provides information, referrals, and legal assistance to individuals, provides legal training to attorneys, and advocates on policy issues related to retirement income from a workers' and consumers' perspective. Since 1993, the Center has received support from the Administration on Aging to provide technical assistance and training to six regional pension counseling projects that serve 29 states free of charge. These regional pension counseling projects assist individuals who have questions about their retirement plan.
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current command college of the CRAF Camilo Cienfuegos Military Schools System – founded 1962, with 20 campuses in many cities,
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In the same livestream the girls announced that the first single "Move" would be premiered on radio on 23 September. They also sang an acapella of a song that would become "Little Me". On 4 October, Little Mix uploaded a video to their official YouTube page, announcing that their second album would be called Salute and would be available for pre-order on 7 October. The album was released in the UK on 11 November 2013 and released in the US on 4 February 2014.
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NFSv4 was intended to help avoid numeric identifier collisions by identifying users (and groups) in protocol packets using textual “user@domain” names rather than integer numbers. However, as long as operating-system kernels and local file systems continue to use integer user identifiers, this comes at the expense of additional translation steps (using idmap daemon processes), which can introduce additional failure points if local UID mapping mechanisms or databases get configured incorrectly, lost, or out of sync.
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Declaration of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, as well as the waiver of any right of return of Palestinian refugees to Israel. 9. Prior to the final settlement talks in Phase III, no discussions about settlements, Jerusalem and borders would be allowed. Topics would be limited to a settlement freeze and illegal outposts. 10. No references other than the key provisions of United Nations Security Council resolutions 242 and 338. No reference to other peace initiatives (it is unclear if the Oslo Accords are included). 12. Withdrawal to the September 2000 lines will be conditional.
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In addition to the bhonyra, the compound includes two additional shrines with modern and ancient images and a sangrahalaya, where a large number of historical idols and fragments are preserved. These include idols of Lord Adinath and Lord Parshvanath from early middle age (500-1000 AD). Lower fragment of a finely polished black schist Mahavira image dated samvat 1195 (1138 AD) mentions Golapurva Mahichandra, his son Delhan and their family members.
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On 30 March 2014, it was announced that Bentall would be playing Ross Poldark's cousin Verity in the new BBC One version of Poldark, broadcast in 2015. Bentall made a guest appearance in Holby City in July 2018. Alumni of Richmond upon Thames College
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Bielfeldt started in both exhibition games. He was in the starting lineup early in the season, but Crean changed the lineup after an upset loss in the 2015 Maui Invitational to Wake Forest. Bielfeldt scored in double digits in three consecutive games off the bench to start a 3-game win streak for the Hoosiers against Morehead State (12 points, Dec. 5), IPFW (11 points, Dec. 9), and McNeese State (11 points, Dec. 12), which was noted by the press and appreciated by Crean.
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Head of Government of the Federal District: Marcelo Ebrard The Tortilla Price Stabilization Pact is agreed on.
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Under Shinsei daigaku system - the Education Law of 31 March 1947 School systems in Japan was reformed in March 1947, when colleges and universities regulated under the former law of education were reformed to four-years-system educational institutions. The Tokai University Educational System is one of the largest general education and research institutions in Japan.
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With respect to fungicidal tolerance, there are known strains of P. digitatum resistant to various commonly used fungicides. Reports have been made concerning fungicides thiabendazole, benomyl, imazalil, sodium-o-phenylphenate as well as fungistatic agent, biphenyl, with no prior treatment required in the case of biphenyl.
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Antonius Wilhelmus Adrianus de Leeuw (Rotterdam, 16 November 1926 - Paris, 31 May 1996) was a Dutch composer. He occasionally experimented with microtonality. Taught by Henk Badings, Olivier Messiaen and others, and in his youth influenced by Béla Bartók, De Leeuw was a teacher at the University of Amsterdam and later professor of composition and electronic music at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam from 1959 to 1986, at which institute he served as director from 1971–73.
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Sueño de un concierto de verano (Performing Narration to Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream) (2009) El espíritu de juego: cuestiones sobre educación artística y cultura (2007) Mar de por medio (cuestiones amerindias) (2007) Atlàntida: narración para la cantata escénica (2006)
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(1994). Revista Espanola de Neuropsiquiatria, 14, #48:175–176. Dally, Ann. (1994). History of Psychiatry, 5:417–420. Gifford, Sanford. (1995). International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 76:193–196. Papp, Alexander. (1995). Journal of European Psychoanalysis, 1:163–166. Corveleyn, J. (1995). Psychologica Belgica, 35:73–75.
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On 28 January 1513, the King granted his wife the Viscounty of Castellbó, a former possession of her family, the House of Foix. While Germaine was not very politically active, she did represent her husband at the 1512 Cortes Generales and the 1515 Cortes of Aragon. She was presiding over the latter when she received news of her husband dying, and she rushed to his deathbed in Madrigalejo. After two years of health problems, King Ferdinand died on 23 January 1516.
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As Justice of the Supreme Court, he penned many landmark decisions, including the famous Horacio Morales case. Upon his retirement from the Supreme Court, he ran for Congress and represented his district in Nueva Ecija for one term. He was a Board Member of the Philippine National Construction Corporation. He was also a Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Government Service Insurance System. He was awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor by President Ramon Magsaysay for his successful prosecution of the politburo of the Philippine Communist Party. He died on November 28, 2018, at age 98.
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Both the high-level bridge and the drawbridge are maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 2018, the old drawbridge was replaced with a fixed span. From the top of the Reedy Point Bridge driving northbound, travelers may see points in three other states with Pennsylvania 12 miles straight ahead, New Jersey immediately across the Delaware River, and Maryland 8 miles to the left. Behind the Delaware Memorial Bridge on a clear day, travelers may see a glimpse of the two Comcast towers in Philadelphia.
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The spill was larger in size than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. List of National Wildlife Refuges: Louisiana Refuge website Delta National Wildlife Refuge website Protected areas of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
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The organization received its charter on January 9 and opened on November 1 in a building formerly used as a soldiers' home, with of land. It was the first such school for girls in Illinois. In 1879, Illinois General Assembly passed a general law to allow industrial schools for girls, and on October 1, 1879, the school reorganized with a corporate charter under the new law.
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It is unclear when the role of Ibu Negara first developed in the Indonesian constitutional conventions. Sukarno, the first president, was married to his third wife Fatmawati when he became president in August 1945. Sukarno then married Hartini in July 1953 on Fatmawati's permission. Hartini lived in Istana Bogor and also accompanied the president to official state duties and visit abroad. Throughout his presidency, Sukarno married another five women, but Fatmawati remained the first lady.
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Tempo and Buckeye Mart stores in Ohio and Michigan were sold to Fisher's Big Wheel in the late 1970s, with the remaining Tempo stores transferred to the F. S. Rasco & Co. variety store division. The remaining Tempo stores were closed in the early 1980s following the bankruptcy of parent company Wickes. Gamble-Skogmo also owned a 51% interest in Clark's Gamble Corporation, which operated Clark's Discount Department Stores in the United States and Canada.
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The target is nearly at ground potential with a small positive charge, thus when the electrons reach the target at low speed they are absorbed without ejecting more electrons. This adds negative charge to the positive charge until the region being scanned reaches some threshold negative charge, at which point the scanning electrons are reflected by the negative potential rather than absorbed (in this process the target recovers the electrons needed for the next scan). These reflected electrons return down the cathode ray tube toward the first dynode of the electron multiplier surrounding the electron gun which is at high potential.
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Antoniów may refer to the following places in Poland: Antoniów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) Antoniów, Gmina Opoczno in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) Antoniów, Gmina Żarnów in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) Antoniów, Radomsko County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
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Abobaker Mamoun Eisa (born 5 January 1996) is a Sudanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League Two side Grimsby Town. Eisa began his career playing non-league football with St Albans City, Uxbridge and Wealdstone. In 2018 he moved into professional football signing with Shrewsbury Town. He has since played for Colchester United, Scunthorpe United and Bradford City. Eisa was born in Khartoum, Sudan, in 1996.
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During the first quarter, he dislocated his shoulder and was forced to miss the remainder of the match. Smith was provisionally suspended in mid-October of 2023 after a drug-test sample he provided after the Demons' win over Hawthorn in round 23 returned a positive result for cocaine. Updated to the end of 2023. | 3 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 14 || 26 || 2 || 8 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.0 || 4.
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Pluristem announced that the treatment led to a significant increase in the girl's red cells, white cells and platelets, effecting a reverse in her condition. She was released from the hospital soon after Pluristem's announcement. In September 2012 Pluristem reported saving the life of a third bone marrow disease patient using its PLacental eXpanded cell treatment, again at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center and again under the terms of compassionate use.
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The fifth generation Triton was launched in Malaysia in May 2015 being fully imported from Thailand. It was available in five variants: Triton Quest (MT), Triton MT, Triton VGT MT, Triton VGT AT and Triton VGT Adventure (AT). The VGT models came with a 2.5L variable geometry turbo engine capable of producing and .
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1967 Isle of Man Production 250 cc TT final standings 10 June 1967 – 3 laps () Mountain Course. 1967 Isle of Man Sidecar TT final standings 12 June 1967 – 3 laps () Mountain Course. 1967 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings 12 June 1967 – 6 laps () Mountain Course. 1967 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 125cc final standings 14 June 1967 – 3 laps () Mountain Course. 1967 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings 14 June 1967 – 6 laps () Mountain Course.
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In Burmese Buddhism, Maung Min Shin ( ), also called Shin Byu ( ), is one of the 37 nats in the official Burmese pantheon of nats. He is a representation of historical Min Shin, brother of Taungmagyi (Shin Nyo), both of whom served under King Duttabaung of Prome. According to belief, the king became fearful of the brothers' strength and forced them to fight each other to death.
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Following the fall of Suharto and the dismantling of the clove monopoly in 1998, Nurdin went on trial in December 1998 for allegedly embezzling Rp 115.7 billion from a compulsory savings fund (SWKP, Simpanan Wajib Khusus Petani) of South Sulawesi clove farmers. His acquittal by Ujung Pandang District Court in 1999 sparked protests and claims that Attorney General Andi Ghalib, a former deputy governor of South Sulawesi, had intervened on Nurdin's behalf.
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Georges Rouault was initially linked to symbolism (Stella matutina, 1895) and Fauvism, but his moral themes—centered on religion—and his dark colors brought him closer to expressionism. His most emblematic works are those of female nudes, which have a bitter and unpleasant air, with languid and whitish figures (Odaliscas, 1907).
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Reduction in alcohol-related problems in Russia could have strong effects on mortality decline. Andrey Korotayev and Daria Khaltourina have analyzed the plausibility of the application of general principles of alcohol policy to the Russian Federation. They have shown that alcohol policy approaches could be implemented in the same ways as in other countries. In addition, according to Korotayev, there should be special attention to decreasing distilled spirits consumption, illegal alcohol production, non-beverage alcohol consumption, and enforcement of current governmental regulations. Other factors explaining the Russian Cross include: Dramatically low fertility, especially around 2000,
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The Gäuboden (also referred to in German as the Dungau) is a region in Lower Bavaria in southern Germany without any clear geographic or cultural boundaries, that covers an area about 15 kilometres wide south of the River Danube and the Bavarian Forest, beginning opposite Wörth an der Donau and stretching as far as Künzing. The largest town in the region is Straubing, which is often called the centre of the Gäuboden. The Gäuboden is one of the largest loess regions in southern Germany.
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The season and the time of day were also important elements. Garden designers took into account the scenes of the garden that would look best in winter, summer, spring and autumn, and those best viewed at night, in the morning or afternoon. Ji Cheng wrote: "In the heart of the tumult of the city, you should choose visions that are serene and refined: from a raised clearing, you look to the distant horizon, surrounded by mountains like a screen; in an open pavilion, a gentle and light breeze invades the room; from the front door, the running water of spring flows toward the marsh."
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Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 183 m. Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.
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Amenities at present are a small fraction of what they once were, hosting a Spar shop, Post Office, two hairdressing salons, a bar and separate hotel. It also has its own primary school, whose pupils then go on to Dingwall Academy. There is also a recently opened pharmacy and a Co-op store opened in 2017. The only church situated within the village itself is the Ferintosh Parish Church, a growing Church of Scotland congregation. Private housing in the village is complemented by council estates.
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In 2021, Haaning was lent $84,000 to create pieces for KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg in Denmark. Haaning sent the museum two blank canvases entitled Take the Money and Run. Haaning has exhibited extensively, the main exhibitions include: Documenta XI, Kassel, Germany (2002), the 9th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey (2005), Traffic at CAPC Museé d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France (1996), Vienna Secession, Vienna, Austria (1997, 1998, 2007),
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The designation was declared on 22 November 2002 under the government Gazette number 1264. Archaeological protected monuments in Gampaha District
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A close friend and the bardic tutor of his neighbour David Owen (1784–1841) ("Dewi Wyn o Eifion"), he shared Owen's mistrust of the eisteddfod authorities of the day. He died on 11 June 1850, and was buried at Aber Erch. "Robert ap Gwilym Ddu", as William was styled, became first known as the winner in 1792 of the Gwyneddigion Society's medal for the best ode on the Massacre of the Bards.
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In the following year, she headlined San Diego Women's Week and appeared with Tyra Banks and Nicki Minaj as a guest designer on America's Next Top Model: Allstars. In addition to her couture Black Label Collection, Elaine unveiled a Swim Collection in Hollywood in 2010 and the Laine by Lauren Elaine collection in 2013.
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Throughout its production run, Hasegawa has released models of aircraft such as the Boeing 727, 737 (also released as P-8 and C-40 military variants), 747 (also released as E-4, VC-25, and SCA variants), 767, 777, 787, McDonnell Douglas DC-9 family (including C-9, MD-80, and MD-90), DC-10/KC-10, MD-11, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and C-130 Hercules, and Airbus A300 and A320/A321.
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It is used predominantly for freight, with a handful of passenger trains going the "long way round" from to via the Old Road and largely to retain staff route knowledge in case of diversions.
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In February 2019, Velado-Tsegaye signed his first professional contract with Edmonton ahead of the side's inaugural season in the Canadian Premier League. On 18 May 2019, he made his debut in a substitute appearance against Cavalry FC. On 1 July 2019, which was his 18th birthday, he scored his first professional goal against the HFX Wanderers. In 2020, he was named to the CPL's Top 23 under 23 list. In November 2020, he re-signed with the club for the 2021 season.
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He then commanded the Second of Texas Rangers in Winfield Scott's Mexico City campaign. Later, while fighting under Gen. Joseph Lane, who was defending the American line of communications with Vera Cruz, Hays defeated superior numbers of Mexican cavalry at the Affair at Galaxara Pass and Mexican guerillas in the Skirmish at Matamoros and the action of Sequalteplan. The Rangers excelled during this conflict, gaining nationwide fame. Hays was the first to use the Navy Colt Paterson five-shot revolver.
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The worst was spending your day saying 'no' – telling people you don't share their dreams. You're making subjective decisions in a very amorphous realm ... and have to wait 18 to 24 months before you know if you guessed right. Anyone who complains about the stresses is a fool. The pay and the perks are good. You have fun lunches with Streisand and Redford. And it's sort of like being head of a small country. Though I rarely used the plane, I was met at the airport and commanded a certain amount of deference.
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The 2016–17 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team represented University of Michigan during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by fifth year head coach Kim Barnes Arico, play their home games at the Crisler Center and are members of the Big Ten Conference.
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August 1975, he joined Sisay Hapte, chairman of the Derg's Political Affairs Committee, in negotiating with six Arab countries over the increasing problems with Eritrea. Unable to defeat each other with words, the opposing groups resorted to violence. The first victim was Theodore Bekele, MEISON member and leader of the All-Ethiopia Trade Union, who was killed 25 February 1977.
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Hobson soon decided that the move to the Okiato site was a mistake, and Auckland was selected as the new capital not long after. Kororāreka was part of the Port of Russell, and after Russell (Okiato) became virtually deserted, Kororāreka gradually came to be known as Russell as well. In January 1844, Governor Robert FitzRoy officially designated Kororāreka as part of the township of Russell.
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According to Jeremy Hunt the payment by results system incentivises hospitals to maximise the number of operations they perform and disincentivises prevention of illness. A range of different instruments in the field of international development can be characterized as Payment by Results, many of which seek to provide incentives for the achievement of both outcomes and outputs by developing country governments, public agencies, commercial operators and civil society organizations. By linking disbursement to results PBR is an alternative to the majority official development assistance (ODA), which is generally provided as grants, loans and guarantees, and is therefore disbursed in advance of delivery.
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Mucinous carcinomas are a rare form of endometrial cancer, making up less than 1–2% of all diagnosed endometrial cancer. Mucinous endometrial carcinomas are most often stage I and grade I, giving them a good prognosis. They typically have well-differentiated columnar cells organized into glands with the characteristic mucin in the cytoplasm. Mucinous carcinomas must be differentiated from cervical adenocarcinoma.
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Best & Less was known for its frugal in-store appearance, with minimal fixtures, and its advertising tagline was "You don't pay for any fancy overheads". The ads often featured Joy Muir, then president of the Australian Housewives' Association, delivering the line to cameras. In 1998, Best & Less was acquired by the South African investment company Pepkor. Steinhoff Asia Pacific (later renamed Greenlit Brands) obtained Best & Less when it acquired Pepkor in 2014. In December 2019, Allegro Funds acquired Best & Less from Greenlit Brands.
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The effort was in vain, and, years later, Crockett described his growing despair in the 1995 PBS documentary Mississippi America, narrated by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. In the film, Crockett recounts his drive from Jackson to Meridian in a personal search for the missing men. He survived an effort of the sheriff to arrange his ambush by loudly offering driving directions, while white supremacists loitered nearby. Crockett returned safely to Jackson. He offered a full report to the Justice Department and the FBI, who refused to take the information.
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John Paynel, 2nd Baron Paynel (died 1319), Lord of Otley, was an English noble. He fought in the wars in Scotland. He was a signatory of the Baron's Letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301. John was the youngest son of William Paynel and Maud Husse. He served in Scotland between 1299 until 1316. He was a signatory of the Baron's Letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301, together with his brother William.
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French singer and Kora player Stranded Horse (Yann Tambour) covered "My Name Is Carnival" on his 2016 album Luxe. Alt-country band Son Volt covered "Yellow Walls" in 2017. A previously lost song from his 1968 period called "Golden Mirror" was uploaded to YouTube in late 2017. "Blues Run the Game" is featured in the 2018 film The Old Man & the Gun.
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Huiscapi is a town () in southern Araucanía Region, southern Chile. It belongs to the commune of Loncoche and is administered by the municipal government of that city.
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During the 1988–89 Rugby Football League season Lyons played at , and was awarded the White Rose Trophy as man of the match in Leeds' 33–12 victory over Castleford in the 1988 Yorkshire Cup Final at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 16 October 1988. Lyons' ability to set up tries for his support players with his unpredictable weaving runs saw him consistently win player awards, culminating in his 'breakthrough' season in 1990, age 29.
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The longer 125-minute version was digitally restored from the 35mm negative with the soundtrack remixed in 5.1 surround sound. The film had a limited worldwide cinema re-release on 16 May 2013, with an exclusive introduction and interview with McCartney. An exclusive VIP premiere screening, with McCartney in attendance and introducing the film, took place at BAFTA on 15 May. This restored cut was released on DVD and Blu-ray in June 2013. The following list is for the full-length, 125-minute version of Rockshow.
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Uefa Cup Winners Cup Final 1999 International sports competitions in Birmingham, West Midlands May 1999 sports events in the United Kingdom
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The retreating glacier also left eskers and erratics. The lakes are surrounded by forests made up primarily of jack pine interspersed with balsam fir, red and white pine, and white and black spruce. Stands of deciduous trees such as trembling aspen and white birch may also be found in the park. There are 139 campsites in the park in two campgrounds. The park is also a popular destination for canoeing, swimming at one of several sandy beaches, hiking and fishing.
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In 1698, the church renovated by Patriarch Arsenije III Čarnojević. In the first half of the 18th century, Serbs constituted a significant portion of the population in Pest, which led to the need for a larger and more solid church. Finally, in 1731, a project was prepared for a new church in the Baroque style, which was built in 1733. The church was built according to the plans of András Mayerhoffer (1690-1771) from Salzburg.
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without sewers or without mixing substantial amounts of water with the excreta, has been practiced by almost all cultures. The reuse was not limited to agricultural production. The Romans, for example, were aware of the bleaching attribute of the ammonia within urine and used it to whiten clothing. Many traditional agricultural societies recognized the value of human waste for soil fertility and practised the "dry" collection and reuse of excreta. This enabled them to live in communities in which nutrients and organic matter contained in excreta were returned to the soil.
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There was also a smaller park called Estação Turma da Mônica, opened in 2004 in Campinas. In July 2018, a new Estação da Turma da Mônica was inaugurated at Shopping Cerrado in the city of Goiânia, Goiás. The following year, MSP inaugurated another Turma da Mônica Station in Olinda, Pernambuco. In addition to Brazil, Maurício opened in 2010 the first international branch of the park in the city of Luanda, capital of Angola.
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Over 700 men enlisted and went to war. On 11 August 1916 the Battalion made its way to Camp Niagara-on-the-Lake for advanced training. On October 31, 1916, the ranks in training in Niagara sailed from Halifax on the Caronia. The 162nd Battalion existed for a short time though. They operated out of Canada from 2 December 1915 to November 1, 1916. They then went to Europe but were only a whole group from 11 November 1916 to 4 January 1917.
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Traffic light systems at such junctions may be simpler and may be coordinated to produce a green wave. Some of the reasons one-way traffic is specified: The street is too narrow for movement in both directions and the road users unable to coordinate easily Prevent drivers from cutting through residential streets to bypass traffic lights or other requirements to stop (a so-called "rat run") Discourage drivers from cruising through a residential neighborhood (e.g. by having mostly one-way streets pointing outwards,
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Romania have appeared at five UEFA European Championships, between 1984 and 2016. Their best performance so far was reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2000, when they were eliminated by eventual tournament runners-up Italy. *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out. **Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.
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In addition, a reorganisation of the Reserves was announced in 2009, and the Royal Corps of Signals would face the majority of the cuts. As a cost saving measure, the 12th Signal Group with its three regiments (33rd, 34th, and 35th), in addition to several other regiments: 31st, 36th, 38th, and 40th Signal Regiments would all disbanded.
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A favorite of university president Andrew S. Draper, Clark was named dean of the College of Literature in 1900, then dean of undergraduates in 1901. This office was later renamed Dean of Men, making Clark the first to hold the title. Clark was known for his ruthless vigilance over students and was particularly opposed to alcohol and automobiles. However, Clark was a friend to the Greek community in the university, rising to lead the national chapter of Alpha Tau Omega and often supporting the system in the press. He also founded Phi Eta Sigma in 1923.
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Silver did not move his blog to the highest bidder, because he was concerned with maintaining his own voice while gaining the exposure and technical support that a larger media company could provide. "There's a bit of a Groucho Marx quality to it [Silver has said]. ... You shouldn't want to belong to any media brand that seems desperate to have you as a member, even though they'll probably offer the most cash". The first column of the renamed FiveThirtyEight: Nate Silver's Political Calculus appeared in the Times on August 25, 2010, with the introduction of U.S.
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Among the nation's medalists were Shavdatuashvili, who obtained a bronze in the men's 73 kg; his fellow judoka Varlam Liparteliani, who bounced back from his early elimination in London to earn a silver in the men's 90 kg; and Khinchegashvili, who upgraded his silver from the previous Games to a gold in freestyle wrestling.
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The Wonka VM is an open-source, portable, embedded implementation of the Java virtual machine specification, together with class libraries which implement most of the Connected Device Configuration of Java ME, version 1.0. The VM itself was developed independently of any other implementation, including Sun Microsystem's RI. The same is true of most of the class libraries, but in this case some code is drawn from the GNU Classpath project. The Wonka VM was developed by telematics company Acunia to run on its ARM-based hardware.
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with Major in Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany and Mathematics under Gauhati University will be started from next session 2020-2021 as per the Govt. of Assam notification." Nagaon Gopinath Dev Goswami Commerce College is the only full-fledged institution of higher education in commerce, in the entire central Assam region. The college was started on 24 September 1984 on the premises of Sankardev Natya Chora under the name of Nagaon Commerce College.
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Tito stood as an EFF parliamentary candidate in the 2019 national elections, and was subsequently elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019. Since becoming an MP, Tito has been a member of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs. Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) People from Frances Baard District Municipality Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa
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On the side of the canton of St. Gallen, Ziegelbrücke railway station is located; around 70 people are living and working there. Ziegelbrücke railway station, located north of the Linth Channel in the canton of St. Gallen, is a nodal point on the Lake Zürich left bank line, the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line and the Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke line.
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Keswick Rugby Union Football Club, established in 1879, plays at Davidson Park, and has teams that play in the Cumbrian League and the Cumbria Rugby Union Raging Bull Competition. The rugby club is involved in the organisation of the Keswick Half Marathon, usually held in the first week of May. Keswick Tennis Club has grass courts in upper Fitz Park, and also runs hard courts on Keswick's Community Sports Area in the lower park area. Keswick Cricket Club was established in the 1880s.
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The heavy infantry shield (scutum) was a long oval in shape and convex, made of two layers of wood glued together, with canvas and calf-skin covers and an iron boss at the centre. This provided very good overall protection and the boss could be used as a weapon, to be smashed in the face of the enemy.
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In 2009, Berwald reported for Wired on the creation-evolution debate in Texas and its impact on the state's science education standards. This debate was further explored in her role as a school science textbook author in the 2012 documentary film The Revisionaries. Also in 2009, Berwald wrote for Oceanus magazine about the sedation of whales entangled in fishing lines, the key threats to Emperor penguins, and yellow-band disease in coral reefs. She also wrote an article for Oceanus that same year about seafloor vents as an iron-rich nutrient source for organisms.
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The beams can be bent by applying voltages to various electrodes in the tube or by holding a magnet close by. The electron beams are visible as fine bluish lines. This is accomplished by filling the tube with low pressure helium (He) or Hydrogen (H2) gas. A few of the electrons in the beam collide with the helium atoms, causing them to fluoresce and emit light. They are usually used to teach electromagnetic effects because they show how an electron beam is affected by electric fields and by magnetic fields like the Lorentz force.
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