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Deimantas Narkevičius
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Student years in Vilnius and London
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Art Institute (now Vilnius Academy of Arts) where he chose to study sculpture. The academy's curriculum was rigid and didn't excite him as much as he would have expected. In his own words, prominent Lithuanian expatriate artists Jonas Mekas and George Mačiūnas meant more to him than any teacher he had at that time.
Between 1992 and 1993, while still a member of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Narkevičius lived in London, UK. In England, he was exploring possibilities of object making and approaching the medium from a conceptual standpoint. London was an exciting place to be for the emerging artist.
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Dinner with Friends
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Plot summary
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their friends about their breakup together, but Tom now believes that Beth unfairly has presented herself as the wronged party, and feels he must present his own side of the story.
The time flashes back 12 years to a vacation home on Martha's Vineyard, when Karen and Gabe introduce Beth to Tom. Over the course of the play, both couples are seen at different ages and stages of their lives. Tom and Beth's breakup affects Gabe and Karen, who first feel compelled to choose sides, and then begin to question the strength of their own seemingly tranquil marriage. They also begin
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Donald Macintosh
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Works
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dedicated. A second edition was made by Alexander Campbell (1819). Another collection, based on Macintosh's, was published under the editorship of Alexander Nicolson (1881, and again in 1882).
The catalogues of Gaelic manuscripts belonging to the Highland Society, and others given in vol. iii. of the London Highland Society's Ossian, were compiled by Macintosh, who also transcribed some of the manuscripts. He collected old poetry; a piece from Lochaber in 1784, Ceardach Mhic Luin, appeared in the Sean Dain (1786) of the Perth bookseller John Gillies (p. 233).
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Bucksport High School
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Bucksport High School Bucksport High School is a public high school in Bucksport, Maine. It is part of Regional School Unit (RSU) 25. Between 350 and 400 students study at Bucksport High School. It also provides a satellite program on campus for Hancock County Technical Center.
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Dance costume
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Dance costume A dance costume is the clothing worn by a dancer when performing before an audience. A dance costume may be custom designed for use in a specific dance work, or it may have a traditional design, such as those used in some ceremonial and folk dances. Typically, dance costumes are designed to harmonize with the dance and not hinder the movements of the dancer.
When created for a specific work, a costume may be designed to expose or enhance the lines formed by the dancer's body, or to express the choreographer's artistic vision, or to engage the audience, or
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Comparison of different machine translation approaches
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Statistical and example-based machine translation
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any sentence in the other and the most appropriate is the translation that is assigned the highest probability by the system. Example-based machine translation (EBMT) is characterized by its use of bilingual corpus with parallel texts as its main knowledge, in which translation by analogy is the main idea. There are four tasks in EBMT: example acquisition, example base and management, example application and synthesis.
Both belonging to CBMT, sometimes referred to as data-driven MT, EBMT and SMT have something in common which distinguish them from RBMT. First, they both use a bitext as the fundamental data source. Second, they are
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Dennis Fox
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Horsa Bridge & Rhine Crossing & Post World War II
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later wounded in Normandy and evacuated to England. Rhine Crossing He took part in Operation Varsity: the air assault landing over the River Rhine on 24 March 1945. His glider was hit by enemy fire and crash landed. He was again wounded and evacuated to England. Fox was a member of the advance party of 2nd Ox and Bucks which was sent to India in August 1945 to prepare for an airborne assault in the Far East. Post World War II Fox served in Palestine, Cyprus, Suez Canal Zone, BAOR and Cyprus again from 1956 to 1959. He was Military
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Daoshi
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Pre-Ming Period & Classification and Outside View
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the title of "Three-Five Surveyor of Merit” (sanwu dugong 三五度公). Classification and Outside View During the Ming Dynasty, Taoism, along with Buddhism, was a state-sponsored religion. All others had been banned. Taoist priests were often classified by two categories, zhu guan (住觀, zhù guān) priests live in designated temples, while you guan (遊觀, yóu guān) priests drift around with no fixed habitats. During the Ming, Taoist priests were largely viewed positively by the public, though some were skeptical about the credibility of their alchemy, fortune-telling, and divination.
Taoist priests organized themselves using different categories and assigned themselves different jobs based on
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Curved space diamond structure
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and Ray Eames, and was an assistant to Buckminster Fuller. In addition to playground installations, Curved Spaced Diamond Structures were installed at the 1975 Aspen Design Conference, The Brooklyn Children's Museum, Epcot theme park in Orlando, Florida, and The Hakone Open Air Museum in Japan. The sculptures are constructed of Lexan, a transparent polycarbonate plastic, having a lifespan of at least 20 years. The material used in their construction is tough enough to use as bulletproofing and the joining systems can withstand tensile loads of up to 1000 psi. In 1975, a Curved Space structure was constructed
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Deportation of Germans from Latin America during World War II
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American influence in Latin America & Inadequate American intelligence
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US remained capable and willing to strongarm Latin America. Panama in particular was under strong American influence, with the Panama Canal Zone being directly administered by the US. Inadequate American intelligence American intelligence on Latin America was very poor and inaccurate, thus overstating the threat of ethnic Germans in Latin America, motivating the deportation and internment. Pre-war American intelligence gathering in Latin America was dependent on embassy cables, reports by G-2 (Army intelligence), ONI (Naval Intelligence), and civilian volunteers. Latin America was shunned by talented officers as backwater and “prejudicial to their promotions”, therefore, intelligence staff posted Latin America were
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Crispus
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Execution
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and historians have long debated Constantine's motivation. Zosimus in the 5th century and Joannes Zonaras in the 12th century both reported that Fausta, stepmother of Crispus, was extremely jealous of him. She was reportedly afraid that Constantine would put aside the sons she bore him. So, in order to get rid of Crispus, Fausta set him up. She reportedly told the young Caesar that she was in love with him and suggested an illegitimate love affair. Crispus denied the immoral wishes of Fausta and left the palace in a state of shock. Then Fausta said to Constantine that Crispus had
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Democratic Party of Japan
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Beginnings
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of the new group's strength. Following a pension scandal, Naoto Kan resigned and was replaced with moderate liberal Katsuya Okada.
In the 2004 House of Councilors elections, the DPJ won a seat more than the ruling Liberal Democrats, but the LDP still maintained its firm majority in total votes. This was the first time since its inception that the LDP had garnered fewer votes than another party.
The 2005 snap parliamentary elections called by Junichiro Koizumi in response to the rejection of his Postal privatization bills saw a major setback to the DPJ's plans of obtaining a majority in the Diet. The
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Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point
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Society.
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Carbohydrate catabolism
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Fermentation & Alcohol Fermentation
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ATP, there must be NAD+ present, which is responsible for oxidizing glucose. This is achieved by recycling NADH back to NAD+. When NAD+ is reduced to NADH, the electrons from NADH are eventually transferred to a separate organic molecule, transforming NADH back to NAD+. This process of renewing the supply of NAD+ is called fermentation, which falls into two categories. Alcohol Fermentation In alcohol fermentation, when a glucose molecule is oxidized, ethanol (ethyl alcohol) and carbon dioxide are byproducts. The organic molecule that is responsible for renewing the NAD+ supply in this type of fermentation is the pyruvate from glycolysis.
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Citroën Berlingo Electric
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motor and 22.5kWh battery pack.
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Code of Points (artistic gymnastics)
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Pre-2006 Code
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new code, the base score again dropped to an 8.6 but this was not adopted for a very long time (only 2005-2006).
Start Value: The Start Value (SV) of each routine was determined by adding the base score to the bonus points earned from performing difficult elements and combinations. Ideally, a gymnast wanted to have an SV as close to 10.0 as possible.
On vault, every vault was assigned a specific Start Value in the Code.
The score was determined by subtracting any deductions for poor form, execution, steps, falls or other infractions from the SV.
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Diocese of Mid-America
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History
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portion of the Diocese of Mid-America was combined with portions of the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and the Diocese of the Southeast to form the Missionary Diocese of the Central States. Another portion of the Diocese of Mid-America was also split off to help form the Diocese of the West.
The Reformed Episcopal Church took part in the Anglican realignment movement that led to the birth of the Anglican Church of North America, of which it was a founding member. The then six jurisdictions, including the Diocese of Mid-America, were in their original founding dioceses.
On 2 December 2012,
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Claude Verlon
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Career & Death
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made other missions to this continent while at RFI. In 2005, Bamako, he created a radio studio outside the 23rd summit Africa-France to cover the event. He specialized in technical challenges and he made reports from many international locations, such as Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Mali. As a technician, he established a reputation for broadcasting from the hardest parts in the world. In Bucarest, Romania, he also succeed to organize a studio for the Francophone countries summit in 2006 under technically difficult circumstances. Death Ghislaine Dupont and colleague Verlon were reporting around Kidal, Mali, when they both were murdered.
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Deimantas Narkevičius
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Solo exhibitions
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Contemporary Art, Bucharest.
Sounds Like The XX Century, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius.
Deimantas Narkevičius, 60th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen.
Cupboard and a Play, gb agency, Paris.
2013
Da capo, Le Magasin, Grenoble.
Da capo, Marino Marini Museum, Firenze.
Deimantas Narkevičius, Independent, gb agency, New York.
2012
About Films, Deimantas Narkevičius, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong.
A Tang of Lomo Film, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin.
2011
Architektur und Film, Blue Box, Deimantas Narkevičius, The Head, Sprengel Museum, Hannover.
Solo film programme, 15th International Short Film Festival, Winterthur.
Deimantas Narkevičius, Restricted Sensation, gb agency, Paris.
2010
Getting a lost tune, Artra, Milano.
Darkroom Series: Deimantas Narkevičius, Turku Art Museum, Turku.
Sarabande, (with Žilvinas Kempinas), Frac Basse Normandie, Caen.
The Unanimous
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Dame Gruev
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1894 to 1900
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the necessary war provisions for IMARC. Gruev's tirelessly travelled throughout Macedonia and the Vilayet of Adrianople and systematically established and organized committees in villages and cities. Unfortunately, for purely political reasons, and in order to avoid suspicion from the Ottoman authorities, IMARC decided to dismiss Gruev in 1898. Soon after his dismissal Gruev moved to Bitola and there with the cooperation of Petar Poparsov, Vasil Paskov and others, he began to issue a revolutionary paper.
He organized a system in which money was collected from Sunday schools through a special "revolutionary tax", and a quantity of war materials was purchased. Gruev
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Dievas
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Manifestations
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Dievas Manifestations Many of the descriptions of Dievas are known from early Christian texts from Lithuania, which are presumably not a reliable source for earlier times. No earlier sources that describe Dievas in detail have been found. The myths describe Dievas manifesting in the shape of man only, particularly the shape of an old male sage or an old male beggar. But the linguistic data, e.g. the name for the Southernwood in Lithuanian, Diemedis, literally the God-tree, as well as some hints in historical legends suggest, that the manifestations might be believed to take other forms besides the human, like
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Davide Rossi
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Coldplay
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time of writing this is once again his focus. He uses his acoustic violins, violas, cellos and contrabass to re-create a whole orchestra. His work is featured in six songs of the Coldplay album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, produced by Brian Eno, Markus Dravs and Rik Simpson. "Violet Hill", first single released by the band on iTunes, features a soundscapes intro-like, which originally was an improvisation that Rossi and keyboard player Jon Hopkins did together during an early session with the band at their studio in London. Others songs where Rossi's electric violin can be
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Chance and Necessity
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Evolution
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visual forms of communication in that it allows the communication of an original personal association to another individual. Monod hypothesizes that language was not merely the product but one of the driving forces for the evolution of our central nervous system. He believes that rudimentary symbolic communication appeared early on and created a new selective pressure that favored development of linguistic ability and hence the brain. He then talks about the evolution of our ancestors including the development of upright posture which allowed them to become hunters. Monod lastly points out the evidence to suggest the development of the cognitive
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Détente
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Cold War
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known in Russian as разрядка (razryadka, loosely meaning "relaxation of tension").
The period was characterized by the signing of treaties such as SALT I and the Helsinki Accords. Another treaty, SALT II, was discussed but never ratified by the United States. There is still ongoing debate amongst historians as to how successful the détente period was in achieving peace.
After the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the two superpowers agreed to install a direct hotline between Washington D.C. and Moscow (the so-called red telephone), enabling leaders of both countries to quickly interact with each other in a time of urgency, and reduce
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Dame Gruev
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Uprising
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the insurrectionary Congress was to be held. The purpose of this Congress was to set the date for the declaration of the general insurrection and to outline the methods and tactics in its prosecution. Here Gruev met Boris Sarafov, who had just arrived from Bulgaria. Gruev was elected as chairman of this Congress, and the latter decided that the day of the declaration of the insurrection was to be 2 August 1903. Gruev, Boris Sarafov, and Anastas Lozanchev were elected by the Congress as the three members of the General Staff, and empowered to direct the insurrectionary forces in the
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Distribution (marketing)
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Channel mix & Managing channels
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a direct sales force may call on larger customers may be complemented with agents to cover smaller customers and prospects. When a single organisation uses a variety of different channels to reach its markets, this is known as a multi-channel distribution network. In addition, online retailing or e-commerce is leading to disintermediation, the removal of intermediaries from a supply chain. Retailing via smartphone or m-commerce is also a growth area. Managing channels The firm's marketing department needs to design the most suitable channels for the firm's products, then select appropriate channel members or intermediaries. An organisation may need
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Dmitry Valent
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Career and biography
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in Chengdu, China on April 27, 2013.
He fought at Diamond Fight: Friendship in Chelyabinsk, Russia on December 13, 2013, defeating Bektas Emirhanoglu by third-round TKO.
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Delia, Alberta
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Demographics
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Delia, Alberta Demographics In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Delia recorded a population of 216 living in 103 of its 115 total private dwellings, a 16.1% change from its 2011 population of 186. With a land area of 1.33 km² (0.51 sq mi), it had a population density of 162.4/km² (420.6/sq mi) in 2016.
In the 2011 Census, the Village of Delia had a population of 186 living in 99 of its 112 total dwellings, a -10.1% change from its 2006 population of 207. With a land area of 1.31 km² (0.51 sq mi), it had a population density of 142.0/km²
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Diamond Research and Mercantile City
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Textile university & Construction schedule
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a textile university at DREAM City. This was announced seven months after Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley announced the establishment of a textile cluster in Surat. Construction schedule The foundation stone was laid by the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Anandiben Patel, on 15 February 2015. The project is to be completed in three phases by the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board, with the Surat Municipal Corporation assisting with soil testing in places.
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Don Cuco El Guapo
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Don Cuco El Guapo "Don Cuco El Guapo" is a pianist robot designed and built at the department of microelectronics of the Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (UAP), Mexico in 1992.
The exterior of the robot was designed by sculptor Gloria Erika Weimer and is made of a crystal clear plastic, its body is 1.97 m tall (6'5") and weighs 130 kg (290 lb). The robot has 28 degrees of freedom and was provided cameras for eyes. Don Cuco is capable of reading musical scores and play the music on a piano. To perform such tasks the robot required the application of
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Definitely, Maybe
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Plot
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she slept with his roommate. She did it on purpose to break up with Will, saying that she is "letting him go" because she does not share his passionate ambitions. After Clinton is elected, Will opens a campaigning business with most of his work colleagues, which enjoys a good amount of success.
Before Will left Wisconsin, Emily asked Will to deliver a package to her former roommate, Summer Hartley, who is living in New York City. Will first meets Summer when he gives her the package, a diary that she wrote when she was a teenager (which, among other
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Death of Maxwell Gruver
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Grand jury & Consequences
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organization was criminally liable for the death. Consequences Matthew Naquin was convicted of negligent homicide in July 2019 for his role in the hazing. Naquin had previously been asked by other fraternity members to tone down interactions with pledges that they described as "extreme and dangerous".
The Louisiana State University chapter of Phi Delta Theta was suspended after the incident by the fraternity's national organization. They also terminated the memberships of the accused, issuing a statement that the termination "effectively severs ties with those alleged to be involved."
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Diplomacy of John Adams
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Quasi War
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the time) for what they saw as his role in the commission's failure.
The war was called "quasi" because it was undeclared. It involved two years of hostilities at sea, in which both navies attacked the other's shipping in the West Indies. The unexpected fighting ability of the U.S. Navy, which destroyed the French West Indian trade, together with the growing weaknesses and final overthrow of the ruling Directory in France, led foreign minister Talleyrand to reopen negotiations. At the same time, there was an escalation of the battle betweAdams and Hamilton over control of the national policy. Adams took sudden
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Dave Potter (politician)
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Fort Ord Reuse Authority
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bodies such as California State University, Monterey Bay at the primary, secondary, and university levels. Voting members are made up of representatives from the cities of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Del Rey Oaks, Marina, Sand City, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas, and Seaside as well as 2 representatives from the County of Monterey; of which Potter is one. Ex officio members are composed of representatives from the Monterey Peninsula College, the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, California's 17th congressional district, California's 15th State Senate district, California's 27th State Assembly district, the United States Army, the Chancellor of the California State University, the President
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Dog Pound (film)
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Critical reception
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on 26 reviews. Metacritic shows a 57/100 rating, signifying "mixed or average reviews".
Dog Pound is French director Chapiron's first English-language feature, and the film earned him an award as Best New Narrative Filmmaker at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Doctor Who (series 1)
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Recurring and guest cast
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Barrowman recounts Davies as having been searching for an actor with a "matinée idol [quality]", telling him that "the only one in the whole of Britain who could do it was you".
David Tennant had been offered the role of the Doctor when he was watching a pre-transmission copy of Casanova with Davies and Gardner. Tennant initially believed the offer was a joke, but after he realised they were serious, he accepted the role and first appeared in the series finale "The Parting of the Ways". Tennant was announced as Eccleston's replacement on 16 April 2005. Other recurring characters for the
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Dispatch (band)
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Dispatch 2011 and Reunion
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of their sixth full-length studio album.
On January 1, 2015, Dispatch announced that they would be playing a benefit show on July 11, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York City to shine light on the issue of hunger in America. DISPATCH:HUNGER is set to be the only show in North America in 2015, and $1 from every ticket sold will go directly to starving Americans. John Butler Trio is slated to guest at the benefit concert.
Due to increased demand, on January 20, 2015, Dispatch announced that they would be adding a second night to their DISPATCH:HUNGER show
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Deportation of Germans from Latin America during World War II
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British disinformation & Overstated threat
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[...] It is a map of South America and a part of Central America as Hitler proposes to reorganize it."
This map, printed in German, indicates plans to conquer South America and partition it into five satellite states. This map was also a fabrication by the BSC. Overstated threat The combination of inadequate American intelligence and abundant British disinformation convinced American policy-makers that the ethnic German population in Latin American constituted a threat to Latin America, and consequently, the United States. Lieutenant Jules Dubois, chief of the Intelligence Branch of the US Army in Panama declared,
“With their sights trained on Latin
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Deimantas Narkevičius
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Film career
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its unveiling in Karl-Marx Stadt (now Chemnitz) in 1971. Narkevičius commented on his film by saying: "Objects from that period are not a crime. They are rather testimonies to historical crimes, visual heritage of an era to be kept and appreciated: if we want to feel any compassion for what the people who lived then lost, and in order to separate individuals from their creatively inhibited artworks – even if the consequences of this aesthetical repression can still be felt in the Eastern Bloc ...".
For Revisiting Solaris (2007) Narkevičius adapted the final chapter of Stanisław Lem's novel Solaris (1961), which
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Cotton mill
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Early American mills
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Beverly Cotton Manufactory was designed by Thomas Somers, who started construction and testing of the facility in 1787, finishing the factory's equipment in 1788. Experience from this factory led Moses Brown of Providence to request the assistance of a person skilled in water-powered spinning. Samuel Slater, an immigrant and trained textile worker from England, accepted Brown's proposal, and assisted with the design and construction of Slater Mill, built in 1790 on the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Slater evaded restrictions on emigration put in place to allow England to maintain its monopoly on cotton mills. Slater Mill resembled the
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Dembel (woreda)
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Demographics
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raise cereals (mostly sorghum) as well as raise livestock. Demographics Based on the 2017 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 106,611, of whom 56,531 are men and 50,080 women. While 18,360 are urban inhabitants, a further 88,251 were pastoralists.
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 82,286, of whom 45,094 are men and 37,192 women. While 13,648 or 16.59% are urban inhabitants, a further 17,950 or 21.81% are pastoralists. 99.3% of the population said they
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Diplomacy of John Adams
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Minister to the Dutch Republic
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their apprehension. After five months of not meeting with a single Dutch official, Adams in early 1781 pronounced Amsterdam "the capital of the reign of Mammon." He was finally invited to present his credentials to the Dutch on April 19, 1781, but no assistance was promised. In the meantime, Adams thwarted an attempt by neutral European powers to mediate the war without consulting the United States. In July 1781, Adams consented to the departure of both of his sons. Francis Dana, Adams's secretary, was assigned to go to Saint Petersburg to seek recognition from Russia. Knowing little French, Dana received
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Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare
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Exile
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English Crown.
The O'Sullivan Beare enjoyed a wide reputation, which helped to open doors for later soldiers from his line. About 165 years later, John Sullivan, regarded as a descendant of O'Sullivan Beare, served as a general in the American Revolution.
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Distribution (marketing)
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Channel design & Channel mix
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called one-tier) channel has a single intermediary. A level two (alternatively a two-tier) channel has two intermediaries, and so on. This flow is typically represented as being manufacturer to retailer to consumer, but may involve other types of intermediaries. In practice, distribution systems for perishable goods tend to be shorter - direct or single intermediary, because of the need to reduce the time a product spends in transit or in storage. In other cases, distribution systems can become quite complex involving many levels and different types of intermediaries. Channel mix In practice, many organizations use a mix of different channels;
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Cricket in fiction
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Post-war fiction & New Zealand cricket fiction
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a novel, Settling the Score, about a fictional county match late in the 1969 season. New Zealand cricket fiction New Zealand has produced some cricket fiction (mainly works for children and young people) and two adult novels in Michael O’Leary's Out of It (1987) and W. J. Foote's Poetry in Motion: The Tragic Tale of the Pukemanu Prodigy, New Zealand's Greatest Slow Bowler (2003).
O’Leary’s cult novella presents a fictionalised one-day match between New Zealand’s mid-1980s team and an Out of It XI made up of rock stars, famous artists, poets and writers.
A new edition of Out of It appeared in
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Cheonan Girls' High School
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History
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Cheonan Girls' High School History 1952 – The school was founded by the Chungnam Board of Education
1974 – The school moved from its original location in Weonsong-dong to its new location in Samyeong-dong. At its old site, it had been both a middle and a high school, however it was decided the school should split, and the two should expand separately, with the high school finding a new location.
2002 – The School dormitory was built, designed to house approx. 200 students. The Dorm was named JinHyang meaning “True Scent”.
2008 – The school was renovated with
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Craig James (economist)
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Career
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Review to pursue his interest in journalism – although re-joined Commsec in 2003 – combining his interests in journalism and electronic media.
At the start of 2012, James was appointed as Adjunct Professor in the Curtin Business School.
In combination with James' regular TV, radio and print appearances, he completes a number of unique reports such as the State of the States and the iPod index. Published quarterly, State of the States offer economic feedback on Australian States' performance. Rankings and indicators designed by James are often covered by general media such as The Mercury, the ABC and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Davide Rossi
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Goldfrapp & Coldplay
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and Head First Tour (2010). Although before Head First he has never played on any Goldfrapp's studio albums, he has recorded several b-sides, acoustic and live recordings of the band and a live DVD. In September 2013 Rossi announced that the performance at the Beacon Theatre in New York City was going to be his last with the band, in order to pursue his own arranging and composing career and the increasing commitment with his own band Black Submarine. Coldplay From the autumn of 2006 until February 2008, Rossi's career focussed mainly on studio work and string arranging. At the
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Dimorphocalyx glabellus
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In culture & Uses
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Dimorphocalyx glabellus In culture It is known as "weli wenna" in Sinhala and "tentukki" in Tamil. Uses Whole plant is used as an important medicinal plant in Ayurveda.
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Dickens Hill (horse)
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Assessment & Stud record
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Ireland and the seventh-best three-year-old colt in Europe. Stud record Dickens Hill was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at Gainesway Farm. He made very little impact as a sire of winners, with his most successful performer being the steeplechaser Victorian Hill. The best of his flat race performers were Hudson Newes (Kingston Stakes) and Tropical Whip (Woodlawn Stakes).
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David Fletcher (musician)
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David Fletcher (musician) David Eldon Fletcher (10 December 1971 – 29 June 2009) was a British musician and Principal Double Bass of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and guest Principal Bass of the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo.
He worked with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and many others. He was also a member of British Psychedelic folk/rock band Colorama. In 2006 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of his achievements.
On 29 June 2009, just a days after Colorama's appearance at the Glastonbury Festival,
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Corn chowder
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History & Mass production
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or condensed milk, and thickeners included the use of flour or eggs.
Around the early 1900s, the Shakers were well-known for their chowder soups and general culinary skills. A simple Shakers recipe from this time period for corn chowder used just three ingredients: cream, butter and fresh corn. Mass production Corn chowder is a mass-produced canned food product in the United States. The Campbell Soup Company manufactures and markets prepared canned soup products named "Sweet Potato Corn Chowder", "Campbell's Healthy Request Chunky Corn Chowder", "Campbell's Chunky Chicken Corn Chowder" and "Clam and Corn Chowder with Bacon."
Progresso, a General Mills brand, manufactures
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Deree College
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History
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Deree College History When the American College of Greece was founded in 1875 in Smyrna, Asia Minor, it was initially an all-girls secondary school. In 1885, it however became an institution of higher education, the predecessor of today's Deree College.
The College was shut down in 1922 during the massive flight of Greeks from Asia Minor following the Asia Minor Disaster in the aftermath of World War I. In 1923, Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos invited the College to reopen in Athens. It did so that same year and survived the World War II Nazi occupation of the country.
In the 1970s
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California Institute of Technology
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Organization and administration
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retire at the age of 72. The current board is chaired by David L. Lee, co-founder of Global Crossing Ltd. The Trustees elect a President to serve as the chief executive officer of the Institute and administer the affairs on the Institute on behalf of the board, a Provost who serves as the chief academic officer of the Institute below the President, and ten other vice presidential and other senior positions. Former Georgia Tech provost Jean-Lou Chameau became the eighth president of Caltech on September 1, 2006, replacing David Baltimore who had served since 1997. Chameau's compensation for 2008–2009 totaled
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David Moyes
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Personal life & Other work
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leader in the Labour Party leadership election.
In 2005, Moyes received an honorary fellowship from Myerscough College near Preston. In December 2017, Moyes received another honorary fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire. Other work During the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Moyes provided some commentary for selected matches for BBC Radio 5 Live. Moyes co-owns the racehorse Desert Cry, which was trained by Ginger McCain.
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Dopamine receptor D5
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Smoking & ADHD
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role in the initiation of smoking. In a study on the association of four polymorphisms of this gene with smoking, a statistical analysis suggested that there may exist a haplotype of DRD5 that is protective against initiation of smoking. ADHD Dinucleotide repeats of DRD5 gene are associated with ADHD in humans. 136-bp allele of the gene was shown to be a protective factor against developing this disorder, and 146-bp allele of DRD5 was shown to be a risk factor for it. There exist two types of the 146-bp allele of DRD5, a long and a short one. The short
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Dora and Friends: Into the City!
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Plot
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map to aid her.
The characters are all bilingual and speak Spanish in addition to English. However, the Spanish curriculum on Dora and Friends has been expanded to using simple phrases and commands as opposed to solely the single Spanish words used on Dora the Explorer.
Season two features the return of characters from the original series such as Boots, Benny the Bull, Isa the Iguana, Tico the Squirrel, Swiper the Fox and Big Red Chicken who appear as guest stars in certain episodes such as the reunion special "Return to the Rainforest," which involves Dora's return to the rainforest in Mexico
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Doctor Who (series 1)
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Recurring and guest cast
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suitable to join the TARDIS crew and dubbed him "The Companion That Couldn't", he "always wanted to do a show with someone who was a rubbish companion".
John Barrowman appears as Captain Jack Harkness, a character introduced in "The Empty Child", where he joined the TARDIS crew for the final five episodes of the series. In naming the character, Davies drew inspiration from the Marvel Comics character Agatha Harkness. Jack's appearances were conceived with the intention of forming a character arc in which Jack is transformed from a coward to a hero, and Barrowman consciously minded this in his portrayal of
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Donnie Neuenberger
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Camping World Truck Series
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He was 25th at Daytona and 29th at Texas, where he had his best qualifying effort of 29th for 2002. He did not finish either race due to crashes.
Neuenberger drove two races in 2003 for Rodney Smith, owner of the No. 66 Dodge. At Charlotte and at Texas, Neuenberger finished in the 25th position. His better qualifying effort came at Texas, where he started 23rd.
Neuenberger finished 14th position at Talladega sponsored by Royal Farms Gas Stations, his highest finishing Nationwide spot ever following a top 25 in Dover last fall with planbtech.net on board. In 2010, he finished 9th in
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Chariots of Fire (play)
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Overview
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Chariots of Fire (play) Overview The Chariots of Fire adaptation for the stage was written by playwright Mike Bartlett, and Edward Hall directed the play. It starred Jack Lowden as Scottish missionary Eric Liddell, and James McArdle as Jewish Cambridge student Harold Abrahams. For the production, stage designer Miriam Buether transformed the entire theatre into an Olympic stadium, so that audiences had the experience of being in the Olympic stands.
The play includes the film's iconic Vangelis score, and Vangelis also created several new pieces of music for the production. As in the film, Gilbert and Sullivan songs are also used,
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Chatakonda
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Geography & Demographics
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Chatakonda Geography Chatakonda is located at 17.55°N 80.65°E. It has an average elevation of 70 metres (229 feet). Demographics As of 2001 India census, Chatakonda had a population of 8701. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Chatakonda has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 62% and female literacy of 48%. 13% of the population is under age six.
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Devante Bond
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Professional career
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Devante Bond Professional career Bond was drafted by the Buccaneers in the sixth round, 183rd overall, in the 2016 NFL Draft. On September 23, 2016, he was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury.
On September 24, 2017, he made his NFL debut in a Week 3 game against Minnesota Vikings. On October 5, 2017, he recorded his first career tackle in a game against the New England Patriots.
On September 1, 2018, Bond was placed on injured reserve. On September 11, 2018, Bond was waived from the Buccaneers with an injury settlement. On October 17, 2018, Bond was re-signed by
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Dakota Zoo
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Animals
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moose, reindeer, longhorn cattle, Clydesdale horses, and elk. Llama, mouflon, and aoudad are in the northeast section of the zoo.
Predators are housed in the northern part of the zoo, and include tigers, snow leopards, wolves, bears, Canada lynx, bobcats, cougars, coyotes, foxes, badgers, and servals.
Birds are housed in a variety of smaller enclosures and aviaries, mostly in the center of the zoo, and include eagles, emus, many South American birds, turkey vultures, wild turkeys, owls, and various water birds.
Monkeys are mostly housed in the Monkey Barn near the center of the zoo, and include cotton-top tamarins, Goeldi’s monkey, golden-headed lion
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Dolores Mantez
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Life and career
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Dolores Mantez Life and career Harding was born in Liverpool to a Ghanaian father and an Irish mother. She changed her birth surname of "Mantey" by one letter and initially followed a career as a seamstress in a dress shop. She then started to sing semi-professionally, an occupation that became a full-time job when she joined a group that appeared in cabaret. However, while she was visiting her agent, she happened to meet an actor's agent who believed that her exotic physical appearance was exactly what was needed for a role as a student in Sapphire (1959), a film about
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Dorje Shugden
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Destruction by Fifth Dalai Lama
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saved,” while these “infernal creatures” were being guided “toward a peaceful state of being” and saved from the danger of “having to experience the intolerable suffering of bad states of rebirth due to their increasingly negative actions.”
Terdak Lingpa confirmed:
I saw that at this point of the rite the untamable elemental spirit, wandering in the night, being seized, tied around the waist, killed, and eaten. All the participants heard screams and smelled a burnt odor. After these and other positive signs, the Dalai Lama completely recovered.
Later adherents of Shugden revised history to state that the 5th Dalai Lama was not successful.
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Dean Woodman
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Biography
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in the investment banking group of Hambrecht & Quist and in 1988, he served as Managing Director of the international investment bank ING Barings LLC (and its predecessor Furman Selz). In 1999, he left ING to work as a consultant specializing in financial assignments, private equity and debt placements, and mergers and acquisitions. He is also a director of Medallion Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medallion Financial Corp. In 2002, he provided a $200,000 loan to his son, Nick Woodman, as seed money to found the sports camera company, GoPro. As of May 2014, he owned 6.4% of GoPro
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Donnie Neuenberger
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Nationwide Series & Camping World Truck Series
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for Means Racing, earning a best finish of 28th.
For 2010, Neuenberger drove part-time in the No. 52 IHOP Chevrolet for Means in one race at Talladega.
Neuenberger has not raced in the series since 2013 at Dover. Camping World Truck Series Neuenberger made his NASCAR debut in the inaugural Craftsman Truck Series race at Daytona in 2000. He started the race in 26th position in the No. 84 eBay Ford. However, Neuenberger was able to avoid a large wreck and drove home in 9th position. In addition to the season opener, Nueunberger drove in the 2000 season finale. After starting 34th,
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Collected Works (Hunters & Collectors album)
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Background
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Collected Works (Hunters & Collectors album) Background Hunters & Collectors celebrated ten years since their formation with the release of their first compilation album, Collected Works, on 19 November 1990. It appeared on the White Label imprint of Mushroom Records. The group's founding mainstays were John Archer (bass guitar), Doug Falconer (drums) and Mark Seymour (guitar and lead vocals). They were joined by Robert Miles (sound engineer) and Ray Tosti-Gueira on guitar and backing vocals. By September 1980 they had added Geoff Crosby on keyboards and Greg Perano (ex-True Wheels) on percussion.
The core of Hunters & Collectors was expanded by
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Declaration of war by the United States
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The War Powers Resolution
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lawmakers expressed concern that the decision of President Barack Obama to order the U.S. military to join in attacks of Libyan air defenses and government forces exceeded his constitutional authority because the decision to authorize the attack was made without Congressional permission. Obama explained his rationale in a two-page letter, stating that as commander in chief, he had constitutional authority to authorize the strikes, which would be limited in scope and duration, and necessary to prevent a humanitarian disaster in Libya.
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David with the Head of Goliath (Massimo Stanzione)
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History
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at something in the lower left corner led to suspicions that the canvas had been altered. By 1999, with the use of x-rays and careful removal of surface paint, the original paint of Goliath’s forehead was revealed. After intensive restoration, Goliath’s full face was uncovered and the painting restored to its original form. The full painting depicts Goliath’s dismembered head in the lower left corner, with David, knife in hand, gazing down to the lower left corner. It is believed that the head of Goliath was painted over in order to make the painting less gory and more appealing to
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Dickens Hill (horse)
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1979: three-year-old season
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Repubblica) and Crimson Beau (winner of the Prince of Wales's Stakes). Murray tracked the leaders before sending Dickens Hill past Northern Baby and Crimson Beau to take the lead a furlong from the finish. In the closing stages, he stayed on under pressure to win by two lengths from Crimson Beau, with Northern Baby a length away in third.
Dickens Hill was then aimed at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October and did not run again until 22 September when he started the 1/2 favourite for the Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes at Leopardstown Racecourse. He ran very poorly, reverting
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Cornell University
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Other facilities
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research or internship positions while earning credit toward a degree. Cornell in Rome, operated by the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, allows students to use the city as a resource for learning architecture, urban studies, and art. Similarly, the Capital Semester program allows students to intern in the New York state legislature in Albany.
As New York State's land grant college, Cornell operates a cooperative extension service with 56 offices spread out across the state, each staffed with extension educators who offer programs in five subjects: Agriculture and Food Systems; Children, Youth, and Families; Community and Economic Vitality; Environment and
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Community Boards
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"case developers" make in–person contact with potential parties in order to encourage participation. Once the parties involved have consented to participate, they are assisted by a panel (usually 3) of mediators.
The program is among the most distant approach to formal legal process among the various models of community mediation. The most dramatic example of this viewpoint is the contention by the program's mediators that any agreement reached should be enforceable only by the good will and voluntary compliance of the parties. Proponents have asserted that the program's impact is much broader than the resolution of individual disputes—reaching into issues of
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Devils–Flyers rivalry
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Early history
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both the division title and the #1 seed in the East. They would meet once again in the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals; this time, the Flyers blew a 3-1 series lead over the Devils, including losing 3 of the 4 games played in Philadelphia. Game 7 of this series was the final game for Eric Lindros as a Flyer, suffering a concussion at the hands of Stevens, whose controversial hit was viewed by some as the key moment of the Devils' playoff run. The Devils would go on to win the Cup by beating the defending champion Dallas Stars in
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Dolce Gusto
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Circolo, Piccolo and Fontana & Similar systems & Capsules
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with a design reminiscent of a water tap (Italian Fontana).
The devices work, depending on the series, with 14 or 15 bar pressure. Similar systems In contrast to Nespresso system, which is also made by Nestlé and has Krups as one of the major hardware vendors, the Dolce Gusto capsules are freely available in stores — with Nespresso you can only buy it either online or in special Nespresso stores (however non-official Nespresso-compatible pods are available from numerous high street retailers). Capsules Each pack contains 16 capsules. These are sufficient for 8 or 16 cups, depending of the type of beverage.
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Chip Ganassi Racing
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CART history
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instead restarted his team by taking over the upstart Alfa Romeo IndyCar effort for 1990. Fittipaldi took the Marlboro sponsorship to Team Penske, an arrangement that was also pre-planned. (Penske had supplied Patrick with a fleet of Penske chassis for 1989 as part of the deal).
Ganassi officially took over the remaining assets of the team (including the 1989 Penske chassis), and renamed it Chip Ganassi Racing. He signed former Formula One driver Eddie Cheever and raced full-time in the IndyCar World series with Target as primary sponsor.
In 1992 Ganassi expanded to a two-car effort for the Indy 500, adding Arie
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Decatur Dorsey
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Biography & Medal of Honor citation
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and ordered to withdraw.
Dorsey was promoted to sergeant on August 1, two days after the battle, and again to first sergeant on January 1, 1865. He was awarded the Medal of Honor on November 8, 1865, for his actions at the Battle of the Crater and was discharged from the Army a month later, on December 4, while in Wilmington, North Carolina. After the war he married and lived in Hoboken, New Jersey. He died there on July 11, 1891, at the approximate age of 55. He was buried at Flower Hill Cemetery in North Bergen, New Jersey. Medal of
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DeLand, Florida
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History
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the county seat of Volusia County in 1887. It was the first city in Florida to have electricity. According to city officials, minutes of the first City Commission meeting in 1882 show the city decided to create a seal with the emblems of "Faith, Hope and Charity," namely a cross, an anchor and a heart.
The city seal was briefly the object of a controversy in 2013, when the national group Americans United for Separation of Church and State sent the city a letter in which they argued that the seal unconstitutionally promotes Christianity, thus allegedly breaching the First Amendment
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Claudius Maximus
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Life & In the Meditations
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of Antoninus Pius, which may refer to Claudius Maximus, as Marcus' other main tutors appear to have outlived Antoninus.
It is related of him, too, as an instance of his regard for his family, that when Marcus [Aurelius] was mourning the death of his tutor and was restrained by the palace servants from this display of affection, the Emperor [Antoninus Pius] said: "Let him be only a man for once; for neither philosophy nor empire takes away natural feeling". In the Meditations In the first book of his Meditations, Marcus Aurelius remembers all of the people who have had a strong
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Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy
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Life
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for the trial of lords Darcy and Hussey and he was also on the panel of 3 December 1538 for the trial of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu, and Henry Courtenay, Marquess of Exeter, his own brother-in-law. His country house was at Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, and in London he lived in Silver Street.
After the dissolution of Syon Abbey in 1539 Mountjoy granted asylum at his London house to the pious, learned, and outspokenly conservative priest Richard Whitford, who had been patronized by his father. Whitford remained in the household until his death in 1542 and may have acted as tutor to
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Culture of Brazil
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History
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background has helped show off many celebrations and festivals that have become known around the world, such as the Brazilian Carnival and the Bumba Meu Boi. The colourful culture creates an environment that makes Brazil a popular destination for many tourists each year, around over 1 million. History Brazil was a colony of Portugal for over three centuries. About a million Portuguese settlers arrived during this period and brought their culture to the colony. The Indigenous inhabitants of Brazil had much contact with the colonists. Many became extinct, others mixed with the Portuguese. For that reason, Brazil also holds
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David R. Jones (organizer)
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David R. Jones (organizer) David R. Jones (1938 – April 7, 1998) was an American conservative political activist and organizer who tried to inspire young people to pursue careers in the nonprofit sector.
Born in West Virginia, he was trained as a teacher and taught high school for three years in Pinellas County, Florida, before turning his career towards politics. From 1963 until 1968, he was the executive director for Young Americans for Freedom. In 1968, he co-founded the Charles Edison Memorial Youth Fund along with William F. Buckley, Jr., Walter Judd, and Marvin Liebman. From 1969 until 1971, he was
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Deportation of Germans from Latin America during World War II
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Cuba, Peru, and Guatemala
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return to their family and home. A nice side effect, for Washington, was of course the fact that in many cases these German companies were their greatest competitors in the region, so these blacklists effectively created American monopolies in certain industries.
By the end of the war, those held in internment camps were either sent to the Axis powers in return for American nationals, or were given leave to return home. Of the returnees, 15 were eventually interviewed on their experiences in the American internment camps. Repatriation was particularly difficult for returning deportees who would lose everything through the internment, as
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Cotton mill
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Cotton mill A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills
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Dave Potter (politician)
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Monterey County Board of Supervisors
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and Pacific Grove; the unincorporated communities of Carmel Valley, Big Sur, Pebble Beach, San Benancio, Corral de Tierra, and Jamesburg; military installations at the Presidio of Monterey, the Defense Language Institute, and the Naval Postgraduate School; and the Ventana Wilderness area of the Los Padres National Forest.
In addition to representing District 5, Potter is the current Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. He also served as Chairman in 1998, 2002, 2007 and 2012, and served as Vice Chairman in 1997 and 2001. Potter's current committee assignments include the Board’s Legislative Committee, Fort Ord Committee, and Capital Improvements Committee.
Mr. Potter has
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Codex Mutinensis
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Description
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Codex Mutinensis Description The codex contains the book of Acts, with major lacunae (Acts 1:1-5:28, 9:39-10:19, 13:36-14:3, 27:4-28:31). The first three lacunae have been supplied by a later minuscule hand, the fourth by an uncial hand. The text measures 33.2 cm by 22.8 cm. It is marked with breathings and accents, and is written in a single column, with 30 lines per page. Each line is 36 letters long. The uncial letters lean to the right.
It contains prolegomena, subscriptions at the end of the book, numbers of στιχοι, Euthalian Apparatus to the Catholic epistles, and prolegomena to the Pauline epistles.
The
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DemonStar
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Plot & Release
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DemonStar Plot The Terran Fleet is developing a new prototype starfighter, the RaptorX, and the player is a test pilot of that prototype. Suddenly, the Xidus Armada Fleet, the Terran Fleet's arch enemy (ever since Galactix), launches an all-out surprise attack on the Terran Fleet that catches them with their guard down, destroying all Raptor fighters in the process, but the few RaptorX prototypes that were away being tested have survived. Now the player must battle through the Xidus Fleet alone, destroy their ultimate weapon, codenamed the DemonStar, and save the rest of the Terran Fleet. Release In addition to
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Dascha Polanco
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Career
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Netflix series Orange Is the New Black as Dayanara "Daya" Diaz, an inmate in a women's prison.
In 2013, Polanco appeared in the independent film Gimme Shelter before returning to her role on Orange Is the New Black for the show's second season. In June 2014, it was announced that she had been promoted from a recurring role to a series regular for the show's third season, which was released in June 2015. She appeared in the comedy films The Cobbler and Joy, and starred in the film The Perfect Match.
In 2018, Polanco had a recurring role in The Assassination of
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Donald Macintosh
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Life & Legacy
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the small remnant who accepted his pastoral authority.
In 1794 Macintosh unsuccessfully raised an action in the court of session against the managers of the fund for the relief of poor Scottish episcopal clergymen, who had deprived him of his salary. In 1801 he was chosen Gaelic translator and keeper of Gaelic records to the Highland Society of Scotland, with a salary. He died unmarried at Edinburgh on 22 November 1808, the last representative of the nonjuring Scotch episcopal church, and was buried in Greyfriars churchyard. Legacy Macintosh's library of books and manuscripts, numbering about 2,000 volumes, he bequeathed to the
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Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
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Peerage & Career and land holdings
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1809. His son Thomas Fairfax became the 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. Career and land holdings In 1740, he was deeded 3,400 acres (14 km²), and 1741 was deeded 232 acres (0.94 km²), at Little Run or Hunger Run.
In 1754, Bryan Fairfax clerked for his brother-in-law, John Carlyle (1720–1780), in Alexandria, Virginia, and was appointed as a deputy clerk for Fairfax County. Bryan Fairfax served as a lieutenant in George Washington's militia regiment, in George Mercer's company early in the French and Indian War, but he resigned his commission in 1756. He later served as a justice for Fairfax County
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Daz Eden
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Creation and development
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Daz Eden Creation and development Daz came to Emmerdale in 2003 and introduced himself to Andy Sugden (Kelvin Fletcher) as his half-brother after his mother, Denise (Andrina Carroll), went on holiday with her latest boyfriend and left Daz home alone. Andy, however, initially refused to believe they were related as he hated his biological father Billy Hopwood (David Crellin). He only believed Daz's story when Billy confirmed it. It was clear Daz needed someone so Andy and his girlfriend Katie (Sammy Winward) took him in.
During his time on show, the character has developed and grown up, dividing his time between
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De minimis
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Risk assessment & Copyright & De minimis in India
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can be verified in ASA 1. Copyright Courts will occasionally not uphold a copyright on modified public domain material if the changes are deemed to be de minimis. Similarly, courts have dismissed copyright infringement cases on the grounds that the alleged infringer's use of the copyrighted work (such as sampling) was so insignificant as to be de minimis. However, in Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films, such a ruling was overturned on appeal, the US appeals court explicitly declining to recognize a de minimis standard for digital sampling. De minimis in India The principle of de minimis non curat lex
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Deportation of Germans from Latin America during World War II
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Anti-German hostility
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Deportation of Germans from Latin America during World War II Anti-German hostility Even before American entry to World War II, the US viewed Nazi Germany with hostility. By 1941, the US began actively working against Nazi Germany by supplying war materials to enemies with the Lend-Lease Act of 1941. The US Navy also assisted the Royal Navy against German submarines in the Atlantic. Hostility against Germany spilled over to ethnic Germans in the United States and in Latin America. Ethnic Germans in Latin America were placed under surveillance at the behest of the US. Ethnic Germans in Latin America deemed
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Desert Training Center
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History
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the 1930s. His first orders were to select other areas within the desert that would be suitable for the large-scale maneuvers necessary to prepare American soldiers for combat against the German Afrika Korps in the North African desert.
Patton and his advanced team designated various locations within the area where tent camps would be built. The camps were situated so that each unit could train individually without interfering with the other. Airfields, hospitals, supply depots and sites for other support services were selected as was a corps maneuvering area. The plan was that each division and or major unit would
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Discovery quadrangle
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Crater and basin materials
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many local stratigraphic columns involving both crater or basin materials and nearby plains materials.
Over all of Mercury, the crispness of crater rims and the morphology of their walls, central peaks, ejecta deposits, and secondary-crater fields have undergone systematic changes with time. The youngest craters or basins in a local stratigraphic sequence have the sharpest, crispest appearance. The oldest craters consist only of shallow depressions with slightly raised, rounded rims, some incomplete. On this basis, five age categories of craters and basins have been mapped. In addition, secondary crater fields are preserved around proportionally far more craters and basins on Mercury
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Donji Kraji
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14th century & 15th century
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of Donji Kraji were restored after the coronation of King Kotromanić, during which Vukac Hrvatinić was succeeded by his son Hrvoje. 15th century Even before 1386, it is possible to see the effects of the Ottomans in medieval Bosnia, after numerous raids Events during the 1410s marked the beginning of their active engagement. The Ottoman Empire supported the local nobility, led by Tvrtko II. After the Lašvanian battle on Lašva river (in 1415), the Ottomans and Hungary became the most powerful factor in the local affairs. Navigating between these two forces, bans and kings in Bosnia resisted pressures from both
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Desegregation in the United States Marine Corps
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African Americans as recruits in segregated all-black units. Other races were accepted somewhat more easily, joining white Marine units. For the next few decades, the incorporation of black troops was not widely accepted within the Corps, nor was desegregation smoothly or quickly achieved. Spurred by executive orders in 1941 and 1948, the integration of non-white USMC personnel proceeded in stages from segregated battalions in 1942, to unified training in 1949, and finally full integration in 1960.
By 2006, approximately 20% of the USMC was Black American and 15–18% Hispanic; more than the 30 to 31% of the U.S. ratio of minorities
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Dmitri Ryzhov
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International career
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Championship qualification.
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Boletaceae
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Conservation
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in the Czech Republic. Also critically endangered in the Czech Republic are Aureoboletus moravicus, Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus, Butyriboletus fuscoroseus, Imperator rhodopurpureus, Leccinum roseotinctum and Rubroboletus rubrosanguineus. Eleven species of Boletaceae, Boletus aereus, Boletus pinophilus, Butyriboletus regius, Hemileccinum impolitum, Imperator luteocupreus, I. rhodopurpureus, I. torosus, Rubroboletus dupainii, R. lupinus, R. pulchrotinctus and R. satanas, are considered vulnerable or endangered in North Macedonia and have been included in the national Red List of fungi. Similarly, twenty species of Boletaceae are included in the Red List of fungi in Bulgaria.
Research from the Mediterranean region suggests that many boletes might be under threat from accelerated
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III
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Zombies
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items include "Gobblegums", which grant players with temporary bonuses, and weapon kits that allow players to modify the appearance and attributes of the guns with various camos and attachments. Shadows of Evil was revealed as a new map for the Zombies mode on July 9, 2015 at San Diego Comic-Con International 2015. The map features four brand new characters: Nero the Magician, Jessica the Femme Fatale, Vincent the Cop and Campbell the Boxer as the main cast, and takes place in a new setting called Morg City. "The Giant" includes the original characters, Tank Dempsey, Edward Richtofen, Nikolai Belinski and
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