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Ely Railroad Depot
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Description and history
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facade has some brackets, evidence of a cantilevered porch that once projected from its second floor. An original semaphore mast stands near the building's northwest corner. The interior retains most of its original layout, which included a lobby, station office, and freight storage area, with a residential space on the second floor.
The railroad line passing through southern Fairlee was opened in 1848 by the Connecticut and Passumpsic River Railroad (C&PRR), and the station located here was originally known as Wares Crossing, after a local landowner. In 1865, Smith Ely, the owner of a mining operation in Vershire,
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Dublin Food Co-op
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Beginnings 1983-1987 & Pearse Street 1987-2007
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allow members to collect pre-ordered wholefoods and to socialise. In 1986 some members who were also producers began to provide fresh organic produce for sale directly at the Saturday events. Pearse Street 1987-2007 In 1987, the Co-op arranged to rent the hall at St. Andrew's Resource Centre on Pearse Street, Dublin 2, every second Saturday and switched from monthly to bi-weekly order collections after that. This location became the Co-op's base for the next two decades. When the Co-op settled into the new venue, the process to formally incorporate as a co-operative under the rules of the Industrial and Provident
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Draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes
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Reflooding
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salinity and decreased water quality to the limitation of the water source to only the Euphrates, a smaller seasonal fluctuation in water inflow and outflow, and inputs of contaminated water from farms and villages.
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Diriyah
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Post 1400
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lying on the same wadi some 30 miles upstream. Ibn Saud agreed to implement Muhammadi religious views, and what later became known as the First Saudi State, with its capital at Diriyah, was born. Within the next several decades, Ibn Saud and his immediate descendants managed to subjugate all of Nejd, as well as the eastern and western regions of Arabia, and sent raids into Iraq. Diriyah quickly swelled in size and increased in wealth, becoming the largest town in Nejd and a major city in Arabia by the standards of the time. However, the Saudis' conquest of the holy
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Endocrine disruptor
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Environmental and human body cleanup
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step in reducing the body burden of these pollutants is eliminating or phasing out their production.
The second step toward lowering human body burden is awareness of and potentially labeling foods that are likely to contain high amounts of pollutants. This strategy has worked in the past - pregnant and nursing women are cautioned against eating seafood that is known to accumulate high levels of mercury. Ideally, a certification process should be in place to routinely test animal products for POP concentrations. This would help the consumer identify which foods have the highest levels of pollutants.
The most challenging aspect of this
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Culture of Brazil
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Cinema and theater
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evolved alongside the blossoming literature traditions with names such as Martins Pena and Gonçalves Dias. Pena introduced the comedy of manners, which would become a distinct mark of Brazilian theatre over the next decades.
Theatre was not included in the 1922 Modern Art Week of São Paulo, which marked the beginning of Brazilian Modernism. Instead, in the following decade, Oswald de Andrade wrote O Rei da Vela, which would become the manifesto of the Tropicalismo movement in the 1960s, a time where many playwrights used theatre as a means of opposing the Brazilian military government such as Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Augusto Boal,
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Dry rot
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Historical use of the term "dry rot"
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the British naval fleet brought the term into wider usage. Thomas Wade's 'A Treatise on the Dry Rot in Timber' was published posthumously by the Navy Office in 1815 following his investigation of the matter in ships from various countries. The second HMS Queen Charlotte was launched in 1810 and, when inspected, the timbers of the upper decks were found to be infected with 'the dry rot'. By 1816 the cost of repairs for this vessel had exceeded the ship's original construction cost.
Texts published in the 19th and early 20th centuries also used the term to describe fungi which produced substantial
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Edward P. Hurt
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Track & Basketball & Death and legacy
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also on the coaching staffs at both the 1959 Pan American Games and the 1964 Olympic Games. Basketball Hurt coached the Morgan State University basketball team from 1929 to 1947, winning four CIAA championships. Three of those championships came consecutively in 1931, 1932 and 1933. From 1930 to 1947 Hurt coached the Morgan cagers to a 143–57 record, with the 1930, 1932, 1935 and 1945 teams going undefeated. Death and legacy Hurt died on March 24, 1989. His memorial service was held one week later on the campus of Morgan State University. His interment was completed at the Arbutus
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Dunmore railway station
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Heritage listing
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and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.
Dunmore (Shellharbour) Railway Station is of aesthetic significance for its open setting affording views to the Illawarra escarpment, for its collection of weatherboard buildings and platforms dating from 1887. The 1887 Platform 2 building is of aesthetic significance as a rare weatherboard awningless design station building. The 1891 milk shed (aka Out-of-room) is a rare early structure which has later extension and conversion to a new use. The platform structures show expansion of the station over time. The 1925 signal box is a good example of a simple
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Edward C. Bosbyshell
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Background
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Edward C. Bosbyshell Background Bosbyshell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1822 and spent some of his early adult life in Calhoun County, Illinois, "where, in an overflow of the rivers, he lost his entire property." He made a "new start" in Glenwood, Iowa, as a merchant. He was also on the school board there and was a county judge, as well as mayor.
He came to Los Angeles in 1884 and was one of the founders of the Southern California Bank. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.
Bosbyshell was a two-term member of the Los
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Education in ancient Rome
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Education in ancient Rome Education in ancient Rome progressed from an informal, familial system of education in the early Republic to a tuition-based system during the late Republic and the Empire. The Roman education system was based on the Greek system – and many of the private tutors in the Roman system were Greek slaves or freedmen. The educational methodology and curriculum used in Rome was copied in its provinces, and provided a basis for education systems throughout later Western civilization. Organized education remained relatively rare, and there are few primary sources or accounts of the Roman educational process until
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Ellisdale Fossil Site
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Geological setting & Paleoecology and taphonomy
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zone has since been redated as Middle Campanian in age (75-76 Ma). A recent study of fossil pollen from the estuarine strata enclosing the fossil layer has determined an Early to Mid-Campanian age for the stratum (76 - 80 Ma) and a fresh or brackish water tidal marsh environment of deposition. Paleoecology and taphonomy Remains of animals from at least four paleoenvironments are represented at the Ellisdale Site: marine, lagoonal/backbay, estuarine/freshwater, and terrestrial. Mixed faunal assemblages of this type are typically associated with transgressive lag deposits, and result from the slow accumulation of transported skeletal remains in tidal channels, backbays,
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David Hill (Oregon politician)
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Death and legacy
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resolutions" all were adjourned until 10am the following Monday morning in observance. Hill died without a will and his wife was appointed as administratrix of his estate with Robert and Michael Moore, and Ralph Wilcox as appraisers.
David Hill Elementary school in Hillsboro, which was originally established in 1888, was named in his honor, but the school closed in 2008. Hill is buried at the Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery on TV Highway near Dairy Creek. The cemetery is located on his former land claim, and is near the first recording of a bridge built in Oregon, crossing Dairy Creek. David Hill
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Egg of Columbus (mechanical puzzle)
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History
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catalog of 1894 includes a "Columbus Egg" toy.
There are at least 18 United States patents for such devices, starting from 1891.
The German company Pussycat sells a Columbus Egg that can be balanced by holding it upright for 25 seconds, then quickly inverting it. The egg will then stand on its pointed end for 15 seconds, then topple on its side.
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DuPont Manual High School
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DuPont Manual Training High School
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objected to their children having to travel between the two buildings and the consolidation did not save the school board any money, so they voted to end the experiment in 1919. The new building became Male's home for the next 70 years and Manual returned to its old building at Brook and Oak. In 1923 an expansion added new laboratories, a cafeteria, and the largest gym ever built in Louisville at the time. The addition eventually burned and had to be destroyed in 1991.
Manual's enrollment numbers, which had hovered around 400 since the 1890s, soared from 429 in 1919 to
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Ebola Medal for Service in West Africa
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Ribbon & Order of Wear
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Ebola Medal for Service in West Africa Ribbon The ribbon consists of a central yellow stripe, flanked by blue and white stripes, and symmetrical red stripes flanked by green stripes either side. These represent the colours from the national flags of the countries in West Africa affected by Ebola. Order of Wear The medal is worn immediately after the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service.
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Endocrine disruptor
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Europe & Environmental and human body cleanup
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on male reproductive health, and the resulting cost to public health systems. It concluded that EDCs likely cost health systems across the EU anywhere from 59 million to 1.18 billion Euros a year, noting that even this represented only "a fraction of the endocrine related diseases". Environmental and human body cleanup There is evidence that once a pollutant is no longer in use, or once its use is heavily restricted, the human body burden of that pollutant declines. Through the efforts of several large-scale monitoring programs, the most prevalent pollutants in the human population are fairly well known. The first
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Constitutional Court of Slovakia
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Judges
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of candidates elected by the National Council (by a simple majority vote).
A candidate for constitutional judge must be electable to the National Council, be at least 40 years old, be a law school graduate and be practising law for at least 15 years. Judges may be taken into custody only with consent of the Constitutional Court.
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Emotional lateralization
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Evidence of lateralization & Behavioral differences and cortical activation
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or happy faces look. All the tests have their strengths and weakness (see "Limitation of Studies" below). This section primarily focuses on results on the more subjective observations and results that have unknown neural basis or regions. Behavioral differences and cortical activation 70% of right handed patients show preference in viewing emotion expressed on the right side of the face (in the left field of view) according to studies using chimeric faces produced using right-right or left-left mirrored faces. The left side of the face seems more fluent in expressing emotions which means the right cortical hemisphere is more fluent
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Criminals Hall of Fame
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Statues
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Criminals Hall of Fame Statues Among the museum's featured criminals are contemporary serial killers such as Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy and Charles Manson, which are interspersed with infamous historical figures like Billy the Kid, Pretty Boy Floyd, Clyde Chestnut Barrow, Lucky Luciano, Jesse James, Al Capone and Elizabeth Báthory. In 1999, the figure of Adolf Hitler was stolen from its glass case.
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Emotional lateralization
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Right hemisphere dominance
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while thinking of emotions, responding to extreme emotional stimuli, and viewing emotional situations. Processing and production of facial expressions also appear to be asymmetric in nature. Many theories of lateralization have been proposed and some of those specific to emotions. Please keep in mind that most of the information in this article is theoretical and scientists are still trying to understand emotion and emotional lateralization. Also, some of the evidence is contradictory. Many brain regions are interconnected and the input and output of any given region may come from and go to many different regions. Right hemisphere dominance Some variations
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Electron affinity
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Measurement and use of electron affinity & Molecular electron affinities
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electron affinity than another is often called an electron acceptor and the less positive an electron donor. Together they may undergo charge-transfer reactions. Molecular electron affinities The electron affinity of molecules is a complicated function of their electronic structure.
For instance the electron affinity for benzene is negative, as is that of naphthalene, while those of anthracene, phenanthrene and pyrene are positive. In silico experiments show that the electron affinity of hexacyanobenzene surpasses that of fullerene.
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Elias Andersson
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Career & International career
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Elias Andersson Career Andersson started out as a youth player for his hometown club Hässleholms IF. In 2010, he joined Helsingborgs IF youth setup instead, although he still kept living in Hässleholm and commuted to Helsingborg. At the start of the 2013 Allsvenskan season Andersson was moved up to the first team and on 15 April 2013 he became the youngest player ever to play a league game for his club when he made his debut at home against Mjällby AIF. International career In September 2013 Andersson was selected to the Sweden national under-17 football team that would compete in
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Color Labs
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Controversy and demise
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Nguyen admitted that Color's launch was a wasted opportunity, sharing: "We threw out a network you don’t know how to get good at…We threw a mountain at people."
In October 2012, media reports indicated that Color's board of directors had voted to shut down the company. Other sources denied that the company was shutting down, but suggested that it was possibly preparing to be acquired by another company or for some other major transformative event.
Reports included that the staff would be sold to Apple for $2 to $7 million. In November Color Labs announced that the app would be shut
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Donde Quiera Que Estés
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Critical reception and legacy
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song for his compilation album 3 Décadas de Duetos (2012). In March 2010, the music video for "Donde Queira Que Estés" and other Selena music videos formed part of a tribute to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the singer's death. It was broadcast to 42 million homes nationwide on Music Choice On Demand in the United States for a limited time.
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Decree 900
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Background & Legislation
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national highway, a new port, a hydroelectric power plant—and for increased cultivation of unused lands. Legislation Árbenz began promoting agrarian reform soon after becoming President. He was aided politically by a renewed Communist Party of Guatemala (PGT), which believed that some amount of capitalist development necessarily preceded a communist revolution. Árbenz accepted help from the PGT and its leaders were among his personal friends; however, he rejected some of their proposals, including a mandate for the organization of producer cooperatives.
The proposed law gained widespread support among peoples' organizations and in the national press, but was opposed by the Asociación
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Doctor Who (series 1)
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Broadcast & Ratings
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Canadian and UK showings. The series concluded its initial U.S. broadcast on 9 June 2006. Ratings "Rose" received average overnight ratings of 9.9 million viewers, peaking at 10.5 million, respectively 43.2% and 44.3% of all viewers at that time. The final figure for the episode, including video recordings watched within a week of transmission, was 10.81 million, making it the third highest for BBC One that week and seventh across all channels. The opening episode was the highest rated episode of the first series. The penultimate episode, "Bad Wolf", received the lowest viewers of the series with just 6.81 million viewers. The series also
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David Stav
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Opinions
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wife requests it, even though this is not a Jewish custom. “Among those who go to study and work in places that are mixed for men and women, it is right and proper to make it a custom that they wear the ring on their finger, to remind them and their environment of their commitment to their wives, and to avoid misunderstandings and unpleasantness.”
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Counterproductive work behavior
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Cyber loafing & Incivility
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employee productivity and was estimated to have cost US businesses $5.3 billion in 1999. Incivility Workplace incivility is disrespectful and rude behavior in violation of workplace norms for respect." The effects of incivility include increased competitiveness, increases in sadistic behavior, and inattentiveness. A study of cyber incivility showed that higher levels of incivility are associated with lower job satisfaction, lower organizational commitment, and higher turnover rates. Two factors that seem to be associated with becoming a victim of incivility are low levels of agreeableness and high levels of neuroticism. The affective events theory suggests that individuals
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Energy in the United States
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Renewable energy
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2011 was the first year since 1997 that renewables exceeded nuclear in total US energy production.
Hydroelectric power is currently the largest producer of renewable energy in the US. It produced around 6.2% of the nation's total electricity in 2010 which was 60.2% of the total renewable energy in the US. The United States is the fourth largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world after China, Canada, and Brazil. The Grand Coulee Dam is the 5th largest hydroelectric power station in the world.
US wind power's installed capacity now exceeds 65,000 MW and supplies 4% of the nation's electric power. Texas is
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Ekkehard Kallee
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Life
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Ekkehard Kallee Life Ekkehard Kallee attended from 1932 the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Stuttgart, where he learned Latin and Ancient Greek but comparatively few natural sciences. During World War II he was from 1940 to 1945 a paramedic and subsequently held in custody in a French prisoner-of-war camp in Bad Niedernau for half a year. He studied medicine and graduated in 1950 at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and joined the student fraternity Tübinger Königsgesellschaft Roigel only at a very late stage. He wrote his doctoral thesis from 1947 to 1950 at Carl Martius and Adolf Butenandt about Experiments on the
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Egg donation
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Egg donor & Intended parent
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happy with the decision to donate their eggs. The same study found that 20% of women did not recall being aware of any physical risks. In accordance with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine guidelines, female donors are given a limit of 6 cycles that they may donate in order to minimize the possible health risks.
However, it appears that repetitive oocyte donation cycles does not cause accelerated ovarian aging, evidenced by absence of decreased anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in such women. Intended parent The recipient has a minimal risk of contracting a transmittable disease. While the donor may test negative for
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Endocrine disruptor
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Endocrine system
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brought on by the endocrine system are biochemical, changing the cell's internal and external chemistry to bring about a long term change in the body. These systems work together to maintain the proper functioning of the body through its entire life cycle. Sex steroids such as estrogens and androgens, as well as thyroid hormones, are subject to feedback regulation, which tends to limit the sensitivity of these glands.
Hormones work at very small doses (part per billion ranges). Endocrine disruption can thereby also occur from low-dose exposure to exogenous hormones or hormonally active chemicals such as bisphenol A. These
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Emotional lateralization
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Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) & Anterior insula (AI) & Implications
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conscious awareness of emotion. Damage to the ACC is associated with decreased SCR to physical and psychological stimuli. Bilateral and unilateral damage both resulted in decreased SCR indicates that the right and left ACC's may specialized in certain aspects of emotional response. Anterior insula (AI) The left anterior insula (AI) increasingly responds to increasingly fearful stimuli. The AI may also be involved in the conscious experience of emotion. Implications Phenomena such as emotional lateralization may help describe how emotions arise, persist, and alter our behavior. Understanding emotional lateralization will help scientists understand emotion in general. Emotional lateralization may also play
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Counterproductive work behavior
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Managing strategies
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demonstrated that stable characteristics of individuals are associated with the likelihood of CWBs. Some examples of stable characteristics that have been demonstrated to have relationships with CWBs include conscientiousness and agreeability, motivation avoidance, cognitive ability, and self-control. To the extent that these stable conditions predict CWBs, reduction of CWBs in an organization can begin at the recruitment and selection phase of new employees.
Integrity screening is one common form of screening used by organizations as is cognitive ability screening. Personality testing is also common in screening out individuals who may have a higher incidence of CWBs.
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Douma chemical attack
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Aftermath
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competing UN Security Council resolutions to handle the response to the chemical attack. The U.S., France, and UK vetoed a Russian-proposed UN resolution. Russia had also vetoed the U.S.'s proposed resolution to create "a new investigative mechanism to look into chemical weapons attacks in Syria and determine who is responsible."
On 14 April, France, the United Kingdom and the United States launched airstrikes against four Syrian government targets in response to the attack. The airstrikes were claimed to successfully destroy the chemical weapons capabilities of Syria. Nevertheless, according to Pentagon, the Syrian Arab Republic still retains the ability to launch chemical
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DuPont Manual High School
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Building and campus & Academics
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home to Cochran Elementary, as an annex. Academics Manual focused on industrial training early in its history, but by the late 1970s it had a standard curriculum. In 1980, Iowa Test of Basic Skills scores ranked Manual 23rd out of the 24 high schools in the county. Under principal Joe Liedtke, academics improved, especially after Manual became a magnet school in 1984 and could attract students from throughout the county.
All students enroll in one of five magnet programs. The High School University (HSU) magnet offers a traditional college preparatory curriculum with electives. The Math/Science/Technology (MST) magnet specifically prepares students for
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Dopamine receptor D5
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Immunity
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was shown to be upregulated in NK cells in response to prolonged stimulation with recombinant interleukin 2. This upregulation inhibits proliferation of the NK cells and suppresses synthesis of IFNγ. Activation of D₅ prevents p50, part of NF-κB protein complex, from repressing the transcription of miRNA 29a. Because miRNA29a targets mRNA of IFNγ, the expression of IFNγ protein is diminished.
D₅ receptors are involved in activation and differentiation of T helper 17 cells. Specifically, these receptors play a role in polarization of CD4+ T-cells into the T helper 17 cells by modulating secretion of interleukin 12 and interleukin 23 in response
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Egg donation
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Legality and financial issues
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respect to the retrieved eggs, the embryos, and any children conceived from the donation. Such contracts should specify that the recipients are the legal parents of the child and the legal owners of any eggs or embryos resulting from the cycle; in other words, while the donor has the right to cancel the cycle at any time prior to egg donation (although if she does so the contract generally provides that she will not be paid), once the eggs are retrieved they belong to the recipient(s). In individual cases the donors and parents may also wish to negotiate terms relating
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Dream Days at the Hotel Existence
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Background & Recording and production
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title of the album was drawn from the book Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster, which Fanning had read during the recording. He stated the concept of the title related to escapism, and that he felt it an appropriate sentiment to attach to the music of the album. Recording and production Following their hiatus, which commenced after the release of Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000, the band reconvened in late 2006 to write songs for Dream Days at the Hotel Existence. The band sought a new sound on the album, causing the recording process to be different from prior albums;
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Demographics of Chicago
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Racial and ethnic makeup
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Ukrainian, Dutch, Belgian, Cuban, Vietnamese, and Puerto Rican. Chicago is also home to 30,000 natives of Iran (mostly Azeri).
Chicago has a large Irish American population, with many still residing on the South Side. The early years of Chicago coincided with the significant rise in Irish immigration in the 1830s and 1840s. Some Irish already lived in Chicago when it was incorporated as a city in 1837. In the next few years Irish numbers grew rapidly, particularly after the arrival of refugees from the Great Famine. By 1850 Irish immigrants accounted for about one-fifth of the city's population.[13] Many of the
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Dopamine receptor D5
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Experimental methods
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The high degree of homology between D₅ and D₁ receptors and their affinity for drugs with similar pharmacological profile complicate distinguishing between them in research. Antibody staining these two receptors separately is suggested to be inefficient. However, expression of D₅ receptors has been assessed using immunohistochemistry. In this technique, two peptides were obtained from third exracellular loop and third intracellular loop of the receptor, and antisera were developed for staining the receptor in frozen mouse brain tissue. A method involving mRNA probes for in situ hybridization has been developed, which allowed to separately examine the expression of D₁ and D₅
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Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women)
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Start & Djurgården/Älvsjö merger
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after finishing 11th in Damallsvenskan. Djurgården again won promotion to Damallsvenskan in the 1996 season. Djurgården/Älvsjö merger In 2003, Djurgårdens IF and five-time Swedish champions Älvsjö AIK merged to form Djurgården/Älvsjö, where Djurgården owned 51 percent and Älvsjö AIK 49 percent. The new team consisted of a mix of Djurgården and Älvsjö players, including Swedish footballers Victoria Svensson, Elin Flyborg, Linda Fagerström, Ulrika Björn, and Jane Törnqvist and coached by Thomas Dennerby.
Djurgården/Älvsjö won Damallsvenskan in their first year with a team consisting of Jill Buchwald, Katarina Wicksell, Jane Törnqvist, Therese Brogårde, Jenny Curtsdotter, Helene Nordin, Helen Fagerström, Nadja Gyllander, Sara
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Elton, Derbyshire
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Geography
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wind than settlements at lower elevation, and it therefore has a reputation for being cold. The highest point on Elton Moor, known as Blake Low, is 330 metres (1,080 ft) above sea level; at this location is Elton Common trig point (TP3057). There is an interpretation board here that explains how the landscape has changed from the past mining activities and points out the effects on a scarred adjacent field. It shows notable points of the Peak District that can be seen from this viewpoint, including Kinder Scout and Mam Tor, some distance away. It states how this is one of
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Emblem of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
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First version & Second version
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artistic execution of projects was marked by the Dean of the Faculty of Painting of the All-Union Artistic and Technical Institute (VKHUTEIN), Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Hungarian-Internationalist Béla Uitz, but because of the complexity of the composition, his projects could not be used as a state emblem. The prizes were also awarded to Vasiliev, Kolokolnikov, Podkhapov (the head of a bull is depicted in the project at the bottom of the coat of arms) and Ryndin, as well as Laszlo Meszaros. Second version According to the new Constitution of the USSR, adopted on December 5, 1936 by the Extraordinary
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Diplomacy of John Adams
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Presidency
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was a friend of England – which was an exaggeration. He encouraged American friends of France to vote for Jefferson; Federalists responded by attacking Adet for interfering in American politics. Republican France responded with a decree announcing seizures of American ships in the West Indies, and that American sailors in British service would be treated as pirates. In effect, a limited maritime war against American commerce began a few days before Adams was inaugurated. Adams responded by calling a special session of Congress, asking it to enact defense measures to prepare for war. However, he also sent a special mission
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Buchenwald concentration camp
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Buchenwald Trial & The site
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1947, including Higher SS and Police Leader Josias Erbprinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, who oversaw the SS district that Buchenwald was located in, and many of the doctors responsible for Nazi human experimentation. Almost all of the defendants were convicted, and 22 were sentenced to death. However, only nine death sentences were carried out, and by the mid-1950s, all perpetrators had been freed except for Ilse Koch. Additional perpetrators were tried before German courts during the 1960s. The site Between August 1945 and 1 March 1950, Buchenwald was the site of NKVD special camp Nr. 2, where the Soviet secret
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Dorje Shugden
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Pabongka's transformation & Kelsang Gyatso
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school itself, Pabongka constructed Shugden as replacing the traditional Gelug protectors Pehar, Nechung, Palden Lhamo, Mahakala, Vaisravana and Kalarupa, who was appointed by Tsongkhapa.
Restrictions on the practice of Shugden were implemented by the 13th Dalai Lama. Pabongka apologized and promised not to practice Shuk-den any more. Kelsang Gyatso David Kay notes that Kelsang Gyatso departs from Phabongkha and Trijang Rinpoche by stating that Dorje Shugden's appearance is enlightened, rather than worldly. Kay states
Geshe Kelsang takes the elevation of Dorje Shugden’s ontological status another step further, emphasising that the deity is enlightened in both essence and appearance.
Kay quotes Kelsang Gyatso's
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Education in ancient Rome
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Rhetor
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in Roman society, and it took a long time for it to gain acceptance in Rome.
The orator, or student of rhetoric, was important in Roman society because of the constant political strife that occurred throughout Roman history. Young men who studied under a rhetor would not only focus on public speaking. These students also learned other subjects such as geography, music, philosophy, literature, mythology and geometry. These well-rounded studies gave Roman orators a more diverse education and helped prepare them for future debates.
Unlike other forms of Roman education, there is not much evidence to show that the rhetor level
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De minimis
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Taxation
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contexts as shown below, which indicate that beneath a certain low level a quantity is regarded as trivial, and treated commensurately. Taxation Under U.S. tax rules, the de minimis rule governs the treatment of small amounts of market discount. Under the rule, if a bond is purchased with a small amount of market discount (an amount less than 0.25% of the face value of: a bond times the number of complete years between the bond's acquisition date and its maturity date) the market discount is considered to be zero. If the market discount is less than the de minimis amount,
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Croatian–Venetian wars
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Period between 1203 and 1358 & Situation after 1358
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campaign and attacked all the Venetian held territories of his country. Within a year and a half, his armies entered Zadar, Split, Trogir, Šibenik and other Croatian coastal towns. In the Treaty of Zadar, which was signed on 18 February 1358 in the Monastery of St. Francis, the Republic of Venice renounced all Dalmatian towns and islands between the Gulf of Kvarner and the Town of Drač/Durazzo (in present-day Albania) in favour of King. Situation after 1358 The peace period after the Treaty of Zadar lasted in Dalmatia approximately 50 years. Following the dynasty crisis at the end of the
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Elizabeth Christ Trump
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Marriage and family
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to New York and they set up house in an apartment in the predominantly German quarter of Morrisania in the Bronx. Elizabeth (as her name was spelled in the United States) kept house, while Frederick worked as a restaurant and hotel manager. Their first child, Elizabeth, was born on April 30, 1904.
Despite living in a German neighborhood, Elizabeth was homesick. The family returned to Kallstadt in 1904, selling their assets in America. Because the Bavarian authorities suspected that he had left Germany in order to avoid the service in the Imperial Army, Frederick could not remain in Germany, so the
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Diocese of Mid-America
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History
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Diocese of Mid-America History The origin of the Diocese of Mid-America goes back to 1990, when the Reformed Episcopal Church at its General Council decided to create the Special Jurisdiction of North America (SJNA) to cover parishes located west of the Mississippi River. The original territory covered 27 states. Their first Missionary Bishop elected was Royal U. Grote Jr, who moved to Houston, Texas, in July 1991. In 1996, the merger of the Special Jurisdiction of North America with the Synod of Chicago, the oldest of the Reformed Episcopal Church, led to the creation of the Diocese of Mid-America. A
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Energy in the United States
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History
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2007, coal consumption was the highest it has ever been, with it mostly being used to generate electricity. Natural gas has replaced coal as the preferred source of heating in homes, businesses, and industrial furnaces, which burns cleaner and is easier to transport.
Although total energy use increased by approximately a factor of 50 between 1850 and 2000, energy use per capita increased only by a factor of four.
As of 2009, United States per-capita energy use had declined to 7.075 tonnes of oil equivalent (296.2 GJ), 12% less than 2000, and in 2010, to levels not seen since the 1960s.
At the beginning
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Deportation of Germans from Latin America during World War II
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Latin American response to U.S. demand
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was tightly controlled by the US, agreed to send the “more dangerous” internees to the US on 13 January 1942. Little opposition arose in the Latin American countries that have declared war on Germany. Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti all agreed to deport “dangerous enemy aliens” by mid-February 1942, while Cuba compromised with interning selected Germans in the isolated Isle of Pines (now Isla de la Juventud). Colombia initially refused American demands, citing national sovereignty and constitutional rights. She relented in November 1943 after she was promised military aid under Lend-Lease from the
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Bosque Andino Patagónico
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Climate & Soils
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the eastern side of the mountains the temperature variations are much more severe and there is a more continental climate. Soils Much of the soils around the Andes are derived from volcanic material. In this soils weathering has produced water-retentive allophane that can allow the vegetation to withstand drought. These soils develop chiefly from volcanic ash and wind-redeposited ash deposits that can reach several meters in height. These kind of soils have high porosity and low bulk density. Locally they are known as trumao which are Andosols. Other soil types include ñadis which are aquepts usually developed on top of
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David Moyes
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2004–2009
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their record in the FA Cup under Moyes did not improve: in the third round they crashed out 4–1 to Blackburn Rovers. An improved league position of sixth was secured along with UEFA Cup football for the next season.
It was the 2007–08 season that Everton displayed the most consistency and stability since Moyes arrived at the club, finally ending the cycle of alternating between the top and bottom halves of the league. In his sixth full season in charge, Moyes secured fifth place in the league and reached the semi-final of the Football League Cup as well as the last
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Daoshi
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Government Regulations and Examination System & Daily Life and Clothing
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was also often changed depending on the will of the government.
The government itself was partly to blame for the increasing abuse. For instance, after 1487, in the wake of famines or other natural disasters, the government would often issue large numbers of dudie as a way of increasing state income. Sometimes, during famine, a dudie could be acquired not only with a monetary purchase, but even by trading in grains to the state. Daily Life and Clothing During the late Ming, morning and evening study sessions had become a daily practice in most Taoist temples, especially those of the Quanzhen
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Emmy Rossum
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Charity work and public service campaigns
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campaigns Rossum was a YouthAIDS ambassador. In 2008, she was signed as the spokesperson for Pinkitude, an apparel line inspired by the Pink Panther character, to help raise breast cancer awareness. In 2010, she appeared in public service announcements for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Action Fund. She also works with Global Green USA to raise money for environmental protection and awareness of ecological issues. In 2015, Rossum campaigned with the Best Friends Animal Society to encourage animal adoption.
On May 26, 2009, Rossum attended a march in West Hollywood California protesting the California Supreme Court's ruling to uphold Proposition
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Dave Syverson
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Early life, education and career & Illinois Senate
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Dave Syverson Early life, education and career He was born June 29, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Rockford in his early childhood. He attended Guilford High School and Rock Valley College as a business major. Illinois Senate Syverson was first elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1992. He joined a group of newly elected conservative State Senators called the "Fab Five". As a member of the Fab Five, along with Chris Lauzen, Steve Rauschenberger, Patrick O'Malley, and Peter Fitzgerald.
Syverson serves as the Deputy Republican leader and on the following Senate committees: Committee of the Whole; Gaming (Republican
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Emma Booth (actress)
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Modeling career & Personal life
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Fashion Week, for Sydney and Melbourne. Personal life In March 2015, Booth revealed on Instagram that she had secretly married musician Dominick Joseph Luna back in 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Edward Danforth Hale
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New England Conservatory & New England Conservatory & Hartford Theological Seminary & Colorado College School of Music
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Hale did not receive a diploma per se; most students did not at that time. New England Conservatory Hale taught at the New England Conservatory from 1886 to 1896, and again from 1901 to 1904. While on the faculty, Hale wrote a regular column called "Musical Pedagogy" for The New England Conservatory Magazine during the first few years of the 20th century. Hartford Theological Seminary In 1891, while a professor at New England Conservatory, Hale taught piano (elementary and advanced) at the School for Church Musicians at the Hartford Seminary. Colorado College School of Music Hale served as the Dean
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Emotional lateralization
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Right hemisphere dominance
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do not show changes in SCR response.
Subject SB-2046 had part of his right, prefrontal lobe removed because of cancer. While his IQ and a majority of other normal functions were unharmed, he had severely impaired decision-making skills especially when he had to consider immediate vs. future reward and punishment. His decisions were almost always guided by immediate reward or punishment and disregarded any long-term consequences. Researchers were incapable of conditioning patient SB-2046 to nonverbal stimuli containing emotional meaning (reward or punishment), but were able to condition the patient to verbal stimuli containing emotional meaning.
Most language production and processing occur in
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Edinburgh Marathon
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History & Criticism
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12 minutes faster than previous year's Edinburgh earned its title of UK’s fastest marathon. It was the first year that the event made a profit. Road closures for the new route affected around 130 streets.
In 2010, the half marathon was introduced for the first time with entry levels jumping to more than 24,000.
2011 was the first time the Edinburgh Marathon Festival was hosted over two days. As well as the full marathon, the festival also included a 5K, 10K, two junior races and a half marathon and a team relay race, affectionately named the "Hairy Haggis." Criticism Whilst the
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Electoral Reform Society
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European Union & Analysis of 2016 EU referendum
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democratic deficit. These included: better scrutiny of EU legislation by the British parliament, a voting system which gives voters more influence over individual candidates (e.g. single transferable vote) and recruitment of party candidates with a wider ranges of views on the EU. Analysis of 2016 EU referendum In August 2016 the Society published a highly critical report on the referendum and called for a review of how future events are run. Contrasting it very unfavourably with the 'well-informed grassroots' campaign for Scottish independence, Labour supporter Ghose described it as "dire" with “glaring democratic deficiencies” which left voters bewildered. Ghose
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Elm Creek Township, Martin County, Minnesota
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Demographics
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Asian, and 0.48% from two or more races.
There were 76 households out of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.3% were married couples living together, 1.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.4% were non-families. 15.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the township the population was spread out with 28.7% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24,
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Causes of the Holodomor
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Procurement practice
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and Stalin noted that the harvest of 1932 was "satisfactory", according to estimates provided by the agricultural planning authorities, and therefore requests for seed for winter crops were refused, while total winter tillage acreage demands were increased. Later, Stalin blamed the statistical and planning authorities for inaccurately estimating potential yields and thus a "Commissions for yield estimation" was created on December 17, 1932, by his order. The 1932 harvest figures provided at the time were largely overestimated, and the actual difference between estimated and actual harvest was significant. Such unrealistic figures resulted in demand that was impossible to fulfill and
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Détente
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Summits and treaties & The end of the Vietnam War & Apollo–Soyuz Hand Shake in Space
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be awarded this status. This provided Jackson with a method of linking geopolitics to human rights. The end of the Vietnam War Nixon and his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger moved toward détente with the Soviet Union in the beginning of the 1970s. They had hopes that the Soviets would, in return, help the United States extricate or remove itself from Vietnam. People then started to notice the consciousness in which the American politics started to act with. Apollo–Soyuz Hand Shake in Space A significant example of an event which contributed to the détente was the handshake that took place
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Edward Martin (Queens')
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Life
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he effected his escape, and went to Thorington, Suffolk, where he resided with Henry Cooke, who had been a member of his college. He assumed the name of Matthews, but was discovered by some soldiers from Yarmouth, was brought to London, and on 23 May 1650 was committed to the Gatehouse Prison by John Bradshaw, president of the council of state. Ultimately, by some interest with Colonel Wanton, he obtained his release and a pardon for breaking prison. He then returned to Suffolk and resumed his own name; but subsequently he went abroad for seven or eight years, during most
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Education in ancient Rome
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Moral education
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is even credited as a major cause of her sons' renowned eloquence.
Perhaps the most important role of the parents in their children's education was to instill in them a respect for tradition and a firm comprehension of pietas, or devotion to duty. For a boy, this meant devotion to the state, and for a girl, devotion to her husband and family. As the Roman Republic transitioned into a more formal education beyond the 3 R's, parents began to hire teachers for this level of advanced academic training. For this, "the Romans began to bring Greek slaves to Rome" to further
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Dream Days at the Hotel Existence
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Background
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Dream Days at the Hotel Existence Background Bernard Fanning stated in television interviews in 2006 that Powderfinger was working on a new album to be released the following year. On Powderfinger's website, guitarist Ian Haug said the upcoming album was an "exciting new direction" for the band's music. After a month of recording, on 2 March 2007, Fanning made an announcement on Australian radio station Triple J that tracking was complete, mixing the album was to follow, and the approximate release date was June. Fanning also stated that several of the tracks on the album feature session pianist Benmont Tench.
The
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Endocrine disruptor
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Economic effects
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per year.
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Daz Eden
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Storylines
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and Daz kissing unless Katie agreed she could stay.
Denise (now Lisa Parry) returned to the village and swearing she had reformed, asked Daz to move back in with her. Feeling guilty about kissing Katie, Daz agreed. Andy was upset by his departure but Daz returned a couple of months later with Pearl Ladderbanks (Meg Johnson). Diane phoned Denise to let her know Daz was safe and tried to help them reconcile. Denise visited but demanded Daz make amends to her boyfriend, fearing he'd leave, so Diane threw her out. She and Jack then started adoption proceedings. While Denise seemed happy
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El Domo
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Miguel, Gloria Trevi, Yuri, El Bando de Recodo, Aracely Arambula, Lorena Herrera and Los Tigres del Norte have performed here since it opened. It has been the site of CMLL matches and several preseason basketball games.
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Dave Bayer
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Education and career
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Dave Bayer Education and career Bayer was educated at Swarthmore College as an undergraduate, where he attended a course on combinatorial algorithms given by Herbert Wilf. During that semester, Bayer related several original ideas to Wilf on the subject. These contributions were later incorporated into the second edition of Wilf and Albert Nijenhuis' influential book Combinatorial Algorithms, with a detailed acknowledgement by its authors. Bayer subsequently earned his PhD at Harvard University in 1982 under the direction of Heisuke Hironaka with a dissertation entitled The Division Algorithm and the Hilbert Scheme. He joined Columbia University thereafter.
Bayer is the son of
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Egg donation
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The egg donor's process in detail
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hormone levels and to test for infectious diseases, Rh factor, blood type, and drugs and an ultrasound to examine her ovaries, uterus and other pelvic organs. A family history of approximately the past three generations is also required, meaning that adoptees are usually not accepted because of the lack of past health knowledge. Genetic testing is also usually done on donors to ensure that they do not carry mutations (e.g., cystic fibrosis) that could harm the resulting children; however, not all clinics automatically perform such testing and thus recipients must clarify with their clinics whether such testing will be done.
Once
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Equestrian monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, Florence
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History
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1861 when France protected Papal rule of Roman territory from Garibaldi's forces. No design for a monument for Napoleon was ever touted.
The selection of Florence as capital of Italy in 1865, set the city into urban renewal. Plans by the architect Giuseppe Poggi, moved the statue to its new location, at a prominent intersection of avenues exiting out of the city.
But the national government migrated South to Rome within a few years, quashing much of the funds for the refurbishment of Florence. Only in 1878, after the death of Vittorio Emanuele II, was the project was revived. In 1881-1882 a
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Empress Alexandra Russian Muslim Boarding School for Girls
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History & Modern usage
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to which the girls were required to wear European-style uniforms worn by all female students in Russia. In 1913, the school was reorganized into a post-secondary teachers seminary for women.
The pioneer project provoked Muslim communities in other parts of the Russian Empire to establish similar institutions. By 1915, in Baku alone there were 5 schools for Muslim girls. Modern usage The school functioned until the fall of the Empire in 1918. In the 1920s it was reorganized into a teachers college, after 1930 it served as headquarters for various government institutions until finally it became the Institute of Manuscripts of
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Douglas Murray (author)
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Publications
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Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas, which was described by Christopher Hitchens as "masterly". 'Bosie' was awarded a Lambda Award for gay biography in 2000. After leaving Oxford, Murray wrote a play, Nightfall, about the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg.
In 2006, he published a defence of neoconservatism — Neoconservatism: Why We Need It — and made a speaking tour promoting the book in the United States. In 2007, he assisted in the writing of Towards a Grand Strategy for an Uncertain World: Renewing Transatlantic Partnership by Gen. Dr. Klaus Naumann, Gen. John Shalikashvili, Field Marshal The Lord Inge, Adm. Jacques Lanxade,
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Charter Oak Schoolhouse
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Architecture & History
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one of three of these octagonal schoolhouses which is still standing. History Built in 1873, the Charter Oak Schoolhouse was the third public school built at its location. The first school building was a simple log structure built in 1848. The second school building, a frame structure constructed in 1863, was destroyed by a tornado, necessitating the construction of a new building. Contractor William H. Holcomb constructed the third building at a cost of $1000. The school's teacher, Daniel Bishop Ling, proposed the construction of an octagonal building, which he believed would allow more light into the classroom and be
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Diriyah
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Post 1400
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cities of Mecca and Medina drew the ire of the Ottoman Empire, the major Islamic power at the time, led to the Ottoman-Saudi War of 1811–1818 and an invasion of Arabia by Ottoman and Egyptian forces brought the Saudi state to an end in 1818, with Diriyah capitulating after a nearly-year-long siege. The leader of the invading force, Ibrahim Pasha, ordered the destruction of Diriyah. However, when a member of the local nobility tried to revive the Wahhabi state in Diriyah, Ibrahim ordered his troops to destroy the town even further and set whatever was left of it on fire.
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Denchworth
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Parish church & Economy and amenities
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bellfoundries at Chacombe in Northamptonshire and Witney in Oxfordshire, cast the second bell in 1733. The remaining bells are from the Whitechapel Bellfoundry: the third bell cast by Robert Stainbank in 1868 and the tenor bell by Mears and Stainbank in 1869. St James' has also a Sanctus bell cast by an unknown founder in about 1699.
St James' parish is now a member of the Vale Benefice, along with the parishes of East Challow, Grove and West Hanney. Economy and amenities At the junction of Brook Lane and Hyde Road is the base and broken shaft of a 14th or
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Djinni (Dungeons & Dragons)
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Publication history & Description
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the Monstrous Manual (1993). The noble djinni and the Great Caliph of the djinn appeared for the Al-Qadim setting in the Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix (1992). The djinni appeared under the genie of Zakhara heading in the Land of Fate boxed set (1992).
The djinni appeared in the third edition Monster Manual (2000), and appear in the 3.5 revised Monster Manual (2003). The djinni appears as a player character race in Savage Species (2003).
The djinni appeared in the fourth edition in Monster Manual 2 (2009). Description The djinn are genies from the Elemental Plane of Air.
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Endocrine disruptor
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Endocrine system
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to definitively link a particular chemical with a specific health effect, and exposed adults may not show any ill effects. But, fetuses and embryos, whose growth and development are highly controlled by the endocrine system, are more vulnerable to exposure and may suffer overt or subtle lifelong health and/or reproductive abnormalities. Prebirth exposure, in some cases, can lead to permanent alterations and adult diseases.
Some in the scientific community are concerned that exposure to endocrine disruptors in the womb or early in life may be associated with neurodevelopmental disorders including reduced IQ, ADHD, and autism. Certain cancers and uterine abnormalities
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Elaine M. Goodwin
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Education and art career & Awards
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moment, light is held, captured, and let go". With her extensive experience as an artist, Goodwin lectures and gives master classes, and has performed a curatorial role for the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter.
Goodwin has accepted many private and public commissions. One of these is a mosaic walkway and pyramid installation that she created for the Eden Project in Cornwall. The pyramid and walkway, which is in the Mediterranean biome, is titled "Liquid Gold" and displays Goodwin's signature use of shiny gold and silver materials. Awards Goodwin was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University
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Education in ancient Rome
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Influences
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children. It was the father's duty to educate his children and should he be unable to fulfill this duty, the task was assumed by other family members. It was not until 272 BC with the capture of Tarentum, the annexation of Sicily in 241 BC, and the period following the First Punic War that Romans were exposed to a strong influence of Greek thought and lifestyle and found leisure to study the arts.
In the 3rd century B.C., a Greek captive from Tarentum named Livius Andronicus was sold as a slave and employed as a tutor for his master's children. After
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Ellisdale Fossil Site
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Paleoecology and taphonomy
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preservation. Bones of both marine and upland terrestrial animals are typically broken, heavily worn, and missing the outermost layer of bone (periosteum). Some bones show evidence of boring by the marine shipworm Teredo. In contrast, the bones of microvertebrates such as amphibians, lizards and mammals are much more complete, with delicate processes and the periosteum intact.
The small animal fauna of the site probably represents a "proximal" assemblage that lived at or near the final point of deposition, while the heavily worn bones represent a "distal" fauna. It is thought that the proximal fauna may have lived within a freshwater deltaic
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E.ON Gaz Romania
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History of natural gas exploration
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E.ON Gaz Romania History of natural gas exploration On the present-day territory of Romania, the first natural gas deposit was discovered in 1908, in Sărmăşel, Mureş County (then in Austria-Hungary), further to geological researches on potassium salts. A prodigious period followed for the gas distribution business and the year 1941 marks the construction of the first natural gas pipeline from Măneşti to Bucharest, while the following year a main pipeline is built for the transportation of natural gas from Transylvania to the capital city.
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Deven Mack
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Career
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Deven Mack Career Mack started voice acting in 2004 in Newgrounds working on flash animation and online content. His first TV role was playing the role as Lab Rat in the animated series, Grossology. Although the characters' original design was already fleshed out and Mack already had an ideal voice for the character, Mack performed his audition doing a Chris Tucker impression upon request by the directors. This led him to not only get cast with the role but the characters' final design was re-worked and modeled after Mack.
Mack also gained recognition for voicing and writing for the character
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Epigonion
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Description
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Epigonion An epigonion (Greek: ἐπιγόνιον) was an ancient stringed instrument mentioned in Athenaeus (183 AD), probably a psaltery. Description The epigonion was invented, or at least introduced into Greece, by Epigonus of Ambracia, a Greek musician of Ambracia in Epirus, who was admitted to citizenship at Sicyon as a recognition of his great musical ability and of his having been the first to pluck the strings with his fingers, instead of using the plectrum. The instrument, which Epigonus named after himself, had forty strings.
It was undoubtedly a kind of harp or psaltery, since in an instrument of so many strings
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Daoshi
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Government Regulations and Examination System
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years old being allowed to become priests. These restrictions, however, changed over time, as in 1419, laws state that only those above 14 and below 20 years old, and whose parents both approved, would be allowed to study Taoist classics in temples and sit the examination after 5 years (thereby becoming a priest at a younger age than was previously required). Those who passed would be given a dudie, while the others would have to secularize. Teenagers whose parents or grandparents did not have other offspring to depend on were not allowed to become monks or priests either. Those older
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Emily Lau
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Reputation & Personal life and family
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Patten regarded Lau as a "professional politician, handsome, well informed and dashingly eloquent, who would have got to the top in any Western political system" and an "exponent of the incisive soundbite."
Since she joined the Democratic Party, her earlier strident stance toward the Beijing government mellowed somewhat: this was perceived by some in a very negative way.[11]
After she met with the mainland officials for negotiations over the 2012 constitutional reform package and voted with her party in favour of the reforms, she received ferocious attacks from radical democrats for her compromise. Personal life and family Emily Lau married John
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Duncan McDowell
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Career
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he held for eight years. After spending time in Canada and Scotland, McDowell joined the Missionaries of Charity in London in the late 1980s.
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Emily Lau
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Last years of the colonial period
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became a household name in Hong Kong politics and the legislator came to be known as both a champion of her constituents and a thorn in the side of the Hong Kong administration. She was equally a critic of Britain and Beijing. The last British Governor Chris Patten aimed at a faster pace of democratisation. Governor Patten carried out the reform packages which extended voting rights to millions of people in the revised functional constituency indirect elections. The reform packages were ferociously criticised by the Beijing government for violating the Sino-British agreements. During the reform packages discussions, Lau proposed
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Education in ancient Rome
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Education during the Empire
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little that could be described as free public education existed. Both boys and girls were educated, though not necessarily together.
In a system much like the one that predominates in the modern world, the Roman education system that developed arranged schools in tiers. The educator Quintilian recognized the importance of starting education as early as possible, noting that "memory ... not only exists even in small children, but is specially retentive at that age". A Roman student would progress through schools just as a student today might go from primary school to secondary school and then to college. They were
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Dog Pound (film)
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Plot
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his mother during the night, but an officer denies his request, telling him he'll have to wait until morning. Feeling helpless, Davis goes back to his bunk, eventually committing suicide by slitting his wrists.
The deaths of both Angel and Davis result in their dormitory going on a hunger strike during breakfast. After a stare-down in the cafeteria, Butch loses control and instigates a riot. The detention officers are overwhelmed and return to the cafeteria in riot gear, using tear gas and plastic bullets in an attempt to end the riot. During the riot, Butch tries to escape the building, but
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David with the Head of Goliath (Massimo Stanzione)
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History
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potential buyers.
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Elmwood Hall
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History
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Elmwood Hall History Elmwood Hall was built originally as the Elmwood Presbyterian Church. It was designed in 1859 by amateur architect John Corry, but not actually erected until 1862.
The pulpit and other internal furnishings were removed, along with the stained glass windows. The stonework was restored and the golden weathercock added by HA Patton & Partners in 1975. The polished granite pillars round the front courtyard had lost some of their elaborately carved sandstone capitals, but these were restored in 2000.
Queen's University Belfast converted the church into a concert hall and renamed it Elmwood Hall. The building was deconsecrated and
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Epitaph (band)
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Band history
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autumn of 1971. After numerous gigs throughout Germany including a 1972 live appearance in the TV show Beat Club, the band recorded (in Audio Tonstudio, Berlin) the sophomore, Stop, Look and Listen, again for Polydor. Both releases were described by Allmusic as "post-psych progressive rock, spiced with occasional jazz accents and widespread twin-guitar harmonies."
In 1972, McGillivray left and was replaced by Achim Wielert whose style of playing accounted for the band taking a stronger rock direction, showcased by the two 1973 singles, "Autumn '71" and "We Love You Alice". Still, the sales were disappointing and Polydor dropped the band. Almost
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DuPont Manual High School
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Louisville Girls High School & Merger
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to Louisville Girls High School in 1911.
In 1934, the school moved into Reuben Post Halleck Hall, which had just been completed. The building was initially home to the Girls High School on the second and third floors, and Louisville Junior High School on the first. Over 12,000 women graduated from the school in its 94 years of operation. Merger By the 1940s, budget concerns and national trends made it clear that Louisville Girls High School and duPont Manual would merge into one coeducational school. They finally did so in September 1950 and remained in the old Louisville Girls High School
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