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Mai Shiranui
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Critical reception and popularity
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also for the whole company. ... Mai is an unapologetic sex symbol ... While some decry Mai's ubiquitousness as pandering fan service, we're more than happy to pick up the yearly iterations of the King of Fighters franchise just to get fresh hands on this fetching fighter. Destructoid's editor-in-chief Dale North named "Terry and Andy Bogard, and the ever-bouncy Mai Shiranui" as the most popular of all characters from the Fatal Fury series, while China's Xinhua News Agency called Mai the most important female role in the history of SNK. In Brazil, Megagames retrospectively included her among the seven female
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Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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Selection of managers and coaches
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despite having moved from the National League champion San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs. This has also included situations where the person is no longer actively managing a team. For the first All-Star Game, intended as a one-time event, Connie Mack and John McGraw were regarded as baseball's venerable managers, and were asked to lead the American and National League teams, respectively. McGraw came out of retirement for that purpose. Dick Williams resigned after managing the Oakland Athletics to the 1973 World Series. In 1974, he became manager of the California Angels, whose uniform he wore for the game.
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Mansfield Brewery
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History
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Mansfield Brewery History In 1855, brewer John Watson of Sheffield formed a partnership with farmer Samuel Hage of Whitewater, Ollerton, and investor William Edward Baily, of Mansfield. The partners bought land at Littleworth to build a brewery. However, in 1856 Watson sold his shares to the other two partners. To support their business, the partners established a malting facility in 1863.
In 1873 Addison Titley bought into the business, followed in 1885 by William Jackson Chadburn, Baily's brother-in-law, who became the dominant owning partner. By 1901, the firm leased 72 licensed premises, from public houses to hotels, as well as numerous
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Lyman Lemnitzer
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Post-Korean War & Later life and death
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Treaty Organisation (NATO). His time in command saw the Cyprus crisis of 1963–1964 and the withdrawal of NATO forces from France in 1966. As of 2015, Lemnitzer is the only Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to hold another U.S military command after his term as Chairman ended, rather than retiring. Later life and death Lemnitzer retired from the military in July 1969. His 14-year tenure as a four star general on active duty is the longest in the history of the U.S. Army. He was also the only person in history to serve as Army Chief of Staff, Chairman
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Marty Essen
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Live Shows
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touring the United States, performing Around the World in 90 Minutes, at hundreds of colleges since 2007.
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Mardan
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Economy & Sports
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as one of the largest sugar mills in South Asia. An economic zone is planned as a part of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) near Rashakai. Although Rashakai is part of Nowshera District, its proximity with Mardan is expected to directly benefit the city Sports In 2006, Mardan district government with the help of Government of Pakistan created a sports complex in Mardan city. The complex, Mardan Sports Complex, has facilities for all major sports such as cricket, football, field hockey, swimming, and basketball. The swimming pool facility was built in 2011 while an international standard hockey turf
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Manchester Cenotaph
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Commissioning
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location of the former St Peter's church, demolished in 1907. The statutory trustees appointed to administer the funds paid over by the city council for the deconsecrated site of the church had been required by the Manchester Churches Act of 1906 to erect and maintain a memorial cross on the site, as well as to protect the bodies of the dead still interred in vaults underneath; and they objected to the removal of both. The dispute was only partially resolved, as although the trustees consented to the construction of the cenotaph they refused to allow the removal of the cross
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Marquês de Pombal (Lisbon Metro)
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History
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Marquês de Pombal (Lisbon Metro) History The Blue Line station is one of the 11 stations that belong to the original Lisbon Metro network, opened in December 29, 1959. The architectural design of the original Blue Line station is by Falcão e Cunha.
On July 15, 1995 the Yellow Line station was built, based on the architectural design of José Santa-Rita and João Santa-Rita, and the Blue Line station was extended and refurbished, based on the architectural design of Duarte Nuno Simões and Nuno Simões.
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Manhattan, Kansas
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2010 census
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races, and 3.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.8% of the population.
There were 20,008 households of which 22.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.0% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 52.7% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.82.
In the
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Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
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4-H support
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and community development programs. In 2008, Louisiana celebrated 100 years of 4-H in the state. The 4-H program, which got its start with a boys’ corn club in 1908, reaches nearly 225,000 youth every year. The focus areas are citizenship, healthy living, and science, engineering and technology. Among alumni of Louisiana 4-H are General Russel Honoré, who achieved fame in coming to the aid of Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans, and Kent Desormeaux, the jockey who twice nearly won the Triple Crown in horse racing. More than half of the state legislators in a 2008 survey said they had
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Littoral cone
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Littoral cone Littoral cones are a form of volcanic cone. They form from the interaction between lava flows and water. Steam explosions fragment the lava and the fragments can pile up and form a cone. Such cones usually form on aa lava flows, and typically require large lava flows to form. They have been found on Hawaii and elsewhere.
Littoral cones are semicircular cones which are breached in the direction of the lava flow that created them. They are formed by mounds of clasts that appear like cones without a crater. Littoral cones are constructed by volcanic ash, lava bombs and
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Major facilitator superfamily
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Mechanism & Substrate specificity
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face, and opening of the cytoplasmic side, allowing substrate into the cell. Upon substrate release, the transporter recycles to the periplasmic facing orientation.
Exporters and antiporters of the MFS family follow a similar reaction cycle, though exporters bind substrate in the cytoplasm and extrude it to the extracellular or periplasmic space, while antiporters bind substrate in both states to drive each conformational change. While most MFS structures suggest large, rigid body structural changes with substrate binding, the movements may be small in the cases of small substrates, such as the nitrate transporter NarK. Substrate specificity Though initially identified as sugar
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Marus
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Archaeology
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Marus Archaeology In 1875, Victor Guérin found major ruins here. He described the place as a destroyed Arab village.
In 1881 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine found here: "Modern and ancient ruins; a spring in a rock-cut cave, ancient foundations of good-sized stones; the foundations of a small rectangular building to the west of the eastern portion of the ruin. Some rock-cut tombs and many caves in hills around."
Starting in 1981 Zvi Ilan excavated in sites next to the 20th century village in different directions. Excavations revealed signs of a long-standing community, and Jewish presence at
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John Shirley (footballer)
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Career
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John Shirley (footballer) Career Shirley was born in Crewe and began his career with non-league Whitchurch before joining league Stoke City in 1927. He made a fine start scoring twice on his debut against Fulham in November 1927. However, despite that he never was considered to be a regular in the Stoke side by manager Tom Mather and he spent three seasons at the Victoria Ground making 31 appearances scoring 11 goals. He went on to play for non-league sides Hednesford Town and Macclesfield Town.
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Lucia Joyce
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Legacy
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the Irish Times and Irish Examiner. The criticism focused on Abbs's allegedly insufficient research regarding Lucia Joyce and her "unsubstantiated speculations" on subjects such as incest, the nature of Lucia Joyce's mental illnesses, and the suggestion that her schizophrenia resulted entirely from her mother's neglect, which was considered an inappropriate and offensive suggestion for those families dealing with the condition. Frank MacGabhann criticised Abbs for manufacturing scenes of incest between Lucia Joyce and her brother Giorgio. In his review of the novel for the Irish Examiner, he wrote:
IMAGINE this. An English person looking to publish her first novel submits
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Lou Graham (Seattle madame)
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Graham in Seattle
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such "closed city" period in 1890 but soon opened wide its doors for business once again. By February 14, 1891 (Valentine's Day, ironically), something of a "Wild West" atmosphere had returned to the tideflats, and a rookie policeman involved in a general crackdown on prostitution arrested Graham out of ignorance of her identity. The result was acquittal in a jury trial and (according to Speidel) the subsequent resignation of reform mayor Henry White.
For the rest of Lou Graham's life her brothel remained an institution. "No young businessman was really considered a man about town until he could discuss with ease
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Louise Leonard McLaren
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Later career
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Stroudsburg, Pa. in 1968 of heart disease at age 83. She had a vision of industrial society and with an unfailing sense of optimism and with hard work and dedication inspired several generations of southern working women.
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Mark T. Smith
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Life
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across the U.S. and exhibited at the Cannes Film Festival as part of a worldwide promotional tour. One vehicle was auctioned for the charity Operation Smile to a private collector, and the other is in the Walter P. Chrysler Museum’s permanent collection in Michigan.
In 2009, Smith was chosen as the first artist to "Paint on Pink". He painted on pink material recycled from the Pink Project, the art installation that launched Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation New Orleans. The artwork created from this project and all of the proceeds were donated to Make It Right, whose purpose is
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London Wall
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Medieval period
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the Confessor, was one of the grandest churches in Europe. Winchester had previously been the capital of Anglo-Saxon England, but from this time on, London became the main forum for foreign traders and the base for defence in time of war. In the view of Frank Stenton: "It had the resources, and it was rapidly developing the dignity and the political self-consciousness appropriate to a national capital."
The size and importance of London led to the redevelopment of the city's defences. During the early medieval period – following the Norman Conquest of England – the walls underwent substantial work that included
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Live at Pompeii
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Promotion
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on the 9 August an excerpt from "A Boat Lies Waiting" was uploaded. An excerpt from "Today" was uploaded on 23 August 2017. On 30 August 2017 an excerpt from "Time" was uploaded. As well as preview videos an electronic press kit (EPK) was uploaded in three parts to the channel. On 8 September 2017 the full video of "One of These Days" was uploaded to the YouTube channel, followed by "Run Like Hell" on 29 September. Promo videos for "Dancing Right In Front of Me", "Wish You Were Here", "The Great Gig in the Sky", "The Girl in the
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Marcel Hirscher
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Career
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among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in a clean sweep of the podium places, taking Austria's only gold of the championships, and preventing them from leaving a Worlds without a gold medal for the first time since 1987.
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Longwood University
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Campus
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of four historic brick Jeffersonian buildings: French Hall, Tabb Hall, Ruffner Hall and Grainger Hall. These buildings are joined by a covered colonnade and bear the university's signature red roofs.
The rest of campus is organized along a picturesque central promenade, Brock Commons, that stretches south perpendicular to High Street. Located along Brock Commons are the university's dining hall, student union, library, gymnasium, music and arts buildings and the homes of the College of Business and Economics and the College of Education and Human Services. A new student center, the Norman H. and Elsie Stossel Upchurch University Center is under construction
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Martindale, Texas
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History & Education
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parishioners' own labor in the mid-1980s and then was burned by an arsonist in 1991. After 1984, the local population increased, reaching 1,068 in 1988, when eleven businesses were in operation. Education The City of Martindale is served by the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District. Hope Christian Academy is a private school run in Martindale for students ages preschool to middle school and is a ministry of Martindale Baptist Church.
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Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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Selection of managers and coaches
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abandoned. After the 1964 season and the World Series, the managers, Johnny Keane of the St. Louis Cardinals and Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees, both left their teams and found new jobs in the other league – Keane was hired to manage the Yankees and Berra became a player-coach with the New York Mets. The Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds had finished in a second-place tie in the NL; the Chicago White Sox had finished second in the AL. Cincinnati's manager, Fred Hutchinson, had died in the off-season, so Gene Mauch of the Phillies and Al López of
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Jubal Early
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Early military, legal and political careers
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to Virginia had come earlier, he might have withheld that letter of resignation.
Early studied law with local attorney Norborne M. Taliaferro and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1840. Franklin County voters the next year elected Early as one of their delegates in the Virginia House of Delegates (a part-time position); he was a Whig and served one term alongside Henry L. Muse from 1841 to 1842. After redistricting reduced Franklin County's representation, his mentor (but Democrat) Norborne M. Taliaferro was elected to succeed him (and would be re-elected many times until 1854, as well as become a local
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Manhattan, Kansas
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2000 census
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at an average density of 1,177.4 per square mile (454.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.28% White, 4.86% African American, 0.48% Native American, 3.93% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.30% from other races, and 2.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.49% of the population.
There were 16,949 households out of which 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.6% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.3% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had
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Ma'danids
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History
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risen to power in Makran. They established their capital at Kiz/Kij and used the Indian title of Mahraj. Although seldom playing a major role in regional affairs, it was able to maintain its authority in Makran for at least a century and a half. At some point the Ma'danids became tributary to the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan. In 907/908 the Saffarid prince Al-Laith invaded Makran after 'Isa had gone into arrears on the required payments, and was able to compel the Ma'danid to give three years' worth of tribute.
Payments to the Saffarids lasted until the mid-10th century at the latest.
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Marinism
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Similitude and metaphor
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Marinism Marinism (Italian: marinismo, or secentismo, "17th century") is the name now given to an ornate, witty style of poetry and verse drama written in imitation of Giambattista Marino (1569–1625), following in particular La Lira and L'Adone. Similitude and metaphor The Marinist poet never hesitated to embark on a long string of comparisons with nature, most of them couched as metaphor rather than simile because this allowed for more striking statements. "There was hardly an area of human experience that could not be pressed into service for a comparison." Nevertheless, Marino leans heavily on both classical mythology and Christian imagery,
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Lindsay Barrett
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Plays and film scripts
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Nigeria. Jump Kookoo Makka was presented at the Leicester University Commonwealth Arts Festival in 1967 (directed by Cosmo Pieterse) and that same year Home Again was performed by Wole Soyinka's company.
In 1973 Barrett's play Black Blast! — an exploration of Caribbean history through music, mime and dance — was performed in London, the first black play at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (with a cast featuring Yemi Ajibade, Yulisa Amadu Maddy, Leslie Palmer, Eddie Tagoe, Karene Wallace, Basil Wanzira, and Elvania Zirimu, among others, directed by Horace Ové) and filmed for a special edition of the BBC 2's arts and
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Luttre
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From the Roman times till the Belgian independence
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Luttre From the Roman times till the Belgian independence Following the conquest of Gaul (57B.C-52 A.D), Rome re-organised the new territories. Northern Gaul became the province BELGICA with Reims (F) as its capital city. This province was further divided into ‘civitates’. The area that would later become Luttre belonged to civitas Tungrorum with Tongeren (B) as the capital city, and was near civitas Nerviorum with Tournai (B) as capital.
The new rulers quickly developed a good road infrastructure (partly based on existing links). A ‘service station’ (Roman baths, taverns, stables….) have been discovered by archaeologists at Liberchies (a village located 3 km
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Gilles Hocquart
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Economy
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preceding years," and accounted this augmentation to the better, recent administration. However, on October 12, 1736, Hocquart was faced with an entirely different situation: in his own words, the "trade done at Fort Frontenac and Niagara was becoming from year to year a smaller business." It was becoming increasingly clear that New France needed a new economic venture.
Hocquart's mandate clearly instructed him to act in favor of the French economy. However, in 1731, he began to distinguish the sharp divide between Canadian and French merchant interests in New France. Surprisingly, Hocquart increasingly saw himself as the supporter and protector of
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Longwood University
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College of Business and Economics & Honor Code
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of Business and Economics is Dr. Timothy P. O'Keefe. Honor Code Longwood's Honor System dates to 1910. All incoming students must sign an Honor Pledge in their first days on campus. It reads:
I, ___________, having a clear understanding of the basis and spirit of the Honor Code created and accepted by the student body of Longwood University, shall at all times govern my university life according to its standards and actively work to support its principles, thereby thoughtfully accepting my responsibility for preserving the honor and integrity of all past, present and future members of the Longwood University community of
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LaVaughn Robinson
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Club dancing
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Fitzgerald. Robinson also danced with Eddie Sledge and Tony Lopez when he worked for Eddie Smith, a booking agent who handled only trios and quartets. Robinson performed in a close rhythms style, avoiding splits, jumps, and flips of the style of the Nicholas Brothers, after suffering injuries to his legs. He performed at the Broadwood Hotel and Palumbo's, then the resort hotels in the Catskills, Club Delisa in Chicago, the 500 Club and the Harlem Club both in Atlantic City, New Jersey and throughout Canada. As tastes in music changed and the era of Swing came to an end,
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Little Man, What Now? (novel)
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Plot synopsis
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the German film. Plot synopsis The bookkeeper Johannes Pinneberg and his girlfriend, the sales girl Emma "Lämmchen" Mörschel, marry when they find out that she is two months pregnant. Hardly any time passes until Pinneberg is fired and must find a new job in the middle of the economic crisis.
Pinneberg's despicable mother Mia, a nightclub hostess from Berlin, comes to the rescue by finding her son a job as a salesman in the Berlin department store Mandels. However, Pinneberg is under heavy pressure because the boss, Spannfuss, introduces a monthly quota for all salesmen to achieve, otherwise they are
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John F. Helliwell
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Professional activities
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the Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation between 1989–1992, senior advisor to the secretary general of the OECD between 1983–84, chair of economic advisory panel to the Canadian Minister of Finance between 1982–84, and president of the Canadian Economics Association between 1985–86. He was a board member for the Institute for Research in Public Policy between 1999–2007 and he served as a board member of Social Research and Demonstration Corporation between 2002 – 2015. Between 2003–2004, he served as special advisor at the Bank of Canada, and between 2002–2010, he was on the International Advisory Board for the
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Lakeville Swamp
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History & About the Sanctuary
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Lakeville Swamp History The Lakeville Swamp Nature Sanctuary was the Michigan Nature Association's fifth project. The acquisition of this property began in 1961. About the Sanctuary As home to over 400 species of native plants, the Lakeville Swamp is Oakland County's most biologically diverse area. It also preserves several distinct kinds of habitats, including a dense White Cedar swamp.
Several types of wildflowers can be seen at the Lakeville Swamp, such as marsh marigolds, Twinflower, and Clintonia.
The sanctuary is easy to find, but difficult to venture into. Rattlesnakes, poison sumac, and unstable muck keep most people out. It is possible to
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Masahiko Kimura
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Kimura vs. Waldemar Santana & Death
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headbutt and broke his nose with a punch from the bottom. The competitors, both tired and bleeding, disengaged and returned to standing, where they continued exchanging strikes until the clock marked the end of the match. Death Kimura died on April 18, 1993, after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 75 years old.
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Masahiko Kimura
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Kimura vs. Waldemar Santana
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famous gyaku-ude-garami. Newspaper Correio da Manha described the match as a "cat and mouse affair", while Diario de Noite stated "Kimura won at will".
The second, on the other hand, attracted much more interest, as Santana was a veteran of vale tudo competition while Kimura was not. Hosted on July 12 at Antônio Balbino arena, it would pit Santana against a Kimura on low physical conditions due to illness, as registered in Diario de Noite and Kimura's own autobiography. According to the later, promoters supposedly threatened the judoka with police presence in order to compel him to fight against his doctor's
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Mat Hoffman
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Achievements & Video games
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day street riding.
In 2005, Mat was elected the President of the International BMX Freestyle Federation, the international governing body of BMX Freestyle.
Also in 2005, the Mat Hoffman Action Sports Park opened in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It has since been recognized as one of the 10 best such parks in the nation.
In February 2018, Mat was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall Of Fame. Video games Mat worked with Activision to produce the video games Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX and Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2, the latter released in August 2002 in conjunction with the Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX2 Tour
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Matt Simmons (Criminal Minds)
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Background and characterization
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big struggle is, when can I get home to see my kids and how much is my wife working?".
A United States Army veteran, little is known about Simmons' military service. Simmons is known for his resourcefulness and "always [has] a guy" to turn to for help whenever the team hits a dead end. Like most of the IRT he knows several languages and is shown to be fluent in Arabic, Spanish and Korean. Highly resourceful and adaptable, he thinks quickly on his feet and is often tasked with coordinating search and rescue efforts or navigating unfamiliar terrain.
Simmons has an eclectic
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Laurien van der Graaff
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Career
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Laurien van der Graaff Career Born in the Netherlands to Dutch parents, she has dual citizenship. Her family moved to Switzerland when she was four. Van der Graaff competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. She placed 20th in the qualifying round in the sprint, advancing to the quarterfinals. She then finished 5th in that quarterfinal, failing to advance.
As of April 2014, her best showing at the World Championships is 11th, in the freestyle team sprint in 2013. Her best individual finish is 30th, in the 2013 classical sprint.
Van der Graaff made her World Cup debut in March 2008.
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Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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Venues
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AL Detroit Tigers were chosen to host the annual game as part of the city's 250th birthday (corrected by the NL hosting the next two seasons). The second was when the two-game format during the 1959–1962 seasons resulted in the AL being one game ahead in turn. It was broken when again the NL hosted the four straight games from 2015–2018 (in Cincinnati, San Diego, Miami, and Washington), and will do so once again in 2020–2021 (in Los Angeles & Atlanta, respectively).
The "home team" has traditionally been the league in which the host franchise plays its games, but the AL
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Kosovo Liberation Army
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Reported abuses & Alleged use of child soldiers
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Following the withdrawal of Serbian and Yugoslav security forces from Kosovo in June 1999, all casualties were civilians, the vast majority being Serbs. According to Human Rights Watch, as "many as one thousand Serbs and Roma have been murdered or have gone missing since 12 June 1999."
A Serbian court sentenced 9 former KLA members for murdering 32 non-Albanian civilians. In the same case, another 35 civilians are missing while 153 were tortured and released. Alleged use of child soldiers The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1989, entered into force
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Lauren Carpenter
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Reception
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Sun-Herald called Lauren's heart-to-heart with Lucy a "genuine emotional moment" and added "Kendall does a superb job and sets us up for more drama in 2014."
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Lesional demyelinations of the central nervous system
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Lesional demyelinations of the central nervous system Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) produce lesions (demyelinated areas in the CNS) and glial scars or scleroses. They present different shapes and histological findings according to the underlying condition that produces them.
Demyelinating diseases are traditionally classified in two kinds: demyelinating myelinoclastic diseases and demyelinating leukodystrophic diseases. In the first group a normal and healthy myelin is destroyed by a toxic, chemical or autoimmune substance. In the second group, myelin is abnormal and degenerates. The second group was denominated dysmyelinating diseases by Poser Therefore, since Poser demyelinating
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Manuel the Armenian
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Domestic of the Schools & Possible life after 838
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died of them five days later, on 27 July 838. He was buried in his palace in Constantinople, which lay near the Cistern of Aspar and which became a monastery named after him, now traditionally identified with the Kefeli Mosque. Possible life after 838 The chronicles of Genesios and Theophanes Continuatus (and following them Skylitzes and Zonaras), however, report that he survived his wounds, allegedly being miraculously cured after renouncing iconoclasm at the behest of some monks. The same sources report that after Theophilos's death, he assumed the overall command of the Byzantine army and was appointed a member of
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Lexie Carver
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Character history
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biological son after a surrogate's baby is switched with Zack in the hospital. Lexie did not know this at the time, but later chooses to keep quiet about it once she finds out, even though Hope is her best friend.
Lexie has a history of antagonism with Sami Brady. They were both involved with Brandon Walker. Sami has blackmailed Lexie on a number of occasions due to Lexie's repeated adultery. Most recently, Sami has Lexie lie to Carrie regarding her chances of having healthy children. Breaking her Hippocratic oath, Lexie is fired from Salem University Hospital. However, with Hope's help, Lexie
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Martha My Dear
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Style and form & Recording & Legacy
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is. Recording The song was recorded over two days on 4 and 5 October 1968 at Trident Studios in London. McCartney recorded the piano, drums, and vocals on the first day. He was advised to have George Martin play the piano solo because it was believed that the solo was beyond Paul's competency, but Paul persisted. George Martin's brass and string arrangements were overdubbed later that day. The next day, McCartney re-recorded his vocals, added handclaps, and overdubbed bass and guitar parts, completing the song that day. Legacy Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of its release, Jacob Stolworthy of The
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Mark Weivoda
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers & Memphis Xplorers & Boise Burn
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but was released prior to the beginning of the season. Memphis Xplorers He then signed with the Memphis Xplorers of the af2 in 2005, but his season was cut short by a torn biceps. Weivoda returned to the Xplorers in 2006 and played in 11 games at fullback, linebacker, offensive lineman, and defensive lineman, recording 25 tackles and two sacks on the year. Boise Burn Weivoda returned to Idaho in 2007 to play for the Boise Burn, an expansion team in the af2. He remained with the Burn through the 2009 season, after which the team suspended operations.
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Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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History of player selection methods
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1947, fans were given the opportunity to vote on the eight starting position players, but in 1957, fans of the Cincinnati Reds stuffed the ballot box (see below), and elected a Red to every position except first base. Commissioner Ford Frick stepped in and removed two Reds from the lineup. As a response to this unfairness, fan voting was discontinued; players, coaches, and managers were given the sole authority to elect starting position players, for the next dozen years.
Between the lack of fan input and over-exposure due to the double All-Star games during the 1959–1962 seasons, interest in the game
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Lou Barletta
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Early life, education, and business career
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Lou Barletta Early life, education, and business career Barletta was born January 28, 1956, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, the son of Angeline (née Agosti) and Rocco Barletta, both of Italian ancestry. After graduating from high school, he attended Luzerne County Community College and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. After an unsuccessful tryout for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team, Barletta went to work for his family's construction and heating oil business.
In 1984, Barletta founded a pavement marking company, Interstate Road Marking Corporation, which he sold in 2000. At the time of the sale, his firm had grown to become the largest of its
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Mai Shiranui
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Fighting games
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be added through DLC for the home version. In The King of Fighters XIII (2010), Mai returns to the series when she feels that the KOF tournament is not complete without her and so decides to enter it along with the other two original members of KOF '94's Women's Team. She is not upset at Andy while making her choice, content to enter a tournament with both her and him in it once more. Mai returns in The King of Fighters XIV (2016), in which the new character Banderas Hattori is obsessed with her but she is not interested.
Outside the
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Mark Aronoff
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Education and academic career & Personal life
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a strong commitment to professional service, within both his university and his field. From 1998 to 2010, he served in the administration of the State University of New York as Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education. This overlapped with his tenure, from 1995 to 2001, as editor of Language (the journal of the Linguistic Society of America), as well as his term as president of the LSA in 2005. Personal life Aronoff is married to Donna Di Donato, a former assistant provost for undergraduate academic affairs at Stony Brook. He has three children from his previous marriage.
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Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
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National selection & Preparation & At Eurovision
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previewed on a special edition of the Maltese talk show Xarabank. On 21 December 2012, Saska Hunt and the song "Dress Rehearsal" were withdrawn and replaced by Marilena with the song "Overrated".
The semi-final and final evenings were hosted by Elaine Saliba and Gordon Bonello, with backstage commentary and interviews by Rodney Gauci. Preparation On 2 March, Bezzina travelled to Armenia to promote the Maltese entry during the Armenian national final. At Eurovision Malta was allocated to compete in the second semi-final on 16 May for a place in the final on 18 May. In the second semi-final, the producers of
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Mai Shiranui
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Animation and costumes
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Fighters, Mai Shiranui wears a pair of soft-soled tabi. From Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory to Real Bout Fatal Fury (both in 1995) she wears instep guards, exposing her heels and toes. In the former, she also wears a red vest and eye shadow. Mai's hairpin is her beloved grandmother's keepsake.
In KOF: Maximum Impact (2004), Mai has much shorter and darker hair, and ninja clothing resembling that of Kasumi in the Dead or Alive series. Shinkiro said that Mai was the most difficult character to draw as he "thought she was going to burst out of her
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Love Crazy (1941 film)
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Plot
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errand for her mother across town, Steve skips out from the dull chore of minding Mrs. Cooper on a pretext to meet Isobel and chew the fat. However Mrs. Cooper finds out and tells her daughter, putting Steve in an awkward spot. Now jealous, for revenge, Susan calls Isobel's husband 'Pinky' (Donald MacBride) and suggests that they pretend that they are seeing each other. He agrees, but Susan goes to the wrong apartment, that of world champion archer Ward Willoughby (Jack Carson). He is puzzled but has no objection to being romanced by a beautiful woman. When Susan learns her
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LeSean Thomas
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Career
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LeSean Thomas Career Thomas' contributions as supervising character designer and co-director on seasons 1 and 2 of Adult Swim's animated series The Boondocks, helped propel the show to be nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and win the honorary Peabody Award.
His early production credits include character designer, layout and key animator on Showtime's web series WhirlGirl, assistant animator for Lizzie McGuire and storyboard artist for various shows such as Kim Possible on Disney Channel, Ben 10: Alien Force for Cartoon Network, The Batman, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Green Lantern: First Flight, as well
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Marcel Hirscher
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Career
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season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to second overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings by winning the GS in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Hirscher won gold in the men's combined event, his first competition of the games.
The win was not expected, as he had done little downhill training as a result of the pre season ankle injury. 5 days later he went on to win
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Kimber Lee
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Shine Wrestling (2013–2015, 2018–present) & Shimmer Women Athletes (2013–2016)
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to compete in tag team competition, defeating the S-N-S Express (Sassy Stephie and Jessie Belle Smothers) at Shine 21, and unsuccessfully challenged Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi Wine) for the Shine Tag Team Championship at Shine 23. In a rematch at Shine 25 on March 6, 2015, The Kimber Bombs won the championship. At Shine 30 on October 2, 2015, the pair had to vacate the title due to Cherry Bomb's shoulder injury. Shimmer Women Athletes (2013–2016) In April 2013, Lee made her debut for Shimmer Women Athletes at Shimmer 53. In October 2013, The Kimber Bombs unsuccessfully challenged 3G
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Malacothamnus davidsonii
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Description
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Malacothamnus davidsonii Description Malacothamnus davidsonii is an erect shrub with a thick, multibranched stem reaching 3–5 metres (9.8–16.4 ft) in maximum height. It is coated densely in short, woolly fibers, appearing feltlike.
The thick, hairy leaves are rounded, divided into several dull lobes, and wavy along the edges. The largest leaves may approach 20 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is an elongated cluster of many pale pink, hairy flowers with oval or somewhat triangular petals about half a centimeter long.
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Martin Reader
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Early life
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Martin Reader Martin Reader (born May 2, 1984 in Comox Valley, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired male beach volleyball player. He competed for Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Josh Binstock. Reader announced his retirement from competition after the London Olympics. Early life Reader was born in Comox Valley, British Columbia. His father, raised in Uganda, worked for the British African police and was a surfer.
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Marian Finucane
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Career
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was replaced in her radio timeslot by Ryan Tubridy, and took over morning slots on Saturday and Sunday.
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Magdalena Solís
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Arrest and sentencing
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and Martinez near the farm where the Solís siblings were arrested. They then found the bodies, also dismembered, of the other six victims in the vicinity of the caves.
Magdalena and Eleazar Solís were each sentenced to fifty years in prison for the killings of Guerrero and Martinez. Authorities were unable to confirm their participation in the other six murders because all the cult members who were arrested refused to testify.
Many members of the cult were shot in a shootout with the police after barricading themselves in the caves. Those who were arrested were sentenced to thirty years in prison for
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Mansfield Brewery
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History
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wound down after the takeover, resulted in the closure of the brewery in 2002.
The site was cleared by demolition contractors the Cuddy Group in late 2008, with many local residents feeling that the destruction of the brewery's brick chimney by twelve explosive charges brought to an end part of the town's cultural heritage, and officially marked the end of brewing in Mansfield. There were few feelings of nostalgia from Councillor Kate Allsop who stated: "I have to say I was pleased to see the chimney finally come down. It’s been an eyesore for such a long time".
The land on which
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Leading Lady (film)
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Distribution & Critical reception
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in November 2014 and amassed a total of R7.2 million rands at the box office. Shortly after, Leading Lady was released in North America by Marvista and Tomcat Films as distribution agents. While DVD sales in South Africa have amassed a total of over 20 000 units locally, the North American release secured distribution mainly through online streaming platforms, namely Netflix US and Amazon Prime in the USA and Canada territory. Critical reception Debashine Thangevelo from IOL writes: "Leading Lady is an infectiously charming tale that, in exploring the cultural clashes of two nationalities, provides oodles of hilarious moments amid
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Markeisha Gatling
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College career & WNBA
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Markeisha Gatling College career Gatling spent two years at Gulf Coast Community College and then attended North Carolina State University the next two years. WNBA Gatling was drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky. Gatling averaged 10.7 points and 2.4 rebounds in 2014, her rookie year with the Sky. Upon the 2015 season, she was waived by the Sky and then signed with the Seattle Storm. During the 2015 season, she averaged a career-high in scoring. In the 2016 season, Gatling was waived by the Storm after 11 games played and the
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Lloyd Ruby
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World Championship career summary
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participated in two World Championship races: the 1960 Indianapolis 500 and the 1961 United States Grand Prix. He scored no championship points.
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Lonnie Liston Smith
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Early career (1963–73) & The Cosmic Echoes (1973–85)
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contributions appeared on On The Corner (Columbia, 1973) and the track "Ife" on Big Fun (Columbia, 1974). The Cosmic Echoes (1973–85) While passing through Miles Davis' ever-changing line-up, Smith had finally formed his own group, 'Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes' in 1973, together with his partner in Pharoah Sanders group, Cecil McBee, on bass, George Barron (soprano and tenor sax), Joe Beck (guitar), David Lee, Jr. (drums), James Mtume (percussion), Sonny Morgan (percussion), Badal Roy (tabla drums), and Geeta Vashi (tamboura). Blending atmospheric fusion, soul and funk, Smith was encouraged by Bob Thiele, the owner of Flying Dutchman
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Marikamba Temple, Sagar
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Fair
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as the Marikamba Jathra (‘Jathra’ means "fair"), it is one of the major festivals of Karnataka. It has socio–religious importance and is attended by a large number of devotees from all regions of Karnataka. On this occasion, a 16 feet (4.9 m) high chariot, colourfully decorated and carrying the image of the idol, is taken out on a procession.
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Live at Pompeii
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Promotion
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Live at Pompeii Promotion A digital single, "Rattle That Lock (Live at Pompeii 2016)" was released to promote the album on 28 July 2017. "One of These Days (Live at Pompeii 2016)" was also released as a single on 8 September 2017, and "Run Like Hell (Live at Pompeii 2016)" was released as a single on 29 September 2017.
Gilmour's official YouTube channel released preview videos during the period leading up to release. The full video for "Rattle That Lock" was uploaded on 2 August 2017. An excerpt from "One of These Days" was also uploaded on the same day. Later,
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Malina Popivanova
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Career
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which was the center of the left faction in the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
In November 1928 Popivanova was a delegate to the Fourth Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in Dresden, along with Koco Racin At the Congress she was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, making her the first Macedonian with such a high position. After the Congress she returned to Zagreb, but due to illness in 1929 emigrated to the USSR where she lived and continued to operate under the name Elena Nikolaevna Galkina. In autumn
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MV Nelson Star (1942)
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Description
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MV Nelson Star (1942) Description The ship was built in Belfast by Harland and Wolff Ltd as yard number 1125. She was a refrigerated cargo liner. She was launched on 25 August 1942 and completed in January 1943.
The ship was 431.4 feet (131.5 m) long, with a beam of 57.3 feet (17.5 m) and a depth of 33.6 feet (10.2 m). She had a GRT of 7,365 and a NRT of 5,135.
She was propelled by a four-stroke single-acting marine Diesel engine, which had six cylinders 29 ¹⁄₈ inches (74 cm) diameter by 50 ¹⁄₁₆ inches (127.2 cm) stroke. The engine was built by Harland and Wolff but
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Masaru Shintani
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Shindō & Later life
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the techniques and applications of Wado-ryu karate. Shintani developed Shindō with the idea that the same techniques could be used either empty handed, or with a Shindō, a stick approximately 36-inches in length, essentially a shortened Bō staff. Shintani began teaching Shindō to his students in the early 1980s. Later life In the last years before his death, Shintani spent much of his time developing Karate and Shindō concepts and travelled to various regions of North America and overseas to conduct seminars.
On April 29, 2000, Shintani travelled to Kapuskasing, Ontario to conduct some Karate seminars. On May 6, 2000, he
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Lucerne Festival Orchestra
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History & Recordings
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Lucerne Festival, with an initial contract of 5 years. Recordings Abbado and the orchestra have made a number of acclaimed recordings in CD and DVD formats. These include:
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Marina Cárdenas
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Biography
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most representative voices of the Nicaraguan song" and preferred to sing boleros, bossa nova and traditional music of Nicaragua.
She received more than 400 awards and honors for her artistry, including a tribute by President Anastasio Somoza Debayle held at the
Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío, receipt of the Order of Salvador Cardenal from President Daniel Ortega and the Medal for Artistic Excellence from the Ministry of Culture, as the third recipient to ever receive the award.
Cárdenas died on 31 October 2014 and was buried beside her mother in the General Cemetery of Managua. An award, called the "Gordita de Oro" was
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Maugersbury
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History
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Maugersbury History The town is said to have originated as an Iron Age fort on its defensive hill top position. Indeed, there are many similar forts in the area, and Stone Age and Bronze Age burial mounds are also common.
Maugersbury is located less than a mile from Stow-on-the-Wold, which was originally called Edwardstow after the town's patron saint Edward (possibly Edward the Martyr). During Saxon times it is likely that Maugersbury was the primary settlement of the parish, before Stow was built as a marketplace by the Normans in 1107 AD, to be nearer the cross roads. Maugersbury was listed
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Mapleton, Iowa
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History & Geography
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Mapleton, Iowa History Mapleton was platted in 1857 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named from its location near the Maple River.
Between 7:20 and 7:30 p.m. on April 9, 2011, a rated EF3 wedge tornado ripped through the western half of Mapleton. Early reports said that 50-60% of the town had been damaged or destroyed by the tornado which appeared to be 3/4ths of a mile wide. No serious injuries were reported. Businesses were damaged, and several homes were destroyed. Geography Mapleton is located at 42°9′51″N 95°47′28″W (42.164049, -95.791110). It is situated on the Maple River.
According to
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Manchester Cenotaph
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Relocation
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security measures (including 24-hour CCTV) were put in place.
The cenotaph was designated a grade II listed structure on 12 February 1985. Listed status provides legal protection from demolition or modification; grade II is applied to about 92% of listed buildings of "special interest, warranting every effort to preserve them". It was upgraded in 1994 to grade II*, which is reserved for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest" and applies to about 5.5% of listed buildings. In November 2015, as part of commemorations for the centenary of the First World War, Manchester Cenotaph was recognised as part of the
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Manuel de Llanza y Pignatelli
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Deputy and senator
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exercise his grandeza de España right and in 1893 he was admitted to the Senate, sitting as the only Carlist except de Cerralbo himself. Though the Catalan Carlist leader was Luis de Llauder y Dalmases, Solferino was gradually emerging as one of key regional jefes, presiding over some party meetings as early as in 1896. He remained involved in pilgrimage activities. A close collaborator of Llauder, both worked together developing regional Traditionalist media, especially a daily Correo Catalan and a weekly La Hormiga de Oro.
In 1896 together with other Carlist deputies and senators Solferino withdrew from the Cortes; denying allegations
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Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
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Crop adaptability & Alternative fuels
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ample sunshine and water is not only conducive to crop growth but also to growth of unwanted insects, weeds and diseases. Controlling pests is a constant battle and requires a continuous supply of new crop varieties and new integrated pest management tools and strategies. Center scientists develop the crop varieties that can be successfully grown in Louisiana, and they develop the tools and strategies to control pests in the most cost-effective, environmentally beneficial manner. The center extension educators are on the front lines in every parish getting this information into the hands of the food and fiber producers. Alternative fuels
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Joachim Dyfvermark
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Biography
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Joachim Dyfvermark Joachim Dyfvermark (born September 17, 1968) is an investigative reporter/producer working for the current affairs program Uppdrag granskning on the Swedish public service television company Sveriges Television. Biography Joachim Dyfvermark has been working as a journalist since 1996. He´s currently working as producer at Sweden’s main investigative program "Uppdrag granskning" at SVT - Swedish Television.
During the period 2000-2013 he formed an investigative team with Sven Bergman and Fredrik Laurin. From 2000-2006 the team worked for Swedish TV4:s investigative program "Kalla fakta", and from September 2006 on "Uppdrag granskning" at SVT - Swedish Television.
Joachim Dyfvermark has also been working
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Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
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Character & Camus and Saint-Just
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incorruptible in the sense that he exhibited no attraction to material benefits but devoted himself entirely to the advancement of a political agenda. Camus and Saint-Just In Albert Camus's The Rebel (1951), Saint-Just is discussed extensively in the context of an analysis of rebellion and man's progression towards enlightenment and freedom. Camus identifies Saint-Just's successful argument for the execution of Louis XVI as the moment of death for monarchical divine right, a Nietzschean Twilight of the Idols. Saint-Just's dedication to "the sovereignty of the people and the sacred power of laws" is described as "a source of absolutism" and indeed
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Manhattan, Kansas
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Geographic features & Earthquakes
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dammed for flood control in the 1960s, and it is now a state park that offers many recreational opportunities. South of the city is the Konza Prairie, a tallgrass prairie preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University. Earthquakes Kansas is not known for earthquake activity, but Manhattan is near the Nemaha Ridge, a long structure bounded by several faults, and which is still active. In particular, the Humboldt Fault Zone lies just 12 miles (19 km) eastward of Tuttle Creek Reservoir.
On April 24, 1867, the 1867 Manhattan earthquake struck Riley County. Measuring 5.1 on the Richter magnitude
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Magwayen Creative Scholars' Guild
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Performing Arts Group & The Literary Division & Departments (Divisions)
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jam-packed MMI, the celebrated Chill out at WOW and the Artist Fest 2006 were among the notable student concerts produced by the guild. The Literary Division Aside from producing its own play, Magwayen has also been writing for the guild’s productions. Students found a new way of speaking their hearts and soul through a variety of literary masterpieces. Some of their productions are Bidasari, Señorita Pretenciosa, Hawla, Tatlong Mukha, Ang Principe ng Marulaya, Live Act (comedy anthology, now with its 3rd installment), Indrapura, and many more.
See also:Magwayen video at ABS-CBN Departments (Divisions) Magwayen has four departments which was previously called
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Lou Barletta
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Economy and budget & Healthcare
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voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Republican Party's tax reform legislation. In supporting the legislation, Barletta tweeted, "Our #TaxReform package doubles standard deduction, brings $$$ back home, and reduces rates for ALL taxpayers. We will #MAGA." According to PolitiFact, Barletta's claim is "mostly false", as the tax plan in 2018 cuts taxes for approximately 75% of Americans, while increasing them on 7%; by 2027, the tax plan will raise taxes for more than 25% of Americans. Healthcare Barletta opposed the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and voted to repeal it. Barletta had threatened not to support Obamacare repeal
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Malas Abdulkarim al-Kasnazani
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Background
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black market.
The first general election following the invasion took place in January 2005. Most Sunni Arabs boycotted the election, but Nehru Kasnazani led a list called the Coalition for Iraqi National Unity. They failed to win any seats in the national vote in either January or December 2005, but won 5 seats in the 2005 provincial elections in Salahuddin and two in the 2009 provincial elections in al Anbar. In 2009 Nehru reportedly lobbied in the United States to become the next President of Iraq after Jalal Talabani.
Prior to the 2010 general election, the Accountability and Justice Committee barred the
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Marriage of state
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Europe & Importance of religion
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less inclined to marry into that family. Another factor was political alliance: marriage was an important way to bind together royal families and "their countries during peace and war" and could justify many important political decisions. Importance of religion Religion has always been closely tied to political affairs and continues to be today in many countries. Religious considerations were often important in marriages among royal families, particularly in lands where there was an established or official religion. When a royal family was prepared to negotiate or arrange the marriage of one of its children, it was extremely important to have
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London Wall
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Medieval period & Medieval Gates
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part outside the Wall as being "without". Archaically "Infra" (within) and "Extra" (without) were also used and the terms "intramural" and "extramural" are also used to describe being within or outside the walled part of the city.
The suffix is applied to some churches and parishes near the city gateways such as St Audoen within Newgate or St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. Medieval Gates The layout of the Roman and Medieval walls have had a profound effect on the development of London, even down to the present day. The walls constrained the growth of the city, and the location of the limited number of
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Mai Shiranui
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Other versions
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opining they "all look great -- and in some instances, surpass the classic designs that were established so many years ago," meanwhile Hardcore Gamer positively noted how "Mai Shiranui's bouncy, laid-back personality [still] shows in her stance." In 2016, GameZone's James Wynne wrote that with the inclusion of Mai, the 3D fighter "Dead or Alive 5: Last Round wins our brand new award for most appropriate fighting game cross-over in history, demolishing Akuma's appearance in Tekken 7" and the game features so far "the best looking iteration of the Mai Shiranui character." Adam Beck from Hardcore Gamer opined that as
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Mavis Gibson
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the Supreme Court of Namibia. On her retirement in April 2008 she was the longest-serving member of the High Court.
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Martin McGartland
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Shooting
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injuries. The IRA was blamed. It was reported that he was relocated immediately, protected by 12 armed officers and given a specially armored car. Total costs billed to the incident, including the investigation, amounted to £1.5 million (£2.6 million today).
In 2000, Lord Vivian asked in the House of Lords whether the government intended to remove police protection from McGartland and was told by Lord Bassam of Brighton that "Individual protection arrangements are a matter for the chief constable of the police force concerned and are not discussed for security reasons."
The day after he was shot, the incident, along with the
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Masahiko Kimura
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Kimura vs. Hélio Gracie
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an invitation by the Sao Paulo Shimbun. There they were challenged by Hélio Gracie of the Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Gracie proposed a match under what would be known as the "Gracie Rules", in which throws and pins would not count towards victory, with only submission or loss of consciousness. This played against judo rules in which pins and throws can award someone a victory, but they accepted nonetheless. Kato was the first to accept the challenge, drawing with Hélio Gracie in their match at the Maracana stadium. However, he lost to Gracie by gi choke in the rematch at the
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Mark (currency)
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20th century
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new currency, the Reichsmark, to the stable Rentenmark. The Reichsbank rationed its lending, so that the Reichsmark remained at par with the stable Rentenmark. The currencies continued to exist in parallel, and were both abbreviated RM.
The original intention was to withdraw the Rentenmark by 1934, but the Nazi government decided to continue to use the Rentenmark, which enjoyed a considerable trust due to its stability. Nevertheless, the Nazis deliberately overissued both currencies to finance infrastructure investments by the state, and expanded government employment and expenditure on items such as armaments. By 1935, laws limiting increases of prices, wages, and rents
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Mauro Guillén
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Work
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Business in the Twenty-First Century, with Emilio Ontiveros (Cambridge University Press), and the other on Emerging Markets Rule: Growth Strategies of the New Global Giants, with Esteban García-Canal (McGraw-Hill).
He is the author of a dozen books and over 30 scholarly articles, published by the most prestigious university presses and competitive scholarly journals. He is also a consultant and frequent public speaker, and appears regularly in TV and radio programs.
His books and articles have earned Guillén the Gulf Publishing Company Best Paper Award of the Academy of Management, the W. Richard Scott Best Paper Award of the American Sociological Association, the
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Maximiliano Richeze
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Biography & Doping
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after spending 11 seasons riding professionally for Italian teams, Belgian squad Etixx–Quick-Step announced that Richeze would join them from 2016 on a two-year contract, with a role as a lead-out man for Marcel Kittel and Fernando Gaviria. After four years without a victory he won the fourth stage at the 2016 Tour de Suisse and also won the points classification for his new team. Doping Before the start of the 2008 Giro d'Italia Richeze tested positive for a steroid named stanozolol which resulted in his expulsion from the race. Despite being initially cleared by the Argentine Cycling Federation he was
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Manhattan, Kansas
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Education & Transportation & Airports
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grade) and the Manhattan Catholic Schools. Manhattan Catholic School contains two buildings, the grade school building (K-5)and the Luckey Jr. High building (6–8), formerly called the Luckey high building dedicated to Monsignor Luckey. The school's mascot is "Luckey the Cardinal". Transportation Manhattan is served by numerous transportation methods.
In 2009, the Manhattan, Kansas metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ranked as the fifth highest in the United States for percentage of commuters who walked to work (8.5 percent). Airports Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) is located 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Manhattan on K-18, and is the second busiest commercial airport in Kansas.
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Judy (dog)
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HMS Grasshopper
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across the island in an attempt to reach Padang. During the journey through the jungle, Judy was attacked by a crocodile and suffered a cut to her shoulder. The survivors patched up the 6 inches (15 cm) cut with their limited first aid supplies. She continued to warn them of approaching predators, and one crewman claimed she saved him from a Sumatran tiger. They emerged from the jungle at Sawahlunto, where they caught the train towards Padang. The group missed the last evacuation ship by nine days, with the Japanese due to arrive to take over the city at any moment.
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Mavro Sachs
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Career and later life
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of Zagreb. Sachs also taught hygiene at the "Academy Dr. Moric Weiss". As a member of the Zagreb Medical Society (founded in 1845) he attended the first physicians assembly of Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia held in Zagreb on 14 June 1850. At that assembly it was requested the establishment of a medical college and midwifery school with teachings in Croatian language. Sachs did not limit himself only to theoretical lectures, he also performed the forensic chemical tests and autopsy on cadavers of individual patients who died in the Zagreb "Hospital of merciful brothers" (now "Sveti Duh"). When in the
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Luttre
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From the Roman times till the Belgian independence
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governing present day Belgian territories) wanted to impose reforms. It was followed by a period of unrest that ended with the French invasion in 1794. The old regime (i.e. rights of the seigniors, the power of the monasteries, the church keeping official registers) was abolished.
A new system based on municipalities was established in 1795. The municipality of Pont-à-Celles was created from 6 former seigniories (including Luttre). At the same time, the invaded territories were divided in 9 departments. Some municipalities, including that of the new Pont-à-Celles, were withdrawn from Nivelles (which went to the Dyle department, later which became the
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Margaret B. Fuller Boos
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Geological contributions
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the job", but her expertise outshined her status as a woman. One year later, in 1929, Roger Toll offered Boos a full-time position working at the Park, but she graciously declined the offer and returned to the petroleum industry.
During the summers of 1929 - 1931 Margaret and Charles spent their time elaborating and expanding on Margaret's "Hard Rock" thesis. The two combined their work with the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Wisconsin; this led to a series of presentations and conversations, resulting in their summary paper on Longs Peak-St.Vrain Batholith.
The Boos' work was considered important to geology
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