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Barr, Ayrshire
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in that part of Scotland, though situated only a few miles from Girvan as the crow flies. Crichton gives neither date nor details.
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Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work
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Synopsis & Party politics
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of the books in the series, Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work also possesses a significant subplot. Beth and Kenneth learn of a local girl named Lucy Rogers; after being falsely accused of theft, she suffered a mental breakdown and disappeared. Beth and Kenneth help to find the girl and get her effective psychological help. The subplot gives the book the emotional warmth, sentimentality, and human interest that is typical of the series, but somewhat lacking in the politics of the main plot. Party politics Commentators have been divided on the significance of the party alignment in the book. Critic Fred
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Black Spring (EP)
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Lyrics and music
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technique in which Acland's tracks were played into a sequencer from Simmons pads, which then triggered sampled drum sounds. The technique was used on all of Acland's drum tracks—except for the cymbals—and he was initially critical of the process, stating "it doesn't seem that natural", but said the process was "quicker" and "the end result sounds like a really good drum kit".
Black Spring features a celeste sample and Roland drum machine on "Fallin' in Love", as well as Lush's effects-laden guitar sound throughout. Anderson and Berenyi both used a vast amount of chorus effect on their guitars; Berenyi's chorus sound
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Bello, Antioquia
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Communication
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centers or cybercafés, IP communication, and others.
The leading company in this sector is EPM Telecommunications, (under its brand UNE), recently separated from its parent company Public Enterprises of Medellín (EPM). Also present are Bello Cable Bello Television Telecommunications Company, the Bogotá Telecommunications Enterprise (ETB), Telmex and Telecom (from Telefónica).
There are three mobile operators all with nationwide coverage and GSM technology, Claro, Movistar (Telefónica) and Tigo of ETB, EPM and Luxembourg's Millicom International Telecommunications.
The Avantel company also operates in the municipality, offering trunking service, which is done by means of a hybrid cellular and radio.
The city has several channels of broadcast
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Arthur Abraham
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Abraham vs. Bouadla, Stieglitz II & Regaining composure
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and he could soon no longer see. The referee waved him off at the start of the fourth round, resulting in his defeat. CompuBox stats showed that Stieglitz was in full control of the rematch, landing 70 of 203 punches thrown (34%), with Abraham landed 27 of his 107 thrown (25%). Stieglitz out-landed Abraham 63-19 in power punches. Regaining composure After losing the World title, Abraham had two more fights in 2013. First he beat Willbeforce Shihepo (20-4, 15 KOs) by 12 round unanimous decision (116-113, 117-111 & 116-112). Abraham claimed the vacant WBO Inter-Continenteal super middleweight title. Two months
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Benyoucef Benkhedda
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Algerian War
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the newspaper El Moudjahid, the creation of the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA) and the writing of Kassaman, which would become the national anthem of Algeria. He miraculously escaped capture by the paratroopers of General Jacques Massu by use of the sewer system of Algiers, fleeing the city after the capture of Ben M'hidi by paratroopers under Colonel Marcel Bigeard, Ben M'hidi was later killed while imprisoned by soldiers of Paul Aussaresses.
He went abroad in the name of the Liberation front and accomplished much for the organisation such as visiting the capitals of the Arab states in 1957-58, London
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Battle of Rossbach
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Battlefield today
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arrived at the castle. All rooms were occupied by wounded officers. His Majesty would not allow any of the [wounded] officers to be disturbed, and set up his field bed in an alcove and, after giving the orders for the day, spent the night there. The present owner was Superintendent Funcke; his grandson, Hauptmann [Franz Leopold] von Funcke, organized this in his memory.
Schloss Burgwerben the 9 July 1844, Franz Leopold v. Funcke.
K2169, the county highway passing through Reichardtswerben, is named Von-Seydlitz-Straße.
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Ashes Divide
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Background and early years (2003–2007) & Keep Telling Myself It's Alright (2008)
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"The Stone". Keep Telling Myself It's Alright (2008) The band's first single, "The Stone", made its radio premiere on January 22, 2008. Their debut album, Keep Telling Myself It's Alright, was released on April 8. On February 22, Howerdel explained on Chicago radio station Q101 that the date was pushed back from March 18 because of the record label.
The album features drumming by Josh Freese, and a guest performance on the track "Sword" by Devo Keenan (cello), the son of Maynard James Keenan. In addition to Freese and Keenan, the record also features contributions from drummer Dean Sainz, Concrete Blonde's
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Billy Felton
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Altrincham
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a left back he was just as comfortable on the right. He took on the responsibility as Altrincham's "dead ball" specialist, even though he had only scored one goal in his professional career. Unusually, he even managed to score a hat trick against Hurst in an 8–1 win, two of the goals being penalties and the third a free kick.
After finishing second in the league in successive seasons (1934–35 & 1935–36), Altrincham started to struggled to survive financially. Felton was appointed player-coach for his final season (1938–39) before retiring just prior to his 39th birthday and the onset of the
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Black Lives Matter
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Democrats
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page called "Black Lives Matter: Seattle" issued an apology to Sanders' supporters, claiming these actions did not represent her understanding of BLM. She was then sent messages by members of the Seattle Chapter which she described as threatening, and was forced to change the name of her group to "Black in Seattle". The founders of Black Lives Matter stated that they had not issued an apology.
In August 2015, the Democratic National Committee passed a resolution supporting Black Lives Matter.
In the first Democratic primary debate, the presidential candidates were asked whether black lives matter or all lives matter. In reply, Bernie
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Bibrod Tirth
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Mulnayak & Hindu Tirth & Historicity & Temple Trust
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Bibrod Tirth Mulnayak Nearly 76 centimetres (2.49 ft) high, black-colored idol of Bhagawan Adinath in the Padmansana posture. Hindu Tirth This tirth is also known as Kesariyaji, it is inside the large fort in the Bibrod village. shri ram mandir famous Temple.
Shri Ram mandir has trust named shri ram mandir samiti authorized by collector of Ratlam.
There shri hanuman mandir in bibrod.
And Sanjay Patidar is main authorized person of the temple. Historicity There is an inscription that his idol belongs to a period earlier than even the thirteenth century. Temple Trust Jain Svetambar Murtipujak Jinalay, Mallinath Trust, Choumukhipul, Bibrod, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh,
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Benny the Dip
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1997: three-year-old season
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strongly challenged in the closing stages by Silver Patriarch. The grey colt appeared to catch the leader a few yards from the finish, but Benny the Dip produced a final effort ("he dug deep", commented Ryan) and the two colts crossed the line together. After a delay, the result of the photo finish revealed that Benny the Dip had held on to win the race by a short head.
For his next race, Benny the Dip was brought back to ten furlongs for the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown, in which he faced top class older horses. Once again, Ryan attempted to
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Badnjak (Serbian)
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Similar European traditions
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had different regional names: chalendal, calignaou, tréfoir, and tréfouet. In Provence, it had to be cut from a fruit tree; it was brought in by the whole family while they sang a carol praying for blessing on the house, that the women might bear children, the nanny-goats kids, and the ewes lambs, and that their grain and wine might abound. Before the log was placed on the fire, the youngest child in the family poured wine on it. Logs were devotionally laid on the domestic fire on Christmas Eve in various parts of Italy; in Tuscany, Christmas is called Festa
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Alan Paton
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Opposition to apartheid
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the right-wing National Party was elected in South Africa. Paton, together with Margaret Ballinger, Edgar Brookes, and Leo Marquard, formed the Liberal Association in early-1953. On 9 May 1953, it became the Liberal Party of South Africa, with Paton as a founding co-vice-president, which fought against the apartheid laws introduced by the National Party government. He served as President of the LPSA until its forced dissolution by the government in the late-1960s; officially because its membership comprised both Blacks and Whites. Paton was a friend of Bernard Friedman, founder of the Progressive Party. Paton's writer colleague Laurens van der Post,
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Blue Murder at St Trinian's
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Synopsis
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Blue Murder at St Trinian's Synopsis Flash Harry (George Cole) has set up a marriage bureau for the sixth form St Trinian's girls and is in Rome negotiating with Prince Bruno (Guido Lorraine), who is interested in marrying one of them. The Prince suggests that Harry bring the girls to Rome before July, at the Prince's expense, so he can make a decision. Coincidentally, UNESCO is offering the best academically qualified school in England an expenses paid tour to various European cities, ending in Rome: they will play at the Vienna Music Festival and play in a series of field
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Angelo DeCarlo
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Saperstein death & Presidential pardon
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On November 26, 1968, Saperstein died of arsenic poisoning. That same day, the FBI received a letter from Saperstein that detailed his problems with DeCarlo. In March 1970, DeCarlo was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. Presidential pardon After DeCarlo served 18 months in prison, President Richard Nixon pardoned him, ostensibly due to his poor health. DeCarlo himself claimed to be dying of cancer. Disregarding the usual protocol, U.S. Attorney General Richard Kleindienst approved the pardon request and sent it to White House Counsel John Dean. Dean then delivered the request directly to
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Bisa Kdei
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Studio album
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Studio album Bisa Kdei on December 21, 2013, launched his 16 track debut album which is still getting massive sales on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and other international music marketing platforms as well as the local markets. The album dubbed Thanksgiving debuted at or near number one in Ghana. It was preceded by the single Odo Carpenter.
On June 16, 2015, Bisa Kdei released the lead single, MANSA, off his second album titled BREAK THROUGH. The song paved way for a successful second studio album, which was released in December 18, 2015, under his record label, Black Legendary Music.
The album which
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Battle of Goose Green
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Initial contact & Darwin Parks
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to the impending attack. Darwin Parks At 03:35 HMS Arrow opened fire (she was to fire a total of 22 star shell and 135 rounds of 4.5" HE shells in a 90-minute bombardment), signalling the start of the attack. In the ensuing night battle about twelve Argentines were killed. Under heavy fire, the platoons of Sub-Lieutenants Marcelo Martin Bracco and Alejandro Garra withdrew in the initial clashes, reporting the loss of fifty percent of their men, killed, wounded, captured or missing. The platoon under Sub-Lieutenant Gustavo Adolfo Malacalza fought a delaying action against the British paratroopers, blooding themselves on Burntside
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Battle of Rossbach
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Situation in 1757
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Prince Charles's main Austrian force, which itself advanced west to Breslau. Prince Soubise and Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen shared command of the Allied force.
If these armies were to unite, Prussia's situation would be dire indeed. Recognizing this threat, Frederick used the strategy of interior lines to advance in a quick, arduous march reminiscent of the forced marches of his great grandfather, Frederick William I, the "Great Elector". An army marches only as fast as its slowest components, which are usually the supply trains, and Frederick obtained needed supplies ahead of the army, which enabled him to abandon his
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Black Lives Matter
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Strategies and tactics & Internet and social media
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of people rapidly. Since then, Black Lives Matters has embraced a diversity of tactics. Internet and social media In 2014, the American Dialect Society chose #BlackLivesMatter as their word of the year. Yes! Magazine picked #BlackLivesMatter as one of the twelve hashtags that changed the world in 2014. Memes are also important in garnering support for the Black Lives Matter new social movement. Information communication technologies such as Facebook and Twitter spread memes and are important tools for garnering web support in hopes of producing a spillover effect into the offline world. However, Blue Lives Matter and other opponents of BLM have
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Birmingham Bulldogs
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History
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2007. This significant stride forward for the sport in the city matched equivalent appointments throughout the Midlands. Following the work in local schools a junior section was soon established at the club, with teams at various age groups competing at numerous festivals throughout the Midlands during the season. The club saw much improved performances during the season in the RLC Midlands Premier but missed out on the end of season play-offs.
Russell Parker's appointment as Senior Head Coach in 2008, the club's development continued with the formation of a second open-age team early in the RL Merit League which reached the
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Bobby Soxer (singer)
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Early life and education & 2006–2010: Career beginnings and recognition
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Bobby Soxer (singer) Early life and education Bobby Soxer was born on 22 May 1993 in Yangon, Myanmar to parents Aung Zaw Lin, a trader and his wife Moe Theingi. She is the youngest daughter of two siblings, having an elder brother Soe Lin Phyo, a model. She attended high school at Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon and graduated from the National Management College, Myanmar. 2006–2010: Career beginnings and recognition Bobby began her music career in 2006. She released underground hip-hop songs since before she got her big break. She gained recognition from singing together with R&B singer
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Atanasie Rednic
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Life
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by M. Olsavszky, the Eparch of Mukachevo. He later arrived to Blaj, where he was enthroned on 13 November 1765.
As bishop, he continued to ask financial support from the government to improve the conditions of the parishes and of the schools, without great results. He also tried to revitalise the monastic life in Blaj introducing a strict discipline which he himself followed. He also continued to support instruction, enlisting the more cultured monks as teachers, and providing aid grants for student to study abroad.
He died in Blaj on 2 May 1772.
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Billy Pierce
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Chicago White Sox (1949–1961)
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left-hander. But those seasons also included indications of his developing excellence, as well as the struggles he would face in gaining run support. On May 29, 1949, in just his sixth start with Chicago (and the 11th of his career), the 22-year-old Pierce was matched against 42-year-old Negro league legend Satchel Paige in a road game against the defending World Series champion Cleveland Indians. The pitchers' duel went into the 11th inning, when Pierce walked leadoff hitter Ken Keltner, followed by two bunt singles. After Pierce was replaced by a reliever and the next batter lined to shortstop Luke Appling,
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Beth Brant
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Activism/Mentor
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her writing career and has encouraged Native American women writers who succeeded her. Teaching and mentoring was significant role in Brant's life. Her work took her to university classes to provide conversation on topics such as colonialism, racism, sexism, homophobia, and the survival of Aboriginal peoples. She lectured at the University of British Columbia in 1989 and 1990 and guest lectured for classes in women's studies and Native American studies at the New College of the University of Toronto. Also, Brant lectured and read at universities and culture centres across North America.
Brant has contributed to a number of creative writing
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Birth of the Cool
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Background
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jazz artists of late-1940s New York. The participants engaged in discussions about the future of jazz, including a proposed group with a new sound. According to jazz historian Ted Gioia:
[The participants] were developing a range of tools that would change the sound of contemporary music. In their work together, they relied on a rich palette of harmonies, many of them drawn from European impressionist composers. They explored new instrumental textures, preferring to blend the voices of the horns like a choir rather than pit them against each other as the big bands had traditionally done with their thrusting and
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Bobby Soxer (singer)
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2011–2014: Collaborative success & 2015–present: Solo debut and rising popularity & Beginnings
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World is Ours". 2015–present: Solo debut and rising popularity Bobby started endeavoring to be able to produce and distribute a solo album. She launched her debut solo album "#21" on 8 February 2015. "#21" video album was released on July 2015. Bobby is considered as one of the most commercially successful female singer in the Myanmar entertainment industry and has been dubbed as "Myanmar's Hip Hop Queen". Beginnings Bobby Soxer has been presenting and acting in a travel documentary called "Let's Go" together with other artists, Hlwan Paing, Bunny Phyoe, Kyaw Htut Swe, Nan Thu Zar and Nan Myat Phyo
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Badnjak (Serbian)
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Felling and preparing
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joined by a third log called the badnjačić—badnjak the child. Although young and thin trees are usually used for the badnjak, in northern Dalmatia's region of Bukovica two relatively thick logs with diameters of 30 to 50 centimeters (12 to 20 inches) are prepared, plus one thinner log (called trinity). In other areas dry oak branches are collected from the ground, and used instead of a log.
When the head of household finds a suitable tree, he stands in front of it facing east. After throwing grain at the tree, he greets it with the words "Good morning and happy Christmas Eve to
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Black Lives Matter
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2015
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Leundeu Keunang, a 43-year-old Cameroonian national, was fatally shot by Los Angeles Police Department officers. The LAPD arrested fourteen following BLM demonstrations.
In April, Black Lives Matter across the United States protested over the death of Freddie Gray which included the 2015 Baltimore protests. After the shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, Black Lives Matter protested Scott's death and called for citizen oversight of police.
In May, a protest by BLM in San Francisco was part of a nationwide protest, Say Her Name, decrying the police killing of black women and girls, which included the deaths of Meagan Hockaday,
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Blind Spot (1958 film)
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Plot & Production & Critical reception
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proves his innocence. Production Principal location photography for Blind Spot took place at Majestic Hotel, Kensington, London, England. Studio shots were completed at Walton Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England.
Blind Spot is a remake of "Blackout", a British crime drama (1950 film), by the same producers, but a different director. Critical reception TV Guide gave Blind Spot one out of four stars, and wrote, "A few good turns, including the final chase, can't pep up a tired script;" while the Radio Times rated the film two out of five stars, calling it a "stolid British crime yarn."
The Movie Scene gave the
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Black Lives Matter
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2016
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pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder," a protest widely interpreted as in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. The protests have generated mixed reactions, and have since spread to other U.S. sports leagues.
In September 2016, BLM protested the shooting deaths by police officers of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Keith Lamont Scott in
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Boeing KC-767
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USAF lease, cancellation and re-award
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of allegations of corruption by one of its former procurement staffers, Darleen Druyun (who had moved to Boeing in January) was undertaken. Reporter Joseph Galloway wrote that some documents found in congressional investigation indicated the A330-based tanker met more of the USAF specifications than the Boeing tanker and had a lower proposed cost. Druyun pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine months in jail for "negotiating a job with Boeing at the same time she was involved in contracts with the company". Additional fallout included the termination of Boeing CFO Michael M. Sears, who was sentenced to four months
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Billy Pierce
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Youth baseball
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Fame center fielder Richie Ashburn, who was hitless in two at bats against Pierce. The game was held as a benefit for World War II community memorials, and two days prior to the event the participating players were guests of Babe Ruth on his weekly radio program. Pierce was voted the game's outstanding player, winning a four-year scholarship to the college of his choice. Detroit Free Press sports editor Dale Stafford, who chaperoned him to New York, later told a fellow writer, "I never saw such a clean-living youngster. On our trip to New York for the East-West game, Billy
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Battle of Rossbach
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Battlefield today
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resettled in 1963 and most of the town was destroyed by mining operations that same year. Today, most of the battlefield is covered in some farmland, vineyards and a nature park created from flooding the old lignite mine with water; the resulting lake has a surface area of 18.4 km² (7 sq mi); at its deepest point, the lake is 78 m (256 ft) deep. In the course of filling the old pit, archaeologists found fossils 251–243 million years old.
Four separate monuments dedicated to the battle were erected in the town of Reichardtswerben. The first monument was erected 16 September 1766, in gratitude to God
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Apurva Asrani
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Aligarh & Simran
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and writer Apurva Asrani have mined from real events but their dramatisation of Siras’ tragedy isn’t shrill or militant.' Stutee Ghosh in her review in The Quint wrote 'Aligarh is an assiduously made piece of brilliance.'
Apurva was also the editor of the film. Simran In 2017, Apurva wrote the screenplay & dialogues of Simran. The film told the story of a desi girl in the US who turns into a bungling bank robber, and had actress Kangana Ranaut playing the titular role. But before its release itself, Simran made news for a controversy regarding sharing of writing credits between Kangana
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Black Spring (EP)
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Lyrics and music
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songwriting, Black Spring's songs were "lighter and less punky" than the band's previous releases, but the songs—particularly the lyrics—still maintained the band's "moody dreampop" trademarks.
Described as "space-age guitar pop" featuring Anderson and Berenyi's "wistful, hippy harmonies", the songs on Black Spring are marked by unconventional and constantly changing time signatures developed by Anderson and drummer Chris Acland. Acland's drum sound on Black Spring changed significantly as a result of in-studio experimentation. Berenyi had originally experimented writing drum loops on a Roland R-5, but Acland instead worked with producer Robin Guthrie on writing and recording his drum parts. Guthrie suggested a
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Battle of Fort Anne
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Battle
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out of ammunition, and the British were virtually surrounded by Americans. The sound of Indian war whoops from the north prompted the Americans to retreat, and they retired to the fort with their wounded, including Van Rensselaer, who had taken a shot in the hip.
As it turned out, there were no Indians, but only a single British officer, John Money of the 9th regiment, Burgoyne's deputy quartermaster. He had been leading a group of Indians, but when they seemed reluctant to fight the Americans, Money became impatient and ran ahead of them; it was his war cries that brought an
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Black Lives Matter
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Online campaign & Ferguson activism
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lives after Zimmerman's acquittal. Garza wrote a Facebook post titled "A Love Note to Black People" in which she said: "Our Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter". Cullors replied: "#BlackLivesMatter". Tometi then added her support, and Black Lives Matter was born as an online campaign. Ferguson activism In August 2014, BLM members organized their first in-person national protest in the form of a "Black Lives Matter Freedom Ride" to Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting of Michael Brown. More than five hundred members descended upon Ferguson to participate in non-violent demonstrations. Of the many groups that descended on Ferguson, Black Lives Matter
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Bernhard Harms
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Expulsion and death
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new law, the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service. Harms was subsequently removed from the university and later from the Institute. In 1933, Harms worked as an honorary professor in Berlin, then moved to the University of Marburg in 1934. He died in Berlin in 1939. His grave was placed in front of the original building of the Instituteon Düsternbrooker Weg in Kiel.
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Badnjak (Serbian)
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Public celebration
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reflecting the traditions of the local community.
The expedition to cut down the badnjak is the basic activity in the preparation part of the celebration. It can be performed by an individual, but it is usually a collective act accompanied by a festive procession that may include carriages and horsemen. After the tree to be used as the badnjak is cut down, it is adorned with straw, ribbons, oranges, apples, and sometimes with the Serbian flag. In some parishes more than one badnjak is used in the celebration, and a different tree is felled for each. Often bunches of leaved oak
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Benny Weinbeck
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Benny Weinbeck Benny Weinbeck (born November 25, 1961 in Winsted, Minnesota) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and media producer.
He has released several albums and has appeared on Gordon Johnson's Trios V1 and V3 with Steve Gadd on drums and performed on many other artist recording projects. He composes music for independent feature films, documentaries, and commercial media. He performs around the U.S. and in Minneapolis with his jazz trio along with bassist Gordon Johnson and drummer Phil Hey.
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Bangor RFC (Northern Ireland)
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History
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it won the treble of Ulster Senior League, Ulster Senior Cup and its own floodlit competition, the Boston Cup. Bangor were inaugural members of the All-Ireland League in 1990, but the club went into decline and was relegated back into junior rugby in 2002. In 2016, however, the club regained senior status on promotion back to the All-Ireland League. Since 1972, the club has been joined with Bangor Cricket Club as Bangor Rugby Football and Cricket Club.
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Berechiah ha-Nakdan
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Fox Fables & Other works
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before, and as of yore his hand was stretched out to the beasts, his peers, as it had been in former days and years.
Manuscripts exist at the Bodleian and Munich Libraries (written before 1268). The first published edition appeared in Mantua in 1557; another with a Latin version by M. Hanel followed from Prague in 1661. An English translation titled Fables of a Jewish Aesop appeared in 1967 and has since been republished. Other works Sefer ha-Ḥibbur (Hebrew: ספר החיבור) is Berechiah's best-known philosophical work, wherein he develops on the works of Saadia Gaon, Bahya ibn Pakuda, and Solomon ibn
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Biggesee
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Tourism & Rail and bus
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at "Sonderner Kopf". Additionally, there numerous cycle and hiking routes round the lake and its environs. These are especially well-used during the summer. Many holidaymakers move their quarters around the different camping sites along the lake. The Bigge Dam belongs to The Industrial Heritage Trail, and indeed to the Theme Route 12: Ruhr - Past and Present. Rail and bus The Biggesee lies on the single-line Bigge Valley Railway (KBS 442), on which the Biggesee-Express (RB 92) travels hourly from Olpe, stopping a few times close to the lakeshore, and on to Finnentrop with a connection to the Ruhr-Sieg-Express (RE 16). In Sondern
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Andrew County, Missouri
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History & Geography
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Andrew County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 436 square miles (1,130 km²), of which 433 square miles (1,120 km²) is land and 3.7 square miles (9.6 km²) (0.9%) is water.
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Battle of Long Tan
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Opposing forces
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earned a Presidential Unit Citation defeating the 275th Regiment a year prior, as well as relatively weak territorial forces of 17 Regional Force (RF) companies and 47 Popular Force (PF) platoons; in total some 4,500 men. Making up the bulk of government units in Phước Tuy, the territorial forces varied in standard. Although most villages were garrisoned by an RF company operating from a fortified compound, and PF platoons guarded most hamlets and important infrastructure, their value was questionable. RF companies were technically available for tasks throughout the province, while PF platoons were mostly restricted to operating around their village,
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Bohuslän
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Geology & History
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of the Sveconorwegian orogeny. In detail these granites have been eroded as to contain abundant small rock basins, some of them filled with clay and silt of combined glacial and marine origin.
The coast of Bohuslän is a joint valley landscape. Studies of denudation chronology suggest Bohuslän lies at the westernmost reaches of the Sub-Cambrian peneplain, however there is some uncerntainty on whether the hilltops are remnants of the peneplain. Rather than Sub-cambrian most of the province is made up of a relief unit known as the Sub-Mesozoic hilly peneplain. History During the 2nd millennium BCE, the Nordic Bronze Age began
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Battle of Antietam
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Cornfield
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wide, was a scene of indescribable destruction. It was estimated that the Cornfield changed hands no fewer than 15 times in the course of the morning. Major Rufus R. Dawes, who assumed command of Iron Brigade's 6th Wisconsin Regiment during the battle, later compared the fighting around the Hagerstown Turnpike with the stone wall at Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania's "Bloody Angle", and the slaughter pen of Cold Harbor, insisting that "the Antietam Turnpike surpassed them all in manifest evidence of slaughter." Hooker called for support from the 7,200 men of Mansfield's XII Corps.
Half of Mansfield's men were raw recruits, and Mansfield was
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Black Jack, Missouri
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2000 census
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of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.20.
In the city, the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 79.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.0 males.
The median income for a household in
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1969 York race riot
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The murder of Lillie Belle Allen & Investigations reopened
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uninvestigated for the next thirty years. Investigations reopened Then in 1999, The York Dispatch and the York Daily Record published articles looking back at the riots on their thirtieth anniversary. The articles raised questions in the community and renewed interest in the murder cases. York County deputy prosecutor, Tom Kelley, had his staff begin unearthing the case files and reinterviewing witnesses, and York County District Attorney Stan Rebert launched a grand jury investigation. They began the investigation with the gang believed to have been involved in Allen's murder, the Newberry Street Boys.
Prosecutors learned that three of the gang members had
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Bill G. Lowrey
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Early life & Career
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Bill G. Lowrey Early life Bill Lowrey was born on May 25, 1862 in Kossuth, Mississippi. He attended public school and the Blue Mountain Academy in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, graduating from Mississippi College at Clinton in 1887. During 1888-9 he was a student at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Career Lowrey became a professor at Blue Mountain College. In 1898 he was promoted to president of the college, a position he held until 1911 when he moved to Texas to become the president of the Amarillo Military Academy. Leaving that post in 1916, he accepted a posting as field secretary
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Alain Resnais
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1981–2014
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repeatedly with a core group of actors comprising Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, and André Dussollier, sometimes accompanied by Fanny Ardant or Lambert Wilson. The first four of these were among the large cast of La vie est un roman (Life Is a Bed of Roses, 1983), a comic fantasy about utopian dreams in which three stories, from different eras and told in different styles, are interwoven within a shared setting. The action is punctuated by episodes of song which develop towards the end into scenes that are almost operatic; Resnais said that his starting point had been the desire
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Black Lives Matter
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Insufficient focus on women & Influence
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protest the killings of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin than the killings of Kayla Moore or Rekia Boyd.
In response, Say Her Name was founded to focus specifically on the killing of black women by police and to bring their names into the Black Lives Matter protest. Their stated goal is to offer a more complete, but not competing, narrative with the overall Black Lives Matter movement. Influence The February 2015 issue of Essence magazine and the cover was devoted to Black Lives Matter. In December 2015, BLM was a contender for the Time magazine Person of the Year award, coming
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Belarusian ruble
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First ruble, 1992–2000 & Second ruble, 2000–2016 & Monetary integration with Russia
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May 1992. The first post-Soviet Belarusian ruble was assigned the ISO code BYB and replaced the Soviet currency at the rate of 1 Belarusian ruble = 10 Soviet rubles. It took about two years before the ruble became the official currency of the country. Second ruble, 2000–2016 In 2000, a new ruble was introduced (ISO 4217 code BYR), replacing the first at a rate of 1 BYR = 1,000 BYB. This was redenomination with three zeros removed. Only banknotes have been issued, with the only coins issued being commemoratives for collectors. Monetary integration with Russia From the beginning of his
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Battle of Cold Harbor
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June 1
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brush-filled ravine. As Truex's men charged through the gap, Clingman swung two regiments around to face them, and Anderson sent in Brig. Gen. Eppa Hunton's brigade from his corps reserve. Truex became surrounded on three sides and was forced to withdraw, although his men brought back hundreds of Georgian prisoners with them.
While action continued on the southern end of the battlefield, the three corps of Hancock, Burnside, and Warren were occupying a 5-mile line that stretched southeast to Bethesda Church, facing the Confederates under A.P. Hill, Breckinridge, and Early. At the border between the IX and V Corps, the division
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Bo Le
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Zhanguo ce
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down, and when you leave, keep glancing back at him. For this I would like to give you a sum equal to my expenses for one day's market." Po Lo did look the horse over carefully, and as he left he glanced back at it. In a single morning offers for the horse increased ten-fold. Now I want to "show a splendid steed" to the king and I have no one to introduce me. Would you be willing to be my Po Lo? I would like to make you a gift of a pair of white pi and a thousand
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Babylonian cuneiform numerals
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Zero
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and not on the right-hand side of the number, as we do in numbers like 13200.
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Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's relay
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Summary
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Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's relay Summary At each shooting station, a competitor has eight shots to hit five targets; however, only five bullets are loaded in a magazine at one - if additional shots are required, the spare bullets must be loaded one at a time. If after the eight shots are taken, there are still targets not yet hit, the competitor must ski a 150-metre penalty loop.
Germany won the relay event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, while Russia's women were the defending World Champions after beating Germany by 41.4 seconds at the 2005 World Championship;
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Bob Edwards (satirist)
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Early life and education & Journalism
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a world cruise. He was raised by unmarried aunts, and attended school in St. Andrews and Edinburgh before spending time at Glasgow University. His mother's father, Dr. Robert Chambers, was a founder of the Scottish publishing house W. & R. Chambers. Journalism In 1881 and 1882, Bob Edwards put out a tourist periodical, The Channel, aimed at visitors to the French Riviera. He returned to Scotland and worked for a time with the Glasgow city clerk, Sir James David Marwick. Edwards and his brother Jack later decided to emigrate to the North America in 1892.
Edwards settled in the village
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Black Lives Matter
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"White Lives Matter" & Tactics & Law enforcement
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in Shelbyville particularly, protesters justified their movement in response to the increasing number of immigrants and refugees to Middle Tennessee. Tactics Some black civil rights leaders, such as Rev. Cecil "Chip" Murray, Najee Ali, and Earl Ofari Hutchinson, have criticized the tactics of BLM. Author and minister Barbara Ann Reynolds has criticized the confrontational tactics of BLM. Law enforcement Some critics accuse Black Lives Matter of being anti-police. Sgt. Demetrick Pennie of the Dallas Police Department filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against Black Lives Matter in September 2016, which accused the group of inciting a "race war." Marchers using a BLM
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Battle of Goose Green
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Attack on the airfield
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C Company took heavy losses when they became the target of intense direct fire from 35 mm anti-aircraft guns, causing 20 per cent casualties. Private Mark Holman-Smith, a signaller in the company headquarters, was killed by the anti-aircraft guns while trying to recover a heavy machine gun from wounded Private Steve Russell.
Argentine Air Force anti-aircraft gunners under Lieutenant Darío Del Valle Valazza, and the RI 12 platoon under Sub Lieutenant Carlos Oslvaldo Aldao, attempted to halt the renewed advance that commenced at 2.25 pm from Boca Hill, but were forced to abandon their positions, including the five remaining 20mm Rheinmetall guns
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Bob Edwards (satirist)
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Death and legacy
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to speak his or her mind. Notable recipients have included Rick Mercer, Margaret Atwood and Preston Manning. Originally supporting Alberta Theatre Projects as a fundraising luncheon, in 2012 the event moved to the Calgary Public Library Foundation as their signature gala.
The long-running Calgary Eyeopener morning show on CBC Radio One in Calgary is named after Edwards' newspaper.
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Biggesee
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Purpose & Construction of the Bigge Dam
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one small Francis turbines amounts to 17.52 MW. The owner of the lake is the Ruhrverband.
Along with the Listertalsperre, the Biggestausee forms a large reservoir system. The formerly self-standing Listertalsperre joins immediately on to the Biggesee.
In middle of the Biggesee itself is the circa 30 ha (74 acres) Gilberginsel which, together with the neighboring lakeshore area, forms a nature reserve. Construction of the Bigge Dam In 1956, the Landtag (parliament) of North Rhine-Westphalia passed a law for the financing of the Bigge Dam.
On 1 August 1956, the Bigge Dam Law came into force. According to this, each municipality was obliged to extract
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Bo Le
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Zhuangzi
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columns. In front were the tribulations of the bit and the ornamental halter, behind were the threats of the whip and the crop, resulting in the deaths of over half the horses. … Returning to the subject of horses, if they are allowed to live on the open land, they eat the grass and drink the water. When they are happy, they cross necks and rub against each other. When they are angry, they turn back to back and kick each other. The knowledge of horses amounts to this and no more. But you put a yoke upon them and
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Battle of Goose Green
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Argentinian defences
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step, for example, it was normal to be pulled out of training and they would make you "dance" a little with push-ups on the thistles or on the mud.
Now, going back to the subject of instruction, I would say that it was generally satisfactory, at least as far as our group is concerned, since we had basic training in the use of explosives and we were even given some classes of self-defense.
The Argentine positions were well-selected, and officers were well-briefed. In the weeks before the battle British air strikes, naval bombardments, poor logistic support and inclement conditions had contributed to
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Biriyani (soundtrack)
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Release & Reception
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Shankar Raja could not attend the Music launch due to unknown reasons. The Telugu version's Audio was launched by the film's unit then on Sony Music Label. A Trailer of 119 seconds was launched on the same day which received positive response along with the songs composed by Yuvan. The Telugu version's audio launch became a hot topic soon as K. E. Gnanavel Raja announced that Suriya would do a Straight Telugu film whose shoot would start in August 2014. Reception The Soundtrack Album of Biriyani received positive response. Behindwoods wrote "With complete free hand from Venkat Prabhu, Yuvan has
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Biggleswade Rugby Club
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History & 2019-20 Season (Rebuilding Year) & Ground
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their tour of Australia in 1988.
Biggleswade RUFC are proud partners with [[Northampton Saints]]. 2019-20 Season (Rebuilding Year) In the 2019-20 season they were optimistic about there chances in the Midlands 4 East South. They Played Hitchin and Enfield in Pre-Season and played there first game at home against Thorney. A man of the match performance from Kyle Loan helped Biggy come away with a 26-16 win to go second in the league. Ground The clubhouse has a bar, lounge and four squash courts, the club have six full size pitches plus Minis pitches and big training area, including the Sheepwalk
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Anthony Stover
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College career
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Anthony Stover College career Stover played two years in college for UCLA. He was negatively profiled in a February 2012 Sports Illustrated article, which stated that he partnered with Reeves Nelson to erode team unity as a freshman and did not take practices seriously, often shooting free throws one handed or fading away. As a sophomore, he posted averages of 0.5 points and 1.5 rebounds in 28 games, recording 8.4 minutes per contest. His 1.4 blocks per game were a team high. In August 2012, he was dismissed from the team for failing to meet eligibility requirements. Coach Ben Howland
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Battle of Cold Harbor
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June 1
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Cold Harbor, recoiling from heavy fire. North of the road, Brig. Gen. Emory Upton's brigade of Brig. Gen. David A. Russell's division also encountered heavy fire from Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Clingman's brigade, "A sheet of flame, sudden as lightning, red as blood, and so near that it seemed to singe the men's faces." Although Upton tried to rally his men forward, his brigade fell back to its starting point.
To Upton's right, the brigade of Col. William S. Truex found a gap in the Confederate line, between the brigades of Clingman and Brig. Gen. William T. Wofford, through a swampy,
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Bisa Kdei
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Artistry & Personal life
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J.A. Adofo, Dr Paa Bobo, Daddy Lumba, Nana Acheampong and others as his musical inspirations. Personal life Bisa Kdei identifies himself as a Christian. He believes every religion has its own leader and with that, he loves and respects everyone regardless of Religion differences. Bisa Kdei reflected his Christian faith in his Gospel song titled Give It To Baba and on several media platforms, Bisa Kdei has stated, "I give it all to God because he is the reason I am here now."
On July 27, it was allegedly reported that Bisa Kdei and female musician, Becca are in a secret
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Battle of Rossbach
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Initial battlefield dispositions
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after eleven a.m. on 5 November. Soubise probably intended to engage as late in the day as possible, with the idea of gaining what advantages he could in a partial action before nightfall. Their plan called for the Allied army to march by Zeuchfeld, around Frederick's left, which no serious natural obstacle covered, and to deploy in battle array facing north, between Reichardtswerben on the right and Pettstädt on the left. Saxe-Hildburghausen's proposed battle and the more limited aim of Soubise appeared equally likely to succeed by taking this position, which threatened to cut Frederick off from a retreat to the
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Bidong Island
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Vietnamese refugees
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day per person. Doctors were abundant, but medicine was in short supply. Sanitation was nearly non-existent and hepatitis was rampant." But the refugee population was well organised and many small businesses and an efficient food and water distribution system was set up. Aid organisations such as the Malaysian Red Crescent Society, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and many non-governmental organisations assisted the refugees. An international volunteer staff of medical personnel tended to the refugee's health problems. Immigration officials from many countries visited the island to interview refugees for resettlement abroad.
The arrival of new refugees to Bidong
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Bo Le
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Hanfeizi & Zhanguo ce
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men whom he liked how to select inferior horses, because swift race-horses being few and far between would yield slow profits while inferior horses being sold every day would bring about quick profits. (8, tr. Liao 1939:244-6) Zhanguo ce The (c. 3rd-1st centuries BCE) Zhanguo ce "Strategies of the Warring States" has two historical stories about Bole in which a courtier seeking an audience with a ruler compares himself to an excellent horse.
After waiting three months for an interview with Lord Chunshen (d. 238 BCE), the Prime Minister of Chu, Han Ming 汗明 told a story equating himself to a
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Barbara Bush
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Post–White House years
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and I read books, because I know perfectly well that, don't take offense, that 90 percent of what I hear on television is supposition, when we're talking about the news. And he's not, not as understanding of my pettiness about that. But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or that or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that, and watch him suffer.
Bush was visiting a Houston relief center for people
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Battle of Rossbach
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Terrain and maneuver & Initial battlefield dispositions
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they should attack Frederick in the morning, by swinging to Frederick's left flank and cutting his line of retreat. This would, Bourcet thought, finish the campaign. After some persuasion Soubise and Saxe-Hildburghausen were convinced and everyone went to sleep. In the morning of 5 November, some of the Allied troops went out to forage, and Soubise received a notice from Saxe-Hildburghausen, something to the effect of not a moment to be lost, we should advance, gain the heights and attack from the side. Until that point, Soubise had done nothing to rouse the French troops to action. Initial battlefield dispositions On
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Battle of Long Tan
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Assessment
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Australian Army's actions in Vietnam, it has assumed a similar significance as battles such as Gallipoli, Kokoda and Kapyong. The date it was fought is observed annually as Long Tan Day and is also known as Vietnam Veterans' Remembrance Day, the national day of commemoration of the Vietnam War.
Despite being halted at the time of the clash, prior to the encounter the 275th Regiment had been advancing with two battalions forward and one in depth, while at least two companies from D445 Battalion were on its southern flank. The six to eight-man squad contacted by 11 Platoon was probably a
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Black Lives Matter
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Law enforcement & Ferguson effect
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she writes that the police shot 990 people in 2015, most of whom were armed "or violently resisting arrest. ... Whites made up 49.9 percent of those victims, blacks 26 percent. That proportion of black victims is lower than what the black violent crime rate would predict." Ferguson effect Sam Dotson, chief of the St. Louis Police Department, coined the term "Ferguson effect" to describe what he believed was a change in enforcement behavior following the shooting of Michael Brown and subsequent unrest. According to Dotson, his officers were less active in enforcing the law because they were afraid they
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Binnie Roberts
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Storylines
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differences later in the year.
Binnie and Della soon move into a bedsit on the Square and Binnie gets a job working as a barmaid in The Queen Victoria public house alongside Steve. She and Steve bicker constantly, mainly because Steve refuses to accept that Della is gay and regularly tries it on with her, leaving Binnie fuming with jealousy. More problems arise when Natalie Price (Lucy Speed) hears a rumour that Binnie and Della are lesbians. She starts telling anyone who cares to listen about how disgusting and unnatural the pair are. This reaction increases Della's trepidation about living as
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Zoo Bar (Halifax, West Yorkshire)
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Background
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the head bouncer and before the reputation of an underage venue the Zoo bar was one of the first "indie" clubs in halifax. It was classed as an alternative club where people classed the customers as slightly weird. The Djs played classics like "light my fire" the Doors_ "sympathy for the devil" the stones. Etc. later filling the dancefloor to tunes by the latest indie gods such as Suede, pulp etc. Characters always filled the club. There was "roller guy" who wore roller boots and took photos all night, "daddy Acid" who used to walk around with a bowl of
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Bill Thomas (sailor)
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Bill Thomas (sailor) William "Bill" Thomas (born 1925) is a Canadian former sailor who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Black Lives Matter
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2018
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justice focus, First Unitarian Universalist Church in Richmond, Virginia presented its Second Annual Black Lives Matter Art Exhibition. Works of art in the exhibition were projected at scheduled hours on the large exterior screen (jumbotron) at Virginia Commonwealth University's Cabell Library. Artists with art in the exhibition were invited to discuss their work in the Black Lives Matter show as it was projected at an evening forum in a small amphitheater at VCU's Hibbs Hall. They were also invited to exhibit afterward at a local showing of the film A Raisin in the Sun.
In April 2018, CNN reported that the
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Black Lives Matter
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Loose structure
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Black Lives Matter chapters are asked to commit to the organization's list of guiding principles, but operate without a central structure or hierarchy. Alicia Garza has commented that the Network was not interested in "policing who is and who is not part of the movement." Currently, there are at least 30 Black Lives Matter chapters in the U.S., England, Canada, Australia, and Ghana.
Notable Black Lives Matter activists include co-founder of the Seattle Black Lives Matter chapter Marissa Johnson, lawyer and president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP Nekima Levy-Pounds, and writer Shaun King. In a September 2016 interview with
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Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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Female Media Coverage
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APC found that the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, “…coverage of women at the Games in Australian media was broadly in line with their proportion of the Australian Team (45%) and their total medal success at the Games (37%)”. Women’s sport coverage exceeded the media’s normal 2 percent allocation of females sport coverage.
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Billy Beane
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MLS / Soccer
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Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer, Beane, who has expressed a passion for soccer, began developing a system for objectively analyzing soccer players. He has agreed to help the Earthquakes front office develop a method for building a cost-effective team, as the salary cap in MLS is even more restrictive than the Athletics status as a small-market team in Major League Baseball. However, a system has yet to be implemented.
Beane has regarded Arsenal's former manager Arsène Wenger as a personal idol. Beane has held discussions with Wenger, former Manchester United F.C. manager Sir Alex Ferguson, and Liverpool F.C. owner John
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2013 Philippine general election
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Campaigning & Source code
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in all radio stations for all national candidates and an aggregate of 60 minutes in all TV networks and 90 minutes in all radio stations for all local candidates. Sixto Brillantes, dismayed and the high court rulings adverse to the election commission threatened to resign but later relented after a meeting with President Aquino. Source code Smartmatic, the source of the machines that were used in the automated elections, is embroiled in a dispute with Dominion Voting Systems over the ownership of the software that were used by the machines. This source code is mandated to be released by law.
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Battle of Goose Green
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Darwin Hill
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the day unfolded, it was later said that Crosland's cool and calm leadership of his soldiers on the battlefield turned the Boca House section of the front line.
About the time of the final attack on the Boca Hill position, A Company overcame the Argentine defenders on Darwin Hill, finally reporting taking the Black strongpoint at 13.13 local time with the defenders having resisted for nearly six hours, with many Argentine and British casualties. Majors Farrar-Hockley and Crosland each won the Military Cross for their efforts. Corporal David Abols was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal for his daring charges which turned
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Abu Bakker Qassim
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Reclassification
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its determination that they were no longer enemy combatants. Qassim and Hakim were not informed of this determination until May 2005. The United States did not release the men, but did not return them to China because to do so would be a violation of US law prohibiting the deportation of individuals to countries where they would likely be tortured. The U.S. refused to admit them to the United States. Qassim, Hakim and other non-enemy combatants who could not be repatriated were transferred from the general prison population to Camp Iguana in August 2005.
Qassim was one of the 38 detainees
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Blue Murder at St Trinian's
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Synopsis
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nor teachers, chaos reigns. Things are so bad that an army unit, headed by Major Whitehart (Thorley Walters), has been called in to restore order; but the best they can do, while suffering debilitating casualties, is to confine the mischief to the school. Meanwhile, Culpepper-Brown (Eric Barker) at the Ministry of Education has hired a new headmistress, Dame Maud Hackshaw (Judith Furse), who is on her way from Australia.
Further complications develop when Joe Mangan (Lionel Jeffries), who has just carried out a large diamond robbery and is on his way by train to St Trinian's to visit his daughter Myrna
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Black Lives Matter
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Ferguson effect
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might be charged with breaking the law. FBI Director James Comey suggested that the Black Lives Matter movement is partly leading to a national rise in crime rates because police officers have pulled back from doing their jobs. A study published by the Justice Department, said there was an increase in homicides in 56 large cities over the course of 2015, and examined the "Ferguson effect" as one of three plausible explanations. Other researchers have looked for this "Ferguson effect" in the rise in crime rates and failed to find evidence for it on a national level. A report over
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Bonny Ibhawoh
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Career
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New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada. Career Ibhawoh began his academic career as a lecturer at Bendel State University, Nigeria (now, Ambrose Alli University). He has held faculty appointments at the University of Lagos and Covenant University in Nigeria, Brock University, Canada, and the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He was a Human Rights Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, New York, Research Fellow at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen and Associate Member of the Centre for African Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
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Battle of Long Tan
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12 Platoon attempts to link up with Buick & D Company regroups
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magazines as they struggled to keep the ammunition clean in the mud and rain. The resupply retrieved the situation for D Company. Prior to its arrival they had been down to their last 100 rounds, but with it complete the Australians resumed firing, forcing the VC back for a third time. D Company regroups Despite being exposed to heavy fire from three sides, 11 Platoon had maintained its position for over two hours, narrowly holding off the VC with small arms fire and massive artillery support. However, many of the platoon had been killed or wounded, while most of the
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Blue Murder at St Trinian's
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Synopsis
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(Lisa Gastoni), is recognized by Roberts, his former prison governor. After Mangan leaves the train, the former prison governor reads a newspaper account of the theft, which has all the hallmarks of Mangan's approach, and alerts the police of Mangan's whereabouts. Mangan, while walking to the school, stops to ask directions at a parked car, where he finds Superintendent Kemp-Bird (Lloyd Lamble) having a tryst with his fiancée Police Sergeant Ruby Gates (Joyce Grenfell). Mangan reaches St Trinian’s well before Kemp-Bird returns the car radio to the police frequency and realizes that the stranger they saw was Mangan. Mangan reaches
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Bo Le
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Textual attributions
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– but this does not mean Bole was the author. Imrie et al. (2001:137) explain that, "As was quite often the case in China, rather than revealing their own names, authors would publish their books under the name of famous historical or even legendary figures living centuries if not millennia earlier."
The oldest recorded books with Bole's name are listed in the (636 CE) Book of Sui bibliographic section on veterinary texts. Two are noted as lost after the Liang Dynasty (502-577): Bole xiangma jing 伯樂相馬經 "Bole's Classic of Horse Physiognomy" and Bole liaoma jing 伯樂療馬經 "Bole's Classic
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Billy Pierce
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Yankees rivalry
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is pitching for a woefully weak hitting team, while Ford is backed by the league's most powerful offensive machine... An even greater boon to Whitey is the fact that he doesn't have to face the Yankees." Of Pierce, who he described as the top White Sox pitcher for the past decade, he added, "Normally, he's lucky if he's supported with as many as two runs when he faces the Yankees."
Yankee outfielder Bob Cerv recalled of the rivalry, "I always remember the games when Pierce and Ford would lock up. Those were great ballgames – 2–1, 3–2. Usually, if they'd get
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A Dog Named Gucci
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Plot & Awards & Music
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puppy named Gucci was hung from a tree, beaten, doused in lighter fluid and set on fire by a group of men in Mobile, Alabama. College professor Doug James was nearby by pure chance and rushed to help. He would later become Gucci’s second owner and together the two would eventually bring about a historic change in Alabama’s animal cruelty laws through legislation honoring Gucci." Awards On November 12, 2015, director Gorman Bechard was awarded the ASPCA Media Excellence Award for his work on A Dog Named Gucci. Music The end credits song from the film, "One Voice" written by
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Bidong Island
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Vietnamese refugees
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Terengganu's was established on the island. The station has living quarters and laboratories for students and researchers to study marine ecosystems.
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Bo Le
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Hanfeizi
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century BCE) Legalist classic Hanfeizi has two stories about Bole teaching horse physiognomy.
Pai-lo [sic] once taught two men how to select horses that kick habitually. Later, he went with them to Viscount Chien's stable to inspect the horses. One of the men pulled out a kicking horse. The other man went near behind the horse and patted its flank three times, but the horse never kicked. Therefore, the man who had pulled out the horse thought he had been wrong in the way of selection. Yet the other man said: "You were not wrong in the way of
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Black Lives Matter
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Movement for Black Lives statement about Israel
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Matter", whose proceeds would have gone to BLM, had been scheduled for September 11, 2016, at Feinstein's/54 Below, a Manhattan cabaret. The club's management canceled the event, saying they could not hold the event given the release of a platform by a group affiliated with Black Lives Matter "that accuses Israel of genocide and endorses a range of boycott and sanction actions."
Commenting on the platform, Alan Dershowitz wrote, "It is a real tragedy that Black Lives Matter — which has done so much good in raising awareness of police abuses — has now moved away from its central mission and
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Big Three (Atlanta Braves)
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Big Three era
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Three continued to perform well, with Greg Maddux finishing second in Cy Young voting in 1997 and Tom Glavine capturing his second Cy Young Award in 1998. Unfortunately the Braves failed to reach the World Series in both years.
Although their stats didn't look so bright the following year, the "Big Three" still led the Braves to a league-best 103-59 record. Greg Maddux pitched seven strong innings in Game 1, only surrendering two runs, but reliever Mike Remlinger surrendered four runs in the ninth inning and the Braves lost to the Astros 6-1. The Braves won Game 2 5-1 to even
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Bookcraft
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Infobases acquisition & Deseret Book merger
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which sold millions of copies. Deseret Book merger In early 1999, Bookcraft was acquired by Deseret Management Corporation (DMC), the parent company of the LDS Church's for-profit businesses. This allowed the church to expand in the larger "values-oriented" publishing market, and reduce translation costs of titles for international sale. The merger also brought more writings by general authorities under the church's ownership, allowing for electronic and print collaborations with other DMC entities (such as Deseret Book, the Deseret News, and Bonneville International) and church entities (such as Brigham Young University and other entities within the Church Educational System).
The
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