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Cartoon Network (Spanish TV channel)
History In 1993, Cartoon Network had a single European signal distributed via the Astra satellite, and already had five audios in different languages. On 4 March 1994 (although Turner initially said it would happen before the end of 1993) the sixth language of the channel was incorporated: Spanish. Later, the channel w...
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Cartoon Network (Spanish TV channel)
Channel Shutdown Turner Broadcasting System Europe announced on 14 June 2013 that Cartoon Network and Cartoonito would close in Spain on 30 June 2013. On 20 June, it was published on the blog of the Cartoon Network website the cessation of its television broadcasts, but nothing that the website would remain active, as...
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Cartoon Network (Spanish TV channel)
Shortly before midnight on 1 July 2013, the channel ceased broadcasting in Spain after 20 years, with the last programme to be aired being an episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The channel then displayed a filler ident, and after a few minutes, each operator that distributed the signal replaced it with an informatio...
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References External links Cartoon Network Turner Broadcasting System Spain Defunct television channels in Spain Television channels and stations established in 1994 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2013 1994 establishments in Spain 2013 disestablishments in Spain
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Sri Manmatha Karuneshvarar Temple
Sri Manmatha Karuneshvarar Temple () or Sivan Temple is a Hindu temple for Sri Manmatha Karuneshvarar Sivan or Shiva as the presiding deity located on Kallang Road in Singapore.
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Sri Manmatha Karuneshvarar Temple
History The temple was established on 1 January 1888 on a lease from the Governor of the Straits Settlements for the Tamil community as a place of worship, this temple is known to its devotees as the Kallang Gasworks Sivan Temple. It was established soon after the Municipal Gasworks of depot was set up in Kallang Road....
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Sri Manmatha Karuneshvarar Temple
In 1909, the site, an area of , was granted on government lease for 99 years made in favour of four persons; Soona Veloo Vendir, Nagalingam Kathiraysonm, Annamalai Mecppa Komarasamy and Veerapatra Mudaliar. In 1934, after their death, the sons of A.V. Irullappa Pillay, V. Pakirisamy Pillai and V. Narayanasamy Pillai fu...
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Further renovations were carried out in 1974 and the sons of V. Parkirisamy and grandsons of V. Narayanasamy are now managing the Temple. Though there were not many Hindus in Kallang and Kampong Bugis, the Hindu employees of the Gas Depot had living quarters close to the Depot and so they built the shrine. At that time...
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Lord Siva is the destroyer while his consort, Parvati, is looked upon as an almighty Mother figure that pleads to Lord Siva on the behalf of mankind and creatures. However, even though he represents destruction, Lord Siva is viewed as a positive force or even the Destroyer of Evil, since creation follows destruction. L...
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Mathioya Constituency
Mathioya Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seven constituencies of Muranga County. The constituency has three wards comprising Kiru, Kamacharia and Gitugi wards all electing Members of the County Assembly to the Muranga County Assembly.
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Mathioya Constituency
Mathioya Constituency has five Locations: Aberdare Forest, Gitugi, Kamacharia, Kiru, Njumbi, and Rwathia. According to the Muranga District’s Statistics Office 2001, Mathioya’s population is 110,139, and is the second largest Constituency after Kiharu with 136.9 sq miles (220.8sq. km). Mathioya however is the most dens...
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Mathioya Constituency
It prides itself with the great River Mathioya after which the constituency is named and which is one of the hardest rafting rivers in Kenya with over 137 ft of descent over its 13.7-mile length. It attracts tourists who risk kayaking through the swift meanders. Mathioya Constituency has a steep hilly topography and a ...
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Mathioya Constituency
The following Members of Parliament have represented the constituency. Members of Parliament Locations and wards References Constituencies in Central Province (Kenya) Constituencies in Murang'a County
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Simone Mathes
Simone Mathes (born 13 March 1975 in Stadtsteinach, Bavaria) is a retired female hammer thrower from Germany. She set her personal best (67.97 metres) on 31 May 2004 at a meet in Fränkisch-Crumbach. Mathes also competed in the discus throw and the shot put. She is a five-time national champion in the women's hammer thr...
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1975 births Living people People from Stadtsteinach German female hammer throwers German female discus throwers German female shot putters
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Mathematical instrument
A mathematical instrument is a tool or device used in the study or practice of mathematics. In geometry, construction of various proofs was done using only a compass and straightedge; arguments in these proofs relied only on idealized properties of these instruments and literal construction was regarded as only an appr...
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Mathematical instrument
Instruments such as the astrolabe, the quadrant, and others were used to measure and accurately record the relative positions and movements of planets and other celestial objects. The sextant and other related instruments were essential for navigation at sea.
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Most instruments are used within the field of geometry, including the ruler, dividers, protractor, set square, compass, ellipsograph, T-square and opisometer. Others are used in arithmetic (for example the abacus, slide rule and calculator) or in algebra (the integraph). In astronomy, many have said the pyramids (alon...
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Mathematical instrument
In schools The Oxford Set of Mathematical Instruments is a set of instruments used by generations of school children in the United Kingdom and around the world in mathematics and geometry lessons. It includes two set squares, a 180° protractor, a 15 cm ruler, a metal compass, a 9 cm pencil, a pencil sharpener, an erase...
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Mathematical instrument
External reading J. L. Heilbron (ed.), The Oxford Companion To the History of Modern Science (Oxford University Press, 2003) , Instruments and Instrument Making, pp. 408–411 Mathematical tools Articles containing video clips
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Horizontal evolution
The phrase horizontal evolution is used in evolutionary biology to refer to: Concerted evolution, whereby individual members of a DNA family within one species are more closely related to each other than to members of the same type of DNA family in other species; Horizontal gene transfer, where genes are transferred ...
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Conus cancellatus
Conus cancellatus, common name the cancellate cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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Conus cancellatus
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. Subspecies Conus cancellatus capricorni Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967 Conus cancellatus finkli Petuch, 1987 (synonym: Conasprelloides...
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Conus cancellatus
The pear-shaped shell is broad and angulated at the shoulder, contracted towards the base. The body whorl is closely sulcate throughout, the sulci striate. The intervening ridges are rounded. The spire carinate and concavely elevated. Its apex is acute and striate. The color of the shell is whitish, obscurely doubly ba...
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Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Bi...
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Conus cancellatus
External links Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea Holotype of Conus cancellatus capricorni in MNHN, Paris Gallery cancellatus Gastropods described in 1792
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Conus praecellens
Conus praecellens, common name the admirable cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled...
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Conus praecellens
The size of an adult cone varies between 20 mm and 63 mm. The shell is pear-shaped, broad and angulated at the shoulder, contracted towards the base. The body whorl is closely sulcate throughout, the sulci striate The intervening ridges of the rounded spire are carinate, concavely elevated, The acute apex is striate. T...
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This is a variable species, yet two distinct forms are recognized: (1) sowerbii form, Reeve, 1849 (a thicker, darker, and more densely spotted form with 2 protoconch whorls), and (2) aliguay form, Olivera & Biggs, 2010 (2.5 pearly white smooth protoconch whorls, more slender, higher spire, rounded shoulders, lighter co...
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Distribution This marine species has a wide distribution. It occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Réunion, Somalia, India, West Thailand and Western Australia; in the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the Philippines and Melanesia (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu). References
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Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1833. Conus. pls 24–37 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd). Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1841. The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shell...
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Gallery External links The Conus Biodiversity website Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea praecellens Gastropods described in 1855
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ITU School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
The ITU School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering was founded as an individual department in School of Mechanical Engineering in 1943. It was reorganized in 1971 as a separate school. Faculty has its own library in addition to Mustafa Inan Library. The faculty has two departments today: Naval architecture and...
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Belize Energy Workers Union
Belize Energy Workers' Union (BEWU) is a labour union in Belize which represents workers at Belize Electricity Limited. The union is affiliated with the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. The current President is Rutilio Witzil. Previous Presidents include Ivan Acosta, Mark Butler, Raymond Sheppard, Jose Torres,...
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Belize Energy Workers Union
This gave birth to the Belize Energy Workers' Union as stated above. The founding members having served as Shop Stewards, Laison Officers etc. on the UGWU for the interest of the Belize Electricity Board workers felt the time had come to chart their own destiny in the atmosphere of loyal brotherhood, sisterhood and so...
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Belize Energy Workers Union
The Belize Energy Workers' Union and members of the past Union remain in solidarity for the plight of workers as the need for Unions to be in the interest of all workers. The BEWU first President was Mr. Winston Jones, the first General Secretary was Mrs. Dorla Prior Staine and the first Treasurer was Mr. Ronald Willia...
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Belize Energy Workers Union
The goals and objectives are for continual security for its members in the form of jobs, better wages, benefits and safe working conditions. The Union has achieved this with negotiation between BEL and the BEWU. Two major Collective Agreements were signed in 1988 and in November 2000. Current negotiations have recen...
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Belize Energy Workers Union
The contributions are under the form of procuring continued employment for its members, better wages, benefits such as pension, good salary, insurance coverage, lower electricity bills, vacation grants etc. The BEWU is contributing to Belize by supporting employment to the people of Belize with decent salaries. This m...
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Hirono Thermal Power Station
is a fossil-fuel power station operated by JERA in the town of Hirono, Fukushima, Japan. It located on the Pacific coast and is currently the seventh largest thermal power station in Japan.
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Hirono Thermal Power Station
History The Hirono Thermal Power Station came on line with Unit 1 in April 1980, followed by Unit 2 in July 1980. Unit 3 came on line in June 1989, followed by Unit 4 in January 1993. The plant was constructed on the assumption that natural gas would be supplied from the offshore Iwaki gas field; however, the amount of...
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Hirono Thermal Power Station
The power plant located directly at the Pacific Ocean was damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Tepco managed to return the first block to operation in July 2011. The plant had an installed capacity of 4,400 MW. Power is generated by three 600 MW units, and two 1,000 MW units. Units 1 to 4 run on fuel oil ...
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Hirono Thermal Power Station
The long-term shutdown of Unit 1 was scheduled for April 1, 2016. After that, the long-term planned suspension of Units 3 and 4 began on July 1, 2018.
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Hirono Thermal Power Station
On May 15, 2014, TEPCO announced a plan to construct the world's most advanced integrated coal gasification combined cycle (IGCC) facility on the premises of the Fukushima Reconstruction Large Coal Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plant demonstration project On October 20, 2016, the plan was taken over by Hirono IGCC...
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Hirono Thermal Power Station
Coal-fired power stations in Japan Oil-fired power stations in Japan Tokyo Electric Power Company Hirono, Fukushima 1980 establishments in Japan Energy infrastructure completed in 1980
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Ryazan Power Station
The Ryazan Power Station (also called Novomichurinsk Power Station) is the fifth largest power station in Russia, with an installed capacity of 3,130 MW. The power station is located in Novomichurinsk of the Ryazan Oblast, Russia. Construction began in 1968 with the first unit going online in 1973. It mainly fires lign...
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Ryazan Power Station
The facility also houses one of the tallest chimneys in the world, topping out at in height and made from concrete. A second concrete chimney is only slightly lower, and two more chimneys in height are made from steel. Power is generated by four units of 300 MW, two units of 800 MW. Seventh unit (420 MW) is former GR...
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List of largest power stations in the world List of power stations in Russia References External links Oil-fired power stations in Russia Power stations built in the Soviet Union Chimneys in Russia
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IMPS College of Engineering and Technology
IMPS College of Engineering and Technology (or Impscet) is an engineering and management college located in Malda, West Bengal, India. The college was established in 2003. It provides engineering, technological and management education. The college is an AICTE-approved institution and is affiliated to the West Bengal U...
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IMPS College of Engineering and Technology
Governance Members of Governing Body Mr. B. Bhattacharjee, Chairman, Dr. B.P. Sarkar, Director, Dr. Nemailal Tarafder, Principal, Mr A. Chakrabarty, Administrative Officer, Eastern Regional Officer, AICTE- Regional Officer, Kolkata, Superintendent Engineer, WBSEB, Malda, Vice-Chancellor or nominee, WBUT, Kolkata...
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IMPS College of Engineering and Technology
Undergraduate programme Bachelor of Engineering (B.Tech) Civil engineering-120 Electronics and Communication Engineering-60 Electrical Engineering-60 Computer Sciences Engineering-60 Library The library has a collection of books and journals in the area of Electronics, Computer Science, Information Technology and r...
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IMPS College of Engineering and Technology
Soft Skill Development Facilities The approach of the Training and Placement Department is multi-fold: Train or provide exposure to students in specific software. Identify potential employers, Approach and convince them to interview and select the students of the college. Training the teaching faculty to enhance t...
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Hostels To provide boarding and lodging facilities, the college possess a boy's hostel and a separate girl's hostel. The accommodation capacity of boys and girls are 600 and 225 respectively. Facilities in the hostels include kitchens, safe drinking water, dining halls, a separate faculty room, mess and reading room. H...
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References Official website of IMPS Corps (www.impscet.net ) Official email website of IMPS Corps (www.impscet.in ) External links IMPS Engineering College Official website Educational institutions established in 2003 Colleges affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology Education in Malda district Universitie...
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Thomas Stewart (civil engineer)
Thomas Stewart (30 March 1857 – 23 October 1942) was a hydraulic engineer, who was born in Scotland and died at Cape Town, South Africa. He designed the Woodhead Dam, which was named an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008. He was called the "father of con...
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Thomas Stewart (civil engineer)
Life Stewart was born at Craigend, Perthshire, Scotland on 30 March 1857. At age 16, he became a student of D.H. Halkett in Alyth. In 1876, he was named an assistant at the Glasgow Corporation Waterworks. He studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1881, he was an assistant to John Wolfe-Barry. In 1882, he was named b...
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He resigned from Government Service in 1886, visited Britain, and returned to South Africa as resident engineer for the Cradock waterworks. He designed the waterworks for Wynberg. In 1892, he began a private practice in Cape Town. His early projects included the design and construction of five reservoirs on Table Mount...
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Thomas Stewart (civil engineer)
In 1902, he married Mary Mackintosh Young. They had three sons. She died in 1921. In 1928, he married Matabele, widow of F.R. Thompson. He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the second president of the Cape Society of Engineers, and a president of the Royal Society of South Africa. Stewart died at Keni...
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Revolutions per Minute (Reflection Eternal album)
Revolutions per Minute is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Reflection Eternal, released May 18, 2010, on Blacksmith Records and Rawkus Records. Composed of rapper Talib Kweli and DJ/hip hop producer Hi-Tek, it is the duo's follow-up to their collaborative debut Train of Thought (2000). The album debuted ...
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Revolutions per Minute (Reflection Eternal album)
Background Like the first album, Revolutions per Minute was recorded at Electric Lady Studios. It is their second album after a 10-year hiatus. Hi-Tek produced the entire album. The album features five singles: "Back Again", "Just Begun" with Mos Def, Jay Electronica and J. Cole, "In This World", "Strangers (Paranoid)"...
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Commercial performance The album debuted at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 21,000 copies. It also entered at number five on Billboards R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, at number three on its Rap Albums, and at number 11 on its Digital Albums chart.
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Critical response Upon its release, the album received positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 80/100 from Metacritic. Allmusic writer Gregory Heaney commended Kweli's and Hi-Tek's musical chemistry and wrote "Hi-Tek's soul-infused beats create the perfect laid-back atmosphere for Kweli...
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Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Slant Magazine writer M.T. Richards described the album as "brainy, energizing stuff" and praised Kweli's rapping, stating "Sinking his no-frills flow into calm, bassy tracks, Kweli lands punchline after punchline with the kind of finesse Jay and Common could only dream of". The A.V. Clubs N...
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Track listing All songs produced by Hi-Tek Personnel Credits for Revolutions per Minute adapted from Allmusic.
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Naim Ali – A&R Steve Baughman – Mixing Ski Beats – Engineer Austin Briggs – Engineer Erik "Baby Jesus" Coomes – Bass, Guitar Affion Crockett – Skit Dave Dar – Engineer Nabil Elderkin – Photography Estelle – Arranger Ethan Gouldbourne – Keyboards T. Greene – Arranger, Composer Hi-Tek – P...
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Zach Lucas – Sax (Tenor) Christopher Lee Lyons – Art Direction, Design Midori Nishijima – A&R Neal Pogues – Mixing Jack Rayner – Engineer Daniel Seeff – Bass, Guitar, Composer, Producer Sha Money XL – Executive Producer, Management Corey Smyth – Executive Producer, Management Kevin Sokolniki – A...
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The Evolution of Chaos
The Evolution of Chaos is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Heathen. It is their first album in 18 years since 1991's Victims of Deception. It was released in Japan on December 23, 2009 via King Records, January 25, 2010 in Europe, and on March 31, 2010 in the US via Mascot Records. This album marked...
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The Evolution of Chaos
Release Heathen had recorded The Evolution of Chaos in 2008 and was originally scheduled for release on July 20, 2009, but was pushed back to late 2009 as more time was needed to complete the mixing process. Track listing Reception Reviews for the album have been very positive. Metal Rules gave the album a perfect fiv...
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The Evolution of Chaos
Personnel David White – vocals Lee Altus – guitars Kragen Lum – guitars, backing vocals Jon Torres – bass, backing vocals Darren Minter – drums, backing vocals
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Additional musicians Steve DiGiorgio – bass (fretless) on "No Stone Unturned", sitar on "Intro" Jon Allen – percussion and chimes on "Intro", backing vocals Gary Holt – lead guitars on "Control by Chaos" Adam Harrington – narration on "A Hero's Welcome", backing vocals Juan Urteaga – backing vocals Rob Dukes – backing ...
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The Evolution of Chaos
Production Travis Smith – artwork, layout, design Juan Urteaga – producer, recording Alina "Squeak" Hernes – photography Jacob Hansen – mixing, mastering Jeppe Anderson – engineering (assistant) Note "A Hero's Welcome" features a voice-over from video game voice actor Adam Harrington, the brother of late guitarist Dou...
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Lion's Perfect Expressive Power
The Lion's Perfect Expressive Power () is one of the Seventeen tantras of Dzogchen Upadesha. Primary resources seng ge rtsal rdzogs chen po'i rgyud @ Wikisource in Wylie སེང་གེ་རྩལ་རྫོགས་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱུད @ Wikisource in Uchen (Tibetan Script), Unicode Notes Dzogchen texts Nyingma tantras
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West African Power Pool
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in Western Africa under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The members of WAPP are working for establishing a reliable power grid for the region and a common market for electricity. It was foun...
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West African Power Pool
Location Since 2006, the headquarters of WAPP are located at Zone des Ambassades, PK 606 BP 2907, in Cotonou, the capital city of the Republic of Benin. The geographical coordinates of the headquarters of WAPP are 6°21'43.0"N, 2°29'25.0"E (Latitude:6.361944; Longitude:2.490278). Overview Member countries are Benin, Bur...
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West African Power Pool
The WAPP integrates the national power systems into a unified regional electricity market and aims to promote trade of electricity among the ECOWAS member States – with the expectation that such mechanism would, over the medium to long-term, ensure the citizens of ECOWAS Member States with a stable and reliable electri...
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History The West African Power Pool (WAPP) was created on 5 December 1999 at the 22nd summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. On 18 January 2006, the 29th summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held in Niamey, Niger, adopted the Articles of Agreement for WAPP organizati...
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Manteño-Huancavilca civilization
The Manteño-Huancavilca civilization () were one of the last pre-Columbian civilization in modern-day Ecuador, active from 850 to 1600 CE (1150–400 BP). It encompasses the area of the earlier Valdivia culture. Scope The term was coined in the mid-20th century by Ecuadorian archeologist , to describe pre-Hispanic settl...
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Soon after published his findings, the term Manteño began to be applied to several distinct sub-groups: northern Manteño (, , or ), southern Manteño () and Punáe. Some archaeologists and historians reject this split, however, applying the term to all three groups; this term is of Incan origin, from the time of the fi...
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Little work has distinguished such groupings. Historian Cieza de León, however, says that residents in coastal towns north of Salango used a type of facial tattoo distinguishable from those to their south. Other proposed divisions have included coastal and inland areas, based on types of burial and subsistence. The Ma...
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Manteño-Huancavilca civilization
According to early colonial sources, the town of Picoazá was the site of a Manteño chiefdom. In addition, major sites have been found at the Cerro de Hojas and Cerro Jaboncillo, the Cerro de Paco, Cerro las Negras, Cerro los Santo, Bellavista, Agua Blanca, Loma de los Cangrejitos, López Viejo, Los Frailes, Montecristi,...
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Organisation Many (if not all) were split into four major settlements, with the chief of the principal settlement overlord. Caamaño believed that the Manteños operated like a trading ring rather than a kingdom or empire, and drew parallels to the Hanseatic League. Manteño settlements typically contain large quantities ...
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Lifestyle The civilization primarily grew fruits and vegetables, such as maize, peanuts, tomatoes, and squash. The civilizations built their houses out of straw or palm leaves, and also used houses made of a type of bamboo native to the region, using river rocks as a foundation. The culture was also specialized in divi...
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Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (TV series)
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years is a British television series which was first aired on BBC One in 2001. The series was based on the fifth book from the Adrian Mole series, The Cappuccino Years. The series was produced by Tiger Aspect/Little Dancer Production for the BBC. Like the previous two TV series of Adrian Mol...
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Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (TV series)
Cast Adrian Mole – Stephen Mangan Pandora Braithwaite – Helen Baxendale Pauline Mole – Alison Steadman George Mole – Alun Armstrong Ivan Braithwaite – James Hazeldine Tania Braithwaite – Zoë Wanamaker William Mole – Harry Tones Sharon Bott – Ruth Jones Glenn Bott – Alexander De'Ath Archie – Joseph O'Conor Rosie Mole – ...
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Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (TV series)
2001 British television series debuts 2001 British television series endings 2000s British comedy-drama television series BBC comedy-drama television shows Cappuccino Years (TV series) Television series by Endemol Television series by Tiger Aspect Productions English-language television shows Television series set in 1...
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Broad Mountain Wind Energy Center
The Broad Mountain Wind Energy Center was a proposed wind farm planned for construction on the slopes of Broad Mountain in West Mahanoy and Butler townships in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The first phase of the project was blocked by legal action in the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, though initial fu...
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Broad Mountain Wind Energy Center
If released by the courts, the new 8 turbine wind farm will have a combined total theoretical peak capacity of 70 MW and produce enough electricity annually to power about 21,000 homes. Along with wind turbines from nearby Locust Ridge Wind Farm, nearly all of the large wind turbines of Broad Mountain will be visible f...
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Cancellation A group of citizens opposed the construction of the Broad Mountain Wind Energy Center. They challenged the validity of the permit the wind farm had for construction on the grounds that their lives would be substantially adversely affected. The county judge ruled that the developer did not have a vested r...
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Gymnobela vicella
Gymnobela vicella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the (decollate) shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
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Gymnobela vicella
(Original description) The small, stout shell is subturrited. The nuclear whorls are eroded. The spire is longer than the aperture, with about six whorls in addition to the nucleus. The color of the shell is white with a gray, olivaceous pcriostracum, the aspect much like a stumpy Bela Leach, 1847. The suture is disti...
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Gymnobela vicella
Distribution This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Panama. References External links vicella Gastropods described in 1908
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Ithycythara apicodenticulata
Ithycythara apicodenticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. Description Distribution This marine species occurs in the western part of the Gulf of Thailand. References
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Ithycythara apicodenticulata
Robba E., Di Geronimo I., Chaimanee N., Pietro Negri M. & Sanfilippo R. 2007. Holocene and Recent shallow soft-bottom mollusks from the Western Gulf of Thailand: Pak Phanang Bay and additions to Phetchaburi fauna. Bollettino Malacologico 42 (supplement 6): 1–98 Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine spec...
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Propebela cancellata
Propebela cancellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. Description The shell has its axial ribs curved sigmoidally. The part between the suture and the ridge is devoid of spiral sculpture. The teeth of the radula are ensiform. The shell contains nine whorls, somewhat conve...
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Propebela cancellata
Distribution This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine. References Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
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Propebela cancellata
External links Mighels J.W. & Adams C.B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37–54, pl. 4 Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 26...
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Ophiodermella cancellata
Ophiodermella cancellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. Description The shell resembles a young Ophiodermella inermis in form. The spire is decorticated with four planate whorls remaining. The suture is distinct. The sculpture of the shell shows about twenty small longi...
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Ophiodermella cancellata
It is a vermivore, but it feeds mainly on an oweniid polychaete, Galathowenia oculata (Zachs, 1923) Distribution This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from British Columbia, Canada to Washington, USA References
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