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"Michel Samson" 2013 provincial elections. Samson served as interim leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party from 2006-2007 following the resignation of Francis MacKenzie until Stephen McNeil was elected leader; Samson having decided not to pursue the leadership. On October 22, 2013, Samson was appointed to the Executiv...
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"Dai Ailian" delegations to international dance competitions, and attending international academic meetings on dance. In 1982, she was elected the vice-chairman of the International Council for Dance of UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural and educational organ, and attended the meeting of the council in Paris every ye...
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"Jeffersonville High School" enrollment is 36%. Prior to 1882, students were taught at three schools. Male students attended the Chestnut Street School, female students attended another school at an unknown location, and all black students regardless of gender attended Taylor High School on Wall Street. The white stude...
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"Jeffersonville High School" with a major renovation completed in 2011. Before Jeffersonville high school was moved to Alison Lane the Nachand Fielhouse, which is now use as a gym held for summer basketball camps. There is no information yet regarding the 2014–2015 school year. Jeffersonville High School was placed on ...
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"Jeffersonville High School" Red Devil student athletes have consistently brought home sectional, regional, and state championship victories, and other athletic accomplishments. Below are a few of the Red Devils' athletic accomplishments. Jeffersonville High School Jeffersonville High School is a public high school loc...
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"Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland" with 30 seats, behind the Christian Democratic People's Party and FDP.The Liberals. The BDP is also the third-largest party in the Cantonal Council of neighbouring Glarus, with ten of the legislature's sixty seats. Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland The Conservat...
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"Reynolds School District (Pennsylvania)" 12 administrators. Reynolds School District received more than $11.1 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. The Reynolds School District received the 2011 Building Community through Rural Education Award from the Penn State University Center on Rural Education and Com...
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"Bipalium adventitium" last century to the United States from Asia. It is believed that this broadhead planarian was introduced and spread to most Northern states passively by human dispersal and has become abundant in the region it occupies. It is more commonly found in suburban areas and nurseries where exotic plants...
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"Marshalls (house)" Georgian five-bay front (Tuscan porch) and gabled back parts"", while the sale catalogue from 1816 describes it as ""“A plain neat edifice, brick, extremely well erected...(with)...a portico entrance to the principal or ground storey...”"". The house was demolished in 1959 as it was ""“not of histor...
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"Marshalls (house)" Carew, the deputy Steward of the Royal Libery of Havering, is recorded as a past owner in 1610; at this date the property belonged to a ""“gentleman named Thorowgood”"", probably George Thorowgood who owned Hornchurch Hall. On 20 January 1694 Simon Thorowgood leased Marshalls to Thomas Scawen, but t...
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"Hyderabad tribunal" within his own Pakistan Peoples Party were also arrested. The 3rd amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed which gave wide legal scope to the state to define anti-state activities. Amendment of Article 10 of the Constitution. In the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, here...
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"Hyderabad tribunal" to commit any act which amounts to an anti-national activity as defined in a Federal Law or is a member of any association which has for its object, or which indulges him, any such anti-national activity” shall be added. The alleged pretext for the banning was one of several incidents, it is allege...
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"Hyderabad tribunal" reportedly claimed that the foreign headquarters supporting the ""Greater Balochistan Plan"" were located in Baghdad. This plus alleged evidence obtained from the Iraq Embassy was used as a pretext for the dismissal of the provincial government of Sardar Attaullah Mengal and the subsequent military...
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"Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa" countries. Currently, the task force has an assigned area of interest that includes Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Seychelles and Kenya. Outside this Combined Joint Operating Area, the CJTF-HOA has operations in Mauritius, Comoros, Liberia, Rwanda, Uganda and T...
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"Largs Academy" Largs Academy Largs Academy was a Scottish secondary school, opened in August 1970, serving the towns of Largs, Fairlie, Skelmorlie and the island of Cumbrae, as well as taking placement requests from across Scotland, from places such as West Kilbride, Beith and Renfrewshire. As of March 2017, Largs Aca...
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"Stanley E. Bogdan" Stanley E. Bogdan Stanley E. Bogdan (December 16, 1918 – March 27, 2011) was the founder of S.E. Custom Built, a company dedicated to the handmade construction of fly reels. Bogdan was born in Nashua, NH and lived there throughout his entire life. He became interested in fly fishing at an early age ...
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"The Death of Socrates" faces it calmly. The ""Phaedo"" depicts the death of Socrates and is also Plato's fourth and last dialogue to detail the philosopher's final days, which is also detailed in ""Euthyphro"", ""Apology"", and ""Crito"". In the painting, an old man in a white robe sits upright on a bed, one hand exte...
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"The Death of Socrates" the thigh of the old man. An elderly man sits at the end of the bed, slumped over and looking in his lap. To the left, other men are seen through an arch set in the background wall. Although he consulted Father Adry, a scholar on the subject, David's depiction of Socrates death contains many his...
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"Stanley E. Bogdan" day's leading marketers of sport's goods, for a set of 40 reels. The deal provided that: At this time, Bogdan would retire work at the factories and begin working entirely on his reel making company. From 1957 to 1977, S.E. Custom Built would have a relationship with Orvis including a deal similar t...
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"The Death of Socrates" dark red robe of the man holding the cup of poison, generally taken as offering the cup to Socrates rather than receiving it after Socrates had consumed its contents. The only two serene men, Socrates and Plato, are garbed in a contrasting bluish-white. The more muted color scheme of this painti...
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"David Epley" Among Evangelical and Pentecostal circles these gifts are referred to as the ""gift of knowledge"" and the ""gift of discernment."" In this gift some compared his ministry to the type of ministry which William M. Branham had. Eply wrote many books, but was best known for his book ""The Gift of Discernment...
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"The Death of Socrates" the morals and values that Socrates represents. There is some controversy as to the origins of the painting. Vidal states that ""the younger of two sons commissioned David's ""Death of Socrates"" in 1786"", but Bordes says that ""the drawing for Socrates…bears the unexpected date of 1782."" Howe...
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"Sweet 19 Blues" for ""sophisticat[ed]"" and ""mature"" compositions. Additionally, there are eight interludes, one which is an orchestral re-worked version of ""Don't Wanna Cry"". Through majority of the record, Amuro sings in both English and Japanese, though her inclusion with the former language was assisted by the...
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"The Death of Socrates" the moment before his death. It is said that this gesture was inspired by the poet André Chénier. Another painting depicting the event was done by the Italian artist Giambettino Cignaroli. Cignaroli's work shows Socrates already dead, surrounded by his anguished followers. Yet another depiction ...
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"Sweet 19 Blues" number one singles, and both sold over one million units there. She released the album's final single, the title track, on August 21, 1996. It achieved success by peaking at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart, but was her first single to sell under 500,000 units in the country. Many songs from ""Sw...
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"Track & Field (video game)" jump. The NES version of ""Track & Field"" was re-released in Europe in 1992 as ""Track & Field in Barcelona"" by Kemco in the light of the 1992 Summer Olympics. The opening song for the NES version is the ""Chariots of Fire"" theme by Vangelis (which was also used in the arcade version's h...
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"Sweet 19 Blues" Seaside Park Outdoor Theater in her native Okinawa, and performed two concerts on August 27–28, 1996. Three days later, she travelled to the Chiba Prefecture to perform a setlist of songs at the Chiba Marine Stadium. Amuro performed majority of the material off ""Sweet 19 Blues"", alongside some tracks...
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"Track & Field (video game)" Track & Field Challenge"". The editors say: ""More than 1 million contestants played Track & Field between April 30 and May 26, hoping to be among three finalists going to Japan to represent the USA. As a fundraiser for the March of Dimes, the event was held in Aladdin's Castle arcades and ...
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"Jerusalem Talmud" Jerusalem Talmud The Jerusalem Talmud (, ""Talmud Yerushalmi"", often ""Yerushalmi"" for short), also known as the Palestinian Talmud or Talmuda de-Eretz Yisrael (Talmud of the Land of Israel), is a collection of Rabbinic notes on the second-century Jewish oral tradition known as the Mishnah. Naming ...
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"Jerusalem Talmud" Jerusalem at this time. The Jerusalem Talmud was compiled in the Land of Israel, then divided between the Byzantine provinces of Palaestina Prima and Palaestina Secunda, and was brought to an end sometime around 400. The Jerusalem Talmud predates its counterpart, the Babylonian Talmud (known in Hebre...
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"Reynolds School District (Pennsylvania)" The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil. In a survey of superintendents of the small districts, 42% stated that they thought consolidation would save money without closing any schools. A Standard and Poors study found that an optimal school d...
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"Reynolds School District (Pennsylvania)" to enrich the academic programs or to substantially reduce property taxes. Consolidation of two districts' central administrations into one would not require the closing of any local schools. In March 2011, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Fiscal Respo...
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"Celestial cartography" maps have been compiled, and automated positioning of telescopes is accomplished using databases of stars and other astronomical objects. The word ""uranography"" derived from the Greek ""ουρανογραφια"" (Koine Greek ""ουρανος"" ""sky, heaven"" + ""γραφειν"" ""to write"") through the Latin """"ur...
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"Haus des Rundfunks" flipped. One side of the panels absorbed sound, the other reflected it. In this way very different reverberation effects could be achieved. Haus des Rundfunks The Haus des Rundfunks (""Broadcasting House""), located in the Westend district of Berlin, the capital city of Germany, is the world's olde...
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"KK Angeli" it also has no stands. The youth players (gen. '95, '96) train there. THE DRACEVO HALL is the biggest gym in Dracevo. It has quality rims and backboards, it has original dimensions, long stands for the crowd and quality locker rooms with showers. KK Angeli was formed in 2006 in Dracevo. First Angeli played ...
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"Evacuations of children in Germany during World War II" NSV, the Reich Ministry of Science, Education and Popular Culture, and the National Socialist Teachers League. Initially, children of ""German blood"" were accepted provided they were not suffering from infectious diseases. Children suffering from epilepsy and ch...
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"Randalls and Wards Islands" Island Bridge, which serves pedestrians and bicyclists and links the island to East Harlem in Manhattan; or by the Randalls Island Connector, a pedestrian and cycling bridge crossing the Bronx Kill and connecting to the Port Morris neighborhood of the Bronx. Randalls Island is the home of t...
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"Jerusalem Talmud" and ""Orlah"" (without the Mishnah for the Tractates, excepting only the Mishnah to the 2nd chapter of Berakhot). L. Ginzberg printed variant readings from this manuscript on pp. 347–372 at the end of his ""Fragments of the Yerushalmi"" (New York 1909). S. Lieberman printed variants at the end of his...
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"Randalls and Wards Islands" used his island to launch amphibious attacks on Manhattan, and Montresor's house there was burned in 1777. He resigned his commission and returned to England in 1778, but retained ownership of the island until the British evacuated the city in 1783 and it was confiscated. Both islands gaine...
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"1944 Bombay explosion" and slum areas outside the harbour. The sound of explosions was heard as far as away. Some of the most developed and economically important parts of Bombay were wiped out by the blast and resulting fire. The details of the explosions and losses were first reported to the outside world by Radio S...
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"Jerusalem Talmud" Babylonia, while the Jerusalem Talmud seldom cites the Babylonian rabbis. The Babylonian version contains the opinions of more generations because of its later date of completion. For both these reasons, it is regarded as a more comprehensive collection of the opinions available. On the other hand, b...
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"War of Independence Victory Column" the Freedom Square in Tallinn. In 2006, a design competition for the monument received more than 40 entries. The winning entry ""Libertas"" was designed by Rainer Sternfeld, Andri Laidre, Kadri Kiho and Anto Savi. Celander Ehitus OÜ was selected as the prime constructor. War of Inde...
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"Tapis (Indonesian weaving style)" Tapis (Indonesian weaving style) Tapis () is a traditional weaving style from Lampung, Indonesia. The word tapis also refers to the resulting cloth. It consists of a striped, naturally-coloured cloth embroidered with warped and couched gold thread. Traditionally using floral motifs, i...
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"Randalls and Wards Islands" name change Negro Point is still used by tug captains and mates as they sail past the area. Proposals to add parks to the islands were made as early as 1916, but park development was truly kicked off by the 1930 Metropolitan Conference of Parks, which recommended transforming them into recr...
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"1944 Bombay explosion" headquarters at Byculla has a memorial built in the memory of the numerous fire fighters who died. National Fire Safety Week is observed across India from 14 to 21 April, in memory of the 66 firemen who died in this explosion. 1944 Bombay explosion The Bombay explosion (or Bombay docks explosion...
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"Randalls and Wards Islands" In 1960, the owners of Ebbets Field donated 500 stadium lights to Downing Stadium. The lights came from the old stadium, which was being torn down. Downing Stadium was demolished in 2002, and replaced by a newer complex, Icahn Stadium, which opened in April, 2005. It was designed by archite...
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"Frank M. Clark" he won only 34 of 244 votes for the post of Clerk of the House. He pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion on February 13, 1979. He was unsuccessful seeking re-election in 1976, 1978, 1986, and 1990. He was a delegate to a number of conferences, including: He died in New Castle, Pennsylvania on Ju...
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"USS Alfred Wolf (DE-544)" USS Alfred Wolf (DE-544) USS ""Alfred Wolf"" (DE-544) was a proposed World War II United States Navy that was cancelled before completion. She was named after Alfred Wolf, a U.S. Navy sailor killed during World War II. The name ""Alfred Wolf"" was assigned to the ship on 26 October 1943. Her ...
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"Touch-Tone Terrorists" Touch-Tone Terrorists The Touch-Tone Terrorists is a series of prank phone calls comedy CDs. The Touch-Tone Terrorists are actually one man, Pete Dzoghi who also goes by the name of ""RePete"". He purchased a series of 1-800 numbers, including ones that were one digit different than actual custo...
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"Film still" Film still A film still (sometimes called a publicity still or a production still) is a photograph taken on or off the set of a movie or television program during production. These photographs are also taken in formal studio settings and venues of opportunity such as film stars' homes, film debut events, a...
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"Touch-Tone Terrorists" that many of the TTT calls involved customers who thought they were speaking to UPS customer service representatives. Infestation Records refused to comply on the basis that the CDs are a protected parody and the calls were recorded legally. RePete consulted with several attorneys regarding vari...
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"Randalls and Wards Islands" the approach to Hell Gate Bridge, and a later, lower steel arch road bridge across Little Hell Gate. The northern approach viaduct to the Hell Gate Bridge included an inverted bowstring truss bridge, with four long spans, across Little Hell Gate. Although the majority of Little Hell Gate ha...
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"Super Friends" roster (including the Wonder Twins) in a longer adventure. The fourth and final segment featured a story with one of the primary lineup and a ""special guest star"". This segment typically featured a problem that was solved using the guest star's unique abilities. Between segments there were short spots...
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"Randalls and Wards Islands" of this Wards Island Bridge, also known as the 103rd Street Footbridge, did not begin until 1949. Designed by Othmar Hermann Ammann and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the footbridge was originally known as the Harlem River Pedestrian Bridge. This bridge opened to pedestrians on ...
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"Randalls and Wards Islands" the Bronx, opened. Construction of this bridge was proposed in 2006, but did not begin until 2013. Randalls and Wards Islands Randalls Island (also called Randall's Island) and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Islands, in the New York City borough o...
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"Brazilian Armed Forces" beginning in the early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps. South America is a relatively peaceful continent in which wars are a rare event; as a result, Brazil ha...
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"Theorem of the three geodesics" that have angles less than on both sides at each vertex they cross. A version of the theorem of the three geodesics for convex polyhedra states that all polyhedra have at least three simple closed quasigeodesics; this can be proved by approximating the polyhedron by a smooth surface and...
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"Reynolds School District (Pennsylvania)" counties for property taxes as a percentage of median income. According to a report prepared by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the total real estate taxes collected by all school districts in Pennsylvania rose from $6,474,133,936 in 1999-00 to $10,438,463,356 in 2008...
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"Film still" contribution to still portraiture."" Beyond basic publicity purposes, film stills were given to the actors themselves to send, signed or unsigned, to their fans and fan clubs. At various special events, stars might bring along a stack of these studio photos to sign in the presence of admirers, much like bo...
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"Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 275" Ptolemaeus should pay Tryphon an allowance of 5 drachmae a month for food and 12 drachmae at the end of the year for clothing; that Thoonis should serve his full year, and should make up at the end of it any days best of his ability. Money penalties are imposed on failure to fulfil these terms...
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"Plymouth Sutton (UK Parliament constituency)" Plymouth wards of Charles, Compton, Friary, Laira, St Andrew, Sutton, and Vintry. 1950-1955: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Charles, Compton, Crownhill, Drake, Friary, Laira, Mutley, St Andrew, Sutton, Valletort, and Vintry, and the parish of Bickleigh in the Rura...
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"Reynolds School District (Pennsylvania)" year, Reynolds School Board did not apply for exceptions to exceed their Act 1 Index limit. For the school budget year 2013-14, 311 Pennsylvania public school districts adopted a resolution certifying that tax rates would not be increased above their index. Another 171 school d...
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"Mary Moser" Mary Moser Mary Moser RA (27 October 1744 – 2 May 1819) was an English painter and one of the most celebrated women artists of 18th-century Britain. One of only two female founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, Moser painted portraits but is particularly noted for her depictions of flowers. London-...
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"Reynolds School District (Pennsylvania)" to exceed the tax limit. For the 2011-12 school year, the Reynolds School Board did not apply for exceptions to exceed the Act 1 Index. Each year, Reynolds School Board has the option of adopting either 1) a resolution in January certifying they will not increase taxes above th...
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"Brazilian Armed Forces" did not have integrated Armed Forces. Of these 23, only three, amongst them Brazil, had dimensions politics to justify its creation, as for example, territorial extension and trained and structuralized Armed Forces. The Ministries of Defense of Germany, Argentina, Chile, Spain, USA, France, the...
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"Royal Wedding" of its ""Classic Musicals From The Dream Factory"" series, along with ""three fine-but-unexceptional films directed by Norman Taurog"" and two other films: ""The Belle of New York"" and ""The Pirate"". The film was later featured in an episode of ""Cinema Insomnia"". It is also distributed through Corin...
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"Royal Wedding" also parodied by Kermit the Frog in ""The Great Muppet Caper"". Notes Bibliography Royal Wedding Royal Wedding is a 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The film was directed by Stanley Donen; it was ...
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"University of Botswana" Man, One Beast""(motho le motho kgomo) movement endures today on the university's main statue located in front of the new library. The President or Vice President of Botswana serves as the Chancellor of the University. The top administrator on campus is the Vice Chancellor. There have been five...
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"Reynolds School District (Pennsylvania)" $35,000, still qualify for a rebate. Individuals must apply annually for the rebate. This can be taken in addition to Homestead/Farmstead Property Tax Relief. Reynolds School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive, costly sports program. Eligibility to ...
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"Arena curling" colder, smoother, and flatter ice than is required for skating, and need storage space for a lot of equipment. This sometimes leads to a falling-out between the curling club and the host arena. There have been instances of long-established arena clubs suddenly becoming “homeless” due to changes in their...
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"Arena curling" can be difficult for arena clubs to provide, as most ice arenas are publicly owned facilities with policies against the consumption alcohol on premises and without an onsite restaurant. While ice arenas in many parts of the United States welcome the sport of curling in their facilities as a new revenue ...
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"St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)" Stephens of Tregarron and Sir Christopher Hawkins of Trewithan (who had purchased the manor of Mr Praed). The Reform Act extended the boundaries of the constituency, bringing in the neighbouring parishes of Lelant and Towednack; nevertheless, the borough lost one of its two seats....
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"Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 276" Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 276 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 276 (P. Oxy. 276 or P. Oxy. II 276) is a fragment of a Transport of Corn, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 5 September 77. Currently it is housed in the Beinecke ...
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"Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 276" who was sailing on their boat, to the sitologi of a village. The receipt related to a cargo of corn which was being conveyed to Alexandria. The measurements of the fragment are 109 by 105 mm. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and ...
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"Munich Riem station" Munich Riem station München-Riem station is an S-Bahn station and container terminal in the east of Munich in the district of Trudering-Riem on the Munich–Mühldorf railway in the German state of Bavaria. The station is served by the Munich S-Bahn and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 ...
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"Harrington Dock" dock buildings still exist and are divided into small business units as part of Brunswick Business Park. Harrington Dock Harrington Dock was a dock on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool. Situated in the southern dock system, it was connected to Toxteth Dock to the north and Herculaneum...
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"Brazilian Armed Forces" as command links between officers and ranks. Some also serve as middle-level technicians. In the early 1990s, the army began to undergo a generational change. The generals of the early 1990s had been junior officers in the early 1960s and had witnessed the military coup in 1964. Their worldview...
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"Brazilian Armed Forces" the early 1960s, was more influential with the older group of officers. The Army General Staff (Estado-Maior do Exército-EME) directs training and operations. The EME has expanded from four sections in 1968 to 15 sections in 1994. It is headed by the EME chief, except in the event of a war. Fro...
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CHALET by leaving one vehicle's lightbar/blue lights running, whilst the others turn theirs off. CHALET CHALET was a mnemonic indicating a protocol used by UK emergency services to report situations which they may be faced with, especially as it relates to major incidents. Since 2013, the UK emergency services have bee...
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Enterocoely Enterocoely Enterocoely (adjective forms: enterocoelic and enterocoelous) is a process by which some animal embryos develop. In enterocoely, a mesoderm (middle layer) is formed in a developing embryo, in which the coelom forms from pouches ""pinched"" off of the digestive tract (also known as the embryonic ...
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Enterocoely form as two ""pockets"" of tissue (one above the endoderm, and one below) are formed via folding of the endoderm. These ""pockets"" begin to grow larger, and as they do so, they extend towards each other. When the two ""pockets"" of cells meet, the mesoderm is formed – a complete layer of tissue right in be...
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"St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)" the Boundary Commission' Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Parliament increased the number of seats in the county from five to six for the 2010 general election, thus St Ives saw a loss of wards to the new Camborne and Redruth seat, including the St Ives Bay tow...
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"Carl Gutierrez" tourist hotels near Hagåtña, on which Guam is dependent, received generally minor damage, such as broken windows and damaged power generators. A complete island-wide power outage followed the typhoon; damage to the main electrical transmission and distribution system was estimated at . Following the pa...
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"Jamestown Area School District" eliminated the state mandate that students complete a culminating project in order to graduate. By Pennsylvania School Board regulations, beginning with the class of 2017, public school students must demonstrate successful completion of secondary level course work in Algebra I, Biology,...
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"Super Friends" the Super Friends series. In the pilot episode of ""Supergirl"", Winn thought of calling the group with Kara ""The Super Friends"". In the Invasion cross-over event, across ""Supergirl"", ""The Flash"", ""Arrow"" and DC's ""Legends of Tomorrow"", the secret STAR Labs base used by the heroes was based on...
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"Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine" via the Pluto pipeline, this still had to reach the fronts, which were advancing faster than the pipelines could be extended. The railways had been largely destroyed by Allied attacks and would take much effort to repair, so fleets of trucks were needed in the interim. In an att...
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"Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine" to move supplies for other units. Four British truck companies were loaned to the Americans. Unfortunately, 1,500 other British trucks were found to have critical engine faults and were unusable, limiting assistance from that quarter. The Red Ball Express was an attempt to exped...
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"Jesse Barfield" Jesse Barfield Jesse Lee Barfield (born October 29, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. He batted and threw right-handed. Barfield is considered to have had ""by far the best outfield arm of the 1980s"". He led American League outfielders in assists for three consecutive years (1985–...
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"Brazilian Armed Forces" the High Command and the five generals who served as president. This tension was such that President Geisel dismissed Minister of Army Sylvio Frota in 1977. Since the January 1986 restructuring, the High Command has been composed of the seven regional commanders, the chief of staff, and the min...
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"Carl Gutierrez" Guam Delegate Robert A. Underwood and Senator Frank Aguon, Jr.. Despite Underwood-Aguon spending 19.4% more on the campaign, they received only 13.6% more votes than Gutierrez-Cruz. In November, 2006, Governor Gutierrez was awarded the Gusi Peace Prize for political achievement in the Republic of the P...
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"Epsilon cell" pancreatic polypeptide was evident sporadically. Epsilon cell Epsilon cells (ε-cells) are endocrine cells found in the Islets of Langerhans and produce the hormone ghrelin. They were discovered in mice. In human fetal pancreases, single epsilon cells scattered in primitive exocrine tissue were observed t...
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"Carl Gutierrez" found by the Guam Election Commission in the 2010 general election. On June 2, 2014, a number of supporters picked up a packet nominating former governor Carl Gutierrez to run with attorney Gary Gumataotao for governor and lieutenant governor. At a packed meeting of the Central Executive Committee meet...
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"Kratka Ridge" Kratka Ridge Kratka Ridge or Snowcrest is a skiable area on Waterman Mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California. Located 36 miles northeast of La Cañada and Pasadena along the Angeles Crest Highway, it reaches a height of 7515 feet (2,291 m). The area featured two chair lifts...
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"2006 Melbourne Cup" 2006 Melbourne Cup The 2006 Melbourne Cup was held on Tuesday, 7 November 2006, in Melbourne, Australia. The winner of the 2006 Melbourne Cup was Delta Blues, ridden by Yasunari Iwata, which won by a nose ahead of Pop Rock, with Maybe Better coming in third place. Field and barriers for the Melbour...
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Tangled as the pencil"", Keane's vision of a ""three-dimensional drawing"" seemed within reach, with the artist controlling the technology. Many of the techniques and tools that were required to give the film the quality Keane demanded did not exist when the project was started, and Walt Disney Animation Studios had to...
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"Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School" 1846, they established a permanent school at the corner of Bagot and Johnson Streets and remained there until the late 1960s. The two schools were merged in 1967 when operating costs became too high for separate boys' and girls' institutions to be viable and moved to th...
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"Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine" then clear, however, that any further advances would be at tremendous cost. The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division began its advance north from Antwerp on 2 October. Heavy casualties ensued, including the almost total destruction of the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade's Black Watch Ba...
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"Truro (UK Parliament constituency)" Truro (UK Parliament constituency) Truro was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of England and later of Great Britain from 1295 until 1800, then in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918 and finally from 1950 to 1...
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"Frank Lyman Austin" Frank Lyman Austin Frank Lyman Austin (1874-1942) was an American architect from Burlington, Vermont. He designed several buildings that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places and others that are contributing buildings to listed historic districts. Frank Lyman Austin was born ...
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"Frank Lyman Austin" his father's death in 1910, Austin completed the leftover work and absorbed the firm's assets. Austin's first significant work was the Champlain School of 1909, in Burlington. These small-scale beginnings soon grew into a large office, which resulted in the design of some of the city's (and state's...