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Boys Life 5
Boys Life 5 is the fifth installment of the Boys Life series, which collects LGBT-related short films. Distributed by Strand Releasing. It is an anthology of short films about unrequited love. Director Eytan Fox returned to similar subject matter in his full-length Yossi & Jagger (2002); filmmaker Michael... | {
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Santa Barbara, New Farm
Santa Barbara is a heritage-listed villa at 209 Moray Street, New Farm, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Eric Percival Trewern and built from 1929 to 1930 by DF Roberts. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 January 2000.
History
Santa Barbara, a re... | {
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Slovene phonology
This article is about the phonology and phonetics of the Slovene language.
Consonants
Slovene has 21 distinctive consonant phonemes.
are bilabial, whereas are labiodental.
are dental , i.e. are laminal denti-alveolar, while are dentalized laminal alveolar, pronounced with the blade of the t... | {
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The Night Listener (film)
The Night Listener is a 2006 American psychological thriller film directed by Patrick Stettner and starring Robin Williams. The screenplay by Armistead Maupin, Terry Anderson, and Stettner is based on Maupin's 2000 novel The Night Listener, which was inspired by Anthony Godby Johnson.
Plot
G... | {
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Máni
Máni (Old Norse "Moon") is the personification of the Moon in Norse mythology. Máni, personified, is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Both sources state that he is the brother of the per... | {
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Main Choral Synagogue (Rostov-on-Don)
The Main Choral Synagogue ― a former synagogue in Rostov-on-Don. The building is located at Bauman Street, 70. It was opened in 1868. After October Revolution the building was nationalized and then rebuilt. Currently it houses Skin and Venereal Diseases Dispensary. Synagogue's bui... | {
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2004–05 UEFA Cup first round
The first round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup began on 13 September 2004, which narrowed clubs down to 40 teams in preparation for the group stage.
Seeding
First round
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Due to a general strike in Israel, the first leg was cancelled by UEFA.
First leg
All times CET
Second leg
All times C... | {
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Nikolay Tsekhomsky
Nikolay Viktorovich Tsekhomsky (; born March 21, 1974, Leningrad, Russia) is a financier and top manager. Specializes in business transformation, optimization for financing structure, investment and risk management, working with a wide range of private and public investors, project financing. He hea... | {
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Alien Shooter: Vengeance
Alien Shooter: Vengeance (also known as Alien Shooter 2) is a top-down shooter video game for Microsoft Windows developed and released by Sigma Team in 2007 as a sequel to Alien Shooter. An improved version called Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded features changed game mechanics and a few new levels.
... | {
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Treatment of mental disorders
Mental disorders are classified as a psychological condition marked primarily by sufficient disorganization of personality, mind, and emotions to seriously impair the normal psychological and often social functioning of the individual. Individuals diagnosed with certain mental disorders c... | {
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Alex Miller
Alex Miller (born 4 July 1949) is a Scottish football manager and former player. As a player, he had a 15-year career with Rangers. As a manager, he won the 1991 Scottish League Cup with Hibernian. He subsequently worked for Premier League club Liverpool for nine years, assisting Gérard Houllier and Rafael... | {
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Justin Peelle
Justin Morris Peelle (born March 15, 1979) is a former American football tight end who is currently the tight ends coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL).
After playing college football for Oregon, he was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the fourth round of the 2002 ... | {
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September 2008 in sports
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30 September 2008 (Tuesday)
American football:
For the second time in two days, a National Football League head coach was sacked, this time Lane Kiffin of the Oakland Raiders. Tom Cable, the team's offensive line coach, was named as his interim replacement.
Football (soccer):
UEFA... | {
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David Brown Automotive
For the English industrialist and owner of Aston Martin, see David Brown (entrepreneur).
David Brown Automotive is a British manufacturer of limited edition automobiles in Silverstone, England, belonging to British businessman David Brown. The company began in Coventry in 2013 and moved to a new... | {
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Ali Muhammad Rashidi
Pir Ali Muhammad Rashidi ( ,1905–1987) was a Pakistani politician, scholar, bureaucrat, journalist and well-known writer. He was from Rashidi Syed, those are calculated in Lakyari Syed's branch. He was the elder brother of scholar Pir Hassam-ud-Din Rashidi.
His father Pir Muhammad Hamid Shah live... | {
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PAC Fletcher
The Fletcher FU-24 is an agricultural aircraft made in New Zealand. One of the first designed for aerial topdressing, the Fletcher has also been used for other aerial applications as a utility aircraft, and for sky diving.
Design and development
The FU-24 was loosely based on the Fletcher FD-25 Defender... | {
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Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal
Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal (Kakuto Chojin for short), known in Japan as , is a fighting game for the Xbox gaming console published in 2002 by Microsoft Game Studios. The game was the sole product of developer Dream Publishing, a studio created from members of Dream Factory and Mi... | {
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Low-energy electron diffraction
Low-Energy electron diffraction (LEED) is a technique for the determination of the surface structure of single-crystalline materials by bombardment with a collimated beam of low energy electrons (20–200 eV) and observation of diffracted electrons as spots on a fluorescent screen.
LEED ... | {
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Daniel Leclercq
Daniel Leclercq (4 September 1949 – 22 November 2019) was a French football defender and manager. He played 440 matches from 1967 to 1984 for US Valenciennes, Olympique de Marseille and RC Lens. He later managed clubs from 1986 to 2017. He remains the only manager to have led RC Lens to the Ligue 1 cha... | {
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RAM Racing
RAM Racing was a Formula One racing team which competed during the racing seasons of 1976 to 1985. The team entered other manufacturers' chassis from 1976 to 1980, then ran March's team from 1981 to 1983, only entering a car entirely their own in 1984 and 1985.
The team was formed in 1975 by Mike Ralph and... | {
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Roger Puigbò
Roger Puigbò i Verdaguer (born March 20, 1978) is a track and field athlete from Spain. He has an disability and uses a wheelchair. He is a long distance athlete, competing in wheelchair marathons around the world. Puigbo competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics, and 2012 Summer Pa... | {
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Brig District
The district of Brig is a district in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ).
Municipalities
It includes the following municipalities:
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, an Eagle with dragon's tail displayed Sable, crowned, beaked, langued, membere... | {
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Peru national cricket team
The Peru national cricket team is the team that represents the Republic of Peru in international cricket. The team is organised by the Peru Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2007 and an associate member since 2017. The Peruvia... | {
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Nancy Johnson
Nancy Elizabeth Lee Johnson (born January 5, 1935) is a former American politician from the state of Connecticut. Johnson was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007, representing first the 6th district and later the 5th District of Connecticut following the el... | {
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Eugene L. Grant
Eugene Lodewick Grant (February 15, 1897 – July 9, 1996), was an American civil engineer and educator. He graduated with a BS from the University of Wisconsin in 1917. He started teaching in 1920 at Montana State University and then in 1930 at the School of Engineering, Stanford University where he tau... | {
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Sense and Antisense (Millennium)
"'Sense and Antisense" is the third episode of the second season of the crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network in the United States on October 3, 1997. The episode was written by Chip Johannessen and directed by Thomas J. Wright. "Sense and Antisen... | {
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Oegstgeest
Oegstgeest () is a town and municipality in the province of South Holland in the western Netherlands. Its population was in .
Etymology
The portion geest in the name refers to the geest lands, which were excavated in the seventeenth century for the benefit of the urban expansion of Leiden.
About the Oe... | {
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Sutton Park, West Midlands
Sutton Park is a large urban park located in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Most of the park is a National Nature Reserve; large parts are also a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Sutton Park is one of the largest urban parks in the United Kingdom. The park covers more than ... | {
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Le Collège-Lycée Cévenol International
The Collège Cévenol—later known as Le Collège-Lycée Cévenol International—was a unique and historic international secondary school located in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, in the département of Haute-Loire, France. It enrolled day students from the local area, along with a substantial b... | {
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World Heroes 2
is a 1993 fighting arcade game developed and published by ADK with the assistance of SNK. It was originally released for the Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinet on April 26, 1993. It is the sequel to the 1992 fighting arcade game World Heroes, as well as the second title of the World Heroes series. It was even t... | {
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2017–18 Copa Argentina
The 2017–18 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Total Argentina 2017–18 for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the seventh since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on 19 January 2018 and ended on 6 December 2018.
Rosario Central defe... | {
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Willem A. VanGemeren
Willem A. VanGemeren(born 7 April 1943) is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of a number of books, including Interpreting the Prophetic Word (Zondervan) and a commentary on Psalms in the Expositor's Bible Commentary s... | {
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Central Connecticut State University
Central Connecticut State University (Central Connecticut, CCSU, Central Connecticut State, or informally Central) is a public university in New Britain, Connecticut. Founded in 1849 as the State Normal School, CCSU is Connecticut's oldest publicly funded university. CCSU is made u... | {
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Ekeines Kai Ego
Ekeines kai Ego (Greek: Εκείνες και Εγώ) was a Greek television sitcom starring Yannis Bezos and Tasos Kostis. It is written by Bezos and Andreas Morfonios and directed by Morfonios. The series aired 1996 and lasted two seasons. It is one of Bezos' most popular sitcoms.
Title
The title means "Those an... | {
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Gertrud Leistikow
Gertrud Leistikow (12 September 1885 – 23 November 1948) was a German dancer and choreographer. She is primarily associated with nude and grotesque dances.
Life and work
Gertrud Leistikow was born on 12 September 1885 in Bückeburg, Lower Saxony.
She attended girls' schools in Metz and Spa, and stud... | {
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American Egg Board
The American Egg Board (AEB) is a United States checkoff marketing organization, which focuses on marketing and promotion of eggs for human consumption. The AEB is best known for its long-running slogan, "The Incredible, Edible Egg", and the Just Mayo scandal.
Organization
The American Egg Board (... | {
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Like It Like That (album)
Like It Like That is the fifth album by Australian singer Guy Sebastian. The album was produced by David Ryan Harris and Fredrik Odesjo and was released in Australia on 23 October 2009 and in the US on 29 June 2010. The album contains a duet with Jordin Sparks, and also three tracks with John... | {
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Bridge and Tunnel (film)
Bridge and Tunnel is a 2014 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jason Michael Brescia and released by Glacier Road Productions. The film stars Ryan Metcalf, Mary Kate Wiles and Annet Mahendru and tells the story of a group of twentysomething millennials coming of age in Long Isl... | {
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Juhan Liiv
Juhan Liiv ( in Allatzkiwwi – ) in Werbach-Kosse) is one of Estonia's most famous poets and prose writers.
Childhood
Juhan (birth names Johannes) Liiv the son of Benjamin and Marianna Liiv was born on April 30, 1864, in Alatskivi Parish, Tartu County, and grew up in Rupsi village, in Oja farm owned by his... | {
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Miguel Ondetti
Miguel Angel Ondetti (May 14, 1930 – August 23, 2004) was an Argentine-born American chemist who first synthesized captopril, the first ACE inhibitor that was used to treat heart disease. With his co-worker, David Cushman, he won the 1999 Lasker Award for: "developing an innovative approach to drug desi... | {
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Frankie Housley
Mary Frances "Frankie" Housley (October 12, 1926 – January 14, 1951) was the lone flight attendant on National Airlines Flight 83, which crashed after landing at Philadelphia International Airport on January 14, 1951.
She led 10 passengers to safety, then returned to the burning cabin to save an infant... | {
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Global Indian International School
Global Indian International School (GIIS) is an international school established in 2002, initiated and head quartered in Singapore. GIIS has presence in over 7 countries and 21 campuses which include those in Singapore (East Coast and PG - SMART Campus), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Ind... | {
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Nicolas Maranda
Nicolas Maranda (born 15 November 1967 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a Canadian singer/songwriter, composer, musician and record producer based in Montreal. His compositional style is eclectic, blending acoustic, electric and electronic elements into distinct soundscapes. His compositions have appeared ... | {
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City of Cambridge Rowing Club
City of Cambridge Rowing Club (CCRC) is the oldest 'town' (or CRA) rowing and sculling club in Cambridge, UK, and with about 300 members, it has one of the largest active rowing memberships in the region. The club's colours are dark blue, with a band of claret sandwiched between two band... | {
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Veronica Clare
Veronica Clare is an American crime drama, created by Jeffrey Bloom, which originally aired for one season on Lifetime beginning on July 23, 1991, to September 17, 1991. Played by Laura Robinson, the eponymous Clare is a private investigator and part-owner of a Chinatown jazz club, who uses intelligence... | {
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K. C. N. Gowda
K. C. Nanjunde Gowda (c. 1928 – 4 October 2012) was a businessman and one of the top Kannada film producers, exhibitors, financiers and distributors. He is credited with producing some of the classic films in the annals of Kannada film industry, namely, Sharapanjara, Huliya Halina Mevu, Babruvahana, Ban... | {
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Yeh Hai Jalwa
Yeh Hai Jalwa (, This Is Magic) is a 2002 Bollywood romantic comedy-drama film directed by David Dhawan. It stars Salman Khan and Amisha Patel in lead roles, with Kader Khan, Rati Agnihotri, Rishi Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Rinke Khanna and Sanjay Dutt in supporting roles.The film was a flop at the Box Office ... | {
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Will Cherry
Will Cherry (born February 8, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Reggiana of Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the University of Montana, where he was named Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013. Cherry had a short stin... | {
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Closed-circuit television camera
A closed-circuit television camera can produce images or recordings for surveillance or other private purposes. Cameras can be either video cameras, or digital stills cameras. Walter Bruch was the inventor of the CCTV camera. The main purpose of a CCTV camera is to capture light and co... | {
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Maize dwarf mosaic virus
Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus (MDMV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae.
Depending on the corn plant’s growth stage, the virus can have severe implications to the corn plant’s development which can also result in economic consequences to the producer of the crop.
Importance
Mai... | {
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Malaita
Malaita is the largest island of the Malaita Province in Solomon Islands. South Malaita Island, also known as Small Malaita and Maramasike for Areare speakers and Malamweimwei known to more than 80% of the islanders, is the island at the southern tip of the larger island of Malaita. A tropical and mountainous... | {
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Louis Belmas
Louis Belmas (11 August 1757, in Montréal, Aude – 21 July 1841) was a French churchman and bishop.
Life
Early life
Louis was born to a publicly esteemed businessman in Languedoc and his wife, both of whom died within six weeks of each other when Louis was aged only 4½. They left behind Louis, seven othe... | {
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Gymnasium Schwertstraße
The Gymnasium Schwertstraße in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was established on 15 October 1841 as the Höhere Bürgerschule, and is the oldest and most traditional of the four gymnasiums in the city.
History
The school opened with 23 pupils with lessons being held in the Rathaus, an... | {
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Michael Allen (Canadian football)
Michael Allen (born August 1, 1964) is a former Canadian football defensive back who played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Rough Riders and BC Lions. He was drafted by the Blue Bombers in the fourth round of the 1988 CFL Draf... | {
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Unforgiven (2005)
Unforgiven (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the eighth annual Unforgiven event and took place on September 18, 2005, at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The event featured wrestlers and other talent that pe... | {
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How Mercy Looks from Here
How Mercy Looks from Here is the fifteenth studio album from contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter and recording artist Amy Grant. The album was released by Capitol CMG and Sparrow Records on May 14, 2013. The album is produced by Marshall Altman, marking his first collaboration ... | {
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People en Español
People en Español is a Spanish-language American magazine published by Meredith Corporation that debuted in 1996, originally as the Spanish-language edition of its publication People. As of 2009, it is the Spanish-language magazine with the largest readership in the United States, reaching 7.1 millio... | {
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Tim Burstall
Timothy Burstall AM (20 April 1927 – 19 April 2004) was an English Australian film director, writer and producer, best known for hit Australian movie Alvin Purple (1973) and its sequel Alvin Rides Again.
A key figure in Australian postwar cinema, Burstall was instrumental in rebuilding the Australian fil... | {
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NoHo, Manhattan
NoHo, for North of Houston Street (as contrasted with SoHo, South of Houston Street) is a landmarked, primarily residential upper-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is bounded by Mercer Street to the west and the Bowery to the east, and from East 9th Street in the north to... | {
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Lappet-faced vulture
The lappet-faced vulture or Nubian vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) is an Old World vulture belonging to the bird order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only member of the genus Torgos. It is not closely related to the superficially similar New World v... | {
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) (, et seq.) is a United States federal law that prohibits U.S. citizens and entities from bribing foreign government officials to benefit their business interests.
The FCPA is applicable worldwide and extends specifically to publicly trade... | {
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Columbia County, Florida
Columbia County county is on the northern border of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 67,531. Its county seat is Lake City.
Columbia County comprises the Lake City, FL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gainesville-Lake City, FL Combined... | {
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François d'Aguilon
François d'Aguilon (also d'Aguillon or in Latin Franciscus Aguilonius) (4 January 1567 – 20 March 1617) was a Belgian Jesuit mathematician, physicist and architect.
D'Aguilon was born in Brussels; his father was a secretary to Philip II of Spain. He became a Jesuit in Tournai in 1586. In 1598 he m... | {
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Joe Brown (sculptor)
Joe Brown (March 20, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – March 14, 1985 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American figurative sculptor, specializing in athletes and an innovator in playground design.
Career
The son of Russian immigrants, he grew up in South Philadelphia and graduated South P... | {
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Spaghetti alla puttanesca
Spaghetti alla puttanesca (; "spaghetti in the style of a prostitute" in Italian) is an Italian pasta dish invented in Naples in the mid-20th century. Its ingredients typically include tomatoes, olive oil, anchovies, olives, capers and garlic, in addition to pasta.
Origin
Various recipes in... | {
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Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel
Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel (18 October 1850 – 16 March 1913) was a French painter and illustrator best known for his watercolours for children's books. He was a major figure in nineteenth-century children's book illustration.
Early life and education
Boutet de Monvel was born in Or... | {
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International Dialects of English Archive
The International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) is a free, online archive of primary-source dialect and accent recordings of the English language. The archive was founded by Paul Meier in 1997 at the University of Kansas and includes hundreds of recordings of English spea... | {
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Bethel, Alaska
Bethel (Mamterilleq in Central Alaskan Yup'ik; ) is the largest community on the Kuskokwim River, located approximately upriver from where the river flows into Kuskokwim Bay. Bethel is the largest community in western Alaska and in the Unorganized Borough, as well as the ninth largest in the state, wit... | {
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Nazi euthanasia and the Catholic Church
During the Second World War, the Roman Catholic Church protested against Aktion T4, the Nazi involuntary euthanasia programme under which the mentally ill, physically deformed, and incurably sick were to be killed. The protests formed one of the most significant public acts of ... | {
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Pieter Stoop
Pieter Stoop is a Dutch painter of large abstract paintings.
Pieter Stoop acquired his artistic education at the Academy of Catholic Education, Tilburg (1962–1966) and at the Jan van Eyck Academy of Maastricht (1966–1972). At the end of his studies he obtained the Prize for the Visual Arts of the city of... | {
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Classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages
There have been various classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages (see the articles for the respective language families).
Language families
The five established major language families are:
Kra–Dai
Austronesian
Austroasiatic
Hmong–Mien
Sino-Tibetan
Iso... | {
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Pam Dawber
Pamela Dawber (born October 18, 1951) is an American actress best known for her lead television sitcom roles as Mindy McConnell in Mork & Mindy (1978–1982) and Samantha Russell in My Sister Sam (1986–1988).
Early life
Dawber was born in Detroit, the older of two daughters of Thelma M. (née Fisher) and Euge... | {
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Augmented learning
Augmented learning is an on-demand learning technique where the environment adapts to the learner. By providing remediation on-demand, learners can gain greater understanding of a topic while stimulating discovery and learning.
Technologies incorporating rich media and interaction have demonstrated... | {
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Petar Poparsov
Petar Pop-Arsov (), originally spelled in older Bulgarian orthography: Петъръ попъ Арсовъ; (August 14, 1868 in Bogomila, Ottoman Empire, (present day North Macedonia) – January 1, 1941 in Sofia, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian educator and revolutionary from Macedonia, one of the founders of the Internal Mac... | {
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Jimmy Lavender
James Sanford Lavender (March 25, 1884 – January 12, 1960) was an American professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher from 1912 to 1917. He played a total of five seasons with the Chicago Cubs of the National League from 1912 to 1916; after being traded to the Philadel... | {
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Ted Haggard
Ted Arthur Haggard (; born June 27, 1956) is an American evangelical pastor. Haggard is the founder and former pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado and is a founder of the Association of Life-Giving Churches. He served as President of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) from 2... | {
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Karunai Prakasar
Karunai Prakasar (Tamil: கருணை பிரகாசர் ) was a seventeenth century Saiva spiritual writer. He was born to a Tamil-speaking Desikar family in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. He wrote more than five books. He was a spiritual writer. He worshipped Saiva Siddantha. He got married when he was sixteen. He attain... | {
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The Black Coat
The Black Coat is a historical novel by Bangladeshi-Canadian author Neamat Imam. It is "a meditation on power, greed and the human cost of politics." The Sunday Guardian commented that it is "destined to be a future classic" and will be used as the "gold standard for any book which seeks to engage with ... | {
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German-Malaysian Institute
German-Malaysian Institute, abbreviated as GMI, is a Malaysia hub for advanced skills TVET training, with the German training concept emphasizing on the combination of theoretical know-why with practical know-how, has developed graduates with essential characteristics for the world of work w... | {
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Namyangju
Namyangju () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. To the east is Gapyeong County, to the west is Guri City, and to the north is Pocheon City.
History of Namyangju
Namyangju historical character: Jeong Yak-yong, also Jeong Yag-yong or Dasan[] (1762–1836), was a leading Korean philosopher during the J... | {
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Guriel
Guriel (, ), is a rapidly developing city and one of the largest cities in the Galguduud region of Galmudug state in central Somalia. The city serves as the capital of the Guriel District.
Location
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Ancel Henry Bassett
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2014–15 Luge World Cup
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Calendar
Below is the schedule for the 2014/15 season.
Results
Men's singles
Doubles
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Ryan Quarles
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USS Pasadena (SSN-752)
USS Pasadena (SSN-752), a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Pasadena, California.
Pasadena provides the Fleet Commander or Task Force Commander a multi-mission platform. This vessel has unlimited endurance due to the nuclear propulsion plant, advanced sonar, torpedo... | {
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Deal with the Devil
A deal with the devil (also known as a compact or pact with the devil) is a cultural motif in European folklore, best exemplified by the legend of Faust and the figure of Mephistopheles, as well as being elemental to many Christian traditions. According to traditional Christian belief about witchcr... | {
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Kevin Ward (audio engineer)
Kevin Arnold Ward (born February 12, 1968) is an American engineer, record producer and songwriter based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Biography
Ward was born in Anniston, Alabama, a small town between Atlanta and Birmingham. At the age of six he picked up his first guitar. At the age of ele... | {
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Rashad Phillips
Rashad Keith Phillips (born May 5, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 5'9 " (1.76 m) tall, and a weight of 170 pounds (77 kg), he played at the guard position. Since retiring from basketball, he started and continues to run, "Skills Unlimited", a training and men... | {
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First English Civil War
The First English Civil War (1642–1646) began the series of three wars known as the English Civil War (or "Wars"). "The English Civil War" was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651, and includes the Sec... | {
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Cripps Mission
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Classification
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Pink Cadillac (song)
"Pink Cadillac" is a song by Bruce Springsteen released as the non-album B-side of "Dancing in the Dark" in 1984. The song received moderate airplay on album-oriented rock radio and appeared on the Billboard Top Tracks chart for 14 weeks, peaking at No. 27. The song was also a prominent concert nu... | {
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Joint compound
Joint compound (also known as drywall compound or Mastic) is a white powder of primarily gypsum dust mixed with water to form a mud the consistency of cake frosting, which is used with paper or fiber joint tape to seal joints between sheets of drywall to create a seamless base for paint on interior wall... | {
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Herb
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University of the West of Scotland
The University of the West of Scotland, formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Blantyre, Dumfries and Ayr, as well as a campus in London, England. The present institution dates from August 2007... | {
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University-Cultural Center Multiple Resource Area
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Ye Stupid Pyar
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Synopsis
Abhishek Khurana (Jatin Khurana) is an NRI based in the US with a high-profile MNC job. He c... | {
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Hotel Nacional de Cuba
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History
Design and construction
The Parti pris of the Hotel N... | {
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Gabriele Tergit
Gabriele Tergit (pseudonym for Elise Reifenberg née Hirschmann) (4 March 1894 - 25 July 1982) was a German-born British writer and journalist. She became known primarily for her court reports, and as a writer, for her novel Käsebier conquers the Kurfürstendamm (Käsebier erobert den Kurfürstendamm; in t... | {
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Boston Store (Erie, Pennsylvania)
The Boston Store is a former department store located on State Street in downtown Erie in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The store itself was founded in 1885, with the building being constructed in 1929. At its peak, two other Boston Stores were opened, in addition to the downtown st... | {
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