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Babu Rajab Ali
Babu Rajab Ali (, ; also known as Babu Ji) was a noted Kavishar of Punjab, known as the King of Kavishari.
Kavishar and kavishari
Kavishari, or Kavishri, () was originated in the Malwa region of Punjab. In the region a "Chhand-Baddh" kavita (poetry) is sung faster in a loud yet stretched voice withou... | {
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Life on Fire
Life on Fire is a six-part television documentary series, created in 2009–12, about volcanoes. It was directed by Bertrand Loyer, Jacques Bedel, and François de Riberolles and was produced by Saint Thomas Productions of Marseille between 2009 and 2012. It was narrated by Jeremy Irons. The series was first... | {
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Free improvisation
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician(s) involved. The term can refer to both a technique (employed by any musician in any genre) and as a recognizable genre in its own right.
Free improvisation, as a genre of music, d... | {
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Bilateral filter
A bilateral filter is a non-linear, edge-preserving, and noise-reducing smoothing filter for images. It replaces the intensity of each pixel with a weighted average of intensity values from nearby pixels. This weight can be based on a Gaussian distribution. Crucially, the weights depend not only on Eu... | {
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Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion is a side-scrolling platform game developed by DreamRift and published by Disney Interactive Studios for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012. It is part of the Epic Mickey series, released alongside Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, and is touted as a tribute to Sega's... | {
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Raid on Gananoque
The Raid on Gananoque was an action conducted by the United States Army on 21 September 1812 against Gananoque, Upper Canada during the War of 1812. The Americans sought to plunder ammunition and stores to resupply their own forces. Gananoque was a key point in the supply chain between Montreal and K... | {
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Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep
Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep, also known in North America as Endless Ocean: Blue World and Japan as , is a scuba diving video game for Wii and the sequel to Endless Ocean, previously released for Wii in 2007. It was first revealed at a Nintendo conference held on Octo... | {
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Line A (EuskoTran)
The Line A of Euskotren Tranbia, also known simply as Bilbao's Tram is a tramway system in Bilbao, Spain which began operation in December 2002. It is one of the two light rail tram lines operated by Euskotren Tranbia in the Basque Country, the other one being Vitoria-Gasteiz's tram. The service is ... | {
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Abraham Lincoln and slavery
Abraham Lincolns position on slavery is one of the most discussed aspects of his life. Lincoln often expressed moral opposition to slavery in public and private. "If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong", he stated in a now-famous quote. "I can not remember when I did not so think, and fe... | {
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Knitting
Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile or fabric; it is used in many types of garments. Knitting may be done by hand or by machine.
Knitting creates stitches: loops of yarn in a row, either flat or in the round (tubular). There are usually many active stitches on the knitting n... | {
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Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart (Irish: Cairt Singil na hÉireann) is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) and compiled on their behalf by The Official Charts Company. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled thr... | {
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2009 Kentuckiana Flash Flood
On August 4 at 9:25 am EDT a major thunderstorm producing large hail and winds in excess of advanced at the leading edge of a cold front moving across the American Midwest, causing a flash flood that struck Louisville and portions of the surrounding Kentuckiana region. The National Weathe... | {
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Routine flaring
Routine flaring, also known as Production flaring, is a method and current practice of disposing of large unwanted amounts of associated petroleum gas (APG) during crude oil extraction. The gas is first separated from the liquids and solids downstream of the wellhead, then released into a flare stack ... | {
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Sandy Creek (Michigan)
Sandy Creek is an creek located entirely within Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The creek rises in London Township in the north-central portion of the county and flows southeast into Lake Erie in Frenchtown Charter Township at Sterling State Park.
Along the banks of Sandy Cree... | {
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Midge Klump
Midge Klump is a fictional character appearing in Archie Comics. She frequently appears as the girlfriend of Moose Mason and the unrequited crush of Reggie Mantle. The live action version of Midge was portrayed by Emilija Baranac in Riverdale.
History
Midge was created to serve as Moose's girlfriend, simu... | {
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Gulf Coast Riptide
The Gulf Coast Riptide was a women's American football full contact football team in the Women's Spring Football League founded in 2001 as the Pensacola Power of the National Women's Football Association. The WFA plays under NFL rules with minor modifications such as ball size and kick off placement... | {
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Ascarina
Ascarina is an ancient, woody, angiosperm genus. It is a distinct genus of Chloranthaceae consisting of less than twenty species, found in the Australian region, the Pacific Islands and Madagascar. They can grow up to six metres tall and have a spread of approximately three metres. Ascarina are usually tropic... | {
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Ian Johnson (cricketer)
Ian William Geddes Johnson, (8 December 1917 – 9 October 1998) was an Australian cricketer who played 45 Test matches as a slow off-break bowler between 1946 and 1956. Johnson captured 109 Test wickets at an average of 29.19 runs per wicket and as a lower order batsman made 1,000 runs at an av... | {
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DAIM
DAIM (, like the coin dime; born 1971 in Lüneburg as Mirko Reisser) is a German graffiti artist who lives and works in Hamburg. He is particularly known for his large-size, 3D-style graffiti works. This has become known as his trademark. For his technically sophisticated style he obtained the reputation of being... | {
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Siege of Odrin (1912–13)
The Battle of Odrin or Siege of Odrin (, , ) was fought during the First Balkan War, beginning in mid-November 1912 and ending on 26 March 1913 with the capture of Edirne (Adrianople) by the Bulgarian 2nd Army and the Serbian 2nd Army.
The loss of Edirne delivered the final decisive blow on th... | {
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Fretted terrain
Fretted terrain is a type of surface feature common to certain areas of Mars and was discovered in Mariner 9 images. It lies between two different types of terrain. The surface of Mars can be divided into two parts: low, young, uncratered plains that cover most of the northern hemisphere, and high-sta... | {
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Cosmos (Humboldt)
Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe (in German Kosmos – Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung) is an influential treatise on science and nature written by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Cosmos began as a lecture series delivered by Humboldt at the... | {
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Château d'Acquigny
The Château d'Acquigny is a French castle located in the department of Eure in Upper Normandy.
The present castle was built in 1557 by Anne de Laval and was listed in the French National Inventory of Historical Monuments in 1926.
Topography and climate
Acquigny sits at the confluence of two rive... | {
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Hermann–Grima House
The Hermann–Grima House is a historic house museum in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. The meticulously-restored home reflects the "Golden Age" of New Orleans. It is a handsome Federal-style mansion with courtyard garden, built in 1831. It has the only extant horse stable and 1830s ... | {
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Geraldine Kemper
Geraldine Jane Kemper (born in Volendam, 26 January 1990) is a Dutch television presenter originally from BNN. She won her job as a presenter with this public broadcaster through the television programme Sterretje Gezocht. In 2015 and 2016 Kemper was nominated for the Zilveren Televizier-Ster Vrouw. I... | {
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Bob Rives
Robert Franklin "Bob" Rives (November 12, 1903 – March 1, 1956) was an American football tackle. He played college football for Vanderbilt University.
Early years
Bob Rives was born on November 12, 1903 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky to R. H. Rives.
High school
A guard on the Hopkinsville Tigers's undefeated 19... | {
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Waiting... (film)
Waiting... is a 2005 American comedy film written and directed by Rob McKittrick (in his directorial debut) and starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, and Justin Long. McKittrick wrote the screenplay while working as a waiter.
The script was initially sold in a film deal to Artisan Entertainment, but ... | {
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1990 Nebraska gubernatorial election
In the 1990 Nebraska gubernatorial election, Democratic challenger Ben Nelson narrowly defeated first-term Republican incumbent Kay Orr for the governorship of the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.
Orr's popularity had suffered due to changes in the state's income... | {
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Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Area of Relevant Ecological Interest
The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Area of Relevant Ecological Interest (: ARIE-PDBFF) is an area of relevant ecological interest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
It is the location of the Biological Dynamics of Fore... | {
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Bellevue City Hall
The Bellevue City Hall is a government office building and city hall in Bellevue, Washington. The current city hall, located in Downtown Bellevue, opened in 2006 after the $121 million renovation of a former Qwest data center. The data center, originally built for Pacific Northwest Bell in 1983, was... | {
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Ed Jagels
Edward R. Jagels (born March 26, 1949) is a former American prosecutor and was Kern County, California’s longest-sitting District Attorney, holding the office from 1983 to 2010.
Early life and education
Edward R. Jagels was born on March 26, 1949, in Los Angeles California to George and Margret Jagels. His... | {
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New York Asian Women's Centre
New York Asian Women's Centre (Commonly known as NYAWC or Womankind) was founded in 1982 by a group of volunteers led by Pat Eng. In 2017, the NYAWC changed its name to Womankind. It is a non-profit organization which aims to empower Asian women and their children to get rid of domestic ... | {
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Europlanetarium Genk
The Europlanetarium Genk is a people's observatory and planetarium in Genk, Belgium.
How it began
Lode Vanhoutte from Genk started the Young Researchers for Genk following the moon landing in 1969. They did popular scientific work, many subjects were treated but astronomy turned out to be the mos... | {
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Lawrence Richardson Jr.
Lawrence Richardson Jr. (December 2, 1920 in Altoona, Pennsylvania – July 21, 2013 in Durham, North Carolina) was an American Classicist and ancient historian educated at Yale University who was a member of the faculty of classics at Duke University from 1966 to 1991. He was married to the Clas... | {
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OrionVM
OrionVM Wholesale Pty Limited (trading as OrionVM)
is an Australian infrastructure as a service provider and white-label cloud platform. Resellers present customers with a rebranded interface for deploying virtual machine instances, which are only billed for what their customers use. Cloud Harmony benchmarked... | {
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Ben Carson 2016 presidential campaign
The 2016 presidential campaign of Ben Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon and bestselling author, was announced May 3, 2015, in an interview with a local television station in Cincinnati, Ohio. He formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential... | {
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Robert Sumner
Robert L. Sumner (August 3, 1922 – December 5, 2016) was an American Christian author, Baptist pastor, evangelist and editor of the fundamentalist newspaper called The Biblical Evangelist.
Personal
Born to an educated family in Upstate New York he graduated from Norwich High School and Summit Univers... | {
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Shimpling
Shimpling is a village and civil parish in south Suffolk, England. About from Bury St Edmunds, it is part of Babergh district. The village is formed from two halves, the newer Shimpling Street and about away the old village of Shimpling. The village has a Church of England parish church, where supermodel C... | {
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François Lecointre
François Gérard Marie Lecointre (born 6 February 1962) is a French army general serving as Chief of the Defence Staff since 20 July 2017. As a captain, with Lieutenant Bruno Heluin, he was one of the two section chiefs heroes of the Battle of Vrbanja Bridge in 1995, the last Fixed Bayonet Charge com... | {
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Habitability of natural satellites
The habitability of natural satellites is a measure of the potential of natural satellites to have environments hospitable to life. Habitable environments do not necessarily harbor life. Planetary habitability is an emerging study which is considered important to astrobiology for se... | {
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Forest kindergarten
Forest kindergarten is a type of preschool education for children between the ages of three and six that is held almost exclusively outdoors. Whatever the weather, children are encouraged to play, explore and learn in a forest environment. The adult supervision is meant to assist rather than lead. ... | {
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Maya (given name)
Maya is a female name with multiple meanings:
In Hindu philosophy, Māyā means "illusion", and in Hindu mythology it is also an alternate name of the Hindu goddess Durga. According to tradition, Queen Māyā of Sakya was the name of the mother of Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha. (Mount Maya is a Japanes... | {
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Chris Joynt
Christopher Michael Joynt (born 7 December 1971) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A Great Britain international representative and , he played his club football with St Helens, with whom he won numerous titles, as well as Oldham and a stint in Au... | {
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Accrington brick
Accrington bricks, or Noris are a type of iron-hard engineering brick, produced in Altham near Accrington, Lancashire, England from 1887 to 2008 and again from 2015. They were famed for their strength, and were used for the foundations of the Blackpool Tower and the Empire State Building.
Name
Three ... | {
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Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata (), simply referred to as Estudiantes , is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history.
The club is a successful team in Argentina. In 1967, Est... | {
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International Society for Comparative Adult Education
The International Society for Comparative Adult Education (or ISCAE) is a network of individuals and organizations with members in more than thirty countries.
Purpose
Comparative education is a well-established field of study that examines education in one country... | {
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Potano
The Potano (also Potanou or Potavou) tribe lived in north-central Florida at the time of first European contact. Their territory included what is now Alachua County, the northern half of Marion County and the western part of Putnam County. This territory corresponds to that of the Alachua culture, which lasted ... | {
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Phil Marsh
Philip Marsh (born 15 November 1986) is an English footballer who plays for Pilkington as a striker.
He started his career at Manchester United where he played one game in the League Cup against Crewe Alexandra, before moving down the ladder to join Blackpool. He later moved into non-league football, joini... | {
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Nogales, Sonora
Heroica Nogales (), more commonly known as Nogales, is a city and the county seat of the Municipality of Nogales. It is located on the northern border of the Mexican state of Sonora. The city is abutted on its north by the city of Nogales, Arizona, across the U.S.-Mexico border.
History
The independen... | {
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Transfiguration Cathedral (Saint Petersburg)
Transfiguration Cathedral (official name: , The Cathedral of the Lord's Transfiguration of all the Guards) is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral. It is located on Transfiguration Square (), just off Liteyny Prospekt near the Chernyshevskaya metro station. Unlike most Russian chu... | {
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The Romance of a Shop
The Romance of a Shop is an 1888 novel by Amy Levy. The novel centers on the Lorimer sisters, who decide to open their own photography business after the death of their father leaves them in poverty. The novel examines the opportunities and difficulties of urban life for the "New Woman" in the la... | {
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Nick Lachey
Nicholas Scott Lachey ( ; born November 9, 1973) is an American actor, singer, and television personality and host. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees, and later starred in the reality series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica with his then-wife, Jessica Simpson. H... | {
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Domne Eafe
Domne Eafe ( ; floruit late 7th century), also Domneva, Domne Éue, Æbbe, Ebba, was, according to the Kentish royal legend, a granddaughter of King Eadbald of Kent and the foundress of the double monastery at Minster-in-Thanet during the reign of her cousin King Ecgberht of Kent. A 1000-year-old confusion w... | {
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1980 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1980 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.
Events
April 14 — Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists, dedicated to Vladimir Lenin 110-year Anniversary was opened in the Central Exhibition Hall «Manezh». Over 1500... | {
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HMS Investigator (1801)
HMS Investigator was the mercantile Fram, launched in 1795, which the Royal Navy purchased in 1798 and renamed HMS Xenophon, and then in 1801 converted to a survey ship under the name HMS Investigator. In 1802, under the command of Matthew Flinders, she was the first ship to circumnavigate Aust... | {
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Jeremy Gallon
Jeremy Jermaine Gallon (born February 9, 1990) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan.
High school career
Gallon played high school football as a qu... | {
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Matt Jackson (footballer)
Matthew Alan Jackson (born 19 October 1971) is an English former professional footballer.
As a player, he was a defender from 1990 until 2007, notably in the Premier League for Everton and Wigan Athletic, as well as in the Football League for Luton Town, Preston North End, Charlton Athletic,... | {
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Deepak Nayyar
Deepak Nayyar (born 1946) is Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Chairperson of the Board of Governors of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) New Delhi. He has taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, the Indian Institute of Management... | {
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Pate's Grammar School
Pate's Grammar School is a grammar school with academy status in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. It caters for pupils aged 11 to 18 and is a Beacon school. The school was founded with a fund bestowed to Corpus Christi College, Oxford by Richard Pate in 1574. The school became co-educational... | {
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START (The Americans)
"START" is the tenth episode of the sixth season and the series finale of the period drama television series The Americans. It originally aired on FX in the United States on May 30, 2018.
Plot
After meeting at an abandoned garage in D.C., Philip and Elizabeth agree to take Paige to the USSR but ... | {
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First Nations University of Canada
The First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv), formerly the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, is a Canadian university in Saskatchewan with campuses in Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert. The Regina campus building was designed by the architect Douglas Cardinal.
Basic infor... | {
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Brian Lake
Brian Lake (born Brian Harris; 27 February 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer Who played for the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He now plays for his local club Caroline Springs in the Western Region Football League, who won their... | {
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Participatory action research
Participatory action research (PAR) is an approach to research in communities that emphasizes participation and action. It seeks to understand the world by trying to change it, collaboratively and following reflection. PAR emphasizes collective inquiry and experimentation grounded in exp... | {
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Isabella Whitney
Isabella Whitney Isabella Whitney (most likely born between 1546 and 1548, died after 1624); fl. 1566–1600) was arguably the first female poet and professional woman writer in England. More specifically, Whitney is credited with being the first Englishwoman to have penned and published original secula... | {
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Cashier's check
A cashier's check (or cashier's cheque) is a check guaranteed by a bank, drawn on the bank's own funds and signed by a cashier. Cashier's checks are treated as guaranteed funds because the bank, rather than the purchaser, is responsible for paying the amount. They are commonly required for real estate ... | {
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Armenian printing
After the introduction of movable printing type to Europe by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany (circa 1439), Armenians from throughout the diaspora began to publish Armenian-language books. The first book which had Armenian letters was published in Mainz (Germany) in 1486. The first Armenian book to be p... | {
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Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism is a political system or a form of government that prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life. It is regarded as the most extreme and complete form of authorita... | {
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Pelotas
Pelotas () is a Brazilian city and municipality (município), the third most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Pelotas is located 270 km (168 mi) from Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state, and 130 km (80.8 mi) from the Uruguayan border. The Lagoa dos Patos lies to the east and the São ... | {
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Water cycle management
Water cycle management is a multidisciplinary approach relating to all planning, development, operational and tactical decisions to influence the water cycle. Most importantly water cycle management is used to ensure availability of clean water for designated use, and to ensure safe release of t... | {
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Command key
The Command key (⌘), also historically known as the Apple key, clover key, open-Apple key, splat key, pretzel key, or propeller key, is a modifier key present on Apple keyboards. The Command key's purpose is to allow the user to enter keyboard commands in applications and in the system. An "extended" Macin... | {
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Santa Croce, Padua
Santa Croce is a Roman Catholic church located on Corso Vittorio Emanuele 178 in Padua, Veneto region, Italy.
History
The church arose adjacent to the oratory of Sant Croce or Sala del Redentore. Documents from 1181 state a chapel at the site, adjacent to a leprosarium, was dedicated to the Holy Cr... | {
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Capacitance Electronic Disc
The Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED) is an analog video disc playback system developed by RCA, in which video and audio could be played back on a TV set using a special needle and high-density groove system similar to phonograph records.
First conceived in 1964, the CED system was widely ... | {
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The eclipse of Darwinism
Julian Huxley used the phrase “the eclipse of Darwinism” to describe the state of affairs prior to what he called the modern synthesis, when evolution was widely accepted in scientific circles but relatively few biologists believed that natural selection was its primary mechanism. Historians o... | {
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Ovanes Ohanian
Ovanes Ohanian (, ; October 1896 – September 1960) was an Armenian-Iranian filmmaker, inventor, founder, doctor, scientist with PhD in medicine, film, science and languages. He established the first film school in the history of Iran. His first film, Abi and Rabi (1930) was Iran's first feature-length m... | {
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Open economy
An open economy is a type of economy where the domestic community and out have trade in products (goods and services). Trade can take the form of managerial exchange, technology transfers, and all kinds of goods and services. (However, certain exceptions exist that cannot be exchanged; the railway service... | {
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Vetusta Monumenta
Vetusta Monumenta is the title of a published series of illustrated antiquarian papers on ancient buildings, sites, and artefacts, mostly those of Britain, published at irregular intervals between 1718 and 1906 by the Society of Antiquaries of London. The folio sized papers, usually written by member... | {
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Co-insurance
In insurance, co-insurance or coinsurance is the splitting or spreading of risk among multiple parties.
In the United States
In the U.S. insurance market, co-insurance is the joint assumption of risk between the insurer and the insured. In title insurance, it also means the sharing of risks between two o... | {
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List of former Texas state highways
Below is a list and summary of some of the deleted state highways (i.e., those with no current routing) as outlined by the Texas Department of Transportation designation files, indicated by having zero current mileage.
SH 1
State Highway 1 ran from El Paso through Dallas to Texark... | {
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2019 Rugby World Cup Pool B
Pool B of the 2019 Rugby World Cup began on 21 September 2019. The pool included title holders New Zealand and third-placed team from 2015 South Africa, while Italy also joined the pool after finishing third in their pool in 2015. They were joined by the African qualifier, Namibia, and the ... | {
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Galivants Ferry, South Carolina
Galivants Ferry is an unincorporated community in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It lies on the Little Pee Dee River west of Aynor on U.S. Route 501.
History
Galivants Ferry was first mentioned in the South Carolina Statutes at Large in 1792 at a place then called Elirsee... | {
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Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Heroes of Might and Magic IV is a turn-based strategy game developed by Gus Smedstad through New World Computing and published by the 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in 2002. A Macintosh port was subsequently developed by Contraband Entertainment and released by ... | {
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Mining in Colorado Springs, Colorado
In the mid-19th century, Colorado Springs was a center of mining industry activity. Coal was mined in 50 mines in the area and towns, now annexed to Colorado Springs, were established to support residents of the coal mining industry.
It was the home to gold and silver mine investo... | {
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Ray Lugo
Ray Lugo (born Reynaldo Jose Gregorio Lugo Palma, November 15, 1967) is an American musician. Singing in English and Spanish, Lugo is internationally known for his prolific output and diverse solo work, as well as for leading the groups Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra, Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers and other p... | {
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Cashier's check
A cashier's check (or cashier's cheque) is a check guaranteed by a bank, drawn on the bank's own funds and signed by a cashier. Cashier's checks are treated as guaranteed funds because the bank, rather than the purchaser, is responsible for paying the amount. They are commonly required for real estate ... | {
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Korean State Railway
The Korean State Railway (조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성, Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk Ch'ŏldo, commonly called 국철, Kukch'ŏl, "State Rail") is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways ... | {
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The Landt Trio
The Landt Trio was one of the busiest singing groups in early radio. In 1928, the three brothers, Karl (1908–1997), Jack (1911–1959), and Dan (1896–1961) Landt, with their accompanist Howard White, were signed onto the NBC Blue Network as sustaining artists and began a career of more than 20 years. They... | {
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Presidential Security Group
The Presidential Security Group, or PSG for short is a Philippine close protection agency. It is the primary agency concerned with providing close-in security and escort to the President and the Vice President of the Philippines, their immediate families, former Presidents and Vice Presiden... | {
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The Naval Treaty
"The Naval Treaty" is an episode of the Sherlock Holmes television adaptations of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories, produced by British television company Granada Television between 1984 and 1994, starring Jeremy Brett as the famous detective. It was the third of seven episodes aired in the series' ... | {
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Tom Juravich
Tom Juravich is a professor of Labor Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is also the director of the UMass Amherst Labor Relations and Research Center (LRRC), and director of the LRRC's Union Leadership and Administration program.
Juravich is also a musician and labor movement activis... | {
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1992 in Croatia
Events from the year 1992 in Croatia.
Incumbents
President: Stjepan Mesić
Prime Minister: Franjo Gregurić (until 12 August), Hrvoje Šarinić (starting 12 August)
Events
7 January – A European Community Monitor Mission helicopter is downed by the Yugoslav Air Force, killing five.
15 January – Croatia i... | {
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2017 Special Honours
As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.
Lord Lieutenant
... | {
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Witch Hunter Robin
is a 2002 Japanese anime series created by Sunrise and animation director Shūkō Murase. The series follows a fictional Japanese branch of a secret global organization called "SOLOMON" or the "Solomon Toukatsu Nin'idantai" (roughly "Solomon Executive Organization"), abbreviated as "STN" or "STN-J". S... | {
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Why Stop Now (film)
Why Stop Now is a 2012 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Phil Dorling and Ron Nyswaner and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, and Tracy Morgan. It is a feature-length adaptation of their 2008 short film, Predisposed.
Plot
Eli Bloom is a young piano prodigy and supermarket cler... | {
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Aboriginal title statutes in the Thirteen Colonies
Aboriginal title statutes in the Thirteen Colonies were one of the principal subjects of legislation by the colonial assemblies in the Thirteen Colonies. With the exception of Delaware, every colony codified a general prohibition on private purchases of Native Americ... | {
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River Huntspill
The River Huntspill (or Huntspill River) is an artificial river, in the Somerset Levels, in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. It was built in 1940 to supply process water to ROF Bridgwater, and has resulted in reduced flooding of the lower Brue Valley. Huntspill Sluice at the river's western... | {
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Eby-Brown
Eby-Brown is the largest privately owned tobacco, candy and convenience distributor in the United States. Founded in 1887, Eby-Brown has been led by members of the Wake family for over 50 years.
On March 19, 2019, Eby-Brown announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Performance Food Group.
Locations
E... | {
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Optimality model
In biology, optimality models are a tool used to evaluate the costs and benefits of different organismal features, traits, and characteristics, including behavior, in the natural world. This evaluation allows researchers to make predictions about an organisms's optimal behavior or other aspects of its... | {
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Trusted timestamping
Trusted timestamping is the process of securely keeping track of the creation and modification time of a document. Security here means that no one—not even the owner of the document—should be able to change it once it has been recorded provided that the timestamper's integrity is never compromised... | {
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Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their entry was selected through the national competition Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), organised by the Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle). Softengine represented Finland with the song "Some... | {
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} |
1962 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1962 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1961 and the beginning of 1962, and were an... | {
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