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Herapathite
Herapathite, or iodoquinine sulfate, is a chemical compound whose crystals are dichroic and thus can be used for polarizing light. The composition of herapathite has been shown by the Danish chemist Sophus Mads Jørgensen in 1877 and others to be 4QH2·3SO4·2I3·6H2O, where Q denotes the quinine molecule C20H... | {
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Manggong cake
Manggong cake () is a well-known speciality in Foshan City, Guangdong Province.
It was initiated in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty by a blind old man named He who lived in Jiaoshan Fang, Heyuan Street, Foshan City, and established the "Qianqiantang" divination hall to tell people about their for... | {
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Michael Gannon (politician)
Michael Brennan Gannon (1847—1898) was an auctioner and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Early life
Gannon was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1847, the son of James Gannon and his wife Mary (née Phelps). After working as a cl... | {
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Tangendorf disc brooch
The Tangendorf disc brooch is an Iron Age fibula from the 3rd century AD, which was dug up in 1930 from the sand of a Bronze Age tumulus near Tangendorf, Toppenstedt, Harburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The front of the elaborately crafted garment fibula is decorated with a rear-facing four-legged a... | {
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Felicia heterophylla
Felicia heterophylla is a roughly hairy annual plant in the daisy family. It has alternate leaves of 1–5 cm long with an entire margin or few inconspicuous teeth. The flower heads are set individually at the tip of its stems, and contain a whorl of purplish blue ray florets around a center of blac... | {
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The Istana
The Istana is the official residence and office of the President of Singapore. Meaning "palace" in Malay, it is where the President receives and entertains state guests. The Istana is also the working office of the Prime Minister of Singapore.
The estate was once part of the extensive nutmeg plantation of... | {
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Gudula Naiga Basaza
Gudula Naiga Basaza is a Ugandan business woman, entrepreneur and also the co-founder and managing director at Gudie leisure farm located in Najjera, Kira town council. The farm has a variety of leisure activities for each category of visitors. Among the activities is sport fishing, relaxing walkwa... | {
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Avro Tudor
The Avro Type 688 Tudor was a British piston-engined airliner based on Avro's four-engine Lincoln bomber, itself a descendant of the famous Lancaster heavy bomber, and was Britain's first pressurised airliner. Customers saw the aircraft as little more than a pressurised DC-4 Skymaster, and few orders were f... | {
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Robbin
Robbin may refer to:
Given name
Robbin Crosby (1959–2002), former co-lead guitarist in the glam metal band Ratt
Robbin Söderlund (born 1987), Swedish DJ and music producer
Robbin Thompson (1949–2015), American singer-songwriter
Robbin. Stable name for exceptional racehorse with danehill lines.
Surname
... | {
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Spiritual Conference for Radical Fairies
The Spiritual Conference for Radical Fairies was organized as a "call to gay brothers" by early gay rights advocates Harry Hay and Don Kilhefner. The 1979 conference was held over three days, coinciding with Labor Day weekend: 31 August–2 September. Over 200 participants gathe... | {
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Wentzel van Huyssteen
J. Wentzel van Huyssteen was a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1992-2014. His official position was the James I. McCord Professor of Theology and Science. Born in South Africa, he was ordained as part of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. He received his MA in philosophy ... | {
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S. Sadanand
Swaminathan Sadanand (1900–1953) was an Indian journalist.
In 1927 Sadanand started the Free Press of India Agency, which was the first news agency owned and managed by Indians.
In 1930 Sadanand became founder editor of the English-language The Free Press Journal which, according to A. R. Desai, was a s... | {
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Tanzania at the Commonwealth Games
Tanzania has competed in twelve of the thirteen Commonwealth Games since 1966, following the formation of the country in 1964, missing only the 1986 Commonwealth Games. One of its predecessor states, Tanganyika, competed in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Overall med... | {
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The Great Escape (1986 video game)
The Great Escape is a video game which shares a title and similar plot to the movie The Great Escape. It was programmed by Denton Designs, who went on to produce the similarly acclaimed Where Time Stood Still. It was published by Ocean in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstr... | {
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Lea Brilmayer
Roberta "Lea" Brilmayer (born 1950) is an American legal scholar. She is the Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of International Law at Yale Law School and an expert in conflict of laws, personal jurisdiction, and international law.
Biography
Brilmayer received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Univers... | {
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Om Prakash Munjal
Om Prakash Munjal (In Punjabi ਓਮਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਮੁਂਜਾਲ 26 August 1928 – 13 August 2015) was an Indian businessman, poet and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Hero Cycles, the world's largest integrated bicycle manufacturing company by volume and Hero Motors, an Indian two-wheeler components ... | {
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Jingxingji
The Jingxingji (; literally "Record of Travels") was a now lost journey book written by Du Huan shortly after he returned to China in 762 from the Abbasid Caliphate. Only about 1,511 words are being preserved under the Tongdian. It recorded about thirteen main countries, and a separated book was later publi... | {
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13 Commandments
13 Commandments () is a 2017 Dutch-language (Flemish) television series starring Dirk van Dijck, Marie Vinck and Karlijn Sileghem. The plot revolves around Peter Devriendt (Dirk van Dijck), a divorced father and veteran cop working for Belgium’s Federal Criminal Police, and his new partner Vicky Degrae... | {
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Schildau (disambiguation)
Schildau can refer to three locations:
Schildau, a town in Germany
Kesselaid, an island in the Baltic Sea known in German as Schildau
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Gastone Bean
Gastone Bean (; born 11 August 1936) is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Growing up in San Canzian d'Isonzo, he joined A.C. Milan as a youngster. He played on loan at Piacenza, scoring 23 goals in 21 games in the 1955–56 C-Series season.
He made his Milan deb... | {
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Damariscotta River
The Damariscotta River is a tidal river in Lincoln County, Maine, that empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Damariscotta is an old Abenaki word for "river of many fishes". There are 2,500-year-old oyster shell middens (heaps) along the banks of the Damariscotta River, which occupies a drowned river val... | {
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No. 66 Madhura Bus
No. 66 Madhura Bus is a 2012 Malayalam road movie directed by M. A. Nishad and stars Pasupathy, Padmapriya, Shwetha Menon, Mallika, Makarand Deshpande, Thilakan and Jagathy Sreekumar in pivotal roles. The screenplay is by noted author K. V. Anil. A journey of love and revenge, the film's story unfol... | {
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Elisângelo Ramos
Elisângelo Ramos is a Cape Verdean journalist who has been at RTC since 1997. He belongs to the broadcasting, television and the press sectors. He is a reporter for RCV in the city of Praia and is a producer of cultural programs.
Biography
Before he appeared on the radio, he was a film producer in ... | {
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Claytonia perfoliata
Claytonia perfoliata (syn. Montia perfoliata), also known as miner's lettuce, Indian lettuce, spring beauty, or winter purslane, is a flowering plant in the Montiaceae family. It is a fleshy, herbaceous, annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions, from southernmost Alaska and ... | {
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Mercury My
The (my) mercury Concept (sometimes known as the Mercury My) is a concept car that was created by Mercury. The my mercury was first introduced at the 1999 North American International Auto Show. The my mercury was designed by J Mays, the same designer of the Volkswagen New Beetle. This might also explain wh... | {
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Hello (Turn Your Radio On)
"Hello (Turn Your Radio On)" is a song by the British-based pop duo Shakespears Sister, and was released as the fourth single from their second album Hormonally Yours. The single peaked at #14 and spent 6 weeks on the UK singles chart. Internationally, the single peaked at #27 in Ireland, #... | {
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Host media processing
A telephony system based on host media processing (HMP) is one that uses a general-purpose computer to process a telephony call’s media stream rather than using digital signal processors (DSPs) to perform the task. When telephony call streams started to be digitized for time-division-multiplexed ... | {
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Wire saw
A wire saw is a saw that uses a metal wire or cable for cutting. Industrial wire saws are usually powered. There are also hand-powered survivalist wire saws suitable for cutting branches. Wire saws are classified as continuous (or endless, or loop) or oscillating (or reciprocating). Sometimes the wire itself ... | {
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Indiana v. Edwards
Indiana v. Edwards, 554 U.S. 164 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the standard for competency to stand trial was not linked to the standard for competency to represent oneself.
Background
Prior jurisprudence
The Court had recognized these two rights on co... | {
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Concept-based image indexing
Concept-based image indexing, also variably named as "description-based" or "text-based" image indexing/retrieval, refers to retrieval from text-based indexing of images that may employ keywords, subject headings, captions, or natural language text (Chen & Rasmussen, 1999). It is opposed t... | {
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Mimi Segura
Mimi Segura (born May 28, 1981 in Melilla) is a singer and actor from Melilla, Spain.
Biography
Mimi Segura was born to Segura Ruiz on May 28, 1981 in Melilla, the Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa. She has been active in the entertainment scene since 2008. She made her first ap... | {
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Frank van Hallen
Frank van Hallen K.G. (died 1375), Seneschal of Gascony, was a 14th-century Brabant soldier in the service of King Edward III of England. He was also known as Frank de la Halle or Frank de Hale.
Life
Frank was the commander of the garrison of Auberoche Castle in 1345, that was under siege by a French... | {
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Wallisville, Texas
Wallisville is an unincorporated town in northern Chambers County, Texas, United States, just east of the Trinity River along Interstate 10 and north of Lake Anahuac.
History
A military settlement, known as "El Orcoquisac", consisting of the Spanish fort, Presidio San Augustín de Ahumada and its co... | {
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Mike Mandel
Mike Mandel (born 1950) is an American conceptual artist and photographer. According to his artist profile, his work "questions the meaning of photographic imagery within popular culture and draws from snapshots, advertising, news photographs, and public and corporate archives."
Most of the publications M... | {
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Karlivka (disambiguation)
Karlivka (Ukrainian ) is the name of several places in Ukraine:
Cities:
Karlivka - city which is the center of the Karlivka district in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
Villages:
Karlivka - a village in the Maryinka district, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Karlivka - a village in the Nova Odesa distr... | {
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Dustin Swinehart
Dustin Swinehart (born July 1, 1974 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American soccer player who currently plays for USASA amateur team CASL Elite. He spent virtually his entire professional career playing with the Charlotte Eagles Swinehart was named the Director of Community Relations for Charlotte MLS in Ja... | {
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William Alley
William Alley (also Alleyn and Alleigh; 1510 – 15 April 1570) was an Anglican prelate who was the Bishop of Exeter during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Alley is known to the literary world by his Poor Man's Librarie, printed in folio by John Day, London, 1565, or Lectures upon the First Epistle of Sa... | {
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Giovanni Cariani
Giovanni Cariani (c. 1490–1547), also known as Giovanni Busi or Il Cariani, was an Italian painter of the high-Renaissance, active in Venice and the Venetian mainland, including Bergamo, thought to be his native city.
Overview
His father, also Giovanni Busi, was born in Fuipiano Al Brembo which is... | {
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Te Kanawa
For the New Zealander opera singer, see Kiri Te Kanawa
There are at least four different people called Te Kanawa.
Te Kanawa, ancestor of Ngāti Te Kanawa
One is the ancestor of the Ngāti Te Kanawa hapū of the Tainui confederation of iwi and is closely tied to Ngāti Tamainupo. He is referred to as Te Kanaw... | {
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Harald Belker
Harald Georg Belker (born May 27, 1961, Krefeld) is a German automotive/product designer best known for his vehicle designs in films such as Batman & Robin and Minority Report. His designs range from Kaenon Sunglasses to electric bikes and Hot Wheels for Mattel.
He was educated at the Art Center College... | {
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Corega
was a Japanese company established in 1996, and now is one brand (division) of Allied Telesis K.K., that offers networking hardware products.
Overview
Originally, in 1996, Corega Inc. was established by Allied Telesis K.K., headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan, for offering networking hardware products fo... | {
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George Holmes (historian)
George Arthur Holmes FBA (born 22 April 1927 in Aberystwth–died 29 January 2009) was Chichele Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1989-94.
Family, early life, and education
The son of a watchmaker, Holmes was educated at Ardwy... | {
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CF Fuenlabrada
Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Fuenlabrada, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1975 it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at Estadio Fernando Torres, with a capacity of 5,400 seats.
History
Fuenlabrada was founded on July 5, 1975 as a ... | {
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Yifu Hun
Yifu Hun or Yi Hun (乙渾; died 466), Xianbei surname is Yifu (乙弗), Xianbei personal name is Bu (步) X X, was a high-level official of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei, who effectively briefly served as the regent for Emperor Xianwen.
Little is known about Yifu Hun's background despite his one-time promi... | {
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Gmina Osięciny
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Gmina Osięciny is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radziejów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osięciny, which lies approximately east of Radziejów and south of Toruń.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total... | {
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SSTGFLS J222557+601148
SSTGFLS J222557+601148 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Located between 2000 and 3000 parsecs distant from Earth, it was originally classified in 2006 as a supernova remnant. Thought to be the first supernova remnant first detected in the infrared wavelengths, the spectrum and... | {
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Flag of the Republic of Jamtland
The flag of the Republic of Jamtland was created in 1983 by activists Kent Backman and Bo Oscarsson as a horizontal tricolor of blue, white and green, symbolising the sky, snow-clad mountains and woodland. (The three bands also symbolise the provinces of the Republic of Jamtland: Jamtl... | {
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Fanatic (1965 film)
Fanatic (released as Die! Die! My Darling! in the United States) is a 1965 British thriller film directed by Silvio Narizzano for Hammer Films. It stars Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Yootha Joyce, Maurice Kaufmann and Donald Sutherland.
Released in theaters on 21 March 1965 in... | {
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The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission is a 1987 made-for-TV film and is the second sequel to the original The Dirty Dozen. It features an all-new 'dirty dozen,' this time under the leadership of Major Wright (Telly Savalas), playing a different role than in the 1967 film.
Learning of... | {
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1979 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.
Specific locations
1979 in British music
1979 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
1979 in country music
1979 in heavy metal music
1979 in hip hop music
1979 in jazz
Events
January–February
January 1
Bill Graham closes San Fr... | {
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Museum of Northwest Colorado
The Museum of Northwest Colorado, located in Craig, Colorado, was established in 1964 as the Moffat County Museum to house artifacts and preserve legends of the Old West.
The museum features a large, nationally recognized cowboy gear collection, that includes rare Winchesters, Colts, chap... | {
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Louise-Félicité de Kéralio
Louise-Félicité Guynement de Kéralio (19 January 1757 in Valence, Drôme – 31 December 1821 in Brussels) was a French writer and translator, originating from the minor Breton nobility. Her father was Louis-Félix Guynement de Kéralio who had served as tutor to the Prince of Parma together wit... | {
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James Holder
James (Jim) Holder (born 5 May 1986 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider. He is the older brother of 2012 Speedway World Champion and five times Australian Champion Chris Holder, and Jack Holder, who is also a speedway rider.
Career
Holder began his career at the Isle of Wight Isla... | {
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Rajesh Vivek
Rajesh Vivek Upadhyay (31 January 1949 – 14 January 2016) was an Indian actor. He is best known to Hindi film audiences for his role as the astrologer Guran in Lagaan (2001) and as the postmaster Nivaran in Swades (2004). He had also played role of Vyasa, author of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, in the popul... | {
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Mohamed Mechkarini
Mohamed Mechkarini (1896–1935) is a Kabyle rebel who attacked colonial administrators in the early twentieth century. Finally captured, he was arrested on January 6, 1929.
Desertion
On October 17, 1915, in time of World War I, the rifleman Mohamed Mechkarini, of the , then in garrison with Milian... | {
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Nacka FF (1990)
Nacka Fotbollsförening was a Swedish football team from Nacka, Stockholm County that was founded in 1990. Nacka FF played in Division 1. They went bankrupt in 2001.
Managers
Sören Åkeby
Players
Rami Shaaban
References
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Sakésho
Sakésho is a jazz quartet based band in France.
Sakésho is based in the beguine, the polyrhythmic music of the French Caribbean. The band members are Mario Canonge (piano), Michel Alibo (bass) and Jean-Philippe Fanfant (drums); all born in the French Caribbean, plus North American Andy Narell (steelpan).
The... | {
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Robinsons Town Mall Malabon
Robinsons Town Mall Malabon is a shopping mall located in Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the first full service mall in Malabon owned and managed by Robinsons Land Corporation, the second largest mall operator in the Philippines. The mall was opened in 2013. It is the 37th mall o... | {
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Okaihau
Okaihau is a small town in the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island, just north of Kaikohe. State Highway 1 passes through the town. According to the 2013 New Zealand census, Okaihau has a population of 696, a decrease of 21 people since the 2006 census. Okaihau has a primary school (Okaihau Primary ... | {
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Adrián Ramos
Gustavo Adrián Ramos Vásquez (; born 22 January 1986), commonly known as Adrián Ramos, is a Colombian footballer who plays as a striker for Colombian club América de Cali.
He made his debut for the Colombia national football team in 2008 and has represented them 37 times, including at the 2011 Copa Améri... | {
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The Feathered Serpent (TV series)
The Feathered Serpent is a British children's television series made for ITV by Thames Television. Set in pre-Columbian Mexico and starring Patrick Troughton as the scheming High Priest Nasca. Two series were transmitted in 1976 and 1978.
Cast
Nasca: Patrick Troughton
Chimalma: Dia... | {
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Nial Fulton
Nial Fulton is a Northern Irish-born, Australian film and television producer.
Background
Fulton was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and was educated at Portora Royal School and Queen's University Belfast. He lives in Australia with his partner and their three chil... | {
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Kevin McCarthy (actor)
Kevin McCarthy (February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010) was an American actor who gave over 200 television and film performances. He is best remembered for portraying the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).
Following several television guest roles... | {
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Foreign relations of Serbia
Foreign relations of Serbia are accomplished by efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Serbia has inherited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with all of its holdings, after the dissolution of the previous state union with Montenegro. Serbian foreign ministries continue to serve c... | {
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Barham, Suffolk
Barham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is on the River Gipping, Surrounded by: Great Blakenham, Baylham, Coddenham, Henley and Claydon, and is on the A14 road about six miles north of Ipswich. Barham has one pub, The Sorrel Horse and Barham i... | {
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Shaun Casey
Shaun Casey (born January 7, 1954) is a former model active from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. By 1987 she had given up modeling for all but a few favorite clients.
In the late 1970s, Casey was associated with hairstylist, John Sahag, who created a stir by cutting her hair extremely short and bleac... | {
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Colorado's congressional districts
Colorado is divided into 7 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives.
The districts are currently represented in the 116th United States Congress by 4 Democrats and 3 Republicans.
History
The Territory of Colorado was repres... | {
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Sohail Anwar Siyal
Sohail Anwar Siyal (born 26 June 1975) was born in Larkana. He is the provincial assembly member (MPA) from the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians. He received a BA degree from Shah Latif University Khairpur. And civil engineering degree from Mehran University Jamshoro
He won the PS-35 LARKANA... | {
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MSD Capital
MSD Capital is a private investment firm that exclusively manages the capital of Michael Saul Dell and his family. The firm, which is based in New York and has offices in Santa Monica and West Palm Beach, was formed in 1998.
In 2009, the principals of MSD Capital formed MSD Partners, an investment adviser... | {
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Peter White (professor)
Peter White is a professor of Classical Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. He has made some contributions to scholarship on Latin literature, even Roman poetics. He has written Promised Verse: Poets in the Society of Augustan Rome (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993), for which... | {
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2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVI held at Rhodes, Greece was the 16th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. There were 30 stages which all had a Greek theme.
Champions
Open
Individual
The Open division had the second largest match participation with 373 competitors (30.9 %), and was won by Eric... | {
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Interstate 269
Interstate 269 (I-269) is a beltway around the city of Memphis, Tennessee and its adjacent suburban areas in southwestern Tennessee and northern Mississippi, completed in October 2018. I-269 was planned and built to serve as an outer bypass for the Memphis metropolitan area, funneling through traffic ar... | {
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Havdhem Church
Havdhem Church () is a medieval church in Havdhem on the Swedish island of Gotland. Built during the 12th and 13th centuries, it contains fragments of frescos showing influences from Byzantine art. Havdhem Church belongs to the Diocese of Visby.
History and architecture
While the oldest parts of Havdhe... | {
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Brian Lavelle
Brian Lavelle (born 1972) is an experimental Scottish sound artist, born in Glasgow but now living in Edinburgh. He has been recording with varying degrees of intensity since around 1990.
His recorded material could be described as resonant, textural layers of digital material, drones and processed fiel... | {
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Sinners Never Sleep
Sinners Never Sleep is the third studio album by English rock band You Me at Six. The album was released on 30 September 2011 and was released through Virgin Records in the UK, Australia and New Zealand on 3 October 2011. The album was then released in the United States on 24 January 2012. The firs... | {
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Gold dinar
The gold dinar () is an Islamic medieval gold coin first issued in AH 77 (696–697 CE) by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. The weight of the dinar is 1 mithqal (4.25 grams).
The word dinar comes from the Latin word denarius, which was a silver coin. The name "dinar" is also used for Sasanid, Kushan, and Kida... | {
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Zhu Zhengting
Zhu Zhengting (, born March 18, 1996) is a Chinese singer and actor. He took part in the Korean talent show Produce 101 Season 2 in 2017, and debuted as a member of limited boy band Nine Percent on April 6, 2018 through the Chinese talent show Idol Producer. He is currently the leader and main dancer of ... | {
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Marco Fabbri
Marco Fabbri (born 2 February 1988) is an Italian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Charlène Guignard, he is the 2019 European bronze medalist, 2018–19 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and two-time Italian national champion (2019–20). The two are also four-time Lombardia Trophy champions, two-time Go... | {
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Jenny Bindon
Jenny Lynn Bindon (née Bourn; born 25 February 1973) is an American-born association football coach and former goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level. She played 77 full internationals in between 2004 and 2010. She currently serves as the head coach of the Loyola Marymount Universit... | {
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Malvan
Malvan (also written as Malwan) is a town and taluka in Sindhudurg District, the southernmost district of Maharashtra State, India, well known for the historically important Sindhudurg Fort. Malvan taluka consists of villages such as Angane Wadi (Village: Masure), Achra, Khalchi Devli, Jamdul, Juva, Pankhol, T... | {
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Larrakeyah Barracks
Larrakeyah Barracks, incorporating , is the main base for the Australian Defence Force in the Northern Territory of Australia, and occupies the headland west of the suburb of Larrakeyah in the capital, Darwin. It was established in 1932–33, with building commencing in earnest in 1934, although many... | {
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Curse of the Swamp Creature
Curse of the Swamp Creature is a 1966 American film directed by Larry Buchanan. Although Buchanan was producing low budget 16mm color remakes of American International Pictures sci-fi movies for television distribution around this time, he claimed this was an original even though it bears m... | {
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Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 films from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing character parts. He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe for his supporting role in The Barefoot Cont... | {
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Michela Azzola
Michela Azzola (born 20 November 1991) is an Italian alpine skier.
She competed at the 2009 and 2010 Junior World Championships with a 20th place as her best result.
She made her FIS Alpine Ski World Cup debut in October 2012 in Sölden. She collected her first World Cup points in December 2012, finish... | {
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Skjetten
Skjetten is a town in Lillestrøm municipality, Viken county, Norway. It is located approximately 20 kilometres northeast of Oslo's city centre with a population of 10 000. Skjetten was highly affected by gang wars and crime from 1992 - 2007, but crime has lessened considerably in later years. Skjetten is now ... | {
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Introduction to Algorithms
Introduction to Algorithms is a book on computer programming by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein. The book has been widely used as the textbook for algorithms courses at many universities and is commonly cited as a reference for algorithms in publ... | {
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Cultural depictions of Malcolm II of Scotland
Malcolm II of Scotland has been depicted in historical fiction.
The historical novel Pride of Lions (1996) by Morgan Llywelyn, depicts Malcolm II married to Blanaid. Blanaid herself depicted as a daughter of Brian Boru. The novel used as fact a theory mentioned in a non-f... | {
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The Qin Empire II: Alliance
The Qin Empire II: Alliance is a 2012 Chinese television series adapted from Sun Haohui's novel of the same Chinese title, which romanticises the events in China during the Warring States period primarily from the perspective of the Qin state during the reigns of King Huiwen and King Wu.
I... | {
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McCrae Homestead
McCrae Homestead is an historic property located in McCrae, Victoria, Australia. It was built at the foot of Arthurs Seat, a small mountain, near the shores of Port Phillip in 1844 by Andrew McCrae, a lawyer, and his wife Georgiana Huntly McCrae, a portrait artist of note. The homestead is under the c... | {
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Taqiyah (cap)
The taqiyah (, ALA-LC: ṭāqīyah) or araqchin (), is a short, rounded skullcap. They are often worn for religious purposes; for example, Muslims believe that the Islamic prophet Muhammad used to keep his head covered, therefore making it mustahabb (i.e., it is commendable to cover the head in order to emul... | {
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List of Tunisian scientists
This list represents a full overview about notable Tunisian Scientists who had appeared since the creation of Tunisia as a distinct political entity under the Ottoman influence in the 16th century.
Ottoman Period (1574-1881)
When the Ottoman Empire had occupied Tunisia, the Scientific Dete... | {
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Ed Lynch (baseball)
Edward Francis Lynch (born February 25, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He attended Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, Florida. During his career, he pitched and batted right-handed, and his pitch selection included a fastball, slider, changeup and slurve.
MLB career
Lynch... | {
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Dattatreya Gopal Karve
Dattatreya Gopal Karve (; 24 December 1898 – 28 December 1967) was an Indian economist and professor who contributed to the fields of economics, public administration and the cooperative movement in India. He was also the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1962 to 1964.
Early lif... | {
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Liliana Madrigal
Liliana Madrigal (born March 23, 1957) is a conservationist who has worked toward the protection of rainforests and indigenous cultures in both Central America and South America. She is the co-founder and Senior Director of Program Operations of the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT), where she serves as ... | {
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Guarantors’ Panel on the Constitutionality of Rules
The Guarantors’ Panel on the Constitutionality of Rules (Italian: Collegio Garante della Costituzionalità delle Norme) is the highest court of San Marino in matters of constitutional law. The institution was established with Constitutional Revising Law no. 36 of 26 F... | {
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Local government in Victoria
Local government in the Australian state of Victoria consist of 79 local government areas (LGAs). Also referred to as municipalities, Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34), shires (38), rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). In general, an urban or suburban LGA is called a city and is g... | {
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The Heavy Entertainment Show
The Heavy Entertainment Show is the eleventh studio album by English recording artist Robbie Williams. It was released on 4 November 2016 through Columbia Records.
Background
In May 2016, it was announced that Robbie Williams had signed a recording contract with Sony Music. Williams said ... | {
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Rhea Kapoor
Rhea Kapoor is an Indian film producer. She is also the owner of the fashion line Rheson alongside her sister Sonam Kapoor.
Early life
Kapoor is the daughter of actor Anil Kapoor and his wife Sunita, she is the sister of actors Sonam Kapoor and Harshvardhan Kapoor, granddaughter of filmmaker Surinder Ka... | {
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Andrew Kohut
Andrew Kohut (September 2, 1942 – September 8, 2015) was an American pollster and nonpartisan news commentator about public affairs topics.
Life and career
He was born in Newark, New Jersey and was raised in Rochelle Park, New Jersey. His parents were Peter, a glassblower, and Lena, who worked in manufac... | {
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Guido Bodrato
Guido Bodrato (born 27 March 1933) is an Italian politician.
Biography
Bodrato was born in Monteu Roero, in Piedmont, and graduated in jurisprudence. He entered Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, or DC) and was elected in the Italian Chamber of Deputies for that party from 1968 to 1994. He was a... | {
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