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59th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The 59th Infantry Division (59. Infanteriedivision) was a military division of the Wehrmacht during World War II. History The 59th Infantry Division was formed in June 1944 in the Groß Born area. It saw immediate action on the Western Front. It had a serious equipment and trainin...
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Downburst (album) Downburst is the seventh studio album by the German metal band Brainstorm, released on January 25, 2008. Former bassist Andreas Mailänder left the band before recordings started, so bass was handled by Torsten and Milan on this album. Track listing All songs written and arranged by Brainstorm. "F...
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Phi Kappa Phi The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (or simply Phi Kappa Phi or ) is an honor society established in 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study and to promote the "unity and democracy of education". It is the fourth academic society in the United States ...
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Los Ingobernables Los Ingobernables (Spanish for "The Ungovernables") is a lucha libre (Mexican professional wrestling) stable, based in the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion. It was formed in April 2014 by La Máscara, Rush and La Sombra, and has since become renowned as one of the top antagonistic group...
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Plagiaulax Plagiaulax is a genus of mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Europe. It was a member of the also extinct order Multituberculata, and shared the world with dinosaurs. It is of the suborder "Plagiaulacida" and family Plagiaulacidae. The genus was named by Hugh Falconer in 1857, and was the first described mul...
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Four Saxophones in Twelve Tones Four Saxophones in Twelve Tones is an album by composer/arranger Lyle Murphy recorded in 1954 and released on the GNP label. This was the first recording utilizing Murphy's own 12-tone system of composition. Track listing "Tone Poem" (Lyle Murphy) "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Harry Wa...
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Cofilin-2 Cofilin 2 (muscle) also known as CFL2 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CFL2 gene. Function Cofilin is a widely distributed intracellular actin-modulating protein that binds and depolymerizes filamentous F-actin and inhibits the polymerization of monomeric G-actin in a pH-dependent manner. Cofi...
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List of aircraft artillery List of artillery platforms used on aircraft with a calibre larger than 37mm. A 102mm Ansaldo 1941 76.2mm APK Recoilless Rifle B 50mm BK 5 Cannon Bofors 40mm C H 57mm Ho-401 Cannon M M102 howitzer M5 75mm gun N Nudelman Suranov NS-45 Cannon O Ordnance QF 6-Pounder Class...
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Caridina multidentata Caridina multidentata is a species of shrimp in the family Atyidae. It is native to Japan and Taiwan. Its common names include Yamato shrimp, Japanese shrimp, Amano shrimp, and algae shrimp. Description This species has a translucent body covered with a broken line of reddish brown points on it...
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St Michael's Church, Llanvihangel Crucorney St Michael's Church stands in the centre of the village of Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales. It was designated as a Grade II listed building in 1956 for its historic importance and surviving medieval features. History The Book of Llandaff suggests the church wa...
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Zambian African National Congress The Zambian African National Congress was a political party in Zambia. History The party was formed in 1948, as the Northern Rhodesia Congress (NRC), and Godwin Lewanika, a Barotseland native from an aristocratic background, became the first president. It was the first African politi...
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Oceanic dolphin Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea. Thirty extant species are described. They include several big species whose common names contain "whale" rather than "dolphin", such as the killer whale and the pilot whales. Delphinidae is a family within...
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Flatrod system The flatrod system ( or Stangenleitung; or Stånggång) was an invention of the mining industry that enabled the mechanical movement generated by a water wheel (German: Kunstrad) to be transferred over short distances. It was invented in the 16th century and by the 18th century was being used to transmit...
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Carolyn Sufrin Carolyn Beth Sufrin is an American medical anthropologist and obstetrician-gynecologist. She is an assistant professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Johns Hopkins University. Early life and education Sufrin was born to Janice R. Sufrin, a research biochemist and Gerald Sufrin, a urologist. Her mater...
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Justin Hoyte Justin Raymond Hoyte (born 20 November 1984) is a professional footballer. Primarily a right back, Hoyte previously played for English clubs Arsenal, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Millwall and Dagenham & Redbridge, as well as American side FC Cincinnati in both the USL and MLS. As an international, he repres...
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Dave Bampton David Peter Bampton (born 5 May 1985 in Swindon, England) is an English footballer, he is currently with Swindon Supermarine. He plays as a Midfielder. Playing career Swindon Town Bampton joined his local side Swindon Town as a trainee in 2001 and was the captain of the club's youth team, the following ...
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List of historical Pennsylvania women This is a list of Historic Pennsylvania women: Sybilla Masters - 1676 - 1720 Lydia Darragh - 1728 - 1789 Margaret Corbin - 1754-1800 Lucretia Mott - 1793-1880 Rebecca Web Lukens - 1794 - 1854 Mary Ambler - 1805 - 1854 Ann Preston - 1813 - 1872 Elizabeth Thorn 1832 - 1907 Amanda B...
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Gyaku Jūji-jime , or gyakujujijime, is a chokehold in judo. It is one of the twelve constriction techniques of Kodokan Judo in the Shime-waza list. Danzan Ryu includes this technique in the Shimete list under the name Namijujijime. Ura-Juji-Jime is described in the Canon Of Judo and demonstrated in The Essence of Jud...
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Fighting for Love Fighting for Love is a 2001 Hong Kong romantic comedy film written and directed by Joe Ma and starring Tony Leung and Sammi Cheng. Plot Deborah (Sammi Cheng) is a tough modern businesswoman whose primary traits seem to be chain smoking and bullying her colleagues. While going to the hospital one d...
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Lobachevsky (song) "Lobachevsky" is a humorous song by Tom Lehrer, referring to the mathematician Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky. According to Lehrer, the song is "not intended as a slur on [Lobachevsky's] character" and the name was chosen "solely for prosodic reasons". In the introduction, Lehrer describes the song ...
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Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) is one of the largest health care networks based in southeast Michigan, United States. It consist of five prime hospitals, nine Urgent Care Centers, and five Health Centers spread around metro Detroit, providing health care in six counties that ...
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Ian Wright Ian Edward Wright, (born 3 November 1963) is an English former professional footballer and television and radio personality. He is currently a commentator for BBC Sport and ITV Sport. Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal as a forward, spending six years with the former and ...
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Kiltartan Kiltartan is a barony and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. The northern portion of this barony was formerly known as Cenél Áeda na hEchtge or O'Shaughnessy's Country, the southern portion was called Coill Ua bhFiachrach (the territory of the Hynes clan) and the eastern part was called Oireacht Réamoin...
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Aspro Parks Aspro Parks (Aspro Ocio Group) is a Spanish leisure corporation that operates many water parks, amusement parks, aquariums as well as zoos, botanicals and dolphinariums across Europe. The company was founded in October 1991 in Spain, and is headquartered in Madrid. It is best known for its Aqualand theme p...
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List of Icelandic visual artists Art has existed in Iceland since the first settlements, but it was only at the beginning of the 20th century that Icelandic artists came to an international reputation. Mostly, they had studied in other countries, e.g. in Denmark. The most important motifs for Icelandic painters were ...
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Wenceslao Fernández Flórez Wenceslao Fernández Flórez (1885 in A Coruña, Galicia – 1964 in Madrid) was a popular Spanish journalist and novelist of the early 20th century. Throughout his career, he retained an intense fondness for the land of his birth. Early life and career His father died when he was fifteen year...
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Josepha Newcomb Whitney Josepha Newcomb Whitney (born September 27, 1871 – died after 1955) was an American clubwoman, pacifist, suffragist, and politician. Early life Anna Josepha Newcomb was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Nova Scotia-born astronomer Simon Newcomb and Mary Caroline Hassler Newcomb. Physic...
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Lucien Boullemier Lucien Emile Boullemier (1877 – 9 January 1949) was an English footballer and ceramic designer. A right-half, he played competitively for Stoke, Burslem Port Vale, Philadelphia Hibernian (United States), Northampton Town, and Northern Nomads. He was the younger brother of Leon Boullemier, also an acc...
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Nick.com Nick.com is a website owned and developed by Nickelodeon. The website previously served as an online portal for Nickelodeon content, and offered online games, video streaming, radio streaming and individual websites for each show it broadcasts. It now promotes the Nick mobile app which replaced it (websites f...
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Xie Jieshi Xie Jieshi (also transliterated as Hsieh Kai-shek; ; Hepburn: Sha Kaiseki; 1878–1946) was a cabinet minister in the Japanese-dominated Empire of Manchukuo, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Biography Xie Jishi was born in Hsinchu, Qing Dynasty in 1878, and attended the Japanese-run Shinchiku Kokug...
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Scaly-breasted lorikeet "Green leaf" redirects here. For other uses, see Green leaf (disambiguation) The scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus) is an Australian lorikeet found in woodland in eastern Australia. The common name aptly describes this bird, which has yellow breast feathers broadly edged w...
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Zephyranthes atamasca Zephyranthes atamasca, commonly known as the atamasco-lily or more generally a rain-lily, is native to the southeastern United States. It grows in swampy forests and coastal prairies, preferring acid boggy soils rich with leaf mold. Following the appearance of broad, grassy leaves in early wint...
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Tommy Wiseau Thomas P. Wiseau (, ) is a European-American actor and filmmaker, best known for writing, producing, directing, and starring in the 2003 film The Room, which has been described by many critics as one of the worst movies ever made and has gained cult film status. He also directed the 2004 documentary Homel...
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Ormond (surname) Ormond or Ormand is a very old surname, originated in Ireland, but also occurring nowadays in Portugal (mainly Azores), Brazil, England, Scotland, and United States. It derives from the Irish toponym Oirmhumhain 'East Munster' and was a hereditary title within the Irish aristocracy. See Earl of Ormon...
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Flexqube AB (publ) Flexqube AB is a Gothenburg-based modular company for material handling systems and carts for operators that move breakbulk cargo, and other materials. The company mainly designs industrial carts and racks to solve this purpose. History The company was started by three co-founders who were aspiring...
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Samuel Starkweather Samuel Starkweather (December 27, 1799 – July 5, 1876) was mayor of Cleveland from 1844 to 1845 and served a second term from 1857 to 1858. Starkweather was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to Oliver and Miriam (Clay) Starkweather. He graduated from Brown College in 1822, tutored there until 1824, ...
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Paron, Arkansas Paron is an unincorporated community in Saline County, Arkansas, United States. Paron is located along Arkansas Highway 9, northwest of Benton. Paron has a post office with ZIP code 72122. In 2006 Jennifer Barnett-Reed and Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times stated that the only community institutions...
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Pleizenhausen Pleizenhausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen, whose seat is in Simmern. Geography Location The munici...
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Vath Koreshi Vath Koreshi (1936–2006) was an Albanian writer and screen writer. He is perhaps best known for writing the script to the 1990 romantic drama film Balada e Kurbinit. He also wrote the script to Botë e padukshme in 1987. External links Vath Koreshi Photos Author Vath Koreshi Yorba Linda: California ...
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Flight 21 Flight 21 is the name of Eastern Air Lines Flight 21, crashed on 26 February 1941 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21, crashed on 8 July 1965 Singapore Airlines Flight 21, one of the longest regularly scheduled non-stop flights 1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash (Flight IFO-21), US Air Force plane that crashed o...
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2009 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating The 2009 ISU World Team Trophy was an international figure skating competition in the 2008–09 season. The six countries with the best results during the season – in descending order of finish: the United States, Canada, Japan, France, Russia and China – selected two men's s...
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Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Currumbin Beachfront (road), Nerang National Park (mountain biking), both of which are located in the Gold Coast and Anna Meares Velodrome (track, located in Brisbane) from 5 to 14 April. A total of 26 events were held: 4 in...
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Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton (lit., "The Tale of Karl-Bertil Jonsson's Christmas Eve") (Christopher's Christmas Mission) is a 1975 Swedish animated short film directed by Per Åhlin, adapted from Tage Danielsson's short story of the same name, telling the tale of a boy w...
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Gurren Lagann Gurren Lagann, known in Japan as , is a Japanese mecha anime television series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. It ran for 27 episodes on Japan's TV Tokyo between April 1, 2007, and September 30, 2007. It was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, written by veteran playwright Kazuki Naka...
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The Pianist (painting) The Pianist: Portrait of Stanley Addicks is an 1896 portrait by Thomas Eakins, Goodrich #278. The painting is in the permanent collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Eakins also painted Addicks's wife, Weda Cook, several times, including for The Concert Singer. Notes References Goodr...
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Kumusi River The Kumusi River (also known as the Kamusi River) is a river located in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. Known for its width and its strength, the Kumusi has had a significant impact on the history of the Oro Province. It was a significant factor in the Kokoda Track Campaign and also a contributing f...
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Betfair Pty Limited v Western Australia Betfair Pty Limited v Western Australia determined that a series of amendments made by the Western Australian government to prohibit the operation of betting exchanges, amounted to discriminatory burdens of a protectionist kind. Background The first plaintiff, Betfair Pty Ltd, ...
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Belakoba Belakoba is a small town in Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal, known for its Chamcham, a type of sweet originating in the Pora Bari locale of Bangladesh. Belakoba is not only a cradle to Chamcham, but also cradle to art and music. Demographics As per 2001...
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Andy Aitken (footballer, born 1877) For others similarly named, see the Andrew Aitken navigation page Andy "Daddler" Aitken (27 April 1877 – 15 February 1955) was one of the early game's most prominent players. After playing for local Ayrshire sides, he signed for Second Division Newcastle United in 1895, then in o...
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Tolyatti Pine Forest The Tolyatti Pine Forest or Green Zone is a large forest in the middle of the Russian city of Tolyatti. It lies between and separates the three districts of the city (Auto Factory, Central, and Komsomol) from each other. It encompasses about one-quarter of the area of Tolyatti. A natural old-growt...
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Saudi Arabian textbook controversy The Saudi Arabian textbook controversy refers to criticism of the content of school textbooks in Saudi Arabia following the September 11 attacks. Following the attacks, and the revelation that the leader of the organization (Osama bin Laden) and 15 of the 19 hijackers involved in t...
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Ohr Somayach, South Africa Ohr Somayach in South Africa is an affiliate of Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem, a network of Haredi yeshivas and Synagogues. Like its parent institution, it focuses on educating baal teshuvas ("returnees" to Orthodox Judaism). It has branches in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Johannesburg's main camp...
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One Day at HorrorLand One Day at HorrorLand is the sixteenth book in Goosebumps, the series of children's horror fiction novels created and authored by R. L. Stine. It was adapted into a two-part episode for the television series, which was later released on VHS and DVD. A comic adaptation of the book was included in ...
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Brian Rotman Brian Rotman is a British-born professor who works in the United States. Trained as a mathematician and now an established philosopher, Rotman has blended sign, mathematics and the history of writing in his work and teaching throughout his career. He is currently a distinguished humanities professor in ...
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71 Harrington Street, The Rocks 71 Harrington Street, The Rocks are heritage-listed serviced apartments and former terrace houses and shops located at 71 Harrington Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1860. It...
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Empires (Jimi Jamison album) Empires is the second solo album from American rock singer-songwriter Jimi Jamison, released under the name Jimi Jamison's Survivor on October 17, 1999 for Scotti Brothers, distributed in Germany by Soulfood Music and produced by Klay Shroedel. In 2003, after a battle in court over acces...
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San Vito S1 The San Vito S1 is a Brazilian sport car made by San Vito, a brand from "Personal Parts". the car use ethanol as fuel. Design and development Vito Simone studied architecture in 1974 and he was already focused on cars, so he made some models to scale. Later he worked for Ford in design areas for 20 years...
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Rehasher Rehasher is a punk rock band based in Gainesville, Florida. Although started as a band, Rehasher became the solo side project of ska punk band Less Than Jake bass player/back up and lead singer Roger Lima as their lead singer and rhythm guitarist. Rehasher's third album Make The Noise was released on July 10...
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Headgirl Headgirl was a collaboration between Motörhead and Girlschool in 1980, the result being the St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP, though the groups were credited as Motör Headgirl School on the EP. History The collaboration between Motörhead and Girlschool started in March 1979, when Motörhead began their first ...
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Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm (born 26 April 1971 in Helsinki) is a Finnish psychologist who has studied narcissism and psychopathy and wrote the first Finnish textbook on the subject, Psykopatia. Working as both a criminal psychologist and an associate professor, at the University of Helsinki, Häkkäne...
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Protospacer adjacent motif A protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) is a 2–6-base pair DNA sequence immediately following the DNA sequence targeted by the Cas9 nuclease in the CRISPR bacterial adaptive immune system. The PAM is a component of the invading virus or plasmid, but is not found in the bacterial host genome and h...
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Rimpi Das Rimpi Das is an Indian actress and model, who appears in Assamese cinema and Hindi television serials. Rimpi Das made her acting debut in the 2004 Assamese film Monot Birinar Jui directed by Ashok Kumar Bishaya. She has appeared in many Assamese movies which includes national award-winning films like Ajeyo a...
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DYMG 103.1 Brigada News FM is a news and music FM station is owned and operated by Brigada Mass Media Corporation. The station studio and transmitter is located at Capitol Shopping Center, Benigno S. Aquino Dr., Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. It used to be known as Radyo Kumando under the Armed Fo...
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PC133 PC133 is a computer memory standard defined by the JEDEC. PC133 refers to SDR SDRAM operating at a clock frequency of 133 MHz, on a 64-bit-wide bus, at a voltage of 3.3 V. PC133 is available in 168 pin DIMM and 144 pin SO-DIMM form factors. PC133 is the fastest and final SDR SDRAM standard ever approved by the J...
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Cornelia Phillips Spencer Cornelia Phillips Spencer (March 20, 1825 - March 11, 1908) was a poet, social historian and journalist in North Carolina, USA, who was instrumental in reopening the University of North Carolina after a five-year shutdown during the Reconstruction era. Biography Cornelia Ann Phillips was bor...
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King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army. It served under various titles and fought in many wars and conflicts, including both the First and the Second World Wars, from 1680 to 1959. In 1959, the regiment was amalgamated with the B...
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ACCU ACCU may refer to: Autodefensas Campesinas de Cordoba y Uraba, a Colombian paramilitary group Accu (battery), a battery that can be restored to full charge by the application of electrical energy ACCU (organisation), a software development user group Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Australi...
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Chris Benham Christopher Charles Benham (born 24 March 1983) is an English cricketer. Benham is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Frimley, Surrey. He attended Yateley School across the county border at Yateley in Hampshire. Making his debut at the professional level for the Hampshi...
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Washington v. Harper Washington v. Harper, 494 U.S. 210 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court case in which an incarcerated inmate sued the state of Washington over the issue of involuntary medication, specifically antipsychotic medication. Background Respondent Harper, an inmate in the Washington prison system ...
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Frank Oppenheimer Frank Friedman Oppenheimer (August 14, 1912 – February 3, 1985) was an American particle physicist, cattle rancher, professor of physics at the University of Colorado, and the founder of the Exploratorium in San Francisco. A younger brother of renowned physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, Frank Oppenhei...
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Francesco Maria del Monte Francesco Maria del Monte, full name Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria, (5 July 1549 – 27 August 1627) was an Italian Cardinal, diplomat and connoisseur of the arts. His fame today rests on his early patronage of the important Baroque master Caravaggio, and on his art collection (...
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Colour supplement A colour supplement or colour magazine is a magazine with full-colour printing, typically printed on glossy paper, that is packaged with a newspaper. Some colour supplements are Sunday magazines, but may also be included with a daily newspaper. The Sunday Times Magazine (originally called the Sunday...
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Toyin Ibitoye Toyin Ibitoye is a Nigerian sports analyst and journalist who currently works for Channels TV. An alumnus of the University of Ibadan and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Toyin was on March 18, 2015 appointed as Media Officer to the Nigeria national football team by the Nigeria Football Federa...
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Child labour in Pakistan Child labour in Pakistan is the employment of children for work in Pakistan, which causes them mental, physical, moral and social harm. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan estimated that in the 1990s, 11 million children were working in the country, half of whom were under age ten. In 1996...
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All Saints Church, Billesley All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Billesley, Warwickshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. History There is evidence that...
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Sukhbir (writer) Sukhbir (Punjabi: ਸੁਖਬੀਰ, Hindi: सुखबीर) (9 July 1925 – 22 February 2012), alias Balbir Singh, was a Punjabi novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. He wrote and published for fifty years. He wrote seven novels, 11 short story collections, and five poetry collections, and made many translatio...
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Tri-Creek School Corporation Tri-Creek School Corporation is a school district in Lowell, Lake County, Indiana, USA. The superintendent is Dr. Rod Gardin. The corporation is governed by a five-person school board. The president of the school board is Michelle Dumbsky. The district operates the following five schools...
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Royal Bank Plaza Royal Bank Plaza is a skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that serves as the de facto operational headquarters of the Royal Bank of Canada. The building shares with the Fairmont Royal York Hotel the block in Toronto's financial district bordered by Bay, Front, York, and Wellington streets. It is ow...
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Khandeyar The Khandeyar are one of the two groups of the Nenets. They are also known as Forest Nenets or Forest Yurak because they live in the forest region or Taiga instead of the Tundra like the other Nenets. The Khandeyar speak the Forest variety of Nenets. Sources Wixman, Ronald. The People of the USSR: An Et...
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Chato (Apache) Chato (Spanish nickname: "flat", Chatto or Chatta, 1854 – 13 August 1934) was a Chiricahua Apache subchief who carried out several raids on settlers in Arizona in the 1870s. His Apache name was Bidayajislnl or Pedes-klinje. He was a protege of Cochise, and he surrendered with Cochise in 1872 going to li...
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Meiko (given name) Meiko (めいこ, メイコ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Mei can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 芽子, "sprout, child" 芽心, "sprout, heart" 迷子, "lost child" 姪子, "niece" 盟子, "alliance, child" 明子, "bright, child" 明衣子, "bright, garment, child" 芽衣子, "sprout, ...
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A visa An A Visa is a category of non-immigrant visas allowing travel to the United States issued to ambassadors, diplomats, government officials, and their support staff. Types A-1 The A-1 visa is granted to ambassadors, ministers, diplomats, consular officers, and their immediate family members. While government o...
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Judy Wills Cline Judy Wills Cline (born 1948) is a retired American trampoline gymnast and acrobat. Between 1964 and 1968 she won ten world titles in the trampoline, synchronized trampoline and tumbling. She was the first world champion in these events, and the only athlete to win the world championships in both tramp...
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List of dukes of Gaeta This is a list of the hypati, patricians, consuls, and dukes of Gaeta. Many of the dates are uncertain and sometimes the status of the rulership, with co-rulers and suzerain–vassal relations, is vague. Native rule (839–1032) Anatolian dynasty Constantine (839–866) Marinus I (839–866) Docibila...
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The States (TV series) The States is a 2007 American documentary television series about the history of each state in the United States of America, narrated by Edward Herrmann. The show documents each of the 50 states in the union. The show begins with an introduction to the five states to be documented within the ep...
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Davicion Bally Davicion Bally (January 29, 1809 in Bucharest – May 2, 1884 in Jerusalem) was a Romanian Jewish public servant. Early life and public service His great-grandfather, Chelebi Mentesh Bally, banker to the Grand Vizier of Istanbul, aided Nicholas Mavrocordato to ascend the throne of Wallachia in 1716, and ...
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Jandy Feliz José del Carmen Feliz Matos (born January 11, 1977), better known as Jandy Feliz, is a singer-songwriter better known for being the vocalist of the band "Chichi Peralta". He was born in Jaquimeyes, Dominican Republic. Biography Feliz began his career as a member of the group Chichi Peralta y Son Familia. ...
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Soule Canal The Soule Canal is a historic failed irrigation canal in southwest Kansas meant to divert water from the Arkansas River. Two segments near Ingalls, Kansas were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. The canal ran from the east edge of Ingalls in Gray County, Kansas east to Spearville...
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Brotherstone Hill Brotherstone Hill is a hill near St. Boswells and the Eildon Hills in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, with two standing stones from the megalithic age, on the summit of Brotherstone Hill, at a height of 418 metres . The stones differ in height (2.45m and 1.60m) and stand 16 metres apart. The s...
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Free Democratic Party (Turkey) Liberal Democrat Party () was a former political party in Turkey There were three parties in the Turkish Parliament during 1983-1987. The smallest of them was Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP) and according to most analysts, it was further losing support. Consequently, during the...
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Musicians of the Kingdom of Mysore The Kingdom of Mysore (1399–1950) was founded by Yaduraya in 1399 as a feudatory of the Vijayanagara Empire and became an independent kingdom in the early 17th century, after the decline of the Vijayanagara Empire. Many musicians and composers have presumably adorned the courts of th...
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Viviane Sassen Viviane Sassen (born 1972) is a Dutch artist living in Amsterdam. She is a photographer who works in both the fashion and fine art world. She is known for her use of geometric shapes, often abstractions of bodies. She has been widely published and exhibited. She was included in the 2011 New Photography...
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Crazy Women (film) Crazy Women () is a 1977 Argentine drama film written by José P. Dominiani and directed by Enrique Carreras. It was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival where Mercedes Carreras won the award for Best Actress. Cast Marta Albertini Virginia Amestoy Trissi Bauer Leonor Benedetto Ol...
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1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series The 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season began on Sunday February 14 and ended on Sunday November 20. Richard Petty was the champion for this Winston Cup season. After 20 years of being named the NASCAR Grand National Series, R. J. Reynolds first became the primary sponsor in a decade w...
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Superman (Salkind films) {{Infobox character | color = #D6D6FF | name = Superman | series = [[Superman in film#Christopher Reeve series (1978–1987)|Superman]] | image = Sprmnmovie.jpg | caption = Christopher Reeve as Superman | first = Superman (1978) | last = Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019) | creat...
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Patrick Chappatte Patrick Chappatte (known simply as Chappatte, born 1967 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Lebanese-Swiss cartoonist who draws for Le Temps, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Sunday edition), the German news magazine Der Spiegel and the International New York Times. Born to a Lebanese mother and a Swiss father he was r...
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The Adventures of Alyx The Adventures of Alyx is a 1976 collection of feminist science fiction stories by American writer Joanna Russ. It is composed of five stories: "Bluestocking" (1967, as "The Adventuress" in Orbit 2) begins in the fantasy city of Ourdh. Alyx is hired by a young noblewoman to help the latter esc...
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The Land I Lost The Land I Lost is an autobiographical book that centers on the life of the author, Quang Nhuong Huynh. The book was first published by Harper & Row in 1982, and was illustrated by Vo-Dinh Mai. Huynh's second book, Water Buffalo Days, used multiple passages originally published in The Land I Lost, thou...
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Malcolm Barber Malcolm Charles Barber (born 4 March 1943) is a British scholar of medieval history, described as the world's leading living expert on the Knights Templar. He is considered to have written the two most comprehensive books on the subject, The Trial of the Templars (1978) and The New Knighthood: A History...
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Richard Alexander (exonerated convict) Richard Alexander is an Indiana man wrongfully convicted of rape and later exonerated by DNA evidence. Arrest and conviction In 1996 a suspected serial rapist dubbed by local media the "River Park Rapist" preyed on female residents of South Bend, Indiana. Police arrested Richar...
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