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one week before the start of the Atacama Crossing. RacingThePlanet and the community of competitors and friends raised US$15,000 for Habitat for Humanity in the weeks to follow. Section:4 Deserts Champions. 4 Deserts Champions are crowned in the male and female categories at the end of every edition of The Last Desert (Antarctica). Since 2010, champions have been recognized in an official Awards Ceremony at the conclusion of the Antarctic race; champions from previous years have been crowned retrospectively. 4

Deserts Champions are determined by adding the finishing rankings of every The Last Desert competitor over each of the four races in the series. For this reason, only 4 Deserts Club members are eligible for the award. The lowest aggregate score in the male and female categories is named a 4 Deserts Champion. In 2010, Ryan Sandes of South Africa recorded the lowest and unbeatable aggregate score of 4 points as he had won each of the 4 Deserts races he had entered. In 2012, Spanish racer Vicente Juan Garcia

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oc in Chihuahua, Mexico. Here he would celebrate weekly liturgies and help to restore and construct buildings that the community would need, while getting to know the people of the place. During this year, he learned of another Christian volunteer project in El Salvador and, in 1986, he began his work there. From shortly after his arrival in 1986 until 1990, Rosebaugh served as a parish priest in the small town of Estanzuelas. During this time of the Salvadoran Civil War, as he traveled to a meeting in

San Salvador, Rosebaugh was arrested on the unfounded suspicion that he was a subversive in league with guerrillas. He was held in threatening circumstances for a day until the U. S. Embassy procured his release. In early March 1990, Rosebaugh and members of his parish helped to resettle Salvadoran refugees who had fled to Honduras during the civil war. After living several years in crowded Honduran camps, these "retornados" purchased and moved onto land which they named Nuevo Gualcho. Five months after this

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in a second church being established, at the junction of Main Street and Symington Road, however this has now been demolished. the minister of the parish, George Orr and his congregation, "came out" and for or a time they worshiped in a vacant public house, adapted for the purpose; the minister himself having to live in a rented room in a nearby farm house. The new church and schoolhouse were built in February 1844. Section:Country Houses. The country seats were Coodham, with its well wooded grounds, sizeable ornamental lake, and

once splendid gardens, one mile north-east ; Dankeith, one mile north ; Townend, half-a-mile west ; and Rosemount, one mile and a-half south-west. In 1826 Mrs William Fairlie, widow of a banker from Calcutta built the mansion house and in total expended £20,000 on various improvements. She renamed the estate Williamfield in honour of her late husband. In the 1870s W H Houldsworth Esq owned the property and added a new wing, conservatory and a

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depressed with a wavy edges. The centre of mature fruiting bodies is noticeably scurfy, or scaly. This is a feature that is best seen on dry specimens, that have not been rained on. The cap colour is scarlet-orange with a yellow striate margin, and is 0.5–3.5 cm in diameter. The bare stem is often long, (up to 3 times the cap diameter) and tapering towards the base, with a tendency to flatten. It is the same colour as the cap, or slightly paler, with

a white base. The gills are orange, adnate (with a broad attachment to the stem) or slightly decurrent; widely spaced, and somewhat notched. The flesh is orange, and is devoid of any odour. The spore print is white, and the ellipsoid spores measure 7–9 x 4–5 μm. A very similar species (only recently described) "H. helobi" (Arnolds) Bon; appears earlier in the season, prefers less acidic soils, and smells of garlic. Section:Distribution and habitat

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placed fourth on uneven bars. In April she travelled to Japan for the Tokyo Cup where she placed 7th in the all-around competition. In May, she competed at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She qualified to the vault final in 8th place with a score of 13.899, and to the uneven bars final in 7th place with a score of 14.500. In qualifying, she scored 13.200 on floor and placed 29th. In the vault event final

Bui placed seventh with a score of 13.916, and in the bars event final, she scored 14.400 to finish seventh. At the German National Championships in August, she claimed the gold medal in the all-around and floor exercise competitions, as well as taking silver on uneven bars and bronze on vault, and placing fifth on beam. The following week, the German team competed at a friendly meet against Switzerland and Romania in Obersiggenthal, Switzerland, winning a surprise team gold medal. Kim Bui individually won silver medals on uneven bars

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part of the Singapore Strait. Section:Present. In the 1980s, Malaysian Marine Police boats entered the waters around Pedra Branca on several occasions. However, both Malaysia and Singapore acted with restraint, the Singapore Navy having been given strict instructions not to escalate matters. In 1989, the then Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad made an unannounced visit to the vicinity of the island. His boat was intercepted by Singapore naval vessels. To avoid an international incident, he directed his boat to leave. With effect from 27

June 2002, Pedra Branca was declared a protected area within the meaning of the Protected Areas and Protected Places Act. Consequently, a permit from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is required for access to the island, and unauthorised presence there is a criminal offence. On 6 October 2008, a Singaporean man, Roger Lee, was convicted of illegally landing on Pedra Branca. In court documents, he said he had gone to Batam, Indonesia, in 1998. He later married and started a

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Pitcher of the Month Award. In 26 games, Correa batted .386, eight doubles, seven home runs, 26 RBI and a 1.130 OPS. His batting average and RBI total led the AL, on-base percentage ranked third, hits and OPS fifth, and slugging tied for sixth. McCullers was credited with a 4−0 record in six starts during the month of May. He permitted an AL-leading 0.99 earned run average (ERA), 21 hits, and a .1

64 batting average against (BAA) with 37 strikeouts. He also ranked second in wins, third in BAA, and tied for fifth in strikeouts. With persistent neck problems, the Astros placed Keuchel back on the disabled list on June 8. Section:Regular season.:Summary.:July. In the July 9 game versus the Toronto Blue Jays, the Astros won 19–1 as Correa homered twice, collected four hits, and drove in a career-best five runs. He reached the 20-home run mark and saw a 1

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amination of the anode from the electrolyte increases the resistance of the cell and necessitates higher operating voltages in order to maintain a stable current. Higher applied voltages increases the internal oxygen partial pressure, further exacerbating the degradation. Section:Applications. SOECs have possible application in fuel production, carbon dioxide recycling, and chemicals synthesis. In addition to the production of hydrogen and oxygen, an SOEC could be used to create syngas by electrolyzing water vapor and carbon dioxide. This conversion could be useful for energy

generation and energy storage applications. MIT will test the method on the Mars 2020 rover mission as a means to produce oxygen for both human sustenance and liquid oxygen rocket propellant. Section:Operating Conditions. SOEC module can operate in three different modes which are thermoneutral, exothermic and endothermic. In exothermic mode, the stack temperature increases during the operation due to the heat accumulation and this heat is using for inlet gas preheating. therefore, the external heat source is not needed while the electrical energy is consumption

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wick Township) and conveyed to the church on 16 December 1774 by the colony's last royal attorney general, Cortlandt Skinner, and John Johnston. Jonathan Hampton (1716–1777), a landowner, coachmaker, and merchant from Elizabethtown, deeded lands from his surveyed town plot to the congregation on 14 December 1774 "for the encouragement of the Episcopal religion...and toward the maintenance & support of a parson officiating in said church". Section:History.:E

arly history (1769–1869). The congregation called for a clergyman, and the Rev'd Uzal Ogden, Jr. (1744–1822) was sent as a missionary lay reader and catechist in 1770 to the area on behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He would become rector in 1773 after his ordination. According to local historian Kevin Wright, the parsonage was built circa 1770 by local land agent John P

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to purchase much-needed foodstuffs and other supplies. In September 1915, the first public loan, the $500,000,000 Anglo-French loan, was floated after negotiations with the Anglo-French Financial Commission. Concomitantly, the resulting trade in munitions with England and France carried the United States from a depression in 1914 to boom years in 1915 and 1916. Hillsboro, North Dakota; Hill County, Montana; and H

illyard, Washington (now a neighborhood of Spokane) - are named for him. In 1929, the Great Northern Railway inaugurated a long-distance passenger train extending from Chicago to Seattle, and named it the "Empire Builder" in his honor. The train served as Great Northern's flagship train, and is still operated today by Amtrak. using former Great Northern tracks west of St. Paul. The James J. Hill House in St. Paul, is a National Historic Landmark. In 1887, the Great Northern's first company headquarters building was constructed in

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that did not feature any original cast members. The new line-up was known as a "new generation" of Hi-5. Section:Production. The Hi-5 franchise was sold by Kids Like Us (the joint company of the program's creators, Helena Harris and Posie Graeme-Evans) in March 2008, to the Nine Network and production company Southern Star. Harris and Graeme-Evans ended their involvement with the production of "Hi-5", and the brand was placed under the direction of Nine and Southern Star executives, Martin

Hersov and Cathy Payne. Along with the change of ownership, cast members Kellie Crawford, Nathan Foley and Sun Park left the group in late 2008. In December, it was alleged by News.com.au's "Confidential" reporter that Crawford and Foley had been asked to leave, and that the company were "opting to recruit younger, cheaper performers." However, Park denied the industry rumours. The new members of Hi-5, Lauren Brant, Fely Irvine and Tim

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HMS Trafalgar (1887) HMS "Trafalgar" was one of two "Trafalgar" class battleships commissioned in 1890 and 1891, the other being HMS "Nile". The ship was designed as an improved version of existing battleships with greater displacement and a thicker armoured belt amidships. "Trafalgar" saw active service as a battleship from 1890 to 1897 and from 1909 to 1911 when she was sold.

Between these two periods as a combatant, "Trafalgar" served as a guardship and as a drill ship. Section:Design. The two ships were designed to be improved versions of the "Admiral" and "Victoria" classes, having a greater displacement to allow for improved protection. However they sacrificed a full armoured belt for greater thickness amidships in a partial belt. As originally designed, "Trafalgar" was to have displaced 11,940 tons, and carried a secondary armament of ten guns of calibre

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ette's, as well as arrangements for the popular television series "Big Blue Marble". In 1985, Murphy collaborated with Rick James, Issac Hayes, and Mike Post on scoring music for "The A-Team" episode "The Heart of Rock 'N Roll". Since 1999, Murphy has served as one of the two main composers for the animated series "Family Guy", the other being Ron Jones until the 12th season in 2014. He has described his scores for "Family Guy" as "a combination of [big-band

swing and action-orchestral]." The song "You've Got a Lot to See", composed for the episode "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows", won the award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics at the 2002 Emmy Awards. In 2005, Murphy scored music for the offshoot album "". Since 2005, Murphy is one of the composers for MacFarlane's "American Dad!", the other two being Joel McNeely and Ron Jones, as well as composing the series'

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and Hagler went to the floor. Referee Tony Perez officially ruled it a knockdown, making Roldán the first man to drop Hagler. This was a controversial knockdown, however, many fans, magazines, other boxers and websites have tirelessly claimed that the knockdown was actually a slip and not a knockdown. Reviews on television shows it was clearly a slip by Hagler. Hagler got up, and proceeded to beat up Roldán, and then win by a ten-round technical knockout, and Roldán announced his retirement from

boxing in October of that year. Roldán remained the only guy to officially score a knockdown against Hagler. In 1986, he reconsidered his decision and made a comeback. He won twelve bouts in a row, including one over James Kinchen, before he challenged for a world title again. On October 29, 1987, at Las Vegas, Thomas Hearns became the first boxer to win world titles in four different divisions when he beat Roldán in four rounds by knockout, but not before Roldán

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structure's origins and purpose.:Significance of uncertainty over the structure's origin. If Wade's Causeway is conclusively determined to be other than a Roman road, it would not be the only example of long-standing misattribution of ancient structures as Roman roads. The most famous example is the Blackstone Edge Long Causeway, which was once acclaimed as one of the finest surviving Roman roads in Britain, and a structure around which there was "no doubt that ... [it] ... is Roman". It was accepted as Roman by archaeologists Hayes and R

utter, who also identified Wade's Causeway as Roman. Archaeologist James Maxim in 1965—a year after Hayes and Rutter published their findings on Wade's Causeway—stated that he had found a medieval pack-horse trail passing under Blackstone Edge, which it must therefore post-date. Subsequent research by the archaeological unit of the University of Manchester claimed that the Blackstone Edge road was most probably a turnpike dating from around 1735. Section:Site management in the modern era. The surviving section of

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Cambridge in 1756 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1758. Originally pursuing his career as a minister he was Rector of Shrawardine in Shropshire from 1775 to 1782 and then Rector of North Runcton in Norfolk from 1782. In 1784 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Playfair, John Robison and Dugald Stewart. On 21 August 1784 Maskelyne married Sophia Rose

, then of St Andrew Holborn, Middlesex. Their only child, Margaret (25 June 1785–1858), was the mother of Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823–1911) professor of mineralogy at Oxford (1856–95). Maskelyne's sister, Margaret (1735-1817), married Robert Clive. Nevil Maskelyne is buried in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, the parish church of the village of Purton,

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essional Career Highlights. Section:Professional Career Highlights.:1997 to 1999. Beginning with their 1997 debut Chinese EP entitled, "Till My Last Breath" (直到我最后一息) SIRIS became the first Western group in music history to record an original Chinese language album. The album was co-produced by Grammy nominated producer David Ivory. In 1998 the brothers moved to Taiwan and Mainland China to promote the new album. Breaking new ground in the Chinese market would prove difficult. After

a modicum of success in Asia, they returned to the United States in 1999. Section:Professional Career Highlights.:2000 to 2003. The year 2000 was a turning point for SIRIS as the brothers returned to the studio to record their first English album "The Order Of Time". That same year, they also formed their own record label and production company, "Run Hard Music". "The Order of Time" was a very progressive offering that stayed true to their musical roots. The album also managed to celebrate their Chinese influences,

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over their struggles and showing scenes of Cher singing. Two covers, Don Henley's "Not Enough Love in the World" and Frankie Valli's "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", were released as next singles off the album, both meeting notable chart positions in the UK and Scotland. The final single in the US was a cover of Tina Turner's "Paradise Is Here" which was remixed and in that form reached #11 on the US Dance Club Songs chart. No music videos were released to promote the three latter singles. Section:Commercial

performance. "It's a Man's World" was successful in Europe. It debuted #28 on the UK Albums Chart on the week of 12 November 1995. The album rose to its peak position of #10 during its thirteenth week on the chart following the commercial success of "One by One". The album spent a total of 22 weeks on the chart, sold over 100,000 copies in the UK and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. It proved to be successful in other European countries peaking inside the top

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the Board of Guardians from 1894 until 1901, when the expanded Urban District returned four Guardians. In 1907 Slough was given six seats on the Board. This representation continued until 1930, when the poor law Unions and Boards of Guardians were abolished and their functions transferred to County Councils. Section:Politics.:Buckinghamshire County Council. When elected County Councils were introduced in 1889 Slough returned one County Councillor. In 1904 the enlarged Slough

was split into three single-member County Electoral Divisions. Following the expansion of Slough in 1930–1931 (incorporating approximately the modern Baylis & Stoke ward to the north and the modern Farnham, Haymill, Cippenham Green and Cippenham Meadows wards to the west) the Urban District (from 1938 the Municipal Borough) of Slough continued to be represented in the County Council until the reorganisation of local government led to the abolition of the first Buckinghamshire County Council in 1974.

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States for a period of twelve years, selling various maintenance products and tools, including cleaning products and food choppers. Section:Career.:Television pitching. At a Pittsburgh home show in 1993, Mays struck up a friendship with rival salesman Max Appel, founder of Orange Glo International, a Denver-based manufacturer of cleaning products. He was then hired by the company to promote their line of cleaners, OxiClean, Orange Clean, Orange Glo, and Kaboom, on the Home Shopping Network in St. Petersburg, Florida. That

same year he also befriended another future pitchman, Anthony Sullivan. Customer response to Mays' sales pitches was enthusiastic, with a sharp increase in sales after his first day on the network, although some reviews were poor. He was very well known for shouting in an abrasive manner during infomercials. For example, "Washington Post" staff writer Frank Ahrens called him and other similar television salesmen "a full-volume pitchman, amped up like a candidate for a tranquilizer-gun takedown". In October 2000 he shot

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stations. Mount Vernon Square, Shaw–Howard University, and U Street–Cardozo stations opened on Saturday, May 11, 1991. Construction of the Green Line past Anacostia station was complicated by the discovery of a potential toxic waste site in the path of the subway. In June 1991, WMATA discovered that the District of Columbia had dumped 426,000 tons of possibly hazardous incinerator bottom ash in an unused exposed culvert along the subway's potential path near St. Elizabeth's

Hospital between 1977 and 1989. The city continued to dump the ash at the site for four years after it learned that WMATA planned to use the site for the Green Line. Experts were concerned that the ash dump contained pockets of methane gas and soluble acid, which would make the site unusable by Metrorail. Maryland officials used the discovery to press yet again for realignment of the Green Line and abandonment of the planned stations at Congress Heights and Southern Avenue in favor of construction of the stations at , Suitland, and Branch Avenue. The proposal led to

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its later auctioned for charity. Lawless attended the auction where her portrait fetched the top price, with the whole event raising $39,000 for Starship. Lawless has often raised money for concerts and events, donates part of her salary in favour of the institution, and has sold some Xena costumes to contribute funds. In mid February 2012, Lawless sang at New Zealander of the Year donating her appearance fee to the Starship Foundation. Since 2006, 21 September marks "Lucy Lawless Feel the

Love Day/Week." The day, organised by the Official Lucy Lawless Fan Club, begins a week of charitable acts and donations by fans in honour and support of Lawless. Section:Activism. In May 2009 Lawless became a "climate ambassador" for the Greenpeace "Sign On" campaign. In February 2012, Lawless and six other Greenpeace activists boarded an oil drilling ship at Port Taranaki, New Zealand, and remained on it for 77 hours to stop it leaving for the Arctic where it was going

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1958 Pacific typhoon season The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1958 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Fleet Weather Center on Guam. Section:Systems. Section:Systems.:Typhoon Ophelia. At noon on December 31, a vortex was

noted along the Intertropical Convergence Zone about south of Hawaii. On January 7, the relatively small tropical storm struck Jaluit Atoll within the southern Marshall Islands, killing 14 people. It rapidly intensified, and reached winds of the next day. Conditions became unfavorable, and steadily weakened to winds. Ponape was struck on January 10, where Ophelia tore off the roof of the United States Weather Bureau office. On January 11, Truk was struck. The Weather Bureau's inflation shelter was destroyed,

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of the players were Queensland Cup players likes of Brendon Marshall, Donald Malone, Ian Lacey, Keiron Lander & Kurtis Lingwoodock the side was coached by NRL star, Cory Paterson . They traveled with members of the Jaran Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Dance Company in a unique exchange between the three cultures in rugby league and culture. Section:History.:Arthur Beetson Foundation Murri tour of New Zealand. In October 2013, a Queensland Murri representative side toured New Zealand to play A New Zealand Ma

ori team in a two-game series. The Maori side won the first game 48–18 at Davies Park, Huntly. The second game was played at Puketawhero Park, Rotorua and was won by the Maori side, 32–16. Section:History.:Queensland Murri vs New Zealand Māori 2014. The Deadly Choices Men QLD Murri Representative Team played against touring NZ Maoris on Saturday 18 October at BMD Kougari Oval Section:History.:Arthur Beet

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was given the name in the mid-1970s, when his lack of oral hygiene led to his teeth turning green. One version says the name came from the Sex Pistols' guitarist Steve Jones, who saw Lydon's teeth and exclaimed, "You're rotten, you are!" In 2008, Lydon had extensive dental work performed in Los Angeles, at a reported cost of US $22,000. He explained that it was not done out of vanity: "It was necessity ... all those rotten teeth were

seriously beginning to corrupt my system". Section:Personal life. Lydon married Nora Forster, a publishing heiress from Germany, in 1979. He was the stepfather of Forster's daughter Ari Up, who had been the lead singer in the post-punk band The Slits before her death in 2010. In 2000, Lydon and Nora became legal guardians of Ari's twin teenaged boys; as Lydon explained "[Ari] let them run free. They couldn't read, write or

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and works ended in 1977 with the installation of the sixth generator. Once the complex was finished, there was a notorious reduction in the number of inhabitants due to the lack of other economic alternatives in the village. During the 1990's began a series of reformations that finished with the structural transformation of the system of public services in Argentina, which included the privatisation of HIDRONOR S.A. in 1993. Originally created as an additional piece of the undertaking, Villa El Chocón passed to provincial jurisdiction upon the granting of the

hydroelectrical complex. So, the Municipality of El Chocón assumes the custody of most dwellings and many functions, such as infrastructure and cleansing services upkeep. In addition, other agents, such as private and public companies join in as service providers. Section:Population. The village has 1,174 inhabitants, which represents a 5.37% increase versus the 957 inhabitants of the previous census. The population is made up of 579 men and 595 women, which is a 97.31% masculinity index.

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151 of the Basic Law, Hong Kong concluded over 20 agreements with foreign states in 2010 on matters such as economic and financial co-operation, maritime technical co-operation, postal co-operation and co-operation on wine-related businesses. With the authorisation of the Central People's Government of the PRC, Hong Kong also concluded 12 bilateral agreements with foreign states on air services, investment promotion and protection, mutual legal assistance and visa abolition during the year. Section:Overseas visits made by senior officials. The Chief

Executive of Hong Kong & other senior officials often make a duty visit to foreign countries. These visits usually aim to advance Hong Kong's economic and trade relations with the foreign countries. During these visits, the Chief Executive will meet with political and business leaders. Usually, the head of state or head of government of the foreign countries will receive the Chief Executive. For example, former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa made three visits to the United States during his term. In these three visits, Tung Chee-hwa met with the U.S. President in the Oval Office at the White House

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Portland 2–0 on 24 September. This result meant that Marquez had not played in any of the four most recent Red Bulls victories or in any of the four most recent Red Bulls shutouts. The win moved the club back into playoff position, 9th overall. "MLS Results for September": 2 victories, 1 draw, 1 lossbr "MLS Results Season-to-Date": 8 victories, 15 draws, 7 losses; 39 points, 9th overall through 30 matches Section:Month-by-

Month Overview.:October. Marquez returned for the 1 October match at Toronto and his impact was felt. His early second-half giveaway and failure to hustle back defensively resulted in a Toronto goal. Only a sterling late game finish by Thierry Henry allowed Red Bulls to rescue a point through a 1–1 draw. The rescheduled home match against Los Angeles was played on 4 October. Red Bulls looked sharp and earned a 2–0 victory which placed them on the cusp of clinching a playoff spot. However, in the inconsistent manner

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lando, Florida and had exhibitions in Paris, Los Angeles, throughout the American West and in South America as well. Section:Career. Boyiddle was commissioned to paint a mural in The Kiowa Tribal Complex in Carnegie, Oklahoma, along with artists Mirac Creepingbear and Sherman Chaddlesone. The mural depicts the history of the Kiowa tribe from its original home in the Yellowstone territory to its establishment in the Great Plains region of the United States. Among his other public works is the sculpture "The Hunter" located in Tulsa's

Centennial Park. A highly versatile and inventive artist his styles ranged from Art Deco style to a series he called his "fractured" paintings where images started solid in one corner, then, progressing across the canvas became fractured and then morphed into liquid drops. He is considered one of the more important of Oklahoma's artists. He worked in mixed media of oil, acrylic, watercolor, bronze and clay. His paintings reflect his environment and his ancestral past of Plains Indians that hunted buffalo and lived as nomads as well his vision of a

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"Dwa"), with cold, dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from to , while the annual mean is . Close to 60% of the annual rainfall of occurs in July and August alone. With possible monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 49% in July to 65% in October, the city receives 2,663 hours of bright sunshine annually. Section:Culture. The city has historically been known in China for its "wushu" (Chinese martial

arts) and acrobatics (specifically, the "Wu Qiao" school). Cangzhou is also famed for its historic thousand-year-old 40-ton sculpture, the Iron Lion of Cangzhou. The sculpture is reportedly the largest cast-iron sculpture in the world, cast in 953 in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The famed lion has even given its name to a locally brewed beer and is a symbol of the city. Cangzhou is home to a traditional Chinese form of musical performing

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ideal, rendering the bias ratio more efficient to highlight problems. The bias ratio can be used to differentiate among a universe of funds within a strategy. If a fund has a bias ratio above the median level for the strategy, perhaps a closer look at the execution of its pricing policy is warranted; whereas, well below the median might warrant only a cursory inspection. The bias ratio is also useful to detect illiquid assets forensically. The table above offers some useful benchmarks. If a database search for Long/Short Equity managers reveals a fund with a reasonable history and a bias ratio greater

than 2.5, detailed diligence will no doubt reveal some fixed income or highly illiquid equity investments in the portfolio. The bias ratio gives a strong indication of the presence of a) illiquid assets in a portfolio combined with b) a subjective pricing policy. Most of the valuation-related hedge fund debacles have exhibited high bias ratios. However, the converse is not always true. Often managers have legitimate reasons for subjective pricing, including restricted securities, private investments in public equities, and deeply distress

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" (mainly following pronouns, e.g. "ema-ge" "they"). In addition, there is a "zero morpheme" "*bo-" which can occur only with the plural suffix "-e", meaning "things" or "people", hence the Bororos' own term for themselves "Boe." Some nouns, however, are basically plural and require a marked singular suffix "-dü." These generally refer to human beings; examples include "barae" "white people" ("baraedü" "a white person") and "ime" "men" ("

imedü" "a man"). Section:Morphology.:Nouns.:Diminution and gender. Diminution is a productive process in Bororo. The diminutive suffix is -"rogu"; "awagü" "cobra" therefore may become "awagü-rogu" "little cobra" (Portuguese "cobrinha"). This has the allomorph "-kügüre" when attached to a plural noun: "awagoe" "cobras" (an irregular plural) becomes "awagoe-küg

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008. After Dio's passing in 2010, there was some speculation that he would either return to Black Sabbath or join the renamed Black Sabbath Heaven & Hell. Martin however ruled out ever working with Sabbath again stating: "Sabbath hasn’t talked to me in 15 years. All of the albums that I was on were removed from sale completely by them and it would take unbelievable changes to get it all back together". Black Sabbath were rejoined by Ozzy Osbourne in 2011 with the band's

legal disputes apparently concluded. Tony Martin's Headless Cross last performed at the Asylum in Birmingham, UK on 27 July 2012. This marked Martin's first ever UK show as a solo artist and first show with his new Headless Cross line-up. Martin stated in interviews that this will be his only live show of the year. In January 2013 Martin signed to a new music publishing deal by Alan Bambrough of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Limited. Martin's would be working on the fourth album "Giuntini Project IV" (20

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H CURRENT ERL. In particular issues of halo generation and control, Higher-order moder issues, coherent emissions for the beam and high brightness, high power beam generation and preservation. Following its completion we plan to use it for various applications, such as the generation of THz radiation and high power x rays through compton scattering of laser light off its electron beam. Section:Energy Recovery Linacs around the world.:Cornell University. Cornell University, in partnership with Brookhaven National Laboratory, are in the process of constructing CBET

A, an ERL built using FFAG optics and superconducting RF cavities, targeting up to 100 mA of CW electron beam at up to 150 MeV, as part of a research program for a future electron-ion collider. Section:A project to improve CERN's LHC into an LHeC. A recent study suggests to improve CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest accelerator existing at present (2013), by adding to the large storage ring of the LHC a tang

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of Saraband made their debut: Massimo Facchini said Mapo, Letizia Liberati and Loredana Maiuri (the latter already present in the transmission since the debut). One of the reasons why the program enjoyed an excellent listening was the prize money, which between February and March 1998 was the highest ever made available by a television quiz in Italy as well as numerous spectacular, curious or comic moments that surrounded the moment of the real quiz. Given the good results obtained with this format, the program also continued during the months of June, July and partly in August and September with

a short dedicated edition. So a new scenery was created, in combination with the summer season. This edition of the summer of 1998 left immediately after the conclusion of the first edition and ended immediately before the start of the second, going on pause for three weeks, from 3 to 22 August, after almost eleven months of consecutive programming of the broadcast. After the brief interruption, the broadcast resumed increasing the number of competitors from 3 to 4. In the second edition the study was renewed and the first great champions appeared, while on May 13th 1999

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and assets related to the design and manufacturing of retardant delivery systems including MAFFS I and II and RADS II, Maffs Corp assists with the service and support of existing systems as well as the design and construction of new aerial tanking and effluent delivery systems. Section:Development.:MAFFS II. Aero Union, under contract to the USFS, has developed an improved version of the system, known as the MAFFS II. The new system has a capacity of up to , replacing the five retardant tanks with one large tank, and has two on

-board air compressors. The original MAFFS has to be pressurized by a compressor on the ground as a part of the loading process. The ability to pressurize the system in the air cuts turn-around time significantly. The new system discharges the retardant through a special plug in the paratroop drop door on the side of the aircraft, rather than requiring the cargo ramp door to be opened; this allows the aircraft to remain pressurized during the drop sequence. Far more significantly, the cargo ramp and door can remain closed, cutting drag considerably, and thereby allowing a

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deposits. When geologist, W. B. Clarke, travelled in the area in 1852 he recorded how Aboriginal people who lived nearby told of the Bundian Pass. The Bundian Way is a pathway that connects the highest part of the continent with the eastern coast bringing together the people of the greater region, most notably for ceremonies associated with whaling in springtime at Twofold Bay and moth hunting in the high country during summer. Large gatherings of Aboriginal people occurred in the high country during the summer at the time when the Bogong moths ("Agrotis

infusa") were in season. The gatherings were an essential part of Aboriginal cultural life and the moths ensured that there was sufficient food for the numbers gathered. There are numerous accounts of these gatherings amongst the papers of early 19th century settlers. Aboriginal people are recorded to have travelled to the areas where the moths were most prolific, usually in rock shelters. Bogong moths have a very high fat content and were sought after for nourishment. The records state that Aboriginal people would arrive lean and thin and leave well nourished by the oils and f

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the name of "Umum Mekteb-i İdadî Şahane" and transferred to the Galatasaray Barracks. When the combination of military high schools turned out to be a failure, it was decided that the schools should go on their own education system separately. For this reason, “Mekteb-i Fünun-ı İdadîye” and “Deniz İdadîsi” (Naval High School) moved to the Kuleli Barracks in 1872. Afterwards, the school came to

be known as the "Kuleli İdadîsi" (Kuleli Military High School). During the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) between the Ottoman Empire and Russia, the school was transformed into a hospital. Therefore, the students and academic staff of Kuleli moved to the Turkish Military Academy building in Pangaltı, Constantinople. When the war ended, the school returned to its building in Çengelköy with the "Askeri Tıbbiye İdadisi" (Military Medical High School)

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from Moldova and Georgia). Even before the summit commenced, the rift was visible as US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stopped, en route to Istanbul, in Moldova where he called for the withdrawal of Russian forces from the country. Another reason for tension was the accession of seven Eastern European states to NATO in March 2004 and NATO's increasing cooperation with other Eastern European and Caucasian states. On June 27, Russia warned NATO to respect its security interests and expressed concern over NATO's stepped up activity in the Cau

casus and Central Asia. During the NRC meeting, NATO leaders and NATO's Secretary General made a clear linkage between their Adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (adapted CFE treaty) ratification and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Moldova and Georgia, and took no notice of Russia's proposals for the earliest possible entry into force of the treaty and Russia's ratification on the eve of the summit. According to Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov these withdrawal demands were incorrect, because "the political understandings did not set

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not a priest). The decision also cited his denial of the Holocaust. A 2011 poll conducted by the Gino Germani Research Institute of the University of Buenos Aires on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League and Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas showed that a majority of Argentines held antisemitic sentiments or prejudices. Of the 1,510 Argentines surveyed, 82% agreed with statements "that Jews are preoccupied with making money," 49% said that they "talk too much about what happened

to them in the Holocaust", 68% said that they have "too much power in the business world", and 22% said that the Jews killed Jesus. The majority of people interviewed also expressed belief that Jews are more loyal to Israel than their country of birth. In recent years there were number of antisemitic incidents in Argentina: on 19 October 2012, a discriminatory and antisemitic message, which included Nazi references, was painted on the front of a public school in Concordia, Entre Rios. Another incident took place in M

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89 once again turned (now) Smith Avenue into a major thoroughfare. Section:History still being written. Waldman increased his property holdings throughout the 1860s and 1870s, building two other residences immediately to the south on the same lot—the double house at 449-51 Smith (1871; razed 2009) and the larger Italianate Revival home at 457 Smith (1873). In 1885 Waldman sold his home and two rental properties on Forbes Street (now

Smith Avenue), and returned to Germany where he died in Edenkoben, Pfalz, Rheinbauein in 1887. A French-Canadian real estate investor named Thomas Manning purchased the stone house, and from there it went through several decades of renters. John Rafter, an Irish stone worker and later St. Paul policeman, his wife Margaret and their five children rented the stone house from approximately 1896 to 1917. Wellie Vierow, a German widow with her three adult children, rented the house beginning in 1

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positions between full sun and partial shade. But does not like (exposed sites – prone to high winds, due to the height of the plant). It has average water needs during the growing season. It will not tolerate standing water, also wet or damp conditions during the winter may cause the root to rot. It can be grown in a mixed flower border, for cut flowers, or in 'naturalised' clumps. It can be also grown in containers, in sheltered positions. It can be affected by slugs and snails. Some iris growers suggest that the stems are 'staked

' (to stop the tall stems flopping over). It may live for approximately 10 years. Section:Cultivation.:Propagation. It can be propagated by division, or by seed growing. It also can be propagated by stem cuttings. If the cuttings are immersed in water for between 1–2 weeks. The roots will soon emerge and the new plant can be potted, and prepared for the garden later. Better results are gained if the water, contains lumps of charcoal. To propagate from seed, collect seed from the capsules,

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Now You Know (Doug Martsch album) Now You Know is the debut solo album by American musician Doug Martsch of indie rock band Built to Spill. Unlike Martsch's rock-oriented work with Built to Spill, the album touches on blues and folk in addition to rock. "Now You Know" was released in 2002 on Up Records label. Section:Track listing. Section:Critical reception. Pitchfork Media says the album has "a Delta blues sound-- a style closer to the point in musical evolution where country/

western and blues went their separate, segregated ways" and also called it "Blooze for Dummies." The reviewer also noted that most of the songs begin "with bluesy intentions, but only a handful (... "Offer"... and... "Stay") stick with that dynamic for their duration." The reviewer seemed mostly not to enjoy the departure from the Built to Spill sound, remarking that "the more familiar-sounding material is what really sticks amongst these eleven tracks." Rolling Stone calls the album "bare-bones folk blues that rec

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Joe Petruccio Joseph Albert Petruccio (born December 23, 1958) is an American artist known for his expressionist paintings and pop art of athletes, musicians, actors and most notably Elvis Presley. Section:Career. Beginning in 1974, Petruccio became a protégé under artist LeRoy Neiman while studying art at the School of Visual Arts in New York, graduating in 1980. In 1983, while working as the creative art director for a Manhattan

based advertising firm, Petruccio began his association with the New York Mets creating advertising and designing their , now famous” “Racing Stripe” uniforms. In 2006 Petruccio created a series of fine art originals in connection with MGM and Sylvester Stallone to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Rocky. In 2008 The Hard Rock Theme Park announced Petruccio as their official artist tasked to create artistic imagery throughout the park. In 2009 Muhammad Ali Enterpr

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designed font aimed at maximum legibility and font consistency across its product lineup. Section:Features.:Home screen.:Folders. iOS 4 introduced folders, which can be created by dragging an application on top of another, and from then on, more items can be added to the folder using the same procedure. A title for the folder is automatically selected by the category of applications inside, but the name can also be edited by the user. When apps inside folders receive notification badges, the individual numbers of notifications are added up and the total number is displayed as a notification badge on the folder itself.

Originally, folders on an iPhone could include up to 12 apps, while folders on iPad could include 20. With increasing display sizes on newer iPhone hardware, iOS 7 updated the folders with pages similar to the home screen layout, allowing for a significant expansion of folder functionality. Each page of a folder can contain up to nine apps, and there can be 15 pages in total, allowing for a total of 135 apps in a single folder. In iOS 9, Apple updated folder sizes for iPad hardware, allowing for 16 apps per page, still at 15 pages maximum

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Breytenbach, Dennis Brutus, Carolyn Forche, W.S. Merwin, Toni Morrison, Adrienne Rich, Derek Walcott. Special editions by Arthur Brown and William H. Gass were produced in the 1980s. In 1995 Richard Newman became editor-in-chief. After Michael Castro left the organization in 2000, Newman became director of the River Styx Poetry Series. In 1986 Jan Castro received the Editors Award for "River Styx" from C

CLM (Coordinating Council for Literary Magazines, now CLMP). Section:21st Century River Styx. The magazine devotes several pages per issue to artists, which have included Michael Corr, Alejandro Romero, Lynda Frese, Emmet Gowan, John Slaughter, Patte Loper, Birney Imes, Virginia Beahan, Laura McPhee, Deborah Luster, Dana Moore, Benedict Fernandez, and Frank Shaw. The magazine sponsors two contests each year for microfiction and poetry.

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near the Noureddeen Mosque and managed to enter the Railway area of Darayya that had been under rebel control since 2012. In the early hours of 19 August, reports emerged that the last rebel "field hospital" was destroyed in airstrikes using barrel bombs containing napalm type materials. Later in the day rebel defenses partially collapsed in southern Darayya, as government forces captured the Railway Crossing, 24 building blocks and advanced into the Christian District. On 21 August, the 4th Armoured Division captured the Nour

Al-Deen Mosque and two days later advanced once again on a 200-meter front, coming to within 500 meters of splitting the rebel-held part of Darayaa in two. On 25 August after a ceasefire agreement, the rebels inside Darayya announced their plan to surrender their weapons and to evacuate themselves and their family members from the town to rebel-held areas in the Idlib Governorate in stages, while other civilians were to be re-located to government-held areas near Damascus. Over 70

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Iain Levison Iain Levison is a Scottish-American writer born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1963. Section:Biography. Levison graduated from Villanova University, where he received an English degree that became part of the premise for his first commercial success, the memoir "A Working Stiff's Manifesto." Since that book's publication in 2002, he has published six additional books, mainly fast-paced crime novels with themes such as economic inequality, workers' rights, alienation, and gun control

in the United States. "Since the Layoffs" was published by Soho Press in July 2003, followed by "Dog Eats Dog", from Bitter Lemon Press in October 2008, and "How To Rob An Armored Car", published by Soho Press a year later in October 2009. Levison's writing is known for crisp sentences and at times acerbic wit. "The Cab Driver", in French "Arretez-Moi La," was published in French by Liana Levi, ed., in May 2

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OpenL Tablets OpenL Tablets is a business rule management system (BRMS) and a business rules engine (BRE) based on table representation of rules. Engine implements optimized sequential algorithm. OpenL includes such table types as decision table, decision tree, spreadsheet-like calculator. Section:History. The OpenL Tablets project was started as an in-house development project in 2003 and later in 2006 was uploaded to SourceForge. Initially it was a open-source business rule engine for Java. Starting from version 5 it became a BRMS. Section

:Technology. OpenL Tablets engine is specially designed for business rules and uses table rules presentation. Table format enforces rules to be structured and format itself is close to tables found in various business documents. OpenL Tablets is based on OpenL framework for creating custom languages running on Java VM. The engine is designed to allow pluggable language implementations. Currently, it uses 2 languages: table structure for rules format and java-like for code snippets in rules. Java-like language is Java 5.0 implementation with Business User Extensions. OpenL Tablets rules are mixture of declarative programming

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the sedation and tiredness may improve within a few days. Due to concerns about misuse, some do not recommend alprazolam as an initial treatment for panic disorder. Withdrawal or rebound symptoms may occur if use is suddenly decreased. Other rare risks include suicide, possibly due to loss of inhibition. Gradually decreasing the dose over weeks or months may be required. Alprazolam, like other benzodiazepines, acts through the GABA receptor. Alprazolam was patented in 1971 and approved

for medical use in the United States in 1981. Alprazolam is a Schedule IV controlled substance and is a common drug of abuse. It is available as a generic medication. The wholesale cost in the United States is less than 0.03 per dose as of 2018. In 2016, it was the 19th most prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 27 million prescriptions. Section:Medical uses. Alprazolam is mostly used in short term management of anx

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1995 presidential election which raised her public profile across all of France. In the first round of voting, she won 3.32% of the vote. She was elected mayor of Montreuil sous bois in the Seine Saint Denis on the second round of Municipal elections, 16 March 2008, defeating Jean Pierre Brard longstanding communist mayor since 1984. From 1997 to 2001 she was Minister of the Environment and Regional Planning under the Lionel Jospin government, she resigned on 9 July

2001 and was replaced by Yves Cochet. In 2004, she was elected senator for the Seine-Saint-Denis "département". Since the 2008 French municipal elections she is the elected mayor of Montreuil Dominique Voynet was designated the Green candidate for the 2007 presidential election on 19 July 2006. In the first round of the election, she garnered 576,666 votes (1.57%), failing to reach the second round. On November

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waiting for, holding your undivided attention with an enchanting set of acoustic-based treasures that rival anything the songsmith has ever crafted." "The Phoenix" gave it a score of three-and-a-half stars out of four and called it "as close as it gets to the brilliance of his first post-Whiskeytown offering, Heartbreaker." "Paste" gave it a score of 8.2 out of ten and called it "pretty damn good". "Uncut" gave it four stars out of five and called it "an underst

ated gem". "The Boston Globe" gave it a favorable review and called it a "lovely, low-key effort". "NME" gave it a score of eight out of ten and called it "an album worth celebrating now." "The Quietus" also gave it a favorable review and said it has "a softer collection of songs, harnessing more sincerity than his last two general-release LPs (as opposed to Orion, which was online-only), "Easy Tiger" and "Cardinology"." "Clash" also gave it a score

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aves could not post a time at all. The C4 was comfortably the slowest car at Chaves' home event in Portugal, and he finally quit the team through lack of mileage in the car and non-payment of his retainer. As Chaves had refused to drive in Spain, Coloni had to find a new driver, so for the last two races of the season the team employed Japanese Formula Three champion Naoki Hattori to drive the C4. In Japan at his first Formula One event, Hattori was sixteen seconds slower than his nearest rival in the pre-qualifying session, and nearly

five seconds slower than his nearest competitor in the season-ending event in Australia. Section:Racing history.:Andrea Moda C4B (1992). In the summer of 1991, Coloni tried an unsuccessful indirect approach to Lamborghini in an attempt to persuade them to merge with the moribund Modena Team. In September 1991, the owner Enzo Coloni sold it for eight million dollars to Italian shoemaker Andrea Sassetti. The team retained the name Coloni Racing for the final two rounds of that season but was renamed

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successful in depriving the British of all South Carolina except Charleston. Greene considered the battle a lost opportunity to defeat a significant British force of the British Army and compel them to abandon their outposts scattered across South Carolina for the safety of Charleston. Section:Background. After the Battle of Guilford Court House, Cornwallis's force was spent and in great need of supply. He therefore moved his army towards Wilmington, North Carolina where he had previously ordered supplies to be sent. Greene pursued the British force for a short time before deciding to take his forces into South Carolina.

Greene hoped that by threatening the British garrisons in the state he could force Cornwallis to pursue him and then engage the British on ground favorable to his army. When informed of this strategy, Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee replied on April 2: When Cornwallis did not pursue the Continental Army, Greene chose to reduce the British garrisons scattered throughout South Carolina in order to force the British back into Charleston. To this end, Greene started his army of 1,450 men, made up of four Continental regiments, Lee's

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and Gascoigne Park offers a disc golf course and a waterfront picnic area. The Neptune Park Fun Zone, on the south end of the island, near the Pier Village, includes a public swimming pool, miniature golf, two playgrounds, picnic tables, and restrooms. The adjacent St. Simons Casino Building hosts weddings, parties, meetings, and is home to the St. Simons Library. There are beach access points all along the island's Atlantic shoreline, but the most popular are Coast Guard Beach and Massengale Park. Both have restrooms and

ADA accessible beach access. Massengale Park also includes picnic tables and a playground. Hikers, walkers and bikers can enjoy the St. Simons Island-wide Trail System that stretches from the Village area to East Beach and Hampton Point at the north end. Other options include the Alice Richards Botanical Trail in Frederica Park, the John Gilbert Nature Trail just off Frederica Road, the Southeast Georgia Health System Fitness Trail near Gascoigne Bluff, and Cannon's Point Preserve (appropriate clothing and provisions for

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"; cf. the Thracian name "Agassamenos"). In Aristophanes' "The Birds", the form ' "keblēpyris" ('red head', the name of a bird, perhaps the goldfinch or redpoll) is found, showing a Macedonian-style voiced stop in place of a standard Greek unvoiced aspirate: ' "keb(a)lē" versus "kephalē" ('head'). A number of the Macedonian words, particularly in Hesychius of Alexandria' lexicon, are disputed (i.

e., some do not consider them actual Macedonian words) and some may have been corrupted in the transmission. Thus "abroutes", may be read as abrouwes (), with tau () replacing a digamma. If so, this word would perhaps be encompassable within a Greek dialect; however, others (e.g. A. Meillet) see the dental as authentic and think that this specific word would perhaps belong to an Indo-European language different from Greek. A. Panayotou summarizes some features generally identified through ancient texts and epigraphy: Section:

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has even been compared to former UFC and former WEC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, due to his ability to incorporate a wide array of flying and spinning kicks, knees and elbows into his striking game. His early career was highlighted by a split decision win over former Strikeforce and WEC veteran Harris Sarimento on March 12, 2011, earning himself the lightweight strap for the Hawaii-based X-1 promotion. Section:Mixed martial arts career.:Ultimate Fighting Championship. Section:Mixed martial arts career

.:Ultimate Fighting Championship.:2012. Holloway was the youngest fighter on the UFC roster when he made his promotional debut as an injury replacement for Ricardo Lamas at UFC 143 on February 4, 2012, against Dustin Poirier. He lost the fight via submission (mounted triangle armbar) in the first round. In his second fight, Holloway faced Pat Schilling on June 1, 2012, at . After a dominant performance where he almost finished Schilling several times, H

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length). At resonance the antenna acts electrically as a pure resistance, absorbing all the power applied to it from the transmitter. In many cases for practical reasons it is necessary to make the antenna shorter than the resonant length, this is called an electrically short antenna. An antenna shorter than a quarter wavelength presents capacitive reactance to the transmission line. Some of the applied power is reflected back into the transmission line and travels back toward the transmitter (called “"backlash current"”). The two currents at the same frequency running in opposite directions causes standing waves

on the transmission line (measured as a standing wave ratio (SWR) greater than one) which waste energy, and can even overheat the transmitter. So to make an electrically short antenna resonant, a loading coil is inserted in series with the antenna. The inductive reactance of the coil is equal and opposite to, and cancels, the capacitive reactance of the antenna, so the loaded antenna presents a pure resistance to the transmission line, preventing energy from being reflected. The loading coil is often placed at the base of the antenna, between

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Jail Break (Steven Universe) "Jailbreak" is the fifty-third and final episode of the first season of American animated television series "Steven Universe", which premiered on March 12, 2015 on Cartoon Network. The episode was written and storyboarded by Joe Johnston, Jeff Liu, and series creator Rebecca Sugar. The episode acts as a continuation of the arc started in the previous episode, "The Return", and the two aired alongside each other as a two-part special. Both episodes were watched by 1.6

97 million viewers. The episode covers Steven's attempt to save the Gems from the captivity of Peridot and Jasper, two Homeworld Gems leading a scouting mission on Earth. The episode reveals that Garnet is a fusion, and introduces the characters Ruby and Sapphire, Garnet's component Gems. The romantic relationship between Ruby and Sapphire has been interpreted one of the ways in which "Steven Universe" provides LGBT representation. Section:Plot. Having been incapacitated by Jasper (Kimberly Brooks) in the

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the newest trends in merchandising and stock up on the latest fashions. By the 1920s and 1930s, large mail-order houses such as Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Montgomery Ward provided serious competition, so the department stores relied even more on salesmanship, and close integration with the community. Many entrepreneurs built stores, shops, and offices along Main Street. The most handsome ones used pre-formed, sheet iron facades, especially those manufactured by the Mesker Brothers of St. Louis. These ne

oclassical, stylized facades added sophistication to brick or wood-frame buildings throughout the state. Section:Government. Senator Norris campaigned for the abolition of the bicameral system in the state legislature, arguing it was outdated, inefficient and unnecessarily expensive, and was based on the "inherently undemocratic" British House of Lords. In 1934, a state constitutional amendment was passed mandating a single-house legislature, and also introducing non-partisan elections (where members do not stand as

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teachers receive a defined benefit pension, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, professional development reimbursement, paid personal days, 10 paid sick days, and other benefits. In 2011, the average teacher salary in NBASD was $55,729.82 a year, while the cost of the teacher's annual benefits package was $19,048 per employee. The total annual average teacher compensation of $74,778.33, in NBASD. In 2

007, the district employed 115 teachers. The average teacher salary in the district was $51,306 for 180 days worked. As of 2007, Pennsylvania ranked in the top 10 states in average teacher salaries. When adjusted for cost of living Pennsylvania ranked fourth in the nation for teacher compensation. New Brighton Area School District administrative costs per pupil in 2008 was $577.53 per pupil. The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil. The Pennsylvania School

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1898 near Jaggayyapeta to supply irrigation water to 6,650 hectares land. Section:Bridges. There is a Water bridge constructed across Munneru to allow the flow of Nagarjunsagar water to Khammam city and other locations in Khammam district. Added to that Khammam has one old bridge for regular vehicles while heavy vehicles go through the new bridge. Construction has started on a newer bridge to connect Nelakondapalli and Kodad to Khammam via Prakashnagar. This bridge

would save the distance of travel and also would help easy flow of Munneru River. In the Krishna District there is a road and railway bridge at Lingala village. There is a road bridge at Penuganchiprolu while there is a bridge on National Highway 9 at Nandigama. Section:Flooding. Excess rainfall in Mahabubabad, Dornakal and other regions along with Khammam causes regular floods on Munneru river. 2013 has seen the over flow of Munneru river. This led to a plan for building

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assador, initiated Biblionef in 1989 in France. The name Biblionef derives from "biblio" referring to books and "nef" referring to a ship. The organisation's stated objective is to provide children in disadvantaged areas of the world with new storybooks. Section:Biblionef SA. Biblionef SA is part of an international network of 6 independent non-profit organisations. Due to South Africa's education and literacy problems, a Biblionef depot was opened in the SASNEV Building (4

Central Square, Pinelands, Cape Town) in August 1998. Executive Director, Jean Williams, established Biblionef SA under the auspices of Biblionef's founder, Vegelin van Claerbergen. The office houses a book stock covering stories in all eleven official languages of South Africa. Biblionef SA operates as an independent, non-profit organization. It is responsible for obtaining and distributing the new storybooks to under privileged children in South Africa. The cost of the books, shipping, warehousing, and administration is covered by

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09-10 session. Section:Return to judicial service. Markus returned to the New York State Judiciary in early 2011, when he was named Deputy Counsel and cross-designated as Referee in Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District. In this capacity, Markus presided over foreclosure conferences and published several reported decisions. In 2013, Markus was appointed to preside in compliance conferences in Supreme Court's civil term, where he manages a docket of 400 civil actions. Section:Rabbin

ical study and clerical service. Markus was ordained as a rabbi by the seminary of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal in January 2015 after six years of study. Markus also holds dual ordination as a spiritual director, also from ALEPH. Markus serves as co-rabbi of Temple Beth-El of City Island in New York City, New York. Markus also was named a Fellow of Rabbis Without Borders. From 2015-2017 he served as Co-Chair of ALEPH, the umbrella

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odynamic changes between prototype and production aircraft. Production aircraft featured an automated nose-flap operation to counteract a tendency for the aircraft to pitch upwards during low-to-moderate Mach numbers. At low altitude, the Victor typically flew in a smooth and comfortable manner, in part due to its narrowness and flexibility of the crescent wing. One unusual flight characteristic of the early Victor was its self-landing capability; once lined up with the runway, the aircraft would naturally flare as the wing entered into ground effect while the tail continued to sink, giving a cushioned

landing without any command or intervention by the pilot. The Victor has been described as an agile aircraft, atypical for a large bomber aircraft; in 1958, a Victor had performed several loops and a barrel roll during practices for a display flight at Farnborough Airshow. Manoeuvrability was greatly enabled by the light controls, quick response of the aircraft, and the design of certain flight surfaces such as the infinitely-variable tail-mounted airbrake. The Victor was designed for flight at high subsonic speeds, although multiple instances have occurred in which the sound bar

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lobbying by the anti-Chinese Workingmen's Party, led by Denis Kearney (an immigrant from Ireland), Article XIX, Section 4 forbade corporations from hiring Chinese "coolies", and empowered all California cities and counties to completely expel Chinese persons or to limit where they could reside. The law was repealed in 1952. The 1879 constitutional convention also dispatched a message to Congress pleading for strong immigration restrictions, which led to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882.

The act was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1889, and it would not be repealed by Congress until 1943. Similar sentiments led to the development of the Gentlemen's Agreement with Japan, by which Japan voluntarily agreed to restrict emigration to the United States. California also passed an Alien Land Act which barred aliens, especially Asians, from holding title to land. Because it was difficult for people born in Asia to obtain U.S. citizenship until the 1960s, land ownership titles were held

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of Crystal Spring Colony, elder of the Schmiedleut group of Hutterites, tried to use the state to enforce the expulsion order. Daniel Hofer Sr. initially lost the case. Hofer also lost his first appeal but finally won on an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada who overturned the expulsion. The outcome of these two cases has strongly influenced the outcome of similar cases in Canada. When some members of The Nine sued their former colony in Manitoba in 2008 over lost wages and injuries the case was never even heard in court. In

the United States judges have repeatedly dismissed cases that were brought against the colony by colony members or former members. Such cases include "Wollma, et al. v. Poinsett Hutterian Brethren, Inc." (1994) in South Dakota, and "Eli Wollman, Sr., et all. v. Ayers Ranch Colony" (2001) in Montana. More recently in North Dakota, a case was brought by some of The Nine against Forest River Colony and was again dismissed by a judge in March 20

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was decidedly denied by Zurich and Bern. False reports reached the German princes that the hostilities against the Huguenots in France had ceased and no embassy was sent to the court of France. As a result, Beza undertook another journey with Farel, Johannes Buddaeus, and Gaspard Carmel to Strasburg and Frankfurt, where the sending of an embassy to Paris was resolved upon. Section:Biography.:Settles in Geneva. Upon his return to Lausanne, Beza was greatly disturbed. In union with many ministers and professors in city

and country, Viret at last thought of establishing a consistory and of introducing a church discipline which should apply excommunication especially at the celebration of the communion. But the Bernese, then in control of Lausanne, would have no Calvinistic church government. This caused many difficulties, and Beza thought it best in 1558, to settle at Geneva. Here he was given chair of Greek in the newly established academy, and after Calvin's death also that of theology. He was also obliged to preach. He completed the revision of Pierre Olivet

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National Committee for Intelligence Coordination The National Committee for Intelligence Coordination is the principal forum used by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for matters of national security and co-ordination between intelligence agencies.Since its inception under Sheikh Hasina, the function of the Council has been to advise and assist the prime minister on national security and foreign policies. The Committee also serves as the prime minister's principal arm for co-ordination, integration of intelligence on foreign, defence, and internal security matters by bringing together the principal civilian and military intelligence outfits. The Council has counterparts in the

Joint Intelligence Committee of many other nations. Section:History. Bangladesh is situated in the infamous ―Golden Crescent and close to the ―Golden Triangle-both located in Myanmar. This makes it a transit point for the smuggling of heroin and illegal arms from Myanmar. From Bangladesh, one can easily reach Pakistan and Afghanistan. The close proximity of Bangladesh to Myanmar, Pakistan, Afghanistan and insurgency affected states of India also results in a high probability for Bangladesh to have complex security problems

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city as per DDA records is 5648 Hectares. The density of population is around 160–200 per H A. Road length in Dwarka is 396 km. Section:Social issues. Section:Social issues.:Sanitation. The irregularity in transportation of garbage and the South Delhi Municipal Corporation failing to clean Dwarka, has recently caused the city to face a severe sanitation crisis. The Delhi High Court has been looking into the issue of lack of sanitation and cleaning in Dwarka since 20

14. Civic agencies such as DDA and the municipal corporation have blamed Dwarka filth on ‘lack of civic sense’. Section:Social issues.:Crime. Due to lack of streetlights, empty roads and absence of security guards in most colonies after sunset seem to have made Dwarka a happy hunting ground for criminals.. Two new police districts were proposed in 2016 to increase security. Section:Transportation. Section:Cultural hub. Dwarka sub-city is emerging as a cultural hub of the south

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ies for a spell in 2015. In March, 2016 he signed with Colombian side Jaguares de Córdoba. In June, 2018, he signed with El Paso Locomotive FC, a USL Championship expansion team and was subsequently loaned to Las Vegas Lights FC for the remainder of the 2018 season. He returned to El Paso for the 2019 season. Section:Career.:International. After previously representing Mexico at the Under-17 and Under-20 level Salgado joined

the United States Under-20 national team in 2010. His first success with the United States came when he helped the Under-20 team capture the 2010 Milk Cup. Salgado was called up again for the 2011 Milk Cup as part of the United States U-18 in July 2011. Salgado trained with two different English Premier League teams in his early years as a professional. During the 2011–12 season, he had a training stint with Fulham FC. He had also trained with Everton

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i line which was first mentioned in 1181 and is probably identical to the de Curia (im Hof) family which appeared between 1308-35. The family seat was the "Höllenburg", which was a tower above Brig. By the 17th Century the tower had been demolished. It is likely that the city was founded by the Bishop of Sion, when they built a tower and curtain wall in the 12th century. The original tower was replaced with a new tower in the 13th Century, which was demolished in 1970

. In the 14th Century, Brig was first mentioned as a town. It grew in importance and in 1518 became the capital of the "Zenden" (a term for a district in Valais) of Brig. Together with the capital, it became the seat of the district court. The town hall is first mentioned in 1618. The city wall also served as a flood wall to help protect the town from the Saltina, which often flooded. The nearby Rhône caused floods in 1469, 1506, 1640

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field, but stars including Danny Ongais, "Dyno Don" Nicholson, Roger Lindamood, "Jungle Jim" Liberman, and Jack Chrisman, along with Della Woods and Charlie Allen, failed to qualify. Section:Top Fuel Funny Car.:Round one. The Barracuda of #1 qualifier Tom "Moogoo$e McEwen lost to Marv Eldridge, in the #9-qualifying odd man out AMC AMX. #14 qualifier Ed Schartman (Mercury Cougar) lost

two Rich Siroonian's Mazmanian-owned #6-qualifying Barracuda. #12 qualifier Art Ward (in the Roger Guzman-owned Corvair) lost to #4 qualifieer Ray Alley's Barracuda. Kelly Chadwick, who qualified #11, fell to Clare Sanders, #3 qualifier in the Liberman Chevrolet. #5 qualifier Randy Walls faced #13 qualifier Leonard Hughes' Barracuda, and lost. Pat Foster, qualified #7 in the Mickey Thompson Mustang,

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Mangal Lake (Chennai) Mangal aeri, or Mangal lake, is a rain-fed reservoir in the neighbourhood of Mugappair in Chennai, India. Section:History. The lake served as a water source for the village of Mugappair several hundred years ago. However, the lake started deteriorating since the establishment of Ambattur Industrial Estate abutting it owing to letting in of waste water from the industrial units. In 2005, renovation of the lake began at a cost of 2 million, with building

a compound wall around an area of 30 acres. In July 2009, the first phase of the renovated lake was opened to public at a cost of 6 million. Section:Infrastructure. The water body is spread over an area of 5.32 acres. In the first phase of renovation, a walkers' track measuring 4.5 m in width and 520 m in length was constructed around the lake and lighting facility was provided. Locations for children's play area was demarcated and a vacant space

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ready to attack Cui. His advances were stymied by a sudden snowstorm that killed many of his soldiers and animals, however, and Cui then made a surprise attack, defeating him and forcing him to flee back to Chengdu. At that time, the army at Chengdu was resentful toward Guo Ying'ai because he was arrogant, wasteful, and harsh. Cui seized the moment to publicly accuse Guo Ying'ai of treason—pointing out that Guo Ying'ai had taken an effigy of Emperor X

uanzong out of a Taoist temple dedicated to Emperor Xuanzong and converted the temple to his own mansion. Cui then attacked Chengdu and defeated Guo Ying'ai, forcing him to flee. Once Cui entered into Chengdu, he slaughtered Guo Ying'ai's household, and Guo Ying'ai himself was killed in flight by Han Cheng (韓澄) the prefect of Pu Prefecture (普州, in modern Ziyang, Sichuan), who delivered Guo Ying'ai

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5.1% of total research spending to basic research in 2015, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. This is up from 4.8%, on average, over the past decade, but less than in 2004 (6.0%). The prolonged policy focus on experimental development has resulted in enterprises contributing three-quarters of Chinese research spending (77% of total expenditure on R&D in 2015). Enterprises focus on experimental development, which accounted for as much as 97% of their total

research expenditure by 2015. Business enterprises contributed 60% of GERD in 2000 and 74% in 2008. In 2004, 74% of GERD went on experimental development. China aims to increase the share of basic research to 15% of total research spending by 2020. Section:Institutions. The State Council of the People's Republic of China is the top administrative organ in China. Immediately below it are several ministries and ministry level organis

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some occasions, or repressed, depending on the regional and international political situation. In 1963, the name of the state was changed to the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. Section:Constitution. The Socialist Republic of Macedonia, which was defined as a nation-state of the ethnic Macedonians and also a state of its ethnic minorities, had some powers normally associated with an independent state. The Constitution also recognized the right of self-determination and secession. The borders of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia could only be changed by decision of the republic

's parliament. Its inhabitants held both Yugoslav citizenship and an internal Macedonian citizenship for state business. The Socialist Republic of Macedonia had its own constitution, presidency, government, parliament, official language, state symbols, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, "Secretariat of Internal Affairs" (Interior ministry), "Bureau for Foreign Relations" (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and other state prerogatives. Also, the Socialist Republic of Macedonia had its own Territorial Defence armed forces (Macedonian: Територијална од

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15th and 16th centuries were a time when Italian painters expanded their repertoire to include historical events, independent portraits and mythological subject matter, Christianity retained a strong hold on their careers. Most works of art from this era are sacred. While the range of religious subject matter included subjects from the Old Testament and images of saints whose cults date after the codification of the Bible, the Madonna remained a dominant subject in the iconography of the Renaissance. Some of the most eminent 16th-century Italian painters to turn to this subject were Leonardo da Vinci,

Michelangelo and Raphael, Giorgione, Giovanni Bellini and Titian. They developed on the foundations of 15th century Marian images by Fra Angelico, Fra Filippo Lippi, Mantegna and Piero della Francesca in particular, among countless others. The subject was equally popular in Early Netherlandish painting and that of the rest of Northern Europe. The subject retaining the greatest power on all of these men remained the maternal bond, even though other subjects, especially the Annunciation, and later the Immaculate Conception, led to a greater number of paintings

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also befriended the Symbolist painters, Alphonse Osbert and Alexandre Séon. In 1886, he obtained a travelling scholarship and went to Italy, together with Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin and Ernest Laurent; studying the Old Masters. Along with Seurat, he worked as an assistant to Puvis de Chavannes, helping him to realize several of his murals. In 1892, he painted a portrait of the poet, Paul Verlaine, during his convalescence for syphilis at the in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Verlaine dedicated a sonnet to him and they remained good friends until Verlaine's death in 1896. He was also one of the first to recognize Joséphin Péladan as an important artist and exhibited at one of the first showings held at the Salon de la Rose + Croix. Later, he became an important teacher in his own right. His students included Charles Sydney Hopkinson, Theodor Pallady, and Nicolae Tonitza. In 1923, together with Albert Besnard and Auguste Rodin, he helped create the Salon

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Polonius was played as a somewhat senile, garrulous man of about seventy-five or so, eliciting a few laughs from the audience by the depiction. More recent productions have tended to play him as a slightly younger man, and to emphasise his shiftiness rather than pompous senility, harking back to the traditional manner in which Polonius was played before the 20th century. Until the 1900s there was a tradition that the actor who plays Polonius also plays the quick-witted gravedigger in Act V.

This bit suggests that the actor who played Polonius was an actor used to playing clowns much like the Fool in "King Lear": not a doddering old fool, but an alive and intelligent master of illusion and misdirection. Polonius adds a new dimension to the play and is a controlling and menacing character. One key to the portrayal is a producer's decision to keep or remove the brief scene with his servant, Reynaldo, which comes after his scene of genial, fatherly advice to Laertes. He instructs Reynaldo to spy on

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permits signed by Beitz. Beitz survived despite a Gestapo investigation into the incident, but he was drafted into the German army in March 1944. In total, Beitz has been credited with saving the lives of 800 Jews. Beitz later explained his motivation: "I saw how people were shot, how they were lined up in the night. My motives were not political; they were purely humane, moral motives." In another interview, he explained: "It wasn't anti-Fascism, nor was it resistance. We saw from dawn

to dusk, as close as could be, what was happening to Boryslav's Jews. When you see a mother holding her children being shot, while you yourself have children, your reaction has to be completely different." For his efforts in saving Jewish workers, Beitz received Poland's highest civilian honor. In 1973, he was also honored by Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust memorial, as a "Righteous Among the Nations", the organization's highest honor for non-Jews who saved Jews from the Holocaust. According to

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often refused to punish these transgressions, as he was reluctant to start a conflict with the Cumans, especially when he was already expecting a Mongol invasion. Townspeople also accused the Cumans of being agents of the Mongols. Section:Invasion. Five separate Mongol armies invaded Hungary in 1241. The main army under Batu and Subutai crossed through the Verecke Pass. The army of Qadan and Büri crossed through the Tihuța Pass. Two smaller forces under Böchek and the "noyan" Bogut

ai entered Hungar from the southeast. The army that had invaded Poland under Orda and Baidar invaded Hungary from the northwest. Section:Mongol withdrawal. During the summer and autumn of 1241, most of the Mongol forces were resting on the Hungarian Plain. In late March, 1242, they began to withdraw. The most common reason given for this withdrawal is the Great Khan Ögedei's death on December 11, 1241, which supposedly forced the Mongols to retreat to Mong

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had sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States by 2007. Three singles were released from the album: "Float On", "Ocean Breathes Salty", and "The World at Large". Section:Reception. "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" was released to widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, indicating "universal acclaim". Tiny Mix Tapes gave the

album all five stars and said that "Ultimately, what makes "Good News" so successful is that it retains the melancholy mood of past works, while at the same time adding depth and maturity." "Spin" gave it an A and said it was "Half expansive, burnished radio-rock, half swampy Delta hoodoo-hollerin' that reeks of Brock's Southern sojourn." "Filter" gave it a score of 92% and said that it would soon be "one of the best albums of 20

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p" generated by an element of order "p" obtained from Cauchy's theorem. In fact, it contains a "p"-group of maximal possible order: if formula_2 where "p" does not divide "m," then "G" has a subgroup "P" of order formula_3 called a Sylow "p"-subgroup. This subgroup need not be unique, but any subgroups of this order are conjugate, and any "p"-subgroup of "G" is contained in a Sylow "p"-subgroup. This and other properties are proved in the Sy

low theorems. Section:Application to structure of a group. "p"-groups are fundamental tools in understanding the structure of groups and in the classification of finite simple groups. "p"-groups arise both as subgroups and as quotient groups. As subgroups, for a given prime "p" one has the Sylow "p"-subgroups "P" (largest "p"-subgroup not unique but all conjugate) and the "p"-core formula_4 (the unique largest "normal" "p"-subgroup), and various others. As quotients, the largest

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lections in the 2010s.:2012. Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson was reelected to a second term in office, defeating former Labour mayor Ken Livingstone. Livingstone announced his retirement from politics in his concession speech. Section:Results.:Elections in the 2000s. Section:Results.:Elections in the 2000s.:2008. The incumbent Labour Mayor, Ken Livingstone was defeated by Conservative candidate Boris Johnson, who became London's second Mayor. Section:Results.:Elections in the

2000s.:2004. In June 2004, the second election was held. After being re admitted to the Labour Party, Ken Livingstone was their official candidate. He won re election after second preference votes were counted, with Steve Norris again coming second. Section:Results.:Elections in the 2000s.:2000. The 2000 campaign was incident filled. The eventual winner, Ken Livingstone, reneged on an earlier pledge not to run as an independent, after losing the Labour nomination to Frank Dobson. The

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, Cory's least bittern was accepted as a valid species, with Elliott Coues and Richard Bowdler Sharpe both including it in published species lists. As early as 1892, however, doubts were raised about the validity of Cory's least bittern as a separate species. Nonetheless, in 1896 Frank Chapman wrote a detailed paper supporting its retention as a valid species. Outram Bangs later argued, in 1915, that this view was wrong and proposed that Cory's should become a junior synonym of least

bittern. This view eventually prevailed, with the American Ornithologists' Union removing the species from their list of North American birds in 1923, although others held dissenting views until at least 1928. Cory's least bittern was once fairly common, but it is now exceptionally rare, with only five sightings since 1950. More than 50% of the historical records are from the Toronto region of Ontario. Initially known only from the North American subspecies "exilis", it was first recorded in the South America subspecies "

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the Pomeranian breed. It occurs when, through either malformation or trauma, the ridges forming the patellar groove in the knee are not prominent and are too shallow to allow the patella to properly sit securely. This can cause the patella to "luxate" (jump out of the groove) sideways which will cause the leg to lock up with the foot off the ground. While the muscles are contracted the patella cannot return to the correct position. The initial pain is caused by the knee cap sliding across the ridges of the femur

. Once out of position, the dog does not feel any pain caused by the slipped disc. Tracheal collapse is caused by a weakening of the tracheal rings in the windpipe. It occurs when the rings that normally hold the shape of the windpipe collapse, closing the airway. The symptoms of a collapse include a honking cough that can sound similar to a goose honk, an intolerance to exercise, fainting spells and a cough that is worsened by hot weather, exercise and excitement. The tendency for episodes of tracheal collapse typically increases in

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s style is modelled on the Royal Marines. When the school forms up in divisions on the parade square, the band forms a separate division, larger than the others. It has travelled abroad for tours including to Sri Lanka and the USA. Some of the marches played include Heart of Oak, A Life on the Ocean Wave and "Holbrook March". Band members were part of the orchestra for the premier performance of Benjamin Britten's "Noye's Fludde" on 18 June 1958 in Orford Church, Suffolk, as part of the

Aldeburgh Festival, with the English Opera Group and a local cast. The grand organ, a four-manual instrument, by William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd. was installed in the chapel in 1933. Section:Traditions.:School songs. Section:Traditions.:Events. Section:Chapel. The chapel programme is central to the RHS education. It is compulsory for pupils to attend a short service every morning before lessons from Tuesdays until Thursdays. Congregational practice is also held within the chapel every Saturday. A

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in 1205 the adjacent lands of Kuyavia as well. In 1205, he and his brother, Duke Leszek I the White of Sandomierz, had their greatest military victory at Battle of Zawichost against Prince Roman the Great of Galicia–Volhynia. The Ruthenian army was crushed and Roman was killed in battle. The Rurik princess Agafia of Rus became his wife. Section:Life.:Attempted conquests of Prussia. In an effort to enlarge his dominions, Konrad unsuccessfully attempted to conquer

the adjacent pagan lands of Chełmno in Prussia during a 1209 crusade with the consent of Pope Innocent III. In 1215, the monk Christian of Oliva was appointed a missionary bishop among the Old Prussians, his residence at Chełmno however was devastated by Prussian forces the next year. Several further campaigns in 1219, 1222 failed, instead Konrad picked a long-term border quarrel with the Prussian tribes. The duke's ongoing attempts on

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2 minutes, 3.16 seconds, beating Viktoriya Yalovtseva of Kazakhstan by 0.03 seconds. This win led to Soundarajan becoming embroiled in an ongoing, unresolved debate over what makes an athlete eligible to compete in the women's division. In 2004 Soundarajan was awarded 1 lakh cash from then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Soundarajan holds the national record for the women's 3000 metres steeple

chase clocking 10:44.65 seconds. At a national meet in Bangalore in July 2005, she won the 800m, 1,500m and 3000m. She won the silver medal in 800 m at the 2005 Asian Championships in Incheon, South Korea. Section:Asian Games controversy. Soundarajan won a silver medal in the women's 800m race at the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar clock

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Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello Important Bird Area The Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello Important Bird Area comprises 7004 km of mallee habitat in the Mallee region of north-western Victoria, Australia. Section:Description. The IBA encompasses several protected areas with blocks of contiguous uncleared native vegetation. It includes three large area of protected land – most of the Murray-Sunset National Park and the Annuello Nature Conservation Reserve, and the whole of the Hattah-

Kulkyne National Park – with some smaller reserves. Section:Birds. The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of globally threatened malleefowl, black-eared miners and mallee emu-wren, as well as red-lored whistlers, regent parrots and purple-gaped honeyeaters. In the Hattah lakes it contains ephemeral wetlands which occasionally support large numbers of waterbirds, including hoary-headed grebes,

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ale," Reed quotes John Mellencamp, referring to him as "my painter friend Donald." Upon hearing the album, Mellencamp himself said, "Yeah, it sounds like it was produced by an eighth-grader, but I like it." Section:Critical reception. "New York" was voted the third best album of the year in "The Village Voice"s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll for 1989. In a five-star review of the reissue, "Q"'s Bill Prince noted that it "signalled the beginning of the

defrosting of Reed's Velvet Underground past that has so far marked out his '90s.". In 2006, "Q" placed "New York" at No. 26 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s". "Whether or not you buy Reed's line about "New York" being a single integrated experience 'like a book or a movie'," remarked "Q" in its end-of-year round-up, "this is indisputably one of the landmark albums of an inconsistently brilliant

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, and an adjustable gas regulator with two settings: "normal" for standard ammunition meeting NATO specifications, and "adverse"—used to send an increased volume of gas into the system to ensure proper functioning when fouled or when using low pressure ammunition. Section:Design details.:Operating mechanism. This selective fire weapon is a gas-operated design utilizing a short-stroke piston system driven by propellant gases diverted into the gas cylinder through a port in the barrel; it fires from a closed bolt position. The weapon is locked

with a rotating bolt which features 6 radial locking lugs, a spring-powered extractor and ejector. The chamber, bolt, and ejector mechanism can be accessed by flipping up a hinged inspection cover in the receiver, behind the optical sight housing. The F2000 uses a unique ejection system, ejecting spent cartridge casings forward and to the right side of the weapon—through a tube running above the barrel. This method of ejection provides for fully ambidextrous operation; the rifle can be used without any

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918, the German High Seas Fleet was transferred in its entirety to Scapa Flow while a decision was to be made on its future; however, the German sailors opened the sea-cocks and scuttled all the ships. During World War I the 10th Cruiser Squadron was stationed at Swarbacks Minn in Shetland and during a single year from March 1917 more than 4,500 ships sailed from Lerwick as part of an escorted convoy system. In total, Shetland lost more than 500 men

, a higher proportion than any other part of Britain, and there were waves of emigration in the 1920s and 1930s. One month into World War II, the Royal Navy battleship was sunk by a German U-boat at Scapa Flow. As a result barriers were built to close most of the access channels; these had the advantage of creating causeways enabling travellers to go from island to island by road instead of being obliged to rely on ferries. The causeways were constructed by Italian prisoners of war, who also constructed the ornate Italian Chapel.

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fuel duty on aviation, and the industry does not pay Value Added Tax (VAT). Environmental groups argue that these, along with duty-free sales, are iniquitous tax concessions valued at £9 billion annually. Despite generating £6.9 billion in exports in 2004, representing 3 per cent of all UK exports and 7 per cent of the total export of services, the patronage in the UK of air transport services provided by overseas airlines resulted in a £3.3 billion balance of payments defic

it attributable to the industry. Section:Economic impact.:Indirect economic impact. The government's response to the challenges of an increasingly global economy is to build a "strong, modern knowledge economy", and the 2006 OEF study concludes that the UK economy is "…set to become increasingly dependent on aviation as the structure of the economy evolves." The availability of air transport services is regarded as an important factor in facilitating business activities, with benefits being realised in sales and marketing activities, customer and supplier relationships, the ability to serve a wider market

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own FF campaign, including stats for the late lamented Dr. Doom". He adds: "Unfortunately, this module is not without flaws. The players have to react in certain ways at certain points or the entire adventure is ruined. The labelling on the map of Murderworld gives away too much. No pieces are included for She-Hulk, Arcade, or any of the other new characters. Despite the mention that extra heroes could be added if there are more than five players, no suggestions are made about what Arcade will do with them while the FF are battling their deatht

raps. And, despite its name, the main thrust of this adventure isn't Murderworld at all. People more interested in the Murderworld concept than in the FF will be disappointed. They should have called it "The Invasion(s) of the Baxter Building!" or something." Collins concluded the review by saying: "As a side note, the traps were obviously designed with the FF in mind; substituting four Avengers or four X-Men will not work as well. This is a flaw that is practically unique to "Marvel Super Heroes" – the

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", "contado", "comtat", "condado", "Grafschaft", "graafschap", "Gau", etc. (cf. "conte", "comte", "conde", "Graf"). The title of Count was also often conferred by the monarch as an honorific title for special services rendered, without a feudal estate (countship, county) being attached, so it was merely a title, with or without a domain name attached to it. In the United Kingdom, the equivalent "Earl" can also be used as a courtesy title for the eldest son

of a duke or marquess. In the Italian states, by contrast, all the sons of certain counts were counts ("contini"). In Sweden there is a distinction between counts (Swedish: "greve") created before and after 1809. All children in comital families elevated before 1809 were called count/countess. In families elevated after 1809, only the head of the family was called count, the rest have a status similar to barons and were called by the equivalent of "Mr/Ms/Mrs", before the recognition of titles of

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armacology. Early, classical pharmacological studies of phenylethanolamine were carried out by Tainter, who observed its effects after administering it to rabbits, cats and dogs. The drug produced a rapid rise in blood pressure when administered intravenously, but had little or no effect when given by any other route: doses as high as 200 mg given subcutaneously to rabbits did not alter blood pressure, nor were there any effects when the drug was intubated into the stomach. In man, a total oral do

se of 1 g also produced no effects. Doses of 1–5 mg/kg, intravenously, caused no definite changes in respiration in cats or rabbits, and additional experiments showed that phenylethanolamine had no broncho-dilatory properties in animals. There was a similar lack of effect when the drug was given subcutaneously to man. "In vivo" and "in vitro" experiments involving cat and rabbit intestinal smooth muscle showed that the drug produced relaxation and inhibition. A detailed examination of the mydriatic

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:Family. Section:Family.:Jay Bias. On December 5, 1990, Len's younger brother Jay Bias was murdered in a drive-by shooting at age 20. The killing followed a dispute in the parking lot of Prince George's Plaza, a Hyattsville shopping mall just a few miles from the University of Maryland. Two gunmen, Jerry Tyler and Gerald Eiland, had fired several times into the vehicle that was occupied by Bias and two friends; Bias was hit twice in the back. He was pronounced dead

at the same hospital where his brother Len had died and was buried next to him at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. Tyler and Eiland were both later found guilty of murdering Jay Bias. James Bias was interviewed on national television about the death of his son. Like his brother Len, Jay Bias was also a star player at Northwestern High School. He was planning to transfer to American University in Washington, D.C. to play basketball. Section:Family.:Parents. Following their sons' deaths, James and Lonise Bias assumed vocal advocacy roles. Lonise Bias became an

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against the power of the West Indian sugar planters and looked forward to the ending of Caribbean slavery. He warned of the disastrous consequences for the Indian economy of British colonialism. After the Reform Act of 1832, he won the new parliamentary seat of Wolverhampton for the Whigs after a bitterly contested campaign. One of his major concerns was providing new opportunities for working-class people through emigration, and he strongly opposed the use of convict and slave labour everywhere. His last contribution in parliament was on the subject of emigration to South Australia. Despite the fact

that it could be considered against the interest of himself and his class, he campaigned long and hard for repeal of the Corn Laws. The great majority of his contributions in parliament were on this subject. He continued to campaign even after he left parliament. His successor in the Wolverhampton seat was Charles Pelham Villiers, another radical Whig who continued his anti-Corn Law work. The repeal was not achieved until 1846, when the Tory leader, Robert Peel, split his party to force the measure through with Whig support. While continuing his political campaigns, William rem

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