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Abia State Ministry of Education Ministry overview Jurisdiction Government of Abia State Headquarters State Government House , Umuahia , Abia State , Nigeria Ministry executive Monica Philips , Commissioner

Abia State Ministry of Education

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231 -- The Snowmen Doctor Who episode Promotional poster for The Snowmen . Cast Doctor Matt Smith ( Eleventh Doctor ) Companion Jenna - Louise Coleman ( Clara Oswin Oswald ) Others Richard E. Grant -- Dr Simeon Dan Starkey -- Strax Catrin Stewart -- Jenny Flint Neve McIntosh -- Madame Vastra Tom Ward -- Captain Latimer Liz White -- Alice Joseph Darcey - Alden -- Digby Ellie Darcey - Alden -- Francesca Ian McKellen -- The Great Intelligence Juliet Cadzow -- Voice of the Ice Governess Jim Conway -- Uncle Josh Cameron Strefford -- Young Walter Annabelle Dowler -- Walter 's Mother Ben Addis -- Bob Chilcott Daniel Hyde -- Lead Worker Sophie Miller - Sheen -- Girl Production Directed by Saul Metzstein Written by Steven Moffat Produced by Marcus Wilson Executive producer ( s ) Steven Moffat Caroline Skinner Incidental music composer Murray Gold Length 60 minutes Originally broadcast 25 December 2012 ( 2012 - 12 - 25 ) Chronology ← Preceded by Followed by → `` P.S. '' ( mini-webisode ) `` The Angels Take Manhattan '' ( episode ) `` The Bells of Saint John '' List of Doctor Who serials

The Snowmen

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The Midwestern United States , also referred to as the American Midwest , Middle West , or simply the Midwest , is one of four geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau . It occupies the northern central part of the United States of America . It was officially named the North Central region by the Census Bureau until 1984 . It is located between the Northeastern U.S. and the Western U.S. , with Canada to its north and the Southern U.S. to its south .

Midwestern United States

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The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and phased out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with colonies in the Caribbean began combating pirates . The period during which pirates were most successful was from the 1660s to 1730s . Piracy flourished in the Caribbean because of the existence of pirate seaports such as Port Royal in Jamaica , Tortuga in Haiti , and Nassau in the Bahamas .

Piracy in the Caribbean

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1963 Open Championship Tournament information Dates 10 -- 13 July 1963 Location Lytham St Annes , England Course ( s ) Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Statistics Par 70 Length 6,836 yards ( 6,251 m ) Field 120 players , 47 after cut Cut 149 ( + 9 ) Prize fund £ 8,500 $ 23,800 Winner 's share £ 1,500 $4,200 Champion Bob Charles 277 ( − 3 ) , playoff ← 1962 1964 →

1963 Open Championship

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The Alaska Purchase ( Russian : Продажа Аляски , tr . Prodazha Alyaski ) was the United States ' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30 , 1867 , by a treaty ratified by the United States Senate , and signed by president Andrew Johnson .

Alaska Purchase

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The American Psychological Association ( APA ) Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct ( for short , the Ethics Code , as referred to by the APA ) includes an introduction , preamble , a list of five aspirational principles and a list of ten enforceable standards that psychologists use to guide ethical decisions in practice , research , and education . The principles and standards are written , revised , and enforced by the APA . The code of conduct is applicable to psychologists in a variety of areas across a variety of contexts . In the event of a violation of the code of conduct , the APA may take action ranging from termination of the APA membership to the loss of licensure , depending on the violation . Other professional organizations and licensing boards may adopt and enforce the code .

APA Ethics Code

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`` Practice What You Preach '' is the title of a number - one R&B single by singer Barry White , written by Barry White , Gerald Levert , Edwin Nicholas , from White 's 1994 album The Icon Is Love . The hit song spent three weeks at number - one on the US R&B chart and reached 18 on the pop chart . It became a gold record . The 1994 single also won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B / Soul Song of the Year .

Practice What You Preach (Barry White song)

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The Earth 's inner core is the Earth 's innermost part . It is primarily a solid ball with a radius of about 1,220 kilometres ( 760 miles ) , which is about 70 % of the Moon 's radius . It is composed of an iron -- nickel alloy and some light elements . The temperature at the inner core 's surface is approximately 5,700 K ( 5,430 ° C ) , which is about the temperature at the surface of the Sun .

Inner core

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Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Country United Kingdom National selection Selection process Eurovision : You Decide Selection date ( s ) 7 February 2018 Selected entrant SuRie Selected song `` Storm '' Selected songwriter ( s ) Nicole Blair Gil Lewis Sean Hargreaves Finals performance Final result 24th , 48 points United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest ◄ 2017 2018

United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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Netball is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition . It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since 1998 . Netball is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games .

Netball at the Commonwealth Games

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Flightless birds are birds that through evolution lost the ability to fly . There are over 60 extant species including the well known ratites ( ostrich , emu , cassowary , rhea and kiwi ) and penguins . The smallest flightless bird is the Inaccessible Island rail ( length 12.5 cm , weight 34.7 g ) . The largest ( both heaviest and tallest ) flightless bird , which is also the largest living bird , is the ostrich ( 2.7 m , 156 kg ) . Ostriches are farmed for their decorative feathers , meat and their skins , which are used to make leather .

Flightless bird

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Donal Logue Logue in 2014 Donal Francis Logue ( 1965 - 02 - 27 ) February 27 , 1965 ( age 53 ) or ( 1966 - 02 - 27 ) February 27 , 1966 ( age 52 ) ( sources vary ) Ottawa , Ontario , Canada Citizenship United States , Canada , Ireland Education Harvard University Occupation Actor Director Producer Writer Years active 1992 -- present Known for Lee Toric ( Sons of Anarchy ) Sean Finnerty ( Grounded for Life ) King Horik ( Vikings ) Harvey Bullock ( Gotham ) Spouse ( s ) Kasey Walker ( divorced ) Children

Donal Logue

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An eternity ring , also known as an infinity ring , is a lady 's ring , worn on the hand , comprising a band of precious metal ( usually gold ) set with a continuous line of identically cut gemstones ( usually diamonds ) to symbolize never - ending love , usually given by a husband to his wife on the occasion of a significant anniversary , typically after 1 or more years of marriage date Because the presence of stones all the way round the eternity ring can make it cumbersome to wear , the alternative is to have the stones across the face of the ring only . This is sometimes referred to as a `` half - eternity '' ring rather than a `` full '' eternity ring .

Eternity ring

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Beauty and the Beast ( French : La Belle et la Bête ) is a traditional fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle - Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins ( The Young American and Marine Tales ) . Her lengthy version was abridged , rewritten , and published first by Jeanne - Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756 in Magasin des enfants ( Children 's Collection ) and by Andrew Lang in the Blue Fairy Book of his Fairy Book series in 1889 , to produce the version ( s ) most commonly retold . It was influenced by some earlier stories , such as `` Cupid and Psyche '' , written by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensi in The Golden Ass in the 2nd century AD , and `` The Pig King '' , an Italian fairytale published by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola .

Beauty and the Beast

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The ventral nerve cord ( VNC ) makes up a part of the central nervous system of some phyla of the bilaterians , particularly within the nematodes , annelids and the arthropods . It usually consists of cerebral ganglia anteriorly with the nerve cords running down the ventral ( `` belly '' , as opposed to back ) plane of the organism .

Ventral nerve cord

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Command & Conquer Command & Conquer series logo Genres Real - time strategy ( 1995 -- 2013 ) First - person shooter ( 2002 ) Developer ( s ) Westwood Studios ( 1995 -- 2003 ) EA Los Angeles ( 2003 -- 2010 ) Victory Games ( 2011 -- 2013 ) EA Phenomic ( 2011 -- 2013 ) EA Redwood Studios ( 2018 - present ) Publisher ( s ) Virgin Interactive Entertainment Electronic Arts Sega Nintendo Platforms Apple Macintosh , Nintendo 64 , PlayStation , PC ( MS - DOS , Windows ) , Sega Saturn , PlayStation Portable , Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 Platform of origin MS - DOS First release Command & Conquer 1995 Latest release Command & Conquer : Tiberium Alliances 2013

Command & Conquer

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An abstract is a brief summary of a research article , thesis , review , conference proceeding , or any in - depth analysis of a particular subject and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper 's purpose . When used , an abstract always appears at the beginning of a manuscript or typescript , acting as the point - of - entry for any given academic paper or patent application . Abstracting and indexing services for various academic disciplines are aimed at compiling a body of literature for that particular subject .

Abstract (summary)

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A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land , or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas . There are currently 49 such countries , including five partially recognised states . Only two , Bolivia and Paraguay in South America , lie outside Afro - Eurasia ( the Old World ) .

Landlocked country

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DanTDM Middleton in 2014 Daniel Robert Middleton ( 1991 - 11 - 08 ) 8 November 1991 ( age 26 ) Aldershot , Hampshire , England , United Kingdom Residence Wellingborough , Northamptonshire , England , United Kingdom Occupation Video game commentator Spouse ( s ) Jemma Middleton ( m . 2013 ) YouTube information Also known as DanTDM Channel TheDiamondMinecart MoreTDM Years active 2012 -- present Genre Minecraft , gaming , vlogging Subscribers 19 million Total views 12.6 billion Play buttons 100,000 subscribers 2013 1,000,000 subscribers 2013 10,000,000 subscribers 2016 Subscriber and view counts updated as of 30 May 2018 .

DanTDM

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Hurricane Sandy Category 1 hurricane ( SSHWS / NWS ) Satellite image of Sandy at 4 : 15 p.m. EDT on October 29 as it was about to make landfall on the Jersey Shore Formed October 28 , 2012 ( First rainbands begin to affect New Jersey ) Dissipated November 2 , 2012 ( Dissipated as extratropical cyclone ) ( Extratropical after October 29 ) Highest winds 1 - minute sustained : 80 mph ( 130 km / h ) Highest gust Gusts : 100 mph ( 155 km / h ) Lowest pressure 945 mbar ( hPa ) ; 27.91 inHg Fatalities 53 total Damage $32 billion ( 2012 USD ) ( Estimated damage total ) Areas affected New York , especially the New York metropolitan area Part of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season Part of a series on Hurricane Sandy General Meteorological history Impact Greater Antilles United States Maryland and Washington , D.C. New Jersey New York New England Canada Other wikis Commons : Sandy images Wikinews : Sandy stories

Effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York

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On 11 December 1941 , four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States declaration of war against the Japanese Empire , Nazi Germany declared war against the United States , in response to what was claimed to be a series of provocations by the United States government when the US was still officially neutral during World War II . The decision to declare war was made by Adolf Hitler , apparently offhand , almost without consultation . Later that day , the United States declared war on Germany .

German declaration of war against the United States

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The Washington Naval Conference , also called the Washington Arms Conference or the Washington Disarmament Conference , was a military conference called by U.S. President Warren G. Harding and held in Washington , D.C. , from 12 November 1921 to 6 February 1922 . Conducted outside the auspice of the League of Nations , it was attended by nine nations -- the United States , Japan , China , France , Britain , Italy , Belgium , Netherlands , and Portugal -- regarding interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia . Soviet Russia was not invited to the conference . It was the first international conference held in the United States and the first arms control conference in history , and as Kaufman , 1990 shows , it is studied by political scientists as a model for a successful disarmament movement .

Washington Naval Conference

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This Is Us Genre Comedy - drama Romantic drama Family drama Created by Dan Fogelman Starring Milo Ventimiglia Mandy Moore Sterling K. Brown Chrissy Metz Justin Hartley Susan Kelechi Watson Chris Sullivan Ron Cephas Jones Jon Huertas Alexandra Breckenridge Niles Fitch Logan Shroyer Hannah Zeile Mackenzie Hancsicsak Parker Bates Eris Baker Faithe Herman Lonnie Chavis Melanie Liburd Lyric Ross Composer ( s ) Siddhartha Khosla Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons No. of episodes 41 ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Dan Fogelman Jess Rosenthal Donald Todd Ken Olin Charlie Gogolak John Requa Glenn Ficarra Isaac Aptaker Elizabeth Berger Production location ( s ) Los Angeles , California Camera setup Single - camera Running time 42 minutes Production company ( s ) Rhode Island Ave . Productions Zaftig Films 20th Century Fox Television Distributor 20th Television Release Original network NBC Picture format HDTV 1080i Original release September 20 , 2016 ( 2016 - 09 - 20 ) -- present External links Website

This Is Us (TV series)

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Jean Pronunciation / ˈdʒiːn / sometimes Scottish : / ˈdʒeɪn / Gender Female Origin Word / name Old French Meaning `` The Lord is Gracious '' Other names Related names Jeanne , Jane , Joan , Jeannette , Janet , Jean ( male given name )

Jean (female given name)

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`` Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' Single by Deniece Williams from the album Footloose and Let 's Hear It for the Boy Released February 14 , 1984 Format 7 '' 12 '' Recorded Genre R&B dance - pop freestyle Length 4 : 21 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Tom Snow Dean Pitchford Producer ( s ) George Duke Deniece Williams singles chronology `` Love Wo n't Let Me Wait '' ( 1984 ) `` Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' ( 1984 ) `` Next Love '' ( 1984 ) `` Love Wo n't Let Me Wait '' ( 1984 ) `` Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' ( 1984 ) `` Next Love '' ( 1984 )

Let's Hear It for the Boy

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Piano pedals are foot - operated levers at the base of a piano which change the instrument 's sound in various ways . Modern pianos usually have three pedals , from left to right , the soft pedal ( or una corda ) , the sostenuto pedal , and the sustaining pedal ( or damper pedal ) . Some pianos omit the sostenuto pedal , or have a middle pedal with a different purpose such as a muting function also known as silent piano .

Piano pedals

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The Peak 2 Peak Gondola is a tri-cable gondola lift located in Whistler , British Columbia that links Whistler Mountain 's Roundhouse Lodge with Blackcomb Mountain 's Rendezvous Lodge . It is the first lift to join the two side - by - side mountains . It held the world record for the longest free span between ropeway towers -- 3.03 kilometres ( 1.88 miles ) until 2017 when the Eibsee Cable Car exceeded it by 189m . It is still the highest point above the ground -- 436 metres ( 1,430 feet . ) ( A temporary aerial tramway in Switzerland used between 1979 and 1986 had larger span . ) The Peak 2 Peak Gondola was built by the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group in 2007 and 2008 at a cost of CDN $51 million . The Peak 2 Peak Gondola is the first Doppelmayr `` 3S '' tri-cable lift in North America ; there are four similar but smaller lifts in Europe which were built in 1991 , 1994 , 2002 , 2004 and 2010 in Switzerland , Austria , France and Germany . Whistler - Blackcomb has touted the gondola as an iconic attraction and uses it to transport skiers in the winter months as well as sightseers year round .

Peak 2 Peak Gondola

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The Lightning Thief First edition cover Author Rick Riordan Cover artist Peter Bollinger John Rocco ( later edition matching the sequels ) Country United States Series Percy Jackson & the Olympians ( bk 1 ) Genre Fantasy , Greek mythology , young - adult novel Publisher Miramax Books Puffin Books , Disney - Hyperion Publication date July 1 , 2005 ( hardcover ) April 1 , 2006 ( paperback ) Media type Print ( hardcover ) , audiobook CD Pages 377 ISBN 0 - 7868 - 5629 - 7 OCLC 60786141 LC Class PZ7. R4829 Li 2005 Followed by The Sea of Monsters

The Lightning Thief

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Colloids and Surfaces A Former names Colloids and Surfaces ISO 4 abbreviation Colloids Surf . A Discipline Colloid and interface science Language English Edited by M. Adler , F. Grieser , J.B. Li , D. Prieve Publication details Publisher Elsevier Publication history 1993 -- present Frequency biweekly Impact factor ( 2012 ) 2.108 Indexing ISSN 0927 - 7757 Links Journal homepage Online access

Colloids and Surfaces A

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Miller Lite Miller Lite logo Type American Light Lager Manufacturer Miller Brewing Company Introduced 1973 Alcohol by volume 4.2 % Website https://www.millerlite.com/

Miller Lite

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`` I Wo n't Dance '' is a jazz standard song with music by Jerome Kern , that has had two different sets of lyrics , the first written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach in 1934 , the second written by Dorothy Fields ( though Jimmy McHugh was also credited ) in 1935 . The two sets of lyrics share little but the common refrain of `` I wo n't dance '' . The second set of lyrics is the much better known one , and the song in this form has been covered by many artists .

I Won't Dance

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The Symphony No. 1 in E ♭ major , K. 16 , was written in 1764 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of eight years . By this time , he was already notable in Europe as a wunderkind performer , but had composed little music .

Symphony No. 1 (Mozart)

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Full - spectrum light is light that covers the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared to near - ultraviolet , or all wavelengths that are useful to plant or animal life ; in particular , sunlight is considered full spectrum , even though the solar spectral distribution reaching Earth changes with time of day , latitude , and atmospheric conditions .

Full-spectrum light

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The World Trade Center site , formerly referred to as `` Ground Zero '' or `` the Pile '' immediately after the September 11 attacks , is a 14.6 - acre ( 5.9 ha ) area in Lower Manhattan in New York City . The previous World Trade Center complex stood on the site until it was destroyed in the September 11 attacks . The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ( PANYNJ ) , Silverstein Properties , and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation ( LMDC ) oversee the reconstruction of the site according to a master plan by Studio Daniel Libeskind . The site is bounded by Vesey Street to the north , the West Side Highway to the west , Liberty Street to the south , and Church Street to the east . The Port Authority owns the site 's land ( except for 7 World Trade Center ) . Developer Larry Silverstein holds the lease to retail and office space in four of the site 's buildings .

World Trade Center site

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Sutherland Springs , Texas Unincorporated community Historic building in Sutherland Springs ( Full screen ) Coordinates : 29 ° 16 ′ 24 '' N 98 ° 03 ′ 24 '' W  /  29.27333 ° N 98.05667 ° W  / 29.27333 ; - 98.05667 Coordinates : 29 ° 16 ′ 24 '' N 98 ° 03 ′ 24 '' W  /  29.27333 ° N 98.05667 ° W  / 29.27333 ; - 98.05667 Country United States State Texas County Wilson Established 1854 Founded by John Sutherland Elevation 469 ft ( 143 m ) Population ( 2017 ) Total 600 Time zone CST ( UTC - 6 ) ZIP code 78161 Website Handbook of Texas

Sutherland Springs, Texas

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2018 Wimbledon Championships Date 2 -- 15 July Edition 132nd Grand Slam ( ITF ) Draw 128S / 64D / 48XD Prize money £ 34,000,000 Surface Grass Location Church Road SW19 , Wimbledon , London , United Kingdom Venue All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Champions Men 's Singles Novak Djokovic Women 's Singles Angelique Kerber Men 's Doubles Mike Bryan / Jack Sock Women 's Doubles Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková Mixed Doubles Alexander Peya / Nicole Melichar Boys ' Singles Tseng Chun - hsin Girls ' Singles Iga Świątek Boys ' Doubles Yankı Erel / Otto Virtanen Girls ' Doubles Wang Xinyu / Wang Xiyu Gentlemen 's Invitation Doubles Tommy Haas / Mark Philippoussis Ladies ' Invitation Doubles Kim Clijsters / Rennae Stubbs Senior Gentlemen 's Invitation Doubles Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge Wheelchair Men 's Singles Stefan Olsson Wheelchair Women 's Singles Diede de Groot Wheelchair Men 's Doubles Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid Wheelchair Women 's Doubles Diede de Groot / Yui Kamiji Wheelchair Quad Doubles Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner ← 2017 Wimbledon Championships 2019 →

2018 Wimbledon Championships

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In elementary geometry , a polygon ( / ˈpɒlɪɡɒn / ) is a plane figure that is bounded by a finite chain of straight line segments closing in a loop to form a closed polygonal chain or circuit . These segments are called its edges or sides , and the points where two edges meet are the polygon 's vertices ( singular : vertex ) or corners . The interior of the polygon is sometimes called its body . An n - gon is a polygon with n sides ; for example , a triangle is a 3 - gon . A polygon is a 2 - dimensional example of the more general polytope in any number of dimensions .

Polygon

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The early skyscrapers were a range of tall , commercial buildings built between 1884 and 1939 , predominantly in the American cities of New York City and Chicago . Cities in the United States were traditionally made up of low - rise buildings , but significant economic growth after the Civil War and increasingly intensive use of urban land encouraged the development of taller buildings beginning in the 1870s . Technological improvements enabled the construction of fireproofed iron - framed structures with deep foundations , equipped with new inventions such as the elevator and electric lighting . These made it both technically and commercially viable to build a new class of taller buildings , the first of which , Chicago 's 138 - foot ( 42 m ) tall Home Insurance Building , opened in 1885 . Their numbers grew rapidly , and by 1888 they were being labelled skyscrapers .

Early skyscrapers

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`` It Was n't Me '' Single by Shaggy from the album Hot Shot B - side `` Dance & Shout '' Released September 11 , 2000 Format 7 '' 12 '' cassette CD Recorded 2000 Genre Reggae fusion Length 3 : 47 Label Big Yard DreamWorks Songwriter ( s ) Shaggy Producer ( s ) Shaun `` Sting '' Pizzonia Shaggy singles chronology `` Luv Me , Luv Me '' ( 1998 ) `` It Was n't Me '' ( 2000 ) `` Angel '' ( 2001 )

It Wasn't Me

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In microeconomics and management , vertical integration is an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is owned by that company . Usually each member of the supply chain produces a different product or ( market - specific ) service , and the products combine to satisfy a common need . It is contrasted with horizontal integration , wherein a company produces several items which are related to one another . Vertical integration has also described management styles that bring large portions of the supply chain not only under a common ownership , but also into one corporation ( as in the 1920s when the Ford River Rouge Complex began making much of its own steel rather than buying it from suppliers ) .

Vertical integration

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Wheel of Fortune Genre Game show Created by Merv Griffin Directed by Jeff Goldstein ( 1975 -- 78 ) Dick Carson ( 1978 -- 99 ) Mark Corwin ( 1999 -- 2013 ) Bob Cisneros ( 2013 -- 15 ) Robert Ennis ( 2015 -- present ) Presented by Network Host Chuck Woolery ( 1975 -- 81 ) Pat Sajak ( 1981 -- 89 ) Rolf Benirschke ( 1989 ) Bob Goen ( 1989 -- 91 ) Hostess Susan Stafford ( 1975 -- 82 ) Vanna White ( 1982 -- 91 ) Syndication Host Pat Sajak Hostess Vanna White Narrated by Charlie O'Donnell ( 1975 -- 80 , 1989 -- 2010 ) Jack Clark ( 1980 -- 88 ) M.G. Kelly ( 1988 -- 89 ) Jim Thornton ( 2011 -- present ) Theme music composer Alan Thicke ( 1975 -- 83 ) Merv Griffin ( 1983 -- 97 ) Steve Kaplan ( 1997 -- 2006 ) Frankie Blue ( 2006 -- 16 ) John Hoke ( 2007 -- present ) Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of episodes Syndicated version : 6,000 ( as of April 11 , 2014 ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Merv Griffin ( 1975 -- 2000 ) Harry Friedman ( 1999 -- present ) Producer ( s ) John Rhinehart ( 1975 -- 76 ) Nancy Jones ( 1976 -- 95 ) Harry Friedman ( 1995 -- 99 ) Karen Griffith ( 1997 -- present ) Steve Schwartz ( 1997 -- present ) Location ( s ) NBC Studios ( Burbank ) ( 1975 -- 89 ) CBS Television City ( 1989 -- 95 ) Sony Pictures Studios , Culver City , California ( 1995 -- present ) Running time approx. 22 minutes Production company ( s ) Merv Griffin Productions ( 1975 -- 84 ) Merv Griffin Enterprises ( 1984 -- 94 ) Columbia TriStar Television ( 1994 -- 2002 ) Sony Pictures Television ( 2002 -- present ) Califon Productions , Inc . Distributor King World Productions ( 1983 -- 2007 ) CBS Television Distribution ( 2007 -- present ) Release Original network Daytime : NBC ( 1975 -- 89 , 1991 ) CBS ( 1989 -- 91 ) Evening : Syndicated ( 1983 -- present ) Picture format 480i ( SDTV ) ( 1975 -- 2006 ) 1080i ( HDTV ; downgraded to 720p locally in some markets ) ( 2006 -- present ) Audio format Stereo Original release Network January 6 , 1975 ( 1975 - 01 - 06 ) -- June 30 , 1989 ( 1989 - 06 - 30 ) ( NBC ) July 17 , 1989 ( 1989 - 07 - 17 ) -- January 11 , 1991 ( 1991 - 01 - 11 ) ( CBS ) January 14 , 1991 ( 1991 - 01 - 14 ) -- September 20 , 1991 ( 1991 - 09 - 20 ) ( NBC ) Syndication September 19 , 1983 ( 1983 - 09 - 19 ) -- present Chronology Related shows Wheel 2000 External links Website

Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)

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English is a West Germanic language that originated from Anglo - Frisian dialects brought to Britain in the mid 5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo - Saxon settlers from what is now northwest Germany , west Denmark and the Netherlands , displacing the Celtic languages that previously predominated .

History of English

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Bureau of Fire Protection `` Save Lives and Properties '' Operational area Country Philippines Address BFP National Headquarters , Agham Road , Sitio San Roque , Barangay Bagong Pag - asa , Diliman , Quezon City Agency overview Established January 29 , 1991 Employees 100,000 + Fire chief Director Leonard R. Bañago , DSC Website bfp.gov.ph

Bureau of Fire Protection

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WWE Championship The current WWE Championship belt with default side plates ( 2014 -- present ) Details Promotion WWE Brand SmackDown Date established April 25 , 1963 Current champion ( s ) Jinder Mahal Date won May 21 , 2017 Other name ( s ) WWWF World Heavyweight Championship ( 1963 -- 1971 ) WWWF Heavyweight Championship ( 1971 -- 1979 ) WWF Heavyweight Championship ( 1979 -- 1983 ) WWF World Heavyweight Championship ( 1983 -- 1998 ) WWF Championship ( 1998 -- 2001 ) Undisputed WWF Championship ( 2001 -- 2002 ) Undisputed WWE Championship ( 2002 ) WWE Undisputed Championship ( 2002 ) WWE Championship ( 2002 -- 2013 , 2016 -- present ) WWE World Heavyweight Championship ( 2013 -- 2016 ) WWE World Championship ( 2016 ) ( show ) Statistics First champion ( s ) Buddy Rogers Most reigns John Cena ( 13 times ) Longest reign Bruno Sammartino ( 2803 days ) Shortest reign André the Giant ( 1 minute , 48 seconds ) Oldest winner Vince McMahon ( 7004197500000000000 ♠ 54 years , 27 days ) Youngest winner Brock Lesnar ( 7003917500000000000 ♠ 25 years , 44 days ) Heaviest champion Yokozuna ( 568 lb ( 258 kg ) ) Lightest champion Rey Mysterio ( 175 lb ( 79 kg ) )

WWE Championship

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Gallipoli Campaign Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of the First World War A collection of photographs from the campaign . From top and left to right : Ottoman commanders including Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( fourth from left ) ; Allied warships ; the view down to Anzac Cove ; Ottoman soldiers in a trench ; and Allied positions . Date 17 February 1915 -- 9 January 1916 ( 10 months , 3 weeks and 2 days ) Location Gallipoli Peninsula , Sanjak of Gelibolu , Adrianople Vilayet , Ottoman Empire Result Ottoman victory Belligerents British Empire Australia India Newfoundland New Zealand United Kingdom France Supported by : Russia Ottoman Empire Supported by : Germany Austria - Hungary Commanders and leaders Ian Hamilton Herbert Kitchener John de Robeck William Birdwood Winston Churchill Henri Gouraud Maurice Bailloud Otto von Sanders Enver Pasha Mehmed Esad Pasha Cevat Pasha Mustafa Kemal Bey Wehib Pasha Erich Weber Fevzi Pasha Yakub Shevki Pasha Kâzım Pasha Units involved Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Egyptian Labour Corps Maltese Labour Corps Oriental Expeditionary Corps 5th Army Military Mission Strength 5 divisions ( initial ) 15 divisions ( final ) Total : 489,000 345,000 British ( including Indians , Irish and Newfoundlanders ) 79,000 French c . 50,000 Australians c . 15,000 New Zealanders Supported by c. 2,000 civilian labourers 6 divisions ( initial ) 16 divisions ( final ) Total : 315,500 c. 700 Germans Casualties and losses British Empire : 160,790 battle casualties 3,778 + died of disease 90,000 evacuated sick French Third Republic : 27,169 battle casualties deaths from disease : unknown 20,000 evacuated sick Total : 302,000 casualties Ottoman Empire : 56,643 killed 97,007 wounded or injured 11,178 missing or PoW 64,440 evacuated sick 21,000 died of disease Total : 250,000 casualties

Gallipoli Campaign

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Oakland Raiders Current season Established January 30 , 1960 ; 58 years ago ( 1960 - 01 - 30 ) First season : 1960 Play in Oakland -- Alameda County Coliseum Oakland , California Headquartered in Alameda , California Logo Wordmark League / conference affiliations American Football League ( 1960 -- 1969 ) Western Division ( 1960 -- 1969 ) National Football League ( 1970 -- present ) American Football Conference ( 1970 -- present ) AFC West ( 1970 -- present ) Current uniform Team colors Silver , black Fight song `` The Autumn Wind '' Personnel Owner ( s ) Mark Davis ( majority owner ) President Marc Badain General manager Reggie McKenzie Head coach Jon Gruden Team history Oakland Raiders ( 1960 -- 1981 , 1995 -- present ) Los Angeles Raiders ( 1982 -- 1994 ) Team nicknames Silver and Black Men in Black Team of the Decades The World 's Team Raider Nation Malosos ( Mexican fan base ) Championships League championships ( 3 † ) AFL championships ( pre-1970 AFL -- NFL merger ) ( 1 ) 1967 Super Bowl championships ( 3 ) 1976 ( XI ) , 1980 ( XV ) , 1983 ( XVIII ) Conference championships ( 4 ) AFC : 1976 , 1980 , 1983 , 2002 Division championships ( 15 ) AFL West : 1967 , 1968 , 1969 AFC West : 1970 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1983 , 1985 , 1990 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 † -- Does not include the AFL or NFL championships won during the same seasons as the AFL -- NFL Super Bowl championships prior to the 1970 AFL -- NFL merger Playoff appearances ( 22 ) AFL : 1967 , 1968 , 1969 NFL : 1970 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1980 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1990 , 1991 , 1993 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2016 Home fields Kezar Stadium ( 1960 ) Candlestick Park ( 1961 ) Frank Youell Field ( 1962 -- 1965 ) Oakland -- Alameda County Coliseum ( 1966 -- 1981 , 1995 -- present ) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ( 1982 -- 1994 ) Las Vegas Stadium ( planned for 2020 )

Oakland Raiders

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Hasidism , sometimes Hasidic Judaism ( Hebrew : חסידות ‎ , hasidut , Ashkenazi pronunciation : ( χaˈsidus ) ; originally , `` piety '' ) , is a Jewish religious group . It arose as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western Ukraine during the 18th century , and spread rapidly throughout Eastern Europe . Today , most affiliates reside in the United States , Israel , and the United Kingdom . Israel Ben Eliezer , the `` Baal Shem Tov '' , is regarded as its founding father , and his disciples developed and disseminated it . Present - day Hasidism is a sub-group within Ultra-Orthodox ( `` Haredi '' ) Judaism , and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion . Its members adhere closely both to Orthodox Jewish practice -- with the movement 's own unique emphases -- and the traditions of Eastern European Jews , so much that many of the latter , including various garments or the use of the Yiddish language , are nowadays associated almost exclusively with Hasidism .

Hasidic Judaism

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Red Stripe

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2013 Africa Cup of Nations Final FNB Stadium in Johannesburg hosted the final Event 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria Burkina Faso 0 Date 10 February 2013 ( 2013 - 02 - 10 ) Venue FNB Stadium , Johannesburg Man of the Match John Obi Mikel Fair Player of the Match Bakary Koné Referee Djamel Haimoudi ( Algeria ) Attendance 85,000 ← 2012 2015 →

2013 Africa Cup of Nations Final

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A cotyledon ( / kɒtɪˈliːdən / ; `` seed leaf '' from Latin cotyledon , from Greek : κοτυληδών kotylēdōn , gen. : κοτυληδόνος kotylēdonos , from κοτύλη kotýlē `` cup , bowl '' ) is a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant , and is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as `` The primary leaf in the embryo of the higher plants ( Phanerogams ) ; the seed - leaf . '' Upon germination , the cotyledon may become the embryonic first leaves of a seedling . The number of cotyledons present is one characteristic used by botanists to classify the flowering plants ( angiosperms ) . Species with one cotyledon are called monocotyledonous ( `` monocots '' ) . Plants with two embryonic leaves are termed dicotyledonous ( `` dicots '' ) and placed in the class Magnoliopsida .

Cotyledon

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Pakistani general election , 2013 ← 2008 11 May 2013 2018 → Members elected → 272 of 342 seats in the National Assembly via FPTP 70 of 342 seats reserved for women and minorities via PR 172 seats needed for a majority Turnout 55.02 % ( 11.01 pp ) First party Second party Third party Leader Nawaz Sharif Asif Ali Zardari Imran Khan Party PML ( N ) PPP PTI Leader since 17 August 1988 30 December 2007 25 April 1996 Leader 's seat NA - 120 Lahore Not contesting NA - 56 Rawalpindi Seats won 166 42 35 Seat change 77 76 35 Popular vote 14,874,104 6,911,218 7,679,954 Percentage 32.77 % 15.32 % 16.92 % Swing 13.12 pp 15.47 pp - General Elections result . Prime Minister before election Raja Pervez Ashraf PPP Elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif PML ( N )

Pakistani general election, 2013

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Pirates of the Caribbean Directed by Gore Verbinski ( 1 -- 3 ) Rob Marshall ( 4 ) Joachim Rønning ( 5 ) Espen Sandberg ( 5 ) Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Screenplay by Ted Elliott ( 1 -- 4 ) Terry Rossio ( 1 -- 4 ) Jeff Nathanson ( 5 ) Story by Ted Elliott ( 1 , 4 ) Terry Rossio ( 1 -- 5 ) Stuart Beattie ( 1 ) Jay Wolpert ( 1 ) Jeff Nathanson ( 5 ) Based on Pirates of the Caribbean by Walt Disney ( 1 -- 5 ) On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers ( 4 ) Starring Johnny Depp Geoffrey Rush Kevin McNally Orlando Bloom ( 1 -- 3 , 5 ) Keira Knightley ( 1 -- 3 , 5 ) Jack Davenport ( 1 -- 3 ) Jonathan Pryce ( 1 -- 3 ) Bill Nighy ( 2 -- 3 ) Stellan Skarsgård ( 2 -- 3 ) Tom Hollander ( 2 -- 3 ) Chow Yun - fat ( 3 ) Penélope Cruz ( 4 ) Ian McShane ( 4 ) Javier Bardem ( 5 ) Brenton Thwaites ( 5 ) Kaya Scodelario ( 5 ) ( see below ) Music by Klaus Badelt ( 1 ) Hans Zimmer ( 1 -- 4 ) Rodrigo y Gabriela ( 4 ) Eric Whitacre ( 4 ) Geoff Zanelli ( 5 ) Production company Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Release date The Curse of the Black Pearl : 000000002003 - 07 - 09 - 0000 July 9 , 2003 Dead Man 's Chest : 000000002006 - 07 - 07 - 0000 July 7 , 2006 At World 's End : 000000002007 - 05 - 25 - 0000 May 25 , 2007 On Stranger Tides : 000000002011 - 05 - 20 - 0000 May 20 , 2011 Dead Men Tell No Tales : 000000002017 - 05 - 26 - 0000 May 26 , 2017 Running time 726 minutes ( 1 -- 5 ) Country United States Language English Budget Total ( 5 films ) : $1.274 billion Box office Total ( 5 films ) : $4,523,635,267

Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)

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My Little Pony : Friendship Is Magic is a 2010 animated television series developed by Lauren Faust . The show premiered on the launch of The Hub in the United States on Sunday , October 10 , 2010 . All episodes are 22 minutes and a season comprises 26 episodes , with the exception of Season 3 , which contained 13 episodes . My Little Pony : Friendship Is Magic is produced by Hasbro Studios in the United States and DHX Media / Vancouver in Canada . In the United States , the series is rated TV - Y . The show 's seventh season ended on October 28 , 2017 with an eighth scheduled to air in 2018 .

List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episodes

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Synapsis ( also called syndesis ) is the pairing of two homologous chromosomes that occurs during meiosis . It allows matching - up of homologous pairs prior to their segregation , and possible chromosomal crossover between them . Synapsis takes place during prophase I of meiosis . When homologous chromosomes synapse , their ends are first attached to the nuclear envelope . These end - membrane complexes then migrate , assisted by the extranuclear cytoskeleton , until matching ends have been paired . Then the intervening regions of the chromosome are brought together , and may be connected by a protein - RNA complex called the synaptonemal complex . Autosomes undergo synapsis during meiosis , and are held together by a protein complex along the whole length of the chromosomes called the synaptonemal complex . Sex chromosomes also undergo synapsis ; however , the synaptonemal protein complex that holds the homologous chromosomes together is only present at one end of each sex chromosome .

Synapsis

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The flow of heat from Earth 's interior to the surface is estimated at 47 terawatts ( TW ) and comes from two main sources in roughly equal amounts : the radiogenic heat produced by the radioactive decay of isotopes in the mantle and crust , and the primordial heat left over from the formation of the Earth .

Earth's internal heat budget

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In photography , bokeh ( originally / ˈboʊkɛ / , / ˈboʊkeɪ / BOH - kay -- also sometimes pronounced as / ˈboʊkə / BOH - kə , Japanese : ( boke ) ) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out - of - focus parts of an image produced by a lens . Bokeh has been defined as `` the way the lens renders out - of - focus points of light '' . Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye , while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting -- `` good '' and `` bad '' bokeh , respectively . Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field . Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out - of - focus regions .

Bokeh

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The Beatitudes are eight blessings recounted by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew . Each is a proverb - like proclamation , without narrative . Four of the blessings also appear in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke , followed by four woes which mirror the blessings .

Beatitudes

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`` Smoke on the Water '' Cover of the 1973 German single Single by Deep Purple from the album Machine Head B - side `` Smoke on the Water '' ( live ) ( From Made in Japan ) Released May 1973 Format 7 '' Recorded December 1971 Genre Hard rock heavy metal blues rock Length 5 : 41 ( album version ) 3 : 54 ( single version ) 6 : 15 ( Roger Glover remix ) Label EMI ( UK ) Warner . Bros ( U.S. ) Songwriter ( s ) Ritchie Blackmore Ian Gillan Roger Glover Jon Lord Ian Paice Producer ( s ) Deep Purple Deep Purple singles chronology `` Never Before '' ( 1972 ) `` Smoke on the Water '' ( 1973 ) `` Woman from Tokyo '' ( 1973 ) `` Never Before '' ( 1972 ) `` Smoke on the Water '' ( 1973 ) `` Woman from Tokyo '' ( 1973 ) Audio sample file help Machine Head track listing 8 tracks `` Highway Star '' `` Maybe I 'm a Leo '' `` Pictures of Home '' `` Never Before '' `` Smoke on the Water '' `` Lazy '' `` Space Truckin ' '' `` When a Blind Man Cries ''

Smoke on the Water

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Capital punishment in Canada dates back to Canada 's earliest history , including its period as a French colony and , after 1763 , its time as a British colony . From 1867 to the elimination of the death penalty for murder on July 14 , 1976 , 1,481 people had been sentenced to death , and 710 had been executed . Of those executed , 697 were men and 13 were women . The only method used in Canada for capital punishment of civilians after the end of the French regime was hanging . The last execution in Canada was the double hanging of Arthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin on December 11 , 1962 , at Toronto 's Don Jail .

Capital punishment in Canada

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`` Baby , You 're a Rich Man '' US picture sleeve ( reverse ) Single by the Beatles A-side `` All You Need Is Love '' Released 7 July 1967 Format 7 - inch record Recorded 11 May 1967 Olympic Sound Studios , London Genre Psychedelic pop , psychedelic rock Length 3 : 03 Label Parlophone , Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) George Martin The Beatles singles chronology `` Strawberry Fields Forever '' / `` Penny Lane '' ( 1967 ) Strawberry Fields Forever Penny Lane 1967 `` All You Need Is Love '' / `` Baby , You 're a Rich Man '' ( 1967 ) All You Need Is Love Baby , You 're a Rich Man1967 `` Hello , Goodbye '' ( 1967 ) Hello , Goodbye 1967

Baby, You're a Rich Man

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The Rust Belt is a region of the United States , made up mostly of places in the Midwest and Great Lakes , though the term may be used to include any location where industry declined starting around 1980 . Rust refers to the deindustrialization , or economic decline , population loss , and urban decay due to the shrinking of its once - powerful industrial sector . The term gained popularity in the U.S. in the 1980s .

Rust Belt

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8 Seconds Theatrical release poster Directed by John G. Avildsen Produced by Clyde LeVin Danny DeVito Tony Mark Jeffery Swab Written by Monte Merrick Starring Luke Perry Stephen Baldwin James Rebhorn Carrie Snodgress Ronnie Claire Edwards Cynthia Geary Music by Bill Conti Cinematography Victor Hammer Edited by J. Douglas Seelig Production company Jersey Films Distributed by New Line Cinema Release date February 25 , 1994 ( 1994 - 02 - 25 ) Running time 105 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $7 million Box office $19,623,396

8 Seconds

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`` Korn 's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery '' South Park episode Episode no . Season 3 Episode 10 Directed by Trey Parker Written by Trey Parker Featured music `` Falling Away from Me '' by Korn Production code 312 Original air date October 27 , 1999 Guest appearance ( s ) Jonathan Davis as himself James Shaffer as himself Brian Welch as himself Reginald Arvizu as himself David Silveria as himself Episode chronology ← Previous `` Jewbilee '' Next → `` Chinpokomon '' South Park ( season 3 ) List of South Park episodes

Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery

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The Central Armed Police Forces ( CAPF ) refers to uniform nomenclature of seven security forces in India under the authority of Ministry of Home Affairs . They are the Assam Rifles ( AR ) , Border Security Force ( BSF ) , Central Reserve Police Force ( CRPF ) , Central Industrial Security Force ( CISF ) , Indo - Tibetan Border Police ( ITBP ) , National Security Guard ( NSG ) , and Sashastra Seema Bal ( SSB ) .

Central Armed Police Forces

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The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking , singing , laughing , crying , screaming , etc . The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production in which the vocal folds ( vocal cords ) are the primary sound source . ( Other sound production mechanisms produced from the same general area of the body involve the production of unvoiced consonants , clicks , whistling and whispering . ) Generally speaking , the mechanism for generating the human voice can be subdivided into three parts ; the lungs , the vocal folds within the larynx , and the articulators . The lung ( the pump ) must produce adequate airflow and air pressure to vibrate vocal folds ( this air pressure is the fuel of the voice ) . The vocal folds ( vocal cords ) are a vibrating valve that chops up the airflow from the lungs into audible pulses that form the laryngeal sound source . The muscles of the larynx adjust the length and tension of the vocal folds to ' fine - tune ' pitch and tone . The articulators ( the parts of the vocal tract above the larynx consisting of tongue , palate , cheek , lips , etc . ) articulate and filter the sound emanating from the larynx and to some degree can interact with the laryngeal airflow to strengthen it or weaken it as a sound source .

Human voice

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The Outer Banks ( OBX ) is a 200 - mile - long ( 320 km ) string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia , on the east coast of the United States . They cover most of the North Carolina coastline , separating the Currituck Sound , Albemarle Sound , and Pamlico Sound from the Atlantic Ocean . The Outer Banks are a major tourist destination and are known around the world for their subtropical climate and wide expanse of open beachfront . The Cape Hatteras National Seashore has four campgrounds open to visitors . The treacherous seas off the Outer Banks and the large number of shipwrecks that have occurred there have given these seas the nickname Graveyard of the Atlantic . The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum is located in Hatteras Village near a United States Coast Guard facility and the Hatteras ferry .

Outer Banks

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Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually from an orebody , lode , vein , seam , reef or placer deposits . These deposits form a mineralized package that is of economic interest to the miner .

Mining

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Jack Frost Theatrical release poster Directed by Troy Miller Produced by Irving Azoff Mark Canton Written by Mark Steven Johnson Steve Bloom Jonathan Roberts Jeff Cesario Starring Michael Keaton Kelly Preston Mark Addy Joseph Cross Music by Trevor Rabin Cinematography László Kovács Edited by Lawrence Jordan Production company Azoff Entertainment The Canton Company Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Release date December 11 , 1998 ( 1998 - 12 - 11 ) Running time 101 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $85 million Box office $34,562,556

Jack Frost (1998 film)

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Spandau Ballet Spandau Ballet in 2009 Background information Origin Islington , London , England Genres New wave blue - eyed soul synth - pop Years active 1979 -- 1990 2009 -- present Labels Chrysalis Mercury Epic Parlophone Website spandauballet.com Members Gary Kemp Steve Norman John Keeble Martin Kemp Ross William Wild Past members Tony Hadley

Spandau Ballet

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A lightning arrester ( alternative spelling lightning arrestor ) ( also called lightning diverter ) is a device used on electric power systems and telecommunication systems to protect the insulation and conductors of the system from the damaging effects of lightning . The typical lightning arrester has a high - voltage terminal and a ground terminal . When a lightning surge ( or switching surge , which is very similar ) travels along the power line to the arrester , the current from the surge is diverted through the arrester , in most cases to earth .

Lightning arrester

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The English Education Act was a legislative Act of the Council of India in 1835 giving effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck , the then Governor - General of British India , to reallocate funds the East India Company was required by the British Parliament to spend on education and literature in India . Formerly , they had supported traditional Muslim and Hindu education and the publication of literature in the native learned tongues ( Sanskrit and Persian ) ; henceforward they were to support establishments teaching a Western curriculum with English as the language of instruction . Together with other measures promoting English as the language of administration and of the higher law courts ( replacing Persian ) , this led eventually to English becoming one of the languages of India , rather than simply the native tongue of its foreign rulers .

English Education Act 1835

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From December 2011 to March 2017 , the state of California experienced one of the worst droughts to occur in the region on record . The period between late 2011 and 2014 was the driest in California history since record - keeping began . 102 million trees died in total due to the drought from 2011 to 2016 , with 62 million dead in 2016 only , according to the US Forest Service .

2011–17 California drought

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Jargon is a type of language that is used in a particular context and may not be well understood outside that context . The context is usually a particular occupation ( that is , a certain trade , profession , or academic field ) , but any ingroup can have jargon . The main trait that distinguishes jargon from the rest of a language is special vocabulary -- including some words specific to it , and often different senses or meanings of words , that outgroups would tend to take in another sense ; -- therefore misunderstanding that communication attempt . Jargon is thus `` the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group '' . Most jargon is technical terminology , involving terms of art or industry terms , with particular meaning within a specific industry . A main driving force in the creation of technical jargon is precision and efficiency of communication when a discussion must easily range from general themes to specific , finely differentiated details without circumlocution . A side - effect of this is a higher threshold for comprehensibility , which is usually accepted as a trade - off but is sometimes even used as a means of social exclusion ( reinforcing ingroup - outgroup barriers ) or social aspiration ( when intended as a way of showing off ) .

Jargon

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The history of smallpox extends into pre-history ; the disease likely emerged in human populations about 10,000 BC . The earliest credible evidence of smallpox is found in the Egyptian mummies of people who died some 3000 years ago . Smallpox has had a major impact on world history , not least because indigenous populations of regions where smallpox was non-native , such as the Americas and Australia , were rapidly decimated and weakened by smallpox ( along with other introduced diseases ) during periods of initial foreign contact , which helped pave the way for conquest and colonization . During the 18th century the disease killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year , including five reigning monarchs , and was responsible for a third of all blindness . Between 20 and 60 % of all those infected -- and over 80 % of infected children -- died from the disease .

History of smallpox

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Derek Jeter Jeter as a player in 2008 at Camden Yards Shortstop Born : ( 1974 - 06 - 26 ) June 26 , 1974 ( age 43 ) Pequannock Township , New Jersey Batted : Right Threw : Right MLB debut May 29 , 1995 , for the New York Yankees Last MLB appearance September 28 , 2014 , for the New York Yankees MLB statistics Batting average . 310 Hits 3,465 Home runs 260 Runs batted in 1,311 Teams New York Yankees ( 1995 -- 2014 ) Career highlights and awards 14 × All - Star ( 1998 -- 2002 , 2004 , 2006 -- 2012 , 2014 ) 5 × World Series champion ( 1996 , 1998 -- 2000 , 2009 ) World Series MVP ( 2000 ) AL Rookie of the Year ( 1996 ) 5 × Gold Glove Award ( 2004 -- 2006 , 2009 -- 2010 ) 5 × Silver Slugger Award ( 2006 -- 2009 , 2012 ) 2 × AL Hank Aaron Award ( 2006 , 2009 ) Roberto Clemente Award ( 2009 ) New York Yankees No. 2 retired New York Yankees captain ( 2003 -- 2014 )

Derek Jeter

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The Sims Developer ( s ) Maxis EA Mobile Publisher ( s ) Electronic Arts Series The Sims Platform ( s ) iOS , Android Release Brazil : May 9 , 2017 Worldwide : March 6 , 2018 Genre ( s ) Life simulation game , God game Mode ( s ) Single - player , multiplayer

The Sims Mobile

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The Galactic Center is the rotational center of the Milky Way . The estimates for its location range from 24 -- 28.4 kilolight - years ( 7.4 -- 8.7 kiloparsecs ) from Earth in the direction of the constellations Sagittarius , Ophiuchus , and Scorpius where the Milky Way appears brightest . It coincides with the compact radio source Sagittarius A * .

Galactic Center

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The Modoc Plateau lies in the northeast corner of California as well as parts of Oregon and Nevada . Nearly 1,000,000 acres ( 400,000 ha ) of the Modoc National Forest are on the plateau between the Medicine Lake Highlands in the west and the Warner Mountains in the east .

Modoc Plateau

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The Siege Theatrical release poster Directed by Edward Zwick Produced by Lynda Obst Edward Zwick Screenplay by Lawrence Wright Menno Meyjes Edward Zwick Story by Lawrence Wright Starring Denzel Washington Annette Bening Bruce Willis Tony Shalhoub Sami Bouajila David Proval Music by Graeme Revell Cinematography Roger Deakins Edited by Steven Rosenblum Production company Twin River Productions Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date November 6 , 1998 ( 1998 - 11 - 06 ) ( US ) Running time 116 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $70 million Box office $116.7 million

The Siege (1998 film)

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Results of the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States , 1812 - 1815 , involved with no geographical changes . The main result of the war was two centuries of peace between the United States and Britain . All the causes of the war had disappeared with the end of the war between Britain and France and with the destruction of the power of Indians to block American expansion into the Northwest . American fears of the Native Americans ended , as did British plans to create a buffer Native American state . The American quest for honor after its humiliations by the British were satisfied . The final collapse of the opposition Federalist Party opened an `` Era of good feelings '' with lessened partisanship and an exuberant spirit . The British paid little attention to the war , concentrating instead on their final defeat of Napoleon in 1815 . The U.S. failed to gain any territory from British North America , contrary to many American politicians ' hopes and expectations , but it did gain land from Spain .

Results of the War of 1812

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The cell cycle or cell - division cycle is the series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication of its DNA ( DNA replication ) to produce two daughter cells . In bacteria , which lack a cell nucleus , the cell cycle is divided into the B , C , and D periods . The B period extends from the end of cell division to the beginning of DNA replication . DNA replication occurs during the C period . The D period refers to the stage between the end of DNA replication and the splitting of the bacterial cell into two daughter cells . In cells with a nucleus , as in eukaryotes , the cell cycle is also divided into three periods : interphase , the mitotic ( M ) phase , and cytokinesis . During interphase , the cell grows , accumulating nutrients needed for mitosis , preparing it for cell division and duplicating its DNA . During the mitotic phase , the chromosomes separate . During the final stage , cytokinesis , the chromosomes and cytoplasm separate into two new daughter cells . To ensure the proper division of the cell , there are control mechanisms known as cell cycle checkpoints .

Cell cycle

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Jesus walking on water is one of the miracles of Jesus recounted in the New Testament . There are accounts of this event in the gospels of Matthew , Mark , and John , but is not included in the Gospel of Luke .

Jesus walking on water

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The Danish and Norwegian alphabet , called the Dano - Norwegian alphabet is based upon the Latin alphabet and has consisted of the following 29 letters since 1917 ( Norwegian ) and 1948 ( Danish ) .

Danish and Norwegian alphabet

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Early modern Europe is the period of European history between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution , roughly the late 15th century to the late 18th century . Historians variously mark the beginning of the early modern period with the invention of moveable type printing in the 1450s , the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 , the end of the Wars of the Roses in 1487 , the beginning of the High Renaissance in Italy in the 1490s , the end of the Reconquista and subsequent voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492 , or the start of the Protestant Reformation in 1517 . The precise dates of its end point also vary and are usually linked with either the start of the French Revolution in 1789 or with the more vaguely defined beginning of the Industrial Revolution in late 18th century England .

Early modern Europe

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The Five laws of library science is a theory proposed by S.R. Ranganathan in 1931 , detailing the principles of operating a library system . Many librarians worldwide accept them as the foundations of their philosophy .

Five laws of library science

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Friends ( season 1 ) Friends season 1 DVD cover Country of origin United States No. of episodes 24 Release Original network NBC Original release September 22 , 1994 ( 1994 - 09 - 22 ) -- May 18 , 1995 ( 1995 - 05 - 18 ) Season chronology Next → Season 2 List of Friends episodes

Friends (season 1)

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Second Punic War Part of the Punic Wars The Mediterranean in 218 BC Date 218 -- 202 BC ( 17 years ) Location Italia , Hispania , North Africa , Sicily , Sardinia , Cisalpine Gaul , Transalpine Gaul , Greece Result Roman victory Territorial changes Roman annexation of Carthaginian Iberia Unification of Numidia Belligerents Roman Republic Aetolian League Pergamon Numidia Iberian tribes Carthage Syracuse Masaesyli Massylii Macedon Other Greek states Iberian tribes Commanders and leaders Scipio Africanus Fabius Cunctator Publius Cornelius Scipio † Tiberius Sempronius Gaius Flaminius † Claudius Marcellus † Terentius Varro Claudius Nero Hannibal Hasdrubal Barca † Mago ( DOW ) Hasdrubal Gisco Syphax ( POW ) Hanno the Elder Philip V Strength 768,500 54,000 Active Roman soldiers 53,500 Roman capital detail 388,000 Socii 273,300 Reserves Unknown Casualties and losses 300,000 + killed in action Unknown

Second Punic War

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The Secret Life of the American Teenager Also known as Secret Life Genre Teen drama Created by Brenda Hampton Written by Brenda Hampton Jeffrey Rodgers Caroline Kepnes Jeff Olsen Chris Olsen Elaine Arata Paul Perlove Kelley Turk Courtney Turk Anne Ramsay Directed by Ron Underwood Anson Williams Jason Priestley John Schneider Gail Bradley Lindsley Parsons III Keith Truesdell Barry Watson Starring Shailene Woodley Kenny Baumann Mark Derwin India Eisley Greg Finley Daren Kagasoff Jorge - Luis Pallo Megan Park Francia Raisa Molly Ringwald Steve Schirripa Theme music composer Dan Foliart Opening theme `` Let 's Do It , Let 's Fall In Love '' , performed by Molly Ringwald Composer ( s ) Dan Foliart Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons 5 No. of episodes 121 ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Brenda Hampton Producer ( s ) Lindsley Parsons III Hrag Gaboudian Location ( s ) Los Angeles , California Cinematography Ronald E. High William L. Asman Editor ( s ) Stephen Myers Ellen Ring Jacobson Marilyn McMahon Adams Janet Weinberg Janet Gratz Camera setup Single - camera Running time 45 minutes Production company ( s ) Brendavision ! ProdCo Original American Teenager Inc . ABC Family Original Productions Distributor Disney -- ABC Domestic Television Release Original network ABC Family Picture format 1080i ( HDTV ) Original release July 1 , 2008 -- June 3 , 2013 External links abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/path/section_Shows + Secret - Life - Of - The - American - Teenager / page_Detail

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

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An electron transport chain ( ETC ) is a series of complexes that transfer electrons from electron donors to electron acceptors via redox ( both reduction and oxidation occurring simultaneously ) reactions , and couples this electron transfer with the transfer of protons ( H ions ) across a membrane . This creates an electrochemical proton gradient that drives the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate ( ATP ) , a molecule that stores energy chemically in the form of highly strained bonds . The molecules of the chain include peptides , enzymes ( which are proteins or protein complexes ) , and others . The final acceptor of electrons in the electron transport chain during aerobic respiration is molecular oxygen although a variety of acceptors other than oxygen such as sulfate exist in anaerobic respiration .

Electron transport chain

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Solar rotation varies with latitude because the Sun is composed of a gaseous plasma . The rate of rotation is observed to be fastest at the equator ( latitude φ = 0 ° ) , and to decrease as latitude increases . The solar rotation period is 24.47 days at the equator and almost 38 days at the poles . The differential rotation rate is usually described by the equation :

Solar rotation

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Accountant General of the Federation of Nigeria Flag of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Incumbent Ahmed Idris since June 25 , 2015 ( 2015 - 06 - 25 ) Accounting Style Mr. Accountant General Member of Federal Ministry of Finance Residence Treasury House S.L.A Blvd , P.M.B 7015 , Garki II , Abuja , FCT , Nigeria Appointer President of Nigeria ( Muhammadu Buhari ) Term length Four years renewable once Constituting instrument Constitution of Nigeria Formation Website Official Website

Accountant General of the Federation

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`` When I Fall in Love '' is a popular song , written by Victor Young ( music ) and Edward Heyman ( lyrics ) . It was introduced in the film One Minute to Zero . Jeri Southern sang on the first recording released in April 1952 with the song 's composer , Victor Young , handling the arranging and conducting duties . The song has become a standard , with many artists recording it , though the first hit version was sung by Doris Day released in July 1952 .

When I Fall in Love

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Tandoori Nights was a television sitcom broadcast on Channel 4 between 1985 and 1987 . It consisted of two series of six episodes each . The series was directed by Jon Amiel and written by Farrukh Dhondy . It is the story of two rival restaurants in London , and starred Saeed Jaffery , Tariq Yunus , Rita Wolf and Zohra Sehgal . It was Channel 4 's first Asian comedy series .

Tandoori Nights

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The Louvre Pyramid ( Pyramide du Louvre ) is a large glass and metal pyramid designed by Chinese - American architect I.M. Pei , surrounded by three smaller pyramids , in the main courtyard ( Cour Napoléon ) of the Louvre Palace ( Palais du Louvre ) in Paris . The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum . Completed in 1989 , it has become a landmark of the city of Paris .

Louvre Pyramid

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In cell biology , the cleavage furrow is the indentation of the cell 's surface that begins the progression of cleavage , by which animal and some algal cells undergo cytokinesis , the final splitting of the membrane , in the process of cell division . The same proteins responsible for muscle contraction , actin and myosin , begin the process of forming the cleavage furrow , creating an actomyosin ring . Other cytoskeletal proteins and actin binding proteins are involved in the procedure .

Cleavage furrow

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Jesse Frederick James Conaway ( June 25 , 1948 ) , known professionally as Jesse Frederick , is an American film and television composer and singer best known for writing and performing the themes to TGIF television shows such as Perfect Strangers , Full House , Family Matters , and Step By Step for ABC .

Jesse Frederick

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Love It or List It Genre Reality renovations , upgrading Created by Maria Armstrong Catherine Fogarty Directed by Various Starring Hilary Farr David Visentin Narrated by Jacqueline Hennessy Theme music composer Lou Pomanti Country of origin Canada United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons 10 No. of episodes 130 ( List of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Maria Armstrong Catherine Fogarty Producer ( s ) Maria Armstrong Location ( s ) Toronto , Ontario , Canada , Raleigh -- Durham , North Carolina , United States Running time 44 minutes Production company ( s ) Big Coat Productions Release Original network W Network HGTV Original release September 8 , 2008 -- present External links Website Production website

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The census in the United Kingdom is decennial , that is , held every ten years , although there is provision in the Census Act 1920 for a census to take place at intervals of five years or more . There have only been two occasions where the census has not been decennial : There was no census in 1941 due to the war ; and a mini-census using a ten percent sample of the population was conducted on 24 April 1966 . There are actually three separate censuses in the United Kingdom - in England and Wales , Scotland , and Northern Ireland , although they are often coordinated . From 1821 until 1911 , the census included the whole of Ireland .

List of United Kingdom censuses

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Article Two of the Georgia State Constitution describes the process for voting and elections in Georgia . This process includes the method of voting and the right to register and vote , general provisions and the suspension and removal of public officials .

Article Two of the Constitution of Georgia

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