The third and final series started in May 2011 . Marek Larwood and a returning Javone Prince were released in the new series .
The third and final series started in May 2011 . Javone Prince and a returning Marek Larwood appeared in the new series .

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no

De Doorns is a city in South Africa in the Western Cape province of Cape Winelands District Municipality .
De Doorns is a town in South Africa in the Western Cape province of Cape Winelands District Municipality .

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yes

The affine scaling direction can be used to define a heuristic to adaptively the centering parameter as :
The affine scaling direction can be used to create a heuristic to adaptively define the centering parameter as

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no

He was elected Chairman of Zilla Parishad ( Pnachayat District ) of Kolhapur in 2012 as a candidate of the Indian National Congress .
In 2012 , he was elected Chairman of the Indian National Congress ( Pnachayat District ) of Kolhapur as a candidate of Zilla Parishad .

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no