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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonneville-la-Louvet

Bonneville-la-Louvet

Bonneville-la-Louvet is a commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.

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Alfred Cotton Bedford

Alfred Cotton Bedford (November 5, 1863 - September 21, 1925) was president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey starting on December 22, 1916. Biography Bedford was born on November 5, 1863 in Brooklyn, New York City. He married Edith Kinsman Clark on January 8, 1890. He was promoted from treasurer to president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey starting on December 22, 1916. He was made chairman of the board on November 15, 1917. He was made a Commandant of the Legion in 1922. Bedford died on September 21, 1925 leaving an estate of $3,000,000. He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

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De Lijn

Vlaamse Vervoersmaatschappij De Lijn (English: Flemish transport company De Lijn), usually known as De Lijn (, "The Line"), is a company run by the Flemish government in Belgium. They provide public transportation with about 2240 buses and 399 trams. De Lijn was founded in 1991. They were made after the public transportation companies of Antwerp and Ghent fused with the Flemish part of the NMVB (Nationale Maatschappij van Buurtspoorwegen, or the "National Company of Neighborhood Railways"). Operations De Lijn operates: Antwerp Tramway Ghent Tramway Belgian coast tram, a line along the whole Belgian coast, between De Panne and Knokke. Only 1/2 of the buses with the logo of De Lijn on them are actually owned by De Lijn. The other half are buses owned by private companies, such as Keolis. These companies get paid to drive the services of De Lijn.

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Jairus C. Fairchild

Jairus Cassius Fairchild (December 27, 1801-October 24, 1862) was an American politician and businessman. Biography Fairchild was born in Granville, New York. He moved to Hudson, Ohio and became a merchant. Later he would move to Franklin Mills, Ohio for a short time. While there he operated a tannery before moving to Cleveland around 1834. He then moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1845 and then to Madison, Wisconsin. Fairchild had a business working with cranberries and the lumber industry. He was also president of a railroad. From 1848 to 1852, Fairchild was the first State Treasurer of the State of Wisconsin. In 1856 he was elected the first Mayor of the city of Madison, Wisconsin. Two of his sons Cassius, and Lucius were also active in Wisconsin politics.

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Gallup (company)

Gallup, Inc. is an American analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika%20Herceg

Monika Herceg

Monika Herceg (born 1990, in Sisak) is a Croatian poet, playwright, editor, feminist and activist. She is from the small village Pecki near Petrinja, Croatia. She was awarded multiple literature prizes. She is known for being a prominent young poet of the new generation and the most awarded young author in recent Croatian history, sometimes called a "literary sensation". She explores the topics of poverty, domestic violence, immigration, and class and gender inequalities. Biography She grew up in small village Pecki, near Petrinja, where she studied Physics, first at University of Zagreb and then at the University of Rijeka. She currently lives, works as an editor and raises two kids in Zagreb. "No one among our contemporary authors laughs like Monika Herceg; nor writes more sorrowful poems," writes Miljenko Jergovic, a Croatian novelist and essayist. The latter statement is especially true when it comes to Herceg's debut poetry collection Initial Coordinates. The poems in the book portray the lives of women in rural Croatia throughout the twentieth century, whose stories of poverty and struggle are recounted in the voices of Herceg's family members. "There were no books in our house, and paper was only used to light the fire," Monika recalls. However, during her education in the Croatian town of Petrinja, her teachers soon recognized her talent and provided her the support her family could not. Herceg began writing poetry while working several jobs, all taken on to finance her study of physics. Work and career In 2017, she won Goran for her book Pocetne koordinate(Initial Coordinates), the most important award for young authors in Croatia. As a result, the book was published in 2018 and, after that, she won the Kvirin Award, Fran Galovic Slavic award and the international award Mostovi Struge. Initial Coordinates details Herceg's return to the roots of her family and to those earliest, often traumatic, memories that have haunted her throughout her life. Her second book, Lovostaj (The Closed Season) (Jesenski i Turk, 2019.), was also a success: the manuscript won the Na vrh jezika award for the best unpublished poetry volume in 2018 and was published in 2019. Her third book, Vrijeme prije jezika (Time Before the Tongue) (Fraktura, 2020 ) won the Zvonko Milkovic award. At the international level, she won the second prize of the International Poetry Competition Castello di Duino that took place in Italy in 2016 and in 2018, she was granted the Bridges of Struga award during the Mostovi Struge festival in Macedonia for best debut of a young author. In 2021 she won the Fierce Women award for her activism. Her works have been translated in more than fifteen languages and they were published by some well-known magazines. She is part of Versopolis, an online platform dedicated to the promotion of young European authors. Her trilingual poetry books have been published in Lithuania and Austria. Another selection of her works have been published in French as Ciel sous tension, L'Ollave, 2019. Her stories were also awarded with several regional and national awards, such as the Biber award and the Lapis Histriae award. Her drama script Gdje se kupuju njeznosti (Where to Buy Tenderness) was awarded by the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Her play took off in 2021 and was a success. She was awarded for other drama scripts and also was granted the Marin Drzic award the most, important drama script award in Croatia, for her drama Kill Yourself, Dear Dad,. She is a member of the Croatia Writers Society and of the editorial board of their magazine. Awards 2017 Goran award for young poets 2017 Castello di Duino 2017 Stevan Sremac award 2018 Kvirin award for young poets 2018 Fran Galovic award for the best book 2018 Slavic award for the best debut 2018 Na vrh jezika award 2018 Mostovi Struge international award for the best debut 2019 Lapis Histrie award for the best short story 2019 Biber award for the best short story 2020 Zvonko Milkovic award for the best book 2020 Price s Balkana award for the best short drama script 2020 National theatre in Zagreb award for the best drama script 2021 Marin Drzic drama script award 2021 National theatre in Mostar award for best drama scripts 2021 Fierce Woman award Works Pocetne koordinate (Initial Coordinates), Zagreb, 2018; SKUD Ivan Goran Kovacic and Beograd; Knjizevna radionica Rasic, 2019. Lovostaj (Closed season), Zagreb: Jesenski i Turk, 2019 and Beograd; Kontrast, 2020. Vrijeme prije jezika (Time Before the Tongue), Zagreb: Fraktura, 2020 and Beograd; Kontrast, 2021. Gdje se kupuju njeznosti (2020.) (Where to Buy Tenderness), drama script Mrtve ne treba micati (2020.) (Dead should not be moved), short drama script Ubij se, tata (2020), (Kill yourself, dear Dad), drama script Zakopana cuda (2020.) (Buried miracles), drama script TRANSLATIONS Ciel sous tension, trans. Martina Kramer, Paris: L'Ollave, 2019.Poetinis Druskininku ruduo, Vilnius: 2019.Wo Lyrik zuhause ist, trans. Jelena Dabic Austrija, 2020. Pocetni koordinati, trans. Doko Zdraveski, PNV, Skopje, 2020. Lovostoj., trans. Doko Zdraveski, PNV, Skopje, 2021. OU LES TENDRESSES S'ACHETENT-ELLES, Nicolas Raljevic, Paris: Prozor Editions, 2021. Initial Coordinates, USA, Sandorf Passage, 2022.

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GB

GB or Gb could mean: Sarin Great Britain, or the United Kingdom (ISO code GB) Gigabyte (GB) unit of measurement of bytes Game Boy handheld video game console line

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate%20of%20the%20Republic%20%28Mexico%29

Senate of the Republic (Mexico)

The Senate of the Republic, () constitutionally Chamber of Senators of the Honorable Congress of the Union (), is the upper house of Mexico's bicameral Congress. It currently consists of 128 members, who serve six-year terms. Make-up After a series of reforms during the 1990s, the Senate is made up of 128 senators: Two for each of the 32 states elected under the principle of relative majority; One for each of the 32 states assigned under the principle of first minority (i.e. awarded to the party who had won the second highest number of votes within the state or Federal District); Thirty-two national senators-at-large, divided among the parties in proportion to their share of the national vote.

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Blacktip reef shark

The blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) is a species of shark, in the family Carcharhinidae. They live in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are found in shallow, inshore waters. They are usually .

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Banteux

Banteux () is a commune in Nord in north France. In 2018, 346 people lived there.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cejov

Čejov

Cejov is small village near Humpolec in the Pelhrimov District, Vysocina Region of the Czech Republic. 473 people live there and it has 7,98 km2.

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List of cities in Western Sahara

The following are cities in Western Sahara, listed by population. Due to an ongoing conflict over the territory, most are controlled by Morocco. The eastern and southern parts are controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Lady%20of%20Florida

First Lady of Florida

The first lady of Florida is the informal title and role held by the hostess of the Florida Governor's Mansion and usually the wife of the governor of Florida, during the governor's term in office. Casey DeSantis is the current first lady of Florida, in role since January 2019 as the wife of Governor Ron DeSantis. Origins and Role The first lady is not elected by the citizens of Florida, there are no official jobs she is officially required to perform and she is not paid for being the first lady, but she is often involved in political campaigns, managements of the Governor's Mansion, and participating in social causes and accompanying the governor at official and ceremonial occasions and events. Causes and Initiatives Casey DeSantis launched four major initiatives during her as term as the first lady of the state such as, Hope Florida, Florida Cancer Connect, Resiliency Florida, Hope Healing for Florida and The Facts. Your Future.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our%20Revolution%3A%20A%20Future%20to%20Believe%20In

Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In

Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In is a book by U.S. Senator of Vermont, Bernie Sanders. It was published by Thomas Dunne Books in 2016. It was released on November 15, 2016, a week after the election of Donald Trump. The book was written in the context of Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign and aimed to explain some of its rationale. In the book, Sanders sets out his position on climate change, free college tuition, income inequality, close the gender wage gap and to defeat Donald Trump while campaigning for Hillary Clinton during the last three months leading to the 2016 presidential election.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/69%20%28number%29

69 (number)

Sixty-nine is a number. It comes between sixty-eight and seventy, and is an odd number. It is divisible by 1, 3, 23, and 69.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Robinson

Charles Robinson

Charles Shane Robinson (born July 2, 1964) is an American professional wrestling referee. He is currently working with the WWE where he has been working 2001. Robinson started out as a photographer for Pro Wrestling Federation (PWF) in 1995. World Championship Wrestling On September 15, 1997, He refereed a tryout dark match between Chris Taylor and Kendall Windham before WCW Monday Nitro at Independence Arena in Charlotte, NC. A week later, he was signed by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). His first appearance for WCW was at the WCW TV tapings at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. He turned heel, refereed Four Horsemen matches and aligned himself with Ric Flair. During his heel run, he favored the Horsemen in matches he refereed which annoyed Randy Savage. Savage, who was suspended by Flair (then-WCW President), proposed a match between Robinson and Savage's girlfriend Gorgeous George where if George defeated Robinson, Savage would be reinstated. The match took place on May 9, 1999 at Slamboree 1999. Robinson (dubbed "Little Naitch") copied Flair's signature strut, "wooo!" catchphrase and even wore a robe similar to Flair's. Robinson would lose the match after George hit him with a diving elbow drop. World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE When the World Wrestling Federation bought WCW in March 2001, they hired Robinson. Robinson was a part of The Alliance. The first match that he refereed in the WWF was on July 2, 2001. Even though he was a part of the Alliance, he was mainly a fair and impartial referee. On the July 1, 2004 episode of SmackDown!, he was forced to wrestle Luther Reigns by then-General Manager Kurt Angle. The match was quickly stopped by Charlie Haas however. On April 18, 2014, while he was traveling with the WWE in Saudi Arabia, he suffered a freak accident after he nearly lost his thumb when he deeply cut it while helping to set up the wrestling ring. He received 6 stitches from a nearby WWE medic.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Hawk%20County%2C%20Iowa

Black Hawk County, Iowa

Black Hawk County is a county in the northeastern part of U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 131,144, making it Iowa's fifth-most populous county. The county seat is Waterloo. The county was founded on February 17, 1843 and named after Black Hawk, a Sauk leader during the 1832 Black Hawk War.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller%27s%20Tales

Traveller's Tales

Traveller's Tales is a British video game developer and subsidiary of TT Games. The company was founded in 1989 by Jon Burton and Andy Ingram. The company was originally a small company, focused on its own games. It became much bigger after they developed games for larger companies such as Sega and Disney Interactive Studios. In 2004, development on Lego Star Wars: The Video Game began with Giant Interactive Entertainment, the exclusive rights holder to Lego video games. Traveller's Tales bought the company in 2005, and the two became one, known as TT Games.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student%27s%20t-distribution

Student's t-distribution

Student's t-distribution is a probability distribution which was developed by William Sealy Gosset in 1908. Student is the pseudonym he used when he published the paper describing the distribution. A normal distribution describes a full population, t-distributions describe samples drawn from a full population; accordingly, the t-distribution for each sample size is different, and the larger the sample, the more the distribution resembles a normal distribution. The t-distribution plays a role in many widely used statistical analyses, including the Student's t-test for assessing the statistical significance of the difference between two sample means, the construction of confidence intervals for the difference between two population means, and in linear regression analysis. The Student's t-distribution also arises in the Bayesian analysis of data from a normal family. History Gosset worked at a brewery and was interested in the problems of small samples, for example the chemical properties of barley. In the problems he analyzed, the sample size might be as low as three. Because of the small sample size, estimating the standard deviation is not possible. Also, in many cases Gosset encountered, the probability distribution of the samples was not known. One version of the origin of the pseudonym is that Gosset's employer preferred staff to use pen names (instead of their real name) when publishing scientific papers, so he used the name "Student" to hide his identity. Another version is that the brewery did not want their competitors to know that they were using the t-test to test the quality of raw material. Properties If we take a sample of n observations from a normal distribution, then the t-distribution with n = n-1 degrees of freedom can be defined as the distribution of the location of the sample mean , relative to the true mean , divided by the sample standard deviation over the normalizing term (that is, ). In this way, the t-distribution can be used to estimate how likely it is that the true mean lies in any given range. The t-distribution is symmetric and bell-shaped, like the normal distribution, but has heavier tails, meaning that it is more prone to producing values that fall far from its mean. This makes it useful for understanding the statistical behavior of certain types of ratios of random quantities, in which variation in the denominator is amplified and may produce outlying values when the denominator of the ratio falls close to zero. The Student's t-distribution is a special case of the generalised hyperbolic distribution.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortland%2C%20Illinois

Cortland, Illinois

Cortland is a town in Illinois in the United States.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuo%20Fukuda

Yasuo Fukuda

Yasuo Fukuda () (born 16 July 1936) was Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008. He was born in Gunma, Japan. The prime minister before him was Shinzo Abe. He hosted the G8 meeting in Hokkaido in July 2008, but resigned on September 1, 2008, due to low approval ratings and political deadlock. He was succeeded by Taro Aso.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imee%20Marcos

Imee Marcos

Maria Imelda Josefa "Imee" Romualdez Marcos (; born November 12, 1955) is a Filipina politician. She has been a Senator since 2019. She was governor of Ilocos Norte from 2010 to 2019 and a representative of Ilocos Norte's 2nd district from 1998 to 2007. She is a daughter of former president Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagic%20zone

Pelagic zone

The pelagic zone is the open sea or ocean that is not near the coast. The name comes from the Greek pelagos (pelagos), which might be translated as "open sea". To make this clear, seas around continents have continental crust beneath them. They are shallow. Seas away from continents can be very deep, and do not have continental shelves beneath them. Sub-zones The pelagic (or open ocean) zone is divided into a number of sub-zones: Epipelagic (surface to 200m): the illuminated surface zone where there is enough light for photosynthesis. Because of this, plankton, and the food chain which feeds on it, are in this zone. The top predators are fish such as tuna and many sharks. Mesopelagic (from 200m to 1000m): the twilight zone. Although some light penetrates this deep, it is insufficient for photosynthesis. The name comes from Greek meson, middle. Bathyal zone (from 1000m to 4000m): by this depth the ocean is almost entirely dark (with only the occasional bioluminescent organism). There are no living plants, and most animals survive by consuming the snow of detritus falling from the zones above, or (like the marine hatchetfish) by preying upon others. Giant squid live at this depth, and here they are hunted by deep-diving sperm whales. From Greek bathus (bathys), deep. Abyssal zone (from 4000m to the ocean floor): no light penetrates to this depth, and some creatures are blind and colourless. Bioluminescence also occurs in this zone. Hadal zone (the deep water in ocean trenches) - the name comes from Hades, the classical Greek underworld. This zone is less well known. Very few species live in the open areas, but many organisms live in hydrothermal vents. The last three zones are similar in character, and some marine biologists count them as a single zone or consider the latter two to be the one zone. Some define the hadopelagic as waters below 6000 meters, whether in a trench or not.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20Major%20League%20Soccer%20season

2014 Major League Soccer season

The 2014 Major League Soccer season was the 19th Major League Soccer season. The season had 19 teams (16 from the United States, and 3 from Canada). The Seattle Sounders won the Supporters' Shield, and Los Angeles Galaxy won the MLS Cup. The top scorer was Bradley Wright-Phillips, with 27 goals. Teams Results Eastern conference (EC) = Eastern Conference champions Western conference (WC) = Western Conference champions (SS) = Supporters Shield champions Overall table The champion of the overall table, which combines the eastern and western conference, is the champion of the Supporters Shield. This table also will show what team will qualify for next years CONCACAF Champions League. The Seattle Sounders qualified because they were they won the Supporters Shield and the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. LA Galaxy qualified because they won the MLS Cup. DC Untied qualified because they won a conference championship. Because the Seattle Sounders won two titles, and two Canadian teams qualified, the next best American team qualified; which turns out to be Real Salt Lake. The Vancouver Whitecaps qualified because, for this season only, the best Canadian team qualified. Montreal Impact qualified because they won the 2014 Canadian Championship.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky%20S-92

Sikorsky S-92

Sikorsky S-92 is an American civil helicopter. When it's used by militaries it's called H-92 Superhawk. CH-148 Cyclone is a special variant built for Canadian services. Bibliography Jackson, Robert, Helicopters: Military, Civilian, and Rescue Rotorcraft (The Aviation Factfile). London: Grange Books Ltd, 2005. .

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of the Gujranwala District in Punjab.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20High%20Density

Video High Density

Video High Density (VHD) was a videodisc format which was marketed predominantly in Japan by JVC. There was also an audio-only variant, Audio High Density (AHD). Technology VHD discs are 25 cm (9 5/6 inches) in diameter, and store up to 60 minutes of video per side. Each disc is stored in a plastic case, similar to a CED's case, so that the user could not touch the disc itself. The entire case was put into the player, which would take out the disc, and then the now empty case could be taken back out. After one side has finished playing, the disc would have to be taken out, flipped, and put back in to continue playing. Similar to the RCA's CED, the signal on the VHD is recorded by varying capacitance on the disc. However, unlike the CED, the VHD does not contain any groves and the needle is made of diamond instead of titanium. Instead of having grooves, the needle is kept on track electronically so the needle does not have to actually touch the disc therefore resulting in less wear on the disc and on the needle. In one rotation of the disc, 2 frames of picture and audio were read. VHD was designed to be very interactive and was used in some video game systems as well as in car engine diagnostic tools. History The VHD was first demonstrated in 1978, and after many advertisements in National Geographic magazines, It was eventually released in Japan and in the USA in 1983. However, by this time both Laserdisc and CED were already not selling well compared to the VHS and Betamax VCR systems. As a result of this, JVC did not let the VHD be sold in North America, but made it available to the general public in Japan and commercially in the UK and the US. During the time the VHD was made, it was mostly used for karaoke systems, anime video games, and interactive training systems. In the UK, the VHD was used for training, demonstration, and fault diagnostics. In Japan, a 3D version of the VHD utilizes double speed discs and special glasses. VHDs Today The VHD was not very successful as a consumer product, but it sold well for commercial purposes. In Japan, the CED is still somewhat popular and the discs and players are both still collected.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierachern

Thierachern

Thierachern is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our%20Mothers

Our Mothers

Our Mothers () is a 2019 Belgian Guatemalan drama movie directed by Cesar Diaz and starring Armando Espitia, Emma Dib, Aurelia Caal, Julio Serrano Echeverria, Victor Moreira.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Seater

Michael Seater

Michael Bruce Patrick Seater (born January 15, 1987) is a Canadian actor who is known for his roles as "Derek Venturi" in the Canadian series Life with Derek. He is close friends with his television co-star Ashley Leggat. He has one confirmed older brother. He is also a supporter of anti-bullying along with Ashley Leggat.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagannath

Jagannath

Jagannath is a form of the God Shri Krishna. The biggest temple of Jagannath is in Puri, Odisha, India. He is worshipped in Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar and rest parts of the Indian Subcontinent.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/For%20Those%20Who%20Are%20at%20Sea

For Those Who Are at Sea

For Those Who Are at Sea () is a 1947 Soviet drama movie directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer. It stars Mikhail Zharov, Aleksandra Trishko, and Dmitri Pavlov.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Assembly%20%28Cambodia%29

National Assembly (Cambodia)

The National Assembly (, , ) is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Cambodia. It is referred to as the lower house, with the Senate being referred to as the upper house. The National Assembly is an elected body consisting of 125 members known as Members of Parliament (MPs). Members are elected for five-year terms.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth-Anne%20de%20Massy

Elisabeth-Anne de Massy

Baroness Elizabeth-Ann de Massy Noghes (13 January 1947 - 10 June 2020) was a Monegasque aristocrat. She was the daughter of Princess Antoinette of Monaco and Alexandre-Athenase Noghes. Biography She is a first cousin of the reigning Prince Albert II and niece of Rainier III. She is the godmother of Princess Stephanie of Monaco. Although Elisabeth-Anne was born out of wedlock, her parents married in 1951, thus allowing her to be in the line to the throne. She lost her place in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne upon the death of Rainier III. Affiliations She was President of the Monegasque Tennis Federation and of the Monte Carlo Country Club. On 10 June 2020, Elizabeth-Ann de Massy died at the age of 73.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto%20Boal

Augusto Boal

Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 - 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed. Boal served one term as a Vereador (the Brazilian version of a city councillor) in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997. He developed the legislative theatre. Boal died from respiratory failure caused by leukemia, aged 78.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devise%2C%20Somme

Devise, Somme

Devise is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mia%20Hansen-L%C3%B8ve

Mia Hansen-Løve

Mia Hansen-Love (born 5 February 1981) is a French movie director, screenwriter, and former actress. Her first feature movie, All Is Forgiven, won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2007 along with Celine Sciamma's Water Lilies. Hansen-Love's movie Father of My Children won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2014, Hansen-Love was awarded the status of Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2016, she won the Silver Bear for Best Director for her movie Things to Come at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, as well as becoming a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyen-Ogoou%C3%A9%20Province

Moyen-Ogooué Province

Moyen-Ogooue is a province in Gabon. It has an area of . The provincial capital is Lambarene. As of 2013, 69,287 people lived there.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Cooper

Henry Cooper

Sir Henry Cooper OBE KSG KB (3 May 1934-1 May 2011) was an English heavyweight boxer known for the power of his left hook. People called it "Enry's 'Ammer" (Henry's hammer). He knocked down Muhammad Ali early in Ali's career. Cooper held the British, Commonwealth and European heavyweight titles several times. He unsuccessfully challenged Ali for the world heavyweight championship in 1966. After he retired from boxing, Cooper was a television and radio personality. He was popular in Britain. He was the first (and is today one of just three people) to twice win the public vote for BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. He is the only boxer to be awarded a knighthood. He is also named as one of the great Londoners in the "London Song" by Ray Davies on his 1998 album The Storyteller. Cooper married an Italian Catholic woman and converted to her faith.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alga%20%28disambiguation%29

Alga (disambiguation)

An alga (plural algae) is a type of photosynthetic organism.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fausto%20Gresini

Fausto Gresini

Fausto Gresini (23 January 1961 - 23 February 2021) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He was World Champion in 1985 and 1987. He was in his later years team manager for the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini MotoGP team. He was born in Imola, Italy. Gresini died on 23 February 2021 in Bologna, Italy from problems caused by COVID-19 at the age of 60.

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ZAPiT Games

ZAPiT Games, Inc. was a company from Mississauga, Canada. It started in 2003 to make a home video game console for families. To do that, they worked with companies such as National Semiconductor, Panasonic and Altera to make the Game Wave Family Entertainment System. ZAPiT Games also makes games for the BlackBerry and iPhone. Game Wave Family Entertainment System The Game Wave Family Entertainment System is a hybrid DVD player and video game console. That means it can play both DVDs and video games. It first came out in October 2005 during the seventh generation of video game consoles. The games for the system are trivia games, video game versions of traditional board or card games.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blomard

Blomard

Blomard is a French commune. It is in the Allier department in the center of France.

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20J.%20Hunter

C. J. Hunter

Cottrell James Hunter III (December 14, 1968 - November 28, 2021) was an American shot putter and coach. He was the 1999 World Champion. He was best known for his role in the BALCO scandal. He was also married to sprinter Marion Jones. Hunter died on November 29, 2021, at the age of 52.

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Nagpur

Nagpur is a city in state of Maharashtra in India. It is in the centre of India. In the Marathi language, nag means snake and pur means city. The city is called Nagpur because of the Nag river in this city which flows like a snake. It is the winter capital of Maharashtra. After Mumbai and Pune, Nagpur is the third largest city in Maharashtra. It is a very clean city. It was selected as the second greenest city of India. Many oranges are grown in this city, so it is also called Orange City.

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Fantasamagorie

Fantasmagorie is a hand drawn animated movie made in 1908 by Emile Cohl. It is one of the first animated cartoons ever made.

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Censer

A censer is a container made for burning incense or perfume in some solid form. They are very ancient and have many different forms and are made out of many different materials. Many designs have holes to allow a flow of air. In many cultures, burning incense has spiritual and religious connotations, and this influences the design and decoration of the censer. In Western contexts, "censer" is often used for pieces made for religious use, especially those on chains that are swung through the air to spread the incense smoke widely.

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Darío Ripoll

Dario Ripoll Herrera (San Pedro Garza Garcia; May 16 of 1970) is a actor Mexican of cinema, theater and television known as Luis SanRoman in the series Neighbors and the portrayed as Cardenas in Because love commands. Career Dario Ripoll studied a Bachelor of Acting at the National School of Theater Art of the INBA. He has taken acting training courses and acting specialization in cinema, with the directors: Nacho Ortiz, Joaquin Bissner and Luis Felipe Tovar. With more than 20 years of artistic career, he has participated in more than 15 theatrical works, among which stand out: Invisible Cities, Just Let's Get Out, The Suspicious Truth, Theatrical Blood, The Man of La Mancha, Chicago the Musical, Los Miserables, One Eva and Two Louts, The Rebel Novice, The Wife's Game and Peter Pan. In cinema, his participation in the following feature films stands out: 7 Days, The Librarian, Artificial Lights, The Just, Divine Confusion, The Last Death and Tooth for a Tooth. On television he has participated in soap operas such as: The most beautiful ugly, I love Juan Querendon, Alma de Hierro, A lucky family and in series such as The Simulators, Thirteen Fears, Los Heroes del Norte, Hermanos y Detectives, Addicts , XY, Mujeres Asesinas 3, La Familia Peluche (third season), Neighbors where he played Luis San Roman (the bipolar) and his most recent participation in the telenovela "Because love commands" as Licenciado Cardenas. He also played the character of Guason in the Spanish dubbing of the video game "Batman: Arkham Origins".

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Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah ( Taarak Mehta's inverted spectacles; sometimes abbreviated as TMKOC) is an Indian Hindi Language television sitcom. One of India's longest running television shows, it is produced by Neela Tele Films. The show went on air on 28 July 2008. It airs from Monday to Saturday on SAB TV. Reruns of the show started on Sony Pal from 2 November 2015. The show is based on the column Duniya Ne Undha Chashma written by columnist and journalist/playwright Taarak Mehta for the Gujarati weekly magazine Chitralekha. Plot The series takes place at the Gokuldham Co-operative Society, an apartment complex in Powder Gali, Goregaon East, Mumbai around Gada Family which consists of a successful businessman Jethalal Champaklal Gada, his father Champaklal Jayantilal Gada, his wife Daya and their naughty son Tipendra Gada (Tapu) who is the leader of his friend circle called "Tapu Sena." Jethalal calls his father Champaklal to keep an eye on Tapu but the opposite happens and he joins hands with Tapu. Most of the episodes are based on Jethalal being stuck in a problem and Taarak Mehta, his best friend, helps him out of it whom Jethalal calls "Fire Brigade." The show covers topical issues which are socially relevant. The residents of Gokuldham faces daily life problems and finds solutions for it but with a moral value too in a hilarious manner. Although Gokuldham Society consists of 50 flats but the show mostly focuses on the lives of the families, that are of; Jethalal Champaklal Gada, a Gujarati; Taarak Mehta, who is from Rajasthan; Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide, who belongs to Marathi culture; Dr. Hansraj Hathi, a Bihari overweight doctor; Krishnan Iyer, a scientist from Chennai but has a Bengali wife; Roshan Singh Sodhi, A Punjabi but has a Parsi wife and Patrakaar Popatlal from Bhopal, a bachelor from eleven years. They always help each-other in their problems, to promote Unity in Diversity.

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Ukrainian Railways

Ukrainian Railways () is a state-owned company of rail transport in Ukraine. It controls the majority of the railroad transportation in Ukraine. It's total track length is nearly 23,000 km. Ukrainian Railways company is the number 13 largest railway company in the world. Ukrainian Railways is the world's 6th largest rail passenger transporter. The company employs more than 403,000 people. History Ukrainian Railways company is the successor of the railways company founded in 1861 in Russian empire. Since the independence of Ukraine, the company is the major railways transporter and the only owner of all tracks in Ukraine. It's main office is in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Croatia national football team

Croatia national football team is the national football team of Croatia. The team reached the final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but lost to France 4-2.

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Gérard Depardieu

Gerard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, movie producer and director. He was born in Chateauroux, Indre. He is one of the most prolific actors in film history, having completed approximately 170 movies since 1967. He won the Cesar Award for Best Actor for his performances in The Last Metro (1980). He received the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actor in Police (1985). For Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) he won the Cannes Film Festival for Best Actor, his second Cesar Award and his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Depardieu won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Green Card. He lives in Belgium. In 2013 he was granted Russian citizenship.

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Neem

Neem is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is native to India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Pakistan. It grows in tropical and semi-tropical regions. It was also the state tree of Hyderabad Deccan. Neem is a fast-growing tree in India that can reach up to 15-20 m (about 50-65 feet) tall, and sometimes even to 35-40 m (115-131 feet). It is evergreen. It is found in some major parts of Tamil nadu like tuticorin,tirunelveli ,etc. Uses Products made from neem have been used in India for over two millennia for their medicinal properties. They are said to be antifungal, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antiviral, contraceptive and sedative. Neem products are also used in selectively controlling pests in plants. Neem is considered a part of Ayurvedic medicine. Neem is also known as the' village pharmacy'. All parts of neem are used for preparing many different medicines, especially for skin disease. A compound from the Neem tree can be used as a spermicide . Neem oil is used for preparing cosmetics (soap and shampoo, ozone as well as lotions and others), and is useful for skin care such as acne treatment. Neem oil has been used effectively as a mosquito repellent. Neem is useful for damaging over 500 types of insects, mites, ticks, and nematodes, by changing the way they grow and act. Neem does not normally kill pests right away, rather it slows their growth and drives them away. As neem products are cheap and not poisonous to animals and friendly insects, they are good for pest control In the UK, plant protection products that contain azadirachtin, the active ingredient of neem oil, are illegal.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a law of the United States. It made it easier for African-Americans and non-English speaking citizens to vote. In some parts of the United States, people were forced to pay a poll tax or take a literacy test before being allowed to vote. This process kept many African-Americans from voting. The Voting Rights Act made all of those practices illegal.

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Ted V. Mikels

Ted V. Mikels (born Theodore Vincent Mikacevich; April 29, 1929 - October 16, 2016) was an American independent filmmaker primarily of the horror cult film genre. Movies that he both produced and directed include Girl in Gold Boots (1968), The Astro-Zombies (1968), and The Doll Squad (1973).

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Lusigliè

Lusiglie is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region in Italy.

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Fiscal policy

When a state uses taxes and government spending to influence the economy, this is known as fiscal policy in economics and political science. Idea from John Maynard Keynes. The state can influence the following parameters: Aggregate demand and the level of economic activity How resources are allocated How wealth is distributed There are two basic kinds of taxes: those on revenue, and those on economic activity, usually called excise taxes. Lowering the excise taxation will lead to increased economic activity, for example. Changes in welfare also have an impact on economic activity. In general, fiscal policy is cyclic: Effects which result from changes in fiscal policy need some time until they can be observed. Certain schools of thought think that fiscal policy should not be used to influence the economy. This is the case for Monetarism, which demands that keeping money at its value is the most important goal.

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Mount Dora, Florida

Mount Dora is a city of Florida in the United States. Geography Mount Dora has a total area of 9.5 square miles.

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Altai Republic

The Altai Republic (; Altai: , Altay Respublika; , , ), also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is in southern Siberia and is a part of the Siberian Federal District. It has an area of . It has a population of 210,924 people. It is the least-populous republic of Russia and least-populous federal subject in the Siberian Federal District. Gorno-Altaysk is the capital and the largest town of the republic. The Altai Republic is one of Russia's ethnic republics. It mainly represents the indigenous Altai people. The Altai are a Turkic ethnic group that make up 37% of the republic's population, while ethnic Russians form a majority at 54%, and with minority populations of Kazakhs, other Central Asian ethnicities, and Germans. The official languages of the Altai Republic are Russian and Altai. Kazakh is official in areas where it is spoken more. History The Xiongnu Empire (209 BC - AD 93) owned the territory of the modern Altai Republic. The area was part of the First Turkic Khaganate, the Uyghur Empire, and the Yeniseian Kyrgyzs. This time was the time when Turkic cultures and languages became most common. The southern part of the Altai Republic came under the Naiman Khanate. The territory of the modern Altai Republic has been ruled by the Mongolic Xianbei state (93-234), Rouran Khaganate (330-555), Mongol Empire (1206-1368), Golden Horde (1240-1502), Zunghar Khanate (1634-1758) and Qing Empire (1757-1864). The entire Altan Nuur Uriankhai region was annexed into the Russian Empire in 1864-1867 by the Treaty of Tarbagatai. During the Russian Civil War, the Confederated Republic of Altai (Karakorum-Altai Region) was created in 1918. It claimed to be the first step to rebuilding Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire. But it never became a competing force in the Russian Civil War. It stayed neutral from 1918 until January 1920, when it was taken back by Russia. A second Altai Republic was formed in 1921 and lasted until 1922 when they were annexed by the Bolsheviks. On June 1, 1922, the Oyrot Autonomous Oblast () was created in Altai Krai. This gave the Altai people more autonomy again. The original name for this region was Bazla. On January 7, 1948, it was renamed Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast (). In 1991 it was turned into the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR). In 1992 it was renamed to the Altai Republic. Geography The Altai Republic is in the Altai Mountains. It is at the junction of the Siberian taiga, the Kazakh steppes, and the Mongolian semi-deserts. Forests cover about 25% of the republic. The highest point in the Altai Republic is Belukha Mountain, which stands at 4,506 m (14,783 ft) tall. The Altai Republic borders Kemerovo Oblast to the north, Khakassia to the northeast, Tuva to the east, Altai Krai to the west/northwest, Mongolia (Bayan-Olgii Province) to the southeast, China (Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang) to the south, and Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region) to the south/southwest. Climate The republic has a temperate continental climate. It has short and mild summers (June-August) and long, cold, and often quite frosty winters (November-March). In general, the republic's climate of the southeastern areas, such as the (Ulagansky and Kosh-Agachsky Districts), is harsher than the climate of the less elevated northern areas. Average annual temperature: +1 degC to -6.7 degC. January temperature range: -9.2 degC to -31 degC. July temperature range: +11 degC to +19 degC. Average annual precipitation: 100-1000 mm. Administrative divisions The Altai Republic is administratively divided into ten districts and Gorno-Altaysk Urban Okrug. The districts are further divided into ninety-two rural settlements. Demographics Population: Ethnic groups According to the 2021 Census, ethnic Russians make up 53.7% of the republic's population. The indigenous Altai people make up 37.0%. Other groups include Kazakhs (6.4%), and several smaller groups. including 3,414 Telengits, 1,384 Kumandins and 344 Teleuts including 2,368 Telengits, 1,533 Tubalars, 931 Kumandins, 830 Chelkans, 141 Shors and 32 Teleuts including 3,648 Telengits, 1,891 Tubalars, 1,062 Kumandins, 1,113 Chelkans and 87 Shors including 2,587 Telengits, 3,424 Tubalars, 1,037 Kumandins, 1,170 Chelkans and 91 Shors Notable people Alexander Berdnikov (born April 8, 1953), Chairman of the Government of the Altai Republic, and the head of the republic from January 20, 2006. Grigory Gurkin (January 24, 1870 - October 11, 1937), landscape painter. Mikhail Lapshin (September 1, 1934 - June 17, 2006), President of the Altai Republic from January 19, 2002, to January 19, 2006. Sergey Mikayelyan (born April 27, 1992), cross-country skier. Viktor Shvaiko (b. 1965), painter. Semyon Zubakin (born May 4, 1952), Head of the Altai Republic in Russia from January 13, 1998, to January 19, 2002.

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Melanie Hamrick

Melanie Hamrick is a choreographer and retired ballerina who worked at the American Ballet Theatre. She worked for the American Ballet Threatre for 15 years before retiring in 2019. She is also known as the partner of Mick Jagger. They have one child.

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Crossing over

Crossing over is a basic concept of genetics and cell biology, often called recombination. It occurs during meiosis. Crossing over is the exchange of chromosome segments between non-sister chromatids during the production of gametes. The effect is to assort (shuffle) the alleles on parental chromosomes, so that the gametes carry combinations of genes different from either parent. This has the overall effect of increasing the variety of phenotypes present in a population. The process can be seen directly in stained cells, and indirectly if there are genetic markers or not on the chromosomes. The visible crossovers are called chiasma (plural: chiasmata), which is Greek for a cross. F. A. Janssens was the first to suggest what chiasmata meant. The large-scale effect of crossing over is to spread variation through a population. This is the main result of sexual reproduction compared to non-sexual modes of reproduction. The main advantage to the parents is the greater variety in their offspring. This, it is thought, increases the chance that some of the offspring will survive and reproduce. This has been the subject of much investigation and discussion.

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Retina

The retina is the thin layer of cells that lines the back of the eyeball in humans and in many animals. It is made mainly of neurons and its role is to sense the light which gets into the eye and send information about it to the brain. Most information about light that leaves the retina travels through the optic nerve, and is used by the brain to recognize what you're seeing. Information about light which travels through the retino-hypothamalic tract is for adjusting circadian rhythms to the 24-hour day. The center of the human retina, called the fovea centralis, or just fovea, has the most rod cells and cone cells for receiving light. Even though the fovea takes up only 1.5 square millimeters, it plays the most important roles in vision. It is only around 1% of the human retina, but the fovea sends about as much information to the visual cortex as the rest of the retina combined.

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Blitzingen

Blitzingen was a municipality, in the new municipality of Goms and the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Villages Bodme, Wiler, Ammern, Gadmen and Blitzingen.

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Eichberg, St. Gallen

Eichberg is a municipality in Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

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Paula Vogel

Paula Vogel (born November 16, 1951) is an American playwright. She won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play How I Learned to Drive. From 2008 to 2012, Vogel was a professor at the Yale School of Drama.

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Lock (water transport)

A lock is a part of a navigable waterway system that makes a water "channel" deep enough for vessels to use. The lock controls pool depths, for example in a lock and dam system across a waterway. The lock is a place where boats that travel up or down a river or canal can be moved to the next higher or lower level. Locks are built in places where the level of the water in the river or canal suddenly changes. This may be because of a waterfall there, or because a dam or a weir has been built, or because some other thing is in the way. The lock is like a big chamber with gates at each end. They have lock gears which empty or fill the chamber with water. Locks help a river to be more easily navigable (easier for boats to travel up and down), or for canals to be built across country that is not level. How a lock works If a boat that is travelling downstream (in the same direction that the water is flowing) arrives at a lock, this is what happens: The boat waits until the lock is full of water. If a boat going the other way has just come out of the lock, the water level will be right and the gates will be open. This will save time. The entrance gates (if shut) are opened and the boat sails in. The entrance gates are closed. A valve is opened, and water flows out of the chamber so that the boat goes down. When the water is at the level of the next bit of river, the exit gates are opened and the boat sails out. If a boat that is travelling upstream (in the opposite direction to the water flow), the opposite happens: The boat waits until the water level is low. If a boat going the other way has just come out of the lock, the water level will be right and the gates will be open. The entrance gates (if shut) are opened and the boat sails in. The entrance gates are closed. A valve is opened, and water pours in to the chamber so that the boat goes up. When the water is at the level of the next bit of river, the exit gates are opened and the boat sails out. The whole process of going through a lock may take about 15 to 20 minutes, depending on whether the boat has to wait. Some locks can take several boats at once, and the first one to enter may have to wait until other boats arrive.

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Ms. Pac-Man

Ms. Pac-Man is an arcade video game made by Midway Manufacturing (now Midway Games). It was released one year after Pac-Man, on January 13, 1982. It became one of the most popular video games of all-time after its release. This led Namco to make the game an official title in the Pac-Man series. It has a female character, new mazes, and changes in gameplay from Pac-Man. It is most successful American-made arcade game, selling 115,000 arcade cabinets. Gameplay Ms. Pac-Man plays similarly to Pac-Man. The player has to move Ms. Pac-Man, a yellow disc, around a maze. The goal is to eat all of the yellow pellets (circles) while not getting caught by the ghosts. The player can get more points by eating fruits that appear. When Ms. Pac-Man eats a white pellet, the ghosts turn blue. The player can eat them for points. The game has 256 stages. Like Pac-Man, the 256th level cannot be finished because of a problem with the creation of the game. The game has gameplay changes from the original Pac-Man. They include: The game has four different mazes instead of one maze that is played for the whole game. Three of the four mazes have two sets of warp tunnels instead of one. Instead of staying in the middle of the maze, the fruit moves around the maze, going in and out of warp tunnels. The ghosts have different behaviors. The game has different sound effects and music.

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Caledonian Forest

The Caledonian Forest is a type of woodland that once covered vast areas of Scotland. Today, parts of the original forest survive, covering in 84 places. The forests are home to a wide variety of wildlife, much of which is not found elsewhere in the British Isles. History The Caledonian forests were formed at the end of the last ice age. Trees began to recolonise what is now the British Isles over a land bridge which is now beneath the English Channel. Forests of this type were found all over what is now the island of Great Britain for a short period. Then the climate began to warm and the pine wood retreated north into the Scottish Highlands. The native pinewoods which formed this westernmost outpost of the boreal forest of Europe are estimated to have covered as a vast wilderness of pine, birch, rowan, aspen, juniper, oak and a few other species. On the west coast, oak and birch predominated in a temperate rainforest ecosystem rich in ferns, mosses and lichens. The forest takes its name from the Romans, who called Scotland Caledonia, from the early Celtic word '*caleto-' meaning 'hard, strong'. The name was used by a local tribe or tribal confederation of native Picts or Britons called the Caledonii. Rewilding Today less than 1% of the original native pinewood forest survives, in isolated remnants. The only real future of the once great forest is rewilding. This amounts to keeping sections free of deer and hogs until trees have a chance to grow. Natural predators are also needed to keep control of herbivores which would otherwise eat everything before trees could grow. Alan Watson Featherstone explains his life's work. Wildlife A unique ecosystem in the British Isles, the Caledonian pinewoods are home to some of the country's rarest wildlife. It is one of the last remaining wildernesses in the British Isles, but most of it has gone.

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Ursula Valenta

Ursula Valenta is an archer from Austria. Valenta competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She was born on 17 July 1951.

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WilliamsF1 Grand Prix results

The table below details the complete World Championship Grand Prix results for the WilliamsF1 Formula One team. The team also competed in several non-Championship Formula One races. Complete World Championship results (key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap) Jump to: 1990 2000 2010 Season in progress.

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West Perth, Ontario

West Perth is a municipality in Ontario, Canada, located in Perth County. It was started in 1998, when the town of Mitchell and the townships of Logan, Hibbert, and Fullarton amalgamated. West Perth has an area of 589.42 square kilometers (223.72 square miles). According to the Canada 2011 Census, it has a population of 8,919.

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Gréasque

Greasque is a commune of 3,705 people (2004). It is found in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region in the Bouches-du-Rhone department in the south of France.

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Nintendo DSi

The is the third version of the Nintendo DS handheld. It was first announced in October 2008 and was available in Japan in November of the same year and worldwide in 2009/2010. Development of the DSi began in late 2006, shortly after the release of the DS Lite. A larger version of the DSi titled the Nintendo DSi XL was released in 2009/2010. Features The DSi is about 12% thinner (2.6 mm) and the screen is about 17% bigger than the Nintendo DS Lite. It has two Video Graphics Array (or VGA) 0.3 megapixel digital cameras; one is pointed at the user and the other is in the outer shell. The power switch is now a power button like the original Nintendo DS instead of a switch and is moved to the bottom to make it harder to bump by accident. It no longer has a slot to play Game Boy Advance games in and one will not be able to play games such as Guitar Hero: On Tour on the DSi because the game requires the slot and the download games. Differences between the Nintendo DS Lite and Nintendo DSi Bigger Screen: The DSi Screen is one quarter of an inch bigger than the DS Lite screen. Lighter: The DSi is 4 grams lighter than the DS Lite. Battery Life: The battery lasts between 1-5 hours less than the DS Lite. Extra memory: The Nintendo DSi has a SD card slot, on which photos and music can be stored. No Game Boy Game Slot: The DSi cannot play Game Boy Advance games and DS games that require the use of the GBA slot; this caused disappointment when it came out. Camera: The DSi has two cameras, one on the inside and one on the outside and the photos can be put on the SD card and later printed. Music Player: The DSi has an AAC player, for playing music, much like an iPod does. Internet: The DSi has an internet browser that cannot watch videos, but can do everything else.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky

Bowling Green is a city of Kentucky in the United States. It is southeast of Owensboro, Kentucky. The confederates had it at the beginning of the Civil War until 1862. It has a population around 53,000 people.

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Serravalle, Switzerland

Serravalle is a municipality of the district Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It was created on 1 April 2012 when the former municipalities of Malvaglia, Semione and Ludiano merged to form the new municipality of Serravalle.

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Lucy Jarvis (producer)

Lucile Jarvis (nee Howard; June 24, 1917 - January 26, 2020) was an American television producer.Lucy Jarvis (born Lucile Howard; June 24, 1917 - January 26, 2020) was an American television producer. She was born in New York City. She produced the movie Family Reunion. In 1990, Jarvis brought the Russian rock opera Juno and Avos to New York City. In November 2017, Jarvis was presented with the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Pioneer Award for her groundbreaking success in Media at the United Nations in New York City. Jarvis turned 100 in June 2017 and died in January 2020 at the age of 102.

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Eddie Izzard

Edward Jonathan "Eddie" Izzard (born 7 February 1962) is an English actor and stand-up comedian. He has acted in movies and television. He is known for his strange comedy and for being a transvestite (he often wore women's clothes, before deciding he wanted to be recognised not as a male lesbian but as a full blown 'woman' named Suzy' such a shame s/he could not have been herself as is, without any the fuss!! If s/he just accepted who 'they' were, and as that equally recognised and loved as equally funny. Eddie/ Suzy Izzard is ..A true star of comedy, surrealist stage screen hero! Personal life Izzard has described herself as "a lesbian trapped in a man's body".

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Kōji Omi

was a Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician. He was the Minister of Finance in the first Cabinet of Shinzo Abe, from 2001 to 2007. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1983 until 2009. Omi was born in Numata, Japan. Omi died on 14 April 2022 from pneumonia in Tokyo, Japan at the age of 89.

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Observation

Observation is an activity of an intelligent living being (e.g. human), which senses and assimilates the knowledge of a phenomenon in its framework of previous knowledge and ideas. Observation is more than the bare act of observing: Observation requires observing and seeking knowledge, often through experiment. Observations that come from self-defining instruments are often unreliable. Such observations are hard to reproduce because they may vary even with respect to the same stimuli. Thus they are not of much use in exact sciences like physics which require instruments which do not define themselves. It is thus often necessary to use various engineered instruments like: spectrometers, oscilloscopes, cameras, telescopes, interferometers, tape recorders, thermometers etc. and tools like clocks, scale that help in improving the accuracy, quality and utility of the information obtained from an observation. The accuracy and tremendous success of science is primarily attributed to the accuracy and objectivity (i.e. repeatability) of observation of the reality that science explores. The role of observation in the scientific method Scientific method refers to techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning. A scientific method consists of the collection of data through observation and experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses. Although procedures vary from one field of inquiry to another, identifiable features distinguish scientific inquiry from other methodologies of knowledge. Scientific researchers propose hypotheses as explanations of phenomena, and design experimental studies to test these hypotheses. These steps must be repeatable in order to dependably predict any future results. Theories that encompass wider domains of inquiry may bind many hypotheses together in a coherent structure. This in turn may help form new hypotheses or place groups of hypotheses into context. Among other facets shared by the various fields of inquiry is the conviction that the process be objective to reduce a biased interpretation of the results. Another basic expectation is to document, archive and share all data and methodology so they are available for careful scrutiny by other scientists, thereby allowing other researchers the opportunity to verify results by attempting to reproduce them. This practice, called full disclosure, also allows statistical measures of the reliability of these data to be established. Testing and improvement The scientific process is iterative. At any stage it is possible that some consideration will lead the scientist to repeat an earlier part of the process. Failure to develop an interesting hypothesis may lead a scientist to re-define the subject they are considering. Failure of a hypothesis to produce interesting and testable predictions may lead to reconsideration of the hypothesis or of the definition of the subject. Failure of the experiment to produce interesting results may lead the scientist to reconsidering the experimental method, the hypothesis or the definition of the subject. Other scientists may start their own research and enter the process at any stage. They might adopt the characterization and formulate their own hypothesis, or they might adopt the hypothesis and deduce their own predictions. Often the experiment is not done by the person who made the prediction and the characterization is based on experiments done by someone else. Published results of experiments can also serve as a hypothesis predicting their own reproducibility.

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Alyaksandr Hleb

Alyaksandr Hleb (born 1 May 1981) is a Belarusian football player. He plays for Stuttgart and Belarus national team.

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Brienne-le-Château

Brienne-le-Chateau is a commune of the Aube departement in the north-central part of France.

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Makoto Koga

is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet from 1980 until 2012. He was the Minister of Transport from 1996 to 1997. Koga was born in Fukuoka, Japan.

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1081

1081 was a common year. Events Corfu taken from Byzantine Empire by Robert Guiscard, Norman King of Southern Italy Byzantine emperor Nicephorus III is overthrown by Alexius I Comnenus, ending the Middle Byzantine period and beginning the Comnenan dynasty Alexius I helps defend Albania from the Normans (the first recorded mention of Albania), but is defeated at the Battle of Dyrrhachium. Beginning of the construction of Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense. May 8 - Alfonso VI of Castile marries Constance of Burgundy.

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Gabriel Milito

Gabriel Milito (born 7 September 1980) is an Argentine football player. He has played for Argentina national team.

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Sammy Adjei

Sammy Adjei (born 1 September 1980) is a Ghanaian football player. He has played for Ghana national team.

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Malafrena

Malafrena is a book by Ursula K. Le Guin that was published in 1979 . The novel takes place in the country of Orsinia, which is also the setting of Le Guin's 1976 story collection, Orsinian Tales.

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Vaisakh

Vaisakh (Punjabi: vaisaakh, Shahmukhi Punjabi: wyskhh) is the second month in the Nanakshahi calendar. This month is usually in April and May in the Gregorian calendar. It is the same as Vaisakha in the Hindu calendar and the Indian national calendar. Usually, it is when crops are harvested in the Punjab region.

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Zhangixalus

Zhangixalus is a group of frogs in the subfamily Rhacophorinae, family Rhacophoridae. They are called Zhang's treefrogs in English. They live in the Eastern Himalayas, southern China, Taiwan, Japan, and southeast Asia. Name The frogs are named for Zhang Ya-Ping from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Zhang worked in biodiversity and evolution research in China. Ixalus is a word that means treefrogs. Taxonomy Scientists made the group Zhangixalus in a 2019 when they were looking at the very large genus Rhacophorus (92 species). They divided Rhacophorus into three groups: Rhacophorus sensu stricto (then 39 species; as of November 2021, 43 species), Leptomantis (then 14 species; as of November 2021, 13 species), and Zhangixalus (then 37 species; as of November 2021, 40 species). They did this because of molecular data, such as DNA, but also because they could see differences in the frogs' bodies and in the places where they lived. Rhacophorus is the sister taxon of Zhangixalus and Leptomantis. Description Zhangixalus are large frogs, ranging between in from nose to rear end, but most are more than more than . The snout is round. The terminal phalanges of fingers and toes are Y-shaped. Dorsal skin is smooth or has some small bumps. Most frogs have green skins. The female lays eggs in white foam nests that the two frogs make together. Zhangixalus has frogs that seem not to be related to other frogs: Z. achantharrhena, Z. dulitensis, and Z. prominanus. They are different from other Zhangixalus frogs: they have folds in their skin by their legs and tarsal projections. Scientists are not sure these species really should be in Zhangixalus. Species There are 41 species in this genus: The AmphibiaWeb recognizes the same species except Zhangixalus amamiensis, which is treated as being part of Zhangixalus viridis.

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Richard G. Scott

Richard Gordon Scott (November 7, 1928 - September 22, 2015) was an American nuclear engineer and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was the sixth most senior apostle among the ranks of the church.

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Johann Baptist Martinelli

Johann Baptist Martinelli (February 8, 1701, Vienna - June 21, 1754, Vienna) was an Austrian architect and constructor of Italian descent. Overview He was the son of architect Franz Martinelli. In cooperation with his brother Anton Erhard Martinelli, he designed the plans of several baroque church in the Habsburg empire, among which the church in Grossweikersdorf and the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Blaj. He also designed several mansions among which the one in Dolna Krupa.

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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux

The Musee des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux is the fine arts museum of the city of Bordeaux, France. It was established in 1801. The museum has European art from the 15th century through the 20th century.

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Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter (born December 8, 1961) is from the United States. She is a writer and is known for her controversial opinions about politics. She was asked to go on television, radio and speaks at public and private events. Coulter has described herself as a "polemicist" or someone who tells the truth even if it will cause problems. She does not want to "pretend to be impartial or balanced."

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AWAL

AWAL, also known as "Artists Without A Label", is a British music distribution company owned by Sony Music Entertainment.

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Tropical Storm Jerry (1995)

Tropical Storm Jerry was a weak tropical storm of the very active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. Even though Jerry was weak, Jerry caused 8 deaths and $40 million in damage. Jerry made landfall in Jupiter, Florida and Dixie County, Florida. Jerry was active with four other cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean: Humberto, Iris, Luis, and Karen. Because there was not much damage, the name Jerry was not retired and was used again in 2001 and 2007, the name will also be used again in 2013. Meteorological history A tropical wave moved off the coast of Africa on August 9. Over the next week, clouds and other thunderstorms grew near the tropical wave. By August 22 it was upgraded to Tropical Depression Eleven. Tropical Depression Eleven was located just to the north of Cuba at the time. On August 23 it became Tropical Storm Jerry. Jerry had winds at 40 miles per hour, however the minimum pressure was not at the lowest still Jerry weakened back to a depression. The National Hurricane Center did not expect to Tropical Depression Eleven to become a tropical storm because most of the showers and thunderstorms were over land. On August 23, Tropical Storm Jerry made landfall in Jupiter, Florida while it was still a weak tropical storm with winds at 40 miles per hour. It stayed as a tropical storm until it went into the Gulf of Mexico. It made a second landfall in Florida of August 25 while a tropical depression. It crossed into Georgia soon after and into South Carolina. Jerry died on the border of Georgia and South Carolina on August 28. The remains of Jerry either moved to the south back over to Florida or to the east over North and South Carolina. But the remains of Tropical Storm Jerry did last for five days over the United States. Impact Tropical Storm Jerry killed two people in Florida, three people in South Carolina, and three more in North Carolina. Jerry caused $19 million in damage in Florida, $10 million in South Carolina, and $11 million in North Carolina. In total, Jerry caused $40 million in damage and 8 people to be killed. This was the first time since 1990 that a name starting with the letter "J" was used. It was also only the second time that the name Jerry made been used to name a storm in the Atlantic. Because there was not much damage, the name Jerry was not retired, so it was used again in 2001 and 2007, it will also be used again in 2013.

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HIPRA

Hipra Laboratories, S.A. is a Spanish pharmaceutical multinational founded in 1954. It began in the field of veterinary medicine but is also developing a vaccine against COVID-19. History The founder of the company is the Catalan pharmacist, veterinarian and chemist Joan Nogareda i Gifre, a native of Olot. In 1971, he acquired a Madrid-based companyand moved it to the province of Girona in 1954. Since 1973, its headquarters have been in Amer. His brother Ernest and Pere Casadevall are involved in the new company. Human health Since April 2020, Hipra has been developing a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 with funding from the CDTI.2 Later, in November 2021, the vaccine went to phase 2 of human trials3, to finally start phase 3 in early 2022 with 3,000 volunteers in 20 hospitals, mainly from Spain but also from Italy and Portugal. The company expects to make 400 million doses in 2022, having already agreed a supply of 50 million doses with Vietnam. Animal health Hipra markets a variety of products aimed at animal health, especially for farm animals but also for domestic animals such as pigeons and dogs. Hipra has seven veterinary products registered in Spain.

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Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija

Heritage of Mercury. Almaden and Idrija is a joint UNESCO World Heritage site in Almaden, Spain, and Idrija, Slovenia. The property includes two mercury mining sites. In Almaden mercury has been extracted since antiquity, while in Idrija it was first found in 1490 AD. The Almaden site includes buildings relating to its mining history. These include Retamar Castle, religious buildings and traditional houses. The site in Idrija notably features mercury storage and infrastructure. It also includes miners' living quarters, and a miners' theatre. The sites shows how trade in mercury generated important exchanges between Europe and America over the centuries. The two sites represent the two largest mercury mines in the world and were working mines until recent times.

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Ribeauville

Ribeauville is a commune. It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France. In 2015, 69 people lived there.

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MTV Entertainment Studios

MTV Entertainment Studios is the film and television production arm of MTV Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of the [Paramount Media Networks] division of [Paramount Global.] Founded in 1991 as MTV Productions, it is a consolidation of the former MTV Films group established in 1996 and the MTV Production Development/MTV Studios group of 2003-2021, it has produced original television shows like Beavis and Butt-Head, AEon Flux, Jackass, My Super Sweet 16, Daria, Celebrity Deathmatch, Clone High and The Real World and films such as Election, Joe's Apartment and Napoleon Dynamite. Its films are released by fellow [Paramount Global division] [Paramount Pictures.] The MTV Films unit was part of Paramount Players until 2020.

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Leon Ames

Leon Ames (born Harry L. Wycoff; January 20, 1902 - October 12, 1993) was an American movie and television actor. He was known for his roles in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), Little Women (1949), On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).

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SOCATA TBM

The SOCATA TB700 is a light transport aircraft. It is used by both civilian and military operators. It is built in Tarbes, France by SOCATA. It is a single-turboprop aircraft built in all-metal. More than 600 were sold. TBM-850 is a modern variant.