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February 23, 2010

Proprietarianism

The assumption that all men own their own bodies and are therefore solely entitled to the benefit and control thereofSource: Personal Knowledge

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February 10, 2010

Morality

is the assignment of value, i.e. good or bad, right or wrong, to a human behaviorSource: Personal Knowledge

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February 9, 2010

Obaben

was a four piece band comprising Ben Wright (Guitar/Vox), Dom Gibbeson (Bass), Gerard McLachlan (Drums) and Rob Jenkins (Guitar). Ben Wright now writes music for film and televisionSource: Website

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January 29, 2010

Attn

used on an envelope, this abbreviation for the word "Attention" is put before the name of the recipient, assumedly so that it is not opened by someone elseSource: Wikipedia

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November 30, 2009

Berdkunk

Berdkunq was a large city in Ani Armenia, but was destroyed by Arpaslan, leader of Turks SeljuksSource: Personal Knowledge

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November 7, 2009

Marcelle von wendland

Director of Bancstreet Capital Partners LtdSource: Website

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October 31, 2009

Stereo+C

Stereo+C is an arrangement that allows to use normal stereo microphone techniques with an additional specially arranged center microphoneSource: Website

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October 30, 2009

dinosapiens

dinosaurs could evolved in to intellgent beings called dinosapiens they could speak and maybe be alive undergroundSource: Personal Knowledge

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October 27, 2009

Alix Henriol

Born in Marseille, FranceSource: Personal Knowledge

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October 8, 2009

International Monetary Research

The company provides analysis on developments in money and banking, and their impact on the economic situationSource: Website

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August 16, 2009

Chief Information Officer of the United States

a position within the government of the United States created by President Barack ObamaSource: Wikipedia

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Vivek Kundra

the first and current Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the United States of AmericaSource: Wikipedia

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August 6, 2009

Chief Technology Officer of the United States

a position in the United States government created by President Barack ObamaSource: Wikipedia

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Aneesh Chopra

the Federal Chief Technology Officer of the United StatesSource: Wikipedia

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July 29, 2009

fuser

the part of a laser printer that melts the toner onto the mediumSource: Wikipedia

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July 19, 2009

Band of Gold

Ron Dunbar came up with the title band of gold and wrote most of the lyrics Edward Holland was his mentorSource: Personal Knowledge

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July 18, 2009

Revenge

is the title of the pilot episode of Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSource: Wikipedia

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Revenge

a 1999 filmSource: Wikipedia

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A212 road

The A212 is an A road between Catford and ForestdaleSource: Wikipedia

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Antony

a village in the Hrodna Voblast of BelarusSource: Wikipedia

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SP&S Class D-2

a steam locomotives classSource: Wikipedia

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LB&SCR D2 class

a British LB&SCR locomotiveSource: Wikipedia

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GS&WR Class D2

a Great Southern and Western Railway Irish steam locomotiveSource: Wikipedia

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Alfa Romeo D2

a nine-cylinder radial engine for aircraft use produced in ItalySource: Wikipedia

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Friedrichshafen D.II

a Friedrichshafen aircraftSource: Wikipedia

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Dunne D.2

a British Dunne aircraftSource: Wikipedia

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DFW DII

a DFW aircraftSource: Wikipedia

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Dewoitine D.2

a Dewoitine aircraftSource: Wikipedia

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Daimler D.II

a Daimler aircraftSource: Wikipedia

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d2 digital darwin

technology groupSource: Wikipedia

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D2Designs

Daryl DurhamSource: Wikipedia

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Dotem

beings found in the anime series RahXephonSource: Wikipedia

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d2: digital darwin

a digital cinema integrator technology companySource: Wikipedia

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Highway D2

in SlovakiaSource: Wikipedia

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Dublin 2

a postcodeSource: Wikipedia

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1997 Moscow Memorandum

is an agreement governing relations between Moldova and TransnistriaSource: Wikipedia

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Platform

The Java platform is the name for a bundle of related programs, or platform, from Sun which allow for developing and running programs written in the Java programming languageSource: Wikipedia

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Types of shots

However, most shots fall into one of the following categories depending on the purpose and desired distanceSource: Wikipedia

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FADE

an anti-piracy method first used in the PC game Operation FlashpointSource: Wikipedia

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New Brighton

- A suburb in Ocean ShoresSource: Wikipedia

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Baton Broadcasting

For all practical purposes, CTVglobemedia is the successor to Baton Broadcasting Inc. , which by the late 1990s had become one of Canada's largest broadcastersSource: Wikipedia

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The Seeker

a possible sequel to Stephenie Meyer's adult sci-fi novel The HostSource: Wikipedia

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Seekers

a fantasy novel written under the pen name of Erin HunterSource: Wikipedia

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Seeker

a missile guidance device aboard an interceptor missile that searches for and/or homes in on a targetSource: Wikipedia

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Quaker terminology

Birthright Friend: a historical term for those Friends born into families that are members of a Friends MeetingSource: Wikipedia

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Southern Highlands

south-east United StatesSource: Wikipedia

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Baltic Cable

a HVDC power line running beneath the Baltic Sea that interconnects the electric power grids of Germany and SwedenSource: Wikipedia

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Berta Grosser

German actress and singerSource: Wikipedia

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Berta distillery

grappa distillery in Italy, official siteSource: Wikipedia

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Berta

a geometer moth genusSource: Wikipedia

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Schynige Platte

a Swiss mountain region near Wilderswil where the Schynige Platte Railway ends (at 1970 meters above sea level).In good weather conditions the summit offers spectacular views to many surrounding mountains, including Jungfrau, Eiger, Silberhorn and otSource: Wikipedia

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Vättis

The most important branches of trade are agriculture and forestry as well as the industry of the second sectorSource: Wikipedia

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Ballistic photon

Ballistic photons are the light photons that travel through a scattering (turbid) medium in a straight lineSource: Wikipedia

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Le Redoutable

Redoutable (Q136) (1930), lead ship of the Redoutable class submarine before the Second World WarSource: Wikipedia

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French ship Redoutable

Redoutable (1876) was a central battery and barbette ship of the French NavySource: Wikipedia

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French ship Redoutable

(1853), an Algésiras class ship of the lineSource: Wikipedia

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1987 All-Africa Games

were played from August 1 1987 to August 12 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sportsSource: Wikipedia

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Bangladesh Police

the main law enforcement agency of BangladeshSource: Wikipedia

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OPCS-4.4

used in EnglandSource: Wikipedia

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OPS-301

adaptation of ICPM used in GermanySource: Wikipedia

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Canadian Classification of Health Interventions

used in Canada. Replaced CCPSource: Wikipedia

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ICPC-2

International Classification of Primary Care, which does not diagnosis codes, reasons for encounter (RFE), and process of care as well as procedure codesSource: Wikipedia

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International Classification of Procedures in Medicine

and International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) [http://www.who.int/classifications/ichi/en/]Source: Wikipedia

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Crazy

by Julio IglesiasSource: Wikipedia

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Crazy

a first season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal IntentSource: Wikipedia

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Novus Ordo Missae

the Mass of Pope Paul VI as revised after the Second Vatican CouncilSource: Wikipedia

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Grand Prix

the IFL decided to conduct an end of the year Grand Prix which will take the four best fighters of each weight class to fight it out in a mini tournament that will be conducted over two eventsSource: Wikipedia

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PRIDE Grand Prix

) is the name for a series of tournaments held by PRIDESource: Wikipedia

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Grand Prix Attack

a chess openingSource: Wikipedia

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The Rim

a country in the fictional DiscworldSource: Wikipedia

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Baney

a town in Equatorial GuineaSource: Wikipedia

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Terry Hall

American spiritual counselor and psychic who works with businesses and business ownersSource: Wikipedia

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A414 road

a major road in EnglandSource: Wikipedia

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Dimensional lumber

a term used for lumber that is finished/planed and cut to standardized width and depth specified in inchesSource: Wikipedia

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Platform framing

Platform is a light-frame construction system and the most common method of constructing the frame for houses and small apartment buildings as well as some small commercial buildings in Canada and the United StatesSource: Wikipedia

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The Rebirth

Neo-soul/funk band out of Los Angeles, circa 2002Source: Wikipedia

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Rebirth

of the Japanese animated television series Death NoteSource: Wikipedia

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Hillside

a Registered Historic Place in Norfolk, ConnecticutSource: Wikipedia

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Hillside

a suburb of SouthportSource: Wikipedia

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2-Chloroethanol

a colorless liquid similar to glycerine with faint, sweet pleasant ether-like odorSource: Wikipedia

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Balerna

a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in SwitzerlandSource: Wikipedia

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Stromberg Architectural Products

- US construction product manufacturer [http://www.strombergarchitectural.com]Source: Wikipedia

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stromberg

- a German rock bandSource: Wikipedia

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Ola Stromberg

- a Swedish rally driverSource: Wikipedia

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Stromberg

- a place in Baden-WürttembergSource: Wikipedia

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Stromberg

- a place in OeldeSource: Wikipedia

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Lemon Tree

a 2008 film by director Eran RiklisSource: Wikipedia

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Budakalász

a village in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, HungarySource: Wikipedia

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Hangar 18

a song from the album Alchemy by Yngwie MalmsteenSource: Wikipedia

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Patrick Lynch

British authorSource: Wikipedia

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Midquel

Similarly, a midquel can take place during a chronology gap within a single previously completed workSource: Wikipedia

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1978 VFL Grand Final

took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 30, 1978 between VFL clubs Hawthorn and North MelbourneSource: Wikipedia

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Overbrook Farm

a term from 1972 William Young established Overbrook Farm near LexingtonSource: Wikipedia

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Frontinus

is praetor of RomeSource: Wikipedia

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Louise Curtin

French Debator ExtraordinaireSource: Wikipedia

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Baldrs draumar

(Baldr's dreams) or Vegtamskviða is an Eddic poem, contained in the manuscript AM 748 I 4toSource: Wikipedia

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Other pedals

pedal on some pianosSource: Wikipedia

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The Andrew User Interface System

After IBM's funding ended, Andrew continued as an open source project named the Andrew User Interface SystemSource: Wikipedia

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Richard Oakes

British designer of automobilesSource: Wikipedia

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Ballyclare Comrades F.C.

a Northern Ireland football club playing in The club, founded in 1919, hails from Ballyclare, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Dixon ParkSource: Wikipedia

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Buckskin

a small unincorporated town in Barton Township, Gibson County, IndianaSource: Wikipedia

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Buckskin

a gentle Western television series starring Tom Nolan, Sally Brophy, and Mike Road that aired on the NBC television network from July 3, 1958, until May 25, 1959, followed by summer reruns in 1959 and again in 1965Source: Wikipedia

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Buckskin

(1968) is a western film, released by Paramount Pictures, released on a low budget and starring an all-star castSource: Wikipedia

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Conestoga Valley Senior High School

in Lancaster, PennsylvaniaSource: Wikipedia

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Buckskinning

a branch of historical reenactment concentrating on the fur trade period of the Old WestSource: Wikipedia

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Buckskin

a hair coat color of horsesSource: Wikipedia

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Buckskin

the soft, pliable, porous preserved hide of an animal, usually deer, moose or elk or even cowhide tanned to order, but potentially any animal's hide,Source: Wikipedia

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Dar

a village in Ya Tung, CambodiaSource: Wikipedia

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Polk High

the fictional high-school in Married With Children, which Al Bundy attended, in honour of aforementioned POTUSSource: Wikipedia

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Demographics of Croatia

Croatia is inhabited mostly by Croats, while minority groups include Serbs, Bosniaks, Hungarians, Italians, Slovenes, Germans, Czechs, Roma people and others. Catholicism is the predominant religion, while there's also Eastern Orthodoxy and IslamSource: Wikipedia

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2005 National Scout Jamboree

the 16th national Scout jamboree of the boy Scouts of America and was held from July 25, 2005 through August 3, 2005 at Fort A.P. Hill, VirginiaSource: Wikipedia

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Curtis CEM

producer of analog chips used in many synthesizersSource: Wikipedia

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Curtis

Portage Township is a civil township of Mackinac County in the U.S. state of MichiganSource: Wikipedia

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Spring Hill

a community in Gregg CountySource: Wikipedia

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Spring Hill

a neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's northside areaSource: Wikipedia

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Spring Hill, New South Wales

a suburb of Wollongong, New South WalesSource: Wikipedia

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CR 16

County Road 16 begins at the county line with Itasca County near Bengal (immediately southwest of Hibbing and near Minnesota State Highway 73) and continues east to its eastern terminus at the county line with Lake County near FairbanksSource: Wikipedia

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Banco do Brasil

a major Brazilian bank headquartered in BrasíliaSource: Wikipedia

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Bagley class destroyer

The Bagley class of destroyers was built by the United StatesSource: Wikipedia

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List of people by name: Clf-Clz

for persons with the surname CliveSource: Wikipedia

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Barrow-upon-Soar railway station

serves the large village of Barrow-upon-Soar in Leicestershire, EnglandSource: Wikipedia

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Gull Lake

a former electoral district in Saskatchewan, CanadaSource: Wikipedia

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Gull Lake

a hamlet in Manitoba, CanadaSource: Wikipedia

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Gull Lake

near Minden, Ontario, CanadaSource: Wikipedia

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Gull Lake Indian Reservation

a former Indian reservation located near Brainerd, Minnesota, surrounding Gull LakeSource: Wikipedia

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Budd Coast

part of Wilkes Land, is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between Hatch Islands, at 109° 16' E, and Cape Waldron, at 115° 33' E. It was discovered in February 1840 by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under the leadership of Lt. CSource: Wikipedia

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Emmanuel Erskine

Ghana Army general and UN peacekeeping commanderSource: Wikipedia

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Buckhannon River

a tributary of the Tygart Valley River, about 47 mi (76 km) long, in north-central West Virginia in the United StatesSource: Wikipedia

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Banco de Portugal

the central bank of the Republic of PortugalSource: Wikipedia

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Almirante Lynch class destroyer

The Almirante Lynch class destroyers were a group of ships built for the Chilean Navy just before World War I. The Chileans had long been customers of British shipyards and ordered six ships from J. Samuel White in 1911Source: Wikipedia

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A4042 road

The A4042 is a trunk road that runs from Abergavenny to Newport in the United KingdomSource: Wikipedia

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Bagad

a Breton band, composed of bagpipes (Breton: biniou, French: Cornemuse), bombardes and percussion (made up of snare, tenor and bass drums)Source: Wikipedia

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The Best

"Show Me Love" appear as a great hit, though it wasn't any singleSource: Wikipedia

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Output

a standard for UNIX systems originally published by X/Open Company LtdSource: Wikipedia

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Macromedia Studio

a suite of programs designed for web content creation designed and distributed by MacromediaSource: Wikipedia

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Smirnov

(Russian Смирнов) can be seen as the Russian version of Piotr Smirnov's Smirnoff vodkaSource: Wikipedia

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Federative Radical Movement

a dissenting Radical party formed in 1982Source: Wikipedia

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Radical Party

a far left/left-liberal parliamentary group, 1877–1922Source: Wikipedia

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5th Rifle Division

a Polish military unit formed in Russia during World War ISource: Wikipedia

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Smudge

one of the shortest serving Blue Peter petsSource: Wikipedia

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Botanical Garden in Berlin

With area of 43hectares and around 22,000 different plant species, the Botanical Garden in Berlin is considered one of the most important gardens in the worldSource: Wikipedia

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John Gardner

Former pro Australian who participated in the 1971 U.S. Open - Men's SinglesSource: Wikipedia

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John Sterling Gardner

American criminal, see List of individuals executed in North CarolinaSource: Wikipedia

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Piracy Act 1837

(c.88) is an Act of the Parliament of the United KingdomSource: Wikipedia

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1994 Rugby League State of Origin series

the 15th annual Rugby League State of Origin series between New South Wales and Queensland. Mark Coyne's completion of a miraculous team effort by Queensland to snatch victory in the dying seconds of game I has become a featured moment in Origin folkSource: Wikipedia

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July 17, 2009

2006 FEI World Equestrian Games

were held in Aachen, Germany from August 20 to September 3, 2006Source: Wikipedia

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Film adaptation

prior to the publishing of The Winter of Frankie Machine, interest in a film adaptation was expressed by Tribeca Films and actor Robert De NiroSource: Wikipedia

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Banjup

a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of CockburnSource: Wikipedia

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World Zionist Congress

also known to many as 'The Parliament of The Jewish People' and it is the most important democratic gathering of Jews worldwideSource: Wikipedia

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Bandar Mahkota Cheras

a township in Cheras, Selangor, MalaysiaSource: Wikipedia

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The End of The Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World And What We Eat

a book by Charles Clover , about the topic of overfishing, and was highly praised by several reviewsSource: Wikipedia

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End of the Line

a text based RPG started in 1989Source: Wikipedia

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John Flanagan

British actorSource: Wikipedia

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Robert Cleaver

Lawson's bombardierSource: Wikipedia

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Grand Canal of Château de Versailles

at the Palace of Versailles in FranceSource: Wikipedia

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20th arrondissement of Paris

located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, FranceSource: Wikipedia

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Mike Clark

Major League Baseball playerSource: Wikipedia

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Michael William Clark

British industrialistSource: Wikipedia

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Michael Clark

Professor Emeritus at University of NottinghamSource: Wikipedia

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Michael Clark

physician, rancher and politicianSource: Wikipedia

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Brodie helmet

called Helmet, steel, Mark I helmet in Britain and the M1917 Helmet in the U.S. was a steel combat helmet designed and patented in 1915 by the Briton John L. BrodieSource: Wikipedia

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Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

an agency of the United States Department of DefenseSource: Wikipedia

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Eugenio Lopez

Eugenio "Eñing" Lopez, Sr." - original owner of the Manila Chronicle and founder of Chronicle Broadcasting NetworkSource: Wikipedia

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Barbara Gittings

a prominent American gay rights activistSource: Wikipedia

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Definitions

a (topological) curve is defined as follows: let I be an interval of real numbers (i.e. a non-empty connected subset of \mathbbR)Source: Wikipedia

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Bad Karlshafen

a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, GermanySource: Wikipedia

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Orthros

the Matins service in Eastern ChristianitySource: Wikipedia

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Orthos

a computer program to test the performance of your CPU, Memory,Source: Wikipedia

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Orthos

a genus of butterfly in the grass skipper familySource: Wikipedia

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Michael Godard

an American artistSource: Wikipedia

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Bajau

are an indigenous ethnic group of Malaysia and the southern PhilippinesSource: Wikipedia

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U.S. postal abbreviations

postal abbreviation for United States armed forces in Europe, Canada, the Middle East, and AfricaSource: Wikipedia

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Kake

- refers to the actual execution of a techniqueSource: Wikipedia

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Boesmansgat

also known in English as "Bushman's Hole", is believed to be the third-deepest submerged freshwater cave (or sinkhole) in the world, approximately 270 metres deepSource: Wikipedia

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Bubblicious

a brand of bubble gum produced by Cadbury AdamsSource: Wikipedia

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Greenfield Village

considered the largest outdoor museum in AmericaSource: Wikipedia

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2-6-6-4

a locomotive with a two-wheel leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truckSource: Wikipedia

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2667 Oikawa

(1967 UO) is a Outer Main-belt Asteroid discovered on October 30, 1967 by L. Kohoutek at BergedorfSource: Wikipedia

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Pirithous

- Πειρίθοος was the King of the Lapiths in Thessaly and husband of Hippodamia, at whose wedding the famous Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs occurredSource: Wikipedia

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4-6-6-2

a steam locomotive with four leading wheels (two axles) in an unpowered bogie at the front of the locomotive followed by two sets of driving wheels with six wheels each (three axles each), followed by two unpowered trailing wheels (one axle) at the rSource: Wikipedia

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Henry Wallace

former president of Mazda and CFO of FordSource: Wikipedia

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Henry W. Wallace

inventor of the kinemassic field generator, an alleged anti-gravity deviceSource: Wikipedia

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Bonkers candy

Bonkers was a candy offering from Nabisco in the mid 1980sSource: Wikipedia

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Holy Trinity College

a term from Puerto Princesa CitySource: Wikipedia

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Stanstead

a town of 2,957 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of QuebecSource: Wikipedia

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dBi

Decibel IsotropicSource: Wikipedia

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1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Some critics have accused the coalition of leading a war in Kosovo under the false pretense of genocideSource: Wikipedia

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The Circle Sea

an almost landlocked body of water approximately halfway between the Hub and the Rim, opening at the Turnwise side into the Rim OceanSource: Wikipedia

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Mana

run largely independent of the city government which provides the fundsSource: Wikipedia

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Chrudim District

Cities are boldedSource: Wikipedia

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Norma Ortográfica Andaluza

a Spanish transcription method in actual commercial use for popular songs with flamenco lyrics which aims to reflect more phonetically the actual speech features of the Andalusian regionSource: Wikipedia

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Naturally occurring asbestos

which is the unprocessed form of AsbestosSource: Wikipedia

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NOA Audio Solutions

Manufacturer of audio archive management tools official websiteSource: Wikipedia

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Naval Officer's Associations

an association for Canadian naval officers, see websiteSource: Wikipedia

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Natural Ontological Attitude

a philosophy of science proposed by Arthur FineSource: Wikipedia

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Noa

a character in Star WarsSource: Wikipedia

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Noa

a character within the Japanese anime KibaSource: Wikipedia

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Noa Izumi

a character from the anime and manga series PatlaborSource: Wikipedia

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Noa Takahashi

the lead character from the manga series Betting On LoveSource: Wikipedia

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