Short Woods Park Mound 2015.03.7 |
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The Short Woods Park Mound is a Native American mound in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located in the Sayler Park neighborhood of the city of Cincinnati, it is believed to have been built by people of the Adena culture. Measuring 38 feet (12 m) high, the mound is an ellipse, approximately 175 feet (53 m) long and 140 feet (43 m) wide.
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Alexandr Onishenko 11.1.2010 |
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Alexandr Onishenko is an artist based in Prague, CZ. Most well known for his vibrant impressionist paintings, his work is exhibited throughout Europe and the United States. Alexandr Onishenko was born in 1957 in Chernihiv (also referred to as Chernigov, Ukrainian) the capital of the Ukrainian province of Chernihiv Oblast. His artistic studies were encouraged and supported from an early age by his father.
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Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 2015.03.2 |
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Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 was a flight operated by a Boeing 757-300 aircraft that narrowly avoided two surface to air missiles.
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Patron Capital 2.10.2010 |
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Patron Capital Partners (“Patron”) focuses on property-based investments throughout Europe. Through its three funds, its majority held publicly traded company, and related co-investments, Patron has invested and has committed capital of approximately €1,800 million. Since 1999, the Funds have made over 27 investments involving approximately 16,000,000 square feet (1,500,000 m) in 11 countries.
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Craig Baldwin 2015.03.11 |
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Craig Baldwin (born 1952) is an American experimental filmmaker. He uses "found" footage from the fringes of popular consciousness as well as images from the mass media to undermine and transform the traditional documentary, infusing it with the energy of high-speed montage and a provocative commentary that targets subjects from intellectual property rights to rampant consumerism.
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Oil Palm 11.12.2010 |

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The oil palms (Elaeis) comprise two species of the Arecaceae, or palm family. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African Oil Palm Elaeis guineensis is native to west Africa, occurring between Angola and Gambia, while the American Oil Palm Elaeis oleifera is native to tropical Central America and South America. The generic name is derived from the Greek for oil, elaion, while the species name refers to its country of origin.
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Uncle Tom 15.1.2010 |

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Uncle Tom is a pejorative term for a black person who is perceived by others as behaving in a subservient manner to white authority figures, or as seeking ingratiation with them by way of unnecessary accommodation. The term comes from the title character of American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Critical and popular views of both the character and the novel have shifted over time, leading to the shift in the term's use.
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Hereward The Wake 7.1.2010 |

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Hereward the Wake (c. 1035 – 1072), known in his own times as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile, was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon leader involved in resistance to the Norman conquest of England. According to legend, Hereward's base was in the Isle of Ely, and he roamed the Fens, covering North Cambridgeshire, Southern Lincolnshire and West Norfolk, leading popular opposition to William the Conqueror.
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Megalodon 9.12.2010 |
  
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The megalodon, Carcharodon megalodon or Carcharocles megalodon (in dispute), was a giant shark that lived in prehistoric times during the Neogene period. It was the apex predator of its time and is the largest carnivorous fish known to have existed. C. megalodon exceeded 15 metres (49 ft) in length and was by far the biggest and most powerful shark ever to exist. From scrutiny of its remains, scientists conclude that C. megalodon belongs to the order Lamniformes.
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Tennessee River 11.1.2010 |
  
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The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately 652 miles (1049 km) long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names.
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Bruno Neves 15.1.2010 |

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Bruno Neves was a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist born in Oliveira de Azeméis. He was one of the best sprinters of the portuguese peloton, having won one stage in the Volta a Portugal. He was also the winner of the green jersey of the Tour de Avenir, in 2006. In 11 May of 2008, Neves was involved in an accident during the Classica de Amarante, when he was wearing the leader jersey. He suffered severe injuries but died from a heart attack shortly before reaching hospital.
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Towards Understanding The Qur An 4.1.2010 |

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Towards Understanding the Qur'an is the English rendering of Syed Abul Ala Maududi's famous Urdu Tafsir or commentary of Qur'an -- Tafhim al-Qur'an. This book ranks as one of the best commentaries of the Qur'an. In this commentary work Maududi gives the historical reasons behind the verses of Qur'an. He also gives a comprehensive introduction and background for each chapter in the Qur'an. This tafsir answers contemporary questions. Maps and indexes add greatly to the work.
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Latin American Music In The United States 2015.03.1 |
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Latin music has long influenced American popular music, jazz, rhythm and blues, and even country music. For an early example (1914), the bridge to "St. Louis Blues"--"Saint Louie woman, with her diamond rings"--has a habanera beat, prompting Jelly Roll Morton to comment, "You've got to have that Spanish tinge". Many an American band has added a conga player, maracas, or other Latin percussion for just that reason. The Argentine tango was a worldwide success in the 1930s.
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Agriculture In Cyprus 3.8.2010 |
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When Cyprus achieved independence in 1960, the backbone of its economy was agriculture, mostly small farms, and sometimes even subsistence farms. During the 1960s, irrigation projects made possible vegetable and fruit exports; increasingly commercialized farming was able to meet the demands for meat, dairy products, and wine from the British and United Nations troops stationed on the island and from the growing number of tourists.
By JungleKey.com, British Semantic Selection.
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Ojibwe Writing Systems 2015.03.6 |
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Ojibwe is an Native American language of the Algonquian family. Ojibwe is one of the largest Native American languages north of Mexico in terms of number of speakers, and is characterized by a series of dialects, some of which differ significantly.
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