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Saint-François-de-Madawaska,_New_Brunswick

Demographics

Population trend<ref>Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census<ref>Statistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses

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Saint-François-de-Madawaska,_New_Brunswick

Demographics

Mother tongue (2016)

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Saint-François-de-Madawaska,_New_Brunswick

References

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Saint-François-de-Madawaska,_New_Brunswick

References

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Singapore_in_the_ABU_TV_Song_Festival

The participation of Singapore in the ABU TV Song Festival has occurred twice since the inaugural ABU TV Song Festival began in 2012. Since their début in 2012, the Singapore entry has been organised by the national broadcaster MediaCorp Suria. In 2014, Singapore withdrew from the festival.

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Singapore_in_the_ABU_TV_Song_Festival

Withdrawal

Singapore was not present on the final participation list that was published by the ABU. The reasons for withdrawal from the ABU TV Song Festival 2014 are unknown.<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

First Class Debut

This run of strong scores, particularly against two touring sides, saw him selected in the Australian squad for the 1977 Ashes. He was one of a number of young batsmen in the squad, others including Kim Hughes and David Hookes. Australia only took two specialist openers, Rick McCosker and Ian Davis, and it was thought Serjeant could be a back up.<ref><ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

1977 Ashes

Australia's batting line up in the Test immediately prior to the tour had been Rick McCosker, Ian Davis, Gary Cosier, Greg Chappell, David Hookes and Doug Walters. Poor early tour form from Cosier and Davis saw opportunities open up in the Test team for Sergeant, who was one of the better performing batsmen, with scores of 65 at Arundel,<ref> 55 against Kent<ref><ref> and Surrey,<ref><ref> 50 against Somerset<ref> and 59 against Essex.<ref> Many of these runs were scored with Sergeant opening. Serjeant expressed a desire to bat down the order but Greg Chappell said "he has no say in the matter".<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

1977 Ashes

Australia's Test preparations were thrown by the news of the World Series Cricket plans. Serjeant was one of only four players in the Australian squad who had not signed.<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

1977 Ashes

Serjeant was picked to play in two of the One-Day Internationals.<ref><ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

Test Debut

Serjeant was selected to play in the first Test at Lord's, batting at four (Richie Robinson was picked to open.)<ref> Serjeant top scored in Australia's first innings with 81 but failed in the second in a match that ended in a draw.<ref>1st test England v Australia Played at Lord's, London 16,17,18,20,21 June 1977<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

Test Debut

Serjeant's good form continued with 159 against Nottinghamshire, in one of Australia's few victories on the tour<ref><ref> and 55 against Yorkshire.<ref> He revealed he had been offered a place in World Series Cricket but declined.

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Craig_Serjeant

Test Debut

Serjeant failed twice in the second Test<ref><ref> then endured a run of poor form in the tour games. He was overlooked for the third and fourth Tests.<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

Test Debut

During the tour Serjeant received an offer to play in Queensland but turned it down.<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

Test Debut

Serjeant was recalled to the team for the fifth Test, where he replaced Ian Davis as opener. He scored a duck.<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

1977–78 vs India

Although Serjeant was not one of the initial players offered a contract to play World Series Cricket, his success in England saw an attempt to recruit him. Serjeant turned down the offer as he wanted to play establishment cricket.

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Craig_Serjeant

1977–78 vs India

Serjeant enjoyed good domestic form at the beginning of the 1977–78 summer, scoring 129 against New South Wales,<ref><ref> 140 against Queensland<ref> and 63 against South Australia.<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

1977–78 vs India

He was not only selected in Australia's team for the first Test, but also appointed vice captain under Bob Simpson.<ref> He scored a pair in the first Test<ref> failed twice against India for WA,<ref> then failed twice again in the second Test.<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

1977–78 vs India

Serjeant managed to keep his position for the next two Tests.<ref> In the third he made 85, which he later described as his best innings.<ref> However he failed in the second innings, and in both digs in the 4th Test.<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

1977–78 West Indies Tour

In the West Indies Serjeant scored 63 in his first tour game<ref> but a duck in the second.<ref> This meant he was initially not picked in the first Test team but a last minute illness to Rick Darling saw him open – he scored 3 and 40.<ref> Serjeant then made 114 against Barbados<ref><ref> but failed twice in the second test.<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

1977–78 West Indies Tour

Serjeant kept his place in the third Test. He made a duck in the first innings but scored 124 in the second, helping lead Australia to a famous victory.<ref>The Frank Worrell Trophy – 3rd Test West Indies v Australia Played at Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana 31 March, 1,2,4,5 April 1978<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

1977–78 West Indies Tour

In the fourth Test Serjeant made 49 and 4<ref> then 26 and 32 not out in the fifth.<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

Later career

Serjeant struggled early during the 1978–79 season and was unable to regain his place in the Australian team. However, he performed solidly for Western Australia for the next few seasons.<ref>Craig Serjeant season by season first class totals He was appointed vice captain at the beginning of the 1981–82 season.<ref>

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Craig_Serjeant

Post-cricket career

Serjeant graduated from Curtin University with a degree in science in 1972 and worked as a chemist at SCGH for 12 years. He then became a financial planner, working under former Australian bowler Sam Gannon from 1988 onwards.<ref>

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Yuri_of_Silla

Yuri of Silla (?–57, r. 24–57) was the third king of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He is commonly called Yuri Isageum.

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Yuri_of_Silla

Family

Parents Consorts and their respective issue:

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Yuri_of_Silla

Name

As a descendant of Silla's founder Hyeokgeose, his surname was Park.

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Yuri_of_Silla

Name

His title was Isageum, also recorded as Ijilgeum or Chijilgeum. This title is a change from Geoseogan (the first king Hyeokgeose) and Chachaung (second king Namhae). The actual Silla word is thought to be Itgeum. Imgeum is the modern Korean word for "King".

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Yuri_of_Silla

Background

Yuri was the son of Silla's second ruler, Namhae, and his queen Lady Unje. It is unclear how many siblings Namhae had, but he did have a sister. This sister, Princess Ani, was married to a non-Sillan man named Seok Talhae, who originated from an island nation called Tapana. Talhae became a very highly ranked official and Namhae seemed to prefer him as successor instead of his son. This is revealed on Namhae's deathbed, but Talhae insisted that the prince's rise to the throne would be righteous and allowed Yuri to become the next ruler of Silla.

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Yuri_of_Silla

Reign

According to the Samguk Sagi, the principal source for events of this period, Yuri centralized rule over the aristocracy by turning the six tribes into six official administrative divisions of Silla in 32. He is said to have granted surnames to each of the clans: Yi, Choe, Son, Jeong, Bae, and Seol.<ref>This is presumed to have been granted to the existing six divisions of Saro that did not use surnames due to the emergence of Seok. These surnames are believed to have imitated Chinese surnames that were frequently contacted.<ref>However, the actual appearance of the surname was the late Silla period.<ref>It is claimed that Korea's Silla was founded by Six-clans of Gojoseon people, an immigrant from the northern part of the peninsula. The Six-clans of Gojoseon appears in the Samguk Sagi Record, which was written in 1145 by Chinese Korean(Chinese Kim clan, not Korean Kim clan). But there are some suspicion about this record. The six-clans of Gojoseon are correspond to the Chinese surname distributed in northern China. If the six-clans existed from the early Silla period, they should exist from the early Japanese and Korean records. However, the first appearance of history books was in the 700s. He is also said to have created 17 bureaucratic rank levels. However, modern scholars doubt that these occurred so early in Silla's development.

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Yuri_of_Silla

Reign

In 37, When Muhyul(無恤) attacked Nakrang Kingdom and destroyed it, 5000 people of the Nakrang country surrendered. They were divided into Silla's six divisions. This is when the legend of Princess Nakrang occurred.<ref>三國史記 卷第一 新羅本紀 第一 儒理 尼師今 十四年 高句麗王無恤 襲樂浪滅之 其國人五千來投 分居六部

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Yuri_of_Silla

Reign

During Yuri's reign, the Silla people celebrated a holiday during the 15th day of the 8th month, where two teams of women would compete in a contest. The losers of the contest would have to prepare songpyeon, rice cakes, meats, fruits, and other food, shared by everyone in a feast. This is said to have been the origin of the modern Korean holiday Chuseok.

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Yuri_of_Silla

Reign

Also during Yuri Isageum's reign was the rise of the Gaya confederacy as a military power in the region. Silla was under constant rivalry with Baekje(or maybe Mahan) already, but Gaya in the middle was even more of a direct threat.

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Yuri_of_Silla

Succession

Yuri Isageum had two sons, but his dying words were to make his brother-in-law, Seok Talhae, his successor to the throne. Yuri Isageum died in 57 AD after 34 years of reign.

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Abney_(surname)

Abney is an English surname, which evolved in spelling from the surname D'Aubigny. The name originated from meaning "of" or "from" Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné (now in Ille-et-Vilaine department). Notable people with the surname include:

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Belgrade–Bar_railway

Overview

The highest point of the railway is at 1032 m above mean sea level, at the town of Kolašin. The railway descends to 40m above mean sea level at Podgorica in a relatively short distance, thus the gradient of 25‰ on this section.

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Belgrade–Bar_railway

Overview

A small 9 km section of the railway actually passes through Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the town of Štrpci, and three trains per day stop there in each direction (though no border police is normally present)

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Belgrade–Bar_railway

Overview

When the line was completed in the late 1970s, it took a train approximately seven hours to complete the trip from Belgrade to Bar. Today it takes 11 hours, due to speed restrictions, as the railway cannot safely sustain the projected speeds without being thoroughly rebuilt.

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Belgrade–Bar_railway

History

The decision to build the railway connection between Belgrade and Bar was made in 1952, as a national project of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. However, the construction was passed to the constituent Republics, SR Serbia and SR Montenegro, to build on their own.

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Belgrade–Bar_railway

History

The sections of the railway were completed as follows:

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Belgrade–Bar_railway

History

The construction works were concluded on 27 November 1975, by joining the railway tracks south of Kolašin. The railway was opened on 28 May 1976. Electrification was completed at the end of 1977.

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Belgrade–Bar_railway

History

Maintenance of the Belgrade–Bar railway suffered from chronic underfunding during the 1990s, which has resulted in the railway deteriorating and becoming unsafe. This culminated in the Bioče derailment, when a passenger train derailed, causing the deaths of 47 passengers. As a result, efforts are being made to thoroughly reconstruct the railway.

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Belgrade–Bar_railway

History

The Serbian part of the railway was targeted several times by NATO during its bombing campaign in 1999, seriously damaging portions of the railway.<ref> Also, the small section that passes through Bosnia and Herzegovina was blown up by SFOR ground forces.<ref> All of this damage was later repaired.

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Belgrade–Bar_railway

Gallery

<gallery mode="packed"> File:Belgrad main central arrival of Belgrade-Bar train.jpg|A ŽS 461 arriving at Belgrade. File:Bijelo polje railway station on the Belgrade-Bar railway.jpg|Bijelo Polje railway station on the Belgrade-Bar railway. File:ZCG461 Virpazar.jpg|Montenegro railways former ŽS 461 passing through Virpazar File:ŽS 461-013.jpg|ŽS 461-013 on the Belgrade-Bar railway. File:Vrbnica train station (4).jpg|A ŽS 461 at Vrbnica on the border of Serbia and Montenegro. </gallery>

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1902–03_Celtic_F.C._season

During the 1902–03 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.<ref>

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The_Three_of_Us_(1914_film)

The Three of Us is a lost<ref>The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Three of Us 1914 silent film drama directed by John W. Noble, produced by B. A. Rolfe, and starring Mabel Taliaferro and Creighton Hale.<ref>The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Three of Us It was based on a 1906 play The Three of Us by Rachel Crothers.<ref>The Three of Us on Broadway Oct. 1906 - May 1907; Hoyt's Theatre

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Brookside,_Edmonton

Brookside is a residential neighbourhood in south west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada overlooking the North Saskatchewan River valley and Whitemud Creek ravine.

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Brookside,_Edmonton

It is bounded to the west and south by Whitemud Drive. The boundary on the north is the North Saskatchewan River valley, while the boundary on the east is Whitemud Creek.

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Brookside,_Edmonton

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Brookside had a population of living in dwellings,

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Brookside,_Edmonton

Residential development

According to the 2001 federal census, substantially all residences in the neighbourhood were built during the 1960s and 1970s. Just over half (50.4%) of all residences were built during the 1960s while two out of five (40.4%) were built during the 1970s. Most of the remaining residences were built during the early 1980s.<ref>http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/DD23/FEDERAL%202001/Neighbourhood/BROOKSIDE.pdf

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Brookside,_Edmonton

Schools

There is a single school in the neighbourhood, Brookside Elementary School, operated by the Edmonton Public School System.

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Brookside,_Edmonton

Religious assemblies

The Edmonton Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is located in Brookside. It was dedicated on December 11, 1999, and is the second LDS temple in Alberta.

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Colorado_Crossover

Franchise History

The Crossover began their history in 2005 as a team owned by the International Basketball League (2005-). After months of looking for an owner, the league announced that they would assume ownership of the unnamed Colorado team for the 2006 season. However, ownership did indeed step forward. Crossover Ministries, an organization that travels internationally to teach basketball and minister to young people all over the world, took the reins of the franchise less than two months before the season was to begin. Since then, they became Colorado's longest enduring minor league basketball franchise before ceasing operations in 2007.

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Colorado_Crossover

1st Season

The Crossover began play on March 31, 2006, losing a hard-fought game at their in-state rivals, the Aurora Cavalry, 140–132, the first of many spirited battles between the teams. They won their first game April 6, 2006, against the Cedar Valley Jaguars, the Crossover's first home game. Nick Mohr soon drew attention as the star scorer of the Crossover team in their first season, and led the team to an historic come-from-behind 162–161 overtime victory over Aurora at Colorado Christian University on April 28, 2006, the second-highest scoring pro basketball game in Colorado history, scoring the second-most points of any pro basketball team in a game in Colorado. On May 11, 2006, at Chatfield High School Eric Dow had a coming out party as the team's second high powered star when he scored a monster double-double of 45 points and 20 rebounds, both Colorado minor league basketball records, against the Tri City Ballers who eventually won the Western Conference. He later broke his own record on June 25, 2006, against the Eugene Chargers at Colorado Christian University, scoring 53 points, the second-highest single game points total of a Colorado pro basketball player only to David Thompson of the Denver Nuggets, and the second-highest in IBL history. The Colorado Crossover finished their inaugural season next to last place in the Western Conference, but earned a reputation for playing teams tough throughout their games and occasionally knocking off top contenders in the league.

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Colorado_Crossover

2nd Season

Colorado made a number of adjustments in its first offseason, starting with new coach Eric Stoffel (previously of the Colorado Storm), a full-time venue at the Colorado Christian University Events Center, and new players including three from Phillip Hillstock, Jermaine Mason and Michael Morse from the now disbanded rival Aurora Cavalry. The Crossover began play on March 30, 2007. What resulted was a dramatic improvement on their inaugural season, led by scoring leaders Phillip Hillstock and Darius Pope. It started with a 170–146 victory over the Lewis County Raptors at home, scoring the second-highest single game total in Colorado pro basketball history and highest ever in regulation, with 92 points in the first half alone. The end stretch of the season featured an impressive 8-game winning streak including three series sweeps in a row, splitting or winning series at Phoenix and Hub City and at home against Las Vegas, Arizona and Phoenix. Despite their remarkable improvement and 3rd-place finish in the Midwest Division, the Crossover did not participate in the playoffs.

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Sanlitun_Subdistrict,_Beijing

The name Sanlitun is based on the fact that at the time of the naming, during the Qing dynasty, it was three Chinese miles away from Dongzhimen, the nearest city gate of Beijing.

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Sanlitun_Subdistrict,_Beijing

Administrative Division

As of 2021, there are 7 communities under the subdistrict:<ref>

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East_Lancashire_Lions

East Lancashire Lions is a rugby league club from Darwen in Lancashire. They currently play in the Rugby League Conference National Division. The Lions play their home games at the Anchor Ground, home of Darwen FC.

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East_Lancashire_Lions

History

Bolton Le Moors were formed in 2003 as with the intention of trying to develop rugby league in Bolton. Their home ground in their early years was Bolton rugby union club. They joined the North West Division of the Rugby League Conference in 2003; they won the RLC Shield in this inaugural year beating Torfaen Tigers in the final at Wilderspool, Warrington. They joined the Central Premier Division in 2005.

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East_Lancashire_Lions

History

Bolton Le Moors moved to Darwen to become East Lancashire Lions. They joined the North Premier Division. In 2006 they played through their first season, won the North Premier beating Cottingham Phoenix in the Grand final and managed to get into the Harry Jepson Trophy Grand Final but eventually lost to South London Storm 30-0 at Ivor Preece Field, Binley Woods near Coventry, the home of Broadstreet RUFC.

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East_Lancashire_Lions

History

In 2007, East Lancashire Lions joined the National Division winning 4 out of 16 matches, coming eighth in the league. They finished a distant last in 2008 after winning just two of their 18 matches.

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East_Lancashire_Lions

History

East Lancashire Lions took a season’s sabbatical from the National Division in 2010 to secure a new home base but never returned to the league.

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Wenatchee_High_School

Wenatchee High School is a public school in Wenatchee, Washington, United States. It serves grades 9-12 for the Wenatchee School District.

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KBAA

KBAA (103.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format to the Grass Valley, California, United States, area as well as the area north of Sacramento. This station is currently owned by Alfredo Plascencia, through licensee Lazer Licenses, LLC. The station is a semi-simulcast of sister station KGRB, due to having KHHM next door at 103.5. On October 21, 2014, Adelante Media Group announced that it was selling KBAA, its sister stations and its LPTV outlet in Sacramento to Lazer Broadcasting, pending FCC approval<ref>"Lazer Expands Into Sacramento and Modesto" from Radio Insight (October 21, 2014) The transaction was consummated on December 31, 2014, at a price of $2.9 million.

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Moresville_Range

Moresville Range is a range located in the Catskill Mountains of New York west of Grand Gorge. Irish Mountain is located southeast of Moresville Range and McGregor Mountain is located northwest.

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Otter_Brook_(Ashuelot_River_tributary)

Otter Brook is a 13.2 mi<ref>New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system river located in southwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of The Branch of the Ashuelot River, itself a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound.

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Otter_Brook_(Ashuelot_River_tributary)

The brook passes through Ellis Reservoir (a small lake in Sullivan) and Otter Brook Lake, a flood control reservoir built on the boundary between Keene and Roxbury. The dam which created Otter Brook lake was completed in 1958.<ref> From the village of East Sullivan to Otter Brook Lake, the brook is followed by New Hampshire Route 9.

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Female_candidates_in_the_2006_Bahraini_general_election

Women candidates of the 2006 Bahrain election, which took place on the November 25, 2006 were reported to have received numerous threats from Islamic salafist and other factions to prevent them taking part. In all, eighteen female candidates of various political stances and views took part after recent changes to the political system in 2001 allowed women to not only become candidates, but also gave them the right to vote.

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Female_candidates_in_the_2006_Bahraini_general_election

History of women in local politics

Women candidates complained that they were at a disadvantage because none of the popular Islamist parties have backed their candidacies, they cannot campaign in mosques, and social perceptions hinder them still.<ref>

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Female_candidates_in_the_2006_Bahraini_general_election

History of women in local politics

In Bahrain, political parties are illegal and only allowed to be known as political associations. Despite this these political associations have regular powers to put forward candidates for election and act as a parliamentary bloc. The law makes clear that financial resources of political associations should come from membership fees and contributions and from revenues of their investments in the Kingdom as defined by their internal regulations. A political society is under no circumstances allowed to accept any contribution, advantage or benefit from any foreigner or any foreign entity or international organisation.

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Female_candidates_in_the_2006_Bahraini_general_election

History of women in local politics

On October 22, the Khaleej Times reported that women candidates were receiving anonymous threats and mobile phone messages telling them to withdraw from the elections to 'avoid clashing with Islamic principles'.<ref><ref>

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Female_candidates_in_the_2006_Bahraini_general_election

Leading female candidates

Only one of the eighteen women running in this election won a seat. Where run-offs are mentioned, these took place on December 2.<ref> Below is a non-comprehensive list of some of the women candidates in the election.

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Female_candidates_in_the_2006_Bahraini_general_election

Lateefa Al Gaood

Lateefa Al Gaood became the first female candidate to be elected to Bahrain's parliament when she won by default after the other two candidates in her constituency in the south of Bahrain withdrew from the race in the middle of October before campaigning began.<ref> She was also the first woman anywhere in the Gulf to be elected in a legislative general election. She represents the sixth constituency, Hawar, of the Southern Governorate, in the 40-member Chamber of Deputies. Due to her previous failure she stood for a different constituency in 2006 to increase her chances.<ref> Ms Al Gaood is a British educated civil servant, who worked for the Ministry of Finance.

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Female_candidates_in_the_2006_Bahraini_general_election

Dr Munira Fakhro

Former Harvard academic and Vice President of the ex-Marxist National Democratic Action, she stood for Isa Town against Al-Menbar Islamic Society's Dr Salah Alibut was defeated with 3,169 votes. Her campaign during her candidacy included promises to create a link between education and employment and working for better retirement funds and housing.<ref> She stood as part of the National Democratic Action Society, also known as Wa'ad Society. She is an associate professor at the University of Bahrain, and her academic interests encompass women, civil society and democracy in the Gulf region.<ref>

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Fawzia Zainal

Head of Programmes at Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation, Ms Zainal is a Sunni Muslim who contested a constituency in Riffafor which she received 2,599 votes and was defeated. She is vice-president of the Bahrain Transparency Society, and in October 2006 signed an opposition petition calling for an investigation into allegations that powerful figures in the government were fuelling sectarianism.

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Fawzia Zainal

Ms Zainal said after her defeat:

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Fawzia Zainal

She was reported to have received particularly negative treatment during the campaign in the run up to the election:

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Jameela Al Sammak

Dr Jameela Al Sammak stood in the second constituency of the Capital Governorate and she is a member of the Women's Future Association.<ref>

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Moza Sabt

Moza Sabt is an ex-teacher who stood in Muharraq. During her campaign she said:

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Ameenah Al Hassan

Ameenah Al Hassan was a candidate in the sixth constituency in the Northern Governorate.

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Shahzaleen Khamees

Lawyer Shahzaleen Khamees ran for the National Unity Bloc, an alliance backed by the Left-wing Progressive Democratic Tribune, in the capital, Manama.

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Shahzaleen Khamees

Sabah Al Dosari and Khadija Al Kahtani were also known to be women candidates in this election.

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Pure_Shit

When the film premiered at Melbourne’s Playbox in May 1976, the Vice Squad raided the theatre.<ref>SBS Online Article by Peter Galvin A junkie film whose reputation precedes it It was initially banned, then given an R certificate, and the title was changed from Pure Shit to Pure S.

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The low-budget film provoked a hostile reaction from the mainstream media on its initial release. It is now considered an "underground" classic.<ref>Australian screen; curator’s notes by Paul Byrnes

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Plot summary

A young woman dies of a heroin overdose. Four junkies who knew her commandeer her car and spend 24 hours searching the streets of Melbourne for good quality heroin, and excitement.

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Production

The film's budget was partly provided by the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia Council and partly by the Buoyancy Foundation, an organisation to help drug takers.Luke Buckmaster, 'Interview with Bert Deling', Crikey, 5 June 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2012

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Production

Lead actor Garry Waddell says he helped with the script: <blockquote>It was really good having Bert there because he helped me a lot. If you weren't sure of anything you could always get reassurance from him or the cameraman, Tom Cowan. It wasn't a hard movie to work on because it was so enjoyable. The relationships between people on the film were always good.<ref>"Garry Waddel", Cinema Papers, June–July 1976, p55</blockquote>

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Production

Writer Helen Garner has a small role as a speed-addled woman named Jo. Garner starred in the film shortly before she published Monkey Grip (1977), which is set in a similar milieu of communal drug use.<ref>

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Release

The Commonwealth film censors initially banned the movie but allowed it to be released with an "R" rating provided the title was changed from Pure Shit to Pure S.'Deling, Bert - Pure Shit', Urban Cinefile, 14 May 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2012 The movie was polarising, with the critic of the Herald calling it "the most evil film that I've ever seen"

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Release

The film was released on DVD in 2009.

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Delta_State_(disambiguation)

Delta State is a state in southern Nigeria.

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Delta_State_(disambiguation)

Delta State may also refer to:

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Tito_Perdue

Tito Perdue (born 1938) is an American writer. His works include his 1991 debut novel Lee.

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Life

Perdue was born in Chile to American parents. He was brought up in Anniston, Alabama. He married his wife Judy when he was 18. He has degrees in English literature, European history and library science. He has worked as a bookkeeper, a library administrator and an apprentice insurance underwriter throughout the Midwest and Northeast, before he moved back to the South in 1982 to pursue a career as a full-time writer.

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Work

In the pages of Kirkus Reviews it was said Perdue "writes convincingly and iconoclastically… a marvelous black comedy that is sometimes as astringent as John Yount's Toots in Solitude…"<ref>

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Political opinions

Perdue is a member of the League of the South.

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Habibi_(graphic_novel)

Habibi is a black-and-white graphic novel by Craig Thompson published by Pantheon in September 2011. The 672-page book is set in a fictional Islamic landscape with "fairy-tale imagery", and depicts the relationship between Dodola and Zam, two escaped child slaves, who are torn apart and undergo many transformations as they grow into new names and new bodies, which prove to be obstacles to their love when they later reunite.du P.C. Panno, Natalie. "'Habibi' Gracefully Subverts Orientalist Tropes". The Harvard Crimson. September 20, 2011 The book's website describes its concept as a love story and a parable about humanity's relationship to the natural world that explores themes such as the cultural divide between first world countries and third world countries, and the commonality between Christianity and Islam.<ref>Matheson, Whitney. "Preview: Craig Thompson's new graphic novel, 'Habibi'". USA Today. August 19, 2011

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Habibi_(graphic_novel)

While it has been lauded by publications such as Time, Elle, Salon, NPR and reviewers for the beauty of its visual design and epic setting, it has also been criticized for misrepresenting various elements such as sexuality and its depiction of Arabic culture.

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Publication history

Thompson began working on Habibi at the end of 2004 due to the widespread attention given towards the Middle East by the American society after the 9/11 attacks.Heater, Brian. "Interview: Craig Thompson Pt. 1 (of 2)". The Daily Crosshatch. May 7, 2007 Thompson conceived Habibi in an effort to better understand and humanize Islam, and focus on the beauty of Arabic and Islamic cultures,Kois, Dan. "Arab Fling". New York Magazine. August 21, 2011 in contrast to their vilification after the events of 9/11.<ref>Kross, Karen L. Bookslut "An Interview with Craig Thompson". Book Slut. February 2004 In the course of producing the story, Thompson was inspired by Arabic calligraphy, interpreting that form of writing as cursive shorthand for an idea, which Thompson says, is the "origin of cartooning". Thompson finally published the work in 2011 under Pantheon Books. The graphic novel has been produced in both paperback and hardcover editions since its initial publication.

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Plot summary

Habibi takes place in the present day, albeit in a fictional "Orientalist landscape" named Wanatolia. The story begins with Dodola, a nine-year old girl who is sold into marriage by her poverty-stricken parents. Her husband rapes her on their wedding night. He teaches her how to read and write, which allows Dodola to understand and find appreciation for the Qur'an. However, one day, their home is broken into by thieves who murder Dodola's husband and kidnap her to be sold as a slave. During this captured period, Dodola witnesses the thieves preparing to kill a young boy - who she saves by claiming him to be her brother despite their evident ethnic differences.