when is diwali and how long does it last
Galungan


Galungan is a Balinese holiday celebrating the victory of "dharma" over "adharma". It marks the time when the ancestral spirits visit the Earth. The last day of the celebration is Kuningan, when they return. The date is calculated according to the 210-day Balinese calendar. It is related to Diwali, celebrated by Hindus in other parts of the world, which also celebrates the victory of "dharma" over "adharma". Diwali, however, is held at the end of the year. Galungan marks the beginning
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Sima Yi


along with how busy he was. When told how Zhuge Liang consumed little and didn't sleep much, Sima Yi said to his men: "Zhuge Kongming takes little food and does much work; how can he last long?" Meanwhile, Sima Yi also provokes Zhuge Liang. Sima Yi made some 2,000 people cheer on the southeast corner of the compound. When Zhuge Liang sent a man to find out, he said, "Eastern Wu's envoy came and said he would surrender." Zhuge Liang knew this and
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Seahorse


form pair bonds that last through at least the breeding season. Some species show a higher level of mate fidelity than others. However, many species readily switch mates when the opportunity arises. "H. abdominalis" and "H. breviceps" have been shown to breed in groups, showing no continuous mate preference. Many more species' mating habits have not been studied, so it is unknown how many species are actually monogamous, or how long those bonds actually last. Although monogamy within fish is not common, it does appear
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Diwali (The Office)


" The following year, while discussing the possible creation of a Halloween episode, she and executive producer Greg Daniels agreed to instead create one that was Diwali-themed, as the two holidays fall near each other. When it came time to write the episode however, Kaling had to perform a Google search, as she had forgotten many details. She explained, "I was a little embarrassed with how little I knew about it. I'm Hindu, but I'm not really a practicing Hindu, so I had to
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Golden rice


are sustainable, long-lasting and more efficient ways to solve vitamin A deficiency that do not compromise food, nutrition and financial security, as they claim golden rice does. A study in the Philippines is aimed to evaluate the performance of golden rice, if it can be planted, grown and harvested like other rice varieties, and whether golden rice poses risk to human health. There has been little research on how well the beta-carotene will hold up when stored for long periods between harvest seasons, or when cooked using
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Johan (film)


her. Once Marit and the stranger have reached the island where he lives in a shed, her happiness does not last very long. She does not like when he makes fun of her old husband and when she meets an old fisherman who tells her that the stranger brings a new 'summer-girl' every year to his island, she feels regret and mourns what she has lost. She tells the old man what happened with her mother in law and how much she wants to go back to her husband. The
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The Last Theorem


that the book is too long for the story it tells. Ed Park of the "Los Angeles Times" enjoyed the first third of the book, but said that for the rest, its "winning and winking self-consciousness evaporates." He wondered how stable the manuscript was when it was published, and added that it does nothing to "burnish the legacy of either of its authors." A common criticism amongst many reviewers was that in spite of its title, no connection is made between Fermat's Last Theorem
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Diwali (Jainism)


Diwali has a very special significance in Jainism. It marks the anniversary of "Nirvana" (final release) or liberation of Mahavira's soul, the twenty fourth and last Jain Tirthankara of present cosmic age. It is celebrated at the same time as the Hindu festival of Diwali. Diwali marks the end of the year for the Jains and it likewise remembers the passing commemoration of their 24th Tirthankara Mahavira and his achievement of moksha. Mahavira attained Moksha (liberation) on this day at Pawapuri on 15 October 527 BCE, on
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Falsettos


and Trina discuss Marvin and the Bar Mitzvah while exercising and Charlotte comes home to Cordelia cooking "nouvelle bar mitzvah cuisine." Cordelia asks Charlotte how her day was at the hospital, and Charlotte exclaims that today was a rare day without a death. Meanwhile, Marvin and Whizzer play racquetball and bicker when Whizzer beats Marvin soundly. All reflect on how wonderful life is. To say “the peace does not last long” would be an understatement. Soon after, the “truce” that Marvin and Trina had quickly falls
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Afterlife (short story)


learns that Harris was co-owner of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, which produced women's garments. In 1911 Harris and his business partner, Max Blanck, were responsible for the deaths of 146 workers after they locked the doors to prevent theft and cigarette breaks. Harris does not know how long his purgatory will last and he still has not fully accepted responsibility for the deaths of his workers. He raves about how "he" did not cause the fire, "he" wasn't the one smoking when he should not
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Diwali (The Office)


of." Other guest stars included Creed Bratton as Creed Bratton, Charles Esten as Josh Porter, Ed Helms as Andy Bernard, and Rashida Jones as Karen Filippelli. Nancy Carell, Steve Carell's wife, reprised her role as Carol Stills, the girlfriend of his character. The third season DVD contained a number of deleted scenes, including Angela complaining about attending the Diwali party, Michael hoping that the office does not embarrass themselves, Kelly explaining that Diwali is an "Indian Halloween" to Michael, an initially angry Jan
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Planned obsolescence


the producer, who knows how long the product was designed to last, and the consumer, who does not. When a market becomes more competitive, product lifespans tend to increase. For example, when Japanese vehicles with longer lifespans entered the American market in the 1960s and 1970s, American carmakers were forced to respond by building more durable products. In the United States, automotive design reached a turning point in 1924 when the American national automobile market began reaching saturation. To maintain unit sales, General Motors head Alfred P. Sloan
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Diwali


. Diwali is usually celebrated eighteen days after the Dussehra (Dasara, Dasain) festival, with Dhanteras, or the regional equivalent, marking the first day of the festival when celebrants prepare by cleaning their homes and making decorations on the floor, such as "rangoli". The second day is "Choti Diwali", or equivalent in north India, while for Hindus in the south of India it is Diwali proper. Western, central, eastern and northern Indian communities observe Diwali on the third day and the darkest night of
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Release agent


in difficult clean-up and dramatic loss in production efficiency. Even when a release agent is used, factors such as irregular applications or improper release agent choice may have a dramatic effect on the quality and consistency of the finished product. One of the key attributes of a release agent is its degree of permanence: how long will it last before reapplication is necessary. A semi-permanent release agent does not need to be reapplied for every cycle of a molding operation and even works better when it is not over-applied
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List of Hollyoaks characters (2011)


does not last long. This causes awkwardness between the two and they decide to sleep together again to correct it. Ruby begins to want their relationship to become official, but when Maddie orders Jono to reveal who he is dating, he lies about her identity to impress her. When Ruby claims that she is with Jono, he humiliates her in front of his friends who laugh at her. Ruby dumps Jono. They reconcile their relationship when Jono gains the courage to tell her how he feels in front of his friends.
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Diwali


the traditional month. In some parts of India, the day after Diwali is marked with the "Govardhan Puja" and "Diwali Padva", which is dedicated to the relationship between wife and husband. Some Hindu communities mark the last day as Bhai Dooj, which is dedicated to the bond between sister and brother, while other Hindu and Sikh craftsmen communities mark this day as "Vishwakarma Puja" and observe it by performing maintenance in their work spaces and offering prayers. Some other faiths in India also celebrate their respective festivals
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Mahavira


) which was mentioned in early Buddhist texts. Two major annual Jain festivals associated with Mahavira are Mahavir Jayanti and Diwali. During Mahavir Jayanti, Jains celebrate Mahavira's birth as the 24th and last "tirthankara" of "avasarpiṇī" (the current time cycle). During Mahavir Jayanti, the five auspicious events of Mahavira's life are re-enacted. Diwali commemorates the anniversary of Mahavira's "nirvana", and is celebrated at the same time as the Hindu festival. Diwali marks the New Year for Jains. Samantabhadra
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Kashyap Colony


-based NGO, spoke of the ongoing effort to petition the local government:"It is good to see that the wires are being laid out in the village for the first time ever. It looks like they will have power by Diwali, maybe even before. This was a basic right of the villagers which they should have gotten long ago. Just like electricity, education too is a basic right. The village does not have a single school. Now that the villagers are more aware of their rights, they are also demanding a
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Kaju katli


used for the paste and the proportions of each used. Katli is traditionally eaten during Diwali. Kaju katli can also be prepared by replacing the sugar syrup with crystallised sugar and heating the entire dough instead of the sugar-water syrup. Kaju katli is not a long lasting dessert, in winter it can last up to 7 days, but in summer one should consume it within 3-4 days. Due to its popularity in India, many vendors such as Bikaner and SweetDabba have made a sugar free version of this sweet
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The Girl on the Train (2009 film)


attends Nathan’s bar mitzvah, when he also sees television footage of reporters interviewing Louise about the scandal. When they ask her about how her daughter knew the name of Bleistein, Louise lies and replies she does not know. Jeanne returns to live with her mother. She searches the internet for secretarial jobs. She receives a postcard from Nathan, who is in love with her. Jeanne is last seen rollerblading on a long path through trees. "The Girl on the Train" has its genesis on a real life case
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Mount Laurel doctrine


reach an environmental tipping point. When do our water systems fail to provide the supply needed (remember the Bergen County dire drought warning last October?); when does the volume of traffic finally overwhelm our existing roadways and extend commuting times to impossible limits (remember the last time you sat in local traffic?); when does the air quality become too unhealthy to breath (remember the ozone and poor air-quality alerts just last month?); how many people can actually be sustained with a reasonable quality of life
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Calvo (staggered) contracts


place. The probability of the current price lasting for exactly i periods more is: The probability of surviving i subsequent periods thus follows a geometric distribution, with the expected duration of the nominal price from when it is first set is formula_2. For example, if the Calvo probability "h" is 0.25 per period, the expected duration is 4 periods. Since the Calvo probability is constant and does not depend on how long it has been since the price was set, the probability that it will survive i "more"
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Qibla


around to face Mecca, and those praying behind him also did so. Some have claimed that the Qur'an does not identify or allude to Jerusalem as being the first Qiblah, and that the practice of facing Jerusalem is only mentioned in traditional biographies of Muhammad, or hadith collections. There is also disagreement as to when the practice started and for how long it lasted. Some sources say the Jerusalem Qiblah was used for a period of between sixteen and eighteen months. The Jewish custom of facing Jerusalem for prayer may have influenced the
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Rongorongo text I


case for adjacent lines. Fischer takes the short line 12 to be the beginning of the text, reasoning that it would have been easier to indent the first line than to estimate how long the last line would be when fitting it in, and that the large glyphs in line 13 past the end of line 12 were written that way to fill in the gap. However, he does note that there are remnants of pre-inscription tracings that would have enabled such an estimate. Horley (2011) makes a case that
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Alexander the Great (1980 film)


total experience of life, sex and death, and over it there is a great question mark. How long will the night last, and when will a new day break?" The film has been well received at international festivals. Yet, it still does not have a Region 1 release. In a program note, a critic named K.J. notes that "Only a filmmaker with Angelopoulos' daring would attempt to translate his epic vision of Greece to film." Dougal MacDonald review less favorably: "It is this [
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Diwali


", the physical death and final nirvana of Mahavira. The Jain Diwali celebrated in many parts of India has similar practices to the Hindu Diwali, such as the lighting of lamps and the offering of prayers to Lakshmi. However, the focus of the Jain Diwali remains the dedication to Mahavira. According to the Jain tradition, this practice of lighting lamps first began on the day of Mahavira's nirvana in 527 BCE, when 18 kings who had gathered for Mahavira's final teachings issued a proclamation that lamps be lit in remembrance
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Winter light festival


, Savitr, to illuminate the world and their minds, and to free them from ignorance and delusion. The most important celebration of light in Hinduism is the Diwali: it represent both the victory of light over darkness, and the beginning of the financial year. The Diwali festival is also present in Janism with the same meaning. According to Judaism, the light does not belong to this world, rather it’s an emanation of a different essence, from the other side of reality. Light serves as the symbol of the
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Rule of marteloio


") for some 70 miles. How does it return to its original route? Re-setting its bearing to northeast ("Greco") seems sensible enough, but how long should it sail on that bearing? How would a navigator know when the ship had reached its old route and should turn north again? How to avoid overshooting or undershooting the old course? This is a mathematical problem of solving a triangle. If a navigator knows how long the ship has sailed on the erroneous course, he can calculate its
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How Does a Moment Last Forever


Beauty and the Beast" with R&B artist Peabo Bryson; this song helped to establish her career as a music star in the Anglosphere. Menken asked her to be a part of the live action project as well by recording her own rendition of "How Does a Moment Last Forever", which would play over the end credits. Her version features a "swelling mix of piano, accordion and orchestral strings" and was recorded to an already existing music track that Menken had cut when the rest of the score was recorded.
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Continuous and progressive aspects


together with the present participle (marked with the suffix "-ing"). It is generally used for actions that are occurring at the time in question, and does not focus on the larger time-scale. For example, the sentence "Andrew was playing tennis when Jane called him." indicates what Andrew was doing when Jane called him, but does not indicate for how long Andrew played, nor how often he plays; for that, the simple past would suffice: "Andrew played tennis three hours every day
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Megha Ramaswamy


dedicated, long-standing employees of the store and how they cope with this loss. Ramaswamy's connection with Rhythm House first started when she first discovered the store back in 2001. Ramaswamy met Aliya Curmally, producer of "The Last Music Store" and daughter of Rhythm House owner Amir Curmally, at a writing programme. The film does not delve into Rhythm House’s commercial history but instead asserts its role in enhancing Mumbai’s musical culture over the decades. In March 2016, a short sneak peek of the film was
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School holiday


beginning of June. The Diwali break begins in either October or November, depending on the month Diwali occurs in that year. It lasts for about 1 week. Christmas break starts on the last week of December (22nd or 23rd) and ends on the first week of January (5th). Tamil Nadu celebrates Pongal festival(Thai Pongal): It is a four-day festival which, according to the Tamil calendar, is usually celebrated from January 14 to January 17. In north India, the typical summer vacation runs from
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Historiens 100 viktigaste svenskar


the last century and 16 are still alive today. The selection criteria were:"How much, how long, and how many people has the person influenced - primarily domestically but also internationally - with his thoughts, his reign, his deeds or his example? And how much does this person mean to us living here today, in 2009?" Criticism has been voiced over the list, both in terms of selection and ranking. It has been argued that the following people should have made it to the list: The ranking has been
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7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) and Defence Forces


tweeted, "PM exhorts nation to send Diwali 'sandesh' to soldiers. B'crats reduce disability pension n lower status vis-a-vis civilians. Happy Diwali!." It is view that is widespread in the armed forces. Senior serving officer commenting on the issues raided by memo of 18 October 2016, told Quint, on conditions of anonymity, that "There can be no more than one parameter for 'equivalence'. How can there be separate equivalence for 'Functionality', 'Warrant of Precedence';
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How Does a Moment Last Forever


's native Canadian province of Quebec, number nine on the US "Billboard"s Kid Digital Song Sales, number 94 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart (number 80 in Scotland) and number 124 on the French Digital Singles Chart (number 125 on the Overall Sales Chart). "How Does a Moment Last Forever" also proved to be successful in South Korea, where it reached number six. On November 17, 2017, "How Does a Moment Last Forever" won a Hollywood Music in Media Award in category Original Song
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List of Megatokyo characters


which caused much lasting ill effect. (However, Gallagher does comment in his first book that he consulted his wife, a physician, to determine how long Largo's arm would take to heal.) Largo is also an excellent fighter, and good at using what he can grab—while Erika was roaming the streets of Tokyo, he managed to run over Dom, a well-armed American friend of Largo's, with a muffin cart when Dom tried to threaten Erika. Using the same cart he ran over multiple
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Gidhaur


day of Dasami (the last day of navratri). A one-month-long mela is held adjacent to Durga mandir to facilitate all kinds of rural entertainment. A large variety of tree plants are sold that makes this mela very environment friendly. In addition to it, Holi, Diwali, Chhath puja, Eid, Muharram, Ramnavmi are widely celebrated. Tilkut of Gidhaur is very famous. It is prepared from "til" (sesame seeds)and "khoa" (dried whole milk). It provides heat and energy
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Diwali (The Office)


joked that they should do a Diwali-themed episode every year in the same vein as the Christmas specials. When creating the story, Kaling knew that "a lot of stuff has to happen" in the midst of the festival, including Michael and Carol's relationship becoming "very roller-coastery." As with other series storylines, this development was decided upon before Kaling began writing the episode. She stated, "But it was always sort of built in that the peak of 'Diwali' would be this incredibly
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Calvo (staggered) contracts


. We might wish to ask what will its completed length be at the next price change. This is the second measure. (ii) The average completed length of contracts. This is similar to the average age in that it looks at the current prices set by firms. However, rather than asking how long was it since the price was last set (the age of the contract), it asks how long will the price have lasted when the price next changes. Clearly for a single firm, this is random
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Diwali (The Office)


Feig, has directed several episodes of "The Office", including "Email Surveillance". Kaling used her own Indian cultural background as inspiration when writing the episode, which portrays the Indian festival of Diwali. She and her friend, "My Name Is Earl" writer Vali Chandrasekaran, had held a Diwali party in 2005 for the cast of their two shows. According to Kaling, NBC was "so excited. They were like, 'What the hell is this holiday? I've never heard of it'.
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Rest (music)


A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a symbol indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol and name corresponds with a particular note value for length, indicating how long the silence should last. Rests are intervals of silence in pieces of music, marked by symbols indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol and name corresponds with a particular note value, indicating how long the silence should last, generally as a multiplier of a measure or whole note. When an entire
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Lithuanian grammar


→ pramogaũs; aukótis (to sacrifice oneself) → aukõsis (the reflexive formant does not count)). This rule does not apply to cases when there the last syllable is not stressed (sáugoti (to protect) → sáugos). b) Primary verbs acquire a short vowel i or u (instead of long y or ū) when the infinitive and the present tense has a long vowel, but the past tense has a short vowel: (lýti (to rain): lỹja, lìjo → lìs; pū́ti
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Wimbledon, London


published "The Environs of London: being an historical account of the towns, villages, and hamlets, within twelve miles of that capital" in which he wrote: "In the early part of the present century there were annual races upon this common, which had then a King's plate." However, he gives no further details and does not say how successful the horse racing was or how long it lasted. For many years Wimbledon Stadium hosted to Greyhound racing, as well as Stock car racing and Speedway.
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Madeleine L'Engle


She said "I cannot believe that God wants punishment to go on interminably any more than does a loving parent. The entire purpose of loving punishment is to teach, and it lasts only as long as is needed for the lesson. And the lesson is always love." In 1982, L'Engle reflected on how suffering had taught her. She told how suffering a "lonely solitude" as a child taught her about the "world of the imagination" that enabled her to write for children. Later she suffered a
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Naraka Chaturdashi


Naraka Chaturdashi (also known as "Kali Chaudas", "Roop Chaudas", "Choti Diwali" or "Naraka Nivaran Chaturdashi") is a Hindu festival, which falls on Chaturdashi (14th day) of the Krishna Paksha in the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar month of Ashvin. It is the second day of the five-day-long festival of Deepavali/Diwali. The Hindu literature narrates that the asura (demon) Narakasura was killed on this day by Krishna, Satyabhama and Kali. The day is celebrated by
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Diwali


festival typically last five days, with the climax occurring on the third day coinciding with the darkest night of the Hindu lunisolar month Kartika. In the Gregorian calendar, the festival generally falls between mid-October and mid-November. In the lead-up to Diwali, celebrants will prepare by cleaning, renovating, and decorating their homes and workplaces. During the climax, revellers adorn themselves in their finest clothes, illuminate the interior and exterior of their homes with "diyas" (oil lamps or candles), offer "
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Diwali


be beneficial to public health. Scholars have stated that many factors contribute to the poor air quality in Delhi, and northern India, that accompanies the harvest festival of Diwali. According to Jethva and others, the post-monsoon custom is to prepare the crop fields by deliberately burning the residual stubble between October and November. As crop productivity per hectare has increased with mechanised harvesting, this has led to the practice becoming more widespread in the northern and northwestern regions of India in the months when Diwali is observed. The smoke from
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Pseudolus


At long last Simo agrees to the bet: the treadmill for Pseudolous if he fails to get the girl by day's end and 2,000 drachmae from Simo if he succeeds. Callipho promises Pseudolus that if he gets the girl and if Simo does not give him the money, he will himself because he does not want to see his plan fail. Pseudolus sees a Macedonian soldier approaching and figures that this is his chance. The two talk about how Harpax, the Macedonian soldier, has been ordered to meet with Ballio himself to
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Diwali


depending on region and even within Hindu tradition, yet all share a common focus on righteousness, self-inquiry and the importance of knowledge, which, according to Lindsey Harlan, an Indologist and scholar of Religious Studies, is the path to overcoming the "darkness of ignorance". The telling of these myths are a reminder of the Hindu belief that good ultimately triumphs over evil. Jeffrey Long, a scholar of Jain and Hindu studies, states that in Jain tradition, Diwali is celebrated in observance of "Mahavira Nirvana Divas
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Chhath


6th day from Diwali) of chhath. The devotees maintain 'nirjal vrat(vrata)' ( Fast without even taking a drop of water ) on the third day. It mainly consist of going on river bank and offering 'argha' ( offering of fruits and sweets in winnow ) and surya namaskar to the setting sun followed by the next day (exactly 7th day from Diwali) event of offering argha and surya namaskar to the rising sun on the fourth or last day of chhath. The fast is then come to end after
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How Does a Moment Last Forever


For director Bill Condon, adding detail to both Belle's and the Beast's past was necessary for the audiences to understand the characters: "They're both outsiders, but how did Belle wind up being so different from everybody else in a town where nobody understands her, and how did the Beast become the person who earned that curse? That's the stuff we started to fill in", he said. "How Does a Moment Last Forever" is a ballad and its lyrics deals with the theme of nostalgia.
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Rajkot


Diwali is one of the most important festival and is usually a week long holiday. Rajkot Municipal Corporation arranges the annual Fireworks Show for the citizens of Rajkot during the Diwali festival. The festival of Eid is also celebrated by the Muslim population. Holi is also celebrated with frolic and is widely enjoyed by most of the city folk. People also celebrate Uttarayan (Makar Sankranti) on 14 January by flying kites from their terraces. The city contributes to the economy of the state with heavy and small scale industries under the patronage of
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Muhurat trading


a ritual for many years. Muhurat trading is traditionally an occasion for an auspicious beginning to the traditional New Year. Investors place token orders and buy stocks for their children, which are held for the long term and sometimes never sold. Traders normally book their intra-day profits, however small they may be. For the trading communities of the north India, the new financial year begins with Diwali. A puja is performed to accounts books and safes on Dhanteras as well as on Diwali day to signify the beginning of a
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Baby Boy (Beyoncé song)


song a "Latino-tinged collaboration ... Paul does a reggae rap in the middle, but it's when he chats while Beyoncé half raps that the pair have real chemistry". Yancey Strickler of the "Flak" magazine wrote that "'Baby Boy''s diwali stutter is enhanced by Sean Paul's dancehall monotone". James Anthony of the British newspaper "The Guardian" commented that the track "bridges the gap between the genres of R&B and dancehall". "Los Angeles Times" writer Natalie Nichols wrote that
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The Lily's Revenge


and begs the audience one last time to leave, announcing that the exits are where they entered. Time explains how the play everyone is about to witness is cheap (referring to "slutty"), and how, The Great Longing forced Time into an hourglass dress and, when the play ends, Time's breasts will be exposed. Time reveals how they once starred in the show, but, thanks to The Great Longing, have now been reduced to playing a concept. As the band enters, Time reveals that
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Chhath


Hindu luni-solar Bikram Sambat calendar. The word is a Prakrit derivation from the Sanskrit "ṣaṣṭhi", meaning "sixth".It is the longest and most important festival after navratri. The very first day of chhath starts exactly 4 days from Diwali and last for 4 more days. This day the people who observe fast take bath at a river or pond and prepare lunch (consisting of rice, dal mixed with pumpkin, made in pure ghee). The second day (5th day from Diwali) is known as
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Graeme James Caughley


book on conservation biology is a breakthrough in conservation biology. Before this, textbooks written by lab ecologists were used to teach field ecologists in a more abstract theoretical way. Caughley advocated the use of the Declining Population Paradigm in conservation biology. This paradigm seeks to discover why a population is declining and how to prevent further declines. This opposes the small population paradigm that seeks to determine how long a small population will last. The declining population paradigm is not overly theoretical and does not deal with population viability analysis, effective population size
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Diwali


alongside Diwali. The Jains observe their own Diwali, which marks the final liberation of Mahavira, the Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas to mark the release of Guru Hargobind from a Mughal Empire prison, while Newar Buddhists, unlike other Buddhists, celebrate Diwali by worshipping Lakshmi. The festival of Diwali is an official holiday in Fiji, Guyana, India, Malaysia (except Sarawak), Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. "Diwali" () or "Divali" is
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Govardhan Puja


the Vikram Samvat calendar. Therefore, the rituals surrounding Annakut are closely linked with the rituals of the five days of Diwali. While the first three days of Diwali are days of prayer to sanctify wealth and invite greater wealth into the devotee’s life, the annakut day is a day of offering gratitude for Krishna beneficence Govardhan Puja is a principal ritual performed during Annakut. Although some texts treat Govardhan Puja and Annakut as synonymous, the Govardhan Puja is one segment of the day-long Annakut festival. There are many variants of
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Doomsday argument


number of biologically modern humans who have ever lived and died is closer to 107 billion, which is considerably more than the 7 billion alive today. That being the case, the argument actually implies it is unlikely that this is the last generation. Instead, it paints a relatively optimistic portrait of how long humanity is likely to last, even given current population growth. It is further worth noting that even if the argument is accepted at face value, it does not entail extinction—humanity could conversely evolve into something distinctly enough
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Natural resource economics


or become a perpetual resource, or for a worse case, 350 years. If a resource lasting 700 or more years is perpetual, one that lasts 350 to 700 years can be called an abundant resource, and is so defined here. How long the material can be recovered from its resource depends on human need and changes in technology from extraction through the life cycle of the product to final disposal, plus recyclability of the material and availability of satisfactory substitutes. Specifically, this shows that exhaustibility does not occur until these factors
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Diwali


and social networks. Other goods that are bought in substantial quantities during Diwali include confectionery and fireworks. In 2013, about of fireworks were sold to merchants for the Diwali season, an equivalent retail value of about according to The Times of India. ASSOCHAM, a trade organisation in India, forecasted that online shopping alone to be over over the 2017 Diwali season. About two-thirds of Indian households, according to the ASSOCHAM forecast, would spend between and to celebrate Diwali in 2017. Diwali has increasingly attracted cultural exchanges,
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We Are Family (2010 film)


tells Aman she wants to return home for Diwali as the last chance to see her house before she dies. During the festival, the children hold a special event for her, replaying the memories they had together. When they take a family photograph, Maya asks Shreya to join them as she is now family. The last scene is set ten years later during Aleya's wedding, where Shreya gives her a bracelet which had belonged to Maya. Shreya tells Aleya that she is the most beautiful bride in the world. During
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Wildflower (season 4)


prison for a long time, but Julio and Emilia escape capture. Julio vows revenge. While authorities search for them, the city celebrates a new era under the governorship of Diego Torillo. Their joy does not last long when Julio assassinates Diego with a sniper rifle, and escape once again to a Triad safe house. Diego does not survive and the entire province mourn his death. Julio and Emilia learn that the Triad is handing Red Dragon’s operations to Emilia. This does not mean anything to Julio who kills Stefano (
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The Evil Within 2


and exciting. What this cerebral horror game does isn't totally new, but it rarely feels routine, and offers plenty of surprises. Coming in at a lengthy and surprisingly packed 15-hour campaign, the sequel does an admirable job of ratcheting up the tension and scares when it needs to, while also giving you the freedom to explore and proceed how you want. It's a tough thing to balance, but "The Evil Within 2" does it remarkably well, and in a way that leaves a strong and lasting impression
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Touch the Dark


doesn't know how to use and a metric ton of new enemies. To make matters worse, a war has broken out in the supernatural community and everyone is choosing sides. Now Cassie is trying to stay alive long enough to figure out how to use the power of her office, and to determine what to do with it when she does. John Pritkin is a war mage—a member of the supernatural community's police force—with a specialization in demon killing. When she was seventeen, Cassie bought an "
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How Does a Moment Last Forever


she discovers the truth about her mother's fate. "How Does a Moment Last Forever" was also recorded by Canadian pop singer Celine Dion, whose version was also included on the film's soundtrack, released on March 10, 2017. Her version plays over the ending credits of the film. In the original animated film, Maurice does not sing at all. The remake, however, explores both Belle's and the Beast's past. Belle's backstory serves to build a foundation for her relationship with the Beast.
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List of Fruits Basket characters


he is convinced he will cause, so when she confesses she loves him, he rejects her, calling himself "disillusioned." Only when Arisa, Saki, and Yuki impress upon him how deeply his rejection hurt Tohru does he get up the courage to accept her, and when he does finally confess to her, his curse lifts—along with the rest of the zodiac. In the last chapter, he and Tohru move out of Shigure's house and prepare to go to another city, where he will study at
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Tariff


productivity in various industries. But when it comes to long-term growth, it says nothing about how the facts can change tomorrow and how they can be changed in someone's favour. It does not indicate how best to transform factors of production into more productive factors in the future. According to theory, the only advantage of international trade is that goods become cheaper and available in larger quantities. Improving the static efficiency of existing resources would therefore be the only advantage of international trade. And the neoclassical formulation assumes that the
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Comparative advantage


the facts at a single point in time and determines the best response to those facts at that point in time, given our productivity in various industries. But when it comes to long-term growth, it says nothing about how the facts can change tomorrow and how they can be changed in someone's favour. It does not indicate how best to transform factors of production into more productive factors in the future. According to theory, the only advantage of international trade is that goods become cheaper and available in larger quantities.
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Symbol grounding problem


in the overall brain, likely including specific long-term memory areas). Thus, Searle's not perceiving any meaning in his head alone when simulating the work of a computer, does not imply lack of meaning in the overall system, and thus in the actual computer system passing an advanced Turing test. How does Searle know that there is no meaning going on in his head when he is executing such a Turing-test-passing program? Exactly the same way he knows whether there is or is not meaning going
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Last Stop 174


" shows how common violence in Brazil is, and how it is not contained to the favelas. One instance of this is when Sandro and his friend hold up a woman who has her window open in a traffic jam. She gives Sandro what he asks for, but him and his friend shoot her anyhow, in front of a number of cars and no one does anything about it. Furthermore, when Sandro holds up the bus, the lipstick woman casually calls her boss, explaining that she’s going to be slightly
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Wagah-Attari border ceremony


India–Pakistan military confrontation on 29 September 2016 the border closing ceremony continued, but on the Indian side public attendance was denied on the evenings between 29 September and 8 October 2016. As a sign of the increased tensions, the BSF did not exchange sweets and greetings with Pakistani Rangers on Diwali 2016, despite a long tradition of doing so on major religious festivals like Bakr-Eid and Diwali, and also during Independence Days of both countries. Similar border ceremonies by the Pakistan Rangers and BSF just before sunset are also carried
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How Does a Moment Last Forever


lived as a baby with her parents. There, while she sings "How Does a Moment Last Forever", they find a Plague mask and Belle learns that her mother fell victim of the plague. A flashback explains that Belle's mother had pleaded with Maurice to abandon her in order to protect their baby daughter from the plague, which Maurice tearfully does. The scene adds more depth to Belle and solidifies her bond with the Beast. According to Truffaut-Wong, "she experiences this extremely intimate moment with him and
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How Does a Moment Last Forever


two decades; the last time they worked together had been in the "Beauty and the Beast" musical. Menken believes that the songs he and Rice had written for the musical would not have translated well to the screen due to the structural differences between the two formats. One of at least nine significant changes made to the film specifically for the remake, "How Does a Moment Last Forever" was conceived to explain Belle's backstory. Her quest to find out her mother's fate serves, in the plot, as
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Software performance testing


stress testing, in order to see what happens when an acceptable load is exceeded. Does the system crash? How long does it take to recover if a large load is reduced? Does its failure cause collateral damage? Analytical Performance Modeling is a method to model the behaviour of a system in a spreadsheet. The model is fed with measurements of transaction resource demands (CPU, disk I/O, LAN, WAN), weighted by the transaction-mix (business transactions per hour). The weighted transaction resource demands
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Welsh orthography


before a consonant cluster beginning with "s": (witness). Before "ll", a vowel is short when no consonant follows the "ll": (better) It is long when another consonant does follow the "ll": (hair). In Southern dialects, long vowels may appear in a stressed penultimate syllable as well as in a stressed word-final syllable. Before "ll", a stressed vowel in the last syllable can be either long (e.g. "better" ) or short
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Thathai Bhatia Cuisine


Igyas" or the 11th day, a meal consisting mostly of simple food, fruits and nuts is taken. This gives a break from the routine food habit and is a healthy alternative. It takes the mind off eating and a person is able to devote more time to prayers and devotion. In contrast to days of fasting, there are days of feasting like Holi, Dassera, Diwali when special meals are prepared. One such day is the day after Diwali when 56 dishes are offered to God. This is called "
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Diwali (The Office)


As a result of this episode, "The Office" became the first American comedy series to depict the Diwali holiday. Lauren Markoe of "The Huffington Post" has credited the episode with helping to introduce Diwali to the American public, writing that it "represents perhaps the brightest spotlight ever shone on Diwali in the United States." In their 2012 book "Diversity in U.S. Mass Media", Catherine A. Luther, Carolyn Ringer Lepre, and Naeemah Clark noted that "Diwali" "introduces the audience to Indian dancing and
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Diwali


the Mughal prison, and the day of Bhai Mani Singh's martyrdom in 1738 as a result of his failure to pay a fine for trying to celebrate Diwali and thereafter refusing to convert to Islam. Diwali is not a festival for most Buddhists, with the exception of the Newar people of Nepal who revere various deities in the Vajrayana Buddhism and celebrate Diwali by offering prayers to Lakshmi. Newar Buddhists in Nepalese valleys also celebrate the Diwali festival over five days, in much the same way, and on the same days, as
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Diwali


festival is remembering the ancestors. Rituals and preparations for Diwali begin days or weeks in advance, typically after the festival of Dusshera that precedes Diwali by about 20 days. The festival formally begins two days before the night of Diwali, and ends two days thereafter. Each day has the following rituals and significance: "Dhanteras", derived from "Dhan" meaning wealth and "teras" meaning thirteenth, marks the thirteenth day of the dark fortnight of Kartik and the beginning of Diwali. On this day, many Hindus clean
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Diwali


Confectioners and shops create Diwali-themed decorative displays, selling these in large quantities, which are stocked for home celebrations to welcome guests and as gifts. Families also prepare homemade delicacies for the main Diwali day. Choti Diwali is also a day for visiting friends, business associates and relatives, and exchanging gifts. This day is commonly celebrated as Diwali in Tamil Nadu, Goa, and Karnataka. Traditionally, South Indian Hindus receive an oil massage from the elders in the family on the day and then take a ritual bath,
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Indians in the New York City metropolitan region


New Jersey. Numerous mosques, churches (geared significantly toward a Keralite membership), Sikh gurudwaras, and Jain temples are also situated in the New York City metropolitan area. Indians have been attaining school board membership positions on various boards of education in New Jersey and on Long Island. Momentum has been growing to recognize the Hindu holy day Deepavali (Diwali) as a holiday on school district calendars in the New York City metropolitan region. Passaic, New Jersey established Diwali as a school holiday in 2005. South Brunswick, New
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List of Fear the Walking Dead characters


his gated coast-side estate, Aston Martin and luxury yacht, the Abigail. He appears to already have some knowledge of the outbreak and how it manifests itself in humans. It is unknown how long he was imprisoned at the temporary hospital set up in Raynard Community College before Nick arrived. He is calm and does not panic when confronting the walkers, even when he was trapped at the end of a locked corridor as a herd approached. He appears to have adapted quickly to the new world, telling Nicholas Clark that
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The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger


. Roland collapses from dehydration, and Jake brings him water. Jake does not know how long he has been at the way station, nor exactly how he got there and hid when Walter passed through. Roland hypnotizes Jake to determine the details of his death and discovers that he died in a different universe (which appears much closer to our own) when he is pushed in front of a car while walking to school in Manhattan. Before they leave, Roland and Jake search for food in a cellar and encounter a demon
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Bee learning and communication


slowest when the light was green; the other colors fell somewhere in between. This evidence of inherent bias is evolutionarily reasonable, given that bees forage for differently-colored nectar-bearing flowers, many of which are to be found in green foliage which does not signal reward. After his work on color preferences, Menzel extended his experiments to study aspects of color learning and memory. He wanted to know how many trials bees need to reliably choose a previously rewarded color when they are presented with several alternatives, and how long
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Diwali


all before sunrise. Many visit their favourite Hindu temple. The third day is the height of the festival, and coincides with the last day of the dark fortnight of the lunar month. This is the day when Hindu, Jain and Sikh temples and homes are aglow with lights, thereby making it the "festival of lights". The word Deepawali comes from the word the Sanskrit word deep, which means an Indian lantern/lamp. The youngest members in the family visit their elders, such as grandparents and other senior
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Cybill Shepherd


album "Cybill Does It...To Cole Porter" for MCA Records. It was panned by "Village Voice" critic Robert Christgau, who wrote in "" (1981): "Her voice is surprisingly pleasant, but you'd never know how these songs sparkle. Since Cole didn't like to . . . do it with (or 'to') women very much, maybe the 'do' is as hostile as it sounds." In 1975, she made her next film, "At Long Last
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Diwali


the Hindu Endowment Board of Singapore, organises many cultural events during Diwali every year. National and civic leaders such as Prince Charles have attended Diwali celebrations at prominent Hindu temples in the UK, such as the Swaminarayan Temple in Neasden, using the occasion to highlight contributions of the Hindu community to British society. Since 2009, Diwali has been celebrated every year at 10 Downing Street, the residence of the British Prime Minister. Diwali was first celebrated in the White House by George W. Bush in 2003 and was given official status by
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Tuvan language


these loanwords into two periods: the early layer and the late layer. The words in the early layer are words in which the Mongolic preserved the conjunction, the VCV conjunction was preserved but the long vowel still developed when it entered the Tuvan language, or the stress is on the last syllable and a long vowel in the loanword replaced a short vowel in the original word. The Late Layer includes loanwords in which the long vowel does not change when the word entered Tuvan. Vowels may also be nasalized in the environment of
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Kismet (1943 film)


and Madhubala was a remake of Kismet. In the 1968 movie "Padosan", when asked to think of a romantic song, Bhola immediately remembers the "door hato duniyawalo" song. The music of the film by Anil Biswas introduced 'full chorus' for the first time in Hindi cinema. The film gave memorable hits like the patriotic, "Door Hato O Duniyawalon Hindustan Hamara hay", the sad "Ghar Ghar Mein Diwali" and a soothing lullaby, "Dheere Dheere Aa". The last was a duet
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The Last Lear


modern cinema and considers theatre as a much higher artform for directors and actors to convey their message to an audience. It is Diwali, a time when box offices are flooded with new releases and Shabnam (Preity Zinta) has to attend the premiere of her latest movie: "The Mask". However, she decides to visit her co-star Harish and heads to a cubbyhole of old Kolkata where Harish is bedridden in a coma. He is being taken care by Vandana (Shefali Shah) and a nurse, Ivy
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Integrationism


him/her, “I’ll be back in 20 minutes”, the traveler may check the watch and calculate when to come back for the check-in, so he/she does not have to stand at the front desk for 20 minutes. However, if the traveler sees a note on the front desk saying, “I’ll be back in 20 minutes”, he/she may be baffled due to no point of reference, so he/she does not know how long is needed. This example
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Long Ago and Far Away (James Taylor song)


a word I've heard when things are being said" was the "most coherent" part of the song for him at that time, stating that "it is a musing on the nature of expectations, and how they don't last. Critic Al Rudis notes a resemblance between some of the melody of "Long Ago and Far Away" and that of "Sunny Skies," a song from Taylor's prior album "Sweet Baby James". Journalist Peggy Mulloy Glad regards it as an example of how Taylor can
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Last Generation Theology


but it is needful for them to be placed in the furnace of fire; their earthliness must be consumed, that the image of Christ may be perfectly reflected."(GC 621). And emphasizes that attaining God's blessing will mean denying self: "Those who are unwilling to deny self, to agonize before God, to pray long and earnestly for His blessing, will not obtain it. Wrestling with God–how few know what it is!" (GC 621). Ellen White in her writings does not link
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How Does a Moment Last Forever


"How Does a Moment Last Forever" is a song written by lyricist Tim Rice and composer Alan Menken for the Disney live action film "Beauty and the Beast" (2017), a remake of the animated musical of the same name. This Broadway-inspired ballad is performed in the movie by American actor Kevin Kline in his role as Maurice. It describes the relationship between his character and that of his wife, Belle's deceased mother. Later in the film, Belle (Emma Watson) performs the song as
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Bel Ami (1939 film)


Moroccan nobles and blackmailed. In order to give his change of position an acceptable public appearance he asks Madeleine to marry Duroy, who has meantime risen to editor-in-chief. She does so, but the marriage does not last long. Duroy saves Laroche's daughter Suzanne when her horse bolts. Without introducing themselves they arrange to meet at the opera ball that evening. There, thanks to Rachel, who for a long time has been performing the song "Bel Ami" in a plush revue, Duroy learns the
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Love Never Dies (musical)


a fluttering duet between Meg and Christine for example [the show does not include a duet between Meg and Christine, so it is unclear what Boyd is referring to] —but few surprises." Meg and Christine, when they first meet after ten years, sing a brief duet about how long it has been, their initial surprise ("...could it be? No, it couldn't possibly..." ), and how lovely the other looks, in an introduction to the song "Dear Old Friend".
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Kamakhya


. At last, when Narakasura tried to kill Lord Krishna with a trident, Lord Krishna beheaded him with his Sudarshana Chakra (discus). Everything happened because of the maya made by the Goddess Kamakhya. Before Narakasura's death, he requested a boon from his mother, Satyabhama, that everyone should celebrate his death with colorful light. Thus this day is celebrated as 'Naraka Chaturdashi' - the day before Diwali. Krishna's and Satyabhama's victory on Narakasura translated into freedom for all his prisoners and honoring of Aditi.
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Train reporting number (Australia)


go, where it is going and, in the case of EMUs, how many cars long it is. With the exception of suburban passenger traffic, all trains are given a second identification, known as a "service" number. In most cases, the service number is the last three characters of the train number, with an alpha suffix that identifies the business group to which the train belongs (e.g. Q301/301T – 'T' = Traveltrain). At present, control software does not support the use of five
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