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| The information in this article appears to be better suited to a dictionary than to an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a dictionary and this article meets the Wiktionary's criteria for inclusion. |
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| Ronald A. Gettelfinger (born August 1, 1944) is the current president of the trade union United Auto Workers. He has held the position since 2002. |
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| John David Dingell, Jr. (born July 8, 1926) is a Democratic United States Representative from Michigan and is currently the Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the second longest serving member all-time of the House of Representatives and the fourth longest serving member of Congress ever. Since 1955, he has represented a district that was first in western Detroit but has successively moved further into that city's western suburbs, currently Michigan's 15th congressional district.
With the Democrats' victory in the 2006 midterm elections, Dingell again became chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a panel he previously chaired from 1981 to 1995. According to the 2008 Congress.org Power Ranking, Dingell is the fourth most powerful congressman, preceded only by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, all fellow Democrats.[1] On November 5, 2008, representative Henry Waxman of California challenged Dingell for the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Waxman defeated Dingell in vote by the full Democratic Caucus on November 20, 2008 by a margin of 137 to 122.[2] Waxman will take the chairmanship of the committee starting with the 111th Congress. |
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| Penny Sue Pritzker (born 1959) is an American business executive, and a member of the Pritzker family of Chicago, one of America's wealthiest families. She is the founder and current Chair of Classic Residence by Hyatt, a chain of luxury senior living communities spread throughout the United States, and the national finance chair of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Ms. Pritzker is estimated to be the 135th richest person on the Forbes 400 list of "America's wealthiest," with an estimated net worth of $2.8 billion US.[1]
On November 20, 2008, Fox News reported that Pritzker is Barack Obama's top choice for Commerce Secretary, quoting "multiple" unnamed sources.[2] If confirmed she will be the second woman Secretary of Commerce. The Chicago Tibune has reported that she does not want to serve as Commerce Secretary. |
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| This is a list of characters who have appeared in multiple games of Sega's video game franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog; further information on characters have appeared in one game only may be found in that game's article. The characters are listed in alphabetical order. |
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| The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers (UAW), is a labor union which represents workers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Founded in order to represent workers in the automobile manufacturing industry, UAW members in the 21st century work in industries as diverse as health care, casino gaming and higher education.
Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, the union has approximately 800 local unions, which negotiated 3,100 contracts with some 2,000 employers.[citation needed] |
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| Cleopatra's Needle is the popular name for each of two Ancient Egyptian obelisks formerly in Alexandria and re-erected in London and New York City during the nineteenth century. Although the needles are genuine Ancient Egyptian obelisks, they are somewhat misnamed as they have no particular connection with Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and were already over a thousand years old in her lifetime.
The Parisian Obelisk, located at Place de la Concorde is not a Cleopatra's Needle. This obelisk is one of a pair erected in Luxor by Ramses II. Its twin still resides at the Temple of Luxor. |
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| Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is an American politician and Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. He has represented California's 30th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1975. Waxman, a Democrat, is considered to be one of the most influential liberal members of Congress. He serves the cities of West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, and parts of the city of Los Angeles. Before his election to Congress, he served six years in the California State Assembly.
With the Democrats' victory in the 2006 midterm elections, Waxman became chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the principal investigative committee of the House. He was the committee's ranking Democrat from 1997 to 2007. He is now the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the House, beating John Dingell in a 137-122 secret vote of House Democrats. |
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| John Zogby (born 1948) is an American political pollster and first senior fellow at The Catholic University of America's Life Cycle Institute. He is the founder, president and CEO of Zogby International, a polling firm known for both phone polling and interactive, Internet-based polling. |
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13 california lottery winning numbersView Comments Search Blogs |
| The California State Lottery began on November 6, 1984 after California residents passed Proposition 37, the California Lottery Act, authorizing the creation of a state lottery.
The minimum age to purchase lottery tickets in California is 18. |
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| Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is an American politician and Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. He has represented California's 30th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1975. Waxman, a Democrat, is considered to be one of the most influential liberal members of Congress. He serves the cities of West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, and parts of the city of Los Angeles. Before his election to Congress, he served six years in the California State Assembly.
With the Democrats' victory in the 2006 midterm elections, Waxman became chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the principal investigative committee of the House. He was the committee's ranking Democrat from 1997 to 2007. He is now the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the House, beating John Dingell in a 137-122 secret vote of House Democrats. |
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| The City of Port of Spain is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas.The city has a municipal population of 49,031 (2000 census)[1] and a metropolitan population of 128,026 (1990 estimate)[2] residents. It is located on the Gulf of Paria, on the northwest coast of the island of Trinidad.
The city serves primarily as a retail and administrative center. It also serves as a financial services center and is home to two of the largest banks in the Caribbean. It is one of the major shipping hubs of the Caribbean, with exports of agricultural products and asphalt. Bauxite from the Guianas and iron ore from Venezuela are trans-shipped via facilities at Chaguaramas, about five miles (8 km) west of the city. The tallest building in Port of Spain (and country as a whole) is the 21-storey Nicholas Tower; the proposed Waterfront International Project is slated to include a 26-story office tower.[3] |
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| Ronald A. Gettelfinger (born August 1, 1944) is the current president of the trade union United Auto Workers. He has held the position since 2002. |
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| Jai Krishna Nigam (India) After training in textiles research as a young man, Jai Krishna Nigam branched out into industrial research in his native India, becoming a tireless advocate for "needs-based" research and for closer links between research and industry. Improved productivity is vital to a nation's economic performance and he argues that scientists can play a key role in technological cooperation and indigenous capacity for technology development. |
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| The following is an episode list for the animated television series Lil' Bush. The show premiered on June 13, 2007 in the United States on Comedy Central. |
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| Charging Bull (sometimes called the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull) is a 3,200 kg (7,000 pound) bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica that sits in Bowling Green park near Wall Street in New York City.
The sculpture depicts a bull, the symbol of aggressive financial optimism and prosperity, leaning back on its haunches and with its head lowered as if ready to charge. The sculpture, one of the city's most photographed artworks, has become a tourist destination in the Financial District. It has also come to be an unofficial symbol of the Financial District itself, and it often appears in the local news media to punctuate stories about optimism in the financial market. |
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| The Cities 97 Sampler (also titled Cities Sampler and The Cities' Sampler) is a series of albums containing "live in studio" recordings from radio station Cities 97 (KTCZ 97.1 FM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota (earlier branded "The Cities' 97"). It has been released annually since 1989, and new volumes appear in November at local Target stores (in time for the Christmas season), with proceeds benefiting various charitable organizations. The CD usually generates over $500,000 every year for Minnesota charities. In the last several years, the recordings have sold quickly, disappearing within minutes in many stores. The CDs tend to resell on auction sites such as eBay at prices near double to triple what they originally cost.
The 16th volume, released on November 11, 2004, had a print run of about 35,000 copies. In Forest Lake, Minnesota, the local Target store ran out of its shipment of discs in seven minutes [1]. |
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| Citigroup Inc., doing business as Citi, is a major American financial services company based in New York City, NY. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate Travelers Group on April 7, 1998.[7] Citigroup Inc. has the world's largest financial services network , spanning 107 countries with approximately 12,000 offices worldwide. The company employs approximately 358,000 staff around the world, and holds over 200 million customer accounts in more than 100 countries. On 17th November 2008 Citigroup announced plans for about 52,000 new job cuts, on top of 23,000 cuts already made during 2008 in a huge job cull resulting from four quarters of consecutive losses and reports that it was unlikely to be in profit again before 2010. [8]It is the world's largest bank by revenues as of 2008. It is a primary dealer in US Treasury securities[9] and its stock has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since March 17, 1997.[10] Its single largest shareholder is Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, who has a 4.9% stake.[11] As of December 11, 2007, Vikram Pandit is Citigroup's current CEO, while Sir Win Bischoff the current chairman.[12] |
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| The New York Times Best Seller List is widely considered to be the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States.[1][2] It is published weekly in the The New York Times Book Review magazine, which is usually found inserted in the Sunday edition of The New York Times, or as a stand-alone subscription. The best-seller list has been ongoing since April 9, 1942. |
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| General Motors Corporation, also known as GM or GMC, is the world's second largest car manufacturer based on annual sales. Founded in 1908, in Flint, Michigan, GM employs approximately 284,000 people around the world. With global headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, USA, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries. Their European headquarters is based in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2005, 9.17 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Daewoo, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall. |
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| Sculptures in New York City's Central Park.
A total of 29 sculptures[1] have appeared over the past century and a half in New York City's 843-acre (3.41 km2) Central Park, most of which have been donated by individuals or organizations (and not the city itself). While many early statues are of authors and poets along "Literary Walk" and American figures like Daniel Webster and "the Pilgrim", other early works were simply picturesque, like The hunter and The Falconer; other notable statues include sled dog Balto, the so-called "Cleopatra's Needle"— an Egyptian obelisk— Alice of Wonderland, and most recently Duke Ellington. |
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| The Great American Smokeout is an annual event in the United States to encourage Americans (of whom 45.8 million smoke) to quit tobacco smoking. The American Cancer Society held its first Smokeout in 1977. The event challenges people not to smoke cigarettes for 24 hours, hoping their decision to quit will last forever. |
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| Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary film that explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the 1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government, the Californian government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology.
It was released on DVD to the home video market on November 14, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. During an interview with CBS News, director Chris Paine announced that he would be making a sequel: Who Saved the Electric Car? [1], finally called Revenge of the Electric Car. |
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| Janet Napolitano (born November 29, 1957) is the current governor of the U.S. state of Arizona, and a member of the Democratic Party, originally elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. She is Arizona's third female governor, and the first woman to win re-election. In November 2005, Time magazine named her one of the five best governors in the U.S.[1] She served as the Chair of the National Governors Association in 2006-2007.[2] In February 2006, Napolitano was named by The White House Project as one of "8 in '08", a group of eight female politicians who could possibly run and/or be elected president in 2008.[3] On November 5th, 2008, Napolitano was named to the advisory board of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.[4]
On November 20, 2008, CNN reported that Napolitano is Barack Obama's top choice for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, quoting "multiple" unnamed sources.[5] |
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| Suzy Amis (born January 5, 1962 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American film actress and former model. |
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| McKey Sullivan (born Brittany Sullivan on September 9, 1988) is an American fashion model most notable as the winner of the eleventh cycle of America's Next Top Model. |
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| New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine [1] and Lincoln Kirstein [2] with musical director Leon Barzin and with founding choreographers Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, [3] 1934; the American Ballet, [4] 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet Caravan, [5] 1941; and directly from the Ballet Society, [6] [7] 1946. |
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| Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, comedian, writer and director. He is known for his often angry comedic style, and his frequent chain smoking. Leary is currently the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me. |
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| Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, where it is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. Since Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States, Black Friday may be as early as the 23rd and as late as the 29th of November.
Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many employees take the day off, which increases the number of potential shoppers. Retailers often decorate for the Christmas season weeks beforehand. Many retailers open very early (typically 5 am or even earlier) and offer doorbuster deals and loss leaders to draw people to their stores. Although Black Friday, as the first shopping day after Thanksgiving, has served as the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season at least since the start of the modern Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924, the term "Black Friday" has been traced back only to the 1960s. The term "Black Friday" originated in Philadelphia in reference to the heavy traffic on that day. More recently, merchants and the media have used it instead to refer to the beginning of the period in which retailers are in the black (i.e., turning a profit). The news media frequently refer to Black Friday as the busiest retail shopping day of the year, but this is not always accurate. While it has been one of the busiest days in terms of customer traffic,[1][2] in terms of actual sales volume, from 1993 through 2001 Black Friday was usually the fifth to tenth busiest day.[3] In 2002 and 2004, however, Black Friday ranked second place.[4] The busiest retail shopping day of the year in the United States (in terms of both sales and customer traffic) usually has been the Saturday before Christmas.[5] In 2003 and 2005, however, Black Friday actually did reach first place.[6] In many cities it is not uncommon to see shoppers lined up hours before stores with big sales open. Once inside, the stores shoppers often rush and grab, as many stores have only a few of the big draw items. Electronics and popular toys are often the most sought-after items and may be sharply discounted. Because of the shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, many choose to stay home and avoid the hectic shopping experience. The local media often will cover the event, mentioning how early the shoppers began lining up at various stores and providing video of the shoppers standing in line and later leaving with their purchased items. Traditionally Black Friday sales were intended for those shopping for Christmas gifts. For some particularly popular items, some people shop at these sales in order to get deep discounts on items they can then resell, typically online. |
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| Playsets are themed collections of similar toys designed to work together to enact some action or event. The most common toy playsets involve plastic figures, accessories, and possibly buildings or scenery, purchased together in a common box. Some sets during the '60s and '70s were offered within metal "suitcase" containers that also functioned as part of the playset. |
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| Ronald A. Gettelfinger (born August 1, 1944) is the current president of the trade union United Auto Workers. He has held the position since 2002. |
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| Jim Norton (born July 19, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, radio personality, author, and actor. He is a regular on-air personality on The Opie and Anthony Show, which airs on XM Satellite Radio and in syndication. Norton has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno six times and on the Late Show with David Letterman, filmed an HBO stand-up special for the series One Night Stand as well as his special "Monster Rain", co-starred in the short-lived HBO sitcom Lucky Louie and had a cameo in the film Spider-Man. Norton recently hosted the filming of four episodes for an HBO stand-up showcase titled Down and Dirty with Jim Norton and was on The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget. |
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| Charging Bull (sometimes called the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull) is a 3,200 kg (7,000 pound) bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica that sits in Bowling Green park near Wall Street in New York City.
The sculpture depicts a bull, the symbol of aggressive financial optimism and prosperity, leaning back on its haunches and with its head lowered as if ready to charge. The sculpture, one of the city's most photographed artworks, has become a tourist destination in the Financial District. It has also come to be an unofficial symbol of the Financial District itself, and it often appears in the local news media to punctuate stories about optimism in the financial market. |
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| The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 is Title V of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008, Pub.L. 110-252, H.R. 2642 , an Act of Congress which became law on June 30, 2008.[1] The act will amend Part III of Title 38, United States Code to include a new Chapter 33, which expands the educational benefits for military veterans who have served since September 11, 2001. At various times the new education benefits have been referred to as the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the 21st Century G.I. Bill of Rights, or the Webb G.I. Bill, with many current references calling it simply the new G.I. Bill
The law is an effort to pay for veterans' college expenses to a similar extent that the original G.I. Bill did after World War II. The main provisions of the act include funding 100% of a public four-year undergraduate education to a veteran who has served three years on active duty since September 11, 2001. The act also provides the ability for the veteran to transfer benefits to a spouse or children after serving (or agreeing to serve) ten years. While recipients of Montgomery G.I. Bill benefits will see an immediate increase in benefits by $220 per month, the full Post-9/11 benefits will not take effect until August 2009. The act was originally proposed by Virginia Senator Jim Webb, who introduced the original form of the bill in January 2007 as his first legislative proposal. Webb hoped that these benefits would help current veterans as much as the original G.I. Bill helped the Greatest Generation in shaping America. The Law takes effect on August 1. 2009. The Veterans Administration has advised that clarification and possibly revision may occur until the law takes effect. |
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| Jeff Richards can refer to different people: |
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| Prodigy Communications Corporation (Prodigy Services Corp., Prodigy Services Co., Trintex) was an online service which offered its subscribers access to a broad range of networked services, including news, weather, shopping, bulletin boards, games, polls, expert columns, banking, stocks, travel, and a variety of other features.
Initially subscribers using personal computers accessed the Prodigy service by means of POTS dialup or X.25 dialup. In the 1990 - 1991 timeframe, LAN and cable modem access were enabled. The company claimed it was the first consumer online service, differentiating itself from CompuServe, which started in 1979, because of its graphical interface rather than command line interface, as well as in its basic architecture. By 1990 it was the second largest online service provider, with its 465,000 subscribers trailing only CompuServe's 600,000.[1] |
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| The California State Lottery began on November 6, 1984 after California residents passed Proposition 37, the California Lottery Act, authorizing the creation of a state lottery.
The minimum age to purchase lottery tickets in California is 18. |
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| Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a former United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, and President of the World Bank. He is currently a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships.[2]
As Deputy Secretary of Defense, he was "a major architect of President Bush's Iraq policy and ... its most fanatical and hawkish advocate."[3][4][5][6] After serving two years, he resigned as president of the World Bank Group "ending a protracted and tumultuous battle over his stewardship, sparked by a promotion he arranged for his companion."[7][8] |
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45 rene magritteView Comments Search Blogs |
| René François Ghislain Magritte (21 November 1898 - 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well-known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images. |
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| Balto (c.1919 – 14 March 1933) was a Siberian Husky sled dog (although some sources incorrectly state that he is an Alaskan Malamute) who led his team on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska to Nenana, Alaska by Train and then to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the disease. [1] [2] [3] The run is commemorated by the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Balto was named after the Sámi explorer Samuel Balto. |
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| Chad Javon Ochocinco[1] (born Chad Javon Johnson January 9, 1978 in Miami, Florida)[2][3] is an American football wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bengals in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State.
Ocho Cinco has been selected to the Pro Bowl five times and named an All-Pro three times. He legally changed his surname from Johnson to Ochocinco prior to the 2008 regular season to reflect his Bengals uniform number.[4] |
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| Christopher (Chris) Cuomo (born August 9, 1970 in Queens, New York) is the news anchor for ABC's Good Morning America. He is the youngest son of former Democratic New York Governor Mario Cuomo and younger brother of New York State Attorney General Democrat Andrew Cuomo. |
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| Donald Jerome Driver (born February 2, 1975 in Houston, Texas) is an American football wide receiver who plays for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. Driver was picked by the Packers in the 1999 NFL Draft in the seventh round (213th pick overall) out of Alcorn State University. |
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| John Patrick "J.P." Hayes (born August 2, 1965) is an American golfer.
Hayes was born in Appleton, Wisconsin. In 1989, he became a professional player, before that he played for the University of Texas at El Paso. He won the 1998 Buick Classic and the 2002 John Deere Classic. Hayes became somewhat well known after disqualifying himself in a Q School qualifying event in November 2008.[1] |
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| Adele Farina (born 31 March 1964) is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2001, representing South West Region. She serves as parliamentary secretary to three different state ministers, the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Tourism, Culture and the Arts, and Minister for Disability Services, Citizenship, Multicultural Interests and Women's Interests. |
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| This is a list of United States companies by state in which their headquarters is located: |
53 mckey top modelView Comments Search Blogs |
| McKey Sullivan (born Brittany Sullivan on September 9, 1988) is an American fashion model most notable as the winner of the eleventh cycle of America's Next Top Model. |
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| Kenneth Simon Dorsey (born April 22, 1981 in Orinda, California) is an NFL quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. Dorsey is a former college football star at the University of Miami, where he was a Heisman Trophy finalist in both 2001 and 2002. |
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| Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (brainworm or meningeal worm) is a small parasitic nematode that infects the brain of many ungulates. Its natural host, the white-tailed deer, is unaffected by its presence; other species, however, suffer severe neurological damage that eventually leads to death. This disease is known as moose sickness for its frequent occurrence in moose sharing territory with white-tailed deer. |
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| A bill of sale is a legal document made by a 'seller' to a purchaser, reporting that on a specific date, at a specific locality, and for a particular sum of money or other "value received", the seller sold to the purchaser a specific item of personal, or parcel of real, property of which he had lawful possession. It is a written instrument which evidences the transfer of title to personal property from the vendor, seller, to the vendee, buyer. [1]
It may take the form of something like the following:
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| Numerical Recipes is the generic title of an influential series of books on algorithms and numerical analysis, all by William Press, Saul Teukolsky, William Vetterling and Brian Flannery: |
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| Kathryn Joosten (born December 20, 1939) is a two-time Emmy Award-winning American television actress. Joosten did not begin to hone her craft until middle age in the 1980s, after taking acting classes in Chicago, Illinois. She started acting at age 44. |
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| The 1996 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. They broke the all-time record for most home runs hit by a team (set at 240 by the 1961 New York Yankees) with 257. During the season, four Orioles scored at least 100 runs, four drove in at least 100 runs and seven hit at least 20 home runs. The Orioles pitching staff allowed 209 home runs, 1,604 hits and had an ERA of 5.15. The Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians in the ALDS and then lost in the ALCS to the New York Yankees. |
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| Roseann "Rosie" O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962) is an American television host, stand-up comedian, actress, singer and author. She has also been a magazine editor and continues to be a celebrity blogger, LGBT rights activist, television producer and collaborative partner in the LGBT family vacation company R Family Vacations.
Raised Irish Catholic, O'Donnell lost her mother to cancer as a pre-teen and has consistently stressed values of protecting children and supporting families throughout her career. O'Donnell started her comedy career while still a teenager and her big break was on the talent show Star Search. A TV sitcom and a series of movies introduced the comic to a wider audience and in 1996 she started hosting The Rosie O'Donnell Show which won multiple Emmy awards. During her years on The Rosie O'Donnell Show she wrote her first book, a memoir called Find Me and developed a reputation for being "the queen of nice" as well as a reputation for charitable philanthropy. She used the book's $3 million advance to establish her own For All Kids foundation and promoted numerous other charity schemes and projects encouraging other celebrities on her show to also take part. O'Donnell came out stating "I'm a dyke!" two months before finishing her talk show run, saying that her primary reason was to bring attention to gay adoption issues.[1] O'Donnell is a foster—and adoptive—mother. She has since continued to support many LGBT causes and issues. In 2006 O'Donnell became the new moderator on The View boosting ratings and attracting controversies with her liberal views and strong personality, dominating many of the conversations. She became a polarizing figure to many conservatives and her strong opinions resulted in several notable controversies including an on-air dispute regarding The Bush administration's policies with the war in Iraq resulting in a mutual agreement to cancel her contract. In 2007 O'Donnell also released her second memoir, Celebrity Detox, which focuses on her struggles with fame and her time at The View. She continues to do charity work and remains involved with LGBT and family-related issues. On October 22, 2008, TV Guide reported that O’Donnell will star in and executive produce a new Lifetime original movie called ‘’America’’, in which she plays the therapist of the title character, a 16-year-old boy in the foster-care system. The film is based on the E.R. Frank book of the same name. [2] |
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| Danny Nucci (born September 15, 1968) is an American film and television actor. |
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| The 2008 Oktoberfest 100 was the 14th and final event in the 2008 ASA Midwest Tour season. The race was run on Sunday, October 5th, 2008 at the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway in West Salem, Wisconsin. |
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| John David Dingell, Jr. (born July 8, 1926) is a Democratic United States Representative from Michigan and is currently the Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the second longest serving member all-time of the House of Representatives and the fourth longest serving member of Congress ever. Since 1955, he has represented a district that was first in western Detroit but has successively moved further into that city's western suburbs, currently Michigan's 15th congressional district.
With the Democrats' victory in the 2006 midterm elections, Dingell again became chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a panel he previously chaired from 1981 to 1995. According to the 2008 Congress.org Power Ranking, Dingell is the fourth most powerful congressman, preceded only by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, all fellow Democrats.[1] On November 5, 2008, representative Henry Waxman of California challenged Dingell for the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Waxman defeated Dingell in vote by the full Democratic Caucus on November 20, 2008 by a margin of 137 to 122.[2] Waxman will take the chairmanship of the committee starting with the 111th Congress. |
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| Janet Napolitano (born November 29, 1957) is the current governor of the U.S. state of Arizona, and a member of the Democratic Party, originally elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. She is Arizona's third female governor, and the first woman to win re-election. In November 2005, Time magazine named her one of the five best governors in the U.S.[1] She served as the Chair of the National Governors Association in 2006-2007.[2] In February 2006, Napolitano was named by The White House Project as one of "8 in '08", a group of eight female politicians who could possibly run and/or be elected president in 2008.[3] On November 5th, 2008, Napolitano was named to the advisory board of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.[4]
On November 20, 2008, CNN reported that Napolitano is Barack Obama's top choice for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, quoting "multiple" unnamed sources.[5] |
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| Amber Evangeline Valletta (born February 9, 1974) is an American model and actress. |
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| Earth Day is one of two observances, both held annually during spring in the northern hemisphere, and autumn in the southern hemisphere. These are intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earth's environment. The United Nations celebrates an Earth Day each year on the March equinox, a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969. A second Earth Day, which was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in 1970, is celebrated in many countries each year on April 22. |
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| The Cities 97 Sampler (also titled Cities Sampler and The Cities' Sampler) is a series of albums containing "live in studio" recordings from radio station Cities 97 (KTCZ 97.1 FM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota (earlier branded "The Cities' 97"). It has been released annually since 1989, and new volumes appear in November at local Target stores (in time for the Christmas season), with proceeds benefiting various charitable organizations. The CD usually generates over $500,000 every year for Minnesota charities. In the last several years, the recordings have sold quickly, disappearing within minutes in many stores. The CDs tend to resell on auction sites such as eBay at prices near double to triple what they originally cost.
The 16th volume, released on November 11, 2004, had a print run of about 35,000 copies. In Forest Lake, Minnesota, the local Target store ran out of its shipment of discs in seven minutes [1]. |
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| Noisettes (occasionally written as NOISEttes) are an indie rock band from London comprising singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith, and drummer Jamie Morrison. |
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| Chad Javon Ochocinco[1] (born Chad Javon Johnson January 9, 1978 in Miami, Florida)[2][3] is an American football wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bengals in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State.
Ocho Cinco has been selected to the Pro Bowl five times and named an All-Pro three times. He legally changed his surname from Johnson to Ochocinco prior to the 2008 regular season to reflect his Bengals uniform number.[4] |
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| CNBC (an abbreviation for the "Consumer News and Business Channel",[2] its official name until 1991) is a cable and satellite television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBC Universal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provides live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers around the world. The network is currently ranked as the 19th most valuable cable channel in the U.S., worth roughly $4 billion.[3] |
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| Charlotte Ronson (born 7 August 1977) is a British fashion designer who currently resides in New York, New York. |
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| The Too Big to Fail policy is the idea that in American banking regulation the largest and most powerful banks are "too big to (let) fail." This means that it might encourage recklessness since the government would pick up the pieces in the event it was about to go out of business.[1] The phrase has also been more broadly applied to refer to a government's policy to bail out any corporation. It raises the issue of moral hazard in business operations. [2] |
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| The Bella Twins (born on November 21, 1983) are a female professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin sisters Brie Bella (Brianna Garcia) and Nikki Bella (Nicole Garcia). They are currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand, as well as training in its developmental facility Florida Championship Wrestling. |
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| Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto; August 3, 1926) is an American singer of popular music, standards and jazz. After having achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1950s and early 1960s, his career suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a comeback, however, in the late 1980s and 1990s, expanding his audience to a younger generation while keeping his musical style intact. He remains a popular and critically praised recording artist and concert performer in the 2000s.
Bennett is also an accomplished painter, creating works under his birth name, Anthony Benedetto. |
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| Phosphatidylserine (abbreviated Ptd-L-Ser, or PS) is a phospholipid component, usually kept on the inner-leaflet, the cytosolic side, of cell membranes by an enzyme called translocase. |
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| Godiva Chocolatier is a manufacturer of premium chocolates and related products owned by Turkish company Yildiz Holding S.A. |
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| John Patrick "J.P." Hayes (born August 2, 1965) is an American golfer.
Hayes was born in Appleton, Wisconsin. In 1989, he became a professional player, before that he played for the University of Texas at El Paso. He won the 1998 Buick Classic and the 2002 John Deere Classic. Hayes became somewhat well known after disqualifying himself in a Q School qualifying event in November 2008.[1] |
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