Wikipedia:Articles for creation/2007-04-09

Poo Poo Wami
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The Famous Alec Govi
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As a young boy, Alec Govi attended Dixie Elementary in Lucas Valley. there, he held the mile run record, with a time of 6:53. After he graduated with top honors, he went to Miller Creek Middle School in Marinwood. While there, he was honored with top academic and athletic performance. He also became the subject of the "Alec chant." Soon after, Alec applied and was accpeted into Marin Catholic High School with honors. He never ceased to amaze: as a freshman on the varsity Cross-Contry Team, he received 2nd Team All-League and, as a freshman on the varsity Tennis Team, he played number three singles, achieving an 8-3 regular season record. He did all this while achieving a Grade Point Average of 4.386. That summer, he also competed within the top 7 swimmers of Marin County in the Marin Swim League as a member of the Decade Club of the Lucas Valley Lightning. Also, he was a part of the Marin-Sonoma All Star Tennis Team, which got 1st place at the Northern California Sectional Championships at Fresno. In August, the team got 2nd place at the State tournament. (Note: Northern California is the top location for junior tennis in the country) As a sophomore, Govi continued his domination. On the varsity Cross Country team, he received 1st Team All-League, as well as the team MVP. At the North Coast Sections meet, he barely missed the cut to move on to the State Championship meet. In the spring of Govi's sophomore year, he played #1 singles for MC and, as of April 8, 2007, achieved an amazing record of 7-4. His grade point average sophomore year has not dropped below a 4.3. What is in the future for Alec Govi? "I'm just gonna roll with the punches, try my hardest, and hope for the best." Indeed, with fortunate roots, amazing talent, and an unyielding work ethic, Govi has all the tools to become a exceptional American citizen.

USS LCI(L)-1091
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The USS LCI(L)-1091 is a World War II Infantry Landing Craft that is currently berthed near the Samoa bridge in Humboldt Bay, California. USS LCI(L)-191 was used as a fishing vessel for many years, but as of 2005 is being restored by the Humboldt Bay Naval Sea/Air Museum.

Univesidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional La Plata (UTN-FRLP)
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One of the 24 regional faculties of the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional of Argentina It was created on the September 24th of 1954. In the begining it occuped the Mary O'Graham's instalations, and later the building of the Colegio Nacional. The october 1st of 1961 the national goverment sign the decree (Nº9035) which designate a place on the 60 avenue in the corner with the 124 street in the city of La Plata. But it was in 1966 when the building was innagurated thanks to the help of the goverment of the Provincia de Buenos Aires.

Thomas Raith
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Thomas Raith is a main character in the series The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher. He is a White Court Vampire, from the House Raith and half-brother of Harry Dresden. They are related through their mother. He feeds off the life-force of his victims, more specifically, lust. This lead to the near-death of Justine, his lover, whom he truly does love. She was weakened into a frail, old woman, and after that, he attempted never to see her again, though he does in White Night.

Ecole Internationale de Boston
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iBAHN
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Maura Derrane
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Maura Derrane was born on Inis Mor, Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland in 1970. She is a native Irish speaker educated at Gairmscoil Einne and later at Galway Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland. She worked in journalism for TG4 and RTE(Ireland). Before this that she worked in the UK in marketing and PR.

Her years of presenting aswell as her good looks made her a household name on the TV3's programme Ireland AM. She decided to leave the show in mid 2006 to concentrate on other areas of her life.

She got married to John Deasy(politician) on the 27th May 2005. Bridesmaid for ex-TV3 News colleague Grainne Seoige when she married on September 28, 2002.

convalidation
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 * 1) REDIRECT validation of marriage

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Convalidation is one of two processes mentioned in the article Validation of Marriage; the other is sanatio in radice.

sanatio in radice
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 * 1) REDIRECT validation of marriage

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Sanatio in radice (translated as "radical sanation"; also translated as "healing at the roots") is one of two processes mentioned in the article Validation of Marriage. The other is convalidation.

equi-probabilism
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Mary B. Gillespie
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Mary B. Gillespie is the author of 'A Captive Princess and other verse' published by David Bryce and Son in 1897, in Glasgow.

Her poems include:

Douglas Sauchie Burn Finella's Tower The Ivory Horn The Empty Cradle Sad Lady Anne The Exile When the Heather bloomed Carron Side The Year 1892 Marguerite Cambuskenneth The Goodman Ballengeich The Rose of Province

Morgan AeroMax
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The Morgan Aeromax is a ....

Mick Rutherford
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Mick Rutherford was born Michael Adcock in Banbury, Oxfordshire on January 18th 1949.

At the age of 13 he heard The Beatles and was hooked on music and in 1963 joined his first band, The Black Diamonds. During these early years he learned his trade as a singer and after leaving his first band to join The Voyds he was signed to C.B.S. Records. At his first ever recording session, while he was recording his first single, a man painted the studio.

In the mid '60's he spent 2 years as part of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, toured with Jimi Hendrix and began to gain a reputation as a great British blues singer.

The 70's saw him in various bands and near the end of the decade recorded 'Saga of the Ice King' which (April 2007 Record Collector Magazine) included as one of the rarest 100 progressive records.

The 80's saw his career slide, despite continuing to tour with various line ups and in 1991 he officially retired from the music business.

However, in 1995 he formed The Mick Rutherford Band and embarked on one of his best periods since the mid 60's, playing Donnington Park and many festivals (Colne Blues Festival, Burnley Blues Festival and Skegness rock and blues weekend)

He signed to Blues Matters Records in 2005 and during October 2006 had a USA number 14 hit with 'Spirit in the Sky'.

His current band include Paul Westmoreland (ex Bluesology) and Carl Axon (ex Doctor and The Medics)

Language Coaching
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Language Coaching is a term which normally refers to English language learning and teaching but with a special emphasis on a coach encouraging learner independence or autonomous learning in higher-level learners of the language. As a greater proportion of the globalised world uses English as a lingua franca, there are also greater numbers of competent users of English who benefit more from a coach providing language support than a teacher in the traditional sense. In a globalised world, English communication and personal success are increasingly interdependent and thus language coaching has aspects in common with life coaching.

Stephen Alleyne & Co.
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Stephen Alleyne & Co was founded in 2002, by Mr Stephen Alleyne. It is a thriving well established estate agents in the area of Kent, They have recently opened a new office in Whittersham which is bewteen Tenterden and Rye, and are looking to expand elsewhere. Their main office is located at 20 Cheriton Place Folkestone Kent. They dont just deal with Buying and selling houses, oh no, they are so much more. They deal with Comercial and Residential Sales, Lettings and property Management.

Matutina
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A municipality in the state of Minas Gerais of Brazil. Population is estimated at 3,879 in 2004.

Matutina
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Matutina is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Population is estimated at 3,879 in 2004.

Matutina is also a famous Philippine comedienne.

Matutina also refers to a prominent political family with roots in Batan, Aklan, Philippines.

Hari Barkakoti
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Born in 1927, Hari Barkakoti is a noted Assamese poet who has collections like Konoba Sitor Eta Boga Sandhiyat, Sagar Balir Khoj, etc. He is known in Assam for his sensual lyricism and and his poetry reflect the transitionary phase of Assamese Romanticism.

Jacob Needleman
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Jacob Needleman is an American philosopher. He is professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University.

He has published many books, most of which draw from G. I. Gurdjieff.

Funeral Dress
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Found in Belgium, they have been around for more than 10 years. Regular tours in the USA and Europe and appearance on a slew of bigger punk festivals gained them a strong following. They play streetpunk or street rock n' roll like english bands did it in the mid eighties.

Tahjon Tyree Dennis
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Reactive su energía y vitalidad con los colchones Revive
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Royce's Brook
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Royce's Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River, which is a tributary of the Raritan River. It is located in central New Jersey.

David Crichton
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David Crichton (born October 20, 1983) is a professional freestyle skier and former member of the Canadian National Development Ski Team for mogul skiing. David Crichton was born in Ottawa, Ontario and grew up in the suburb of Manotick, Ontario. He got into skiing at age 6, which was the same time his older brothers Michael and Mark began skiing. Over the following years, various family vacations to Vermont for spring break got the family hooked on freestyle mogul skiing. Eventually the whole family, including youngest sister Jennifer, were participating in mogul competitions throughout eastern Canada on a regular basis over the course of the whole winter. By age 13, and after years of keeping up with them, David surpassed his older brothers in skiing ability.

As a freestyle mogul competitor, David won the 1999 Junior National Championships. He was only 15 years old at the time, which meant he had defeated many competitors as old as 19 years old to take that title. Also during that season David was a finalist in a Nor-Am moguls competition, as well as a bronze medallist at the Canada Winter Games in moguls. It was no surprise that at the end of the 1999 winter David was called up to the Canadian National Development Ski Team for moguls. As a 15 year old, he was one of the youngest ever to join the team.

Although David enjoyed competitive moguls very much, the sport of freestyle skiing was rapidly changing, and his true passion was with new school freestyle skiing, including terrain park, halfpipe skiing and urban rails. In 2001 David won the World Skiing Invitational (WSI) slopestyle event in Whistler, and placed third in the WSI big air event. In 2002, David placed third in both the halfpipe and big air events at the US Freeskiing Open in Vail, and won the best hit event at the 2003 WSI. In 2004, David won the US Open halfpipe event, and was also crowned world champion at the World Superpipe Championships in Utah. Over 2000-2002, David consistently won numerous Molson Snow Jam quarterpipe events across North America, as well as other smaller-scale events.

In addition to the above, David has appeared in many ski films by such companies as Poorboyz Productions, Level One Productions, TGR Productions and Aggressive Instincts Productions. His segments in Level One's "Forward", Poorboyz's "Ready Fire Aim", and Aggressive Instincts' "Guinea Pigs" are all noteworthy. Over many years, David has appeared in magazines such as FREEZE, Freeskier and SBC Skier, and has had full-length feature articles written about him and his accomplishments in some of those magazines.

David's sponsors over the years include Dynastar, Look, Lange, DNA, Spy, and numerous others. Dynastar and Spy each made signature pro model skis and goggles, respectively, in David's name.

Raise the Stakes
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Raise The Stakes is a band from Glasgow, Scotland who formed in late 2006. The band conisits of four school chums who all attend Mearns Castle High School in Newton Mearns - Mark Taylor (Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, keyboard), Chris "Chewitt" Hewitt (Lead Guitar, Drums), Dani Doran (Bass Guitar) and Liam Horn (Drummer, rhythm guitar). Although almost completely unknown at the moment, Raise The Stakes can easily be identified through the whiny, nasal voice of the lead singer, Mark. The band are recently back from the recording studio with their first demo cd which can be heard on their MySpace website.

Tim Myers
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Born 23 January 1984 to father John Myers and mother Deb Myers. Myers is one of Australia's best freestyle skiers.

Myers has three siblings; a sister, Alexandra as well as two brothers, Christopher and Nicholas.

Tim grew up in Tumut in New South Wales Australia. Starting his career on skis at Selwyn snowfield which was owned, at that time, by his father. After an illustrious career as a junior downhill skier he progressed to Freestyle skiing after completing his education at Barker College and Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, where he studied Television production.

Myers' transition to freestyle skier was a natural progression from the restrictive downhill programs of his youth. Working as editor for all Channel Nine broadcasts at Perisher Blue ski resort Myers was able to fully embrace his sport. Following a successful tour of duty with the Dynastar team to Mammoth in California in 2005 where he secured engagements in commercials for Red Bull and Snickers Myers returned to the US in 2006 with the intention that it would be his final season. However, when the season was interupted midway through the Australian winter by a horrific gash to his left leg he decided to push on another year.

Myers has appeared in several publications including the definitive skiing yearbook, Powderhound.

Currently Myers is on tour at Mammoth, California.

Cladoelache
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The Cladoelache is a fossil that was discovered and is considered to be the oldest ancestor of sharks. It is believed to have existed 350 million years ago, 100 million years before dinasours were said to have roamed the earth.

Jumpstart for Young Children
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Jumpstart for Young Children is a nonprofit organization based out of Boston, MA, working toward the day every children enters school prepared to succeed. Originated in 1993 at Yale University, Jumpstart now boasts strong corporate sponsorship partners in Starbucks, American Eagle, and Pearson. Recruiting and training college students across the country to pair them up with low-income students to develop skills in language, literacy, and social initiative. The organization has a long track record of developing successful partnerships with preschools in over 19 states and serves approximately 12,000 children ages 3-5 on a yearly basis.

The program has been recognized for its achievements in the field of early literacy. For example, FastCompany in 2004 rated Jumpstart among the top groups changing the world today. These organizations were selected for their entrepreneurship, innovation, social impact, aspiration, and sustainability. Now, for the 4th year in a row, Jumpstart was "[s]elected for using business acumen to solve America's early education crisis, Jumpstart earns the Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award." Every year since 2002, a Corps Members (as the college students trained by Jumpstart are referred) has been bestowed with the Volunteer Service Award by President Bush.

Read for the Record
In 2006, Jumpstart published a new edition of The Little Engine that Could in collaboration with Pearson. This event took advantage of Jumpstart's extensive national network to launch the largest instance of young children reading the same book at the same time. When over 100,000 children sat down to read this book, Jumpstart received extensive media attention, especially in part thanks to the Today Show's participation in the event.