The acquisition bulks up Centene's presence in the Medicare Advantage market.
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But that's clearly the goal as it bulks up for a global expansion effort.
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When do you think that cyclical recovery will come particularly when it comes to dry bulks?
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Late in the album "The Numbers" bulks up with soaring strings and swatches of manipulated piano.
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Bookings of loads was made before hand, and on spot buyers buying the remainders in bulks as well.
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Team Bloomberg is also picking off the carcasses of fallen Democratic candidates as he bulks up his team.
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The only catch is the case slips over your existing AirPods case and bulks it up just a tad.
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Fiber is the magical ingredient that bulks up your stool, smoothes it out, and moves it along your gastrointestinal tract.
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Florida has added 28,000 construction jobs in the past year as the state bulks up to accommodate its strong economy.
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PA to create the world's third-largest aerospace supplier as the industry bulks up to tackle record high output plans.
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Davidson's tenure would also come as China bulks up its presence and expand its claims in the South China Sea.
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Luckily, fiber famously helps prevents constipation, as it "bulks up" the stool, softens it, and ultimately makes it easier to pass.
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But the Model S and X, which the company bulks together in these reports, sold well, too, with 17,650 units delivered.
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The marketplace further bulks up Albertson's e-commerce offerings at a time when it has been aggressively focused on its digital platform.
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Finally, "mature milk" production really bulks up when someone is 10 days out from delivery, and lasts until the tail end of weaning.
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After the whiny young protagonist bulks up and punches out a black man who bullied him, beachgoers in bikinis coo and pat his biceps.
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The iPhone Xr keeps the same form factor—hello, notch—that last year's iPhone X introduced, but bulks the display up to a 6.1-inch diagonal.
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That said, if he keeps making big plays, Lakers fans will have to hope Caruso bulks up a bit so he can be ready for James.
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Avolon's deal builds on a series of acquisitions made by Chinese aviation and shipping conglomerate HNA Group in recent years as it bulks up its global presence.
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ICE bulks up: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing for the mass arrests of undocumented immigrants in the coming weeks, two Department of Homeland Security officials said.
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The $9 billion Safran-Zodiac tie-up plan aims to create the world's third-largest aerospace supplier as the industry bulks up to tackle record high output plans.
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Szpakowski, a fluent Mandarin speaker, had been with Citi from mid-2013, based in Shanghai and most recently Hong Kong, providing research on metals, bulks, oil and agriculture.
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CNN has hired several Washington Post writers as contributors recently, including David Fahrenthold and Wesley Lowery, as the network bulks up its political coverage in the Trump era.
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Z Holdings made a move in September to take control of fashion e-tailer Zozo in a $3.7 billion deal, as it bulks up against rivals such as Amazon.com.
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AS has agreed to buy Betty Ice, the largest ice cream brand in Romania, as the consumer goods giant bulks up what is already the world's largest ice cream business.
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The benefits mirror the benefits you see in any other protein-rich diet—muscle gains with weightlifting, and a buffer to muscle loss during cuts, and fat gain during bulks.
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After a long break, Season 13 returns with a new episode in which Francine (voiced by Wendy Schaal) bulks up to become a bodybuilder after her family calls her a quitter.
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The legislation bulks up federal funding for border security but does not pay for starting construction on a U.S.-Mexico border wall that Trump promised to keep out illegal immigrants and drugs.
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With a robust rocket-building supply chain, Orbital's newly announced OmegA rocket bulks up its existing quiver of launch vehicles, which includes the light-to-medium lift class Pegasus, Minotaur and Antares rockets.
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Z Holdings, formerly known as Yahoo Japan, made a move in September to take control of fashion e-tailer Zozo Inc in a $3.7 billion deal, as it bulks up against rivals like Amazon.com.
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Now, to be clear, Kim is not going to make a veiled threat upfront, oh no, that happens when South Korea bulks at the proposal, as any nation would when they are essentially being blackmailed.
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But because the brain prunes away what gets ignored and bulks up what gets reinforced, young people need repeated experience and opportunities for practicing the skills they'll need in adulthood and for making good decisions.
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The typical bodybuilder "bulks" for a few months to gain as much muscle as possible, then spends a couple of months cutting weight to lose the extra fat he or she probably gained along the way.
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After all, if a private prison operator bulks up its bottom line by underpaying personnel and failing to train them adequately, if it stints on food and medical care, who in the outside world will notice?
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After all, if a private prison operator bulks up its bottom line by underpaying personnel and failing to train them adequately, if it stints on food and medical care, who in the outside world will notice?
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French aero engine maker Safran on Thursday launched a $22015 billion agreed bid for seats manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace to create the world's third-largest aerospace supplier as the industry bulks up to tackle record high output plans.
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But whatever it's called, for every performance the singer must put on a onesie made of athletic mesh and porous foam and covered in nude Lycra that bulks up his stomach, his chest, his hips and his arms.
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Now politics had become a profit center for the television networks in the same way that sports coverage bulks up revenue—with the added advantage that no one had to pay the equivalent of licensing fees to the NFL.
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Some even say the invention of plastic bubble wrap in 1957, which replaced ultraheavy packaging methods like bulks of paper or even rubberized horse hair, helped usher in the era of airfreight from companies like UPS, FedEx, and other small air-cargo companies.
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A Stanford researcher named Boris Konrad is a memory athlete, and he and a group of other researchers conducted a series of experiments showing how training ordinary people in memory actually bulks up certain regions of the human brain and vastly improves their powers of recall.
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Here's a quick history of the iPad: 212.9: iPad launches with big bulging back 210.5: iPad 3.53 arrives and cuts the thickness by 23.5 percent 212: iPad 12 adds Retina display, bulks back up a little in thickness, but otherwise still looks just like an iPad 2 2013: iPad Air is first redesign since iPad 2 and comes with slimmer bezels and softer, rounder edges 2014: iPad Air 2 iterates on predecessor by losing more weight and slimming down some more 2015: Apple introduces 123-inch iPad Pro with Apple Pencil support.
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SINGAPORE, Aug 6 (Reuters) - * TP ICAP, the world's largest interdealer broker, on Tuesday said its energy and commodities unit has entered into a joint venture (JV) in China with local conglomerate Enmore Investment Group (Shanghai) Co * TP ICAP brings together buyers and sellers in financial, energy and commodities markets * The Shanghai-based JV - Enmore Commodity Brokers (Shanghai) Co - will offer professional intermediary services in the country's over-the-counter, cleared and physical commodities markets, the company said in a statement * The joint venture will offer brokerage services in iron ore, coal (bulks), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and naphtha * The JV will also offer liquidity from the TP ICAP companies – Tullett Prebon, ICAP and PVM - to its onshore clients and access offshore clients via TP ICAP brands (Reporting By Shu Zhang, Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
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In bulked segregant analysis, a population is screened for a trait of interest and the genotypes at the two extreme ends form two bulks. Then the two bulks are tested for the presence or absence of molecular markers. Since the bulks are supposed to contrast in the alleles that contribute positive and negative effects, any marker polymorphism between the two bulks indicates the linkage between the marker and trait of interest. BSA is dependent on accurate phenotyping and the DH population has particular advantage in that they are true breeding and can be tested repeatedly.
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The tea from the Leesh River and Danguajhar gardens is quite popular and, thus, sold in bulks all across.
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"Infor to Buy GT Nexus for $675 Million as CEO Phillips Bulks Up". Bloomberg News. August 11, 2015.Banker, Steve.
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As of 2015 the port is a major car importation location, as well as an offshore wind farm servicing hub, and handles other cargos including timber, minerals, metals and dry bulks.
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In 2015, Franzén was cast as King Harald Finehair from the fourth season of Vikings.'Vikings' Bulks Up With Three New Regulars for Season 4, Accessed 21 August 2015 Franzén has also cast in Amazon Prime Video's upcoming The Wheel of Time TV series.
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According to the principal investigator Kazuhiko Takai, existing alternatives such as the Wittig reaction only yield mixtures. :Takai olefination In the reaction mechanism proposed by Takai, chromium(II) is oxidized to chromium(III) eliminating two equivalents of a halide. The geminal carbodianion complex thus formed (determined as [Cr2Cl4(CHI)(THF)4]) reacts with the aldehyde in a 1,2-addition along one of the carbon to chromium bonds and in the next step both chromium bearing groups engage in an elimination reaction. In newman projection it can be seen how the steric bulks of chromium groups and the steric bulks of the alkyl and halogen groups drive this reaction towards anti elimination.
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He also spent a lot of time in preparing and grinding various roots, leaves, flowers, fruits and bulks into powders to make the medicines. Again, he was very generous to share his ‘medicines’ for free to those who want to try or believe in the traditional medicines.
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In 2015, the company purchased fuel distribution contracts for ninety Valero and 76 gas stations from MCW Energy group."Boyett Bulks Up on MCW's Valero, 76 Stations," CSP Daily News , December 23, 2014. The deal grew its network to more than 500 stations in California and Nevada and increased sales to 400 million gallons of gas per year.
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Cardiff Docks () is a port in southern Cardiff, Wales. At its peak, the port was one of the largest dock systems in the world with a total quayage of almost . Once the main port for the export of South Wales coal, the Port of Cardiff remains active in the import and export of containers, steel, forest products and dry and liquid bulks.
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The Liquid Bulk Terminal (TGLS), inaugurated in 1978, is the largest liquid bulk terminal in the country. With six jetties and natural beds down to 28 metres ZH, it has the capacity to receive vessels up to 350,000 tones Dwt, and allows the simultaneous handling of different products (crude, refined products, liquefied gases and other liquid bulks). This terminal is operated by CLT – Companhia Logística de Terminais Marítimos.
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The outer appearance of the building is marked by the gradation of its bulks from the heavy bottom part to the openwork top which emphasizes the domination of the vertical in the building's composition. The architectural peculiarities of the composition of the bell tower influenced the design of the structures like the two-story sepulchral churches in Yeghvard and Noravank built in Armenia in the second quarter of the fourteenth century.
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"HYDRO BULKS LARGE IN DELIBERATIONS AT TORY CONVENTION". The Globe, November 22, 1928. During the final session of the 17th parliament, he opposed the construction of a railway line northerly from Goldpines, on the grounds that any new transportation lines into the Patricia District should be built directly from Kenora."GOLD PINES RAILWAY KILLED BY 22-13 VOTE AMID MUCH TUMULT: Strong Opposition to 40-Mile Road Raised by Kenora Member".
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Maoile Lunndaidh is a large and remote mountain, covering an area in excess of 10 square miles (2,590 hectares). Its location is almost equidistant from the valleys of Strathconon, Strathfarrar and Glen Carron, the nearest public road being over 10 km away. The mountain is listed in the current edition of Munro's Tables as 1007 metres (3304 feet). This height dates from the introduction of the 1:50k OS map series in the 1970s. However the current 1:25000 map shows a spot height of 1,005 metres, in better agreement with the trigonometric height of 3293.8 feet on old 6 inch maps (equivalent to 1004.1 metres after conversion to the Newlyn datum). Maoile Lunndaidh has been described as “the flattest of bulks”."Hamish‘s Mountain Walk" Page 274 Gives quote: “Flattest of bulks”. Its extensive level summit plateau is reminiscent of the Cairngorm and seems out of place amongst the west coast peaks.
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Jeffrey Philip Fiorentino (born April 14, 1983 in Pembroke Pines, Florida) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who most recently played with the York Revolution of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Fiorentino retired on June 17, 2013. His nickname is Screech due to his resemblance to the Dustin Diamond character from the television situation comedy Saved by the Bell."O's Fiorentino Bulks Up For '06 Season," The Associated Press, Friday, February 24, 2006.
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Thomas Young, (d. 1860). Lithograph on stone by J. H. Bufford, printed on India paper by N. Currier, New York. The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica boasted of its India paper printing India paper is a type of paper which from 1875 has been based on bleached hemp and rag fibres, that produced a very thin, tough opaque white paper. It has a basis weight of 20 pounds, yet bulks 1,000 pages to the inch.
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It can be manufactured in the same way as the most widely researched cuprate high temperature superconductor, Yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) and uses an analogous chemical composition (GdBa2Cu3O7−δ ). Most notably, it was used by the Bulk Superconductivity Group from the University of Cambridge in 2014 to set a new world record for the highest trapped magnetic field in a bulk high temperature superconductor, with a field of 17.6T being trapped within two GdBCO bulks.
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In order to do this, he put into effect a blockade of the Banten harbour, which went uninterrupted for some 15 years. In retaliation, the Banten government placed an embargo on all pepper exports to Batavia. However, as the Dutch blockade was in place, they patrolled the Bay of Banten, harassing and marauding trading ships, preventing traditional Asian traders, especially Chinese from coming to Banten. As the result, bulks of unwanted pepper sacks stockpiled and accumulated in Banten warehouses.
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Boyd co-founded and served as chief scientist of analog synthesis and intellectual property provider Barcelona Design, from its 1999 founding until it folded in 2005."Costello's analog automation pioneer, Barcelona, to fold," EE Times, March 4, 2005."Barcelona Design Unveils Revolutionary Analog Circuit Solution," Design & Reuse, April 8, 2002. He serves in an advisory capacity for BlackRock, an investment management corporation;Robin Wigglesworth, "BlackRock bulks up research into artificial intelligence," Financial Times, February 19, 2018.
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In 1997 the port was sold by Ipswich Ports Ltd to Associated British Ports. They operate both the 'West Bank' terminal (to the west of the New Cut) and 'Cliff Quay' (to the east of the Orwell). The West Bank has two transit sheds totaling 6,377 sq m, plus areas available for open storage and operates a ro- ro service. Cliff Quay handles and stores liquid and dry bulks and has 67,583 sq m of covered storage and additional open storage.
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Because they are produced from 160–190 μm thick solar wafers—slices from bulks of solar grade silicon—they are sometimes called wafer-based solar cells. Solar cells made from c-Si are single-junction cells and are generally more efficient than their rival technologies, which are the second-generation thin-film solar cells, the most important being CdTe, CIGS, and amorphous silicon (a-Si). Amorphous silicon is an allotropic variant of silicon, and amorphous means "without shape" to describe its non-crystalline form.
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Carved out from Kangra District in 1972, Hamirpur District is closely associated with the Katoch dynasty. It was the part of old Jalandhar-Trigarta empire. Panin referred to the people of this kingdom as great warriors and fighters. Even today Army is the largest employer for Hamirpuris, who form large bulks of Dogra Regiment, Jammu and Kashmir Riflespunjab regiment, the grenadiers, Rajput regiment as well as Hodson's Horse and Scinde Horse Thousand of Hamirpuris also serving in Indian airforce ,Indian navy and Paramilitary forces.
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Fulci has proclaimed that to film the scene where a space ship takes off in the film, he used four lights and a black cloth over a stage with a lot of little bulks on the floor for stars, all filmed in slow motion. Fulci referred to this special effect as "a source of pride for me!". Troy Howarth, a Fulci biographer, commented that Fulci's memory must have been faulty, since he claims that scene in the film was all done using stock footage.
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Metro bulks the color-sorted processed recyclable latex paint into intermediate bulk containers (IBC) or "totes." Between one and three of these totes are produced and packaged as a batch or lot; a typical batch of MetroPaint is between 300 and 900 gallons. Prior to packaging, technicians adjust the batch's color to match the "standardized" target color using other recycled latex paint; no tints or colorants are used. Once a precise visual match is achieved, a small amount of additives, such as thickeners or preservatives, may be blended into the batch.
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The freestanding sensor-based 3ω technique is proposed and developed as a candidate for the conventional 3ω method for thermophysical properties measurement. The method covers the determination of solids, powders and fluids from cryogenic temperatures to around 400 K. For solid samples, the method is applicable to both bulks and tens of micrometers thick wafers/membranes, dense or porous surfaces. The thermal conductivity and thermal effusivity can be measured using selected sensors, respectively. Two basic forms are now available: the linear source freestanding sensor and the planar source freestanding sensor.
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High Pike’s position on the northern perimeter of the Lake District gives a fine view of the Solway Firth and the Scottish Border hills to the north. However the view south is severely curtailed by the bulks of Skiddaw and Blencathra and the main body of Lakeland is not seen well. High Pike has two subsidiary tops which are also classed as Nuttall fells, Hare Stones (627 metres) and Great Lingy Hill (616 metres) lie to the south west of the main summit at a distance of 600 metres and one kilometre respectively.
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In July 2009, Freeland joined the Spanish EuroLeague club Unicaja Málaga, on a five- year contract worth €4.5 million euros net income.Unicaja bulks up with Joel Freeland, During the 2009–10 season, Freeland made his debut in Europe's top- tier level league, the EuroLeague, and also made 37 Spanish ACB League appearances. The 2010–11 season was Freeland's best season, as he averaged career-highs of 13.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in the Liga ACB,JOEL FREELAND Basic Statistics. and 13.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in the EuroLeague.
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The dock is owned by Associated British Ports who operate both the 'West Bank' terminal (to the west of the New Cut) and 'Cliff Quay' (to the east of the Orwell). West Bank has two transit sheds totaling 6,377 sq m, plus areas available for open storage and operates a ro-ro service. Cliff Quay handles and stores liquid and dry bulks and has 67,583 sq m of covered storage and additional open storage. There is a daily freight ferry service linking Ipswich with the Port of Rotterdam.
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Each finger may move independently of the others, though the muscle bulks that move each finger may be partly blended, and the tendons may be attached to each other by a net of fibrous tissue, preventing completely free movement. Fingers do not contain muscles (other than arrector pili). The muscles that move the finger joints are in the palm and forearm. The long tendons that deliver motion from the forearm muscles may be observed to move under the skin at the wrist and on the back of the hand.
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No firearms, drugs, or high bulks of cash were found in his vehicle when he was taken into custody. Initial reports after his arrest stated that Cárdenas Vela had three houses in the Texan cities of Rio Hondo, Port Isabel, and Brownsville—all within 30 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. He confessed to have dozens of vehicles, a condominium in South Padre Island, and a collections of exotic animals in his house in Rio Hondo. But none of these properties he owned in the Rio Grande Valley were under his name.
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This is conceptually a large cache in which stream data is stored to be transferred to external memory in bulks. As a cache-like software-controlled structure to the various ALUs, the SRF is shared between all the various ALU clusters. The key concept and innovation here done with Stanford's Imagine chip is that the compiler is able to automate and allocate memory in an optimal way, fully transparent to the programmer. The dependencies between kernel functions and data is known through the programming model which enables the compiler to perform flow analysis and optimally pack the SRFs.
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It was renamed Hull All-Weather Terminal in 2009, and the facilities were expanded to allow the handling of other weather sensitive goods, including dry bulks, paper, and agribulks (fertiliser). A covered shed for paper products (Finland Terminal), opened in 2000, had expanded to by 2006. In 2001, new facilities were inaugurated on the banks of the Humber. The Rotterdam Terminal (on the site of the 1993 River Terminal 1), was built at a cost of £14.3 million to serve the P&O; North Sea Ferries' new ships, the Pride of Rotterdam and Pride of Hull, used on the Hull-Rotterdam route.
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The terms were outlined as such: Enslaved people are to be given Fridays and Saturdays to work for themselves and these two days are not to be subtracted or counted as Saint's days. Furthermore, they must be given casting nets and canoes for survival. Slaves are also not obliged to fish in tidal pools or gather shellfish and if the master wishes to eat shellfish, the slaves asked to send your mina blacks. The proposal also stated the request of making a large boat so that when it goes to Bahia, the slaves can place their cargoes aboard and not pay freightage of carrying the goods in bulks.
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The gameplay in Wario Land 3 is very similar to that of its predecessor, Wario Land II. Wario must take advantage of his enemies' attacks to physically change and access new areas. For example, if Wario eats a donut thrown by a certain enemy, he temporarily bulks up to twice his size, giving him extra protection against attacks and the ability to break certain blocks. While Wario will always be affected by his enemies, he must also find new powers and abilities in order to progress through the game. The world of the music box is divided into four different areas, East, West, North, and South, each containing a number of individual stages.
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Vojtěch Kloz returns to his home club (in Czech) After one season he moved to the Polska Hokej Liga in Poland, signing for KH Sanok on August 28, 2013.Kloz i Haluza wzmocnili Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok (in Polish) On May 19, 2014, Kloz returned to Slovakia to sign with HK NitraNitra has already acquired Slovak and Kloz (in Slovak) but left after playing just seven games and moved onto France's Ligue Magnus with Dauphins d'Épinal on October 8, 2014.Vojtech Kloz en refort (in French) On August 25, 2017, Kloz signed with the Coventry Blaze of the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey LeagueKloz bulks up Blaze blue-line A year later, he returned to France, signing for Chamonix HC of August 19, 2018.
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Pacific Basin Shipping Limited is a maritime transport company engaged in international dry bulk shipping through the operation of a fleet of vessels to carry diverse cargoes for many of the world's leading commodity groups. Pacific Basin operates one of the largest fleets of Handysize and Supramax vessels globally, with more than 250 dry bulk vessels performing both spot and long-term cargo contracts to transport commodities such as forest products, cement, fertilizer, steel products, other minor bulks and grains. Cape Nelson in the San Francisco Bay, 2014 Pacific Basin was first founded as Pacific Basin Bulk Shipping Limited, a bulk carrier operator, in 1987, but it was acquired and privatised by an independent company in 1996. However, the former senior management reestablished the company as Pacific Basin Shipping Limited in 1998.
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CIMMYT wheat pathologist Dr. Duveiller and Rosyara at a spot blotch screening nursery at Rampur A study was conducted to determine microsatellite markers associated with resistance in the F7 progeny from a cross between the spot blotch-susceptible Sonalika and resistant G162 wheat genotypes. 15 polymorphic markers showed association with two bulks, one each of progeny with low and with high spot blotch severity. One of the interesting phenomena associated with foliar blight in some of susceptible cultivars is tolerance (low yield loss even at very high level of disease severity). In addition, the resistance seems to be associated with late maturity (which is an undesirable characteristic as late maturing genotypes need to face more heat stress than early ones), complete understanding of physiological association may aid to complete understanding of the host-pathogen system.
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The taxon represents a tetanuran based on the presence of a pubic peduncle of the ilium that is substantially larger than the ischial peduncle. Examination of casts reveals that the lesser trochanter does not rise above the level of the femoral head, and instead, the proximal portion of the femoral head is broken and the lesser trochanter reaches approximately midlevel of the head as in non-coelurosaurian tetanurans. Furthermore, it is recognized by an amphiplatyan cervical centra with incipient weak ventral keel, dorsals with amphiplatyan centra, low neural arches and plate-like neural spines, dorsal neural spines lacking expanded bulks at tips, five sacral centra and arches firmly fused while neural spines not fused, presence of a humeral foramen, low ilium with a less developed anterior process, and distal ends of pubis and ischium expanded but lacking foot-like processes.
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Ron Lauback has also made numerous contributions to the field of medicine as well. His work has been published in several academic journals and periodicals. (examples: "High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography Assay for Dane Salt Potassium(-)-N-(1-Methoxycarbonylpropene-2yl)-p-hydroxyphenylglycine" written by Naseem Muhammad, Peter S. Tsai and Ronald G. Lauback; Affiliation: Bristol Laboratories, Division of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Syracuse, New York, USA-- Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies, Volume 5, Issue 7 1982). "Specific High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Ampicillin in Bulks, Injectables, Capsules, and Oral Suspensions by Reverse- Phase Ion-Pair Chromatography" written by Ronald G. Lauback, James J. Rice, B. Bleiberg, N. Muhammad and S. A. Hanna; Affiliation: Bristol Laboratories, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Syracuse, New York, USA--Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies, Volume 7, Issue 6 (May 1984) Ron Lauback retired in July 2014 from Hanford Pharmaceuticals, based out of Syracuse, New York.
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While eight mules could carry a ton, each 4-5 mules needed a human to lead them and their loads needed laboriously loaded and unloaded at the beginning and end of each day's march. It was the end days of the era that had held for millennia-- when shipping bulks goods was only practicable over long distances by water, and one consequence was roads were not much more than unimproved tracks frequently more muddy ruts or filled with rocky obstacles as they wandered about trees and along ridgelines striving to stay above streams. Wagons were useful only on locally improved roads and with a traditional labor shortage and lack of distinct feudal structures there were few ways to draft a large enough work party to improve roads even within a township, so in the main they remained primitive. Traditional Amerindian footpaths or game trails did not co-exist readily with carts or wagons, and bridges were scarce while streams swarm along the bottom of every valley in rain-blessed Pennsylvania.
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The BBC TVBBC channel 1 program Inside The Perfect Predator, Thursday 25 March 2010 reported that a Nile crocodile that has lurked a long time underwater to catch prey builds up a large oxygen debt. When it has caught and eaten that prey, it closes its right aortic arch and uses its left aortic arch to flush blood loaded with carbon dioxide from its muscles directly to its stomach; the resulting excess acidity in its blood supply makes it much easier for the stomach lining to secrete more stomach acid to quickly dissolve bulks of swallowed prey flesh and bone. Many large crocodilians swallow stones (called gastroliths or stomach stones), which may act as ballast to balance their bodies or assist in crushing food, similar to grit ingested by birds. Herodotus claimed that Nile crocodiles had a symbiotic relationship with certain birds, such as the Egyptian plover, which enter the crocodile's mouth and pick leeches feeding on the crocodile's blood; with no evidence of this interaction actually occurring in any crocodile species, it is most likely mythical or allegorical fiction.
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