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Durham

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Durham

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Durham: Encyclopedia - Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. Cambridgeshire contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen. The county town is Cambridge. Cambridgeshire today is the product of several local government unifications. In 1888 when county councils where introduced, two were set up, following the traditional division of Cambridgeshire into ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - Bull Durham

Bull Durham is a 1988 American movie about love and baseball. It is based upon the minor league experiences of writer/director Ron Shelton. Bull Durham stars Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins. It depicts the players and fans of the Durham Bulls, a minor league baseball team in Durham, North Carolina. Also featured are Robert Wuhl and Max Patkin, the "Clown Prince of Baseball." Bull Durham - Summary. Costner stars as 'Crash' Davis (the name based on an actual baseball player), a vet ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - Brooke Foss Westcott

Brooke Foss Westcott (January 12, 1825–July 27, 1901) was an English churchman and theologian, Bishop of Durham from 1890 until his death. He was born in the Birmingham area. His father, Frederick Brooke Westcott, was a botanist. Westcott was educated at King Edward VI School, Birmingham, under James Prince Lee, where he became friends with Joseph Barber Lightfoot. In 1844 Westcott won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was invited to join the Cambridge Apostles. He took Sir William Browne's medal for a Gre ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - Corn dolly

Corn dollies are a form of straw work associated with harvest customs. The Druids believed that the corn spirit lived amongst the crop, and the harvest made it effectively homeless. Therefore, they fashioned hollow shapes from the last sheaf of wheat or other cereal crop. The corn spirit would then spend the winter in their homes until the "corn dolly" was ploughed into the first furrow of the new season. "Dolly" is a corruption of idol. Corn dolly - Background. James George Frazer discusses the Corn ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - Cuthbert of Lindisfarne

Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (ca. 634-March 20, 687) was a British monk and bishop who was one of the most important saints of England during the early Middle Ages. Cuthbert was of Northumbrian origin, probably from the neighborhood of Dunbar, in modern-day Scotland. While still a boy, employed as a shepherd, he thought that he saw one night the soul of Aidan carried to heaven by angels and thereupon went to the monastery of Old Melrose and became a monk (651). So ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - Unity New Hampshire

Unity is a town located in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,530. Unity New Hampshire - Geography. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 96.3 km² (37.2 mi²). 95.7 km² (36.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.65% water. Unity New Hampshire - Demographics. As of the census2 of 2000, there are 1,530 people, 504 hous ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - University college

The term university college is used in a number of countries to denote institutions that provide tertiary education but do not have full or independent university status. Precise usage varies between countries. University college - Australia. In Australia, the term "university college" or "residential college" is used to denote an institution which provides accommodation, academic support (such as tutorials) and social activities to students of its affiliated university, but usually does not form a fundamen ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - University of New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire (USNH). The main campus is in Durham, NH and the University has one college in Manchester, the University of New Hampshire at Manchester. The University has received many awards and recognitions for its academic acheivements. The Princeton Review and Forbes.com named UNH one of the nation's top 10 entrepreneurial campuses [1]. In 2004, UNH was the only public institution in New England to rank in the top 10 of Fulbright num ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - American Civil War

KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 Total dead: 198,500 Wounded: 137,000+ The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-four mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right of secession from the Union in 1860–1861. The war produced over 970,000 casualties (3.09% of ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - List of newspapers in the United Kingdom

Traditionally newspapers could be split into 'quality', serious-minded newspapers (usually referred to as 'Broadsheets' due to their large size) and 'tabloid', less serious newspapers. However, due to considerations of convenience of reading, particularly in cafés and on trains etc., The Independent and The Times have both switched to a 'compact'-sized format, traditionally used b ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek was a very popular American serial television drama aimed at teenagers, which aired in hour-long episodes from 1998 to 2003. The show is semi-autobiographical, being based on the small-town childhood of its creator Kevin Williamson, who also wrote the slasher film Scream. The lead character, Dawson Leery, shares Williamson's interests and background. Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, the show was set in a small Massachusetts seaside town and focused on four friends who began their sophomore year of hig ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - U.S. Route 70

U.S. Highway 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. As can be derived from its number, it is a major east-west highway of the Southern and Southwestern United States. It formerly ran from coast to coast, with the current Eastern terminus near the Atlantic Ocean in North Carolina, and the former Western terminus near the Pacific Ocean in California. Prior to the completion of the Interstate system, Highway 70 was sometimes referred to as the "Br ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - Dan Cohn-Sherbok

Dan Cohn-Sherbok is a rabbi of Reform Judaism, and a prominent author on the subject of his religion. He is currently Professor of Jewish Theology at the University of Wales. Unlike most Jewish leaders, Cohn-Sherbok is sympathetic to Messianic Judaism and Secular Humanistic Judaism, as well as the Order of the Lotus (which purports to be a Jewish-Buddhist synthesis). In his view, Judaism today is pluraform in nature: no longer is there a overarching authority which can determine correct belief and practice. As a consequence, th ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - United Express

United Express is a name under which ten regional airlines operate feeder flights for United Airlines. United Express - Carriers. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. (AWAC) Chautauqua Airlines Colgan Air GoJet Airlines Great Lakes Airlines Mesa Airlines Republic Airlines Shuttle America SkyWest Trans States Airlines In 2004, Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) ended operations as a United Express carrier and esta ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - University of Wales Lampeter

  University of Wales, Lampeter (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) is a university in Lampeter, Wales, the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, and the third oldest in England and Wales after Oxford and Cambridge. The university started life in 1822 as St David's College (Coleg Dewi Sant), becoming St David's University College (Coleg Prifysgol Dew ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - Crook County Durham

Crook is a small market town in County Durham, England. It is situated about 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Durham. Crook lies a couple of miles north of the River Wear, on the A690 from Durham. This turns into the A689 leading up into the scenic upper reaches of Weardale, through Wolsingham and Stanhope. Crook is the administrative centre of the Wear Valley District Council. Crook has a famous amateur football team Crook Town FC. Crook Town have won the FA Amateur Cup five times, most recently beating Enfield F.C. in 1964, before the cup was abolished in 1974. This record is onl ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - Constructal theory

The constructal theory of global optimization under local constraints explains in a simple manner the shapes that arise in nature. It is the thought that flow architecture comes from a principle of maximization of flow access, in time, and in flow configuration that are free to morph. The constructal law proclaims a tendency in time about the generation of animate and inanimate flow systems: "the maximization of access for the currents that flows through a morphing flow system ". This theory replaces the belief that nature is fractal, and allow one to design and ana ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - West Yorkshire

Ed Balls, John Battle, Hilary Benn, Colin Burgon, Colin Challen, Yvette Cooper, Mary Creagh, Ann Cryer, Philip Davies, Fabian Hamilton, Shahid Malik, Christine McCafferty, Kali Mountford, George Mudie, Greg Mulholland, Linda Riordan, Terry Rooney, Barry Sheerman, Marsha Singh, Gerry Sutcliffe, Jon Trickett, Paul Truswell, Mike Wood Leeds Wakefield Kirklees Calderdale Bradford West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the co ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - White tie

White tie (known as full evening dress in the United Kingdom and other areas) is the most formal dress code that exists for civilians today.1 There exists a less formal counterpart known as black tie and a formal day time equivalent known as morning dress. See Formal wear for a complete listing and definition of formal dress codes. A woman must wear a formal ball gown with her best accessories and jewellery when the dress is described as white tie. Where state decorations are specified, tiaras are usual ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, and author. He served as a general in the United States Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), achieving both recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy, and criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies he implemented in conducting total war against the enemy. Military historian Liddell Hart famously declared that Sherman was "the first modern general." William Tecumseh Sher ...

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Durham: Encyclopedia - Warwickshire

Larger version North Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Warwick Warwickshire (pronounced either /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃə/ or /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃɪə/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. The county town is Warwick. The shape of the administrative area Warwickshire differs considerably from that of the historic county. Commonly used abbreviations ...

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