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Virgin Blue is an Australian low-cost airline founded by the British businessman Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group. It is based in Brisbane. Virgin Blue - Code data. IATA Code: DJ ICAO Code: VOZ Callsign: Virgin Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Express, Polynesian Blue Virgin Blue - History. Virgin Blue was launched on 3 August 2000, with two aircraft initially offering 7 r ...

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• Virgin Blue - Code data
• Virgin Blue - History
• Virgin Blue - Fleet
• Virgin Blue - Trivia
• Virgin Blue - Services
• Virgin Blue - Oceania

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Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is a wealthy American investor and businessman. Nicknamed the "Oracle of Omaha", Buffett has amassed an enormous fortune from astute investments, particularly through his company Berkshire Hathaway, in which he holds a greater than 31% stake. With an estimated current net worth of $40 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the second-richest person in the world, behind Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Warren Buffett - Biography. Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebras ...

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• Warren Buffett - Biography
• Warren Buffett - Timeline
• Warren Buffett - Views on taxes
• Warren Buffett - Other Views
• Warren Buffett - Investments

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Costco Wholesale Corporation NASDAQ: COST is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world, and headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, United States, with its flagship warehouse #1 in nearby Seattle. Costco - History. Costco's first location, opened in 1976 under the "Price Club" name, was housed in a Quonset hut in San Diego. Its unique model of serving primarily small-business owners proved very successful, prompting James Sinegal and Jeffrey Brotman to open the first Costc ...

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• Costco - History
• Costco - Costco today
• Costco - Sales model
• Costco - Employees
• Costco - Products
• Costco - Criticism

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The carburetor (American spelling, carburettor or carburetter in Commonwealth countries, "carb" for short, or "carbie" (slang)) is a device which mixes air and fuel for an internal-combustion engine. Carburetors are still found in small engines and in older or specialized automobiles such as those designed for stock car racing. However, most cars built since the early 1980s use computerized electronic fuel injection instead of carburetion. The majority of motorcycles still are carburated due to lower weight and cost, however as of 2005 many new mod ...

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• Carburetor - Operation
• Carburetor - Basics
• Carburetor - Idle circuit
• Carburetor - Off-idle circuit
• Carburetor - Main open-throttle circuit
• Carburetor - Power valve
• Carburetor - Accelerator pump
• Carburetor - Choke strangler
• Carburetor - Other elements
• Carburetor - Fuel supply
• Carburetor - Float chamber
• Carburetor - Multiple carburetor barrels
• Carburetor - Carburetor adjustment
• Carburetor - History & development
• Carburetor - Catalytic Carburetors
• Carburetor - Manufacturers

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The Ghost Dance — also known as the Ghost Dance of 1890 — as noted in historical accounts, is a millennialist spiritual movement among Native Americans in the United States that began toward the end of 1888 and reached its peak just before the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890. Although the religion is still practiced, it enjoyed only a short period of popularity. Ghost Dance - History. The movement began with the sounds of a baby crying late at night and its mother dancing around to quiet the child ...

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• Ghost Dance - History
• Ghost Dance - Cultural references
• Ghost Dance - Paiute foundational traditions
• Ghost Dance - Practices and principles
• Ghost Dance - Samples
• Ghost Dance - Movements with similarities

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In project management, a critical path is the sequence of project network terminal elements with the longest overall duration, determining the shortest time to complete the project. The duration of the critical path determines the duration of the entire project. Any delay of a terminal element on the critical path directly impacts the planned project completion date (i.e. there is no float on the critical path). A project can have several, parallel critical paths. An additional parallel path through the network with the total durations just shorter t ...

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Ball lightning is a natural phenomenon, or debatably, a pseudoscientific theory. It is sometimes associated with thunderstorms. It takes the form of a long-lived, glowing, floating object, as opposed to the short-lived arcing between two points commonly associated with lightning. An early attempt to explain ball lightning was recorded by Nikola Tesla on March 5, 1904 (Electrical World and Engineer). [1] There is dispute on the existence of ball lightning. Many in the scientific community seek be ...

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• Ball lightning - Analysis
• Ball lightning - Esoteric explanations
• Ball lightning - Quotes

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Each year, the Mardi Gras (or Carnival) season starts on January 6, also known as "Twelfth Night." The Twelfth Night Revelers, one of Carnival's oldest Krewes, holds a masked ball each year to mark the occasion. Like Twelfth Night Revelers, many of Carnival's oldest groups -- such as the Elves of Oberon and the High Priests of Mithras -- hold masked balls, but do not parade in public. The parade season starts off some three weekends before Mardi Gras Day with the Krewe du Vieux parade. There is usually at least one parade every night starting two Fridays before Mardi Gras. ...

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New Orleans Mardi Gras, New Orleans Mardi Gras - Contemporary Mardi Gras, New Orleans Mardi Gras - The weekend before Mardi Gras, New Orleans Mardi Gras - Lundi Gras, New Orleans Mardi Gras - Mardi Gras Day, New Orleans Mardi Gras - The end of each Mardi Gras, New Orleans Mardi Gras - Costumes and masks, New Orleans Mardi Gras - Commercialization, New Orleans Mardi Gras - Beads, New Orleans Mardi Gras - Standards of decency, New Orleans Mardi Gras - Traditional colors, New Orleans Mardi Gras - Additional photographs

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Virgin Blue was launched on 3 August 2000, with two aircraft initially offering 7 return flights a day between Brisbane and Sydney. This has been expanded to cover all major Australian cities and many holiday destinations. Unlike Jetstar it does allow passengers to connect between flights and to check baggage through in some cases, and it does pre-allocate seats. The timing of Virgin Blue's entry into the Australian market was fortuitous as it was able to fill the vacuum created by the failure of Ansett in September 2001. Ansett's fai ...

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Virgin Blue, Virgin Blue - Code data, Virgin Blue - History, Virgin Blue - Fleet, Virgin Blue - Trivia, Virgin Blue - Services, Virgin Blue - Oceania

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Stock market indices may be classed in many ways. A broad-base index represents the performance of a whole stock market— and by proxy, reflects investor sentiment on the state of the economy. The most regularly quoted market indices are broad-base indices including the largest listed companies on a nation's largest stock exchange, such as the American Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index, the British F ...

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Stock market index, Stock market index - Types of indices, Stock market index - Weighting, Stock market index - Indices and passive investment management, Stock market index - Ethical stock market indices, Stock market index - Lists

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The introduction of a single currency for many separate countries presents a number of advantages and disadvantages for the participating nations. Opinions differ on the actual effects of the euro so far, as most of them will take years to understand. Theories and predictions abound. Euro - Removal of exchange rate risk. One of the most important benefits of the euro will be lowered exchange rate risks, which will make it easier to invest across borders. The risks of changes in the value of respective curr ...

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Euro, Euro - Characteristics, Euro - Name and linguistic issues, Euro - Transition, Euro - Participation in the economic and monetary union, Euro - Countries using the euro, Euro - EU members outside the Eurozone, Euro - Bulgaria and Romania, Euro - Effects of a single currency, Euro - Removal of exchange rate risk, Euro - Removal of conversion fees, Euro - Deeper financial markets, Euro - Price parity, Euro - Competitive funding, Euro - Macroeconomic stability, Euro - Less-specific monetary policy, Euro - A new reserve currency?, Euro - The euro and oil, Euro - Euro exchange rate, Euro - Against the U.S. dollar, Euro - Currencies pegged to euro, Euro - Drivers, Euro - Consequences, Euro - The euro sign, Euro - Reactions following the European Constitution votes, Euro - Economists who helped realise the euro, Euro - Trivia

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Bank Negara Malaysia first issued Malaysian dollar banknotes in June 1967 in $1, $5, $10, $50 and $100 denominations. The $1000 denomination was first issued in 1968. Malaysian banknotes have always carried the image of the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya. The second series was issued with Malaysian traditional ornamental designs in 1982–1984, in $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, and $1000 denominations. The $20 was generally relatively uncommon. The second series notes are still occasionally encountered. ...

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Malaysian ringgit, Malaysian ringgit - History, Malaysian ringgit - Bank Negara Malaysia Coins, Malaysian ringgit - Bank Negara Malaysia banknotes, Malaysian ringgit - Currency peg

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Most things are cheaper in poor (low income) countries than in rich ones. Someone from a "first world" country on vacation in a "third world" country will usually find their money going a lot further abroad than at home. For instance, the same Big Mac cost $5.46 in Switzerland, and $1.49 in Russia in December 2004, at the prevailing USD exchange rate into the local currencies. To avoid confusion arising from money prices the nominal exchange rates are usually ignored, with only the 'real exchange rate' (RER) being considered. (Here, 3.66 Russian meals to one Swiss.) Penn effect - ...

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Penn effect, Penn effect - History, Penn effect - Understanding the Penn effect, Penn effect - The effect's challenge to simple open economy models, Penn effect - How identical products can be sold at consistently different prices in different places, Penn effect - The price level, Penn effect - The international development implications, Penn effect - Footnotes

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Fizzy drinks (carbonated beverages) are produced by injecting carbon dioxide into the drink at several atmospheres. Carbon dioxide dissolves readily even at normal atmospheric pressure, and far more so at high pressure. When the pressure is released the carbon dioxide comes out of solution forming numerous bubbles and releasing the carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. After many minutes most of the carbon dioxide has ...

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Soft drink, Soft drink - Fizzy Drinks, Soft drink - Marketing, Soft drink - Diet soft drinks, Soft drink - Naming conventions, Soft drink - Mixed soft drinks, Soft drink - Controversy, Soft drink - Studies showing a correlation between soft drinks and obesity, Soft drink - Soft Drinks linked to diabetes, Soft drink - Availability

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The case started in the Outer House of the Court of Session, where the Lord Ordinary repelled the defender Stevenson's plea to the relevancy and allowed a proof, i.e. he allowed the case to go to trial. It was this decision which was reclaimed to the Inner House of the Court of Session, which reversed the Lord Ordinary's interlocutor and said that there was no cause of action. The pursuer, Mrs. Donoghue, then appealed to the House of Lords in forma pauperis (she swore in an affidavit, “I am very poor, and am not worth in all the wor ...

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Donoghue v. Stevenson, Donoghue v. Stevenson - The facts, Donoghue v. Stevenson - Lord Atkin's statement, Donoghue v. Stevenson - External link

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Euro - Countries using the euro. At present the member states officially using the euro are Austria, Belgium, Finland, France (except Pacific territories using the CFP franc), Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. Overseas territories of some Eurozone countries, such as French Guiana, Réunion, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, and Martinique, also use ...

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Euro, Euro - Characteristics, Euro - Accommodation for vision impairments, Euro - Name and linguistic issues, Euro - Transition, Euro - Participation in the economic and monetary union, Euro - Countries using the euro, Euro - EU members outside the Eurozone, Euro - Bulgaria and Romania, Euro - Effects of a single currency, Euro - Removal of exchange rate risk, Euro - Removal of conversion fees, Euro - Deeper financial markets, Euro - Price parity, Euro - Competitive funding, Euro - Macroeconomic stability, Euro - Less-specific monetary policy, Euro - A new reserve currency?, Euro - The euro and oil, Euro - Euro exchange rate, Euro - Against the U.S. dollar, Euro - Currencies pegged to euro, Euro - Drivers, Euro - Consequences, Euro - The euro sign, Euro - Reactions following the European Constitution votes, Euro - Economists who helped realise the euro, Euro - Trivia

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Main article: business valuation Market capitalization is a function of the price of a firm's stock and may not accurately reflect intrinsic value because of varying future expectations held by investors. It is common for a firm's market capitalization to exceed "book value" (shareholders' equity) because market prices tend to increase at a quicker pace than earnings accumulate due to value placed on expected future growth. For instance, in the late 1990s the shares of Internet-related companies were highly valued by the market, and tiny companies with almost no sales (but high growth) generated ...

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Market capitalization, Market capitalization - Valuation, Market capitalization - Float, Market capitalization - Categorization of companies by market cap, Market capitalization - Examples, Market capitalization - Levels, Market capitalization - Lists

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Fizzy drinks (carbonated beverages) are produced by injecting carbon dioxide into the drink at several atmospheres. Carbon dioxide dissolves readily even at normal atmospheric pressure, and far more so at high pressure. When the pressure is released the carbon dioxide comes out of solution forming numerous bubbles and releasing the carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. After many minutes most of the carbon dioxide has been r ...

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Soft drink, Soft drink - Fizzy Drinks, Soft drink - Marketing, Soft drink - Diet soft drinks, Soft drink - Naming conventions, Soft drink - Mixed soft drinks, Soft drink - Controversy, Soft drink - Studies showing a correlation between soft drinks and obesity, Soft drink - Soft Drinks linked to diabetes, Soft drink - Availability

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Seaweeds may have an appearance that resembles non-arboreal terrestrial plants. thallus: the algal body blade: a flattened structure that is somewhat leaf-like sorus: spore cluster on Fucus -- Air bladders: float-assist organ (on blade) on kelp -- floats: float-assist organ (in between blade and stipe) stipe: a stem-like structure, may be absent holdfast: specialized basal structure providing attachment to the bottom The stipe and b ...

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Seaweed, Seaweed - Structure, Seaweed - Uses, Seaweed - External link

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Typical applications of stored-value cards include transit system farecards, gift cards, and telephone prepaid calling cards. Stored-value card - Transit system farecards. Transit system farecards are popular with passengers because they eliminate the need to fumble with money when entering (or exiting) buses, subway trains, etc. Many transit system operators have implemented farecards because they can accurately track system usage; they are useful for charging different fares depending on th ...

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Stored-value card, Stored-value card - Typical applications, Stored-value card - Transit system farecards, Stored-value card - Gift cards, Stored-value card - Store value credit cards

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