See also: list of 'years in Canada' 2005 in Canadian politics 2005 in Canadian culture 2005 Canadian incumbents 2004-05 NHL season 2005-06 NHL season other events of 2005 2005 in Canada - Incumbents. Head of State - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Governor General - Adrienne Clarkson then Michaëlle Jean Prime Minister - Paul Martin Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein Premie ...

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2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the ...

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University of Florida State University System of Florida FAMU FAU FGCU FIU FSU NCF UCF UF UNF USF UWF The University of Florida is a public university located in Gainesville, Florida. It is the fourth-largest university in the United States, with over 48,000 students; it also has the eighth-largest b ...

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Brandy (born Brandy Rayana Norwood on February 11, 1979) is an African American pop/R&B singer and actress. She is best known for her starring role in the UPN sitcom Moesha, and for hit records such as "Sittin' Up in My Room", "Have You Ever", and "The Boy is Mine", a top-selling duet with Monica. Brandy entertainer - Early career. Norwood was born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Carson, California. Her father, Willie Ray Norwood, was a pastor and choir director, and by the age of two ...

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A Page is a non-partisan employee of the Canadian House of Commons. They perform both ceremonial and administrative duties including: Participation in the Speaker's Parade and Royal Assent Delivering documents and water to Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Chamber and in House Committees Answering telephones in the Lobby rooms and delivering messages to MPs Assisting the Spe ...

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Campaign finance reform is the common term for the political effort in the United States to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns. Although attempts to regulate campaign finance by legislation date back to 1867, the first successful attempts nationally to regulate and enforce campaign finance originated in the 1970s. The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1971 required candidates to disclose sources of campaign contributions and campaign expenditure. It was amended in 1974 with the i ...

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. It is administered by the United States Attorney General, one of the original members of the cabinet. United States Department of Justice - History. Initially the Attorney General was a one-person, part-time job, established by th ...

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The USA PATRIOT Act [1] (Public Law 107-56) is federal legislation in the United States. Passed after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks, the Act expands the authority of U.S. law enforcement for the stated purpose of fighting terrorist acts in the United States and abroad. This expanded legal authority is also used to detect and prosecute other alleged potential crimes. USA PATRIOT Act - Scope. Among the laws ...

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• USA PATRIOT Act - Name

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In education, teachers are those who teach students or pupils, often a course of study, lesson plan, or a practical skill, including learning and thinking skills. There are many different ways to teach and help students learn. This is often referred to as the teacher's pedagogy. When deciding what teaching method to use, a teacher will need to consider students' background knowledge, environment, and their learning goals. See education for more. Teacher - Related positions. A teacher who registers a student ...

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Celtic music is a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Western Europe. The term Celtic music may refer to both orally-transmitted traditional music and recorded popular music with only a superficial resemblance to folk styles of the Celtic peoples. Most typically, the term Celtic music is applied to the music of Ireland and Scotland, because both places have produced well-known distinctive styles which actually have genuine commonality and ...

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Carroll Quigley (November 9, 1910 – January 3, 1977) was a writer and professor of history at Georgetown University from 1941 to 1976. Quigley was born in Boston, where he attended school and later received both undergraduate degrees and a doctorate from nearby Harvard University. At Georgetown, Quigley joined the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he taught his highly regarded course, Development of Civilization. This was to make a strong impression on many of his students, including the future U.S. President Bill Clinton, who named Quigley as an important influence during his accepta ...

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Who's Next is an album by The Who. It was released on August 2, 1971 in the United States and August 25, 1971 in the United Kingdom. Initially seen by the band as a compromise release following the collapse of a more ambitious rock opera, Who's Next was a major success, reaching the top five on the Billboard charts in the US, spawning several hit singles, and remaining in print and continuing to sell well in many editions for over three decades. The album has been consistently voted as one of the best rock ...

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• Who's Next - Cover
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• Who's Next - Original
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• Who's Next - Deluxe
• Who's Next - Charts

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In the federal law of the United States, contempt of Congress is the crime of obstructing the work of U.S. Congress, with a punishment of up to one year in prison and up to $1,000 in fines. U.S. Congress generally brings this action for refusing to testify before a Congressional committee, or failing to provide a committee with requested documents. There have also been contempt cases based on bribing a Senator or Representative. In order to be convicted of contempt of Congress, the congressional committee subject to the ...

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The phrase separation of church and state is a common interpretation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . ." The phrase itself does not appear in any founding American document, but it has been quoted in opinions by the United States Supreme Court. (The first such mention was in Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 in 1878.) Separation of church and state in the U ...

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture, also called the Agriculture Department, or USDA, is a Cabinet department of the United States Federal Government. Its purpose is to develop and execute policy on farming, agriculture, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade and production, work to assure food safety, protect natural resources, foster rural communities, also to meet the needs of the American people, and end hunger, in America and abroad. United States ...

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Damien Rice (born December 7, 1973) is an Irish musician, born in Kildare near Dublin, whose album O was an enormous success, quickly adding him to the roster of notable Irish musicians. Damien Rice - Biography. Rice was originally the singer for Juniper, a rock band with a notable stage show, which released the singles "The World Is Dead" and "Weatherman". On the eve of recording their first full album for Polygram in 1999, Rice became disenchanted with the commercial direction he felt pushed ...

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A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco, one end of which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the smoker's mouth or lungs. The word cigar is from the Spanish word cigarro, which the Oxford English Dictionary suggests is a variation on cigarra, Spanish for "cicada", due to its shape, especially that of what is now called the perfecto. Other sources have indicated that it may be derived from the ...

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• Cigar - Revival of interest
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• Cigar - Composition
• Cigar - Wrappers
• Cigar - Fillers
• Cigar - Binders
• Cigar - Size and shape
• Cigar - Parejo
• Cigar - Figurado
• Cigar - Flavor
• Cigar - Popular culture
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Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is the fifth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Princeton has, in addition to its undergraduate college and graduate school, schools of architecture, engineering, and public and international affairs. Research is carried on in many areas, including plasma physics, meteorology, and jet propulsion. The Forrestal Campus has facilities for plasma physics and meteorological research. The Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library (opened 1948) and the art museum ho ...

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• Princeton University - Princeton University Art Museum
• Princeton University - Notable Princeton alumni
• Princeton University - Notable Princeton professors
• Princeton University - Traditions
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A householder is a person who is the head of a household; see House. Householder is also a family name. In mathematics, there exists a Householder transformation, named after Alston Scott Householder. ...

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An initial concern was that the cost of electricity would be excessive, since several computers would be running all day, all year. However, Mason figured that a central computer could control the energy consumption of all the other computers in the house. Many believed using computers in the home was a disadvantage, because if the computer failed, occupants would be restricted from getting food, having a bath, and even leaving the house if doors are locked. Many also resisted the concept of computers in the home because of concerns people would become less social. Those in favour argued that computers improved security and helped get h ...

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The Xanadu houses were parodied in the cartoon series Ren & Stimpy under the name 'The House of Next Tuesday'. The fully computerized McFly house in Back to the Future 2 has many of the same features as the Xanadu house, including the picture window, computerized doors, multiple TV sets in one room, and automated kitchen. This is also one of Dawn Miceli's favorite childhood attractions. ...

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The Xanadu Houses used an automated system controlled by Commodore microcomputers. The houses had 15 rooms each, of these the kitchen, party room, health spa, and bedrooms all used computers and other electronics equipment heavily in their design. For example, the bath could be filled with water at a set temperature on a specific date and time. The automation concepts which Xanadu House used are based on original ideas conceived in the 1950s and earlier. The Xanadu Houses aimed to bring the original concepts into a finished and working imple ...

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