Mount Adams, Cascade Range Mount Bachelor, Cascade Range Mount Baker, Cascade Range Bear Mountain (Connecticut), Connecticut Borah Peak, highest in Idaho Breakneck Ridge, New York Bridge Mountain, Nevada Brokeoff Mountain, California Mount Bunson, Yellowstone Castle Mountain, Alberta Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire Cedar Mountain Mount Dana, California Mount Fairweather, Alaska-B.C. Franklin Mountains, Texas Mount Gibbs, California Glacier Peak, Cascades Glass Mountain, California Little Glass ...

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Gallery of mountains, Gallery of mountains - Africa, Gallery of mountains - Asia, Gallery of mountains - Europe, Gallery of mountains - United Kingdom, Gallery of mountains - North America, Gallery of mountains - South America, Gallery of mountains - Oceania

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In North America, the cheek kiss may involve one or both cheeks. Cheek kissing is most commonly done between a man and woman who know each other well or are related or close friends. In this case, a short hug (generally only upper-body contact) may accompany the kiss. Also common is cheek kissing between two women who know each other or are related. Likewise, hugs are common but not required. A variant of this is an air-cheek-kiss. The kiss is done at a distance, with the kissers standing one to three feet from each othe ...

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Cheek kissing, Cheek kissing - North America, Cheek kissing - Latin America, Cheek kissing - Southern Europe, Cheek kissing - Arab World, Cheek kissing - Quebec, Cheek kissing - United Kingdom

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In the once Spanish-held Southwestern United States, many Hispanic Catholics have stated a belief that they are descended from crypto-Jews and have started practicing Judaism. They often cite as evidence memories of older relatives practicing Jewish traditions. Skeptics of the authenticity of the Jewish ancestry of Latinos of the Southwest argue that these remembered traditions could be those of Ashkenazi, not Sephardi, Jews and may possibly be constructed memories due to suggestion by proponents. It is also argued that the Jewish traditions ...

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Crypto-Judaism, Crypto-Judaism - Europe, Crypto-Judaism - Chuetas, Crypto-Judaism - North America, Crypto-Judaism - Central South America and Caribbean

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Virgin Megastore - USA. Phoenix, Arizona Orange, California at The Block at Orange. Hollywood, California Los Angeles, California Ontario, California Sacramento, California at Arden Fair. This location closed in 2005. San Francisco, California at Stockton St. and Market St. Denver, Colorado Miami, Florida Orlando, Florida at Walt Disney World's Downtown Disney. Chicago, Illinois at Michigan Avenue. ...

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Virgin Megastore, Virgin Megastore - European Union, Virgin Megastore - UK and Ireland, Virgin Megastore - Continental Europe, Virgin Megastore - North America, Virgin Megastore - USA, Virgin Megastore - Canada historical, Virgin Megastore - Worldwide, Virgin Megastore - Australasia, Virgin Megastore - North Asia, Virgin Megastore - North Africa and Gulf States, Virgin Megastore - In Store Radio

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There are a number of competing systems in use, with early adopters having used C-band satellite dishes of several feet in diameter to receive signals which were originally analogue FM, later digital using the Motorola-proprietary Digicipher II system or later still going to Ku-band and under one-metre dishes with most often the international DVB standard. The most common North American sources for free-to-air DVB satellite television are: Ethnic-language broadcasters such as Globecast World TV on Intelsat America 5 (97° ...

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Free-to-air, Free-to-air - Australasia, Free-to-air - Australia, Free-to-air - New Zealand, Free-to-air - India, Free-to-air - Europe, Free-to-air - North America

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In North American history, employers usually paid for European workers' passage across the Atlantic Ocean, reimbursing the shipowner who held their papers of indenture. In return, the servants agreed to work for a specified number of years. The agreement could also be an exchange for professional training: after being the indentured servant to a blacksmith for several years, one would expect to work as a blacksmith on one's own account after the period was over. During the 17th century most of the white laborers in Maryland and Virginia came ...

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Indentured servant, Indentured servant - Caribbean Islands, Indentured servant - North America, Indentured servant - Australia and the Pacific

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There are a number of competing systems in use, with early adopters having used C-band satellite dishes of several feet in diameter to receive signals which were originally analogue FM, later digital using the Motorola-proprietary Digicipher II system or later still going to Ku-band and under one-metre dishes with most often the international DVB standard. The most common North American sources for free-to-air DVB satellite television are: Ethnic-language broadcasters such as Globecast World TV on Intelsat America 5 (97° ...

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Free-to-air, Free-to-air - Australia, Free-to-air - India, Free-to-air - Europe, Free-to-air - New Zealand, Free-to-air - North America

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The first recognition of the singer-songwriter as a musical genre in North America occurred in the 1960s and early 1970s when a series of folk- and country-influenced musicians rose to prominence and popularity. These early singer-songwriters included Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, David Blue, Carly Simon, Cat Stevens, Bruce Cockburn, Van Morrison, Townes van Zandt, Harry Chapin, and James Taylor. People who had been primarily songwriters, notably Carole King, also began releasing work ...

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Singer-songwriter, Singer-songwriter - Distinguishing singers from songwriters and vice versa, Singer-songwriter - Latin traditions, Singer-songwriter - North America, Singer-songwriter - Hong Kong

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This is a list of union stations in North America that use or have used Union Station or Union Terminal in their name. Union Station (Alexandria, Virginia) Terminal Station (Atlanta), demolished 1972, now the site of Underground Atlanta Union Station (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), now a medical center (North) Union Station and South Union Terminal in Boston, Massachusetts, now North Station (1927) and South Station (?) Union Station (Chattanooga) Union Station (Chicago) ...

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List of Union Stations, List of Union Stations - North America, List of Union Stations - United Kingdom

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Data privacy is not highly legislated or regulated in the U.S.. In the United States, access to private data is culturally acceptable in many cases, such as credit reports for employment or housing purposes. Although partial regulations exist, for instance the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and HIPAA, there is no all-encompassing law regulating the use of personal data. The culture of free speech in the U.S. may be a reason for the reluctance to trust the government to protect personal information. In the U.S. the first amendment p ...

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Data privacy, Data privacy - Protecting privacy in information systems, Data privacy - North America, Data privacy - Europe, Data privacy - Resources

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The adult prevalence rate in this region is 0.7% with over 1 million people currently living with HIV. In the United States, sex between men (35%), heterosexual sex (19%) and needle sharing by intravenous drug users (15%) remain prominent sources of new HIV infections [7]. Currently, rates of HIV infection in the US occur the most often on the eastern and southern regions, with the exception of California. Currently, between 35,000 to 40,000 new infections occur in the USA every year. AIDS is one of the top three causes of death for African ...

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AIDS pandemic, AIDS pandemic - An overview of the problem, AIDS pandemic - Global campaign, AIDS pandemic - Sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS pandemic - Middle East and North Africa, AIDS pandemic - South and South-East Asia, AIDS pandemic - East Asia, AIDS pandemic - Latin America, AIDS pandemic - Caribbean, AIDS pandemic - Eastern Europe and Central Asia, AIDS pandemic - Western Europe, AIDS pandemic - North America, AIDS pandemic - Oceania

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On the main continent landmass, there are three large and relatively populous countries: Canada - many large islands off the shore of North America belong to Canada, including Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands on the west, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island on the east, and the Canadian Arctic islands (including Ellesmere Island, Baffin Island, and Victoria Island) in the north Mexico - the Revillagigedo archipelago and numerous smaller islands off its coast belong to Mexico See also:

North America, North America - Physical features, North America - Territories and regions, North America - Usage, North America - Table of territories and regions

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On the main continent landmass, there are three large and relatively populous countries: Canada - many large islands off the shore of North America belong to Canada, including Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands on the west, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island on the east, and the Canadian Arctic islands (including Ellesmere Island, Baffin Island, and Victoria Island) in the north Mexico - the Revillagigedo archipelago and numerous smaller islands off its coast belong to Mexico See also:

North America, North America - Geography, North America - Physical features, North America - Territories and regions, North America - Usage, North America - Table of territories and regions

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The British North America Acts 1867–1975 were a series of Acts of the British Parliament dealing with the government of Canada. The first and most important Act of the series, the British North America Act, 1867 (now the Constitution Act, 1867), was passed in 1867, and created the self-governing dominion of Canada. Canada and the other British dominions achieved full legislative sovereignty with the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931, but prior to the Canada Act 1982 the British North America Acts were excluded from the operation of the Statute of ...

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• British North America Acts - Notable British North America Acts
• British North America Acts - British North America Act 1867
• British North America Acts - British North America Act 1949
• British North America Acts - British North America No. 2 Act 1949

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The Christian Church of North America (CCNA) is a North American Pentecostal denomination of Christians. The Christian Church of North America is part of the larger Pentecostal movement occurring is the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, and is rooted in a movement among the Italian people in Chicago, Illinois. Luigi Francescon (1866-1964) organized the first Italian-American Pentecostal church there in 1907. The first convention of the Italian Pentecostal Movement was called in Niagara Falls, New ...

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• Christian Church of North America - External link

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The 2003 North America blackout was a massive power outage which occurred throughout parts of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada on Thursday, August 14, 2003. Although not affecting as many people as the later 2003 Italy blackout, it was the largest blackout in North American history. It affected an estimated 10 million people in Ontario, Canada (about one-third of the population of Canada) and 40 million people in eight U.S. states (about one-seventh of the population of the U.S.). Outage-related financial losses were ...

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• 2003 North America blackout - Media coverage and official reports
• 2003 North America blackout - Statements made in the aftermath
• 2003 North America blackout - Causes
• 2003 North America blackout - Background
• 2003 North America blackout - Investigation efforts
• 2003 North America blackout - Findings
• 2003 North America blackout - Sequence of events
• 2003 North America blackout - Effects
• 2003 North America blackout - Affected infrastructure
• 2003 North America blackout - By region
• 2003 North America blackout - Fatalities
• 2003 North America blackout - Long Term Effects
• 2003 North America blackout - Restoration of service

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Western Music, directly related to the old English, Scottish, and Irish folk ballads, was originally composed by and about the people settling and working in the American West and western Canada. Mexican music, especially in the American Southwest, also somewhat influenced its development. Country music had similar origins but developed in the Appalachians to suit the people of that region. Western music North America - An account of Western Music. Western music was first brought to national attention by Jo ...

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• Western music North America - An account of Western Music
• Western music North America - Western Music
• Western music North America - Additional reading
• Western music North America - Links to Western music associations

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The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (often referred to simply as the Antiochian Archdiocese) is the sole jurisdiction of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada with exclusive jurisdiction over the Antiochian Orthodox faithful in those countries, though these faithful were originally cared for by the Russian Orthodox Church in America (indeed, the first bishop consecrated in North America, St. Raphael Hawaweeny, was consecrated by the ...

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The Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA or CRC) is a Protestant Christian denomination which follows Reformed Calvinist theology. The church was founded by Gijsbert Haan and Dutch immigrants in the mid 1800s. Its churches are predominately in areas of heavy Dutch settlement, including western Michigan, Chicagoland, British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta and Iowa. The denomination has about 1,000 congregations and developing congregations located in the United States and Canada. There are over 275,000 members of ...

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• Christian Reformed Church in North America - External link

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The Archaic period in southeastern North America lasted from roughly 8000 to 1000 BC, and was followed by the Woodland period. Archaic period in southeastern North America - History of investigations. William A. Ritchie (1932) first used the term "Archaic" in American archeological literature to describe the cultural material, primarily chipped stone tools, from the Lamoka Lake Site in New York. During the Works Progress Administration (WPA) excavations of the 1930s and 1940s, southeastern sites that were r ...

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• Archaic period in southeastern North America - History of investigations
• Archaic period in southeastern North America - Early Archaic 8000 BC to 6000 BC
• Archaic period in southeastern North America - Middle Archaic period 6000 BC to 3000 BC
• Archaic period in southeastern North America - Late Archaic period 3000 BC to 1000 BC

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Formal U.S. colonization outside North America began during the administration of William McKinley, with the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the seizure of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam, and the unrelated annexation of Hawaii. See also. Historic regions of the United States United States territorial acquisitions Categories: History of United States expansionism | History of foreign relations of the United St ...

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