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Conversion and calculation incidents Metric system

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Tampa Bay Rays Jake McGee

mcgee rays in 2012 mcgee made minor league debut in 2004, , spent 2004 , 2005 princeton devil rays , hudson valley renegades. in 2006, mcgee spent year southwest michigan devil rays. played both vero beach devil rays , montgomery biscuits in 2007. spent entire 2008 montgomery biscuits, going 6–4 3.94 era. mcgee rated baseball america third-best organizational prospect tampa bay rays , 15th overall mlb prospect in 2008. in 2007, ranked 5th in rays organization , 37th overall in of baseball. mcgee nicknamed clockhands . earned nickname due unconventional windup. mcgee had tommy john surgery on july 8, 2008. mcgee promoted major leagues first time on september 14, 2010. made major league debut night against new york yankees, walking 3 batters , striking out derek jeter first major league strikeout. mcgee made rays mlb roster after spring training in 2011, sent down team s class aaa minor league affiliate after 11 appearances. in last few months of 2014 season, mcgee became rays closer....

Weimar Republic .281919.E2.80.9333.29 Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken

factory gate , former administrative building of glanzstoff courtaulds in niehl, cologne the european rayon price cartel formed again after 1925. arrangement form of cartel in rayon patents , technology shared between partners. vgf, courtaulds , comptoir shared technical advances until shortly before world war ii (1939–45). vgf initiated lawsuits against ig farben on rayon technology, dropped them in 1924–25 when ig farben agreed join price cartel in germany , reduce production of rayon. in 1925 i. g. farben acquired stake in vgf , bemberg. joint venture i. g. farben lasted until latter closed hölken rayon plant in 1929. in 1925 courtaulds , vgf founded joint venture named glanzstoff courtaulds build , operate large viscose manufacturing facility in cologne. in april 1928 glanzstoff courtaulds began artificial silk production in north of cologne. in 1927 courtaulds , vgf combined buy controlling interest in italian manufacturer snia viscosa. german director of vgf, karl scherer, replac...

Victim Murder

murder in house, jakub schikaneder. all jurisdictions require victim natural person; is, human being still alive before being murdered. in other words, under law 1 cannot murder corpse, corporation, non-human animal, or other non-human organism such plant or bacterium. california s murder statute, penal code section 187, interpreted supreme court of california in 1994 not requiring proof of viability of fetus prerequisite murder conviction. holding has 2 implications. first defendant in california can convicted of murder killing fetus mother herself have terminated without committing crime. second, stated justice stanley mosk in dissent, because women carrying nonviable fetuses may not visibly pregnant, may possible defendant convicted of intentionally murdering person did not know existed.

Programs Oxfam Australia

1 programs 1.1 indigenous australia 1.2 pacific 1.3 southern africa 1.4 east asia 1.5 south asia programs oxfam australia supports self-help development projects in 30 countries. these countries can divided 5 regions. indigenous australia for more 30 years, oxfam australia has worked aboriginal , torres strait islander peoples particularly focusing on western australia , gulf of carpentaria in queensland. ) the pacific oxfam australia has worked in pacific region since 1960s, supporting projects in areas such primary education, youth community theatre, independent media, human rights training , business skills women. the countries in oxfam australia working fiji, papua new guinea, solomon islands , vanuatu. southern africa in southern africa, oxfam australia working in following countries: malawi, mozambique, south africa, sudan, , zimbabwe. areas of work include: providing clean water, emergency relief, ensuring communities have sufficient food, conflict reconciliation, gender issues,...

Mammals Hydrodynamic reception

1 mammals 1.1 pinnipeds 1.1.1 seals 1.1.2 sea lions 1.1.3 species differences in vibrissae 1.2 manatees 1.3 platypuses 1.4 other mammals mammals detection of hydrodynamic stimuli in mammals typically occurs through use of hairs (vibrissae) or “push-rod” mechanoreceptors, in platypuses. when hairs used, in form of whiskers , contain follicle-sinus complex (f-sc), making them different hairs humans familiar. pinnipeds pinnipeds, including sea lions , seals, use mystacial vibrissae (whiskers) active touch, including size , shape discrimination, , texture discrimination in seals. when used touch, these vibrissae moved forward position , kept still while head moves, moving vibrissae on surface of object. in contrast rodents, move whiskers explore objects. more recently, research has been done see if pinnipeds can use these same whiskers detect hydrodynamic stimuli in addition tactile stimuli. while ability has been verified behaviorally, specific neural circuits involved have not yet been d...

Fauna Anna Maria Island

cortez beach from may through october in florida, sea turtles come ashore nest. the island bird sanctuary. there pelicans, multiple types of cranes, herons, feral parrots, sandpipers, osprey, hawks, vultures, seagulls, crows, , nesting pair of bald eagles. bottlenose dolphins in intracoastal waterway, gulf, , bimini bay. there roseate spoonbills, snowy egrets, , wood storks. marine animals include redfish, snapper, mackerel, black drum, snook, trout, , amberjack.