the northern nile valley

Regulation of navigation and vessel-source pollution in the Northern Sea Route - Article 234 and state practice

Regulation of navigation and vessel-source pollution in the Northern Sea Route - Article 234 and state practice

... and Marine Areas Adjacent to the Northern Coast of the USSR 22 (Environmental Edict) in its Article 3 specified: In the marine areas adjacent to the northern coast of the USSR where specially severe ... 1945–96: The Role of the Arctic, the Environment and the NSR’, in W. Østreng (ed.), National Security and International Environmental Cooperation in the Arctic – The Case of the Northern Sea ... political perception, the NSR stretches from the northern point of Novaya Zemlya as well as its straits in the west to the Bering Strait in the east. The actual length of the NSR in each case...

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FECUND FRINGES OF THE NORTHERN FERTILE CRESCENT

FECUND FRINGES OF THE NORTHERN FERTILE CRESCENT

... trapped them in the Nile Valley, where the Pharaoh owned all of the land. They worked it under the supervision of civil servants and turned over their crops to a government that redis- tributed them. ... animals the continent is known for), the guinea fowl was the only one domesticated south of the Sahara. 20 The herders followed the Nile upstream to create settlements near the junction of the ... animals to the growing pool – the ass ( Equus asinus) and the guinea fowl or hen (Numida meleagris). 19 And of the two (astoundingly, in view of the many Fecund Fringes of the Northern Fertile...

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PROMISCUOUS PLANTS OF THE NORTHERN FERTILE CRESCENT

PROMISCUOUS PLANTS OF THE NORTHERN FERTILE CRESCENT

... did barley was generally its companion. They spread together into the Aegean region and then into the Balkans, central Europe, the Nile Valley, and the western Mediterranean basin. By 8,000 ... reached the foothills of the Indus Valley and from there it moved into South and East Asia. 12 25 CHAPTER 3 PROMISCUOUS PLANTS OF THE NORTHERN FERTILE CRESCENT When tillage begins, other arts ... 20 Promiscuous Plants of the Northern Fertile Crescent 33 The leek ( A. porrum) was probably also in use at an early date in the northern Fertile Crescent although the Egyptians are given credit...

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Basics of radio astronomy for the goldstone apple valley radio telescope

Basics of radio astronomy for the goldstone apple valley radio telescope

... Astronomy Basics of Radio Astronomy for thefor the for thefor the for the Goldstone-Apple ValleyGoldstone-Apple Valley Goldstone-Apple ValleyGoldstone-Apple Valley Goldstone-Apple Valley Radio TelescopeRadio ... polarized, whereby the angle of the electric (or magnetic) vector rotates around an (imaginary) line traveling in the direction of the propagation of the wave. The rotation may be either to the right ... wavelength ranges, the temperatures of the matter emitting in that range, and some example sources of such thermal radiation. The hotter the object, the shorter is the wavelength of the radiation...

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Tài liệu TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES THEIR STUDY, DESCRIPTION AND DETERMINATION FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE STUDENTS doc

Tài liệu TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES THEIR STUDY, DESCRIPTION AND DETERMINATION FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE STUDENTS doc

... move the thumb down the pencil till it is in line with the ground at the base of the tree; move the arm and pencil upward till the thumb is in line with the paper, and note where the end of the ... on the tree. Again move the pencil till the thumb is in line with the new position, and so continue the process till the top of the tree is reached. The number of the measures multiplied by the ... the words needed for leaf description, together with their application. The Leaf.—In the axil of the whole leaf the bud forms for the growth of a new branch. So by noting the position of the...

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Báo cáo khoa học: NMR study of complexes between low molecular mass inhibitors and the West Nile virus NS2B–NS3 protease ppt

Báo cáo khoa học: NMR study of complexes between low molecular mass inhibitors and the West Nile virus NS2B–NS3 protease ppt

... must bind in the same way. Therefore, we only studied the binding of the nonsymmetric and more soluble com- pound 2 using intermolecular NOEs. In the 1 : 1 com- plex with the protease, the proton ... and BPTI, the proteolytically most active conformations are thought to be represented by the structures observed with inhibitors rather than the one without inhibitor. The function of the protease ... the protease. In the first experiment, we compared the 15 N-HSQC spectra of WNV NS2B–NS3pro(K96A) in the presence of 3 and in the presence of the Bz-nKRR-H inhibitor used in one of the crystal structure...

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ppt

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ppt

... 33. Plaintiffs possessed adequate income and assets and had adequate cr~dit history to qualify for the loans requested, the value and/or the e~ity they had in their properties were sufficient to support the loans, and Defendant was aware of those facts. 34. Defendant's discrimination against Plaintiffs was intentional and willful. WHEREFORE, each Plaintiff asks jUdgment against Defendant for: (a) Actual damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (b) Compensatory damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (c) Punitive damages, not exceeding the lesser of $500,000 or one per centum of the net worth of the Defendant; (d) Appropriate injunctive relief; (e) Reasonable attorneys' fees·and costs of suit; and (f) Further relief as this court deems just and proper. COUNT II FAIR HOUSING ACT 35. Plaintiffs adopt and reallege ~~ 1 through 28 of this Complaint and incorporate them by reference as ~ 35 of Count II. 36. This claim is brought under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601, et ~ section 3613(a) (1) (A) of this Act allows a civil action to be brought by any person damaged. under the Act. sections 3605(a) and (b) (1) provides that it shall be unlawful for any person or entity whose business includes engaging in residential real-estate-related transactions to 8 JURISDICTION AND VENUE 2. Jurisdiction of this court arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(a) (4), 42 U.S.C. § 3613(a) (1) (A) and 15 U.S.C. § 1691e(f). 3. Venue is proper in the Northern District of Illinois since some of the acts and transactions complained of occurred in this district. THE PARTIES 4. Plaintiff Selma S. Buycks-Roberson is an African- American citizen of the united States who resides in Broadview, Illinois. 5. Plaintiff Renee Brooks is an African-American citizen of the united States who resides in Chicago, Illinois. 6. Plaintiff Calvin R. Roberson is an African-American citizen of the united States who resides in Chicago, Illinois. 7. Defendant citibank is a federal savings bank that offers residential mortgage loans ("home loans") . CLASS ACTIONS ALLEGATIONS 8. (a) Plaintiffs are citibank home loan applicants; they bring this action on behalf of themselves and all other African- American home loan applicants similarly situated. This action is brought as a class action pursuant to Rule 23(b) (2) and Rule 23(b) (3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (b) The class consists of all African-Americans who filed applications for home loans to citibank and were rejected on or after July 6, 1992 because they are African-American and/or 2 § 1691(a); and (iii) whether Plaintiffs are entitled to an award of actual, compensatory or punitive damages. (f) The wrongful conduct alleged herein has been taken generally against all members of the class in that African- American home loan applicants have had their loan applications rejected on the basis of their race or color, or because of the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located, or both, pursuant to the policies, practices or procedures of Defendant. (g) The common questions of fact and law predominate over questions affecting only individual class members. (h) A class action is superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of the controversy in that: (i) a mUltiplicity of suits with consequent burden on the courts and Defendant should be avoided; and (ii) it would be unduly burdensome for all class members to intervene as parties-plaintiffs in this action. THE FACTS Ms. Buycks-Roberson 9. On or about April 4, 1992, Plaintiff Selma Buycks- Roberson applied for a home loan of approximately $43,700 from citibank. 10. The purpose of the loan was to refinance an existing mortgage of approximately $43,500 on Ms. Buycks-Roberson's home, located at 2057 South 25th Avenue in Broadview, Illinois. 11. The property that Ms. Buycks-Roberson attempted to refinance is located in a neighborhood in which the African- 4 because the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located was predominantly African-American. (c) The class is so numerous that joinder of all persons is impracticable. Plaintiffs are informed and believe that many home loan applications to Defendant by African- Americans were illegally rejected. On information and belief, Defendant rejected the home loan applications of many dozens of African-American applicants because of their race or color, and/or because of the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located. (d) Plaintiffs will fairly and adequately protect the interests of all class members, as they are members of the class and their claims are typical of the claims of all class members. Plaintiffs are incensed by the treatment they have received and will aggressively pursue their as well as the class's interests. Plaintiffs' interests in obtaining injunctive relief and monetary damages for the violations of the above-mentioned federal statutes are consistent with and not antagonistic to those of any person within the class. (e) The common questions of law and fact include: (i) whether Defendant had a policy, practice or procedure to reject home loan applications on the basis of the applicants' race or on the basis of the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located; (ii) whether the conduct alleged herein is in violation of Title 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982; 42 U.S.C. § 3605 and 15 U.S.C. 3 43. Because of the Defendant's malicious refusal to deal with Plaintiffs and its policy of· discrimination against Plaintiffs because of race or color, Plaintiffs claim punitive or exemplary damages. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs ask jUdgment against Defendant for: (a) Actual damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (b) Compensatory damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (c) Punitive damages; (d) Appropriate injunctive relief; (e) Reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of suit; and (f) Further relief as this Court deems just and proper. SELMA S. BUYCKS-ROBERSON; ... 33. Plaintiffs possessed adequate income and assets and had adequate cr~dit history to qualify for the loans requested, the value and/or the e~ity they had in their properties were sufficient to support the loans, and Defendant was aware of those facts. 34. Defendant's discrimination against Plaintiffs was intentional and willful. WHEREFORE, each Plaintiff asks jUdgment against Defendant for: (a) Actual damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (b) Compensatory damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (c) Punitive damages, not exceeding the lesser of $500,000 or one per centum of the net worth of the Defendant; (d) Appropriate injunctive relief; (e) Reasonable attorneys' fees·and costs of suit; and (f) Further relief as this court deems just and proper. COUNT II FAIR HOUSING ACT 35. Plaintiffs adopt and reallege ~~ 1 through 28 of this Complaint and incorporate them by reference as ~ 35 of Count II. 36. This claim is brought under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601, et ~ section 3613(a) (1) (A) of this Act allows a civil action to be brought by any person damaged. under the Act. sections 3605(a) and (b) (1) provides that it shall be unlawful for any person or entity whose business includes engaging in residential real-estate-related transactions to 8 JURISDICTION AND VENUE 2. Jurisdiction of this court arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(a) (4), 42 U.S.C. § 3613(a) (1) (A) and 15 U.S.C. § 1691e(f). 3. Venue is proper in the Northern District of Illinois since some of the acts and transactions complained of occurred in this district. THE PARTIES 4. Plaintiff Selma S. Buycks-Roberson is an African- American citizen of the united States who resides in Broadview, Illinois. 5. Plaintiff Renee Brooks is an African-American citizen of the united States who resides in Chicago, Illinois. 6. Plaintiff Calvin R. Roberson is an African-American citizen of the united States who resides in Chicago, Illinois. 7. Defendant citibank is a federal savings bank that offers residential mortgage loans ("home loans") . CLASS ACTIONS ALLEGATIONS 8. (a) Plaintiffs are citibank home loan applicants; they bring this action on behalf of themselves and all other African- American home loan applicants similarly situated. This action is brought as a class action pursuant to Rule 23(b) (2) and Rule 23(b) (3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (b) The class consists of all African-Americans who filed applications for home loans to citibank and were rejected on or after July 6, 1992 because they are African-American and/or 2 § 1691(a); and (iii) whether Plaintiffs are entitled to an award of actual, compensatory or punitive damages. (f) The wrongful conduct alleged herein has been taken generally against all members of the class in that African- American home loan applicants have had their loan applications rejected on the basis of their race or color, or because of the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located, or both, pursuant to the policies, practices or procedures of Defendant. (g) The common questions of fact and law predominate over questions affecting only individual class members. (h) A class action is superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of the controversy in that: (i) a mUltiplicity of suits with consequent burden on the courts and Defendant should be avoided; and (ii) it would be unduly burdensome for all class members to intervene as parties-plaintiffs in this action. THE FACTS Ms. Buycks-Roberson 9. On or about April 4, 1992, Plaintiff Selma Buycks- Roberson applied for a home loan of approximately $43,700 from citibank. 10. The purpose of the loan was to refinance an existing mortgage of approximately $43,500 on Ms. Buycks-Roberson's home, located at 2057 South 25th Avenue in Broadview, Illinois. 11. The property that Ms. Buycks-Roberson attempted to refinance is located in a neighborhood in which the African- 4 because the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located was predominantly African-American. (c) The class is so numerous that joinder of all persons is impracticable. Plaintiffs are informed and believe that many home loan applications to Defendant by African- Americans were illegally rejected. On information and belief, Defendant rejected the home loan applications of many dozens of African-American applicants because of their race or color, and/or because of the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located. (d) Plaintiffs will fairly and adequately protect the interests of all class members, as they are members of the class and their claims are typical of the claims of all class members. Plaintiffs are incensed by the treatment they have received and will aggressively pursue their as well as the class's interests. Plaintiffs' interests in obtaining injunctive relief and monetary damages for the violations of the above-mentioned federal statutes are consistent with and not antagonistic to those of any person within the class. (e) The common questions of law and fact include: (i) whether Defendant had a policy, practice or procedure to reject home loan applications on the basis of the applicants' race or on the basis of the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located; (ii) whether the conduct alleged herein is in violation of Title 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982; 42 U.S.C. § 3605 and 15 U.S.C. 3 43. Because of the Defendant's malicious refusal to deal with Plaintiffs and its policy of· discrimination against Plaintiffs because of race or color, Plaintiffs claim punitive or exemplary damages. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs ask jUdgment against Defendant for: (a) Actual damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (b) Compensatory damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (c) Punitive damages; (d) Appropriate injunctive relief; (e) Reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of suit; and (f) Further relief as this Court deems just and proper. SELMA S. BUYCKS-ROBERSON; ... 33. Plaintiffs possessed adequate income and assets and had adequate cr~dit history to qualify for the loans requested, the value and/or the e~ity they had in their properties were sufficient to support the loans, and Defendant was aware of those facts. 34. Defendant's discrimination against Plaintiffs was intentional and willful. WHEREFORE, each Plaintiff asks jUdgment against Defendant for: (a) Actual damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (b) Compensatory damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (c) Punitive damages, not exceeding the lesser of $500,000 or one per centum of the net worth of the Defendant; (d) Appropriate injunctive relief; (e) Reasonable attorneys' fees·and costs of suit; and (f) Further relief as this court deems just and proper. COUNT II FAIR HOUSING ACT 35. Plaintiffs adopt and reallege ~~ 1 through 28 of this Complaint and incorporate them by reference as ~ 35 of Count II. 36. This claim is brought under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601, et ~ section 3613(a) (1) (A) of this Act allows a civil action to be brought by any person damaged. under the Act. sections 3605(a) and (b) (1) provides that it shall be unlawful for any person or entity whose business includes engaging in residential real-estate-related transactions to 8 JURISDICTION AND VENUE 2. Jurisdiction of this court arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(a) (4), 42 U.S.C. § 3613(a) (1) (A) and 15 U.S.C. § 1691e(f). 3. Venue is proper in the Northern District of Illinois since some of the acts and transactions complained of occurred in this district. THE PARTIES 4. Plaintiff Selma S. Buycks-Roberson is an African- American citizen of the united States who resides in Broadview, Illinois. 5. Plaintiff Renee Brooks is an African-American citizen of the united States who resides in Chicago, Illinois. 6. Plaintiff Calvin R. Roberson is an African-American citizen of the united States who resides in Chicago, Illinois. 7. Defendant citibank is a federal savings bank that offers residential mortgage loans ("home loans") . CLASS ACTIONS ALLEGATIONS 8. (a) Plaintiffs are citibank home loan applicants; they bring this action on behalf of themselves and all other African- American home loan applicants similarly situated. This action is brought as a class action pursuant to Rule 23(b) (2) and Rule 23(b) (3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (b) The class consists of all African-Americans who filed applications for home loans to citibank and were rejected on or after July 6, 1992 because they are African-American and/or 2 § 1691(a); and (iii) whether Plaintiffs are entitled to an award of actual, compensatory or punitive damages. (f) The wrongful conduct alleged herein has been taken generally against all members of the class in that African- American home loan applicants have had their loan applications rejected on the basis of their race or color, or because of the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located, or both, pursuant to the policies, practices or procedures of Defendant. (g) The common questions of fact and law predominate over questions affecting only individual class members. (h) A class action is superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of the controversy in that: (i) a mUltiplicity of suits with consequent burden on the courts and Defendant should be avoided; and (ii) it would be unduly burdensome for all class members to intervene as parties-plaintiffs in this action. THE FACTS Ms. Buycks-Roberson 9. On or about April 4, 1992, Plaintiff Selma Buycks- Roberson applied for a home loan of approximately $43,700 from citibank. 10. The purpose of the loan was to refinance an existing mortgage of approximately $43,500 on Ms. Buycks-Roberson's home, located at 2057 South 25th Avenue in Broadview, Illinois. 11. The property that Ms. Buycks-Roberson attempted to refinance is located in a neighborhood in which the African- 4 because the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located was predominantly African-American. (c) The class is so numerous that joinder of all persons is impracticable. Plaintiffs are informed and believe that many home loan applications to Defendant by African- Americans were illegally rejected. On information and belief, Defendant rejected the home loan applications of many dozens of African-American applicants because of their race or color, and/or because of the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located. (d) Plaintiffs will fairly and adequately protect the interests of all class members, as they are members of the class and their claims are typical of the claims of all class members. Plaintiffs are incensed by the treatment they have received and will aggressively pursue their as well as the class's interests. Plaintiffs' interests in obtaining injunctive relief and monetary damages for the violations of the above-mentioned federal statutes are consistent with and not antagonistic to those of any person within the class. (e) The common questions of law and fact include: (i) whether Defendant had a policy, practice or procedure to reject home loan applications on the basis of the applicants' race or on the basis of the racial composition of the neighborhoods in which their properties were located; (ii) whether the conduct alleged herein is in violation of Title 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982; 42 U.S.C. § 3605 and 15 U.S.C. 3 43. Because of the Defendant's malicious refusal to deal with Plaintiffs and its policy of· discrimination against Plaintiffs because of race or color, Plaintiffs claim punitive or exemplary damages. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs ask jUdgment against Defendant for: (a) Actual damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (b) Compensatory damages in an amount to be proved at trial; (c) Punitive damages; (d) Appropriate injunctive relief; (e) Reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of suit; and (f) Further relief as this Court deems just and proper. SELMA S. BUYCKS-ROBERSON;...

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GUADALUPE VALLEY DEPLOYS FIBER TO THE PREMISE

GUADALUPE VALLEY DEPLOYS FIBER TO THE PREMISE

... realized by GVTC due to the unique design of the OmniReach FDH. Because of the way GVTC was taking distribution fiber from the field, having the cabinet stubbed-out at the ADC factory helped splicers ... reside in the OSP enclosure and are connected directly to an OLT in the headend, CO or data center. Each of the four or eight fibers from the splitter are routed to an access terminal near the premise ... the procedure for service turn-up in the field using ADC's OmniReach FDH (Fiber Distribution Hub). He moves a preterminated splitter output jumper from the parking lot at the bottom of the...

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THE LI-SU TRIBE OF THE SALWEN VALLEY

THE LI-SU TRIBE OF THE SALWEN VALLEY

... one who knows the conditions, there is in the trip a good deal to fascinate; for in the lives and customs of the people, in the nature of the country, in the free-and-easy life the traveler would himself ... Burma, into the real East, where the tangle and the topsy-turvydom, the crooked vision and the distorted travesty of the truth, which result from judging the Oriental from the standpoint of the Europeans ... farther from their huts than a day's march will take them, the chief object of their lives being apparently to keep their neighbors at a distance. They are exceedingly lazy. They spend their...

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LUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC-SHORT STORY BY O’HENRY- The Indian Summer Of Dry Valley

LUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC-SHORT STORY BY O’HENRY- The Indian Summer Of Dry Valley

... finest fruit. Dry Valley slipped into the house, got his whip, and charged the marauders. The lash curled about the legs of the nearest a greedy ten-year-old before they knew they were discovered. ... the rooms. Dry Valley went on, stumbled down the front steps, out the gate and down the road into a mesquite thicket at the edge of town. He sat down in the grass and laboriously plucked the ... strawberry patch. To the outraged vision of Dry Valley there seemed to be a sheep corral full of them; perhaps they numbered five or six. Between the rows of green plants they were stooped, hopping...

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