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Kingswood College Doncaster

After finishing high school, Morrison went on to form the bands Mad Not Madness and Area-7.


1453 Yellow River flood

The 1453 Yellow River flood was a natural disaster in the area surrounding Shawan in Shandong, China, during the Ming dynasty.

27 Kinder European Challenge

The largest fundraising effort came from Malta, and was shared between Inspire Foundation and the Daniel Delicata Memorial Association for the construction of a children's outdoor play area at the new national Mater Dei Hospital.

Albany Senior High School, Auckland

It was the first new state secondary school to open in the area since Long Bay College in 1975.

Apple Creek, Missouri

In the early 1820s German Catholic immigrants from the Baden area were the first to settle Apple Creek.

Arizona Summer League

All teams are based in the Yuma, Arizona, area playing all games at Desert Sun Stadium (home of the Scorpions) and utilizing the Ray Kroc Complex which used to house the San Diego Padres and Yakult Swallows spring training operations.

Aurgazinsky District

Oak, birch, linden, and aspen forests occupy about 18% of the area and a total of 27.3% is wooded.

Barry Tourist Railway

Some parts of the line, particularly around the Plymouth Road/Barry Island area, were used for several scenes in the Doctor Who episodes "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances" in January 2005.

Big Sky Bible College

The school utilized the cantonment area of the former Lewistown Air Force Station as its campus; the site is near the ghost town of Maiden, north of Lewistown in the Judith Mountains.

Bouza Department

The major (unpaved) road in the area -- RN16 runs through Bouza town from Madaoua to the south to Keita in the north, before reaching Tahoua in the northwest of the Region.

BR-101

Also the 404 km stretch between Natal in Rio Grande do Norte and Palmares-PE, is being widened (with about 70 km, cutting the metropolitan area of Recife, being already widened).

City of Whittlesea

18% of its land area was ceded to entities created in 1994 — the Doreen and Arthurs Creek districts were lost to the new Shire of Nillumbik, while Kinglake West went to Shire of Murrindindi and Somerton to the City of Hume.

Clydeview Academy

The school is a modern merger of two secondary schools from the local area, Greenock Academy and Gourock High School which both closed at the end of the 2011 summer term.

Črna Vas

The Črna Vas area was inhabited in prehistoric times; traps and a dugout made by pile dwellers were found at the Kozler property.

Detachment R

Detachment R (also known as the U.S. Army Russian Area School) was a special U.S. Army School initially located in a former Wehrmacht garrison in Oberammergau and later moved to Regensburg, Germany, where it remained from 1950 to 1954, when it was moved back to Oberammergau.

Ealing

Westside 89.6FM is a local community station covering the area from studios based in neighbouring Hanwell, there is also Blast Radio the student station for University of West London based at Ealing Studios they broadcast across the area on (RSL) in May.

Easley High School

The largest high school in Pickens County, it educates people in the eastern area of the county.

Gaywood, Norfolk

The Gaywood area has a wide variety of local shops, including a Tesco supermarket, Aldi, a launderette, several cafes and various takeaways.

Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies

Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies (Arabic: كلية ابن سينا الأهلية للعلوم الطبية) is a private medical university in the Al mahjar road Ghulail area of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association

In 1998, Taiwanese American students at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tufts University established the Boston Intercollegiate Taiwanese Students Association (BITSA) to serve the many campuses in the Boston area.

Jeffrey Gedmin

He earned his Masters degree in German Area Studies (Literature concentration) from American University in Washington, D.C. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from American University and also studied musicology for a year at the University of Salzburg in Austria.

Jon Sciambi

As Sciambi attended Boston College, he began his sportscasting experience on WZBC, the school's 1000-watt FM radio station broadcasting to the Greater Boston area.

Judaization of Jerusalem

According to Ian Lustick, Dore Gold, as advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 1996, opposed any compromise with Palestinians on their claim to a capital in Jerusalem, and advised a unilateral Judaization of the whole area.

Kabi Lungchok

Sub Tropical mixed Broad-Leaved Hill Forest is the forest type in the area comprising: Alnus nepalensis (Uttis), Castanopsis (Kattus), Macaranga (Malata), Engelhardia spicata (Mahua), Michelia (Champ), Toona ciliata (Tooni), Machilus (Kawla), Symplocos (Kharane) and Cinnamomum (Sinkoli).

Kodachrome Basin State Park

They named the area Kodachrome Flat, after the then relatively new brand of Kodak film they used.

Lake Grove, New York

Lake Grove is a popular commercial area in Suffolk County, including stores and attractions such as the Smith Haven Mall, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, and other large chain stores including DSW.

Lake Waikaremoana

There are numerous understory species within the forested area of the catchment basin, Crown Fern, Blechnum discolor, being an example.

Lemba people

#The old Lemba language was a dialect of Karanga – which is spoken today in the Masvingo area of Zimbabwe; (thus, the Lemba female ancestry was probably derived from the MaKaranga).

Limited geography model

These models, developed in an effort to reconcile claims in the Book of Mormon with archaeology and geography, have situated the book's events in South America, Mesoamerica, and the Great Lakes area.

Macassar Dunes Conservation Area

In the 1600s under colonial rule, the first Muslim community in South Africa was founded here by Sheikh Yusuf of Indonesia, who named the area after his home in Indonesia – the original Khoi name for the area was not recorded.

Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey

His idea was to build a model monastery for England, sharing his knowledge of the experience of the Roman traditions in an area previously more influenced by Celtic Christianity stemming from missionaries of Melrose and Iona.

Murtino

Murtino is a city of Macedonia that lies on the border between the Strumica Municipality and the Bosilovo Municipality, with a majority of its area in the Strumica Municipality.

Petoskey, Michigan

Petoskey and the surrounding area are notable for being the setting of several of the Nick Adams stories by Ernest Hemingway, who spent his childhood summers on nearby Walloon Lake, as well as being the place where for Calliope, the protagonist of Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex, events take a severe and lasting turn.

Pierre Hermé

In 1998, he started his own brand name Pierre Hermé Paris with a pastry boutique in Tokyo's New Otani Hotel, followed in July 2000 by a Salon de Thé in the Tokyo Disney shopping area Ikspiari.

Pre-Columbian history of Costa Rica

The Costa Rican chieftains in the Intermediate Area had greater powers than those of Nicoya; for example, when Correque moved his residence from Ujarrás to Tucurrique, he brought with him many elders and gentlemen along with their sons, "because the place he wanted was settled and nobody contradicted him."

Robert Michael Dow Jr.

On December 2, 2010, Judge Dow ruled against five states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), stating that five Chicago-area shipping locks will stay open despite the risk that Lake Michigan Asian carp pose to the multi-billion dollar fishing industry, saying not enough evidence was presented that indicated the danger was truly imminent.

Şebinkarahisar District

The Danishmends held the area until the 1170s, when it passed into the hands of the Saltukids of Erzurum.

Sella Nevea

Because both Italy and Slovenia are members of the European Schengen area, skiers are able to freely cross the border between Italy and Slovenia, effectively merging the Sella Nevea and Bovec ski resorts into one large ski resort covering both sides of the Canin mountain.

Sökarna

The Swedish hip-hop group Infinite Mass gained public attention after their appearance in the movie with their controversial song "Area Turns Red", also known as "Shoot the Racist".

Stannington, Sheffield

Significant buildings in the area include the Christ Church parish church on Church Street; the Unitarian chapel, Underbank Chapel; and the country house, Revell Grange; all of which are Grade II listed structures.

Stropkov District

Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Zemplín, apart from an area in the

Stuart Christie

Christie was born in the Partick area of Glasgow and was raised in Blantyre, by his mother and grandparents, becoming an anarchist at a young age.

Tahiride

The Tahir clan were Yemeni magnates who originated from the area of Juban and al-Miqranah, about 80 kilometers south of Rada'a.

Temples of the Beqaa Valley

Thirdly a group in the area west of a line drawn along the ridge of Mount Lebanon that includes Makam Er-Rab, Sfire, Kasr Naous, Amyioun, Bziza, Batroun, Edde, Mashnaka, Yanuh, Afka, Kalaat Fakra, Kalaa, Sarba, Antoura, Deir el-Kalaa, Shheem and the coastal plains of Beirut, Byblos, Sidon, Tripoli, Lebanon and Tyre.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

The Kevin Kline Awards, named after Kevin Kline, an established stage and screen actor and native of St. Louis, began in 2006, to recognize outstanding achievement in professional theatre in the Greater St. Louis area.

Treaty of Prairie du Chien

By this treaty, the tribes ceded to the United States an area in present-day northwestern Illinois and southwestern Wisconsin, as well as the areas currently occupied by the cities of Wilmette and Evanston.

Trefil

Trefil Quarries and Trefil Ddu are noted birding sites; this area is the last remaining site in Gwent where Ring Ouzel occurs regularly, and other species present include Raven, Wheatear, Stonechat, Whinchat, Snipe and Red Grouse.

Tri-state area

Three other prominent areas that have been labeled tri-state areas are the Cincinnati tri-state area, including Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana; the Pittsburgh tri-state area, covering parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia; and the Chicago tri-state area, also known as Chicagoland, which includes Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

UNIFAT

Schools involved Include Eastern High School (New Jersey), Moeller High School, Mount Notre Dame High School, Purcell Marian High School, Sycamore High School (Cincinnati, Ohio), and Madeira High School, Anderson High School, Taylor High School, Wyoming High School, and others from the Greater Cincinnati Area.

WFGA

Although its city of license is in Ohio, WFGA now primarily concentrates on serving the Auburn and Garrett area in northeastern Indiana, where its signal is much stronger than in Fort Wayne.

Wiele, Pomeranian Voivodeship

During the Kashubian diaspora, many families from Wiele emigrated to the area of Winona, Minnesota in the United States, beginning in the late 1850s.


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