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Man Yee Building The original Man Yee Building, built in 1957, was the first tower in Hong Kong with elevators. The tower was demolished in 1999 and re-built as a 35 storey (344 feet) glass wrapped tower with total office space of 290,000 square feet.
Man's Fate Written by André Malraux in 1933, La Condition humaine, or Man's Fate is novel about the failed communist revolution that took place in Shanghai in 1927, and the existential quandaries facing a diverse group of people associated with the revolution.
Man's Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl's 1946 book Man's Search for Meaning chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate and describes his psychotherapeutic method of finding a reason to live. According to Frankl, the book intends to answer the question "How was everyday life in a concentration camp reflected in the mind of the average prisoner?
Man'yĹŤgana Man'yĹŤgana (万葉仮ĺŤ) is an ancient form of Japanese kana which uses Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds. The date of its earliest usage is not clear, but it seems to have been in use since at least the sixth century.
Man'yōshū is the oldest existing, and most highly revered, collection of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime in the Nara or early Heian periods. The compiler, or the final in a series of compilers, is believed to be Ōtomo no Yakamochi, and the last datable poem in the collection is from 759.
Man-at-arms Man-at-arms (or sometimes armsman) was a medieval term for a soldier, almost always a professional. It was most often used to refer to men in a knight's or lord's retinue who were well-equipped and well-trained (deriving from having men under arms - meaning to be trained in the use of arms).
Man-At-Arms Man-At-Arms is the alias of Duncan, a supporting character from the 1983-1985 cartoon-series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe by Filmation and also a featured character of the Masters of the Universe (MOTU) toy-line by Mattel.
Man-eating tree A man-eating tree can refer to any of various legendary carnivorous plants that are large enough to kill and consume a person or other large animal. No such plant is known to exist; the largest known carnivorous plant is the Nepenthes rajah which produces "pitcher" traps up to 35 cm (14 inches) in height and will sometimes consume small mammals and reptiles.
Man-Faye Man-Faye is the moniker given to David Evans, the cosplayer who, despite his hirsute status, dresses up as Faye Valentine from the Japanese anime series Cowboy Bebop. "Man-Faye" has become infamous in the American anime and manga fan community and cosplay community, not least because of his reaction to being banned from the 2004 and 2005 Anime Expos, and the shock value of his skimpy costume.
Man-in-the-middle attack In cryptography, a man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) is an attack in which an attacker is able to read, insert and modify at will, messages between two parties without either party knowing that the link between them has been compromised. The attacker must be able to observe and intercept messages going between the two victims.
Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War (ISBN 978-0743436199, Baen Books, 2003) is a collection of four stories totalling about 140,000 words by Australian author Hal Colebatch set in Larry Niven's "Known Space" universe. Beginning with the devastating invasion of the peaceful planet Wunderland by the ferocious, tiger-like Kzin, they deal with the human attempts at resistance, the aftermath of eventual human victory and the slow growth of human-Kzin co-operation.
Man-rating Man-rating or Man-rated is a term used to describe the certification of a rocket or airplane as worthy of transporting humans. There is a widespread misconception that designing and operating a man-rated rocket is substantially more difficult than doing so for a rocket which carries cargo.
Man-to-man defense Man-to-man defense is a type of defensive tactic used in basketball and Football (Soccer) in which each player is assigned to defend and follow the movements of a single player on offense. Often, a player guards his counterpart (e.
Man-Thing (film) Man-Thing is a 2005 straight to video then telefilm, directed by Brett Leonard and featuring the Marvel Comics creature created by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway. The plot is based loosely on a storyline by Steve Gerber, who wrote the most well-known series of Man-Thing comics.
Man, Côte d'Ivoire Man is a town and department (département) in the west of central Côte d'Ivoire. It is an important market town lying between mountains including Mount Toura and Mount Tonkoui, the two highest in the nation, and La Dent de Man, popular with hikers.
Man, Economy, and State Man, Economy, and State: A Treatise on Economic Principles, first published in 1962, is a book on economics by Murray Rothbard, and is one of the most important books in the Austrian School of economics (others are Ludwig von Mises' The Theory of Money and Credit and Human Action). Economist Walter Block has described this volume as "excruciatingly brilliant.
Man, Moment, Machine Man, Moment, Machine is the convergence of these three elements that has the power to transform history. This is the continuing theme in season two of The History Channel's critically acclaimed series MAN MOMENT MACHINE.
Mana Mana is a traditional term that refers to a concept among the speakers of Oceanic languages, including Melanesians, Polynesians, and Micronesians. It is an impersonal force or quality that resides in people, animals, and inanimate objects and that instills in the appreciative observer a sense of respect or wonder.
Mana (musician) Mana is a Japanese musician and fashion designer, famed for his role as a leader and guitarist of the influential visual kei band Malice Mizer. He is widely considered the creator and figurehead of Japan's Gothic Lolita fashion movement.
Mana (woreda) Mana is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Jimma Zone, Mana is bordered on the south by Seka Chekorsa, on the west by Gomma, on the north by Limmu Kosa, and on the east by Kersa.
Mana ERG Mana ERG is the musical project of ex recording engineer and multi-instrumentalist Bruno De Angelis. Born in Rome and grown up in London, he gained experience by recording and producing bands playing very different genres.
Mana Island, New Zealand Mana Island is the smaller of two islands that lie off the southwest coast of the North Island of New Zealand (the larger is Kapiti Island). The island’s name is an abbreviation of Te Mana o Kupe, "the mana of Kupe".
Mana mutra Mana mutra (Sanskrit for "golden water") is the practice of drinking one's own urine as a medicine. Counterintuitive as it may seem, the drinking of one's own urine may have no adverse health effects; conversely, it may have considerable health benefits.
Mana Motuhake Mana MÄori Motuhake was a MÄori political party in New Zealand. The name is difficult to translate accurately, but essentially refers to MÄori self-rule and self-determination — mana, in this context, can be understood as "authority" or "power", while motuhake can be understood as "independent" or "separate".
Mana Nishiura Mana "China" Nishiura (西浦真ĺĄ, born October 11, Hiroshima, Japan; died November 4, 2005, Carneys Point Township, Salem County, New Jersey) was best known as a drummer for Japanese alternative rock band Shonen Knife.
Mana Pools Mana Pools is a wildlife conservation area in Western Zimbabwe constituting a National Park. It is a region of the lower Zambezi River in Zimbabwe where the flood plain turns into a broad expanse of lakes after each rainy season.
Mana Sibu Mana Sibu is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Welega Zone, Mana Sibu is bordered on the south by Jarso, on the southwest by Begi, on the north by the Benishangul-Gumaz Region, and on the southeast by Nejo.
Mana Sword The Mana Sword (or Sword of Mana) is a fictional weapon and plot device from the Seiken Densetsu series of role-playing video games. It has been featured in every game of the series, and is often part of the game's main plot.
Mana Tree The Mana Tree (occasionally the Tree of Mana) is a character and plot device from the Seiken Densetsu series of role-playing video games. It has been featured in several games of the series, and is often part of the game's main plot, likely due to the fact that its very existence is what enables magic to exist in the world of Seiken Densetsu.
Mana-Yood-Sushai Mana-Yood-Sushai is a fictional deity in the works of Lord Dunsany, mainly The Gods of Pegana, but also mentioned in a later work, Time and the Gods. In these books, he is the first god and creator of all the other gods.
Manaan Manaan is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. It was last seen in the 2006 video game Star Wars: Empire at War as well as originally appearing in the 2003 video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
Manabendra Nath Roy Manabendra Nath Roy (March 21, 1887 – January 25 1954) was an Bengali Indian revolutionary, philosoper, political theorist and activist as well as the exponent of the philosophy of Radical Humanism. He was also an international Communist leader and theorist, though, later, he denounced communism.
Manabendra Shah Manabendra Shah (born 26 May, 1921) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Tehri Garhwal constituency of Uttaranchal and was a member of the Indian National Congress before joining the Bharatiya Jan Sangh and later the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
Manabu Namiki Manabu Namiki (並木 ĺ¦; Namiki Manabu) is a Japanese video game music composer who works mainly on shooter games. He has worked with game companies such as Raizing (Battle Garegga) and CAVE (DoDonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou and Ketsui).
Manabu Orido Orido first appeared in the series in 1996 and won the GT300 title for the following year, up until the 2000 season when he moved up to GT500 he took three wins altogether and has since taken two GT500 wins to date. He was also the D1 Grand Prix judge from the start of the series to the end of the 2004 D1 Grand Prix Season, when he became driver for that following season until his drifting driver career ended when his Toyota Supra was destroyed in a transportation accident caused by a sleeping truck driver.
Manabu Suzuki Manabu Suzuki, (Japanese name: é´ćś¨ ĺ¦, born: March 20 1963, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil) is a former racing driver and is a journalist, sport announcer and presenter in radios and TV for the automotive industry. He is a Japanese citizen and his nicknamed Mana-P (ăžăŠďĽ° in katakana).
Manado Malay Manado Malay is a language spoken in Manado and the surrounding area. The local name of the language is Bahasa Manado, and the name Minahasa Malay is also used, after the main ethnic group speaking the language.
Manageability Solutions Manageability Solutions refers to a range of software available to monitor and maintain a computer system in good working condition. These software can be divided into hardware monitoring and software monitoring solutions.
Managed code In Microsoft Windows terminology, managed code is computer instructions — that is, "code" — executed by a CLI-compliant virtual machine, such as Microsoft's .NET Framework Common Language Runtime, or other CLI implementations from The Mono Project or the DotGNU Project.
Managed dedicated server Managed dedicated server is a service that includes the hardware, software, and ongoing upkeep of a dedicated server. The dedicated server industry often bundles additional services and products with the servers to provide a deeper level of management.
Managed Extensions for C++ Managed Extensions for C++ or just Managed C++ is Microsoft's set of deviations from C++, including grammatical and syntactic extensions, keywords and attributes, to bring the C++ syntax and language to the .NET Framework.
Managed file transfer A managed file transfer (MFT) application is a software product that provides organizations with a holistic solution to their file transfer needs. The responsibilities of a MFT suite include securing the data by encrypting the transmission channel or the data itself, managing trading partners and the way they are authenticated, automating transfers to ensure that service level agreements are met, and monitoring and reporting file transfer activity for accountability.
Managed float regime Managed float regime is the current international financial environment in which exchange rates fluctuate from day to day, but central banks attempt to influence their countries' exchange rates by buying and selling currencies. It is also known as a "dirty float".
Managed intensive grazing Management Intensive Grazing (MIG,) is the practice of using rotational grazing and careful, usually daily, management to get optimal production. The technique is applied with herds of sheep, cattle, and occasionally other ruminants.
Managed retreat In the context of coastal erosion, managed retreat allows an area that was not previously exposed to flooding by the sea to become flooded. This process is usually in low lying estuarine areas and almost always involves flooding of land that has at some point in the past been reclaimed from the sea.
Management The term "management" characterizes the process of and/or the personnel leading and directing all or part of an organization (often a business) through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, capital, natural, intellectual or intangible).
Management accounting Management accounting is concerned with the provisions and use of accounting information to managers within organizations, to provide them with the basis in making informed business decisions that would allow them to be better equipped in their management and control functions. Unlike financial accountancy information (which, for the most part, is public information), management accounting information is used within an organization (typically for decision-making) and is usually confidential and access to which is only available to a select few.
Management agent A Management agent is a software agent that runs on a managed node (example: a router) and provides an interface to manage it. It can perform operations on managed objects in the node and can also forward notifications to the manager (EMS).
Management buy-in A management buyin (MBI) occurs when a manager or a management team from outside the company raises the necessary finance, buys it and becomes the company's new management. A management buy-in team often competes with other purchasers in the search for a suitable business.
Management by perkele Management by perkele is originally a Swedish expression for the Finnish leadership approach that, according to its proponents, takes required actions in a quick and swift way, instead of a prolonged pondering of all possible alternative approaches and points of view before actually getting anything done.
Management Board Secretariat (Ontario) The Management Board of Cabinet is a sub-committee of Cabinet Ministers and Parliamentary Assistants who manage the fiscal plan of the government including controlling all government spending, approving labour agreements and workforce planning, manage the provincial contingency fund and oversee the procedures and directives that guide the operation of the Ontario Public Service.
Management consulting Management consulting (sometimes also called strategy consulting) refers to both the practice of helping companies to improve performance through analysis of existing business problems and development of future plans, as well as to the firms that specialize in this sort of consulting. Management consulting may involve the identification and cross-fertilization of best practices, analytical techniques, change management and coaching skills, technology implementations, strategy development or even the simple advantage of an outsider's perspective.
Management contract A management contract is an arrangement under which operational control of an enterprise is vested by contract in a separate enterprise which performs the necessary managerial functions in return for a fee. Management contracts involve not just selling a method of doing things (as with franchising or licensing) but involves actually doing them.
Management fad A management fad is a derisive term use to characterize a change in philosophy or operations that sweeps through businesses and institutions, and then disappears when enthusiasm for it wanes. According to critics, a management fad is often launched by business academics or management consultants, and adopted by managers who think they can alter and improve human behavior, or who embrace the fad because they see it as validating their roles as leaders and innovators, or who promote the fad as a means to career advancement.
Management information base A management information base (MIB) stems from the OSI/ISO Network management model and is a type of database used to manage the devices in a communications network. It comprises a collection of objects in a (virtual) database used to manage entities (such as routers and switches) in a network.
Management Information Systems Association The Management Information Systems Association (MISA) is the home organization for MIS students of the Ateneo, which supports its members by providing them a good academic foundation, and at the same time equipping them with leadership and corporate skills to develop competent individuals in the IT industry.
Management Information Systems Quarterly Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ or MIS Quarterly) is an academic journal that publishes original peer-reviewed research articles in the areas of Information Systems and Information Technology. Along with Information Systems Research, MISQ is widely regarded by IS/IT researchers as one of the two most prestigious journals in the information systems discipline.
Management of Pacific Northwest Riparian Forest Management of Pacfic Northwest riparian forests are necessary because many of these forests have been dramatically changed from their original makeup. The primary interest in aquatic and riparian forest ecosystems under the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) is the need to restore stream habitat for fish populations, particularly Anadromous salmonids.
Management of Savagery Abu Bakr Naji's work (translated into English in 2004 by William M. McCants of the Combating Terrorism Center) uses strategic studies to examine the tactics and philosophy behind Jihadist movements in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
Management review A Management review is a management study into a project's status and allocation of resources. It is different to both a software engineering peer review, which evaluates the technical quality of software products, and a software audit, which is an externally conducted audit into a project's compliance to specifications, contractual agreements, and other criteria.
Management science Management science, or MS, is the discipline of using mathematics, and other analytical methods, to help make better business decisions. While often considered synonymous with Operations Research (OR), MS is differentiated by being generally thought to have a more practical, rather than academic, bent.
Management Science and Information Systems Studies MSISS, or Management Science and Information Systems Studies, is an undergraduate degree offered in Trinity College Dublin. The broad course offers insights into areas such as economics, maths, statistics, business studies and computer science.
Manager (baseball) In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager (or more formally, the field manager); this individual controls matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. The manager sets the line-up and starting pitcher before each game as well as making substitutions throughout the game.
Manager (Mac OS) A Manager was any of a set of specialized components of the Mac OS operating system, including those that comprised the Macintosh Toolbox. Each of these Managers was responsible for handling system calls from applications running on the Macintosh, and could be built into the ROM or be loaded into RAM by the system.
Manager (professional wrestling) In the kayfabe of professional wrestling, a manager is a character who is paired with a wrestler. A manager is often either a non-wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in rare cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the business (or a specific company) and needs the experience in front of the crowds.
Manager Daily Manager Daily (Thai: ผู้ŕ¸ŕ¸±ŕ¸”ŕ¸ŕ¸˛ŕ¸Łŕ¸Łŕ¸˛ŕ¸˘ŕ¸§ŕ¸±ŕ¸™, Phuchatkan Rai Wan) is a Thai-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok and distributed nationwide. The paper is a broadsheet, and emphasizes political and business news.
Manager of managers fund A "manager of managers fund" (MoM fund) is an investment fund that uses an investment strategy of appointing and monitoring different investment managers to manage part of the assets of the fund rather than directly mangaing the underlying shares, bonds or other securities. This type of investing is often referred to as multi-manager investment.
Managerial economics Managerial economics (also called business economics), is a branch of economics that applies microeconomic analysis to specific business decisions. As such, it bridges economic theory and economics in practice.
Managerial grid model The Managerial Grid Model (1964) is a behavioral leadership model developed by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton. This model identifies five different leadership styles based on the concern for people and the concern for production.
Managerial Inbreeding Managerial Inbreeding is where managers with poor staff assessment skills make decisions in terms of recruitment, rewards, and promotions regarding the human resources that report to them, leading to the next generation of managers lacking the necessary skill sets to reward and promote the most effective staff.
Managerialism In the field of administration, observers can characterise as managerialism those systems where they perceive a preponderance or excess of managerial techniques, solutions and personnel. Thus one can disparage the bulk introduction of professional management into more traditional government departments as managerialism, or see the trend towards elevating holders of MBA degrees as evidence of a managerialist alternative to socialism and/or democracy as an organising principle in society.
Managing director Managing director is the term used for the chief executive of many limited companies in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and some other English speaking countries. The title reflects their role as both a member of the Board of Directors but also as the senior manager.
Managing general agent A managing general agent (MGA) is a person or firm authorized by an insurer to transact insurance business who may have authority to bind the insurer, issue policies, appoint producers, adjust claims and provide administrative support for the types of insurance coverage pursuant to an agency agreement.
Managing Urban America Managing Urban America (first published in 1979) is a book that provides an academic overview and introduction to local urban planning and management in the United States, written by David R. Morgan and Robert E.
Managua Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Managua, at , the city was made the national capital in 1857; previously the capital had alternated between the cities of LeĂłn and Granada.
Manahawkin, New Jersey Manahawkin is a census-designated place and unincorporated area contained within Stafford Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 2,004.
Manaia (mythology) In MÄori mythology, Manaia was a chief of Hawaiki. After his wife's brother NgÄtoro-i-rangi had migrated to New Zealand, Manaia's wife, Kuiwai, sent their daughter Haungaroa and four other girls to tell Ngatoro that Manaia had cursed him.
Manakin-Sabot, Virginia Manakin-Sabot, consisting of the villages of Manakin and Sabot, is an unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, United States. It is located northwest of Richmond and is part of the Greater Richmond region.
Manakis brothers The Manakis brothers, Yannis/Yannakis (Avdela, 1878–Thessaloniki, 1954) and Miltiadis (Avdela, 1882–Bitola, 1964) (Greek Γιάννης/Γιαννάκης and Μιλτιάδης Μανάκιας; Macedonian Đанаки and Милтон Манаки), were Aromanian photographers and filmmakers born in the small village of Avdela in the Ottoman vilayet of Monastir. They made the first motion pictures in the Balkans in the city of Monastir (now Bitola) in 1905.
Manakish ManakishAlso spelled as "Manaeesh" or "Manakeesh". (Arabic: مناقيش; sometimes called معجنات, ma-ujna'at, "pastry") is a baked Middle Eastern dough topped with cheese or thyme or ground meat.
Manakkad Manakkad is a village in Thodupuzha Taluk of Idukki District in Kerala, India, bordering Thodupuzha town on the banks of the Thodupuzha river. Its name is sometimes confused with those of Manarkad in Kottayam District and Manacaud(with the same malayalam pronounciation as Manakkad)which is a locality in Thiruvananthapuram City.
Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students in grades K - 8 from the suburban communities of Englishtown and Manalapan Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The district serves over 5,555 students in seven schools, of which approximately 301 are from Englishtown and approximately 5,254 are from Manalapan Township.
Manali Refinery Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), formerly known as Madras Refineries Limited (MRL) was formed as a joint venture in 1965 between the Government of India (GOI),AMOCO and National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) having a share holding in the ratio 74%: 13%: 13% respectively. From the grassroots stage CPCL Refinery was set up with an installed capacity of 2.
Manam Manam is an inhabited island located in the Bismarck Sea across the Stephan Strait from the northeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea. Only 10 kilometers wide, the island was created from the activity of the Manam Volcano, one of the country’s most active.
Manama Manama (Arabic: المنامة Al-ManÄmah) is the capital city of Bahrain and is the country's largest city with a population of approximately 155,000, roughly a quarter of the country's entire population. Manama is located at .
Manami Toyota Manami Toyota(豊田真ĺĄçľŽ) is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO.
Manamoc Manamoc is an island in the Sulu Sea Quiniluban group of the Cuyo islands, between Palawan and Panay, in the north of the Palawan region of the Philippines. It is located close to the island resort of Pamalican.
Manang District Manang district, a part of Gandaki zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Chame as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,246 sq km and has a population (2001) of 9,587.
Manannán mac Lir In Irish, Scots and Manx mythology, Manannán mac Lir is the god of the sea. He is often seen as a psychopomp, and considered to have strong connections to the Otherworld islands of the dead, the weather, and the mists between the worlds.
Manapouri Manapouri is a small town in Southland / Fiordland, in the southwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is at the edge of Fiordland National Park on the eastern shore of Lake Manapouri, close to its outflow into the Waiau River.
Manapouri Power Station Manapouri Power Station is an underground hydroelectric power station owned and operated by Meridian Energy Limited, the largest hydroelectric power station in New Zealand. It lies deep in a remote area of New Zealand's South Island on the western arm of Lake Manapouri, in Fiordland ().
Manappullikavu Vela Manapullikavu Vela is a festival honoring the deity at Manapullikavu called 'Manapully Bhagavathy'. The festival is celebrated between last week of February and first week of March based on the Malayalam Calendar year.
Manar Maged Manar Maged (March 30, 2004 – March 25, 2006) was an Egyptian girl, born with an extremely rare medical condition called craniopagus parasiticus (sometimes called "parasitic twin"): a type of conjoined twin where the twins are attached at the head and one fails to develop completely in the womb, becoming completely dependent upon the other.
Manasa Tugia Manasa Tugia is a Fijian politician, who served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2005 to 2006, and as Chairman of Parliament's Justice, Law, and Order Committee. In the latter role, he coordinated hearings into the government's controversial Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity (RTU) Bill).
Manasara Silpa Sathram Manasara Silpa Sastram is a definitive Indian treatise on Vastu Sasthram, an ancient building code which was used for designing houses, planning cities and communities for centuries in India. This document was used as a prescriptive building code dealing with architecture and spatial organisation of residential quarters.
Manasija monastery Manasija (Serbian Cyrillic: МанаŃиŃа), also known as Resava (Serbian Cyrillic: РеŃава), is a Serb Orthodox monastery near Despotovac, Serbia, founded by Despot Stefan Lazarević between 1407 and 1418. It is one of the most significant monuments of medieval Serbian culture and it belongs to the "Morava school".
Manasir The Manasir people (المناصير) constitute one of many Afro-Arab riverain tribes of Northern Sudan. They inhabit the region of the Fourth Cataract of the Nile and call their homeland Dar al-Manasir (دار المناصير).
Manasquan High School Manasquan High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Manasquan, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Manasquan Public Schools.
Manasquan Inlet The Manasquan Inlet is an inlet that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Manasquan River, dividing the counties of Ocean County and Monmouth County in the state of New Jersey. Passage to Bay Head Harbor and the Barnegat Bay is possible via the Point Pleasant Canal.
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