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Manasquan River The Manasquan River is a major waterway in central New Jersey. It flows from central Monmouth County, beginning in Howell Township, to the Atlantic Ocean, where it empties between the communities of Manasquan and Point Pleasant via the Manasquan Inlet.
Manassas (band) Manassas were a seventies rock band formed by Stephen Stills in 1971. The nucleus of the band had already backed Stills on his July 1971 album Stephen Stills 2, and in May 1972, the double-LP Manassas was released.
Manassas National Battlefield Park Manassas National Battlefield Park, located north of Manassas, Virginia, preserves the site of two major American Civil War battles: the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, and the Second Battle of Bull Run which was fought between August 28 and August 30, 1862 (also known as First Manassas and Second Manassas, respectively). The peaceful Virginia countryside bore witness to clashes between the armies of the North (Union) and South (Confederacy), and it was here that Confederate General Thomas J.
Manassas Park, Virginia Manassas Park is a city in Virginia. Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any county; it is bordered by the city of Manassas and Prince William County.
Manasseh II Menasseh ben Zebulun was a Jewish ruler of the Khazars mentioned in some extant editions of the Khazar Correspondence (but not others). In some versions he is called Moshe or Moses, but this may be a result of the degradation of the text.
Manasses I, Archbishop of Reims Manasses I, known as Manasses de Gournay, was the Archbishop of Rheims, and thus primate of France, from 1169He was elected before, but was not consacrated until after, 4 October. to his deposition on 27 December 1081.
Manastash Ridge Observatory The Manastash Ridge Observatory is an astronomical observatory built in 1972 by the University of Washington. The obserservatory is approximately 2,600 square feet and includes a 30" Boller & Chiven cassegrain telescope.
ManatĂ­, Puerto Rico ManatĂ­ () is a municipality of Puerto Rico in the northern coast, north of Morovis and Ciales; east of Florida and Barceloneta; and west of Vega Baja. ManatĂ­ is spread over 8 wards and ManatĂ­ Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
Manatee Community College Manatee Community College (MCC), with the main campus based in Bradenton, Florida, is a two-year community college accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science and Associate in Science degrees as well as Certificate program offerings. Noncredit education is offered under MCC's Corporate & Community Development programs.
Manatee River The Manatee River is a 60-mile (97-kilometer) long river in Manatee County, Florida. The river arises in the northeastern corner of Manatee County and flows into the Gulf of Mexico at the southern edge of Tampa Bay.
Manatee Springs State Park Manatee Springs State Park is a Florida State Park located six miles west of Chiefland on SR 320, off US 98. It contains Manatee Spring, a first magnitude spring that flows directly into the Suwannee River by way of a short run.
Manaus Manaus is a city in north-west Brazil (nevertheless, according to the country's official regional division, it is part of the North of Brazil) and capital of Amazonas State. Located on the Negro River near its confluence with the Amazon, it is the chief port and a hub for the region's extensive river system.
Manav Samaj Seva Party Manav Samaj Seva Party (Human Society Service Party), is a political party in Haryana, India. MSSP was formed by the ex-president of the Bahujan Samaj Party Haryana state committee and MP, Aman Kumar Nagra, on May 12 2002.
Manavala Mamuni Swamy Manavala Mamuni is one of the most well known and significant acharyas of Ramanuja's Sri Vaishnava Tradition. Manavala Mamuni was the final acharya of a lineage that begins with the Supreme Being Sriman Narayana, passes through Acharyas such as Yamunacharya, Ramanuja and Pillai Lokacharya, and ends with Manavala Mamuni when Manavala Mamuni was accepted by the Lord of Srirangam, Sri Ranganatha, as His own acharya at Srirangam.
Manavala Mamunigal Manavala Mamunigal was a Hindu religious leader, who during the fifteenth century Tamil Nadu, with the help of his eight disciples helped spread Vaishnavism. The disciples of Mamunigal established places of learnings to teach Vaishnavite philosophy in Tamil Nadu.
Manawaka Manawaka is a fictional town in the Canadian province of Manitoba, frequently used as a setting in novels and short stories by Margaret Laurence. The town was based on Laurence's real-life hometown of Neepawa, and should not be confused with the real-life town of Maniwaki, Quebec.
Manawatu Gorge The Manawatu Gorge (in Maori Te Apiti, meaning 'The Narrow Passage') runs between the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges of the North Island of New Zealand, linking the Manawatu and Hawke's Bay regions. It lies to the northeast of Palmerston North - its western end is near the small town of Ashhurst, its eastern end is close to the town of Woodville.
Manawatu Jets The Manawatu Jets formerly referred to as the Palmerston North Jets , are a basketball team that play in the New Zealand National Basketball League. They play their home games at Arena Manawatu in Palmerston North ,New Zealand.
Manawatu Observatory Manawatu Observatory is operated by the Palmerston North Astronomical Society on the hills to the south east of the city and caters for groups such as schools, service groups, scouts etc. Each year the Palmerston North Astronomical Society runs a winter lecture series.
Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Manayunk is a neighborhood in the northwestern section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located on the banks of the Schuylkill River, it contains the first canal begun in the United States (although not the first completed due to budget problems).
ManĂş National Park Manu National Park is a biosphere reserve located in Madre de Dios and PaucartamboCuzco. Before becoming an area protected by the Peruvian government, the Manu National Park was conserved thanks to its inaccesibility.
Maná Maná is a popular and influential Mexican rock group from Guadalajara, Jalisco whose career has spanned almost three decades. Their sound ranges from hard rock to more mellow pop sounds with additional influences from calypso and reggae.
Manûrqa Manûrqa (Arabic: منورقة) was the Arabicized name given to the island of Minorca by the muslims from its annexation to the Caliphate of Cordoba by 'Isâm al-Khawlânî in 903 until the rule of the last muslim ra'îs, Abû 'Umar ibn Sa'îd in 1287. The only urban centre of the island was Madînat al Jazîra or al Manûrqa (actual Ciutadella).
Manès Sperber Manès Sperber (* December 12, 1905 in Zabłotów near Kolomea, Austrian Galicia (today Zabolotiv, Ukraine); † February 05, 1984 in Paris) was an Austrian-French novelist, essayist and psychologist. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Jan Heger and N.
Manđelos Manđelos (Манђелос) is a village located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,533 people (2002 census).
Manbearpig "Manbearpig" is episode 1006 (#145) of Comedy Central's South Park and originally aired on April 26, 2006. It revolves around the hunt for an imaginary and elusive "Manbearpig" as a spoof of Al Gore's fight for global warming awareness.
Manbhum Manbhum was one of the districts of the East India during the British Raj. After India’s independence, the district became a part of Bihar state, and upon re-organization of the Indian states in the mid-1950s, the district became a part of the West Bengal.
ManBeef ManBeef was an elaborate hoax site beginning in January 2001, news of which spread primarily by means of e-mail forwarding. The site purported to sell human meat, and even offered tips and recipes on preparing meals.
Mancala Mancala is a family of board games played around the world, sometimes called sowing games or count and capture games, which comes from the general gameplay. The games of this family best known in the Western world are Oware (or Awele), Kalah, Sungka and Omweso, and Bao.
Mancallinae The Mancallinae were a sub-family of prehistoric flightless auks that lived on the Pacific coast of today's California and Mexico from the late Miocene Epoch to the Early Pleistocene. They are sometimes collectively referred to as Lucas auks after the scientist who described the first species, Frederic Augustus Lucas.
Mance Lipscomb Mance Lipscomb (April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. Born Bodyglin Lipscomb near Navasota, Texas, he as a youth took the name of 'Mance' from a friend of his oldest brother Charlie (Mance short for emancipation).
Mancera de Abajo Mancera de Abajo is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 48 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 332 people.
Mancera Island Mancera Island (spanish: Isla Mancera) is a small island at the mouth of Valdivia River, in southern Chile. It was named after the Spanish viceroy of Peru Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Leiva, marqués de Mancera, who constructed the fort at the island.
Manci Howard, Lady Howard of Effingham Maria Malvina Howard, Lady Howard of Effingham, referred to as "Manci" (born December 26, 1912, Budapest) was the first wife of Lord Howard of Effingham (later the 6th Earl of Effingham), eldest son of the 5th Earl of Effingham, interned for several months as a threat to Britain's security during the Second World War. She was described by Lord Cottenham as "highly sexed" .
Manciano (AR) Manciano (also locally called by the unofficial name Misericordia) is a village in the Italian province of Arezzo in northeastern Tuscany, . It is a frazione of Castiglion Fiorentino, which is 2 km (about 1 mile) E.
Manciple A manciple (măn'sə-pəl) is a person in charge of the purchase and storage of food at an institution such as a college, monastery, or court of law. Manciples were sometimes also in charge of catering more generally, including food preparation.
Manco Capac In Inca mythology, Manco Capac (Quechua Manqo Qhapaq "splendid foundation", also Manku Qhapaq) was the first king of the Kingdom of Cuzco. There are several versions of the story of the origin of Manco Capac.
Mancomunitat de Catalunya The Mancomunitat de Catalunya was an institution which covered the four Catalan 'diputacions', (provincial administrations). It was created on 6 April 1914, although the process of creating the authority started in 1911.
Mancopter Mancopter is a computer game by the company Datasoft that appeared on the Commodore 64 computer system in the mid-1980s. The player controls a person piloting a helicopter-like flying device over an ocean, and apparently competing with other computer-controlled pilots.
Mancunium Mancunium is the name often (though perhaps incorrectly) given as the Romano-British name of Manchester, England. Here, close to the River Medlock, in the district still called Castlefield near Knott Mill, stood in Roman days a fort garrisoned by a cohort of Roman auxiliary soldiers.
Mancus Mancus (sometimes spelt mancosus or similar) was a term used in early medieval Europe to denote either a gold coin, a weight of gold or a unit of account of thirty silver pence. Distinguishing between these uses can be extremely difficult: the will of the Anglo-Saxon king Eadred, who died in 955, illustrates the problem well with its request that 'two-thousand mancuses be taken and minted into mancuses' (nime man twentig hund mancusa goldes and gemynetige to mancusan).
Manda (ethnic group) The Manda are an ethnic and linguistic group based in Ludewa District in the Iringa Region of southern Tanzania, along the eastern shore of Lake Malawi. In 2002 the Manda population was estimated to number 22,000 groups in Tanzania]
Manda and the Marbles Manda and the Marbles are a pop-punk quartet from Columbus Ohio. Founded in 1997, the group has produced four albums; "Rock's Not Dead," "Seduction," "More Seduction" and "Angels With Dirty Faces.
Manda Island Manda is an island of the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya, known for the ruined ports of Takwa and Manda town. The island is linked by ferry to Lamu and is home to an airstrip, while Manda Toto island lies to its west.
Manda Scott Manda Scott is a veterinary surgeon and writer. Born and educated in Scotland, she trained at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine and now lives and works in Suffolk, sharing her life with two lurchers and other assorted wildlife.
Mandaeism Mandaeism or Mandaeanism (Mandaic: mandaiuta), or in Islamic terms Sabianism (Arabic: صابئية), is a blanket term for the religion of the Mandaeans (Classical Mandaic mandaiia, Neo-Mandaic Mandeyānā) who are the followers of Mandā d-Heyyi (Mandaic manda "Knowledge of Life"). They consider Adam, Noah and John the Baptist as prophets, but not Abraham, Moses, Jesus or Muhammad.
Mandakini (actress) Mandakini (Hindi: मंदाकिनी)( ITRANS:mandAkinI) (born 1969, as Janki Roy) is a former Bollywood actress. She had a brief, but controversial career in Hindi movies and was rumoured to have a close relationship with Dubai-based gangster, Dawood Ibrahim
Mandal commission The Mandal Commission in India was established in 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to "identify the socially or educationally backward." Bhattacharya, Amit.
Mandala Mandala (Sanskrit "circle", "completion") is of Hindu origin and is also used in most Dharmic religions, such as Buddhism and Hinduism, to refer to various tangible objects. In Vajrayana they have been developed into sandpainting.
Mandala (Canadian band) Mandala were a Canadian R&B band from the Sixties. They evolved out of The Five Rogues in September 1966 and are best known for containing Canadian guitar extraordinaire, the late Domenic Troiano who recorded with The James Gang and The Guess Who in the Seventies.
Mandala 10 The tenth Mandala of the Rigveda has 191 hymns. Together with Mandala 1, it forms the latest part of the Rigveda, containing much mythological material, including the Purusha sukta (10.90) and the dialogue of Sarama with the Panis (10.108). The subjects of the hymns cover a wider spectrum than in the other books, dedicated not only to deities or natural phenomena, including deities that are not prominent enough to receive their own hymns in the other books (Nirrti 10.59, Asamati 10.60, Ratri 10.127, Aranyani 10.146, Indrani 10.159)
Mandala 8 The eighth Mandala of the Rigveda has 103 hymns. Other than the "family books" (Mandalas 2-7, dated as an old part of the RV) and RV 1 and RV 10 (dated as the latest portion of hymns composed shortly before redaction of the Rigveda into shakhas), Mandala 8 cannot straightforwardly be dated as a whole relative to the other books, and its hymns may include both ancient and late specimens.
Mandala 9 The ninth Mandala of the Rigveda, also called the Soma Mandala has 114 hymns, entirelyalthough Griffith marks 9.5 as dedicated to the Apris devoted to , "Purifying Soma", the sacred potion of the Vedic religion.
Mandalay Division Mandalay Division is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the west, Shan State to the east, and Bago Division and Kayin State to the south.
Mandalay Entertainment Mandalay Entertainment Group is a motion picture company which finances, produces and distributes motion pictures for the global marketplace. With its strong financial base, the company is known for its ability to assemble premiere talent and develop properties that appeal to a global audience.
Mandalay Hill Mandalay Hill () is a 240 metre (790 feet) hill that is located to the north east of Mandalay's city centre. Mandalay Hill is known for its abundance of monasteries and religious sites, and remains a major pilgrimage site for Burmese Buddhists.
Mandali Mandali (Sanskrit Vedanta: mandala = circle) is a term that Meher Baba used for his closest disciples. Mandali are considered to include those close disciples that lived permanently or for extended periods with Meher Baba at his ashrams.
Mandalorian armor Mandalorian armor is a type of armor in the Star Wars universe worn by a culture of human warriors who call themselves Mandalorians after their ruler inherted the title Mandalore. The armor is made of Manda metal, a mineral unique to the planet Mandalore.
Mandaluyong City The City of Mandaluyong (Filipino: Lungsod ng Mandaluyong) is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is bordered on the west by the country's capital, Manila, to the north by the municipality of San Juan, to the east by Quezon City and Pasig City, and by Makati City to the south.
Mandamus A writ of mandamus or simply mandamus, which means "we command" in Latin, is the name of one of the prerogative writs in the common law, and is issued by a superior court to compel a lower court or a government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly.Bryan A Garner, Black's Law Dictionary, p.
Mandan The Mandan are a Native American tribe that historically lived along the banks of the Missouri River and two of its tributaries--the Heart and Knife Rivers--in present-day North and South Dakota. Speakers of the Mandan, a Siouan language, the Mandan were in contrast with other tribes in the Great Plains region in the establishment of permanent villages instead of leading a nomadic existence tracking herds of buffalo.
Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes, are a Native American group comprising a union of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara peoples, whose native lands ranged across the Missouri River basin in the Dakotas. Hardship, and forced relocations brought them together in the late 19th century.
Mandara Mountains The Mandara mountains (Monts Mandara) are a volcanic range extending about 200 km along the northern part of the Cameroon-Nigerian border, from the Benue River in the south () to the north-west of Maroua in the north (). The highest elevation is at 1,224 m (()).
Mandarin (bureaucrat) A Mandarin was a bureaucrat in imperial China. The term originates from the Portuguese word mandarim, meaning "minister" or "counselor", and from the older Sanskrit word mandari (commander) used to translate the Chinese word guan (官).
Mandarin (linguistics) ), or Beifanghua (), is a category of related Chinese dialect]s spoken across most of northern and southwestern [[China. When taken as a separate language, as is often done in academic literature, the Mandarin dialects have more speakers than any other language.
Mandarin Airlines Mandarin Airlines (華信航空; pinyin: Huáxìn Hángkōng) is a regional and domestic airline based in Taipei in Taiwan and is a subsidiary of China Airlines. Its main base is Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) in Taipei.
Mandarin dogfish The mandarin dogfish, Cirrhigaleus barbifer, is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes. It is found in the Western Pacific, from southeastern Honshū in Japan, to New South Wales in Australia, New Zealand, and the Torres Islands in Vanuatu, on the uppermost continental and insular slopes, and probably the outer continental-insular shelves.
Mandarin Daily News The Mandarin Daily News (; Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gwoyeu Ryhbaw) is a traditional Chinese children's newspaper published daily in Taiwan. The main text of the articles is accompanied by Zhuyin (Bopomofo) phonetic script to aid identification of difficult characters.
Mandarin garnet Mandarin garnets, also known as orange spessartite garnets, are naturally occurring stones found primarily in Africa that are known for their orange appearance. They are members of the spessartite family of garnets, and their chemical composition is that of silicate of magnesium and aluminium.
Mandarin Oriental Tower (Chicago) The Mandarin Oriental Tower in Chicago will be a 74-story 930 foot mixed use building targeted to be the ninth largest building in Chicago upon its completion in 2009, assuming the Trump Tower Chicago and Waterview Tower are completed first. The Mandarin Oriental Tower in Chicago is being built by the Hong-Kong based Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group which current operates over 30 hotels all over the world.
Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong The Mandarin Oriental is a 5-star hotel in Hong Kong, the first and flagship hotel of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. It opened in September 1963 as The Mandarin, located at 5 Connaught Road Central in Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong's financial and banking district.
Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II (國語注音符號第二式), abbreviated MPS II, is a romanization system formerly used in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was created to replace the complex tonal-spelling Gwoyeu Romatzyh, and to co-exist with the popular Wade-Giles (romanization) and Zhuyin (non-romanization).
Mandarin square A Mandarin square (traditional Chinese: 補子; simplified Chinese: 补子; pinyin: bŭzi; Wade-Giles: putzŭ), also known as a rank badge, was a large embroidered badge sewn onto the surcoat of an official in Imperial China. It was embroidered with detailed, colourful animal insignia indicating the rank of the official wearing it.
Mandarin Vole The Mandarin Vole (Lasiopodomys mandarinus) is a species of vole found in central China as well as the southern and central Korean Peninsula. An adult Mandarin Vole is typically of about 115 millimeters in length, in addition to about 28 mm of tail.
Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps The Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps are a Division I drum and bugle corps based in Sacramento, California and founded in 1963, and are a member corps of Drum Corps International. The Mandarins were originally founded as the Ye Wah drum and lyre corps, and was renamed to the Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps in 1967.
Mandarynkowy sen.com2me It's the second album of Polish singer Mandaryna. The album includes a lot of covers and new songs: "You Gave Love A Bad Name", the second single, and a cover version of Bon Jovi's "WindÄ… Do Nieba", the best song on the album, and a cover version of Dwa Plus Jeden, "A Spaceman Came Travelling", a cover of Chris De Burgh.
Mandate (law) In United States appellate practice, a mandate is a formal notice of a decision by a court of appeal; this notice is transmitted to the trial court and, when filed by the clerk of the trial court, constitutes the final judgment on the case, unless the appeal court has directed further proceedings in the trial court. The mandate is distinguished from the appeal court's opinion, which sets out the legal reasoning for its decision.
Mandate (politics) In politics, a mandate is the authority granted by an electorate to act as its representative. Elections are often said to give the newly elected government or elected official a mandate to implement certain policies.
Mandate of Heaven The Mandate of Heaven (天命 Pīnyīn: Tiānmìng) was a traditional Chinese concept of legitimacy used to support the rule of the kings of the Zhou Dynasty and later the Emperors of China. Heaven would bless the authority of a just ruler, but Heaven would be displeased with an unwise ruler and give the Mandate to someone else.
Mandatory arbitration Mandatory arbitration is a contract policy that prevents a conflict from receiving judicial attention. In a mandatory arbitration, liability for damages must be determined as a result of an arbitration process before a civil lawsuit can be filed in the court system.
Mandatory detention in Australia Mandatory detention in Australia refers to the Australian federal government's policy and system of mandatory detention, under which all persons entering or remaining in the country without a valid visa are compulsorily detained[s 189 Migration Act 1958]. Immigration detainees are incarcerated in one of the Australian immigration detention facilities on the Australian mainland, or on Manus Island or Nauru as part of the Pacific Solution.
Mandatory frequency airport An airport with a mandatory frequency (MF), mandatory traffic advisory frequency (MTAF) or air/ground radio (A/G) is an airport which does not have a control tower but still requires arriving and departing airport to communicate with other aircraft or a radio operator on a published frequency.
Mandatory provident fund Mandatory provident fund (), often abbreviated as MPF (強積金), is a compulsory saving scheme for the retirement of residents in Hong Kong. Most of employees and their employers are required to contribute monthly to mandatory provdent fund schemes provided by approved private origanisations, according to their salaries and the period of employment.
Mandatory reporting Mandatory reporting, in some parts of the USA and Australia is the protocol whereby - primarily - those who work with children are required by law to report to the relevant child welfare authorities anything of a prescribed nature (usually evidence of potential child abuse) that comes to their attention in the course of their duties.
Mandatory Swedish In Finnish schools, Swedish is a mandatory school subject, amounting at an average of two hours a week in classes 7-9 in the Finnish nine-year compulsory school and at an average two hours a week during three years of secondary education. Also all university graduates are required to complete a basic test in Swedish.
Mandats territoriaux Mandats territoriaux were a paper notes issued as currency by the Directory in 1796 to replace the assignats which had become virtually worthless. They were land-warrants supposedly redeemable in the lands confiscated from royalty, the clergy and the church after the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789.
Mandavya Mandavya (Sanskrit:मंदव्‍य)was a sage wrongly punished by the king by being impaled as the chief of robbers who had clandestinely hidden their stolen goods in a corner of his hermitage when he was in deep contemplation. Lord Dharma gave him this punishment for having tortured birds and bees in his childhood.
Mande languages The Mande languages are spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé people and include Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Dioula, Kagoro, Bozo, Mende, Susu, Yacouba, Vai, and Ligbi. The population includes millions of speakers, chiefly in The Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Senegal.
Mandel Karlsson Mandel Karlsson, also known as 91:an Karlsson or simply 91:an, is a cartoon character, the hero of the popular Swedish comic strip 91:an (Eng: â„– 91), created in 1932 by Rudolf Petersson. The strip is now published in its own bi-weekly comic book, 91:an, and also as a single strip in the popular weekly womens magazine Ă…ret Runt.
Mandela Challenge Plate The Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate is a minor international rugby union tournament, contested between Australia and South Africa. It is named after South Africa's first post-apartheid president, Nelson Mandela.
Mandelbrot Competition Named in honor of mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot, the Mandelbrot Competition is a mathematics competition that allows high school students to compete individually and in four-person teams. It is a "correspondence competition," meaning that the competition is sent to a school's coach and students compete at their own school on a predetermined date.
Mandelbrot set The Mandelbrot set is a fractal that has become popular outside of mathematics both for its aesthetic appeal and its complicated structure, arising from a simple definition. This is largely due to the efforts of Benoît Mandelbrot and others, who worked hard to communicate this area of mathematics to the general public.
Mandelstam variables In theoretical physics, the Mandelstam variables are numerical quantities that encode the energy, momentum, and angles of particles in a scattering process in a Lorentz-invariant fashion. They are used for scattering processes of two particles to two particles.
Manden Charter The Manden Charter was conceived by the brotherhood of hunters in Mandé (to the south of Bamako). This declaration, solemnly proclaimed on the on the day Sundiata Keita became emperor of Mali in 1222, was preserved in oral form.
Mander Baronets The Mander baronetcy, of The Mount, Tettenhall Wood, in the County of Staffordshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 July 1911 in the Coronation honours of King George V, for Sir Charles Tertius Mander, English varnish manufacturer and public servant.
Mander Organs Mander Organs is an English pipe organ maker and refurbisher based in London. Although well known for many years in the world of organ building, they achieved wider notability in 2004 with their refurbishment of the Royal Albert Hall's Father Willis organ, making the Royal Albert Hall Organ the largest in the UK.
Mander Portman Woodward VI form colleges Mander Portman Woodward is one of the best known independent sixth form college groups in England with colleges in London, Birmingham and Cambridge. the major strength of MPW is the small group sizes (maximum of 8 pupils per class) which means that students get a lot of individual attention.
Manderston Manderston House, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, is the home of Adrian Bailie Nottage Palmer, 4th Lord Palmer. It was completely rebuilt between 1901-03 and has sumptuous interiors with a solid silver staircase.
Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles, California Mandeville Canyon is a small community officially part of Los Angeles. It is based off Mandeville Canyon Road, which begins at Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood, and extends north towards Mulholland Drive, though it stops short of Mulholland and there is no automotive route between the two.
Mandeville, Jamaica Mandeville is the capital of Jamaica's Manchester parish. In 2005 the town had an estimated population of 50,000 and including the immediate suburbs within a radius of 16 km (10 miles) the total population is about 72,000.

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