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The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games .
The nation has never been in the Winter Olympic Games .
Nicaragua first participated at the Olympic Games in 1968 , and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then , except when they boycotted the 1988 Games in support of North Korea .
Teams from Nicaragua have been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968 , except when they boycotted the 1988 Games in support of North Korea .
To date , no athlete from Nicaragua has ever won an Olympic medal , although the baseball team finished in fourth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics .
The baseball team finished in fourth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics .
A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs , followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin .
The music was composed by Lalo Schifrin .
The instructions on the tape were read by voice actor Robert Cleveland `` Bob '' Johnson .
Bob Johnson was the voice on the tape .
The Evangelical Church in Germany ( German : Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland , abbreviated EKD ) is a federation of twenty Lutheran , United Protestant ( Prussian Union ) and Reformed ( Calvinist ) Protestant regional church bodies in Germany .
The Protestant Evangelical Church in Germany ( German : Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland ) is a series of 20 regional churches .
She discovered the Laetoli footprints .
She also discovered the Laetoli footprints .
She also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge .
Leakey also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge .
Leakey developed a system for classifying the stone tools found at Olduvai .
She developed a system for classifying the stone tools found at Olduvai .
For much of her career she worked with her husband , Louis Leakey , in the Olduvai Gorge , in eastern Africa , uncovering the tools and fossils of ancient hominines .
For much of her career she worked together with her husband , Louis Leakey , in Olduvai Gorge , uncovering the tools and fossils of ancient hominins .
During her career , Leakey discovered fifteen new species of other animals , and one new genus .
She also discovered fifteen new species of other animals and one new genus .
She helped to establish a Leakey family tradition of palaeoanthropology by training her son , Richard , in the field .
After the death of her husband she became a leading palaeoanthropologist , helping to establish the Leakey tradition by training her son , Richard , in the field .
Mary Leakey ( 6 February 1913-9 December 1996 ) was a British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull , an extinct ape now believed to be ancestral to humans .
She discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull , an extinct primate .
In 1972 , after the death of her husband , Leakey became director of excavation at Olduvai .
In 1960 she became director of excavation at Olduvai and subsequently took it over , building her own staff .
He is chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran .
He has been the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran since 1989 .
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( Persian : اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی , Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī pronunction ( help · info ) , Hashemi Bahramani هاشمی بهرمانی , born 25 August 1934 ) is an influential Iranian politician and writer , who was the fourth president of Iran .
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( Persian : اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی Akbar Hāshemī Rafanjānī ) , Hashemi Bahramani ( هاشمی بهرمانی ) born on August 25 , 1934 , is an influential Iranian politician .
In 2005 , radar data revealed the presence of large quantities of water ice at the poles and at mid-latitudes .
In 2005 , radar data revealed the presence of large quantities of water ice at the poles , and at mid-latitudes .
When the poles are again exposed to sunlight , the frozen CO2 sublimes , creating enormous winds that sweep off the poles as fast as 400 km\/h .
When the poles are again exposed to sunlight , the frozen CO2 sublimes ( turns to vapor ) , creating enormous winds that sweep off the poles as fast as 400 km\/h .
The two polar ice caps appear to be made largely of water .
The two polar ice caps appear to be made largely of frozen water .
Liquid water can not exist on the surface of Mars due to low atmospheric pressure , except at the lowest elevations for short periods .
Liquid water can not exist on the surface of Mars due to its low atmospheric pressure ( there 's not enough air to hold it in ) , except at the lowest elevations for short periods .
Landforms visible on Mars strongly suggest that liquid water has at least at times existed on the planet 's surface .
Landforms seen on Mars strongly suggest that liquid water at some time existed on the planet 's surface .
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System , after Mercury .
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System and the second-smallest solid planet .
These seasonal actions transport large amounts of dust and water vapor , giving rise to Earth-like frost and large cirrus clouds .
Each season this moves large amounts of dust and water vapor , giving rise to Earth-like frost and large cirrus clouds and dust storms .
The Phoenix lander directly sampled water ice in shallow Martian soil on July 31 , 2008 .
The Phoenix lander found water ice in shallow Martian soil in July 2008 .
Mars has two known moons , Phobos and Deimos , which are small and irregularly shaped .
Mars has two small moons , called Phobos and Deimos .
These straight line features were later explained as optical illusions , though geological evidence gathered by unmanned missions suggest that Mars once had large-scale water coverage on its surface .
Geological evidence gathered by unmanned missions suggest that Mars once had much liquid water on its surface .
The volume of water ice in the south polar ice cap , if melted , would be sufficient to cover the entire planetary surface to a depth of 11 meters .
The amount of ice in the south polar ice cap , if melted , would be enough to cover the entire planet 's surface 11 meters deep .
There are no markings or measurements to indicate what pressure will produce what note , so the pressure is adjusted by ear .
There are no markings or measurements to show what pressure will make what note , so the pressure is adjusted by ear .
The bass ektara , sometimes called a dotara often has two strings ( as literally implied by do , `` two '' ) .
The bass ektara , sometimes called a dotara often has two strings .
In origin the ektara was a regular string instrument of wandering bards and minstrels from India and is plucked with one finger .
The ektara was a regular string instrument of wandering bards and minstrels from India .
The ektara usually has a stretched single string , an animal skin over a head ( made of dried pumpkin\/gourd , wood or coconut ) and pole neck or split bamboo cane neck .
The ektara usually has a stretched single string .
Ektara ( Bengali : একতারা , Punjabi : ਇਕ ਤਾਰਾ ; literally `` one-string '' , also called iktar , ektar , yaktaro gopichand ) is a one-string instrument most often used in traditional music from Bangladesh , India , Egypt , and Pakistan .
Ektara ( literally `` one-string '' , also called iktar , ektar , yaktaro gopichand ) is a one-string instrument .
Pressing the two halves of the neck together loosens the string , thus lowering its pitch .
Pressing the two halves of the neck together loosens the string .
A packet consists of two kinds of data : control information and user data ( also known as payload ) .
A packet consists of two kinds of data : control information and user data ( or payload ) .
It is more efficient and reliable to calculate a checksum or cyclic redundancy check over the contents of a packet than to check errors using character-by-character parity bit checking .
So many packets use a checksum or cyclic redundancy check to make sure they got the right information .
CBeebies has had 13 presenters .
Currently presenting CBeebies are : Ex presenters of CBeebies were :
DiCaprio , an only child , was born in Los Angeles , California .
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio ( born November 11 , 1974 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actor .
Despite the setback , Hamasaki stated that she wished to continue singing , and that she would `` not give up '' on her fans and that `` as a professional '' , she wanted to `` deliver the best performance for everyone '' .
She said that she would `` not give up '' on her fans and that `` as a professional '' , she wanted to `` deliver the best performance for everyone '' .
Born and raised in Fukuoka , she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment .
She was born and raised in Fukuoka .
Also called `` Ayu '' by her fans , Hamasaki has been dubbed the `` Empress of J-pop '' because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia .
She is also called Ayu by her fans , and called the `` Empress of Pop '' because her music is very popular in Japan .
Since her 1998 debut with the single recording `` Poker Face '' , Hamasaki has sold over 53,000,000 records in Japan , ranking her among the best-selling recording artists in the country .
Since she debuted in 1998 with `` Poker Face , '' Hamasaki sold more than 50 records in Japan .
Hamasaki dated singer-actor Tomoya Nagase since her brief acting career , and they publicly announced their relationship in 2001 .
Hamasaki dated Tomoya Nagase ( a singer and actor ) since her short acting career .
On July 14 , Hamasaki released her forty-eighth single , `` Moon\/Blossom '' .
But on July 13 , 2007 Hamasaki said that they had broken up .
Sidharth Malhotra ( born 16 January 1985 ) is an Indian film actor and former model who appears in Hindi films of Bollywoodl .
Sidharth Malhotra ( born 16 January 1985 ) is an Indian movie actor and former model .
He began his acting career in Karan Johar 's commercially successful dramedy Student of the Year , for which he received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut nomination .
He started his career in movies with Karan Johar 's movie ` Student of the year ' ( 2012 ) for which he received a nomination in the Filmfare award for Best Male Debut .
It was the first genus of sauropod known to possess armor of bony plates embedded in its skin .
It was the first genus of sauropod known to have armor of bony plates embedded in its skin .
Other fossils have since been found in Uruguay .
Fossils have been found in Argentina .
The small bony plates ( called osteoderms , a feature of modern crocodiles ) have since been found on other titanosaurids .
The small bony plates ( called osteoderms , a feature of modern crocodiles ) have since been found on other titanosaurs .
He beatified a number of individuals , including Ignatius Loyola , Philip Neri , Theresa of Avila , and Francis Xavier .
He beatified Ignatius Loyola , Philip Neri , Theresa of Avila and Francis Xavier .
Pope Paul V ( Latin : Paulus V ; 17 September 1552 - 28 January 1621 ) , born Camillo Borghese , was Pope from 16 May 1605 to his death in 1621 .
Pope Paul V ( Latin : Paulus Quintus ; Rome , 17 September 1552 - 28 January 1621 ) , born Camillo Borghese , was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 234th Pope from 16 May 1605 until his death .
He canonised Charles Borromeo ( 1 November 1610 ) and Frances of Rome .
Paul V canonised Charles Borromeo and Frances of Rome .
He was born on 17 September 1522 into the noble Borghese family of Siena which had recently fled to Rome , and ROMANUS appears in most of his inscriptions .
He was a son of the noble Borghese family of Siena .
In June 1596 he was made Cardinal-Priest of Sant ` Eusebio and Cardinal Vicar of Rome by Pope Clement VIII , and had as secretary Niccolò Alamanni .
In June 1596 he was made Cardinal .
The county has a total area of 6,714 km ² .
Mureş County has an area of 6,714 km ² .
The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India , is the chief of government , chief advisor to the President of India , head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament .
The Prime Minister of India , is the chief of government , chief advisor to the President of India , head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament .
The prime minister , in consultation with the Cabinet , schedules and attends the sessions of the Houses of Parliament and is required to answer the question from the Members of Parliament to them as the in-charge of the portfolios in the capacity as Prime Minister of India .
The Prime Minister , in consultation with the Cabinet , schedules and attends the sessions of the Houses of Parliament and is required to answer the question from the Members of Parliament .
The incumbent prime minister is Manmohan Singh , in office since 22 May 2004 .
The current prime minister is Manmohan Singh , in office since 22 May 2004 .
The prime minister is usually always in-charge\/head of : The prime minister represents the country in various delegations , high level meetings and international organizations that require the attendance of the highest government office and also addresses to the nation on various issues of national or other importance...
The Prime Minister is usually always in-charge\/head of : The Prime Minister also represents the country in various international meetings , conferences and organizations .
Oath of office : Oath of secrecy :
A Prime Minister must be : Oath of office : Oath of secrecy :
Macassan praus are also recorded in the Aboriginal stories from Broome to the Gulf of Carpentaria , and there were some semi-permanent settlements established , and cases of Aboriginal settlers finding a home in Indonesia .
Macassan praus are also recorded in the Aboriginal stories from Broome to the Gulf of Carpentaria .
By 9,000 years ago small islands in Bass Strait , as well as Kangaroo Island were no longer inhabited .
By 9,000 years ago there were no longer people living on the small islands in Bass Strait or Kangaroo Island .
All told , about 60 different vertebrates became extinct , including the Diprotodon family ( very large marsupial herbivores that looked rather like hippos ) , several large flightless birds , carnivorous kangaroos , Wonambi naracoortensis , a 5 metre serpent , a five metre lizard and Meiolania , a tortoise the size of...
About 60 different vertebrates became extinct , including the Diprotodon family ( very large marsupials that looked rather like hippos ) , several large flightless birds , meat eating kangaroos , a five metre lizard and Meiolania , a tortoise the size of a small car .
Fire-tolerant species became predominant : in particular , eucalyptus , acacia , and grasses .
Species that could survive fire began to take over : in particular , eucalyptus , acacia , and grasses .
Migration was achieved during the closing stages of the Pleistocene , when sea levels were much lower than they are today .
During the Pleistocene period , sea levels were much lower than they are today .
The direct cause of the mass extinctions is uncertain : it may have been fire , hunting , climate change or a combination of all or any of these factors , although the rapid decline of many species is still a matter of dispute .
It may have been fire , hunting , climate change , or a combination of all .
In Arnhem Land the Malakunanja II rock shelter `` has been dated to around 55,000 years old '' .
The oldest place where humans lived in Australia dates to 55,000 years ago , the Malakunanja II rock shelter in the Northern Territory .
Linguistic and genetic evidence shows that there has been long-term contact between Australians in the far north and the Austronesian people of modern-day New Guinea and the islands , but that this appears to have been mostly trade with a little intermarriage , as opposed to direct colonisation .
Studies of language and genes shows that there has been long-term contact between Australians in the far north and the people of modern-day New Guinea and the islands .
The sea level stabilised to near its present levels about 6000 years ago , flooding the land bridge between Australia and New Guinea .
The land bridge between Australia and New Guinea was blocked by rising sea levels about 8,000 years ago .
The changes to the fauna were even more dramatic : the megafauna , species significantly larger than humans , disappeared , and many of the smaller species disappeared too .
Megafauna , species much larger than humans , disappeared , as well as many of the smaller species .
Over the last 70,000 years it became much more frequent as hunter-gatherers used it as a tool to drive game , to produce a green flush of new growth to attract animals , and to open up impenetrable forest .
Hunter-gatherers use fire as a tool to drive game , to produce new growth to attract animals , and to clear scrub .
At the end of the Pleistocene , roughly 13,000 years ago , the Torres Strait connection , the Bassian Plain between modern-day Victoria and Tasmania , and the link from Kangaroo Island began disappearing under the rising sea .
At the end of the Pleistocene , about 13,000 years ago , rising sea levels cut the land access across the Torres Strait to New Guinea , the Bass Strait between Victoria and Tasmania , and to Kangaroo Island .
It was consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1993 .
It was consecrated in 1993 by Pope John Paul II .
All the games take place inside The Cube .
Games take place inside of a cube .
The Cube is a triple BAFTA Award-winning British game show which first aired on ITV on 22 August 2009 .
The Cube is a British game show that airs on ITV .
Each contestant begins with nine lives .
The contestant is given nine lives .
As the name would suggest using this will make a certain game easier for the contestant to complete .
This allows a contestant to make a game easier .
Each time a contestant makes an unsuccessful attempt at a game , one life is lost and the contestant must repeat the game until successful .
Each time a contestant fails , he lose a life , and must play the game again .
Its synodic period of over 846 Earth days is among the largest of any body in the Solar System .
Its synodic period of over 846 Earth days is among the biggest of any body in the Solar System .
It was discovered on the same night ( 13 August 1898 ) by Gustav Witt in Berlin and Auguste Charlois at Nice .
It was found on the same night ( 13 August 1898 ) by Gustav Witt in Berlin and Auguste Charlois at Nice .
This event may also be responsible for the 40 percent of the Erotian surface that is devoid of craters smaller than 0.5 kilometers across .
This impact may also be responsible for the 40 percent of the Erotian surface that is devoid of craters smaller than 0.5 kilometers across .
It was originally thought that the debris thrown up by the collision filled in the smaller craters .
It was first thought that the debris thrown up by the collision filled in the smaller craters .
As one of the larger near-Earth asteroids ( NEAs ) , Eros has played a significant role in history .
As one of the bigger Near Earth Asteroids ( NEAs ) , Eros has played a significant role in history .
Witt was taking a 2-hour exposure of Beta Aquarii to secure astrometric positions of asteroid 185 Eunike .
Witt was taking a 2 hour exposure of beta Aquarius to secure astrometric positions of asteroid 185 Eunike .
The Erotian surface gravity varies greatly , since Eros is not a sphere but an elongated peanut-shaped ( or potato - or shoe-shaped ) object .
The Erotian surface gravity changes a lot , since Eros is not a sphere but a stretched peanut-shaped ( or potato - or shoe-shaped ) object .
NEAR scientists have found that most of the larger rocks strewn across Eros were ejected from a single crater in an impact approximately 1 billion years ago .
NEAR scientists have found that most of the bigger rocks strewn across Eros were blown off from a single crater in a meteorite collision approximately 1 billion years ago .
Under this condition , the asteroid actually appears to stop , but unlike the normal condition for a body in heliocentric conjunction with the Earth , its retrograde motion is very small .
Under this condition , the asteroid actually appears to stop , but unlike the normal condition for a body in heliocentric conjunction with the Earth , it never appears to be retrograde .
Objects in such an orbit can remain there for only a few hundred million years before the orbit is perturbed by gravitational interactions .
Objects in an orbit like Eros can exist for only a few hundred million years before the orbit is perturbed by gravitational interactions .
Eros is a Mars-crosser asteroid , the first known to come within the orbit of Mars .
It is a Mars-crosser asteroid and was the first asteroid that was known to come within the orbit of Mars .
On February 12 , 2001 , at the end of its mission , it landed on the asteroid 's surface using its maneuvering jets .
Eros was visited by the NEAR Shoemaker probe , which orbited it , taking many pictures of its surface , and , on February 12 2001 , at the end of its mission , landed on the asteroid 's surface using its maneuvering jets .
During rare oppositions , every 81 years , such as in 1975 and 2056 , Eros can reach a magnitude of +7.0 , which is brighter than Neptune and brighter than any main-belt asteroid except 4 Vesta and , rarely , 2 Pallas and 7 Iris .
But during rare oppositions , every 81 years , such as in 1975 and 2056 , Eros can reach a magnitude of +7.1 , which is brighter than Neptune and brighter than any main belt asteroid except 4 Vesta and , not usually , 2 Pallas and 7 Iris .
It is a potential Earth impactor , comparable in size to the impactor that created Chicxulub crater and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs .
It is thought to be bigger than the impactor that created Chicxulub crater in the Yucatán , which has been linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs .
Nighttime measurements fall near -150 ° C. Eros 's density is 2.67 kg\/dm3 , about the same as the density of Earth 's crust .
The daytime temperature on Eros hovers at about 100 ° C and nighttime measurements at − 150 ° C. Eros 's density is 2,400 kg\/m3 , about the same as the density of Earth 's crust .
Pope Benedict XIV ( Latin : Benedictus XIV ; 31 March 1675 - 3 May 1758 ) , born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini , was Pope from 17 August 1740 to his death in 1758 .
Pope Benedict XIV ( Latin : Benedictus Quartus Decimus ; 31 March 1675 - 3 May 1758 ) , born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini , was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 248th Pope from 1740 until his death in 1758 .
On August 17 , 1740 , he was elected in the evening and took his new pontifical name of Benedict XIV in honor of Pope Benedict XIII .
He was elected Pope in 1740 ; and he chose to be called Benedict XIV .
This technology reduced the time required to tabulate the census from eight years for the 1880 census to one year for the 1890 census .
This technology made the time to tabulate the census change from eight years for the 1880 census to one year for the 1890 census .
The 1890 census announced that the frontier region of the United States no longer existed , and that the Census Bureau would no longer track the westward migration of the U.S. population .
The 1890 census said that the frontier part of the United States no longer existed ,
The United States census of 1890 showed a total of 248,253 Native Americans living in America , down from 400,764 Native Americans identified in the census of 1850 .
1890 showed a total of 248,253 Native Americans living in America .
Richard takes Kahlan to his best friend and mentor , Zedd .
Because of this , Richard takes Kahlan to his best friend , Zedd .
Wizard 's First Rule , written by Terry Goodkind , is the first book in the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth .
Wizard 's First Rule is a book written by Terry Goodkind .
Richard lives in an area of the world known as Westland , which is the only part of the world that at the time contains no magic .
Westland is the only part of the world that contains no magic .