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<div>The '''''Mouvement des Entreprises de France''''' or '''''MEDEF''''' (in English: "Movement of the French Enterprises") is the largest union of [[employer]]s in [[France]]. It was formerly known as the '''''Conseil National du Patronat Français''''' or '''''CNPF''''' (in English: "National Council of the French Employers").<br />
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Its current president is [[Laurence Parisot]], CEO of [[IFOP]].<br />
Previous president [[Ernest-Antoine Seillière]] had come under attack for his "arrogance" and lack of negotiation when demanding social reforms.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe]] (UNICE)<br />
*[[Lisbon Agenda]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.medef.fr Official site of the MEDEF]<br />
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<div>[[Image:P1010005Thumb.JPG|thumb|Chimney Bluffs, New York, August, 2005]]<br />
'''Chimney Bluffs State Park''' is on [[Lake Ontario]], on the eastern shore of Sodus Bay. This park is located in the town of [[Huron, New York|Huron]] in [[Wayne County, New York]]. Using its hiking trails, the intrepid visitor can enjoy unique views of large sandstone formations, sculpted by millennia of erosion from wind, rain, snow, and waves--both from above and below.<br />
The park has approximately 4 miles of hiking trails, including a mile-long trail from the West entrance to the East entrance. Swimming is not allowed; parking is free.<br />
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*[[List of New York state parks]]<br />
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*[http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=168 NY State Parks: Chimney Bluffs State Park]<br />
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[[Category:New York state parks]]</div>Neilchttps://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uma_Bharti&diff=194708021Uma Bharti2005-09-03T22:27:46Z<p>Neilc: </p>
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<div>'''Uma Bharti''' (born [[May 3]], [[1959]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]) is an Indian politician. She is from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. She was the first woman to be the [[Chief minister]] of Madhya Pradesh.<br />
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She was suspended from the party on [[November 10]], 2004. The reason cited was bad conduct. She was accused of making public differences of opinion with other party workers. However, her side of the story was she was only showing her frustration at being sidelined by other party workers after the [[Idgah]] controversy.<br />
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Uma Bharati was forced to give up the chief minister's post after a [[Karnataka]] court ordered her arrest in a 10-year-old case of riots that erupted after she hoisted the national flag at a disputed ground. The case against Uma Bharati according to the court charges is about [[inciting]] [[mob violence]], [[murder]] and [[arson]]. The court alleges she went to an Idgah (a Muslim prayer ground) in Karnataka to hoist the national flag.<br />
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Uma Bharti, a militant leader, has always courted controversy. A self-styled [[sanyasin]], or Hindu ascetic, she's been at the forefront of the Hindu nationalist BJP's most confrontational anti-Muslim maneuvers in recent years. <br />
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According to a letter by [[Time magazine]] journalists [[Jefferson Penberthy]] and [[Anita Pratap]] to the judicial Liberhan commission set up to investigate the destruction of the [[Babri Masjid]] Uma Bharati was part of the triumvirate which also consisted of [[Sadhvi Ritambhara]] and [[Achraya Dharmendra]] all of the [[Bharatiya Janata]] Party who dominated the 'show' at the demolition of the [[Babri Masjid]] at [[Ayodhya]] on December 6, 1992. Bharati in her several turns at the microphone gave the crowds two slogans, 'Ram nam satya hai, [[Babri Masjid]] dhvasth hai,' (True is the name of Ram; the Babri Masjid has been demolished) and 'Ek dhakka aur do, Babri masjid tod do' (Give one more push, and break the Babri Masjid). <br />
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Realising that Muslim houses in the city were being attacked by the [[karsevak]]s Uma Bharti quickly began to urge the authorities on the public address system to stop the 'Mussalmans from burning their own homes'. She was joined by Achraya Dharmendra, who shouted that some 'outlaws' were setting fire to their own huts to make a fast buck and give the innocent karsevaks a bad name.<br />
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Ms. Uma Bharti faced a setback when she came across some agitated [[Christian]]s who held a demonstration criticising her 'Tiranga yatra' in Punjab. The activists of the [[Punjab Christian Movement]], opposing the 'Tiranga Yatra', raised slogans, ''go back Uma Bharti''.<br />
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Mr Masih said the 'Tiranga yatra' of Ms Bharti was not a 'yatra' to a spread message of peace but was aimed at ''fanning communalism and hatred'' in the country.<br />
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*[[Ayodhya]]<br />
*[[Ram Janmabhoomi movement]]<br />
*[[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]]<br />
*[[Hindutva]]<br />
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3998315.stm BBC article on Uma Bharti's suspension]<br />
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<div>'''The Minor Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception''', located in downtown [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] is is the oldest [[Roman Catholic]] parish community in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond|Diocese of Richmond]]. It is known locally as "''The Mother Church of Tidewater Virginia''."<br />
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The community began in [[1791]] as Saint Patrick Church (two years before the establishment of the United States hierarchy and twenty-nine years before the creation of the Richmond Diocese) with French Catholics fleeing the [[French Revolution]] and some of earliest Irish Catholic immigrants to the United States as its first members.<br />
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The first church was built in [[1842]], but was destroyed by fire in [[1856]] only to be replaced by the the present building in [[1858]]. The church was rededicated under the title of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the [[Immaculate Conception]] in commemoration of the Marian dogma proclaimed in [[1854]] by [[Pope Pius IX]]. <br />
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Being in the South, the church was [[racial segregation|segregated]] and African American Catholics began attending St. Mary in [[1886]] where a portion of the choir loft was assigned for their use. The [[Josephite Fathers]] arrived from Richmond in [[1889]] and by September of that year, Saint Joseph Black Catholic parish was founded with the Josephites serving as clergy to serve the spiritual needs of the Black community. Seventy-two years later, [[1961]], St. Joseph's was clustered with St. Mary. After an extensive renovation and restoration program, the newly renovated/restored edifice was rededicated on [[November 1]], [[1989]]. Today, St. Mary Catholic Church is ninety-nine percent African American. The parish supports St. Mary Academy, an inner-city school that provides a Christian education to hundreds of urban children, most of whom are non-Catholic. The Parish also operates a [[soup kitchen]] and provides other outreach to Norfolk's poor and homeless. On the occasion of the 200th Anniversary of the Church, [[December 8]], [[1991]], Pope John Paul II proclaimed the Church of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception a minor [[basilica|Basilica]], the only one in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In his proclamation, the Pope said, "''Your black cultural heritage enriches the church and makes her witness of universality more complete. In a real way the church needs you, just as you need the church, for you are a part of the church and the church is part of you.''"<br />
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<div>'''Family Dollar''' {{nyse|FDO}} is a [[United States]] [[store|store chain]] that has locations almost all over the country. As the store's name suggests, most of its products sell for US$1, although prices vary and some items cost much more.<br />
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Family Dollar competes in the [[dollar store]] market with the national chains [[Dollar General]] and [[Dollar Tree]] together with regional chains such as [[Fred's]] in the southeast, and independent dollar stores.<br />
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==History==<br />
Family Dollar was founded in [[1959]] by [[Leon Levine]], a young entrepreneur. In [[November]] of that year, the company's first store was opened, in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]. In [[1961]], their first store in [[South Carolina]] opened, followed by stores in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Virginia]], which were opened in [[1962]] and [[1965]], respectively. During the [[1960s]], the store company was largely a southern United States operation. By [[1969]], there were fifty stores in Charlotte alone.<br />
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The [[1970s]] were growing years for the store chain. In [[1970]], Family Dollar's stock went public for the first time, at $14.50. In [[1971]], the chain's 100th store opened, followed by their 200th in [[1974]] and their 300th in [[1978]]. Also in 1974, a distribution center was opened in [[Matthews, North Carolina]]. In [[1979]], Family Dollar stock began trading at the [[NYSE]].<br />
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In [[1981]], the chain's 400th store was opened, followed by a 500th store in [[1982]] and a 700th in [[1983]]. The [[1980s]] saw expansion at a wider scale for the company, and, by [[1989]], 1,500 stores were operating.<br />
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The [[1990s]] saw the expansion slow down a little when compared to the 1980s, with 1,000 stores opened. However, the company opened three distribution centers, one each in [[West Memphis, Arkansas]], [[Fort Royal, Virginia]] and [[Duncan, Oklahoma]].<br />
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In [[2000]], a distribution center was opened in [[Morehead, Kentucky]]. In [[2001]], Family Dollar joined the [[S&P 500]] [[stock index]]. In [[2002]], the company joined the [[Fortune 500]] list and opened a distribution center in [[Maquoketa, Iowa]]. [[2003]] saw distribution centers open in [[Odessa, Texas]] and [[Jacksonville, Florida]].[[2005]] saw distribution centers open in [[Marianna, Florida]].<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*http://www.familydollar.com<br />
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