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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pacific-12 Conference Men`s Basketball Tournament, known since 2003 under sponsorship agreements as the Pacific Life Pac-10 Men’s Basketball Tournament, and otherwise known as the Pac-12 Tournament, is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the Pacific-12 Conference, taking place in Los Angeles at the Staples Center every year.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Operation Balak was a smuggling operation, during the founding of Israel in 1948, that purchased arms in Europe to avoid various embargoes and boycotts transferring them to the Zionists. Of particular note was the delivery of 23 Czechoslovakia-made Avia S-199 fighters, the post-war version of the German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The concept of a Future Canadian Amphibious Assault Ship arose as part of the development of Canada`s Joint Support Ship Project (JSS) and the need to improve the ability of the Canadian Forces to rapidly deploy overseas. Many of the capabilities required were to be included in the JSS, but a dedicated amphibious ship was favoured by some, such as then Chief of the Defence Staff Rick Hillier. As of August 2008, the project appears to have been placed on hold, if not cancelled. According to French daily La Tribune, the Royal Canadian Navy shows "strong interest" in buying two Mistral ships.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Venezuela competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sobou FC is a Papuasian football team playing in the Papua New Guinea National Club Championship. It is based in Lae.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bienfaisant was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1754.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Canadian Single Class Surface Combatant is the name given by naval observers for the expected replacement of the Iroquois-class destroyer which will also eventually replace the Halifax-class frigate in the period beginning 2016–2017.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Begor (DE-711/APD-127) was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant (junior grade) Fay B. Begor (1916 - 1943), a Navy doctor who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers and/or wrist to spin the ball from a right-handed batsman`s off side to the leg side (that is, towards the right-handed batsman, or away from a left-handed batsman). This contrasts with leg spin, in which the ball spins from leg to off and which is bowled with a very different action.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Entebbe International Airport (IATA: EBB, ICAO: HUEN) is the principal international airport of Uganda.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Off Season is a 2001 TV movie directed by Bruce Davison, and starring Sherilyn Fenn, Rory Culkin, Hume Cronyn, Adam Arkin, and Bruce Davison. It is about a presumably disturbed little boy (Culkin) who has been orphaned, and who comes to believe that a local guest (Cronyn) who is staying at the hotel at which the boy`s aunt works is actually Santa Claus.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship that was contended for in the Pacific Northwest from the early 1940`s until 1957. When the title was retired in 1957, it was the top singles title in the Pacific Northwest area.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ragdoll Blaster is a game for the iPhone/iPod Touch developed by Backflip Studios. The game is also available as a free lite version with fewer levels.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Ragdoll is a cat breed with blue eyes and a distinct colorpoint coat. It is a large and muscular semi-longhair cat with a soft and silky coat. Developed by American breeder Ann Baker, it is best known for its docile and placid temperament and affectionate nature. The name "Ragdoll" is derived from the tendency of individuals from the original breeding stock to go limp and relaxed when picked up.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Joint Support Ship Project (abbreviated as JSS Project) is a project undertaken by the Canadian Forces to provide Canada with three multirole naval vessels. The Joint Support Ship will enable a Naval Task Group to remain at sea for up to six times longer than is currently possible. The Joint Support ships will provide the Royal Canadian Navy with a greater flexibility to conduct a wide range of operations both domestically and internationally. The project has suffered from considerable delays. Originally announced in 2004, a contract for the construction of these ships was to have been signed in 2009. They were to have been available for operational service in 2012. A contract for...

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem lasted from April 2 to May 10, 2002 in Bethlehem in the West Bank. As part of Operation Defensive Shield, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) occupied Bethlehem and tried to capture wanted Palestinian militants. Dozens of them fled into the Church of the Nativity and sought refuge. After 39 days, an agreement was reached, according to which the militants turned themselves in to Israel and were exiled to Europe and the Gaza Strip.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ragdoll Productions (or Ragdoll Ltd) is a UK company that produces children`s television shows. It was founded in 1984 by Anne Wood, who later devised many of their television series, seen (in the case of Teletubbies) in 111 countries and translated into 41 languages.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pacific Coast Harmony is the La Jolla, CA Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. The all-male chorus sings the a cappella style known as barbershop music. PCH placed 19th overall at the chorus competition at the Society`s international convention in Indianapolis in July 2006.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.