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  1. Near East Air Force (Royal Air Force)

    Infobox Military Unit unit name Near East Air Force image File NearEastAirForce.png caption Crest of Near East Air Force dates 1943 1976 country allegiance branch Royal Air Force type role Command military formation Command size command structure garrison Cyprus garrison label Headquarters nickname patron motto colors colors label march mascot equipment equipment label battles anniversaries decorations battle honours disbanded Commanders commander1 commander1 label commander2 commander2 label commander3 commander3 label notable commanders Insignia identification symbol identification symbol label identification symbol 2 identification symbol 2 label identification symbol 3 identification symbol 3 label identification symbol 4 identification symbol 4 label Aircraft The former Royal Air Force Near East Air Force , more simply known as RAF Near East Air Force, was the Command military formation Command organisation that controlled all Royal Air Force assets in the Western Mediterranean the Near East . History The Command was originally formed as RAF Mediterranean and Middle East on 10 December 1943 to control RAF elements in the Western Mediterranean under the command of Mediterranean Air Command Mediterranean Allied Air Forces . ref name air http www.rafweb.org Cmd O2.htm Air of Authority A History of RAF Organisation Overseas Commands Middle East & Mediterranean ref On 31 July 1945 it was expanded to absorb RAF Middle East Command and on 1 June 1949 it was renamed Middle East Air Force . ref name air On 1 March 1961 the Southern Group of Middle East Air Force became Near East Air Force and was based in Cyprus . ref name air The Command was disbanded and replaced by Air Headquarters ... 16 July 1962 Commanders in Chief Near East Air Force Air Marshal Sir Denis Barnett 16 July 1962 ... name air br Commanders in Chief RAF Mediterranean and Middle East Air Marshal Sir John Slessor 14 January ... 1 March 1948 23 January 1950 Commanders in Chief Middle East Air Force Air Marshal Sir John Baker RAF ...   more details



  1. Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies

    Infobox Government agency agency name Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies parent agency United States Department of Defense Department of Defense , Defense Security Cooperation Agency , logo NESA current WEB.jpg logo width 140px logo caption NESA Center Logo formed 2000 jurisdiction United States Government headquarters National Defense University Washington, D.C. employees 60 2012 chief1 name Ambassador ret. James Larocco chief1 position Director website NESA Center http www.nesa center.org Established in 2000, the Near East South Asia NESA Center for Strategic Studies is the preeminent U.S. Government institution for building relationships and understanding in the NESA region. The NESA Center supports the theater security cooperation effort of four Regional Combatant Commands United States Central Command USCENTCOM , United States Africa Command USAFRICOM , United States European Command USEUCOM , and United States Pacific Command USPACOM and is one of five regional centers that fall under the Defense Security Cooperation Agency ref http www.dsca.mil programs schools index.htm ... Center is located near Fort Lesley J. McNair inside the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. Mission statement NESA Mission To enhance security in the Near East and South ... Studies Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies References Commons category Near East South Asia Center ... using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist Categories DEFAULTSORT Near East South Asia Center For Strategic Studies Category United States Department of Defense Category Middle East Category Near East Category South Asia Category Central Asia Category Security studies ... multilateral relationships between the U.S government and its allies in the region the Near East and South and Central Asian regional governments and their armed forces, by focusing on broader ... in the region. Foundation Programs The NESA Center conducts various seminars on a near continuous ...   more details



  1. Middle Bronze Age migrations (Ancient Near East)

    in the Aegean and the Near East year 1994 publisher Princeton University Press isbn 0691029512 cite ... shows that the cities of Erzerum , Sivas , Pulur Huyuk near Bayburt Baiburt , Kultepe near Hafik , and Maltepe near Sivas all show destruction during this time. The great trading city of Kanesh Level ... as Etiyokusu, Cerkes . Further west near the Dardanelles the two large mounds of Korpruoren and Tavsanli ...   more details



  1. Y-DNA haplogroups by populations of Near East and North Africa

    Altaic Turkic 25 nts 4.0 Cruciani2004 ref name Cruciani2004 See also Near East and North Africa Genetic history of North Africa Demographics of the Arab League Archaeogenetics of the Near East Genetic ... reflist 30em Y chromosome haplogroups by populations Category Human Y DNA haplogroups Near East and North ... of the Genetic Landscape of the Middle East journal The American Journal of Human Genetics volume ... and North Asian populations Y DNA haplogroups by populations of East and Southeast Asia Y DNA haplogroups ...   more details



  1. Near

    wiktionarypar near NEAR or Near may refer to TOC right Science, mathematics, technology, biology, and medicine Nicking Enzyme Amplification Reaction , a method for in vitro DNA amplification Near Earth object , an object in the Solar System whose orbit brings it close to the Earth Near Earth asteroid Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research NEAR Shoemaker , a spacecraft that studied the near Earth asteroid Eros Near Infrared Camera and Multi Object Spectrometer , a scientific instrument for infrared astronomy Near Field Communication NFC , a short range wireless communication technology N.E.A.R. National Emergency Alarm Repeater , an obsolete civilian warning device in the United States Nearness defined as it relates to Point Set Topology, also known as proximity space Near , an interactive city browser application developed by NearGlobal Geography Near East Ancient Near East Near Eastern archaeology Linguistics Near close vowel Near close near front rounded vowel Near close near front unrounded vowel Near close near back vowel Near front vowel Near back vowel Near open vowel Near open central vowel Near open front unrounded vowel Television, film, music, and books Near Death Note Real Name Nate River , a character in Death Note Food, beverages, and meals Near beer , a beer with very low or no alcohol Other uses Near v. Minnesota , a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding freedom of the press Near death experience NDE , personal experiences associated with impending death New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame See also intitle Near List of nearest stars List of nearest bright stars List of nearest galaxies Distance Far disambiguation disambig de NEAR fr NEAR it Near ja ...   more details



  1. CIA activities in the Near East, North Africa, South and Southwest Asia

    The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency conducts activities in the areas commonly called the Middle East , or more precisely, North Africa, the Near Middle East, and South and Southwest Asia. North Africa main CIA activities in Algeria main CIA activities in Libya main CIA activities in Morocco main CIA activities in Tunisia 1966 National Intelligence Estimate on the Maghreb The 1966 National Intelligence Estimate on the Maghreb states as its goal, To examine and assess trends and problems of the individual Maghreb states and of the area as a whole over the next two or three years. It continues The three Maghreb states share a certain sense of identity, but this tends to be overshadowed by the differences between them. Some modest forms of economic cooperation are developing, but over the next few years nothing approaching economic integration or political unity is in sight. See the individual countries for details on the estimates pertaining directly to them. France will continue to be the single most important foreign influence in the Maghreb. The cultural link is likely to persist for some time, and France is the principal trading partner of each of the three countries. Algeria will continue to be the most favored by French subsidies and other economic aid, though throughout the area ... reflist 2 CIA activities in the Near East, North Africa, South and Southwest Asia Central Intelligence Agency Category CIA activities in the Near East, North Africa, South and Southwest Asia ... U.S. ally, pushed Washington for a more energetic pursuit of Middle East peace, but was disappointed ... pressed the United States to resolve the Middle East crisis and attempted to defuse the issue ... the initiative on the Middle East from Arab radicals and bolster its fellow moderates. Arab nationalists ... were likely to remain politically stable in the near future, in the latter case due to King Hassan ... France, could provide the counterpoise to the Soviets in North Africa. THE END Middle East ...   more details



  1. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

    for Washington Institute for Near East Policy has published a report for WINEP in which he criticized ... of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, 5 November 2002 ... creates dependency How UNRWA creates dependency. Middle East Forum . 3 December 2007. 27 February 2009 ... UNRWA operates one of the largest school systems in the Middle East, with 700 schools employing ... to all registered refugees who ask for it. The clinics are based inside refugee camps or near ... regional coverage of any microfinance institution in the Middle East. Having begun its operations ... across the wider Middle East region, the department has since 2003 also maintained operations ... Spyer. http www.meforum.org article 1807 How UNRWA creates dependency. Middle East Forum 3 .... ref name softens cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi world middle east 3716930.stm work ... cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi middle east 3719432.stm work BBC News title UN hits back over ...   more details



  1. Refugees in the Near East

    United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNRWA is a relief and human development agency, providing education, health care, social services and emergency aid to over 4.7 million Palestine refugee s living in Jordan , Lebanon and Syria , as well as in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip . It is the only agency dedicated to helping refugees from a specific region or conflict. It is separate from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR , ref http www.unhcr.org cgi bin texis vtx home ref the UN Refugee Agency, which is the only other UN agency aiding refugees, dedicated to aiding all refugees in the world. The current Commissioner General of UNRWA, since 2010, is Filippo Grandi . Grandi was appointed to his post by Ban Ki moon. Grandi served as Deputy Commissioner General since 2005. Before UNRWA, Grandi had served in UNHCR and other UN organizations. ref name UNRWA new appointments http www.unrwa.org etemplate.php?id 542 Secretary General Appoints New Commissioner General and Deputy Commissioner General , UNRWA.org ref Former Directors and Commissioner General of UNRWA Directors of UNRWA 1950 1962 and Commissioners General 1962 . ref Benjamin ... references Category United Nations operations in the Middle East Directors and Commissioners General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Category ... Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Category Lists of people by employer Directors and Commissioners General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Category United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East officials ... of Directors at the Middle East Policy Council in Washington D.C.. Peter Hansen UN Peter Hansen Denmark ... Relief Coordinator. Hansen was relieved of duty ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi middle east 4191313.stm BBC NEWS Middle East Unrwa head to go against his will ref after making a statement that he employed ...   more details



  1. Near North

    Near North can refer to Norte Chico, Chile , a region in Chile sometimes translated as Near North Near North, Minneapolis , a community in Minneapolis A term for the Far East used in Australia A cultural and economic region of Canada, roughly similar to the Boreal forest of Canada Boreal forest ecological region See also Near North Side disambiguation geodis ...   more details



  1. NEAR 90FM

    Infobox Radio Station name NEAR 90fm airdate 1995 frequency 90.3 MHz format Community area Northeast Dublin owner Near Media Co op NEAR 90fm North East Access Radio is a Broadcasting Commission of Ireland BCI licensed, communally owned, not for profit community media project. The project is operated by a democratic co operative,Near Media Co op and is open to all organisations and individuals in Dublin North East, Republic of Ireland Ireland . Programming incorporates a positive emphasis on areas such as facilitating and supporting community development, providing access and providing a platform to a wide range of local groups. Station programming provides a wide range of specialist music programmes blues, punk, ska etc. as well as well as a variety of talk programming. NEAR 90fm was previously known as NEARfm 101.6. On Tuesday 23 January 2007, the station switched to a new frequency of 90.3fm and was renamed NEAR 90fm. NEAR fm first went on air as NEAR fm 101.5 in August 1995. NEAR 90fm also has a television department known as NEAR TV and an IT department called NEARonline. The station also runs an internet cafe in the Northside Civic Centre, where the project is based, in Coolock . NEAR 90fm is a member of CRAOL ,The Community Radio Forum of Ireland. Franchise Area Parts of Coolock including Ayrfield and Kilmore West, Artane, Dublin Artane , Donnycarney , Killester , Kilbarrack , Raheny , Beaumont, Dublin Beaumont , Baldoyle , Dollymount , Donaghmede and Darndale . Broadcasting Hours 24 hours a day External links http www.nearfm.ie Category Media in Dublin city Category Community radio stations in Ireland Category Article Feedback 5 Ireland stub Europe radio station stub ...   more details



  1. Near Islands

    Infobox islands name Near Islands native name link Aleut language native name Sasignan tanangin locator map Location map USA Alaska width 250 float center caption mark Cercle rouge 50 .svg marksize 10 label Near Islands position right lat deg 52 lat min 48 lat sec 02 lat dir N lon deg 173 lon min 07 lon sec 54 lon dir E map caption Near Islands Alaska coordinates coord 52 48 02 N 173 07 54 E scale 1000000 region US AK display inline,title location Pacific Ocean total islands 15 major islands Attu Island Attu , Agattu area sqmi 441.618 length mi 25 country United States country admin divisions title U.S. state State country admin divisions flag Alaska population 47 population as of 2000 ethnic ... Islands, showing the Near Islands on the left Attu Island 1 , Agattu Island 2 , Alaid Island Alaska Alaid Island 3 , Nizki Island 4 , and Shemya Island 5 . The Near Islands or Sasignan Islands lang ale ... of the Near Islands are Attu Island Attu and Agattu . Besides a few islet rocks in the channel ... 20 miles to the east southeast from Shemya are small rocky reefs known as the Ingenstrem Rocks. The total land area of all of the Near Islands is 1,143.785  km 441.618 sq mi , and their total population ... are Shemya and Attu. History The islands were named Near Islands by Russian explorers in the 18th ... from mainland Alaska. During the Second World War , the Japanese Imperial Army occupied the Near ..., part of the Near Islands.jpg Near Islands in 2008 File Hauling supplies on Attu.jpg United States ... Near Islands Blocks 1147 thru 1170, Census Tract 1, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau refend Islands in the Bering Sea Category Near Islands Category Islands of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Category Islands of the Aleutian Islands AleutiansWestAK geo stub de Near Islands es Islas Near fr Near Islands it Isole Near ja pl Wyspy Bliskie pt Ilhas Near ru fi Nearsaaret sv Near Islands zh ...   more details



  1. Singularity Is Near

    Singularity Is Near can refer to The Singularity Is Near , a 2005 book by Raymond Kurzweil. The Singularity Is Near film , a 2010 film based on the book. http www.imdb.com title tt1049412 dab ...   more details



  1. Near Here

    Italic title Infobox artwork image file painting alignment image size title Near Here alt other language 1 other title 1 other language 2 other title 2 artist Paul Druecke year 2011 type bronze height metric width metric length metric height imperial width imperial length imperial diameter metric diameter imperial imperial unit in metric unit cm city Milwaukee, Wisconsin museum Institute of Visual Arts coordinates owner Near Here is a public art work by United States American artist Paul Druecke , located on the facade of the Peck School of the Arts Kenilworth Building, part of University of Wisconsin Milwaukee on the east side of Milwaukee , Wisconsin . ref name Stingl cite news last Stingl first Jim title Clarity it may lack, but there s something about this plaque url http www.jsonline.com news milwaukee plaque 5t3v4pt 138172279.html?page 1 accessdate 27 January 2012 newspaper Milwaukee Journal Sentinel date 27 January 2012 ref The artwork is a bronze plaque with a poetic text created by Donna Stonecipher . It is located at 2155 North Prospect Avenue. References reflist Milwaukee MilwaukeePublicArt coord missing Wisconsin Category Culture of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Category Outdoor sculptures in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Category 2011 sculptures Category Bronze sculptures Public art stub ...   more details



  1. Near Oceania

    early Hominidae hominids . To the north and east of New Guinea, the islands of Near Oceania the Bismarck ...Refimprove date December 2009 Near Oceania or Near Melanesia is the part of Oceania settled 35,000 years ago, comprising western Island Melanesia the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands archipelago . ref Steadman, 2006. Extinction & biogeography of tropical Pacific birds ref Some definitions include Australia and New Guinea . Citation needed date October 2010 Compare Remote Oceania . Prehistory The great nineteenth century naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace explored what is now Indonesia , drawing attention to fundamental biological differences between the Australia New Guinea region and Southeast Asia . The boundary between the Asian and Australian faunal regions consists of a zone of smaller islands bearing the name of Wallacea , in honor of the great co discoverer of the theory of natural selection . Wallace speculated that the key to understanding these differences would lie in now submerged lands, uniting islands to continents 1895 . We now know that at several intervals during the Pleistocene , the sea surface was 130 metres below the current sea level . At these times New Guinea, Tasmania , the Aru Islands , and some smaller islands were joined to the Australian mainland. Biogeographers call this enlarged Greater Australian continent Sahul Ballard, 1993 or Meganesia . West of Wallacea, the vast Sunda Shelf was also exposed as dry land, greatly extending the Southeast Asian mainland to include the Greater Sunda Islands of Sundaland . However, the islands of Wallacea ... of Near Oceania. Herein lies one of the most exciting and intriguing aspects of Pacific prehistory that we ... and Near Oceania were proposed by anthropologists Roger Curtis Green Roger Green and Andrew Pawley ... Near Oceania cuts right across the old category of Melanesia. The old categories have been in use ... categories have remained in popular culture and general usage. See also East Melanesian Islands References ...   more details



  1. Near miss

    Near miss may refer to wikt near miss Near miss safety , an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage but had the potential to do so Near Earth object , an asteroid or meteorite that barely misses the earth or another body Near miss Johnson solid , a type of geometric shape Near Miss band , an American punk band disambig ja ...   more details



  1. Near Myths

    Infobox comic book title Wikipedia WikiProject Comics title Near Myths image Near Myths 3 cover.jpg imagesize default 250 caption Cover of Near Myths 3 . schedule format ongoing Y genre publisher date issues 5 main char team writers artists pencillers inkers letterers colorists editors creative team month creative team year creators TPB ISBN subcat British comics sort Near Myths nonUS y Near Myths was a comic magazine published in Edinburgh during the late 1970s that only ran for five issues. The initial editor was Rob King and it was produced by Galaxy Media. It is important because it featured the first works of Grant Morrison and Bryan Talbot who took over as editor for the final fifth issue as well as Graham Manley and Tony O Donnell. Publications The Adventures of Luther Arkwright , by Bryan Talbot started its run in Near Myths. Napalm Kiss in Near Myths 1, September 1978 Shadows in Near Myths 2, October 1978 The Treaty of St Petersburg in Near Myths 3, December 1978 Point.Counter.Point in Near Myths 4 The Adventures of Luther Arkwright Chapters 1B, 2b & 4B in Near Myths 5, April 1980 Grant Morrison providing both art and script Time is a Four Lettered Word in Near Myths 2, October 1978 Gideon Stargrave in Near Myths 3 4, 1978 1979 The Checkmate Man in Near Myths 5, 1980 External links http www.grant morrison.com near myths.htm Grant Morrison Bibliography http homepage.ntlworld.com fish1000 index lostcontent gm afterimage6 jan88.txt Interview with Morrison about his early work including Near Myths Grant Morrison UK comics stub ...   more details



  1. Near field

    wiktionary near field Near field may refer to Near field optics Near field mathematics , an algebraic structure Near and far field , parts of an electromagnetic field Near field communication , a set of short range wireless technologies, typically requiring a distance of 4 cm or less disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ...   more details



  1. The End Is Near

    The End Is Near may refer to The End Is Near Five Iron Frenzy album The End Is Near The New Year album dab Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ...   more details



  1. Near-semiring

    In mathematics , a near semiring also seminearring is an abstract algebra algebraic algebraic structure structure more general to nearring near ring and semiring . Near semirings arise naturally from Function mathematics functions on semigroup mathematics semigroup s. Definition A near semiring is a nonempty set S with two binary operations and , and a constant 0 such that S 0 is a monoid , S is a semigroup, these structures are related by one right or left distributive law, and accordingly the 0 is one right or left, respectively side absorptive element. Formally, an algebraic structure S , , 0 is said to be a near semiring if it satisfies the following axioms OL LI S , 0 is a monoid, LI S is a semigroup, LI a b c a c b c , for all a , b , c in S , and LI 0 a 0 for all a in S . OL Clearly, near semirings are common abstraction of semirings and near rings Golan, 1999 Pilz, 1983 . The standard examples of near semirings are typically of the form M , the set of all mappings on a semigroup with identity zero, with respect to pointwise addition and composition of mappings, and certain subsets of this set. Bibliography http math.haifa.ac.il JSGOLAN golan2.html Golan, Jonathan S. , Semirings and their applications . Updated and expanded version of The theory of semirings, with applications to mathematics and theoretical computer science Longman Sci. Tech., Harlow, 1992, MathSciNet id 1163371 . Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1999. xii 381 pp. ISBN 0 7923 5786 8 MathSciNet id 1746739 http www.iitg.ernet.in kvk Krishna, K. V. , Near semirings Theory and application , Ph.D. thesis, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, 2005. http www.algebra.uni linz.ac.at People gun.html Pilz, G. , Near Rings The Theory and Its Applications , Vol. 23 of North Holland Mathematics Studies, North Holland Publishing Company, 1983. The http www.algebra.uni linz.ac.at Nearrings Near Ring Main Page at the Johannes Kepler Universit t Linz Willy G. van Hoorn and B. van Rootselaar, Fundamental notions ...   more details



  1. Near money

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Near money synonym quasi money is a term used in economics to describe highly liquid assets that can easily be converted into cash . Various sources provide the following examples of near money Savings account Money fund s Bank time deposit s Certificates of deposit Government treasury securities such as T bills Bond finance Bonds near their redemption date Foreign currencies, especially widely traded ones such as the US dollar , euro or yen . list of countries by stocks of quasi money . See also Money supply DEFAULTSORT Near Money Category Monetary economics Econ stub ja ...   more details



  1. Near Threatened

    system Near Threatened and Conservation Dependent were both subcategories of the category Lower ... Near Threatened NT in either case. See also IUCN Red List near threatened species for a list ordered by taxonomic rank Category IUCN Red List near threatened species for an alphabetical list External links http www.iucnredlist.org apps redlist search link 4cb7fb7b 41ac38af List of Near Threatened ... Category Near threatened species Category Near threatened plants Category Biota by conservation status ...   more details



  1. Near-ring

    In mathematics , a near ring also near ring or nearring is an abstract algebra algebraic algebraic structure structure similar to a ring algebra ring but satisfying fewer axioms. Near rings arise naturally ... s called addition and called multiplication is called a right near ring if A1 N is a group not necessarily ... x , y , z in N , it holds that x y z x z y z . ref NAME Pilz82 Appl G. Pilz, 1982 , Near Rings ..., R.I., 1981. ref Similarly, it is possible to define a left near ring by replacing the right distributive law A3 by the corresponding left distributive law. However, near rings are almost always written as right near rings. An immediate consequence of this one sided distributive law is that it is true ... y . A near ring is a Ring theory ring not necessarily with unity if and only if addition is commutative ... as the product , M G becomes a near ring. The 0 element of the near ring M G is the zero map ... , is abelian, both near ring operations on M G are closed on E G , and E G , , is a ring. If G , is nonabelian, E G is generally not closed under the near ring operations but any subset of M G that contains E G and is closed under the near ring operations is also a near ring. Many subsets of M G form interesting and useful near rings. For example ref NAME Pilz82 Appl The mappings for which f ... not just a near ring, but a ring. Further examples occur if the group has further structure ... involve the subclass of nearrings known as Near field mathematics near fields for these see the article on near fields. There are various applications of proper near rings, i.e., those that are neither rings nor near fields. The best known is to Block design balanced incomplete block designs ref G. Pilz Near rings , North Holland, Amsterdam, second edition, 1983 . ref using planar nearrings. These are a way ... ref J. Clay Nearrings Geneses and applications , Oxford, 1992 . ref See also Near field mathematics Semiring Near semiring References reflist External links The http www.algebra.uni linz.ac.at ...   more details



  1. Laurel Near

    One source article date February 2008 Infobox person name Laurel Near image occupation Film actress Laurel Near played the role of The Lady in the Radiator in 1977 in film 1977 s Eraserhead . In this cult film she is seen performing the song In Heaven , although in actuality she was lip syncing a vocal performance by Boston based musician Peter Ivers , the song s composer. Laurel Near sang in a trio with her two sisters Timi and Holly Near . The latter was a good friend of Catherine E. Coulson . Laurel is now a mother of 3 children and resides in Ukiah, CA. She currently co directs S.P.A.C.E. which stands for School of Performing Arts and Cultural Education, where she teaches children musical theater, acting, and modern dance while addressing and teaching about cultural issues, and acceptance of diversity. Filmography Eraserhead 1977 External links IMDb name id 0623787 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Near ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American actor DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Near Category American film actors Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category Place of birth missing living people US film actor stub ...   more details



  1. Near Changes

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Near Changes is a 1990 collection of poems by Mona Van Duyn 1921 2004 . It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1991. Category Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winning works Poetry stub ...   more details



  1. Near space

    . The terms near space and upper atmosphere are generally considered synonymous. However, some sources ... line are called near space, while only the remaining layers between the lower atmosphere and near space are called the upper atmosphere. Exploration Near space was first explored in the 1930s ... support systems. Notable people who flew in near space were Jean Piccard and his wife Jeannette, on the nearcraft ... a resurgence of interest in near space to launch manned spacecraft by man. Groups like ARCASPACE , as well ... altitude balloons. JP Aerospace has a proposal for a spaceport in near space, as part of their Airship to Orbit program. Atmospheric phenomena in near space Atmospheric phenomena in near space include ... ARI 2005 01.pdf Near Space as a Combat Effects Enabler http www.airforcetimes.com story.php?f 1 292925 ... archives 001577.html Defensetech.org http www.nearspacesystems.com Near Space Systems http digital50.com ... The B.H.A.L.D.I. Project http www.inbloon.com Bloon Near space flight http www.justinhamel.com www.justinhamel.com DEFAULTSORT Near Space Category Altitudes in aviation climate stub space stub ...   more details




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