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527

Also known as a "527 group", a tax-exempt organization that is created to influence elections.

The name comes from a section of the United States tax code.

These organizations are not regulated by the Federal Election Commission. Therefore, people who would normally contribute millions of dollars to a candidate, could legally contribute to one of these groups instead.

Examples of 527s:

"Swift Boat Veterans for Truth"

"MoveOn.org"

"Voices for Working Families"

"Americans for Progress and Opportunity"

"Laborers for Labrador Retreivers"

"Strippers for Subsidized Silicone"

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In 528 AD - An earthquake strikes Antioch, killing thousands, and causing a fire that destroyed the Great Church built by Constantine I.

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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531 (VMFA-531) was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of F/A-18 Hornets . Known as the "Grey Ghosts”, the squadron participated in action during World War II and the Vietnam War. The squadron’s was decommissioned on March 27, 1992.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMFA-531

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Unterseeboot 534

Unterseeboot 534 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the Kriegsmarine and was built in 1942 in Hamburg-Finkenwerder by Deutsche Werft AG.

She was sunk on 5 May 1945 by 10 depth charges launched from a British Liberator aircraft. She sank in the waters of Kattegat north-west of Elsinore, in position 56°39′N, 11°48′E. In 1993 Danish media millionaire, Karsten Ree, sponsored the raising of the submarine amid rumours of nazi gold and intense media coverage. Hopes of gold treasure were disappointed, however, as the ship contained nothing but what was to be expected. In 1996 she was transported to Birkenhead, UK and forms part of the Warship Preservation Trust's collection in the Birkenhead docks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterseeboot_534

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535 AD — The "Dark Ages" Begin – Scientific Growth Stops !

Volcano Krakatoa Explodes, plunging the Whole Planet into Darkness !

For many years, humans forgot their glorious past and huddled in a state of ignorance and fear. Scientists have uncovered evidence from around the world that the early Dark Ages may have been triggered by an actual event that occurred around 535 A.D. Science writer David Keys believes that the cause was a natural phenomenon of cataclysmic proportions. Determined to discover the exact nature of this natural catastrophe, and to understand its political, economic and social repercussions, he embarks on a scientific odyssey that ranges from Greenland to the Antarctica; from the Americas to the Far East. At the center of a stunningly complex chain of events seems to be "a loud bang" — according to Keys a volcanic explosion equal to "two thousand million Hiroshima size bombs { 2 Billion - 2,000,000,000 }." The subsequent environmental calamity, he believes, affected human civilization from Mongolia to Constantinople, precipitating plague, famine, death, great migration, the fall of the great Mexican city of Teotihuacan, the Anglo-Saxon victory over the Celts, and may even have played a role in the rise of Islam.

Highlights Of 535 AD

The nobles were returning from the middle east "HOLY WARS".

Pope John II died.

There were days of darkness.

The plague swept around the world three times in about ten years.

There were seven years of crop failures.

Nations changed their religions.

Empires Fell.

In places great drought destroyed the land.

In other places floods brought chaos.

Tree rings didn't show normal growth for fifteen years.

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540

Used primarily by skate and snowboarders to describe the performing of 1 1/2 full rotations, ususally while airborne.

So named because the subject has rotated 540 degrees.

Man, that was a sick 540!

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WE+543 (original serial 78+16)

Bristol Sycamore Mk52

German Navy

Aeronauticum, Nordholz 24-sep-2006

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USS Cowell (DD-547)

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USS Cowell (DD-547), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for John G. Cowell (1785–1814).

Cowell was launched 18 March 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Calif., sponsored by Mrs. R. Hepburn; and commissioned 23 August 1943, Commander C. W. Parker in command.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cowell_(DD-547)

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