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Stéphane Dion
Stéphane Dion , 1955-, Canadian politician, b. Quebec, grad. Laval Univ., Quebec (B.A. 1977, M.A. 1979), Institut d'études politiques, Paris. A political science professor at the Univ. of Moncton, N.B. (1984), and the Univ. of Montreal (1984-96), he was first elected to the Canadian parliament, as a Liberal, in 1996. He served as minister of intergovernmental affairs (1996-2003) and minister of the environment (2004-6) under Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin , respectively. Following the Liberal party 's defeat in the 2006 elections, Martin resigned as party leader, and Dion, who was not favored to succeed him, was nonetheless elected to the post. Under Dion the party lost additional seats in the 2008 elections. Dion is noted as the author of the Clarity Act (2000), which set precise and strict terms for any future move to establish independence for Quebec.
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Lipman Acquires Dione Plc; Combination To Strengthen Leadership Position in the Worldwide Transaction Solutions Market.
Business Wire; 10/4/2004; 700+ words
; ...Nasdaq, TASE: LPMA) and privately-held Dione Plc jointly announced today that Lipman has purchased 100% of the share capital of Dione from its shareholders, Tamares Capital...cash for all of the outstanding shares of Dione. In addition, Lipman is required to pay...
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Xplorer kick starts Dione`s portable payment terminal revolution.
M2 Presswire; 11/18/2003; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-18 November 2003-DIONE: Xplorer kick starts Dione`s portable payment terminal revolution(C)1994...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11182003 Payment solutions provider Dione has announced its revolutionary new Xplorer portable card...
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft finds frigid ice world on Saturn's moon Dione
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 10/19/2005; 582 words
; ...finds frigid ice world on Saturn's moon Dione LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- During...close flyby of Saturn's grayish moon Dione, NASA's Cassini spacecraft found an...the spacecraft came within 500 km of Dione surface, and took fine pictures of the...
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Dione chosen to support MasterCard/Maestro Terminal Implementation Programme.
M2 Presswire; 10/27/2003; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-27 October 2003-DIONE: Dione chosen to support MasterCard/Maestro Terminal Implementation...straight from the holder`s savings or current account. The Dione/NCR solution is a total package that can be replicated from...
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Dione chosen to support M-TIP The MasterCard/Maestro Terminal Implementation Programme.
M2 Presswire; 11/10/2003; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-10 November 2003-DIONE: Dione chosen to support M-TIP The MasterCard/Maestro Terminal...straight from the holder`s savings or current account. The Dione/NCR solution is a total package that can be replicated from...
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Tethys and Dione are active moons of Saturn, reveals study
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/14/2007; 558 words
; ...ringed-planet's moons, Tethys and Dione, are active. Until this result, among...Saturn's magnetic field to Tethys and Dione. The plasma is basically a gas composed...electrons points back towards Tethys and Dione. "It establishes Tethys and Dione as...
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Cassini scientists say Dione is 'older, more mature' and frigid
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 10/19/2005; ; 358 words
; ...close flyby of Saturn's grayish moon Dione reveals it is a mature, frigid world with...spacecraft flew within 310 miles of the Dione's pale surface last week, showing it...Cassini scientists compared the frozen Dione to another Saturn moon, Enceladus, which...
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Lipman Launches Unattended Payment Initiative; Systems to Be Deployed Throughout the UK by Lipman's Subsidiary, Dione.
Business Wire; 2/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...today announced that its subsidiary, Dione Ltd., has launched its Unattended Payment...by EDC to be between 7 and 9 million. Dione is at the forefront of this market and...companies have all adopted products from Dione's new range of Secura(TM) Integration...
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Flyby: Saturn's Moon Dione a Frigid World
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/18/2005; 312 words
; ...close flyby of Saturn's grayish moon Dione reveals it is a mature, frigid world with...spacecraft flew within 310 miles of the Dione's pale surface last week, showing it...Cassini scientists compared the frozen Dione to another Saturn moon, Enceladus, which...
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Cassini scientists: Saturn moon Dione is a frigid world
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 10/19/2005; 286 words
; ...close flyby of Saturn's grayish moon Dione reveals it is a mature, frigid world with...within 310 miles (500 kilometers) of the Dione's pale surface last week, showing it...Cassini scientists compared the frozen Dione to another Saturn moon, Enceladus, which...
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Dione
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Dione , in astronomy, one of the named moons...Saturn . Also known as Saturn IV (or S4), Dione is 695 mi (1,120 km) in diameter, orbits...Gian Domenico Cassini . Aside from Titan , Dione is the densest of Saturn's satellites...
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Helene
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...ground-based observations of Saturn. Another moon, Dione , is co-orbital with Helene; that is, Helene orbits Saturn at the same distance as Dione but precedes Dione by about 60°. Before the present name was adopted...
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Lagrangian point
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...the orbit of the much larger Tethys. In similar fashion, tiny Helene precedes Saturn's satellite Dione, keeping 60° ahead of Dione. The Lagrangian points are named after the French mathematician J. L. de Lagrange , who first calculated...
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Oceanus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Uranus and Gaea, the husband of Tethys, and the father of the river-gods and the sea nymphs (or oceanids). He was conceived of as a powerful but kindly old man. Some legends say that Dione was also the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
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Enceladus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...periods. The fresh surface suggests relatively recent volcanism, caused perhaps by tidal forces exerted by Saturn and the moon Dione , with which Enceladus forms a satellite pair (that is, they interact gravitationally). In 2005 the space probe Cassini...
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