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  2. Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wikipedia

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    Ann Arbor's Jewish community also grew after the turn of the 20th century, and its first and oldest synagogue, Beth Israel Congregation, was established in 1916. [33] In 1960, Ann Arbor voters approved a $2.3 million bond issue to build the current city hall, which was designed by architect Alden B. Dow. The City Hall opened in 1963.

  3. Cholesterol - Wikipedia

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    Cholesterol is the principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils. [3] [4]Cholesterol is biosynthesized by all animal cells [citation needed] and is an essential structural and signaling component of animal cell membranes.

  4. Hypercholesterolemia - Wikipedia

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    Hypercholesterolemia, also called high cholesterol, is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. [1] It is a form of hyperlipidemia (high levels of lipids in the blood), hyperlipoproteinemia (high levels of lipoproteins in the blood), and dyslipidemia (any abnormalities of lipid and lipoprotein levels in the blood).

  5. High-density lipoprotein - Wikipedia

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    The liver synthesizes these lipoproteins as complexes of apolipoproteins and phospholipid, which resemble cholesterol-free flattened spherical lipoprotein particles, [2] whose NMR structure was published; [11] the complexes are capable of picking up cholesterol, carried internally, from cells by interaction with the ATP-binding cassette ...

  6. Ann Wigmore - Wikipedia

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    Ann Wigmore (March 4, 1909 – February 16, 1994) was a Lithuanian–American holistic health practitioner, naturopath and raw food advocate. Influenced by the 'back to nature' theories of Maximilian Bircher-Benner , she maintained that plants concentrated more solar energy ('Vital Force') than animals, and that wheatgrass could detoxify the body.

  7. Zingerman's - Wikipedia

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    Starting from the original deli, Zingerman's Community of Businesses (ZCoB) has expanded to nine Ann Arbor based businesses with over 500 total employees. [3] Each business has shared ownership between original founders Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig, and the managing partners who started each business. Each business has its own organizational ...

  8. M-14 (Michigan highway) - Wikipedia

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    In 1979, the final segment of the M-14 freeway, between M-153 and I-275 was completed. The former route of M-14 in Washtenaw County along Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road was returned to local control. [26] [27] The portion of Ann Arbor Road from the Wayne County line east to I-275 also became an unsigned state trunkline, also still maintained by MDOT ...

  9. Ken Burns - Wikipedia

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    Burns describes growing up as "hippies" in Ann Arbor. [ 7 ] Burns's mother was found to have breast cancer when he was three, and she died when he was 11, [ 4 ] a circumstance that he said helped shape his career; he credited his psychologist father-in-law, Gerald Stechler, [ 8 ] with a significant insight: "He told me that my whole work was an ...