Mana Mou

"Mana Mou" (Greek script: "Μάνα μου", English translation: "My motherland") was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in Greek by Hara & Andreas Konstantinou.

The song was performed first on the night preceding Turkey's Şebnem Paker and Grup Etnic with "Dinle". At the close of voting, it had received 98 points, placing 5th in a field of 25.

The song is an ode to Cyprus itself, with the singers likening the country's beauty to that of Aphrodite.

It was succeeded as Cypriot representative at the 1998 Contest by Michael Hajiyanni with "Yenesis".

Point Awarded at Eurovision

Points received at Eurovision

Mana (drink)

Mana is powdered meal replacement drink. This Czech project was one of 30 semifinalists in Vodafone's 2014 Idea of the Year competition.

The name references manna, the edible substance provided by God in the Old Testament.

History

Mana‘s creators believe that a human body needs the basic nutritional elements rather than traditional food to survive and to prosper. And with that idea, they analysed recommended daily income for each nutritional element (nutrients, vitamins, minerals, etc.) and created a mix that contains every single nutritional substance needed by an average organism each day.

Krejčík started forming an idea for Mana after both of his grandparents died from cancer. During their treatments they had a hard time finding a good, nutritional alternative to hard to digest traditional food. Their death created a question of how different his and his family destiny will be, knowing they have the same eating habits. He also found out that Czech Republic is the leading country for colon cancer fatalities and that made him decided to change his and his family eating habits.

Mana (musician)

Mana is a Japanese musician and fashion designer, best known for a role as leader and guitarist of the visual kei rock band Malice Mizer. His clothing label, Moi-même-Moitié, helped popularize Japan's Gothic Lolita fashion movement. Mana is currently working on his solo project Moi dix Mois.

History

Biography

Mana was born on March 19 in Hiroshima. At an early age, he was introduced to classical music by his parents, who were both music teachers. Mana started making music when he was in high school, inspired by Mötley Crüe. His first known band was the underground band Ves.tearge in 1987, and he later joined the punk group Girl'e, which was active from 1989 until 1990. He was known in both Ves.tearge and Girl'e as Serina, and was also a guitarist for both bands as well. He then played bass for Matenrou (摩天楼, "Skyscraper"), which was active from 1990 until 1992. After leaving Matenrou in April 1992, Mana and guitarist Közi founded Malice Mizer in August. Mana was the band's lead guitarist, chief songwriter, choreographer and overall artistic director. He also founded his own indie music label, Midi:Nette, on which most of Malice Mizer's work was released. After Malice Mizer went on an indefinite hiatus in 2001, Mana founded his solo project, Moi dix Mois. He composes all of the music, writes the lyrics, produces, directs and designs the members' stage costumes.

Mana (Ivanjica)

Mana is a village in the municipality of Ivanjica, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 227 people.

References

Coordinates: 43°31′29″N 20°14′12″E / 43.52472°N 20.23667°E / 43.52472; 20.23667

Memorandum of understanding

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) describes a bilateral or multilateral agreement between two or more parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action. It is often used in cases where parties either do not imply a legal commitment or in situations where the parties cannot create a legally enforceable agreement. It is a more formal alternative to a gentlemen's agreement.

Whether or not a document constitutes a binding contract depends only on the presence or absence of well-defined legal elements in the text proper of the document (the so-called "four corners"). The required elements are: offer and acceptance, consideration, and the intention to be legally bound (animus contrahendi). In the U.S., the specifics can differ slightly depending on whether the contract is for goods (falls under the Uniform Commercial Code [UCC]) or services (falls under the common law of the state).

U.S. private law

In private U.S. law, MoU is a common synonym for a letter of intent. One example is the MoU between Bush and Kerry for the 2004 debates iii.