* Jèrriais and Sercquiais today by Dr Mari C. Jones – from the BBC

The majority of Maris today live in the Mari El Republic, with significant populations in the Tatarstan and Bashkortostan republics.

Linguists today distinguish four different dialects, which are not all mutually intelligible: Hill Mari ( мары йӹлмӹ ), concentrated mainly along the right Volga bank ; Meadow Mari ( марий йылме ), spoken in the lowland regions of the Kokshaga and Volga rivers, which includes the city of Yoshkar-Ola ; Eastern Mari, spoken east of the Vyatka River ; and North-Western Mari.

Adoption of Christianity was not universal, however, and many Mari today still practice Paganism in syncretic forms, or purer forms adhering to organized Neopagan Mari Traditional Religion organizations.

* Anaphora of Addai and Mari, used today by different Churches in different versions due to many additions.

On December 26, 1934, the couple's only surviving child, Mary ( better known today as Mari Hulman George ), was born.

* c. 1792 BCE – 1750 BCE: ( middle chronology ) – Hammurabi rules Babylonia and has to deal with Mari, which he conquers late in his career.

Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has called the violence a " coup " and has welcomed offers of foreign military assistance from several nations.

Notable speakers the PSU has brought in include Jon Meacham, Mari Matsuda, Sam Harris, Nadine Strossen, and Michael Isikoff.

The lack of a coherent institution narrative in the Anaphora of Addai and Mari, which dates to apostolic times, has caused many Western Christians, and especially Roman Catholics, to doubt the validity of this anaphora, used extensively by the Assyrian Church of the East, as a prayer of consecration of the eucharistic elements.

The Maronite Church has a tradition that their Third Anaphora of the Apostle Peter or Sharrar ( the Maronite redaction of the Holy Qurbana of Addai and Mari ) was originally composed for and used at the funeral of the Theotokos.

A gradual downward trend towards assimilation to Russian has been noted for the Communist period: the 1926 census indicated more than 99 % of Maris considered Mari their first language, declining to less than 81 % in 1989.

Michi is a small-displacement rider, Yuri is a martial artist, and Mari has experience in fencing.

The ethnically Russian former Communist Head of State Leonid Markelov has lead or allowed a widespread attack on Mari culture and identity Under his leadership, the government ordered many Mari language newspapers to close.

The Marla faith of the Mari people has encountered hostility as well.

As well, a renewed sense of common identity among Finno-Ugric peoples has led to small but increasing support for Mari rights by intellectuals in Finland, Estonia and Hungary, though in practice this support has not yet had much effect.

It has been reported that while George's mother Mari Hulman George ( who is also chairman of the board ) supported him, his sisters ( who are the other directors ) wanted him forced out.

However the IRL has been said to be continually losing money, and after the estimated $ 60 million overhaul of the Speedway to accommodate Formula One in 2000, George ’ s sisters, Nancy George, Josie George and Kathi Conforti-George, voiced their concern to their mother over the spending habits of their brother, finally convincing Mari Hulman George to take unchecked power away from George in June 2009.

Mari has been excavated in annual campaigns published in Syria, 1933 – 39, 1951 – 75, and since 1979 ; a journal devoted to the site since 1982, is Mari: Annales de recherches interdisciplinaires.

Less than half of the 1000 x 600-meter area of Mari has been uncovered as of 2005.

* Trimmu Barrage, constructed in 1939 some 90 km from Mari Shah Sakhira town, at the confluence with the Chenab, has maximum discharge capacity of 645, 000 ft³ / s ( 18, 000 m³ / s ).

Mari Pesquera's murder has never been officially solved.

It is shown that he has some feelings for Mari, but only as a relative.

Some examples include Kiriko Isono, who debuted as part of a singing trio and made a name for herself based on a rapid wit and willingness to put herself down for a laugh ; Mari Yaguchi, the third leader of Morning Musume who left the group in 2005 due to a scandal but has continued to appear on variety shows and Japanese television drama since leaving ; the late Ai Iijima, a former porn starlet ; and Yuusuke Santamaria, who fronted several bands before moving into acting and being a tarento.

Of the Japanese dramas shown in Los Angeles, a substantial fraction of them has Mari in the cast.

Her presence there affects all of the mental hospital's patients, especially Zedka, who has clinical depression ; Mari, who suffers from panic attacks ; and Eduard, who has schizophrenia, and with whom Veronika falls in love.

The island is first referred to as Kaptara in texts from the Syrian city of Mari dating from the 18th century BC, repeated later in Neo-Assyrian records and the Bible ( Caphtor ) It was also known in ancient Egyptian as Keftiu, strongly suggesting some form similar to both was the Minoan name for the island.

In everyday Aramaic, Mari was a very respectful form of polite address, which means more than just " Teacher " and was somewhat similar to Rabbi.

Commonly thought of as a form of paganism, Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic, worshipping over 2100 different deities, many of which were associated with a specific city or state within Mesopotamia such as Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, Assur, Nineveh, Ur, Uruk, Mari and Babylon.

In its pure form, the ancient anaphora of the Divine Liturgy of Addai and Mari does include an epiclesis.

This joint synodal decree provides that ( 1 ) Assyrian faithful may participate and receive Holy Communion in a Chaldean celebration of the Holy Eucharist, ( 2 ) Chaldean faithful may participate and receive Holy Communion in an Assyrian celebration of the Holy Eucharist, even if celebrated using the Anaphora of Addai and Mari in its original form, and ( 3 ) Assyrian clergy are invited ( but not obliged ) to insert the institution narrative into the Anaphora of Addai and Mari when Chaldean faithful are present.

In the 1949 novel Seven Days in New Crete, Graves extrapolated this theory into an imagined future society where the worship of the Triple Goddess under the three aspects of the maiden archer Nimuë, the goddess of motherhood and sexuality Mari, and the hag-goddess of wisdom Ana is the main form of religion.

The Snow Angel was released both in book form and in a special audio edition featuring original songs by Mari Falcone, Boone's musical director for many years.

In everyday Aramaic, Mari was a very respectful form of polite address, well above " Teacher " and similar to Rabbi.

Near the climax of the series, when Hikari attempts to persuade Mari to join her and Takeru on their journeys, Mari slaps Hikari and yells at her, saying that she is a backstabber and an awful friend, ultimately making Hikari change into her " evil " form to destroy the world.

* With one exception, that of Addai and Mari, all of the extant anaphoras incorporate some form of Jesus ' words over the bread and wine at the Last Supper: " This is my body " over the bread and, over the wine, " This is my blood.

The Catholic Church has explicitly recognized the validity of this Mass ritual in its original form, without explicit mention of the Words of Institution, saying that " the words of Eucharistic Institution are indeed present in the Anaphora of Addai and Mari, not in a coherent narrative way and ad litteram, but rather in a dispersed euchological way, that is, integrated in successive prayers of thanksgiving, praise and intercession.

" The Guidelines for Admission to the Eucharist between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East issued by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in agreement with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on 20 July 2001 say that " the words of the institution of the Eucharist are in fact present in the anaphora of Addai and Mari, not in the form of a coherent narration and in a literal way but in a euchological and disseminated manner, that is to say they are integrated in the prayers of thanksgiving, praise and intercession which follow.

Although Crete had contacts with Mari from 2000 BC, there is no evidence that the ecstatic prophetic art existed during the Minoan and Mycenean ages.

The descendant of men learned in rabbinic lore, Abba Mari devoted himself to the study of theology and philosophy, and made himself acquainted with the writings of Moses Maimonides and Nachmanides as well as with the Talmud.

On the expulsion of the Jews from France by Philip IV in 1306, Abba Mari settled at Perpignan, where he published the letters connected with the controversy.

Ben Adret, while reluctant to interfere in the affairs of other congregations, was in perfect accord with Abba Mari as to the danger of the new rationalistic systems, and advised him to organize the conservative forces in defense of the Law.

The song " Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps " was included in the soundtrack of the Australian film Strictly Ballroom, and became a theme song for the British TV show, Coupling, with Mari Wilson performing it for the title sequence.

King Sargon, for example, conquered all the cities of Sumer, some cities in Mari, and then went to war with northern Syria.

Syria's history is replete with civilizations, cities, and kingdoms, including Mari, Ugarit, Ramitha, Bara, Dura-Europos, Karak beaza, Qatora, Ain Dara, Basofan, Arwad, Shahba, Qanwat, Salkhad, Apamea, Hamoukar, Emar, and many others.

Tarja Halonen ( right ) meeting with the third President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and the then Prime Minister of Finland Mari Kiviniemi ( left ) in 2010.

The armies of Babylonia under Hammurabi were well-disciplined, and conquered the city-states of Isin, Eshnunna, Uruk, Mari and eventually Assyria after a protracted struggle with the Assyrian king Ishme-Dagan for control of Mesopotamia.

A number of authors, including Kjartan Fløgstad, Mari Osmundsen, Hans Herbjørnsrud, Arild Nyquist, Jan Kjærstad and Ragnar Hovland produced works with magical, fantastic or improbable elements.

In Velázquez's painting Las Meninas two dwarves are included: Mari Bárbola a female dwarf from Germany with hydrocephalus, and Nicolasito Portusato from Italy.

Although Lizarazu left after one season, Ismael Urzaiz, José Mari García Lafuente, and Joseba Etxeberria were prominent members of the 1997 – 98 squad, along with Rafael Alkorta, Julen Guerrero, and Patxi Ferreira.

Mari Sandoz writes in her book, Slogum House, " She was the fifth of twelve children in the river-bottom family, with a mother who laid the cards and brewed tansy, pennyroyal, and like concoctions for luckless girls who were in need.

Cuneiform texts from Mari mention rulers of city-states in upper Mesopotamia with both Amurru ( Amorite ) and Hurrian names.

The bust of a male with slit eyes, sharp nose and square-cut beard is reminiscent of Sumerian figures, especially stone sculptures from Mari.

Mari, the Blue Lady, was a worker on the farm located there, and fell in love with the farm owner's son.

The most famous Sami singer is undoubtedly Mari Boine, who sings a type of minimalist folk-rock with joik roots.

The most famous Sami singer is undoubtedly Mari Boine, who sings a type of minimalist folk-rock with joik roots.

Gunfights are staples of every episode of the series, and the series ' two child leads -- Johnny Sokko and Mari Hanson ; the latter, called Mari Hanamura in the Japanese version, is a 9-year-old girl, introduced in the seventh episode, who speaks 39 languages and is a crack shot with a firearm -- were frequently seen shooting along with the rest of the Unicorn agents.