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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Haswell
Robert Haswell
Robert Haswell (November 24, 1768 – 1801?) was an early American maritime fur trader to the Pacific Northwest of North America. His journals of these voyages are the main records of Captain Robert Gray's circumnavigation of the globe. Later during the Quasi-War he served as an officer in the United States Navy. Early ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Haswell
Robert Haswell
Sailor Although the details are obscure, Robert went to sea and ended up in Boston, Massachusetts. There, in September 1787, he was enrolled as third mate on the Columbia Rediviva, a Boston vessel trading fur in the Pacific Northwest, under command of John Kendrick. At the Cape Verde Islands, Haswell's friend and men...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Haswell
Robert Haswell
On the return of the Columbia from her second voyage, Haswell was given command of the Hannah on a twenty-seven month trading voyage, and next captained the John Jay to the East Indies. He married at Reading, Massachusetts, October 1, 1798, Mary Cordis, sister of former Columbia boatswain John Blake Cordis, and settled...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia%20Cheng
Patricia Cheng
Patricia Wenjie Cheng (born 1952) is a Chinese American psychologist. She is a leading researcher in cognitive psychology who works on human reasoning. She is best known for her psychological work on human understanding of causality. Her "power theory of the probabilistic contrast model," or power PC theory (1997) pos...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscarinic%20antagonist
Muscarinic antagonist
A muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, also simply known as a muscarinic antagonist or as an antimuscarinic agent, is a type of anticholinergic drug that blocks the activity of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs). The muscarinic receptors are proteins involved in the transmission of signals through...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C4%83t-Frumos%20with%20the%20Golden%20Hair
Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair
Author Petre Ispirescu collected the tale Făt-Frumos cel rătăcit ("Făt-Frumos, The Lost One"), from a teller in Craiova. In this tale, a poor working couple feeds their mare, and longs to have a son. One day, they wander of until they finds a sorcerer who gives them an apple, but warns them that the apple must not be s...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C4%83t-Frumos%20with%20the%20Golden%20Hair
Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair
Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga translated into French a Romanian tale with the title Le Chauve aux Cheveux D'Or ("The Bald [One] With the Golden Hair"), collected from an informant in Jassy (Iasi). In this tale, a poor couple do not have a son. One day, a hermit appears and gives the wife an apple for her to eat. The...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C4%83t-Frumos%20with%20the%20Golden%20Hair
Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair
. The prince finds work as the royal gardener's assistant, and eventually as the royal gardener when the latter retires. One day, when the emperor goes to church with his daughters, but leaves the youngest at home, the prince uses the bridle to summon the horse and tramples the flowers. After the emperor returns, he se...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Clair%20Donaldson
St Clair Donaldson
St Clair George Alfred Donaldson (11 February 1863 – 7 December 1935) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the first Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia. Early life Donaldson was the third son of Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson and his wife Amelia née Cowper and was born in London, England. The family lived at...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwan%20Mulraj%20Chopra
Diwan Mulraj Chopra
The Sikh Revolt One of the first acts of the new British Resident in Lahore, Sir Frederick Currie, was to raise taxes. This move caused widespread resentment, particularly in Multan, where Mulraj had remained steadfastly loyal to Ranjit Singh and his family. To counter the resentment, British officials sought to replac...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwan%20Mulraj%20Chopra
Diwan Mulraj Chopra
On 27 December, Whish ordered four columns of troops to attack the suburbs of the city. Mulraj's forces were driven back into the city, and Whish's force set up batteries 500 yards from the city walls causing great damage in the city. On 30 December, the main magazine in the citadel exploded, killing 800 of the defende...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%20Union%20Cricket%20and%20Athletic%20Club
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
The club can trace its roots back to the final years of the 19th century in which two pre-existing rival clubs amalgamated to form the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club. The club's embryonic years benefited from its stewardship by some of the country's most eminent Tamil Lawyers, Politicians and Civil Servants (see...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%20Union%20Cricket%20and%20Athletic%20Club
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
By the end of 1899, the two rival Tamil clubs were persuaded to join forces, which resulted in the creation of the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, with T. Thirunavakarasu and Dr John Rockwood, the son of the eminent surgeon and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, Dr W. G. Rockwood serving as the first P...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%20Union%20Cricket%20and%20Athletic%20Club
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Beginning in the 1960s, under the leadership of Somasunderam Skandakumar and Selva Perumal the club began to expand its base of cricketing talent by looking further afield than Colombo. This strategy paid dividends as the club soon began to nurture several young talents (many from extremely humble backgrounds) into int...
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10694351
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewelers%27%20Row%2C%20Philadelphia
Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia
Jewelers' Row, located in the Center City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, is composed of more than 300 retailers, wholesalers, and craftsmen located on Sansom Street between Seventh and Eighth Streets, and on Eighth Street between Chestnut and Walnut Streets. It is the oldest diamond district in ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewelers%27%20Row%2C%20Philadelphia
Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia
Sansom erected the buildings on what was then the outskirts of Philadelphia. To attract tenants he paved Sansom Street at his own expense. He then hired Benjamin Latrobe to design another row on the 700 block of Walnut Street. A prominent feature of the street is the repetitive flat expanse of the buildings, which made...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenchi%20Muyo%21%20Game%20Hen
Tenchi Muyo! Game Hen
, also known as Tenchi Muyo! RPG, is a Japanese role-playing strategy game developed by Banpresto for the Super Famicom, released on October 27, 1995. It was licensed by AIC and the now former Pioneer LDC. While Tenchi Muyou! Game Hen was never officially translated and released for international consoles, the latter d...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakley%20School
Oakley School
Oakley School was a coeducational therapeutic boarding school located in Oakley, Utah, enrolling students of high school age. The school announced its closure in May 2017. The school was established in 1998 as a transitional placement for students who had been released from the Island View residential treatment cente...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad%20Syafi%27i%20Maarif
Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif
Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif (31 May 1935 – 27 May 2022), popularly known as Buya Syafi'i, was an Indonesian Islamic scholar and intellectual. He was chairman of Muhammadiyah between 1998 and 2005. Educated in the United States, he was known for his moderate and progressive interpretation of Islam and his opposition to the d...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Pesek
John Pesek
John Pesek (February 21, 1894 – March 12, 1978) was an American professional wrestler and greyhound racing dog breeder. Nicknamed 'The Nebraska Tiger Man' for his ferocity, aggression and catlike dexterity, Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medallists Robin Reed and Russell Vis both regarded Pesek as the greatest wrestl...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Pesek
John Pesek
One important wrestling figure with whom Pesek did agree to work was Ed Lewis, for whom he became a "policeman" to ward off the so-called "trustbusters", outlaw wrestlers who posed threats to promotions and their champions by refusing to co-operate (fix matches) during matches. On November 14, 1921, Pesek squared off a...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Pesek
John Pesek
By the end of the 1920s, Pesek had begun turning his focus towards racing greyhounds, and on of his Nebraska farm he built up one of the nation's leading stables. He won several national titles, and the pedigree of one of his greatest dogs, Australian-born "Just Andrew", could be found in 95 percent of American greyho...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie%20Lockbaum
Gordie Lockbaum
In his senior season of 1987, he rushed for 403 yards on 85 carries, and caught 77 passes for 1152 yards, amassing 2041 all-purpose yards and again scoring 22 touchdowns, while continuing to play defense and special teams. He finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting, second in the Maxwell Award voting, and was ru...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyranthes%20carinata
Zephyranthes carinata
Zephyranthes carinata, commonly known as the rosepink zephyr lily or pink rain lily, is a perennial flowering plant native to Mexico, Colombia and Central America. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in the West Indies, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, the southeastern United States from Texas to Flor...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyranthes%20carinata
Zephyranthes carinata
Zephyranthes carinata is often referred to as Zephyranthes grandiflora, especially in horticulture. But the former was published earlier, hence Z. grandiflora is considered superfluous and illegitimate. Another name identified as an earlier synonym of Z. carinata is now considered to be a different species - Zephyranth...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budaya
Budaya
Budaya is the plural form of the word Budi. Budi is synonymous to akal budi or kebudayaan. This original Indonesian word is very philosophical, since it has been explained, interpreted, re-interpreted, and made a philosophical discourse in Indonesian philosophers' circle up to this time. Indonesian philosophy world is ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budaya
Budaya
Modern definition (19th century onwards) Modern European learning introduced by the Portuguese-Spanish Catholics and the Dutch Protestants to Indonesian native educational institutions in the 20th century influenced the definition of the word Budi. In this intellectual period, Budi is re-defined and re-interpreted not ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Bordeaux%20wine
History of Bordeaux wine
Bordeaux wine spans almost 2000 years to Roman times when the first vineyards were planted. In the Middle Ages, the marriage of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine opened the Bordeaux region to the English market and eventually to the world's stage. The Gironde estuary and its tributaries, the Garonne and the Do...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Bordeaux%20wine
History of Bordeaux wine
As the popularity of Bordeaux wine increased, the vineyards expanded to accommodate the demands from abroad. Henry and Aliénor's youngest son, John, was in favor of promoting the wine industry, and to increase it further, abolished the Grande Coutume export tax to England from the Aquitaine region. In the 13th and 14th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Bordeaux%20wine
History of Bordeaux wine
The economic problems in the 1970s, in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis marked a difficult period for Bordeaux. A series of scandals coincided with a commercial crisis in Bordeaux. The vintage of 1972 had been overpriced as was 1973 and 1974. And when the market crashed the négociants were stuck with overpriced wine tha...
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10695409
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent%20Beach%2C%20Surrey
Crescent Beach, Surrey
Crescent Beach is a beachside community within the South Surrey town centre of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada next to Boundary Bay and Mud Bay, across from Delta, British Columbia. It is home to 1,200 residents, mostly in single-family homes. History Crescent Beach has been a summer destination for centuries. In pr...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux%20wine%20regions
Bordeaux wine regions
The wine regions of Bordeaux in France are a large number of wine growing areas, differing widely in size and sometimes overlapping, which lie within the overarching wine region of Bordeaux, centred on the city of Bordeaux and covering the whole area of the Gironde department of Aquitaine. The Bordeaux region is natur...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux%20wine%20regions
Bordeaux wine regions
Both red and white Bordeaux wines are almost invariably blended. The permissible grape varieties in red Bordeaux are: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot. While wine making styles vary, a rule of thumb is that the Left Bank is predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon based with the Right Bank be...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux%20wine%20regions
Bordeaux wine regions
Red wine produced under the Bordeaux AOC is made mostly from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with the addition of Cabernet Franc and small amounts of Petit Verdot, Malbec and Carmenère. This appellation covers around 42,600 hectares of vines and produces around 223 million litres of wine (which is nearly a third of the ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux%20wine%20regions
Bordeaux wine regions
Located south of St-Estèphe, the area around Pauillac has the highest elevation of the Médoc with the estates of Château Mouton Rothschild and Château Pontet-Canet sitting on a summit of 30m. Vineyards in Pauillac are not as fragmented as most of the Médoc, with entire slopes and plateaus belonging to a single estate. ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux%20wine%20regions
Bordeaux wine regions
This area of the Graves, located just south of the city of Bordeaux, is home to the first growth estate Château Haut-Brion, as well as all the 1953 classified Graves Growths, including Château La Mission Haut-Brion and Château Laville Haut-Brion. In addition to wine production, the area is known for its crops of pine t...
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10695510
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scar%20literature
Scar literature
Scar literature or literature of the wounded () is a genre of Chinese literature which emerged in the late 1970s during the Boluan Fanzheng, soon after the death of Mao Zedong, portraying the sufferings of cadres and intellectuals during the experiences of the Cultural Revolution and the rule of the Gang of Four. Hist...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sands%20of%20Time%20%28opera%29
Sands of Time (opera)
Sands of Time is a short opera composed by the Welsh composer Peter Reynolds to a libretto by Simon Rees. Its world premiere, at an outdoor shopping centre in Cardiff on 27 March 1993, was accompanied by a nine-piece band conducted by Carlo Rizzi, director of Welsh National Opera. The performance, sung by soprano Rhia...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20John%27s%20United%20Church%20of%20Christ%20of%20Siegel
St. John's United Church of Christ of Siegel
St. John's United Church of Christ is a church in Douglas Township in Bremer County, Iowa. Founded in 1874 by German settlers in the area of the now-defunct town of Siegel. The church has been in continuous operation and remains active, although the membership has declined from its high in the 1920s. History of the ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromia%20Coffee%20Farmers%20Cooperative%20Union
Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union
Though the Oromia region was the area where coffee was first discovered, the previous socialist Derg regime imposed collective ownership, and farmers were required to channel all sales through local traders and auction centers in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, thereby stunting the growth of the coffee trade in the region. ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromia%20Coffee%20Farmers%20Cooperative%20Union
Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union
Transaction cost reduction and dividends Since the coffee market is saturated with more sellers (farmers) than buyers, buyers hold considerable power in trade and price determination. Consequently, cooperatives have been considered as organisations playing significant socioeconomic roles by reducing transaction costs ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromia%20Coffee%20Farmers%20Cooperative%20Union
Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union
As well as economic development, the Union has brought significant social benefits to members and local stakeholders; these include improved infrastructure and services through building roads, storage facilities, bridges, clinics, and schools in the local communities. OCFCU also offers access to banking and credit serv...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromia%20Coffee%20Farmers%20Cooperative%20Union
Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union
Another concern for OCFCU farmers is the aging of coffee trees. The coffee tree can take up to five years to mature, and thus, intensive labor is needed to bring the tree to maturation and reap profits from proper tree development. Furthermore, when the crop is no longer profitable, it is difficult to clear the land to...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schauspielhaus%20Z%C3%BCrich
Schauspielhaus Zürich
The Schauspielhaus Zürich () is one of the most prominent and important theatres in the history of German-speaking theater. It is also known as "Pfauenbühne" (Peacock Stage). The large theatre has 750 seats. The also operates three stages in the in the western part of Zürich, the (400 seats), the (up to 200 seats)...
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10695849
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2C%20Heidelberg
Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
The Church of the Holy Spirit () is the largest church in Heidelberg, Germany. The church, located in the marketplace in the old town center, was constructed between 1398 and 1515 in the Romanesque and Gothic styles. It receives 1–3 million guests annually, making it among the most visited churches in Germany. The chu...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2C%20Heidelberg
Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
Congregations Between the 16th and 20th centuries, the church changed confessions over ten times, between Lutheranism, Calvinism, Catholicism, and Old Catholicism. Sermons had been delivered in German at various points before the Reformation at the Church of the Holy Spirit, but Protestantism was not quickly adopted i...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2C%20Heidelberg
Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
During the Palatinate War of Succession, the church was raided by French forces in 1693 and significantly damaged by a fire. The fire destroyed the church tower, which was rebuilt in 1709 in a baroque style. A viewing platform inside the main spire is accessible to the public via a narrow staircase with a total of 208 ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2C%20Heidelberg
Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
In the mid-1970s, the regional church board voted to replace the 19th century additions, as part of a broader restoration and repair of the interior. As a result, two significant efforts were made in the 1970s and 1990s to reinstall stained glass into these windows through a programme of artworks by a single artist. In...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2C%20Heidelberg
Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
The "Heidelberger Fensterstreit" The most famed and controversial stained glass works commissioned for the church are those of Johannes Schreiter, commissioned in 1977 to design twenty-two stained glass windows. At the time, this was to be the largest stained glass commission to have been granted to a single artist. T...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20square%20writing%20method
Four square writing method
The four square writing method is a way for teaching writing to children in school. While primarily used to teach persuasive writing, it has also been used to help teach deconstruction. The method was developed by Judith S. Gould and Evan Jay Gould. It was developed initially for primary school students, but it has ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOD2
NOD2
Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2), also known as caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 15 (CARD15) or inflammatory bowel disease protein 1 (IBD1), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NOD2 gene located on chromosome 16. NOD2 plays an important role in the immune syst...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handi
Handi
Krishna is believed to be the eighth avatar of the Lord Vishnu, who was born to get Mathura saved from the cruel king Kamsa. He was born of Kamsa’s sister; Devaki, and her husband Vasudeva. However, in order to survive from Kamsa’s cruel and wrathful ways, Krishna was raised by his foster parents Nanda and Yashoda in t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handi
Handi
Then young boys and men create teams to form a large human pyramid to try to reach and break open the pot. Girls on the ground form circles around the pyramid – sing songs and dance. It often becomes very competitive between teams, with the winning team achieving some sort of prize for breaking the pot. The teams that ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handi
Handi
Prior to and following the ceremony of breaking open the handi, folk dances are performed by members of the team and surrounding people. One such dance ‘Jhaanki,’ which is a special dance to admire Lord Krishna. Others include ‘Lavani,’ which are organised and performed to keep the spectators entertained and add variat...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20section
String section
"Desks" and divisi In a typical stage set-up, the first and second violins, violas and cellos are seated by twos, a pair of performers sharing a stand being called a "desk", Each principal (or section leader) is usually on the "outside" of the first desk, that is, closest to the audience. When the music calls for subdi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20section
String section
Numbers and proportions The size of a string section may be expressed with a formula of the type (for example) 10–10–8–10–6, designating the number of first violins, second violins, violas, cellos, and basses. The numbers can vary widely: Wagner in Die Walküre specifies 16–16–12–12–8; the band orchestra in Darius Milha...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supralateral%20arc
Supralateral arc
A supralateral arc is a comparatively rare member of the halo family which in its complete form appears as a large, faintly rainbow-colored band in a wide arc above the sun and appearing to encircle it, at about twice the distance as the familiar 22° halo. In reality, however, the supralateral arc does not form a circl...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briony%20Penn
Briony Penn
Briony Penn (born October 16, 1960, Saanich, British Columbia) is a Canadian author and environmental activist who received international attention when she protested logging on Salt Spring Island by riding horseback through downtown Vancouver while nearly nude and dressed as Lady Godiva. She won the Roderick Haig-Brow...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Mount%20Barren
West Mount Barren
West Mount Barren is part of the Fitzgerald River National Park located between Bremer Bay and Hopetoun on the south coast of Western Australia the coordinates of the summit of West Mount Barren are . West Mount Barren, along with East Mount Barren and Mid-Mount Barren were all named by Matthew Flinders in 1802 after ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woden%20Valley%20Youth%20Choir
Woden Valley Youth Choir
Woden Valley Youth Choir is an audition based children's choir located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. It performs not only in Canberra, but also across Australia and internationally during regular tours. The name derives from the Woden Valley district of Canberra. There are six choirs, within the organisat...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma
Decline of the Dharma
The Decline of the Dharma or Ages of the Dharma, refers to traditional Buddhist accounts of how the Buddhist religion and the Buddha's teaching (Dharma) is believed to decline throughout history. It constitutes a key aspect of Buddhist eschatology and provides a cyclical model of history, beginning with a virtuous age ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma
Decline of the Dharma
One of the earliest sources which contain a Buddhist discussion of historical decline is found in the Cakkavatti-Sīhanāda Sutta (Digha Nikaya 26) of the Pāli Canon (as well as in various parallel sources in other canons, like Dīrghāgama sutra number 6). The sutta recounts the story of a legendary universal monarch (cak...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma
Decline of the Dharma
Theravada sources The Vinaya (Monastic Rule) of the Theravada school (Cullavagga X, 1,6.) claims that the true Dharma will only last for 500 years. It states that the true Dharma (saddhamma) would have lasted longer (1000 years) if not for the admission of women into the monastic sangha as bhikkunis. This claim also a...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma
Decline of the Dharma
Abhidharma The Buddhist scholastic literature of the Abhidharma traditions provide more elaborate accounts of the various historical ages of the Dharma. The most influential such Abhidharma account in the northern tradition is found in Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośabhāṣya. The text divides the cosmological history of the...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma
Decline of the Dharma
Some sutras contain different time tables however, the Mahayana Nirvana Sutra for example, mentions a period of seven hundred years, not five hundred. The passage states: "After seven hundred years have passed since my death, the True Dharma will be broken, decayed, and brought to ruin by sinful Mara." The sutra goes o...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma
Decline of the Dharma
The true Dharma age, in which Buddhist believers resolutely cultivate wisdom and achieve liberation The age in which Buddhists can resolutely practice meditation, The age in which Buddhists resolutely study, recite, listen to and learn the teachings The age in which Buddhists focus on building temples, stupas and un...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma
Decline of the Dharma
A classic passage comes from the Saṃyutta Nikāya, which states:There are five dharmas of decline that are conducive to the corruption and disappearance of the True Dharma. Which five? It is when monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen are irreverent and unruly toward the teacher (sat-thar, i.e., the Buddha), are irreverent a...
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Decline of the Dharma
The idea that China had entered the era of Dharma decline soon became a key teaching for several forms of early Chinese Buddhism, such as for the now defunct Three Stages school. Another early conservative figure was Daoxuan (596-667), who held that the best response to the era of decline was closely following the Vina...
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Decline of the Dharma
Genshin's writing helped popularize the idea that the world had entered the age of Dharma decline. By the Kamakura Period (1185 to 1333), numerous Japanese Buddhist figures saw the strife and corruption of this historical period as a sign of the age of decline. Indeed, much of Japanese Buddhism during this era is conce...
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Decline of the Dharma
Saviors of the degenerate age While the coming of the decline of Dharma and the age of strife is certainly a time which Buddhists looked upon with trepidation, the various narratives also provided some hope. This came in the shape of Buddhist savior figures which could help people through these difficult times. Traditi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glandulocaudinae
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Characteristics Glandulocaudines are small, less than 13 centimetres (5 in). Most are between about 5–6 cm SL (about 2 in), but some species can be even smaller, between . The reproductive adaptations of glandulocaudines is what sets this group apart from the other Characins. Males have a caudal organ associated with g...
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Glandulocaudinae
Due to insemination, the sperm of glandulocaudines has adapted. In many species, an elongate cytoplasmic collar binds the flagellum to the elongate nucleus at some stage of spermiogenesis. In almost all species, the sperm cell bodies are elongate. In the tribe Diapomini, the genus Planaltina expresses only round sperm ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes%20Station
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%20Cephei
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITCH
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joxer%20Goes%20to%20Stuttgart
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York%20Boulevard
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Revere%20%28song%29
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehuda%20Fatiyah
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governors%20Court
Governors Court
Background The British government established the colony of New South Wales primarily as a penal colony with the intention of encouraging later settlement. Captain Arthur Phillip was appointed as the colony’s first governor and did much to ensure the colony survived and transformed into a modern colonial outpost Notw...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car%20Wars%20%28video%20game%29
Car Wars (video game)
Car Wars is a video game for the TI-99/4A programmed by Jim Dramis and published by TI in 1981. Car Wars is a clone of the 1979 Sega/Gremlin arcade game Head On. The player controls a car starting at the bottom of the screen and navigates it through an open grid full of dots. The object is to collect all the dots whil...
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Car Wars (video game)
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Color (software)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic%20Education%20High%20School%20No.%201%20Dagon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTO%20Energy
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In August 2015, Exxon Mobil Corporation signed two agreements to drill on 48,000 acres in the core of the Midland Basin to be operated by XTO Energy. XTO operates 11 horizontal and four vertical rigs across 1.5 million net acres in Texas' Permian Basin. Grants to petroleum educational institutions In 2008, XTO Energy ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi%20Peranakan
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The Jawi Peranakan (Jawi: ) is an ethnic group found primarily within the Malaysian state of Penang and in Singapore, both regions were part of the historical Straits Settlements where their culture and history is centred around. The term "Jawi Peranakan" refers to locally born, Malay-speaking Muslims of mixed Indian a...
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The Jawi Peranakan chose their spouses carefully, screening prospective matches for wealth and status, rather than racial origins. This enabled intermarriage between Jawi Peranakan and other prosperous local Muslim communities, like the Arabs, Indians and the Malay aristocrats. Despite assimilating into the Malay cultu...
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