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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Thai%20coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat
2006 Thai coup d'état
Over 90 percent of Thais own a television and over 50 percent own a radio. For most Thais, TV and radio are the only source of daily news and information about the coup. Less than 20 percent of the population reads daily newspapers. As of 2004 Internet users made up less than 12 percent of the population nationwide, an...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Thai%20coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat
2006 Thai coup d'état
Restrictions on the right to travel The military interpreted the restriction on the right to assembly as a restriction against travel, in at least one case. On the night of 25 September 100 teachers from Chiang Rai were traveling via bus to attend a social function in Chonburi Province when they were stopped by soldie...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Secret%20River
The Secret River
The Secret River is a 2005 historical novel by Kate Grenville about an early 19th-century Englishman transported to Australia for theft. The story explores what might have happened when Europeans colonised land already inhabited by Aboriginal people. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2006, and has been c...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Secret%20River
The Secret River
A TV adaptation was made in 2015 by Ruby Entertainment with support from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Screen Australia, and was aired in June of that year by ABC TV as a two-part miniseries. Plot summary The early life of William Thornhill is one of Dickensian poverty, depredation and criminality. After...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Secret%20River
The Secret River
Thornhill soon realises that the Aboriginal people of Australia have a different concept of land ownership than the white settlers, and notices that many of the Aboriginals were stealing his corn. Thornhill realises that Blackwood has an Aboriginal wife and son. Shocked, he goes on to tell his wife about it. In order t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Secret%20River
The Secret River
Searching for the Secret River Grenville followed up The Secret River with a non-fiction book titled Searching for the Secret River in which she describes both the research she undertook into the history behind the book and her writing process. She chronicles how she changed from her original plan of writing a non-fict...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Scollay
William Scollay
Colonel William Scollay (1756–1809) was an American developer and militia officer from Boston during the American Revolution who gave his name to the infamous Scollay Square. He was the only surviving son of John Scollay, a strong supporter of colonial rights and a member of Boston's Board of Selectmen in 1764. William...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Bernard%20de%20la%20Chapelle
Saint-Bernard de la Chapelle
The transepts at the meeting of the nave and the choir are decorated with special furnishings; retables made of stone with altars dedicated to Saint Bernard (to the north) and Saint Genevieve, the defender of Paris, to the south. The Chapel of the Virgin, located behind the choir, is decorated with four painted panel...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20nanotechnology
History of nanotechnology
The history of nanotechnology traces the development of the concepts and experimental work falling under the broad category of nanotechnology. Although nanotechnology is a relatively recent development in scientific research, the development of its central concepts happened over a longer period of time. The emergence...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20nanotechnology
History of nanotechnology
In modern times, pottery from the Middle Ages and Renaissance often retains a distinct gold- or copper-colored metallic glitter. This luster is caused by a metallic film that was applied to the transparent surface of a glazing, which contains silver and copper nanoparticles dispersed homogeneously in the glassy matrix ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20nanotechnology
History of nanotechnology
Japanese scientist Norio Taniguchi of Tokyo University of Science was the first to use the term "nano-technology" in a 1974 conference, to describe semiconductor processes such as thin film deposition and ion beam milling exhibiting characteristic control on the order of a nanometer. His definition was, "'Nano-technol...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20nanotechnology
History of nanotechnology
Advances in interface and colloid science Interface and colloid science had existed for nearly a century before they became associated with nanotechnology. The first observations and size measurements of nanoparticles had been made during the first decade of the 20th century by Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, winner of the 1...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20nanotechnology
History of nanotechnology
Fullerenes were discovered in 1985 by Harry Kroto, Richard Smalley, and Robert Curl, who together won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Smalley's research in physical chemistry investigated formation of inorganic and semiconductor clusters using pulsed molecular beams and time of flight mass spectrometry. As a conse...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20nanotechnology
History of nanotechnology
The National Nanotechnology Initiative is a United States federal nanotechnology research and development program. “The NNI serves as the central point of communication, cooperation, and collaboration for all Federal agencies engaged in nanotechnology research, bringing together the expertise needed to advance this bro...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20nanotechnology
History of nanotechnology
President George W. Bush further increased funding for nanotechnology. On December 3, 2003, Bush signed into law the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, which authorizes expenditures for five of the participating agencies totaling US$3.63 billion over four years. The NNI budget supplement for Fi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20nanotechnology
History of nanotechnology
Smalley criticized Drexler's work on nanotechnology as naive, arguing that chemistry is extremely complicated, reactions are hard to control, and that a universal assembler is science fiction. Smalley believed that such assemblers were not physically possible and introduced scientific objections to them. His two princ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20nanotechnology
History of nanotechnology
The Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering's 2004 report on the implications of nanoscience and nanotechnologies was inspired by Prince Charles' concerns about nanotechnology, including molecular manufacturing. However, the report spent almost no time on molecular manufacturing. In fact, the word "Drexler" app...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20nanotechnology
History of nanotechnology
The National Science Foundation funded researcher David Berube to study the field of nanotechnology. His findings are published in the monograph Nano-Hype: The Truth Behind the Nanotechnology Buzz. This study concludes that much of what is sold as “nanotechnology” is in fact a recasting of straightforward materials sc...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitellogenesis
Vitellogenesis
Vitellogenesis is the process of yolk protein formation in the oocytes during sexual maturation. The term vitellogenesis comes from the Latin vitellus ("egg yolk"). Yolk proteins, such as Lipovitellin and Phosvitin, provides maturing oocytes with the metabolic energy required for development. Vitellogenins are the prec...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verordnung%20%C3%BCber%20den%20Bau%20und%20Betrieb%20der%20Stra%C3%9Fenbahnen
Verordnung über den Bau und Betrieb der Straßenbahnen
The § 16 BOStrab defines the legal types of trackbed: Street running trackbed (""): These tramways are running directly along public streets, without any separation which makes them subject to rules of the road as automobiles. As such the streetcars need to be equipped with mirrors and blinkers. Exclusive Trackbed (...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel%20Price%20Escalator
Fuel Price Escalator
The Fuel Price Escalator (later Fuel Duty Stabiliser), a fuel duty policy in the United Kingdom ahead of inflation, was introduced in March 1993 as a measure to stem the increase in pollution from road transport and cut the need for new road building at a time of major road protests, at Twyford Down and other locations...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norskedalen
Norskedalen
Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and sharing the Coulee Region's natural environment and cultural heritage. It is near Coon Valley, in La Crosse, and Vernon counties, Wisconsin, United States. History The center began in 1977 as an outdoor labor...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southdown%20Motor%20Services
Southdown Motor Services
Southdown benefited from the establishment of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, gaining services previously operated by East Surrey and Autocar in the Weald south of East Grinstead and Crawley. This also extended the company's eastern boundary to Heathfield. Southdown became associated with BET following t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island%20in%20the%20Sea%20of%20Time
Island in the Sea of Time
As the truth of what has happened sinks in, panic grips the island. Chief of Police Jared Cofflin is given emergency powers and begins organizing the people to produce food for the island so they can feed themselves. Meanwhile, Captain Marian Alston takes the Eagle to Great Britain, with ancient Greek speaking classics...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil%20War%20Museum%20%28Bardstown%29
Civil War Museum (Bardstown)
The Civil War Museum in Bardstown, Kentucky, is a collection of five attractions along what is called "Museum Row". It was established in 1996 by Dr. Henry Spalding. The leading attraction is the Civil War Museum, which is the fourth largest American Civil War museum and is dedicated to the Western Theater of the war...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wheel%20of%20Time%20Roleplaying%20Game
The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game
Backgrounds and character classes The game does not use different races, as in the novels there are only two sentient, naturally-evolved species, namely humans and Ogier (optional rules for playing an Ogier are provided). Instead, different backgrounds are provided which serve a similar function. These are Aiel, Atha'a...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wheel%20of%20Time%20Roleplaying%20Game
The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game
Other sections There is a chapter discussing equipment and weaponry, a further chapter discussing how to run and play Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game adventures, and notes on using characters from the series as non-player characters. There is also an extensive chapter discussing rules for the use of the One Power (inclu...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20finta%20giardiniera
La finta giardiniera
("The Pretend Garden-Girl"), K. 196, is an Italian-language opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote it in Munich in January 1775 when he was 18 years old and it received its first performance on 13 January at the in Munich. There is debate over the authorship of the libretto, written for Anfossi's opera the yea...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Country%20Bus%20Services
London Country Bus Services
London Country Bus Services was a bus company that operated in South East England from 1970 until 1986, when it was split up and later sold as part of the bus deregulation programme. History From 1933, London Passenger Transport Board ran public transport services across the London Passenger Transport Area, with an ap...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20B.%20Alexander%20High%20School
John B. Alexander High School
John B. Alexander High School is a secondary school in Laredo, Texas, United States and a part of the United Independent School District. The high school was established in 1994 to alleviate overcrowding at United High School in northern sector of Laredo. Freshman students are housed in a separate building at 4601 Vic...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twynham%20School
Twynham School
Twynham School (formerly Twynham Comprehensive School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Christchurch, Dorset, England and has a school roll of approximately 1,700 students in years 7 to 13 (ages 11 to 18). It has Leading Edge, Training School and Academy Statuses. Twynham is part of the Twy...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe%20Herscovitch
Moe Herscovitch
Moe 'Montgomery' Hart Herscovitch (27 October 1897 – 22 July 1969) who after taking up boxing during his WWI Canadian Army service with considerable success, won a bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics for Canada in Antwerp as a Middleweight. Hersovitch began his athletic career in 1913 as a prominent rugby player ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe%20Herscovitch
Moe Herscovitch
Although somewhat short in stature at 5' 6", Herscovitch was incredibly athletic, and had blue eyes, and dark brown hair, somewhat atypical for his Eastern European Jewish ancestry. He was a standout playing football for High School of Montreal and in his Senior year was recruited to play for the Montreal Football Clu...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe%20Herscovitch
Moe Herscovitch
Herscovitch began boxing professionally in earnest in early 1921, and defeated Olympic gold medalist Bert Schneider on 18 May 1921. He spent the next few years fighting in Canada and New York City, putting together an inconsistent record and boxing around 24 bouts. Around 1921-22, he claimed the Canadian Welterweight...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmel%20College%2C%20Darlington
Carmel College, Darlington
Tony Blair paid his last school visit as Prime Minister in 2007 at Carmel before he resigned, officially opening the new "Newton" building housing the Physics, Chemistry and Biology Departments, including 8 laboratories. The campus went through a further transformation in the school year 2012/2013 involving the full r...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20hard%20disk%20drives
History of hard disk drives
In 1953, IBM recognized the immediate application for what it termed a "Random Access File" having high capacity and rapid random access at a relatively low cost. After considering technologies such as wire matrices, rod arrays, drums, drum arrays, etc., the engineers at IBM's San Jose California laboratory invented th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20hard%20disk%20drives
History of hard disk drives
Manufacturing history Manufacturing began in California's Silicon Valley in 1957 with IBM's production shipment of the first HDD, the IBM RAMAC 350. The industry grew slowly at first with three additional companies in the market by 1964: Anelex, Bryant Computer Products and Data Products. The industry grew rapidly i...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20London%20Botanical%20Institute
South London Botanical Institute
The South London Botanical Institute (SLBI) is an institution for the popularization of botany. It was founded in 1910 by Allan Octavian Hume, a former civil servant for the British Raj in India. After returning from India to England in 1894, and after giving up ornithology, and turning vegetarian, Hume took an intere...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year-ending
Year-ending
Year-ending (or "12-months-ending") is a 12-month period used for financial and other seasonal reporting. In the context of finance, "Year-ending" is often provided in monthly financial statements detailing the performance of a business entity. Providing current "Year-ending" results, as well as "Year-Ending" result...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation%20Boulevard
Citation Boulevard
Citation Boulevard, a four-lane divided highway, currently extends from just west of US 25 (Georgetown Road) at the Norfolk Southern Railway to KY 922 (Newtown Pike) in Lexington, Kentucky. Known as Phase I, it was completed in 2001 and included a bridge over Cane Run. Phase II extends southwest from the Norfolk Southe...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy%20of%20Pomerelia
Duchy of Pomerelia
The Duchy of Pomerelia, also known as the Duchy of Eastern Pomerania, and Gdańsk Pomerania was a duchy centred on Pomerelia, with Gdańsk as its capital. The duchy was formed after gaining independence from the Kingdom of Poland in the 11th century, following the death of Bolesław I the Brave in 1025. The duchy was the...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy%20of%20Pomerelia
Duchy of Pomerelia
The Piasts introduced Christianity to pagan Pomerelia, though it is disputed to what extent the conversion materialized. In the eleventh century the region had loosened its close connections with the kingdom of Poland and subsequently for some years formed an independent duchy. Most scholars suggest that Pomerelia was ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy%20of%20Pomerelia
Duchy of Pomerelia
In 1116, direct control over Pomerelia was reestablished by Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland, who by 1122 had also conquered the central and western parts of Pomerania. While the latter regions (forming the Duchy of Pomerania) regained independence quickly, Pomerelia remained within the Polish realm. It was administered...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy%20of%20Pomerelia
Duchy of Pomerelia
Swietopelk II, who styled himself dux. since 1227, chartered the town of Gdańsk with Lübeck law and invited the Dominican Order. His conflicts with the Teutonic Order, who had become his eastern neighbor in 1230, were settled in 1253 by exempting the order from the Vistula dues. With Swietopelk II's death in 1266, the ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo%20Rivera%20y%20Damas
Arturo Rivera y Damas
Arturo Rivera y Damas (30 September 1923 – 26 November 1994) was the ninth Bishop and fifth Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador. Msgr. Rivera's term as archbishop (1983–1994) coincided with the Salvadoran Civil War. He was the immediate successor of Archbishop Óscar Romero. During Romero's archbishopric (1977–198...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo%20Rivera%20y%20Damas
Arturo Rivera y Damas
In September 1977, Rivera was appointed Bishop of Santiago de María—filling Óscar Romero's old post. During Romero's stormy tenure as archbishop, Rivera was often Romero's lone ally in the Salvadoran Bishops' Conference, which became divided over Romero's leadership. The bishops were split between a conservative secto...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani%20language
Hani language
The Hani language (Hani: or ; ; ) is a language of the Loloish (Yi) branch of the Tibeto-Burman linguistic group spoken in China, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam by the Hani people. Distribution In China, Hani is spoken mostly in areas to the east of the Mekong River in south-central Yunnan province, mostly in Pu'er and H...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibandronic%20acid
Ibandronic acid
Ibandronic acid is a bisphosphonate medication used in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and metastasis-associated skeletal fractures in people with cancer. It may also be used to treat hypercalcemia (elevated blood calcium levels). It is typically formulated as its sodium salt ibandronate sodium. It was p...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Fantasque-class%20destroyer
Le Fantasque-class destroyer
Modifications In late 1936 the Mle 1929 computers were upgraded and the high-angle rangefinders amidships were replaced by OPL J4.1935 models during 1937. In December 1938 and April 1939, the Hotchkiss machine guns were transferred to newly built platforms on each side of the bridge and the OPL Mle J.1930 rangefinders...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Transsexual%20Empire
The Transsexual Empire
The Transsexual Empire: The Making of the She-Male is a 1979 book about transgender people by American radical feminist author and activist Janice Raymond. The book is derived from Raymond's dissertation, which was produced under the supervision of the feminist theologian Mary Daly. It has been criticized by LGBT and f...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%20women%27s%20national%20football%20team
Switzerland women's national football team
The Switzerland women's national football team represents Switzerland in international women's football. Playing their first match in 1972, Switzerland did not enter their first major tournament until 2015, playing the World Cup, and then managed to qualify for Euro 2017, Euro 2022 and the 2023 World Cup in Australia ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateo%20de%20la%20Mata%20Ponce%20de%20Le%C3%B3n
Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León
Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León (sometimes Mateo de la Mata y Ponce de León) (b. Requena, Valencia, Spain – d. November 16, 1720, Lima) was a Spanish colonial official in Peru. He was president of the Audiencia of Quito from 1691 to 1699. (Quito was then part of the Viceroyalty of Peru.) From March 2 to August 15, 1716,...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invergowrie
Invergowrie
Invergowrie () is a village on the northwest bank of the Firth of Tay to the west of Dundee. Historically part of Perthshire, it was formerly incorporated as part of the city of Dundee, but is now administered as part of Perth and Kinross. History The old parish church, a roofless 16th century building currently in po...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invergowrie
Invergowrie
Where the stones are, if they exist, has not been quite agreed. There is a "Deil's stone" at Greystanes, behind the Hilton hotel, surrounded by a Victorian fence. There is also a lump of rock which used to be called "the Paddock Stone" or the "Fairy Stone" in the wood situated on the Waterside road, near the quarry. It...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen%20Jiongming
Chen Jiongming
As the East River region was becoming more disorderly, the Governor-General (Zongdu) in Guangzhou gave the magistrate in Huizhou the power to execute prisoners without trial at the scene of the crime, leading to the arrest and execution of everyone in sight when the magistrate heard of a disturbance, once arresting a 1...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavelanet
Lavelanet
Lavelanet (; L'Avelhanet in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. History Prehistory and Antiquity The Roman character of the subsurface constructions of the two towers of the ancient feudal castle of Lavelanet give Lavelanet a very...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavelanet
Lavelanet
Throughout the period of the Middle Ages and the modern era, the country of Olmes had a powerful corporation of clothier trimmers. The wool is worked in small spinning mills powered by the water of the river Touyre; weaving is done at home in the surrounding towns and countryside. Carts transported products to the fair...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BClf%C3%B6ldi%20Magyar%20Cserk%C3%A9szsz%C3%B6vets%C3%A9g
Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség
Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség (Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris) is a Scouts-in-Exile organization created for youth of Hungarian descent. Scouting makes it possible for young men and women to learn more about their Hungarian heritage, language and culture. The organization is dedicated to carrying out its ob...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BClf%C3%B6ldi%20Magyar%20Cserk%C3%A9szsz%C3%B6vets%C3%A9g
Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the refugees from World War II and the new Communist regimes in Eastern Europe were unable to return to their native country. Many emigrated to various countries. The first overseas troop was founded in 1950 in Rio de Janeiro, although it has since disbanded. Three troops founded in C...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BClf%C3%B6ldi%20Magyar%20Cserk%C3%A9szsz%C3%B6vets%C3%A9g
Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség
With the introduction of democracy to Hungary in 1989, Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség returned the Association's original seal to Hungary and to the newly reorganized Hungarian Scout Association. The organization maintains close relationships with the reconstituted Magyar Cserkészszövetség in Hungary, and with indep...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltrami%2C%20Minneapolis
Beltrami, Minneapolis
Beltrami is a neighborhood in the Northeast community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are Broadway Street NE to the north, Interstate 35W to the east, East Hennepin Avenue to the south, and Central Avenue and Harrison Street NE to the west. Beltrami neighborhood and park are named after Giacomo Constantino Beltrami, an ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Comensoli
Mario Comensoli
Mario Pasquale Comensoli (15 April 1922 – 2 June 1993) was a Swiss painter. He is considered as leading figure of the realist movement, depicting the social evolution of post-World War II Switzerland with key themes ranging from Italian immigrants to the 1968 social unrest, the Disco years and the hopelessness of the ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottineau%2C%20Minneapolis
Bottineau, Minneapolis
Bottineau is a neighborhood in the Northeast community of Minneapolis. It is one of ten neighborhoods in Ward 1 of Minneapolis, currently represented by Council President Elliott Payne. Location and characteristics Bottineau's boundaries are Lowry Avenue NE to the north, University Avenue NE to the east, 16th and 17t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipefitter
Pipefitter
A pipefitter or steamfitter is a tradesman who installs, assembles, fabricates, maintains, and repairs mechanical piping systems. Pipefitters usually begin as helpers or apprentices. Journeyman pipefitters deal with industrial/commercial/marine piping and heating/cooling systems. Typical industrial process pipe is unde...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20College
Roman College
The Roman College (, ) was a school established by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1551, just 11 years after he founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). It quickly grew to include classes from elementary school through university level and moved to several successive locations to accommodate its burgeoning student population....
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20College
Roman College
Origins The first university founded by the Jesuits was the College of Messina in 1548. Then in 1551, to make up for the shortage of public schools in Rome and to provide for better training of both religious and secular clergy during the Counter-Reformation period, the Roman College was founded, open only to men. The ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20College
Roman College
On 17 January 1556 Pope Paul IV, seeing the great good that the Collegio Romano was for the young, gave it the privilege of conferring degrees in philosophy and theology with all the privileges of other universities. At this time also Ignatius founded the print shop which over the years introduced new typefaces, becomi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20College
Roman College
The Jesuits were particularly drawn to astronomy and had a large observatory tower and scientific laboratories constructed on the roof of the annexed church, in 1787. The building of the college consists of two large, colonnaded courtyards and large classrooms. The Library of the Roman College, the most notable of Rome...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Plains%20of%20Abraham
The Plains of Abraham
The Plains of Abraham is a 1928 novel by James Oliver Curwood. Plot During the last half of the eighteenth century, in what was then New France (now part of Canada), Daniel "James" Bulain, son of a French habitant and of an English schoolmaster's daughter sees his world turned upside-down as his family and the people ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%27s%2011th%20congressional%20district
Virginia's 11th congressional district
Virginia's 11th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Situated in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., the district comprises most of Fairfax County and the entirety of Fairfax City. The district is represented by Democrat Gerry Connolly. The Hill newspa...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Abdel%20Raziq
Ali Abdel Raziq
Ali Abdel Raziq () (1888–1966) was an Egyptian scholar of Islam, judge and government minister. His writings, some controversial, debated the role of religion and Islamic history in 20th-century politics and government. While the implication of his arguments still remain a point of debate, his 1925 book Islam and the ...
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Ali Abdel Raziq
Work The argument of his 1925 book has been summarized as "Islam does not advocate a specific form of government". He focused his criticism both at those who use religious law as contemporary political proscription and at the history of rulers claiming legitimacy by the caliphate. The focus of this debate was Turkish ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Abdel%20Raziq
Ali Abdel Raziq
Criticism Syrian Islamic theologian Muhammad Rashid Rida (d. 1935) was one of the most fierce critics of 'Ali Abd al-Raziq and his ideas. Rida described the reaction to his controversial work al-Islam wa 'usul al-hukm [Islam and the Foundations of Political Power] to the "sudden arrival of the Day of Judgment". Throug...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Morse
Christopher Morse
Christopher Ludwig Morse (born 1935) is an American Christian theologian. He is Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Theology and Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Early life and education Born in 1935 and raised in Virginia, Morse received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Randolph–Macon C...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerta
Beerta
Beerta (; ) is a village and former municipality with a population of 2,205 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the 20th century, Beerta was a communist stronghold. In 1933, the municipal council was dismissed by the government, and was ruled by a until 1935. Between 198...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%20absence%20epilepsy
Childhood absence epilepsy
Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), formerly known as pyknolepsy, is an idiopathic generalized epilepsy which occurs in otherwise normal children. The age of onset is between 4–10 years with peak age between 5–7 years. Children have absence seizures which although brief (~4–20 seconds), they occur frequently, sometimes i...
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Childhood absence epilepsy
Pathophysiology The pathophysiology of absence seizures has been linked to oscillatory thalamic-cortical potentials, calcium currents, and the interaction of GABAergic neurons. It seems clear that the pathophysiology of absence seizures differs from other epilepsies which may, in part, explain the unique efficacy of et...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellingwolde
Bellingwolde
Bellingwolde (; Gronings: Bennewolle) is a village with a population of 2,655 people in the municipality Westerwolde in the Netherlands. It is situated in the southeast of the region Oldambt, in the north of the region Westerwolde, and in the east of the province Groningen, at the border with Germany. The settlement d...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellingwolde
Bellingwolde
The nearest city Winschoten is to the west. In between Winschoten and Bellingwolde is the village Blijham. In the northwest it is close to the village Oudeschans, which used to be called Bellingwolderschans (Sconce of Bellingwolde). In the south Bellingwolde is connected with the village Vriescheloo and the hamlet Rhe...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellingwolde
Bellingwolde
Since 2009, Bellingwolde has a state protected village area (Dutch: beschermd dorpsgezicht) with many monumental buildings among which are the Magnus Church (16th century), the Law House (17th century), the Veldkamp's Mill (19th century), and about twenty farmhouses. The Museum de Oude Wolden is a regional museum abou...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen%20Speedway
Evergreen Speedway
History The land was originally the Snohomish County poor farm, which was established in 1893. In 1949 the county allowed the Evergreen State Fair to use a portion of the land. In 1950 the county allowed the fair to use more land upon which a horse track was built. In 1954 Jimmie Collier convinced Snohomish County off...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd%20Thrift
Syd Thrift
Baltimore Orioles Thrift was put in charge of the minor league operations of the Baltimore Orioles upon his appointment as the team's director of player development thirteen days later on October 31, 1994. He succeeded Doug Melvin who had left the Orioles earlier that month to become general manager of the Texas Ranger...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%27s%2010th%20congressional%20district
Virginia's 10th congressional district
Virginia's 10th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is represented by Democrat Suhas Subramanyam, who was first elected in 2024. Geography The district includes all of Rappahannock County, Fauquier County, and Loudoun County, parts of Fairfax County and Prince W...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact%20binary%20%28small%20Solar%20System%20body%29
Contact binary (small Solar System body)
A contact binary is a small Solar System body, such as a minor planet or comet, that is composed of two bodies that have gravitated toward each other until they touch, resulting in a bilobated, peanut-like overall shape. Contact binaries are distinct from true binary systems such as binary asteroids where both componen...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact%20binary%20%28small%20Solar%20System%20body%29
Contact binary (small Solar System body)
Until 1989, contact binary asteroids had only been inferred from the high-amplitude U-shape of their light curves. The first visually confirmed contact binary was the near-Earth asteroid 4769 Castalia (formerly 1989 PB), whose double-lobed shape was revealed in high-resolution delay-Doppler radar imaging by the Arecibo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact%20binary%20%28small%20Solar%20System%20body%29
Contact binary (small Solar System body)
High-mass ratio and doubly-synchronous binary systems such as 69230 Hermes are plausible sources for contact binaries in the NEA population, since they are subject to the binary YORP effect, which acts over timescales of 1,000–10,000 years to either contract the components' orbits until they contact, or expand their or...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact%20binary%20%28small%20Solar%20System%20body%29
Contact binary (small Solar System body)
In 2011, Seth A. Jacobson and Scheeres expanded upon their 2007 theory of binary fission and proposed that NEAs can go through repeated cycles of fissioning and reimpacting through the YORP effect. Trans-Neptunian objects In the trans-Neptunian region and especially the Kuiper belt, binary systems are thought to have...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact%20binary%20%28small%20Solar%20System%20body%29
Contact binary (small Solar System body)
Kuiper belt In 2015–2019, Audrey Thirouin and Scott Sheppard performed a survey of KBOs from the plutino (2:3 Neptune resonance) and cold classical (low inclination and eccentricity) populations with the Lowell Discovery Telescope and Magellan-Baade Telescope. They found that 40–50% of the population of plutinos small...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact%20binary%20%28small%20Solar%20System%20body%29
Contact binary (small Solar System body)
Irregular moons The Cassini spacecraft observed several irregular moons of Saturn at various phase angles while in it was orbit around Saturn from 2004–2017, which allowed for the determination of rotation periods and shapes of the Saturnian irregular moons. In 2018–2019, researchers Tilmann Denk and Stefan Mottola in...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Vienna%20%281725%29
Treaty of Vienna (1725)
Spanish concessions in Livorno and Elba King Philip V agreed to establish Livorno as a free port accessible to both parties. The Sicilian segment of the island of Elba, including the township of Porto Logone, was to be ceded to the future heir to the Tuscan throne upon their ascension. Spanish recognition of the Prag...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True%20Monster%20Stories
True Monster Stories
True Monster Stories, written by Terry Deary, is the first of the non-fiction True Stories Series of books. It was published in 1992 by Hippo Books from Scholastic. Overview The book details strange but apparently "true" encounters with a variety of monsters. The book is divided into eight sections; ranging from wil...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism%20in%20Ukraine
Anarchism in Ukraine
Anarchism in Ukraine has its roots in the democratic and egalitarian organization of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, who inhabited the region up until the 18th century. Philosophical anarchism first emerged from the radical movement during the Ukrainian national revival, finding a literary expression in the works of Mykhailo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism%20in%20Ukraine
Anarchism in Ukraine
The most prominent of the hromadas was the one in Kyiv, founded in 1859 by populist students of the Lavrovist tendency, who emphasised the education of the peasantry and rejected revolutionary agitation. It was banned by 1863 but renewed its educational activities in 1869, spearheaded by a new generation of students le...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism%20in%20Ukraine
Anarchism in Ukraine
In 1874, the Narodniks' "Going to the People" campaign culminated in a number of Ukrainian revolutionary anarchists (buntars), led by Yakov Stefanovich, organizing a peasant revolt in Chyhyryn, before being suppressed by Russian authorities. Alexander II subsequently issued the Ems Ukaz which banned the use of the Ukra...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism%20in%20Ukraine
Anarchism in Ukraine
1905 Revolution Ukrainian Jews in the Pale of Settlement had been extended a number of rights during the reign of Alexander II, but following his assassination by People's Will, a wave of pogroms broke out and the new government of Alexander III implemented the May Laws, which persecuted Jews living in the Pale. In 190...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism%20in%20Ukraine
Anarchism in Ukraine
In July, attempts were made to unify the revolutionary anarchist movement, with an anarchist conference in Kharkiv discussing the revolutionary role of factory committees versus trade unions and how they could convert the world war into a world revolution. They also established an "Anarchist Information Bureau" to orga...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism%20in%20Ukraine
Anarchism in Ukraine
The region of Zaporizhzhia, with Huliaipole at its center, was transformed into a libertarian society, free of any political authority. By the turn of 1919, the Makhnovists were holding Regional Congresses of Peasants, Workers, and Insurgents, which discussed the economic, political and military issues affecting the Ma...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism%20in%20Ukraine
Anarchism in Ukraine
The Makhnovists remained on good terms with the Bolsheviks at this time. When famine threatened Petrograd and Moscow, Huliaipole's Ukrainian peasants exported large amounts of grain to the Russian cities, while Makhno himself was cast as a "courageous partisan" by the Soviet press. By March 1919, the Insurgent Army had...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism%20in%20Ukraine
Anarchism in Ukraine
The Makhnovists resolved to defend their territory against both the Red and the White armies, with Trotsky again declaring Makhno an outlaw and the Makhnovists producing propaganda to persuade Red Army soldiers not to take up arms against them. The Makhnovists led the Red Army offensive into a protracted guerrilla war,...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism%20in%20Ukraine
Anarchism in Ukraine
Following the dissolution of the Ukrainian People's Republic, many Ukrainian nationalist exiles experienced a sharp turn to right-wing politics, with a number even blaming Mykhailo Drahomanov's anarchist ideas for the Ukrainian defeat in the war of independence. During the war, antisemitic pogroms had caused the murder...
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