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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou%20Xinfang
Zhou Xinfang
Zhou revised many old operas, such as Xiao He Chases Han Xin in the Moonlight (), and wrote new plays. His famous performances include Black Dragon House (), Xu Ce Scurries (), Four Scholars (四進士). He also starred in a few film adaptations of his operas, such as Song Shijie (宋士傑, adapted from Four Scholars) and Murde...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou%20Xinfang
Zhou Xinfang
In Beijing, Wu Han also wrote another opera based on the same theme, Hai Rui Dismissed from Office. This opera was attacked by Yao Wenyuan in 1965, accusing the play of being a veiled criticism of Chairman Mao Zedong. The attack by Yao on Wu Han's work about Hai Rui is often considered the opening shot of the Cultural ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing%20EC-135
Boeing EC-135
Other EC-135 aircraft (including EC-135A, G, and L models) supporting the Looking Glass missions (communications relay and Minuteman airborne launch control centers) were flown by the 906th Air Refueling Squadron at Minot Air Force Base (North Dakota) (1963–1970), the 70th Air Refueling Squadron at Grissom AFB (1975–19...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Fur%20Lady
My Fur Lady
My Fur Lady is a satirical musical theatre production, first staged in Canada in the 1950s. Directed by Brian Macdonald, it was premiered in Montreal on February 7, 1957, by McGill University students. A revue, it tells the story of Princess Aurora Borealis (the contralto Ann Golden) of "Mukluko" ("near" Baffin Island)...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Fur%20Lady
My Fur Lady
Upon her arrival in Canada, Princess Aurora meets Rex Hammerstein (played by Jim Hugessen), a reporter for the True Canadian Romances Magazine. When Rex hears that Princess Aurora is an immigrant, he proposes to take her on a national tour. Aurora agrees, knowing that this would be a good way to find a husband, and ins...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Hallows%2C%20Bread%20Street
All Hallows, Bread Street
All Hallows Bread Street was a parish church in the Bread Street ward of the City of London, England. It stood on the east side of Bread Street, on the corner with Watling Street. First mentioned in the 13th century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The church was rebuilt by the office of S...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Hallows%2C%20Bread%20Street
All Hallows, Bread Street
Rebuilding after the Great Fire After the church's destruction in the Great Fire, the parish was combined with that of St John the Evangelist Friday Street, also destroyed, but not rebuilt. In 1671 a "tabernacle" or temporary church was set up to serve the parishioners of All Hallows and St John's. The reconstruction o...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Hallows%2C%20Bread%20Street
All Hallows, Bread Street
The steeple, completed 14 years after the rest of the church, was the work of Nicholas Hawksmoor. The tower was square in plan, the top storey having three arched openings on each side, each with a finely carved mask keystone. It was topped by a balustrade, with four obelisks on corner plinths. The belfry level beneath...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Hu%E1%BA%BF%20%281884%29
Treaty of Huế (1884)
The Treaty of Huế or Protectorate Treaty (, or , or Hòa ước Patơnốt) was concluded on 6 June 1884 between France and Đại Nam (Vietnam/Nguyễn dynasty). It restated the main tenets of the punitive Harmand Treaty of 25 August 1883, but softened some of the harsher provisions of this treaty. The treaty created the protecto...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Hu%E1%BA%BF%20%281884%29
Treaty of Huế (1884)
Background On 6 June 1884, three weeks after the conclusion of the Tientsin Accord with China, which implicitly renounced China's historic suzerainty over Vietnam, the French concluded a treaty with Vietnam which provided for a French protectorate over both Annam and Tonkin. The treaty was negotiated for France by Jul...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram%20Stevens%20%28critic%29
Bertram Stevens (critic)
Bertram William Mathyson Francis Stevens (8 October 1872 – 14 February 1922) was an Australian journal editor (Single Tax; Native Companion; Art in Australia; Lone Hand); literary and art critic; and anthologist (An Anthology of Australian Verse [which contained five poems by Henry Lawson]; The Golden Treasury of Austr...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniting%20American%20Families%20Act
Uniting American Families Act
The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA, , ) is a U.S. bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to eliminate discrimination in immigration by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and of lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouse...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniting%20American%20Families%20Act
Uniting American Families Act
(C) is not married to or in a permanent partnership with anyone other than that other individual; (D) is unable to contract with that other individual a marriage cognizable under this Act; and (E) is not a first, second, or third degree blood relation of that other individual. The term "permanent partnership" means ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniting%20American%20Families%20Act
Uniting American Families Act
The support for the Uniting American Families Act has increased in the House of Representatives, but much less so in the Senate. Organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Immigration Equality, both supporters of LGBT rights legislation, support the bill. The HRC points out that the process for sponsorin...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comandante%20Ferraz%20Antarctic%20Station
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station () is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz (1940–1982), who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarcti...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comandante%20Ferraz%20Antarctic%20Station
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
On 25 February 2012, an explosion in the machine room that housed the station's generators ignited a fire that, according to the Brazilian navy, destroyed approximately 70% of the complex. Two soldiers, originally reported as missing by the Brazilian navy, were found dead in the debris of the station after the fire, wh...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptanthus%20glandulosus%20subsp.%20niger
Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. niger
Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. niger is an endangered subspecies of flowering plant within the family Brassicaceae. Like other genus members, this herb has wavy petal margins with perimeter calluses that discourage larval herbivory. This plant is endemic to the Tiburon Peninsula of Northern California, and occurs at e...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptanthus%20glandulosus%20subsp.%20niger
Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. niger
Distribution and habitat There are only two known colonies of Tiburon jewelflower, both of which occur on the Tiburon Peninsula, with a separation of about three km. One of the populations is in the vicinity of the historic Old Saint Hilary's Church. The Federal Register listing document noted that S. niger occurs only...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Stephens
Alfred Stephens
Alfred George Stephens (28 August 1865 – 15 April 1933), commonly referred to as A. G. Stephens, was an Australian writer and literary critic, notably for The Bulletin. He was appointed to that position by its owner, J. F. Archibald in 1894. Early life and journalism Stephens was born at Toowoomba, Queensland. His fat...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Stephens
Alfred Stephens
In April 1893 having sold his share in the Cairns paper he left Australia for San Francisco, travelled across the continent, and thence to Great Britain and France. He had begun to do some journalistic work in London when he received the offer from J. F. Archibald of a position on The Bulletin. He returned to Australi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Stephens
Alfred Stephens
In September 1906, newspapers suggested Stephens was going to London where it was expected he would remain, but this was confusion with another Stephens. In October 1906 however 'Red Page' Stephens had left The Bulletin; the exact occasion for the break has never been known. He then set himself up initially running a...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20H.%20Zion
Roger H. Zion
Roger Herschel Zion (September 17, 1921 – September 24, 2019) was an American World War II veteran and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Indiana from 1967 through 1975. Biography Roger Zion was born in Escanaba, Michigan, in September 1921 and attended public schools in Milwauke...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Last%20of%20the%20Tsars
The Last of the Tsars
The Last of the Tsars is a play by Michael Bawtree. The action takes place in Russia between 1912 and 1919, and follows the fortunes of the Romanov family and of Russia in the tumultuous years leading up to the Revolution of 1917, and beyond, to the assassination of the Romanov family by the Bolsheviks. The story is to...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire%20of%20Murchison
Shire of Murchison
The Shire of Murchison is a 49,500 km² local government area (LGA), within the Murchison sub-region, in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Encompassing most of the Murchison and East Murchison goldfields, the shire is named after the Murchison River. It is Australia's least-populated LGA and the only one without...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCormick-Stillman%20Railroad%20Park
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park is a railroad park located in Scottsdale, Arizona. It features a gauge railroad, a Magma Arizona Railroad locomotive, a railroad museum, three model railroad clubs and a gauge live steam railroad. History In 1967, the Fowler McCormicks donated of McCormick Ranch to the City of Scot...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology%20Historic%20District
Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District
The Historic District of the Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as the Old Campus of Georgia Tech or the Hill District, is significant in the areas of architecture, education, engineering and science, as well as landscape architecture. The area is a Registered Historic Place and part of the central campus of G...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCsamettin%20Cindoruk
Hüsamettin Cindoruk
Ahmet Hüsamettin Cindoruk (born 8 June 1933) is a Turkish politician and the 17th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey between 1991 and 1995. He was also the acting president of Turkey in 1993 and the leader of two political parties, notably of the True Path Party. Early life and education He was born in 1933 in İzmir...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paskamanset%20River
Paskamanset River
The Paskamanset River, also known as the Paskamansett River, is a river in New Bedford and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The Paskamanset and Slocums River really form just a single river, but the freshwater portion kept its earlier Native American name, while the salt-water portion is named for early English settlers, the...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turiasaurus
Turiasaurus
Turiasaurus (meaning "Turia lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs. It is known from a single fossil specimen representing the species Turiasaurus riodevensis, found in the Kimmeridgian Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Teruel, Spain. Description Turiasaurus is believed to be the largest dinosaur ever found in Eu...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th%20Rifle%20Division%20%28Poland%29
4th Rifle Division (Poland)
The Polish 4th Rifle Division (, ) was a Polish military unit, forming, together with the Polish 5th Rifle Division of the Blue Army, the only part of the Polish military which took part in the Russian Civil War. Under the command of General Lucjan Żeligowski, it operated as an ally of the White movement from autumn 19...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th%20Rifle%20Division%20%28Poland%29
4th Rifle Division (Poland)
After the Battle of Kaniów on 11 May 1918, in which the forces of the 2nd Brigade broke through the front and created the 2nd Corps, the Polish commanders entered the alliance with one of the White generals, Mikhail Alekseev, and his Volunteer Army in the northern Caucasus near the Kuban River. By September 1918 the Po...
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8556054
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana%20Civil%20Code
Louisiana Civil Code
The Louisiana Civil Code (LCC) constitutes the core of private law in the State of Louisiana. The Louisiana Civil Code is based on a more diverse set of sources than the laws of the other 49 states of the United States: substantive law between private sector parties has a civil law character, based on the French civil ...
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8556101
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzaccio
Lorenzaccio
Lorenzaccio is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in debaucheries to gain the Duke's confidence, he loses the trust of Florence's citiz...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20Cup
Geography Cup
The Geography Cup is an online, international competition between the United States and the United Kingdom, with the aim of determining which nation collectively knows more about geography. It was also intended to raise awareness of the importance of world geography in the modern world. Any resident of the US or UK cou...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20Cup
Geography Cup
Quiz Any citizen of the USA or the UK was eligible to participate in the contest. Upon signup, the website determined which country a user lived in based on their IP address and automatically put the user into the correct team. The quiz consisted of thirteen random, geography-related questions that had to be answered i...
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8556140
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%20122
New York State Route 122
New York State Route 122 (NY 122) is a east–west state highway in northern Franklin County, New York, United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 37 in the town of Westville. Its eastern terminus is at a junction with U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in the town of Burke. Near its midpoint, NY...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%20122
New York State Route 122
In the center of Constable, NY 122 intersects NY 30, which overlaps with NY 122 for one block on its way from Malone to the Canadian border. The highway continues east from NY 30, serving residences in the eastern part of the hamlet before curving to the southeast and entering another rural area. The road crosses into ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Gonzalo%20Rodr%C3%ADguez%20Gacha
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha (14 May 1947 – 15 December 1989), also known by the nicknames Don Sombrero () and El Mexicano (), was a Colombian drug lord who was one of the leaders of the Medellín Cartel along with the Ochoa brothers and Pablo Escobar. At the height of his criminal career, Rodríguez was acknowledged as ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Gonzalo%20Rodr%C3%ADguez%20Gacha
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha
Paramilitary groups (or self-defense groups, autodefensas as they are frequently referred to in Colombia), were created with the support of landowners and cattle ranchers who had been under pressure from the guerrillas as well as from groups affiliated with narcotics traffickers such as the Muerte a Secuestradores move...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Gonzalo%20Rodr%C3%ADguez%20Gacha
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha
American fight against drugs By 1989, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) estimated that 80 percent of cocaine consumed in the United States was imported from Colombia by the Medellín Cartel and its rival, the Cali Cartel. The newly elected administration of President George H. W. Bush was under considerable pres...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strongman%20%28character%29
Strongman (character)
The Strongman is the name of three different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Bruce Olafson incarnation of Strongman first appeared in Incredible Hulk #3 (September 1962) as a member of the Circus of Crime, and was created by Stan Lee and Steve ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laird%20Wilcox
Laird Wilcox
Laird Maurice Wilcox (November 28, 1942 - November 4, 2023) was an American researcher of political fringe movements. He was the founder of the Wilcox Collection of Contemporary Political Movements, housed in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas. Early life Wilcox was raised in a family wit...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20oxidation
Thermal oxidation
In microfabrication, thermal oxidation is a way to produce a thin layer of oxide (usually silicon dioxide) on the surface of a wafer. The technique forces an oxidizing agent to diffuse into the wafer at high temperature and react with it. The rate of oxide growth is often predicted by the Deal–Grove model. Thermal ox...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20oxidation
Thermal oxidation
Oxide quality Wet oxidation is preferred to dry oxidation for growing thick oxides, because of the higher growth rate. However, fast oxidation leaves more dangling bonds at the silicon interface, which produce quantum states for electrons and allow current to leak along the interface. (This is called a "dirty" inter...
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8556455
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachiniscinae
Tachiniscinae
The Tachiniscinae are a subfamily of the fruit fly family Tephritidae. They are treated by some authorities as a separate family, Tachiniscidae. An undetermined species of the genus Tachiniscidia has been reared from Saturniidae caterpillars in Nigeria. The family Tachiniscidae was established by Kertész for a single ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition
Contraposition
The contrapositive is "If an object does not have color, then it is not red." This follows logically from our initial statement and, like it, it is evidently true. The inverse is "If an object is not red, then it does not have color." An object which is blue is not red, and still has color. Therefore, in this case the...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition
Contraposition
Truth If a statement is true, then its contrapositive is true (and vice versa). If a statement is false, then its contrapositive is false (and vice versa). If a statement's inverse is true, then its converse is true (and vice versa). If a statement's inverse is false, then its converse is false (and vice versa). ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition
Contraposition
Notice that contraposition is a valid form of immediate inference only when applied to "A" and "O" propositions. It is not valid for "I" propositions, where the obverse is an "O" proposition which has no valid converse. The contraposition of the "E" proposition is valid only with limitations (per accidens). This is bec...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition
Contraposition
Form of transposition In the inferred proposition, the consequent is the contradictory of the antecedent in the original proposition, and the antecedent of the inferred proposition is the contradictory of the consequent of the original proposition. The symbol for material implication signifies the proposition as a hypo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition
Contraposition
Necessary and sufficient conditions can be explained by analogy in terms of the concepts and the rules of immediate inference of traditional logic. In the categorical proposition "All S is P", the subject term S is said to be distributed, that is, all members of its class are exhausted in its expression. Conversely, t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition
Contraposition
While most authors use the terms for the same thing, some authors distinguish transposition from contraposition. In traditional logic the reasoning process of transposition as a rule of inference is applied to categorical propositions through contraposition and obversion, a series of immediate inferences where the rule...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition
Contraposition
Proof by contrapositive Because the contrapositive of a statement always has the same truth value (truth or falsity) as the statement itself, it can be a powerful tool for proving mathematical theorems (especially if the truth of the contrapositive is easier to establish than the truth of the statement itself). A proof...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20pulling
Oil pulling
Oil pulling is an alternative medical practice in which an edible oil is swished around the mouth for a period of time and then spat out, similar to mouthwash. It originates from Ayurvedic medicine. Practitioners of oil pulling claim it is capable of improving oral health. Its promoters claim it works by pulling out t...
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8556624
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Cocking
Robert Cocking
Robert Cocking (1776 – 24 July 1837) was a British watercolour artist who died in the first parachute accident. Parachute design Robert Cocking was a professional watercolour artist with a keen amateur interest in science. He had seen André-Jacques Garnerin make the first parachute jump in England in 1802 (the first ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Cocking
Robert Cocking
Crash A large crowd had gathered to witness the event, but it was immediately obvious that Cocking was in trouble. He had neglected to include the weight of the parachute itself in his calculations and as a result the descent was far too quick. Though rapid, the descent continued evenly for a few seconds, but then the ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20lamellar%20keratoplasty
Automated lamellar keratoplasty
Automated lamellar keratoplasty (ALK), also known as keratomileusis in situ, is a non-laser lamellar refractive procedure used to correct high degree refractive errors. This procedure can correct large amounts of myopia and hyperopia. However, the resultant change is not as predictable as with other procedures. Proced...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Spy%20Spooky%20Mansion
I Spy Spooky Mansion
Gameplay In the game, the player starts at the entrance of a haunted mansion. They enter and are locked inside. The "Guide", a skeleton known as Skelly (Voiced by Amy Birnbaum) informs the player that they must earn puzzle pieces to escape the house. They search various areas in the mansion for hidden objects or words ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewing%20Young
Ewing Young
The Spanish and later Mexicans had not focused on trapping fur-bearing animals of the Southwest as demand was small within the Spanish trading system. Expeditions of the Hudson's Bay Company, the American Fur Company and others established the North American fur trade (mainly beaver) in response to demand for furs in A...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewing%20Young
Ewing Young
Once there, the group moved north to the Sacramento Valley, where they encountered Peter Skene Ogden of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). The two groups jointly trapped the valley before the Americans set off for the Tule River. After a short trapping excursion there, the party encountered an official from the Mission Sa...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%B6%20Lake
Ivö Lake
Ivö Lake (Swedish: Ivösjön) is the largest and deepest lake of Skåne, Sweden, located in the municipalities of Kristianstad and Bromölla in the northeastern part of Skåne County. It covers an area of just under , with a maximum depth of 50 meters. The lake is the richest in fish species in Sweden, including pike, salmo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasypus%20bellus
Dasypus bellus
The earliest fossils are found in early Pleistocene South America, and would emigrate into southern North America. They have been found at many sites in Florida, including caves, sinkholes, river sites, coastal, and lake deposits. By the late Pleistocene, D. bellus spread into the American Southwest. The living anima...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albarello
Albarello
An albarello (a name of Italian descent meaning "cell", plural: albarelli) also known as a "majolica drug jar" because of the type of tin glaze used is known as Majolica (also known as maiolica). This cylindrical storage unit or maiolica earthenware jar, is used for a plethora of purposes, most commonly for drug storag...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albarello
Albarello
Importation from China and the Middle East The origin of this type of pharmacy jar has its roots in the Middle East during the time of the Islamic conquests. The term majolica specifically refers to a type of tin glaze that originated in the Near East along Islamic trade routes, showcasing the strong influence of Isla...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar%20Rapids%20and%20Missouri%20River%20Railroad
Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad
The Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad was a railroad chartered to run from Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Council Bluffs, Iowa on the Missouri River. Under lease by the Chicago & North Western Railroad, it was the first railroad to reach Council Bluffs opposite Omaha Nebraska, and the eastern terminus of the First trans...
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8556908
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey%20Wainman
Tracey Wainman
Tracey Wainman (born May 27, 1967) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1981 Skate Canada International champion and a two-time Canadian national champion (1981 and 1986). Competitive career Early in her career, Tracey Wainman was coached by Ellen Burka at the Toronto Cricket, Skating, and Curli...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey%20Wainman
Tracey Wainman
The following season, Wainman won the Canadian national title for the first time and was assigned to her second World Championships. In contrast to a year earlier, she had her best performance at 1981 Worlds in Hartford, Connecticut in the compulsory figures, placing 6th. Her short program was ranked 15th and her free ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey%20Wainman
Tracey Wainman
She began her comeback at the 1985 Canadian National Championships by leading the field after the first phase, compulsory figures—then worth 30% of the final score. After falling on a planned Triple Salchow+Double Toe Loop combination in her short program, she was left with required element scores as low as 4.0. In the...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekada%20%2770%20%28film%29
Dekada '70 (film)
Dekada '70 () is a 2002 Filipino historical drama film directed by Chito S. Roño and based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Lualhati Bautista. Set in the Philippines during the period of martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, the film follows the struggles of the middle-class Bartolome family spanning several years. ...
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8556945
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Mitchell%20Airport
Billy Mitchell Airport
Billy Mitchell Airport is a public use airport located east of the central business district of Hatteras, in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The airport is located in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and is owned by the National Park Service. It is named after United States Army Air Service General Bil...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza%20Las%20Delicias
Plaza Las Delicias
Plaza Luis Muñoz Rivera Plaza Luis Muñoz Rivera is the smaller of the two plazas. It is situated to the north of the Ponce Cathedral, and was originally known as Paseo de La Alameda, and was at a time also called "Plaza Las Delicias" itself, but today it is known as Plaza Luis Muñoz Rivera. It is so named to honor th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza%20Las%20Delicias
Plaza Las Delicias
In the center of this plaza lies the famous Fuente de los Leones (Lions Fountain). The large, round-shaped fountain is bounded by a low, marmol and granite wall. The fountain's wall boundary is shaped in the form of a regular octagon and built so that one of the vertices of the octagon points towards the historic Ponce...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%20Island%20%28British%20Columbia%29
Nelson Island (British Columbia)
Nelson Island is an island in the Sunshine Coast region of the South Coast region of British Columbia. It is surrounded by Hotham Sound, Agamemnon Channel, and Malaspina Strait. The closest communities are Pender Harbour, British Columbia and Egmont, both on the Sechelt Peninsula. The island is mostly forested, alth...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%20Majesty%20%282001%20film%29
Her Majesty (2001 film)
Her Majesty is a 2001 coming of age film about a young girl who realises her lifelong dream when Queen Elizabeth II comes to visit her small hometown. Directed by Mark J. Gordon, this New Zealand made, family-friendly feature film, is the winner of over 20 festival awards, including the Audience Award at Florida, Newpo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%20Majesty%20%282001%20film%29
Her Majesty (2001 film)
Elizabeth learns of this, and despite her father not wanting her to visit Hira, she goes to the house and learns the pistols were actually given to Hira's father, the chief of the tribe. He had given in return a gift of his ceremonial spear. Elizabeth uses every trick she can to keep the ladies of the town from blocki...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehib%20Pasha
Wehib Pasha
Wehib Pasha also known as Vehip Pasha, Mehmed Wehib Pasha, Mehmet Vehip Pasha (modern Turkish: Kaçı Vehip Paşa or Mehmet Vehip (Kaçı), 1877–1940), was an Albanian general in the Ottoman Army. He fought in the Balkan Wars and in several theatres of World War I. In his later years, Vehib Pasha volunteered to serve as a m...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20G.%20Enig
Mary G. Enig
Mary Gertrude Enig (née Dracon; July 13, 1931 – September 8, 2014) was a nutritionist and researcher known for her unconventional positions on the role saturated fats play in diet and health. She disputed the medical consensus that diets high in saturated fats contribute to development of heart disease, while she advoc...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20G.%20Enig
Mary G. Enig
Enig, a member of The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (THINCS), disputed the widely accepted view in the scientific community that consumption of saturated fats contributes to heart disease. Her chapter in the book Coronary Heart Disease: The Dietary Sense and Nonsense – An evaluation by scientists was re...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour%20Strike
Colour Strike
The Colour Strike was an industrial action by technicians at ITV companies which ran from 13 November 1970 to 8 February 1971. Due to a pay dispute, technicians refused to work with colour television equipment. Some shows made during this period aired in black-and-white as late as December 1971. History At that time, ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles%20of%20organization
Articles of organization
The articles of organization are a document similar to the articles of incorporation, outlining the initial statements required to form a limited liability company (LLC) in many U.S. states. Some states refer to articles of organization as a certificate of organization or a certificate of formation. Once filed and appr...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drude%20particle
Drude particle
Drude particles are model oscillators used to simulate the effects of electronic polarizability in the context of a classical molecular mechanics force field. They are inspired by the Drude model of mobile electrons and are used in the computational study of proteins, nucleic acids, and other biomolecules. Classical D...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drude%20particle
Drude particle
Quantum Drude oscillator Since the response of a classical Drude oscillator is limited, it is not enough to model interactions in heterogeneous media with large field gradients, where higher order electronic responses have significant contributions to the interaction energy. A quantum Drude oscillator (QDO) is a natura...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions%20of%20the%20Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology
Traditions of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Numerous Georgia Tech legends and traditions have been established since the school's opening in 1888, some of which have persisted for decades. Over time, the school has grown from a trade school into a large research university, and the traditions reflect that heritage. One of the cherished holdovers from Tech's earl...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions%20of%20the%20Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology
Traditions of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Tech's historic and primary administrative building, Tech Tower, has the letters TECH hanging atop it on each of its four sides. Since 1969, students on several occasions have orchestrated complex plans to scale Tech Tower and steal the huge symbolic letter T off the building. The 'T' was first stolen in April 1969 by...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions%20of%20the%20Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology
Traditions of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Security features such as security cameras, pressure sensitive roof tiling, and fiber optic cabling running throughout the letters have been added to the T to help prevent its theft and aid in catching the perpetrators. In 1999, the T was successfully stolen by a group of "six or seven people" on the morning of June 3....
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions%20of%20the%20Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology
Traditions of the Georgia Institute of Technology
A steam whistle that blows at various times throughout the day to mark the end of classes. This tradition is a hold over from the trade school days, originally used to mark the end of a shift in the shops; now it is used both to mark the end of classes and as a fifteen-minute warning to the beginning of the next classe...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions%20of%20the%20Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology
Traditions of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Reck Club was given charge of the Ramblin' Wreck in 1967 following the disbandment of the Student Council's Reck Committee. A member from Reck Club known as the wreck driver has been elected annually since 1967 to drive the Wreck onto Grant Field for football games and other school functions. Reck Club was the first ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions%20of%20the%20Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology
Traditions of the Georgia Institute of Technology
The Bull Dogs also aided in spirit and tradition upkeep on campus by aiding in Ramblin' Wreck Parade judging, homecoming queen selection, and homecoming dance planning. Despite the Bull Dogs roles in homecoming celebrations, their intramural coordination became their primary focus by the 1960s. With the planning of th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions%20of%20the%20Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology
Traditions of the Georgia Institute of Technology
The term Yellow Jacket or Yellowjacket has been used to refer to students and the various sports teams as early as the 1890s. Fans of Georgia Tech would often wear yellow jackets to sporting events in support of the early Georgia Tech teams. The early football teams, lacking gold fabric for jerseys, wore yellow jerse...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions%20of%20the%20Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology
Traditions of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Many students replace the lyric "to cheer on the brave and bold" with "to raise The Ratio" from the section "Oh! If I had a daughter, sir, I'd dress her in White and Gold, And put her on the campus to cheer the brave and bold" of "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" when singing at various Georgia Tech events. Due to Th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Grossman%20%28artist%29
Robert Grossman (artist)
For the 1970 comedy recording Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers, Grossman painted a quartet of caricatures of The Firesign Theatre. The painting depicts the players as animal / human hybrids, with the animal portions signifying each member's Zodiacal sign (each was born under a Fire Sign). Rolling Stone magaz...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambler%20Six%20and%20V8
Rambler Six and V8
The Rambler Six and the Rambler V8 are intermediate sized automobiles that were built and marketed by American Motors Corporation (AMC) for model years 1956 through 1960. Launched on 15 December 1955, the 1956 model year Rambler Six ushered a "new era in motoring has begun" according to George W. Romney, President of ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambler%20Six%20and%20V8
Rambler Six and V8
By 1958, Rambler was selling half of its production as station wagons, proportionately more of that body style than any other automaker. All Rambler station wagons carried the Cross Country name. The innovative hardtop (no "B-pillar") station wagon body style was no longer available in the Rambler line, as it was reser...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambler%20Six%20and%20V8
Rambler Six and V8
American Motors instituted a new paint system for the 1958 model year. All Ramblers received rust-inhibiting by submerging assembled bodies up to their roof into a large vat of primer (not sprayed on) before the color coat was applied, a revolutionary process that was later copied by other automakers. After drying, an...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambler%20Six%20and%20V8
Rambler Six and V8
The 1960 models featured numerous exterior and interior design changes. The greenhouse was made "lighter" with a narrower C-pillar and roof profile, as well as slanting both the windshield and rear window at a greater angle providing for an "airy cabin." The front end was simplified, while the tailfins became smaller t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Bartholom%C3%A9
Albert Bartholomé
|At Soissons, the war memorial has four standing statues by Bartholomé and a series of bas-reliefs by sculptor and medallist Raoul Lamourdedieu It was as late as 21 July 1935 that Soissons finally saws her monument aux morts unveiled by the President, Albert Lebrun. The Soissons monument had first been designed by Ba...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Nixie%20of%20the%20Mill-Pond
The Nixie of the Mill-Pond
"The Nixie of the Mill-Pond" () is a German fairy tale that tells the story of a man captured by a nix (water spirit) and his wife's efforts to save him. The Brothers Grimm collected the tale in their Grimm's Fairy Tales (1857) as tale number 181. A note in the volume indicated that it was current in Upper Lusatia when...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verne%20Duncan
Verne Duncan
Verne Allen Duncan (born April 6, 1934) is an American politician from the state of Oregon. As an educator and moderate Republican, he has become outspoken in protest of policies of his own party he views as extreme. A former classroom teacher, principal, district superintendent and professor, Duncan has served in the...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974%20NBA%20playoffs
1974 NBA playoffs
The 1974 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1973-74 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. John Havlicek was named NBA Finals MVP. It ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson%20Renegade
Pearson Renegade
The Pearson Renegade is a 27' sloop rigged sailboat produced by Pearson Yachts of Bristol, RI from 1966-1969, with the first boats being sold in 1967. Designed by William Shaw, about 175 of the boats were built. They were Pearson's first split underbody boat and were designed to Cruising Club of America racing rules. T...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demersal%20zone
Demersal zone
Two types of fish inhabit the demersal zone: those that are heavier than water and rest on the seabed, and those that have neutral buoyancy and remain just above the substrate. In many species of fish, neutral buoyancy is maintained by a gas-filled swim bladder which can be expanded or contracted as the circumstances r...
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