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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%2026
Maryland Route 26
Maryland Route 26 (MD 26) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Liberty Road, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 15 (US 15) in Frederick east to MD 140 in Baltimore. MD 26 connects Frederick and Baltimore with the highway's namesake of Libertytown in eastern Frederick Co...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%2026
Maryland Route 26
Turnpikes and state roads Much of Liberty Road in Baltimore and Frederick counties originated as a trio of turnpikes. The Frederick and Woodsboro Turnpike ran from its split with the Frederick and Emmitsburg Turnpike north of Frederick east to Ceresville. In Ceresville, the highway split into the Woodsboro and Frederic...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%2026
Maryland Route 26
Widening of MD 26 began shortly after the first sections were built. Liberty Heights Avenue was widened with concrete shoulders starting in 1918. Concrete shoulders were added to Liberty Road through Baltimore County and west to Eldersburg by 1926; the highway's macadam surface was also widened from US 15 to Ceresvill...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjaree%20Mason%20Center
Marjaree Mason Center
The Marjaree Mason Center is a non-profit, shelter-based, domestic violence program headquartered in Fresno, California, which serves the whole of Fresno County. Named for an Easton, California woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, the center was founded in 1979 and operates one of the largest shelters in Califor...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Polly
Elizabeth Polly
Elizabeth Polly is traditionally the name of a beloved hospital matron at Fort Hays, Kansas, an "angel of mercy" during the cholera outbreak of 1867 who also died of the disease. Local legend has it that her ghost is still seen walking the area. Service and death In 1867, Fort Hays was established on a low slope sout...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Polly
Elizabeth Polly
When it was apparent that she had contracted the disease herself, she pleaded with her husband to bury her on top of that hill. Upon her death, soldiers were detailed to dig her grave on the crest of Sentinel Hill; but only inches beneath the sod they struck massive limestone bedrock. Unable to dig a grave on top of th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Polly
Elizabeth Polly
Another tradition holds that her gravesite was lost because it was marked by four limestone posts, supposedly stolen by a matching number of four thieves. The legend claims that tragedy found each of the thieves in the hours after the theft: one felled in a gunfight, two killed in a carriage accident, and the other hit...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th%20New%20Jersey%20Infantry%20Regiment
40th New Jersey Infantry Regiment
The 40th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the state of New Jersey during the American Civil War. It was the last such unit the state raised for the conflict. Organization The first company of the 40th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was organized on October 23, 1864, but since the low enli...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky%20Derby%20Museum
Kentucky Derby Museum
The Kentucky Derby Museum is an American Thoroughbred horse racing museum located on the grounds of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Dedicated to preserving the history of the Kentucky Derby, it first opened its doors to the public in the spring of 1985. Much of its early funding came from a donation from the e...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone%20Brulin
Tone Brulin
During his studies in La Cambre he played the Prince of Aragan in The Merchant of Venice, a production of the "Royal Flemish Theatre". At the end of his acting career he was seen as "Captain Cat" in "Under Milk Wood". In a continuous search for self-development and training, Brulin traveled around the world. In New Yo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond%20the%20Wall%20of%20Sleep
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
As an undergraduate, the intern had built a device for two-way telepathic communication which he had tested with a fellow student with no result. The device was designed around his principle that thought was ultimately a form of radiant energy. Heedless of any ethics, he attached himself with Slater to the device as S...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny%20Dunham
Sonny Dunham
Elmer "Sonny" Dunham (November 16, 1911 – July 9, 1990) was an American trumpet player and bandleader. A versatile musician, he was one of the few trumpet players who could double on the trombone with equal skill. Biography Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, the son of Elmer and Ethel (née Lewis) Dunham, he attended loc...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester%20Colonels
Rochester Colonels
The Rochester Colonels were a short-lived franchise in the Eastern Professional Basketball League (the forerunner to the Continental Basketball Association) in the 1958-59 season. Playing its home games at Rochester War Memorial Auditorium, the franchise was supposed to play a 32-game schedule, but played just eight ga...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar%20Wilde%20%28play%29
Oscar Wilde (play)
Oscar Wilde is a 1936 play written by Leslie and Sewell Stokes. It is based on the life of the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde in which Wilde's friend, the controversial author and journalist Frank Harris, appears as a character. The play, which contains much of Wilde's actual writings, starts with Wilde's literary succes...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamengkubuwono%20IV
Hamengkubuwono IV
Hamengkubuwono IV, also spelled Hamengkubuwana IV (Yogyakarta, 3 April 1804 – Yogyakarta, 6 December 1823) was the fourth sultan of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, reigning from 1814 to 1823. Reign Born as Gusti Raden Mas Ibnu Jarot, he was the 18th son of Hamengkubuwono III, born from his queen consort, Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Ken...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples%20Savings%20Bank
Peoples Savings Bank
The Peoples Savings Bank in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was designed by Louis Sullivan. It was the second of a number of small "jewel box" banks in midwest towns designed by Sullivan during 1907 to 1919. It was built in 1911, and it was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. In 2014 it was ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plenty%20%28play%29
Plenty (play)
Plenty is a play by David Hare, first performed in 1978, about British post-war disillusion. Productions The inspiration for Plenty came from the fact that 75 per cent of the women engaged in wartime SOE operations divorced in the immediate post-war years; the title is derived from the idea that the post-war era woul...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dill%20Jones
Dill Jones
Dillwyn Owen Paton "Dill" Jones (19 August 1923 – 22 June 1984), was a Welsh jazz stride pianist. Biography Dill Jones was born in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales, on 19 August 1923. He was brought up in Talgarth and Llandovery, with extended family holidays in New Quay on the Cardiganshire coast where his fat...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eardisley%20Castle
Eardisley Castle
Eardisley Castle was in the village of Eardisley in Herefordshire, England, 11 km north-east of Hay-on-Wye (). The site of the castle is a scheduled monument. This was an 11th-century motte and bailey castle with a moat around the bailey filled by a stream. It is recorded in the Domesday Book as being held by Robert ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20Georgia%20%28U.S.%20state%29
Government of Georgia (U.S. state)
The state government of Georgia is the U.S. state governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. It is a republican form of government with three branches: the legislature, executive, and judiciary. Through a system of separation of powers or "checks and balances", each of these branches has some auth...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20Georgia%20%28U.S.%20state%29
Government of Georgia (U.S. state)
The legislature of Georgia is the General Assembly, a bicameral body consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate has 56 members and the House has 180 members. Lawmakers serve 2-year terms and work part-time. Each member of the legislature represents geographically distinct districts from which...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20Georgia%20%28U.S.%20state%29
Government of Georgia (U.S. state)
The General Assembly transforms bills into laws. A bill is created after citizens contact their representatives about an issue they care about. The legislator drafts a bill that addresses the concerns of citizens. The lawmaker sponsors the bill and files it with either the Clerk of the House or Secretary of Senate to b...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20Georgia%20%28U.S.%20state%29
Government of Georgia (U.S. state)
Judiciary The highest judiciary power in Georgia is the Supreme Court, which is composed of nine judges. The state also has a Court of Appeals made of 12 judges. Georgia is divided into 49 judicial circuits, each of which has a Superior Court consisting of local judges numbering between two and 19 depending on the cir...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-teleportation%20theorem
No-teleportation theorem
In quantum information theory, the no-teleportation theorem states that an arbitrary quantum state cannot be converted into a sequence of classical bits (or even an infinite number of such bits); nor can such bits be used to reconstruct the original state, thus "teleporting" it by merely moving classical bits around. P...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Brereton
Thomas Brereton
Depictions in film The 1978 children's paranormal TV drama The Clifton House Mystery was a ghost story based on the circumstances of Brereton's death. The plot revolved around a family moving into an old house in Bristol that finds a long-dead skeleton in a hidden room. After some unexplained incidents, they become con...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton%20Socon%20Castle
Eaton Socon Castle
Eaton Socon Castle was a Norman fortification. It was constructed next to the River Great Ouse in what is now Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire, England. It was hastily built during a period of civil war over the succession to the throne. It was mostly destroyed after 1154 and was in a ruined state in the thirteenth centur...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton%20Socon%20Castle
Eaton Socon Castle
It was Stephen who succeeded to the throne in 1135, but it was Matilda's son Henry Plantagenet who succeeded to the throne when Stephen died in 1154. One of Henry's first commands was to order the destruction of all adulterine castles, that is, those built without royal permission during the civil war. It is likely th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Thomas%20%28soldier%29
George Thomas (soldier)
On the death of his patron Apa Khande Rao in 1797, Thomas declared independence from the Marathas. He quickly took possession of Rohtak and Hisar and made Hansi his capital. Later that year his requests to the Chiefs of the Phulkian Misl for assistance against the Marathas were rejected. He thereafter launched a campai...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Thomas%20%28soldier%29
George Thomas (soldier)
He styled himself as the Raja of Hansi and he also liked to introduce himself as Raja from Tipperary. He marched on the kingdoms of Jaipur, Bikaner and Udaipur and was sometimes victorious. George told his biographer, William Francklin, "I established my capital, rebuilt the walls long since decayed, and repaired the...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torghut
Torghut
The Torghut (Mongolian: Торгууд, , Torguud, "Guardsman", ) are one of the four major subgroups of the Four Oirats. The Torghut nobles traced their descent to the Mongol Keraite ruler Toghrul, and many Torghuts descended from the Keraites. History They might have been kheshigs of the Great Khans before Kublai Khan. Th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torghut
Torghut
The Kalmuks on the river Tekes had not sent the assistance demanded by the Governor, being angry that he had not assisted them when they had been attacked a few months before by the Kara-Kirghiz. At last, however, when their great temple on the Ili had been plundered by the Dungans, their Lama excited them to revenge. ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene%20carbonate
Ethylene carbonate
Ethylene carbonate (sometimes abbreviated EC) is the organic compound with the formula (CH2O)2CO. It is classified as the cyclic carbonate ester of ethylene glycol and carbonic acid. At room temperature (25 °C) ethylene carbonate is a transparent crystalline solid, practically odorless and colorless, and somewhat solu...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1356%20Basel%20earthquake
1356 Basel earthquake
The 1356 Basel earthquake is the most significant seismological event to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history and had a moment magnitude in the range of 6.0–7.1. This earthquake, which occurred on 18 October 1356, is also known as the Sankt-Lukas-Tag Erdbeben (English: Saint Luke's Day Earthquake), as 18...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1356%20Basel%20earthquake
1356 Basel earthquake
From this macroseismic data, various studies have been conducted to estimate the moment magnitude of the earthquake, which have resulted in various values of 6.2 (BRGM 1998); 6.0 (GEO-TER 2002); 6.9 (SED 2004) with a follow-up report suggesting a range of between 6.7 and 7.1; 6.6 (GFZ 2006); and a major Swiss study by ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FK%20%C4%8Cukari%C4%8Dki
FK Čukarički
Beginnings of Čukarički (1926–1942) The club had emerged from Čukarica, more precisely in the working-class neighborhood of the Belgrade municipality, which is located on the right bank of the Sava River. The club was formed on 4 July 1926 during a meeting that took place in a restaurant named Majdan, where the club go...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FK%20%C4%8Cukari%C4%8Dki
FK Čukarički
In 1936, ČSK entered to the Belgrade First A-League, which was one of the Yugoslav Second League's at that time, but relegated after two years. The generational change in the squad is considered to be the reason for such a bad season, but after only one year, the club was back and won immediately the championship. Howe...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
The Byzantine–Ottoman wars were a series of decisive conflicts between the Byzantine Greeks and Ottoman Turks and their allies that led to the final destruction of the Byzantine Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Empire. The Byzantines, already having been in a weak state even before the partitioning of their Empire fo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
What was once a strong frontier under the Komnenian dynasty at the Danube river now threatened Constantinople itself. To solve these problems, Michael VIII began consolidating his rule; he had the younger co-emperor John IV blinded, which resulted in much resentment. To counter this, the Byzantine Emperor installed a n...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
Andronikos' rule was marked by incompetence and short-sighted decisions that in the long run would damage the Byzantine Empire beyond repair. He began to debase the Byzantine hyperpyron, resulting in a reduction of the value of the Byzantine economy; taxes were decreased for the Powerful, i.e. landed aristocracy and in...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
This dual rule eventually failed and the two waged a new civil war further diminishing what was left of Byzantium's integrity in the eyes of her troublesome neighbors. John VI Cantacuzenus emerged triumphant once again and replaced the now exiled John V Palaiologos with his son Matthew Cantacuzenus as junior co-emperor...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
The Byzantine Empire was in no position to launch any decent counter-attack or defense of these lands; by now the Ottomans had become supremely powerful. Murad I crushed an army of Serbians on 26 September 1371 at the Battle of Maritsa leading to the end of Serbian power. The Ottomans were now poised to conquer Constan...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
Ottoman advances into the Balkans were aided by further Byzantine civil conflict – this time between John V and his eldest son Andronikos IV. With Ottoman aid from Murad I, John V was able to blind Andronikos IV and his son John VII Palaiologos in September 1373. Andronikos escaped with his son and secured Murad's aid ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
Vassalage Following John V's death, Manuel II Palaiologos was able to secure his throne and establish good relations with the Sultan, becoming his tributary. In return for Ottoman acceptance of his reign Manuel II was forced to dismantle the fortifications at the Golden Gate, something that he did not take lightly to. ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
The rare amity established between the two states would not last; the death of Mehmed I and the rise of Murad II in 1421 coupled with the ascent of John VIII to the Byzantine throne led to a deteriorated change in relations between the two. Neither leader was content with the status quo. John VIII made the first and fo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
In 1448 and 1451, there was a change in the Byzantine and Ottoman leaderships, respectively. Murad II died and was succeeded by Mehmed II 'the Conqueror' whilst Constantine XI Palaiologos succeeded John VIII. Constantine XI and Mehmed did not get along well; the former's successful conquests of Crusader territory in t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
Other than these major European powers, the only others were the Italian city-states. Genoa and Venice were both enemies of the Ottomans, but also of each other. The Venetians considered sending their fleet up to attack the fortifications guarding the Dardanelles and the Bosporus, thereby relieving the city, but the fo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
Byzantine weakness Following the Fourth Crusade, the Byzantines were left in an unstable position. The capture of Constantinople in 1261 and subsequent campaigning did not come at a good time – the weakening of the Sultanate of Rum resulted in many beyliks breaking away as autonomous states, such as the upstart Beylik ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman%20wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
Ottoman rule was auspicious to the Anatolian commoner due to the aforementioned Byzantine taxes. Thus, they were able to levy vast numbers of willing troops. Initially, their raiding gave them great support from other Turks near Osman's small domain. In time however, as the Turks began to settle in land formerly held b...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20J.%20Phelan
John J. Phelan
John Joseph Phelan (June 24, 1851 – November 6, 1936) was an American politician who served Secretary of the State of Connecticut, coroner of Fairfield County, Connecticut, and was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He was also the second Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus. Early life and edu...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20T.%20Mullen
James T. Mullen
James Terrance Mullen (August 30, 1843 – July 6, 1891) was the first Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from March 29, 1882 to May 17, 1886. He also served in the New Haven, Connecticut police and Fire Departments, and as an alderman. With his service in the Union Army and in several fraternal orders, he has b...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20T.%20Mullen
James T. Mullen
With two councils established, Mullen presided over the Supreme Convention on June 15, 1883. At this convention he was appointed to a committee of one to design an emblem for the Order. At a later convention, he was appointed to a committee to draft a resolution honoring Fr. McGivney. In 1886, Mullen was re-elected S...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Wallace%20%28Australian%20comedian%29
George Wallace (Australian comedian)
George Stephenson "Onkus" Wallace (4 June 1895 – 19 October 1960), was an Australian comedian, actor, vaudevillian and radio personality. During the early to mid-20th century, he was one of the most famous and successful Australian comedians on both stage and screen, with screen, song and revue sketch writing amongst h...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Wallace%20%28Australian%20comedian%29
George Wallace (Australian comedian)
In his physical presentation as well as his performance style, George Wallace differed from international stars of slapstick comedy. For instance, his clothing and speech allude to an Australian working-class type and contrast with Charles Chaplin's mock-dapper Tramp persona. The fact that Wallace's performances combin...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Billboard%20200%20number-one%20albums%20of%201983
List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1983
The Billboard 200, published in Billboard magazine, is a weekly chart that ranks the highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States. In 1983, the name of the chart was Top LPs & Tape. Before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, Billboard estimated sales from a representative sampling of record sto...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Lorber
Jeff Lorber
Jeffrey H. Lorber (born November 4, 1952) is an American keyboardist, composer, and record producer. After six previous nominations, Lorber won his first Grammy Award on January 28, 2018 for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for Prototype by his band the Jeff Lorber Fusion. Many of his songs have appeared on the We...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepenac
Lepenac
The Lepenac (; ; , ) is a river in southern Kosovo and northern North Macedonia, a long left tributary to the Vardar river. Course Kosovo The Lepenac springs out on the Oshlak mountain, east of the city of Prizren, at an altitude of . It flows eastward, into the region of Sirinićka župa, between the Žar mountain fr...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepenac
Lepenac
North Macedonia For the remaining , the Lepenac flows through the low Skopje valley, part of the composite valley of the river Vardar. Immediately entering the Greater Skopje area, it receives several small streams from the left, from the Skopska Crna Gora mountain. It passes next to the ruins of the ancient city of S...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamalpur%20Locomotive%20Workshop
Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop
Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop is a railway workshop established on February 8, 1862, as the first fully-fledged railway workshop facility in India. It was started by the East Indian Railway Company (EIR) as a result of the so-called "Railway Age" in India, which began in 1854. A locomotive, carriage, and wagon workshop...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian%20Autocephalous%20Orthodox%20Church
Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
The Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (, Bielaruskaja aŭtakiefaĺnaja pravaslaŭnaja carkva BAPC), sometimes abbreviated as B.A.O. Church or BAOC, is an independent Eastern Orthodox church, unrecognized by the mainstream Eastern Orthodox communion. Due to persecution against the Church in the Republic of Belarus, ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian%20Sisters%20Academy
Armenian Sisters Academy
In October 1975, after eight years of moving from one facility to another, the first students of the new school building moved into the current hilltop campus in the Radnor area. Thanks to the financial generosity of the Philadelphia Armenian community it has been able to keep tuition low in order to provide an educati...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Wartenburg
Battle of Wartenburg
The Battle of Wartenburg () took place on 3October 1813 between the French IV Corps commanded by General Henri Gatien Bertrand and the Allied Army of Silesia, principally the I Corps of General Ludwig von Yorck. The battle allowed the Army of Silesia to cross the Elbe, ultimately leading to the Battle of Leipzig. Prel...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiographer
Radiographer
Radiographers, also known as radiologic technologists, diagnostic radiographers and medical radiation technologists are healthcare professionals who specialise in the imaging of human anatomy for the diagnosis and treatment of pathology. Radiographers are infrequently, and almost always erroneously, known as x-ray tech...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiographer
Radiographer
For the first three decades of medical imaging's existence (1897 to the 1930s), there was no standardized differentiation between the roles that we now differentiate as radiologic technologist (a technician in an allied health profession who obtains the images) versus radiologist (a physician who interprets them). By t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiographer
Radiographer
Röntgen discovered X-rays' medical use when he made a picture of his wife's hand on a photographic plate formed due to X-rays. The photograph of his wife's hand was the first ever photograph of a human body part using X-rays. When she saw the picture, she said, "I have seen my death." The first use of X-rays under cli...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiographer
Radiographer
X-rays were put to diagnostic use very early; for example, Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton opened a radiographic laboratory in the United Kingdom in 1896, before the dangers of ionizing radiation were discovered. Indeed, Marie Curie pushed for radiography to be used to treat wounded soldiers in World War I. Initially, ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiographer
Radiographer
By 1959, Jay Singer had studied blood flow by NMR relaxation time measurements of blood in living humans. Such measurements were not introduced into common medical practice until the mid-1980s, although a patent for a whole-body NMR machine to measure blood flow in the human body was already filed by Alexander Ganssen ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiographer
Radiographer
On a basic level, radiographers do not generally interpret diagnostic media, rather they evaluate media and make a decision about its diagnostic effectiveness. In order to make this evaluation radiographers must have a comprehensive but not necessarily exhaustive knowledge of pathology and radiographic appearances; it ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiographer
Radiographer
To practice as a Radiographer or Radiation Therapist in Ireland, one must register with CORU as of 31 October 2015. CORU is Ireland's multi-profession health regulator. Set up under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, CORU is used to protect the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct,...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiographer
Radiographer
United Kingdom The SCoR is the professional body and union for UK radiographers. In the United Kingdom, there is ambiguity in the use of the term as this does not differentiate between Therapeutic Radiographers (also known as Radiotherapists) and . As a result, all of these titles are protected titles within the Unit...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiographer
Radiographer
Radiologic Technology students study anatomy, physiology, physics, radiopharmacology, pathology, biology, research, nursing, medical imaging, diagnosis, radiologic instrumentation, emergency medical procedures, medical imaging techniques, patient care, medical ethics and general chemistry. Schooling also includes signi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiographer
Radiographer
Risks Epidemiological studies indicate that Radiographers employed before 1950 are at increased risk of leukemia and skin cancer, most likely due to the lack of use of radiation monitoring and shielding. The relationship between radiation and cancer was found to correlate with women who were in the menopausal stages ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang%20Xiang
Wang Xiang
Service in Cao Wei During the Three Kingdoms period, Lü Qian, an official of the Cao Wei state serving as the Inspector of Xu Province, wanted to recruit Wang Xiang to be an Assistant Officer () under him. Wang Xiang initially refused but relented after his brother Wang Lan urged him to accept. Lü Qian put Wang Xiang i...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaperon%20%28headgear%29
Chaperon (headgear)
A chaperon ( or ; Middle French: chaperon) was a form of hood or, later, a highly versatile hat worn by men and women in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Initially a utilitarian garment, it first grew a long partly decorative tail behind (a liripipe), and then developed into a complex, versatile and expe...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaperon%20%28headgear%29
Chaperon (headgear)
By the middle of the 15th century the evolved chaperon (worn on top of the head, with bourrelet) had become common wear for males in the upper and middle classes, and were worn in painted portraits, including those of the Dukes of Burgundy. The amount of cloth involved had become considerable, and although chaperons se...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaperon%20%28headgear%29
Chaperon (headgear)
Chaperons were used in France and Burgundy to denote, by their colour, allegiance to a political faction. The factions themselves were also sometimes known as chaperons. During the captivity in England of King John II of France in 1356, the participants in a popular uprising in Paris against his son, the future Charles...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation%20of%20South%20African%20Workers%27%20Unions
Confederation of South African Workers' Unions
The Confederation of South African Workers' Unions (CONSAWU) is a national trade union centre in South Africa. History The federation was established in 2003 by 21 trade unions which identified themselves as Christian democratic. It applied for membership of the government's National Economic Development and Labour C...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Battle%20of%20Anghiari%20%28Leonardo%29
The Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo)
The Battle of Anghiari (1505) is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Salone dei Cinquecento (Hall of the Five Hundred) in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Its central scene would have depicted four men riding raging war horses engaged in a struggle for possession of a standard at the Battle of Anghiari in 1440. Many ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Battle%20of%20Anghiari%20%28Leonardo%29
The Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo)
In 1504 Leonardo da Vinci was given the commission by gonfaloniere Piero Soderini, a contract signed by Niccolò Machiavelli, to decorate the Palazzo Vecchio's Salone dei Cinquecento (Hall of the Five Hundred). At the same time his rival Michelangelo, who had just finished his David, was designated the opposite wall. T...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Battle%20of%20Anghiari%20%28Leonardo%29
The Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo)
Possible rediscovery Maurizio Seracini, an Italian expert in high-technology art analysis, believes that Leonardo's Anghiari is hidden behind Vasari's Battle of Marciano in Val di Chiana (1572). In the upper part of Vasari's fresco, 12 meters above the ground, a Florentine soldier waves a green flag with the words "Ce...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Battle%20of%20Anghiari%20%28Leonardo%29
The Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo)
In early 2007, the city council of Florence and the Italian Minister of Culture approved further investigation. After unsuccessful attempts to fund the development of a more advanced non-invasive scanning system, in December 2011 Seracini and his associates drilled small holes through areas of the Vasari fresco believe...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbio%20Abbey
Bobbio Abbey
Bobbio Abbey (Italian: Abbazia di San Colombano) is a monastery founded by Irish Saint Columbanus in 614, around which later grew up the town of Bobbio, in the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Columbanus. It was famous as a centre of resistance to Arianism and as one of the greatest...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbio%20Abbey
Bobbio Abbey
In 628, when Bertulf made a pilgrimage to Rome, he persuaded Pope Honorius I to exempt Bobbio from episcopal jurisdiction, thus making the abbey immediately subject to the Holy See. Under the next abbot, Bobolen, the Rule of St. Benedict was introduced. At first its observance was optional, but in the course of time it...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbio%20Abbey
Bobbio Abbey
The bell-tower (late 9th century) and the smaller apse are from the original Romanesque edifice. The Torre del Comune (Communal Tower) was built in 1456–85. Museums The Museum of the Abbey includes findings and remains from Roman (tombs, altars, sculptures) and Lombard ages (capitals, tombstones). It houses also a po...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Edison%20Blue%20Amberol%20Records%3A%20Popular%20Series
List of Edison Blue Amberol Records: Popular Series
Blue Amberol Records was the trademark for a type of cylinder recording manufactured by the Edison Records company in the U.S. from 1912 to 1929. Made from a nitrocellulose compound developed at the Edison laboratory—though occasionally employing Bakelite in its stead and always employing an inner layer of plaster—thes...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt%20Disney%20World%20Millennium%20Celebration
Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration
The Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration was an event at the Walt Disney World Resort as part of millennium celebrations held around the world. Running from October 1, 1999, to January 1, 2001, the celebration was primarily based at Epcot, with its emphasis on human potential and the possibilities of the future. T...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima%20Zhou
Sima Zhou
Sima Zhou (227 – 12 June 283), courtesy name Zijiang, posthumously known as Prince Wu of Langya (琅琊武王), was an imperial prince and military general of the Jin dynasty of China. He previously served in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. His grandson, Sima Rui, was the founding emperor of the Eastern ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima%20Zhou
Sima Zhou
In 263, during the reign of Cao Huan, Sima Zhou was appointed as General of the Right (右將軍) and Inspector (刺史) of Yan Province. A year later, after Sima Zhao restored the five-rank nobility system, which had previously been abolished, Sima Zhou was enfeoffed as the Count of Nanpi (南皮伯). He was also reassigned to be Gen...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima%20Zhou
Sima Zhou
In late 279, Sima Zhou participated in the Jin dynasty's campaign against Eastern Wu and led thousands of troops to attack the Wu position at Tuzhong (塗中). In May 280, Sun Hao, the last Wu emperor, surrendered to the Jin dynasty. China was thus reunified under the Jin dynasty's rule. As a reward for Sima Zhou's contrib...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Mariana%20Islands%20House%20of%20Representatives
Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives
The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. In the 2007 election cycle, the CNMI House membership was increased from 18 to 20. Representatives serve two-year terms and are elected from seven election districts: District 1: Saipan (...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando%20Villanueva
Armando Villanueva
Armando Villanueva del Campo (25 November 1915 – 14 April 2013) was a Peruvian politician who was the leader of the Peruvian American Popular Revolutionary Alliance. Born in Lima, his parents were Pedro Villanueva Urquijo, a gynecologist in the city, and Carmen Rosa Portal del Campo. His only legitimate sibling was his...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Mesa%20Reservoir
Blue Mesa Reservoir
Blue Mesa Reservoir is an artificial reservoir located on the upper reaches of the Gunnison River in Gunnison County, Colorado. The largest lake located entirely within the state, Blue Mesa Reservoir was created by the construction of Blue Mesa Dam, a tall earthen fill dam constructed on the Gunnison by the U.S. Bure...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Mesa%20Reservoir
Blue Mesa Reservoir
While it was the Bureau of Reclamation that conceived of the plan to impound the Gunnison and constructed the Blue Mesa Dam, it was the National Park Service that was tasked with developing and managing recreational facilities at Blue Mesa Reservoir and the two smaller lakes to the west. As a unit of the Curecanti Nat...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Mesa%20Reservoir
Blue Mesa Reservoir
In addition to Blue Mesa Reservoir, Curecanti NRA also contains two other Bureau of Reclamation projects, Morrow Point Reservoir and Crystal Reservoir. Part of the same project that created Blue Mesa, both Morrow Point and Crystal are smaller, narrower lakes, located within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Though co...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Mesa%20Dam
Blue Mesa Dam
Blue Mesa Dam is a zoned earthfill dam on the Gunnison River in Colorado. It creates Blue Mesa Reservoir, and is within Curecanti National Recreation Area just before the river enters the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. The dam is upstream of the Morrow Point Dam. Blue Mesa Dam and reservoir are part of the Bureau of R...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Mariana%20Islands%20Senate
Northern Mariana Islands Senate
The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The Senate consists of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (Saipan & the Northern Islands, Tinian & Aguijan, and Rota), each a multi-member constituency with three senators. Maria Frica Pa...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marland%20P.%20Billings
Marland P. Billings
Marland Pratt Billings (March 11, 1902 – October 9, 1996) was an American structural geologist who was considered one of the greatest authorities on North American geology. Billings was Professor of Geology at Harvard University for almost his entire career, having joined the faculty in 1930 and retired to emeritus sta...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Maxwell%20%28Continental%20Army%20general%29
William Maxwell (Continental Army general)
William Maxwell (c. 1733 – November 4, 1796) was an Irish-born brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Life William Maxwell was a Presbyterian of Scottish descent born in County Tyrone, Ireland in about 1733. By 1747 his family had come to North America, and settled in Warren...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Maxwell%20%28Continental%20Army%20general%29
William Maxwell (Continental Army general)
In August 1777, Gen. George Washington assigned Maxwell, then commanding the New Jersey Brigade in the Main Army, to organize and command a provisional Corps of Light Infantry, culling 100 of the best troops from each of the army's ten brigades. This force formed the advanced skirmish line in the defense of Philadelphi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ol%C3%A9
Olé
¡Ole! or ¡olé! is a Spanish interjection used to cheer on or praise a performance, especially associated with the audience of bullfighting and flamenco dance. The word is also commonly used in many other contexts in Spain, and has become closely associated with the country; therefore it is often used outside Spain in c...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguillicoloides%20crassus
Anguillicoloides crassus
First, it utilizes paratenic hosts in its transmission, such as a number of freshwater fish, amphibians, snails and aquatic insects. Despite there being no record of the use of paratenic hosts in A. crassus transmission cycles in Asia, this possibility has not been rejected. The suitability of paratenic hosts in facil...
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