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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Lissa%20%281866%29
Battle of Lissa (1866)
However, he executed the movement very slowly, so that the rearguard had pushed through the gap before Vacca had completed his turn. Led by the Kaiser, the Novara, the Friedrich Max, the Radetzky, the Adriatic, the Schwarzenberg and the Donau now sailed south to attack the Italian wooden ships. The Kaiser was initially...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Lissa%20%281866%29
Battle of Lissa (1866)
While the Kaiser, badly battered, with her rigging on fire and many gunners killed or wounded, sailed on, the Affondatore emerged from the smoke, steaming on a course that crossed that of the Kaiser at right angles. The Affondatore approached as if to ram the ship. When the collision was imminent, Persano suddenly gave...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Fitzpatrick%20%28artist%29
Jim Fitzpatrick (artist)
James Fitzpatrick (born 1944) is an Irish artist. He is best known for elaborately detailed work inspired by the Irish Celtic artistic tradition. However, his most famous single piece is a two-tone portrait of Che Guevara created in 1968, based on a photo by Alberto Korda. Early life Jim Fitzpatrick was born in Decem...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Fitzpatrick%20%28artist%29
Jim Fitzpatrick (artist)
Meeting Guevara in Ireland According to Fitzpatrick, in 1963 while a teenage student at Gormanston College he worked a summer job at the Marine Hotel pub in Kilkee, the town of his mother's birth. One morning Che Guevara walked in with two Cubans. He asked Fitzpatrick what he should drink, and was recommended an Irish...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atholl%20Highlanders
Atholl Highlanders
More than 50 years later, in 1839, George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl, as Lord Glenlyon, re-formed the regiment as a bodyguard which he took to the Eglinton Tournament at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. Three years later, in 1842, the regiment escorted Queen Victoria during her tour of Perthshire and, in 1844, when the Queen...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9ti%20Opening
Réti Opening
The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening whose "traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 White attacks Black's pawn from the , which may occasion 2...dxc4. White may couple this plan with a kingside fianchetto (g3 and Bg2) to create pressure on the light squares in the . The o...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma%20Valley
Sonoma Valley
Sonoma Valley is a valley located in southeastern Sonoma County, California, in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Known as the birthplace of the California wine industry, the valley is home to some of the earliest vineyards and wineries in the state, some of which survived the phylloxera epidemic of t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma%20Valley
Sonoma Valley
History Once a valley of the coastal Miwok, Pomo and Wintun peoples, called the "Valley of the Moon" in their legends, the valley was selected by the Franciscan order of Spain as the site to build the Mission San Francisco Solano, the northernmost mission in their chain of twenty-one missions built in Alta California. ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma%20Valley
Sonoma Valley
The other communities in the valley, such as Kenwood, Glen Ellen, Schellville, and Boyes Hot Springs, were founded later in the 19th century, some as resorts centered on the geothermic hot springs that still well up from deep within the earth. Boyes Hot Springs and Agua Caliente were popular health retreats for tourist...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma%20Valley
Sonoma Valley
In the native languages there is also a constantly recurring ending tso-noma, from tso, the earth; and noma, village; hence tsonoma, "earth village". Other sources say Sonoma comes from the Patwin tribes west of the Sacramento River, and their Wintu word for "nose". Per California Place Names, "the name is doubtless de...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma%20Valley
Sonoma Valley
At that time, volcanic lava flows and river sands and gravels were actively deposited together, hence "interbedded lavas and gravels". The volcanoes may have been similar to island arcs. The Petaluma Formation is found in outcrop from Sears Point to Santa Rosa (through Sonoma Mountain) and as far west as Cotati where i...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caro%E2%80%93Kann%20Defence
Caro–Kann Defence
The Caro–Kann Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 c6 The Caro–Kann is a common defence against 1.e4. It is classified as a Semi-Open Game, like the Sicilian Defence and French Defence, although it is thought to be more solid and less dynamic than either of those openings. It often leads to goo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary%20angioedema
Hereditary angioedema
Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a disorder that results in recurrent attacks of severe swelling. The swelling most commonly affects the arms, legs, face, intestinal tract, and airway. If the intestinal tract is affected, abdominal pain and vomiting may occur. Swelling of the airway can result in its obstruction and trou...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary%20angioedema
Hereditary angioedema
Swelling involving the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems can cause significant risk and distress. Involvement of respiratory structures, such as the throat or larynx, can cause difficulties in breathing and life-threatening airway obstruction. Episodes that attack the gastrointestinal tract can cause a number of...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary%20angioedema
Hereditary angioedema
Recognizing HAE is often difficult due to the wide variability in disease expression, with the diagnosis often delayed for years. The course of the disease is diverse and unpredictable, even within a single patient over their lifetime. This disease may be similar in its presentation to other forms of angioedema resulti...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary%20angioedema
Hereditary angioedema
C1-inhibitor deficiency is caused by mutations of the SERPING1 gene, the gene encoding complement C1-inhibitor. More than 700 different mutations have been described. The SERPING1 gene shows a considerable tendency for de novo mutations. As a result, it is not uncommon to observe patients with primary recurrent angioed...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary%20angioedema
Hereditary angioedema
Management The aim of acute treatment is to halt progression of the edema as quickly as possible, which can be life-saving, particularly if the swelling is in the larynx. In Germany, most acute treatment consists of C1 inhibitor concentrate from donor blood, which must be administered intravenously; however, in most Eu...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justa%20Grata%20Honoria
Justa Grata Honoria
She was alleged to have been in relationship with and impregnated by a man that was working within her household, which was discussed by John of Antioch in the 7th century. Prior to this, Honoria had power as a royal Augusta, but this power was taken away following the affair. Being impregnated presented a problem to t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justa%20Grata%20Honoria
Justa Grata Honoria
Honoria was said by contemporaries, such as the historian Priscus of Panium, to be the main cause of Attila’s invasion, but some modern historians have taken a more favorable stance on her. J.B Bury, a proponent of rehabilitating Honoria's reputation, called her "another of those political women whose perils and accomp...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petty%20treason
Petty treason
Petty treason or petit treason was an offence under the common law of England in which a person killed or otherwise violated the authority of a social superior, other than the king. In England and Wales, petty treason ceased to be a distinct offence from murder by virtue of the Offences against the Person Act 1828. It ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petty%20treason
Petty treason
Penalty The punishment for a man convicted of petty treason was to be drawn to the place of execution and hanged, but not quartered as in the case of high treason. The punishment for a woman was to be burned at the stake without being drawn there (the penalty for high treason was drawing and burning). In later years th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous%20oxide%20%28medication%29
Nitrous oxide (medication)
The gas is a mixture of half nitrous oxide (N2O) and half oxygen (O2). The ability to combine N2O and oxygen at high pressure while remaining in the gaseous form is caused by the Poynting effect (after John Henry Poynting, an English physicist). The Poynting effect involves the dissolution of gaseous O2 when bubbled ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siggeir
Siggeir
Siggeir is the king of Gautland (i.e. Götaland/Geatland, but in some translations also rendered as Gothland), in the Völsunga saga. In Skáldskaparmál he is given as a Sikling and a relative of Sigar who killed the hero Hagbard. Hversu Noregr byggðist specifies that the last Sigar was Siggeir's nephew. According to the...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer%20Protocol
Boxer Protocol
The Boxer Protocol was a diplomatic protocol signed in China's capital Beijing on September 7, 1901, between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance that had provided military forces (including France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Japan, Russia, and the United States) as well as Belgi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin%20Port%20Tunnel
Dublin Port Tunnel
The Dublin Tunnel (Irish: Tollán Bhaile Átha Cliath), originally and still commonly known as the Port Tunnel, is a road traffic tunnel in Dublin, Ireland, that forms part of the M50 motorway. The twin tunnels form a two-lane dual carriageway connecting Dublin Port, which lies to the east of central Dublin, and the M50...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin%20Port%20Tunnel
Dublin Port Tunnel
Pipe jacking A particular challenge was faced near the southern portals where the tunnel passes under the Dublin to Belfast railway, a line that also carries suburban and commuter services. The railway was constructed on an elevated embankment made up of soft materials resting on alluvial deposits of sand and silt. Bec...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin%20Port%20Tunnel
Dublin Port Tunnel
The M50 ring road around Dublin has since been widened to 4 lanes (3 running lanes and 1 interconnecting lane between exits) in each direction and all of the interchanges are free-flow or partially free-flow since the end of 2010. This in effect negates the concerns regarding capacity. East Link tolls One company loca...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Wilson%20%28American%20politician%29
Joe Wilson (American politician)
South Carolina Senate Wilson was elected to the South Carolina Senate in 1984 as a Republican from Lexington County and reelected four times, the last three times unopposed. By this time, Lexington County had become one of the most Republican counties in the state. He never missed a regular legislative session in 17 ye...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvon%20Dumont
Yvon Dumont
W. Yvon Dumont, (born January 21, 1951) is a Manitoba politician and office-holder. In 1993, he became the first member of Manitoba's Métis community to be appointed as the province's Lieutenant Governor, the 21st to hold that office. He was born in St. Laurent, Manitoba. He became involved in the Manitoba Metis Fed...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex%20marriage%20in%20Ontario
Same-sex marriage in Ontario
Background In 1993, the Ontario Superior Court ruled in Layland v. Ontario that same-sex couples did not have the capacity to marry each other. However, that decision was non-binding as it was the same court taking up the issue in 2002. One of the judges in the most recent case wrote "with respect, the decisions to whi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex%20marriage%20in%20Ontario
Same-sex marriage in Ontario
On February 24, 2005, the Spousal Relationships Statute Law Amendment Act, 2005 was passed in the Legislative Assembly, which performed "housekeeping" on various Ontario laws, to bring their wording into line with the court ruling. As well, the bill ensures that no religious institution or clergy will be forced to perf...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex%20marriage%20in%20Ontario
Same-sex marriage in Ontario
Two-spirit marriages While there are no records of same-sex marriages as understood from a Western perspective being performed in First Nations cultures, there is evidence for identities and behaviours that may be placed on the LGBT spectrum. Many of these cultures recognized two-spirit individuals who were born male b...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex%20marriage%20in%20Ontario
Same-sex marriage in Ontario
Religious performance Several dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada allow their clergy to bless and perform same-sex marriages. In 2007, a priest in Stirling-Rawdon was disciplined for marrying a same-sex couple. The Diocese of Ottawa has allowed solemnization of same-sex marriages since 2016. In July 2016, Bishop ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah%20State%20Route%2012
Utah State Route 12
The road from Bryce Canyon Junction to Tropic was added to the state highway system in 1914, and in 1923 a branch from Tropic Junction to Bryce Canyon was built as a forest road. The State Road Commission numbered the route to Bryce Canyon SR-12 in the 1920s, and in 1927 the state legislature assigned it to both branch...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madredeus
Madredeus
Madredeus () are a Portuguese musical ensemble formed in 1985, in Lisbon. Their music combines traditional Portuguese music, fado and folk music. Madredeus are one of the most successful music groups from Portugal, having sold over 3 million albums worldwide. History 1985–1993: Formation and first lineup Madredeus...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luo%20%28surname%29
Luo (surname)
Luo or Lo refers to the Mandarin romanizations of the Chinese surnames 羅 (Simplified Chinese: 罗, pinyin: Luó, Jyutping: Lo4) and 駱 (Simplified Chinese: 骆, pinyin: Luò, Jyutping: Lok3). Of the two surnames, wikt:罗 is much more common among Chinese people. According to the Cantonese pronunciation, it can also refer to 盧....
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach%20Wamp
Zach Wamp
He began his career in politics as a precinct vice chairman and Youth Coordinator for the 1983 Chattanooga mayoral campaign of Gene Roberts. He became President of the Young Republicans and was later elected chairman of the Hamilton County, Tennessee Republican Party, then regional director for the Tennessee GOP. U.S....
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing%20Beijing
Dancing Beijing
Dancing Beijing is the name of the official emblem of the 2008 Summer Olympics, which took place in Beijing in the People's Republic of China. It was unveiled on 3 August 2003 in a ceremony attended by 2,008 people at Beijing's Temple of Heaven. Description The emblem draws on various elements of Chinese culture, dep...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Ogden
Jonathan Ogden
Jonathan Phillip Ogden (born July 31, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle and spent his entire career with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, and was recognized as a unanimous All-American. He was...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Reed
Ed Reed
Edward Earl Reed Jr. (born September 11, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL), spending the majority of his career with the Baltimore Ravens. He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, where he played on Miami's 2001 national champions...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angioedema
Angioedema
Angioedema is an area of swelling (edema) of the lower layer of skin and tissue just under the skin or mucous membranes. The swelling may occur in the face, tongue, larynx, abdomen, or arms and legs. Often it is associated with hives, which are swelling within the upper skin. Onset is typically over minutes to hours. ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angioedema
Angioedema
Bradykinin plays a critical role in all forms of hereditary angioedema. This peptide is a potent vasodilator and increases vascular permeability, leading to rapid accumulation of fluid in the interstitium. This is most obvious in the face, where the skin has relatively little supporting connective tissue, and edema dev...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angioedema
Angioedema
Consumption of foods that are themselves vasodilators, such as alcoholic beverages or cinnamon, can increase the probability of an angioedema episode in susceptible patients. If the episode occurs at all after the consumption of these foods, its onset may be delayed overnight or by some hours, making the correlation w...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angioedema
Angioedema
The hereditary form (HAE) often goes undetected for a long time, as its symptoms resemble those of more common disorders, such as allergy or intestinal colic. An important clue is the failure of hereditary angioedema to respond to antihistamines or steroids, a characteristic that distinguishes it from allergic reaction...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angioedema
Angioedema
Prophylaxis Future attacks of HAE can be prevented by the use of androgens such as danazol, oxandrolone or methyltestosterone. These agents increase the level of aminopeptidase P, an enzyme that inactivates kinins; kinins (especially bradykinin) are responsible for the manifestations of angioedema. In 2018, the U.S. ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Remembered%20Hills
Blue Remembered Hills
"Blue Remembered Hills" is the 14th episode of ninth season of the British BBC anthology TV series Play for Today. The episode was a television play that was originally broadcast on 30 January 1979. "Blue Remembered Hills" was written by Dennis Potter, directed by Brian Gibson and produced by Kenith Trodd. The play co...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin%20Musick
Edwin Musick
Edwin Charles Musick (August 13, 1894 – January 11, 1938) was chief pilot for Pan American World Airways and pioneered many of Pan Am's transoceanic routes including the famous route across the Pacific Ocean, ultimately reaching the Philippine Islands, on the China Clipper. Biography Musick was born on August 13, 1894...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin%20Musick
Edwin Musick
Musick also commanded the first commercial trans-Pacific flight, carrying mail to the Philippines; the Martin M-130 China Clipper departed from Alameda on November 21, 1935, and landed in Manila on November 29, 6 days, 7 hours, and 40 minutes later, logging nearly 60 hours of flight time. The aircraft flew the trans-Pa...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus%20Defence
Hippopotamus Defence
The Hippopotamus Defence is a chess employed by Black, consisting of a double structure (bishops on b7 and g7) and a small (pawns on d6 and e6). The knights are typically developed to e7 and d7 and the rook's pawns to a6 and h6. This structure can be obtained by a wide variety of move orders but it occurs most frequ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus%20Defence
Hippopotamus Defence
If White opts against playing either e4-e5 or d4-d5, Black may begin to advance against the castled White king with moves such as …g6-g5, …Ng6, etc. (or, if White had castled queenside, …b6-b5, …Nb6, etc.). Alternatively Black might play the pawn break …c7-c5, after which the structure may transform to resemble a Sicil...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar%20Swahn
Oscar Swahn
Oscar Gomer Swahn (20 October 1847 – 1 May 1927) was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won six medals, including three gold. Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest athlete to win an Olympic medal. Biography At the 190...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon%20Hennacy
Ammon Hennacy
Ammon Ashford Hennacy (July 24, 1893 – January 14, 1970) was an American Christian pacifist, anarchist, Wobbly, social activist, and member of the Catholic Worker Movement. He established the Joe Hill House of Hospitality in Salt Lake City, Utah, and practiced tax resistance. Biography Hennacy was born in Negley, Ohio...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon%20Hennacy
Ammon Hennacy
In May 1920, Hennacy graduated from the socialist Rand School of Social Science. In 1921, Hennacy and Melms hiked around the United States, passing through all 48 of the contiguous states. He settled down in 1925, buying a farm and raising his two children. In 1931, he began social work in Milwaukee and organised one o...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon%20Hennacy
Ammon Hennacy
In 1961, Hennacy moved to Utah and organised the Joe Hill House of Hospitality in Salt Lake City. While in Utah, Hennacy fasted and picketed in protest of the death penalty and the use of taxes in war. Following a divorce from Selma in 1964, Hennacy married his second wife, Joan Thomas, in 1965. In the same year he lef...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musick%20Point
Musick Point
Musick Point Te Naupata (; officially Musick Point / Te Naupata) is the headland of the peninsula that forms the eastern shore of the Tāmaki River in Bucklands Beach, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. In 1942, Musick Point was named after Ed Musick, an aviator who visited New Zealand in 1937, although the headland is ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musick%20Point
Musick Point
The increase in aircraft in the 1930s facilitated the need for international air communication in New Zealand. The headland was chosen due to its remote location in Auckland, leading to the construction of the Streamline Moderne style Musick Memorial Radio Station. The building was constructed in 1940 by DC Street Cons...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musick%20Point
Musick Point
The station was the headquarters of the maritime coast station Auckland Radio ZLD, and of aviation radio ZLF. ZLD and ZLF were initially operated by the New Zealand Post Office before the aviation radio service was taken over by the Civil Aviation Corporation, which moved it to Mangere Aerodrome (later Auckland Airport...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%20Gordon
Bart Gordon
Barton Jennings Gordon (born January 24, 1949) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1985 until 2011. The district includes several rural areas and fast-growing suburbs east of Nashville. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology from 2007 until 2011. He is a...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Beulah
Hurricane Beulah
On August 22, 1967, an ESSA-5 satellite image depicted an area of enhanced convection—shower and thunderstorm activity—east of the Western High Plateau in Cameroon over central Africa. Reaching the western slopes of the mountains two days later, the tropical wave became more coherent with clouds condensing along its ax...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Beulah
Hurricane Beulah
A slow-moving system, the depression steadily organized as it approached the Lesser Antilles. Observations from aircraft reconnaissance indicated that the system attained gale-force winds by 12:00 UTC on September 7, resulting in its upgrade to a tropical storm. It was also assigned the name Beulah, making it the secon...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Beulah
Hurricane Beulah
Skirting the southern coast of Haiti's Tiburon Peninsula, Beulah further degraded to a tropical storm by the morning of September 12. Unseasonably strong wind shear associated with the jet stream, resulting from an upper-level trough to the north, and the cyclone's interaction with land were responsible for the dramati...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Beulah
Hurricane Beulah
Moving through the climatologically favorable western Caribbean, Beulah quickly regained Category 3 major hurricane status on September 15, with 1-minute sustained winds estimated at . The storm's central pressure fell to on September 16, before some weakening took place. Beulah ultimately made landfall on Cozumel Isl...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Beulah
Hurricane Beulah
Regarded as the third-largest hurricane on record at the time, Beulah moved along a slowing, erratic, and somewhat cycloidal path. Slight weakening ensued as it neared land and Beulah ultimately made its final landfall south of Brownsville, Texas, near the mouth of the Rio Grande around 13:00 UTC on September 20. No di...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Beulah
Hurricane Beulah
Prior to Beulah, a stationary trough over the Lesser Antilles produced torrential rainfall throughout the region, setting the stage for significant flooding. On September 7, Beulah brought torrential rains to the already saturated region, with reports of more than received by the Weather Bureau. The French West Indies...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Beulah
Hurricane Beulah
Striking Cozumel Island and the Yucatán Peninsula on September 17 as a Category 2 hurricane, Beulah caused considerable damage and killed 11 people across the region. Wind gusts up to severed communication lines, downed power lines and felled trees. The Puerto Morelos lighthouse on the Riviera Maya was undermined by t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Beulah
Hurricane Beulah
United States In Texas upon landfall, an storm surge inundated lower Padre Island. The force of the storm tide made 31 cuts completely through the barrier island. Padre Island suffered significant devastation, and the island's sensitive ecosystem was altered by the storm. The highest sustained wind was reported as , r...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex%20marriage%20in%20Quebec
Same-sex marriage in Quebec
In 2000, Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf applied for a marriage licence, but were turned down by a clerk who read out the sections of provincial law that defined marriage as being between "a man and a woman". After the rejection, they filed suit against the Government of Quebec, alleging that its refusal to perform ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex%20marriage%20in%20Quebec
Same-sex marriage in Quebec
Religious performance Several dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada allow their clergy to bless and perform same-sex marriages. In 2008, the synod of the Diocese of Montreal voted to allow its parishes to bless same-sex unions. The measure includes a freedom of conscience clause for clergy opposed to blessing same-...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex%20marriage%20in%20British%20Columbia
Same-sex marriage in British Columbia
Same-sex marriage has been legal in British Columbia since July 8, 2003, after a series of court rulings in Barbeau v. British Columbia which ultimately landed in favour of same-sex couples seeking marriage licences. This made British Columbia the second province in Canada, the second jurisdiction in North America and ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex%20marriage%20in%20British%20Columbia
Same-sex marriage in British Columbia
On May 1, 2003, justices of the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled 3–0 that the denial of marriage licences to same-sex couples was a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. "Gay rights have steadily expanded since homosexuality was made legal in Canada in 1969, and these developments have substan...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex%20marriage%20in%20British%20Columbia
Same-sex marriage in British Columbia
On June 15, 2005, a B.C. Supreme Court judge in Nanaimo granted British Columbia's first same-sex divorce in the case of J.S. v. C.F.. Although same-sex marriage had been legal in British Columbia for two years, the Divorce Act still defined marriage as being "between a man and a woman". The judge, Madame Justice Laura...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex%20marriage%20in%20British%20Columbia
Same-sex marriage in British Columbia
Marriage statistics 735 same-sex marriages were performed in British Columbia in 2003. Most were between persons who resided in the United States rather than in Canada. British Columbia has become a popular marriage destination for same-sex couples, and Vancouver was listed in the "Top 10 Gay Wedding Destinations" by L...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoenflies%20notation
Schoenflies notation
The Schoenflies (or Schönflies) notation, named after the German mathematician Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, is a notation primarily used to specify point groups in three dimensions. Because a point group alone is completely adequate to describe the symmetry of a molecule, the notation is often sufficient and commonly use...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Cooper
Jim Cooper
The Golden Goose Award In 2012, Cooper created the Golden Goose Award to recognize the human and economic benefits of federally funded research. Each year, the award is given to scientists to highlight examples of seemingly obscure studies that have led to major breakthroughs and resulted in significant societal impa...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky%20S-42
Sikorsky S-42
The Sikorsky S-42 was a commercial flying boat designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft to meet requirements for a long-range flying boat laid out by Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) in 1931. The innovative design included wing flaps, variable-pitch propellers, and a tail-carrying full-length hull. The prototype firs...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Roxanne
Hurricane Roxanne
Hurricane Roxanne was a rare and erratic tropical cyclone that caused extensive flooding in Mexico due to its unusual movement. The seventeenth storm, tenth hurricane, and the fifth and final major hurricane of the very active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season, Roxanne developed in the southwestern Caribbean Sea from an a...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Roxanne
Hurricane Roxanne
A tropical wave exited the west coast of Africa on September 26. It moved westward, producing an area of convection, or thunderstorms, over the central Caribbean Sea by October 4. By two days later, the system had a broad circulation located between the coast of Honduras and the Cayman Islands. An upper-level trough, l...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Roxanne
Hurricane Roxanne
Roxanne was initially affected by winds from the north, which dislocated the circulation from the convection. As the nearby upper-level low moved into Central America, Roxanne was able to intensify, developing outflow all around the storm. Initially, the storm threatened western Cuba and the Cayman Islands, steered by ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Roxanne
Hurricane Roxanne
Moving westward across the Yucatán Peninsula, Roxanne weakened but maintained hurricane status as it emerged into the Bay of Campeche on October 12. Although the storm remained well-organized, it lost most of its deep convection and intensity. The storm drifted in the body of water, steered by a ridge to the north. On ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Roxanne
Hurricane Roxanne
Roxanne affected the Yucatán Peninsula less than two weeks after Hurricane Opal formed in the area. The combined damage between the two hurricanes was estimated at US$1.5 billion. At least two locations in Mexico reported sustained hurricane-force winds from Roxanne – Mérida, Yucatán and Paraíso, Tabasco. At the former...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Roxanne
Hurricane Roxanne
Roxanne caused the state owned Pemex to shut down 90% of its drilling in the Gulf of Mexico during its pass as well as halt all shipments from three oil terminals in the southeastern region of the gulf. As a result, Mexico lost millions of dollars. Oil production dropped from 2.838 million barrels a day in September ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Jenkins%20%28politician%29
Bill Jenkins (politician)
William Lewis Jenkins (born November 29, 1936) is an American politician from the state of Tennessee. He represented the state's 1st Congressional district, centered on the Tri-Cities (map), from 1997 until his successor was sworn in on January 3, 2007. Background and education Jenkins was born in Detroit, Michigan, t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneo
Cuneo
Cuneo became an important stronghold of the expanding Savoy state. The city was thus besieged several times by France: first in 1515 by Swiss troops of Francis I of France, then again in 1542, 1557, 1639, 1641, 1691 and, during the War of the Austrian Succession, in 1741. Cuneo resisted each siege successfully. The cit...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin%20Port
Dublin Port
Dublin Port () is the seaport of Dublin, Ireland, of both historical and contemporary economic importance. Approximately two-thirds of Ireland's port traffic travels via the port, which is by far the busiest on the island of Ireland. Location The modern Dublin Port is located on either side of the River Liffey, out t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindleford
Grindleford
Grindleford is a village and civil parish in the county of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 909. It lies at an altitude of in the valley of the River Derwent in the Peak District National Park. The 17th-century Grindleford Bridge crosses t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnos%20nux-vomica
Strychnos nux-vomica
Strychnos nux-vomica, the strychnine tree, also known as nux vomica, poison fruit, semen strychnos, and quaker buttons, is a deciduous tree native to India and to southeast Asia. It is a medium-sized tree in the family Loganiaceae that grows in open habitats. Its leaves are ovate and in size. It is known for being the...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alba%2C%20Piedmont
Alba, Piedmont
Alba (; ) is a town and comune of Piedmont, Italy, in the Province of Cuneo. It is one of the main cities in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato. The town is famous for its white truffle and wine production. The confectionery group Ferrero is based there. The ci...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier%2029
Messier 29
Messier 29 or M29, also known as NGC 6913 or the Cooling Tower Cluster, is a quite small, bright open cluster of stars just south of the central bright star Gamma Cygni of a northerly zone of the sky, Cygnus. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764, and can be seen from Earth by using binoculars. M29 is well with...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier%2030
Messier 30
Messier 30 (also known as M30, NGC 7099, or the Jellyfish Cluster) is a globular cluster of stars in the southeast of the southern constellation of Capricornus, at about the declination of the Sun when the latter is at December solstice. It was discovered by the French astronomer Charles Messier in 1764, who described ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny%20Church%20%28New%20Zealand%29
Destiny Church (New Zealand)
Ministry The church claims to provide not only biblical guidance and teaching but also a range of social services including budget advice, family and parenting advice, support for drug and alcohol abusers, anger management and resolution, provision of food and housing. Church services are energetic and have a Pentecost...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny%20Church%20%28New%20Zealand%29
Destiny Church (New Zealand)
Origins The Destiny Church movement was founded in 1998 from 20 members of Lake City Church in Rotorua, initially calling itself City Church Auckland. Destiny Church was founded by Brian Tamaki and his wife Hannah Tamaki, who continue to serve as Visionary and Senior Ministers of Destiny Church. Destiny Church had a cl...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny%20Church%20%28New%20Zealand%29
Destiny Church (New Zealand)
Māori community Destiny Church recognises and celebrates Māori as tangata whenua ("People of the Land"). It also regards itself as an "iwi-tapu" or a spiritual tribe of God's people set aside as a chosen people and a holy nation, citing a scriptural premise from 1 Peter 2:9. In 2008, Destiny Church sought to claim urba...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph%20TR4
Triumph TR4
Around this time Triumph's Competitions department was working on a new high performance engine with the development label 20X, later named Sabrina after contemporary British actress Norma Ann Sykes, the 20X is an inline four cylinder engine with dual overhead camshafts, and was expected to develop . To accommodate th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Shanghai%20Art%20Museum
History of Shanghai Art Museum
The Shanghai Art Museum () was an art museum in the city of Shanghai, China. In October 2012, the museum was rebranded as the China Art Museum when it moved to the China pavilion at Expo 2010 on the former Shanghai Expo 2010 lands. The Shanghai Art Museum building is the former clubhouse building of the Shanghai Race C...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier%2032
Messier 32
Messier 32 (also known as M32 and NGC 221) is a dwarf "early-type" galaxy about from the Solar System, appearing in the constellation Andromeda. M32 is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749. The galaxy is a prototype of the relatively rare compact elliptic...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shezmu
Shezmu
Shezmu (alternatively Schesmu and Shesmu) is an ancient Egyptian deity with a contradictory character. He was worshiped from the early Old Kingdom period. He was considered a god of ointments, perfume, and wine. In this role, he was associated with festivities, dancing, and singing. But he was also considered a god of...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shezmu
Shezmu
However, the interpretation remains open if the word "blood" is to be taken literally, as the ancient Egyptians symbolically offered red wine as "the blood of the gods" to several deities. This association was based simply on the dark red color of the wine, a circumstance that lead to connections of Shesmu with other d...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified%20field
Unified field
In music, unified field is the 'unity of musical space' created by the free use of melodic material as harmonic material and vice versa. The technique is most associated with the twelve-tone technique, created by its 'total thematicism' where a tone-row (melody) generates all (harmonic) material. It was also used by A...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Byrne
Roger Byrne
Roger William Byrne (8 September 1929 – 6 February 1958) was an English footballer who played as a full-back and captain of Manchester United. He died at the age of 28 in the Munich air disaster. He was one of the eight Manchester United players who lost their lives in the disaster on 6 February 1958. He made 33 appear...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Jones%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201933%29
Mark Jones (footballer, born 1933)
Mark Jones (15 June 1933 – 6 February 1958) was an English footballer and one of eight Manchester United players to lose their lives in the Munich air disaster. Jones was born in Wombwell, near Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1933, the third of seven children born to miner Amos Jones (1894–1968) and his wife Lucy...
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