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Jind State
Jind State was a princely state in Punjab. It was founded in 1763 by Gajpat Singh of Jind (1738-1789). Religion in Jind State. Hinduism and Islam were the main religions of the State. The Sikhs dominated the northern areas of Jind State.
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S-block
The s-block is one of four blocks of elements in the periodic table. The element of s- group have a common property. The electron in their most outward electron shell are in the s-orbital. Elements in the s- are in the first two periodic table groups. The elements in group one are called the alkali metals. The elements...
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White Zombie
White Zombie was an American heavy metal band. White Zombie was originally a noise rock band, but they are better-known for their later heavy metal sound.
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Mandingo
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Vought F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair was a fighter aircraft that fought in World War II and the Korean War. Vought could not keep up with demand for the aircraft, so Goodyear and Brewster made them. It was deployed in large numbers starting in 1944, and has longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U.S. history (1942–1...
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Douglas Sirk
Douglas Sirk (April 26, 1897 – January 14, 1987) was a movie director. He is best known for his lush romantic movies of the 1950s such as "All That Heaven Allows". His movies were thought banal and unimportant by contemporary critics. Today however they are regarded as masterpieces and ironic commentaries on American l...
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Florida Suncoast Dome
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Sports stadium
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Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind is a 1956 romantic drama movie. It stars Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone. Douglas Sirk directed. The movie is based on Robert Wilder's 1945 novel of the same name. The book is a thinly disguised account of the real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her...
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Qadar Yar
Qadar Yar (1802–1892), was a Muslim Jatt of the Sandhu caste. He was born in the village Machhike, in Gujranwala District in Punjab (in modern-day Pakistan) during the rule of the Sikh Empire. He was the court poet of the Lahore Sikh "Darbar", during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He is considered an important poe...
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Ninna
was a after "Gangyō" and before "Kanpyō." This period started in February 885 and ended in April 889. The reigning emperors were and .
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My Love Is Your Love (song)
The song "My Love Is Your Love" was the fourth single taken off the album of the same name. Sung by deceased singer Whitney Houston and co-written by Jerry Duplessis and Wyclef Jean it was released in the summer of 1999. It reached the top-five on the Billboard Hot 100. It appeared on the Totally Hits 2 compilation alb...
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My Love Is Your Love
My Love Is Your Love is the fourth studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released in late 1998. The album had five singles. One of these was a duet with Mariah Carey named "When You Believe". Other singles were "Heartbreak Hotel" with Faith Evans and Kelly Price, "It's Not Right, But It's Okay", "My L...
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Moving the goalposts
Moving the goalposts or shifting the goalposts is an idiom which means changing the terms of a debate or a conflict after it has started. The phrase describes changing the target or goal of a process. In a dispute or a competition, the idiom explains what one side does in order to gain advantage. History. This phrase c...
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Big West Conference
The Big West Conference is a NCAA conference that plays in the NCAA Division I. The conference is based in Irvine, California, and eight of its nine current members are from California. The other member is from Hawaii. Members. This is a list of colleges and universities who play sports in the Big West. Since the Unive...
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RepRap Project
The RepRap project is a project to develop a 3D printer ("RepRap", short for "replicating rapid prototyper") that can print most of its own parts. All of the designs produced by the project are released under a free software license. The RepRap project has made four machines so far: "Darwin", released in March 2007, "M...
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Swizz Beatz
Kasseem Daoud Dean (born September 13, 1978), known professionally as Swizz Beatz, is an American rapper, record producer, and DJ. Born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City, Dean initially embarked on his musical career as a DJ. At the age of 18, he gained recognition in the music industry through his famil...
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List of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
The covers the rest areas along the Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto. Stations of the Tōkaidō. There were originally 53 government waystations ("shuku-eki") along the Tōkaidō. At each, all travelers were expected to present traveling permits. These were also places for re...
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Soccer ball
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The Birds (movie)
The Birds is a 1963 American horror movie. It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is set in San Francisco, California. The movie stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren. It was Tippi Hedren's first movie. It also stars Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The movie is part of the National Film Registry,...
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Take Care
Take Care is the second studio album by Canadian rapper, Drake. "Take Care" was released on November 15, 2011. The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart and sold 631,000 copies in the United States in its first week. It received mostly positive reviews from music critics.
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Magnificent Obsession (1954 movie)
Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 romantic drama movie. It stars Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. Douglas Sirk directed. The movie is based on the book "Magnificent Obsession" by Lloyd C. Douglas. The movie was produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal Pictures. Critic Howard Thompson wrote, "[The movie] is unquestion...
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Fujimi, Saitama
is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
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Key & Peele
Key & Peele is a comedy television show. It was created by Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele in 2012 and airs on Comedy Central. Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele are in the series as the characters. There are many characters such as the Substitute Teacher and Luther (Barack Obama's angry translator).
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Ibaraki, Osaka
is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The Japanese word "Ibaraki" means Wild Trees or Thorny trees in English. There is also an Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. It has been recognized as a special city since 2001. History. The city was founded on January 1, 1948.
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Magnificent Obsession (novel)
Magnificent Obsession (1929) is a novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. The story follows a man named Robert Merrick. He is resuscitated by a rescue crew after a boating accident. The crew is unable to save the life of Dr. Hudson, a heart attack victim on the other side of the lake. Merrick then decides to devote his life to maki...
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Las sanfermines
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Janet Leigh
Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. She is best known for her role in "Psycho", for which she won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Early life. Leigh was...
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Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
is a Japanese city in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It has been recognized as a special city since 2001. History. In the Edo period, "Hiratsuka-juku" was 7th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations ("shuku-eki") along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto. Geography. Hiratsuka is located on ...
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Austronesian peoples
Austronesian peoples is a term referring to people that live in Southeast Asia, Oceania and Madagascar, who are speakers of the Austronesian languages. They are thought to have originally come from the indigenous peoples of Taiwan.
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Peter Boyle
Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor. He is best known for his acting on "Everybody Loves Raymond".
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Ōiso
is a Japanese town in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū. History. In the Edo period, "Ōiso-juku" was 8th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations ("shuku-eki") along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto. Geography. Ōiso is on the coastline of Sagami Bay.
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Odawara, Kanagawa
is a Japanese city in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It has been recognized as a special city since 2000. History. In the Edo period, "Odawara-juku" was 9th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations ("shuku-eki") along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto. During the Great Kantō earthquake in ...
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Hakone, Kanagawa
is a Japanese city in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū. History. In the Edo period, "Hakone-juku" was 10th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations ("shuku-eki") along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.
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Shailene Woodley
Shailene Woodley (born November 15, 1991) is an American actress. She has starred in television sitcoms. She and George Clooney starred in "The Descendants". She starred in the "Divergent" movie trilogy adaptations based on Veronica Roth's novels. Woodley was raised in Simi Valley, California and has a younger brother ...
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BFG 9000
The BFG 9000 is a fictional futuristic weapon. It is found in the Doom video game series. The BFG 9000 is a very large, solid metal gun. It shoot balls of green plasma. It is the most powerful weapon in the games. The BFG 9000 can destroy almost any player or enemy in one hit. "Quake II" and "Quake III Arena" pay homag...
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Sleeping Beauty
"Sleeping Beauty" () is a fairy tale. There are several versions of it, including "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood" by Charles Perrault and "Briar Rose" or "Little Briar Rose" () by the Brothers Grimm. The story is about a princess who falls into a deep sleep for one hundred years, and is awoken by a heroic prince. Per...
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Grimms' Fairy Tales
Children's and Household Tales (), commonly known as Grimms' Fairy Tales (), is a collection of German fairy tales published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. On December 20, 1812, the Grimms published the first volume of the first edition. It contained 86 stories. The second volume of 70 stories was publ...
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Histoires ou contes du temps passé
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Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
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3D Printer
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Rosie Perez
Rosa Maria "Rosie" Perez (b. September 6, 1964) is a Hispanic American movie and television actress. She was born in New York City. Her career in acting was begun around 1988.
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Theory of Everything
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Puss in Boots (fairy tale)
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Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa (1818-1910) was a French dancer and the principal Ballet Master for the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg from 1869 until 1903. His works include "La Bayadere" (1877), a revised "Giselle" (1884), "The Sleeping Beauty" (1890), a revised "Swan Lake" (1895), and "Raymonda" (1898). Dance historian Lynn Garafo...
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Kawasaki, Kanagawa
is a Japanese city in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū. Kawasaki is one of three ordinance-designated cities in Kanagawa. History. In the Edo period, "Kawasaki-juku" was 2nd of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations ("shuku-eki") along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto. Geography. Kawasaki occ...
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Reprise
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Outasight
Richard Andrew, better known by his stage name Outasight, is an American singer and rapper. He is from Yonkers, New York. He is currently signed to Warner Bros. Records. Though he is considered a hip hop artist, he also draws influences from other genres such as classic rock and soul. He is perhaps best known for the s...
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Catch Me If You Can (disambiguation)
Catch Me If You Can may refer to:
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The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
is a series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints created by Hiroshige. This was a popular subject. Hiroshige created many versions of this subject. Tōkaidō images. In 1832, Hiroshige traveled the length of the Tōkaidō from Edo to Kyoto. He was part of an official delegation from the court of the Tokugawa Shogunate to the cour...
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List of subsidiaries of Reprise Records
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East Malaysia
East Malaysia or Malaysian Borneo, is a term used to refer to the Malaysian section of Borneo. One of Southeast Asia's major islands. Major provinces in the region are the Malaysian provinces of Sabah and Sarawak. It is located north of Indonesian Borneo or "Kalimantan", and southwest of the Philippines. Also, the tiny...
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Catch Me if You Can (book)
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Catch Me if You Can
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The Crickets
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Kuwana, Mie
is a Japanese city in Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū. History. In the Edo period, "Kuwana-juku" was 42nd of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations ("shuku-eki") along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.
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Amount of substance
Amount of substance (also called chemical amount) is a quantity defined by standards to measure the size a group of individual elementary entities, such as atoms, molecules and electrons, along with other particles. The International System of Units (SI) defines the amount of substance to be equal to the number of elem...
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Terawatt
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Patiala state
Patiala was a princely state that lasted from 1714 to 1948. Its rulers were descended from a a King named Phul (1627-1689) who was a Sidhu Sikh from Mehraj village of Bathinda District of Punjab. The other Sikh states, such as Jind and Nabha, were also the descendants of Phul. Its capital was in the Malva region of Pun...
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Artillery of Japan
Artillery in Japan is recorded in the 13th century. It was not used widely before the Sengoku period in the 16th century. History. In the 1840s, the Tokugawa Shogunate began to anticipate that either British or French military might attack Japan. Takashima Shuhan (1798-1866) submitted a petition to the shogun calling f...
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Maharajahs of Patiala
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Type 99 155 mm self-propelled howitzer
is a self-propelled howitzer of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JSDF). Overview. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. was the primary contractor, developing the main gun and the turret. The vehicle is powered by a diesel engine. Type 99s are supplementary to the Type 75 155 mm self-propelled howitzer. In a period of...
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Starstreak
Starstreak is a British short range surface-to-air missile (also known as MANPADS). It is made by Thales Air Defence (first called Shorts Missile Systems), in Belfast. It is also known as Starstreak High Velocity Missile, or Starstreak HVM. After it is launched, the missile travels at about Mach 3 (3 times the speed of...
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Starstreak HVM
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Starstreak High Velocity Missile
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Type 75 155 mm self-propelled howitzer
is an armored artillery vehicle used by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). Overview. The Type 75s were accepted for service in October 1975. Type 99 155 mm self-propelled howitzer is supplementary to the Type 75s.
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AS-90
The AS-90 (Artillery System for the 1990s) is a lightly armoured self-propelled artillery gun. It is used by the British Army. It was first used in 1993. The AS-90's official name is Gun Equipment 155 mm L131. The AS-90 is used by five regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery. AS-90 was designed and ...
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AS90 Self-Propelled Gun
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Train (band)
Train is an American pop rock band. The band consists of Patrick Monahan, Scott Underwood and Jimmy Stafford. The band has released 5 albums and is set to release their 7th album, "California 37" sometime in 2012. Train won 2 Grammy Awards in 2002 for their song "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" and a Grammy in 2011 for "He...
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Tonight Is the Night (song)
"Tonight Is the Night" is the debut single by the rapper and singer Outasight. It was released by Warner Bros. in 2011. The song was played on the FOX network program "The X Factor." It was played during the week 2 "results" episode on November 3, 2011. A music video of the song was released. It was directed by Dori Os...
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Fashing
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Larry the Cable Guy
Daniel Lawrence "Larry" Whitney (born February 17, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, musician. He is best known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy. He is one of the members of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. This is a group of comedians. The other members of the Tour are Bill Engval...
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Field gun
A field gun is an artillery piece. The term was first used to describe smaller guns that could be taken with an army while marching. In battle the field gun could be quickly moved about the battlefield as needed. Guns installed in a fort, siege cannon and mortars were too large to be moved quickly, and would be used on...
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L118 Light Gun
The L118 Light Gun is a howitzer. It was first made for the British Army in the 1970s. It has been moved around the globe a lot since then. The United States use a changed version of the L118 called the M119A1. The proper name for it is "Gun, 105mm, Field, L118" but it is usually just called "the Light Gun". The L118 c...
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L118
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Chocolate (color)
The color chocolate is a tone of dark brown that resembles chocolate. The color "chocolate" is shown on the right of the screen. The first written use of "chocolate" as a color name in English was in 1737.
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List of field guns
Field guns are one of two main types of field artillery. Field guns fire a heavy shell on a relatively level trajectory from a longer barrel. This gives very high muzzle velocity and good range performance. Field guns are best for giving long range fire support and counter-battery fire. This list has two categories; fi...
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Blush
Blush or rouge is a type of cosmetic put on the cheeks, usually in red or pink. It can be a powder, a liquid, or a cream. Blush is almost always used by girls and not often used by boys except for in acting. Blush was first used by Egyptians in 3000 BC. In the 1800s, wearing cosmetics made people think a woman had bad ...
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Battle of Nagashino
The was an armed conflict in 1575. The battle took place near Nagashino Castle (長篠城) on the plain of Shitaragahara (設楽原) in the Mikawa province (三河) of Japan. Nagashino Castle. Forces under Takeda Katsuyori (武田勝頼) attacked the castle. The Takeda attacked the castle, because it threatened supply lines. Okudaira Sadamasa...
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Element 1
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Drag racing
Drag racing is a competition between specially prepared automobiles or motorcycles. Racers compete, two at a time, to be the first to cross a finish line. Races are run from a standing start, in a straight line, over a measured distance, usually a ¼-mile straight track. The race track, known as a dragstrip, usually use...
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Dragstrip
A dragstrip is a facility for conducting automobile and motorcycle acceleration events such as drag racing. Although a quarter mile (402 m) is the best known measure for a drag track, many tracks are eighth mile (201 m) tracks. The race is begun from a standing start. Three factors decide the outcome of the race: react...
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Olympia (Manet)
Olympia is an 1863 oil painting by Édouard Manet. When it was first exhibited in 1865, the subject of the painting was controversial. History. Manet reworked Giorgione's "The Sleeping Venus" (c. 1510) and Titian's "Venus of Urbino" (c. 1538) in creating "Olympia". "Olympia" may also take inspiration from Francisco Goy...
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Filipinos
Filipinos (Filipino: "mga Filipino") are a group of people from the Philippines, a country in Southeast Asia. They speak any of the languages of the Philippines. Most Filipinos also speak Filipino and English as second languages in addition to their native and first languages or the other languages of the Philippines. ...
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Drag Racing
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Little Dancer of Fourteen Years
Little Dancer of Fourteen Years () (1881) is a statue by Edgar Degas. The work measures 81 inches in height. The subject is a young dance student named Marie van Goethem. The relationship between van Goethem and Degas is uncertain. It was not unusual for the young dancers of the Paris Opera to seek protectors from amon...
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List of heavy mortars
Heavy mortars are large-calibre mortars which fire a heavy shell on a high angle trajectory. These weapons have a short range, but are usually less complex than similar sized field artillery. This category includes the "Trench Mortars" of World War I. These were all heavy and difficult to move.
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Mme. Charpentier and Her Children
Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children (1878) is an oil on canvas by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He displayed it at the Salon in 1879. It drew much attention and admiration. Publisher Georges Charpentier commissioned the painting. It is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Metropolitan Museum of Art...
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List of howitzers
Howitzers are one of two main types of field artillery, the other being the field gun. Howitzers fire a heavy shell in a high-trajectory from a short barrel. They have a short range, but they are slightly more mobile than similar size field guns. Since World War II howitzers have gained longer barrels and increased ran...
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Kim Jang-saeng
Kim Jang-saeng (, July 8 1548 - August 3 1631) was a Korean scholar, writer, politician, and Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Joseon period. His penname was Sagye (사계, 沙溪). His courtesy names were Huiwon () and Huiji () .
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Hermes and the Infant Dionysos
Hermes and the Infant Dionysos is a statue possibly made by the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles. The statue was discovered in 1877 in the ruins of the Temple of Hera at Olympia, Greece. It is now in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. The statue was probably made in the 4th century BC. This date is based on a remar...
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Lilith
Lilith is a female demon in Jewish legends, found first in the Dead Sea scrolls and Book of Isaiah(34:14). The legend is related to a Hebrew language term lilith meaning night, and has also been linked to beliefs about demons called "lili" in ancient Mesopotamia. It is believed by some that during creation, Lilith was ...
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Common year starting on Wednesday
A common year starting on Wednesday is a common year that begins on Wednesday, January 1 and ends on Wednesday, December 31. Thus, its dominical letter is E. Examples include 1986, 1997, 2003, 2014, 2025 (the current year), and 2031 in the Gregorian calendar, or likewise, 1998, 2009, 2015, and 2026 in the Julian calend...
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Common year starting on Tuesday
A common year starting on Tuesday is a common year that begins on Tuesday, January 1 and ends on Tuesday, December 31. Thus, its dominical letter is F. Examples include 1985, 1991, 2002, 2013, 2019 and 2030 in the Gregorian calendar, or, likewise, 1997, 2003, 2014 and 2025 in the Julian calendar (see bottom tables). In...
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Common year starting on Monday
A common year starting on Monday is a common year that begins on Monday, January 1 and ends on Monday, December 31. Thus, its dominical letter is G. Examples include 1979, 1990, 2001, 2007, 2018 and 2029 in the Gregorian calendar, or, likewise, 1991, 2002, 2013, 2019, and 2030 in the Julian calendar. This common year i...
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Common year starting on Thursday
A common year starting on Thursday is a common year that begins on Thursday, January 1, and ends on Thursday, December 31. Thus, its dominical letter is D. Examples include 1970, 1981, 1987, 1998, 2009, 2015, and 2026 in the Gregorian calendar, or, likewise, 1993, 1999, 2010, 2021, and 2027 in the Julian calendar (see ...
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Common year starting on Friday
A common year starting on Friday is a common year that starts on Friday, January 1 and ends on Friday, December 31. Thus, its dominical letter is C. Examples include 1971, 1982, 1993, 1999, 2010, 2021, and 2027 in the Gregorian calendar or, likewise, 1994, 2005, 2011, 2022, and 2033 in the Julian calendar. This common ...
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Common year starting on Saturday
A common year starting on Saturday is a common year that begins on Saturday, January 1, and ends on Saturday, December 31. Thus, its dominical letter is B. Examples include 1977, 1983, 1994, 2005, 2011, 2022, and 2033 in the Gregorian calendar, or likewise, 1995, 2006, 2017, 2023 and 2034 in the Julian Calendar (see ta...
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Common year starting on Sunday
A common year starting on Sunday is a common year that begins on Sunday, January 1 and ends on Sunday, December 31. Thus, its dominical letter is A. Examples include 1978, 1989, 1995, 2006, 2017, 2023, and 2034 in the Gregorian calendar, or, likewise, 1990, 2001, 2007, 2018, and 2029 in the Julian calendar. In this com...
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ARPANET
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was an early packet switching network and was one of the first to use TCP/IP. It was made by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the United States Department of Defense in 1969. It was the main network of a set that came to make up the global Internet.