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# Xenogears ## Development ### Music thumb\|right\|upright=.8\|Yasunori Mitsuda composed and produced the game\'s original score.\|alt=A photo of Yasunori Mitsuda The music in *Xenogears* was composed and produced by Yasunori Mitsuda. The *Xenogears Original Soundtrack* was released on two discs and published by Digi...
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# Xenogears ## Development ### Merchandise There have been several Japanese books and comics published concerning the *Xenogears* franchise. *Xenogears God Slaying Story*, a series by Masatoshi Kusakabe, was published by Shueisha in 1998. DigiCube published both *Xenogears Perfect Works* and a memorial album named *T...
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# Xenogears ## Reception *Xenogears* was a commercial success in both Japan and North America. It received a \"Gold Prize\" from Sony in May 1998, indicating sales above 500,000 units in Japan, and proceeded to sell over 890,000 copies domestically by the end of the year. As of March 31, 2003, the game had shipped 1....
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# Xenogears ## Reception ### Legacy Shortly after *Xenogears* was released, there was speculation of a sequel being released, although this never occurred. In 1999, Tanaka said that a project related to *Xenogears* was being developed. He also revealed that a sequel to *Xenogears* was initially planned, but never cam...
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# Kislev **Kislev** or **Chislev** (Hebrew: `{{Script/Hebrew|כִּסְלֵו}}`{=mediawiki}, Standard *Kīslev* Tiberian *Kīslēw*), is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. In the Babylonian calendar its name was *Kislimu*. In a regular (*kesidran*) year Kisl...
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# XyWrite **XyWrite** is a word processor for MS-DOS and Windows modeled on the mainframe-based ATEX typesetting system. Popular with writers and editors for its speed and degree of customization, XyWrite was in its heyday the house word processor in many editorial offices, including the *New York Times* from 1989 to ...
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# XyWrite ## History and current usage {#history_and_current_usage} XyQuest was founded in June 1982 by former ATEX employees Dave Erickson and John Hild. Its most successful product was XyWrite III Plus, which attracted a devoted following among professional writers. Announced in September 1989, XyWrite IV promised...
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# XyWrite ## Version history {#version_history} ### MS-DOS {#ms_dos} - **XyWrite I** - **XyWrite II** - **XyWrite II Plus** - **XyWrite III**, - distributed on 5.25\" HD floppy diskettes, and shipped with a 3-ring looseleaf manual in fabric-covered slipcase - **XyWrite III Plus** - **Signature 1.0** - in...
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# XEmacs **XEmacs** is a graphical- and console-based text editor which runs on almost any Unix-like operating system as well as Microsoft Windows. XEmacs is a fork, based on a version of GNU Emacs from the late 1980s. Any user can download, use, and modify XEmacs as free software available under the GNU General Publi...
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# XEmacs ## Features XEmacs has commands to manipulate words and paragraphs (deleting them, moving them, moving through them, and so forth), syntax highlighting for making source code easier to read, and \"keyboard macros\" for performing arbitrary batches of editing commands defined by the user. XEmacs has comprehe...
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# XEmacs ## Development From the project\'s beginnings, the developers of XEmacs aimed to have a frequent release-cycle. They also aimed for more openness to experimentation, and XEmacs often offers new features before other emacsen---pioneering (for example) inline images, variable fonts and terminal coloring. Over ...
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# XEmacs ## XEmacs and GNU Emacs {#xemacs_and_gnu_emacs} Several of XEmacs\'s principal developers have published accounts of the split between XEmacs and GNU Emacs, for example, Stephen Turnbull\'s summary of the arguments from both sides. One of the main disagreements involves different views of copyright assignmen...
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# XMMS **X Multimedia System** (**XMMS**) is an audio player for Unix-like systems released under a free software license. ## History XMMS was originally written as *x11amp* by Peter and Mikael Alm in November 1997. The player was made to resemble Winamp, which was first released in May that year. x11amp received Wi...
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# XMMS ## Coverviewer `xmms-coverviewer` is an XMMS plugin which allows XMMS to display album art and further enhance the graphical interface of the player
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# Southern platyfish Moonfish}} `{{More citations needed|date=February 2015}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Speciesbox | name = Southern platyfish | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Daniels, A. |date=2019 |title=''Xiphophorus maculatus'' ...
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# Southern platyfish ## In the aquarium {#in_the_aquarium} Platies are easy to keep and well suited to a community aquarium. They prefer water with a 7.0--8.0 pH, a water hardness of 9.0--19.0 dGH, and a temperature range of 18 --. In captivity, they reach maturity in three to four months, and breed readily, the fem...
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# Southern platyfish ## Sex The southern platyfish has three sex chromosomes W, X, and Y, that interact with autosomal genes. This creates a highly complex sex determination system. - The Y chromosome carries a dominant male-determining gene (*M*), which is thought to be homologous to the mammalian *SRY* gene loca...
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# Yunus Emre **Yunus Emre** (`{{IPA|tr|juːˈnus emˈɾe}}`{=mediawiki}), also known as **Derviş Yûnus** (Yûnus the Dervish) (1238--1320) (Old Anatolian Turkish: يونس امره), was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi who greatly influenced Turkish culture. The UNESCO General Conference unanimously passed a resolution declaring 1991...
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# Yunus Emre ## International legacy {#international_legacy} In Ashgabat (Turkmenistan),a street was named after Yunus Emre and three monuments were erected (in the Parahat-1 microdistrict, in the Inspiration Park and in the Magtymguly Park). ## Gallery <File:200> Türk Lirası reverse.jpg\|Reverse of the 200-lira ba...
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# Ytterby **Ytterby** (`{{IPA|sv|ˈʏ̂tːɛrˌbyː}}`{=mediawiki}) is a village on the Swedish island of Resarö, in Vaxholm Municipality in the Stockholm archipelago. Today the residential area is dominated by suburban homes. The name of the village translates to \"outer village\". Ytterby is the single richest source of e...
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# Y **Y**, or **y**, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh if including W) vowel letter of the English alphabet. Its name i...
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# Y ## History +----------------+-------------+----------------+--------+ | Proto-Sinaitic | Phoenician\ | Western Greek\ | Latin\ | | | waw | Upsilon | Y | +================+=============+================+========+ | | | | | +-------...
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# Y ## Use in writing systems {#use_in_writing_systems} ### Other languages {#other_languages_1} In Guaraní, it represents the vowel `{{IPAblink|ɨ}}`{=mediawiki}. In Polish, it represents the vowel `{{IPAblink|ɘ}}`{=mediawiki} (or, according to some descriptions, `{{IPAblink|ɨ̞}}`{=mediawiki}), which contrasts with ...
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# Y ## Other uses {#other_uses} - In mathematics, *y* is commonly used as the name for a dependent variable. The modern tradition of using *x*, *y* and *z* to represent an unknown (*incognita*) was introduced by René Descartes in *La Géométrie* (1637). - The SI prefix for 10^24^ is yotta, abbreviated by the lette...
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# Geography of Yemen Yemen is located in West Asia, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. It is situated at the entrance to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which links the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean (via the Gulf of Aden) and is one of the most active and strategic shipping lanes in t...
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# Geography of Yemen ## Climate Temperatures are lower in most of Yemen than in most of the Arab world due to most of the country being at high elevation. Rainfall is higher at higher elevations. The highlands enjoy a temperate, rainy summer with an average high temperature of 21 °C and a cool, moderately dry winter ...
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# Geography of Yemen ## Coastline and maritime claims {#coastline_and_maritime_claims} Yemen has 2400 km of coastline along the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea. Yemen claims a territorial sea of 12 nmi, a contiguous zone of 24 nmi, an Exclusive Economic Zone of 552,669 km2 based on 200 nmi. It has a co...
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# Politics of Yemen The politics of Yemen are in an uncertain state due to the Houthi takeover. An armed group known as the Houthis or Ansar Allah seized control of the Northern Yemeni government and announced it would dissolve parliament, as well as install a \"presidential council\", \"transitional national council\...
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# Politics of Yemen ## Political background {#political_background} ### Reunification The Republic of Yemen (ROY) was declared on 22 May 1990 with Saleh becoming president and al-Baidh Vice President. For the first time in centuries, much of Greater Yemen was politically united. A 30-month transitional period for com...
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# Politics of Yemen ## Political background {#political_background} ### Yemeni uprising {#yemeni_uprising} The 2011 Yemeni protests followed the initial stages of the Arab Spring and began simultaneously with the Egyptian Revolution. The protests were initially against unemployment, economic conditions, and corruptio...
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# Politics of Yemen ## Legislative branch {#legislative_branch} The Assembly of Representatives (*Majlis al-Nuwaab*) has 301 members, elected for a six-year term in single-seat constituencies. In May 1997, the president created a Consultative Council, sometimes referred to as the upper house of Parliament; its 59 mem...
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# Yet another A naming convention as a form of computer humour especially among playful programmers, **yet another** is often abbreviated **ya**, **Ya**, or **YA** in the prefix of an acronym or backronym. This humorous prefix is an idiomatic qualifier in the name of a computer program, organization, or event for the...
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# Yeast extract **Yeast extracts** consist of the cell contents of yeast without the cell walls; they are used as food additives or flavorings, or as nutrients for bacterial culture media. They are often used to create savoury flavors and umami taste sensations and can be found in a large variety of packaged foods inc...
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# Yeast extract ## Use in food {#use_in_food} Yeast autolysates are the main ingredient in AussieMite, Mightymite, Vegemite, Marmite, New Zealand Marmite, Promite, Cenovis, Vitam-R, Brazilian Cenovit and *Maggi seasoning*. Bovril (Ireland and the United Kingdom) switched from beef extract to yeast extract for 2005 an...
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# Yeast extract ## Other uses {#other_uses} The nutrition-rich nature of yeast extract lends it to a variety of uses. It was historically popular as a vitamin supplement for humans. Rich in proteins and nucleotides, it currently finds use in animal feed and microbiology (see yeast extract agar) as nutritional supplem...
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# Yule *Joulu* (album)}} `{{pp-pc|small=yes}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Infobox holiday | holiday_name = Yule | image = Chambers Yule Log.png | caption = Hauling a Yule log in 1832 | observedby = Various...
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# Yule ## Germanic paganism {#germanic_paganism} ### Attestations #### Months, heiti and kennings {#months_heiti_and_kennings} Yule is attested early in the history of the Germanic peoples; in a Gothic language calendar of the 5--6th century CE it appears in the month name **fruma jiuleis**, and, in the 8th century...
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# Yule ## Contemporary traditions {#contemporary_traditions} ### Relationship with Christmas in Northern Europe {#relationship_with_christmas_in_northern_europe} In modern Germanic language-speaking areas and some other Northern European countries, *yule* and its cognates denote the Christmas holiday season. In addi...
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# Yachting **Yachting** is recreational boating activities using medium/large-sized boats or small ships collectively called yachts. Yachting is distinguished from other forms of boating mainly by the priority focus on comfort and luxury, the dependence on marinas for docking, and being typically only for exclusive so...
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# Yachting ## Fishing *Main article: Recreational boat fishing, Big-game fishing* Offshore fishing in green and blue waters generally require sturdier, more seaworthy vessels that can handle stronger waves and more unpredictable weather conditions, and these vessels are typically larger, heavier and need to be moored...
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# Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus \"**Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus**\" is a line from an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church. Written in response to a letter by eight-year-old Virginia O\'Hanlon asking whether Santa Claus was real, the editorial was first published in the New York newspaper *The Sun*...
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# Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus ## Writing and publication {#writing_and_publication} thumb\|Virginia O\'Hanlon (c. 1895)\|upright=.75\|alt=A girl wearing a dress and standing on a bicycle In 1897, Philip O\'Hanlon, a surgeon, was asked by his eight-year-old daughter, Virginia O\'Hanlon, whether Santa Claus e...
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# Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus ## Later republication {#later_republication} While *The Sun* did not republish the editorial for five years, it soon appeared in other papers. *The Sun* only republished the editorial after a number of reader requests. After 1902, it did not appear in the paper again until 190...
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# Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus ## Adaptations and legacy {#adaptations_and_legacy} The 1921 book *Is There a Santa Claus?* was adapted from the editorial. The editorial became better known with the rise of mass media. The story of Virginia\'s inquiry and the response from *The Sun* was adapted in 1932 into a...
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# Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus ## Analysis The historian and journalist Bill Kovarik described the editorial as part of a broader \"revival of the Christmas holiday\" that took place during the late 19th century with the publication of various works such as Thomas Nast\'s art. Scholar Stephen Nissenbaum wrot...
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# Yacc **Yacc** (**Yet Another Compiler-Compiler**) is a computer program for the Unix operating system developed by Stephen C. Johnson. It is a lookahead left-to-right rightmost derivation (LALR) parser generator, generating a LALR parser (the part of a compiler that tries to make syntactic sense of the source code) ...
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# Yacc ## Impact Yacc and similar programs (largely reimplementations) have been very popular. Yacc itself used to be available as the default parser generator on most Unix systems, though it has since been supplanted by more recent, largely compatible, programs such as Berkeley Yacc, GNU Bison, MKS Yacc, and Abraxas...
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# Demographics of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro was a country that existed from 1992 to 2006. It consisted of two constituent states, the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro. The total population of Serbia and Montenegro at the time of its dissolution in 2006 was approximately 9,746,130 wi...
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# Demographics of Serbia and Montenegro ## Vital statistics {#vital_statistics} ### Vital statistics 1992 - 2006 {#vital_statistics_1992___2006} Average population Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Total fer...
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# Politics of Serbia and Montenegro The **Politics of Serbia and Montenegro**, known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, later renamed as Serbia and Montenegro, took place in a framework of a federal parliamentary republic with a multi-party system, and after 2003, in the context of a confederation. The president w...
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# Politics of Serbia and Montenegro ## Legislative branch {#legislative_branch} The Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro (*Skupština Srbije i Crne Gore*) had 126 members elected for a four-year term, 91 in Serbia and 35 in Montenegro. The first parliament was elected 25 February 2003 by the members of the old federal an...
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# Economy of Serbia and Montenegro As the economy of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia collapsed and entered a prolonged decline in 1989, the country broke up into five new sovereign states by 1992, independence of which was fought over in a series of Yugoslav Wars. The rump state that continued to designat...
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# Economy of Serbia and Montenegro ## Statistics ### Gross Domestic Product {#gross_domestic_product} Purchasing power parity - \$25.98 billion (2004 est.)\<, \$27.5 Billion predicted for 2005 br\> Real growth rate: 8.5% (2004 est.), 6.5% (2005 est)\ Real GDP Per capita - nominal: \$2900 (2004 est.), \$3200 (2005 es...
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# Transport in Serbia **Transport in Serbia** includes transport by road, rail, air and water. Road transport incorporates a comprehensive network of major (i.e. state) and minor (i.e. municipal) roads. Rail transport is fairly developed, although dual track and electrification are not very common. Water transport rev...
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# Transport in Serbia ## Air transport {#air_transport} There are in total 39 airports and 2 heliports in Serbia. In addition, three airports are with regular passenger traffic service: Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, Niš Constantine the Great Airport and Kraljevo Morava Airport.The total air traffic in 2022 reached 6...
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# Transport in Serbia ## Pipelines Through pipeline network some 6.2 million tons of gas and oil were transported in 2018. The natural gas transportation system comprises 3,177 kilometers of trunk and regional natural gas pipelines with 450 million cubic meter underground gas storage facility at Banatski Dvor. There ...
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# Yom Kippur **Yom Kippur** (`{{IPAc-en|ˌ|j|ɒ|m|_|k|ɪ|ˈ|p|ʊər|,_|ˌ|j|ɔː|m|_|ˈ|k|ɪ|p|ər|,_|ˌ|j|oʊ|m|-|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Yom Kippur.wav}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|YOM|_|kip|OOR|,_|YAWM|_|KIP|ər|,_|YOHM|-}}`{=mediawiki}; *יוֹם כִּפּוּר}}* `{{Transliteration|he|Yōm Kippūr}}`{=mediawiki} `{{IPA|he|ˈjom ki...
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# Yom Kippur ## In the Torah {#in_the_torah} The Torah calls the day *Yom HaKippurim* (*rtl=yes*), and decrees fasting (\"affliction of the soul\") and a strict prohibition of work on the tenth day of the seventh month, later known as Tishrei. The laws of Yom Kippur are commanded by God to Moses in three passages in ...
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# Yom Kippur ## Significance ### High Holy Days {#high_holy_days} Yom Kippur is one of the two High Holy Days, or *Days of Awe* (Hebrew *yamim noraim*), alongside Rosh Hashanah (which falls nine days previously). According to Jewish tradition, on Rosh Hashanah God inscribes each person\'s fate for the coming year in...
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# Yom Kippur ## Significance ### Closeness to God {#closeness_to_god} While many of the observances of Yom Kippur (such as fasting and long prayers) can be difficult, there is also a tradition in which they are interpreted positively, as indications of closeness of God. Various sources compare the observances of Yom ...
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# Yom Kippur ## Significance ### Purification In `{{Bibleverse|Leviticus|16:30|HE}}`{=mediawiki}, the Torah summarizes the purpose of Yom Kippur as follows: `{{blockquote|For on this day atonement shall be made for you, to purify you; from all your sins before the Lord you shall be purified.<ref name=v1630>{{Biblever...
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# Yom Kippur ## Customs ### Erev Yom Kippur {#erev_yom_kippur} On the day preceding Yom Kippur, known as *Erev Yom Kippur* (lit. \'eve \[of\] day \[of\] atonement\'), a number of activities are customarily performed in preparation for Yom Kippur. These activities generally relate to the themes of the holiday, but ar...
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# Yom Kippur ## Customs ### Fasting and asceticism {#fasting_and_asceticism} The Torah commands Jews to \"afflict themselves\" (*ve\'initem et nafshoteichem*) on Yom Kippur. While these verses do not explicitly mention the form of affliction, the phrase \"afflicting oneself\" frequently appears elsewhere in connectio...
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# Yom Kippur ## Prayer services {#prayer_services} The Yom Kippur prayer service includes several unique aspects. One is the number of prayer services. Unlike a regular day which has three prayer services (Shacharit, Mincha, and Maariv), or a Shabbat or Yom Tov which has four prayer services (those three, plus Mussaf...
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# Yom Kippur ## Prayer services {#prayer_services} ### Confession As confession is a core aspect of repentance, confession (or *vidui*) is a major part of the Yom Kippur prayer services. A confession is recited ten times on Yom Kippur, twice in each of the five standard prayers. In each prayer service, the confession...
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# Yom Kippur ## Observance As one of the most culturally significant Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur is observed by many secular Jews who may not observe other holidays. Many secular Jews attend synagogue on Yom Kippur -- for many secular Jews the High Holy Days are the only times of the year during which they attend syn...
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# Yom Kippur ## Date of Yom Kippur {#date_of_yom_kippur} Yom Kippur falls each year on the tenth day of the Jewish month of Tishrei, which is nine days after the first day of Rosh Hashanah. In terms of the Gregorian calendar, the earliest date on which Yom Kippur can fall is September 14, as happened most recently in...
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# Yukihiro Matsumoto Matz}} `{{Infobox person | name = Yukihiro Matsumoto<br/>まつもと ゆきひろ | image = Yukihiro Matsumoto (2018).jpg | caption = Yukihiro Matsumoto in 2018. | children = 4 | education = [[University of Tsukuba]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br />[[Shi...
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# Yarra Valley The **Yarra Valley** is a region in Victoria, Australia, centred around the Yarra River. Known for its natural beauty, agricultural significance, and as one of Australia\'s prominent wine-producing areas, the valley stretches from the upper reaches of the river near its source in the Yarra Ranges Nation...
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# Yarra Valley ## Literature - Brian Finlayson: The Physical Geography of the Yarra Valleymore, in: Yarra River Conference, 13--16 April 1991, pp. 1--10 ([Online](https://www.academia
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# Yedidya Ya'ari **Yedidya Ya\'ari** (*ידידיה יערי*; born 30 June 1947) was the commander of the Israeli Navy from 2000 to 2004. He was succeeded by David Ben Ba\'ashat. ## Biography Ya\'ari is the grandson of Meir Ya\'ari, former leader of the Mapam party. He is the father of three and lives in Merhavia. ## Navy c...
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# Yukinobu Hoshino is a Japanese manga artist. ## Life He was born in Kushiro, Hokkaidō and dropped out of Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music after two years of studying mid-semester from the fine arts department. He moved to Tokyo in order to pursue a career as a professional manga artist. He made ...
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# Geography of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa lying north of the Tropic of Capricorn. During summer, the whole country experiences warm temperatures as a result of the sun being directly overhead. It straddles an extensive high inland plateau that drops northwards to the Zambezi valley wh...
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# Geography of Zimbabwe ## Terrain Much of the country is on a plateau with a higher central plateau (high veld) forming a watershed between the Zambezi and Limpopo river systems. The flattish watershed region is part of an ancient etchplain called the African Surface covers large swathes of the continent. While the ...
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# Geography of Zimbabwe ## Weather hazards in Zimbabwe {#weather_hazards_in_zimbabwe} Weather hazards are conditions which are unfavorable to people and their activities that result from weather phenomena, and include any naturally occurring weather condition that has the potential to cause harm to people. Most of th...
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# Politics of Zimbabwe The **politics of Zimbabwe** occurs in a society deeply divided along lines of race, ethnicity, gender and geography. The ZANU--PF party has historically been dominant in Zimbabwe politics. The party, which was led by Robert Mugabe from 1980 to 2017, has used the powers of the state to intimidat...
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# Politics of Zimbabwe ## Government of Zimbabwe {#government_of_zimbabwe} Political power in Zimbabwe is split between three branches, the executive, the legislative and the judicial branches, with the President as the head of the executive branch, the Prime Minister the head of the legislative branch and the Chief ...
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# Zork ***Zork*** is a text adventure game first released in 1977 by developers Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling for the PDP-10 mainframe computer. The original developers and others, as the company Infocom, expanded and split the game into three titles`{{emdash}}`{=mediawiki}*Zork`{{spaces}}`...
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# Zork ## Gameplay thumb\|upright=0.85\|alt=Computer monitor with text on it\|*Zork* being played on a Kaypro CP/M computer *Zork* is a text-based adventure game wherein the player explores the ruins of the Great Underground Empire. The player types text commands for their character to traverse locations, solve puzz...
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# Zork ## Plot *Zork* does not follow a linear storyline. Most of the setting is established through the game\'s written descriptions of items and locations, as well as manuals in later game releases. Long before the time the game is set in, the Quendor empire, having conquered everywhere above ground, built a massiv...
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# Zork ## Development ### Inception Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling began developing *Zork* in May 1977. The four were members of the Dynamic Modelling Group, a computer science research division at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Laboratory for Computer Science`{{emdash}}`{...
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# Zork ## Development ### Creation The developers did not announce their game while it was in development, but a lack of security on the MIT systems meant that anyone who could access the PDP-10 computer over the ARPANET could see what programs were being run. As a result, a small community of people, many of whom ha...
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# Zork ## Development ### Infocom In 1979, Anderson, Blank, Lebling, and five other members of the Dynamic Modelling Group incorporated Infocom as a software company for members to join after leaving MIT. No specific projects were initially agreed upon and Infocom had no paid employees, but discussions were focused o...
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# Zork ## Reception ### Sales Following its 1980 release, *Zork`{{spaces}}`{=mediawiki}I* became a bestseller from 1982 through 1985, with 380,000 copies sold by 1986. In its first nine months Personal Software sold 7,500 copies for the TRS-80 and Apple`{{spaces}}`{=mediawiki}II.`{{refn|I.e., 1,500 copies of ''Zork{...
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# Zork ## Legacy thumb\|upright=0.85\|alt=Zork text on a screen with a museum placard below\|*Zork I* at the Computerspielemuseum Berlin *Zork* has been described as \"by far the most famous piece of \[interactive fiction\]\" and \"the father figure of the genre\". Game historian Matt Barton contended that \"to say ...
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# Zork ## Legacy ### Later games and media {#later_games_and_media} *Zork* was the centerpiece of Infocom\'s game catalog, and Infocom quickly followed it with several more text adventure games using variants of the *Zork* codebase and the Z-machine, each of which sold tens of thousands of copies. By 1984, three year...
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# Nissan Z-car The **Nissan Z-series** is a model series of sports cars manufactured by Nissan since 1969. The original Z was first sold on October of 1969 in Japan as the `{{nihongo|'''Nissan Fairlady Z'''|日産・フェアレディZ|Nissan Fearedi Zetto|lead=yes}}`{=mediawiki} at Nissan Exhibition dealerships that previously sold t...
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# Nissan Z-car ## History ### First generation: Nissan Fairlady Z and Datsun 240Z, 260Z, 280Z {#first_generation_nissan_fairlady_z_and_datsun_240z_260z_280z} : Sales of the Nissan Z-cars (internally also called S30 or Z29) started in October 1969 (for the 1970 model year), with separate versions for the Japanese ...
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# Nissan Z-car ## History ### Third generation: Nissan 300ZX (Z31, First model) {#third_generation_nissan_300zx_z31_first_model} : The Z-car was completely redesigned in 1984 and introduced Nissan\'s new series of 3.0-liter V6 engine, dubbed the VG series. The same engine was used in the electromotive (later to b...
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# Nissan Z-car ## History ### Fourth generation: Nissan 300ZX (Z32, Second model) {#fourth_generation_nissan_300zx_z32_second_model} : The only thing unchanged from the previous generation 300ZX is the 3.0-liter V6 engine, now with dual overhead camshafts (DOHC), variable valve timing (VVT) and producing a rated ...
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# Nissan Z-car ## History ### Nissan 240Z Concept (1999) {#nissan_240z_concept_1999} In the U.S., the Z-car went on hiatus from 1997 to 2002, as Nissan focused more on SUVs and was also in some financial trouble. To keep Z-car interest alive, Nissan launched a restoration program in 1998 for which they purchased orig...
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# Nissan Z-car ## History ### Seventh generation: Nissan Z (RZ34) {#seventh_generation_nissan_z_rz34} : The seventh-generation Nissan Z was first hinted at in 2018, when Alfonso Albaisa, senior vice president for global design at Nissan, confirmed to Australian automotive magazine *WhichCar* that a successor to t...
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# Nissan Z-car ## Engines The first two generations, S30 (240Z/260Z/280Z) and S130 (280ZX) of Z-car were powered by a straight-six engine, (part of the L-series of Nissan engines, which powered most of their vehicles until the early 1980s) with a displacement of 2.4  L in the first incarnation, and increasing to 2.6 ...
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# Nissan Z-car ## Racing The 280ZX proved successful in various classes of racing, particularly in the US. Significant results include: The first generation Zs (240Z/260Z/280Z) proved to be very successful in many forms of racing. The S30s won many SCCA/IMSA championships and even became quite successful in rally an...
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# Geography of Zambia **Zambia** is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa, to the east of Angola. It has a total area of 752,618 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Turkey), of which 9 220 km^2^ is water. ## Area and boundaries {#area_and_boundaries} Area: :\* Total: 752,618 km² :\*\**country rank i...
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# Geography of Zambia ## Extreme points {#extreme_points} This is a list of the extreme points of Zambia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location
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# Politics of Zambia The **politics of Zambia** takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president of Zambia is head of state, head of government and leader of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government, while legislative power is vested in ...
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# Politics of Zambia ## Political history {#political_history} The major figure in Zambian politics from 1964 to 1991 was Kenneth Kaunda, who led the fight for independence and successfully bridged the rivalries among the country\'s various regions and ethnic groups. Kaunda tried to base government on his philosophy ...
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# Politics of Zambia ## Political history {#political_history} ### 1991--2001: MMD and Frederick Chiluba {#mmd_and_frederick_chiluba} By the end of Chiluba\'s first term as president (1996), the MMD\'s commitment to political reform had faded in the face of re-election demands. A number of prominent supporters founde...
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