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6,050 | # List of equations in classical mechanics
## Classical mechanics {#classical_mechanics}
### Generalized mechanics {#generalized_mechanics}
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6,050 | # List of equations in classical mechanics
## Kinematics
In the following rotational definitions, the angle can be any angle about the specified axis of rotation. It is customary to use *θ*, but this does not have to be the polar angle used in polar coordinate systems. The unit axial vector
$\mathbf{\hat{n}} = \math... | 271 | List of equations in classical mechanics | 2 |
6,050 | # List of equations in classical mechanics
## Dynamics
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6,050 | # List of equations in classical mechanics
## General planar motion {#general_planar_motion}
The previous equations for planar motion can be used here: corollaries of momentum, angular momentum etc. can immediately follow by applying the above definitions. For any object moving in any path in a plane,
$\mathbf{r} = ... | 392 | List of equations in classical mechanics | 4 |
6,050 | # List of equations in classical mechanics
## Galilean frame transforms {#galilean_frame_transforms}
For classical (Galileo-Newtonian) mechanics, the transformation law from one inertial or accelerating (including rotation) frame (reference frame traveling at constant velocity - including zero) to another is the Gali... | 316 | List of equations in classical mechanics | 5 |
6,051 | # Cursus honorum
The `{{langnf|la|'''cursus honorum'''|course of honors|paren=left}}`{=mediawiki}, or more colloquially \'ladder of offices\'; `{{IPA|la|ˈkʊrsʊs hɔˈnoːrũː|lang}}`{=mediawiki}) was the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire. It wa... | 408 | Cursus honorum | 0 |
6,051 | # Cursus honorum
## Aedile
At 36 years of age, a promagistrate could stand for election to one of the aediles (pronounced `{{IPAc-en|ˈ|iː|d|aɪ|l}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|EE|dyle}}`{=mediawiki}, from *aedes*, \"temple edifice\") positions. Of these aediles, two were plebeian and two were patrician, with the patrician... | 354 | Cursus honorum | 1 |
6,051 | # Cursus honorum
## Praetor
After serving either as quaestor or as aedile, a man of 39 years could run for praetor. During the reign of Augustus this requirement was lowered to 30, at the request of Gaius Maecenas. The number of praetors elected varied through history, generally increasing with time. During the repub... | 272 | Cursus honorum | 2 |
6,051 | # Cursus honorum
## Consul
The office of consul was the most prestigious of all of the offices on the *cursus honorum*, and represented the summit of a successful career. The minimum age was 42. Years were identified by the names of the two consuls elected for a particular year; for instance, *M. Messalla et M. Pison... | 649 | Cursus honorum | 3 |
6,051 | # Cursus honorum
## Tribune of the Plebs {#tribune_of_the_plebs}
The office of Tribune of the Plebs was an important step in the political career of plebeians. Patricians could not hold the office. They were not an official step in the *cursus honorum*. The Tribune was an office first created to protect the right of ... | 270 | Cursus honorum | 4 |
6,051 | # Cursus honorum
## *Princeps senatus* {#princeps_senatus}
Another office not officially a step in the *cursus honorum* was the *princeps senatus*, an extremely prestigious office for a patrician. The *princeps senatus* served as the leader of the Senate and was chosen to serve a five-year term by each pair of Censor... | 599 | Cursus honorum | 5 |
6,062 | # Craps
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6,062 | # Craps
## Bank craps {#bank_craps}
Bank craps or casino craps is played by one or more players betting against the casino rather than each other. Both the players and the dealers stand around a large rectangular craps table. Sitting is discouraged by most casinos unless a player has medical reasons for requiring a s... | 933 | Craps | 1 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Bank craps {#bank_craps}
### Rules of play {#rules_of_play}
Each casino may set which bets are offered and different payouts for them, though a core set of bets and payouts is typical. Players take turns rolling two dice and whoever is throwing the dice is called the \"shooter\". Players can bet on the var... | 756 | Craps | 2 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Bank craps {#bank_craps}
### Rules of play {#rules_of_play}
#### Basic wagering rules {#basic_wagering_rules}
Any player can make a bet on Pass or Don\'t Pass as long as a point has not been established, or Come or Don\'t Come as long as a point is established. All other bets, including an increase in odds... | 622 | Craps | 3 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Bank craps {#bank_craps}
### Rolling
The dealers will insist that the shooter roll with one hand and that the dice bounce off the far wall surrounding the table. These requirements are meant to keep the game fair (preventing switching the dice or making a \"controlled shot\"). If a die leaves the table, th... | 1,353 | Craps | 4 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Bet odds and summary {#bet_odds_and_summary}
: Note: Individual casinos may pay some of these bets at different payout ratios than those listed below. Some bets are listed more than once below -- the most common payout in North American casinos is listed first, followed by other known variants.
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6,062 | # Craps
## Bet odds and summary {#bet_odds_and_summary}
The probability of dice combinations determine the odds of the payout. There are a total of 36 (6 × 6) possible combinations when rolling two dice. The following chart shows the dice combinations needed to roll each number. The two and twelve are the hardest to ... | 652 | Craps | 6 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Types of wagers {#types_of_wagers}
### Line bets {#line_bets}
The shooter is required to make either a Pass line bet or a Don\'t Pass bet if he wants to shoot. On the come out roll each player may only make one bet on the Pass or Don\'t Pass, but may bet both if desired. The Pass Line and Don\'t Pass bet ... | 1,378 | Craps | 7 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Types of wagers {#types_of_wagers}
### Line bets {#line_bets}
#### Don\'t Pass odds {#dont_pass_odds}
If a player is playing Don\'t Pass instead of pass, they also may lay odds by placing chips behind the Don\'t Pass line. If a 7 comes before the point is rolled, the Don\'t Pass odds pay at true odds:
- ... | 1,164 | Craps | 8 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Types of wagers {#types_of_wagers}
### Line bets {#line_bets}
#### Don\'t Come bet {#dont_come_bet}
In the same way that a Come bet is similar to a Pass line bet, a Don\'t Come bet is similar to a Don\'t Pass bet. Like the Come, the Don\'t Come can only be bet after a point has already been established as ... | 707 | Craps | 9 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Types of wagers {#types_of_wagers}
### Multi-roll bets {#multi_roll_bets}
These are bets that may not be settled on the first roll and may need one or more subsequent rolls before an outcome is determined.
Most multi-roll bets may fall into the situation where a point is made by the shooter before the out... | 1,485 | Craps | 10 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Types of wagers {#types_of_wagers}
### Multi-roll bets {#multi_roll_bets}
#### Hard way {#hard_way}
\[\[<File:Craps> table diagram C.svg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.8\|Center section of craps table, with typical service bets, which in this generic diagram include, from top to bottom and left to right:
- An... | 595 | Craps | 11 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Types of wagers {#types_of_wagers}
### Single-roll bets {#single_roll_bets}
Single-roll (proposition) bets are resolved in one dice roll by the shooter. Most of these are called \"service bets\", and they are located at the center of most craps tables. Only the stickman or a dealer can place a service bet.... | 1,363 | Craps | 12 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Types of wagers {#types_of_wagers}
### Player bets {#player_bets}
Fire Bet: Before the shooter begins, some casinos will allow a bet known as a fire bet to be placed. A fire bet is a bet of as little as \$1 and generally up to a maximum of \$5 to \$10 sometimes higher, depending on casino, made in the hope... | 387 | Craps | 13 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Types of wagers {#types_of_wagers}
### Multiple different bets {#multiple_different_bets}
A player may wish to make multiple different bets. For example, a player may be wish to bet \$1 on all hard ways and the horn. If one of the bets win the dealer may automatically replenish the losing bet with profits ... | 647 | Craps | 14 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Optimal betting {#optimal_betting}
When craps is played in a casino, all bets have a house advantage. That is, it can be shown mathematically that a player will (with 100% probability) lose all his or her money to the casino in the long run, while in the short run the player is more likely to lose money th... | 776 | Craps | 15 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Table rules {#table_rules}
Besides the rules of the game itself, a number of formal and informal rules are commonly applied in the table form of Craps, especially when played in a casino.
To reduce the potential opportunity for switching dice by sleight-of-hand, players are not supposed to handle the dice... | 694 | Craps | 16 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Etiquette
Craps is among the most social and most superstitious of all gambling games, which leads to an enormous variety of informal rules of etiquette that players may be expected to follow. An exhaustive list of these is beyond the scope of this article, but the guidelines below are most commonly given.... | 456 | Craps | 17 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Variants
Bank craps is a variation of the original craps game and is sometimes known as Las Vegas Craps. This variant is quite popular in Nevada gambling houses, and its availability online has now made it a globally played game. Bank craps uses a special table layout and all bets must be made against the ... | 366 | Craps | 18 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Card-based variations {#card_based_variations}
In order to get around Californian laws barring the payout of a game being directly related to the roll of dice, Indian reservations have adapted the game to substitute cards for dice.
### Cards replacing dice {#cards_replacing_dice}
To replicate the origina... | 687 | Craps | 19 |
6,062 | # Craps
## Rules of play against other players (\"Street Craps\") {#rules_of_play_against_other_players_street_craps}
Recreational or informal playing of craps outside of a casino is referred to as street craps or private craps. The most notable difference between playing street craps and bank craps is that there is ... | 272 | Craps | 20 |
6,062 | # Craps
## In popular culture {#in_popular_culture}
Due to the random nature of the game, in popular culture a **\"crapshoot\"** is often used to describe an action with an unpredictable outcome.
The prayer or invocation \"Baby needs a new pair of shoes!\" is associated with shooting craps.
### Floating craps {#flo... | 295 | Craps | 21 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
**Common Lisp** (**CL**) is a dialect of the Lisp programming language, published in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard document *ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (S2018)* (formerly *X3.226-1994 (R1999)*). The Common Lisp HyperSpec, a hyperlinked HTML version, has been derived from the ANSI Common... | 767 | Common Lisp | 0 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Data types {#data_types}
Common Lisp has many data types.
### Scalar types {#scalar_types}
*Number* types include integers, ratios, floating-point numbers, and complex numbers. Common Lisp uses bignums to represent numerical values of arbitrary size and precision. The ratio type represents fraction... | 653 | Common Lisp | 1 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Data types {#data_types}
### Functions
Common Lisp supports first-class functions. For instance, it is possible to write functions that take other functions as arguments or return functions as well. This makes it possible to describe very general operations.
The Common Lisp library relies heavily on... | 926 | Common Lisp | 2 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Data types {#data_types}
### Functions
#### Multiple return values {#multiple_return_values}
Common Lisp supports the concept of *multiple values*, where any expression always has a single *primary value*, but it might also have any number of *secondary values*, which might be received and inspected ... | 616 | Common Lisp | 3 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Scope
Like programs in many other programming languages, Common Lisp programs make use of names to refer to variables, functions, and many other kinds of entities. Named references are subject to scope.
The association between a name and the entity which the name refers to is called a binding.
Scop... | 510 | Common Lisp | 4 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Scope
### Kinds of environment {#kinds_of_environment}
#### Global
Some environments in Lisp are globally pervasive. For instance, if a new type is defined, it is known everywhere thereafter. References to that type look it up in this global environment.
#### Dynamic
One type of environment in Com... | 773 | Common Lisp | 5 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Scope
### Kinds of environment {#kinds_of_environment}
#### Lexical
Common Lisp supports lexical environments. Formally, the bindings in a lexical environment have lexical scope and may have either an indefinite extent or dynamic extent, depending on the type of namespace. Lexical scope means that vi... | 758 | Common Lisp | 6 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Macros
A *macro* in Lisp superficially resembles a function in usage. However, rather than representing an expression which is evaluated, it represents a transformation of the program source code. The macro gets the source it surrounds as arguments, binds them to its parameters and computes a new sou... | 732 | Common Lisp | 7 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Macros
### Variable capture and shadowing {#variable_capture_and_shadowing}
Common Lisp macros are capable of what is commonly called *variable capture*, where symbols in the macro-expansion body coincide with those in the calling context, allowing the programmer to create macros wherein various symb... | 647 | Common Lisp | 8 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Condition system {#condition_system}
The *condition system* is responsible for exception handling in Common Lisp. It provides *conditions*, *handler*s and *restart*s. *Condition*s are objects describing an exceptional situation (for example an error). If a *condition* is signaled, the Common Lisp sys... | 613 | Common Lisp | 9 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Compiler and interpreter {#compiler_and_interpreter}
A Lisp interpreter directly executes Lisp source code provided as Lisp objects (lists, symbols, numbers, \...) read from s-expressions. A Lisp compiler generates bytecode or machine code from Lisp source code. Common Lisp allows both individual Lis... | 516 | Common Lisp | 10 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Code examples {#code_examples}
### Birthday paradox {#birthday_paradox}
The following program calculates the smallest number of people in a room for whom the probability of unique birthdays is less than 50% (the birthday paradox, where for 1 person the probability is obviously 100%, for 2 it is 364/... | 513 | Common Lisp | 11 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Comparison with other Lisps {#comparison_with_other_lisps}
Common Lisp is most frequently compared with, and contrasted to, Scheme---if only because they are the two most popular Lisp dialects. Scheme predates CL, and comes not only from the same Lisp tradition but from some of the same engineers---G... | 502 | Common Lisp | 12 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Implementations
See the Category Common Lisp implementations.
Common Lisp is defined by a specification (like Ada and C) rather than by one implementation (like Perl). There are many implementations, and the standard details areas in which they may validly differ.
In addition, implementations tend ... | 1,289 | Common Lisp | 13 |
6,068 | # Common Lisp
## Applications
Common Lisp is used to develop research applications (often in Artificial Intelligence), for rapid development of prototypes or for deployed applications.
Common Lisp is used in many commercial applications, including the Yahoo! Store web-commerce site, which originally involved Paul Gr... | 502 | Common Lisp | 14 |
6,069 | # Color code
A **color code** is a system for encoding and representing non-color information with colors to facilitate communication. This information tends to be categorical (representing unordered/qualitative categories) though may also be sequential (representing an ordered/quantitative variable).
## History
The... | 796 | Color code | 0 |
6,069 | # Color code
## Examples
Systems incorporating color-coding include:
- In electricity:
- 25-pair color code -- telecommunications wiring
- ANSI Z535 | 22 | Color code | 1 |
6,091 | # Charles Robert Malden
**Charles Robert Malden** (9 August 1797 -- 23 May 1855) was a nineteenth-century British naval officer, surveyor and educator. He is the discoverer of Malden Island in the central Pacific, which is named in his honour. He also founded Windlesham House School at Brighton, England.
## Biography... | 440 | Charles Robert Malden | 0 |
6,097 | # Canonization
`{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Use American English|date=February 2016}}`{=mediawiki}
**Canonization** is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration ... | 832 | Canonization | 0 |
6,097 | # Canonization
## Catholic Church {#catholic_church}
### Procedure prior to reservation to the Apostolic See {#procedure_prior_to_reservation_to_the_apostolic_see}
For several centuries the bishops, or in some places only the primates and patriarchs, could grant martyrs and confessors public ecclesiastical honor; suc... | 758 | Canonization | 1 |
6,097 | # Canonization
## Catholic Church {#catholic_church}
### Since 1983 {#since_1983}
The Apostolic constitution *Divinus Perfectionis Magister* of Pope John Paul II of 25 January 1983 and the norms issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 7 February 1983 to implement the constitution in dioceses, continued... | 1,242 | Canonization | 2 |
6,097 | # Canonization
## Catholic Church {#catholic_church}
### Equipollent canonization {#equipollent_canonization}
Popes have several times permitted to the universal Church, without executing the ordinary judicial process of canonization described above, the veneration as a saint, the \"*cultus*\" of one long venerated a... | 235 | Canonization | 3 |
6,097 | # Canonization
## Eastern Orthodox Church {#eastern_orthodox_church}
Various terms are used for canonization by the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches: канонизация (\"canonization\") or прославление (\"glorification\", in the Russian Orthodox Church), კანონიზაცია (*kanonizats'ia*, Georgian Orthodox Church), кано... | 160 | Canonization | 4 |
6,099 | # Carboxylic acid
In organic chemistry, a **carboxylic acid** is an organic acid that contains a **carboxyl group** (`{{chem2|\sC(\dO)\sOH}}`{=mediawiki}) attached to an R-group. The general formula of a carboxylic acid is often written as **`{{chem2|R\sCOOH}}`{=mediawiki}** or **`{{chem2|R\sCO2H}}`{=mediawiki}**, som... | 822 | Carboxylic acid | 0 |
6,099 | # Carboxylic acid
## Physical properties {#physical_properties}
### Solubility
Carboxylic acids are polar. Because they are both hydrogen-bond acceptors (the carbonyl `{{chem2|\sC(\dO)\s}}`{=mediawiki}) and hydrogen-bond donors (the hydroxyl `{{chem2|\sOH}}`{=mediawiki}), they also participate in hydrogen bonding. T... | 549 | Carboxylic acid | 1 |
6,099 | # Carboxylic acid
## Occurrence and applications {#occurrence_and_applications}
Many carboxylic acids are produced industrially on a large scale. They are also frequently found in nature. Esters of fatty acids are the main components of lipids and polyamides of aminocarboxylic acids are the main components of protein... | 579 | Carboxylic acid | 2 |
6,099 | # Carboxylic acid
## Reactions
### Acid-base reactions {#acid_base_reactions}
Carboxylic acids react with bases to form carboxylate salts, in which the hydrogen of the hydroxyl (--OH) group is replaced with a metal cation. For example, acetic acid found in vinegar reacts with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) to form... | 965 | Carboxylic acid | 3 |
6,099 | # Carboxylic acid
## Carboxyl radical {#carboxyl_radical}
The carboxyl radical, •COOH, only exists briefly. The acid dissociation constant of •COOH has been measured using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. The carboxyl group tends to dimerise to form oxalic acid | 38 | Carboxylic acid | 4 |
6,100 | # Chernobyl
**Chernobyl**, officially called **Chornobyl**, is a partially abandoned city in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 90 km to the north of Kyiv and 160 km to the southwest of Gomel in neighbouring Belarus. Prior to being evacuated in the aftermath of th... | 553 | Chernobyl | 0 |
6,100 | # Chernobyl
## History
The Polish Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland of 1880--1902 states that the time the city was founded is not known.
### Identity of Ptolemy\'s \"Azagarium\" {#identity_of_ptolemys_azagarium}
Some older geographical dictionaries and descriptions of modern Eastern Europe mention \... | 935 | Chernobyl | 1 |
6,100 | # Chernobyl
## History
### Soviet era (1920--1991) {#soviet_era_19201991}
Ukrainians and Bolsheviks fought over the city in the ensuing Civil War. In the Polish--Soviet War of 1919--20, Chernobyl was taken first by the Polish Army and then by the cavalry of the Red Army. From 1921 onwards, it was officially incorpora... | 512 | Chernobyl | 2 |
6,100 | # Chernobyl
## Geography
Chernobyl is located about 90 km north of Kyiv, and 160 km southwest of the Belarusian city of Gomel.
### Climate
Chernobyl has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with very warm, wet summers with cool nights and long, cold, and snowy winters.`{{Weather box
|location = Chernobyl, 127 m asl (1... | 674 | Chernobyl | 3 |
6,100 | # Chernobyl
## Aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster and evacuation {#aftermath_of_the_chernobyl_disaster_and_evacuation}
*Main article: Chernobyl disaster, Effects of the Chernobyl disaster*
On 26 April 1986, one of the reactors at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded after a scheduled test on the reactor was c... | 476 | Chernobyl | 4 |
6,139 | # Christoph Ludwig Agricola
**Christoph Ludwig Agricola** (5 November 1665 -- 8 August 1724) was a German landscape painter and etcher. He was born and died in Regensburg (Ratisbon).
## Life and career {#life_and_career}
Christoph Ludwig Agricola was born on 5 November 1665 in Regensburg in Germany. He trained, as m... | 385 | Christoph Ludwig Agricola | 0 |
6,173 | # Cardinal number
In mathematics, a **cardinal number**, or **cardinal** for short, is what is commonly called the number of elements of a set. In the case of a finite set, its cardinal number, or cardinality is therefore a natural number. For dealing with the case of infinite sets, the infinite cardinal numbers have ... | 334 | Cardinal number | 0 |
6,173 | # Cardinal number
## History
The notion of cardinality, as now understood, was formulated by Georg Cantor, the originator of set theory, in 1874--1884. Cardinality can be used to compare an aspect of finite sets. For example, the sets {1,2,3} and {4,5,6} are not *equal*, but have the *same cardinality*, namely three.... | 473 | Cardinal number | 1 |
6,173 | # Cardinal number
## Motivation
In informal use, a cardinal number is what is normally referred to as a *counting number*, provided that 0 is included: 0, 1, 2, \.... They may be identified with the natural numbers beginning with 0. The counting numbers are exactly what can be defined formally as the finite cardinal ... | 947 | Cardinal number | 2 |
6,173 | # Cardinal number
## Formal definition {#formal_definition}
Formally, assuming the axiom of choice, the cardinality of a set *X* is the least ordinal number α such that there is a bijection between *X* and α. This definition is known as the von Neumann cardinal assignment. If the axiom of choice is not assumed, then ... | 593 | Cardinal number | 3 |
6,173 | # Cardinal number
## Cardinal arithmetic {#cardinal_arithmetic}
We can define arithmetic operations on cardinal numbers that generalize the ordinary operations for natural numbers. It can be shown that for finite cardinals, these operations coincide with the usual operations for natural numbers. Furthermore, these op... | 528 | Cardinal number | 4 |
6,173 | # Cardinal number
## Cardinal arithmetic {#cardinal_arithmetic}
### Cardinal exponentiation {#cardinal_exponentiation}
Exponentiation is given by
$$|X|^{|Y|} = \left|X^Y\right|,$$ where *X^Y^* is the set of all functions from *Y* to *X*. It is easy to check that the right-hand side depends only on ${|X|}$ and ${|Y|}... | 563 | Cardinal number | 5 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
**Cecil Blount DeMille** (`{{IPAc-en|'|s|ɛ|s|əl|_|d|ə|ˈ|m|ɪ|l}}`{=mediawiki}; August 12, 1881`{{spnd}}`{=mediawiki}January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of American cinem... | 526 | Cecil B. DeMille | 0 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Biography
### 1881--1899: early years {#early_years}
Cecil Blount DeMille was of paternal Dutch ancestry. His surname was spelled de Mil`{{refn|group=note|There are several variants of DeMille's surname. His family's [[Dutch people|Dutch]] surname, originally spelled '' de Mil''.}}`{=mediawiki}... | 810 | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Biography
### 1900--1912: theater
#### Charles Frohman, Constance Adams, and David Belasco {#charles_frohman_constance_adams_and_david_belasco}
Cecil B. DeMille began his career as an actor on stage in 1900 in the theatrical company of Charles Frohman. He debuted on February 21, 1900, in the pl... | 982 | Cecil B. DeMille | 2 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Biography
### 1913--1914: entering films {#entering_films}
Desiring a change of scene, DeMille, Lasky, Sam Goldfish (later Samuel Goldwyn), and a group of East Coast businessmen created the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company in 1913, of which DeMille became director-general. Lasky and DeMille w... | 675 | Cecil B. DeMille | 3 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Biography
### 1915--1928: silent era {#silent_era}
#### Westerns, Paradise, and World War I {#westerns_paradise_and_world_war_i}
Cecil B. DeMille\'s second film, credited exclusively to him, was *The Virginian*. It is the earliest of DeMille\'s films available in a quality, color-tinted video f... | 1,279 | Cecil B. DeMille | 4 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Biography
### 1929--1956: sound era {#sound_era}
#### MGM and return to Paramount {#mgm_and_return_to_paramount}
When \"talking pictures\" were invented in 1928, DeMille made a successful transition, offering his own innovations to the painful process; he devised a microphone boom and a soundpr... | 749 | Cecil B. DeMille | 5 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Biography
### 1929--1956: sound era {#sound_era}
#### Adventure films and dramatic spectacles {#adventure_films_and_dramatic_spectacles}
In 1939, DeMille\'s *Union Pacific* was successful through DeMille\'s collaboration with the Union Pacific Railroad. The Union Pacific gave DeMille access to h... | 856 | Cecil B. DeMille | 6 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Biography
### 1929--1956: sound era {#sound_era}
#### Final works and unrealized projects {#final_works_and_unrealized_projects}
In 1952, DeMille sought approval for a lavish remake of his 1923 silent film *The Ten Commandments*. He went before the Paramount board of directors, which was mostly ... | 727 | Cecil B. DeMille | 7 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Filmmaking
### Influences
DeMille believed his first influences to be his parents, Henry and Beatrice DeMille. His playwright father introduced him to the theater at a young age. Henry was heavily influenced by the work of Charles Kingsley, whose ideas trickled down to DeMille. DeMille noted th... | 1,215 | Cecil B. DeMille | 8 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Filmmaking
### Style and themes {#style_and_themes}
Cecil B. DeMille\'s film production career evolved from critically significant silent films to financially significant sound films. He began his career with reserved yet brilliant melodramas; from there, his style developed into marital comedie... | 1,041 | Cecil B. DeMille | 9 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Legacy
Known as the father of the Hollywood motion picture industry, Cecil B. DeMille made 70 films including several box-office hits. DeMille is one of the more commercially successful film directors in history, with his films before the release of *The Ten Commandments* estimated to have gross... | 1,263 | Cecil B. DeMille | 10 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Legacy
### Commemoration and tributes {#commemoration_and_tributes}
The original Lasky-DeMille Barn in which *The Squaw Man* was filmed was converted into a museum named the \"Hollywood Heritage Museum\". It opened on December 13, 1985, and features some of DeMille\'s personal artifacts. The Las... | 441 | Cecil B. DeMille | 11 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Awards and recognition {#awards_and_recognition}
Cecil B. DeMille received many awards and honors, especially later in his career.
In August 1941, DeMille was honored with a block in the forecourt of Grauman\'s Chinese Theatre.
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts honored DeMille with an Alum... | 412 | Cecil B. DeMille | 12 |
6,176 | # Cecil B. DeMille
## Filmography
DeMille made 70 features, 52 of which are silent. The first 24 of his silents were produced during the first three years of his career (1913--1916). Eight of his films were \"epics\" with five classified as \"Biblical\". Six of DeMille\'s films --- *The Arab*, *The Wild Goose Chase*,... | 368 | Cecil B. DeMille | 13 |
6,181 | # Chinese Islamic cuisine
**Chinese Islamic cuisine** consists of variations of regionally popular foods that are typical of Han Chinese cuisine, in particular to make them halal. Dishes borrow ingredients from Middle Eastern, Turkic, Iranian and South Asian cuisines, notably mutton and spices. Much like other norther... | 977 | Chinese Islamic cuisine | 0 |
6,181 | # Chinese Islamic cuisine
## Famous dishes {#famous_dishes}
### Lamian
**Lamian** (`{{zh|s=拉面|t=拉麪|p=lāmiàn}}`{=mediawiki}, Dungan: Ламян) is a Chinese dish of hand-made noodles, usually served in a beef or mutton-flavored soup (湯麪, даңмян, tāngmiàn), but sometimes stir-fried (炒麪, Чаомян, chǎomiàn) and served with a... | 374 | Chinese Islamic cuisine | 1 |
6,181 | # Chinese Islamic cuisine
## Image gallery {#image_gallery}
<File:Beef> noodle.JPG\|Beef noodle served <File:Peking> Duck.jpg\|Peking duck served at a halal restaurant in Beijing <File:5658-Linxia-City-niang-pi | 23 | Chinese Islamic cuisine | 2 |
6,183 | # Teochew cuisine
**Teochew cuisine**, also known as **Chiuchow cuisine**, **Chaozhou cuisine** or **Teo-swa cuisine**, originated from the Chaoshan region in the eastern part of China\'s Guangdong Province, which includes the cities of Chaozhou, Shantou and Jieyang. Teochew cuisine bears more similarities to that of ... | 653 | Teochew cuisine | 0 |
6,183 | # Teochew cuisine
## Notable dishes {#notable_dishes}
English Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Peng\'im Description
------------------------------------------------- ---... | 1,996 | Teochew cuisine | 1 |
6,183 | # Teochew cuisine
## Gallery
<File:HK> Wan Chai 春園街 Spring Garden Lane night Chiu Chow food shop window.jpg\|\"Flavor potted\" goose (*滷水鵝*) <File:Teochew> Sweet Yam Paste - After Stirring.jpg\|Taro paste (*芋泥*) <File:Shui> jing bao zz.JPG\|Crystal balls (*水晶包*) <File:Teochew> pomfret.jpg\|Steamed fish (*炊魚*) <File:O... | 127 | Teochew cuisine | 2 |
6,184 | # Co-NP
In computational complexity theory, **co-NP** is a complexity class. A decision problem X is a member of co-NP if and only if its complement `{{overline|X}}`{=mediawiki} is in the complexity class NP. The class can be defined as follows: a decision problem is in co-NP if and only if for every *no*-instance we ... | 360 | Co-NP | 0 |
6,184 | # Co-NP
## Relationship to other classes {#relationship_to_other_classes}
P, the class of polynomial time solvable problems, is a subset of both NP and co-NP. P is thought to be a strict subset in both cases. Because P is closed under complementation, and NP and co-NP are complementary, it cannot be strict in one cas... | 391 | Co-NP | 1 |
6,199 | # Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas
The **Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas** is an agreement that was designed to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high se... | 179 | Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas | 0 |
6,200 | # Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
`{{Pollution sidebar}}`{=mediawiki}
The **Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution**, often abbreviated as **Air Convention** or **CLRTAP**, is intended to protect the human environment against air pollution and to gradually reduce and prevent air pol... | 355 | Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution | 0 |
6,203 | # Environmental Modification Convention
The **Environmental Modification Convention** (**ENMOD**), formally the **Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques**, is an international treaty prohibiting the military or other hostile use of environmental modi... | 642 | Environmental Modification Convention | 0 |
6,208 | # Charles Ancillon
**Charles Ancillon** (28 July 1659`{{snd}}`{=mediawiki}5 July 1715) was a French jurist and diplomat.
## Life
Ancillon was born in Metz into a distinguished family of Huguenots. His father, David Ancillon (1617--1692), was obliged to leave France on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and becam... | 325 | Charles Ancillon | 0 |
6,211 | # Context-sensitive grammar
A **context-sensitive grammar** (**CSG**) is a formal grammar in which the left-hand sides and right-hand sides of any production rules may be surrounded by a context of terminal and nonterminal symbols. Context-sensitive grammars are more general than context-free grammars, in the sense th... | 304 | Context-sensitive grammar | 0 |
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