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odiac"
- 4. "Oven"
- 5. "If I Had An Exorcism"
- 6. "Boris"
- 7. "Kool Legged"
- 8. "Wispy"
- 9. "It's Shoved"
- 10. "Anaconda"
- 11. "We Reach"
- 12. "Hog Leg"
# Personnel.
- Buzz Osborne - guitar, vocals
- Dale Crover - drums, vocals
- Joe Preston - bass, vocals
## Additiona... | 17,200 |
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Teasmade
A teasmade is a machine for making tea automatically. It was once common in the United Kingdom and some British Commonwealth countries. Teasmades generally include an analogue alarm clock and are designed to be used at the bedside, to ensure tea is ready first thing in the morning. Although crude ver... | 17,201 |
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to Groupe SEB, but now commonly used to refer to any automatic tea-making appliance.
# History.
On 17 December 1891, Samuel Rowbottom, of 82 Abbey Road, Derby, applied for a patent for his Automatic Tea Making Apparatus, the patent being granted in 1892. It used a clockwork alarm clock, a gas ring and pilot ... | 17,202 |
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Frank Clarke of Birmingham, England. He called it "An Apparatus Whereby a Cup of Tea or Coffee is Automatically Made" and it was later marketed as "A Clock That Makes Tea!". However, his original machine and all rights to it were purchased from Albert E Richardson, a clockmaker from Ashton-under-Lyne.
On May ... | 17,203 |
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for a Registered Design using the name Teesmade, but this was not accepted by the Patent Office on the grounds that the unit was not made on the River Tees and that this might confuse the public. After he became ill and confined to his home in Chichester, his wife Blanche-Clementine Absolom took up a lengthy l... | 17,204 |
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the Patent Office passed legislation to forbid them in 1938. This legislation has since been relaxed. Although the name could not be formally protected, from 1932 onwards George Absolom Sr.’S son, George Edward Absolom continued to trade as Teesmade Co. Goblin were in no position to object, as the name had the... | 17,205 |
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shows the essential features. A kettle with a tube leading into a teapot was heated by an electric element switched by an alarm clock. The kettle sat upon a spring-loaded pad with a switch, so that when steam pressure pushed the boiling water into the pot, the pad was allowed to rise and cut the power to the e... | 17,206 |
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has been manufactured by Breville UK since 2012.
Sales of the Micromark Tea Express ceased in the UK when the parent company of Micromark, BDC, went into administration in November 2008.
# Collections.
A selection of examples of teasmades are on display at the Science Museum in London in The Secret Life of ... | 17,207 |
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s of the Micromark Tea Express ceased in the UK when the parent company of Micromark, BDC, went into administration in November 2008.
# Collections.
A selection of examples of teasmades are on display at the Science Museum in London in The Secret Life of the Home exhibition area.
The largest-known collectio... | 17,208 |
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Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs
Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs were an Australian pop and rock group dating from the mid-1960s. The group enjoyed success in the mid-1960s, but split in 1967. They re-emerged in the early 1970s to become one of the most popular Australian hard-rock bands of the peri... | 17,209 |
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in Australian music), completed the original line-up, which consisted of drummer Col Baigent, bassist John "Bluey" Watson and guitarists Valentine Jones and Vince Maloney (who later played with The Bee Gees). Valentine Jones left the band shortly after Billy Thorpe had joined and was later r... | 17,210 |
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Over the next twelve months the band reigned supreme as the most popular 'beat' group in Australia, scoring further hits with the songs "Mashed Potato", "Sick And Tired" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", until they were eclipsed by the emergence of The Easybeats in 1965. The band's recording... | 17,211 |
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and NZ-born bassist Teddy Toi. This group performed until 1966, scoring further hits with "Twilight Time", "Hallelujah I Love Her So", "Baby, Hold Me Close", "Love Letters" and "Word For Today".
Thorpe went solo in 1967 and for a brief time hosted his own TV show, "It's All Happening", but ... | 17,212 |
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a new Aztecs, the guitarist unexpectedly dropped out, leaving Thorpe to assume lead guitar role at short notice. It marked another turning point in his career and from this point on Thorpe played lead guitar in The Aztecs as well as continuing as lead vocalist. His planned six-week stay in M... | 17,213 |
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new Aztecs was short (from December 1968 to January 1971), his musical influence proved crucial in steering Thorpe in a completely new direction, and he strongly encouraged Thorpe to keep playing guitar.
The new Aztecs' blues-based heavy-rock repertoire was dramatically different in style f... | 17,214 |
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'old' Billy Thorpe of the "Poison Ivy" era, and this led to sometimes violent confrontations with disgruntled fans and promoters.
Their breakthrough recording was an ambitious album, "The Hoax Is Over", recorded in September 1970 with new drummer Kevin Murphy. The album was an unequivocal s... | 17,215 |
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time comprising himself, Murphy, pianist Warren Morgan, guitar legend Lobby Loyde and bassist Paul Wheeler), were all high on LSD and jammed continuously while engineer Ernie Rose just let the tapes roll. The result heralded the fully-fledged arrival of the new Aztecs and live shows at Melbo... | 17,216 |
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headlined a major concert at the Melbourne Town Hall before a capacity crowd of 5000. The evening's performance, including Morgan's commandeering of the town hall organ, was captured on the album "Live at Melbourne Town Hall", and which has since become known for the group's deafening perfor... | 17,217 |
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as one of the classics of Australian rock. It was a huge hit for the new Aztecs, peaking in the Go-Set National Top 40 Singles Chart at number 3 in May 1972; propelled to the top of charts by the band's triumphant appearance at the 1972 Sunbury Music Festival. Thorpe himself claimed this as ... | 17,218 |
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mantle of "Australia's Woodstock". It was held at the end of January 1972, over the Australia Day long weekend. The venue was a natural amphitheatre site on farmland near Sunbury, a rural town north of Melbourne, Victoria. The Aztecs shared billing with such other prominent acts as Spectrum/... | 17,219 |
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been reissued on CD. In mint condition, the original LP release, with pop-up inserts, is much sought after by collectors today.
After the release of "Most People I Know" they released a follow-up single, "Believe It Just Like Me", which attacked local radio's preference for overseas materia... | 17,220 |
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that a major reason that their Marquee Club gigs in London failed was that British audiences could not tolerate the group's punishing volume.
During 1973 Thorpe collaborated on a duo album with his long-time friend and colleague Warren "Pig" Morgan, the LP "Thumpin' Pig and Puffin' Billy". ... | 17,221 |
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Aztecs line-up.
Late in 1973 the group mounted a band's farewell concert at the newly opened Sydney Opera House, becoming the first rock band to perform there. The concert was recorded and released as a double album, "Steaming at the Opera House". The show consisted of three one-hour sets, ... | 17,222 |
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albums in Australia before re-locating to the United States, where he embarked on a series of business ventures, including a successful toy company with his old bandmate Tony Barber.
## After The Aztecs.
In the late 1990s Billy Thorpe returned to Australia, where he was recognised as one o... | 17,223 |
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like, and it has an Australian accent." A "Most People I Know" stamp was one of those in the set.
In 2002 he was one of the driving forces behind the hugely successful TV and live concert series, "It's A Long Way to the Top", a celebration of 40 years of Australian rock music. This was an o... | 17,224 |
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death. He was recording in Marrakech at Marrakech Prod Recording Studio.
Billy Thorpe played his last gig at Westernport Hotel in San Remo, Victoria, on Sunday 25 February 2007. He died of a massive heart attack at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, in the early hours of Wednesday, 28 February ... | 17,225 |
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"Australian Encyclopedia of Rock & Pop" – Noel McGrath – 1978
- "An Australian Rock Discography" – Chris Spencer −1990 – Moonlight Publishing
- "The Who's Who of Australian Rock" – Chris Spencer – Moonlight Publishing
- "The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop" – Ian McFarlane – Allen... | 17,226 |
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The Games (British TV series)
The Games is a British reality sports game show that ran on Channel 4 for four series, in which 10 celebrities competed against each other, by doing Olympic-style events, such as weight lifting, gymnastics and diving. At the end of the series, the contestants... | 17,227 |
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entirety of its run, with track-side reports from Jayne Middlemiss in series 1–3 and Kirsty Gallacher in series 4.
"The Games" also had an after-show called "The Games: Live at Trackside", aired on Channel 4's sister channel E4. The first series was presented by Dougie Anderson, whilst th... | 17,228 |
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and the celebrities that took part were:
- Azra Akın (former Miss World) - gold medalist (jointly with Terri Dwyer)
- Melanie Chisholm (singer, former member of the Spice Girls - "Sporty Spice")
- Josie D'Arby (presenter and actress) - bronze medalist
- Bobby Davro (comedian)
- Terri ... | 17,229 |
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against Akın also forced Chisholm to withdraw.
# Series 2 (2004).
The second series aired in 2004 and the celebrities that took part were:
- Jarrod Batchelor (former Mr Gay UK) - joint gold medalist
- Charlie Dimmock (gardener - Ground Force) - bronze medalist
- Lady Isabella Hervey (... | 17,230 |
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2004.
After the second series a special champion of champions edition, took place in which the top two male and female competitors from series one and two went head to head to compete for the title, The Games Champion of Champions. Eventually the team from 2003 won. They comprised MC Harv... | 17,231 |
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(comedian)
- Chesney Hawkes (singer) - bronze medalist
- Lisa Maffia (singer) - bronze medalist
- Jonathon Morris (actor)
- Philip Olivier (actor) - gold medalist
- Kevin Simm (member of Liberty X) - silver medalist
- Anna Walker (presenter)
Morris pulled out half-way through the ru... | 17,232 |
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against each other in weightlifting, hammer throwing and finally the relay race. From Team 2003, James Hewitt, Harvey, Terri Dwyer and Josie D'Arby competed. From Team 2004, Romeo, Jarrod Batchelor, Katy Hill and Lady Isabella Hervey competed. From Team 2005, Kevin Simm, Philip Olivier, Li... | 17,233 |
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water ski jump, weights, Kendo, vault, diving, speed skating, cycling, javelin and 100m sprint. The women competed in whitewater kayak, hurdles, cycling, gym floor, swimming, curling, archery, hammer and 100m sprint.
Contestants that took part in the show were:
## Contestants.
- Peter D... | 17,234 |
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Bunton) - gold medalist
- JK (BBC Radio 1 DJ; presenter of The Official Chart) - bronze medalist
- Amanda Lamb (television presenter of "A Place in the Sun")
- Bernie Nolan (singer and actress)
- Adam Rickitt (actor and former singer)
- MC Plat'num B (aka Marcel Sommerville from Blazi... | 17,235 |
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the fourth series another special champion of champions edition took place in which the top two male and female competitors from series two, three and four competed against each other in a 50 m freestyle swim, diving and a 4 x 50 m freestyle relay at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
Javine Hylto... | 17,236 |
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eestyle swim, diving and a 4 x 50 m freestyle relay at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
Javine Hylton, Julia Goldsworthy MP, Jade Jones and MC Plat'num represented Team 2006, Kirsty Gallacher, Chesney Hawkes, Kevin Simm and HRH Princess Tamara represented Team 2005, and Lady Isabella Hervey, Lin... | 17,237 |
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Phan Bội Châu
Phan Bội Châu (; 26 December 1867 – 29 October 1940) was a pioneer of Vietnamese 20th century nationalism. In 1903, he formed a revolutionary organization called the “Reformer"("Duy Tân hội"). From 1905 to 1908, he lived in Japan where he wrote political tracts calling for the independence ... | 17,238 |
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in Huế.
# Aliases.
During his career, Phan used several pen names, including Sào Nam (巢南), Thị Hán (是漢), Độc Kinh Tử, Việt Điểu, and Hàn Mãn Tử.
# Early years.
Phan was born as Phan Văn San (潘文珊) in the village of Dan Nhiem, Nam Hoa commune, Nam Đàn District of the northern central province of Nghệ An... | 17,239 |
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and taught him to recite passages from the "Classic of Poetry", from which he absorbed Confucian ethics and virtues.
When Phan was five, his father returned home and he began attending his father's classes, where he studied the Chinese classics, such as the "Three Character Classic", which took him just ... | 17,240 |
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classmates, which earned him a caning from his father.
At the time, the central region of Vietnam where the family lived was still under the sovereignty of Emperor Tự Đức, but the southern part of the country had gradually been colonised in the 1860s and turned into the colony of Cochinchina. In 1874, an... | 17,241 |
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troops to quell the opposition to Huế's deal with the French. Phan's family was not affected by the crackdown, but the movement had a deep impact on him. Later in life, he noted that as a youth, “I was endowed with a fiery spirit. From the days when I was a small child … every time I read the stories of t... | 17,242 |
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In 1883, the French finished the colonization of Vietnam by conquering the northern part of Vietnam, and the country was incorporated into French Indochina. Phan drafted an appeal for "putting down the French and retrieving the North" ("Binh Tây thu Bắc"). He posted the anonymous appeal calling for the fo... | 17,243 |
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its uprising against French rule, hoping to install the boy Emperor Hàm Nghi as the ruler of an independent Vietnam by expelling colonial forces. The imperial entourage fled the palace in Huế and attempted to start the uprising from a military base in Nghệ An. The scholar gentry of the province rose up, a... | 17,244 |
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the village and scattered the students. Phan's father forced him to seek out the commander to have the membership list destroyed to avoid French retributions.
With his father growing weaker, Phan decided to keep a low profile to avoid trouble with the French colonials so that he could support his family.... | 17,245 |
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the 13th century. Phan cultivated a small number of his students whom he identified as having abundant pro-independence sentiments. He enthusiastically received visits from Cần Vương visitors and passed on their tales to his students, particularly those concerning Phan Đình Phùng, who led the Cần Vương ef... | 17,246 |
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Lộ Trạch, a Vietnamese activist/reformist. This was Phan's first encounter with the Self-Strengthening Movement in China and other major political and military reforms made around the world. After returning to Nghệ An in 1900, Phan passed the regional mandarin exams with the highest possible honors.
# Ma... | 17,247 |
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in Confucian families of the time. His second wife bore him a son and daughter, and his first wife later bore him another son.
When Phan passed the regional examinations in 1900, he was eligible to become a public servant. However, Phan had no intention of pursuing such a career and only wanted the quali... | 17,248 |
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when he was pardoned and released from Hỏa Lò Prison more than two decades later. He was then sent to a loose form of house arrest in Huế and the train stopped at Vinh, Nghệ An, Vietnam. On the way, his wife said, “I am very happy. From now on, my only wish is that you will hold to your initial aspiration... | 17,249 |
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drew up a three-step plan to get the French out of Vietnam. First, he would need to organize remnants of the Cần Vương movement and other sympathizers of the cause. Second, he would need to attain support from the Vietnamese imperial family and the bureaucracy, many of whom had already come to grips with ... | 17,250 |
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of such Chinese Confucianists as Liang Qichao and Kang Youwei. The European and Chinese works, which had only entered Vietnamese circles a few years later, opened Phan's mind to more expansive thought regarding the struggle for freedom of his people. Liang's "Hsin-min ts'ung-pao" ("The Renovation of the P... | 17,251 |
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groups. He described the dire outcomes that would face China if the country did not embark on a series of reforms, similar to those faced by the Ottoman Empire and colonial India. He believed that reforms made by Peter the Great and Emperor Meiji were excellent examples of the political restructuring that... | 17,252 |
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of the imperial family. Phan had moved to Huế, claiming that he was preparing for the metropolitan imperial examinations, but in actuality, he planned on drumming up support among the various factions of royal family. Phan traveled to Quảng Nam to meet with Nguyễn Thành, a contemporary anti-colonial revol... | 17,253 |
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hoped would raise the bulk of the money needed to finance the revolution.
# Prince Cường Để and the Vietnam Modernization Association.
By the spring of 1903, Phan had found a perfect candidate to lead the revolution: Prince Cường Để, a direct descendant of Gia Long's eldest son, Canh. Để's descendants h... | 17,254 |
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Cường Để changed the course of his life and began studying history, economics and geography and thought admiringly of the heroic achievements of Trần Hưng Đạo, Zhuge Liang, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Saigō Takamori, Cavour, Otto von Bismarck, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln.
After getting Cường Để to sup... | 17,255 |
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like Phan Chu Trinh. However, many mandarins were reluctant to publicly support Phan's ideas, and as a result, he came to realize that he couldn't rely on the bureaucratic elite to support his cause.
Phan created the Việt Nam Duy Tân Hội (Vietnam Modernization Association) in 1904; Cường Để led the assoc... | 17,256 |
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had successfully imposed reforms and seemed more inclined to help out revolutionaries in a nearby Asian country. Phan was selected to visit Japan to secure the funds needed to sustain Duy Tân Hội. Phan did not speak Japanese and had no contacts in Japan, so he sought help from Liang Qichao, who was living... | 17,257 |
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Vietnam since both countries were of the "same race, same culture, and same continent". Japan could also promote its interests in Vietnam and prevent French and Russian expansion into China. However, Phan was unsuccessful in procuring aid from the Japanese. The Japanese government did not want to damage i... | 17,258 |
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children were at an advantage since they could speak both languages and they worked as agents for the revolutionaries and spread revolutionary ideologies across borders. This intermarriage between Chinese and Vietnamese was viewed with alarm by the French. Phan's revolutionary network practiced this exten... | 17,259 |
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serve the cause by writing and distributing pamphlets advocating for the revolution to rally support from the Vietnamese and others abroad. Phan took Liang's advice very seriously and immediately began to publish materials to obtain support for the revolutionary cause.
These writings, perhaps the most wi... | 17,260 |
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in Chinese and then translated to Vietnamese, upon which they were smuggled into Vietnam. These works, most notably "Viet Nam Vong Quoc Su", were critical in intensifying the nationalist fervor in the country.
## "Việt Nam vong quốc sử".
Liang published Phan's 1905 work "Việt Nam vong quốc sử" (History ... | 17,261 |
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is noted for its negative assessment of the response of the Nguyễn Dynasty in the 19th century to the colonial challenges facing Vietnam and the failure to modernize, with the Nguyễn instead turning to ultra-orthodox conservative Confucianism. The book presents strident and emotive memorials to the key fi... | 17,262 |
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oppression. In the book, Phan argues for the establishment of a nationwide pro-independence front with seven factions or interested groups with a specific motivation to fight the French colonial authorities.
The book is written in a style that differed from the prevailing writing technique and structure ... | 17,263 |
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write in a direct, ordinary prose style, especially in his analytical and argumentative sections. The book precipitated a new style of writing among scholar gentry revolutionaries, who later tended to use a more direct style.
The book created a reaction in China, sparking follow-up essays by Chinese writ... | 17,264 |
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However, Phan did not receive much of a reaction in terms of aid towards his independence efforts, since the book made Chinese readers worry about their own future. The book had a much better reception among Vietnamese readers. Phan and a colleague, Đặng Tử Kính, left Japan for the first time in August 19... | 17,265 |
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to send Phan to Japan to get Japanese military assistance or weapons. The "Duy Tan Hoi" had turned more radical after Japan's victory over Russia led to the popular belief that Japan would soon turn its attention to ridding Asia of the western imperialist powers in general. However, Phan soon realised tha... | 17,266 |
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1907, Japan declared Phan to be persona non grata and expelled him in 1909.
# After Đông-Du.
In 1909, after being deported from Japan, Phan went to Hong Kong with Cường Để. There, he made plans to raise money and bring to Thailand the Vietnamese students who had studied in Japan, but had now been disper... | 17,267 |
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Vietnam. So, in July, Phan went to Thailand to ask their government to help with the smuggling. The foreign minister refused, since it would be a major diplomatic incident with France if it leaked out. So he had to return to Hong Kong and wait for the money needed for smuggling. The money never arrived, a... | 17,268 |
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at the pub. This went on until he met an elderly woman, Phan Po-Lin, who took the entire movement into her house. Funds arrived and he planned to move to Thailand. He arrived in Thailand in November 1910, and all his students and followers who could, took up farming there.
# Vietnam Restoration League.
... | 17,269 |
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comrades, he went to China to visit his friends there.
The old Vietnam Modernization Association had become worthless, with its members scattered. A new organization needed to be formed, with a new agenda inspired by the Chinese revolution. A large meeting was held in late March 1912. They agreed to form... | 17,270 |
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leaflets into Vietnam. Also, the new Chinese government was too busy and would not help the movement with anything other than allowing Vietnamese comrades into its education and training system. The Vietnam Restoration League came up with a proposed flag design. Previously, Vietnam never had a flag, only ... | 17,271 |
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(see I Ching), and the white represented the metal of their weapons. They also created a book on military strategy and regulations for their army. They even printed their own currency, which they agreed to honour when, or rather "if", they attained power. If they won they could easily pay people back, and... | 17,272 |
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they managed to create the false impression that they were a huge successful organisation. They got hundreds of people to join, and sold a huge amount of their made-up currency. They changed some of the leadership positions of the "Vietnam Restoration League" to allow the Chinese to take part. However, th... | 17,273 |
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province, two officers and a French restaurateur. They were meant to be used at the mandarin examinations when all the officials would be gathered. Those they sent to the centre via Thailand did not make it to Vietnam at the time, and they had to throw their grenades away. Those that they sent to the sout... | 17,274 |
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medical centre and didn't pay their debt. But their membership slowly dwindled, and the difficulty of getting into Vietnam increased. And changes in the government of their Chinese province made things difficult. And they had to close their office and send their comrades away.
# Vietnam during World War ... | 17,275 |
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shortly thereafter. The country remained a member of the French Empire, and many Vietnamese fought in World War I (see Vietnamese Expeditionary Force).
Some 50,000 Vietnamese troops and 50,000 Vietnamese workers were sent to Europe to fight for France in the war, and thousands lost their lives at the Som... | 17,276 |
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May 1916, the sixteen-year-old king, Duy Tân, escaped from his palace in order to take part in an uprising of Vietnamese troops organized by Thái Phiên and Trần Cao Vân. The French were informed of the plan and the leaders arrested and executed. Duy Tân was deposed and exiled to Réunion Island in the Indi... | 17,277 |
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the town and hunted down most of the rebels.
While he was in prison, Phan organised some of his comrades to meet with the German government in Thailand. They donated a large amount of money and promised more if a spectacular action could be done in Vietnam against the French. The comrades attempted an ac... | 17,278 |
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this without accomplishing anything significant. He pondered collaborating with the French, who were now ruled by the Socialist Party (France), and he wrote a booklet about why collaboration with the French would be good. He later changed his mind and blamed this thinking on Phan Ba Ngoc, who was assassin... | 17,279 |
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Revolution", by Fuse Katsuji, into Chinese. He then went to Beijing to meet with Soviet representatives Grigori Voitinsky and Lap. Lap said that the Soviet Union would educate, train, and pay for any Vietnamese students Phan wanted to send, provided they would engage in social revolution and teach sociali... | 17,280 |
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appeared to me. Their language and their expression was at times calm, at times vigorous."
# Correspondence with Hồ Chí Minh.
In late 1924, Hồ Chí Minh returned to Canton from Moscow. Hồ and Phan corresponded several times about plans for a new organisation Phan was trying to start. Phan had been a frie... | 17,281 |
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matters of common interest. Ho was in Canton at the Soviet Embassy, purportedly as a Soviet citizen working as a secretary, translator, and interpreter. In exchange for money, Ho allegedly informed the French police of Phan's imminent arrival. Phan was arrested by French agents and transported back to Han... | 17,282 |
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his ideas, thus having no motivation to eliminate Phan, who considered Ho more like a successor, rather than a competitor. Thus Ho had plenty reasons to support such a respected activist as a figurehead for his movement.
Phan himself wrote about this event:
When he was transported back to Hanoi, he was ... | 17,283 |
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which had resulted in the deaths of a Vietnamese governor on 12 April 1913 and of two French majors on 28 April 1913. The court sentenced Phan to penal servitude for life. He was released from prison on 24 December 1925 by Governor General Alexandre Varenne, in response to widespread public protest. He wa... | 17,284 |
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by his supporters. It was a thatched house divided into three sections and had a medium-sized garden. Here he was able to meet his supporters, his children and his grandchildren. In 1926, when Phan Chu Trinh died, Phan presided over a memorial service for him in Huế. In 1931, he also gave a speech at a ra... | 17,285 |
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ldren and his grandchildren. In 1926, when Phan Chu Trinh died, Phan presided over a memorial service for him in Huế. In 1931, he also gave a speech at a rally celebrating the anniversary of the Yen Bai Uprising, during which Lý Tự Trọng shot and killed French secret police officials who might have been t... | 17,286 |
1402001 | Abidin Dino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abidin%20Dino | Abidin Dino
Abidin Dino
Abidin Dino (23 March 1913 – 7 December 1993) was a Turkish artist and a well-known painter.
# Early years.
Dino was born on 23 March 1913 in Istanbul into an art-loving family. He started drawing and painting at a young age influenced by his family. As a child he lived in Geneva, Switzerland... | 17,287 |
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which held several exhibitions of their work. At around the same time, he illustrated Nazım Hikmet’s books of poetry.
In 1933, the Soviet director Sergei Yutkevich, who had made a film about Ankara, invited Dino to the Lenfil Studios in Leningrad, and with Atatürk's encouragement Dino accepted. In Leningra... | 17,288 |
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Exhibition", consisting of paintings of the city's dockworkers and fishermen by well-known Turkish painters of the time. The exhibition aroused widespread public interest, and that year Dino was asked to design the Turkish pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Meanwhile, he published articles and cart... | 17,289 |
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where their grandfather had been a governor before. These years of exile until 1945 were artistically very productive for Dino. While his young wife Güzin Dino taught French at Adana High School, he worked for a local newspaper, TurkSozu, producing articles and drawings that illustrated with poetic realism ... | 17,290 |
1402001 | Abidin Dino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abidin%20Dino | Abidin Dino
the haunt of many famous artists and writers. The couple first moved into the studio on the top floor of Max Ernst's apartment on the quay of Saint-Michel, and later to a small flat in L'Eure.
Their foreign and Turkish friends, including Nazım Hikmet, Yaşar Kemal, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar and Melih Cevdet, fou... | 17,291 |
1402001 | Abidin Dino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abidin%20Dino | Abidin Dino
taught Turkish at the Oriental Languages Department of the Sorbonne, and did French translations of Turkish literature.
# Unforgettable friendship.
Although Abidin Dino lived abroad, he never severed relations with Turkey and his friends there, and took a close interest in everything that occurred, partic... | 17,292 |
1402001 | Abidin Dino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abidin%20Dino | Abidin Dino
he was elected honorary president of the National Union of the Visual Arts (UNAP) in France. His film ""Goal! World Cup 1966"" (1966) was a spectacular tribute to his visual sensitivity and brought him the "Flaherty prize". This film about the 1966 World Cup final is a documentary that did not confine itsel... | 17,293 |
1402001 | Abidin Dino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abidin%20Dino | Abidin Dino
death, glimpses of the love and sense of solidarity are seen, which were his inspiration. Entitled ""Guzin's Abidins"", this book consists of drawings and essays by Abidin Dino.
One may come across his name in numerous art galleries and museums around the world, in a poem, the lyrics of a song, or a book. ... | 17,294 |
1402001 | Abidin Dino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abidin%20Dino | Abidin Dino
ration. Entitled ""Guzin's Abidins"", this book consists of drawings and essays by Abidin Dino.
One may come across his name in numerous art galleries and museums around the world, in a poem, the lyrics of a song, or a book. Not only is he one of the pioneers of modern Turkish painting, but produced master... | 17,295 |
1402022 | André Michelin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=André%20Michelin | André Michelin
André Michelin
André Jules Michelin (16 January 1853 – 4 April 1931) was a French industrialist who, with his brother Édouard (1859–1940), founded the Michelin Tyre Company ("Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin") in 1888 in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand.
In 1900, André Michelin publish... | 17,296 |
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insolvency following the founder's death. Michelin's grandfather had started the company that sold farm equipment and an odd assortment of vulcanized rubber products, such as belts, valves and pipes. As soon as Andre took the helm of the company, he recruited his younger brother Edouard to join him at th... | 17,297 |
1402022 | André Michelin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=André%20Michelin | André Michelin
for hours. In the late 1880s, cycling was becoming a popular form of transportation and hobby due in large part to John Dunlop's 1888 patent for the inflatable bicycle tyre. Before Dunlop's invention, bicycle tyres were made out of solid rubber. The solid rubber tyres tended to provide little traction an... | 17,298 |
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d made for a difficult and uncomfortable ride.
After the hapless cyclist approached the Michelin Company for assistance, Edouard took great interests in the new pneumatic tyres. The Michelins recognized that there would be a great demand for pneumatic tyres if only there was a way to more quickly make r... | 17,299 |
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