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projected-00310521-000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuntman%20%28disambiguation%29 | Stuntman (disambiguation) | Introduction | A stuntman or stunt performer is someone who performs dangerous stunts.
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projected-00310521-002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuntman%20%28disambiguation%29 | Stuntman (disambiguation) | Music | A stuntman or stunt performer is someone who performs dangerous stunts.
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projected-00310521-003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuntman%20%28disambiguation%29 | Stuntman (disambiguation) | Video games | A stuntman or stunt performer is someone who performs dangerous stunts.
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projected-00310522-000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory%27s%20shearwater | Cory's shearwater | Introduction | Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It breeds colonially of rocky islands in the eastern Atlantic. Outside the breeding season it ranges widely in the Atlantic. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with Scopoli's shearwater. | [] | [
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projected-00310522-001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory%27s%20shearwater | Cory's shearwater | Taxonomy | Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It breeds colonially of rocky islands in the eastern Atlantic. Outside the breeding season it ranges widely in the Atlantic. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with Scopoli's shearwater. | Cory's shearwater was formally described in 1881 by the American ornithologist Charles B. Cory from a specimen collected off Chatham Island, Massachusetts. He coined the binomial name Puffinus borealis. Cory's shearwater is now placed in the genus Calonectris that was introduced in 1915 by the ornithologists Gregory Ma... | [] | [
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projected-00310522-011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory%27s%20shearwater | Cory's shearwater | Further reading | Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It breeds colonially of rocky islands in the eastern Atlantic. Outside the breeding season it ranges widely in the Atlantic. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with Scopoli's shearwater. | Rodríguez A, Rodríguez B, Negro JJ (2015) GPS tracking for mapping seabird mortality induced by light pollution. Scientific Reports 5: 10670. doi:10.1038/srep10670
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projected-00310547-004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar%20de%20Portol%C3%A1 | Gaspar de Portolá | Later life | Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira (January 1, 1716 – October 10, 1786) was a Spanish military officer, best known for leading the Portolá expedition into California and for serving as the first Governor of the Californias. His expedition laid the foundations of important Californian cities like San Diego and Monterey, and bes... | Governor Portolá's task was finished. He then left Captain Pedro Fages in charge, and on June 9 he sailed for San Blas, never to return to Upper California. In 1776, Portolá was appointed the governor of Puebla. After the appointment of his successor in 1784, he was advanced money for expenses and returned to Spain, wh... | [] | [
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projected-00310551-000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Introduction | Pan or PAN may refer to: | [] | [
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projected-00310551-001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Prefix | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan-, a prefix from the Greek πᾶν, pan, meaning "all", "of everything", or "involving all members" of a group
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projected-00310551-002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | People | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (surname), Chinese family name (潘 or 盤)
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projected-00310551-004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Card games | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (game), a shedding card game of Polish origin
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projected-00310551-005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Fictional characters | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (Dragon Ball), in Dragon Ball media
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projected-00310551-006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Films | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (1922 film), Norwegian
Pan (1995 film), 1995 Danish/Norwegian/German
Pan (2015 film), a 2015 American Peter Pan prequel story | [] | [
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projected-00310551-007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Literature and publishing | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (novel), by Knut Hamsun
Pan (magazine) an arts and literary review
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projected-00310551-009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Musical instruments | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan, short for steelpan, an acoustic instrument
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projected-00310551-010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Groups and labels | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (band), a Filipino folk/punk rock band
PAN (record label), a record label and art platform
Pan, a Turkish band which performed "Bana Bana" at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest | [] | [
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projected-00310551-011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Titled works | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (The Blue Hearts), an album by the Japanese band
Pan, an opera by Carl Venth | [] | [
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projected-00310551-012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Sculpture | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (Riccio), a 1510s bronze sculpture by Andrea Riccio
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projected-00310551-013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Religion and mythology | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (god), a Greek god
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projected-00310551-015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Astronomy | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (crater), on Jupiter's moon Amalthea
Pan (moon), of Saturn
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projected-00310551-016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Biology and healthcare | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (genus), the genus including chimpanzees and bonobos
Pan, abbreviation for panoramic X-ray
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Polyarteritis nodosa, a vasculitic condition
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projected-00310551-017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Chemistry | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Peroxyacyl nitrates
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projected-00310551-018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Computing | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (newsreader), for Usenet
Pan (programming language)
Personal area network
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Permanent account number (PAN card), for taxpayers in India and Nepal
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projected-00310551-019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Geology | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Dry lake
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projected-00310551-020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Multimedia technologies | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan and scan, to show wide-screen films on narrow screens
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projected-00310551-021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Food and drink | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan dulce
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Frying pan
Sheet pan
Springform pan
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Pan-bagnat
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projected-00310551-022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Languages | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Proto-Austronesian language
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projected-00310551-024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Political parties | Pan or PAN may refer to: | National Action Party (El Salvador) (Partido Acción Nacional) of El Salvador
National Action Party (Mexico) (Partido Acción Nacional) of Mexico
National Action Party (Nicaragua) (Partido Acción Nacional) of Nicaragua
National Advancement Party (Partido de Avanzada Nacional) of Guatemala
National Autonomist Party (P... | [] | [
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projected-00310551-025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Other organizations | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico (Programa de Asistencia Nutricional), a United States Federal assistance program
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Pesticide Action Network, an international NGO network
Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk)
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projected-00310551-026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Other uses | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pan (horse), an early 19th century British thoroughbred racehorse and sire
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Pan, Slavic honorifics in Poland and Ukraine
Pansexuality, a sexual orientation (often known as "pan")
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projected-00310551-027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | See also | Pan or PAN may refer to: | Pantheism
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projected-00310561-000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Introduction | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | [] | [
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projected-00310561-001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Concept | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | The concept of a new western state came from Arthur Campbell of Washington County, Virginia, and John Sevier. They believed the Overmountain towns should be admitted to the United States as a separate state. They differed, however, on the details of such a state, although John Sevier (in a letter written in 1782) ack... | [] | [
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projected-00310561-003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Franklin's support | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | The United States Congress was heavily in debt at the close of the American War for Independence. In April 1784, the state of North Carolina voted "to give Congress the lying between the Allegheny Mountains" (as the entire Appalachian range was then called) "and the Mississippi River" to help offset its war debts. Thi... | [] | [
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projected-00310561-004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | North Carolina's reluctance | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | A few months later, a newly elected North Carolina Legislature re-evaluated the situation. Realizing the land could not at that time be used for its intended purpose of paying the debts of Congress and weighing the perceived economic loss of potential real estate opportunities, it rescinded the offer of cession and rea... | [] | [
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projected-00310561-005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Secessionist movement | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | Rapidly increasing dissatisfaction with North Carolina's governance led to the frontiersmen's calls to establish a separate, secure, and independent state. On August 23, 1784, delegates from the North Carolina counties of Washington (which at the time included present-day Carter County), Sullivan, Spencer (now Hawkins ... | [
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projected-00310561-006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Attempt at statehood | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | On May 16, 1785, a delegation submitted a petition for statehood to Congress. Eventually, seven states voted to admit what would have been the 14th federal state under the proposed name of "Frankland". This was, however, less than the two-thirds majority required under the Articles of Confederation to add additional s... | [] | [
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projected-00310561-007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Independent republic | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | Franklin, still at odds with North Carolina over taxation, protection, and other issues, began operating as a de facto independent republic after the failed statehood attempt. Greeneville was declared the new capital. The government had previously been assembling at Jonesborough, only blocks away from the North Carol... | [
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projected-00310561-008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Relations with Native Americans | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | The new legislature made peace treaties with the Native American tribes in the area (with few exceptions, the most notable being the Chickamauga Cherokee). The Cherokee claim to sovereignty over much of the area of southern Franklin, though already occupied by Whites, was maintained at the 1785 Treaty of Hopewell with... | [] | [
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projected-00310561-009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Drawn-out end | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | The small state began its demise in 1786, with several key residents and supporters of Franklin withdrawing their support in favor of a newly reinterested North Carolina. Until this point, Franklin had not had the benefit of either the federal army or the North Carolina militia. In late 1786, North Carolina offered t... | [] | [
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projected-00310561-010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Battle of Franklin | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | In 1787, the "Franklinites" continued to expand their territory westward toward the Cumberland Mountains by forcibly stealing land from the Native American populations. The frontier shifted back and forth often throughout the Cherokee–American wars. The September 1787 meeting of the Franklin legislature, however, was... | [] | [
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projected-00310561-011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Frontier intrigues | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | In late March 1788, the Chickamauga, Chickasaw, and other tribes collectively began to attack American frontier settlements in Franklin. A desperate Sevier sought a loan from the Spanish government. With help from James White (who was later found to be a paid agent of Spain), he attempted to place Franklin under Spani... | [] | [
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projected-00310561-012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Lesser Franklin | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | After the dissolution of the State of Franklin in February 1789, continued support of the separate state movement was confined largely to Sevier County, specifically in the country south of the French Broad River. The people there realized that the only entity recognizing title to their land holdings had been Franklin... | [] | [
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projected-00310561-013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Subsequent status | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | By early 1789, the government of the State of Franklin outside of Lesser Franklin had collapsed entirely and the territory was firmly back under the control of North Carolina. Soon thereafter, North Carolina once again ceded the area to the federal government to form the Southwest Territory, the precursor to the State ... | [] | [
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projected-00310561-014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Notable Franklinites | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | William Cocke (1748–August 22, 1828); American lawyer, pioneer, and statesman.
David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836); famed frontiersman and statesman, born in Greene County, Franklin.
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projected-00310561-015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Legacy | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | The Washington County farm of Col. John Tipton, where the 1788 Battle of Franklin was fought, has been preserved by the State of Tennessee as the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site in southeastern Johnson City, Tennessee.
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projected-00310561-017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Literature | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | In the 2001 fantasy novel American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Johnny Appleseed describes the State of Franklin as the home of the last remaining Thunderbirds. | [] | [
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projected-00310561-018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Television | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | The State of Franklin was featured in the History channel documentary series How the States Got Their Shapes as one of the many "ghost states" of America. | [] | [
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projected-00310561-019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Franklin | State of Franklin | Music | The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession t... | State of Franklin is an alternative rock band out of Boone, North Carolina, that was formed in 2013 and has released several CDs and EPs.
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