| Holocene climatic optimum Talk:Holocene_climatic_optimum
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| Potyviridae The Potyviridae are a family of plant viruses. They are flexuous filamentous rod-shaped particles. Their genome is composed of positive-sense RNA which is surrounded by a protein coat made up of a single viral encoded protein called a capsid. All induce the formation of virus inclusion bodies called cylindrical inclusions (‘pinwheels’) in their hosts. These are composed of a single protein (70 kDa) made in their hosts from a single viral genome product. Potyviridae
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| Farmers' Holiday Association The Farmers' Holiday Association was a movement of Midwestern United States farmers who, during the Great Depression, endorsed the withholding of farm products from the market, in essence creating a farmers' strike. The Farmers' Holiday Association was organized in the summer of 1932 by Milo Reno.Farmers went to extreme measures to ensure that their wants were carried through. Farmers'_Holiday_Association
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| Acacia Fraternity Acacia Fraternity is a Greek social fraternity originally based out of Masonic tradition. At its founding in 1904, membership was originally restricted to those who had taken the Masonic obligations, and the organization was built on those ideals and principles. Acacia_Fraternity
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| Psamment In USDA soil taxonomy, a Psamment is defined as an Entisol which consists basically of unconsolidated sand deposits, often found in shifting sand dunes but also in areas of very coarse-textured parent material subject to millions of years of weathering. This latter case is characteristic of the Guiana Highlands of northern South America. Psamment
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| Insect repellent An insect repellent is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. There are also insect repellent products available based on sound production, particularly ultrasound (inaudibly high frequency sounds). These electronic devices have been shown to have no effect as a mosquito repellent by studies done by the EPA and many universities. Insect_repellent
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| Food technology Food technology, or Food tech for short is the application of food science to the selection, preservation, processing, packaging, distribution, and use of safe, nutritious, and wholesome food.Food scientists and food technologists study the physical, microbiological, and chemical makeup of food. Food_technology
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| Heckscher-Ohlin model Heckscher-Ohlin model (H-O model) is a general equilibrium mathematical model of international trade, developed by Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin at the Stockholm School of Economics. It builds on David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage by predicting patterns of commerce and production based on the factor endowments of a trading region. Heckscher-Ohlin_model
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| Riparian forest Riparian forest is a forested area of land adjacent to a body of water such as a river, stream, pond, lake, marshland, estuary, canal, playa or reservoir. Riparian_forest
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| Katefan0/GreenFactsdummy User:Katefan0/GreenFactsdummy
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| Foreign Agricultural Service The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has primary responsibility for the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) overseas programs -- market development, international trade agreements and negotiations, and the collection of statistics and market information. Foreign_Agricultural_Service
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| VRAC The Virtual Reality Applications center at Iowa State University. VRAC
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| International Klein Blue Talk:International_Klein_Blue
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| Sound science The term "sound science" has been used in public policy discussions, usually in contrast to "junk science". Typically an advocate will use sound science to describe his side and junk science to describe his opponent's side. These terms have been promoted by Steven Milloy and the Advancement of Sound Science Center. Sound_science
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| Mutationism Mutationism (sometimes, “Mendelism”) refers to the theory emphasizing mutation as a creative principle and source of discontinuity in evolutionary change, particularly associated with the founders of modern genetics. Mutationism
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| Momentum theory Momentum_theory
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| Red meat Red meat in culinary terminology refers to meat which is red-colored when raw. Red meat includes the meat of many, but not all, mammals. Red_meat
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| Windmill Talk:Windmill
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| Two-lane expressway Talk:Two-lane_expressway
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| Cy-Hawk Trophy Cy-Hawk_Trophy
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| Permias PERMIAS is an organization that unites Indonesian college students in the United States. The organization was founded in 24 December 1961 in Washington, D.C.. PERMIAS is an Indonesian acronym for Persatuan Mahasiswa Indonesia di Amerika Serikat. Translated into English, it means "Organization of the Indonesian Students in the United States". The group organizes many annual events and competitions for Indonesian students in the US. Permias
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| Grant Wood Talk:Grant_Wood
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| Thai Student Association Thai Student Association (TSA) or Thai Society (ThaiSoc) is an organisation of Thai student groups in many countries. They join together to assist newly arrived students and visiting scholars, to establish and support activities that will benefit Thai students, and to introduce Thai social, cultural, and traditional information to people in those countries. Thai_Student_Association
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| Red slug The red slug, also known as the chocolate arion or the European red slug, Arion rufus, is a large land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs. This species is characterised by its (usually) red or brown body and lack of a keel. Red_slug
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| Bioerosion Talk:Bioerosion
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| Terra preta Terra preta (“dark earth” in Portuguese) refers to expanses of very dark, fertile anthropogenic soils found in the Amazon Basin. It owes its name to its very high charcoal content. It is also known as “Amazonian dark earth” or “Indian black earth”. Terra_preta
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| Goppa code Goppa_code
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| Trombicula Trombicula is a genus of harvest mites (also known as red bugs, trombiculid mites, scrub-itch mites, berry bugs or, in their larval stage, as chiggers or chigoe) in the Trombiculidae family; in their larval stage they attach to various animals, including humans, and feed on skin, often causing itching. These relatives of ticks are nearly microscopic measuring 0.4Trombicula alfreddugesi; in the UK the most prevalent harvest mite is Trombicula autumnalis. Trombicula
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| Dance Marathon Dance Marathon is a charity event originating from Penn State University. Many schools host dance marathons across the country raising more than $125 million per year benefiting local children's hospitals and other charities. On almost every campus where it is held, the dance marathon is the largest student-run philanthropy . Dance_Marathon
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| Cultivator cultivator is a farm implement for stirring and pulverizing the soil, either before planting or to remove weeds and to aerate and loosen the soil after the crop has begun to grow. It is powered by a tractor and stirs the soil, usually to a greater depth than does the harrow (which is usually unpowered). Similar but much smaller machines are used for gardening. Cultivator
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| Archduke (butterfly) Archduke_(butterfly)
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| Hilton Coliseum James H. Hilton Coliseum is a 14,356-seat multi-purpose arena in Ames, Iowa. The arena opened in 1971. It is home to the Iowa State University Cyclones men's and women's basketball teams, wrestling, gymnastics and volleyball teams. Hilton_Coliseum
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| Mary Louise Smith (1914–1997) For the civil rights activist see Mary Louise SmithMary Louise Smith (October 6, 1914U.S. political organizer and women's rights activist, was the second woman to become chairman of a major political party in the United States. Born Mary Louise Epperson in Eddyville, Iowa, she married medical student Elmer M. Smith while both were studying at the University of Iowa. She graduated in 1935 with a degree in social work administration and worked for the Iowa Employment Relief Administration in Iowa City. Mary_Louise_Smith_(1914–1997)
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| Golden Rule savings rate economics, the Golden Rule savings rate is the rate of savings which maximizes steady state level or growth of consumption , as for example in the Solow growth model. Although the concept can be found earlier in John von Neumann and Maurice Allais's works, the term is generally attributed to Edmund Phelps who wrote in 1961 that the Golden Rule "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" could be applied inter-generationally inside the model to arrive at some form of "optimum". Golden_Rule_savings_rate
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| Image map Talk:Image_map
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| Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine Talk:Manchester_Small-Scale_Experimental_Machine
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| Chigger (disambiguation) Talk:Chigger_(disambiguation)
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| Animal science Animal science is described as "studying the biology of animals that are under the control of mankind". Historically, the animals studied were farm animals, but courses available now look at a far broader area to include companion animals, for example dogs, cats, horses and captive animals. Animal_science
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| Bug zapper bug zapper is a device that attracts and kills insects that are attracted by light. A light source attracts insects to an electrical grid, where they are electrocuted by an exposed high voltage electrical element. The name stems from the characteristic zap sound produced when an insect is electrocuted. Bug_zapper
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| Banalata Sen Banalata Sen (in Bengali scriptBengali poem written in 1934 by poet Jibanananda Das that remains, arguably, the most read, recited and discussed poem of Bengali literature. The title of this lyric poem is a female character referred to by name in the last line of each of its three stanzas. Banalata_Sen
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| List of Texas A&M University people list of Texas A&M University people includes notable former students, faculty, and presidents of Texas A&M University. The term Texas Aggie, which comes from A&M's history as an agricultural school, refers to current and former students of Texas A&M. The class year of each former student indicates the year four years after their enrollment year, and does not necessarily represent the graduation year. Non-graduates or attendees of the university are indicated by an asterisk (*). List_of_Texas_A&M_University_people
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| List of Michigan State University people Michigan State University alumni number around 460,000 worldwide. Famous former Spartans include NBA stars Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Steve Smith, former Michigan governors James Blanchard and John Engler, actors James Caan and Robert Urich, billionaire Eli Broad, and Evil Dead trilogy director Sam Raimi. List_of_Michigan_State_University_people
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| Sean McLaughlin (meteorologist) Sean McLaughlin was the Chief Meteorologist at MSNBC, joining the United States-based 24-hour cable news network in July 2004. He was also the meteorologist on the Sunday editions of NBC's The Today Show. He contributed to NBC Weather Plus+, NBC Nightly News, and other NBC News/MSNBC/CNBC programs. Sean_McLaughlin_(meteorologist)
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| Fertile Crescent Talk:Fertile_Crescent
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| USATC S118 Class The United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) S118 Class is a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotive. Built to either (metre gauge) or Cape gauge, they were used in at least 24 different countries across the World.741 were built in the period late 1942–1945 with a further 52 appearing between 1945 and 1948. USATC_S118_Class
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| Veterinary specialties veterinary specialist is a veterinarian who specializes in a clinical field of veterinary medicine. "A veterinary specialist, as recognized by the AVMA, is a graduate veterinarian who has successfully completed the process of board certification in an AVMA-recognized veterinary specialty organization (ie, board or college). Veterinary_specialties
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| Karli, India Karli (also Karla) is a town on the highway between Pune and Mumbai in southern Maharashtra in India. It is on a major trade route that runs from the Arabian Sea eastward, into the Deccan. Karli's location in Maharashtra places it in a region that is the division between North India and South India. Karli,_India
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| Karla Caves Karla Caves is an complex of ancient Buddhist Indian rock-cut architecture cave shrines built over the period of 3rd to 2nd century B.C. Even though the caves were constructed over a period of time and the oldest one is believed to date back to 160 BC. . Located in Karli near Lonavala, Maharashtra, the caves are on an major ancient trade route, running eastward from the Arabian Sea into the Deccan. Karla_Caves
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