| Vito Acconci Vito_Acconci
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| Hakama Talk:Hakama
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| Electrophorus An electrophorus is a capacitive generator used to produce electrostatic charge via the process of electrostatic induction. A first version of it was invented in 1762 by Swedish professor Johan Carl Wilcke,but Italian scientist Alessandro Volta improved and popularized the device in 1775, and is sometimes erroneously credited with its invention.electrophorus was coined by Volta from the Greek ήλεκτρον ('elektron'), ϕέρω ('phero'), meaning 'electricity bearer'. Electrophorus
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| Stanford White Stanford_White
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| Antinomianism Antinomianism (from the Greek ἀντί, "against" + νόμος, "law"), or lawlessness (in the Greek Bible:theology, is the idea that members of a particular religious group are under no obligation to obey the laws of ethics or morality, and that salvation is by faith only. Antinomianism is the polar opposite of legalism, the notion that obedience to a code of religious law is necessary for salvation. Antinomianism
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| Moldovan language Moldovan_language
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| E. L. Doctorow Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (born January 6, 1931, New York, New York) is an American author whose critically acclaimed and award-winning fiction ranges through his country’s social history from the Civil War to the present. E._L._Doctorow
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| Yaqui The "Yoeme" or Yaqui are a Native American tribe who originally lived in the valley of the Río Yaqui in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and throughout the Sonoran Desert region into the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona. The Yaqui call themselves "Yoeme," the Yaqui word for person ("yoemem" or "yo'emem" meaning "people"). Yaqui
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| Pseudophilosophy Pseudophilosophy is a term applied to any idea or system that is asserted to be philosophy while significantly failing to meet scholarly standards of philosophy. The term is almost always used pejoratively, and most applications of it are quite contentious. Pseudophilosophy
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| Joel Teitelbaum Rabbi Joel (Yoel) Teitelbaum, () (born 1887 - died August 19, 1979) known as Reb Yoelish or the Satmar Rav (or Rebbe), was a prominent Hungarian Hasidic rebbe and Talmudic scholar. He was probably the best known Haredi opponent of all forms of modern political Zionism. Joel_Teitelbaum
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| Motivation Motivation is the internal condition that activates behavior and gives it direction; energizes and directs goal-oriented behavior. The term is generally used for human motivation but, theoretically, it can be used to describe the causes for animal behavior as well. Motivation
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| John Grinder John Grinder Ph.D. ( ; born 1940) is an American linguist, author, management consultant, trainer and speaker. Grinder is credited with the co-creation with Richard Bandler of the field of Neuro-linguistic programming. He is co-director of Quantum Leap Inc., a management consulting firm founded by his partner Carmen Bostic St. Clair in 1987 (Grinder joined in 1989). Grinder and Bostic St. Clair also run workshops and seminars on NLP internationally. John_Grinder
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| Slavic studies Slavic_studies
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| Utah teapot The Utah teapot or Newell teapot is a 3D model which has become a standard reference object (and something of an in-joke) in the computer graphics community. It is a mathematical model of an ordinary teapot of fairly simple shape, which appears solid, cylindrical and partially convex. The teapot model was created in 1975 by early computer graphics researcher Martin Newell, a member of the pioneering graphics program at the University of Utah. Utah_teapot
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| Socialist Workers Party (United States) Socialist_Workers_Party_(United_States)
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| Cleft lip and palate Cleft lip (cheiloschisis) and cleft palate (palatoschisis) (colloquially known as harelip), which can also occur together as cleft lip and palate, are variations of a type of clefting congenital deformity caused by abnormal facial development during gestation. Note that harelip is now considered as a derogatory term. A cleft is a fissure or opening—a gap. It is the non-fusion of the body's natural structures that form before birth. Cleft_lip_and_palate
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| Stirrup For the bone, see stapes. For other uses of the word stirrup, see Stirrup (disambiguation).The stirrup is a ring with a flat bottom fixed on a leather strap, usually hung from each side of a saddle by an adjustable strap to create a footrest for a person using a riding animal (usually a horse or other equine, such as a mule), used as a support for the foot of a rider when seated in the saddle and as an aid in mounting. Stirrup
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| St. John's University (New York) St. John's University (STJ) is a private, Roman Catholic, coeducational university located in New York City, United States. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers in 1870, the school was originally located in the borough of Brooklyn in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. St._John's_University_(New_York)
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| Climate model Talk:Climate_model
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| Patrick Joseph Hayes Patrick Joseph Hayes (November 20, 1867American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of New York from 1919 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1924. Patrick_Joseph_Hayes
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| Cookbook cookbook is a book that contains information on cooking. It typically contains a collection of recipes, and may also include information on ingredient origin, freshness, selection and quality, e.g., the Slow Food movement's ark of taste criteria. Cookbook
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| 'night, Mother Talk:'night,_Mother
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| Herbert Spencer Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, prominent classical liberal political theorist, and sociological theorist of the Victorian era.Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture and societies. Herbert_Spencer
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| Binomial options pricing model BOPM redirects here; for other uses see BOPM (disambiguation).In finance, the binomial options pricing model (BOPM) provides a generalizable numerical method for the valuation of options. The binomial model was first proposed by Cox, Ross and Rubinstein (1979). Essentially, the model uses a "discrete-time" model of the varying price over time of the underlying financial instrument. Binomial_options_pricing_model
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| Flashbulb memory flashbulb memory is a memory created in great detail during a personally significant event, often a shocking event of national or international importance. These memories are perceived to have a "photographic" quality. The term was coined by Brown and Kulik, who found highly emotional memories (e.g. Flashbulb_memory
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| Continuous function Talk:Continuous_function
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| Wheelbarrow A wheelbarrow is a small hand-propelled vehicle, usually with just one wheel, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles to the rear or a sail may be used to guide the ancient wheelbarrow by wind. Wheelbarrow
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| Time preference In economics, time preference (or "discounting") pertains to how large a premium a consumer will place on enjoyment nearer in time over more remote enjoyment.There is no absolute distinction that separates "high" and "low" time preference, only comparisons with others either individually or in aggregate. Time_preference
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| Jerome Bruner Jerome Seymour Bruner (born October 1, 1915) is an American psychologist who has contributed to cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology, as well as to history and to the general philosophy of education. Bruner is currently a senior research fellow at the New York University School of Law. Jerome_Bruner
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| Puck Building The Puck Building occupies the block bounded by Lafayette, Houston, Mulberry and Jersey Streets in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, USA. This example of Romanesque Revival architecture, designed by Albert and Herman Wagner, was constructed in 1885 and expanded in 1893. The building features two gilded figures of Shakespeare's character Puck as part of the façade. Puck_Building
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| Logorrhoea Talk:Logorrhoea
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| Finite geometry finite geometry is any geometric system that has only a finite number of points. Euclidean geometry, for example, is not finite, because a Euclidean line contains infinitely many points, in fact precisely the same number of points as there are real numbers. A finite geometry can have any (finite) number of dimensions. Finite_geometry
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| DivX Talk:DivX
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| Media ecology Media ecology is an interdisciplinary field of media theory involving the study of media environments. According to the Media Ecology Association, media ecology can be defined as "the study of media environments, the idea that technology and techniques, modes of information and codes of communication play a leading role in human affairs." Media_ecology
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| Computational neuroscience Computational neuroscience is the study of brain function in terms of the information processing properties of the structures that make up the nervous system. It is an interdisciplinary science that links the diverse fields of neuroscience, cognitive science, electrical engineering, computer science, physics and mathematics. Computational_neuroscience
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| Low-power broadcasting Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area. These stations tend to serve small towns, or communities within large cities in the United States. There are close to 3,000 LPTV stations in the US and they are in markets of all sizes, from New York City (5 stations) down to Junction City, KS (2 stations).The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" (more commonly "microbroadcasting") should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same. Low-power_broadcasting
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| European Graduate School The European Graduate School (EGS) in Switzerland is a privately funded graduate school founded by the non-profit European Foundation of Interdisciplinary Studies. Its German name is Europäische Universität für Interdisziplinäre Studien ("European University for Interdisciplinary Studies"). It is governed by a presidential board that includes a representative of the Swiss canton of Valais. Instruction is in English. European_Graduate_School
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| Anti-Americanism Dictionaries tend to define Anti-Americanism, often anti-American sentiment, as a widespread opposition or hostility to the people, government or policies of the United States. In practice, a broad range of attitudes and actions critical of or opposed to the United States have been labeled anti-Americanism. Thus, the nature and applicability of the term is often disputed. Anti-Americanism
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| Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak (born June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963. An elementary school (from kindergarten to grade five) in North Hollywood, California, is named in his honor. Maurice_Sendak
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| East Village, Manhattan East_Village,_Manhattan
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| Michelangelo Signorile Michelangelo Signorile (; born December 19, 1960) is a gay American writer and a national talk radio host whose program is aired each weekday across the United States and Canada. He is a political liberal, and covers a wide variety of political and cultural issues.Signorile is noted for his various books and articles on gay and lesbian politics, and is an outspoken supporter of gay rights. Michelangelo_Signorile
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| Géraldine Apponyi de Nagyappony Countess Géraldine Margit Virginia Olga Mária Apponyi de Nagyappony (August 6, 1915 – October 22, 2002) was the Queen Consort of King Zog I, of the Zogu dynasty of Albania. From the time of her marriage she was known as Queen Geraldine of the Albanians (in Albanian, Geraldina Zog, Mbretėreshė i Shqiptarėvet) Géraldine_Apponyi_de_Nagyappony
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| Glyphosate Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide, typically sprayed and absorbed through the leaves, injected into the trunk, or applied to the stump of a tree, used to kill weeds, especially perennials and broadcast or used in the cut-stump treatment as a forestry herbicide. Glyphosate
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| Richard Epstein This article is about Richard Epstein the professor of law; for the American game theorist, see Richard A. Epstein.Richard Allen Epstein (born April 17, 1943) is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, the Faculty Director for Curriculum, and the Director, Law and Economics Program at the University of Chicago Law School. Richard_Epstein
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| Ronald Dworkin Ronald Dworkin, QC, FBA (born December 11, 1931) is an American legal philosopher, currently professor of Jurisprudence at University College London and the New York University School of Law, and former professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford. He is known for his contributions to legal philosophy and political philosophy. His theory of law as integrity is one of the leading contemporary views of the nature of law. Ronald_Dworkin
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| Carol Gilligan Carol Gilligan (born November 28, 1936) is an American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist best known for her work with and against Lawrence Kohlberg on ethical community and ethical relationships, and certain subject-object problems in ethics. She is currently a Professor at New York University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge. She is best known for her 1982 work, In a Different Voice. Carol_Gilligan
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| Optical tweezers optical tweezer is a scientific instrument that uses a focused laser beam to provide an attractive or repulsive force (typically on the order of piconewtons), depending on the refractive index mismatch to physically hold and move microscopic dielectric objects. Optical tweezers have been particularly successful in studying a variety of biological systems in recent years. Optical_tweezers
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| Scientific method/Archive 3 Talk:Scientific_method/Archive_3
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| Serres Sérres (, older form:Sérrai) is a city in Macedonia, Greece. It is situated in a fertile plain at an elevation of about 70 m, some 24Strymon river and 69Thessaloniki. The Rhodope Mountains rise to the north and east of the city. The city is the capital of the homonymous prefecture of Serres and is situated in the Central Macedonia periphery. Its population was 56,145 in 2001. Serres
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| Václav Klaus Václav Klaus (; born 19 June 1941) is the second President of the Czech Republic (since 2003, reelected 2008) and a former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1992–1997). An economist by trade, he is co-founder of the Civic Democratic Party, the major Czech centre-right party. Together with Václav Havel and his Social Democrat counterpart Miloš Zeman, he is recognised as one of the three most important Czech politicians of the 1990s and the last of them to remain active. Václav_Klaus
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