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Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting (via ...

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• Cable television - History of U.S. cable television and its regulation
• Cable television - The birth of public access television
• Cable television - Programming
• Cable television - United States
• Cable television - Cable television fees and programming lineups
• Cable television - Mexico
• Cable television - United Kingdom
• Cable television - Republic of Ireland
• Cable television - Hong Kong
• Cable television - Singapore
• Cable television - Australia
• Cable television - Other cable-based services

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CSS Patrick Henry was built in New York City in 1853 by the renowned William H. Webb for the Old Dominion Steam Ship Line as the civilian steamer Yorktown, a brigantine-rigged side-wheel steamer. She carried passengers and freight between between Richmond, Virginia and New York City. Yorktown had anchored in the James River when Virginia seceded from the Union on 17 April 1861 and was seized and turned over to the Confederate Navy. Commander John Randolph Tucker, who commanded the newly organized James River Squadron, directed that Yorktown be converted into a gunboat and renamed P ...

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Carlism is a conservative, legitimist political movement in Spain seeking, among other things, the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne. An exceptionally long-lived movement, it was a significant player in Spanish politics from 1833 until the demise of Franco's regime in 1977. During those years, it was the cause of several major civil wars during the 19th century, and an important factor during the most recent Spanish Civil War. Even today, many Carlists remain politically active, though they a ...

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• Carlism - The Origins
• Carlism - The dynastic issue
• Carlism - The political landscape at the death of Fernando VII
• Carlism - Social and economical factors
• Carlism - History of Carlism
• Carlism - Carlists at war 1833-1876
• Carlism - Carlists in peace 1868-1936
• Carlism - Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
• Carlism - Carlism after the Spanish Civil War 1937-
• Carlism - Pretenders to the throne
• Carlism - Carlos V Maria Isidro
• Carlism - Carlos VI Luis
• Carlism - Juan III
• Carlism - Carlos VII Maria de los Dolores
• Carlism - Jaime III
• Carlism - Alfonso Carlos
• Carlism - Late Pretenders
• Carlism - Carlist ideological landscape
• Carlism - Dios Patria Fueros Rey
• Carlism - Carlist Supporters
• Carlism - Offshots and influence
• Carlism - Carlist symbols
• Carlism - Carlism related words
• Carlism - Carlism and Literature
• Carlism - Note
• Carlism - On line references
• Carlism - Basic Bibliography

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The V and W class was an amalgam of very similar oil-fueled destroyer classes built around the end of the First World War for the Royal Navy. Some of the sub-classes were known by the name of their builder, e.g. "Thornycroft V and W class", but the generic title was normally used. The V and W class design formed the basis for most destroyers in the interwar period V and W class destroyer - General Specifications. Displacement: - 1100 tons, 1490 tons deep load Length: - 312 ft ...

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• V and W class destroyer - General Specifications
• V and W class destroyer - Ships
• V and W class destroyer - Royal Australian Navy
• V and W class destroyer - Royal Navy

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Brian Peter George St. Jean le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk) is a British electronic musician, music theorist and record producer. As a solo artist, he is probably best known as the father of ambient music. Eno first came to prominence as the keyboardist and sonic wizard of the 1970s art rock band Roxy Music (see 1970s in music). After leaving the group, Eno recorded a series of idiosyncratic rock albums, later turning to more abstract soundscapes on groundbreaking albums like Another Gre ...

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• Brian Eno - Education and early musical career
• Brian Eno - Roxy Music
• Brian Eno - Solo work
• Brian Eno - Producing records and other projects
• Brian Eno - Discography
• Brian Eno - Singles
• Brian Eno - Trivia

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William Buckland (12 March 1784 - 24 August 1856) was a prominent English geologist and palaeontologist who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, a proponent of Old Earth creationism and Flood geology who later became convinced by the glaciation theory of Louis Agassiz. William Buckland - Early life and university. Buckland was born at Axminster in Devon, and as a child would accompany his father, the Rector of Templeton and Trusham, on his walks where interest in road improvements led to colle ...

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• William Buckland - Early life and university
• William Buckland - Flood geology
• William Buckland - Megalosaurus and marriage
• William Buckland - Bridgewater Treatise
• William Buckland - Glaciation theory
• William Buckland - External link

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The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. They have recorded dozens of top-forty hits (including four US #1 singles), many best-selling albums, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. The original group comprised singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Alan Jardine. Many changes in both musical style and personnel have occurred in their sometimes-st ...

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• The Beach Boys - Early years
• The Beach Boys - Brian's innovations and personal difficulties
• The Beach Boys - The story behind Smile
• The Beach Boys - Mid-career brings a change in leadership
• The Beach Boys - Deaths of Dennis and Carl Wilson
• The Beach Boys - Personnel changes through the years
• The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys in the courts
• The Beach Boys - Awards and designations
• The Beach Boys - Members
• The Beach Boys - Discography
• The Beach Boys - Studio albums
• The Beach Boys - Live albums
• The Beach Boys - Compilations
• The Beach Boys - Anthologies
• The Beach Boys - Boxed sets
• The Beach Boys - Singles
• The Beach Boys - EPs
• The Beach Boys - Album availability

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Abkhazia (Abkhaz Аҧсны/Aphsny, Georgian აფხაზეთი/Apxazeti, Russian Абха́зия/Abhazia) is a region of 8,600 km² (3,300 sq.mi.) in the Caucasus. It is formally an autonomous republic within Georgia but is de facto independent, although not recognised as such internationally. The capital is Sukhum (Sokhumi)2. Abkhazia - Geography and Climate. Abkhazia covers an area of about 8,600 km² at the western end of Georgia, on the north shore of the Black Sea. The Caucasu ...

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• Abkhazia - Geography and Climate
• Abkhazia - Landscape
• Abkhazia - Climate
• Abkhazia - Demographics
• Abkhazia - History
• Abkhazia - Early history
• Abkhazia - Abkhazia within the Russian Empire and Soviet Union
• Abkhazia - The Abkhazian War
• Abkhazia - Abkhazia today
• Abkhazia - Abkhazia's future
• Abkhazia - Footnotes

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The Sacred College of Cardinals is the body of all Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. The body plays two roles for the church: participating in papal elections when the Holy See is vacant, and advising the Pope about Church matters when he summons them to a consistory. Historically, they were also the clergy of the city of Rome serving the Pope as the Bishop of Rome and were assigned duties in parishes of the city. The College has no ruling power except during the sede vacante period, where its powers are still extr ...

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• College of Cardinals - Choosing the pope
• College of Cardinals - Members of the College of Cardinals
• College of Cardinals - Cardinals of the Order of Bishops
• College of Cardinals - Cardinals of the Order of Priests
• College of Cardinals - Cardinals of the Order of Deacons

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Amelia Mary Earhart (born 24 July 1897, Atchison, Kansas - missing from 2 July 1937, western Pacific ocean), daughter of Edwin and Amy Earhart, was an American aviator and noted early female pilot who mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigational flight in 1937. Amelia Earhart - Early life. Amelia's grandfather was Alfred Otis, a former federal judge and a leading citizen in Atchison who reportedly was not satisfied with her father Edwin's own success as a lawyer, which is said ...

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• Amelia Earhart - Early life
• Amelia Earhart - Aviation career and marriage to GP
• Amelia Earhart - World Flight 1937
• Amelia Earhart - Legacy
• Amelia Earhart - Books by Earhart
• Amelia Earhart - Fiction by other authors
• Amelia Earhart - Urban legends
• Amelia Earhart - Bibliography

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General Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton (15 May 1803 Oxford – 25 July 1899 Dorking) was a British general and irrigation engineer. Cotton devoted his life to the construction of irrigation and navigation canals through the Empire of India, which was only partially realised. He entereed the Madras Engineers in 1819, and fought in the First Burmese War. Cotton was knighted in 1861.

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The Data Encryption Standard (DES) is a cipher (a method for encrypting information) selected as an official Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) for the United States in 1976, and which has subsequently enjoyed widespread use internationally. The algorithm was initially controversial, with classified design elements, a relatively short key length, and suspicions about a National Security Agency (NSA) backdoor. DES consequently came under intense academic scrutiny, and motivated the ...

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• Data Encryption Standard - History of DES
• Data Encryption Standard - NSA's involvement in the design
• Data Encryption Standard - The algorithm as a standard
• Data Encryption Standard - Chronology
• Data Encryption Standard - Replacement algorithms
• Data Encryption Standard - Description
• Data Encryption Standard - Overall structure
• Data Encryption Standard - The Feistel F function
• Data Encryption Standard - Key schedule
• Data Encryption Standard - Security and cryptanalysis
• Data Encryption Standard - Brute force attack
• Data Encryption Standard - Attacks faster than brute-force
• Data Encryption Standard - Minor cryptanalytic properties

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The Asian financial crisis was a financial crisis that started in July 1997 in Thailand and affected currencies, stock markets, and other asset prices in several Asian countries, many considered East Asian Tigers. It is also commonly referred to as the Asian currency crisis or locally as the IMF crisis although the latter is somewhat controversial. Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand were the countries most affected by the crisis. Hong Kong, Malaysia, Laos and the Philippines were also hit by the slump. Mainland C ...

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• Asian financial crisis - History
• Asian financial crisis - Thailand
• Asian financial crisis - Philippines
• Asian financial crisis - Hong Kong
• Asian financial crisis - South Korea
• Asian financial crisis - Malaysia
• Asian financial crisis - Indonesia
• Asian financial crisis - Singapore
• Asian financial crisis - People's Republic of China
• Asian financial crisis - The United States and Japan
• Asian financial crisis - Laos
• Asian financial crisis - Myanmar
• Asian financial crisis - Consequences
• Asian financial crisis - External Reference

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The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. He has led the Labour Party since July 1994, (following the death of John Smith in May of that year) and brought Labour into power with a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, replacing John Major as Prime Minister and ending 18 years of Conservative government. He is now the Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister, and the only person to have led the party ...

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• Tony Blair - Family background
• Tony Blair - Early political career
• Tony Blair - In opposition
• Tony Blair - Leader of the Labour Party
• Tony Blair - First term 1997 to 2001
• Tony Blair - Establishment of the Third Way
• Tony Blair - Control over House of Commons
• Tony Blair - Domestic policies
• Tony Blair - Second term 2001 to 2005
• Tony Blair - Iraq war
• Tony Blair - Domestic politics
• Tony Blair - Attempted impeachment
• Tony Blair - Health problems
• Tony Blair - Third term 2005 to present
• Tony Blair - G8 and EU presidencies
• Tony Blair - 2012 Summer Olympics
• Tony Blair - 2005 London bombings
• Tony Blair - Departure
• Tony Blair - Common criticisms of Blair
• Tony Blair - 'Spin'
• Tony Blair - Authoritarianism
• Tony Blair - Relationship with USA
• Tony Blair - Criticisms by the left
• Tony Blair - Satire
• Tony Blair - Works

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Constantine II, King of the Hellenes (in Greek Konstantinos II, Vasileus ton Ellinon or Κωνσταντίνος Β', Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων) (born June 2, 1940) was King of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1974. He has lived in exile since 1967. Constantine was born at Psychiko, near Athens, the nephew of King George II and eldest son of the King's brother and heir, Prince Paul. His mother was a German princess, Frederika of Hanover. He was one year old when the Germans invaded Gre ...

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• Constantine II of Greece - As King 1964-67
• Constantine II of Greece - The King and the Colonels 1967-74
• Constantine II of Greece - In exile
• Constantine II of Greece - Current status
• Constantine II of Greece - Family

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119 is the natural number following 118 and preceding 120. << 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 >> List of numbers -- Integers << 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 >> 119 number - In mathematics. 119 is the sum of five consecutive primes (17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31). It is a highly cototient number. 119 number - In astronomy. In astronomy ...

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• 119 number - In mathematics
• 119 number - In astronomy
• 119 number - In other fields

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Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam (Arabic: عبد الرحمن حسن عزام) ‎ (1893 - 1976) was an Egyptian diplomat, with family origins in Libya.[1] He served as the first secretary-general of the Arab League between 1945 and 1952. Azzam also had a long career as an ambassador and parliamentarian. He was an Egyptian nationalist and one of the foremost proponents of pan-Arab idealism – viewpoints he did not see as contradictory - and was passionately opposed to the partition of Palestine.Including:

• Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam - Notes

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The Łódź Ghetto was the second-largest ghetto (after the Warsaw Ghetto) established for Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland. Situated in the town of Łódź and originally intended as a temporary gathering point for Jews, the ghetto was transformed into a major industrial center, providing much needed supplies for Nazi Germany and especially for the German Army. Because of its remarkable productivity, the ghetto managed to survive until August 1944, when the remaining population was transported to Auschwitz. It was the last ghetto in Pola ...

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• Łódź Ghetto - Establishment of the Ghetto
• Łódź Ghetto - Chaim Rumkowski and the Jewish Council
• Łódź Ghetto - The First Deportation
• Łódź Ghetto - The End of the Łódź Ghetto
• Łódź Ghetto - Resistance in the Łódź Ghetto

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Andrew Murray tennis player - Stepping up to the seniors. In April - Just prior to the Junior French Open (where he played well, but not spectactularly so), Murray turned professional and played his first senior tournament. This was a result of being given a wild card to an ATP International Series Gold clay-court event in Barcelona, his adopted home town. He lost in the first round to Jan Hernych. In May, he played a Challenger in Dresden, winning his first round in straight sets 6-3 6-3, and losing his second to an almost id ...

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Andrew Murray tennis player, Andrew Murray tennis player - Early life, Andrew Murray tennis player - Early career, Andrew Murray tennis player - Into the limelight, Andrew Murray tennis player - 2005 - the breakthrough year, Andrew Murray tennis player - Stepping up to the seniors, Andrew Murray tennis player - Wimbledon 2005, Andrew Murray tennis player - US Hardcourts, Andrew Murray tennis player - US Open 2005, Andrew Murray tennis player - Thailand Open, Andrew Murray tennis player - Ethias Trophy, Andrew Murray tennis player - Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, Andrew Murray tennis player - 2006, Andrew Murray tennis player - Adelaide International, Andrew Murray tennis player - Heineken Open Auckland New Zealand, Andrew Murray tennis player - Australian Open, Andrew Murray tennis player - Miscellaneous, Andrew Murray tennis player - Titles, Andrew Murray tennis player - Singles

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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Cinematic and literary allusions. Throughout Revenge of the Sith Lucas refers to a wide range of films and other sources drawing on political, military and mythological motifs to enhance the impact of his story. Early on the Jedi navigate their way through General Grevious' ship by traversing elevator shafts, thematically and visually echoing the tradition of post-Die Hard action movies and Lars von Trier's mini-series Riget (The Kingdom). Anakin's ...

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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Plot summary, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Cast, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Cameo appearances, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Deleted roles, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Production, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Release, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Ratings, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Reaction, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Box office performance, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Selected plot elements, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Cinematic and literary allusions, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - References to the original trilogy, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Soundtrack, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Track listing, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Novelization, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Video game, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Trivia, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - DVD release, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Notable firsts, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Features USA, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Bonus discs, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Notes and references

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