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Definitions of the term vary. The term eugenics is often used to refer to a movement and social policy that was influential during the first half of the 20th century. In an historical and broader sense, eugenics can also be a study of "improving human genetic qualities". It is sometimes more broadly applied to describe any human action whose goal is to improve the gene pool. Some forms of infanticide in ancient societies, present-day reprogenetics, pre-emptive abortions and designer babies have been (somet ...

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Eugenics, Eugenics - What is eugenics?, Eugenics - History, Eugenics - Galton's theory, Eugenics - Eugenics and the state 1890s-1945, Eugenics - Stigmatization of eugenics in the post-Nazi years, Eugenics - Modern eugenics and genetic engineering, Eugenics - Criticism, Eugenics - Pseudoscience, Eugenics - Objectification of hereditary traits, Eugenics - Slippery slope, Eugenics - Genetic diversity, Eugenics - Counterarguments, Eugenics - Eugenics in popular culture

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1998 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Amartya Sen ...

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Joan adopted six children, according to L.A. Times articles from the time, though she kept only four. The first was Christina (born June 11, 1939), whom Crawford adopted in 1940 while she was single. The second was Christopher (born April 1941), whom Joan adopted in June of that year. In 1942, Christopher's biological mother found out where he was and managed to get him back. The third child was an 8-year-old named Phillip Terry, Jr. (born 1935), whom Joan and then husband Phillip Terry adopted in April 1943, but did not keep. The fou ...

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1909: On February 12, the National Negro Committee was formed. Founders included Ida Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. DuBois, Henry Moskowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villiard, William English Walling. 1910: The NAACP began court fights with the Pink Franklin case. It involved a black farmhand, who killed a policeman in self-defense when the officer broke into his home at 3 a.m. to arrest him on a civil charge. 1913: The NAACP protested President Woodrow Wilson's official introduction of segr ...

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NAACP, NAACP - Organization, NAACP - History, NAACP - Fighting Jim Crow, NAACP - Desegregation, NAACP - The 1990s: Crisis and restored strength, NAACP - Critics and supporters, NAACP - Bush declines to speak to the NAACP, NAACP - Timeline, NAACP - Influential court cases, NAACP - Sources and further reading

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Stop motion animation is almost as old as film-making itself. The first instance of the technique can be credited to Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackman for The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1898), in which a toy circus of acrobats and animals comes to life. The Haunted Hotel (1907) is another stop motion film by James Stuart Blackton, and was a resounding success when released. Segundo de Chomons (1871-1929), from Spain, released Hotel Electrico later that same year, and used similar techniques as the Blackton film. The earliest clay animation film was ...

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Stop motion, Stop motion - History, Stop motion - Current Work, Stop motion - Software, Stop motion - Compare with, Stop motion - Stop Motion Movies

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1980 - January. January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom. January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother. January 4 - American president Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. January 5 - Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer. January 7 - President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giv ...

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1975 - January. January 1 - Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up January 2 - The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by Congress January 5 - The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people. January 7 - OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. January 8 - Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, becoming the firs ...

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Image:Clarence saunders.jpg Clarence Saunders (August 9, 1881 - October 14, 1953) was a grocer who first developed the modern retail sales model of self-service. His ideas have had a massive influence on the development of the modern supermarket. Clarence Saunders worked for most of his life trying to develop a truly automated store, developing Piggly Wiggly, Keedoozle, and Foodelectric store concepts. Born in Virginia, Saunders left school at 14 to clerk in a general store. He then became a traveling ‘drummer’ for a wholes ...

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• Clarence Saunders - Foodelectric
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(See also: Smyrna.) The 5000-year-old city, is one of the oldest cities of the Mediterranean basin. The original city was established in the third millennium B.C. (at present day Bayraklı, Karsiyaka), at which time it shared with Troy the most advanced culture in Anatolia. By 1500 BC it had fallen under the influence of Central Anatolian Hittite Empire. Greek settlement is attested by the presence of pottery dating from about 1000 BC. According to the famous Greek historian Herodotus (from Halicarnassus, modern-day Bodrum) the ...

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İzmir, İzmir - Name, İzmir - History, İzmir - Homer, İzmir - From the eighth century BC, İzmir - Modern İzmir, İzmir - Climate, İzmir - İzmir International Fair, İzmir - Birds Paradise, İzmir - Cuisine of İzmir, İzmir - Festivals, İzmir - Sports, İzmir - Education, İzmir - Districts, İzmir - Reference, İzmir - Media mentioning Izmir

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Castration, gelding, neutering, orchiectomy, or orchidectomy is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a biological male loses use of the testes. This causes sterilization, i.e. prevents him from reproducing; it also greatly reduces the production of certain hormones, such as testosterone. It should not be confused with penectomy, which is the whole or partial removal of the penis, nor with vasectomy, which is a procedure to sterilize a male by blocking the vasa deferentia, the t ...

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• Castration - History
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• Castration - Medical consequences
• Castration - Castration In Veterinary Practice
• Castration - In animal fancy
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• Castration - Miscellaneous

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Film theory seeks to develop concise, systematic concepts that apply to the study of film/cinema as art. Classical film theory provides a structural framework to address classical issues of techniques, narrativity, diegesis, cinematic codes, "the image", genre, subjectivity, and authorship. More recent analysis has given rise to psychoanalytical film theory, structuralist film theory, feminist film theory and others. Film industry - History. The Italian futurist Ricciotto Canudo (1879-1923) is considered t ...

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Film industry, Film industry - History of film, Film industry - Origins of motion picture arts and sciences, Film industry - Protean developments, Film industry - The silent era, Film industry - The Sound Era & The Golden Age of Hollywood, Film industry - The 1940s: the war and post-war years, Film industry - The 1950s: Widescreen 70mm Stereo and even 3D, Film industry - The 1960s, Film industry - The 1970s, Film industry - The '80s: sequels blockbusters and videotape, Film industry - The Digital Age, Film industry - The '90s and new Millenium: technical advances, Film industry - Film theory, Film industry - History, Film industry - Specific theories styles and movements in film, Film industry - Film criticism, Film industry - The motion picture industry, Film industry - Stages of filmmaking, Film industry - Development, Film industry - Preproduction, Film industry - Production, Film industry - Post-production, Film industry - Distribution, Film industry - Film crew, Film industry - Production Team, Film industry - Primary Production Artists, Film industry - Camera and lighting, Film industry - Production sound, Film industry - Postproduction picture, Film industry - Postproduction sound, Film industry - Independent filmmaking, Film industry - Animation, Film industry - Film venues, Film industry - Development of film technology, Film industry - Endurance of films, Film industry - Wikibooks, Film industry - Basic types of film, Film industry - Lists, Film industry - Other

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His cosmology, which has echoes of Sufism and Vedanta, as well as Christian mysticism is summarized in the 1954 book, GOD SPEAKS, much of which Meher Baba dictated using an English language alphabet board. He personally recommended the book to a number of his followers, saying it was the most important book for this age. Meher Baba - Evolution and Involution. Meher Baba's cosmology is based on divine unity, the concept that diverse creation, or duality, is an illusion. “I tell you all, with my ...

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Meher Baba, Meher Baba - Meher Baba's Life, Meher Baba - Early years, Meher Baba - Manzil-e-Meem and Meherabad, Meher Baba - Prem ashram, Meher Baba - Silence, Meher Baba - First contacts with the West, Meher Baba - The Discourses, Meher Baba - Work with 'masts', Meher Baba - The New Life, Meher Baba - Automobile accident in U.S.A., Meher Baba - Highest of the High, Meher Baba - Automobile accident in India, Meher Baba - Seclusion and East-West Gathering, Meher Baba - God in a Pill, Meher Baba - Final Seclusion and Amartithi, Meher Baba - Last Darshan, Meher Baba - Cosmology, Meher Baba - Evolution and Involution, Meher Baba - Sanskaras, Meher Baba - The Avatar, Meher Baba - Role of the Avatar, Meher Baba - Followers of Meher Baba, Meher Baba - Influence on Pete Townshend

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Chen Duxiu - Chronological life. Oct 1879 to Oct 1901: Early life and education. Oct 1910 to Sep 1915: Planned the 1911 Revolution. Sep 1915 to Apr 1920: Became an influential figure in the May Fourth Movement. Apr 1920 to Jan 1924: Established the Communist Party of China. Jan 1924 to Jul 1927: Worked for the revolution and reformation in China. Jul 1927 to Oct 1932: Dismissed from leadership of party, Changed from supporting Liquidationism to Trotskyism. < ...

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Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his political role in the development of the atomic bomb, and idea of the memex—seen as a pioneering concept for the World Wide Web. His name was pronounced Van-NEE-var as in "receiver". He was unrelated to the Bush political family. Vannevar Bush - Career. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Bush was educated at Tufts College, graduating in 1913. He earned a doctorate in engineering from Harv ...

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• Vannevar Bush - The Memex
• Vannevar Bush - Eponym
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Chen Duxiu (October 8, 1879 – May 27, 1942) played many different roles in Chinese history. Along with Li Dazhao, Chen was a co-founder of the Communist Party of China in 1921. He was its first Chairman, first General Secretary and an educator, philosopher, and politician. His ancestral home was in Anqing (安慶), Anhui, where he established the vernacular Chinese newspaper New Youth. Chen Duxiu - Biography. Chen Duxiu - Chronological life. Oct 1879 to Oct 1901: ...

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• Chen Duxiu - Chronological life
• Chen Duxiu - Early Life.
• Chen Duxiu - The Founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
• Chen Duxiu - A Party in Turmoil.
• Chen Duxiu - Literary Work
• Chen Duxiu - Media Experience
• Chen Duxiu - Crisis with Cai Yuanpei
• Chen Duxiu - Crisis with Hu Shih
• Chen Duxiu - Anti-Confucianism
• Chen Duxiu - Chen's contribution to Chinese journalism
• Chen Duxiu - Reference

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Gospel of Grace Church or Grace Evangelical church was founded at Shandong by Sheng-Mo Du (度胜魔) in 1881. In 1906, Zong-Zhou Yu (俞宗周) established this church in Shanghai. These were some of the early indigenous churches established by local Chinese Christians. Chinese Independent Churches - 2. The True Jesus Church 真耶穌教會. Founded by Paul Wei, Ling-Sheng Zhang , Peter Wang and others in Beijing in 1917, the General Coordination Board was established in Nanjing which was later moved to S ...

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• Chinese Independent Churches - 1. Gospel of Grace Church 福音堂
• Chinese Independent Churches - 2. The True Jesus Church 真耶穌教會
• Chinese Independent Churches - 3. The Church Assembly Hall 聚會所
• Chinese Independent Churches - 4. The Chinese Christian Church 中華基督教會
• Chinese Independent Churches - 5. The Jesus Family 耶穌家庭
• Chinese Independent Churches - 6. The Chinese Church in Christ 基督徒會堂
• Chinese Independent Churches - Summary

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January 7 - Dáil Éireann, the extra-legal parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 8 - The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded. January 10 - Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann. January 11 - First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 - British government releases remaining Irish prisoners captured in the War of Independence. January 13 - Flu epidemic has claimed 8 ...

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1922 - January-March. January 27 - Bill Robinson & Fannie S. Clay February 4 - Pauline Frederick & Dr. C.A. Rutherford February 10 - Leslie Groves & Grace Hulbert Wilson February 14 - Douglas MacArthur & Louise Cromwell Brooks February 14 - Joan Lindsay & Sir Daryl Lindsay February 16 - Thelma Morgan & James Vail Converse March 3 - Sarah T. Hughes ...

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