The strand of graffiti art which is considered one of the four elements of hip hop culture is usually denoted urban 'Aerosol Art'. Sometimes synonymous with "hip-hop heads," so-called graffiti artists have gone beyond that stereotype and are abundant even among middle-class white children. Different genres exist, from Philadelphia's wicked style to California and New York's wild style graffiti. Graffiti artists are classified bas ...

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The name "Azarbaijan" comes from the ancient Old Persian name Atro Patikan and Middle Persian "Adur Paiyigan." The name means "The Guardians of Fire"—a referemce to the holy Zoroastrian fire that burned in the grand fire temple at Ganzak/Ganzaca (modern Takab)—the first capital of Azerbaijan/Media Minor. According to various sources cited in Encyclopedia Iranica (p.206), the current province of West Azarbaijan was part of the Sassanid Azarbadegan satrap as far back as the 3rd century.(ibid p.206)See also:

West Azarbaijan Province, West Azarbaijan Province - History, West Azarbaijan Province - Climate, West Azarbaijan Province - Demographics, West Azarbaijan Province - Religion, West Azarbaijan Province - Churches in West Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan Province - West Azarbaijan today, West Azarbaijan Province - Culture, West Azarbaijan Province - Colleges and universities

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Ecuadorians place great importance on the family, both nuclear and extended. Unlike in much of the West, where the elderly are often placed in care facilities geared towards people of advanced age, the elderly Ecuador will often live with their youngest son and his wife. Godparents are also far more important in Ecuador than in the West, and they are expected to provide both financial and psychological support to their godchildren, for example, Ecuadorians with marital trouble ...

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The appellant, Marvin Miller, operator of one of the West Coast's largest mail-order businesses dealing in sexually explicit material, had conducted a mass mailing campaign to advertise the sale of illustrated books, euphemistically called "adult" material. He was found guilty by a California state court of having violated California Penal Code 311.2 (a), a misdemeanor, by knowingly distributing obscene material. The conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals of California upon appeal. As stated in the preface to Chief Justice Warren Bu ...

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Croatia is the Latinized version of the native name of the country: Hrvatska. The letter "r" in the first syllable "hrv" is rolled or continuant, which is a linguistic trait strange to languages such as English, making the word seemingly impossible to pronounce by some of those speakers. However, not all other languages use the Latinized version, many use a form more similar to the native one. For example: Hrvaška in Slovenian Хрватска (≅ Hrvatska) in Serbian and Macedonian See also:

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Croatia is the Latinized version of the native name of the country: Hrvatska. The letter "r" in the first syllable "hrv" is rolled or continuant, which is a linguistic trait strange to languages such as English, making the word seemingly impossible to pronounce by some of those speakers. However, not all other languages use the Latinized version, many use a form more similar to the native one. For example: Hrvaška in Slovenian Хрватска (≅ Hrvatska) in Bosnian, Serbian, and Macedoni ...

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Japanese copyright law - Copy-protected CDs. Very soon, CDs will be copy-protected in Japan. Avex and Warner Music, Japan have already sold copy-protected CDs [The Japan Times Online, 21 December 2002; ibid. 3 April 2002]. Steven McClure, journalist for The Japan Times Online, and author of the latter, quoted article comments on this evolution with skepticism. He states: "Many people, though, say copy-protected (or copy-controlled) CDs go against the concept of "fair use" — which means the user sh ...

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Japanese copyright law, Japanese copyright law - Author's rights, Japanese copyright law - Applicability, Japanese copyright law - Moral rights, Japanese copyright law - Economic rights, Japanese copyright law - Neighboring rights, Japanese copyright law - Performers' rights, Japanese copyright law - Phonogram producers' rights, Japanese copyright law - Broadcasters' and wire diffusers' rights, Japanese copyright law - Exceptions, Japanese copyright law - Length of protection, Japanese copyright law - Recent movement, Japanese copyright law - Copy-protected CDs, Japanese copyright law - Compensation system for digital private recording, Japanese copyright law - Downloadable tunes for mobile phones, Japanese copyright law - Right of communication to the public, Japanese copyright law - Copyright management business law, Japanese copyright law - Right of transfer of ownership, Japanese copyright law - Right of presentation

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Now a park overlooking Orchard Road and set in the heart of the Civic and Cultural District of Singapore, Fort Canning offers a variety of recreational activities, historical, educational, entertainment and cultural experiences. The park also serves as an important green lung for Singapore's downtown city area. The unique blend of historical relics, lush greenery and expansive lawns has made Fort Canning a hub of cultural and artistic activity. It has been a venue of choice for staging a myriad of outdoor events and activities like theatre c ...

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The ECB has described some of the more rudimentary security features of the Euro note, allowing the general public to authenticate their currency at a glance. However, in the interest of security, the exhaustive list of these features is a closely-guarded secret. Still, between the official descriptions and independent discoveries made by observant users, it is thought that the Euro notes include at leas ...

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The Custard Factory complex is set in five acres (20,000 m²) of factory buildings, originally constructed by Sir Alfred Bird, the inventor of instant custard. At one time, a thousand people worked there. After the company's departure, the buildings were redeveloped from 1990, in two phases. Phase one is now home to a community of hundreds of media companies, artists and small creative enterprises. There are around 200 studio workshops, a café, a retro antique shops, meeting rooms, dance studios, holistic therapy rooms, a small ...

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Custard Factory, Custard Factory - Development, Custard Factory - Future plans, Custard Factory - Co-located media training, Custard Factory - Nearby locations

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In the United States, people wishing to become licensed architects (interns) are required to have a degree from a school accredited by the NAAB and pass a series of exams administered by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), referred to as the Architect Registration Examination (the ARE). In addition, interns must have a minimum of 3 years of documented, practical work experience (quantity depends on type of educational experience and type of educational degree earned) working under a licensed Architect before th ...

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The ECB has described some of the more rudimentary security features of the Euro note, allowing the general public to authenticate their currency at a glance. However, in the interest of security, the exhaustive list of these features is a closely-guarded secret. Still, between the official descriptions and independent discoveries made by observant users, it is thought that the Euro notes include at leas ...

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List of constructed languages - Fictional languages. Ailurin is the language spoken by cats (at least those living in New York) in Diane Duane's fantasy books. Aklo, Tsath-yo, and R'lyehian are ancient and obscure languages in the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and others. Aklo is considered by some writers to be the written language of the Serpent People Ancient Language in the Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini Anglic from David Brin's Uplift ...

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List of constructed languages, List of constructed languages - Auxiliary languages, List of constructed languages - Spoken major, List of constructed languages - Spoken minor, List of constructed languages - Controlled languages, List of constructed languages - Visual languages, List of constructed languages - Engineered languages, List of constructed languages - Human-usable, List of constructed languages - Knowledge representation, List of constructed languages - Artistic languages, List of constructed languages - Fictional languages, List of constructed languages - Alternative languages, List of constructed languages - Micronational languages, List of constructed languages - Personal languages, List of constructed languages - Language games

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Tron was one of the first movies to use long computer-generated sequences. About thirty minutes of computer-generated animation (blended with the filmed characters) were used. Though the movie has been criticized for woodenness of acting and — perhaps unjustly — incoherence of plot, the movie is celebrated as a milestone of computer animation. To be able to create the film, Disney turned to Triple I who owned the Super Foonly F-1, the fastest PDP-10 ever made (and the only one of its kind) as well a ...

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It aims to provide the positive aspects of organized religion without the "mumbo-jumbo or irrationality" of traditional organized religion, based on a framework of scientific skepticism compatible with the beliefs of atheists, skeptics and scientific rationalists. [1] The main goal of Brianism is to safeguard the evolution and propagation of intelligent life. Brianism terms this the 'Prime Directive.' Brianists believe that the human race has an evolved predisposition to form pyramid-shaped social structures under an 'alpha-male' and ...

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Brianism, Brianism - Goals, principles, and practices, Brianism - Book of Brian, Brianism - Inspiration sources of Brianism and allusions to organised religion, Brianism - Alternative meanings

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Although the film was initially unsuccessful, it has remained a cult favorite mainly due to its innovative use of computer graphics and its computer and video-game plot line. Tron's light-cycle race is one of the movie's best-remembered action sequences. The movie also inspired several popular video games. In 1982, Midway Games released the Tron arcade game, which consisted of four mini-games based on sequences in the movie. This game earned more than the film's initial release. In 1983, Midway released Discs of Tron, a ...

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Actors Bruce Boxleitner (Alan Bradley/Tron) and Peter Jurasik (Crom) would later team up again in the TV series Babylon 5. While their Tron characters never met, on B5 they had many scenes together (Boxleitner as John Sheridan, and Jurasik as Londo Mollari). In the computer world, all programs wear uniforms with colored circuit lines on them. The original concept was to have the 'evil' programs (those loyal to Sark and the MCP) with blue circuit lines, and good programs would have yellow. At some point this was changed to blue for goo ...

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Although the film was initially unsuccessful, it has remained somewhat popular due to its use of CGI and its computer plot line. The movie also inspired several popular video games. The Tron arcade game earned more than the film's first release and made it a cult favorite. Disneyland featured the Tron SuperSpeed Tunnel in its PeopleMover attraction. Mattel Electronics released three separate Tron games (unrelated to the arcade game) for the Intellivision game console in 1982: Tron Deadly Discs, Tron Maze-A-Tron ...

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Tron film, Tron film - Plot summary, Tron film - Technical, Tron film - Trivia, Tron film - Legacy, Tron film - Music

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Somewhat hidden on the front of the note is a second, smaller sequence where the first letter identifies the actual printer of the note. The printer code need not coincide with the country code, i.e. notes issued by a particular country may have been printed in another country (e.g. some Finnish notes have in fact been produced by a UK printer). The A, C and S codes have been reserved for printers currently not printing Euro banknotes. As from 2002, the individual national central banks (NCBs) are responsible for the production of one ...

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Italy, Greece and Austria have asked several times to introduce lower denominations of Euro notes. The ECB has stated that "printing a €1 note is more expensive (and less durable) than minting a €1 coin". On 18 November 2004 the ECB decided definitively that there was insufficient demand across the Eurozone for very low denomination banknotes. On 25 October 2005, however, more than half of the MEPs tabled a motion calling onto the European Commission and the European Central Bank to recognise the definite need for the introduction of € ...

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Euro banknotes, Euro banknotes - Denominations, Euro banknotes - Description of banknotes, Euro banknotes - Special features for the blind, Euro banknotes - Security features, Euro banknotes - Serial Number, Euro banknotes - Country letters, Euro banknotes - Printing works, Euro banknotes - Design changes and smaller Euro denominations

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Main article: Economy of Croatia Croatia has an economy based mostly on various services and some, mostly light industry. Tourism is a notable source of income. The estimated Gross Domestic Product per capita in purchasing power parity terms for 2004 was USD 11,200 or 41.6% of the EU average for the same year. The Croatian economy is post-communist. In the late 1980s, at the beginning of the process of economic transition, its position was favourable, but it was gravely impacted by de ...

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Croatia, Croatia - Name, Croatia - History, Croatia - Counties, Croatia - Geography, Croatia - Politics, Croatia - Political system, Croatia - European Union, Croatia - Economy, Croatia - Demographics, Croatia - Culture, Croatia - Famous Croats, Croatia - Literature

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Main article: Demographics of Croatia The population of Croatia has been stagnating over the last decade. The 1991-1995 war in Croatia had previously displaced large parts of the population and increased emigration. The natural growth rate is minute or negative (less than +/- 1%), as the demographic transition has been completed half a century ago. Average life expectancy is approximately 7 ...

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