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Cane: Encyclopedia - Cane
A cane is a long, straight wooden stick, generally of bamboo, Malacca (rattan), or some similar plant, mainly used as a support, such as ...
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Caning: Encyclopedia - Caning
Caning is a physical punishment (see that article for generalities and alternatives) consisting of a beating with a cane, generally appli...
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Caning Furniture: Encyclopedia - Caning Furniture
In the context of furniture, caning is a method of weaving chair seats and other furniture. Caning material is derived from the skin of r...
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White Cane: Encyclopedia - White Cane
A white cane is used by many people who are blind or visually impaired, both as a mobility tool and as a courtesy to others. Not all mode...
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Walking Stick: Encyclopedia - Walking Stick
A walking stick (or two) is a tool used by many people to ease pressure on the legs when walking. They come in many shapes and sizes, ind...
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Canes Venatici: Encyclopedia - Canes Venatici
Canes Venatici (Latin for hunting dogs) is a small northern constellation that was introduced by Johannes Hevelius in the 17th century. I...
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Candy Cane: Encyclopedia - Candy Cane
A candy cane is a hard cane-shaped candy stick. It is traditionally white with red stripes and flavored with peppermint; however, it is a...
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Cane Ridge Kentucky: Encyclopedia - Cane Ridge Kentucky
Cane Ridge, Kentucky, was the site, in 1801, of a large camp meeting which drew thousands of people and had a lasting influence as one of...
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Sugar: Encyclopedia - Sugar
In general use, "sugar" is taken to mean sucrose, also called "table sugar" or saccharose, a disaccharide which is a white crystalline so...
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Vinegar: Encyclopedia - Vinegar
Vinegar (from Old French vinaigre, meaning "sour wine") is a sour-tasting liquid made from the oxidation of ethanol in wine, cider, beer,...
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Blackbirding: Encyclopedia - Blackbirding
Blackbirding refers to the recruitment of people through trickery and kidnappings to work on plantations, particularly sugar cane plantat...
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Wineberry United States: Encyclopedia - Wineberry United States
The wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius), a type of raspberry, grows wild in the eastern part of the United States. The heart-shaped leaves g...
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Bastinado: Encyclopedia - Bastinado
Bastinado, originally, was a Spanish word for the act of caning in the literal sense of beating with a stick or similar implement.
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Lamedh: Encyclopedia - Lamedh
Lamed or Lamedh is the twelfth letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Hebrew, and Aramaic. The Phoenician letter gave ri...
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Armenian Mythology: Encyclopedia - Armenian Mythology
Armenian mythology also includes the myths of the ancient Urartian culture.
Fairy Tales
The Clever Weaver
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List Of Christmas Dishes: Encyclopedia - List Of Christmas Dishes
This page is a list of Christmas dishes as eaten around the world.
List of Christmas dishes - Belgium.
Cougnou (or cougnolle), sweet br...
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Jam: Encyclopedia - Jam
Jam is a type of fruit preserve made by boiling fruit with sugar to make an unfiltered jelly. Jam is often spread on bread and also as a ...
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Bone Corsetry: Encyclopedia - Bone Corsetry
In corsetry, a bone is one of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, gives it rigidity, and helps to shape the wearer's body.
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Biomass To Liquid: Encyclopedia - Biomass To Liquid
Biomass to liquid (BTL) is a (multi step) process to produce liquid fuels out of biomass:
Making ethanol from sugar cane
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Motobécane: Encyclopedia Ii - Motobécane - Motobécane Bicycles
Motobécane was a major and respected manufacturer in the French bicycle industry. The frames on Motobécane's mid-to-upper end bikes wer...
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White Cane: Encyclopedia Ii - White Cane - Canes Around The World
While the white cane is commonly accepted as a "symbol of blindness", different countries still have different rules concerning what cons...
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Caning: Encyclopedia Ii - Caning - Cane Types Synonyms And Alternatives
Canes can be manufactured for disciplinary purpose in different sizes and weights, determining the potential severity of the punishment. ...
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Meaning Of Dreams About Cane
Cane To see cane growing in your dream, foretells favorable advancement will be made toward fortune. To see it cut, denotes a...
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Caning: Encyclopedia Ii - Caning - Cane Types, Synonyms And Alternatives
Canes can be manufactured for disciplinary purpose in different sizes and weights, determining the potential severity of the punishment. ...
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White Cane: Encyclopedia Ii - White Cane - History
Blind people have used canes as mobility tools for centuries, but it was not until after World War I that the white cane was introduced.
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Caning In Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Caning In Singapore - Legislation
Sections 227 to 233 of the Criminal Procedure Code addresses the caning procedures to be adhered to, including:
The subject may be caned...
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Caning: Encyclopedia Ii - Caning - Scope And History Of Use
Caning was practiced as a judicial punishment for juveniles but was best known as a method of educational discipline in schools or at hom...
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Canes Venatici: Encyclopedia Ii - Canes Venatici - Notable Features
Canes Venatici is one of three constellations that represent dogs, along with Canis Major and Canis Minor. The constellation's brightest ...
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Canes Venatici: Encyclopedia Ii - Canes Venatici - Table Of Leading Stars
This table lists all stars in Canes Venatici with either a Bayer designation or a Flamsteed designation.
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Canes Venatici: Encyclopedia Ii - Canes Venatici - Notable Deep Sky Objects
Canes Venatici contains five Messier objects, including five galaxies. One of the more significant galaxies in Canes Venatici is the Whir...
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Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers: Encyclopedia Ii - Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers - Menu
The Raising Cane's menu is small, containing only four combos. The Box combo comes with chicken fingers (usually four), coleslaw, crinkle...
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Michael P. Fay: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael P. Fay - Life Prior To Caning
Michael Fay was born on May 30, 1975 in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, George Fay, was the son of Jewish Holocaust survivors. Michael's...
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Michael P. Fay: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael P. Fay - U.s. Response
The official U.S. position was that while it recognized Singapore's right to try and punish Fay with due process of law, it deemed the pu...
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La Canne: Encyclopedia Ii - La Canne - Technique
Bouts are held inside a ring. The cane is held with one hand but the player can change it from hand to hand during the bout. Strokes are ...
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Michael P. Fay: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael P. Fay - The Singaporean Response
The Singaporean government did not appreciate the U.S. government interfering with the way Singapore carried out punishments within the d...
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Michael P. Fay: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael P. Fay - Aftermath
Fay returned to the United States to live with his father. He did several television interviews and there was even talk of a book or movi...
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La Canne: Encyclopedia Ii - La Canne - Use
The use of the cane as a weapon, as originally taught in the weapons schools, was codified by the Masters of Savate so that the cane was ...
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Michael P. Fay: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael P. Fay - Theft And Vandalism
Between September and October of 1993, several expensive cars in Singapore were found pelted with eggs and spray painted. The police even...
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Sugar: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar - History
Making sugar by evaporating cane juice was developed in India about 500 BC. Sugarcane is a tropical grass, probably native to New Guinea....
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Sugar: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar - Production
Sugar was first produced in India. Alexander the Great's companions reported seeing "honey produced without the intervention of bees" and...
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Sugar: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar - History
Making sugar by evaporating cane juice was developed in India about 500 BC. Sugarcane is a tropical grass, probably native to New Guinea....
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Sugar: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar - Sugar Economics
In many industrialized countries, sugar is among the most heavily subsidized agricultural products. The European Union, the United States...
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Sugar: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar - Production
Table sugar or sucrose is extracted from plant sources. The most important two sugar crops are sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) and sugar beets...
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Sugar: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar - Chemistry
In biochemistry, a sugar is the simplest molecule that can be identified as a carbohydrate. These include monosaccharides and disaccharid...
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Sugar: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar - Health Concerns
In 2003, a report was commissioned by four U.N. agencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (...
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Sugar: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar - Health Concerns
In 2003, a report was commissioned by four U.N. agencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (...
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Oscar Goodman: Encyclopedia Ii - Oscar Goodman - Controversy
Oscar Goodman - Ethics investigation.
In February 2004, Robert Rose, a self-proclaimed ethics watchdog and retired auto mechanic, filed...
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Vinegar: Encyclopedia Ii - Vinegar - Types Of Vinegar
Vinegar - White.
So-called "white vinegar" (actually clear) can be made by oxidating a distilled alcohol. Alternatively, it may be noth...
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Vinegar: Encyclopedia Ii - Vinegar - Non-culinary Uses
Vinegar - Cleaning.
Vinegar can be a potent, inexpensive and environmentally friendly cleaning agent. White vinegar is generally recomm...
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Deafblindness: Encyclopedia Ii - Deafblindness - Causes
There are over 70 known causes of deafblindness[1]. Causes can be categorised into two groups: acquired and congenital.
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Transport In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Transport In Australia - Railways
Main article: Rail transport in Australia
The railway network is large, comprising a total of 33,819 km (2,540 km electrified) of track: ...
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Oscar Goodman: Encyclopedia Ii - Oscar Goodman - Biography
Goodman was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received an undergraduate degree from Haverford College in 1961 and...
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Oscar Goodman: Encyclopedia Ii - Oscar Goodman - Significant Events
1995 Goodman appears as himself in the Martin Scorsese film Casino.
June 8, 1999 Elected Mayor of Las Vegas
1999-2000 He has also had the...
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Fred Astaire's Solo And Partnered Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Fred Astaire's Solo And Partnered Dances - Solo Dances
The solo dances are classified according to genre. An asterisk (*) after the entry indicates the backing presence of chorus dancers for a...
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Transport In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Transport In Australia - Ports And Harbours
Transport in Australia - Mainland.
Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Fremantle,
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Ikshu:
Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Ikshu
Ikshu:
Ikshu. Sea of sugar cane.
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Ikshu:
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ikshu:
ikshu. Sugar cane.
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Hanbo: Encyclopedia Ii - Hanbo - Usage
Hanbojutsu, the method of using a hanbo, is a focus in several martial arts including the Kukishin Ryu koryu classical school of martial ...
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Blindness: Encyclopedia Ii - Blindness - Tools
Designers, both visually impaired and sighted, have developed a number of tools for use by blind people.
Blindness - Mobility.
People w...
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Sugar Beet: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar Beet - Sugar Beet Syrup
An unrefined sugary syrup can be produced directly from sugar beet. This thick, dark syrup is produced by cooking shredded sugar beet for...
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Sugar Beet: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar Beet - Agriculture
Sugar beet is an important part of a rotating crop cycle.
Sugar beet plants are susceptible to rhizomania ("root madness") which turns th...
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Sugar Beet: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar Beet - History
Although beets have been grown as vegetables and for fodder since antiquity (a large root vegetable appearing in 4000-year old Egyptian t...
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Transport In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Transport In Australia - Airports
Main article: List of Australian airports.
Transport in Australia - Summary.
There are many airports around Australia paved or unpaved....
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Law Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Law Of Singapore - Recent Developments
In recent years, the Singaporean government has relaxed some of the stricter laws. For example, bungee jumping is no longer illegal. Film...
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Law Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Law Of Singapore - Sexual Offences
Sex deemed by the Government to be "against the order of nature", including anal sex and oral sex (except as a precursor to conventional ...
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Sugar Beet: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar Beet - Culture
Sugar beet is a hardy biennial vegetable that can be grown commercially in a wide variety of temperate climates. During its first growing...
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Law Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Law Of Singapore - History
For most of the 19th century the criminal law which was applied in the Three Straits Settlement of Singapore, Penang and Malacca was that...
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New Iberia Louisiana: Encyclopedia Ii - New Iberia Louisiana - Events
New Iberia was home to early jazz legend Bunk Johnson in his later years, and hosts an annual Bunk Johnson/New Iberia Jazz, Arts & He...
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Sugar Beet: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar Beet - Processing
Sugar beet - Reception.
After harvesting the beet are hauled to the factory. Delivery in the UK is by haulier or, for local farmers, by...
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Law Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Law Of Singapore - Censorship
Law of Singapore - Press.
Pornography is not allowed;, e.g. Playboy and certain other 'adult/porno' magazines are not allowed, however...
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Sugarcane: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugarcane - History
Sugar cane was grown extensively in the Caribbean and still is on some islands. In colonial times sugar was a major product of the triang...
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Kanda:
Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Kanda (khaanda)
kanda:
kanda (khaanda). Section, chapter, canto, expanse of water, sugar cane.
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Bassoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Bassoon - Reeds And Reed Construction
Bassoon - The modern reed.
Bassoon reeds, made of Arundo donax cane, are generally made by the players themselves. Reeds begin with a p...
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Bassoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Bassoon - Reeds And Reed Construction
Bassoon - The modern reed.
Bassoon reeds, made of Arundo donax cane, are generally made by the players themselves. Reeds begin with a p...
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In The Mouth Of Madness: Encyclopedia Ii - In The Mouth Of Madness - Plot
The story follows private investigator John Trent, played by Sam Neill, whose specialty is insurance fraud. He is called in by his client...
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Kiwifruit: Encyclopedia Ii - Kiwifruit - Cultivation
Kiwifruit can be grown in most temperate climates with adequate summer heat. Where Actinidia deliciosa is not hardy, other species can be...
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Labasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Labasa - Economic Activities
The surrounding areas of Labasa are mostly farming areas, which contribute to much of the industry in the town. The largest crop grown is...
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Loganberry: Encyclopedia Ii - Loganberry - Harvest
Loganberries fruits late in the year, August to September (blackberries, however, fruit later). Plants continue to fruit for around 15 ye...
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Nishi Tribe: Encyclopedia Ii - Nishi Tribe - Dress
The Nishi plait and tie their hair neatly the with Tibetan thread at the forehead and a brass skewer passed horizontally through the tied...
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Fred Astaire's Solo And Partnered Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Fred Astaire's Solo And Partnered Dances - Partnered Dances
Dance routines are grouped by dance partner who, in turn, are listed alphabetically. Astaire also created a number of routines where he d...
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Pointing Stick: Encyclopedia Ii - Pointing Stick - Original
The old-fashioned pointer is simply a long, slender, often flexible stick made in a strong material, designed to indicate places on maps,...
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Reed Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Reed Music - Types Of Reed
Reed music - Single reeds.
Single reeds are used on the clarinet and saxophone. Some reed makers are Vandoren, Schopp, La Voz, Rico, He...
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Cannabis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis - Etymology
The name cannabis is thought to be of Scythian origin. Possibly it has an earlier origin in Semitic languages like Hebrew, in Exodus 30:2...
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Double Reed: Encyclopedia Ii - Double Reed - Construction
There are several differences between various types of double reed, for example, between that for a bassoon and that for a cor anglais. R...
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Telde Las Palmas: Encyclopedia Ii - Telde Las Palmas - History And Information
In its past, when Telde was an agricultural community, sugar canes, vineyards, bananas and tomatoes were the main crops.
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Saint Croix: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Croix - Economy
St. Croix is home to HOVENSA, one of the worlds largest oil refineries. HOVENSA is a joint venture between Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. ...
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Salta Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Salta Province - Economy
Agriculture and its derived industry are the main activity of the province. Tobacco, sugar cane and viticulture are the most important an...
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Lake Macquarie: Encyclopedia Ii - Lake Macquarie - Photographs
View from Woods Point showing Vales Point
View from Cane Point showing Marks Point across Village Bay
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Fly Fishing: Encyclopedia Ii - Fly Fishing - Fly Rods
As stated, most fly fishing rods vary between 2m (6 feet) and 4m (14 feet) in length. The earliest fly rods were made from greenheart, a ...
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Collage: Encyclopedia Ii - Collage - Collage In Painting
Cubist painter, Pablo Picasso, invented the collage technique in 1912 with his Still Life with Chair Caning (Nature-morte à la chaise ca...
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Touch Of Evil: Encyclopedia Ii - Touch Of Evil - The Plot
Capt. Quinlan is not on the take, but is bitter about the unsolved murder of his wife early in his career and has come to believe he can ...
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Kisuke Urahara: Encyclopedia Ii - Kisuke Urahara - Benihime
Kisuke Urahara's zanpakutō is named Benihime (紅姫 lit.: Crimson Princess). It is one of the very few female zanpakutō. By default, B...
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Bossier City Louisiana: Encyclopedia Ii - Bossier City Louisiana - History
The area of Bossier City dates back to the 1830s when it was the Elysian Groves Plantation of James and Mary Cane. Steamboat loads of cot...
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Fauna Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Fauna Of Australia - Amphibians And Reptiles
Australia has four families of native frogs and one introduced toad, the Cane Toad. In 1935 the Cane Toad was introduced to Australia in ...
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Cannabis Spiritual Use: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Spiritual Use - Judeo-christian Use
The holy anointing oil mentioned in various sacred Hebrew texts contained, among other ingredients, an herb known as kaneh-bosm (fragrant...
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Dream Interpretation Rattan Cane: Dream Interpretation
Dictionary - Rattan Cane
Rattan Cane To dream of a rattan cane, foretells that you will depend largely upon the judgment of others, and you should cul...
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Meaning Of A Dream: Meaning Of Dreams From; Cab To Canker
Dream Interpretation
including the meaning of dreams about:
Cab,
Cabbage, Cabin , Cable, Cackle, Cage, Cakes, Calendar, Called , Cal...
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Dream Interpretation: Dream Interpretation Of Dreams From;
Dream Interpretation including dreams
about:
Cab,
Cabbage, Cabin , Cable, Cackle, Cage, Cakes, Calendar, Called , Calm, Calomel ,
C...
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Cane Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary -
Cane
Cane Dream Symbols: A need for support and/or advice. A crutch that you lean on, someone or something that lends support. (Sour...
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Dream Dictionary: Dream Dictionary On Dreams; Cab To Canker
A Dream Dictionary including dreams
about:
Cab,
Cabbage, Cabin , Cable, Cackle, Cage, Cakes, Calendar, Called , Calm, Calomel ,
Calumny,...
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