Carlos Castaneda (previously Castañeda) was born in Peru on December 25, 1925 and died in Los Angeles on April 27, 1998. In the US, he wrote a controversial series of books that claimed to describe his training in traditional Native American shamanism (ancient Toltec sorcery). Castaneda claimed to have met a Yaqui shaman named Don Juan Matus in 1960. Castaneda's experiences with don Juan allegedly inspired the works for which he is known. He claimed to have inherited from don Juan the position of nagual, or leade ...

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• Carlos Castaneda - Biography
• Carlos Castaneda - Castaneda's account of Toltec knowledge
• Carlos Castaneda - Brief Description of Books
• Carlos Castaneda - Interpretation and criticism the Castaneda controversy
• Carlos Castaneda - Significant characters In Castaneda's works
• Carlos Castaneda - Related authors
• Carlos Castaneda - Notable works
• Carlos Castaneda - Books by other authors

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Carlos Castaneda, Carlos Castaneda - Biography, Carlos Castaneda - Castaneda's account of Toltec knowledge, Carlos Castaneda - Brief Description of Books, Carlos Castaneda - Interpretation and criticism the Castaneda controversy, Carlos Castaneda - Significant characters In Castaneda's works, Carlos Castaneda - Related authors, Carlos Castaneda - Notable works, Carlos Castaneda - Books by other authors

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He wrote that he was born in São Paulo, Brazil on Christmas Day in 1931, but immigration records show that he was born 6 years earlier in Cajamarca, Peru. He anglicized his name by changing the "ñ" (in Castañeda) into "n". He moved to the United States in the early 1950s and became a naturalized citizen in 1957. He was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (B.A. 1962; Ph.D. 1970). His first three books, The Teachings of don Juan: a Yaqui way of knowledge, A Separate Reality and Journey ...

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Carlos Castaneda, Carlos Castaneda - Biography, Carlos Castaneda - Castaneda's account of Toltec knowledge, Carlos Castaneda - Brief Description of Books, Carlos Castaneda - Interpretation and criticism the Castaneda controversy, Carlos Castaneda - Significant characters In Castaneda's works, Carlos Castaneda - Related authors, Carlos Castaneda - Notable works, Carlos Castaneda - Books by other authors

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Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos—see Personal life section below—November 14, 1939 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) is an American composer and electronic musician. Carlos was one of the first famous performers of electronic music using synthesizers. Wendy Carlos - Work. Switched-On Bach was perhaps the first album to attempt the use of synthesizers as an alternative to an orchestra. Having assisted Robert Moog in the development of his first commercially available synthesizers, Carlos h ...

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• Wendy Carlos - Work
• Wendy Carlos - Personal life
• Wendy Carlos - Discography

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Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born 3 April 1948) was President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. Salinas was one of the youngest Presidents in Mexico's recent history. Most recently, before being elected President he worked as the Budget Minister in the administration of Miguel de la Madrid (1982 – 1988). Many believe that his government lacked legitimacy because he won the elections in suspicious circumstances involving a complete shutdown of the computer systems that were concentrating the results of the vote in 1988. That impressi ...

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• Carlos Salinas - Accomplishments
• Carlos Salinas - The Scandals
• Carlos Salinas - The December Mistake
• Carlos Salinas - Salinas's book
• Carlos Salinas - Later years

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Carlos Santiago Nino (1943-1993) was an Argentine moral, legal and political philosopher. Nino studied law at the University of Buenos Aires and at Oxford, where he received his Ph.D. in 1977 with a thesis directed by John Finnis and Tony Honoré. Nino began his academic activity in the early 1970s, concentrating on some traditional issues in jurisprudence, such as the concept of a legal system, the interpretation of the law, the debate between legal positivism and natural law, and the concept of validity (see ...

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Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born 20 July 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican–American Grammy Award-winning musician and Latin-rock guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his eponymous band Santana, which created a highly successful blend of salsa, rock, blues, and jazz fusion. Their sound featured his high-pitched, clean guitar lines set against Latin instrumentation such as timbales and congas. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades, and ...

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• Carlos Santana - Early life and career
• Carlos Santana - Santana to Caravanserai
• Carlos Santana - Spiritual journey
• Carlos Santana - Return to commercial success
• Carlos Santana - Discography
• Carlos Santana - Albums
• Carlos Santana - Singles

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Carlo Goldoni (February 25, 1707 - February 6, 1793) was an Italian dramatist. Goldoni was born in Venice. From his earliest years he appears to have been interested in the theater: his toys were puppets and his books, plays. It is said that at the age of eight he attempted to write a play. The boy's father placed him under the care of the philosopher Caldini at Rimini but the youth soon ran away with a company of strolling players and came to Venice. There he began to study law; he continued his studies at Pavia, though he rel ...

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• Carlo Goldoni - Biography
• Carlo Goldoni - Works

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Carlo Maderno (1556 - January 30, 1629) was an Italian architect born in Capolago on the Lake of Lugano, near Milan. He was the brother of Stefano Maderno. Maderno began his career in the marble industry before assisting his uncle Domenico Fontana in Rome from 1588. His first piece, in 1596, was the façade of the Santa Susanna church, considered among the first Baroque facades. The dynamic rhythm of columns and pilasters, crowding centrally, and the protrusion and increased central decoration add further complexity to the structure. There is an incipient playfullness with t ...

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Carlos Saúl Menem (born July 2, 1930) was President of Argentina from July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1999 for the Justicialist Party (Peronist). Carlos Menem - Background. He was born into the Muslim family of Saúl Menem and Mohibe Akil, Syrian immigrants in the small town of Anillaco, in the Argentine province of La Rioja. He was trained as a lawyer at the University of Córdoba and became a supporter of Juan Perón. Menem campaigned for political prisoners and was arrested in 1957 for suppor ...

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• Carlos Menem - Background
• Carlos Menem - Political career
• Carlos Menem - President
• Carlos Menem - Continuing political career
• Carlos Menem - Corruption charges

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Carlo Ginzburg is a noted historian and pioneer of microhistory. Born 1939 in Italy, received a PhD from the University of Pisa in 1961. Occupied teaching positions at the University of Bologna and since 1988 at the University of California, Los Angeles. Field of interests range from the Italian Renaissance to Early Modern European History, a leader in microhistory methodologies. He is most famous for his ground-breaking book The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth Century Miller which looked at the li ...

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Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas (born July 9, 1879, Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; died November 8, 1934, Rio de Janeiro), was a Brazilian physician. He discovered Chagas disease, also called American trypanosomiasis in 1909, while working at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro. Chagas’ work is unique in the history of medicine, because he was the only researcher so far to describe completely a new infectious disease: its pathogen, vector, host, clinical manifestations and epidemiology. Carlos Chagas ...

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• Carlos Chagas - Early life
• Carlos Chagas - The discovery of Chagas disease
• Carlos Chagas - Later life
• Carlos Chagas - Bibliography

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Carlos Alberto Arroyo (born July 30, 1979 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico) is an NBA basketball player who plays point guard for the Detroit Pistons. In less than five seasons, Arroyo has become arguably the most successful Puerto Rican basketball player in NBA history. Arroyo played in the Puerto Rican Basketball League for the Cangrejeros de Santurce, where he was a teammate of legendary Puerto Rican player Jose Ortiz. He and Ortiz helped the Cangrejeros to four consecutive titles ...

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• Carlos Arroyo - College and first season in the NBA
• Carlos Arroyo - Arroyo with the Utah Jazz
• Carlos Arroyo - Arroyo with the Detroit Pistons

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The Chevrolet Monte Carlo is an American personal luxury car. Originally introduced for the 1970 model year, it has gone through six generations to date. All Monte Carlos to date have been two-door coupes, closely based on a contemporary intermediate sedan. From its inception, the Monte Carlo also has been one of GM's biggest successes on the NASCAR stock car racing circuit. Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1970. The Monte Carlo originally was created as Chevrolet's answer to the new G-body Pontiac Grand Prix ...

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• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1970
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1971
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1972
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1973
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1974
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1975
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1976
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1977
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1978
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1980
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1981
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1982
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1983
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1984
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1985
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1986
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1988
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 1995
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 2000
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 2006
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Future
• Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Other Links

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Carlo Lorenzini (November 24, 1826 - October 26, 1890), better known as Carlo Collodi, or simply Collodi, was an Italian writer and journalist. His pseudonym, which he used from 1856 onwards, is the name of the Tuscan village where his mother, Angela Orzali, was born. Collodi himself was born and died in Florence. Best known as the creator of Pinocchio, Lorenzini wrote many more novels and comedies. During the Wars of Independence in 1848 and 1860 he served as a volunteer with the Tuscan army. His active in ...

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Carlo Blasis (4 November 1797, Naples - 15 January 1878, Cernobbio) was an Italian dancer, choreographer and dance theoretician. He was the first who published an analysis on the ballet techniques in 1820, in a work named "Traité élémentaire, théorique, et pratique de l'art de la danse" (Elementary Treaty on the Art of the Dance, theory and practice). Other related archives15 January, 1797, 1820, 1878, 4 November, Naples

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Although his precise origins are the subject of controversy, Gardel is generally thought to have been born as Charles Romuald Gardés in Toulouse, France to unknown father and Berthe Gardés (1865-1943), who is said to have brought him at age 27 months to Argentina, where his name was Hispanicized. Some versions set his birth-place in the Abasto barrio of Buenos Aires, where he grew up and spent most of his life. Others say he is native from Tacuarembo, Uruguay, and there seem to be important documents proving this. When asked about his nationality he would answer I was born in Bueno ...

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Carlos Gardel, Carlos Gardel - Birth-place controversy, Carlos Gardel - Films

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Switched-On Bach was perhaps the first album to attempt the use of synthesizers as an alternative to an orchestra. Having assisted Robert Moog in the development of his first commercially available synthesizers, Carlos helped pioneer the technology, which was significantly more difficult to use than it is today. Multitrack recording techniques played a critical role in the time-consuming process of creating this album. On its release, Switched-On Bach became the best-selling classical album of all time, and the first to go plat ...

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Wendy Carlos, Wendy Carlos - Work, Wendy Carlos - Personal life, Wendy Carlos - Discography

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Teach the Controversy - Teach the Controversy. The theory of evolution is accepted by the vast majority of biologists and by the scientific community in general. Such controversies as do exist concern the details of the mechanisms of evolution, not the validity of the over-arching theory of evolution. For example the National Association of Biology Teachers in a statement endorsing evolution as noncontroversial quoted Theodosius Dobzhansky "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." ...

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Teach the Controversy, Teach the Controversy - Origin of phrase, Teach the Controversy - Strategy, Teach the Controversy - Political action, Teach the Controversy - Origin of the campaign, Teach the Controversy - Intelligent design movement, Teach the Controversy - The Wedge strategy, Teach the Controversy - Criticisms, Teach the Controversy - Teach the Controversy, Teach the Controversy - The Discovery Institute, Teach the Controversy - Reference notes

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QQ has faced many criticisms and controversies. QQ - Keyword Filtering. In August 2004, QQ Games start to filter keywords such as "钓鱼岛" (Senkaku Islands) and "保钓" (Keeping the Senkaku Islands). This act caused much controversy and Tencent had since lifted the filter. QQ - QQ Group Real Name Scheme. July 21, 2005, Tencent announced its intention to follow orders set by Shenzhen Police and enforce the requirement of real names for all the administrator and founde ...

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QQ, QQ - Usage, QQ - Usage outside China, QQ - Client, QQ - Development, QQ - Naming, QQ - Membership, QQ - Versions, QQ - TM, QQ - Commercial Service, QQ - Merchandise, QQ - Controversies and Criticisms, QQ - Keyword Filtering, QQ - QQ Group Real Name Scheme, QQ - QQ levels, QQ - Plagiarism, QQ - Adult Materials on QQ.com, QQ - Resource Hungry

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