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Main article: Mechanical properties of DNA. DNA - Strands association and dissociation. The hydrogen bonds between the strands of the double helix are weak enough that they can be easily separated by enzymes. Enzymes known as helicases unwind the strands to facilitate the advance of sequence-reading enzymes such as DNA polymerase. The unwinding requires that helicases chemically cleave the phosphate backbone of one of the strands so that it can swivel around the other. The strands can also be separa ...

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DNA, DNA - Overview, DNA - DNA in practice, DNA - DNA in crime, DNA - DNA in computation, DNA - Overview of molecular structure, DNA - The role of the sequence, DNA - DNA replication, DNA - Mechanical properties relevant to biology, DNA - Strands association and dissociation, DNA - Circular DNA, DNA - Great length versus tiny breadth, DNA - Entropic stretching behavior, DNA - Different helix geometries, DNA - Non-helical forms, DNA - Direction of DNA strands, DNA - Chemical nomenclature 5' and 3', DNA - Sense and antisense, DNA - Distinction between sense and antisense strands, DNA - As viewed by topologists, DNA - Single-stranded DNA ssDNA and repair of mutations, DNA - The history of DNA research, DNA - First isolation of DNA, DNA - Establishing a link between heritable traits and chromosomes, DNA - Discovery of the structure of DNA, DNA - Bibliography

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Rice is a dietary staple of more than half of the world's human population, making it the most consumed cereal grain. Rice cultivation is well suited to countries and regions with low labour costs and high rainfall, as it is very labour-intensive to cultivate and requires plenty of water for irrigation. However, it can be grown practically anywhere, even on steep hillsides. Rice is the world's third largest crop, behind maize (corn) and wheat. Although its species are native to South Asia and certain parts of Africa, centuries of trade and exportation ...

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Rice, Rice - Rice cultivation, Rice - Preparation as food, Rice - Cooking rice, Rice - History of rice cultivation, Rice - World production and trade, Rice - Cultivars, Rice - International Year of Rice

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Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa. Rice is an annual plant, growing to 1-1.8 m tall, occasionally more, with long slender leaves 50-100 cm long and 2-2.5 cm broad. The small wind-pollinated flowers are produced in a branched arching to pendulous inflorescence 30-50 cm long. The seed is a grain (caryopsis) 5-12 mm long and 2-3 mm thick. The word rice derives from the Tamil word arisi. Rice ...

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• Rice - Rice cultivation
• Rice - Preparation as food
• Rice - Cooking rice
• Rice - History of rice cultivation
• Rice - World production and trade
• Rice - Cultivars
• Rice - International Year of Rice

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In her autobiography, Kagazhi hai Pairahan , Ismat Chugtai recalls her experience one Janmashtmi , when as a child, she had visited her friend Sushi's house. Sushi, who otherwise was a friendly soul, wouldn't let her enter the puja room where little Krishna lay in his palna , surrounded by sweets and incense. Young Ismat couldn't resist the lure of Bal Gopal's tantalising smile and stole into the room when no one was looking. She lifted the silver idol and hugged it to her bosom, only to find it rudely snatched from her. Sushi's hysterical mother dragged her out of the house and told her parents of their errant daughter's misdeeds. Ismat had to suffer the blows of her parents too.

(See also: Diwali , Indian Festivals, Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

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Kangaroos have developed a number of adaptations to a dry, infertile continent and a highly variable climate. As with all marsupials, the young are born at a very early stage of development after a gestation of 31-36 days. At this stage, only the forelimbs are somewhat developed, to allow the newborn to climb to the pouch and attach to a teat. In comparison, a human embryo at a similar stage of development would be about 7 weeks old, and premature babies born at less than 23 weeks are usually not mature enough to survive. The joey will usual ...

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Kangaroo, Kangaroo - Overview, Kangaroo - Physical Description, Kangaroo - Diet, Kangaroo - Predators, Kangaroo - Courtship, Kangaroo - Adaptations, Kangaroo - Kangaroo blindness, Kangaroo - Kangaroos and humans, Kangaroo - Eating, Kangaroo - Kangaroo culling, Kangaroo - Kangaroo traffic sign, Kangaroo - Famous Kangaroos

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While in no danger of outright extinction, in the next 10-20 years the most common edible banana cultivar the 'Cavendish' could become unviable for large-scale cultivation. The predecessor to 'Cavendish', the cultivar 'Gros Michel', has already suffered this fate. The Cavendish banana is an extremely popular fruit in Europe and the Americas; unfortunately, like almost all bananas, it lacks genetic diversity which makes it vulnerable to diseases such as: Panama disease (Race 1) – fusarium wilt (a soil fungus). The fungus enters ...

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Banana, Banana - History, Banana - Properties, Banana - Banana trade, Banana - Cultivation, Banana - Banana pests and diseases, Banana - Effects of banana diseases in East Africa, Banana - Attitudes toward bananas, Banana - Urban legends, Banana - Reference

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Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 - April 12, 1704) was a French bishop, theologian, and court preacher. Bossuet was one of the first to advocate the theory of political absolutism; he made the argument that government was divine and that kings received their power from God. Bossuet was born in Dijon. He was Bishop of Condom from 1669 to 1671. He was an influential courtier during the time of Louis XIV. He won the trust of Louis's long-term mistress, Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan, only to intrigue against h ...

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• Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet - Writings by Bossuet
• Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet - Reference

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There have been anecdotal reports of such apparent phenomena throughout history in various cultures. For example, poltergeist activity is typically characterized by objects being moved without apparent explanation, though some people claim that this is accounted for as unintentional PK by children going through puberty. As with all psi phenomena, there is wide disagreement and controversy within the sciences and even within the field of parapsychology as to the very existence of psychokinesis and the validity or interpretation of PK-related experiments. To date, there has never been a ...

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Psychokinesis, Psychokinesis - Psychokinetic events, Psychokinesis - Remote influencing, Psychokinesis - Cultural references, Psychokinesis - Quotes

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A delusion is commonly defined as a fixed false belief and is used in everyday language to describe a belief that is either false, fanciful or derived from deception. In psychiatry, the definition is necessarily more precise and implies that the belief is pathological (the result of an illness or illness process). Delusions typically occur in the context of neurological or mental illness, although they are not tied to any particular disease and have been found to occur in the context of many pathological states (both physical a ...

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• Delusion - Psychiatric definition
• Delusion - Primary and Secondary Delusions
• Delusion - Diagnostic issues

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Signed to a record company at the age of sixteen, Grant's first, self-titled album (largely self-composed) in 1977, was a runaway success in terms of the Christian music market of the time. As an English major at Vanderbilt University, Grant made a few more albums before dropping out of college to pursue a career in music. These albums included 1979's My Father's Eyes (the title track written by Grant's future first husband, singer-songwriter Gary Chap ...

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Amy Grant, Amy Grant - Career, Amy Grant - Discography

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The Vines - Garage days. The original version of the Vines met in suburban Sydney in the mid 1990s where Craig Nicholls, Patrick Matthews and David Olliffe met while working at their local McDonalds. They decided to form a band with Nicholls on guitar and vocals, Matthews on bass and vocals and Olliffe on drums. The band played Nirvana covers at parties while working on developing a sound of their own on Nicholls' four-track recorder. The band was named the Vines because Nicholls' father played in a Sydney band called the Vynes. The Vines - Highly Ev ...

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The Vines, The Vines - History, The Vines - Garage days, The Vines - Highly Evolved - worldwide success, The Vines - Winning Days, The Vines - New Album, The Vines - Asperger's Syndrome, The Vines - Band members, The Vines - Discography, The Vines - Albums, The Vines - Singles

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In the UK, indie music charts have been compiled since at least the 1980s. These charts initially featured independent bands that emerged from punk and post-punk, as well as indie pop artists such as Aztec Camera and Orange Juice, the C86 jangle-pop movement and the twee pop of Sarah Records artists. The bands were distinguished by having their records released by small labels, independently of the major record companies. The 1980s indie scene directly influenced 1990s Britpop artists such as Blur and Suede (though many of these were technically not wholl ...

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Indie rock, Indie rock - Indie: status or genre?, Indie rock - Indie Rock in North America

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In many African societies the fear of witches drives periodic witchhunts during which specialist witch finders identify suspects, even today, with death by mobs often the result. Audrey I. Richards, in the journal Africa relates an instance when a new wave of witchfinders, the Bamucapi, appeared in the villages of the Bemba people. They dressed in European clothing, and would summon the headman to prepare a ritual meal for the village. When the villagers arrived they would view them all in a mirror, and claimed they could ident ...

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Witch-hunt, Witch-hunt - Early modern Europe, Witch-hunt - Evidence, Witch-hunt - Execution, Witch-hunt - The Burning Times, Witch-hunt - Africa, Witch-hunt - Other part of the world, Witch-hunt - Sociology, Witch-hunt - Modern usage, Witch-hunt - George Orwell, Witch-hunt - Arthur Miller, Witch-hunt - Modern witchhunts, Witch-hunt - Religious deprogramming, Witch-hunt - Day care sex abuse, Witch-hunt - Involuntary commitment, Witch-hunt - Political confirmation

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Jungian psychology is a theory developed by Carl Gustav Jung, and is central to the Neopsychoanalytic school of psychology. Jungian psychology is geared largely toward the nature of symbolism and the effects of attachment upon the ability of people to live their lives in ignorance of their deeper "symbolic" natures. His ideas center around the understanding that a symbol loses its symbolic power when it is "attached" to a static meaning. The attached, and therefore static meaning renders an amorphous symbol (like the sphere or the our ...

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• Jungian psychology - Key terms
• Jungian psychology - Clinical theories

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Apu is married to his wife Manjula, who bore octuplets: Anoop, Uma, Nabendu, Poonam, Priya, Sandeep, Shashi, and (Mama's clear favorite) Gheet. For more on Apu's family, see Characters from The Simpsons. Apu and Manjula were wed through an arranged marriage. Despite trying to wriggle out of the arrangement at first, Apu was won over soon after meeting Manjula and the two actually did fall in love. Later, Manjula gave birth (in the episode Eight M ...

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Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon - Apu's family and background, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon - Quotes

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Image:Autoclave cassette.jpg For the article about the early 1990s Washington, D.C.-based indie rock band, see Autoclave (band). An autoclave is a pressurized device that enables the heating of aqueous solutions up to temperatures above the boiling point of water. Autoclave - Introduction. Under ordinary circumstances, heating water above the boiling point in an open vessel is impossible. Whenever the temperature rises up to 100 °C, water ceases to warm any more. This is d ...

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• Autoclave - Introduction
• Autoclave - Autoclaves in medicine
• Autoclave - Autoclave quality assurance

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Hipster - 1940s and 1950s. For a comprehensive look at the Beat Generation of hipsters, see Beat Generation Actors, comedians, musicians Steve Allen, comedian, jazz musician and songwriter, friend and sometime employer of Lenny Bruce as well as collaborator of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. Mose Allison, singer, pianist, songwriter Lenny Bruce, comedian Lord Buckley, monologist, "The Bad Rapping of the Marquis de Sade" Al Jazzbo Collins, disc jockey ...

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Hipster, Hipster - Original hipsters, Hipster - Hipster lingo, Hipster - Hipsters come lately, Hipster - Famous hipsters, Hipster - 1940s and 1950s, Hipster - 1990 and beyond, Hipster - Quotations

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Bathing is the immersion of the body in fluid, usually water, or an aqueous solution, such as the asses' milk favored by Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Some spa facilities provide bathing in various other liquids such as chocolate or mud, and there have been examples of bathing in champagne. Additionally, exposing the body to open air is sometimes considered bathing, for example, in sunbathing or moonbathing. Bathing - Reasons for bathing. Bathing serves several purposes: Hygiene, and the neat physica ...

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• Bathing - Reasons for bathing
• Bathing - Kinds of baths
• Bathing - Bathwear
• Bathing - Hazards of bathing

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Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, progressive inflammatory arthritis primarily affecting spine and sacroiliac joints, causing eventual fusion of the spine; it is a member of the group of the spondylarthropathies. Complete fusion results in a complete rigidity of the spine, a condition known as bamboo spine. Treatment is with physiotherapy and medication. Some cases remain mild, while other result in marked disability. Ankylosing spondylitis - Signs and symptoms. The typical patient is ...

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• Ankylosing spondylitis - Signs and symptoms
• Ankylosing spondylitis - Diagnosis
• Ankylosing spondylitis - Pathophysiology
• Ankylosing spondylitis - Epidemiology
• Ankylosing spondylitis - Therapy
• Ankylosing spondylitis - Prognosis
• Ankylosing spondylitis - Famous patients
• Ankylosing spondylitis - Reference

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The Virginia Military Institute is a unique military and educational experience. All Cadets are housed on campus in a large five story building, called the "barracks." The Old Barracks, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark, stands on the site of the old arsenal. The new wing of the barracks ("New Barracks") was completed in 1949. The two wings surround two quadrangles connected by a sally port. All rooms open onto porch-like stoops on one of the quadrangles. VMI Cadets wear uni ...

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Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Military Institute - Early history, Virginia Military Institute - Civil War period, Virginia Military Institute - World War I and II, Virginia Military Institute - Student life, Virginia Military Institute - Ratline, Virginia Military Institute - Honor System, Virginia Military Institute - Minority and female students, Virginia Military Institute - Admission of women, Virginia Military Institute - Military service, Virginia Military Institute - Athletics, Virginia Military Institute - Notable graduates, Virginia Military Institute - VMI trivia

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Liam was born in 1972, to Irish parents Thomas and Peggy Gallagher( Co. Mayo). He is the youngest of three sons, his brothers being Paul (b. 11th January 1966) and Noel (b. 29th May 1967), to whom he is affectionately known as "our kid". When Liam was a child, he was often called "Peggy's shadow" as he regularly clung to his mother. When he was 14, his mother took Liam and his brothers and left Thomas due to his alcoholism. Paul and Noel often contend that even from a young age, Liam had gone out of his way to annoy people, especially ...

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Liam Gallagher, Liam Gallagher - Biography, Liam Gallagher - Public Persona, Liam Gallagher - Lead Singer, Liam Gallagher - Songwriting, Liam Gallagher - Relationship with Noel Gallagher

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Dating the Bible - The Hebrew Bible. The authorship of the Hebrew Bible is an open topic of research, and who and how many people contributed to the text is a vital and lively area of investigation to this date. Therefore, assigning solid dates to any of the texts is difficult. Since the dating of the authorship of these books depends on the particulars of the deconstruction of the texts, the range of dates assigned to the first five books is rather b ...

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Dating the Bible, Dating the Bible - Historical School, Dating the Bible - Modern theories, Dating the Bible - The Hebrew Bible, Dating the Bible - The New Testament, Dating the Bible - The Gnostic Scriptures

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