Transportation in the mainland of the People's Republic of China has improved remarkably starting in the late 1990s as part of a government effort to link the entire nation through a series of expressways known as the National Trunk Highway System. Private car ownership is increasing but remains uncommon, in large part due to government policies designed to make car ownership expensive through the use of taxes and toll roads. Air travel has increased considerably, although remains out of reach for most ordinary mainland Chinese. Long distance transportation for most mainlan ...

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People's Republic of China, People's Republic of China - Geography and climate, People's Republic of China - History, People's Republic of China - Politics, People's Republic of China - Ongoing debates, People's Republic of China - Political divisions, People's Republic of China - Foreign relations, People's Republic of China - Military, People's Republic of China - Largest cities, People's Republic of China - Economy, People's Republic of China - Transportation, People's Republic of China - Society, People's Republic of China - Demographics, People's Republic of China - Health, People's Republic of China - Education, People's Republic of China - Culture, People's Republic of China - Science & Technology, People's Republic of China - Miscellaneous topics

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Under the British Empire, English was the language of rule. Until the passage of the Free Education Bill in 1944, education in the English language was the preserve of the subaltern elite and the ordinary people had little knowledge of it. After their election to the State Council in 1936, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) members N.M. Perera and Philip Gunawardena demanded the replacement of English as the official language by Sinhala and Tamil. In November 1936, a motion that 'in the Municipal and Police Courts of the Island the pr ...

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Sinhala Only Act, Sinhala Only Act - British Rule, Sinhala Only Act - Sri Lanka after independence

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The technology for correct identification and classification for objects and even people has evolved over centuries. See, for example, pattern recognition. Recognition - History. For example, in the history of China, the Qianlong Emperor used large circular logos the size of a dinner plate to identify members of his family, and to distinguish them from his ordinary Han subjects, who had another symbol of privilege on their backs, the Mandarin square. This allowed his guards a method for easy recognition. < ...

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Recognition, Recognition - Social process, Recognition - Acculturation, Recognition - As Technological Challenge, Recognition - History, Recognition - Recognition technology

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Naruse is known as particularly exemplifying the Japanese concept of mono no aware. His films contain very simple screenplays, with minimal dialogue, unobstructive camera work and low-key production design. His films are deliberately slow and leisurely, designed to magnify the everyday drama of ordinary Japanese people’s trials and tribulations, and leaving maximum scope for his actors to portray psychologica ...

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Mikio Naruse, Mikio Naruse - Biographical information, Mikio Naruse - Characteristics, Mikio Naruse - Filmography

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The sentence “Napoleon is one of my ancestors” asserts only the existence of two individuals (i.e., Napoleon and the speaker) and a line of ancestry between them. The fact that no other people or objects are mentioned seems to limit the “commitment” of the sentence. However, it is well-known that sentences of this kind cannot be interpreted in first-order logic, where individual variables stand for individual things. Instead, they must be represented in some second-order form. In ordinary language, such second-order forms use either grammatical plu ...

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Ontological commitment, Ontological commitment - Background, Ontological commitment - Ontological innocence

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A People's History of the United States presents U.S. history through the eyes of ordinary people struggling to improve their lives, including striking workers, Native Americans, African-American slaves, women, African-Americans struggling against racism and for civil rights, Populists, and others whose stories are not often told. For example, Zinn documents the history of men such as Jermain Wesley Loguen who was born in 1813 into slavery, escaped, became a popular abolitionist speaker, and settled in Syracuse where his home b ...

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Howard Zinn, Howard Zinn - Biography, Howard Zinn - A People's History, Howard Zinn - Playwright, Howard Zinn - Books Written or Edited by Howard Zinn, Howard Zinn - Books, Howard Zinn - Forewords and introductions by Howard Zinn, Howard Zinn - Compact discs, Howard Zinn - Notes

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Main article: Werewolves in fiction The process of transmogrification is portrayed in many films and works of literature to be painful. The resulting wolf is typically cunning but merciless, and prone to killing and eating people without compunction regardless of the moral character of the person when human. The form a werewolf takes is not always an ordinary wolf, but is often anthropomorphic or may be ...

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Werewolf, Werewolf - Origins and variations of the word, Werewolf - History of the werewolf, Werewolf - Becoming a werewolf, Werewolf - Theories of origin, Werewolf - Werewolves in modern fiction

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Rail yards are a critical place for freighthoppers, where they find their greatest chances of "catching out" and being caught. This hinges on successful interaction and non-interaction with the people and equipment within them. Railroad police, or "bulls", are tasked with preventing trespassing on railroad property, which includes freighthopping. They will typically be found on patrol in utility trucks and SUVs ("bullmobiles") looking for anything out of the ordinary, thus freighthoppers take c ...

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Freighthopping, Freighthopping - Introduction, Freighthopping - Riding methods, Freighthopping - Practicalities, Freighthopping - Methods in rail yards, Freighthopping - Decline of freighthopping, Freighthopping - In media

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Although many people prefer the less-ambiguous term body mass to body weight, the term weight is overwhelmingly used in daily English speech and in biological and medical science contexts. Body weight is measured in kilograms throughout the world. Most hospitals in the United States use kilograms for calculations, but use kilograms and pounds simultaneously for other purposes (a pound is 0.45 kg). Many people in the United Kingdom still measure their weight using th ...

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Weight, Weight - Weight and mass, Weight - Units of weight and mass, Weight - Converting between weight and mass in SI units, Weight - Sensation of weight, Weight - Measuring weight, Weight - Relative weights on the earth moon and planets, Weight - Human weight in the medical sciences and ordinary language, Weight - Sports usage

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Much of the pre-WWII elite of Moldova (the "intellectuals" and the "bourgeoisie"), as well as hundreds of thousands of ordinary people were killed or deported, especially to Siberia and to the Asian steppes such as those of Kazakhstan (in 1940 and then massively in 1949). (even nowadays, there are tens of thousands of Romanians living there). A large influx of Ukrainians and Russians after the second world war created a ...

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Moldavian SSR, Moldavian SSR - History, Moldavian SSR - Culture, Moldavian SSR - Demographics, Moldavian SSR - Economy

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Loft Story became a craze when it was screened, but as it went on, it became extremely criticized, mocked and belittled by the media: the premise of ordinary young people being filmed most of the time in a cozy loft (and letting themselves out, they got a reputation of being stupid), being voted off by people on phones and getting to win money at the end, got it called high-rate "garbage tv". Loft Story is considered to be the precursor of reality shows in France where the contestants get voted off by viewers. Like other Big Brother-style programs, the show's sexual content was criticized as several con ...

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Loft Story, Loft Story - Description, Loft Story - Quebec version, Loft Story - Criticism

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Detecting a graviton, if it exists, would prove rather problematic. Because the gravitational force is so incredibly weak, as of today, physicists were not even able to directly verify the existence of gravitational waves, as predicted by general relativity. (Many people are surprised to learn that gravity is the weakest force. A simple experiment will demonstrate this, however: an ordinary refrigerator magnet can generate enough force to lift a mass against ...

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Graviton, Graviton - Gravitons and models of quantum gravity, Graviton - Gravitons and experiments, Graviton - Problems with the Graviton

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Detecting a graviton, if it exists, would prove rather problematic. Because the gravitational force is so incredibly weak, as of today, physicists are not even able to directly verify the existence of gravitational waves, as predicted by general relativity. (Many people are surprised to learn that gravity is the weakest force. A simple experiment will demonstrate this, however: an ordinary refrigerator magnet can generate enough force to lift a mass against ...

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Graviton, Graviton - Gravitons and models of quantum gravity, Graviton - Gravitons and experiments, Graviton - Problems with the Graviton

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Misgovernment and fiscal oppression having aroused much discontent throughout the two Sicilies, a revolt broke out at Palermo in May 1647, and the people of Naples followed the example of the Sicilians. The immediate occasion of the latter rising was a new tax on fruit, the ordinary food of the poor, and the chief instigator of the movement was Masaniello, who took command of the malcontents. The outbreak began on July 7, 1647 with a riot at the city gates between the fruit-vendors of the environs and the customs officers; the latter were fo ...

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Masaniello, Masaniello - The revolt, Masaniello - Masaniello in art

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Seed of Buddhahood

(Jpn.: busshu)

The cause for attaining Buddhahood. The Buddha nature inherent in ordinary people, or the innate potential to become a Buddha; also the Buddha's teaching, which clarifies and enables people to realize their Buddha nature.

Bodhisattva practice, the practice required of a bodhisattva, is also regarded as the seed of Buddhahood. One ensures the cause for realizing enlightenment by receiving the Buddha's teaching, the seed of Buddhahood. Based on the Lotus Sutra, T'ien-t'ai (538-597) interpreted the seed of Buddhahood as the doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life, and Nichiren (1222-1282) defined it as the Law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

See: Sowing maturing and harvesting

(See also: Seed of Buddhahood, Enlightenment, Buddhism Enlightenment, Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary)

Stratos - 1980s. Stratos' portrayal in the 1980s cartoon series by Filmation is generally consistent with his portrayal in Mattel's mini-comics. He is the leader of the Bird People, who inhabit the airborne land of Avion, located high in the Mystic Mountains. Although he rules over the Bird People, he is frequently called away from Avion to aid He-Man in his battles against Skeletor. In the mini-comics, Stratos was married to an ordinary human girl, Delora, who also appeared in numerous storybooks of the t ...

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Stratos, Stratos - Character History, Stratos - 1980s, Stratos - 2002 series, Stratos - Trivia

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Psychometry

Reading information or impressions from a physical object the history of the object (and the history of things and people associated with the object) which is hidden to ordinary sensibility. The term was coined in the mid-nineteenth century by Joseph R. Buchanan, an American physiologist, who claimed it could be used to measure the 'soul' of all things.

Buchanan further said that the past is entombed in the present. Researchers who followed Buchanan theorized that objects retain imprints of the past and their owners - variously called 'vibrations', 'psychic ether', and aura - that could be picked up by sensitives.

(See also: Psychometry, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Psychometry

Reading information or impressions from a physical object the history of the object (and the history of things and people associated with the object) which is hidden to ordinary sensibility. The term was coined in the mid-nineteenth century by Joseph R. Buchanan, an American physiologist, who claimed it could be used to measure the 'soul' of all things.

Buchanan further said that the past is entombed in the present. Researchers who followed Buchanan theorized that objects retain imprints of the past and their owners - variously called 'vibrations', 'psychic ether', and aura - that could be picked up by sensitives.

(See also: Psychometry, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Transcendentalists Those who assert that true knowledge is obtained by faculties of the mind which transcend sensory experience; those who exalt intuition above empirical knowledge, or that derived from the sense organs, and even that derived from ordinary mentation. Used in modern times of some post-Kantian German philosophers, and of the school of Emerson. The term, however, has been used in different senses by different people.

(See also: Transcendentalists, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)

The term "graphic novel" was popularized by Will Eisner after it appeared on the cover of the trade paperback edition (though not on the hardcover edition) of A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories in 1978. This collection of short stories was a mature, complex work focusing on the lives of ordinary people in the real world, and the term "graphic novel" was intended to distinguish it from traditional comic books, with which it shared a storytelling medium. This established both a new book-publishing ter ...

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Graphic novel, Graphic novel - History, Graphic novel - Quotes, Graphic novel - Artistic movement

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The term "graphic novel" was popularized by Will Eisner after it appeared on the cover of the trade paperback edition (though not on the hardcover edition) of A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories in 1978. This collection of short stories was a mature, complex work focusing on the lives of ordinary people in the real world, and the term "graphic novel" was intended to distinguish it from traditional comic books, with which it shared a storytelling medium. This established both a new book-publishing ter ...

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Graphic novel, Graphic novel - History, Graphic novel - Quotes, Graphic novel - Artistic movement, Graphic novel - Criticism

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Since reality television is a somewhat nebulous concept, basically encompassing any portrayal of people in unscripted situations, there are a number of precedents for it, starting even in the 1950's. Allen Funt's television show Candid Camera, which debuted in 1953 (and itself was based on his previous 1947 radio show, Candid Microphone), pulled pranks on unsuspecting ordinary people and showed their reactio ...

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Reality television, Reality television - Origins of reality television, Reality television - Types of reality TV, Reality television - Documentary-style, Reality television - Hidden cameras, Reality television - Game shows, Reality television - Self-improvement/makeover, Reality television - Dating shows, Reality television - Talk shows, Reality television - Analysis and criticism, Reality television - Costs

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