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Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy: Encyclopedia Ii - Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy - General Information
Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal is a galaxy with mainly metal poor stellar populations. It is located at the right ascension 23h51m46.30s and de...
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Twisted Metal: Encyclopedia Ii - Twisted Metal - Twisted Metal: Small Brawl 2001
Format: PlayStation
Instead of delivering a PS2 follow-up to Twisted Metal: Black, Incognito took an unexpected turn and developed Twiste...
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Metal Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Metal Music - Subgenres
Metal music is made up of a large number of subgenres, similar to rock music as whole. Even though Metal genres at times are difficult to...
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Metal Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Metal Music - Subgenres
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Feng Shui:
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Energies
With Feng Shui
Synchronizing Energies
Feng shui is about "synchronicity."
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7.65 Mm Luger Parabellum: Encyclopedia Ii - 7.65 Mm Luger Parabellum - Performance
The rimless cartridge uses a 6 g (90 gr) full metal jacket bullet with a flat trajectory and moderate recoil, but poor stopping power. It...
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Sanyasis: Legendary Tales Of True
Sanyasis
Legendary Tales Of True Sanyasis
A true sanyasi is one who has no attachments to worldly
things. He has no self interest and whatever he...
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Cluster Chemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Cluster Chemistry - Metal Clusters
The oldest identified metal cluster is calomel which was known to the Indians in the 12th century. The existence of a mercury to mercury ...
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Bismuth: Encyclopedia - Bismuth
Bismuth is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Bi and atomic number 83. This heavy, brittle, white crystalline t...
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Aluminium: Encyclopedia - Aluminium
Aluminium or aluminum (Symbol Al) (see the spelling section below) is a silvery and ductile member of the poor metal group of chemical el...
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Welding Power Supply: Encyclopedia Ii - Welding Power Supply - Classification
Welding machines are usually classified as constant current (CC) or constant voltage (CV); a constant current machine will vary its outpu...
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Lead: Encyclopedia - Lead
Lead is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Pb (L. plumbum) and atomic number 82. A soft, heavy, toxic and mall...
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Aluminium: Encyclopedia - Aluminium
Aluminium or aluminum (Symbol Al) (see the spelling section below) is a silvery and ductile member of the poor metal group of chemical el...
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Twisted Metal: Encyclopedia - Twisted Metal
Twisted Metal is a vehicular combat series made for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PSP. The series is published by Sony and developed...
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Cradle Of Filth: Encyclopedia - Cradle Of Filth
Cradle of Filth is a English symphonic black metal band formed in 1991 that has been heavily influenced by gothic metal. The band progres...
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Cradle Of Filth: Encyclopedia - Cradle Of Filth
Cradle of Filth is a English symphonic black metal band formed in 1991 that has been heavily influenced by gothic metal. The band progres...
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Antimony: Encyclopedia - Antimony
Antimony is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Sb (L. Stibium) and atomic number 51. A metalloid, antimony has ...
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Silver: Encyclopedia - Silver
Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the traditional abbreviation for the Latin argentum). A soft white lustrous transit...
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Development: Encyclopedia - Development
Development has meaning in several contexts:
Biological development of embryos in the context of developmental biology
Child developmen...
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Development: Encyclopedia - Development
Development has meaning in several contexts:
Development - Science and Engineering.
Biological development of embryos in the context o...
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Bass Clarinet: Encyclopedia - Bass Clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like standard clarinets, it is usually pitched in B flat (meaning it is...
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Davy Lamp: Encyclopedia - Davy Lamp
The Davy lamp is a candle containing safety lamp devised in 1815 by Humphry Davy. It was created for use in coal mines, allowing deep sea...
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Antimony: Encyclopedia Ii - Antimony - Notable Characteristics
Antimony in its elemental form is a silvery white, brittle, fusible, crystalline solid that exhibits poor electrical and heat conductivit...
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Cymbal Alloys: Encyclopedia - Cymbal Alloys
Cymbals are made from four main alloys, all of them copper-based. These are: Bell Bronze, Malleable Bronze, Brass and Nickel Silver.
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Thermal Conductivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Thermal Conductivity - Measurement
For good conductors of heat the Searle's bar method can be used [1].
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Indium: Encyclopedia Ii - Indium - Notable Characteristics
Indium is a very soft, silvery-white true metal that has a bright luster. As a pure metal indium emits a high-pitched "cry" when it is be...
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Tin: Encyclopedia Ii - Tin - Notable Characteristics
Tin is a malleable, ductile, highly crystalline, silvery-white metal whose crystal structure causes a strange screeching sound known as t...
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Tin: Encyclopedia Ii - Tin - History
Tin (anglo-Saxon, tin, Latin stannum) is one of the earliest metals known and was used as a component of bronze from antiquity. Because o...
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Indium: Encyclopedia Ii - Indium - Occurrence
Indium is produced mainly from residues generated during zinc ore processing but is also found in iron, lead, and copper ores. The amount...
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Silver: Encyclopedia Ii - Silver - Notable Characteristics
Silver is a very ductile and malleable (slightly harder than gold) univalent coinage metal with a brilliant white metallic luster that ca...
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Lead: Encyclopedia Ii - Lead - History
Lead has been used by humans for at least 7000 years, because it was (and continues to be) widespread and easy to extract, as well as eas...
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Ground And Neutral: Encyclopedia Ii - Ground And Neutral - Equipotential Bonding
Equipotential bonding involves joining together metalwork that is or may be earthed so that it is at the same potential to prevent shock ...
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Tropical Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tropical Agriculture - Major Constraints
Winters are mild in the tropics; there is no frost, no snow, and no ice, so the insect population flourishes year-round. In temperate ar...
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Minor Characters In Sonic The Hedgehog: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Characters In Sonic The Hedgehog - Tails Doll
The Tails Doll is a secret character in the game Sonic R, unlocked by finding the 5 tokens in the "Radical City" track and finishing 1st,...
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Minor Characters In Sonic The Hedgehog: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Characters In Sonic The Hedgehog - Tails Doll
The Tails Doll is a secret character in the game Sonic R, unlocked by finding the 5 tokens in the "Radical City" track and finishing 1st,...
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Minor Characters In Sonic The Hedgehog: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Characters In Sonic The Hedgehog - Tails Doll
The Tails Doll is a secret character in the game Sonic R, unlocked by finding the 5 tokens in the "Radical City" track and finishing 1st,...
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Cradle Of Filth: Encyclopedia Ii - Cradle Of Filth - Biography
After the band's formation and a period of rapid line-up fluctuation as four demos were recorded, Cradle of Filth signed to Cacophonous a...
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Cymbal Alloys: Encyclopedia Ii - Cymbal Alloys - Brass
Some of the finest traditional gongs and china-type cymbals, and nearly all zils, are made from brass.
However, most brass cymbals are to...
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Powder Metallurgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Powder Metallurgy - Powder Production Techniques
Any fusible material can be atomized. Several techniques have been developed which permit large production rates of powdered particles, o...
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Chromatography: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromatography - Gas-liquid Chromatography
Gas-liquid chromatography is based on a partition equilibrium of analyte between a liquid stationary phase and a mobile gas. It is useful...
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Boron: Encyclopedia Ii - Boron - Notable Characteristics
Boron is electron-deficient, possessing a vacant p-orbital. It is an electrophile. Compounds of boron often behave as Lewis acids, readil...
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Lockheed D-21: Encyclopedia Ii - Lockheed D-21 - Operational Use
Four operational missions took place under the name SENIOR BOWL, from November 9, 1969 to March 20, 1971, all over the People's Republic ...
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Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy: Encyclopedia Ii - Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy - General Information
The Pegasus Dwarf is a galaxy with mainly metal poor stellar populations. It is located at right ascension 23h28m36.25s and declination +...
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Swallow This: Encyclopedia Ii - Swallow This - Songs
The double album features live tracks from Poison's first three studio albums and four new studio tracks.
It also includes a 9-minute lon...
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Mary Slessor: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Slessor - Early Life
Mary was born in Aberdeen and moved to Dundee at the age of 11 when her family were looking for work. Her father was an alcoholic who had...
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West Memphis 3: Encyclopedia Ii - West Memphis 3 - Background On The Suspects
Baldwin and Misskelley had minor criminal records (for vandalism and shoplifting, respectively) and Misskelley had a reputation for being...
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White Trash: Encyclopedia Ii - White Trash - Details
The nature of the term "white trash," the people to whom it has been applied, and the motivation of people applying the term are studied ...
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White Trash: Encyclopedia Ii - White Trash - Details
The nature of the term "white trash," the people to whom it has been applied, and the motivation of people applying the term are studied ...
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Gas Metal Arc Welding: Encyclopedia Ii - Gas Metal Arc Welding - Metal Transfer Modes
Gas metal arc welding - Globular.
GMAW with globular metal transfer is often considered the most undesirable of the four major GMAW var...
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Globular Cluster: Encyclopedia Ii - Globular Cluster - General Information
Globular clusters are composed of hundreds of thousands of old stars, similar to the bulge of a spiral galaxy but confined to a volume of...
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History Of Corsets: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Corsets - 1500s-1700s
History of corsets - Iron corsets.
Iron corsets were Tudor Era corset covers made of metal. There are several in museum collections.
It...
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Johann Gutenberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Johann Gutenberg - Printing
Block printing, whereby individual sheets of paper were pressed into wooden blocks with the text and illustrations carved in, was first r...
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Johann Gutenberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Johann Gutenberg - Printing
Block printing, whereby individual sheets of paper were pressed into wooden blocks with the text and illustrations carved in, was first r...
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Shielded Metal Arc Welding: Encyclopedia Ii - Shielded Metal Arc Welding - Operation
The actual welding technique utilized depends on the electrode, the composition of the workpiece, and the position of the joint being wel...
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Black Sabbath: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Sabbath - Official Band Discography
The albums in this section are official "band sponsored" albums, and are released with the cooperation and authorization of the band that...
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Laser Engraving: Encyclopedia Ii - Laser Engraving - Materials That Can Be Engraved
Laser engraving - Woods/Natural materials.
Directly "burning" images on wood were some of the first uses of engraving lasers. The laser...
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Sonic Heroes: Encyclopedia Ii - Sonic Heroes - Reaction
Reviews for Sonic Heroes generally are positive; most professional reviewers cited the enjoyable sense of visual style the game had (whic...
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Gresham's Law: Encyclopedia Ii - Gresham's Law - Gresham's Context
According to George Selgin in his paper "Gresham's Law":
As for Gresham himself, he observed "that good and bad coin cannot circulate to...
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Popular Revolt In Late Medieval Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Revolt In Late Medieval Europe - Causes
There were five main reasons for these mass uprisings including 1) an increasing gap between the wealthy and poor, 2) declining incomes o...
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Sonic Heroes: Encyclopedia Ii - Sonic Heroes - Reaction
Reviews for Sonic Heroes generally are positive; most professional reviewers cited the enjoyable sense of visual style the game had (whic...
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Plating: Encyclopedia Ii - Plating - Electroless Plating
Electroless plating, also known as chemical or auto-catalytic plating, it is a non-galvanic type of plating method that involves several ...
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Lead: Encyclopedia Ii - Lead - Occurrence
Native lead does occur in nature, but it is rare. Currently lead is usually found in ore with zinc, silver and (most abundantly) copper, ...
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Ceramics: Encyclopedia Ii - Ceramics - Properties Of Ceramics
Ceramics - Mechanical properties.
Ceramic materials are usually ionic or covalently-bonded materials, and can be crystalline or amorpho...
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Lead: Encyclopedia Ii - Lead - Health Effects
Main article: lead poisoning
The concern about lead's role in mental retardation in children has brought about widespread reduction in it...
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Spoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Spoon - Other Uses
Babies and some types of domestic birds, such as lovebirds and budgerigars can often be entertained for extended periods by being shown t...
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War Pigs: Encyclopedia Ii - War Pigs - Lyrics
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerors of death's construction
In...
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Ceramic: Encyclopedia Ii - Ceramic - Properties Of Ceramics
Ceramic - Mechanical properties.
Ceramic materials are usually ionic or covalently-bonded materials, and can be crystalline or amorphou...
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Wave Soldering: Encyclopedia Ii - Wave Soldering - Fluxing
The PCB will then enter the fluxing zone, which applies flux to the underside of the board. Two types of fluxers are used: the spray flux...
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Testament Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Testament Band - Biography
Testament was formed in the San Francisco area in 1983 by guitarist Eric Peterson and his friend, Derrick Ramirez, also a guitarist, orig...
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Axial Compressor: Encyclopedia Ii - Axial Compressor - Development
Early axial compressors offered poor efficiency, so poor that in the early 1920s a number of papers claimed that a practical jet engine w...
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History Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The World - Bronze And Iron Ages
Agricultural settlements had until this time been almost completely dependent on stone tools. In Eurasia, copper and bronze tools, decora...
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Gottlieb Daimler: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottlieb Daimler - Career Beginnings And Maybach
Gottlieb Daimler made his first mechanical-engineering activities in an industry at Graffenstaden. Which abandoned soon (1857) to begin s...
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Game.com: Encyclopedia Ii - Game.com - History
Titles released at game.com's launch included Indy 500, Duke Nukem 3D and Mortal Kombat Trilogy, along with Lights Out which came package...
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S3 Graphics: Encyclopedia Ii - S3 Graphics - Market Trends
From formation in 1989 it took S3 two years to develop the world's first single-chip Graphical User Interface (GUI) accelerator. Integrat...
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Drill Bit: Encyclopedia Ii - Drill Bit - Step Bit
A step bit, step drill, or Unibit is a roughly conical bit with a stair-step profile. They are used for drilling in sheet metal up to the...
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Dymaxion House: Encyclopedia Ii - Dymaxion House - History
Fuller's young daughter died from an infection contracted because they lived in poor housing during a Chicago winter. This horrid experie...
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Lo-fi: Encyclopedia Ii - Lo-fi - Lo-fi Music
Lo-fi music is a musical genre which uses lo-fi recording practices. The aim is to sound authentic, rather than over-produced. Many lo-fi...
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Cut Scene: Encyclopedia Ii - Cut Scene - Live Action Cut Scenes
Live action cut scenes have many similarities to films. For example, the cut scenes in Wing Commander IV utilised both fully constructed ...
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Domenico Ghirlandaio: Encyclopedia Ii - Domenico Ghirlandaio - Critical Assessment And Legacy
His scheme of composition is grand and decorous; his chiaroscuro excellent, and especially his perspectives, which he would design on a v...
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Ben Cayetano: Encyclopedia Ii - Ben Cayetano - Early Years
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Cayetano was estranged from his mother at a young age. Cayetano was raised by his father in Kalihi, an ethnic F...
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Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - The End Of Roman Rule
The traditional view of historians, informed by the work of Michael Rostovtzeff, was of a widespread economic decline at this time. Howev...
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Ore Genesis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ore Genesis - Iron
Iron ores are overwhelmingly derived from ancient sediments known as banded iron formations (BIFs). These sediments are composed of iron ...
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Lattimer Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Lattimer Massacre - Background
Lattimer massacre - Slavic immigration.
The agricultural economy of Eastern Europe was in difficulty in the late 19th century. Most fam...
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Music History Of The United States 1980s To The Present: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States 1980s To The Present - 1990s
The result of hair metal's decline was the grunge explosion in the early 1990s. By 1992 (1992 in music), hair metal bands were massively ...
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Megadeth: Encyclopedia Ii - Megadeth - History
Megadeth - The Early Years.
Shortly after lead guitarist Dave Mustaine was fired from Metallica due to alcohol problems and personality...
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Dave Mustaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Dave Mustaine - Megadeth
In 1983, Mustaine was extremely angry after being kicked out of Metallica and his only goal in life was to create a band more successful ...
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Axl Rose: Encyclopedia Ii - Axl Rose - Chinese Democracy
1999 passed without a new album, and the original title of "Chinese Democracy", "2000 Intentions", lost its relevance at the turn of the ...
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Microphone: Encyclopedia Ii - Microphone - Microphone Varieties
Microphone - Capacitor or Condenser microphones.
In a capacitor microphone, also known as a condenser microphone, the diaphragm acts as...
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Microphone: Encyclopedia Ii - Microphone - Microphone Varieties
Microphone - Capacitor or Condenser microphones.
In a capacitor microphone, also known as a condenser microphone, the diaphragm acts ...
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Microphone: Encyclopedia Ii - Microphone - Microphone Varieties
Microphone - Capacitor or Condenser microphones.
In a capacitor microphone, also known as a condenser microphone, the diaphragm acts ...
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T-x: Encyclopedia Ii - T-x - Tactical Overview
The T-X is a generally superior design which hybridizes some of the concepts apparent in both the 800 and 1000 series models. It represen...
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Planetary Habitability: Encyclopedia Ii - Planetary Habitability - Suitable Star Systems
An understanding of planetary habitability begins with stars, not planets themselves. While bodies that are generally Earth-like may be p...
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History Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Music - Popular Music
Popular music, sometimes abbreviated pop music, is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are broadly popular or inten...
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Bionics: Encyclopedia Ii - Bionics - Specific Uses Of The Term
Bionics - In business.
The latest research by Phil Richardson at the Centre for Biomimetics at the University of Bath has shown that Bi...
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Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - Artificial Life
See main article Artificial Life
It is possible in principle to construct a robot or a system of robots that is capable of replicating it...
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Olduwan: Encyclopedia Ii - Olduwan - Dates And Ranges
Clearly identified Olduwan tools should not be regarded as evidence of the first use of tools in any way. Many animals use tools, includi...
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Gas Mantle: Encyclopedia Ii - Gas Mantle - History
For centuries, artificial light had been generated using open flames. Limelight had been invented in the 1820s but the temperature requir...
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Led Zeppelin Discography: Encyclopedia Ii - Led Zeppelin Discography - Discography
Led Zeppelin discography - Studio Albums.
Side 1: Good Times, Bad Times, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, You Shook Me, Dazed and Confused. Si...
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Launch Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Launch Game - Quality Vs. Quantity
Historically, the number of launch games has been important. The more games there are available at launch, the higher the chances that pl...
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Bogan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bogan - Elements Of The Stereotype
The stereotype of a bogan is essentially the same as the British stereotype of a chav or the American white trash, with some specific Aus...
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