According to lore and legend, Alexander Bean was born in East Lothian during the reign of King James I of Scotland (the early 15th century); however, some sources date the tale to earlier eras. His father was a ditch digger and a hedge trimmer, and Bean tried to take up the family profession, but quickly realised that he had little taste for honest work. Bean left home with a woman (according to one version, she was a witch called Black Agnes Douglas, and they were run out of town) who shared his views on honest labour. They eventuall ...

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Alexander "Sawney" Bean, Alexander "Sawney" Bean - Beginnings, Alexander "Sawney" Bean - Family life and cannibalism, Alexander "Sawney" Bean - Capture & execution, Alexander "Sawney" Bean - Sources & veracity, Alexander "Sawney" Bean - Sawney Bean in popular media

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Perry began his career in the late 1950s working with Prince Buster and Clement Coxsone Dodd's sound system. He was soon producing records with Dodd and recording at Studio One, but the pair eventually stopped working together due to personality and financial conflicts. Working with Joe Gibbs at Wirl Records, Perry tried to begin his recording career, but again, personality and financial problems caused conflict, and Perry left to form his own label, Upsetter, in 1968 (see 1968 in music). His first single "People Funny Boy", which was an ins ...

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Lee "Scratch" Perry, Lee "Scratch" Perry - Career, Lee "Scratch" Perry - Discography, Lee "Scratch" Perry - Albums, Lee "Scratch" Perry - Reference, Lee "Scratch" Perry - Video

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Cunningham was born in Los Angeles, but grew up in rural Shelbina, Missouri. While growing up he loved to hunt pheasant and deer with his father. After receiving his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Missouri in 1964 and 1965, Cunningham spent a year as a swimming coach in Hinsdale, Illinois before joining the United States Navy in 1966. He eventually became an aviator. During his service, Cunningham became the first Navy ace in the Vietnam War, flying an F-4 Phantom from aboard aircraft carriers, and recording five conf ...

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Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Randy "Duke" Cunningham - Biography, Randy "Duke" Cunningham - Political career, Randy "Duke" Cunningham - Scandals and corruption, Randy "Duke" Cunningham - Allegations surfaced Cunningham is defiant, Randy "Duke" Cunningham - Plea agreement, Randy "Duke" Cunningham - Reaction to plea agreement, Randy "Duke" Cunningham - More fallout

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In situations where using or mentioning the word directly may be considered inappropriate, people often resort to euphemisms, one example being to bowdlerize it, either referring to it with terms such as the f-word or replacing it with similar-sounding words such as "feck", "flip" or "fudge." In software contexts, fook, fsck, fvck, fuk, fark and f2k are also used. In the formerly British Caribbean nations it is sometimes spelled fock. Fark is a bowdlerization which originated in the British Commonwealth countries, derived from exaggerated pronunciat ...

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History of the word "fuck", History of the word "fuck" - Modern usage, History of the word "fuck" - Euphemisms, History of the word "fuck" - Incidents on British Television, History of the word "fuck" - Censorship, History of the word "fuck" - Usage in politics, History of the word "fuck" - Early mainstream musical use, History of the word "fuck" - Further reference

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The films Ulysses and I'll Never Forget What's'isname (both 1967) are contenders for being the first film to use the word 'fuck'. Since the U.S. adoption of the MPAA film rating system, use of the word has been accepted in R-rated movies, and under the older rules, use of the word would automatically cause the film to be given an R rating. Later rule changes permit one, non-sexual, strictly exclamatory use of the word in PG-13 movies. In 1968, The Beatles' "White Album" had the word censored in their track "Revolution 9" ...

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History of the word "fuck", History of the word "fuck" - Modern usage, History of the word "fuck" - Euphemisms, History of the word "fuck" - Incidents on British Television, History of the word "fuck" - Censorship, History of the word "fuck" - Usage in politics, History of the word "fuck" - Early mainstream musical use, History of the word "fuck" - Further reference

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"it's a small world" - Disneyland attraction facts. Grand Opening: May 28, 1966 Designers: WED Enterprises Animated/unanimated figures: 605 Slogan: The happiest cruise that ever sailed around the world. Sponsors: Pepsi-Cola UNICEF Bank of America Mattel Ride Length: 11:56 See also:

"it's a small world", "it's a small world" - Characteristics, "it's a small world" - Exterior, "it's a small world" - Interior, "it's a small world" - Holiday season, "it's a small world" - Parodies and derivatives, "it's a small world" - Attraction statistics, "it's a small world" - Disneyland attraction facts, "it's a small world" - Magic Kingdom attraction statistics, "it's a small world" - Other Disney parks attractions statistics

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Toys "R" Us - Beginnings. Initially founded in Washington, DC during the post-war baby boom era in 1948 as a baby furniture retailer, Charles Lazarus began receiving requests from customers for baby toys. After adding baby toys, he got requests for more grown up toys. Eventually the focus of the store changed and Toys "R" Us as we know it was born. The company has since relocated to Wayne, New Jersey.

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Toys "R" Us, Toys "R" Us - History, Toys "R" Us - Beginnings, Toys "R" Us - Strike in Sweden, Toys "R" Us - Buyout, Toys "R" Us - Today, Toys "R" Us - Other 'R' Us chains, Toys "R" Us - Logo and mascot, Toys "R" Us - Slogans, Toys "R" Us - Trivia, Toys "R" Us - References in popular culture

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The basic Internet e-mail transmission protocol, SMTP, supports only ASCII characters (see also 8BITMIME). MIME defines mechanisms for sending other kinds of information in e-mail, including text in languages other than English using character encodings other than ASCII. However these encodings often use byte values outside the ASCII range so they need to be encoded further before they are suitable for use in e-mail. Quoted-printable encoding is one method used for mapping arbitrary bytes into sequences of ASCII characters. This encoding is reversible, meaning the original bytes and hence the non- ...

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Quoted-printable, Quoted-printable - Introduction, Quoted-printable - Quoted Printable Encoding

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Born the son of William Adams, an English curio dealer specializing in rare weapons, Nathaniel William Adams obtained his nickname, "Rock," because of his immense strength. Rock's father had bid on Soul Edge at a secret auction, and was bringing it home on his ship with family on board when the dread pirate Cervantes de Leon attacked. Rock's father ran to the storage room to hide the Soul Edge, and his mother ran after to stop him, telling Rock to stay where he was until their return; but they never came back, and the ship sank before they e ...

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Nathaniel "Rock" Adams, Nathaniel "Rock" Adams - Biography, Nathaniel "Rock" Adams - Series' Appearances, Nathaniel "Rock" Adams - Tournament Match Videos

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I"s - Ichitaka Seto. Ichitaka Seto (瀬戸 一貴, Seto Ichitaka?) is a generally shy and reserved nature, and rough times with females when yo ...

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I"s, I"s - Characters, I"s - Ichitaka Seto, I"s - Iori Yoshizuki, I"s - Itsuki Akiba, I"s - Manga, I"s - Volumes, I"s - Edits in the English editions, I"s - From Is OVA, I"s - Plot summary, I"s - Voice actors, I"s - Is Pure OVA, I"s - Voice actors, I"s - Notes and references

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This short is also noteworthy for an early reference to the Time Corps, which figures prominently in Heinlein's final two novels, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls and To Sail Beyond the Sunset. The Red Dwarf episode "Ouroboros" has a suspiciously similar plot, and may have been inspired by Heinlein's story. "All You Zombies" is also the title of a 1985 song by the rock group The Hooters. According to the Songfacts web page, the group came up with the title independently while working on the lyrics. One of them had read the st ...

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"—All You Zombies—", "—All You Zombies—" - Plot, "—All You Zombies—" - Trivia

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DDT Short-arm clothesline Knee lift Alice Cooper Paul Ellering Jimmy Hart Paul Jones Sherri Martel Andre Verdun Cheryl Roberts Kevin Sullivan ...

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Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Jake "The Snake" Roberts - Wrestling career, Jake "The Snake" Roberts - Wrestling facts, Jake "The Snake" Roberts - Championships and accomplishments, Jake "The Snake" Roberts - Personal life

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The plot of "—All You Zombies—" concerns a young man who is taken back in time and tricked into impregnating himself (before he had sexual reassignment surgery), resulting in the ultimate time-travel paradox: a man who is both his own father and mother. The story involves an intricate series of time-travel jumps, beginning September 20, 1945 when the Bartender—who wears a ring depicting the Ouroboros—drops off baby Jane at an orphanage. Nearly 18 years later, the Bartender takes the man who calls himself "Unmarried Mother" to ...

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"—All You Zombies—", "—All You Zombies—" - Plot, "—All You Zombies—" - Trivia

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Financial quote - Level 1 Access. Level 1 quotations represent realtime bid/ask data, the most commonly displayed market data. Level-1 data typically will display the Best-Bid-Offer ("BBO" or "Inside Quote"), i.e. the highest ask and lowest bid available at the time for a given security. It may or may not display quote size. Financial quote - Level 2 Access. Level 2 data displays the top-of-book for each market participant in a given security. In oth ...

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Financial quote, Financial quote - Bid and Ask, Financial quote - Equities, Financial quote - Level 1 Access, Financial quote - Level 2 Access

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In 1971 he became president of truck manufacturer White Motor Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked until he retired in 1980. ...

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Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen, Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen - Early Life, Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen - General Motors Career, Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen - Move to Ford, Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen - Later Career, Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen - See Related

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The yellow reverse "R" in quotation marks, similar to the Cyrillic "yah" (Я), imitates a small child's backward writing of "R", which is short for "are". The "R" is the most distinctive part of the retailer's colorful kid-friendly logo. A blue star was added to the logo in 1999. The "R Us" name has been imitated by many other businesses, such as Tiles R Us and Tuxedos R Us. In the 1960s, Geoffrey the Giraffe, an anthropomorphic cartoon giraffe, was introduced as its mascot. His name followed in the 1970s. Recently, he was reintroduced in commercials not as a ...

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Toys "R" Us, Toys "R" Us - History, Toys "R" Us - Beginnings, Toys "R" Us - Strike in Sweden, Toys "R" Us - Buyout, Toys "R" Us - Today, Toys "R" Us - Other 'R' Us chains, Toys "R" Us - Logo and mascot, Toys "R" Us - Slogans, Toys "R" Us - Trivia, Toys "R" Us - References in popular culture

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Yasushi Yamaguchi, originally the main artist and zone designer for Sega's Sonic Team, designed Tails for an internal competition for the sidekick. His entry won, but Sonic Team decided to change his character's name from "Miles" to "Tails". Yamaguchi ended up with a compromise. He snuck the name "Miles" in as his legal name; "Tails" would be his nickname, ending up with the full name of Miles "Tails" Prower. In the American and UK comics, he is a brownish color. However, after 2000 some Archie artists decided to ...

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Miles "Tails" Prower, Miles "Tails" Prower - Storyline from the video games, Miles "Tails" Prower - Personality, Miles "Tails" Prower - Character design, Miles "Tails" Prower - Relations, Miles "Tails" Prower - Family, Miles "Tails" Prower - Alternate selves, Miles "Tails" Prower - Tails' mechanical creations, Miles "Tails" Prower - Moves and abilities, Miles "Tails" Prower - Comics and TV shows, Miles "Tails" Prower - How Sonic and Tails met, Miles "Tails" Prower - Rumours, Miles "Tails" Prower - Gameplay quirks, Miles "Tails" Prower - Video game appearances, Miles "Tails" Prower - Voice Actors, Miles "Tails" Prower - Theme songs

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Like many of the other characters in the Sonic universe, Tails can do the Sonic Spin and the Spin Dash, as well as doing his own attacks, such as attacking with his tails by twirling around. In Sonic Adventure, he obtained the Rhythm Badge, which enabled him to do a continuous tail attack. In Sonic Heroes, he is the flying member of Team Sonic, which means that he can also use the Thunder Shoot attack, whereby he electrically charges Sonic and Knuckles and kicks them at his enemies (without Sonic or Knuckles being harmed). When alone, Tails ...

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Miles "Tails" Prower, Miles "Tails" Prower - Storyline from the video games, Miles "Tails" Prower - Personality, Miles "Tails" Prower - Relations, Miles "Tails" Prower - Family, Miles "Tails" Prower - Alternate selves, Miles "Tails" Prower - Character design, Miles "Tails" Prower - Tails' mechanical creations, Miles "Tails" Prower - Moves and abilities, Miles "Tails" Prower - Comics and TV shows, Miles "Tails" Prower - How Sonic and Tails met, Miles "Tails" Prower - Rumors, Miles "Tails" Prower - Gameplay quirks, Miles "Tails" Prower - Video game appearances, Miles "Tails" Prower - Voice Actors, Miles "Tails" Prower - Theme songs

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In Sonic 2, Sonic 3 and Sonic Adventure, when the player has opted to play in 'Sonic and Tails' mode (controlling Sonic while the AI makes Tails follow him), it's not readily stated in the manual, but a second player can use the 2P controller to use Tails. The action will continue to follow Sonic on the screen, making him the focal point, but Tails is fully controllable in every way that he is when playing as Tails alone. This can potentially be exploited by players who are having trouble with some problem areas or bosse ...

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Miles "Tails" Prower, Miles "Tails" Prower - Storyline from the video games, Miles "Tails" Prower - Personality, Miles "Tails" Prower - Relations, Miles "Tails" Prower - Family, Miles "Tails" Prower - Alternate selves, Miles "Tails" Prower - Character design, Miles "Tails" Prower - Tails' mechanical creations, Miles "Tails" Prower - Moves and abilities, Miles "Tails" Prower - Comics and TV shows, Miles "Tails" Prower - How Sonic and Tails met, Miles "Tails" Prower - Rumors, Miles "Tails" Prower - Gameplay quirks, Miles "Tails" Prower - Video game appearances, Miles "Tails" Prower - Voice Actors, Miles "Tails" Prower - Theme songs

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Like many of the other characters in the Sonic universe, Tails can do the Sonic Spin and the Spin Dash, as well as doing his own attacks, such as attacking with his tails by twirling around. In Sonic Adventure, he obtained the Rhythm Badge, which enabled him to do a continuous tail attack. In Sonic Heroes, he is the flying member of Team Sonic, which means that he can also use the Thunder Shoot attack, whereby he electrically charges Sonic and Knuckles and kicks them at his enemies (without Sonic or Knuckles being harmed). When alone, Tails ...

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Miles "Tails" Prower, Miles "Tails" Prower - Storyline from the video games, Miles "Tails" Prower - Personality, Miles "Tails" Prower - Relations, Miles "Tails" Prower - Family, Miles "Tails" Prower - Alternate selves, Miles "Tails" Prower - Character design, Miles "Tails" Prower - Tails' mechanical creations, Miles "Tails" Prower - Moves and abilities, Miles "Tails" Prower - Comics and TV shows, Miles "Tails" Prower - How Sonic and Tails met, Miles "Tails" Prower - Rumours, Miles "Tails" Prower - Gameplay quirks, Miles "Tails" Prower - Video game appearances, Miles "Tails" Prower - Voice Actors, Miles "Tails" Prower - Theme songs

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In Sonic 2, Sonic 3 and Sonic Adventure, when the player has opted to play in 'Sonic and Tails' mode (controlling Sonic while the AI makes Tails follow him), it's not readily stated in the manual, but a second player can use the 2P controller to use Tails. The action will continue to follow Sonic on the screen, making him the focal point, but Tails is fully controllable in every way that he is when playing as Tails alone. This can potentially be exploited by players who are having trouble with some problem areas or bosse ...

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Miles "Tails" Prower, Miles "Tails" Prower - Storyline from the video games, Miles "Tails" Prower - Personality, Miles "Tails" Prower - Relations, Miles "Tails" Prower - Family, Miles "Tails" Prower - Alternate selves, Miles "Tails" Prower - Character design, Miles "Tails" Prower - Tails' mechanical creations, Miles "Tails" Prower - Moves and abilities, Miles "Tails" Prower - Comics and TV shows, Miles "Tails" Prower - How Sonic and Tails met, Miles "Tails" Prower - Rumours, Miles "Tails" Prower - Gameplay quirks, Miles "Tails" Prower - Video game appearances, Miles "Tails" Prower - Voice Actors, Miles "Tails" Prower - Theme songs

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 You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"

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