Vajiravudh (January 1, 1881 – November 25, 1925) (also known as Rama VI, reigning title Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua; Thai-script พระบาทสมเด็จพระมงกุฎเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว) was King of Siam (now Thailand) from 1910 until his death. He succeeded his father, King Chulalongkorn. His mother was Queen Sripatcharinthara. When Vajiravudh was only 11 years old, he was sent to study at Sandhurst Military Academy, and then Christ Church College, University ...

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Verbification, or Verbing is a process in linguistics whereby nouns, adjectives, and other words are transformed into verbs. Often, a suffix is added, but often no morphological changes are made to the word. The word "verbify" is itself a product of verbification, and contains the suffix "-ify", which is frequently used for this process. Verbification may have a bad reputation with some English users because it is such a potent source of neologisms. Although most products of verbification are regarded as neologisms, and ...

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Weather lore is the body of informal folklore related to the prediction of the weather. It has been a human desire for millennia to make accurate weather predictions. Oral and written history is full of rhymes, anecdotes, and adages meant to guide the uncertain in determining whether the morrow will bring weather fair or foul. For the farmer wanting to plant his crop, for the merchant about to send his ships on trade, foreknowledge of tomorrow's circumstances might mean the difference between success and failure. Prior to the i ...

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• Weather lore - Where does weather happen?
• Weather lore - How accurate is weather lore?
• Weather lore - True lore and why
• Weather lore - False lore and why
• Weather lore - A reliable prediction

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Cryptography List of cryptographers - Pre-computer. Charles Babbage, UK, 19th century mathematician who, about the time of the Crimean War, secretly developed an effective attack against polyalphabetic substitution ciphers. His development was published independently a few years later by Friedrich Kasiski, a Prussian officer. Babbage also designed, and had partially built, the first programmable digital computer, the Analytical Engine. He first designed and had partially bui ...

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Wendy Doniger (born November 20, 1940) is a controversial scholar of Hinduism. She has been active in international religious studies in the US since 1973. Wendy Doniger - Background. Doniger holds two doctorates, from Harvard and Oxford, in Sanskrit and Indian Studies. From 1978, she has taught at the University of Chicago, where she currently is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School, the Department of South Asian Languages and Ci ...

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• Wendy Doniger - Effect of her work
• Wendy Doniger - Works by Wendy Doniger

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Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. An evening's "bill" (or schedule of performances) could run the gamut from acrobats to mathematicians, from song-and-dance duos to trick high divers. Indeed, the scope of the presentations was unique in the history of American live performance: music, comedy, feats of athleticism, ...

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• Vaudeville - Decline
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• Vaudeville - Related forms
• Vaudeville - Noted vaudeville performers
• Vaudeville - External link

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Uranus has 27 known moons. The first two moons (Titania and Oberon) were discovered by William Herschel on March 13, 1787. Two more moons (Ariel and Umbriel) were discovered by William Lassell in 1851. In 1852, Herschel's son John Herschel gave the four then-known moons their names. In 1948 Gerard Kuiper discovered the moon Miranda. The flyby of the Voyager 2 space probe in January 1986 led to the discovery of a further 10 moons, and another satellite Perdita was later found after studying old Voyager photographs. Ele ...

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In the humanities and social sciences, critical theory has two quite different meanings with different origins and histories, one originating in social theory and the other in literary criticism. Though until recently these two meanings had little to do with each other, since the 1970s there has been some overlap between these disciplines. This has led to "critical theory" becoming an umbrella term for an array of theories within academia. This article focuses primarily on the differences and similarities between them. C ...

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• Critical theory - Overlap between the two versions of critical theory
• Critical theory - Within social theory
• Critical theory - Within literary theory
• Critical theory - Language and construction
• Critical theory - Language and communication
• Critical theory - Construction

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Ursa Major (Ursa Maior in Latin) is a constellation visible throughout the year in the northern hemisphere. Its name means Great Bear in Latin, and is associated with the legend of Callisto. Ursa Major - Notable features. The seven brightest stars, located in the Bear's hindquarters and tail, form the well-known Big Dipper asterism. Except for Dubhe and Alkaid, the stars of the Big Dipper all have proper motions heading towards a common point in Sagittarius. A few other such stars have been identifie ...

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Wit is a form of intellectual humor, based on manipulation of concepts; a wit is someone who excels in witty remarks, typically in conversation and spontaneously, since wit carries the connotation of speed of thought. Wit often suffers on being relayed (you had to be there). Wit - Famous wits. Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker have the status of archetypal 19th and 20th century wits — to the extent of having the remarks of others attributed to them. Ksawery Tartakower is usually described as chess grandmaste ...

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The precise chronology of Shakespeare's plays as they were first written and performed is difficult to determine, as there is no authoritative record and many of the plays were performed many years before they were published. Pirated editions are the first printed versions of several plays, but many of Shakespeare's works remained unpublished until the First Folio (1623). There is no play mentioned as Shakespeare's by his contemporaries that we do not have, except Cardenio and Love's Labour's Won. Sha ...

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Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow, CBE (15 October 1905 - 1 July 1980) was a scientist and novelist. Born in Leicester, he was educated at University College, Leicester and Cambridge University, where he became a Fellow of Christ's College. He was knighted in 1957 and made a life peer as Baron Snow, of the City of Leicester, in 1964. He served as a Minister in the Labour government of Harold Wilson. Snow is most noted for his lectures and books regarding his concept of "The Two Cultures", as developed in The Two C ...

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A caesarean section (cesarean section AE), or C-section, is a form of childbirth in which a surgical incision is made through a mother's abdomen (laparotomy) and uterus (hysterotomy) to deliver one or more babies. It is usually performed when a vaginal delivery would lead to medical complications. Caesarean section - Etymology. There are several elements which contribute to a linguistic explanation of the word caesarean. The term may be simply derived from the Latin verb Including:

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• Caesarean section - History
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The marsh marigold or Caltha palustris is a perennial herbaceous plant of wet places with large attractive yellow flowers borne in late spring. It is also known as kingcup, May blobs, or cowslip (although it should not be confused with Primula veris, which also goes by that name). It is a member of the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family. Its generic name Caltha derives from the Greek for a cup (calyx), describing the open flowers, while the specific name palustr ...

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Catachresis is the (usually intentional) use of any figure of speech that flagrantly violates the norms of a language community. Compare malapropism. Common forms of catachresis are: Using a word to denote something radically different from its normal meaning. 'Tis deepest winter in Lord Timon's purse – Shakespeare, Timon of Athens Using a word out of context. 'Can't you hear that? Are you blind?' Using paradoxical or contradictory lo ...

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This article is about the Star Trek race. For the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Cardassians", see Cardassians (DS9 episode).. Cardassians, a spacefaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe, and the Cardassian Union were introduced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded". Cardassians were one of the main parts of the storyline in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The Cardassian homeworld is Cardassia Prime in the Alpha Quadrant. Cardas ...

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• Cardassian - Mirror universe Cardassians

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Bunraku (Japanese: 文楽) is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theater. Three kinds of performers take part in a bunraku performance: Puppeteers Chanters Shamisen players The combination of chanting and shamisen playing is called jōruri. Since the Japanese word for puppet is ningyo, bunraku is sometimes called ningyo jōruri. The puppeteers manipulate the puppet by means of handles located inside the puppet. An important character requires three puppeteers: ...

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The United Kingdom has been influential in the technological, commercial, and artistic development of cinema. Despite a history of successful productions, the industry is characterised by an ongoing debate about its identity (including economic and cultural issues) and the influences of American and European cinema. Cinema of the United Kingdom - Overview. Film production in the UK has experienced a number of booms and recessions. Although many factors can be used to measure the success of the industry, the number ...

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• Cinema of the United Kingdom - The British New Wave
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• Cinema of the United Kingdom - British cinema since 1990
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• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Pre-WWII
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The Boast of Cassiopeia is a story from Greek mythology, associated with Perseus. Boast of Cassiopeia - The Myth. The story is set in the royal household of Aethiopia (not to be confused with Ethiopia, the modern name of Axum). King Cepheus (Greek for gardener), and queen Cassiopeia (Greek for cassia juice), had promised their daughter Andromeda (Greek for ruler of men) to the nobleman Phineus. Cassiopeia, having boasted herself equal in beauty to the Nereids, drew down the venge ...

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"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in April 1962, and released on his 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. It is a premier example of the protest song, posing as it does philosophical questions about peace, war, and freedom. Its popularity and timelessness can perhaps be attributed to the fact that while the song asks these questions, it does not refer specifically to any particular political event. It has been covered by hundreds of artists. Just a few of the better-known acts who have done so ...

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Blake's 7 was a BBC science fiction television series created by Terry Nation that ran four seasons from January 2, 1978 to December 21, 1981. Blake's 7 - The series. The series was created by Terry Nation, who had previously worked on Doctor Who and created the Doctor's most famous adversaries, the Daleks. It was made in the United Kingdom and was produced and broadcast by the BBC. Blake's 7 resembled other BBC science fiction shows (such as Doctor Who), but was characterised by ...

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Boris Feodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в) (c. 1551 – April 13, 1605) was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. Boris Godunov - Early years. Boris was the most famous member of an ancient, now extinct, Russian family of Tatar origin, which migrated from the Horde to Kostroma in the early 14th century. Boris's career of service began at the court of Ivan the Terrible. He is mentioned in 1570 as taking part ...

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