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In linguistics, a calque (pronounced [kælk]) or loan translation is a phrase borrowed from another language by literal word-for-word translation. For example, in some dialects of French, the English term "weekend" becomes la fin de semaine ("the end of week"), a calque, but in some it is left untranslated as le week-end, a loanword. "Loan translation" is itself a calque of German Lehnübersetzung. The word is also used as a verb: to calque means to loan translate from another language to crea ...

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• Calque - English
• Calque - Calques from Chinese
• Calque - Calques from French
• Calque - Calques from German
• Calque - Calques from Latin
• Calque - Calques from Spanish
• Calque - Romance Languages
• Calque - German
• Calque - Finnish
• Calque - Ukrainian

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The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge is an unofficial golf event held every November at the Lake Las Vegas Resort in Henderson, Nevada. The tournament is a unique strokeplay event, and, as the name suggests, pits three-member teams from the PGA TOUR, the LPGA, and Champions Tour against each other for a purse of $900,000. The event takes one day to complete, and is usually held on a Tuesday. It supports the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a charity established by the founder of the fast-food restaurant that sponsors the tournament ...

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• Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge - List of winners

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The Darian Calendar is a system of time-keeping designed to serve the needs of any possible future human settlers on the planet Mars. It was created by aerospace engineer and political scientist Thomas Gangale in 1985 and named by him after his son Darius. Darian calendar - Year Length and Intercalation. The basic time periods from which the calendar is constructed are the Martian solar day (sometimes called a sol) and the Martian vernal equinox year, which is slightly different from the tropical year. The ...

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• Darian calendar - Year Length and Intercalation
• Darian calendar - Calendar layout
• Darian calendar - Start of Year
• Darian calendar - Disputed points
• Darian calendar - Martiana Calendar
• Darian calendar - Other Darian Calendars

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Omnibus is a Latin word meaning "for all (people)" and has several meanings in standard English: A vehicle for transporting large numbers of people. See bus. A book, video, or movie collecting two or more previous works by the same author, director, theme, or other unifying criterion. Examples include thew Dario Argento/George Romero film Two Evil Eyes, the multi-episode Twilight Zone movie, or the EC Comics film Creepshow. See omnibus (media). For a soap opera or similar broadcast i

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Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and the Henry Ford Company (which later became Cadillac). He was one of the first to apply assembly line manufacturing to the mass production of affordable automobiles. This achievement not only revolutionized industrial production in the United States and the rest of the world, but also had such tremendous influence over modern culture that many social theorists identify this phase of economic and social history as "Fordism." Some credit him with c ...

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• Henry Ford - Early Life
• Henry Ford - Detroit Automobile Company
• Henry Ford - Ford Motor Company
• Henry Ford - The Model T
• Henry Ford - The Model A and later
• Henry Ford - Death of Edsel
• Henry Ford - Ford's labor philosophy
• Henry Ford - Common misconceptions
• Henry Ford - Anti-Semitism and The Dearborn Independent
• Henry Ford - Henry Ford and Nazism
• Henry Ford - Hobbies and interests
• Henry Ford - The Ford Foundation
• Henry Ford - Death
• Henry Ford - Quotations
• Henry Ford - Timeline

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Freedom refers, in a very general sense, to the state of being free (i.e. unrestricted, unconfined or unfettered). Also, liberation from restraint or from the power of another: independence. Freedom - In philosophy and history. Main article: Liberty The French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau asserted that the condition of freedom was inherent to humanity, an inevitable facet of the possession of a soul and sapience, with the implication that all social interactions subsequent to ...

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• Freedom - In philosophy and history
• Freedom - Usage
• Freedom - Quotes about freedom

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In English the days of the week are: Sunday; Monday; Tuesday; Wednesday; Thursday; Friday; Saturday. Saturday and Sunday are commonly called the weekend and are days of rest and recreation in most western cultures. The other five days are then known as weekdays. Friday and Saturday are days of rest in Muslim and Jewish countries respectively, and in the Bible, from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset is the Sabbath. ...

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• Days of the week - Order
• Days of the week - Modern ordering
• Days of the week - Calendrical origins
• Days of the week - Names
• Days of the week - Astronomical
• Days of the week - Numerical
• Days of the week - Notes
• Days of the week - Bibliography

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Backpacking (also tramping or trekking in some countries) is the complete combination of hiking and camping. A backpacker hikes into an area with the intent of exiting at a later date, so he or she carries supplies and equipment to satisfy sleeping and eating needs. People are drawn to backpacking primarily for recreation, to explore places that they consider beautiful and fascinating, or for which there is no other way to access. The main advantage of backpacking over day hiking is that it allows the hiker to go ...

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• Backpacking wilderness - What is backpacking?
• Backpacking wilderness - Equipment
• Backpacking wilderness - Skills and safety
• Backpacking wilderness - Related activities

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The Woodstock Music and Art Festival was the most famous rock festival of its era. It was held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre (2.4 km²) dairy farm in Bethel, New York, on 15, 16, and 17 August, 1969. The Woodstock Festival represented the culmination of the counterculture of the 1960s and the ultimate climax of the "hippie era". Many of the best-known musicians of the times appeared during the rain-plagued weekend, much of which was captured in a successful 1970 movie, Woodstock. Joni Mitchell's song Woodstock encapsulated th ...

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• Woodstock Festival - The festival
• Woodstock Festival - Artists who performed at Woodstock
• Woodstock Festival - Myths of Woodstock
• Woodstock Festival - The film
• Woodstock Festival - The albums

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A week is a unit of time longer than a day and shorter than a month. In most modern calendars, including the Gregorian calendar, the week is a period of seven days, making it the longest conventionally used time unit that contains a fixed number of days. Although having no direct astronomical basis, it is widely used as a unit of time. Weeks can be thought of as forming an independent continuous calendar running in parallel with various other calendars. However, some calendars have been designed so that a given date occurs on t ...

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• Week - Origin of the seven-day week
• Week - Later use of the week
• Week - Facts and figures
• Week - Bibliography

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KUPL - The Waking Crew. The Waking Crew is KUPL’s weekday morning show and plays from 5:30 am until 10:00 am. The Waking Crew DJ staff includes Lee Rogers, Amy King, Jim E. Chonga, and recently added "Earthquake” Jake to do traffic following the retirement of long-time employee Susan Barr. KUPL - Afternoon and Early Evening. From 10:00 am until 3:00 pm, DJ “Smokey” Woods takes the airwaves in a program that includes the Smokehouse Café during the noon hour. Rick “Bub ...

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KUPL, KUPL - Schedule, KUPL - The Waking Crew, KUPL - Afternoon and Early Evening, KUPL - Evening and Late Night, KUPL - Weekends, KUPL - Tagline

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In the popular rhyme, "Monday's Child is fair of face". Mondays are considered "enemies" of the comic strip cat, Garfield. ...

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Monday, Monday - Monday in popular culture, Monday - Named days

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Called in the Ojibwe language Gakaabikaang (at the falls), the city grew up around the Saint Anthony Falls, the only waterfall on the Mississippi River and the end of the commercially navigable section of the river until locks were installed in the 1960s. Father Louis Hennepin was the first European to explore the area, giving the falls their name, as well as lending his name to the county in which Minneapolis is located. The nearby Fort Snelling spurred the growth of villages and towns in the area. A lumber mill was built on the fall ...

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Minneapolis Minnesota, Minneapolis Minnesota - History, Minneapolis Minnesota - Geography, Minneapolis Minnesota - Demographics, Minneapolis Minnesota - Minneapolis neighborhoods, Minneapolis Minnesota - Economy, Minneapolis Minnesota - Law and government, Minneapolis Minnesota - Mayor, Minneapolis Minnesota - City council, Minneapolis Minnesota - Culture, Minneapolis Minnesota - Arts, Minneapolis Minnesota - Media, Minneapolis Minnesota - Sports, Minneapolis Minnesota - Transportation, Minneapolis Minnesota - Bike trails, Minneapolis Minnesota - Famous Minneapolitans, Minneapolis Minnesota - Famous people from the Twin Cities area near Minneapolis or in Minneapolis for a brief time, Minneapolis Minnesota - Minneapolis in the media, Minneapolis Minnesota - Sister cities

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In Europe the labour movement began during the industrial revolution, when agricultural jobs declined and employment moved to more industrial areas. The idea met with great resistance. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth century groups such as the English Tolpuddle Martyrs were transported for forming unions, which was against the laws of the time. Throughout the world, action by the labour movement has led to reformation and worker's rights, such as the 2-day weekend, minimum wage, paid holidays, and the achievement of the Eight-h ...

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Labour movement, Labour movement - History, Labour movement - Development of labour movements within nation states, Labour movement - Development of an international labour movement, Labour movement - Literature, Labour movement - List of national labour movements

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Note: The table below lists only public holidays i.e. holidays which are legally considered to be non-working days. Holidays in Poland - The Picnic. Under communist rule the 1st of May was celebrated as Labour Day with government-endorsed parades, concerts and similar events. Following the 1990 changes, the Sejm decided to keep this day a public holiday but to give it the neutral name of State Holiday. In addition, the 3rd of May was created Constitution Day, so that Poles now have two public ...

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Holidays in Poland, Holidays in Poland - Holidays, Holidays in Poland - The Picnic, Holidays in Poland - Other observances

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The French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau asserted that the condition of freedom was inherent to humanity, an inevitable facet of the possession of a soul and sapience, with the implication that all social interactions subsequent to birth imply a loss of freedom, voluntarily or involuntarily. Freedom has often been used a rallying cry for revolution or rebellion. For instance, the Bible records the story of Moses leading his people out of slavery, and into freedom. In his famous "I Have a Dream" speech Martin Luther King, Jr. quoted an old spiritual song sung by black American slaves: "Free at last! Free ...

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Freedom, Freedom - In philosophy and history, Freedom - Usage, Freedom - Quotes about freedom

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In the early 1990s online services were becoming widely popular, just as Apple was looking into replacing their aging online service known as AppleLink. AppleLink had originally been developed at the urging John Ebbs, Apple's head of support, who convinced the management that they could lower support costs using an online service. AppleLink had initially been available only to dealers when it launched in 1985, but was later opened to developers and became the de-facto int ...

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EWorld, EWorld - History, EWorld - Features, EWorld - Demise

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Napoleon Dynamite - Main. Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder), the film's protagonist, is supposedly a stereotypical nerd who loves to draw fantasy creatures. He has very poor social skills and an awkward apperance, yet he also lacks the intelligence typically associated with nerds, having attempted time travel with a crude device his Uncle Rico purchased on the Internet. He enjoys Tater Tots and tetherball. He is active in the Future Farmers of America and his school's Happy Hands Club. His best friends a ...

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Napoleon Dynamite, Napoleon Dynamite - Plot, Napoleon Dynamite - Characters, Napoleon Dynamite - Main, Napoleon Dynamite - Secondary, Napoleon Dynamite - Background information, Napoleon Dynamite - Themes, Napoleon Dynamite - Cultural effect and criticism, Napoleon Dynamite - Trivia, Napoleon Dynamite - Trivia in DVD commentary, Napoleon Dynamite - Soundtrack list

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Independence Day United States - Why the 4th?. Though the Fourth of July is almost iconic to Americans, some claim the date itself is somewhat arbitrary. New Englanders had been fighting Britain since April 1775. The first motion in the Continental Congress for independence was made on June 8. After hard debate, the Congress voted unanimously (12-0), but secretly, for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on July 2. The Congress reworked the text of the Declaration until a little after eleven o'clock, Ju ...

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Independence Day United States, Independence Day United States - History, Independence Day United States - Why the 4th?, Independence Day United States - Observance, Independence Day United States - Customs

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In Islam, Friday is the day of public worship in mosques (see Friday prayers). In some Islamic countries, the week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday, just like the Jewish and Christian week. In others, such as Iran and Afghanistan, the week begins on Saturday and ends on Friday. The Jewish Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday and runs until sunset on Saturday. Some Catholics and Prayer Book Anglicans will refrain from eating the meat of warm blooded animals on Fridays, and will often choose fish instead. Quakers traditionally refer to Friday as "Sixth ...

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Friday, Friday - Friday in history, Friday - Friday in religion, Friday - Astrology, Friday - Unlucky Friday, Friday - Friday in popular culture, Friday - Named days

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