Poliwhirl is a portmanteau of polliwog and whirl. Whirl refers to the spiral on its stomach, while Poli is also the "family" name for this evolution chain. The Japanese version of the name is probably onomatopoeic: "Nyoro nyoro" describes "wiggling" or "squirming" or "slithering", which is how a tadpole" or a "Poliwag", its most basic form, would move. ...

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Canadian authors Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter in 2004 released a book called The Rebel Sell: Why the Culture Can't be Jammed, criticizing culture jamming as not only ineffective, but encouraging the very consumerism it seeks to quell. (The U.S. release of the book is called Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture). In a wider critique of the underlying theory of counterculture largely inspired by the writing of Thomas Frank, Heath and Potter note that the capitalist system thrives not on conformity -- as ...

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Amusement ride - Amusement park rides. Larger rides, normally only found in amusement parks Dark rides Ferris wheels or Big wheels Freefall towers Giant Frisbee Gravitron House of mirrors Log flumes Loop-O-Plane Megadrop Motion platforms Observation towers Gyro Towers Roller coasters switchbacks Horror train Shoot-the-Chutes Sightseeing trains The Zipper Tilt-A-Whirl See also:

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A vortex can be seen in the spiraling motion of air or liquid around a center of rotation. Circular current of water of conflicting tides form vortex shapes. Turbulent flow makes many vortices. A good example of a vortex is the atmospheric phenomenon of a whirlwind or a tornado or dust devil. This whirling air mass mostly takes the form of a helix, column, or spiral. Tornadoes develop from severe thunderstorms, usually spawned from squall lines and supercell thunderstorms, though they somet ...

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Most dinoflagellates are unicellular forms with two dissimilar flagella. One of these extends towards the posterior, called the longitudinal flagellum, while the other forms a lateral circle, called the transverse flagellum. In many forms these are set into grooves, called the sulcus and cingulum. The transverse flagellum provides most of the force propelling the cell, and often imparts to it a distinctive whirling motion, which is what gives the name dinoflagell ...

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Herbert Sellner was the inventor of the Tilt-A-Whirl carnival ride. As of 2004, the rides were still manufactured in Faribault. Henry Benjamin Whipple was the first Episcopal bishop in Minnesota. He was an advocate for clemency for Dakota prisoners in the wake of the Sioux Uprising (also known as the Dakota War or Dakota Conflict) in 1862. Bruce Smith 1941 Heisman trophy winner ...

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When Ash's Charmander evolves into Charmeleon, its personality changes completely. It becomes a very disobedient Pokémon and only fights when it feels like doing so. It first showed its disapproval of Ash's instructions when Ash congratulated it on its evolution. At that time, it breathed fire onto Ash's face. It evolves into Charizard 3 episodes later. When Ash met Richie in the Whirl Islands, his Charmander, Zippo, had evolved into an obedient Charmeleon. As of the end of ...

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The camelback was not a very safe design for its crew. The engineer was perched above the whirling siderods, vulnerable to swinging and flying metal if anything below should break. The fireman, meanwhile, was alone and exposed to the elements at the rear. The Interstate Commerce Commission banned further construction of camelbacks, but gave exceptions to allow some to be completed. In 1927, further ...

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Joseph Plateau of Belgium is generally credited with the invention the stroboscope in 1832, when he used a disc with radial slits which he turned while viewing images on a separate rotating wheel. Plateau called his device the 'Phenakistoscope'. There was a simultaneous and independent invention of the device by the Austrian Simon von Stampfer, which he named the 'Stroboscope', and it is his term which is used today. The etymology is from the Greek words strobo(s), meaning 'whirling' ...

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Whirling Dervish

See Sufism.

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Ray Lloyd - Finishers and signature moves. Cryonic Kick Ice Pick Northern Lights Suplex Hold Belly-to-Belly Suplex Tilt-a-Whirl Slam Side Kick Roundhouse Kick Sweep Kick Martial Arts Combo Swinging Neckbreaker Palm Thrust Rolling Thunder Legdrop ...

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Andy Douglas wrestler - Finishing and signature moves. Natural Selection (double underhook implant DDT) Steel chain shot Running High Knee The Natural Disaster = Tilt-a-Whirl-Flapjack (Douglas) into Cutter (Stevens) ...

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Jonathan Figueroa - Finishing and signature moves. Infra-Red (Corkscrew senton) Code Red (Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb) Red Star Press (Standing shooting star press) Seeing Red 718 (Tiger Feint kick) Brain Damage Red Alert Red Edge Red Eye Red Fusion Red Spike Satellite DDT (tilt-a-whirl headscissors into a DDT) ...

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One Week - Verse 1. Aquaman - superhero Chalet Swiss - Swiss Chalet, a restaurant chain wasabi - sushi condiment LeAnn Rimes - country music singer Bert Kaempfert - songwriter, one of the top music producers in Germany vertigo - the sensation of spinning or whirling that occurs as a result of a disturbance in balance (equilibrium), also the n ...

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Waterspouts have long been serious marine hazards. Lucretius wrote about whirling columns that descended from the sky into the ocean and put sailors "into great peril"; history is filled with examples of ships being destroyed or damaged by them.(5) Stronger waterspouts are usually quite dangerous, posing threats to ships, planes, and swimmers. It is recommended to keep a considerable distance from either of these phenomena, and to always be on alert through weather reports. The US National Weather Service will often issue special marine warnings when waterspouts are likely or have been sighted over coastal waters, or torna ...

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English military engineer Benjamin Robins (1707–1751) invented a whirling arm apparatus to determine drag. The Englishmen Wenham and Browning did air flow experiments in a wind tunnel in 1871. Carl Rickard Nyberg used a wind tunnel when designing his Flugan from 1897 and onwards. The Wright brothers, working with Octave Chanute invented and built a simple wind tunnel in 1901 to study the effects of airflow over various shapes while developing their revolutionary Wright Flyer. The Wright wind tunnel was used more recently to test modern low-speed fliers, ...

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The Northern Shaolin style of kung fu is one of the most prominent traditional northern styles of Chinese martial arts. The northern styles of kung-fu generally emphasize long range techniques, quick advances and retreats, wide stances, kicking and leaping techniques, whirling circular blocks, quickness, agility, and aggressive attacks. The system teaches empty-hand techniques and weaponry through predetermined combinations, routines, or movement of sets. The students learn the basics by practicing the routines until the movements in ...

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The world was believed to have been structured from an exploding egg of a bird. The sky was believed to be the upper cover of an egg or a tent, which was supported by a column at the north pole, below the north star. The moving of stars was explained to be caused by the sky-dome's rotation around the north star and itself. A great whirl was caused at the north pole by the rotation of column of ...

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Firebending is based on the Northern Shaolin style of Kung Fu. This martial art features quick, ferocious attacks that evoke the uncompromising danger of fire. Unlike other bending disciplines, firebending has virtually no defensive moves aside from blocking. Firebending uses concentrated barrages of fire to overwhelm opponents before striking a fatal blow. Swift, whirling kicks and blows generate diverse shapes for offensive attacks: from rings and arcs to missiles and fireballs. The discipline stresses breath control as a means of directing and containing the fire manifested. Poor breath contro ...

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He was born at Austhorpe near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. After studying at Leeds Grammar School, he joined his father's law firm, but then left to become a mathematical instrument maker (working with Henry Hindley), developing, among other instruments, a pyrometer to study material expansion and a whirling speculum or horizontal top (a maritime navigation aid). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753, and in 1759 won the Copley Medal for his research into the mechanics of waterwheels and windmills. His paper addresse ...

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Leiomyomas grossly appear as round, well circumscribed (but not encapsulated), solid nodules that are white, or tan whorled. The size varies, from microscopic to lesions of considerable size. Typically lesions the size of a grapefruit or bigger are felt by the patient herself through the abdominal wall. Microscopically, tumor cells resemble normal cells (elongated, spindle-shaped, with a cigar-shaped nucleus) and form bundles with different directions (whirled). These cells are uniform in size and shape, with scarce mitoses. There are three benign var ...

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Uterine fibroids, Uterine fibroids - Pathology and histology, Uterine fibroids - Symptoms, Uterine fibroids - Location, Uterine fibroids - Diagnosis, Uterine fibroids - Treatment, Uterine fibroids - Malignancy

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