Hannibal Lecter - Early life and murder spree. Hannibal Lecter was born in Lithuania in 1938 to wealthy parents. His father was a count, his mother a descendent of the famous Visconti family of Milan. In Hannibal he is said to be a cousin of the artist Balthus. He had a younger sister named Mischa. When Lecter was six, a group of German deserters retreating from Russia shelled his family's estate, killing his parents and most of the servants. Lecter, his sister, and other local children were rounded ...

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Hannibal Lecter, Hannibal Lecter - Biography, Hannibal Lecter - Early life and murder spree, Hannibal Lecter - Helping the FBI, Hannibal Lecter - Winning Clarice, Hannibal Lecter - Appearance, Hannibal Lecter - Lecter as Cultural Figure, Hannibal Lecter - Related References

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Scarification is not a precise art; there are many variables, such as skin type, depth of the cut, and how the wound is treated while healing, that make the outcome somewhat unpredictable. The body creates the scar, not the artist; it is important to keep in mind that a method that works well on one person may not work so well on another. Also, the scars tend to spread a bit as they heal, so scarifications are usually relatively simple designs -- small details can easily ...

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Scarification, Scarification - History, Scarification - Reasons, Scarification - Methods, Scarification - Branding, Scarification - Cutting, Scarification - Abrasion, Scarification - Healing, Scarification - Dangers/Cautions

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Cricket balls are made from a core of cork, which is layered with tightly wound string, and covered by a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. The covering is constructed of four pieces of leather shaped similar to the peel of a quartered orange, but one hemisphere is rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the other. The "equator" of the ball is stitched with string to form the seam, with a total of six rows of stitches. The remaining two joins bet ...

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Cricket ball, Cricket ball - Manufacture, Cricket ball - Condition of a cricket ball, Cricket ball - Alternatives to cricket balls

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A typical rifle gunshot is very loud — in the region of 140 to 170 decibels. This can be lowered to around 115 db through the use of a suppressor and subsonic ammunition. Gunshot - Gunshot as distress signal. Some doctrines of survival training allow for the use of three gunshots with an interval of one or two seconds as a distress signal. Anyone finding themselves having to do so however would be well advised to not hit any vessel or aircraft. Aim wide and well ahead; the "cone" of the guns ...

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Gunshot, Gunshot - Gunshot sound, Gunshot - Gunshot as distress signal, Gunshot - Gunshot wound

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There are several types of pressure points, each of which is applied differently, and each one creates different effects. Some of the principles are discussed below: Pain: Some points are painful, because of the prevalence of nerves in the area. For example, being prodded in the throat is painful. The body has a pain withdrawal reflex, whereby it reacts to pain by moving away from it. Martial artists make use of this, sometimes without being aware of it. Applying pressure next to the collar bone, from above, will cause the pers ...

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Pressure point, Pressure point - Martial arts applications, Pressure point - Control of bleeding

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In dermatology, an abrasion is superficial damage to the skin, generally not deeper than the epidermis. It is more superficial than an excoriation, although it can give mild bleeding. Mild abrasions do not scar, but deep abrasions may lead to the development of scarring tissue. See also. Wound ...

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Adolf Hitler's medical health has long been a subject of popular controversy. There has also been speculation regarding his mental health. Adolf Hitler's medical health - Doctors and drugs. Unbeknownst to most people today, and especially to many Germans at the time, Hitler suffered from several medical ailments. In 1934, the young Schutzstaffel officer and surgeon Dr. Karl Brandt, assisted by Professor Werner Haase, was assigned as his escort physician. Professor Theodore Morell, who was reputed for ...

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• Adolf Hitler's medical health - Doctors and drugs
• Adolf Hitler's medical health - Diet
• Adolf Hitler's medical health - Syphilis
• Adolf Hitler's medical health - Other possible health issues
• Adolf Hitler's medical health - Mental health
• Adolf Hitler's medical health - Autopsy comment on anatomy

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There is much controversy over hunting with a bow. This practice is known as bowhunting. Many people believe that bows are an acceptable if not preferred way to take game, while others, mostly radical animal lovers, find the practice objectionable. In North America, bow hunting is usually legal and often encouraged over rifle hunting. Many American hunters prefer using a bow because of the added challenge. While a rifle hunter may take a shot at any distance under 200 yards (180 m), archers must get within 30 yards (27 m). Some locali ...

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Archery, Archery - History, Archery - Beginnings, Archery - Classical archery, Archery - Medieval archery, Archery - Oriental archery, Archery - Recurve target archery, Archery - Compound Bow Technique, Archery - Hunting, Archery - Modern competitive archery, Archery - Rules, Archery - Scoring, Archery - Other competition

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Dorsetshire was in some ways a victim of the lack of British intelligence about the capabilities of the Japanese fleet. Neither Agar nor Admiral Somerville had any idea that the range of Japanese naval dive bombers was almost twice that of comparative British aircraft. To survive after getting a second warning of the presence of a large westbound Japanese Fleet in the Indian Ocean he would have had to leave ...

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Augustus Agar, Augustus Agar - Victoria Cross, Augustus Agar - Early Life, Augustus Agar - Character, Augustus Agar - World War One: The Grand Fleet, Augustus Agar - The Dardanelles and Guard Duty, Augustus Agar - North Russia, Augustus Agar - Coastal Motor Boats, Augustus Agar - The Baltic and the Bolsheviks, Augustus Agar - Between the Wars, Augustus Agar - World War Two: HMS Emerald and the North Atlantic Convoys, Augustus Agar - Operation Lucid, Augustus Agar - Coastal Forces, Augustus Agar - HMS Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Japanese in the Indian Ocean, Augustus Agar - End of the Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Discussion of the Loss, Augustus Agar - Later Life, Augustus Agar - Assessment, Augustus Agar - Reference

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1954 - January. January 1 - Soviet Union no longer demands war reparations from East Germany January 12 - Large-scale avalanches in Austria - over 20 dead January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 17 - In Yugoslavia, Milovan Djilas, Tito's second-in-command, is relieved of his dut ...

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1954, 1954 - Events, 1954 - January, 1954 - February, 1954 - March, 1954 - April, 1954 - May, 1954 - June, 1954 - July, 1954 - August, 1954 - September, 1954 - October, 1954 - November, 1954 - December, 1954 - unknown dates, 1954 - Births, 1954 - January, 1954 - February, 1954 - March, 1954 - April, 1954 - May, 1954 - June, 1954 - July, 1954 - August, 1954 - September, 1954 - October, 1954 - November, 1954 - December, 1954 - Unknown dates, 1954 - Deaths, 1954 - January, 1954 - February, 1954 - March, 1954 - May, 1954 - April, 1954 - June, 1954 - July, 1954 - August, 1954 - September, 1954 - November, 1954 - December, 1954 - Nobel Prizes, 1954 - Fields Medalists

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"I would have preferred it if he'd followed his original ambition and become an architect." — Paula Hitler, Hitler's younger sister, during an interview with a U.S. intelligence operative in late 1945. At the time of Hitler's death most of Germany's infrastructure and major cities were in ruins and he had left explicit orders to complete the destruction. Millions of Germans were dead with millions more wounded or homeless. In his will he dismissed other Nazi leaders and appointed Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz as Reichspräsid ...

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Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Early years, Adolf Hitler - Early adulthood in Vienna and Munich, Adolf Hitler - World War I, Adolf Hitler - The early years of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's entry and rise, Adolf Hitler - The Hitler Putsch, Adolf Hitler - The rebuilding of the party, Adolf Hitler - The road to power, Adolf Hitler - The Brüning administration, Adolf Hitler - The cabinets von Papen and Schleicher, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, Adolf Hitler - Reichstag Fire and the March election, Adolf Hitler - The Enabling Act, Adolf Hitler - Removal of remaining limits, Adolf Hitler - The Third Reich, Adolf Hitler - Economics and culture, Adolf Hitler - Repression, Adolf Hitler - Rearmament and new alliances, Adolf Hitler - The Holocaust, Adolf Hitler - World War II, Adolf Hitler - Opening moves, Adolf Hitler - Path to defeat, Adolf Hitler - Defeat and death, Adolf Hitler - Legacy, Adolf Hitler - Medical health, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's family, Adolf Hitler - The origin of the name Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Trivia, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's associates, Adolf Hitler - Documentaries, Adolf Hitler - Dramatizations, Adolf Hitler - Media, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's speeches

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Houston was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia to Major Samuel Houston and Elizabeth Paxton and was one of nine children. His father was a member of Morgan's Rifle Brigade during the US Revolutionary War. Receiving only a basic education, he emigrated with his family to Maryville, Tennessee in 1807, following the death of his father. His mother then took the family to live on Baker Creek, Tenn. He ran away from home in 1809 and resided for a time with a Cherokee tribe on Hiwasee Island. He was adopted into the Cherokee Nation ...

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Sam Houston, Sam Houston - Early life, Sam Houston - Politics, Sam Houston - Life in Texas, Sam Houston - U.S. Senator, Sam Houston - Houston in the 1850s-1860s, Sam Houston - Final Years, Sam Houston - Children

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A biodressing or bio-dressing is the generic word used when refering to the patented medical dressing, the WOUND DRESSING IMPERVIOUS TO CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. "(US PAT. NO 6,787,680)" Specifically, biodressing is a recently patented medical dressing which is impervious to both chemical and biological warfare agents. Patented in 2004, by inventor Jeremy McGowan of Buckhannon, WV, the biodressing was designed to treat personnel injured in an environment contaminated or potentially contaminiate

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Narnia - General characteristics. The world of Narnia is a flat world in a geocentric universe. Its sky is a dome that mortal creatures cannot penetrate. Narnia's stars are flaming humaniform beings. Its constellations are the result of a mystical dance upon the sky, performed by the stars to announce the works of Aslan, Narnia's creator. Its sun is a flaming disc that revolves around the world once daily. The sun has its own ecosystem, and is known to be inhabited by great white birds. The vegetati ...

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Narnia, Narnia - Geography, Narnia - Narnia, Narnia - Archenland, Narnia - Calormen, Narnia - The Eastern Ocean, Narnia - Other lands, Narnia - Inhabitants, Narnia - Humans, Narnia - Dwarfs, Narnia - Talking animals, Narnia - Witches, Narnia - Mythological creatures, Narnia - Other creatures and inhabitants, Narnia - Cosmology, Narnia - General characteristics, Narnia - Multiverse, Narnia - Time, Narnia - History, Narnia - Creation of Narnia, Narnia - The Rule of the White Witch, Narnia - The Golden Age, Narnia - Invasion of the Telmarines, Narnia - King Caspian X, Narnia - Destruction of Narnia, Narnia - Contact with our world

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Humulus lupulus L. Humulus japonicus Siebold & Zucc. Humulus yunnanensis Hu The hop (Humulus) is a small genus of flowering plants, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The female flowers, commonly called hops, are used as flavouring and stabilisers during beer brewing. Although frequently referred to as the hop vine, it is technically a bine; unlike vines, which use tendrils, suckers, and other appendages for attaching themselves, bines have stout stems w ...

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• Hop plant - Species
• Hop plant - Cultivation
• Hop plant - History
• Hop plant - Propagation and pests
• Hop plant - Harvest
• Hop plant - Uses
• Hop plant - Beer
• Hop plant - Medicinal use
• Hop plant - Fibre
• Hop plant - Other uses

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Bioelectromagnetics is the study of how electromagnetic fields interact with and influence biological processes. Common areas of investigation include the mechanism of animal migration and navigation using the geomagnetic field, studying the potential effects of man-made sources of electromagnetic fields, such as those produced by the power distribution system and mobile phones, and developing novel therapies to treat various conditions. While several treatments based on the use of magnetic fields have been reported in peer-reviewed j ...

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• Bioelectromagnetics - Introduction: general features of observed interactions
• Bioelectromagnetics - Thermal vs nonthermal nature
• Bioelectromagnetics - Noise-masking time and space integration cooperativity
• Bioelectromagnetics - Intrinsic fields
• Bioelectromagnetics - Natural fields
• Bioelectromagnetics - Primary interaction mechanisms
• Bioelectromagnetics - Membrane polarization
• Bioelectromagnetics - Electrorotation
• Bioelectromagnetics - Ion cyclotron resonance and ion parametric resonance
• Bioelectromagnetics - Nonlinear kinetics
• Bioelectromagnetics - Frohlich-style macro dipole interactions
• Bioelectromagnetics - DNA conduction
• Bioelectromagnetics - Microtubule waveguides
• Bioelectromagnetics - Ferromagnetic domains
• Bioelectromagnetics - Frequency selectivity from spatial features
• Bioelectromagnetics - Effects on the level of a cell or below
• Bioelectromagnetics - Calcium efflux
• Bioelectromagnetics - Neurotransmitter systems
• Bioelectromagnetics - DNA strand breaks and genotoxicity
• Bioelectromagnetics - Ornithine decarboxylase
• Bioelectromagnetics - Melatonin
• Bioelectromagnetics - Bacterial growth and metabolism
• Bioelectromagnetics - Effects on the level of an organ or system
• Bioelectromagnetics - Blood-brain barrier permittivity
• Bioelectromagnetics - EEG changes
• Bioelectromagnetics - Wound healing regeneration and bone growth
• Bioelectromagnetics - Cancer promotion
• Bioelectromagnetics - Whole-organism effects
• Bioelectromagnetics - Electrical sensing organs fish etc
• Bioelectromagnetics - Navigation bees pidgeons etc
• Bioelectromagnetics - Effects on embryonic development
• Bioelectromagnetics - Behavioral effects
• Bioelectromagnetics - Effects of artificial fields
• Bioelectromagnetics - Powerlines
• Bioelectromagnetics - CRTs
• Bioelectromagnetics - Cell phones
• Bioelectromagnetics - Radar
• Bioelectromagnetics - Other transmitters radio TV ...
• Bioelectromagnetics - Medical applications
• Bioelectromagnetics - Bone fracture healing
• Bioelectromagnetics - TMS and related
• Bioelectromagnetics - Low-level Laser Therapy LLLT
• Bioelectromagnetics - Strong magnetic pulses for disinfection
• Bioelectromagnetics - Other

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Castration, gelding, neutering, orchiectomy, or orchidectomy is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a biological male loses use of the testes. This causes sterilization, i.e. prevents him from reproducing; it also greatly reduces the production of certain hormones, such as testosterone. It should not be confused with penectomy, which is the whole or partial removal of the penis, nor with vasectomy, which is a procedure to sterilize a male by blocking the vasa deferentia, the t ...

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• Castration - Castration in humans
• Castration - History
• Castration - Reasons
• Castration - Medical consequences
• Castration - Castration In Veterinary Practice
• Castration - In animal fancy
• Castration - In animal husbandry
• Castration - Miscellaneous

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At the onset of the USA's entry to World War I, General Pershing promoted Patton to the rank of Captain. While in France under the Third Republic, Patton requested that he be given a combat command and Pershing assigned him command within the newly formed U.S. Tank Corps. Depending on the source, he either led the U.S. Tank Corps., led the British, or was an observer at the Battle of Cambrai, the first battle where tanks were used as a significant force. As the U.S. Tank Corps did not take part in this battle and it is extremely unlikely tha ...

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George S. Patton, George S. Patton - Family, George S. Patton - Education, George S. Patton - Early military career, George S. Patton - World War I, George S. Patton - The interwar years, George S. Patton - World War II, George S. Patton - North African campaign, George S. Patton - Italian campaign, George S. Patton - Normandy, George S. Patton - Lorraine, George S. Patton - Ardennes offensive, George S. Patton - Patton's problems with humor his image and the press, George S. Patton - After the German surrender, George S. Patton - Attitude towards Black Soldiers, George S. Patton - Patton and Eisenhower, George S. Patton - Rank comparisons, George S. Patton - Accident and death, George S. Patton - The movie, George S. Patton - Summary of service, George S. Patton - History of assignments, George S. Patton - Awards and decorations, George S. Patton - Notes

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At the start of the war, Hooker requested a commission, but his first application was rejected, possibly due to the lingering resentment harbored by Winfield Scott, general-in-chief of the Army. He had to borrow money to make the trip east from California. After he witnessed the Union Army defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run, he wrote a letter to President Abraham Lincoln that complained of military mismanagement, promoted his own qualifications, and again requested a commission. He was appointed in August 1861 as brigadier general of vol ...

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Joseph Hooker, Joseph Hooker - Early years, Joseph Hooker - Civil War, Joseph Hooker - 1862, Joseph Hooker - Army of the Potomac, Joseph Hooker - Western Theater, Joseph Hooker - Final years and legacy

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The Roman Catholic Church spent its first three centuries as an outlawed organization and was thus unable to hold or transfer property. After the ban was lifted by the Emperor Constantine I, the church's private property grew quickly through the donations of the pious and the wealthy; the Lateran Palace was the first significant donation, a gift of Constantine himself. Other donations soon followed, mainly in mainland Italy but also in the provinces. However, the Church held all of these lands as a private landowner, not as a sovereign entit ...

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Papal States, Papal States - Origins, Papal States - The Donation of Pippin and the Holy Roman Empire, Papal States - The Renaissance, Papal States - The era of the French Revolution and Napoleon, Papal States - Italian nationalism and the end of the Papal States, Papal States - Institutions

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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a historical novel based on the events that occurred before and during the Three Kingdoms period. Written by Luo Guanzhong more than a millennium after the Three Kingdoms period, the novel incorporates many popular folklore and opera scripts into the character of Guan Yu, making him one of the most altered and aggrandized in the book. Significant incidents that deviate from true history include:

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Guan Yu, Guan Yu - The historical Guan Yu, Guan Yu - Early life, Guan Yu - Short service under Cao Cao, Guan Yu - Capture of Jingzhou, Guan Yu - Downfall, Guan Yu - Note, Guan Yu - Guan Yu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu - Brotherhood sworn in the garden of peach blossoms, Guan Yu - Slaying Hua Xiong, Guan Yu - Surrender to Cao Cao, Guan Yu - Slaying Yan Liang, Guan Yu - Slaying Wen Chou, Guan Yu - Crossing five passes and slaying six warriors, Guan Yu - Releasing Cao Cao at Huarong Trail, Guan Yu - Treatment of a poisoned arm, Guan Yu - Enlightenment on Yuqian Hill, Guan Yu - Revenge on Lü Meng, Guan Yu - Miscellaneous Information, Guan Yu - Worship of Guan Yu, Guan Yu - General worship, Guan Yu - Worship in Taoism, Guan Yu - Worship in Buddhism, Guan Yu - Reference

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Travis Bickle (De Niro) is an alienated, sexually frustrated young man of 26 from the Midwest, who claims that he has recently been discharged from the Marines. He suffers from insomnia and consequently takes a job as taxi driver in New York City, and volunteers to work the overnight shift "anytime, anywhere". Bickle spends his spare time watching pornography in seedy theaters and driving around aimlessly through the darkest an ...

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Taxi Driver, Taxi Driver - Primary cast:, Taxi Driver - Plot summary, Taxi Driver - Analysis, Taxi Driver - Critical response, Taxi Driver - Award wins, Taxi Driver - Award nominations, Taxi Driver - Influence, Taxi Driver - John Hinckley Jr., Taxi Driver - Quotes, Taxi Driver - Trivia, Taxi Driver - Video game, Taxi Driver - Sources

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