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  1. Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
    7: ...th "shakuhachi means" and "shaku-hachi means" for Google -->
    8: The name shakuhachi means "1.8 foot", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japane...
    14: ... of a shakuhachi. Other shakuhachi vary in length from about 1.3 shaku up to 3.3 shaku. (The longer th...
    18: ... players can produce virtually any note they wish from the instrument, and play a wide repertoire of o...
    22: ...The shakuhachi proper, however, is quite distinct from its continental ancestors, the result of centur...
  2. Slovakia (19892 bytes)
    56: ...vs. Federal Republic of Germany or [[France]] vs. French Republic.
    63: ...tained a chain of outposts around the [[Danube]]. From 20 to 50 AD, the Kingdom of [[Vannius]], a barb...
    67: ...hs]] (from the 14th century), and [[Hungarians]] (from the late Middle Ages).
    69: A huge population loss resulted from the invasion of the [[Mongols]] in 1241 and the...
    71: ...especially in rural areas. As the Turks retreated from Hungary in the 18th century, Slovakia's influen...
  3. Cuba (25106 bytes)
    10: ...ng other things, [[healthcare]] and [[education]] freely available were expanded to cover all Cubans.A...
    14: ... to the U.S., mostly aboard vessels that departed from the U.S. Eventually the U.S. stopped the flow ...
    16: ...eople, our country could not have survived the confrontation with imperialism".
    18: ...espite being denied access to [[development aid]] from the [[IMF]] and [[World Bank]] because Cuba is ...
    20: ...ed at sea. All Cuban migrants interdicted at sea from this point on were interviewed by INS officials...
  4. Jamaica (16893 bytes)
    44: | <font size="1">From [[West Indies Federation]] and [[United Kingdom...
    65: ...it by the original [[Arawak]] or [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled there around t...
    67: ...s achieved through the massive use of imported [[Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]] labor.
    71: Jamaica slowly gained increasing independence from the [[United Kingdom]], and in [[1958]] Jamaica...
    96: ...vely by the British empire in policing the empire from 1795 to 1926. Other units in the JDF heritage ...
  5. Hawaii (34434 bytes)
    39: ...o grow due to active [[lava]] flows, most notably from [[Kilauea|K&#299;lauea]]. Ethnically, it is the...
    51: ...of the island chain. These islands are, in order from the northwest to southeast, Niihau, Kauai, O&#6...
    54: ...iian Islands were formed by [[volcano]]es arising from the sea floor through a vent described in geolo...
    58: The movement of the Hawaiian royal family from the Island of Hawaii to Maui and subsequently t...
    64: ...to extend their sway and defend their communities from predatory rivals. Warfare was endemic. The gen...
  6. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    8: ...court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced leading ...
    14: ...ect with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several year...
    22: ...burg, where he built a great quadrant, Basel, and Freiburg. He was informed about his father's illness
    33: ...hat the [[parallax]] of the object did not change from night to night, suggesting that the object was ...
    43: ...narch|King]] [[Frederick II of Denmark and Norway|Frederick II]] of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]], impres...
  7. History of the world (21975 bytes)
    7: ...ble. Yet, humans had colonized nearly all the ice-free parts of the globe by the end of the Ice Age, s...
    12: ...of [[Australia]] and the [[Bushmen]] of southern Africa, did not use agriculture until relatively mode...
    14: ...y. However, these civilisations were so different from one another that they almost certainly must hav...
    29: ...their territory through conquest and colonisation from the beginning of the [[5th century BCE]]. By th...
    31: ...ed control. The pressure of [[barbarians]] on the frontiers hastened the process of internal dissoluti...
  8. Diwali (5677 bytes)
    6: ...org/stylebook.html#D] (Diwali definition; Excerpt from saja.org: Diwali should not be referred as the ...
    14: In [[2003]], Dipavali fell on Friday, [[October 24]] for many [[India]]n states an...
    50: ... for the week ending October 27, 2003 [http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist/weeks-oct03.html].
  9. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    2: ...mage:Lightmatter sanfrancisco.jpg|thumb|293px|San Francisco skyline.]]
    4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
    8: image_map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
    9: ..._caption = Location of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
    11: subdivision_name = [[San Francisco]] |
  10. Ashkelon (5935 bytes)
    6: ...the site with about 50 feet of accumulated rubble from successive [[Canaan]]ite, [[Philistines|Philist...
    12: ...y more than 20 feet in width ascended the rampart from the harbor and entered a gate at the top. Nearb...
    27: ...%22Lawrence+Stager%22&btnG=Google+Search Advanced Google search] (for Ashkelon and exact phrase Lawrence S...
  11. April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
    4: ...l will be compensated by marriage to, or at least friendship with her.
    9: ...ing on 1 April. In [[1582]], King [[Charles IX of France]] brought in the new [[Gregorian calendar]], ...
    12: ...s of the world; it is actually the first of April from '''0000 -1200 1 April''' until '''2359 +1400 1 ...
    24: ...howing the [[Swiss]] [[harvest]]ing [[spaghetti]] from [[tree]]s. A lot of people wanted spaghetti tre...
    25: ...[[France]] after the [[French Revolution]]: see [[French Revolutionary Calendar]].
  12. Andes (13210 bytes)
    6: ...wn as [[Andean States]]. The name ''Andes'' comes from the [[Quechua]] word ''anti'', which means "hig...
    8: ... is the point on the Earth's surface most distant from its center, because of the [[equatorial bulge]]...
    13: ...[transform fault]] separates [[Tierra del Fuego]] from the small [[Scotia Plate]]. Across the 1,000&nb...
    17: ...ordillera Oriental. The term ''cordillera'' comes from the Spanish word meaning 'rope'. The Andes rang...
    20: ...al of the larger glaciers descend to sea level ([[Google Earth]]/[[World Wind]] images).
  13. Iguassu Falls (7632 bytes)
    1: ...guazu10_15B1.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Devil's throat from the Brazilian side. Photography provided by [ht...
    5: ... of the falls are within Argentine territory, but from the Brazilian side a more panoramic view of the...
    9: The name ''Iguazu'' comes from the [[Guarani language|Guarani]] words ''y'' (w...
    17: ...ara Falls]], Iguazu is rivalled only by Southern Africa's [[Victoria Falls]] which separates Zambia an...
    19: ...ises between 30 and 150 metres (100 and 500 feet) from Iguazu's Garganta del Diablo, and over 300 metr...
  14. White House (15373 bytes)
    16: ...left|19th Century view of the White House as seen from the southwest, with the old West Wing visible.]...
    20: ...ainted white as early as 1798, and the repainting from the fire damage did not originate the term "Whi...
    28: ...dential review of the troops from a grandstand in front of the White House instead of the traditional ...
    32: ...nce rather than risk alienating some associate or friend of a powerful politician or opinion-maker.
    61: ...tions having been made during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], who was confined to a wheel...
  15. Al Gore (43430 bytes)
    36: ... the 45th [[Vice President of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. He [[U.S. presidential el...
    38: ...also considered by many political pundits to be a front runner for the [[2008]] Democratic nomination ...
    42: ...e his [[father]] was a veteran Democratic senator from Tennessee, Al Gore Jr. divided his childhood be...
    48: ...]]) was actor [[Tommy Lee Jones]]. Gore graduated from Harvard in [[June]] of [[1969]] with a Bachelor...
    61: After returning from Vietnam, Gore spent five years as a [[Journalis...
  16. Klopotec (8027 bytes)
    1: ...ird-scaring_rattle.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Klopotec from [[Slovenske Gorice]] has four wings]]
    5: ...nd in some dialetcs ''klapoc''. Both words derive from '''klopotati''', that is to produce cut off, rh...
    9: ...] also states that the klopotec drives [[snake]]s from the vineyard and softens the grapes.
    13: ...he youngest brother of the [[Habsburg]] Emperor [[Francis I of Austria]] had it in his vineyard in [[1...
    17: ... and [[Prlekija]] (of which it is a symbol), less frequently in [[Lower Carniola]] and [[White Carniol...
  17. Appliance (6102 bytes)
    28: ... hide the operating system commands and functions from the user, and only expose the application inter...
    37: *search engines (e.g., [[Google]] sells a search appliance incorpoarting its sear...
  18. Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
    10: ...uador]]), in [[California]] and in the south of [[France]]. Especially prominent [[bullring|bullrings]...
    17: ...ed in the famous wall-frescos at [[Knossos]]. The frescos offer no hint of struggle or violence, and t...
    19: ...can colonies, and also in the [[19th century]] to France, where it developed into a distinctive form i...
    21: ...h introduced the practice of fighting on foot, [[Francisco Romero]] generally being regarded as havin...
    24: ...ct styles of bullfighting are practiced in Spain, France and Portugal. The "classic" style of bullfigh...
  19. Neural network (3735 bytes)
    19: ... called backpropagation, where the network learns from its errors and improves over time.
    33: Neural networks are at the forefront of AI research and development. They have sign...
    54: *Google's DeepMind used neural networks to create AlphaGo...

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