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With the exception of tennis (starting on 5 May) and football and shooting (both starting on 29 June), the games were held within a month with an official opening on 6 July | With the exception of tennis (starting on 5 |
It was the last Olympics to issue solid gold medals and, with Japan's debut, the first time an Asian nation participated | It was the last Olympics to issue solid gold medals |
Though riffs are most often found in rock music, heavy metal music, Latin, funk, and jazz, classical music is also sometimes based on a riff, such as Ravel's Boléro | Though riffs are most often found in rock |
Riffs can be as simple as a tenor saxophone honking a simple, catchy rhythmic figure, or as complex as the riff-based variations in the head arrangements played by the Count Basie Orchestra | Riffs can be as simple as a tenor |
David Brackett (1999) defines riffs as "short melodic phrases", while Richard Middleton (1999) defines them as "short rhythmic, melodic, or harmonic figures repeated to form a structural framework" | David Brackett (1999) defines riffs |
Bernardo del Carpio (also spelled Bernaldo del Carpio) is a legendary hero of the medieval Spain | Bernardo del Carpio (also spelled |
His factual existence has been debated, although the Spanish government has not acknowledged him so | His factual existence has been debated, although the Spanish |
He was born early in his Alfonso's reign, but when the king learned of the illicit marriage he had Sancho imprisoned and Jimena placed in a convent | He was born early in his Alfonso's |
It is one of the three historical precursors to the present-day Free State province | It is one of the three historical precursors |
Bloemfontein and the southern parts of the Sovereignty had previously been settled by Griqua and by Trekboere from the Cape Colony | Bloemfontein and the southern parts |
The Voortrekker Republic of Natalia, founded in 1837, administered the northern part of the territory through a landdrost based at Winburg | The Voortrekker Republic of Natalia, |
The Orange River (from Afrikaans/Dutch: Oranjerivier) also known in isiZulu as isAngqu is a river in Southern Africa | The Orange River (from |
It is the longest river in South Africa | It is the longest river in South |
With a total length of , the Orange River Basin extends from Lesotho into South Africa and Namibia to the north | With a total length of, the Orange River Basin |
A biogeographic realm or ecozone is the broadest biogeographic division of Earth's land surface, based on distributional patterns of terrestrial organisms | A biogeographic realm or ecozone is the |
They are subdivided into bioregions, which are further subdivided into ecoregions | They are subdivided into bioregions, |
As such, biogeographic realm designations are used to indicate general groupings of organisms based on their shared biogeography | As such, biogeographic realm designations are |
Precious metals are rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical elements of high economic value | Precious metals are rare, naturally occurring metallic |
Chemically, the precious metals tend to be less reactive than most elements (see noble metal) | Chemically, the precious metals tend to be less |
They are usually ductile and have a high lustre | They are usually ductile and have a high |
Kevin James LaBrie (born May 5, 1963) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of American progressive metal band Dream Theater, which he has been fronting since 1991 | Kevin James LaBrie (born May 5, |
Early life
Kevin James LaBrie was born in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada and started playing drums at age five | Early life
Kevin James LaBrie was born |
By his mid-teens, he was a member of several bands as a front man that attempted singing and/or drumming | By his mid-teens, he was a |
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth | The Palearctic or Palaearctic is |
It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa | It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the |
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Siberian region; the Mediterranean Basin; the Sahara and Arabian Deserts; and Western, Central and East Asia | The realm consists of several bioregions: |
The concept of the fourth wall of the theatre stage space that faces the audience is essentially the same | The concept of the fourth wall of the theatre stage |
It can be considered as a social construct which divides the actors and their stage-world from the audience which has come to witness it | It can be considered as a social construct which divides |
But since the curtain usually comes down just behind the proscenium arch, it has a physical reality when the curtain is down, hiding the stage from view | But since the curtain usually comes down just behind the |
Designing Women is an American television sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS from September 29, 1986, to May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes | Designing Women is an American television sitcom created by |
It was a joint production of Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television for CBS | It was a joint production of |
The series centers on the lives of four women and one man working together at an interior designing firm in 1980s Atlanta, Georgia, called Sugarbaker & Associates | The series centers on the lives of four women and |
Anne Hampton Potts (born October 28, 1952), known as Annie Potts, is an American actress | Anne Hampton Potts (born October 28, |
She voiced Bo Peep in the Disney and Pixar animated films Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), and Toy Story 4 (2019) | She voiced Bo Peep in the Disney and Pixar |
On television, Potts played Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993) | On television, Potts played Mary Jo Jackson |
Alexander Arthur van Halen (; born May 8, 1953), known as Alex Van Halen, is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Van Halen | Alexander Arthur van Halen (; born May |
signed the band in 1977, and the band's debut album was released a year later | signed the band in 1977, and the band's |
Prior to their disbandment in 2020, following Eddie's death, Van Halen released eleven more albums, and the brothers were the only two constant members of the band | Prior to their disbandment in 2020, following |
A theatre in the round, arena theatre or central staging is a space for theatre in which the audience surrounds the stage | A theatre in the round, arena theatre or central |
Theatre-in-the-round was common in ancient theatre, particularly that of Greece and Rome, but was not widely explored again until the latter half of the 20th century | Theatre-in-the-round was common |
The Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre in Seattle, Washington was the first theatre-in-the-round venue built in the United States | The Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre in Seattle, Washington |
The kilowatt-hour (SI symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a unit of energy equal to one kilowatt of power sustained for one hour or 3600 kilojoules (3 | The kilowatt-hour (SI symbol: |
It is commonly used as a billing unit for energy delivered to consumers by electric utilities | It is commonly used as a billing unit for energy |
Definition
The kilowatt-hour is a composite unit of energy equal to one kilowatt (kW) times one hour | Definition
The kilowatt-hour is a |
The Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin limit (GZK limit) is a theoretical upper limit on the energy of cosmic ray protons traveling from other galaxies through the intergalactic medium to our galaxy | The |
The limit is (50 EeV), or about 8 joules (the energy of a proton travelling at ≈ % the speed of light) | The limit is (50 EeV), |
The limit is set by the slowing effect of interactions of the protons with the microwave background radiation over long distances (≈ 160 million light-years) | The limit is set by the slowing effect of interactions |
is a 1962 black-and-white Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune | is a 1962 black-and-white Japanese |
It is a sequel to Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo | It is a sequel to Kurosawa's 1961 |
Originally an adaptation of the Shūgorō Yamamoto novel Hibi Heian, the script was altered with the success of Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo to incorporate the lead character of that film | Originally an adaptation of the Shūgorō |
An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events | An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular |
It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators, and may be covered by a roof | It is composed of a large open space surrounded on |
The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing maximum visibility | The key feature of an arena is that the event |
Henry Sterling Creamer (June 21, 1879 – October 14, 1930) was an American popular song lyricist | Henry Sterling Creamer (June 21, 1879 |
He was born in Richmond, Virginia and died in New York | He was born in Richmond, Virginia and died in |
He co-wrote many popular songs in the years from 1900 to 1929, often collaborating with Turner Layton, with whom he also appeared in vaudeville | He co-wrote many popular songs in the years |
A black box theater is a simple performance space, typically a square room with black walls and a flat floor | A black box theater is a simple performance |
The simplicity of the space allows it to be used to create a variety of configurations of stage and audience interaction | The simplicity of the space allows it to be used |
The black box is a relatively recent innovation in theatre | The black box is a relatively recent innovation in |
Michael Anthony Sobolewski (born June 20, 1954) is an American musician who was the bassist and backing vocalist for the hard rock band Van Halen from 1974 to 2006 | Michael Anthony Sobolewski (born June |
He performed on Van Halen's first 11 albums and was their longest-tenured bassist | He performed on Van Halen's first 11 albums |
Following his 2006 departure, Anthony has collaborated with fellow former Van Halen bandmate Sammy Hagar for the supergroups Chickenfoot and Sammy Hagar and the Circle | Following his 2006 departure, Anthony has collaborated with fellow |
In geometry, the snub cube, or snub cuboctahedron, is an Archimedean solid with 38 faces: 6 squares and 32 equilateral triangles | In geometry, the snub cube, or |
It has 60 edges and 24 vertices | It has 60 edges and 24 |
It is a chiral polyhedron; that is, it has two distinct forms, which are mirror images (or "enantiomorphs") of each other | It is a chiral polyhedron; that |
Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits is named in his honor | Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits is |
Early life
Pederson was born in Hallock, Minnesota to Oscar Jorgan and Beda Emilia Pederson | Early life
Pederson was born in |
He attended Fergus Falls Public Schools in Fergus Falls, Minnesota during which time he built his first crystal radio by using junkyard finds and spare parts which were given by his uncle and cousin | He attended Fergus Falls Public Schools in Fergus |
SPICE ("Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis") is a general-purpose, open-source analog electronic circuit simulator | SPICE ("Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit |
It is a program used in integrated circuit and board-level design to check the integrity of circuit designs and to predict circuit behavior | It is a program used in integrated circuit and |
Introduction
Unlike board-level designs composed of discrete parts, it is not practical to breadboard integrated circuits before manufacture | Introduction
Unlike board-level designs composed of |
In geometry, stellation is the process of extending a polygon in two dimensions, polyhedron in three dimensions, or, in general, a polytope in n dimensions to form a new figure | In geometry, stellation is the process of extending |
The new figure is a stellation of the original | The new figure is a stellation of the |
The word stellation comes from the Latin stellātus, "starred", which in turn comes from Latin stella, "star" | The word stellation comes from the Latin |
Adalberto Rodríguez (January 22, 1934 – April 16, 1995), better known as Machuchal, was a Puerto Rican actor and comedian | Adalberto Rodríguez (January |
Rodríguez was born in the town of Sabana Grande, in southwest Puerto Rico | Rodríguez was born in the town |
In his boyhood years he imitated animal sounds for his elementary school peers | In his boyhood years he imitated animal sounds |
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc | Fairchild Semiconductor International, |
was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California | was an American semiconductor company based in San |
Founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument, it became a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and of integrated circuits | Founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild |
Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu name Mukden, is a major Chinese sub-provincial city and the provincial capital of Liaoning province | Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: |
Located in central-north Liaoning, it's the province's most populous city, with a total population of 9,070,093 inhabitants as of the 2020 census | Located in central-north Liaoning, it's |
Its built-up (or metro) area encompassing 8 Shenyang urban districts and the 4 Fushun urban districts, was home to 8,192,848 inhabitants in 2020 | Its built-up (or metro) area |
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Xuefei Jin (; born February 21, 1956) is a Chinese-American poet and novelist using the pen name Ha Jin () | png
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Ha comes from his favorite city, Harbin | Ha comes from his favorite city, |
Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri (born July 11, 1967) is an American author known for her short stories, novels and essays in English, and, more recently, in Italian | Nilanjana Sudeshna |
Her first novel, "The Namesake", was a New York Times Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist and was made into a major motion picture | Her first novel, "The Namesake", was |
On January 22, 2015, Lahiri won the US$50,000 DSC Prize for Literature for The Lowland In these works, Lahiri explored the Indian-immigrant experience in America | On January 22, 2015, Lahiri won the |
David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City | David Henry Hwang (born August 11, |
He has won three Obie Awards | He has won three Obie |
Three of his works—M | Three of his |
Gish Jen (born Lillian Jen; () August 12, 1955) is a contemporary American writer and speaker | Gish Jen (born Lillian Jen; () |
Early life and education
Gish Jen is a second-generation Chinese American | Early life and education
Gish Jen is |
Her parents emigrated from China in the 1940s; her mother was from Shanghai and her father was from Yixing | Her parents emigrated from China in the |
The ounce is the name of several different units of mass, weight or volume and is derived almost unchanged from the , an Ancient Roman unit of measurement | The ounce is the name of several different |
The avoirdupois ounce (exactly 28 | The avoirdupois ounce (exactly |
349523125 g) is avoirdupois pound; this is the United States customary and British imperial ounce | 349523125 g) is |
was a military leader and kugyō of the late Heian period of Japan | was a military leader and kugyō of |
He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan | He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in |