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Classical guitar technique – Right hand technique

The thumb and three largest fingers of the right hand pluck the strings. The normal position is for the hand to be shaped as if it were loosely holding an apple with the wrist slightly bent, the forearm resting on the upper large bout of the guitar, and the fingers near the strings. The thumb [...]

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USS Abnaki (ATF-96) – Operational history

1944-1949 The fleet ocean tug completed shakedown in Chesapeake Bay on 10 December and began operating with the Atlantic Fleet. She conducted towing operations up and down the eastern seaboard of the United States until the spring of 1944. On 28 May of that year, she got underway from Norfolk, Virginia, bound for Oran, Algeria. [...]

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Witold Lutosławski – Biography

Family and early years Lutosławski’s life is documented in both Stucky (1981) and Rae (1999). Lutosławski’s parents were both born into the Polish landed nobility. His family owned estates in the area of Drozdowo. His father Józef was involved in the Polish National Democratic Party (””Endecja””), and the Lutosławski family became intimate with its founder, [...]

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Ébéniste – Introduction

”Ébéniste” ( ) is the French word for a cabinetmaker, whereas in French ”menuisier” denotes a woodcarver or chairmaker. Originally, an ”ébéniste” was one who worked with ebony (hence the rarely-used English term ”ebonists”), a favoured luxury wood for mid-seventeenth century Parisian cabinets, originating in imitation of elite furniture being made in Antwerp. The word [...]

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Carabane – Economy

The testimonies of explorers and colonial administrators demonstrate that Carabane has participated in rice cultivation, fishery, trade, and palm wine production for centuries. The island experienced a decline in the 20th century, when Ziguinchor emerged as the regional capital, and more recently because of the negative economic consequences resulting from the Casamance Conflict and the [...]

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Witold Lutosławski – Biography

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Protein–protein interaction – Methods to investigate protein–protein interactions

Biochemical methods As protein–protein interactions are so important there are a multitude of methods to detect them. Each of the approaches has its own strengths and weaknesses, especially with regard to the sensitivity and specificity of the method. A high sensitivity means that many of the interactions that occur in reality are detected by the [...]

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Nobel Prize controversies – Exclusions

Physics *Guglielmo Marconi received the 1909 Nobel Prize for his work on the radio, even though the US Patent Office had first awarded the patent to Nikola Tesla, but reversed its decision in Marconi’s favour in 1904. In 1942, the patent office again reversed itself in Tesla’s favour. Thomas Edison and Tesla were mentioned as [...]

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Pró-Vida – General Claims

Among the general claims made by Pro-Vida in its courses are: -Pyramid Power: any solid with the proportion of the Pyramid of Khufu, in any scale, made with any material, aligned due magnetic north. -Pyramid Neurons: as an addendum to pyramid power, it is stated that the pyramid neurons of the cerebral cortex, which make [...]

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Cell penetrating peptide – Applications of CPPs

CPP mediated delivery of Nucleic Acids Nucleic acid based macromolecules such as siRNA, antisense oligonucleotide, decoy DNA and plasmid have been realized as promising biological and pharmacological therapeutics in regulation of gene expression. However, unlike other small molecular drugs, their development and applications are limited by high molecular weight and negative charges which results in [...]

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USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) – Service history

Construction and commissioning Originally laid down as LST-1166 on 29 November 1951 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by the Christy Shipbuilding Corporation. The ship was launched on 22 November 1952, sponsored by Miss Dorothy Christenson; and commissioned at the New Orleans Naval Station on 29 October 1953 with Lieutenant Commander Mack D. Ellis in command. 1953–1955 [...]

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Music of Baltimore – History

The documented history of music in Baltimore extends to the 1780s. Little is known about the cultural lives of the Native Americans who formerly lived along the Chesapeake Bay, prior to the founding of Baltimore. In the colonial era, opera and theatrical music were a major part of Baltimorean musical life, and Protestant churches were [...]