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Savitribai Phule, the first school for girls in India, Zubaan

Savitribai Phule, the woman who helped set up the first school for girls in India Savitribai Phule was a trailblazer in providing education for girls and for ostracized portions of society. She became the first female teacher in India (1848) and opened a school for girls with her husband, Jyotirao…

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Legged robot

Legged robots are a type of mobile robot which use mechanical limbs for movement. They are more versatile than wheeled robots and can traverse many different terrains, though these advantages require increased complexity and power consumption. Legged robots often imitate legged animals, such as humans or insects, in an example…

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Body proportions in art

While there is significant variation in anatomical proportions between people, there are many references to body proportions that are intended to be canonical, either in art, measurement, or medicine. In measurement, body proportions are often used to relate two or more measurements based on the body. A cubit, for instance,…

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Taxation in the Philippines

The policy of taxation in the Philippines is governed chiefly by the Constitution of the Philippines and three Republic Acts. Constitution: Article VI, Section 28 of the Constitution states that “the rule of taxation shall be uniform and equitable” and that “Congress shall evolve a progressive system of taxation.” national…

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Lubaina Himid: Invisible Strategies, Modern Art Oxford

Modern Art Oxford presents the first major survey exhibition by British artist Lubaina Himid. One of the pioneers of the British Black Arts Movement, Himid first came to prominence in the 1980s when she began organising exhibitions of work by her peers, whom she felt were under-represented in the contemporary…

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Filipino nationalism

Filipino nationalism began with an upsurge of patriotic sentiments and nationalistic ideals in the 1800s Philippines that came as a consequence of more than three centuries of Spanish rule. This served as the backbone of the first nationalist revolution in Asia, the Philippine Revolution of 1896, and continues up to…

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Lath art

Lath art is a form of woodworking folk art for making rustic pictures out of strips out of old “lath” from “plaster and lath” walls. Today it is commonly made from lattice, lumber stickers and weathered lobster traps. Beach scenes and rural scenes are the most popular themes. Lath art…

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Marseille travel guide, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France

Marseille is the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in France. It is located on the Mediterranean coast near the mouth of the Rhône. Marseille is the second largest city in France, covering an area of 241 km2 (93 sq mi) and had a population…

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Boarding pass

A boarding pass is a document provided by an airline during check-in, giving a passenger permission to enter the restricted area of an airport and to board the airplane for a particular flight. At a minimum, it identifies the passenger, the flight number, and the date and scheduled time for…

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Lakkundi

Lakkundi in Gadag District of Karnataka is a tiny village on the way to Hampi (Hosapete) from Hubballi. Lakkundi 11 km from Gadag in the east. It is 14 km from Dambal and 25 km from Mahadeva Temple (Itagi). Lakkundi, is full of ruined temples like Mallikarjuna, Virabhadra, Manikeshwara, Nanneshwara,…

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Elegant of Wu culture, Suzhou Museum

In the collective memory of the Ming and Qing literati, Suzhou has an irreplaceable historical and cultural position. This is not only because Suzhou is a beautiful mountain in the mountains and rivers, but also in the south of the Yangtze River; the famous cultural relics, the humanities of the…

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Sound collage

In music, montage (literally “putting together”) or sound collage (“gluing together”) is a technique where newly branded sound objects or compositions, including songs, are created from collage, also known as montage. This is often done through the use of sampling, while some playable sound collages were produced by gluing together…

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3D optical data storage

3D optical data storage is any form of optical data storage in which information can be recorded or read with three-dimensional resolution (as opposed to the two-dimensional resolution afforded, for example, by CD). This innovation has the potential to provide petabyte-level mass storage on DVD-sized discs (120 mm). Data recording…

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Utrecht Caravaggism

Utrecht Caravaggism refers to those Baroque artists, all distinctly influenced by the art of Caravaggio, who were active mostly in the Dutch city of Utrecht during the first part of the seventeenth century. Caravaggio had no known pupils or collaborators, but in the two or three decades after his death…

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Formal education in the Philippines

Formal education is the hierarchically structured, chronologically graded ‘education system’, running from primary school through the university and including, in addition to general academic studies, a variety of specialised programmes and institutions for full-time technical and professional training. K-12 and tertiary education from colleges are characterized as formal education. This…

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Civil Future, China Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

China’s pavilion bringing the innovative ideas of Chinese artists at the 56th International Art Exhibition, or Venice Art Biennale 2015. The Chinese pavilion is themed “Civil Future”, it means “everything is among the people and points to the future” . The main theme not only covers broad areas but also…

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Gettysburg National Military Park, United States

The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the park is managed by the National Park Service. The GNMP properties include most of the Gettysburg Battlefield, many of the battle’s support areas during…

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Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania

The Palace of the Parliament (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului) is the seat of the Parliament of Romania. Located on Dealul Arsenalului in central Bucharest, it is the largest administrative building in the world. The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house in Romania’s bicameral parliament. It has 329 seats to which…

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Décollage

Décollage as a visual technique is the method whereby parts of glued-on posters are detached and removed, whereby the underlying layers appear and become part of the new image. Decollage has a strong affinity with dismantling and in this sense forms the reverse of collage. The French word “décollage” translates…

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Street food

Street food is ready-to-eat food or drink sold by a hawker, or vendor, in a street or other public place, such as at a market or fair. It is often sold from a portable food booth, food cart, or food truck and meant for immediate consumption. Some street foods are…

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Jengki style

Jengki – also Yankee style – was a post-war modernist architectural style developed in Indonesia following its independence. The style was popular between late 1950s – early 1960s. Jengki style reflected the new influence of the United States on Indonesian architecture after hundreds years of the Dutch colonial rule. It…

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Burgundy color

Burgundy is a dark red tending towards purple or a dark red tending towards brown. It takes its name from colour of Burgundy wine (from the Burgundy region of France). The French refer to the colour in reference to another French wine, calling this shade of red “Bordeaux”. In Quebec…

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