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RE: Argumentation
Argumentation is the process of constructing, presenting, and defending a position, claim, or idea in a clear, logical, and persuasive manner. It involves reasoning and evidence to support ones viewpoint and seek to convince others. Its often used in academic, legal, political, and philosophical settings and could involve a debate or discussion.
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RE: moharram
Moharam of Judham of Murrah of Sheba of Kahlan of Qahtanite origin (also Moharram, Muharram, Aal Moharam, Aal Maharema) (Arabic: مُحَرَّم or المحارمة) is a family lineage from Egypt with ancestors from Yemen.
The family descends from Moharram from Judham (Jutham) (جذام) ibn Uday ibn Hareth of Murrah ibn Adad ibn Yashjob ibn Oreib ibn Zeid of Kahlan of Sheba (Sabaa) of Yashgiob of Yareeb from Qahtan from the Arab peninsula (Arabic: بنو جذام (عمرو) بن عدي بن الحارث بن مرة بن أدد بن زيد بن يشجب بن عريب بن زيد بن كهلان بن سبأ بن يشجب بن يعرب بن قحطان)From Judham descend the dynasties Hud (Banu Hud) and
Martinez
who ruled Andalusia and Valencia.
Moharam first entered Egypt with the Arab conquest of Egypt in December 639 with Amr Bin-Al Aas, settled in Kafr Ali Kaly (قرية كفر على غالى) Al Sharkia, and owned lands. Saladin granted them more lands, which they still hold today.
Moharram in Egypt comprises five houses: Soweid, Baagah, Nathel, Refaa, and Bardaa (سويد، وبعجة، وناثل، ورفاعة، وبردعة )Although the family settled in Al-sharkia in Egypt, they eventually spread over Egypt and over the middle east, especially in Jordan and Syria.
The major cause of their spread into Egypt was their refusal to pay taxes in the era of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, who ordered the destruction of their houses. Once they heard that the army was marching towards their homes, they abandoned them and took refuge in the neighboring cities.
After the campaign, some of the family houses returned to Al-sharkia while others made their homes in other places in Egypt. -
RE: Capillarity
a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries
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RE: Demoiselle
small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
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RE: leer
to look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look
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RE: Lockage
materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks
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RE: ruby-crowned kinglet
A ruby-crowned kinglet is a small bird species found in North America, belonging to the family Regulidae. It is named for its distinctive red crown patch, which is usually concealed. They are characterized by their olive-green color, thin beak and large black eyes. The male bird is distinguishable by its ruby red crown, which is only slightly visible, and prominently displayed during bouts of singing and displays of aggression. The female does not have the ruby crown. Ruby-crowned kinglets are known for their complex songs and high pitched calls.
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RE: neanderthal man
Neanderthal Man is a song by Hotlegs, an English pop band that was later relaunched as 10cc. The song, initially created only as a studio exercise to test drum sounds on new recording equipment, sold over two million copies and reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 22 in the US. It reached No.1 in Italy and Germany and was also a Top 20 hit in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland and Japan.
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RE: lebanese hizballah
Lebanese Hezbollah, also known as Hezbollah, is a political and military organization primarily based in Lebanon. The organization, whose name translates to Party of God, was established in the early 1980s during the Lebanese civil war and is backed by Iran. It is their aim to establish an Islamic state in Lebanon. Hezbollah has both political and military wings and is seen differently worldwide; some nations regard it as a legitimate political party while others label it as a terrorist organization. It is also prominent for its social services, running hospitals, news services, and education facilities.
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RE: Meat grinder
A meat grinder is a kitchen appliance used for chopping and cutting meat, fish, vegetables and other food items into fine pieces. It typically consists of a feeding tube where the meat is inserted, a set of sharp blades or a screw that rotates to cut or mix the food, and plates with holes of various sizes for different grinding levels. The grinder may be powered manually by a hand crank or by an electric motor. It is often used in making sausages, hamburger patties or any dish that requires minced or ground meat.
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RE: totalitarian state
A totalitarian state is a political system where a central authority, usually a single party or leader, exercises absolute control over public and private life. It regulates almost every aspect of public behavior and personal freedom, often through use of political propaganda, surveillance, censorship, and the threat or use of violence. Totalitarian regimes typically maintain power through authoritarian means, including regimentation of the society and economy, and often have an official ideology that is used to justify their rule.
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RE: astilbe biternata
Astilbe biternata, commonly known as false spirea or false goats beard, is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae native to Eastern Asia and Eastern North America. The plant is known for its ornamental appeal, displaying showy, plume-like clusters of white or pink flowers and finely dissected, fern-like foliage. These perennials prefer moist, well-drained soils and partial to full shade areas. They are often used in rock gardens, border fronts, and shady corners in landscapes.
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RE: celestial globe
Celestial globes show the apparent positions of the stars in the sky. They omit the Sun, Moon, and planets because the positions of these bodies vary relative to those of the stars, but the ecliptic, along which the Sun moves, is indicated.
There is an issue regarding the “handedness” of celestial globes. If the globe is constructed so that the stars are in the positions they actually occupy on the imaginary celestial sphere, then the star field will appear reversed on the surface of the globe (all the constellations will appear as their mirror images). This is because the view from Earth, positioned at the centre of the celestial sphere, is of the gnomonic projection inside of the celestial sphere, whereas the celestial globe is orthographic projection as viewed from the outside. For this reason, celestial globes are often produced in mirror image, so that at least the constellations appear as viewed from earth. Some modern celestial globes address this problem by making the surface of the globe transparent. The stars can then be placed in their proper positions and viewed through the globe, so that the view is of the inside of the celestial sphere. However, the proper position from which to view the sphere would be from its centre, but the viewer of a transparent globe must be outside it, far from its centre. Viewing the inside of the sphere from the outside, through its transparent surface, produces serious distortions. Opaque celestial globes that are made with the constellations correctly placed, so they appear as mirror images when directly viewed from outside the globe, are often viewed in a mirror, so the constellations have their familiar appearances. Written material on the globe, e.g. constellation names, is printed in reverse, so it can easily be read in the mirror.
Before Copernicus’s 16th century discovery that the solar system is ‘heliocentric rather than geocentric and geostatic’ (that the earth orbits the sun and not the other way around) ‘the stars have been commonly, though perhaps not universally, perceived as though attached to the inside of a hollow sphere enclosing and rotating about the earth’. Working under the incorrect assumption that the cosmos was geocentric the second century Greek astronomer Ptolemy composed the Almagest in which ‘the movements of the planets could be accurately represented by means of techniques involving the use of epicycles, deferents, eccentrics (whereby planetary motion is conceived as circular with respect to a point displaced from Earth), and equants (a device that posits a constant angular rate of rotation with respect to a point displaced from Earth)’. Guided by these ideas astronomers of the middle ages, Muslim and Christian alike, created celestial globes to ‘represent in a model the arrangement and movement of the stars’. In their most basic form celestial globes represent the stars as if the viewer were looking down upon the sky as a globe that surrounds the earth. -
RE: Magpie
Magpies are birds of the Corvidae family. Like other members of their family, they are widely considered to be intelligent creatures. The Eurasian magpie, for instance, is thought to rank among the worlds most intelligent creatures, and is one of the few non-mammal species able to recognize itself in a mirror test. They are particularly well known for their songs and were once popular as cagebirds. In addition to other members of the genus Pica, corvids considered as magpies are in the genera Cissa, Urocissa, and Cyanopica.
Magpies of the genus Pica are generally found in temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and western North America, with populations also present in Tibet and high-elevation areas of Kashmir. Magpies of the genus Cyanopica are found in East Asia and the Iberian Peninsula. The birds called magpies in Australia are, however, not related to the magpies in the rest of the world. Magpies are national birds in Bangladesh.