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The Roman Kingdom , also referred to as the Roman monarchy , or the regal period of ancient Rome , was the earliest period of Roman history , when the city and its territory were ruled by kings .
The Roman Kingdom was the monarchical government of the city of Rome and its territories .
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According to these legends , the Roman Kingdom began with the city 's founding " circa " 753 BC , with settlements around the Palatine Hill along the river Tiber in central Italy , and ended with the overthrow of the kings and the establishment of the Republic " circa " 509 BC .
However , the history of the Roman Kingdom began with the city 's founding , traditionally dated to 753 BC , and ended with the overthrow of the kings and the establishment of the Republic in about 509 BC . <SEP> What eventually became the Roman Empire began as settlements around the Palatine Hill along the river Tiber in central Italy .
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The site of the founding of the Roman Kingdom ( and eventual Republic and Empire ) had a ford where one could cross the river Tiber in central Italy .
The site also had a ford where the Tiber could be crossed .
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The Palatine Hill and hills surrounding it provided easily defensible positions in the wide fertile plain surrounding them .
The Palatine Hill and hills surrounding it presented easily defensible positions in the wide fertile plain surrounding them .
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Each of these features contributed to the success of the city .
All these features contributed to the success of the city .
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Son of the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia , the legendary Romulus was Rome 's first king and the city 's founder .
Romulus was Rome 's first king and the city 's founder , the two names are clearly linked .
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After Remus was killed in a dispute , Romulus began building the city on the Palatine Hill .
In 753 BC , Romulus began building the city upon the Palatine Hill .
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He permitted men of all classes to come to Rome as citizens , including slaves and freemen without distinction .
After founding and naming ( as the story goes ) Rome , he permitted men of all classes to come to Rome as citizens , including slaves and freemen without distinction .
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To provide his citizens with wives , Romulus invited the neighboring tribes to a festival in Rome where the Romans committed a mass abduction of young women from among the attendees .
To provide his citizens with wives , Romulus invited the neighboring tribes to a festival in Rome where he abducted the young women from amongst them ( known as the " Rape of the Sabine Women " ) .
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Romulus established the senate as an advisory council with the appointment of 100 of the most noble men in the community .
Romulus selected 100 of the best men to form the Roman senate as an advisory council to the king .
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These men he called " patres " ( from " pater " , father , head ) , and their descendants became the patricians .
These men he called " patres " , and their descendants became the patricians .
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He also divided the populace into 30 " curiae " , named after 30 of the Sabine women who had intervened to end the war between Romulus and Tatius .
He also divided the general populace into thirty " curiae " , named after thirty of the Sabine women who had intervened to end the war between Romulus and Tatius .
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The " curiae " formed the voting units in the popular assemblies ( " Comitia Curiata " ) .
The " curiae " formed the voting units in the Roman assemblies : " Comitia Curiata " .
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In addition to the war with the Sabines , Romulus waged war with the Fidenates and Veientes and others .
In addition to the war with the Sabines and other tribes after the Rape of the Sabine Women , Romulus waged war against the Fidenates and Veientes .
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He became , not only one of the three major gods of Rome , but the very likeness of the city itself .
After his death at the age of 54 , Romulus was deified as the war god Quirinus and served not only as one of the three major gods of Rome but also as the deified likeness of the city of Rome .
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MS " Explorer " was a Liberian-registered cruise ship , the first vessel of its kind used specifically to sail the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean .
The MS " Explorer was a cruise ship ( " MS " stands for motor ship ) .
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The vessel was originally named MS " Lindblad Explorer ( until 1985 ) , and MS " Society Explorer until 1992 .
It had been known as MS " Lindblad Explorer ( – 1985 ) and MS " Society Explorer " ( – 1992 ) . <SEP> The MS " Explorer " was originally ordered by the Swedish explorer Lars-Eric Lindblad .
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" Explorer " was abandoned in the early hours of 23 November 2007 after taking on water near the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean , an area which is usually stormy but was calm at the time .
Everyone escaped from " Explorer " in the early hours of November 23 , 2007 , after taking on water near the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean , which is usually stormy , but was calm at the time .
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" Explorer " was confirmed by the Chilean Navy to have sunk at approximate position 62 Β° 24 β€² South , 57 Β° 16 β€² West , between South Shetlands and Grahams Land , in the Bransfield Strait , where the depth is roughly 600 m .
The " Explorer " was confirmed by the Chilean Navy to have sunk at approximately position : 62 degrees 24 minute South and 57 degrees 16 minutes west , between South Shetlands and Grahams Land , in the Bransfield Strait , where the depth is roughly 2,000 feet ( 600 m ) .
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Pierre-Simon , marquis de Laplace ( ; ] ; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827 ) was a French scholar whose work was important to the development of engineering , mathematics , statistics , physics , astronomy , and philosophy .
Pierre-Simon Laplace ( 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827 ) , later Marquis de Laplace , was a French mathematician and astronomer . <SEP> His work helped to develop mathematical astronomy and statistics .
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He summarized and extended the work of his predecessors in his five-volume " Me ́ canique Ce ́ leste " ( " Celestial Mechanics " ) ( 1799 – 1825 ) .
His five volume " Me ́ canique Ce ́ leste " ( Celestial Mechanics ) ( 1799 – 1825 ) was a key work .
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This work translated the geometric study of classical mechanics to one based on calculus , opening up a broader range of problems .
In it , he changed the geometric study of classical mechanics to one based on calculus , which meant it could tackle a wider range of problems .
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In statistics , the Bayesian interpretation of probability was developed mainly by Laplace .
In statistics , the so-called Bayesian interpretation of probability was mainly developed by Laplace .
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British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s , and reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s .
The British blues is a local type of blues music in Great Britain . <SEP> It started in the late 1950s and had its climax in the middle of the 1960s .
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Blues music was relatively well known to British jazz musicians and fans , particularly in the works of figures like female singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith and the blues-influenced boogie-woogie of Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller .
During the 1950s Blues was popular with the British Jazz fans ( Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith and the blues influenced Boogie-woogie of Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller ) .
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From 1955 major British record labels HMV and EMI , the latter , particularly through their subsidiary Decca Records , began to distribute American jazz and increasingly blues records to what was an emerging market .
Also British labels like HMV and EMI began to sell jazz and blues records .
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Many encountered blues for the first time through the skiffle craze of the second half of the 1950s , particularly the songs of Lead Belly covered by acts like Lonnie Donegan .
Many people heard Blues for the first time when during the skiffle hightime when acts like Lonnie Donegan covered the songs of Leadbelly .
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As skiffle began to decline in the late 1950s , and British rock and roll began to dominate the charts , a number of skiffle musicians moved towards playing purely blues music .
When skiffle faded some of the musicians began to play pure blues music .
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Among these were guitarist and blues harpist Cyril Davies , who ran the London Skiffle Club at the Roundhouse public house in London 's Soho , and guitarist Alexis Korner , both of whom worked for jazz band leader Chris Barber , playing in the R & B segment he introduced to his show .
Two of them were the guitarist and blues harpist Cyril Davies and the guitarist Alexis Korner .
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In 1957 Davies and Korner decided that their central interest was the blues and closed the skiffle club , reopening a month later as the London Blues and Barrelhouse Club .
They ran a skiffle club in London but they closed the venue and reopened it as " The London Blues and Barrelhouse Club " .
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Davies and Korner , having already split with Barber , now plugged in and began to play high powered electric blues that became the model for the subgenre , forming the band Blues Incorporated .
Influenced by Waters Davis and Korner formed an electric band named Blues Incorporated .
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These included future Rolling Stones , Keith Richards , Mick Jagger , Charlie Watts and Brian Jones ; as well as Cream founders Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker ; beside Graham Bond and Long John Baldry .
These included future Rolling Stones , Keith Richards , Mick Jagger , Charlie Watts and Brian Jones and the Cream founders Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker .
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Blues Incorporated were given a residency at the Marquee Club and it was from there that in 1962 they took the name of the first British Blues album , " R & B from the Marquee " for Decca , but split before its release .
Blues Incorporated played at the Marquee club . <SEP> There they recorded the first British blues album R & B from the Marquee for Decca .
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The culmination of this first movement of blues came with John Mayall , who moved to London in the early 1960s , eventually forming the Bluesbreakers , whose members at various times included , Jack Bruce , Aynsley Dunbar , Eric Clapton , Peter Green and Mick Taylor .
Another important band leader was John Mayall , whose band The Bluesbreakers hosted many important musicians of British blues ( Jack Bruce , Aynsley Dunbar and Mick Taylor ) .
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Subsequently , Richmond succeeds to the throne as Henry VII , and marries Princess Elizabeth from the House of York .
Tudor then becomes Henry VII of England , the next English king and the first of the Tudor dynasty .
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He led the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center ( SLAC ) team which co-discovered the J / ψ meson in 1974 , alongside the Brookhaven National Laboratory ( BNL ) team led by Samuel Ting for which they won Nobel Prize for Physics in 1976 .
He led the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center ( SLAC ) team . <SEP> He co-discovered the J / ψ meson in 1974 .
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Burton Richter ( March 22 , 1931 – July 18 , 2018 ) was an American physicist .
Richter died on July 18 , 2018 in Palo Alto , California at the age of 87 .
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The ground currently has a capacity of 20,866 and was the first all-seated and all-covered stadium in the United Kingdom .
The ground currently has a capacity of 22,199 and was the first all-seated and all-covered stadium in the United Kingdom .
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Pittodrie was also the first football stadium to feature a dug-out , an invention of player and coach Donald Colman .
Pittodrie was also the first football stadium to feature a dugout , an invention of player and coach Donald Colman .
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Aberdeen attract support from the city and surrounding areas , as they have no geographically close rivals .
Aberdeen attract support from the city and surrounding areas , as they are the only senior team within a wide area .
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Lacking a local competitor , Aberdeen have instead developed rivalries with more distant opponents such as Dundee United ( collectively known as the " New Firm " in the 1980s ) and Rangers .
Aberdeen have no geographically close rivals ; their nearest neighbours at the same level are in the city of Dundee , with Dundee United having been their principal rivals in the New Firm in the 1980s .
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Michael Gerard Tyson ( born June 30 , 1966 ) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005 .
Michael Gerard Tyson ( June 30 , 1966 ) is an American retired boxer .
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He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title at 20 years , four months and 22 days old .
He held the heavyweight championship . <SEP> He was the youngest man to win a heavyweight title belt .
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He won the WBC title in 1986 after stopping Trevor Berbick in the second round , and added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker in 1987 .
Mike Tyson became a professional boxer in 1985 and won a heavyweight title from Trevor Berbick in 1986 .
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Tyson became the lineal champion in 1988 when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round .
He became recognized as the undisputed champion when he beat Michael Spinks in 1988 .
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In 1990 , Tyson lost the titles to underdog Buster Douglas , who knocked him out in the tenth round .
He lost his title to Buster Douglas in 1990 .
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Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout or stoppage , 12 of them in the first round .
Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts by knockout , 12 of them in the first round .
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Thelma " Butterfly " McQueen ( January 7 , 1911December 22 , 1995 ) was an American actress .
Thelma " Butterfly " McQueen ( January 7 , 1911 – December 22 , 1995 ) was an American actress .
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Originally a dancer , McQueen first appeared in film in 1939 as Prissy , Scarlett O 'Hara 's maid , in the film " Gone with the Wind " .
She was originally a dancer . <SEP> McQueen first appeared on screen in 1939 , as " Prissy " , Scarlett O 'Hara 's maid in the movie " Gone with the Wind " .
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She continued as an actress in film in the 1940s , and then moved to television acting in the 1950s .
She continued as an actress in movies through the 1940s , then moving to television acting in the 1950s .
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While the role is well known to audiences , McQueen did not enjoy playing the part and felt it was demeaning to African-Americans .
McQueen did not enjoy playing the part and felt it was demeaning to African Americans .
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The California Gold Rush began at Sutter 's Mill , near Coloma .
The California Gold Rush started when James Wilson Marshall was building a water powered sawmill for John Sutter in 1848 . <SEP> The California Gold Rush ended in 1855 .
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He looked further and found more gold .
He saw some shiny little flakes of gold in the river .
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Word of the Gold Rush spread slowly at first .
But word soon got out , and the gold rush started .
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Some hoped to get rich quick and return home , and others wished to start businesses in California .
Some people became rich but most did not .
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Some gold-seekers made a significant amount of money .
Besides trying to find gold , some people started selling things .
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By contrast , a businessman who went on to great success was Levi Strauss , who first began selling denim overalls in San Francisco in 1853 .
Men like Levi Strauss also sold things .
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Kant was born on 22 April 1724 into a Prussian German family of Lutheran Protestant faith in Ko ̈ nigsberg , East Prussia .
Immanuel Kant ( 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804 ) was a German philosopher . <SEP> He was born in Ko ̈ nigsberg , East Prussia , and also died there .
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In his doctrine of transcendental idealism , he argued that space , time , and causation are mere sensibilities ; " things-in-themselves " exist , but their nature is unknowable .
He called his system " transcendental idealism " .
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Immanuel Kant ( ; ] ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804 ) was an influential German philosopher in the Age of Enlightenment .
Immanuel Kant was born on April 22 , 1724 .
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His father 's stroke and subsequent death in 1746 interrupted his studies .
He studied there until 1746 when his father died , then left Ko ̈ nigsberg to take up a job as tutor .
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After Kant became a professor in 1770 , he expanded the topics of his lectures to include lectures on natural law , ethics and anthropology along with other topics .
In 1755 Kant became a lecturer and stayed in this position until 1770 .
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On 31 March 1770 , aged 45 , Kant was finally appointed Full Professor of Logic and Metaphysics ( " Professor Ordinarius der Logic und Metaphysic " ) at the University of Ko ̈ nigsberg .
Kant was eventually given the Chair of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Ko ̈ nigsberg . <SEP> Later in 1770 he became a full professor of philosophy in Ko ̈ nigsberg University .
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Kant 's health , long poor , worsened and he died at Ko ̈ nigsberg on 12 February 1804 , uttering " " Es ist gut " ( It is good ) " before expiring .
Kant died on February 12 , 1804 with the final words " Es ist gut " ( " It is good " ) .
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In the " Critique of Pure Reason " , Kant distinguishes between the transcendental idea of freedom , which as a psychological concept is " mainly empirical " and refers to " the question whether we must admit a power of spontaneously beginning a series of successive things or states " as a real ground of necessity in regard to causality , and the practical concept of freedom as the independence of our will from the " coercion " or " necessitation through sensuous impulses " .
In the " Critique of Pure Reason " Kant wrote several limits of human reason , to both feeling and thinking something .
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Kant 's ideas have been incorporated into a variety of schools of thought .
Kant thought human reason applied those ideas to everything .
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In the " Critique of Practical Reason " , at the end of the second Main Part of the " Analytics " , Kant introduces the categories of freedom , in analogy with the categories of understanding their practical counterparts .
In " Critique of the practical reason " Kant wrote about the problem of freedom and God .
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Edward William Brooke III ( October 26 , 1919 – January 3 , 2015 ) was an American Republican politician .
Edward William Brooke III ( October 26 , 1919 – January 3 , 2015 ) was an American politician .
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He represented Massachusetts in the Senate from 1967 to 1979 .
He was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican from Massachusetts in 1966 .
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In 1966 , he defeated Democratic Governor Endicott Peabody in a landslide to win election to the Senate .
He beat his Democratic rival Endicott Peabody by many votes .
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Edward William Brooke III was born on October 26 , 1919 , in Washington , D.C. , to Edward William Brooke Jr. and Helen ( Seldon ) Brooke .
Brooke was born on October 26 , 1919 in Washington , D.C.
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Born and raised in Washington , D.C. , Brooke graduated from the Boston University School of Law after serving in the United States Army during World War II .
He was raised in Washington , D.C. and Boston , Massachusetts . <SEP> Brooke studied at Howard University and the Boston University School of Law .
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In 1966 , he became the first African American popularly elected to the United States Senate .
Brooke was the first African-American politician to be popularly elected to the Senate .
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In Italy Brooke met his future wife Remigia Ferrari-Scacco , with whom he had two daughters , Remi and Edwina .
He married Remigia Ferrari-Scacco in 1947 .
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Twitter is a microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as " tweets " .
Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service . <SEP> Users use mobile phones or computers to send and to read messages , called " tweets " .
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Tweets were originally restricted to 140 characters , but on November 7 , 2017 , this limit was doubled to 280 for all languages except Chinese , Japanese , and Korean .
For years , tweets could be up to 140 characters long , then doubled in November 2017 to 280 characters .
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Users can also tweet by sending SMS .
Tweets can usually be read by anyone , but senders can also keep messages private . <SEP> All users can send and receive tweets using the Twitter website .
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Users may subscribe to other users ' tweets β€” this is known as " following " and subscribers are known as " followers " or " tweeps " , a portmanteau of Twitter and peeps .
Users may subscribe to tweets from other people . <SEP> This is called " following " , and subscribers are known as " followers " .
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In late 2009 , the " Twitter Lists " feature was added , making it possible for users to follow ad hoc lists of authors instead of individual authors .
As of late 2009 , users can also follow lists of authors .
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Users can tweet via the Twitter website , compatible external applications ( such as for smartphones ) , or by Short Message Service ( SMS ) available in certain countries .
Twitter by Short Message Service ( SMS ) is available in certain countries .
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Twitter , Inc. is based in San Francisco , California , and has more than 25 offices around the world .
The website is based in San Francisco , California . <SEP> Twitter also has servers and offices in San Antonio , Texas and Boston , Massachusetts , and soon in Salt Lake City , Utah .
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Its population was 6,658 at the 2010 United States Census .
Aspen is home to 6,658 people .
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Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains ' Sawatch Range and Elk Mountains , along the Roaring Fork River at an elevation just below 8000 ft above sea level on the Western Slope , 11 mi west of the Continental Divide .
Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains .
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Founded as a mining camp during the Colorado Silver Boom and later named " Aspen " because of the abundance of aspen trees in the area , the city boomed during the 1880s , its first decade of existence .
In the early years of the town , Aspen was a major center of silver mining .
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Aspen 's development as a ski resort began in the 1930s when investors conceived of a ski area , but the project was interrupted by World War II .
However , after World War II the area was developed as a ski resort , and became a major skiing destination .
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The second day is called Dog Tihar .
The second day is called Kukur Tihar ( Dog Festival ) ..
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People offer garlands , tika and delicious food to dogs and acknowledge the cherished relationship between humans and dogs .
In this day , people offer garlands , tika and delicious food to dogs .
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Dogs occupy a special place in Hindu mythology every home or street and they get special treatment in this day .
Dogs are important animals in Hindu mythology .
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As mentioned in the Mahabharata , Bhairava , a fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva , had a dog as a vahana ( vehicle ) .
It is believed that Bhairava , an incarnation of Lord Shiva , had a dog as a vahana ( vehicle ) .
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Yama , the god of death , is believed to own two guard dogs – each with four eyes .
It is also believed that Yama , the god of death , had two guard dogs – each with four eyes .
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Owing to this belief , this day is also observed as Naraka Chaturdashi .
Due to this belief , this day is also known as Naraka Chaturdashi .
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In Hinduism , cow signifies prosperity and wealth .
In Hinduism , cow is the symbol of prosperity and wealth .
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In ancient times people benefited a lot from the cow .
In ancient times cows were very useful .
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Its milk , dung , even urine was used for purposes like purification .
Their milk , dung , even urine was used for purpose like purification .
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Thus , on this day people show their gratefulness to the cow by garlanding and feeding them with the best grass .
So , on this day people worship cow by garlanding and feeding them with the best grass .
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Houses are cleaned and the doorways and windows are decorated with garlands made of Saya Patri ( marigolds ) and makhamali ( " Gomphrena globosa " ) flowers .
They clean and decorate the houses . <SEP> Doorways and windows are decorated by garlands made of Saya Patri ( marigolds ) and makhamali ( " Gomphrena globosa " ) flowers .
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In the evening Laxmi , the goddess of wealth is thanked for all the benefits that were bestowed on the families by lighting oil lamps ( Diyo ) or candles on doorways and windows to welcome prosperity and well being .
In the evening Laxmi , the goddess of wealth is worshipped . <SEP> She is worshipped by lighting oil lamps ( Diyo ) or candles on doorways and windows .
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It is believed that Yamraj , the God of Death , visited his sister , Goddess Yamuna , on this day during which she applied the auspicious " tika " on his forehead , garlanded him and fed him special dishes .
It is believed that in this day she visits her followers and gives them blessings . <SEP> It is believed that , Yamaraj , the God of Death , visited his sister Goddess Yamuna 's house .
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The fifth and last day of Tihar is called " Bhai Tika " or " Kija Puja " .
The fifth and last day of Tihar is called " Bhai Tika " .
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It is observed by sisters applying " tilaka " or " tika " to the foreheads of their brothers to ensure long life and thank them for the protection they provide .
On this day sisters apply " tilaka " or " tika " on the foreheads of their brothers . <SEP> This is done to ensure the long life of their bothers and thank them for the protection they provide .
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