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  2. Spearfishing - Wikipedia

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    Spear fishing is an ancient method of fishing and may be conducted with an ordinary spear or a specialised variant such as an eel spear [8] [9] or the trident. A small trident-type spear with a long handle is used in the American South and Midwest for gigging bullfrogs with a bright light at night, or for gigging carp and other fish in the ...

  3. Glossary of fishery terms - Wikipedia

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    The gear usually includes a snorkel, face mask, flippers, weight belt and wet suit. Front – region of sharp gradient in temperature or salinity, indicating a transition between two current systems or water masses. Fronts are usually associated with high biological activity and high abundance of highly migratory resources such as tuna.

  4. AP English Literature and Composition - Wikipedia

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    Designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an interest in exploring and analyzing challenging classical and contemporary literature, and a desire to analyze and interpret dominant literary genres and themes, it is often offered to high school seniors and the other AP English course, AP English Language and Composition, to juniors.

  5. The sea in culture - Wikipedia

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    Another Greek sea-god, Proteus, specifically embodies the domain of sea change, the adjectival form "protean" meaning mutable, able to assume many forms. Shakespeare makes use of this in Henry VI, Part 3 , where Richard III boasts "I can add colors to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages".

  6. History of literature - Wikipedia

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    The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces.

  7. Masks among Eskimo peoples - Wikipedia

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    Archaeological masks have been found from early Paleo-Eskimo and from early Dorset culture period. [2] It is believed that these masks served several functions, including being in rituals representing animals in personalized form; [14] being used by shaman (medicine man or angakkuq) in ceremonies relating to spirits (as in the case of a wooden mask from southwestern Alaska); [15] it is also ...

  8. Impression, Sunrise - Wikipedia

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    Although it may seem that the Sun is the brightest spot on the canvas, it is in fact, when measured with a photometer, the same brightness (or luminance) as the sky. [12] Margaret Livingstone, a professor of neurobiology at Harvard University, said "If you make a black and white copy of Impression: Sunrise, the Sun disappears [almost] entirely ...

  9. The Sun in culture - Wikipedia

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    In the Bible, Malachi 4:2 mentions the "Sun of Righteousness" (sometimes translated as the "Sun of Justice"), [15] [16] which some Christians have interpreted as a reference to the Messiah . [17] In ancient Roman culture, Sunday was the day of the sun god. In paganism, the Sun was a source of life, giving warmth and illumination.