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  2. Operation Cat Drop - Wikipedia

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    The cats were flown out of Singapore and delivered in crates dropped by parachutes as part of a broader program of supplying cats to combat an infestation of rats. [1] The operation was reported as a "success" at the time. [2] [3] Newspaper reports published soon after the operation reference only 23 cats being used. Some unreliable later ...

  3. List price - Wikipedia

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    This 1916 advertisement distinguishes the list price and a lower our special price.. The list price, also known as the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP), or the recommended retail price (RRP), or the suggested retail price (SRP) of a product is the price at which its manufacturer notionally recommends that a retailer sell the product.

  4. Joint Precision Airdrop System - Wikipedia

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    The Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) is an American military airdrop system which uses the Global Positioning System (GPS), steerable parachutes, and an onboard computer to steer loads to a designated point of impact (PI) on a drop zone (DZ). The JPADS family of systems consists of several precision airdrop systems, ranging from extra ...

  5. Airborne leaflet propaganda - Wikipedia

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    Airborne leaflets have been used for military propaganda purposes at least since the 19th century. One early example is from the Franco-Prussian War when, in October 1870 during the Siege of Paris, a French balloon coming from the city dropped government proclamations over North German Confederation troops that stated the following (in German):

  6. List of datasets in computer vision and image processing

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    Format Default Task Created (updated) Reference Creator Artificial Characters Dataset Artificially generated data describing the structure of 10 capital English letters. Coordinates of lines drawn given as integers. Various other features. 6000 Text Handwriting recognition, classification 1992 [133] H. Guvenir et al. Letter Dataset

  7. Compassion and Responsibility for Animals - Wikipedia

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    CARA aims to control the number of stray cats in the streets of Manila by promoting spaying and neutering, which controls the animal population and decreases the number of stray animals found on the streets. [2] In 2007, CARA established the first low-cost spay and neuter clinic in the Philippines. [3] This clinic was located at Malate in Metro ...

  8. Philippine Animal Welfare Society - Wikipedia

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    An Aspin is a mixed-breed dog in the Philippines, while Puspin is a mixed-breed cat. PAWS encourages the use of the term “Aspin” (Asong Pinoy) and “Puspin” (Pusang Pinoy) instead of “Askal” and “Pusakal”, because it showed that native dogs were just as cute, intelligent and as loyal as their purebred counterparts.

  9. Carousell (company) - Wikipedia

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    Carousell is a Singaporean smartphone and web-based consumer to consumer and business to consumer marketplace buying and selling new and secondhand goods. Headquartered in Singapore, it also operates in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.