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  2. Dan (rank) - Wikipedia

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    Dan. The dan ( 段) ranking system is used by many Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, and other martial arts organizations to indicate the level of a person's ability within a given system. Used as a ranking system to quantify skill level in a specific domain, it was originally used at a Go school during the Edo period. [1]

  3. Evaluation - Wikipedia

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    Evaluation. In common usage, evaluation is a systematic determination and assessment of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards. It can assist an organization, program, design, project or any other intervention or initiative to assess any aim, realizable concept/proposal, or any alternative, to ...

  4. Raja Ampat Islands - Wikipedia

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    Raja Ampat Islands. / -0.2333115; 130.5078908. Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago located off of the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula (on the island of New Guinea ), Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. It comprises over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals around the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and ...

  5. Ajar Valley Nature Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Ajar Valley Nature Reserve is a protected area in Afghanistan, located in Bamyan Province. It was designated a nature reserve in the early 20th century after the Afghan royal family had used the area for hunting. It is considered by the IUCN to be one of the most important natural areas of Afghanistan and was proposed for a national park in ...

  6. EICAR test file - Wikipedia

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    EICAR test file. The EICAR Anti-Virus Test File [1] or EICAR test file is a computer file that was developed by the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR) and Computer Antivirus Research Organization (CARO) to test the response of computer antivirus (AV) programs. [2] Instead of using real malware, which could cause real ...

  7. Montessori education - Wikipedia

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    Montessori education. The Montessori method of education is a type of educational method that involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing real-world skills. [2]

  8. History of the automobile - Wikipedia

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    Crude ideas and designs of automobiles can be traced back to ancient and medieval times. [1] [2] In 1649, Hans Hautsch of Nuremberg built a clockwork-driven carriage. [1] [3] In 1672, a small-scale steam-powered vehicle was created; [4] the first steam-powered automobile capable of human transportation was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1769.

  9. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    Base rate fallacy – making a probability judgment based on conditional probabilities, without taking into account the effect of prior probabilities. [6] Conjunction fallacy – the assumption that an outcome simultaneously satisfying multiple conditions is more probable than an outcome satisfying a single one of them.