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  2. CodePen - Wikipedia

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    CodePen is an online community for testing and showcasing user-created HTML, CSS and JavaScript code snippets. It functions as an online code editor and open-source learning environment, where developers can create code snippets, called "pens," and test them. It was founded in 2012 by full-stack developers Alex Vazquez and Tim Sabat and front ...

  3. Bootstrapping (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Bootstrapping is a term used in language acquisition in the field of linguistics. It refers to the idea that humans are born innately equipped with a mental faculty that forms the basis of language. It is this language faculty that allows children to effortlessly acquire language. [1] As a process, bootstrapping can be divided into different ...

  4. Comparison of online source code playgrounds - Wikipedia

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    Less, TypeScript, development assets, import from HTML/GitHub, social login, multiple layouts Liveweave : Free Yes Yes Yes Yes No Plunker : Free Yes Yes Yes Yes No Many other JavaScript libs including AngularJS: PhpFiddle: Free Yes Yes Yes No No Provided multiple popular JavaScript libraries W3Schools: Free Yes Yes Yes No No

  5. Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who once challenged Nixon ...

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    Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day — has died. A fourth-generation Republican "in the mold of ...

  6. John D. Rockefeller - Wikipedia

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    A market existed for the refined oil in the form of kerosene. Coal had previously been used to extract kerosene, but its tedious extraction process and high price prevented broad use. Even with the high costs of freight transportation and a government levy during the Civil War (the government levied a tax of twenty cents a gallon on refined oil ...

  7. Stanford prison experiment - Wikipedia

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    The Stanford prison experiment ( SPE) was a psychological experiment conducted in August 1971. It was a two-week simulation of a prison environment that examined the effects of situational variables on participants' reactions and behaviors. Stanford University psychology professor Philip Zimbardo led the research team who administered the study.

  8. Ludwig van Beethoven - Wikipedia

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    Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music.

  9. Glory (1989 film) - Wikipedia

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    Glory is a 1989 American historical war drama film directed by Edward Zwick about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army 's earliest African-American regiments in the American Civil War. It stars Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the regiment's commanding officer, and Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and ...