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''[[Donkey Kong]]'' is a '''[[List of Donkey Kong video games|video game series]]''' created by game designer [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]. It is [[video game publisher|published]] by [[Nintendo]], with entries in the series [[video game developer|developed]] by |
''[[Donkey Kong]]'' is a '''[[List of Donkey Kong video games|video game series]]''' created by game designer [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]. It is [[video game publisher|published]] by [[Nintendo]], with entries in the series [[video game developer|developed]] by Nintendo, [[Rare (company)|Rare]], [[Namco]], and [[Paon]]. The series debuted in 1981 with the arcade game ''[[Donkey Kong (video game)|Donkey Kong]]'', a sales success that brought Nintendo into the North American market. Most ''Donkey Kong'' games have either been [[video arcade|arcade games]] or released for Nintendo [[video game consoles|consoles]] and [[Handheld game consoles|handhelds]], from the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] in 1984 to [[History of video game consoles (seventh generation)|the current generation]] of video game consoles. However, some of the original arcade games were [[Porting|ported]] into versions on third-party home consoles and developed by several companies. ''Donkey Kong'' is [[List of best-selling video game franchises|among the best-selling video game franchises]], with more than 48 million games sold worldwide. Most of the games in the franchise are [[platform games]], although the series includes [[video game genres|genres]] such as [[racing game|racing]] and [[rhythm game|rhythm games]]. ('''[[List of Donkey Kong video games|more...]]'''){{-}}</div> |
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Per Talk:Main page and WT:FLC, I'd like to propose we keep all our candidate suggestions here. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:00, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
World Heritage Sites, designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. The Caribbean island-nation of Cuba accepted the convention on March 24, 1981. As of 2011, nine Cuban sites have been selected – two of them for their natural significance: Alejandro de Humboldt National Park in the eastern provinces of Holguín and Guantánamo, and Desembarco del Granma National Park, named for the yacht which carried the members of the 26th of July Movement who started the Cuban Revolution. City landscapes include Old Havana, Trinidad, and Camagüey, all founded by early Spanish colonists in the 16th century. The sites include historical agricultural regions, including the coffee plantations of southeastern Cuba, and the tobacco region of Viñales Valley. (more...)
Needs a copyeditIn the English coastal city of Brighton and Hove, more than 30 former places of worship have been demolished for various reasons (Connaught Institute pictured during demolition in 2010). The area, originally a collection of villages around the fishing port of Brighthelmston and its neighbour Hove, has a long history of Christian worship, and many denominations founded churches and chapels as the town grew into the fashionable resort of Brighton and absorbed its neighbours. Pressure for land and redevelopment claimed many churches, such as Charles Busby's Greek Revival St Margaret's proprietary chapel and the landmark Dials Congregational Church; others, like the Gothic Revival Christ Church and the "graceful" Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion Chapel, suffered structural or fire damage; and others became unviable as congregations declined. The "Wagner churches"—a series of eleven 19th-century Anglican churches in poor areas, founded and paid for by the Vicar of Brighton Henry Michell Wagner and his son—have fared badly: six no longer survive. In many cases, displaced worshippers have joined the congregations of other churches, whose parishes have been enlarged. (more...)
Diving disorders are medical conditions that arise from underwater diving. The signs and symptoms may be observed during a dive, on surfacing, or up to several hours after. The disorders are caused by breathing gas at the high pressures encountered at depth: when diving, the gas breathed must be at the same pressure as the ambient pressure, which can be much greater than on the surface, increasing by one standard atmosphere (100 kPa) for every 10 metres (33 ft) of depth. The principal conditions encountered are decompression illness (which covers decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism); nitrogen narcosis; high-pressure nervous syndrome; oxygen toxicity; and pulmonary barotrauma (burst lung). Although some of these may occur in other settings, they are of particular concern during diving activities. (more ...)
In the aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution in 1908, the Committee of Union and Progress that had taken control of the Ottoman Empire began to draw up plans for the development of a stronger Ottoman Navy. Ottoman attempts to construct earlier battleships, such as the Abdul Kadir, had ended in failure. As a result, the Ottoman Navy Foundation was established, with the aim of purchasing new ships rather than building them locally. However, the fleet's inability to respond to naval threats was still evident in the First Balkan War, when the Ottoman Navy was defeated by the Greek Navy in two separate engagements, during the battles of Elli and Lemnos.
At the start of the First World War, half of the battleships owned by the Ottoman Empire were still under construction in the United Kingdom, and were either scrapped or seized by the British in the early days of the conflict. The Ottomans subsequently turned to assistance from Germany; the donation of German-built ships to the Ottoman Navy paved the way for a military alliance and the eventual Ottoman entry into the war. (more...)
First draft: Will require some adapting to stand alone as a blurb, and a little trimming
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"Ancient documents" is a category of Japanese National Treasures that comprises documents from the Asuka period to the Meiji period, selected for especially high historical or artistic value. The documents consist of letters, diaries, records or catalogues, certificates, imperial decrees, testaments and maps, housed in temples, museums, libraries, shrines, and private collections. They record early Japanese governance and Buddhism, including contact with China, the organization of the state, and life at the Japanese imperial court. The documents are significant examples of calligraphy.
Lettering, in the form of inscribed artefacts, was brought to Japan from China ca. 2000 years ago. From 5th-century Korea came classical Chinese books, probably written on paper. Soon after, scribes were appointed to the provinces to record events and report conditions. By the end of the 7th century, reading and writing became part of Japanese life, mostly because of the need for literate officials and the rise of Buddhism, which required the study of written sutras. (more...)