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The horse (Equus caballus) is a hoofed, odd toed grass eating mammal of the family Equidae subdivision Perissodactyla (odd-toed); characterized by an undivided hoof formed by the third toe and its enlarged horny nail, a simple stomach, a mane on the neck, and by six incisor teeth in each jaw, seven molars on either side of both jaws, and by two small canine teeth in the upper jaw of the male, rarely in the female.
There are a number of varieties of horse, popularly known as breeds. The adult male horse is called a stallion, the adult female a mare. A stallion used for breeding is known as a stud. A castrated stallion is popularly called a gelding. A young horse is called a foal, with a male foal being called a colt and a female foal being called a filly.
Horses are among the best adapted of the 'flight' mammals. They have very large eyes capable of seeing in two directions at once, ears which can rotate through 180 degrees and judge distance to a perceived sound, and can reach a speed of 30 mph from a standing still position in less than one second. The horse has a very large heart and enormous lungs powering very large rear leg muscles which allow it to run very fast to escape danger. The horse's long head allows it to graze and see over the top of the grass at the same time, keeping watch for approaching danger. The horse's tail is used as a rudder to help with stearing when running fast, and also as a fly-whisk to whip away flies and other irritations.
When bored or agitated, horses' paw the ground with their rear leags. Stallions fight with their front legs and also bite, trying to ham string their opponent. When a horse wants to harm an opponent, or person, they use their front legs. The rear legs may be used to brush away irritations, and while powerful and dangerous are not used with the intention of causing real harm. War horses, used by mounted soldiers in the Mediaeval period, were trained to attack the enemy and would bite the face off foot soldiers who got close.
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The Larder Beetle or bacon-beetle (Dermestes lardarius) is a species of beetle of the carpet beetle family (Dermestidae). In Victorian England it was known by the name of bacon-beetle, and was often found in ill-kept ham or pork shops.
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Robert Moore (Bobby Moore) was an English Association Football player. He was born in 1941 at Barking, Essex and died in 1993. He played for West Ham from 1958 to 1974 and then Fulham from 1974 to 1977. He captained the England football team that won the 1966 World Cup.
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Hamites (descendants of Ham), is the name given to a number of races in North Africa, who are regarded as of kindred origin and speak allied tongues. They include the ancient Egyptians and their modern descendants, the Copts, the Berbers, Tuaregs, Kabyles, the Gallas, Falashas, Somali, Dan'kali, etc.
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James Keir Hardie was a British labour leader. He was born in 1856 at Scotland and died in 1915. A miner from the age of seven, when he was 24 he was elected secretary to the Lanarkshire Miners' Union. From 1882 until 1886 he was editor of The Cumnock News, and in 1888 unsuccessfully contested Mid Lanark. In 1892 he became Labour MP for West Ham, holding the seat until 1895. He founded the Independent Labour Party in 1893 and in 1900 was elected MP for Merthyr Tydvill.
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Louis Eugene Cavaignac was a French general and head of state. He was born in 1802 at Paris and died in 1857. His father, Jean Baptiste Cavaignac, was a furious revolutionist and member of the Council of Five Hundred.
A young Cavaignac in 1824 joined the 2nd Regiment of Engineers, and being at Arras on the outbreak of the revolution of 1830 he was the first officer in his regiment to declare for the new order of things. In 1832 he was sent to Algeria in Africa, where he remained for several years until about 1848, and greatly distinguished himself. When the revolution of 1848 broke out Cavaignac was appointed governor-general of Algeria; but on being elected a member of the Constituent Assembly he returned to Paris and was appointed minister of war.
At the outbreak of the June insurrection Cavaignac was appointed dictator with unlimited powers. For three days Paris presented a dreadful scene of tumult and bloodshed. About 15,000 persons perished, and property was destroyed to the value of upwards of 200,000 pounds. By the energy of Louis Cavaignac, aided by the loyalty of the army and the National Guard, the insurrection was suppressed, and France saved from a threatened dissolution of all the bonds of society. Towards the close of the year he became a candidate for the presidency of the republic, but was defeated, and Louis Napoleon was preferred to the office.
On the 20th of December he resigned his dictatorship. After the coup d'etat of the 2nd of December, 1851, he was arrested and conveyed to the fortress of Ham, but was liberated after about a month's detention. In 1852 and in 1857 he was elected member for Paris of the legislative body, but on both occasions was incapacitated from taking his seat by refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the emperor.
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In Norse mythology, Ham is a storm demon or weather spirit.
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HAM-RPM is a knowledge-based conversationalist that reasons with fuzzy information. It was developed at the University of Hamburg.
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HAM is an abbreviation for Hold And Modify
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The Association Football Cup (FA Cup) competition was inaugurated in 1871, being contested originally by fifteen clubs, all amateur, the first final being played at Kennington Oval in 1872 between the Wanderers and the Royal Engineers - the Wanderers winning 1-0, since 1923 it was played at Wembley Stadium. In 1884 the cup was won by Blackburn Rovers, after which amateur teams started to fall out of the competition, The first final at Wembley was played in 1923 when Bolton Wanderers beat West Ham United FC 2-0.
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