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  2. Presidio of Monterey, California - Wikipedia

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    The Presidio of Monterey (POM), located in Monterey, California, is an active US Army installation with historic ties to the Spanish colonial era. Currently, it is the home of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLI-FLC). It is the last and only presidio in California to have an active military installation.

  3. Defense Language Institute - Wikipedia

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    The two primary entities of the Defense Language Institute are the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) and the Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC). DLIFLC is located at the Presidio of Monterey in Monterey, California, and DLIELC is located at Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

  4. List of hat styles - Wikipedia

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    A hard felt hat with a rounded crown created in 1850 by Lock's of St James's, the hatters to Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, for his servants. More commonly known as a Derby in the United States. [19] Breton: A woman's hat with round crown and deep brim turned upwards all the way round. Said to be based on hats worn by Breton agricultural ...

  5. Six Thinking Hats - Wikipedia

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    Typically, a project will begin with an extended white hat action, as facts are assembled. Thereafter, each hat is used for a few minutes at a time only, except the red hat which is limited to a very short 30 seconds or so to ensure that it is an instinctive gut reaction, rather than a form of judgement. This pace may have a positive impact on ...

  6. Knit cap - Wikipedia

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    In England, a knit cap may be known as a bobble hat, whether or not it has a yarn "bobble" or pom-pom on top. [3] Bobble hats were traditionally considered utilitarian cold-weather wear. In the early 21st century they were considered popular only with geeks and nerds.

  7. Presidio - Wikipedia

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    The Presidio Isla Santa Rosa Punta de Siguenza, founded in 1722 on Santa Rosa Island, destroyed by a hurricane in 1755, Spanish relocated to Presidio San Miguel de Panzacola (see below) The Presidio San Miguel de Panzacola, founded in 1755, which developed into the city of Pensacola , ceded to Great Britain in 1763, regained 20 years later, and ...

  8. Pom-pom - Wikipedia

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    Pom-poms are mainly used to cheer for sports. Three cheerleaders dancing with pom-poms in Tokyo, Japan. A pom-pom – also spelled pom-pon, pompom or pompon – is a decorative ball or tuft of fibrous material. The term may refer to large tufts used by cheerleaders, or a small, tighter ball attached to the top of a hat, also known as a bobble ...

  9. Pileus (hat) - Wikipedia

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    The rod and hat were part of a legal ritual of manumission. A 3rd-party adsertor libertatis (liberty asserter, neither slaver or enslaved) would state: Hunc Ego hominem ex jure Quiritum liberum esse aio (I declare this man is free) while using the "vindicta" (one of multiple manumission types). The legal ritual was explicitly designed to be ...