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14335960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannuronate-specific%20alginate%20lyase | Mannuronate-specific alginate lyase | Due to differences in the way they fold, alginate lyases can be grouped based on whether they contain a β-jelly roll, an (α/α)n toroid, or a right-handed β-helix. Most of the currently characterized alginate lyases belong to the β-jelly roll class, in which a curved anti-parallel inner and an outer β-sheet are bonded t... | 2.09375 | 0 |
14336093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Library%20of%20Myanmar | National Library of Myanmar | The National Library of Myanmar, located in Yankin Township, Yangon, is the national library of Myanmar. Established in 1952, the National Library, along with Universities' Central Library, is one of only two research libraries in Yangon. The library houses more than 220,000 books, divided into 10 sections.
Its collec... | 2.609375 | 0 |
14336171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain%20dress | Plain dress | Plain dress is a practice among some religious groups, primarily some Christian churches in which people dress in clothes of traditional modest design, sturdy fabric, and conservative cut. It is intended to show acceptance of traditional gender roles, modesty, and readiness to work and serve, and to preserve communal i... | 2.640625 | 0 |
14336171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain%20dress | Plain dress | Among traditional Anabaptist groups, plain dress is an expression of their beliefs regarding modesty and veiling, as well as nonconformity to the world—which they see as consistent with the Bible and teachings of the early Church Fathers. Plain, simple and serviceable gender-identifying dress is governed by an unwritte... | 2.671875 | 0 |
14336171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain%20dress | Plain dress | Early Methodists wore plain dress, with Methodist clergy condemning "high headdresses, ruffles, laces, gold, and 'costly apparel' in general". John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, recommended that Methodists read his thoughts On Dress, in which he detailed acceptable types and colors of fabrics, in addit... | 2.71875 | 0 |
14336202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20E.%20Reed | David E. Reed | David E. Reed (1927–1990), was a Reader's Digest roving editor.
Career
He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Chicago at age 18 and began his journalism career with the Chicago City News Service. He later joined the Chicago Daily News.
Reed was a roving editor with Reader's Digest who r... | 2.515625 | 0 |
11659683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980%20in%20Afghanistan | 1980 in Afghanistan | Anti-Soviet feeling among the Afghans rises to a high pitch, when a general strike and violent demonstrations are staged against the Soviet presence in Kabul and other major cities. The mass uprising is quelled as Afghan armed forces and Communist militia inflict heavy casualties on the demonstrators. As cases of Sovie... | 2.109375 | 0 |
11659752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkest%20of%20Days | Darkest of Days | Darkest of Days is a first-person shooter video game developed by 8monkey Labs and published by Phantom EFX. Originally released for the Xbox 360, it was also released for Microsoft Windows via Steam. On December 22, 2010, Virtual Programming published the Mac OS X version of the game. As of August 24, 2021, Darkest of... | 2.0625 | 0 |
11659752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkest%20of%20Days | Darkest of Days | However, completion of both of these tasks is blocked by a mysterious group known only as the Opposition, which also has time-travel technology. Over the course of the game, Morris and Dexter have to fight through both the Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Tannenberg, which involve massive cornfield battles, the dyn... | 1.90625 | 0 |
11659771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su%20Sen-yong | Su Sen-yong | Sen-Yong Su/Su Sen-Yong (蘇森墉) (8 July 1919 - 18 May 2007) was a prominent music educator at the Hsinchu Senior High School, in Taiwan. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and spent his adolescent years in the city of Zhangzhou, Fujian, where he attended the Longxi middle and high schools.
At the age of 19, at the outbreak ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
11659866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milana%20Terloeva | Milana Terloeva | With the start of the Second Chechen War, Milana and her family sought refuge in Ingushetia along with hundreds of thousands of other refugees. She returned to Grozny six months later, and enrolled in the heavily damaged University of Grozny, studying the French language. She aspired to become a journalist so that she ... | 2.375 | 0 |
11659868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes%20of%20the%20Indian%20Rebellion%20of%201857 | Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 | Historians have identified diverse political, economic, military, religious and social causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (first war of Indian independence).
An uprising in several sepoy companies of the Bengal army was sparked by the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle in February 1857. Loadin... | 2.921875 | 0 |
11659868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes%20of%20the%20Indian%20Rebellion%20of%201857 | Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 | Frictions
Some Indians were upset with the draconian rule of the Company who had embarked on a project of territorial expansion and westernization that was imposed without any regard for historical subtleties in Indian society. Furthermore, legal changes introduced by the British were accompanied by prohibitions on Ind... | 3.109375 | 0 |
11659868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes%20of%20the%20Indian%20Rebellion%20of%201857 | Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 | Religious disquiet as the cause of rebellion underlies the work of the historian William Dalrymple, who asserts that the rebels were motivated primarily by resistance to the actions of the East India Company, especially under James Broun-Ramsay reign, which were perceived as attempts to impose Christianity and Christia... | 2.8125 | 0 |
11659868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes%20of%20the%20Indian%20Rebellion%20of%201857 | Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 | Unlike the Madras and Bombay Armies of the BEIC, which were far more diverse, the Bengal Army recruited its regular soldiers almost exclusively amongst the landowning Bhumihars and Rajputs of the Ganges Valley. Though paid marginally less than the Bombay and Madras Presidency troops, there was a tradition of trust betw... | 2.859375 | 0 |
11659868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes%20of%20the%20Indian%20Rebellion%20of%201857 | Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 | There had been earlier indications that all was not well in the armies of the East India Company. As early as 1806, concerns that the sepoys' caste may be polluted had led to the Vellore Mutiny, which was brutally suppressed. In 1824, there was another mutiny by a regiment ordered overseas in the First Anglo-Burmese Wa... | 2.59375 | 0 |
11659868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes%20of%20the%20Indian%20Rebellion%20of%201857 | Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 | The varying stances of the British government, the reduction of allowances, and harsh punishments, contributed to a feeling amongst the troops that the Company no longer cared for them. Certain actions of the government, such as increased recruitment of Sikhs and Gurkhas, peoples considered by the Bengal sepoys to be ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
11659868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes%20of%20the%20Indian%20Rebellion%20of%201857 | Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 | The General Services Enlistment Act of 1856 required new recruits to serve overseas if asked. The serving high-caste sepoys were fearful that this requirement would be eventually extended to them, violating observance of the kala pani prohibition on sea travel. Thus, the Hindu soldiers viewed the Act as a potential thr... | 2.765625 | 0 |
11659868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes%20of%20the%20Indian%20Rebellion%20of%201857 | Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 | The Bengal Army also contained three "European" regiments of infantry and many artillery units manned by white personnel. Due to the need for technical specialists, the artillery units generally had a higher proportion of British personnel. Although the armies of many Rajas or states which rebelled contained large numb... | 2.59375 | 0 |
11659868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes%20of%20the%20Indian%20Rebellion%20of%201857 | Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 | Many sepoys believed that the cartridges that were standard issue with the new rifle were greased with lard (pork fat) which was regarded as unclean by Muslims and tallow (cow fat) which angered the Hindus as cows were equal to a goddess to them. The sepoys' British officers dismissed these claims as rumors and suggest... | 2.15625 | 0 |
11659979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot%20Lake%20Hotel | Hot Lake Hotel | Hot Lake Hotel (also known as Hot Lake Resort) is a historic Colonial Revival hotel originally built in 1864 in Hot Lake, Union County, Oregon, United States. The hotel received its namesake from the thermal spring on the property, and operated as a luxury resort and sanitorium during the turn of the century, advertisi... | 2.25 | 0 |
11659979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot%20Lake%20Hotel | Hot Lake Hotel | Well-renowned architect John V. Bennes of nearby Baker City has been attributed to the architectural design of the building, reminiscent of the Colonial era; Bennes also designed numerous buildings on the Oregon State University campus, as well as several buildings in Portland. In 1906, the main brick wing of the hotel... | 2.125 | 0 |
11660042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure%20Computing%20Corporation | Secure Computing Corporation | Secure Computing Corporation (SCC) was a public company that developed and sold computer security appliances and hosted services to protect users and data. McAfee acquired the company in 2008.
The company also developed filtering systems used by governments such as Iran and Saudi Arabia that blocks their citizens from... | 2.3125 | 0 |
11660083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Butler%20%28Bible%20scholar%29 | James Butler (Bible scholar) | James Butler was a pioneer of the Bible College movement in Adelaide, South Australia, and was the joint founding Superintendent of Adelaide Bible Institute (now Bible College of South Australia) with his brother-in-law Sam Barrett.
Biography
James Butler was born to Richard Butler and Sybella Butler, a couple who had... | 2.59375 | 0 |
11660088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible%20College%20of%20South%20Australia | Bible College of South Australia | The Bible College of South Australia (BCSA), formerly known as the Adelaide Bible Institute, is an interdenominational and evangelical Bible college in Adelaide, South Australia. It offers courses accredited by the Australian College of Theology. The college's particular focus is on teaching "theology for ministry" and... | 1.929688 | 0 |
11660206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo%20I%2C%20Margrave%20of%20the%20Saxon%20Ostmark | Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark | Odo (or Hodo) I (also Huodo or Huoto) (c. 930 – 13 March 993) was margrave in the Saxon Eastern March of the Holy Roman Empire from 965 until his death.
Odo was, if the onomastics are correct, a son (or maybe a nephew) of Christian (d. 950), a Saxon count in the Nordthüringgau and Schwabengau of Eastphalia. Count Chri... | 2.140625 | 0 |
11660222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible%20of%20St%20Louis | Bible of St Louis | The Bible of St Louis, also called the Rich Bible of Toledo or simply the Toledo Bible, is a Bible moralisée in three volumes, made between 1226 and 1234 for King Louis IX of France (b. 1214) at the request of his mother Blanche of Castile. It is an illuminated manuscript that contains selections of the text of the Bib... | 2.375 | 0 |
11660222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible%20of%20St%20Louis | Bible of St Louis | The fact that the three-volume historiated Bible was separately mentioned in the will written in Seville could mean that it was in the possession of Alfonso at that time. Alfonso seemed to have reconciled with Sancho before his death and thus Sancho became the rightful successor, and the Bible was therefore probably in... | 1.921875 | 0 |
11660222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible%20of%20St%20Louis | Bible of St Louis | This so-called Morgan fragment, which contains the authorship miniature, was owned by François de la Majorie, Seigneur des Granges et de la Majorie, around 1593. His coat of arms was painted on folio 1. The coat of arms in question was used from 1593 onwards, after his marriage to Anne de Turenne. The work stayed in th... | 2.265625 | 0 |
11660222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible%20of%20St%20Louis | Bible of St Louis | Based on this miniature, the book is dated between 1226 and 1234. Louis IX ascended to the throne in 1226 and married Margaret of Provence in 1234. Since the miniature depicts a young, unmarried king, the work must be dated in the time frame between his coronation and his marriage.
Description
The Bible of St. Louis ... | 2.4375 | 0 |
11660222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible%20of%20St%20Louis | Bible of St Louis | If we call the medallions on the Old Testament A, B, C and D and the accompanying explanatory miniatures a, b, c, and d, the page layout would look as follows:
The text columns are 25 mm wide, the columns for the medallions 75 mm.
Only one side of each folio was used to paint on, the other side was left empty. This ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
11660222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible%20of%20St%20Louis | Bible of St Louis | Researchers do not agree on whether ÖNB 2554 remained unfinished or if a part of the manuscript was lost. It has been assumed that this manuscript was made in the region of Reims. Nowadays, however, scholars agree that it originated in Paris. ÖNB 1179 is more complete in content, but it diverges substantially from the ... | 2.34375 | 0 |
11660297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1104%20Syringa | 1104 Syringa | 1104 Syringa, provisional designation , is a dark background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 23 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 December 1928, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany. The asteroid was na... | 2.640625 | 0 |
11660301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rocky%20Horror%20Picture%20Show%20cult%20following | The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult following | The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult following is the cultural phenomenon surrounding the large fan base of enthusiastic participants of the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, generally credited as being the best-known cinematic "midnight movie".
History and background
The film The Rocky Horror Picture Show came abou... | 2.03125 | 0 |
11660301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rocky%20Horror%20Picture%20Show%20cult%20following | The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult following | A part of audience reception can be recreating the art. This is how the fandom of Rocky Horror developed into a standardized ritual. The performances of the audience were scripted and actively discouraged improvising, being conformist in a similar way to the repressed characters. Rocky Horror helped shape conditions of... | 2.328125 | 0 |
11660341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989%20in%20Afghanistan | 1989 in Afghanistan | February
February 2 - Najibullah makes repeated offers to start a policy of national reconciliation, but rebel leaders reject them. Afghanistan's relations with Pakistan deteriorate further. Pakistan does not turn away refugees during the year, but the strain on its economy is increasing since other countries cut thei... | 2.296875 | 0 |
11660341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989%20in%20Afghanistan | 1989 in Afghanistan | February 23 - The Muslim rebels set up an interim government in Pakistan. After three weeks of fractious debate, an assembly of 440 delegates elects an interim government with Sibghatullah Mojadedi, considered a moderate, as president. Rasul Sayaf, a hard-line fundamentalist from the Ittehad-i-Islami rebel group, is el... | 2.34375 | 0 |
11660413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swab%20Summer | Swab Summer | The United States Coast Guard Academy's Swab Summer is a seven-week initiation through which all cadets are required to pass. It is the academy's boot camp. Swab Summer is a unique nickname for the program at the Coast Guard comparable to Cadet Basic Training (Beast Barracks) at the United States Military Academy and P... | 2.171875 | 0 |
11660481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrillarin | Fibrillarin | rRNA 2'-O-methyltransferase fibrillarin is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FBL gene.
Function
This gene product is a component of a nucleolar small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) particle thought to participate in the first step in processing pre-ribosomal (r)RNA. It is associated with the U3, U8, and ... | 2.015625 | 0 |
11660526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20India%20Flight%20101 | Air India Flight 101 | The investigation concluded:
Recent discoveries
Much of the wreckage of the crashed Boeing still remains at the crash site. In 2008, a climber found some Indian newspapers dated 23 January 1966. An engine from Air India Flight 245, which had crashed at virtually the same spot sixteen years earlier in 1950, was also d... | 2.21875 | 0 |
11660526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20India%20Flight%20101 | Air India Flight 101 | In September 2013, a French alpinist found a metal box marked with the Air India logo at the site of the plane crash on Mont Blanc containing rubies, sapphires and emeralds, valued at over €245,000, which he handed in to the police to be returned to the rightful owners. As no rightful owners were found, however, in Dec... | 1.96875 | 0 |
11660536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20in%20Afghanistan | 1994 in Afghanistan | Destructive and inconclusive fighting between forces loyal to Prime Minister Hekmatyar and troops loyal to President Rabbani results in the disintegration of central state authority and weaken the cohesion of the multinational state. Kabul remains divided into zones controlled by rival groups. A blockade of Kabul leads... | 2.046875 | 0 |
11660559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s%20Shakin%27 | What's Shakin' | What's Shakin' is a compilation album released by Elektra Records in May1966. It features the earliest studio recordings by the Lovin' Spoonful and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, as well as the only released recordings by the ad hoc studio group Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse, until they were reissued years later.... | 2.03125 | 0 |
11660610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20B.%20Ebbert | William B. Ebbert | William Baltzell Ebbert (February 28, 1846 – February 27, 1927) was an officer and adjutant in the Union Army (1st Regiment West Virginia Infantry Volunteers), a Colorado legislator, newspaper publisher, author, farmer, businessman, and poet. Ebbert published the Pueblo Review and Standard newspaper in 1890, authored t... | 2.3125 | 0 |
11660610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20B.%20Ebbert | William B. Ebbert | Ebbert represented the counties of Pueblo, Otero, and Montezuma in the Colorado General Assembly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Ebbert was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. He was the only son of Charlotte Baltzell and John Van Kirk Ebbert, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. After several years in the Union Ar... | 2.546875 | 0 |
11660610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20B.%20Ebbert | William B. Ebbert | Ebbert as poet
Ebbert was known as a great orator and poet and possessed a striking command of the English language. He published his writings in the 1897 book, On Colorado's Fair Mesas. The following poem is published in the book:
Family life: untimely death of children
Ebbert reared nine children over a 22-year peri... | 2.40625 | 0 |
11660618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikkun%20Chatzot | Tikkun Chatzot | Tikkun Chatzot (, lit. "Midnight Rectification"), also spelled Tikkun Chatzos, is a Jewish ritual prayer recited each night after midnight as an expression of mourning and lamentation over the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. It is not universally observed, although it is popular among Sephardi and Hasidic Jews.... | 2.515625 | 0 |
11660654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego%20Universe | Lego Universe | Plot
Lego Universe took place in an alternate universe populated by Lego minifigures. The premise is that years ago, a team of four minifigures went on a great journey to seek the last essence of pure Imagination: Doctor Overbuild, Duke Exeter, Hael Storm, and Baron Typhonus. After having found it on the mysterious pla... | 1.976563 | 0 |
11660659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unwan | Unwan | Unwan (or Unwin) (died 27 January 1029 in Bremen) was the Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen from 1013 until his death.
Unwan was granted his see on the agreement that his inheritance would go to the diocese on his death. Throughout his tenure, he was in conflict with the equally ambitious Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, as wa... | 2.21875 | 0 |
11660772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint%20Intelligence%20Objectives%20Agency | Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency | The Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA) was the organization directly responsible for Operation Paperclip, an OSS and Army CIC program for recruiting German scientists for U.S. government employment, primarily from 1945 to 1959. Many were former members and some were former leaders of the Nazi Party. The JIOA w... | 2.0625 | 0 |
11660814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian%20Association%20of%20Prisoners%20in%20Serbian%20Concentration%20Camps | Croatian Association of Prisoners in Serbian Concentration Camps | Croatian Association of Prisoners in Serbian Concentration Camps () is an association of former prisoners in Serbian jails and prison camps during the Croatian War of Independence. The organization was founded in Zagreb in 1995 and began its work that same year. Its offices are located on Ban Jelačić Square. In 2006, t... | 2.25 | 0 |
11660900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wide%2C%20Wide%20World | The Wide, Wide World | The Wide, Wide World is an 1850 novel by Susan Warner, published under the pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell. It is often acclaimed as America's first bestseller.
Plot
The Wide, Wide World is a work of sentimentalism about the life of young Ellen Montgomery. The story begins with Ellen's happy life being disrupted by the ... | 2.4375 | 0 |
11660900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wide%2C%20Wide%20World | The Wide, Wide World | One day, discovering that her aunt withheld a letter from Mrs. Montgomery, Ellen runs crying into the woods. There she meets Alice Humphreys, the daughter of a local minister. Alice is kind to Ellen and invites her to tea the next day, to give Ellen a chance to tell her troubles; maybe Alice would be able to help. The ... | 1.945313 | 0 |
11660900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wide%2C%20Wide%20World | The Wide, Wide World | One of themes present in The Wide, Wide World is that everything in life, even the bad things, is caused by God and leads to something good, especially in the spiritual sense. Ellen is very sad when she learns that her mother must leave, but reminds herself that the trip will make her mother healthy again. When she goe... | 2.234375 | 0 |
11660900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wide%2C%20Wide%20World | The Wide, Wide World | A third theme that is present in this book is that those who desire to grow spiritually will receive the help of God if they honestly have that desire. When talking to her mother before the parting, Ellen is determined to live a perfect, Christian life and be an example for everyone around her. However, as soon as she ... | 1.90625 | 0 |
11660900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wide%2C%20Wide%20World | The Wide, Wide World | Conflicts
The driving conflict of this story is the separation of Ellen from her mother and the effects of this separation on Ellen, including how she misses the mother who had meant everything to her, how she struggles with being a good Christian, and how she deals with people who don't care about her.
Woman vs. Sel... | 2.328125 | 0 |
11660900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wide%2C%20Wide%20World | The Wide, Wide World | Woman vs. Society
Most of the personal conflicts with other characters are also dealt with in the internal manner, chiefly the struggles Ellen has in dealing with her callous and uncaring Aunt Fortune, who shows no sympathy for Ellen's sadness in being detached from her mother immediately upon meeting. Aunt Fortune's d... | 2.90625 | 0 |
11660900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wide%2C%20Wide%20World | The Wide, Wide World | The Wide, Wide World is a paradigm of sentimentalist literature. The conflict and action of this story are largely introverted within the protagonist Ellen. The lines “Dressing was sad work to Ellen today; it went on very heavily. Tears dropped into the water as she stooped her head to the basin,” are found in a four-... | 2.609375 | 0 |
11660993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elanora%2C%20Queensland | Elanora, Queensland | Elanora is a suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the , Elanora had a population of 12,539 people.
Geography
Elanora is located between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek, west-north-west of the coastal border town of Coolangatta and south-southeast of Brisbane, the state capital. Its ... | 2.125 | 0 |
11661089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Buzzacott | Kevin Buzzacott | Kevin Buzzacott (1946 – 29 November 2023), often referred to as Uncle Kev, was an Aboriginal Australian rights campaigner and elder of the Arabunna nation in northern South Australia. He campaigned widely for cultural recognition, justice, and land rights for Aboriginal people. He initiated and led numerous campaigns, ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
11661089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Buzzacott | Kevin Buzzacott | In 2002 Buzzacott reclaimed his tribe's emu and kangaroo totems used in the Australian coat of arms from outside Parliament House, Canberra. He was charged three years later by Australian Federal Police at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy for theft of the coat of arms; he then charged the Australian government with theft.... | 2.109375 | 0 |
11661089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Buzzacott | Kevin Buzzacott | Awards and recognition
In 2001 Buzzacott was awarded the prestigious Nuclear-Free Future Award, in Ireland, which provided him with an opportunity to travel to Europe and speak to supporters of Indigenous land rights.
In 2006, Buzzacott was awarded the Jill Hudson Award by Conservation SA.
The Australian Conservation... | 2.25 | 0 |
11661195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%20European%20Community%20Monitor%20Mission%20helicopter%20downing | 1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing | In 1990, following the electoral defeat of the government of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, ethnic tensions worsened. The Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija – JNA) confiscated Croatia's Territorial Defence (Teritorijalna obrana - TO) weapons to minimize resistance. On 17 August, the tensions escal... | 2.453125 | 0 |
11661197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakea%20nodosa | Hakea nodosa | Hakea nodosa, commonly known as yellow hakea, is a shrub that is endemic to Australia. It usually has golden yellow flowers in profusion and needle-shaped leaves.
Description
Hakea nodosa is an erect, sprawling shrub usually growing to tall and a similar width. The branchlets quickly form ribbing or slowly becoming... | 2.828125 | 0 |
11661216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Barclay%20Swete | Henry Barclay Swete | Henry Barclay Swete (14 March 1835 in Bristol – 10 May 1917 in Hitchin) was an English biblical scholar. He became Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge in 1890. He is known for his 1906 commentary on the Book of Revelation, and other works of exegesis.
Biography
Swete was educated at King's College London, and G... | 1.9375 | 0 |
11661262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard%20L.%20Vickery | Howard L. Vickery | Howard Leroy Vickery (April 20, 1892 – March 21, 1946) was a decorated U.S. naval officer with the rank of Vice admiral. He was renowned merchant shipbuilder and served as Vice Chairman, U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II.
Early life and career
Vickery was born in Bellevue, Ohio to Willis Vickery and Anna Lo... | 1.90625 | 0 |
11661262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard%20L.%20Vickery | Howard L. Vickery | During World War II
Vickery was an assistant to Emory S. Land, chairman of the United States Maritime Commission, between 1937 and 1940. Land oversaw all shipbuilding, design, and construction work for the United States Merchant Marine. Together the two were described as "one of the most remarkable combinations in Wa... | 2.625 | 0 |
11661362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois%20School%20District | Iroquois School District | Iroquois School District is a school district that has provided education to the children of the townships of Wesleyville and Lawrence Park since 1966, when separate school districts were merged. The district is located just east of the city of Erie in Erie County, Pennsylvania. At , the district is the second smallest... | 2.59375 | 0 |
11661408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Underwood | Elizabeth Underwood | Elizabeth Underwood (Harris, Lang) (1794 31 August 1858) in Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia, was a pioneering Australian land owner who founded the village (now a suburb) of Ashfield, New South Wales.
She was the daughter of John Harris, an English-born ex-convict who had been sentenced to death for stealin... | 1.984375 | 0 |
11661425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasha%20Bulker | Pasha Bulker | The plan to salvage Pasha Bulker used anchors laid out at sea, which the ship was to use to then winch itself seawards, and three tug boats towing it with the aim of dragging the bow over a rock reef. The carrier would then be pulled seaward in a path between two rocky reefs. A hydrographic survey was conducted to surv... | 2.4375 | 0 |
11661458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal%20Tehrani | Faisal Tehrani | Mohd Faizal Musa (born 7 August 1974), also known under the pen name Faisal Tehrani, is a Malaysian author and playwright. Due to the frequent writing and ideas he was known as a controversial person. He is the author of many books and literary works of various lengths, including stage plays. National Laureate Anwar Ri... | 2.3125 | 0 |
11661458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal%20Tehrani | Faisal Tehrani | Writing career
Faisal began his writing career with Cinta Hari-hari Rusuhan published by Creative Enterprise and Perempuan Politikus Melayu by Penerbitan Pemuda, both published in 2000. Both of his works lead to his nomination in the 2000-2001 Hadiah Sastera Perdana Malaysia. There was also Maaf Dari Sorga, which only... | 1.9375 | 0 |
11661458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal%20Tehrani | Faisal Tehrani | Academic writing
In academia, Faisal known in the three disciplines of Comparative Literature, Syiahisme, and the field of Human Rights. Among his academic writings which had reference is The Malaysian Shi'a: A Preliminary Study of Their History, Oppression, and Denied Rights (2013), Axiology of Pilgrimage: Malaysian ... | 2.0625 | 0 |
11661458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal%20Tehrani | Faisal Tehrani | Despite his pressure on Faisal, he published his second poem; The Mek Bah Bahia chapter published by Print (2015) and a children's book entitled ‘Advencer Yaya dan Fufu. Buku 1: Jangan Cakap Begitu’. This book briefly introduces Articles 1 and 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 with the target audience... | 2.171875 | 0 |
11661468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming%20conventions%20for%20women%20in%20ancient%20Rome | Naming conventions for women in ancient Rome | Naming conventions for women in ancient Rome differed from nomenclature for men, and practice changed dramatically from the Early Republic to the High Empire and then into Late Antiquity. Females were identified officially by the feminine of the family name (nomen gentile, that is, the gens name), which might be furthe... | 3.125 | 0 |
11661468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming%20conventions%20for%20women%20in%20ancient%20Rome | Naming conventions for women in ancient Rome | High Empire
In the era of Augustus and thereafter, Roman women used more varied first names and sometimes even two first names. Naming practice became less rigid, as is evidenced among women of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. While Augustus's wives were known by the name of their paternal gens (Claudia, Scribonia, and Livi... | 2.6875 | 0 |
11661468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming%20conventions%20for%20women%20in%20ancient%20Rome | Naming conventions for women in ancient Rome | A woman could be named for a grandparent. For example, Livilla, sister of Germanicus and Claudius, was named for her paternal grandmother Livia.
A woman could be named by a combination of her familial name and the name of a mother or grandmother. Claudius' first wife, Plautia Urgulanilla, was named for her father's fa... | 2.515625 | 0 |
11661468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming%20conventions%20for%20women%20in%20ancient%20Rome | Naming conventions for women in ancient Rome | Empresses bearing pagan names—e.g. Aelia Eudocia, formerly Athenaïs—were renamed to have more Christian names, sometimes for an earlier empress. A few empresses such as Theodora, wife of Justinian, were also allegedly renamed. Late Byzantine empresses bore Greek names since the principal language of the Byzantine Empir... | 2.390625 | 0 |
11661508 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Parker%20%28cricketer%29 | Jack Parker (cricketer) | John Frederick Parker (23 April 1913 – 26 January 1983) was an English cricketer. He was an all-rounder and a good slip fielder, whose long first-class career with Surrey linked the days of Jack Hobbs with those of Peter May.
A tall man, he might have achieved even more than he did but for back trouble. Even so, he wa... | 2.1875 | 0 |
11661600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walton-on-Trent | Walton-on-Trent | Walton-on-Trent is a village within the civil parish of Walton-upon-Trent, in the National Forest in the South Derbyshire district in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 872.
The bridge at Walton
King Edward II crossed the river in pursuit of the disaffected barons ... | 2.546875 | 0 |
11661603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w%20G%C5%82%C3%B3wny%20railway%20station | Kraków Główny railway station | Kraków Główny, in English Kraków Main, is the largest and the most centrally located railway station in Kraków, Poland.
The railway station was situated in a historical building, constructed between 1844 and 1847 by Rosenbaum, which lies parallel to the tracks. The design was chosen to allow for future line expansion.... | 2.265625 | 0 |
11661608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosideros%20robusta | Metrosideros robusta | Metrosideros robusta, the northern rātā, is a forest tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to or taller, and usually begins its life as a hemiepiphyte high in the branches of a mature forest tree; over centuries the young tree sends descending and girdling roots down and around the trunk of its host, eventually for... | 2.6875 | 0 |
11661608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosideros%20robusta | Metrosideros robusta | Northern rātā is a massive tree, easily distinguished from other Metrosideros species by its small, leathery, dark green leaves that are 2–4 cm long, and have a distinct notch at the tip. Young growth is generally pink and covered in fine rust-coloured hairs that are gradually shed as the foliage ages but tend to persi... | 2.921875 | 0 |
11661648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollsnes | Kollsnes | Kollsnes is a natural gas processing plant operated by Equinor on the southern part of the island of Oøy in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It processes the natural gas from the Troll, Kvitebjørn, and Visund gas fields. Kollsnes has a capacity of of natural gas per day.
Operation
At Kollsnes, the N... | 2.078125 | 0 |
11661731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin%20Boys | Lenin Boys | On 19 May 1919, the Cserny group was disarmed in Gödöllő. To this end, the army high command mobilised two battalions and an artillery unit. Their weapons were as follows: seven 140 millimetre mortars, six 90 millimetre mortars, three 75 millimetre anti-tank guns, seven infantry guns, seven machine guns, 64 crates of b... | 2.234375 | 0 |
11661742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Turner%20%28cricketer%2C%20born%201967%29 | Robert Turner (cricketer, born 1967) | Robert Julian Turner (born 25 November 1967 in Malvern, Worcestershire) is an English former first-class cricketer. A right-handed wicketkeeper batsman, Turner started his career in 1988 with Cambridge University, whom he captained. He started playing with Somerset 3 years later and was their keeper until his retireme... | 1.953125 | 0 |
11661746 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll%20Motor%20Works | Argyll Motor Works | The Argyll Motor Works, currently known as Lomond Galleries, is a former car factory in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was opened in 1906 by Argyll Motors Ltd, at the time the largest producer of cars in Scotland. After the Argyll company folded it was used as a torpedo factory, subsequently lying empty ... | 2.125 | 0 |
11661752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82odzimierz%20Ko%C5%82os | Włodzimierz Kołos | Włodzimierz Kołos (1928 - 1996) was a Polish chemist and physicist who was one of the founders of modern quantum chemistry, and pioneered accurate calculations on the electronic structure of molecules.
Life and scientific work
Kołos was born on September 6, 1928, in Pinsk. He received his M.Sc. in chemistry in 1950 a... | 2.3125 | 0 |
11661753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss%20Johannisburg | Schloss Johannisburg | Schloss Johannisburg is a schloss in the town of Aschaffenburg, in Franconia, in the state of Bavaria, Germany. It was erected between 1605 and 1614 by the architect for Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg, Prince Bishop of Mainz. Until 1803, it was the second residence of the Archbishop and Prince Elector of Mainz. It is... | 2.484375 | 0 |
11661753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss%20Johannisburg | Schloss Johannisburg | During the reign of Ludwig I, Schloss Johannisburg served as the summer residence of the King, who referred to Aschaffenburg as his "Bavarian Nice". He commissioned the construction of a Roman villa known as Pompejanum within sight of the palace.
The palace was nearly destroyed by US artillery in the closing days of W... | 2.65625 | 0 |
11661795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20of%20Slovakia | Culture of Slovakia | Visual art in Slovakia is represented through painting, drawing, printmaking, illustration, arts and crafts, sculpture, photography or conceptual art. The Slovak National Gallery founded in 1948, is the biggest network of galleries in Slovakia. Two displays in Bratislava are situated in Esterházy Palace (Esterházyho pa... | 2.5 | 0 |
11661795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20of%20Slovakia | Culture of Slovakia | The typical architecture of individual regions is preserved by the folk architecture conservation reserves. The most famous are Velké Leváre, Brhlovce, Sebechleby, Čičmany, Špania Dolina, Vlkolínec, Podbiel and Ždiar. There are currently 10 open-air museums in Slovakia. They are located in various parts of the country:... | 2.4375 | 0 |
11661795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20of%20Slovakia | Culture of Slovakia | There were two leading persons who codified the Slovak language. The first was Anton Bernolák whose concept was based on the western Slovak dialect in 1787. It was the codification of the first ever literary language of Slovaks. The second was Ľudovít Štúr, whose formation of the Slovak language took principles from th... | 2.78125 | 0 |
11661805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catton%20Hall | Catton Hall | Catton Hall is a country house near the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire, within the civil parish of Catton. It gives its postal address as Walton-on-Trent although there was a village of Catton at one time. It is a Grade II* listed building.
The Manor of Catton was acquired at the beginning of the 15th c... | 2 | 0 |
11661820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas%3A%20The%20Legend | Pocahontas: The Legend | Pocahontas: The Legend is a 1995 Canadian drama film that fictionalizes the young life of the historical figure of Chief Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas and her relationship with Captain John Smith. This film, preceding Disney's animation version, was directed by Danièle J. Suissa, and stars Sandrine Holt as the titular... | 2.46875 | 0 |
11661820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas%3A%20The%20Legend | Pocahontas: The Legend | Wingfield orders his men to pan for gold in the James River, but they come up empty handed. Sickness spreads in the fort, so Smith, Opachisco, and three other men leave to trade for medicine. While they are traveling, Powhatan warriors ambush and kill everyone, except for Smith. Wingfield believes Smith orchestrated th... | 2.109375 | 0 |
11661821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda%20Institute%20of%20Ocean%20Sciences | Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences | Research programs
ASU BIOS has a range of research programs investigating the role of the ocean in global climate, the health of coral reefs, and the connection between healthy oceans and healthy people. The geographical range is not restricted to the waters around Bermuda, but also extends to the Arctic, the Antarctic... | 2.34375 | 0 |
11661821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda%20Institute%20of%20Ocean%20Sciences | Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences | The 168 ft Atlantic Explorer is equipped with navigation, laboratory and mechanical systems and equipment to support biological, geological, chemical and physical oceanographic research. Deploying and recovering deep ocean instrumentation moorings, conducting CTD casts, chemical sampling, and gear testing are among the... | 2.609375 | 0 |
11661821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda%20Institute%20of%20Ocean%20Sciences | Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences | 1928 to 1939, oceanographic explorer William Beebe worked in Bermuda. During those years, Beebe visited ASU BIOS (then the Bermuda Biological Station for Research) and worked with BIOS staff. While Beebe is best remembered for his Bathysphere dives at Nonsuch Island, he made a number of other significant scientific c... | 2.3125 | 0 |
11661953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sthananga%20Sutra | Sthananga Sutra | Sthananga Sutra (Sanskrit: Sthānāṅgasūtra; Prakrit: Ṭhāṇaṃgasutta) (c. 3rd-4th century BCE) forms part of the first eleven Angas of the Jaina Canon which have survived despite the bad effects of this Hundavasarpini kala as per the Śvetāmbara belief. This is the reason why, under the leadership of Devardhigani Ksamasram... | 2.34375 | 0 |
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