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68317931 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Montm%C3%A9dy | Siege of Montmédy | On the night of December 11 to the 12th, the Germans begin to cut down the trees and bring the guns closer to their firing position. From December 12 to around 7:30 am, the general bombardment begins. The German heavy artillery pieces fire with great precision, forcing the soldiers and the hospitalized wounded to take ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
68318029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Baptist%20Church%20of%20Greater%20Cleveland | First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland | Charter member John Malvin came to the church with a license to preach the Gospel from the Enon Baptist Church in Cincinnati. Malvin refused to allow segregation of the races during services, a common practice at that time. His stance persuaded the congregation to permit anyone to sit anywhere they choose, He frequent... | 2.78125 | 0 |
68318029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Baptist%20Church%20of%20Greater%20Cleveland | First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland | Many prominent families in the Cleveland community were leaders within First Baptist: Deacon Gustavus A. Hyde (Head of Engineering of Cleveland Gas Company), Deacon Samuel W. Burrows (Second Lieutenant 27th New York Cavalry and prisoner of war during the American Civil War), Deacon Louis A. Osborn, Deacon Oscar Townsen... | 2.5 | 0 |
68318275 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate%20Conception%20Cathedral%2C%20Taiyuan | Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Taiyuan | The Immaculate Conception Cathedral () is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. It was founded in 1635 and rebuilt twice in 1870 and 1902, and it is the largest Catholic church building in Taiyuan.
History
The first church building (1635–1724)
Catholicism entered Shanxi in 1620. ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
68318408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeper%20%28tool%29 | Creeper (tool) | A creeper is a low-profile tool used to help a person more easily slide in and out of confined spaces, such as the underside of a car, for performing inspection or maintenance. Other names for such devices include car creeper, garage creeper and mechanic creeper. They are built with a low profile to reduce the amount o... | 2.40625 | 0 |
68318828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Oroscopa | Battle of Oroscopa | Hasdrubal withdrew his army to a hilltop, fortified his camp and entered into negotiations with Masinissa, using Aemilianus as an intermediary. As the Carthaginians were unwilling to hand over Suba and Asasis to Masinissa for punishment, the negotiations failed. Meanwhile, the Numidians had constructed their own fortif... | 2.5 | 0 |
68319348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Burns%20%28diver%29 | Tommy Burns (diver) | Thomas "Tommy" Burns (21 January 1868 – 6 July 1897) was a British diver born in Liverpool, England, known for his diving feats and athletic abilities. He advertised himself as the "champion all round athlete of the world," excelling particularly in diving and swimming. Throughout the late 19th century, he gained notor... | 2.59375 | 0 |
68319348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Burns%20%28diver%29 | Tommy Burns (diver) | Early life
Thomas Burns was born in Liverpool on 21 January 1868, though some sources say 1866 or 1867. His family were Irish and his father was a baker. Spending most of his life in Widnes, the family lived in Midwood Street and as a child, he attended St Bedes School in Appleton. Reports from 1884 suggested that by t... | 2.453125 | 0 |
68319348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Burns%20%28diver%29 | Tommy Burns (diver) | The many dives undertaken by Burns included jumping off the Clifton Suspension Bridge and reportedly the Forth Bridge. Doubts were cast by railway officials as to whether Burns did actually jump off the Forth Bridge, with witness statements from two duty watchmen declaring that they did not see him, while authorities n... | 2.3125 | 0 |
68320055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Ellerby | Thomas Ellerby | Thomas Ellerby (10 January 1797 – 4 April 1861) was an English portrait artist whose work included 72 paintings chosen for hanging at The Royal Academy of Arts exhibitions from 1821 until 1857. He remained active as a painter until the end of his life.
Early life and career
Ellerby was born at Low Pasture Farm, Welbu... | 2.09375 | 0 |
68320055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Ellerby | Thomas Ellerby | Collections
Ellerby's work is included in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Laing Art Gallery, the Ferens Art Gallery, the Bradford Museums and Galleries, the York Art Gallery, and the Royal Academy of Arts.
Personal life
Ellerby was the second of three sons from the first marriage of his... | 2.140625 | 0 |
68321181 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination%20against%20transgender%20men | Discrimination against transgender men | Transgender men and transmasculine people are at a high risk for sexual assault, sexual violence and rape. The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey found that 51% of trans men reported being sexually assaulted at least once in their lives compared to only 21.3% of cisgender women. One non-profit study undertaken in 2011 found ... | 2.140625 | 0 |
68321262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liangmao | Liangmao | Liangmao (), also known as Hakka hat and Hakka bamboo hat, is a traditional bamboo and/or straw hat worn by the Hakka people who perform manual work, such as farming and fishing. Hakka women wore it when working in the fields. The liangmao is made and is most commonly worn by the Hakka people who were originally from N... | 2.265625 | 0 |
68321324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basuki%20Bihari | Basuki Bihari | Basuki Bihari is a big village in the Madhubani district in State of Bihar, India . According to India Population Census 2011 the population of the village is 14385. The majority of people of this village speak in Maithili language. The total area of the village is 13.62 km2. The village is divided into two Gram Pancha... | 2.140625 | 0 |
68321377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobostemon%20montanus | Lobostemon montanus | Lobostemon montanus, the turquoise bush bugloss, mountain lobostemon or agtdaegeneesbos, is a South African species belonging to the forget-me-not family.
Description
Growth form
This branching shrub typically grows tall, although it may reach a height of . It spreads up to wide. The woody branches are hairless, w... | 2.59375 | 0 |
68321709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Saucy%20%281918%29 | HMS Saucy (1918) | There is a natural inclination to blame this sort of accident on an "enemy mine", however this sort of sea-mine was a defensive weapon, not a weapon of attack. The main minefield protecting the Forth lay east of Inchkeith, and it would be virtually impossible for a German mine to float through this defensive line. It i... | 2.015625 | 0 |
68321739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut%20Valley | Chestnut Valley | Chestnut Valley was an African American section of St. Louis centered on Market Street, Targee Street (named for Thomas Targee who was killed fighting the 1849 St. Louis fire), and Chestnut Street. It existed from the late 19th century serving steamship workers plying their trade on the Mississippi on into the 20th cen... | 2.140625 | 0 |
68322055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Buckner%20%28burgess%29 | Richard Buckner (burgess) | Some of Buckner's land speculation involved lands in the Northern Neck of Virginia, across the Rappahannock River from Essex County. In September 1704, the Governor's Council appointed Buckner and three other men to conduct a trial of Nanzatico men accused of murdering a family in Richmond County. Two years later, the ... | 2.40625 | 0 |
68322533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred%20of%20Stodden | Hundred of Stodden | The Hundred of Stodden is a historical land division, a hundred, in the north of Bedfordshire, England. It borders Northamptonshire to the north, Huntingdonshire to the east and the Bedfordshire hundreds of Willey and Barford to the south. Three vills - Oakley, Clapham and Milton Ernest - are separated from the rest of... | 1.976563 | 0 |
66887898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer%20Kanewsky | Meyer Kanewsky | Meyer Kanewsky (between 1878 and 1881? – June 10, 1924) was a cantor, lyric tenor, and recording artist of the early twentieth century. Between 1912 and 1918, he performed, arranged or produced more than 130 sides of Cantorial music, Klezmer music, and Yiddish, Ukrainian, and Russian music for Victor Records, Columbia ... | 2 | 0 |
66888116 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctelia%20rudecta | Punctelia rudecta | Punctelia rudecta, commonly known as the rough speckled shield or the speckleback lichen, is a North American species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. This species can be readily identified by the light color of the thallus underside, the relatively large lobes at the edges of the thallus, and the tiny whi... | 2.375 | 0 |
66888116 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctelia%20rudecta | Punctelia rudecta | Habitat and distribution
Punctelia rudecta has a temperate distribution in North America. Although the range maps included in some popular North American lichen field guides suggest that it does not occur in the tropical climate of southern Florida, it was recorded in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in 2011. It ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
66888581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirupparankundram%20Rock-cut%20Cave%20and%20Inscription | Thirupparankundram Rock-cut Cave and Inscription | The mandapam leads to a garbhagriya (sanctum) dedicated to Shiva. This sanctum opens to the east. On the back wall of the sanctum is a carving of Ardhanarishvara – half Shiva and half Parvati, with Nandi standing behind and a limited floral, leaf-like decoration above the head. This carving is also minimalist, with no ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
66888581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirupparankundram%20Rock-cut%20Cave%20and%20Inscription | Thirupparankundram Rock-cut Cave and Inscription | Beyond the technicalities associated with transforming a flat-chested Tirthankara into an Ardhanarishvara panel where the Parvati half is shown with a generous forward-projecting breast and the Shiva side is flat, other scholars have questioned why numerous other Jain caverns and Tirthankara reliefs near the Thiruppara... | 2.09375 | 0 |
66888653 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Grand%20Cirque%20%281968%20painting%29 | Le Grand Cirque (1968 painting) | Le Grand Cirque is a 1968 oil on canvas painting by Belarusian-French artist Marc Chagall.
Description
On this painting, Chagall focuses on the ring or center stage as a mythical winged figures looks down upon the spectacle from on high. The subject of circus was dear to the artist. Chagall often returned to the circ... | 2.65625 | 0 |
66888784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard%20M%C3%BCnz | Bernhard Münz | Bernhard Münz (1 February 1856 – 17 December 1919) was an Austrian writer, philosopher, and librarian.
Biography
He was born in Leipnik (now Lipník, Czech Republic) to Jewish parents Johanna () and Jakob Münz. His younger brother was journalist .
Münz studied classical philology and philosophy at the Universities of ... | 2.0625 | 0 |
66888952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20sensor%20array | Chemical sensor array | A chemical sensor array is a sensor architecture with multiple sensor components that create a pattern for analyte detection from the additive responses of individual sensor components. There exist several types of chemical sensor arrays including electronic, optical, acoustic wave, and potentiometric devices. These ch... | 2.921875 | 0 |
66888952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20sensor%20array | Chemical sensor array | Array signal processing
The signal(s) coming from an array sensor must be processed and compared with already-known patterns. Many techniques are useful in processing array data including principal component analysis (PCA), least square analysis, and more recently training of neural networks and utilization of machine... | 2.625 | 0 |
66888952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20sensor%20array | Chemical sensor array | Optical sensors require selective interaction with analytes and two components are required: a probe material, and a chromo- or fluorophore. Cross-reactive optical and fluorescence arrays require strategic consideration of molecular interactions between probes and analytes. Much like electrical chemical sensor arrays, ... | 2.015625 | 0 |
66888961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy%20of%20Satan%20Ministries | Joy of Satan Ministries | History
In the early 2000s, Maxine Dietrich began the creation of Joy of Satan Ministries. Maxine Dietrich established a Satanic ideology that would present itself as an esoteric form of LaVeyan Satanism, but would espouse a "traditional Satanism" by establishing its satanic fundamentals from ancient Middle East, Far-E... | 2.359375 | 0 |
66888961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy%20of%20Satan%20Ministries | Joy of Satan Ministries | The Joy of Satan Ministries has a polytheistic belief system wherein they consider demons of the Goetia to have a real existence and perceive Satan as their primary ruler. Satan and some demons are also viewed as one of many deities which are equated with many gods from ancient cultures, such as Satan having known to b... | 2.140625 | 0 |
66889361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology%20of%20ancient%20Egypt | Archaeology of ancient Egypt | In November, 2020, archaeologists unearthed more than 100 delicately painted wooden coffins and 40 funeral statues. The sealed, wooden coffins, some containing mummies, date as far back as 2,500 years. Other artifacts discovered include funeral masks, canopic jars and amulets. According to Khaled el-Anany, tourism and ... | 2.75 | 0 |
66889361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology%20of%20ancient%20Egypt | Archaeology of ancient Egypt | In March 2023, archaeologists from the Ain Shams University led by Dr Mamdouh El Damaty announced the discovery of a Roman-era sphinx during the excavation at the lower level of the Dendera Temple complex in Qena. The sphinx is depicted wearing a nemes, a princely headcloth used by pharaohs to represent their authority... | 2.484375 | 0 |
66889463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M577%20command%20post%20carrier | M577 command post carrier | The M577 command post carrier, also known as the M577 command post vehicle or armored command post vehicle, is a variant of the M113 armored personnel carrier that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation to function on the battlefield as a mobile command post i.e. a tactical operations centre, usually at the ... | 2.140625 | 0 |
66889511 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racopilum | Racopilum | Racopilum is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Racopilaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.
The genus name of Racopilum refers to the combination of two Greek words; rhakos meaning rag or remnant, and also pilos meaning felt cap, which alludes to basally torn calyptra (cap-like st... | 2.03125 | 0 |
66889624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern%20zone%20of%20Santiago | Northeastern zone of Santiago | Historically, this sector has contained a large part of the upper middle classes and upper classes of Santiago. In 2002 it had 45.3% of its population in the socioeconomic group "ABC1" equivalent to the classes previously mentioned, and 31% in the group "C2" (middle). The communes of the northeast sector lead the Huma... | 2.109375 | 0 |
66889740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Jones%20%28writer%29 | Margaret Jones (writer) | Margaret Jones (March 1842 – October 18, 1902) was a 19th-century Welsh travel writer whose work was published under the pseudonym Y Gymraes o Ganaan.
Biography
Margaret Jones was born in 1842 in Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales.
As a child, she only received three weeks of schooling. She then left for Birmin... | 1.96875 | 0 |
66889862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Landwehr%20von%20Pragenau | George Landwehr von Pragenau | George Landwehr von Pragenau (January 5, 1927 - July 11, 2013) was an Austrian-American engineer and rocket scientist. Brought to the U.S. by the Army for his work with transistors, he was heavily involved with the testing of the Saturn I and Saturn V rockets and the Space Shuttle. In 1985 he received NASA's Inventor o... | 2.65625 | 0 |
66890891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Khavari | Paul Khavari | Paul A. Khavari is the Carl J. Herzog Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Founding Co-Director of the Stanford Program in Epithelial Biology. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
The Khavari Laboratory uses multiomic and computational approaches to study stem cell di... | 2.171875 | 0 |
66891014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia%20Yablonska | Sofia Yablonska | Journalist career and travels
While she lived in Paris, Yablonska made friends in the Parisian art scene. Among them was Stepan Levynsky, an orientalist and fellow Ukrainian migrant. Levynsky convinced Yablonska to become a photo reporter and to travel the world. Her career would take her to Morocco, China, Sri Lanka, ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
66891427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeRoy%20Johnson%20%28artist%29 | LeRoy Johnson (artist) | Teaching art
Johnson was a teacher, therapist, counselor, school principal. He was an artist in residence at Roman Catholic High School as part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Education Program, an instructor in the Clay Studio's Claymobile at Dick and Meade Elementary Schools, and art therapist at Meade, and an ar... | 2.859375 | 0 |
66891481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie%20Burns%20Parke | Jessie Burns Parke | Jessie Burns Parke (December 2, 1889 – March 6, 1964), a notable American artist of the Boston School (painting), has become best known for creating the art for the cards in the Builders of the Adytum (B.O.T.A.) tarot card deck. An oil painter and watercolorist, Parke created both easel paintings and miniatures as well... | 2.359375 | 0 |
66891613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilla%20%28spacecraft%29 | Camilla (spacecraft) | Camilla is a spacecraft and mission concept proposed for NASA’s New Frontiers program. It would be a centaur exploration mission, particularly to minor planet 10199 Chariklo. It consists of a flyby craft (Camilla), and tungsten impactor (Halbred).
Goals
The goals of this mission would be to understand the formation o... | 2.640625 | 0 |
66891956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCR%2029 | LCR 29 | In January 1970 three volunteers went to Philadelphia to examine Nos.5 and 29 with a view to purchase them. All the other withdrawn locomotives remained inside Philadelphia Works. During May, they were informed that their bids for Nos.5 and 29 had been successful, so they commenced preparing them for their journey to t... | 1.976563 | 0 |
66892059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan%20Connolly%20%28fiddler%29 | Aidan Connolly (fiddler) | Aidan Connolly (; born 1991) is an Irish fiddler and teacher from Dublin. Connolly is known for his unique style of fiddle playing and is a highly sought-after performer both in Ireland and abroad. He has been described by musician Cormac Begley as "one of the best musicians in his generation" and by others as "a leadi... | 2.21875 | 0 |
66892121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution%20in%20early%20modern%20England | Prostitution in early modern England | Brothels, during the reign of Henry VII, were often referred to as "stews". They were located in Southwark, on the South bank of the River Thames—across from London, between Maid Lane and Bankside. Southwark and London were connected by the London Bridge, the only permanent crossing for the Thames at that time. The loc... | 2.375 | 0 |
66892677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seb%20Hidri | Seb Hidri | Tigray War
On 21 February 2021, Seb Hidri described the first 110 days of the Tigray War as "a political crisis [that] ended up [as] one of the bloodiest wars in the world, and the first conventional war [on] African soil conducted with such a massive scale of high-precision fighter drone missile bombardment." It state... | 2.109375 | 0 |
66894069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel%20of%20the%20Jesus%20Maria%20Jos%C3%A9%20Sugar%20Plantation | Chapel of the Jesus Maria José Sugar Plantation | The Chapel of the Jesus Maria José Sugar Plantation () is an abandoned 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Laranjeiras, Sergipe, Brazil. The chapel was built in 1769 on the Jesus Maria José Sugar Plantation, west of the city center Laranjeiras. The church was listed as a historic structure by National Institute of H... | 2.015625 | 0 |
66895162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordang%20sambilan | Gordang sambilan | Gordang sambilan is a kendang (Indonesian version of drum) musical instrument originating from North Sumatra, Indonesia. Gordang sambilan consists of nine relatively large and long drums (drum chime) made of ingul wood and played by four people. The size and length of the nine drums are stratified, starting from the la... | 2.8125 | 0 |
66895902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas%20Nine | Dallas Nine | The Dallas Nine was a group of Dallas, Texas artists active between 1928 and 1945.
Members
The group's core consisted of nine men who had applied to decorate the Hall of State in 1936: Jerry Bywaters, Thomas M. Stell, Jr., Harry P. Carnohan, Otis M. Dozier, Alexandre Hogue, William Lester, Everett Spruce, John Douglas... | 2.3125 | 0 |
66895997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around%20the%20World%20in%2090%20Minutes%20%28Playhouse%2090%29 | Around the World in 90 Minutes (Playhouse 90) | "Around the World in 90 Minutes" was an American television special that was broadcast on October 17, 1957, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90.
Production
The event was held at Madison Square Garden and hosted by Elizabeth Taylor, Mike Todd, and Garry Moore. Art Cohn was the produce... | 1.984375 | 0 |
66896238 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Van%20Kuyck | Louis Van Kuyck | Jean Louis Van Kuyck (4 August 1821, Antwerp – 3 July 1871, Antwerp) was a Belgian genre painter. Many of his works featured animals; primarily horses.
Biography
His father, Antoine Van Kuyck, was a coppersmith; originally from Oosterhout. He was trained as a watchmaker, but worked at that trade for only a short tim... | 2.484375 | 0 |
66896374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens%20Christian%20Jensen | Jens Christian Jensen | Jens Christian Jensen (11 May 1928 – 6 April 2013) was a German art historian and curator.
Life
Born in Lübeck, after the Abitur passed at the Katharineum, Jensen studied art history, classical archaeology, Germanistics and history of Christianity in Heidelberg and Mainz from 1949. He received his doctorate in 1954 w... | 2.1875 | 0 |
66896466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20parks%20in%20California | National parks in California | Originally established in 1890 as General Grant National Park, created to protect a small area of giant sequoias from logging, the park was greatly expanded and renamed to Kings Canyon National Park on March 4, 1940. The park is also a national wilderness area. Kings Canyon is north of and contiguous with Sequoia Natio... | 2.640625 | 0 |
66896547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamsburg%20Bray%20School | Williamsburg Bray School | Further historic documentation, including photographs, were found within Colonial Williamsburg's library that confirmed the building's identity. Additional evidence showed that Digges had been paid to let the house as a school. In 2020, dendrochronology determined that timber in the house dated to the winter of 1759–60... | 2.609375 | 0 |
66896833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien%20and%20the%20Great%20War | Tolkien and the Great War | Tolkien's Roman Catholic faith, reflected in his Middle-earth writings, has attracted the interest of scholars of Christianity to his writings. Terrence Neal Brown, in a review for Religion and Literature, writes that readers may recognise in the book "the sheer complexity of Tolkien's creative origins", noting the mut... | 1.929688 | 0 |
66896833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien%20and%20the%20Great%20War | Tolkien and the Great War | The Christian scholar Ralph C. Wood, reviewing 6 books about Tolkien for Christianity and Literature, calls Garth's work "so well done that, along with Humphrey Carpenter's biography of Tolkien and Tom Shippey's The Road to Middle-earth, it constitutes a third essential work for Tolkienian studies". In Wood's view, Gar... | 2.171875 | 0 |
66896921 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporosa%20octandra | Aporosa octandra | Habitat and ecology
The species grows in a variety of habitats: primary, secondary, subtropical, evergreen, and (mixed) deciduous forests, savannah, belukar (low forest/scrub, perhaps anthropogenic), moist to rather dry. It favours shaded understorey or (partly) open places (though see below in Hong Kong). The tree ten... | 2.40625 | 0 |
66897337 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izirtu | Izirtu | Qalaychi's Relationship with Zirtu
In ancient Iran, numerous local governments ruled in the Zagros mountain range. Among the states that first formed governments in the future land of Media, the state of Mana can be mentioned. The center of this state is located in the southern plain of Lake Urmia. The Mana state repe... | 2.296875 | 0 |
66897449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollis%20Taylor | Hollis Taylor | Hollis Taylor is an American-born Australian zoomusicologist and composer and a violinist and fiddler. She has argued that birdsong should be approached as music.
Early life and education
Taylor was born in the United States. She graduated from West Linn High School in West Linn, Oregon. She graduated from Webster Un... | 2.46875 | 0 |
66898103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana%20Aba%20Appiah%20Amfo | Nana Aba Appiah Amfo | Nana Aba Appiah Amfo (born 30 September 1971) is a Ghanaian linguist, university administrator and the current Vice-chancellor at the University of Ghana. Until her appointment, she was the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Academics and Students Affairs at the University of Ghana in West Africa.
Early life and education
Nana ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
66898454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Jewett%20Trophy | George Jewett Trophy | In 1995, No. 25 Northwestern scored 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to shock No. 6 Michigan, 19–13. The Wildcats took advantage of four Michigan turnovers, and Pat Fitzgerald led Northwestern with 14 tackles, including two tackles for a loss. It was Northwestern's first victory over Michigan in 30 years, and... | 2.21875 | 0 |
66898850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien%27s%20prose%20style | Tolkien's prose style | In his lifetime, J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writing, especially The Lord of the Rings, became extremely popular with the public, but was rejected by literary figures such as Burton Raffel, partly on stylistic grounds. Catharine R. Stimpson, a scholar of English, wrote in 1969 that Tolkien not only "shun[s] ordinary dic... | 2.359375 | 0 |
66898850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien%27s%20prose%20style | Tolkien's prose style | Rosebury studies several examples of Tolkien's diction in The Lord of the Rings at length, citing passages and analysing them in detail to show what they achieve. One is the moment when the Hobbit Merry has helped to kill the Witch-King, the leader of the Ringwraiths, and finds himself standing alone on the battlefield... | 2.234375 | 0 |
66898850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien%27s%20prose%20style | Tolkien's prose style | Tolkien goes furthest with the Riders of Rohan, giving them "Anglo-Saxon syntactic patterns" and diction which is "stirring, alliteratively stately, [and] stern". He gives Rohan speakers words "rescued from total obscurity" like "éored", Old English for "a troop of cavalry", "dwimmerlaik", and "mearas". The names of th... | 2.203125 | 0 |
66898850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien%27s%20prose%20style | Tolkien's prose style | The poet W. H. Auden, reviewing The Lord of the Rings in 1956, wrote that "I rarely remember a book about which I have had such violent arguments." Walker comments that Tolkien has probably been praised more than any other 20th century fiction author, noting that he has been likened to everything from the Epic of Gilga... | 2.171875 | 0 |
66898850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien%27s%20prose%20style | Tolkien's prose style | Shippey writes that Tolkien made multiple equivocal statements about fantasy itself, in his essay "On Fairy-Stories" and his poem "Mythopoeia". In Shippey's view, Tolkien was expressing his conviction that "fantasy is not entirely made up", but was at once what Tolkien called "the Sub-creative art in itself" and "deriv... | 2.265625 | 0 |
66899108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed%20bin%20Khalifa%20Al%20Khalifa | Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa | Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Faisal Al Jumaili Al Khalifa Al Thalabi ibn Wa'il (, was an Emir of Qatar and founder of the city of Zubarah as well as a founding ancestor of the House of Khalifa. Al Jumaili was born his tribe’s original hometown of Al-Hadar, a village in the Al-Aflaj Province of the Riyadh Region of S... | 2.21875 | 0 |
66899240 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative%20research%20in%20criminology | Qualitative research in criminology | Qualitative research in criminology consists of research in the criminology field that employs qualitative methods. There are many applications of this research, and they can often intersect with quantitative research in criminology in order to create mixed method studies.
This type of research is key to holistic v... | 2.3125 | 0 |
66899292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny%20Brohn%20UK | Penny Brohn UK | Founding
In 1975, Pat and Christopher Pilkington decided to offer people a place for meditation, spiritual healing, and natural healing activities such as yoga in house they bought in Bristol where Penny Brohn got quickly involved. Penny Brohn is the poster-figure for who the BCHC tries to reach. In 1979, she was diag... | 1.96875 | 0 |
66899369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tshaka%20Cunningham | Tshaka Cunningham | Career
Cunningham started his career as a research scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Inc., where he worked on development of assays to identify drugs for cardiovascular diseases. He later served as a Scientific Program Manager in the Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases Rehabilitation Research Program ... | 1.953125 | 0 |
66899485 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Shortland | Peter Shortland | Peter Frederick Shortland (c. 1815 – 18 October 1888) was a British naval officer and hydrographic surveyor. He was noted for his work in North America, and for surveys involving deep soundings, particularly in preparation for the laying of submarine cables.
Biography
Peter Shortland was born, probably in England, in ... | 2.484375 | 0 |
66899827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%20Samuel%20Whistler | Harvey Samuel Whistler | Harvey Samuel Whistler Jr. (September 7, 1907 – March 17, 1976) was an American violinist, editor, arranger, and composer of educational music studies for studio, homogenous, and heterogeneous class instrumental (strings and band) instruction. In all, Whistler and colleagues published around 83 known educational music... | 2.765625 | 0 |
66899827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%20Samuel%20Whistler | Harvey Samuel Whistler | Musical training (1907–1930)
Harvey Samuel Whistler Jr. was born September 7, 1907, in Fresno, California, to hotel owners, Harvey Samuel and Sallie Byrn Whistler. His mother, a classically trained pianist, insisted that music be part of Harvey Jr.’s education and oversaw his earliest training on piano. His father, lik... | 2.59375 | 0 |
66899827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%20Samuel%20Whistler | Harvey Samuel Whistler | Elastic scoring
Seeking to help music instructors tailor repertoire selections to each year's changing class enrollment, many of Whistler's chamber music texts were arranged using elastic scoring. Elastic scoring is a compositional technique in which the score allows for diverse groups of instrumentalists to play the ... | 2.9375 | 0 |
66899827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%20Samuel%20Whistler | Harvey Samuel Whistler | Developing Double Stops is divided into seven sections. The first four sections develop sixths, thirds, octaves, and fourths in first, third, second, fourth and fifth positions respectively, as well as exercises to practice shifting between each of the positions. The following sections are more advanced, focusing on oc... | 2.96875 | 0 |
66899827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%20Samuel%20Whistler | Harvey Samuel Whistler | Volume two is similar in structure, but focuses on different techniques. The book begins with the same bowing variations applied to a different etude and ‘daily exercises’ that focus on trill development and higher-position arpeggios. The reinforcing études that follow cycle through minor instead of major keys and requ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
66899827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%20Samuel%20Whistler | Harvey Samuel Whistler | From Violin to Viola: A Transitional Method (1947)
From Violin to Viola introduces viola training into Whistler's curriculum, which up until this point has been centered primarily on developing violin technique. Whistler explains, “The important role played by the viola in orchestral and chamber music literature, as w... | 2.640625 | 0 |
66900259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy%20M.%20Reeder | Dorothy M. Reeder | In 1930, Reeder became head of the Periodical Department at the American Library and moved to 220 Boulevard Saint-Germain. Her role and duties at the Library grew over time. In 1934, she became a member of the committee that determined the acquisition budget for books and periodicals. In 1935, she took on all publicity... | 2.34375 | 0 |
66900434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amia%3F%20hesperia | Amia? hesperia | Cohabitating with A.? hesperia in the Princeton area were the mooneye species Hiodon rosei, the sucker Amyzon brevipinne, the sandroller Libotonius blakeburnensis and the ancestral salmon Eosalmo driftwoodensis. At Republic, A.? hesperia lived with many of the same genera as at the other Okanagan highlands lakes, with ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
66900721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penderecki%20String%20Quartet | Penderecki String Quartet | The Penderecki String Quartet is a string quartet, founded in 1986, now based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
History
The original members of the string quartet started in Poland as the New Szymanowski Quartet. In 1986 they won the Penderecki Prize at the National Chamber Music Competition in Łódź, Poland. They perform... | 1.992188 | 0 |
66900757 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20collaboratives | Data collaboratives | Reasons for data collaboratives
The big data boom has demonstrated the power of data to inform and design public projects in an accountable and iterative manner. However, unequal access to certain data across sectors limits the ability of groups to find, access, or be made aware of valuable information, hindering socia... | 2.3125 | 0 |
66902361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard%20Akuvaev | Eduard Akuvaev | Eduard Akuvaev (; February 25, 1945 – April 24, 2015) was a Soviet/Russian–Israeli artist and teacher of Mountain Jew descent. He was awarded titles of the Honored Art Worker of Dagestan, Honored Artist of Dagestan. He was awarded the Khalilbek Musaev award. Several of his works are in the National Museum of the Repub... | 2.046875 | 0 |
66902361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard%20Akuvaev | Eduard Akuvaev | In 1977, Akuvaev was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSR.
A. Taho-Godi National Museum of the Republic of Dagestan in Makhachkala and fund of Imam Shamil commissioned Akuvaev to paint portraits of imam Ghazi Muhammad and Avar leader Hadji Murad. In 1992 artist completed both portraits that are located at A. T... | 2.1875 | 0 |
66902401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Philippine%20typhoons%20%281963%E2%80%931999%29 | List of Philippine typhoons (1963–1999) | June 20–22, 1990: Typhoon Ofelia (Bising) moves off the northeastern coastline of the country, with its outflow and rain bands bringing heavy rainfall. In all, 56 people were killed.
June 25–26, 1990: Typhoon Percy (Klaring) batters Northern Luzon as a strong typhoon. Fortunately, damages remained little.
August 17–18,... | 2.171875 | 0 |
66902401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Philippine%20typhoons%20%281963%E2%80%931999%29 | List of Philippine typhoons (1963–1999) | 1993
February 28 – March 1, 1993: Tropical Depression Atring made landfall over eastern Mindanao. Heavy rainfall was experienced for most of the southern half of the country.
April 12, 1993: Tropical Depression Bining affects Mindanao with light rainfall.
June 19, 1993: Tropical Depression Elang traverses Southern Luz... | 2.234375 | 0 |
66902522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardin%2C%20Arkansas | Hardin, Arkansas | Hardin is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on U.S. Highway 270, west-northwest of White Hall.
Education
Residents are in the Pine Bluff School District. It is in a non-continuous part of the district, separated from the rest by the White Hall School District. Stu... | 1.960938 | 0 |
66902522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardin%2C%20Arkansas | Hardin, Arkansas | Hardin Elementary remained as its own school. By the mid-20th century in the Dollarway district, black students in the district attended area black schools for black children and continued to Pine Bluff School District's Merrill High School while white students had a choice between Pine Bluff High School in the Pine Bl... | 2.546875 | 0 |
77134526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Brown%20%28Isle%20of%20Man%29 | James Brown (Isle of Man) | James Brown (2 August 1815 – 12 March 1881) was a British printer, editor and political activist. Born in Liverpool, he moved to Douglas, Isle of Man, in 1846 where he founded The Isle of Man Times newspaper and played an important role in the democratisation of the island's House of Keys.
Early life
Brown's father D... | 2.796875 | 0 |
77134823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalsa%20Samachar | Khalsa Samachar | Khalsa Samachar is a Sikh weekly newspaper that was founded in 1899 by Vir Singh. The periodical covers Panthic news, the tenets of the Sikh religion, elucidation of gurbani, and imparting the teachings of Sikhism. It was one of the early Punjabi and Gurmukhi newspapers that left a lasting influence and one of the most... | 2.609375 | 0 |
77134861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma%20Valley%20Woman%27s%20Club | Sonoma Valley Woman's Club | Sonoma Valley Woman's Club is a historic woman's clubhouse located in Sonoma, California. It was founded in 1901 by eleven local women led by Martha Stearns. Built in 1916, the club was designed by architect Brainerd Jones from Petaluma and plays a role in the civic development of Sonoma. The Woman's Club was listed on... | 2.171875 | 0 |
77135465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry%20miombo%20woodlands | Dry miombo woodlands | Fauna
The dry miombo woodlands are home to large mammals, including African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), plains zebra (Equus quagga), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), common eland (Taurotragus oryx), and Sharpe's grysbok (Raphicerus ... | 2.921875 | 0 |
77135555 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedad%20Al%20Kuwari | Wedad Al Kuwari | Wedad Al Kuwari (; born 21 August 1967) is a Qatari writer who has been called "The Engineer of Gulf Drama" and "Umm Saif". Best known for her work in children's theatre and Qatari television, she has written scripts for numerous plays, television series, and radio programs and authored several books.
Early life
Al Ku... | 2.078125 | 0 |
77135692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernation%20factor | Hibernation factor | A hibernation factor is a protein used by cells to induce a dormant state by slowing or halting the cellular metabolism. This can occur during periods of stress, randomly in order to allocate "designated survivors" in a population, or when bacteria cease growth (enter stationary phase). Hibernation factors can do a var... | 2.453125 | 0 |
77135705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhambanella%20henriquesii | Inhambanella henriquesii | Inhambanella henriquesii, commonly known as milk pear, milk-pear, or milkpear in English, melkpeer in Afrikaans, and umbenkela or umthungulu in Zulu, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to eastern Africa, ranging from Kenya to Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa.
It is a... | 2.6875 | 0 |
77136896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn%20%27Atiyya | Ibn 'Atiyya | There was a lot of turbulence in Andalusia during this time, with Christendom's attempting to attack Muslim areas and occasionally succeeding. He enlisted in the army and engaged in combat with disbelievers on multiple occasions. In addition, he urged all Muslims in Andalusia to take on a firm stance, writing to kings ... | 2.171875 | 0 |
77137100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Owen%20%28RAF%20officer%29 | Alan Owen (RAF officer) | Second World War
In January 1941, Owen joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in which two of his brothers were already serving. Nicknamed 'Red' on account of his hair colour, once his flight training was completed, he was made a sergeant and proceeded to No. 54 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Church Fenton. After trainin... | 2.421875 | 0 |
77137113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20W.%20Perna | Laura W. Perna | Perna utilizes economic and sociological frameworks, along with quantitative and qualitative methods, to analyze the impact of public policies and institutional practices on college access and success. Her research examines predictors of undergraduate enrollment for African American and Hispanic students, institutional... | 2.3125 | 0 |
77137642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobie%20Goedewaagen | Tobie Goedewaagen | Ultimately, however, Goedewaagen was dissatisfied with the subject. He thus transferred to Utrecht University, where he studied philosophy under Bernard Jan Hendrik Ovink. He also began studying the classical languages. In 1923, Goedewaagen defended his doctoral thesis, (The Logical Justification of Morality by Fichte... | 2.03125 | 0 |
77137783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent%20exhibition%20in%20the%20Palace%20of%20the%20Commonwealth | Permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth | Permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth is an exhibition of the most valuable objects from the collection of the National Library of Poland in the baroque interiors of the Palace of the Commonwealth in Warsaw.
Background
The exhibition features objects from Polish and global written heritage such as t... | 2.203125 | 0 |
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