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71209319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich%20Srbik | Heinrich Srbik | In 1897 he enrolled at the University of Vienna. Between 1898 and 1901 he studied at the university's Institute for Austrian Historical Research. The nature of the historical identity of Austria, subsumed as it was for many purposes in the ethnically and culturally disparate Habsburg empire, was much debated among ... | 2.09375 | 0 |
71209368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Elijah%20Bloom | William Elijah Bloom | William Elijah Bloom (October 19, 1860 – November 27, 1938) was an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1931 to 1935, representing the 11th legislative district of Minnesota in the 47th and 48th Minnesota Legislatures.
Early life and education
Bloom was born on a farm in Green ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
71209771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt%20in%20biology | Cobalt in biology | Cobalt is essential to the metabolism of all animals. It is a key constituent of cobalamin, also known as vitamin B, the primary biological reservoir of cobalt as an ultratrace element. Bacteria in the stomachs of ruminant animals convert cobalt salts into vitamin B, a compound which can only be produced by bacteria or... | 2.84375 | 0 |
71209810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sameer%20Hinduja | Sameer Hinduja | Sameer Hinduja is an American social scientist. He serves as Professor of Criminology at Florida Atlantic University and co-director of the Cyberbullying Research Center. He has served as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar at Dublin City University and currently serves as Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center at Ha... | 2.171875 | 0 |
71210776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Mount%20Cemetery%20%28Montpelier%2C%20Vermont%29 | Green Mount Cemetery (Montpelier, Vermont) | Green Mount Cemetery is a burial ground in Montpelier, Vermont. Located at 250 State Street, the 35-acre facility was established in 1854. It is operated by the City of Montpelier, and managed by the city's part time cemetery commission and a small full-time staff.
History
The land on which Green Mount Cemetery is lo... | 2.078125 | 0 |
71210896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Pilar | Roman Pilar | Roman Alexandrovich Pilar (Russian: Роман Александрович Пиляр, born: Baron Romuald Ludwig Pilar von Pilchau; 1894 – 2 September 1937) was a Soviet security and intelligence officer.
Early life
Pilar was born in the town of Łapy, Białystok County. His father, German by origin, was from the baronial family of . Roman w... | 2.265625 | 0 |
71211262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking%20of%20HMS%20Victoria | Sinking of HMS Victoria | It was estimated from survivor reports that initially twelve watertight compartments were affected, causing a buoyance loss of some at the fore end of the ship, mostly concentrated below the level of the armoured deck. Water then spread to other areas, eventually rising to fill the space below the main deck. There wer... | 2.390625 | 0 |
71211566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Blasingame | Paul Blasingame | In May 1954, on the recommendation of the "Teapot" Committee chaired by John von Neumann, the USAF accorded top priority to Atlas, the project to create an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), and Schriever was appointed to command the Western Development Division, which oversaw its development. Schriever was aut... | 2.375 | 0 |
71211566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Blasingame | Paul Blasingame | Blasingame resigned his commission in the USAF in 1959, and took a job at AC Spark Plug in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he became the director of engineering, and later the manager. AC Spark Plug was awarded the USAF contract for the development of the inertial navigation system for the Titan II ICBM in April 1959. Thi... | 1.976563 | 0 |
71211611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%20Thought%20They%20Were%20Free | They Thought They Were Free | They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45 is a 1955 nonfiction book written by Milton Mayer, published by the University of Chicago Press. It describes the thought process of ordinary citizens during Nazi Germany.
August Heckscher, the chief writer of editorials of the New York Herald Tribune, wrote that the bo... | 2.640625 | 0 |
71211611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%20Thought%20They%20Were%20Free | They Thought They Were Free | The author determined that his interviewees had fond memories of the Nazi period and did not see Adolf Hitler as evil, and they perceived themselves as having a high degree of personal freedom during Nazi rule, with the exception of the teacher. Additionally, barring said teacher, the subjects still disliked Jewish peo... | 2.03125 | 0 |
71211744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacampis | Yacampis | Etymology
As a colonial exonym, the yacampis name could not be related to the one that these peoples identified themselves with. Recent studies even point to linking the origin of this name to that of the dominant family or leader in the area at the time of the arrival of the Spanish. In 1588, the name of a leader nam... | 2.78125 | 0 |
71211744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacampis | Yacampis | Extinct indigenous peoples of Argentina
The Yacampis people met their end during the first half of the 17th century, when Yacampis and Capayanes joined the aboriginal uprising in northwestern Argentina led by Cacique Chelemín, known in historiography as the "Great Diaguita Uprising" (Gran Alanzamiento Diaguita).
What... | 2.765625 | 0 |
71212276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily%20Heron | Cecily Heron | Cecily Heron (née More; 1507–?), one of Thomas More's children, was part of a circle of exceptionally educated and accomplished women who exemplified "learned ladies" for the next two centuries.
Early life and education
Cecily More was the third child of Thomas More and his first wife, Jane Colte (1488-1511). Margare... | 2.359375 | 0 |
71212276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily%20Heron | Cecily Heron | Cecily married Giles Heron (by 1504 – August 1540), a former ward of her father's, in 1525. The couple had two sons and a daughter. Heron was a landowner and Member of Parliament for Thetford but politics under the Tudors were precarious and he was hanged for treason in 1540. Their eldest son, Thomas, was eventually ab... | 2.5 | 0 |
71212609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester%20Yacht%20Club | Chester Yacht Club | Chester Yacht Club (CYC) is a private yacht club located in Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada, established in 1902. The Chester Yacht Club is home to Canada's largest keelboat regatta, Chester Race Week, which occurs every August. Notable members of the Chester Yacht Club include Olympians Jacob Saunders and Graeme Saunders... | 2.046875 | 0 |
71212770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narratio%20de%20rebus%20Armeniae | Narratio de rebus Armeniae | The Narratio de rebus Armeniae (Latin for "Account of Armenian Affairs") is a history of relations between the Armenian and Greek churches written around AD 700. It is not exclusively focused on ecclesiastical affairs and also touches on Armenian relations with the Roman Empire. It was originally written in Armenian, b... | 2.421875 | 0 |
71212826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrothelium%20stromatofluorescens | Astrothelium stromatofluorescens | Astrothelium stromatofluorescens is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. It is only known to occur in a few locations in Brazil and Bolivia.
Taxonomy
The lichen was formally described as a new species in 2016 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Marcela Cáceres. The type specim... | 2.609375 | 0 |
71212888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowlesville%20Lift%20Bridge | Knowlesville Lift Bridge | The Knowlesville Lift Bridge is a Warren truss vertical-lift bridge on the New York State Canal System.
Structure and location
The Knowlesville Lift Bridge is located on Knowlesville Road in Ridgeway, New York, and is a part of the New York State Canal System (formerly known as the New York State Barge Canal). The ver... | 1.914063 | 0 |
71213963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosotis%20lyallii | Myosotis lyallii | Myosotis lyallii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to New Zealand. Joseph Dalton Hooker described the species in 1853. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial with a prostrate habit, bracteate or partially-bracteate inflorescences, and white corollas.
Taxonomy and etymol... | 2.15625 | 0 |
71213963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosotis%20lyallii | Myosotis lyallii | It flowers and fruits from November–April.
Distribution and habitat
Myosotis lyallii is a forget-me-not endemic to the mountains of the New Zealand from 900–2200 m ASL. It is found throughout the South Island, including the following ecological districts: Western Nelson, Marlborough, Westland, Canterbury, Otago, Sout... | 2.171875 | 0 |
71214032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunjil%27s%20Shelter | Bunjil's Shelter | Bunjil's Shelter, also known as Bunjil's Cave, is an Aboriginal sacred site in the Grampians region of Australia near Stawell. It contains a painting of Bunjil and two dingos or dogs.
It is the only known rock art site to represent Bunjil, the creator-being in many Koori cultures.
It is one of the most significant ... | 2.546875 | 0 |
71214056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guianan%20marine%20ecoregion | Guianan marine ecoregion | The Guianan marine ecoregion stretches along the middle of the northeast coast of South America, touching Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. It extends about 200 miles offshore, with the warm Guianan Current moving east-to-west through the region. This current brings in fresh, turbid waters from the mouth o... | 2.921875 | 0 |
71214321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priyobrata%20Singh | Priyobrata Singh | Maharaj Kumar Priyobrata Singh was a member of the royal family and a political official in the princely state of Manipur, under British Raj and later Indian Union. He served as chief minister of the princely state in independent India from 15 August 1947 to 15 October 1949.
Early life
Priyobrata Singh was the second... | 2.125 | 0 |
71214330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosotis%20lyallii%20subsp.%20elderi | Myosotis lyallii subsp. elderi | Myosotis lyallii subsp. elderi is a subspecies of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to New Zealand. Lucy Moore described Myosotis elderi in 1961, and Heidi Meudt and Jessie Prebble treated it as a subspecies of M. lyallii in 2018. Plants of this subspecies of forget-me-not are perennial with a prostra... | 2.171875 | 0 |
71214351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luagan%20Lalak%20Forest%20Recreation%20Park | Luagan Lalak Forest Recreation Park | Luagan Lalak Forest Recreation Park () is a protected recreational forest in Mukim Labi, Belait District, Brunei. It is a significant wetland conservation area under the jurisdiction of the Forestry Department, valued for its role in biodiversity protection and ecological importance. Unlike many recreational forest par... | 2.3125 | 0 |
71214355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%20Egnatius%20Rufus | Marcus Egnatius Rufus | Marcus Egnatius Rufus (died 19 BCE in Rome) was a Roman senator and politician at the time of Augustus.
In 22 BCE he served as an aedile and became very popular with the residents of Rome by setting up a private fire brigade. In contrast to earlier enterprises of this kind, which, like the fire brigade of Marcus Licin... | 2.03125 | 0 |
71214851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918%20Nobel%20Prize%20in%20Literature | 1918 Nobel Prize in Literature | The 1918 Nobel Prize in Literature was withheld the second time since 1914 because the committee's deliberations were still disturbed by the ongoing World War I (1914–1918). The war ended on 11 November 1918, a month after the annual announcement ceremony. Thus, the prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this... | 2.359375 | 0 |
71215268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danuvia | Danuvia | Danuvia, known fully as Danuvia Engineering Industries Rt. (Hungarian: Danuvia Gépgyár, lit. Danuvia Machinery Factory), was a Hungarian manufacturer founded in 1920 that produced firearms, munitions, machine tools and motorcycles for the Central and Eastern European armies and markets.
History
Danuvia was founded on ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
71215348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyridium%20cinereum | Spyridium cinereum | Spyridium cinereum, commonly known as tiny spiridium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a low-lying shrub with heart-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and heads of whitish, shaggy-hairy flowers with brown bracts at the b... | 2.46875 | 0 |
71215749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe%20shape | Horseshoe shape | Horseshoe shape is a shape in which the length of the opening is approximately between a third or a quarter of a circle's circumference. It therefore resembles a horseshoe.
The shape is sometimes described as keyhole, omega-shaped or moon-like. It occurs most frequently in the horseshoe that gives it its name. It is ... | 2.484375 | 0 |
71215923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20Nobel%20Prize%20in%20Literature | 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature | The 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer (1931–2015) "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality." He is the seventh Swedish author to become a recipient of the prize after Harry Martinson and Eyvind Johnson were jointly awarded in... | 2.0625 | 0 |
71216591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypericum%20monanthemum | Hypericum monanthemum | Hypericum monanthemum is a species of flowering plant of the St. John's wort family (Hypericaceae) which is native to the Himalayan mountains.
Description
Hypericum monanthemum is a perennial herb that varies in height from 0.1 to 0.4 meters (0.33 to 1.3 feet) tall. It can be found growing entirely upright, along the... | 2.265625 | 0 |
71216714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babiana%20pygmaea | Babiana pygmaea | Taxonomy and naming
Geelbobbejaantjie was first described by Nicolaas Laurens Burman in 1768 and he named it Ixia pigmaea. John Gilbert Baker in 1877 created the new combination Babiana pygmaea, mistaking it for another species, B. nana, described earlier by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, and he regarded Sprengel's ... | 2.796875 | 0 |
71216884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianan%20Pass | Jianan Pass | The Kugrang Valley extends further northwest than the Changlung Valley, interacting with the Galwan river basin to the north. The Jianan Pass lies on the watershed between Kugrang and Galwan basins. It is a relatively low pass, at an elevation of 5350 metres, and the ascent on both the sides is gradual. To the south of... | 2.53125 | 0 |
71216942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20Wilson%20%28Raja%29 | Frederick Wilson (Raja) | Frederick Wilson wrote in his younger days on his hunting exploits in the periodicals India Sporting Review and Calcutta Sporting Review edited by James Hume. These notes went under the pen-name "Mountaineer" and he was widely viewed as an expert on the Himalayan game birds. Some of Wilson's notes were recompiled by Ja... | 2.484375 | 0 |
71217286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp%20Barneveld | Camp Barneveld | Camp Barneveld was an internment camp consisting of two buildings for Dutch Jews near the town of Barneveld, the Netherlands during the German occupation in World War II. Dutch civil servant Karel Frederiks had made an arrangement, later called Plan Frederiks, with the occupiers to keep a small group of Dutch Jews in ... | 2.625 | 0 |
71217471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najla%20Ayoubi | Najla Ayoubi | Personal life
Najla and her family were targeted by extremists when she lived in Afghanistan. Najla's brother was murdered by the Hisb-e-Islami jihadi group and her father was killed for his liberal views in support of women's and human rights. After her father and brother were assassinated in the early nineties, Najl... | 2.15625 | 0 |
71217620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashy%20Bohm | Tashy Bohm | Tashiana "Tashy" Bohm is an American former backstroke, freestyle and butterfly competition swimmer who swam collegiately for the Northwestern Wildcats. Bohm was raised in New Jersey and attended West Morris Central High School.
While in high school, Bohm became a 2-time National YMCA Swimming Champion and a high scho... | 2 | 0 |
71217641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldemar%20Aspelin | Waldemar Aspelin | Aspelin played a significant role in the development of Helsinki's transit infrastructure. In 1900, he was hired by the Helsinki Raitiotie ja omnibus-Osakeyhtiö, the municipal tram company. When the tram lines were electrified at the turn of the century, Aspelin was tasked with designing this hall for electric trolleys... | 2.390625 | 0 |
71217666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curzio%20Inghirami | Curzio Inghirami | Curzio Inghirami (Volterra, 29 December 1614 — 23 December 1655), was an Italian archaeologist and historian, but also a forger of Etruscan artifacts.
Biography
Curzio Inghirami was born in Volterra to an illustrious family with ties to the House of Medici.
In 1637 he published in Ethruscarum antiquitatum fragmenta... | 2.421875 | 0 |
71217851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Segrue | John Segrue | In 1910, prior to the outbreak of World War I, Segrue relocated to the Daily News, proving himself as an extremely competent journalist and working his way up the ranks to become one of the paper’s principal war correspondents. He became proficient in French and German and, later, in response to his broadening journali... | 2.484375 | 0 |
71217851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Segrue | John Segrue | Into the 1930s, Segrue continued his work as Berlin correspondent, reporting on such current events as the Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February 1933 (after which he labelled the German government a ‘dictatorship’), Hitler’s actions against the trade unions and the Röhm purge of 30 June to 2 July 1934. During this perio... | 2.140625 | 0 |
71217851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Segrue | John Segrue | In the spring of 1938, Segrue had the interaction by which he would come to be defined. According to an account provided by an Austrian journalist who witnessed the incident, Segrue had ventured into Leopoldstadt, a Jewish district of Vienna, where he came across S.S. men forcing a large group of Jewish men and women, ... | 2.234375 | 0 |
71217851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Segrue | John Segrue | At the outbreak of World War II, Segrue was in the Balkans. During the early stages of the war, he reported for the News Chronicle from Budapest, whilst also travelling extensively within the regions of continental Europe still open to him. In the spring of 1941, Segrue was in Belgrade, reporting on the German invasion... | 1.96875 | 0 |
75514256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspilanta%20argentifera | Aspilanta argentifera | Aspilanta argentifera is a species of moth in the family Heliozelidae, first described by Annette Frances Braun in 1927. It is found in eastern North America. The larvae are leaf miners that feed on several species of plant in the family Myricaceae.
Distribution
A. argentifera can be found in eastern Canada (Newfound... | 2.515625 | 0 |
75514303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Spiteris | Tony Spiteris | Tony Spiteris (Τώνης Π. Σπητέρης, Corfu, 1910 - Athens, 1986), was an intellectual, art historian, and art critic in Greece during the second half of the 20th century.
Career
He studied Economics in Belgium and Aesthetics at the Sorbonne. His wife was sculptor Jeanne Spiteris-Veropoulou. Spiteris' career in the cultu... | 2.234375 | 0 |
75514471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%20Rodriguez-Diaz | Angel Rodriguez-Diaz | Ángel Rodríguez-Díaz (December 6, 1955March 31, 2023), also known as Angel Luis Rodríguez-Díaz, was an American artist from Puerto Rico. He began his career as an artist while a student in Puerto Rico, before moving to New York in 1978, and San Antonio in 1995. He is best known for his portraits and dramatized self-por... | 2.140625 | 0 |
75514471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%20Rodriguez-Diaz | Angel Rodriguez-Diaz | Rodriguez-Diaz's interest in art started at a young age when he would watch his mother draw on a notebook. When he was around seven or eight, one of Rodriguez-Diaz's cousins gave him drawing pads, charcoal, and kneaded erasers. In seventh grade, he won a contest for his painting of José de Diego, his first portrait. Du... | 2.625 | 0 |
75514471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%20Rodriguez-Diaz | Angel Rodriguez-Diaz | While he was unemployed, Rodriguez-Diaz participated in solo exhibitions at the Zolla/Lieberman Gallery in Chicago and Mendelson Gallery in Pittsburgh. His next job was working as an accountant, where he stayed for a year before being laid off. The free time allowed him to work in his own studio in Brooklyn, which he r... | 2.015625 | 0 |
75514471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%20Rodriguez-Diaz | Angel Rodriguez-Diaz | He had three large exhibitions in the 2000s in Texas. They include self-portraits where he is wearing a Mexican-style wrestling mask, which represents his absorption of Mexican popular culture as well as his status as a cultural warrior. A solo exhibition at the Beeville Art Museum in 2004 called "Santos y Pecadores" f... | 2.09375 | 0 |
75514471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%20Rodriguez-Diaz | Angel Rodriguez-Diaz | Las Tres Marias, a large oil painting utilizing three local latinas, was commissioned by the Cathedral of San Fernando. The University Health System Hospital commissioned a glass curtain called DNA: Mosaic of Our Humanity (2013). Rodríguez-Díaz also made four medium sized murals and 57 small murals for the medical cent... | 2.140625 | 0 |
75514527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhima | Muhima | Muhima is a sector (umurenge) in the Kigali Province, Nyarugenge district, Rwanda. It is located in the west part of the city of Kigali.
Religion
Muhima is home to the Sainte-Famille Catholic church.
Demographics
In 2012, Its population was 29,768 inhabitants.
According to the 2022 census, the sector had a total p... | 2.15625 | 0 |
75514536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears%20Puerto%20Rico | Sears Puerto Rico | On May 30, 1951, it was reported that as of June of that year, the town of Río Piedras would have a new catalogue store which would be inaugurated in said town on the occasion of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the initiation of the company's businesses. The new catalogue store, according to Mr. Antonio Franco, then adm... | 1.945313 | 0 |
75514657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav%20Jahn | Jaroslav Jahn | Jaroslav Jiljí Václav Jahn (21 May 1865 – 21 October 1934) was a Czech paleontologist, mineralogist and geologist. He was one of the first professors at the Czech Technical University in Brno.
Life and work
Jahn was born in Pardubice to schoolteacher and writer Jiljí Vratislav Jahn (1838-1902) and Božena née Svobodov... | 2.0625 | 0 |
75514774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspilanta%20voraginella | Aspilanta voraginella | Aspilanta voraginella is a species of moth in the family Heliozelidae, first described by Annette Frances Braun in 1927. It is found in the United States (Arizona, Texas, and Utah). The larvae are leaf miners that feed on Vitis arizonica.
Description
Adult A. voraginella have a wingspan of , with each forewing measuri... | 2.296875 | 0 |
75514782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borzicactus%20icosagonus | Borzicactus icosagonus | Borzicactus icosagonus is a species of cacti found in Ecuador and Peru.
Description
Borzicactus icosagonus grows as a shrub with prostrate to creeping or ascending shoots and forms large, low piles. The light green shoots reach a length of 20 to 60 centimeters with diameters of 3 to 5 centimeters. There are 8 to 21 lo... | 2.0625 | 0 |
75515115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethrinus%20borbonicus | Lethrinus borbonicus | Distribution and habitat
Lethribus borbonicus is found in the Western Indian Ocean. It is distributed along the coast of eastern Africa from the gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba south through the Red Sea and south to Sodwana Bay in South Africa. It is found around Madagascar, the Comoro Islands, the Seychelles, the Masca... | 2.40625 | 0 |
75515406 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Baldwin%20%28headmistress%29 | Emily Baldwin (headmistress) | Emily Baldwin (1807 – 1880) was the first headmistress of Howell's School, Llandaff.
She was born 18 September 1807 to a London publishing family. Her father was Robert Baldwin, founder of the London Magazine, and her mother was his relative Maria Baldwin, daughter of the publisher Henry Baldwin. She had six siblings.... | 2.3125 | 0 |
75515597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella%20Epiu | Isabella Epiu | Isabella Epiu is an anesthesiologist and critical care medicine specialist in Uganda, who is reported to be the first female anesthesiologist in the countries of the East African Community, to graduate with a Doctor of Philosophy degree. In 2023, she graduated from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia... | 2.109375 | 0 |
75516379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta%2C%20Malta%20Parish | Malta, Malta Parish | Malta (until 1936 Borovaja) is a village in the eastern part of Latvia, in Latgale. The center of Malta Parish of Rēzekne Municipality is 21 km from Rēzekne.
Local government institutions in the village: Malta High School, Malta Music School, Malta Pre-School Educational Institution "Dzīpariņš", House of Culture, Malt... | 2.015625 | 0 |
75516468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgunge%20Onon | Urgunge Onon | In 1963 Lattimore was recruited by the University of Leeds to establish a Department of Chinese Studies (now East Asian Studies), and insisted on bringing Urgunge as a lecturer. In 1966 Urgunge first visited Mongolia and formed working relationships with senior academicians Shirendev, Damdinsuren, Natsagdorj as well as... | 2.390625 | 0 |
75516528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvydas%20%C5%A0liogeris | Arvydas Šliogeris | Arvydas Šliogeris (; 12 September 1944 – 18 December 2019) was a Lithuanian philosopher, researcher of German existentialism, translator of philosophical texts, and essayist.
Biography
Arvydas Šliogeris was born and raised in a family of teachers. His father taught Latin and German languages, while his mother taught ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
75516833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20Notre-Dame%20de%20Dives-sur-Merent | Church of Notre-Dame de Dives-sur-Merent | south rose window, painting of The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Comte de Dramard.In his book, Arcisse de Caumont mentions a "crudely executed" painting depicting the Discovery of the Saint-Sauveur, and inscriptions near the altar. He also mentions tombstones that no longer exist in the building.
List of William... | 2.46875 | 0 |
75516949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea%20amazonum | Nymphaea amazonum | Conservation
In Puerto Rico, USA Nymphaea amazonum faces habitat destruction. It is considered to be endangered (EN) in Cuba, as it faces diminishing and deteriorating habitats caused by agricultural practices, the influence of exotic flora and fauna, livestock farming, sedimentation, and pollution. In the Liste rouge ... | 2.796875 | 0 |
75517007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition%20of%20same-sex%20unions%20in%20Angola | Recognition of same-sex unions in Angola | Legal history
Background
Due to family pressure, many gay men "use marriage as a way of avoiding stigma, but once married, continue to have occasional sex with other men."
The National Institute for the Fight Against AIDS (INLS) has reported that this taboo has impacts in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Angola, as mess... | 2.34375 | 0 |
75517142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Schoonhoven | Terry Schoonhoven | 1975-2001: Later career and solo work
Although he worked with Henderson and artists including Michael Davis, Schoonhoven worked largely on his own after the Fine Arts Squad disbanded. His 1979 mural, St. Charles Painting, was among his most acclaimed. A mirror image of a street scene on Venice's Windward Avenue, Scho... | 2.1875 | 0 |
75517142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Schoonhoven | Terry Schoonhoven | Schoonhoven continued to paint illusionistic murals that explored time, geography, the environment and Los Angeles throughout the 1990s. In 1999, he was privately commissioned to create a 12-by-71-foot historical panorama of Jewish physicians and scientists at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. In an interview with the LA ... | 1.976563 | 0 |
75517279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Brewster%20Brooks%20Stafford | Maria Brewster Brooks Stafford | Maria Brewster Brooks Stafford (1809–1896) was an American educator.
Early life and education
Maria Brewster Brooks was born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, in 1809. Her parents were of English origin. Of their five daughters, all were married early, except Maria, who remained in school for a thorough education.
Care... | 2.28125 | 0 |
75518051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20A.%20Herring | Thomas A. Herring | Thomas A. Herring (born 17 July 1955 in Cooroy, Queensland, Australia) is a geophysicist, known for developing and applying systems of space geodesy to high-precision geophysical measurements and geodynamic research.
Education and career
At the University of Queensland, Herring graduated in surveying with a bachelor's... | 2.046875 | 0 |
75518080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sama%20River | Sama River | Sama River is a river on the Pacific slope, located on the southern coast of Peru, in the department of Tacna. It is born in the Cotanvilque lagoon located in the Andean peaks south of the western mountain range of the Peruvian Andes in the province of Tarata, between the Contanvilque and Cauchina hills, and runs from... | 2.546875 | 0 |
75518242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson%20Grand%20Performing%20Arts%20Center | Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center | Original design and early history
The original 1913 theater structure stood proudly, with its entrance 72 feet from the street and a covered walkway leading to its welcoming doors. Designed by Robert Lafferty, president of the Clarksburg Amusement Company, and Ernest C. S. Holmboe, the architect, the theater's architec... | 2.453125 | 0 |
75518242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson%20Grand%20Performing%20Arts%20Center | Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center | Although still associated with the Keith vaudeville circuit, the late 1920s witnessed a shift in focus, with vaudeville acts evolving into interludes between the main attraction: captivating motion pictures.
1939 Fire
The Robinson Grand faced tragedy on May 31, 1939, when a fire erupted on its roof. The flames, believ... | 1.976563 | 0 |
75518242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson%20Grand%20Performing%20Arts%20Center | Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center | 2014 Purchase by the City of Clarksburg
In 2014, the City of Clarksburg took ownership of the historic structure, embarking on a planning process to envision a compatible new life for the theater. This landmark building forms part of the Downtown Clarksburg National Register Historic District.
Through a collaborative p... | 2.09375 | 0 |
75518525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rape%20of%20Lucretia%20%28Ficherelli%29 | The Rape of Lucretia (Ficherelli) | Having been outraged by Tarquinius, Lucretia faithfully informed her father and her husband, and, after exacting an oath of vengeance from them, stabbed herself to death. Lucius Junius Brutus, her husband's cousin, then led his kinsmen and their followers to overthrow the Tarquin monarchy and establish the Roman Republ... | 2.328125 | 0 |
75518616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian%20Military%20Cemetery%2C%20Vukovar | Serbian Military Cemetery, Vukovar | The Serbian Military Cemetery (, ), also known as the Aleja among local Serbs and Šajkača Cemetery among local Croats, is a small military cemetery in Vukovar, town in eastern Croatia. The cemetery was built in 1994 on a plot of land next to the Old Orthodox Cemetery. The cemetery commemorates 26 Serbian soldiers kill... | 2.03125 | 0 |
75518665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions%20of%20detained%20Palestinians%20in%20the%20Israel%E2%80%93Hamas%20war | Confessions of detained Palestinians in the Israel–Hamas war | A significant aspect of these interrogations was the production and release of videos for public and media consumption. These videos were intended to showcase the "legitimacy" of Israeli military actions and to counter the narratives from Hamas. The materials released were truncated and did not show the complete interr... | 1.945313 | 0 |
75519094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Merseyrail | History of Merseyrail | The history of Merseyrail dates back to the 19th century, with the original formation of the Mersey Railway, however, Merseyrail dates back to the 20th century, namely being set up by British Rail in 1969, it did not become a single network until 1977.
When Merseyrail originally opened, there was 50 stations on the ne... | 2.40625 | 0 |
75519094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Merseyrail | History of Merseyrail | Creation of Merseyrail (1963–1977)
The Beeching axe in the early 1960s triggered widespread railway closures, targeting key routes like Liverpool - Southport, Liverpool - Wigan Wallgate, and the stations of Liverpool Exchange, Liverpool Central (High Level) and Birkenhead's Woodside station.
In response, Liverpool Ci... | 2.78125 | 0 |
75519301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African%20American%E2%80%93Korean%20American%20relations | African American–Korean American relations | Tensions between African American and Korean American communities in major U.S. cities gained national attention in the 1980s and 1990s, marked by events such as the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the Family Red Apple boycott in New York. In response, organizations such as the Black–Korean Alliance emerged to alleviate ten... | 2.984375 | 0 |
75519301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African%20American%E2%80%93Korean%20American%20relations | African American–Korean American relations | The BKA was composed of five subcommittees, each tasked with tackling one problem between the two groups. These subcommittees were employment, community education and cultural exchange, fund-raising, religious leadership, and economic development. Despite their efforts, the BKA did not fully succeed in reducing hostili... | 2.65625 | 0 |
75519392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordship%20of%20Vukovar | Lordship of Vukovar | The Lordship of Vukovar (, ) was a large land estate, lordship, established in the Kingdom of Slavonia in 1731, after the liberation of the region from the Ottoman rule following the 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz. The seat of the lordship was in the town of Vukovar, on the banks of the Danube river where between 1749 and 17... | 1.921875 | 0 |
75519606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20A.%20Rhodes%20Airport | James A. Rhodes Airport | On April 26, 2003, a Beech A36 Bonanza was substantially damaged when it impacted trees during a descent after takeoff from James A. Rhodes Airport. The accident flight occurred during a Beechcraft Pilot Proficiency Program. According to the president of the program, the purpose of the program was to pair pilot/owners ... | 1.90625 | 0 |
75519891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian%E2%80%93Kushan%20Wars | Sasanian–Kushan Wars | These wars resulted in further eastwards expansion of the Sasanians and demonstrated its military might in the East being as mighty as that in the West. Eventually the territories annexed by the Sasanians rebelled and broke away into a different kingdom, ruled by a different branch of the family, that would be known as... | 2.546875 | 0 |
75520267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos%20Passos%20Church | Santos Passos Church | Inside, the church is filled with fourteen mother-of-pearl framed paintings depicting the Way of the Cross in polychrome 18th century French engravings. There is also a processional flag painted by the Swiss artist . The altarpiece and the dais were made by the master carver José António da Cunha. The two sculptures fl... | 2.265625 | 0 |
75520267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos%20Passos%20Church | Santos Passos Church | Predecessors
The site on which the Santos Passos Church now stands was originally occupied by a hermitage church made to honor Our Lady of Consolation, built in March 1576. It was later replaced by a small chapel preceded by a large porch with stone seats built in 1594 by order of Duarte Sodré. By the early 18th centu... | 2.515625 | 0 |
75520304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Kilbourne%20Matossian | Mary Kilbourne Matossian | Mary Allerton Kilbourne Matossian (July 9, 1930 – July 9, 2023) was an American historian who was perhaps best known in the fields of Soviet and Armenian studies for her pioneering research on the history of Soviet Armenia. In her later career, she was also known for her interest in interdisciplinary approaches, as exe... | 2.25 | 0 |
75520545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel%20of%20Parma | Citadel of Parma | The Citadel of Parma (Italian: Cittadella di Parma) is a pentagonal fortress built in the Emilian city in the last years of the 16th century.
The structure was erected at the behest of the Duke of Parma and Piacenza Alessandro Farnese and entrusted to the engineers Giovanni Antonio Stirpio de' Brunelli and Genesio Bre... | 2.46875 | 0 |
75521120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zu%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%AD | Zuṭṭ | Descendants
Afterwards, Jats lost their distinct identity in the Mesopotamia that they had previously. The 19th century Dutch orientalist De Goeje attempted to link Zutt with Romani of Europe. However, there is no evidence of any direct relation between the two groups, as Romani language does not contain any significan... | 2.34375 | 0 |
75521193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20D%C3%BCrrenberg%20burial | Bad Dürrenberg burial | The woman had incompletely formed atlas and axis vertebrae (the two highest vertebrae in the neck), which are missing large portions of their posterior arches, and had associated malformations of the foramen magnum (hole in the base of the skull). In the 1950s, H. Grimm suggested the atypical appearance of the foramen ... | 2.234375 | 0 |
75521348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophe%20Ballard | Christophe Ballard | Christophe Ballard (; April 12, 1641 — May 28, 1715) was a Parisian printer, bookseller, and music publisher employed by Louis XIV, from the family of publishers founded by Robert Ballard (1530–1588) in the mid-16th century. Christophe Ballard was the eldest son and only successor of and, like him, was the king's imp... | 2.046875 | 0 |
75521402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Doviak | Richard Doviak | Richard James Doviak was an American engineer and university professor, pioneer of weather radar. He worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the National Severe Storms Laboratory developing the NEXRAD radar array using reflectivity, the Doppler effect and the dual polarization to detect precip... | 2.640625 | 0 |
75521559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus%20Two | Opus Two | Opus Two is an American violin and piano chamber music ensemble featuring violinist William Terwilliger and pianist Andrew Cooperstock. They are known for their contributions to the violin-piano duo repertoire and their performances and recordings of original American music for violin and piano.
Performances
Opus Two... | 1.9375 | 0 |
75521703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet%20Panetta | Janet Panetta | Janet Elizabeth Panetta (December 12, 1948 – December 2, 2023) was an American dancer, teacher, choreographer, and performer who made significant contributions to both classical ballet and contemporary dance forms.
Early life
Panetta was born on December 12, 1948, in Brooklyn, New York. Her ballet studies were initia... | 2.03125 | 0 |
75521747 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korgantas%20culture | Korgantas culture | The Korgantas culture (c. 400-113 BCE) replaced the Tasmola culture in Central Kazakhstan. It is used sometimes termed as the "Korgantas period" of the Tasmola culture.
The tombs of the Korgantas period differ significantly from those of the earlier Tasmola, lacking dromos passageways, and being smaller, with animal s... | 3.015625 | 0 |
75521860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Luis%20Obispo%20Coast%20AVA | San Luis Obispo Coast AVA | Topography
The distinguishing features of SLO Coast are its topography, climate, and soils. SLO Coast AVA is a region of coastal terraces, foothills, and small valleys along the Pacific Coast. The region is oriented to the west, allowing the area to experience fog and cool marine air. According to its petition, 97 per... | 2.984375 | 0 |
75522733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad%20Efendi%20Chalabizadeh | Ahmad Efendi Chalabizadeh | The Quba Historical and Ethnographic Museum operated on a public basis from 1924 to 1935. On May 14, 1935, by the order of the People's Commissariat of Education, Ahmad Chalabizadeh was appointed as the director of the Quba Historical Museum. However, following Ahmad Chalabizadeh's repression, the museum's activities w... | 2.359375 | 0 |
75522845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aina-i-Tirhut | Aina-i-Tirhut | Ayodhya Prasad ‘Bahar’, Bihari Lal 'Fitrat', Ras Bihari Das, Parmeshwar Jha and Chanda Jha were the scholars who contributed to writing the historical and cultural landscape of Mithila in Hindi, Urdu and Maithili.
Theme
The book emphasizes the unique pluralistic history of Mithila in terms of social, economic, cultu... | 2.375 | 0 |
75523021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gochgarishan | Gochgarishan | In the traditions of Azerbaijani people in Ighdır, the "Goch gatımı" ceremony has become a customary practice. Towards the end of autumn, several well-bred sheep are released into the herd. These sheep are adorned beforehand, painted with natural dyes obtained from local plants or with henna, and decorated with sugar, ... | 2.734375 | 0 |
75523538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aw-barre%20Refugee%20Camp | Aw-barre Refugee Camp | Aw-barre Refugee camp is located in the Fafan Zone of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It was established in 2007 by the Ethiopian Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to accommodate Somali refugees seeking international protection and asylum in Eth... | 2.640625 | 0 |
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