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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Nativity%20of%20the%20Blessed%20Virgin%20Mary%2C%20W%C5%82odawa
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Włodawa
In the 1980s, the church's roof was covered with metal sheets, and in the 1990s, the entire building was plastered, the electrical system was replaced, and an alarm system was installed. In 1997, the polychromies on the matroneum were restored. In 1998, the altar was renovated, and in 1999, two icons were restored. In ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Nativity%20of%20the%20Blessed%20Virgin%20Mary%2C%20W%C5%82odawa
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Włodawa
The iconostasis of the church in Włodawa was dismantled in 1945. As of 2002, the following icons form the iconostasis: Bottom row: St. Basil of Caesarea, St. John the Baptist, Mary, Christ Pantocrator, Archangel Michael, Archangel Gabriel, Holy Family Middle row of feasts: The Baptism of Christ, Nativity of Christ,...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou%20Wennan
Zhou Wennan
In the winter of 1937, the CCP discovered her whereabouts and arranged for her to work in the CCP Hunan Provincial Working Committee. Her mother and son were moved to Shaoshan. Soon after, in Yan'an, Mao Zedong learned about Zhou's conditions and wrote a letter to a relative, asking him to pass it on to Zhou. In the le...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo%20Kids
Buffalo Kids
Buffalo Kids is a 2024 Spanish animated adventure film directed by Pedro Solís and Juan Galocha. Plot Set in the 19th century, the plot follows the adventures of two orphaned Irish siblings (Tom and Mary) who emigrate to the United States to reunite with their uncle Niall in New York City. When Niall doesn't show up ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bylbyl%20Sokoli
Bylbyl Sokoli
Bylbyl Sokoli (born 19 December 1958), is a Kosovar football manager, former player and university professor. He was born in Pristina. Playing career Sokoli played as a defender and was associated with several clubs in Kosovo, including KF Prishtina, KF Liria, and KF Drenica. He also had a brief period playing in Tur...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Mickiewicz%20Monument%20%28Szczecin%29
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Szczecin)
The Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Polish: Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza) is a monument in Szczecin, Poland, located at the Mickiewicz Square near the Stefan Żeromski Park. It consists of a concrete statue of Adam Mickiewicz, a 19th-century poet, writer, and political activist. It was designed by Sławomir Lewiński and unveiled o...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations%2C%20Nationalities%20and%20Peoples%20of%20Ethiopia
Nations, Nationalities and Peoples of Ethiopia
The Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Amharic: ብሄር ብሄረሰቦች እና ህዝቦች) refers to Ethiopians with all ethnolinguistic groups mentioned in Article 39 of the 1995 Constitution. Under EPRDF rule, the FDRE Constitution was applied in 1994 and came to force in the following year. The article 39 explicitly mention the term into...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT%20literature%20in%20Argentina
LGBT literature in Argentina
LGBT Literature in Argentina comprises Argentine authors using themes or characters that form a part of, or are related to, sexual diversity. It forms part of a tradition dating back to the 19th century, although LGBT literature as its own category in the Argentine humanities did not occur until the end of the 1950s an...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT%20literature%20in%20Argentina
LGBT literature in Argentina
Gaucho literature and naturalism While there are no explicit references to sexual or romantic acts between people of the same sex, academics like Gustavo Geirola and Adrián Melo have identified homoerotic elements in the friendships between protagonists in classic works of Gaucho literature, like Martín Fierro (1872) b...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyavyamo%20Marsh
Nyavyamo Marsh
Nyavyamo Marsh (; ) is a marsh in the west of Kirundo Province, Burundi. Although parts are protected, it is mainly used for rice production. Location The Nyavyamo Marsh spans the communes of Kirundo and Ntega. It occupies one of the secondary valleys of the Akanyaru River. Lake Rwihinda, Lake Nagitamo and Lake Naru...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden%20halibut%20hook
Wooden halibut hook
A carved wooden fishing float is used to signal the fisherman that a halibut has been hooked. Halibut tend to gulp in rather than nibble at what they assume to be food, and forcefully try to spit out foreign objects. As a result, the wooden halibut hook will embed itself securely in the halibut's mouth, and the sinker ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sona%20Mehmandarova
Sona Mehmandarova
Sona Mehmandarova (1894 in Lankaran — Baku) was an Azerbaijani woman who won a world-renowned beauty contest in 1912. She was also a laureate of beauty competitions organized in the Russian Empire. Early life Sona Mehmandarova was born in 1894 (or 1896) in Lankaran. She was the daughter of Naghi bey Mehmandarov, the ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uthmanic%20codex
Uthmanic codex
Muhammad had taken several revelation writers, namely: The Four Rashidun Caliphs, Zayd ibn Thabit, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Muadh ibn Jabal, Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, and other companions. If he received a revelation, he ordered one of them to write it down. They did not have writing tools at that time, so they wrote on aspen, t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uthmanic%20codex
Uthmanic codex
When the Muslim army set out to conquer Armenia and Azerbaijan, the soldiers were from Iraq and the Levant and there was a lot of discord and conflict between them. Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman saw that they differed in reading and some of it was tinged with melody with each of them familiar with his reading, accustomed to i...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uthmanic%20codex
Uthmanic codex
The Quran was hidden until its appearance in 223 AH, historian Sahar al-Sayyed says that the Quran of Uthman ibn Affan, drenched in his blood, was kept in Uthman's house in Medina, Dar al-Hijra, throughout the Umayyad era. It was missing from the city at the beginning of the first Abbasid era, perhaps around the time t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20984
HD 984
HD 984 is a F-type main-sequence star located in the equatorial constellation Cetus. It is a young star, estimated 30 to 200 million years old, and is orbited by a brown dwarf companion. Parallax measurements by the Gaia spacecraft imply a distance of to HD 984. At an apparent magnitude of 7.32, the star is too dim to...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20984
HD 984
HD 984 A HD 984 A is a F-type main-sequence star, spectroscopically matching a class F7V. Those stars are typically larger, hotter and brighter than the Sun, and fuse hydrogen into helium at their core. HD 984 A is no expection, being 20% more massive than the Sun, 25% larger and over two times brighter. Its surface h...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basa%20%28cheese%29
Basa (cheese)
Cheese production is mostly carried out at home, and the preparation method can vary not only from place to place but also from household to household. Variations in preparation extend not only to the production technology but also to the ingredients used. Recipe According to field research conducted in 1974 in the v...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Stroke%20of%20the%20Pen%3A%20The%20Lost%20Stories
A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories
Rob Wilkins said that the "rediscovery of these stories is nothing short of a miracle and represents the last 'new' Pratchett material we are ever likely to find". "Whilst Terry was always very focused on the next novel and maintained that his unpublished works should never be released, he always held a grudging admira...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey%20Peak
Kelsey Peak
Kelsey Peak is a mountain summit located on the common boundary that Tooele County shares with Utah County in Utah, United States. Description Kelsey Peak is located southwest of downtown Salt Lake City and southeast of Tooele in the Oquirrh Mountains which are part of the Great Basin Ranges. It ranks as the fourth...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wainyapu%2C%20Sumba
Wainyapu, Sumba
Waiyapu is a traditional village (desa) on Sumba island, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It has some 1,400 dolmens - one of the highest concentrations of these megaliths on Sumba. Location Wainyapu is on the south-west coast of Sumba, about from the western tip of the island and west of Waingapu. It stand...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th%20United%20States%20Colored%20Infantry%20Regiment
66th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
The Regiment remained at Goodrich's Landing from the time of its formation until February, 1865. During 1864, the 66th fought several skirmishes with Confederate forces in Louisiana and Mississippi, including actions at Columbia on February 4, Issaquena County, Mississippi on March 22, Goodrich Landing on March 24, Bay...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gush%20Katif%20Museum
Gush Katif Museum
Gush Katif Museum () is a museum located in Jerusalem, Israel. The museum was founded in August 2008 and is mainly examining the Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip from the Hasmonean dynasty to modern times. This includes an examination of the Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip which, founded after the Six-Day War in...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle%20Bien
Lyle Bien
Although he initially signed on for three years, Bien opted to stay when given the opportunity to be one of the first pilots to fly the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. In 1971, he was reassigned to Fighter Squadron 124 (VF-124) as an instructor for the first students to learn to pilot the F-14. Between 1975 and 1977, he was stati...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquities%20of%20the%20Jews%20%28Rps%20BOZ%201%29
Antiquities of the Jews (Rps BOZ 1)
Antiquities of the Jews () is an illuminated manuscript from 1466 containing Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus. History The manuscript is a case of a medieval book made entirely in Poland that has survived unchanged to the present day. It was commissioned by the Maciej Skawinka, abbot of the Benedictines in...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alara%20%28planthopper%29
Alara (planthopper)
The characteristic features of the genus Alara are: The forewings have 5 broad costal cells which decrease gradually in length from the base of the wing to its tip, the forewings have an approximately oval shape, the subcosta-radius fork is close to the base of the forewing, the rostrum is longer than in other gene...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester%20Rattray
Sylvester Rattray
Sylvester Rattray (fl. 1650–1666) was a Scottish medical writer. Biography Rattray was a native of Angus, Scotland. He was descended from Sir Sylvester Rattray, of Rattray Castle, Perthshire, who was in 1463 one of the ambassadors sent to London to treat with Edward IV, and exerted great influence at the Scottish cour...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Institute%20of%20Post%20and%20Information%20and%20Communication%20Technologies
National Institute of Post and Information and Communication Technologies
The National Institute of Post and Information and Communication Technologies (acronym: INPTIC) or is an Algerian university institution offering training in the fields of telecommunications engineering, computer networks, information technologies, and management. It also offers parallel training for Cisco and Oracle ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Williams%20%28Virginia%20politician%29
Robert Williams (Virginia politician)
Early life and education Because Williams was not born among the First Families of Virginia, little documentation exists as to his birth or education. Genealogists searching for his antecedents seem to agree that he was born in Hanover County, Virginia in the early 1740s, but disagree as to his parents, especially sinc...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Sipar%20Khan
Jan Sipar Khan
Mir Bahadur Dil (died 1700), known by the title Jan Sipar Khan (), was a noble of the Mughal Empire. He was active during the reign of emperor Aurangzeb, and held offices in the Deccan region of the empire. His most notable position was in the Mughal province of Hyderabad Subah, where he served as its first permanent s...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Bourbon%20Sicily
History of Bourbon Sicily
Charles of Bourbon did not wait for the fall of Trapani, which, left to its own devices, capitulated on July 12. He decided to crown himself king of Sicily on July 3, 1735, in Palermo Cathedral, despite there being opposition from Pope Clement XII, who did not want to recognize him as the new legitimate ruler of the tw...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Bourbon%20Sicily
History of Bourbon Sicily
Among the cities of Sicily, the British chose the strategic location of Syracuse as a suitable location to establish their anti-Napoleonic military strategy on the island: in fact, this city lent itself to this purpose, being a well-named place-of-arms for its defenses since 1679 (one of the few on the island), and fro...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Bourbon%20Sicily
History of Bourbon Sicily
Napoleon Bonaparte: the taking of Sicily It was in Napoleon's intentions to subject Sicily to his rule as well. Having dismissed the plan to invade Britain with an amphibious landing, he attempted, or rather planned, a first Sicilian invasion, finalized between 1806 and 1808 (there was later talk of a further plan to ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Bourbon%20Sicily
History of Bourbon Sicily
He finally decided to postpone the landing until after the capture of Scilla (a Calabrian frontier under British control) had been secured. However, the Sicilian endeavor would remain central to his thoughts. One can understand how important he considered the conquest of Sicily to be from a quote he wrote in May 1806 (...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Bourbon%20Sicily
History of Bourbon Sicily
The new duo-Sicilian Kingdom thus experienced social unrest and rebellions from the very beginning: the former, however, affected only a part of Sicily, the western part, and especially the capital Palermo, while the eastern part of the island remained almost entirely silent and quiet. Those first uprisings were quelle...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet%20V.%20Kuhnlein
Harriet V. Kuhnlein
Harriet V. Kuhnlein is professor emerita of Human Nutrition at McGill University. She is also Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE). Education Kuhnlein has a PhD from University of California, Berkeley and an honorary LL.D. from University of Western Ontario. Resear...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebunebty
Nebunebty
In addition, several epithets are bestowed in the inscriptions found at her burial: she who sees Horus and Set, great one of the Hetes-Sceptre, she who sits in the presence of Horus, companion of Horus, Great of Praise, she who is joined to the beloved of the Two Ladies and the King and honoured by the King, by Osiris,...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold%20Vihvelin
Arnold Vihvelin
Arnold Peeter Vihvelin (surname also spelled Vichvelin and Wihwelin; April 10, 1892 – April 20, 1962) was an Estonian printmaker and painter. Early life and education Arnold Vihvelin was born in Rääbise, the son Hans Vihvelin (1845–1915) and Elisabeth Vihvelin (née Stamm; 1873–1967). His father, a forester for , colle...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold%20Vihvelin
Arnold Vihvelin
Career In 1918, Vihvelin participated in founding the Petrograd art society Lennok. In 1920, he started working as a drawing teacher in Rakvere. In 1928, he studied abroad, staying for a long time in Vienna on a scholarship from the . In 1930, Vihvelin moved into and Carl Timoleon von Neff's studio. He was a member of...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu%20and%20Kashmir%20lithium%20reserves
Jammu and Kashmir lithium reserves
Jammu and Kashmir has one of the largest known lithium reserves in the world. On 13 February 2023, the Government of India's Ministry of Mines announced that the Geological Survey of India had discovered 5.9 million tonnes lithium ore, in the Himalayan foothills at Salal-Haimana, Reasi in the near vicinity of Bhimgarh...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Old%20Man%3A%20A%20Personal%20History%20of%20Music%20Hall
My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall
My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall is a 2012 non-fiction book detailing the history of Music halls and their performers. Written by former British prime minister John Major, it also served as a personal tribute to his parents, both of whom were performers in music halls. It was published by HarperCollins. Ba...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi%20Ben-Artzi
Yossi Ben-Artzi
Ben-Artzi earned a Bachelor's degree in Geography and Middle Eastern history at the University of Haifa, as well as MA and PhD degrees in geography from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His Master's thesis Residential Distribution and Internal Migration of Arab Residents in Haifa was approved in 1979. His doctoral t...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Larache%20%281631%29
Battle of Larache (1631)
The Battle of Larache occurred on February 7, 1631, when the forces of Sidi M'hamed el-Ayachi ambushed a detachment of the Spanish garrison of Larache. Background On January 27, 1605, during a civil war in Morocco, the Moroccan sultan, Mohammed esh Sheikh el Mamun, was defeated by his brother, Zidan Abu Maali. Mohamme...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier%20Gomes
Xavier Gomes
Introduction to drumming Speaking about his transition from being a singer to becoming a drummer, Gomes explains that before going to Kuwait, he used to perform as a singer in tiatrs staged in Bombay. In Kuwait during the late 20th century, many tiatrs were also staged. One day, during a tiatr rehearsal in Kuwait, Gome...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Friese
Nancy Friese
Nancy Marlene Friese (born 1948) is an American painter, printmaker, and educator. She is known for landscape paintings, and prints which are often colorful. Friese is a professor at Rhode Island School of Design, and an elected National Academician in the National Academy of Design in New York City. She has exhibited ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense%20of%20%C3%96resten%20fortress
Defense of Öresten fortress
The Defense of Öresten fortress (Swedish: Slaget vid Örestens fästning; 1470) was an event where king Christian I of Denmark raided the castle in Öresten with his troops, which was defended by Sten Sture the Elder. The battle later ended with a Swedish victory. Öresten fortress Öresten fortress was a strategically pl...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kho%20Ping%20Hoo
Kho Ping Hoo
More than thirty of Kho's stories were set in the Indonesian Archipelago. In accordance with genre conventions, his martial arts stories were primarily set in historical times, prior to the arrival of European colonialism. Where stories were set during the colonial era, they were mostly in its early years. The author E...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition%20in%20France
Inquisition in France
The fall of Montségur and the destruction of the Cathar elite marked the end of their stronghold in Languedoc. The inquisition intensified, encompassing nearly the entire Languedoc society. The long coexistence of Catholics, Cathars, and Waldensians meant almost everyone had some knowledge of heretics, which they were ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition%20in%20France
Inquisition in France
Revival and ultimate eradication of Catharism The early 14th century saw a resurgence of heresy in southern France. The Cathar Perfect Peire Autier achieved great success in gaining new followers and managed to avoid arrest for many years. The centers of faithful were mainly in remote Pyrenean villages like Montaillou...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition%20in%20France
Inquisition in France
Ulric de Torrenté Inquisitorial activity in the Burgundy-Lorraine province intensified in the 1420s, particularly with witch trials. Appointed in 1424, inquisitor from the Lausanne convent, whose jurisdiction covered the entire province, was one of the co-authors of the first major witch hunt in history. This took pl...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition%20in%20France
Inquisition in France
Inquisitor Jean de Roma conducted trials against 150 suspects between 1532 and 1533, sentencing seven to death, with these sentences confirmed by the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence. Northern France The first Dominican inquisitor of France, , who was active from 1233 to 1244, gained a particularly notorious reputation. ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition%20in%20France
Inquisition in France
From 1249 to 1257, episcopal inquisitors in the Diocese of Toulouse issued 306 convictions, not including penitential penalties imposed during "periods of grace". 21 people were sentenced to death, 239 to imprisonment, and additionally, 30 were condemned in absentia and 11 posthumously; in five other cases, the type of...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasantha%20Rajakarunanayake
Yasantha Rajakarunanayake
Yasantha Rajakarunanayake is a Sri Lanka-born American mathematician, technologist, researcher, professor and data scientist. He is best known for befriending future Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, a classmate at Princeton University. He received social media fame and attention for having assisted Bezos on a homework assignment...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ste%C4%87ak%20to%20ni%C5%A1an%20transition
Stećak to nišan transition
Nišans are tombstones erected for members of the Islamic faith. The name is taken from the Persian via Ottoman Turkish language and means sign, target, mark. The Arabs, as the first bearers of Islam, did not know tombstones in the form of nišan. The Seljuk Turks carved their tombstones in the form of steles of various...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ste%C4%87ak%20to%20ni%C5%A1an%20transition
Stećak to nišan transition
Nišans of the 15th and 16th century are characterized by large dimensions and relief motifs that were directly transferred from the stećak. Motifs are pure decoration, symbols or figurative representations. They are usually shallow plastic in relation to the background or are only etched. All representations are uneven...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ste%C4%87ak%20to%20ni%C5%A1an%20transition
Stećak to nišan transition
Nišan Mahmuta Brankovića Mahmut Branković's nišan from Petrovo polje in Brankovići, near Rogatica, is in the form of an obelisk, 3 m high, and was transferred to the National Museum in Sarajevo. In the inscription in Bosančica, just like found in stećaks, it is said that he was killed in battle at Despotovo, that he w...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Ferrebee%20Sadler
Michael Ferrebee Sadler
Michael Ferrebee Sadler (1819 – 15 August 1895) was an English theologian. Biography Sadler was the eldest son of Michael Thomas Sadler. He was born at Leeds in 1819. Educated at Sherborne school, he entered St. John's College, Cambridge, after a short interval of business life. He was elected Tyrwhitt's Hebrew schola...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon%20Z6III
Nikon Z6III
The Nikon Z6III is a mid-range full-frame mirrorless camera produced by Nikon. The camera was announced on June 17, 2024. Features Image sensor The Z6III features a 24.5-megapixel, partially stacked CMOS sensor, which enables the camera to match the 120fps burst (DX format, 10MP only) capability of the Nikon Z8 and ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary%20Wilder
Hilary Wilder
Hilary Wilder is an American visual artist and educator based in Richmond, Virginia. She is primarily known for painting and installation art, but has also worked in sculpture and video. Her art employs wide-ranging, familiar visual languages—for example, from landscape and abstract painting and modern design—to explor...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace%20Stebbing%20Roscoe%20St%20John
Horace Stebbing Roscoe St John
Horace Stebbing Roscoe St John (1832 – 29 February 1888) was an English author and journalist. Biography St John was the youngest son of James Augustus St. John. He was born in Normandy in 1832 and educated under his father. He began his journalistic career as a boy, and while ‘in a round jacket and turn-down collar’...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Barry%20Boyle%20St%20Leger
Francis Barry Boyle St Leger
Francis Barry Boyle St Leger (16 September 1799 – 20 November 1829) was a British novelist. Biography St Leger was born in Ireland on 16 September 1799. He was the second eldest son of Richard St. Leger (second son of the first Viscount Doneraile) by his wife Anne, daughter of Charles Blakeney of Holywell, Roscommon. ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VanGrunsven%20RV-5
VanGrunsven RV-5
RV-5 is a one-off proof-of-concept prototype airplane designed by Richard VanGrunsven. Although the designation is the 5th in the Van's Aircraft "RV" series, the RV-5 was never intended as a production aircraft but as a project for VanGrunsven and fellow members of his Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) chapter. ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Salisbury
Henry Salisbury
Salisbury was born in 1561 at Dolbelidr (now known as Ffynonfair) in the parish of Henllan, Denbighshire. He was probably the youngest son of Foulke, third son of Piers Salesbury of Bachymbyd and Rûg, a branch of the Salesburys of Llewenny, Denbighshire (cf. Williams, Records of Denbigh, p. 182). He matriculated on 15 ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20F.%20Hamtramck
John F. Hamtramck
John Francis Hamtramck (April 19, 1798 – April 21st, 1858) was an American military officer who served in the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War. He was the son of French-Canadian officer Jean-François Hamtramck. Early life John Hamtramck was born to Jean-Francois Hamtramck and his wife Rebecca MacKenzie on Apri...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afristreptaxis%20bloyeti
Afristreptaxis bloyeti
Afristreptaxis bloyeti is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. Description The height of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 15.5 mm. (Original description in Latin) The shell is narrowly perforated and streptaxiform, with a ventrally turgid, s...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Railway%201380
Southern Railway 1380
Southern Railway 1380 was a streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in 1923 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York, for the Southern Railway (SOU) as a member of the Ps-4 class, which was based on the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) Heavy Pacific design with some minor differences....
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold%20Gutterer
Leopold Gutterer
Goebbels had been dissatisfied with Gutterer's performance for some time and, on 22 April 1944, he was replaced as State Secretary by Werner Naumann. Gutterer was compensated by being appointed a managing director of UFA, the mammoth Nazi film production company, at "a huge salary". Later that year, he was called up fo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1560%20Assembly%20of%20Notables
1560 Assembly of Notables
The 1560 Assembly of Notables (French: Assemblée des notables de 1560) was a gathering of the political elite of the kingdom of France from 21 to 26 August 1560 that aimed to find a solution to France's political, religious and financial crisis. From the start of François II's reign in 1559 the kingdom had been in a di...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1560%20Assembly%20of%20Notables
1560 Assembly of Notables
In the first petition the Protestants of Normandie protested against the libellous depictions of them as 'troublemakers'. The petitioners argued they abided by the old and new testaments, and the apostolic creed. The Protestants of Normandie compared their treatment to that afforded the Jews. They argued that in some p...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosth%C3%A8nes%20I%20de%20La%20Rochefoucauld
Sosthènes I de La Rochefoucauld
He was able to get Louis XVIII to authorize the purchase of David's Intervention of the Sabine Women and Thermopyle for the Louvre, and Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa, which was bought from the painter's heirs in 1824. In 1825, together with Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin, he chose the subjects f...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien%20Azario
Julien Azario
Julien Pierre Azario (March 15, 1890, in Souk Ahras - March 30, 1972), nicknamed the "Caïd", was a high-ranking French police official in the prefecture of Lyon. He was notable for being a particularly violent colonial administrator towards those under his supervision and for selflessly saving many Jews during The Holo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien%20Azario
Julien Azario
Azario used North African recruits as strikebreakers and cut off North Africas in Lyon from the aid they should have received from the state. Additionally, he managed to establish control over employment, meaning North Africans in the Rhône region could not find jobs without his explicit approval. Azario decided who c...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachaca%20%28musical%20genre%29
Cachaca (musical genre)
Characteristics Although it does not have a defined composition, all cachaca or kachaka songs have a rhythm derived from Colombian cumbia. They are characterised by a slightly slower tempo, rhythmic repetition without variations, and the use of acoustic or, more commonly, electric drum kits. The lyrics typically cover...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Nesbit
Anthony Nesbit
Anthony Nesbit (1778 – 15 March 1859) was an English schoolmaster and land surveyor. Biography Nesbit was the son of Jacob Nesbit, farmer, of Long Benton, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he was baptised on 3 May 1778. In the preface to his ‘Arithmetic’ he states that he was educated ‘under the direction of some of the f...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens%27%20Guard
Queens' Guard
The crest of the fraternity is a phoenix rising from the ashes. This crest alludes to the rebuilding of the Wren Building which has been burnt down and rebuilt a total of three times. The rest of the crest includes the Latin motto and a crown bearing the cross of Saint George. The motto is "Corona Veniet Delectis", Lat...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian%20Lewis%20%28American%20football%29
Julian Lewis (American football)
Julian Lewis (born September 21, 2007) is an American football quarterback at Carrollton High School in Carrollton, Georgia. A five-star recruit, he is one of the top-ranked recruits for the college football recruiting class of 2025. He committed to play for the University of Colorado. Early life Lewis was born on Sep...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobekra
Borobekra
Independent India Borobekra and all the surrounding villages (Guakhal, Harinagar and Jakuradhor) were already settled prior to India's independence. Borobekra was a market town that ran a Friday market which was the main market for the people on Barak River, as far way as Pherzawl. Initially, Jiribam subdivision was ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Reginald%20Pryor
Alfred Reginald Pryor
Alfred Reginald Pryor (24 April 1839 – 18 February 1881) was an English botanist. Biography Pryor was the eldest son of Alfred Pryor of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. He was born there on 24 April 1839, and received his early education at Tunbridge school, whence he went to University College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 26 Jun...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E2%80%93T%20and%20N%E2%80%93M%20pronoun%20patterns
M–T and N–M pronoun patterns
Besides Proto-Eskaleut and Proto-Na–Dene, the families in North America with neither 1sg n or 2sg m are Atakapan, Chitimacha, Cuitlatec, Haida, Kutenai, Proto-Caddoan, Proto-Chimakuan, Proto-Comecrudan, Proto-Iroquoian, Proto-Muskogean, Proto-Siouan-Catawba, Tonkawa, Waikuri, Yana, Yuchi, Zuni. Other patterns Other s...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manukapua%20Island
Manukapua Island
Manukapua Island, also known as Sand Island or Big Sand Island, is an island located in the Kaipara Harbour in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, near Tāpora on the Okahukura Peninsula. Geography Manukapua Island is located in the central Kaipara Harbour, at the point where the Kaipara Entrance meets the Otamatea Cha...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia%20Rider-Possart
Cornelia Rider-Possart
Cornelia Rider-Possart (December 14, 1865 – July 1963) was an American pianist. Early life and education Rider was born in Dubuque, Iowa, the daughter of John Vincent Rider and Viola Gertrude Smead Rider. She studied piano at the Sherwood School of Music in Chicago, and with Varette Stepanoff, a follower of Theodor Le...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu%20Wuji
Fu Wuji
Fu Wuji (, ) was an Eastern Han dynasty scholar. He is known for his Fuhou gujin zhu, an important historical encyclopedia, and his work on the Dongguan Hanji, the standard history of the Eastern Han until it was replaced by the Book of the Later Han. Life Fu Wuji was born in Dongwu, Langya Commandery (modern-day Zhuc...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphalioides%20bellidioides
Anaphalioides bellidioides
Anaphalioides bellidioides, commonly known as the New Zealand everlasting daisy, is a native vascular shrub in the genus Anaphalioides, found distributed throughout New Zealand. Description Anaphalioides bellidioides comes from the term 'resembling Bellis', Bellis being a genus of daisy including Bellis perennis, the...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphalioides%20bellidioides
Anaphalioides bellidioides
New Zealand range Anaphalioides bellidioides is a common plant with a wide distribution. It is distributed throughout the middle to lower North Island in Gisborne, Taranaki and in the ranges surrounding Wellington such as Kaimanawa, Kaweka, Ruahine, Rimutaka and Wairarapa. In the South Island, it is widely distributed...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMAF%20Ground%20Defence%20Force
RMAF Ground Defence Force
The Royal Malaysian Air Force Ground Defence Force ( RMAF GDF, ), previously known as the Royal Malaysian Air Force Ground and Air Defence Force (), is an infantry unit of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. This unit is better known by its abbreviation from its Malay name, HANDAU. It is one of three ground combat units wit...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMAF%20Ground%20Defence%20Force
RMAF Ground Defence Force
In 2018, the headquarters of the RMAF Provost Marshal Department were relocated to RMAF Sendayan Air Base following the official closure of RMAF Kuala Lumpur Air Base. Reactivated as Air Force Infantry Under the Capability Development 55 (CAP55) plan, on 1 June 2020, the Air Force Command reactivated the HANDAU squad...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood%20of%20Myriam
Brotherhood of Myriam
The Brotherhood of Myriam (Fratellanza di Myriam) is an Italian esoteric organization founded by Giuliano Kremmerz in 1899, blending Hermeticism with therapeutic practices and mystical traditions, rooted in Western esotericism. Its philosophy emphasizes spiritual healing, the study of ancient texts, and magical science...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersonia%20redolens
Andersonia redolens
Andersonia redolens is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an open shrub with low-lying stems, twisted, narrowly egg-shaped to almost linear leaves and white or cream-coloured, tube-shaped flowers. Description Andersonia redolens is an open shrub...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenPride
GenPride
GenPride is a Seattle-based nonprofit organization serving the senior LGBTQ community in the city and surrounding King County. The organization formally incorporated as a non-profit charity in 2015 as "Generations with Pride" aka GenPride. Description and history GenPride was founded by Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen, a pr...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obateru%20of%20Egbin%27s%20Royal%20Palace
Obateru of Egbin's Royal Palace
The Obateru of Egbin's Royal Palace is an edifice located in Egbin, Ijede LCDA, Ikorodu LGA, Lagos State, Nigeria. This palace, belonging to His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr) Adeoriyomi Oluwasesan Abdul-Akeem Oyebo (arpa), Ademoyebo 111, is a significant landmark in the Egbin Kingdom and serves as the center of modern tradit...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie%20Hanna
Jennie Hanna
Jennie Hanna (1856-1924) was an American missionary worker and co-founder of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. (PCUS). Disabled for many years, she made the building of the Woman's Auxiliary the whole purpose of her life. Early life and education Jennie Hanna was born in DeKalb County, Missouri, i...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis%20psoraleoides
Oxalis psoraleoides
Oxalis psoraleoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Oxalidaceae that is native to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Carl Sigismund Kunth described the species in 1821. Plants of this species of wood sorrel are perennial, hairy shrubs with large, yellow flowers, leaves with three leaf...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra%20Costa%20AVA
Contra Costa AVA
The Contra Costa region has a longstanding viticulture history. The first vines were planted in Brentwood in 1846. Between 1860 and 1890, three primary grape-growing areas in the county emerged: the Mt. Diablo area, the Martinez area, and the Oakley area. All of the Martinez and Oakley areas, and most of the Mt. Diablo...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20nuclear%20power
Timeline of nuclear power
1940 On May 27, Edwin McMillan and Philip Abelson publish the discovery of neptunium at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory. They use the 60-inch cyclotron produce a small sample of neptunium-239 via neutron bombardment of uranium-238. They also correctly assume its beta decay to the alpha-emitting plutonium-239, but ar...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wedding%20of%20Napoleon%20and%20Marie%20Louise
The Wedding of Napoleon and Marie Louise
The Wedding of Napoleon and Marie Louise (French: Mariage de Napoléon Ier et de Marie-Louise) is an 1810 history painting by the French artist Georges Rouget. It depicts the wedding ceremony between Napoleon, Emperor of France and Marie Louise the daughter of the Austrian Emperor Francis I. The ceremony took place on...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20Grabarek
Lisa Grabarek
Louise "Lisa" Norris Grabarek is an American educator and Baptist preacher. She taught at St. Catherine's School in Richmond, Virginia and at St. Mary's School in Raleigh, North Carolina. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, Grabarek was the fourth woman to be ordained as a preacher with the approval of the Southern Bap...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les%20conteuses
Les conteuses
Les conteuses were a group of French female authors active between 1690 and 1709 who wrote nearly two-thirds of the more than one hundred fairy tales published by French authors during this time. This group was composed of more than thirteen women, including Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier, Catherine ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20A.%20Peterson
Mark A. Peterson
Mark A. Peterson is an American Koreanist, professor emeritus at Brigham Young University (BYU), and YouTuber. He operates the channel Frog Outside the Well, which covers Korean history and culture. Peterson was born in Utah, United States. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He arrived ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Korea%E2%80%93Thailand%20relations
North Korea–Thailand relations
A common route taken by North Korean defectors to reach South Korea is through first reaching Thailand. Although Thailand is not a signatory of the UNConvention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Thailand instead hands them over to South Korean authorities in contrast to other countries along the route, such as China,...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayer%20Itam%20War%20Memorial%20Park
Ayer Itam War Memorial Park
The Ayer Itam War Memorial Park is a war memorial in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at the suburb of Ayer Itam, the memorial commemorates the local Chinese who lost their lives during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the subsequent Japanese occupation of Malaya. The memorial was unveiled in 1...
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