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75552679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiannis%20Kyrou | Yiannis Kyrou | Yiannis Kyrou (1942 - 1991) was a Greek scenic and costume designer, known for his significant contributions to theater and television in Greece.
Biography
Born in Thessaloniki, Kyrou pursued his education in scenic design at the Athens School of Fine Arts and continued his studies in Germany. Kyrou's career in stage... | 2.078125 | 0 |
75552949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20cataract%20surgery | History of cataract surgery | The removal of cataracts by couching was a common surgical procedure in Djenné and many other parts of Africa. Couching continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages, and is still used to this day in some parts of Africa and in Yemen. However, it has been proven to be an ineffective and dangerous method of cataract t... | 2.5 | 0 |
75552949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20cataract%20surgery | History of cataract surgery | Artificial IOLs, which are used to replace the eye's natural lens removed during cataract surgery, increased in popularity after the 1960s and were first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1981. The development of IOLs was considered a notable innovation, as patients previously had to wear very thick gl... | 2.296875 | 0 |
75552978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremella%20erythrina | Tremella erythrina | Tremella erythrina is a species of fungus in the family Tremellaceae. It produces orange to red, lobate to foliaceous, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies) and is parasitic on other fungi on wood of broad-leaved trees. It was originally described from China.
Taxonomy
Tremella erythrina was first published in 2019 b... | 2.296875 | 0 |
75553113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prokaryotic%20mRNA%20degradation | Prokaryotic mRNA degradation | Many species of bacteria do not create ribonuclease E or a homolog of it. Some species of bacteria use a ribonuclease called ribonuclease Y, which is not a homolog of ribonuclease E. Its structure is different from that of ribonuclease E, though they perform the same function in the cell.
One study found that in Bacil... | 3.0625 | 0 |
75553176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procne%20and%20Itys%20%28sculpture%29 | Procne and Itys (sculpture) | The statue of Procne and Itys () is a Greek marble sculpture of the fifth century BC which once adorned the Acropolis of Athens, created by sculptor Alcamenes. The statue depicts the Athenian princess Procne about to strike her own son Itys dead as revenge against her husband Tereus. It was discovered near the temple o... | 2.984375 | 0 |
75553331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Only%20Black%20Girls%20in%20Town | The Only Black Girls in Town | The Only Black Girls in Town is a 2020 middle grade novel by Brandy Colbert about two Black middle schoolers who bond over their racial identity and find a mysterious journal in their attic.
Background
Colbert says she found writing middle grade books intimidating, because she perceived writing for a younger audience... | 2.375 | 0 |
75553476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keshelashvili | Keshelashvili | Keshelashvili or Qeshelashvili (, ) is a Georgian surname that is from the Shida Kartli and Kvemo Kartli regions of Georgia, it is most common in the village of Tsinarekhi, Gori, Thezi, Kavthiskhevi, Kaspi and in the capital city of Tbilisi. It is mostly occurrent in Georgia, Russia and Turkey. The surname originated f... | 2.375 | 0 |
75554052 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgesses%20of%20Guild%20of%20Aberdeen | Burgesses of Guild of Aberdeen | The Burgesses of Guild of the City of Aberdeen is an organisation which dates back over 800 years. Originally, with a membership composed of local merchants, it played a part in the Town Council for more than 700 years. With a changed role, diminished by legislation, it continues with a changed purpose and an active me... | 2.515625 | 0 |
75554180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadesh | Gadesh | Characteristics
Gadeshes are characterized by their preference for conservatism and masculinity, and their loyalty to national traditions. In the Soviet era, they were treated as members of a social group who spent their days on the streets and had a quarrelsome, hooligan lifestyle. The Gadesh were opposed to Western ... | 2.515625 | 0 |
75554264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0tefan%20Primo%C5%BEi%C4%8D | Štefan Primožič | Štefan Primožič (November 17, 1866 – December 8, 1907) was a Slovenian teacher. He was the first head of the Ljubljana Institute for the Deaf.
Life and work
Primožič was born in Bistra, then part of Austria-Hungary. After a few years of high school, Primožič transferred to the Ljubljana normal school and graduated in ... | 2.359375 | 0 |
75554629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact%20of%20Yuna%20Kim | Impact of Yuna Kim | Skating technique
Kim was known for the "lighter-than-air grace in her movements on the ice", as well as her jumps, her speed, and her grounding in the demands of the ISU judging system (IJS). According to Michelle Kwan, whom Kim said was her biggest influence early in her career, competition judges were looking for K... | 2.1875 | 0 |
75554629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact%20of%20Yuna%20Kim | Impact of Yuna Kim | In 2005, Kim trained for six hours a day, which included four hours on the ice and two hours for ballet and other kinds of training. The Korea Skating Union allowed her to train for two hours a day at the ice ring in Taeneung, the only rink in Korea not open to the public, which was also used by hockey teams and a few ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
75555301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Antonio%E2%80%93Austin%20metroplex | San Antonio–Austin metroplex | Greater San Antonio divisions
The metropolitan statistical area, referred to as San Antonio–New Braunfels or Greater San Antonio, comprises eight (8) counties in the state of Texas, as delineated by the Office of Management and Budget. These counties include Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina... | 2.34375 | 0 |
75556316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae%20Jackson%20%28politician%29 | Mae Jackson (politician) | Mae Jackson, born Mae Allison (1941-2005) was an American social worker and local politician. In May 2004, she became the first elected black mayor of Waco, Texas.
Life
Mae Allison was born in Teague, Texas on September 10, 1941, the son of a school principal and a teacher. She was educated at Booker T. Washington Hig... | 2.09375 | 0 |
75556495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War%20of%20Heraclianus | War of Heraclianus | Heraclianus' behavior is difficult to explain, because until mid-412 there were no obvious signs of trouble in Africa. It has been argued that Heraclianus rebelled to avoid facing consequences for the crimes he committed against refugees. However, this is based on the testimony of Jerome, clearly exaggerated and of que... | 2.578125 | 0 |
75556603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Montreal%20cabarets | History of Montreal cabarets | Quebec's presence and vibrancy
In the early 1950s, Montreal's cabaret scene continued to experience extraordinary effervescence, despite changes in cabaret names and owners. Jacques Normand was now host and master of ceremonies at Cabaret Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and other French-language cabarets appeared in Montreal ... | 2.5625 | 0 |
75556603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Montreal%20cabarets | History of Montreal cabarets | Jean Drapeau's influence as mayor of Montreal
In response to the links between the Mafia and certain businesses in Montreal's Red-Light district, Dr. Ruben Lévesque founded the Comité de moralité publique de Montréal (Montreal Public Morals Committee) in March 1950. With the help of a young lawyer by the name of Jean ... | 2.375 | 0 |
75557345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%82awi%C4%99cice | Sławięcice | Sławięcice is a district of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, located in the eastern part of the city.
History
The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. Sławięcice was first mentioned in 1245. It was granted town rights before 1260, which however, were transferred by Duke Włady... | 2.5 | 0 |
75557458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Side%20Park%20%28Jersey%20City%20baseball%29 | West Side Park (Jersey City baseball) | West Side Park was the name of two different baseball parks in Jersey City, New Jersey in the early 20th Century. Both parks were also called Skeeters Park in reference to the long-time nickname of the teams, the "Jersey City Skeeters", so called because of the many mosquitoes ("skeeters") which lived in Jersey City's ... | 2.234375 | 0 |
75557588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulduz%20%28tribe%29 | Sulduz (tribe) | Sulduz or Suldus is a Mongolian tribe that entered the empire of Genghis Khan at the beginning of the 13th century.
Sulduz was part of the Darlekin-Mongol community. There is a version that the name of the tribe was given by the wild plant of the same name, which is believed to grow densely in areas where Sulduz peopl... | 2.578125 | 0 |
75558086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biewer%20Terrier | Biewer Terrier | The Biewer Terrier () is a toy dog of German descent that is the result of two Yorkshire Terriers with a recessive piebald gene breeding. It is usually kept as a companion animal or a show dog. The Biewer Terrier was recognized by the AKC in 2021. Since May 2024 the Biewer Terrier is also accepted by the (VDH) Verband ... | 2.53125 | 0 |
75558302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan%20autonomist%20campaign%20of%201918%E2%80%931919 | Catalan autonomist campaign of 1918–1919 | On November 15 Francesc Cambó had an interview with the king in the Royal Palace during which, according to Cambó's own testimony, Alfonso XIII encouraged him to launch the autonomist campaign in order to distract "the masses [of Catalonia] from any revolutionary purpose". "I see no other way to save such a difficult s... | 2.125 | 0 |
75558359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren%20Acampora | Lauren Acampora | Lauren Acampora is an American novelist and short story writer. She is the author of The Wonder Garden, a collection of linked short stories, and the novels The Paper Wasp, and The Hundred Waters, all published by Grove Atlantic.
Biography
A native of Darien, Connecticut, Acampora attended Ox Ridge Elementary School, ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
75558678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Immaculate%20Conception%2C%20Scarthingwell | Church of the Immaculate Conception, Scarthingwell | The Church of the Immaculate Conception is a historic church in Scarthingwell, in North Yorkshire, in England.
The church was constructed in 1854 to a design by John Bownas and William Atkinson. It was commissioned by Edward William Hawke-Harvey, 4th Baron Hawke, as a private chapel for his seat, Scarthingwell Hall. ... | 2.09375 | 0 |
75558685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Alfa%20Romeo | History of Alfa Romeo | The change of ownership took place on June 24, 1910, at which time the company changed its name to ALFA (an acronym for "Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili"). The name chosen recalled the first letter of the Greek alphabet, intended to emphasize the beginning of a new industrial adventure.At this point, the new manag... | 2.25 | 0 |
75558685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Alfa%20Romeo | History of Alfa Romeo | Participation in competitions was a means of increasing sales of civilian cars, and therefore it was essential to launch a model that, in the wake of winning the world championship, would drive sales by attracting new customers. Therefore, in 1927 Alfa Romeo presented the 6C 1500, which was an easy to handle, compact m... | 2.65625 | 0 |
75558685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Alfa%20Romeo | History of Alfa Romeo | In June 2008 came the commercial launch of the compact MiTo ("Mi" for Milan, where Alfa Romeo was born, and "To" for Turin, where it was built), which was designed to try to boost sales by extending the range downward. It was positioned below the 147 and – because of its sporty and dynamic appearance – was designed to ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
75558762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger%E2%80%93Benin%20Oil%20Pipeline | Niger–Benin Oil Pipeline | The Niger–Benin Oil Pipeline, also known as Niger–Benin Export Pipeline (NBEP), is a 1,950 kilometer long crude oil pipeline connecting oilfields near the desert oasis of Agadem in Niger to the Atlantic Ocean. It ends in the Gulf of Guinea near Benin's largest city Cotonou. The pipeline was built and is operated by the... | 2.390625 | 0 |
75558765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenda%20Raymond | Glenda Raymond | Her reputation grew with a series of radio concerts Opera for the People, appearing in its premiere, La Bohème in 1946, followed by many others. Raymond became a celebrity.
In 1948, accompanied by bass-baritone David Allen and piano accompanist Eunice Garland, she embarked on a fundraising tour to take her to Italy fo... | 2.0625 | 0 |
75558806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostages%20Square | Hostages Square | Hostages Square () is a public plaza located in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Since the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, families of the hostages taken during the attack have encamped in the square, due to its proximity to the Israel Defense Forces headquarters. In addition, it has been the site of ral... | 1.992188 | 0 |
71233227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th%20Texas%20Infantry%20Regiment | 11th Texas Infantry Regiment | On 11 January 1863, Walker's division arrived near Pine Bluff, Arkansas. That day, the division was ordered to march to the relief of Arkansas Post, but news was received the next day that the place surrendered. For several days, the division camped in that location, called "Camp Freeze-Out" by the soldiers because of ... | 2.296875 | 0 |
71233227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th%20Texas%20Infantry%20Regiment | 11th Texas Infantry Regiment | On 7 June 1863, in the Battle of Milliken's Bend, McCulloch's 1,500 soldiers attacked 1,061 Union troops under Colonel Hermann Lieb. The Union force was made up of elements of the 1st Mississippi (African), 8th Louisiana (African), 9th Louisiana (African), 11th Louisiana (African), 13th Louisiana (African), and 23rd Io... | 2.546875 | 0 |
71233580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas%20Western%20Railway | Arkansas Western Railway | The Arkansas Western Railway operated a 32-mile rail line between Heavener, Oklahoma and Waldron, Arkansas. It bought the assets of its predecessor in 1904, and the company was merged out of existence in 1992.
History
About three years after the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad (KCP&G) arrived in Heavener in wha... | 2.078125 | 0 |
71233637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland%20temperate%20climate | Highland temperate climate | The highland temperate climates are a temperate climate sub-type, although located in tropical zone, isothermal and with characteristics different from others temperate climates like oceanic or mediterranean where they are often are included without proper differentiation.
The mainly difference is that it is isotherma... | 2.8125 | 0 |
71234006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland%20Street%20%28Yarmouth%2C%20Maine%29 | Portland Street (Yarmouth, Maine) | In an 1875 photograph of the northern end of Portland Street, with the Universalist church in the background, Englishman Captain Henry Newton's house (number 34, built in 1856) is visible on the right. Dr. William Parsons and painter Gad Hitchcock Jr. (not to be confused with his father, Gad Hitchcock Sr., the town's d... | 1.945313 | 0 |
71234333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb%20Wong | Herb Wong | During World War II, Wong served with the army which included experience as a disc jockey on the Armed Forces Radio Service in Tokyo. After leaving the army, he studied for undergraduate and doctoral degrees in zoology, specialising in ornithology, at UC Berkeley as well as a master's degree in science education at San... | 2.890625 | 0 |
71235136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%209%20Revolution | October 9 Revolution | On the night of Sunday the 8th and early morning of Monday the 9th of October, captains León de Febres Cordero and Damián Nájera tricked the Spanish commander Torres Valdivia into Nájera's house under the pretext of inviting him to a game of cards. Once there, they subdued him and temporarily held him captive, explaini... | 2.265625 | 0 |
71235312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbacterium%20virus%20MuffinTheCat | Microbacterium virus MuffinTheCat | Sequencing
Genome sequencing of Microbacterium virus MuffinTheCat was conducted by the Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute on Dec 12, 2019. It was done using Illumina shotgun sequencing with a total shotgun coverage (amount of sequencing material) of 824. It was during this process that information such as genome size ... | 2.359375 | 0 |
71236058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel%20Darlington | Isabel Darlington | Darlington was active in public service. She was active in the local Republican Party and served as secretary and treasurer of the Fire Creek Colliers Company (1909) and trustee of West Chester State Normal School (1925). She served as director of the poor in Chester County, president of the Wentworth Home in West Ches... | 1.9375 | 0 |
71236092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20of%20Goryeo | Military of Goryeo | Royal Guard
The Jung-gun of the three guns under King Taejo during the early days of Goryeo became the origin of the military. It wasn't until King Hyeonjong introduced the 2-gun system as the central army's military unit. When Khitan invaded Goryeo in 1010 (1st year of King Hyeonjong), Hyeonjong took refuge in Naju, b... | 2.6875 | 0 |
71236092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20of%20Goryeo | Military of Goryeo | Durumagi-style armor
Mercury Armor (Sugeungap (水銀甲)), willow leaf armor (Yuyeopgap (柳葉甲)), leather armor (Pigap (皮甲)), and paper armor (Jigap (紙甲)) differ in the materials used to make the armor plates (찰, chal). Still, they all share the characteristic of having holes drilled into the plates and being laced together w... | 2.21875 | 0 |
71236488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosotis%20glauca | Myosotis glauca | Myosotis glauca is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. George Simpson and J.S. Thomson described M. pygmaea var. glauca in 1942, and Peter de Lange and John Barkla recognized it at species rank in 2010. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennia... | 2.234375 | 0 |
71236608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20M.%20Ahivasi | J. M. Ahivasi | Bombay Revivalist School
When Ahivasi was a student at the Sir J. J. School of Art, Captain W. E. Gladstone Solomon was the principal of the school. The latter was an advocate of Indian art and promoted the Bombay Revivalist School, an art movement that nurtured and preserved Indian art traditions. Solomon started a s... | 2.8125 | 0 |
71236756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riboflavin-responsive%20exercise%20intolerance | Riboflavin-responsive exercise intolerance | Riboflavin-responsive exercise intolerance (SLC25A32 deficiency) is a rare disorder caused by mutations of the SLC25A32 gene that encodes the mitochondrial folate transporter. Patients suffer from exercise intolerance and may have disrupted motor function.
A positive correlation between SLC25A32 dysfunction and flavoe... | 2.0625 | 0 |
71237404 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial%20pole | Memorial pole | A memorial pole, also known as hollow log coffin, burial pole, lorrkkon, ḻarrakitj, or ḏupun, is a hollow tree trunk decorated with elaborate designs, made by the Yolngu and Bininj peoples of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. Originally used to hold the bones of deceased people or for burial ceremoni... | 2.421875 | 0 |
71237450 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stav%20Lemkin | Stav Lemkin | Stav Lemkin (or Lamkin ; born 2 April 2003) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a center-back for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv on loan from Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and the Israel national team.
Early and personal life
Lemkin was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel... | 1.953125 | 0 |
71238173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southfield%20F.C. | Southfield F.C. | The club was drawn to play Burton Swifts away from home and lost 7–0, conceding five in the first half. The club was described as "a fine set of fellows, but shocking bad players at football". There was praise for the club's esprit de corps and wishes expressed that the players could use the tie to develop further. ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
71238207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche%20Gibbs | Blanche Gibbs | Blanche Gibbs (17 December 1817 – 22 September 1887) also known as Matilda Blanche Gibbs or Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey, was an English philanthropist, and a supporter of the Oxford Movement in 19th century England. Along with her husband, William Gibbs, a businessman, she funded the establishment and restoration of... | 2.171875 | 0 |
71238624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulla%20Bjerne | Ulla Bjerne | Ulla (Gully Cecilia) Bjerne-Biaudet (née Ohlsson), known as Ulla Bjerne, () was a Swedish-born author who resided in Finland from 1922 onwards. She also wrote under the pen-names Ali Frost and Lars Doll.
Early life
Born Gully Cecilia Ohlson in 1890 in Söderhamn, her father was Vilgot Ohlson, a merchant and government... | 1.9375 | 0 |
71238784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bello%20Dandago | Bello Dandago | Bello Dandago was a Nigerian politician that served as Chief Whip and later the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the First Nigerian Republic.
Bello Dandago was born in 1908 in Kano and served as a classroom teacher, a radio broadcaster, active member of Nigerian People's Congress and a traditional rul... | 2.03125 | 0 |
71238898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne%20chessmen | Charlemagne chessmen | The legend regarding the set states that these chessmen were given as a gift to Charlemagne by Caliph Harun al-Rashid, who was an avid chess player. The fact that the set displays elephants instead of bishops and chariots instead of rooks denotes a form of the Perso-Arabic game known as Shatranj, itself coming from the... | 2.796875 | 0 |
71238982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressor%20variable | Suppressor variable | A suppressor variable is a variable that increases the predictive validity of another variable when included in a regression equation.
Suppression can occur when a single causal variable is related to an outcome variable through two separate mediator variables, and when one of those mediated effects is positive and o... | 2.21875 | 0 |
71239042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maijastina%20Kahlos | Maijastina Kahlos | Maijastina Kahlos is a Docent of Latin and Roman literature at the University of Helsinki and a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. She specialises in migration and mobility in the late antique Mediterranean, everyday life in ancient Rome, and ancient religions.
Education
Kahlos received her PhD from ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
71239349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20of%20Buddha%20in%20art | Life of Buddha in art | According to tradition, which is, as reflected in texts and art, effectively the only source for his biography, he was born the son of Suddhodhana, who is always treated as a king (raja) in later texts and art, but was probably the elected leader of the Shakya Republic, and grew up at Kapilavastu, a "city" for which tw... | 2.515625 | 0 |
71239349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20of%20Buddha%20in%20art | Life of Buddha in art | For the remainder of Buddha's life he travelled around a relatively restricted area of the Indo-Gangetic plain, preaching and making converts, organizing his growing sangha or body of followers, and sometimes receiving gifts and offerings from various Indians, high and low. A number of incidents recorded in the biograp... | 2.828125 | 0 |
71239349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20of%20Buddha%20in%20art | Life of Buddha in art | In Japan, where extensive narrative cycles barely exist, there are distinctive depictions of the Death (Nehan in Japanese), with large groups of human witnesses, surrounding a Buddha at a far larger scale, and (usually at the bottom of the picture space) a group of mixed species of animals. These were often displayed i... | 2.765625 | 0 |
71239349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20of%20Buddha%20in%20art | Life of Buddha in art | At various periods narrative images of Buddha's life decline or disappear from the surviving record over wide areas. For early periods, this is undoubtedly affected by the great majority of survivals being stone sculpture, while manuscripts, mural paintings and wood sculpture have almost all been lost. The Indian tradi... | 2.59375 | 0 |
71239508 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kington%20Rural | Kington Rural | Hergest Court (), built c.1430 and originally surrounded by a moat, is a Grade II* former manor house which is reputed to been built for statesman and diplomat Thomas Vaughan, second son to Sir Roger Vaughan. The L-plan house is of two storeys with cellars and attics, part constructed of stone and part wattle and daub ... | 1.976563 | 0 |
71239523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah%20Brier | Hannah Brier | Hannah Brier (born 3 February 1998) is a British sprinter who won the 200 metres event at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2014 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Career
Brier trains at Swansea Harriers Athletics Club, and has previously competed for Loughborough. As a youngster, Brier he... | 2.140625 | 0 |
71240373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucoagaricus%20badhamii | Leucoagaricus badhamii | Leucoagaricus badhamii is a species of fungus in the family Agaricaceae and genus Leucoagaricus. The flesh of this mushroom turns blood red when cut or bruised, hence its common name of blushing dapperling. These damaged areas may eventually turn brown or black and likewise the mushroom may discolour brown or black wit... | 2.71875 | 0 |
71240721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Alexandria%20Menzies | Elizabeth Alexandria Menzies | Elizabeth Alexandria Menzies (1928-2008) was a temporary lecturer in History at the University College, Dundee (1952–1956) and the third woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in History from the University of St Andrews in 1954. She attended the High School of Dundee.
Career
Menzies began her academic career in June 1949 whe... | 2.03125 | 0 |
71240927 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section%2021%20of%20the%20Constitution%20Act%2C%201867 | Section 21 of the Constitution Act, 1867 | Section 21 has been amended by implication several times since 1867. Each time a new province was added, the Senate was expanded, and eventually the federal territories also acquired Senate representation. The wording of section 21 was not formally amended by those additions, but has been consolidated to the present w... | 2.578125 | 0 |
71240988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20Kohoutek | Comet Kohoutek | The comet was discovered on 18 March 1973 by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek after reviewing twice-exposed photographic plates taken by the aperture Schmidt camera at the Hamburg Observatory in Bergedorf on 7 March and 9 March. The object remained evident and was displaced slightly towards the west-northwest in the la... | 2.765625 | 0 |
71240988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20Kohoutek | Comet Kohoutek | The comet's discovery was serendipitous: beginning in 1971, Kohoutek had been searching for Biela's Comet, which had not been observed since 1852. Using the Hamburg Observatory's Schmidt camera, the initial search in October and November 1971 found 52 minor planets in a roughly 180-square-degree region of the sky. Prel... | 2.609375 | 0 |
71240988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20Kohoutek | Comet Kohoutek | Orbital elements for Comet Kohoutek were calculated by British astronomer Brian G. Marsden soon after the comet's discovery, using photographic plates taken of the comet on 7 March, 9 March, and 21 March. These calculations suggested that Kohoutek had a nearly parabolic orbit lying close to the ecliptic with an eccentr... | 3.015625 | 0 |
71240988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20Kohoutek | Comet Kohoutek | Atomic oxygen and atomic carbon were also detected as the likely products of dissociating carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide from the nucleus. The nucleus also outgassed hydrogen at rates of up to approximately atoms per second at speeds of around 7.8 ± 0.2 km/s. Due to the low mass of hydrogen and the weak gravitation... | 2.5625 | 0 |
71240988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20Kohoutek | Comet Kohoutek | Kohoutek's anticipated close passage of the Sun and its pristine conditionhaving likely never approached the Sun previouslymade the comet a candidate for becoming one of the brightest comets of the 20th century. Conventional wisdom held that the brightness of a comet was scaled according to the inverse fourth power of ... | 2.75 | 0 |
71241514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Whyburn | William Whyburn | Postgraduate career
Whyburn continued to study at the University of Texas for his Ph.D. under the supervision of his advisor Hyman Joseph Ettlinger. After the publication of his thesis Linear Boundary Value Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations and Their Associated Difference Equations he was awarded his doctor... | 2 | 0 |
71241537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollination%20of%20orchids | Pollination of orchids | This evolutionary aspect of the interspecific relationships between orchids and their pollinators was notably examined by Charles Darwin in his studies of both British and exotic orchid species. A prominent example is the Madagascar species Angraecum sesquipedale, which features a spur exceeding 30 cm in length that co... | 2.40625 | 0 |
71241537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollination%20of%20orchids | Pollination of orchids | Additionally, certain species of Bulbophyllum attract specific male Dacini fruit flies through particular male attractants such as methyl eugenol (ME), raspberry ketone (RK), or zingerone (ZN). Methyl eugenol serves as a sex pheromone precursor for several quarantine pest species of Bactrocera, including the oriental f... | 2.28125 | 0 |
71241537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollination%20of%20orchids | Pollination of orchids | Imitation of other plants
Another method employed by orchids to attract pollinators involves mimicking the flowers of other plant species. A notable example is Epidendrum ibaguense, a terrestrial or lithophilous orchid found from Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil. This orchid features orange flowers with an intense yellow ... | 2.859375 | 0 |
71241537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollination%20of%20orchids | Pollination of orchids | The phenomenon of pollination by pseudocopulation was first documented by A. Pouyanne and H. Correvon in 1916 and 1917 while studying the relationship between the orchid Ophrys speculum and the scoliidae wasp Campsoscolia ciliata in Algeria. Their findings initially went unnoticed until Robert Godfrey validated their o... | 2.1875 | 0 |
71241636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helograpsus | Helograpsus | Helopgrapsus haswellianus, or Haswell’s shore crab, is the sole species of crab in the genus Helograpsus. It lives in river mouths and bays on the eastern coast of Australia (South Australia to Queensland, and Tasmania). The carapace is strongly convex with one distinct notch behind the eye. Adult males have larger cla... | 2.359375 | 0 |
71241991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee%20Joe%20Formation | Yankee Joe Formation | The Yankee Joe Formation is a geological formation exposed in the Blackjack Mountains, Arizona, US. The age of the formation is between 1474 and 1436 million years, and detrital zircon geochronology of its sediments provides clues for reconstruction the supercontinent, Rodinia.
Description
The Yankee Joe Formation con... | 2.171875 | 0 |
71242002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsilinha | Tarsilinha | Tarsilinha is a 2022 Brazilian animated film created by Célia Catunda and Kiko Mistrorigo. The film is a tribute to the artist Tarsila do Amaral, inspired by her set of works through a journey of adventures of an eight-year-old girl named Tarsilinha.
Synopsis
Tarsilinha, an 8-year-old girl, embarks on a fantastic jou... | 2.234375 | 0 |
71242091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Catalunya%20GP3%20Series%20round | 2016 Catalunya GP3 Series round | The 2016 Catalunya GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race on 14 and 15 May 2016 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. It was the first round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.
The round saw the début of the third-generation GP3 car, the Dallara GP3/16, which replaced ... | 1.929688 | 0 |
71242110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab%C3%A1n%20Christ | Tabán Christ | In 1932 Henrik Horváth cast doubt on the traditional interpretation that the sculpture originally belonged to a tympanum relief, and claimed that size of the fragment was too small. He observed that the central medallion might have been surrounded by the symbols of the Evangelists. Three years later József Csemegi jr. ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
71242110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab%C3%A1n%20Christ | Tabán Christ | The sculpture was removed from the Church of Saint Catherine after the building had been seriously damaged in the siege of Budapest. In 1946 the relief was first exhibited at a representative exhibition about the history of Budapest among other medieval artefacts in the Károlyi Palace. Two years later the relief became... | 2.53125 | 0 |
71242121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia%20%28mother%20of%20Constantius%29 | Claudia (mother of Constantius) | Claudia was the purported mother of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus according to ancient sources. These sources claim her to be a relative of Roman emperors Claudius Gothicus and Quintillus, a claim modern historians tend to view with suspicion.
Attestation
The Historia Augusta, an ancient but notoriously unreliable... | 2.421875 | 0 |
71242139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Steele | Alexander Steele | Alexander Steele (born 25 February 1941) is a Rhodesian-born Scottish former cricketer and architect.
Steele was born at Salisbury in Southern Rhodesia in February 1941. He was initially educated at Prince Edward School in Salisbury, before moving to Scotland, where he studied in Dundee at the Morgan Academy. He stud... | 2.03125 | 0 |
71242906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoscansor | Eoscansor | Eoscansor (EE-oh-SKAN-sor; meaning "dawn climber") is a species of small varanopid amniote that lives from the upper Pennsylvanian subperiod in northern New Mexico, United States 305 million years ago. The species Eoscansor cobrensis was 24.5 centimeters (9.6 inches) long and weighed 58.3 grams. The tetrapods teeth ind... | 2.765625 | 0 |
71242968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epacris%20purpurascens | Epacris purpurascens | Epacris purpurascens is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped or heart-shaped, sharply-pointed leaves and white or pink, tube-shaped flowers.
Description
Epacris purpurascens is an erect shrub that typically grows to a... | 2.484375 | 0 |
71243190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP%20African%20American%20Studies | AP African American Studies | The College Board, which finalized the official curriculum prior to the DeSantis announcement, released the current curriculum on February 1, 2023. The work of numerous writers associated with Black feminism and critical race theory continues to be optional, and Black conservatism continues as a suggested research topi... | 1.9375 | 0 |
71243474 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20carillons%20in%20Belgium | List of carillons in Belgium | Carillons, musical instruments of bells in the percussion family, are found throughout Belgium. Several institutions maintain registries on the location and statistics of carillons. Some registries specialize in counting specific types of carillons. For example, the War Memorial and Peace Carillons registry counts inst... | 2.625 | 0 |
71243924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Boodram | Sam Boodram | Samdeo "Sam" Boodram (14 July 1933 – 30 June 2020) was a Trinidadian Chutney, Bhajan, Indian classical and folk singer, Kabir Panthi mahant, and cocoa farmer. He recorded over 6,000 songs over the span of his career.
Early life
Sam Boodram was born into a Hindu Indian family to Boodram Balroop and Babonie Boodram in E... | 2.015625 | 0 |
71244170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella%20Wintler | Ella Wintler | Ella Wintler (August 10, 1885 - April 17, 1975) was an American politician who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives for 20 years including several non-consecutive terms from 1939 to 1965. She represented Washington's 17th and then 49th legislative districts as a Republican. In her final term i... | 1.945313 | 0 |
71244652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next%20Israeli%20legislative%20election | Next Israeli legislative election | Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Israel by 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the twenty-sixth Knesset.
Background
After the 36th government lost its majority, snap elections were called in 2022. They resulted in the Netanyahu bloc gaining a majority, and a government was successfully negoti... | 2.296875 | 0 |
71244776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiseleptes | Geiseleptes | Geiseleptes is a genus of extinct sphaerodactylid geckos that lived in the Eocene (Middle Paleogene, 47 Ma) of Germany. The genus is made up of one species, Geiseleptes delfinoi. The genus is named after the site of discovery, the Geiseltal coal mine, while the specific name honors paleoherpetologist Massimo Delfino.
... | 2.546875 | 0 |
71244979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranganayaki%20Ammal | Ranganayaki Ammal | Ranganayaki Ammal (28 May 1910 – 15 August 1998) was an Indian Mridangam player. She was the first to break the gender barrier and became the first Indian female percussionist.
Family
Ranganayaki Ammal's father, Thirukokarnam Sivaraman, was renowned as a distinguished natuvanar. He was celebrated for his mastery of a... | 2.609375 | 0 |
71245363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybole%20Town%20Hall | Maybole Town Hall | Maybole Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street in Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The structure, which is used as a community events venue, is a Category B listed building.
History
The oldest part of the complex is the tower which formed part of house known as Blairquhanes Place. The house was design... | 2.125 | 0 |
71245486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin%20Liyun | Lin Liyun | In July 1952, Lin came to mainland China via British Hong Kong and was admitted to the Department of Biology, Peking University. Beginning in 1953, she served in several posts in the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, including graduate student, deputy director, and director. After the Cul... | 2.015625 | 0 |
71245830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Sumner | Alan Sumner | Teaching
Following service in World War Two, Sumner was appointed assistant instructor in painting at the National Gallery Art School, Melbourne, from 1947 to 1950, and was its first appointment of a modernist artist. He was head of the School from 1953 to 1962. His instruction and personal style was influential on a ... | 2.140625 | 0 |
71246026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Wilson%20%28artist%29 | Barry Wilson (artist) | Barry Wilson (born 1952) is a Haisla artist from British Columbia who specialises in carving and jewellery.
Along with others, Wilson carved the replacement totem pole that was exchanged for the original, stolen from the Haisla community. His work is on display at the Canadian Museum of History.
Early life and educat... | 2.484375 | 0 |
71246045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20Nobel%20Prize%20in%20Literature | 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature | The 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Portuguese author José Saramago (1922–2010) "who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." He is the only recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature from Portugal.
Laureate
José... | 2.234375 | 0 |
71246281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploradores%20de%20Espa%C3%B1a | Exploradores de España | In the mid-1920s, the English engineers who had come to work in the Riotinto Mines gave a very important push for the creation and consolidation of scouting in the Huelva area. The golden age in Minas de Riotinto was under the leadership of Francisco (Frank) Timmis (d. 1931), president of the Local Council, English nat... | 2.453125 | 0 |
71246619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech%20dysplasia%2C%20metatarsal%20type | Czech dysplasia, metatarsal type | Czech dysplasia metatarsal type is a rare type of Czech dysplasia which is characterized primarily by bone anomalies.
Signs and symptoms
Individuals with this condition start showing symptoms of progressive pseudo-rheumatoid arthritis at a young age, variable congenital vertebral defects, congenital hypoplasia/dyspla... | 2.1875 | 0 |
71246658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gui%20Shiyong | Gui Shiyong | Gui Shiyong (; February 1935 – 28 November 2003) was a Chinese economist and politician who served as director of the State Council Research Office from 1998 to 2001.
He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th and 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a representative of the 14th an... | 1.914063 | 0 |
71246662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meraxes | Meraxes | Meraxes is a genus of large carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Patagonia, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Meraxes gigas.
Discovery and naming
The holotype of Meraxes, MMCh-PV 65, was discovered in 2012. Known from a nearly complete skull, pectoral and p... | 2.625 | 0 |
71246720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville%20Municipal%20Airport%20%28Illinois%29 | Jacksonville Municipal Airport (Illinois) | Jacksonville Municipal Airport is a civil, public-use airport located north of the town of Jacksonville, Illinois. The airport is publicly owned by the City of Jacksonville. The airport's first Master Plan was introduced in 1948.
The airport received $2.14 million from the State of Illinois as part of the REBUILD Ill... | 2.28125 | 0 |
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