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77181893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidium%20phlebopetalum | Lepidium phlebopetalum | Lepidium phlebopetalum, commonly known as veined peppercress, is a plant of the Brassicaceae family that is endemic to parts of Australia.
Description
The annual or perennial herbaceous plants are tall or have a sprawling habitat. The leaves are leathery to succulent, lanceolate to linear, obtuse, up to long, wide... | 2.6875 | 0 |
77182546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickshaws%20in%20Bangladesh | Rickshaws in Bangladesh | While electric rickshaws, known as "easy bikes," used to be primarily imported from China, about half are now manufactured locally in almost all districts by mechanics who often replicate existing designs. Alongside this, illegal lead recycling industries have emerged to meet the growing demand for batteries in e-ricks... | 2.28125 | 0 |
77182546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickshaws%20in%20Bangladesh | Rickshaws in Bangladesh | Design
Cycle rickshaws have faced criticism for their rudimentary design and inefficiency, which make them challenging to operate. The vehicles' shortcomings include poor suspension and braking systems, unsuitable gearing, unwieldy steering, fragile wheels, and an elevated centre of gravity. Additionally, they are oft... | 2.703125 | 0 |
77182572 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisa%20Morgera | Elisa Morgera | Elisa Morgera (born 4 March 1977) is an Italian professor, working in Scotland (in 2023), who became the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights and climate change in 2024.
Life
Morgera was born in Trieste and she graduated from her local university in law. She was unsure of her future career until she disco... | 1.945313 | 0 |
77183265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonovka%20Ghetto | Antonovka Ghetto | The Ghetto in Antonovka (Krichev District) (summer 1941 - December 1941) was a Nazi Jewish ghetto, a place of forced resettlement of Jews from the village of Antonovka in the Molyatichi village council of the Krychaw District of the Mogilev region and nearby settlements, during the persecution and destruction of Jews d... | 2.125 | 0 |
77183405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashali%20Chiefdom | Bashali Chiefdom | Geography
The Bashali Chiefdom is strategically situated in the mountainous terrains of North Kivu Province, with an altitudinal range fluctuating between 1,500 and 2,000 meters. The region experiences a distinct pluvial season from September to April, succeeded by an arid season from May to August, which contributes ... | 2.859375 | 0 |
77183405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashali%20Chiefdom | Bashali Chiefdom | Administrative divisions
The Bashali Chiefdom is divided into smaller administrative units denominated as groupings (groupements), each overseen by traditional chieftains called "mwamis." These groupements are further subdivided into villages (localités), each administered by customary chiefs. As of 2018, the Bashali ... | 2.53125 | 0 |
77183405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashali%20Chiefdom | Bashali Chiefdom | The CNDP, APCLS, Mai-Mai Nyatura, CNRD, and NDC-Rénové
In December 2006, Nkunda formed the political armed militia Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP). In February 2007, CNDP began imposing multiple taxes on transporters and traders in Sake, Kashebere, and Mushaki. Tensions heightened in May 2007 followi... | 2.328125 | 0 |
77183405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashali%20Chiefdom | Bashali Chiefdom | Agriculture and livestock
The chiefdom's economy is predominantly agropastoral. A significant portion of the population is engaged in both crop and livestock farming. Historically, the region's economy relied heavily on the industrial production of coffee, tea, cinchona, and tobacco. However, these activities declined... | 2.90625 | 0 |
77183464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesdin%20Castle | Hesdin Castle | Originally, the castle was the centre of the County of Hesdin, which was probably founded in the mid-11th century. This happened on the territory of the County of Saint-Pol. It is believed that Count Baldwin V of Flanders installed a vassal in Hesdin against his rival from Saint-Pol. The Count of Hesdin was traditional... | 2.859375 | 0 |
77183464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesdin%20Castle | Hesdin Castle | Robert II of Artois participated in the Eighth Crusade and saw, among other things, the magnificent park of Palermo. He briefly returned from Naples in 1288 to host the French King and Queen in Hesdin. The Romanesque castle was renovated and then rebuilt as a summer residence and hunting lodge. By 1292, Robert had perm... | 2.609375 | 0 |
77183464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesdin%20Castle | Hesdin Castle | In November 1355, English King Edward III led an invasion from Calais into northern France, supported by Flemish troops. His army reached Hesdin, entered the park, and destroyed the swamp complex li Marés, but the city and castle were spared. Reconstruction began immediately. By the 1380s, the automata, which required ... | 2.671875 | 0 |
77183614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora%20Callebout | Nora Callebout | Nora Eveline Callebout (1895 – 1995) was a British track athlete who won ten medals across two Women's World Games, a precursor to women's sports entering the Olympics and was part of the record-setting 4x110 yds relay team in 1922.
Life
Callebout graduated from Holloway College, University of London, in 1917 with a ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
77183643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondhand%20World | Secondhand World | Secondhand World is a 2006 novel by Katherine Min.
Background
Min was a Korean American, and this was her first novel.
Plot
The story, set in Upstate New York, and in 1976, is about Isadora Myung Hee "Isa" Sohn, an 18-year old Korean American teenager. The beginning of the novel reveals that Isa lived after a house f... | 1.921875 | 0 |
77183800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former%20Church%20of%20Santa%20Lucia%20%28Gaeta%29 | Former Church of Santa Lucia (Gaeta) | In 1646 at the behest of the parish priest Giambattista D'Aino (or Daino) Della Croce, the church underwent a major restoration in a Baroque style: the interior was enriched with sober stucco and scagliola decorations placed to adorn the underlying medieval structures, assuming an appearance somewhat similar to that of... | 2.140625 | 0 |
77183800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former%20Church%20of%20Santa%20Lucia%20%28Gaeta%29 | Former Church of Santa Lucia (Gaeta) | The flooring, which is modern, is made of terracotta; of the tomb slabs that were originally set within the floor, only that of Caterina Di Granito, wife of Gabriele De Gengulo who died in 1435, remains in its original location (placed on the left side of the fourth bay of the nave and characterized by the presence of ... | 1.953125 | 0 |
77184219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic%20tattoo | Olympic tattoo | Olympic tattoos are a tradition among athletes who compete in the Olympic Games of tattooing the Olympic rings symbol. The practice dates back to at least the 1980s, when swimmer Chris Jacobs received a tattoo of the rings to commemorate his participation in the 1988 Seoul Games. The Olympic tattoo has since become com... | 2.546875 | 0 |
77184375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary%20Action%20for%20Development | Voluntary Action for Development | Voluntary Action for Development is a Ugandan non-governmental organization (NGO) that works with the rural poor and disadvantaged communities of Wakiso, Mpigi and the North Eastern districts of Uganda. It is also known as VAD for its short form.
It was established and registered as a non-profit organization in 1996, ... | 2.625 | 0 |
77184643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2taigneraie | Châtaigneraie | Châtaigneraie (; ), also called Châtaigneraie cantalienne, is a natural region in France located in Auvergne, southwest of the Cantal department.
Geography
Location
Châtaigneraie extends beyond the boundaries of the Cantal department to the south, reaching towards the Lot and Aveyron, with a distinct separation mark... | 2.484375 | 0 |
77184760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2C%20Vilnius | Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Vilnius | Since 1993, the monastery has hosted a public library of religious literature with 13,000 volumes. The buildings also house the office of the Vilnius and Lithuanian diocese, as well as its secretariat responsible for the charitable activities conducted by Orthodox priests. The monks run a soup kitchen for the poor and ... | 2.140625 | 0 |
77185158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%20Susan%20Hicks%20Beach | Lady Susan Hicks Beach | Lady Susan Evelyn Hicks Beach JP (15 June 1878 – 15 February 1965) was an English noblewoman who served as a model for the figure of Britannia on English coinage from 1895 to 1910. She was the travelling companion of the deposed Princess Hélène of Orléans on her journeys to Africa. From World War I onwards she ran the ... | 2.0625 | 0 |
77185504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%20Wickelgren | Wayne Wickelgren | Wayne Allen Wickelgren was a professor of psychology at Columbia University.
Early life
Wickelgren was born on June 4, 1938, to Herman and Alma Larson Wickelgren. He graduated from Hammond High School.
Education
Wickelgren attended Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude with the Class of 1960. He studied soc... | 2.5625 | 0 |
77185739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponyboy%20Curtis | Ponyboy Curtis | Ponyboy Michael "Pony" Curtis is a fictional character and the main protagonist of S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders. On screen, he is played by C. Thomas Howell in Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film adaptation and by Jay R. Ferguson in the 1990 sequel TV series. Brody Grant originated the role on stage in the 2023... | 2 | 0 |
66949270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda%20Ray%20Moryck | Brenda Ray Moryck | Brenda (Estelle) Ray Moryck (1892-1945) was an American writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
Early life and education
Brenda Ray Moryck was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1892, the daughter of John W. Moryck and Sarah Rose Ray Moryck. Her father owned a saloon and her mother was an educator and clubwoman. Th... | 2.21875 | 0 |
66949270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda%20Ray%20Moryck | Brenda Ray Moryck | Moryck's writings are associated with the Harlem Renaissance and have been included in several recent anthologies, among them The new Negro: Readings on race, representation, and African American culture, 1892-1938 (2007), edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Gene Andrew Garrett, Double-take: A revisionist Harlem Renais... | 2.0625 | 0 |
66949831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20St%20Neots%20%281648%29 | Battle of St Neots (1648) | When the Second English Civil War began in April 1648, the plan was to tie down the New Model with co-ordinated risings in South Wales and England, allowing time for the Scottish army to invade. By the end of June, the revolts in Wales and Kent had been suppressed, while a Royalist garrison in Colchester was besieged b... | 2.734375 | 0 |
66949856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alda-1 | Alda-1 | Alda-1 is an organic compound that enhances the enzymatic activity of human ALDH2. Alda-1 has been proposed as a potential treatment for the alcohol flush reaction experienced by people with genetically deficient ALDH2.
Mechanism of action
Ethanol is metabolized to acetaldehyde in people, which is then metabolized to ... | 2.375 | 0 |
66949961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail%20de%20Paiva%20Cruz | Abigail de Paiva Cruz | Abigail de Paiva Cruz (1883 - 1944) was a Portuguese naturalist painter, sculptor, lace maker and feminist activist.
Early life
Abigail de Paiva Cruz was born in the parish of Cedofeita in the Portuguese city of Porto, on 28 April 1883. She was the daughter of Albino José da Cruz and Teresa de Castro e Paiva Cruz, who... | 2.34375 | 0 |
66950048 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican%20Republic%20nationality%20law | Dominican Republic nationality law | The international community, including Amnesty International, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Human Rights Watch, expressed concern about the ruling. In response, in 2014 the government passed a Naturalization Law (Ley 169–14) which divided foreigners who had been born in the Dominican Republic betwee... | 2.5625 | 0 |
66950117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances%20Dickinson%20%28prior%29 | Frances Dickinson (prior) | Frances Dickinson or Clare Joseph of the Heart of Jesus (July 12, 1755 – March 27, 1830) was a British prioress at Port Tobacco Carmel, Maryland (1755–1830).
Life
Dickinson was born in London in 1755. Her mother's first name is unknown but her name had been Halford before she married George Dickinson. Her family paid ... | 2.0625 | 0 |
66950357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang%20Victims%20Database | Xinjiang Victims Database | The Xinjiang Victims Database is a database which attempts to record all currently known individuals who are detained in Xinjiang internment camps in China. The database has documented over 16,000 victims. It was founded by Gene Bunin, who started the database in September 2018.
The database contains the names and bio... | 1.976563 | 0 |
66950556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandos%20Leigh%20Hunt%20Wallace | Chandos Leigh Hunt Wallace | Emily Honoria Leigh Wallace (née Hunt; 1854 – 16 March 1927), known as Chandos Leigh Hunt Wallace, was an English healer and writer on health, spiritualism, and food reform. She was an entrepreneur and activist for vegetarianism, as well as an advocate for temperance and anti-vaccination.
Biography
Wallace was born i... | 2.53125 | 0 |
66950632 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine%20Berton | Germaine Berton | Following her release, Berton met the anarchist Louis Lecoin and his companion Marie Morand. In 1922, Berton was employed at the Libertaire in an administrative position before being fired for theft of money and letters. Berton began to believe in the ideology of "taking back or equalizing" conditions by stealing from ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
66950736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilda%20C.%20Gafney | Wilda C. Gafney | Wilda C. Gafney, also known as Wil Gafney, (born 1966) is an American biblical scholar and Episcopal priest who is the Right Rev. Sam B. Hulsey Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. She is specialist in womanist biblical interpretation, and topics includ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
66950839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu%20al-Arab | Abu al-Arab | Muḥammad ibn Tamīm ibn Tamām al-Tamīmī (; died 945) more commonly known as Abu al-Arab (; ) was a 10th-century Arab Muslim historian, poet, traditionist and faqih of the Maliki school. His most celebrated work is Tabaqat 'Ulama Ifriqiya () which include numerous scholars of his time.
Biography
Abu al-Arab year of bir... | 2.0625 | 0 |
66951484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception%20Creek%20%28Washington%29 | Deception Creek (Washington) | Deception Creek is a river that is located in Northwestern King County, Washington. The river starts at the outlet of Trico Lake on Trico Mountain and flows north before flowing into Tye River east of Skykomish. The last stretch of Deception Creek before joining the Tye River forms a cliff that houses the Deception Fal... | 2.25 | 0 |
66951706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Iwan | Great Iwan | History
The Great Iwan was located inside the Citadel of Cairo, which was begun by the Ayyubid sultan Salah ad-Din (Saladin) and expanded under his successors Al-'Adil and Al-Kamil. The citadel's structures were almost continuously developed, restored, or rebuilt during the Mamluk period (1250-1517). The Bahri Mamluk ... | 2.578125 | 0 |
66951860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady-Unique-Inclination-of-the-Night | Lady-Unique-Inclination-of-the-Night | Lady-Unique-Inclination-of-the-Night was an American feminist periodical from 1976 until 1983. Founded and edited by Kay Turner, the journal primarily wrote on feminist art, history and performance with a particular focus on women's spirituality.
Turner says that the magazine's logo was inspired by Ixchel, the Mayan M... | 2.125 | 0 |
66951881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Rehmer | Friedrich Rehmer | Friedrich Rehmer (2 June 1921 in Berlin – 13 May 1943 in Plötzensee Prison) was a German factory worker and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. While attending an evening school in Schöneberg, Rehmer met a group of friends that included Ursula Goetze, Otto Gollnow, Hannelore Thiel, Liane Berkowitz, John Rittme... | 2.390625 | 0 |
66952134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%201%3A45 | John 1:45 | John 1:45 is the 45th verse in the first chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
Content
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort this verse is:
Εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναήλ, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ὃν ἔγραψε Μωσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται εὑρήκαμεν, Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ.
I... | 2.0625 | 0 |
66952136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%201%3A46 | John 1:46 | John 1:46 is the 46th verse in the first chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
Content
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort this verse is:
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ, Ἐκ Ναζαρὲθ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; Λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος, Ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε.
In the King James Version of the ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
66952139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%201%3A47 | John 1:47 | John 1:47 is the 47th verse in the first chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
Content
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort this verse is:
Εἶδεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ, Ἴδε ἀληθῶς Ἰσραηλίτης, ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστι.
In the King ... | 2.140625 | 0 |
66952142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%201%3A49 | John 1:49 | John 1:49 is a verse in the first chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament.
Content
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort this verse is:
Ἀπεκρίθη Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ῥαββί, σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
Nathanael ... | 1.929688 | 0 |
66952146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%201%3A51 | John 1:51 | John 1:51 is the 51st (and the last) verse in the first chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament.
Content
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort this verse is:
Καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπ᾿ ἄρτι ὄψεσθε τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα, καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὸ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
66952186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feh%C3%A9rl%C3%B3fia%20%28Hungarian%20folk%20tale%29 | Fehérlófia (Hungarian folk tale) | In another Hungarian tale, collected by János Erdélyi with the title Juhász Palkó or Shepherd Paul, a shepherd finds a two-year-old boy in a meadow and names him Paul. He gives the boy to a ewe to suckle, and the boy develops great strength to uproot a tree after fourteen years. Paul goes to travel the world and meet t... | 2.4375 | 0 |
66952186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feh%C3%A9rl%C3%B3fia%20%28Hungarian%20folk%20tale%29 | Fehérlófia (Hungarian folk tale) | Czech Republic
A similar tale, was recorded in today's Czech Republic by Božena Němcová. While some of the elements are missing, it follows the same general plot - Mikeš the main hero, a blacksmith's son, was nursed by his mother for 18 years, and as such developed enormous strength. After forging himself a club out o... | 2.140625 | 0 |
66952186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feh%C3%A9rl%C3%B3fia%20%28Hungarian%20folk%20tale%29 | Fehérlófia (Hungarian folk tale) | By comparing Romanian variants of type 301 to international tales, French philologist Jean Boutière, in his doctoral thesis, surmised that "much more often (especially in the West)", the hero is born of a union between a woman and a bear, but elsewhere, "notably in the East", the hero is the son of a mare, a she-donkey... | 2.421875 | 0 |
66952215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Ukrainian%20literature | History of Ukrainian literature | In 1798, the poem Eneida by Ivan Kotliarevsky was published – it was with it that the Ukrainian literary language began. Kotliarevsky also wrote the plays in Ukrainian: "Natalka Poltavka" and "Moskal-Charivnyk."
At the beginning of the 19th century Ukrainian literature was actively developing. Romanticism reigned in p... | 2.328125 | 0 |
66952553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e%20Wagener | Renée Wagener | Renée Wagener (born 1962) is a Luxembourgish journalist, sociologist, historian, and former politician. She served for 10 years in the Chamber of Deputies as a member of The Greens.
Early life and education
Renée Wagener was born in 1962 in Luxembourg City, the capital of Luxembourg.
Beginning in 1997, she pursued a... | 1.9375 | 0 |
66952987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre%20Dame%20de%20Sainte%20Croix%2C%20Le%20Mans | Notre Dame de Sainte Croix, Le Mans | Building of the church and school
The church was then in a neogothic style and its architect was Abbé Tournesac. The cornerstone of the church of Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix was blessed by Monseigneur Jean-Baptiste Bouvier, bishop of Le Mans, on March 30, 1842, in the presence of priests, brothers, and students of Sain... | 2.375 | 0 |
66953019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%20Jackson | Martha Jackson | Martha Jackson remained connected to her home town of Buffalo, NY and worked with Seymour Knox Jr., to enter works by Sam Francis, Louise Nevelson, and Antoni Tàpies into the Albright Knox collection.
Collection and legacy
Following her death in 1969, works from Jackson's personal collection were donated to the Albri... | 2.09375 | 0 |
66955504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman%27s%20Progress | Woman's Progress | In May 1893, The Philadelphia Inquirer referenced one of the first Woman's Progress articles, signaling the early influence of the Campbell sisters' publication on the social consciences of their fellow journalists and other civic leaders. The Inquirer questioned "whether a movement to restore the names of the localiti... | 2.125 | 0 |
66955643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhahaban | Dhahaban | Dhahaban ( ), also Dhahban, is a town in Yemen, located on the outskirts of the capital Sanaa in Bani al-Harith District of Amanat al-Asimah Governorate. It is on the Sanaa plain, a bit south of the point where the Wadi Zahr opens out onto the plain. Before 2015, Dhahaban's power station was the main source of power in... | 1.921875 | 0 |
66955708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20girls%27%20comics | British girls' comics | DC Thomson had published its first girls' magazine, Bunty, in 1958. The success of this title led the company to publish Judy, which was also successful: between them, Bunty and Judy achieved a circulation of over one million. DC Thomson went on to launch other similar titles in the 1960s, including Jackie (1964), Dian... | 2.109375 | 0 |
66955731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni%20Battista%20Cecchi | Giovanni Battista Cecchi | Giovanni Battista Cecchi (1748/9 – after 1815) was an Italian engraver, active in a neoclassical style in his native Florence, Region of Tuscany, Italy.
Biography
Initially trained as a carpenter, an injury to his dominant right hand prompted apprenticing under Francesco Conti, and subsequently became a follower of t... | 2.171875 | 0 |
66956406 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Kimmons | Carl Kimmons | Post-1945 service
In October 1947, following President Harry S. Truman's executive order that opened all rates to Black servicemen, Kimmons took a pay cut to move from steward 1st class to yeoman 2nd class, which had more potential for promotion. He rose to the rate of chief yeoman by 1952 and did shore duty at the na... | 2.1875 | 0 |
66957539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Popplewell%20Bloxam | William Popplewell Bloxam | William Popplewell Bloxam (9 January 1860 – 26 December 1913) was an English chemist known for his work on dyes, particularly indigo in India and at the laboratory of A.G. Perkin. He was nephew of the chemist Charles Loudon Bloxam.
Bloxam was born on Mount Street, Grosvenor Square to surgeon William Bloxam and Emma C... | 2.375 | 0 |
66957672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy%20Henriques-Wells | Dorothy Henriques-Wells | Henriques-Wells was a founding member of the Jamaican Artists and Craftsmen Guild. She ran a gallery for local artists called The Art Wheel from 1968 to 1970. During the same time, she painted 360 works depicting the flora, landscapes and life of the Caribbean as part of a commission for Norwegian Cruise Line that was ... | 2.296875 | 0 |
66957729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalida%20Mamanova | Khalida Mamanova | Khalida Mamanova Yessenkulovna (; 24 March 1918 – 15 August 1977) was a Kazakhstani professor, medical doctor, and participant of the Second World War. She was the only Kazakh woman to fight in a penal battalion.
Personality
Descended from the Matai clan of the Naiman tribe.
According to the recollections of people w... | 2.0625 | 0 |
66957819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporosa%20villosa | Aporosa villosa | Aporosa villosa is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is found in Southeast Asia, including the Nicobar, Andaman and Paracel Islands. There are some traditional medicinal uses for plant, particularly around care after childbirth. The shrub is often a pioneer species, tolerant of full sun,... | 2.390625 | 0 |
66957819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporosa%20villosa | Aporosa villosa | Uses
Villagers living on the plateau of Phnom Kulen National Park, in Svay Leu District, Siem Reap Province, northwestern Cambodia, use parts of the shrub in their traditional medicinal practices.
The wood chips and root, either alone or in different mixtures with other species, are made into decoctions to drink as p... | 2.46875 | 0 |
66957903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Fez | History of Fez | The History of Fez begins with its foundation by Idris I and Idris II at the end of the 8th century and the beginning of the 9th century CE. It initially consisted of two autonomous and competing settlements on opposing shores of what is now known as the Oued Fes. Initially inhabited by a largely Berber (Amazigh) popul... | 2.6875 | 0 |
66957903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Fez | History of Fez | Arab emigration to Fez increased afterwards, including Andalusi families of mixed Arab and Iberian descent who were expelled from Córdoba in 817–818 after a rebellion against the Al-Hakam I as well as Arab families banned from Kairouan (modern Tunisia) after another rebellion in 824. The Andalusians mainly settled in M... | 2.765625 | 0 |
66957903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Fez | History of Fez | Other structures built in his time included hammams (bathhouses), mosques, and the first bridges over the Oued Bou Khrareb (mostly rebuilt in later eras). Thus, the two cities became increasingly integrated into each other: the open space between the two was increasingly filled up by new houses and up to six bridges ac... | 2.40625 | 0 |
66957903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Fez | History of Fez | The Almoravids, who originated far to the south, advanced into the region near Fez in the early 1060s. In 1063, under the leadership of Yusuf Ibn Tashfin, they began a long military conquest of the region in order to defeat the Maghrawa, who were the main resistance to their rule. The last Maghrawa ruler of Fez, Mu'ans... | 2.828125 | 0 |
66957903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Fez | History of Fez | Fez reached its golden age in the Marinid period. It is from this period that the city's reputation as an important intellectual centre largely dates. The Marinid rulers established the first formal madrasas in Morocco here in the city. The madrasas became a hallmark of Marinid architecture, with its striking blending ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
66957903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Fez | History of Fez | It was only when the true founder of the future Alaouite state, Moulay Rashid, took Fez in 1666 that the city saw a revival and became the capital again, albeit briefly. Moulay Rashid set about restoring the city after a long period of neglect. He built the Kasbah Cherarda (also known as the Kasbah al-Khemis) to the no... | 2.34375 | 0 |
66957903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Fez | History of Fez | A number of social and physical changes took place at this period and across the 20th century. Starting under Lyautey, one important policy with long-term consequences was the decision to largely forego redevelopment of existing historic walled cities in Morocco and to intentionally preserve them as sites of historic h... | 2.8125 | 0 |
66958391 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%20Auckland%20Rugby%20League%20season | 1936 Auckland Rugby League season | Richmond Rovers Football Club They held their annual meeting on Thursday, April 5 at 8pm in the Gaiety Hall, Surrey Crescent in Grey Lynn. President Mr. B.W. Davis said that "the club had a record championship year, but the management expected every team to win in 1936". The club fielded ten grade teams and two 7-a-sid... | 2.25 | 0 |
66958907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Games%20Systems | U.S. Games Systems | U.S. Games Systems, Inc. (USGS) is a publisher of playing cards, tarot cards, and games located in Stamford, Connecticut. Founded in 1968 by Stuart R. Kaplan, it has published hundreds of different card sets, and about 20 new titles are released annually. The company's product line includes children's card games, museu... | 2.046875 | 0 |
66959003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Prix%20racing%20history%20of%20Scuderia%20Ferrari | Grand Prix racing history of Scuderia Ferrari | There had been talk of a Gilera-Ferrari in late 1962, with technical drawings released but no car ever seen, using a transversely mounted eight-cylinder engine based on two Gilera four-cylinder motorcycle blocks combined. This came to naught, however, and Ferrari ran smaller lighter 156 cars for the 1963 Formula One se... | 2.5625 | 0 |
66959212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20of%20%C4%90unis | Roman of Đunis | Saint Roman of Đunis (Serbian: Свети Роман Ђунишки; Sveti Roman Đuniški), or Roman The Wonderworker (c. 9th century) was a medieval enlightener and missionary to the Slavs, monk and saint. He is associated with the proselytism of Christianity, spread of literacy and introduction of monasticism amongst the Serbs.
The li... | 2.640625 | 0 |
66959729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannis%20Mazarakis-Ainian | Ioannis Mazarakis-Ainian | Ioannis Mazarakis-Ainian (, 1923 – 19 February 2021) was a Greek army officer, politician, and historian.
Life
Ioannis Mazarakis-Ainian was born in Athens in 1923, the son of Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian, a general and guerrilla leader in the Macedonian Struggle.
During the Axis occupation of Greece, he joined the A... | 2.09375 | 0 |
66959734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathycoelia%20thalassina | Bathycoelia thalassina | Bathycoelia thalassina is a species of African shield bugs in the subfamily Pentatominae.
Description
B. thalassina is a large, mostly green species of shield bug with a length of 20–21 mm. The flattened lateral border of the abdomen (connexivum) has a black pattern more or less black with round pale spot in middle o... | 2.046875 | 0 |
66959876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait%20of%20Doge%20Pietro%20Loredan | Portrait of Doge Pietro Loredan | Tintoretto created numerous portraits of Loredan, incorporating his likeness into various large-scale works, including ceremonial scenes in the Doge's Palace. Given the demands of office, the Doge likely sat for a single portrait session, which Tintoretto used as the basis for subsequent depictions. The NGV painting, f... | 2.109375 | 0 |
66960345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie%20Race | Eddie Race | Edward Joseph Race (22 October 1914 – 23 May 2005) was an American football coach from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Early life
Race was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and later moved to Milwaukee. He was active in sports throughout his high school career and won multiple honors for basketball. In 1933, he was recruited... | 2.015625 | 0 |
66960744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasa%20veitchii | Sasa veitchii | is a species of flowering plant in the genus Sasa, in the Poaceae family. It is a bamboo native to Japan and Sakhalin.
Description
Sasa veitchii is a large species of bamboo grass which may reach a height of 1-2m, with leaves about 20 cm in length and 4–5 cm in width. Young leaves are initially uniform green in color ... | 2.578125 | 0 |
66961052 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20M.%20Schertzer | Robert M. Schertzer | Robert M. Schertzer (born 4 February 1962) is a Canadian ophthalmologist with a subspecialty in glaucoma treatment. He currently serves as the Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of British Columbia.
Education
Schertzer graduated with a BSc in Physiology from McGill Uni... | 1.984375 | 0 |
66961148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Alda%20Nogueira | Maria Alda Nogueira | Activism
In 1946, Nogueira joined the Associação Feminina Portuguesa para a Paz (Portuguese Women's Association for Peace - AFPP), an association created in 1935, and she was concerned early on with the issue of women's emancipation. In 1945, she met Maria Lamas and worked with her at the Conselho Nacional das Mulheres... | 2.4375 | 0 |
66961391 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingzhou%20Confucius%20Temple | Jingzhou Confucius Temple | Jingzhou Confucius Temple (), or Jingzhou Confucian Temple, previously Confucian Temple of Jiangling County (江陵县文庙), is a Confucian temple located in Jingzhou Experimental Middle School (荆州市实验中学), Jingzhong Road, Jingzhou District, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province.
Completed in 1725, Jingzhou Confucius Temple was severel... | 2.28125 | 0 |
66961430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six%20string%20sonatas%20%28Rossini%29 | Six string sonatas (Rossini) | Six string sonatas were written by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini in 1804 but were not published until 1826. The sonatas are among Rossini's earliest recognized works, as he composed them while only 12 years old.
History
Rossini composed his six string sonatas while staying in Ravenna during the summer of 1804. H... | 2.65625 | 0 |
66961700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv%20State%20Academy%20of%20Design%20and%20Arts | Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts | The Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts () or KSADA () is a state institution of higher education in the field of Art (Design), subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and located in Kharkiv.
Historical reference
The Kharkiv Art School has its roots in the middle of the 18th cent... | 2.171875 | 0 |
66961809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otholobium%20dreweae | Otholobium dreweae | Otholobium dreweae is an upright shrublet assigned to the Pea family of about high, that appears after the vegetation burned down from the underground rootstock and forms mat-like clumps of hardly branching, leafy stems. The stems are set with stiff, entire, alternate leaves with a single leaflet and heads consisting ... | 2.015625 | 0 |
66961809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otholobium%20dreweae | Otholobium dreweae | As in most Faboideae, the corolla is zygomorph, forms a specialized structure and consists of 5 free, initially dark pink petals that later fade to white. The upper petal, called the banner or standard, curves backwards, is long and wide, hairless, has a narrow part at its base called the claw of approximately long ... | 2.359375 | 0 |
66961809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otholobium%20dreweae | Otholobium dreweae | Differences with related species
Otholobium dreweae can be distinguished from O. thomii that is a semi-erect or decumbent (not erect) plant with initially densely hairy (not sparsely hairy), pliable (not stiff) leaves, that each have at their base 2 softly hairy, broadly oval lance-shaped stipules with a pointy tip (n... | 2.75 | 0 |
66961848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss%20J%C3%A4gerhof | Schloss Jägerhof | The Schloss Jägerhof, formerly also called die Vénerie (French for hunting), is located at Jacobistraße 2 in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort, near the city centre. It was built between 1752 and 1763 by order of the Prince-elector Karl Theodor. At that time, the castle was still located outside the city gates. The palace is a of... | 2.40625 | 0 |
66963026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20V.%20Relling | Mary V. Relling | Mary Violet Relling is an American pharmacogeneticist. Relling's research focuses on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in children and how genome variability influences a child's response to cancer chemotherapy.
Early life and education
Relling completed her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Arizona ... | 2.625 | 0 |
66963283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCkhet%20Sirman | Nükhet Sirman | Nükhet Sirman (born 1951) is a Turkish social anthropologist. She earned a doctorate degree from Britain's University College London in 1988, and since 1989, she is a professor of anthropology at the Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey. She has done academic analysis of the feminist movement in Turkey and introduce... | 2.453125 | 0 |
66963452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim%20Beckmann | Joachim Beckmann | During the summer of 1924 Beckmann transferred to Göttingen, where he became "Inspector of the Protestant College" ("Inspektor des reformierten Studienhauses") and, during 1924/25, completed his "Vikariat" (formal ministerial traineeship). Joachim Beckmann had been a huge admirer of the written work of Karl Barth sinc... | 1.921875 | 0 |
66963658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20transportation%20in%20the%20Siegfried%20Line%20campaign | American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign | Failure to follow proper procedures contributed to the waste and disorder. Dumps established by the armies were frequently turned over to COMZ with little or no paperwork, so supplies were unrecorded, unidentified and unlocatable, resulting in duplicate requisitions. This was exacerbated by the dispatch of filler cargo... | 2.046875 | 0 |
66963658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20transportation%20in%20the%20Siegfried%20Line%20campaign | American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign | Antwerp was captured on 4 September, with its port facilities largely intact thanks to the British Army's rapid advance, and the efforts of the Belgian Resistance, which assisted the British 11th Armoured Division in finding the least heavily defended route into the city and forestalled the German demolition of the por... | 2.53125 | 0 |
66963658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20transportation%20in%20the%20Siegfried%20Line%20campaign | American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign | Antwerp was capable of handling far more than the allotted a day; the limiting factor was clearance. Before the war, Antwerp had been a transit port, and it did not possess large amounts of covered storage space. What there was, was taken over by the British, as Antwerp was the logical site for the 21st Army Group's b... | 2.359375 | 0 |
66963739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audience%20flow | Audience flow | Flow in nonlinear media
The growth of digital networks made it possible to deliver media to people on demand. Such nonlinear systems seemed to empower users and suggested that audience flow might be a thing of the past. By 2008, industry analysts had begun to claim that since each person composed their own flow, the m... | 2.40625 | 0 |
66963891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok%20food%20trends | TikTok food trends | It also benefits corporations by providing recommendations to improve their marketing strategy, food items, décor, or any other factor illustrated in the ad. Some input that drives future marketing decisions on platforms like TikTok would include the attractiveness of the items advertised, innovation regarding new and ... | 1.992188 | 0 |
66963968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduran%20nationality%20law | Honduran nationality law | In 1933, the Honduran delegation to the Pan-American Union's Montevideo conference, Miguel Paz Barahona, Augusto Coello and Luis Bográn signed the Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Women, which became effective in 1934, legally reserving limitations based on domestic law and their constitution. The Consti... | 2.53125 | 0 |
66964048 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica%20umbellata | Erica umbellata | Erica umbellata is a species of plant in the heather family (Ericaceae) native to the western Iberian Peninsula and northwestern Maghreb.
Description
Erica umbellata is a bush. It has young stems with barely marked ribs and reddish-brown bark. It has terminal inflorescences, umbelliform, with 3-6 flowers, without in... | 2.203125 | 0 |
66964322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Dzyga | Golden Dzyga | Symbol
The main symbol of the National Film Award is the "Golden Dzyga" statuette, which symbolizes the rapid and relentless development of Ukrainian cinema (ukr. дзиґа – eng. top (toy)). In addition, the title is reminiscent and tribute to the creative legacy of the outstanding cinematographer Dziga Vertov. Dziga Ve... | 2.203125 | 0 |
66964364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jointed-boiler%20locomotive | Jointed-boiler locomotive | A jointed-boiler locomotive was a variant of the Mallet articulated locomotive, in which a flexible coupling was introduced midway along the length of the boiler casing, which allowed the boiler to bend laterally when the locomotive was on curved track.
Six such locomotives, all of 2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement, were buil... | 2.671875 | 0 |
66964420 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen%20Quidiello | Carmen Quidiello | Quidiello contributed numerous poems, plays and essays to the literature of the Dominican Republic. Some of her best known works included the play "La eterna Eva y el Insoportable Adán" (The Eternal Eve and the Unbearable Adam) and prose entitled "Pajaritas de Papel" (Paper Birds). Other works and poetry penned by Qui... | 2.015625 | 0 |
66965378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifone%20Gabriel | Trifone Gabriel | Trifone Gabriel, Gabriele, Gabrielli or Gabriello (20 November 1470 - 20 October 1549) was an Italian humanist. He appeared not only in the painting Giovanni Borgherini and His Tutor but also in profile on the recto of a bronze medal by Danese Cattaneo (with a woman beside a spring and a quotation from Psalm 23.4 on th... | 2.28125 | 0 |
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