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78525325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne%20Alissan%20de%20la%20Tour | Marianne Alissan de la Tour | Marianne Alissan de la Tour ( 1730. – 7 September 1789) was a French writer. She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Merlet de Foussomme and the wife of Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Alissan de La Tour (b. 1727); the marriage was unhappy and they separated.
Biography
She is mostly known for exchanging letters with Rousseau. S... | 2.21875 | 0 |
78525419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalla%20Ghriba%20Mosque%2C%20Tlemcen | Lalla Ghriba Mosque, Tlemcen | The Mosque of Lalla Ghriba (), also known as the Mosque of El-Korran, is a small mosque in the historic medina of Tlemcen, Algeria. It is located in Derb Es-Sbabet ('Alley of Shoes') in the El Korran neighborhood. The history of this building is not well known.
History
Lalla Ghriba
In Maghrebi popular culture, Lalla... | 2.0625 | 0 |
78525433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solah%20Khamba%20Mosque | Solah Khamba Mosque | The Solah Khamba Mosque is a mosque within the Bidar Fort in Bidar, in the state of Karnataka, India.
Background
The original name of the building is not known. It has been described as the Zanani Masjid (mosque of the zenana) owing to its presence in the women's enclosure. The name Solah Khamba (sixteen pillars) refe... | 2.140625 | 0 |
78525538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amastra%20sykesi | Amastra sykesi | Amastra sykesi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 7.5 mm.
(Original description) The shell contains 5½ whorls. The shell is subrimate, globose-conic, and thin, with a dull, non-s... | 2.125 | 0 |
78525980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amastra%20thaamuni | Amastra thaamuni | Amastra thaamuni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 14.98 mm, its diameter 9.5 mm.
(Original description) The shell contains 6 whorls. The shell is sinistral, imperforate, and moderately solid, with... | 2.1875 | 0 |
78527037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amastra%20antiqua | Amastra antiqua | Amastra antiqua is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.
Subspecies
Amastra antiqua antiqua (Baldwin, 1895)
Amastra antiqua kawaihapaiensis Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1914
Description
The length of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter 12 mm.
(Origin... | 2.4375 | 0 |
78527683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncomfortable%20Questions%20for%20Comfortable%20Jews | Uncomfortable Questions for Comfortable Jews | Uncomfortable Questions for Comfortable Jews is a 1987 book by Rabbi Meir Kahane, published by Lyle Stuart.
Uncomfortable Questions for Comfortable Jews is a manifesto that espouses oppositional beliefs against modern-day Israel. This includes forming the Israeli government as a Western-styled democracy and the allowi... | 1.953125 | 0 |
78528492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.C.%20Runremsangi | K.C. Runremsangi | K.C. Runremsangi (born 1 March 1963) is an Indian folk singer. She has been called the "Queen Of Mizo Folk Song". Mizo is a language. She had made dozens of recordings and her awards include the Padma Shri in 2023 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2017
Life
Runremsangi was born in the village of Keitum in the Se... | 1.960938 | 0 |
78528883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions%20to%20the%202024%20pro-Palestinian%20protests%20on%20university%20campuses | Reactions to the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses | Organizations
The Council on American-Islamic Relations executive director Afaf Nasher criticized the use of police force to break up the protests, saying it undermined academic freedom. Civil rights advocates such as the American Civil Liberties Union have raised free speech concerns over the mass arrests that were s... | 2.09375 | 0 |
78529084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier%20Le%20Roy | Xavier Le Roy | Xavier Le Roy is a French-German artist known for his work in contemporary dance and choreography. He was born 1963 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France.
Education
Xavier Le Roy holds a doctorate in molecular biology from the University of Montpellier in France.
Career
He transitioned from science to dance. This way, he start... | 2.125 | 0 |
78529390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances%20C.%20Swift | Frances C. Swift | Swift was elected president of this Atlanta auxiliary branch at the March meeting. In her address at the meeting, Swift said,
The Atlanta Equal Suffrage Association continued holding its regular meetings at the Church of Our Father. At the second annual meeting of the Atlanta suffragists in March 1895, Swift was ag... | 2.765625 | 0 |
78529885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari%20Igata | Mari Igata | Mari Igata (; March 16, 1958 – August 13, 2024) was a pioneering Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. She would become the first woman to race in the Suzuka 8 Hours and the All Japan Road Race Championship. A member of the Showa era, Igata is remembered for breaking barriers for Japanese women... | 1.953125 | 0 |
78529937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Swedberg | Jean Swedberg | Jean Swedberg CV of Merritt, British Columbia, was posthumously awarded the Cross of Valour, Canada's highest decoration for civilian bravery on May 17, 1976. Mrs. Swedberg lost her life while trying to alert guests that a fire had broken out in the hotel she worked at in Merritt, British Columbia.
Citation
The offi... | 1.953125 | 0 |
78530075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat%20of%20arms%20of%20Gmina%20Po%C5%9Bwi%C4%99tne%2C%20Podlaskie%20Voivodeship | Coat of arms of Gmina Poświętne, Podlaskie Voivodeship | Coat of arms of Gmina Poświętne is one of the symbols of Poświętne municipality in Białystock County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. It was designed by Robert Szydlik, and adopted on 29 April 2014.
Appearance and symbolism
The coat of arms depicts shield red with the Korab coat of arms in gold underneath mantle of Ma... | 2.453125 | 0 |
78530148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlyctis%20subagelaea | Phlyctis subagelaea | Phlyctis subagelaea is a species of crustose lichen in the family Phlyctidaceae. It was described as new to science in 2006 from material collected in the tropical forests of southern India. Its species epithet, subagelaea, refers to its strong resemblance to the related species Phlyctis agelaea.
Taxonomy
Phlyctis su... | 2.46875 | 0 |
78530148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlyctis%20subagelaea | Phlyctis subagelaea | Each ascus (a sac-like structure that produces spores) typically contains a single large spore. These asci are broadly (club-shaped) and measure approximately 120–150 by 20–40 μm. The are large, hyaline, and —meaning they are divided into multiple chambers by both vertical and horizontal walls—and measure about 60–13... | 2.78125 | 0 |
78530185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden%20Gorge | Eden Gorge | Eden Gorge is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) including a 5km length of the valley of the River Eden between Armathwaite and Lazonby in Cumbria, England. This protected area spans between the Settle-Carlisle railway track on the western side to Coombs Wood Forestry Commission site on the eastern side. The ... | 2.421875 | 0 |
78530415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Bender%20%281770%29 | Siege of Bender (1770) | The siege of Bender was a military conflict of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774. The 2nd Russian Army, led by Count Petr Ivanovich Panin, took the Turkish fortress of Bender, located in modern-day Moldova.
Siege
The siege of the Tighina Fortress, which was a powerful stronghold of the Ottoman Empire, commenced on 1... | 2.046875 | 0 |
78530840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20stands%20in%20Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa%20Forest | Forest stands in Białowieża Forest | According to Faliński, the Białowieża Forest is primarily made up of hornbeam forests and mixed pine forests. Hornbeam forests make up 47.2% of the managed part of the forest and 44.4% of the Białowieża National Park, while mixed pine forests make up 26.5% of the managed area and 20.4% of the Białowieża National Park.
... | 2.828125 | 0 |
78530840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20stands%20in%20Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa%20Forest | Forest stands in Białowieża Forest | Mixed coniferous forest occurs in relatively nutrient-poor habitats with acidic soils. Floristically and ecologically, it relates to both deciduous and coniferous forests. The dominant species is generally spruce, while pine, although consistently present, plays a minor quantitative role. Two types of mixed coniferous ... | 3.1875 | 0 |
78530840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20stands%20in%20Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa%20Forest | Forest stands in Białowieża Forest | Alder carrs occupy low areas with clay-sandy and clay-loamy deposits near rivers or on their former channels. These forests grow in water-flooded terrains and are generally difficult to access. This type of forest is primarily composed of black alder, along with spruce and ash. Birch and aspen appear individually as mi... | 3.046875 | 0 |
78530840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20stands%20in%20Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa%20Forest | Forest stands in Białowieża Forest | Fir has long been known to grow in the eastern part of the forest, in the Cisówka reserve (section 562, within the Belarusian part of the forest). It occurs there as several dozen young trees growing on a mineral island, a slight elevation, surrounded by the swamps of Dziki Nikor, which were drained during the Soviet e... | 2.421875 | 0 |
78530840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20stands%20in%20Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa%20Forest | Forest stands in Białowieża Forest | Juniper
Juniper typically occurs in the forest as a shrub, not very common, and its presence is largely associated with human activity. Naturally, juniper is found primarily in the understory of dry pine forests on sand dunes, of which there are few in the Polish part of the forest. Its occurrence and spread in other ... | 3.265625 | 0 |
78530840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20stands%20in%20Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa%20Forest | Forest stands in Białowieża Forest | The pedunculate oak is found in deciduous and mixed forests, being the main component of light oak forests, and in ash forests, it occurs alongside spruce and linden. The largest specimens are found in lowland oak forests, where oaks can reach up to 43 meters in height, with a diameter of 2.5 meters, and live for 400–5... | 3.03125 | 0 |
78530840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20stands%20in%20Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa%20Forest | Forest stands in Białowieża Forest | Linden can grow up to 42 meters in height with a trunk diameter of 2 meters; maple reaches 37 meters and 1 meter in diameter; hornbeam reaches 30 meters in height and 1 meter in diameter. It is generally stated that the maximum age of linden trees in the Białowieża Forest is between 250 and 300 years. However, the trun... | 2.8125 | 0 |
78530840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20stands%20in%20Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa%20Forest | Forest stands in Białowieża Forest | During the Polish People's Republic era, in the Hajnówka Forest District, in stands 437, 438, 461, 462, and 485, the gradual dying of forest stands occurred on about 125 ha due to the pollution of the Leśna Prawa river. The pollution came from industrial and municipal sewage from the town of Hajnówka. In 1977, the phen... | 2.5625 | 0 |
78530840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20stands%20in%20Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa%20Forest | Forest stands in Białowieża Forest | In 1921, a protective reserve was established along both sides of the road between Hajnówka and Białowieża, with a width of 500 meters. Another such reserve was created in 1931 along the road to Pruzhany, with a width of 100 meters on each side. These reserves had partial protection, with dead wood and wind-felled tree... | 2.390625 | 0 |
78530983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars%20Hedin | Lars Hedin | Lars Tore Hedin (February 4, 1930–2002) was a Swedish physicist working on condensed matter physics and emeritus professor of Lund University. He is known for the development of GW approximation based on the Hedin equations, named after him.
Life
Lars Tore Hedin was born in Örebro, Sweden in 1930, son of engineers.
... | 2 | 0 |
78531116 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stralsund%20dugouts | Stralsund dugouts | Removal and storage
Because the dugouts were made of very thin, soft wood, it was necessary that the finds be excavated, transferred to the State Archaeological Museum in Schwerin, and undergo conservation work at the state office for heritage management in Schwerin as quickly as possible. The finds needed to be subje... | 2.640625 | 0 |
78531292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAMPOC/WAMPEX | WAMPOC/WAMPEX | WAMPOC/WAMPEX is a biennial conference and exhibition focusing on the mining and power sectors in West Africa. It is a platform for industry stakeholders, government representatives, and service providers to explore innovations, policies, and investment opportunities in the region.
History
The event began in 1994 and... | 2.171875 | 0 |
78531452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%86miel%C3%B3w%20figurines | Ćmielów figurines | 13 is the sequential number of the figurine since 2000
500 represents the size of the edition.
The first figurines sold were numbered 13. Figurines numbered 1 to 12 were given a gold certificate and reserved for the owner of the AS Porcelain Factory and his friends.
Characteristics
Ćmielów figurines represent the s... | 2.53125 | 0 |
78531539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Monkey%20Talks%20%28play%29 | The Monkey Talks (play) | Le Singe qui parle, better known in English as The Monkey Talks, is a comedy in three acts by René Fauchois. It premiered at the Comédie-Caumartin in Paris on October 8, 1924. Positively received, it was subsequently staged at the Royal Park Theatre in Brussels where a production opened on October 8, 1924.
American au... | 2.375 | 0 |
78531573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastry%20wheel | Pastry wheel | A pastry wheel, also known as a pastry jigger or jagging wheel, is a kitchen tool which is used to cut pastry and other doughs. A typical design includes a small wheel on a handle, which is shaped in such a way that it produces a jagged cut or other pattern in the dough. Pastry wheels for home use tend to have just one... | 2.671875 | 0 |
78532259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Milkmaid%20of%20Tsarskoye%20Selo | The Milkmaid of Tsarskoye Selo | Hypotheses about the plot
Contemporaries assumed that the source of the plot for the sculpture was La Fontaine's fable The Milkmaid, or a Jug of Milk. Dmitry Kuznetsov, Ph.D., professor at SPbPU, referred to the French fable writer as the favorite poet of Alexander I and Augustin Betancourt. The plot of the fable is a... | 2.765625 | 0 |
78532259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Milkmaid%20of%20Tsarskoye%20Selo | The Milkmaid of Tsarskoye Selo | Doctor of Philology Alexei Ilyichev wrote that Sokolov's sculpture conveys “only the most general idea – the sadness and sorrow of Pierrette”. The figure of the girl is executed in generalized classical forms. These classical outlines of the sculpture later provided Pushkin with the foundation for turning to the Greek ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
78532475 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vonolel | Vonolel | Vonolel died during the onset of the Lushai Expedition. His tomb was found well preserved with many posts and heads. The inside of the tomb held a broken Burmese idol. The tomb was decorated with a large mithun skull with horns impaling and carrying a human head and arm recently cut off. A foot was found outside the to... | 2.546875 | 0 |
78532912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claud%20Hamilton%20%28architect%29 | Claud Hamilton (architect) | Claud Hamilton (1 June 1891 – 21 May 1943) was a New Zealand-born architect who was active in Sydney from 1916 until his death his death in 1943. He is particularly notable for the design of many distinguished apartment buildings in Darlinghurst and Potts Point in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. As a resident of 59 Eliz... | 2.03125 | 0 |
78533451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amastra%20cyclostoma | Amastra cyclostoma | Amastra cyclostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.
Subspecies:
Amastra cyclostoma cyclostoma (Baldwin, 1895)
Amastra cyclostoma gregoryi C. M. Cooke, 1933
Description
The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 18 mm.
(Original d... | 2.1875 | 0 |
78533518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carfentrazone | Carfentrazone | Carfentrazone is an aryl triazoline herbicide, used for pre-crop-establishment control of broadleaf weeds, including marshmallow, annual nettles, and volunteer cotton, and frequently in tank mixtures with knock-down herbicides, such as glyphosate. Under the system of HRAC classification it is a Group 14 (numeric), E (g... | 2.109375 | 0 |
78533821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20impact%20of%20Celine%20Dion | Cultural impact of Celine Dion | Dion is credited for bringing Francophone music to many non-Francophone countries around the world. She was the first and only artist in UK music history to score a gold certification for a French-language album. In a 2003 article, RFI Musique opined that French music "would probably never have got beyond Francophone b... | 2.21875 | 0 |
78533821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20impact%20of%20Celine%20Dion | Cultural impact of Celine Dion | Since her career's inception in 1981, Dion has been cited as an influence by various music artists all over the world. Jon O'Brien from the Recording Academy credited Dion for shaping a "generation of performers with her octave-spanning technique." Producer, musician, and former American Idol judge Randy Jackson have ... | 1.960938 | 0 |
78533936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement%20of%20Attorneys%20for%20Brotherhood%2C%20Integrity%2C%20and%20Nationalism | Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Integrity, and Nationalism | The Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Integrity, and Nationalism, better known by its acronym "MABINI", was a human rights lawyers' organization which worked on countering varied abuses against human rights and civil liberties during the Marcos dictatorship.
After Marcos was deposed by the civilian-led 1986 Peopl... | 1.945313 | 0 |
78534055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambang%20Wibawarta | Bambang Wibawarta | Bambang Wibawarta (born 23 October 1966) is a professor of literature at the University of Indonesia. He is currently a member of the University of Indonesia (UI) board of trustees for the 2024-2029 period and the secretary general of the Ministry of Culture since 2024. He was previously an academic administrator at UI... | 2.046875 | 0 |
78534201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaqroun%20Al-Wajdiji%20al-Tilimsani | Shaqroun Al-Wajdiji al-Tilimsani | Shaqroun Al-Wajdiji Al-Tilimsani (in ) was a prominent Maliki jurist originally from Tlemcen. Born around c. 1503 and died c. 1574 in Fez, he was nicknamed Malik al-Saghir (young Malik) during his time due to his exceptional expertise in Maliki jurisprudence. In 1559, he left Tlemcen for Fez due to the prevailing polit... | 2.21875 | 0 |
78535129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratap%20Narayan%20Tandon | Pratap Narayan Tandon | Pratāpanārāyaṇa Ṭaṇḍana (born c. 1935, Lucknow), anglicized as Pratap Narayan Tandon, is an Indian Hindi social novelist and literary critic nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Biography
Tandon was born on 1935 in the city of Lucknow, British Raj.
Career
Between 1960 and 1970, he wrote a number of novels, wh... | 2.421875 | 0 |
78535275 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20between%20Ebla%20and%20Abarsal | Treaty between Ebla and Abarsal | The Treaty between Ebla and Abarsal is a diplomatic treaty that was concluded between the Early Bronze Age city-states of Ebla and Abarsal. It was signed around 2350 BC, and may be the earliest recorded diplomatic treaty in human history. While the geographical location of Ebla is clear, the historians have so far not ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
78535275 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20between%20Ebla%20and%20Abarsal | Treaty between Ebla and Abarsal | Issues related to trade. Special attention is paid to this aspect. It is said that Lu'atim must be a border city where trade between both countries takes place and therefore this city must be close to the border. The city seems to be in the territory of Ebla, which would reinforce the idea that Ebla was the power that ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
78535324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance%20in%20Emilia | Renaissance in Emilia | After a dormant 15th century, the new century brought on new figures and influences to Parma, with Filippo Mazzola, Correggio, and Parmigianino. The church of San Giovanni Evangelista, rebuilt in 1519, was decorated by Correggio and a team of young men who would later become well-known artists.
The career of Correggio... | 2.234375 | 0 |
78535388 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proplyd%20114-426 | Proplyd 114-426 | Proplyd 114-426 is a large protoplanetary disk seen in absorption in front of the emission of the Orion Nebula. It is one of the largest protoplanetary disks in the Orion Nebula with a diameter of 950 AU.
Discovery
Proplyd 114-426 was discovered in 1996 by Mark McCaughrean and Robert O'Dell with images of the Hubble ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
78535389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced%20Inventory%20of%20Desirable%20Responding | Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding | History
The early work of BIDR reviewed psychological studies around social desirability during that time and integrated insights from various other psychological fields including psychoanalysis, personality psychology, cognitive psychology, and statistical psychology. With the theoretical updates of social desirabili... | 1.929688 | 0 |
78535619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyubash | Lyubash | Lyubash () is a mountain range in Kraishte region of western Bulgaria with an altitude of 1,399 meters above sea level. It is part of the Ruy-Verila range.
It descends to the Breznik Valley to the southeast; to the north and northeast the valley of the river Yablanitsa, a tributary of the Erma, separates it from the ... | 2.171875 | 0 |
78535643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Arundell | Margaret Arundell | Margaret Arundell (died 1522) was a wealthy Englishwoman. She is noted for her 1516 will, which details aspects of elite religious practice and also mentions a chain that had belonged to Edward V, one of the Princes in the Tower.
Family and marriage
Margaret Arundell was a daughter of John Arundell of Lanherne and h... | 2.015625 | 0 |
78536112 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amastra%20undata | Amastra undata | Amastra undata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 12 mm.
(Later supplemental description by Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. ) The shell contains six whorls. It is imperforate, globose... | 2.21875 | 0 |
78536162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acesander%27s%20cup | Acesander's cup | Inscription
The inscription on Acesander's cup parallels that of several contemporary drinking vessels including the Nestor's Cup, both of which testify to an early poetic culture that accompanied the ritualized drinking of wine. The cup of Acesander showcases a carefully written inscription running around the vessel ... | 2.4375 | 0 |
78536183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat%20of%20arms%20of%20Bielsko-Bia%C5%82a | Coat of arms of Bielsko-Biała | At the same time, in the second half of the 19th century, the first heraldic works on the coat of arms of Bielsko began to appear, which presented various, often ahistorical and inconsistent versions of the coat of arms. In the 1864 Stadtwappen der Österreichischen Kaiserstädte by V. R. Widimski, a completely irregular... | 2.515625 | 0 |
78536183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat%20of%20arms%20of%20Bielsko-Bia%C5%82a | Coat of arms of Bielsko-Biała | The town of Biała was founded at the end of the 16th century as a settlement of Lipnik. Since 1615, it had been a separate town, receiving municipal rights on 9 January 1723. The town's founding privilege granted many rights, including the right to a coat of arms: "(...) The public good will be a permanent coat of arms... | 2.953125 | 0 |
78536480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danbi%20Leads%20the%20School%20Parade | Danbi Leads the School Parade | Creativity and connection
The idea that creativity can help people connect, even across cultures, is one of the main themes of Danbi Leads the School Parade. When Danbi first enters her new classroom, she does not feel like she fits in. The other children do not want to play with her because she does not understand th... | 3.0625 | 0 |
78537133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Longitudinal%20Study%20of%20the%20High%20School%20Class%20of%201972 | National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 | The future of NLS-72
In 2022, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Minnesota, and Columbia University were awarded a grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) (Grant U01 AG078533) to repurpose the project and conduct additional follow-up studie... | 2.453125 | 0 |
78537711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linee%20Aeree%20Italiane%20Flight%20451%20%281954%29 | Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 (1954) | Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 was a scheduled international flight from Rome to New York City. On the 18th of December, 1954 it descended too low and crashed into a pier while on approach to New York City's Idlewild airport. All 10 crew and 16 out of 22 passengers were killed.
Background
Aircraft
The accident air... | 1.914063 | 0 |
78538412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89pinac%20coal%20mine | Épinac coal mine | Development
The municipality of Épinac (sometimes referred to as Épinac-les-Mines) is linked to the history of one of France's first railways. This railway was authorized in 1830, following the initiative of Samuel Blum, the owner of the Épinac mines, who succeeded Jacques-Nazaire Piotet.
In 1826, the assets of the c... | 2.875 | 0 |
78538663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%C3%ADcula%3A%20Snapshots%20of%20a%20Girlhood%20en%20la%20Frontera | Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera | Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera is a semi-autobiographical work by Norma Elía Cantú, published in 1995 by Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. The book tells the story of Cantú’s childhood and adolescence and her community in the borderlands of Laredo, Mexico and Nuevo Laredo, Texas. Canícula u... | 2.453125 | 0 |
78538890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Wilkins%20Russell | William Wilkins Russell | William Wilkins Russell (1807 – 3 October 1892), was an English musician who settled in Van Diemen's Land, now known as Tasmania, Australia, and did much for the musical culture of the colony. He is remembered for his "discovery" of the soprano Amy Sherwin.
History
Russell was born in Surrey, England, a son of William... | 2.234375 | 0 |
78539056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine%20intelligence | Equine intelligence | Budiansky suggests that, compared to some other species, horses may not be as adept at problem-solving. Some studies suggest that carnivores and primates may perform better in certain problem-solving tasks, such as avoiding obstacles. He also hypothesizes that differences between carnivores and herbivores, such as evol... | 2.875 | 0 |
78539056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine%20intelligence | Equine intelligence | Desensitization involves regularly exposing the horse to a stimulus that triggers a reaction until the response is reduced or extinguished. A classic example is opening an umbrella, which typically triggers a stress reaction, such as an increased heart rate. After about ten repetitions of opening the umbrella, the dese... | 2.640625 | 0 |
74192175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967%20Lake%20Erie%20skydiving%20disaster | 1967 Lake Erie skydiving disaster | On August 27, 1967, eighteen skydivers mistakenly parachuted into Lake Erie, four or five nautical miles (7.5–9.3 km) from Huron, Ohio, United States, after jumping from a civilian North American B-25 Mitchell. Sixteen drowned. The plane's pilot, unable to see the surface through heavy cloud cover, had relied on guidan... | 2.28125 | 0 |
74192175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967%20Lake%20Erie%20skydiving%20disaster | 1967 Lake Erie skydiving disaster | According to a survivor, the jumpers deployed their parachutes at around . At least one jumper, Michael Thiem, could not swim. In summaries of the incident by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and a federal court , the only account of the deceased jumpers' reactions comes from the two survivors, Robert L.... | 1.960938 | 0 |
74192814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia%20Benjamin | Sylvia Benjamin | Sylvia Motlagomang "Mamza" Benjamin (15 November 1939 – 27 December 2012) was a South African trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist. She was the treasurer of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1985 to 1987 and was the first woman to serve on the union's executive. After the end of apartheid, she represented th... | 2 | 0 |
74193584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Steytler | Anne Steytler | By 1979, the center had a yearly budget of $160,000, which was funded by grants from the federal government, the Allegheny County Board of Public Assistance, the Attorney Generals Public Health Trust, the Hillman Foundation, and the Pittsburgh Foundation, as well as individual donations from area residents. That year, ... | 2.09375 | 0 |
74194133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%20egg%20soup | Ant egg soup | Ant egg soup is a soup made from the eggs of the weaver ant species Oecophylla smaragdina. Ant egg soups are traditional dishes in northern Lao and Thai cuisine. They are also enjoyed in Cambodia and on China's Hainan Island. In addition to soups where they are the central ingredient, ant eggs may be added as a garnish... | 2.421875 | 0 |
74194470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Lewis%20Athletics%202000 | Carl Lewis Athletics 2000 | Carl Lewis Athletics 2000 is a 2000 video game developed by Planet Interactive Development and published in Europe by Ubi Soft for the Game Boy Color. Based on the brand of American athlete Carl Lewis, the game is a track and field sports game in which players compete in various decathlon events.
Gameplay
Carl Lewis ... | 1.953125 | 0 |
74196597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axinotarsus%20pulicarius | Axinotarsus pulicarius | Axinotarsus pulicarius is a species of soft-winged flower beetle that is native to Europe, but has also been introduced to North America.
Description
Axinotarsus pulicarius is 2.75 to 3.75mm long. It has a reddish-yellow pronotum, with a broad, black median band. Its head and eltytra are a shiny, bright grey to nea... | 2.21875 | 0 |
74197155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse%20P%C3%A9rin | Alphonse Périn | Alphonse Henri Périn (12 May 1798, Reims - 6 October 1874, Paris) was a French painter and lithographer. His early paintings were devoted to history and architecture, but he later focused on figures.
Biography
His father was the painter Lié Louis Périn-Salbreux. In 1817, he entered the École des beaux-arts de Paris, ... | 2.5625 | 0 |
74197248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halet%20Lake | Halet Lake | Halet Lake is the common name for a small lake in Northern Ontario used by the operators of Coldstream copper mine to dump half a million tons of sulphide tailings in the mid 1960s.
Description
Halet Lake is located east of Grassy Lake and northeast of Burchell Lake.
History
Halet Lake became known as "Tailings Man... | 2.140625 | 0 |
74197548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geriatric%20horse | Geriatric horse | Coat changes are another indicator of a horse's age. The presence of white hairs around the eyes, muzzle, and occasionally on the body—similar to the graying of human hair—can signal that a horse is geriatric. The texture of the coat may also become rougher. Notably, a dark horse exhibiting white eyebrow hairs is typic... | 2.90625 | 0 |
74197548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geriatric%20horse | Geriatric horse | Horses are retired from a variety of activities, including riding schools, competitive sports (such as show jumping and dressage), showmanship, military service, and laboratory research. Racehorses often experience multiple career phases, as the racing industry is highly selective. A common solution for older horses is... | 2.671875 | 0 |
74197548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geriatric%20horse | Geriatric horse | It is very rare for a horse to die solely of old age. A survey conducted among French-speaking veterinarians in 1997 indicated that only 0.6% of cases involved death from old age. The leading cause of mortality in horses is colic. Other significant causes of death in horses over fifteen years of age include locomotion ... | 2.734375 | 0 |
74197548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geriatric%20horse | Geriatric horse | Old horses are referenced in various literary and cinematic works, often symbolizing themes of aging, sacrifice, and the bond between humans and animals. In Nils Holgersson's The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, and George Orwell's Animal Farm, the draft horse Malabar is exploited by the pigs, who deceitfully promise to s... | 2.484375 | 0 |
74197795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajendra%20N%20Patil | Rajendra N Patil | Rajendra N Patil (born 1968) is an Indian art writer, editor, publisher, and art fair organizer. Apart from Founder Director of India Art Festival, a contemporary Indian art fair, he serves as the President of the Bombay Art Society, a venerable art institution with a rich legacy dating back to its establishment in 1... | 1.984375 | 0 |
74198130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billardiera%20venusta | Billardiera venusta | Billardiera venusta is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a woody climber or shrub with clustered sessile, hooked leaves and groups of four to six pale lilac flowers that fade to yellow as they age.
Description
Billardiera venusta is wo... | 2.265625 | 0 |
74198451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs%20de%20Ata%C3%ADde%2C%203rd%20Count%20of%20Atouguia | Luís de Ataíde, 3rd Count of Atouguia | Surrounded in Goa by the large army of the Ali Adil Shah I (35 thousand horsemen, 60 thousand infantrymen and 2 thousand elephants, according to contemporary sources), Dom Luís de Ataíde was able to send military help to Chaul (despite the ecclesiastical opposition in Goa, which advised abandoning that fortress) and to... | 2.8125 | 0 |
74198451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs%20de%20Ata%C3%ADde%2C%203rd%20Count%20of%20Atouguia | Luís de Ataíde, 3rd Count of Atouguia | Succession to his estates and titles
The title of count of Atouguia would later pass to the descendants of a paternal aunt of Dom Luís de Ataíde, Dona Isabel da Silva de Ataíde, who was married to Simão Gonçalves da Câmara, 'the Magnificent', donatary of the island of Madeira.
The son of this marriage was Luís Gonçal... | 2.390625 | 0 |
74198708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Henry%20Mee | John Henry Mee | John Henry Mee (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1918) was a Oxford clergyman, composer and author on musical subjects.
Life and career
Mee was born at Riddings Vicarage in Derbyshire, the son of vicar John Mee, and studied at Queen's College, Oxford from 1871. He was ordained by John Mackarness, Bishop of Oxford, in 1877.... | 1.960938 | 0 |
74199099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su%C5%8D%20Mint | Suō Mint | The was a mint for the production of bronze coins located in the Suzenji neighborhood of the city of Yamaguchi in the San'yō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1973.
History
The use of copper coinage was introduced to Japan from the Tang dynasty during the Asuka period, and... | 2.734375 | 0 |
74199229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridges%20in%20the%20Russo-Ukrainian%20War | Bridges in the Russo-Ukrainian War | Russian forces attacked the bridge due to its importance to export Ukrainian produce and import weapons and ammunition from the west. The bridge was attacked by Russia in April and May 2022 with artillery and then in July with high precision missiles.
In August 2022, understanding the vulnerability of the Zatoka bridg... | 2.15625 | 0 |
74199361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%20is%203 | Pi is 3 | This led to widespread public awareness of the misunderstanding that pi is now taught as 3 because of the relaxed education system.
Akito Arima, who promoted "relaxed education" as the Minister of Education at the time, repeatedly said, "I was stunned by that," and regretted "my failure to go around the country and ex... | 2.40625 | 0 |
74199451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone%20Punic%20stele | Persephone Punic stele | The Persephone Punic stele is a marble bas-relief stele of the Greek deity Persephone above a short punic inscription.
The stele is in the Turin Archaeology Museum, with inventory number 50782. The Punic inscription is known as KAI 82 and CIS I 176.
Provenance
It was first published in 1881, although it had been in ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
74199476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Lion%20stories | List of Lion stories | The Amazing Adventures of Mister X
Published: March 7, 1953, to October 17, 1959
Writers: Edward R. Home-Gall
A globetrotting hero helps out the helpless with jujitsu and expert shooting skills, keeping his identity a secret to ward off reprisals.
Originally an illustrated text story, before a switch to comic strip f... | 2.40625 | 0 |
74199476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Lion%20stories | List of Lion stories | Sandy Dean
Published: February 23, 1952, to February 6, 1965
Writers: Barry Nelson, George Forrest
Artists: Selby Dennison
A smart and honest pupil at boarding school Tollington, Sandy helps out friends like bespectacled best chums Jack Hardy and 'Owl' Watson, swots up on his prep, plays sport and deals with bullies li... | 2.25 | 0 |
74199476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Lion%20stories | List of Lion stories | Published: October 28, 1972, to March 17, 1973
Artist: Alfonso Font
After helping the Black Max, evil scientific genius Doktor Gratz accidentally places himself in suspended animation and reawakens in the present day, where he plans to avenge Germany's defeat in World War I. Special Agent Bill Wilson plans to stop him.... | 1.976563 | 0 |
74199476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Lion%20stories | List of Lion stories | The Speed Kings
Published: January 13, 1968, to May 11, 1968; August 10, 1968, to October 5, 1968
Artist: Barracuda
Professional daredevil brothers Sandy and Joe try to earn a job from the mysterious Mr. Kelsey with their reckless bravery and mechanical ingenuity.
Spellbinder
Published: May 3, 1969, to May 18, 1974
Wr... | 2.09375 | 0 |
74199526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadgetman%20and%20Gimmick-Kid | Gadgetman and Gimmick-Kid | "Gadgetman and Gimmick-Kid" is a British comic strip published by Fleetway Publications in the boys' comic anthology title Lion between 4 May to 26 October 1968. Written by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, it tells the adventures of a pair of American crime-fighting technical geniuses - Gadgetman and his younger sidek... | 1.992188 | 0 |
74199548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Phantom%20Viking | The Phantom Viking | The Phantom Viking is a British comic character, appearing in strips published by Fleetway Publications. The character's alter-ego was weak-willed school teacher Olaf Larsen, who gained the ability to turn into the Phantom Viking when he dons a Norse helmet. The character first appeared in the debut issue of the short-... | 1.921875 | 0 |
74199749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich%20Sokol | Erich Sokol | Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 - 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist.
Life and career
Erich Sokol was born in Vienna and attended the Goethe-Realschule (now Gymnasium Astgasse) in the city's 14th district. Besides his interest in handball, drawing was his passion from an early age. During his h... | 2.1875 | 0 |
74200152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhantakaumudi | Siddhantakaumudi | Siddhantakaumudi () is a book by Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita on Sanskrit grammar. Its full name Vaiyakaranasiddhantakaumudi. Bhattoji Dixit composed Siddhanta Kaumudi on the basis of Prakriyakaumudi. He himself wrote Praudha Manorama Tika on this book. Bhattoji dikshita's disciple Varadarāja also became a great scholar of gramm... | 2.140625 | 0 |
74200384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor%20Glebov | Fyodor Glebov | In 1769, Glebov took part in the Russo-Turkish War. He served in the first Russian army under the command of general-in-chief Prince Alexander Golitsyn and he participated in the . Glebov, who was the head of the Vyatka and Moscow Carabinieri regiments, was left near Khotyn and stayed there until the retreat of the Rus... | 2.859375 | 0 |
74200516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%202110 | NGC 2110 | NGC 2110 has been found to emit X-rays. The X-ray spectrum is similar to that of Seyfert 1 galaxies that is obstructed by a complex absorber, with column densities between 4 and 30 × 1022/cm2 as measured by BeppoSAX. The presence of a patchy absorber around the nucleus along with a uniform one of lower column density w... | 2.03125 | 0 |
74200741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro%20Pericle%20Ninni | Alessandro Pericle Ninni | Alessandro Pericle Ninni or Alessandro Pericle Count of Ninni (4 April 1837 – 7 January 1892) was an Italian nobleman of Greek descent. He specialized in zoology and was especially known for his studies of the fishes of the Adriatic. He described several species of fish including the black-spot goby Pomatoschistus cane... | 2.375 | 0 |
74201114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Leroy%20Wigfall | Benjamin Leroy Wigfall | Considered a “gifted young artist,” he had a long history with the Virginia Museum. When he was a sophomore at Hampton in 1951, the museum bought his abstract oil painting “Chimneys” during its biennial exhibition “Virginia Artists 1951.” At age 20, Wigfall was the youngest of the five artists whose works were chosen. ... | 2.34375 | 0 |
74201269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular%20population%20entity | Singular population entity | The singular population entity can be constituted by several population nuclei, in addition to scattered. If there is no population nucleus within the singular population entity, it is formed by the existing scattered areas in its territory.
Each singular population entity has a category that is the qualification gran... | 2.390625 | 0 |
74201319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande%20fresque%20de%20la%20gare%20de%20Lyon | Grande fresque de la gare de Lyon | The grande fresque de la gare de Lyon is a long mural located in the gare de Lyon, a railway station in the 12th arrondissement of Paris that depicts 20 of the major cities and sites (including Paris) that can be accessed via the Paris-Menton rail line. The mural was painted in three stages spanning eight decades. In 1... | 2.34375 | 0 |
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