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74201319	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande%20fresque%20de%20la%20gare%20de%20Lyon	Grande fresque de la gare de Lyon	The mural was developed in three stages over a period of 80 years. The first stage represented 6 Mediterranean cities in 6 panels that were executed by the Marseillais painter, Jean-Baptiste Olive. The work was commissioned as part of the renovation of the station in preparation for the Exposition Universelle of 1900 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (usually abbreviated as "Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée", or simply PLM). The architect Marius Toudoire proposed that the mural be created to liven up what was originally a non-descript transit area of the train station. The mural reflected and encouraged the growing interest in leisure travel in the early twentieth century, when the development of rail infrastructure was facilitating upper class tourism to the sea resorts on the Mediterranean. By advertising the beauty of the natural environment and the cultural landmarks of the French Riviera, the panels acted as publicity for tourism to the region. The first extension of the mural, representing the cities of Lyon, Avignon, the castle of Tarascon and Nîmes, was executed in the 1920s and in 1930. At the beginning of the 1920s, two canvases representing Venice, also by Jean-Baptiste Olive, were added.	2.5625
74201752	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son%20of%20Baalshillek%20marble%20base	Son of Baalshillek marble base	The Son of Baalshillek marble base is a Punic language inscription on a marble statue base discovered in 1856–58 at Carthage in Tunisia. It was first published by Nathan Davis, and the one-line inscription is known as KAI 84 and CIS I 178. Davis wrote that "This tablet is peculiar, as well for its material (white marble) as for its inscription. The plain square may have served as the base of a statuette,—the subject of the epitaph on the edges, of which two only have been preserved." Of all the inscriptions found by Davis, it was one of just three that was not a traditional Carthaginian tombstone - the other two being number 73 (the Carthage tower model) and number 90 (the Carthage Tariff), which contained a bevelled architectural ornamentation. It is held in the archives of the British Museum, as BM 125217. Inscription Nathan Davis initially translated it in Latin as follows: "vovit Baâl-Malek, filius Àchar, ob filium mortuum. [Ubi]? audiverit ejus vocem, ei benedicat." The British Museum state two possible translations: "vow of Baalshillek son of 'Akbar for his son. May you hear his voice and bless him" or "vow of Baalshillek for his dead son. Hear his voice and bless him." It is thought to be either evidence of a child sacrifice, a monument to a beloved son, or a vow for the health of a sick child.	2.3125
74201855	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirbaz%20Khan	Sirbaz Khan	Sirbaz Khan (born 1986.12.03) is a Pakistani mountaineer. He is the first Pakistani to summit all 14 eighth-thousander peaks in the world. Early life Sirbaz was born in Aliabad, Hunza Valley in 1987. His father was a carpenter and his first expedition was as an assistant cook for the base camp of K2 when he was in 9th grade. Career He initially started his climbing career working as a porter for foreign climbers but in 2016 he was sponsored by the Nepalese climber Mingma Sherpa for an expedition to climb K2. Although the duo failed in their attempt but in October 2017 Sirbaz successfully summited Nanga Parbat becoming the first to climb the mountain in autumn season. In July 2018, Sirbaz climbed the tall K2 — the second-tallest mountain in the world. In May 2019, Sirbaz became the first Pakistani to successfully summit the high Mount Lhotse – the world’s 4th highest mountain - without using supplementary oxygen. In July 2019, Sirbaz climbed the summit of the Broad Peak mountain in Pakistan, without using supplementary oxygen. In September 2019, Sirbaz became the first Pakistani to scale Mount Manaslu, the world's 8th highest peak, in Nepal. In April 2021, Sirbaz and Muhammad Abdul Joshi became the first Pakistanis to scale the 8,091-metre Annapurna peak in Nepal, the 10th highest mountain in the world. In May 2021, Sirbaz reached the summit of the world's highest peak Mount Everest, in Nepal. In July 2021, Sirbaz successfully climbed the high Gasherbrum-II, the world's 13th-tallest peak. In October 2021, Sirbaz climbed the high Dhaulagiri mountain in Nepal. In May 2022, Sirbaz climbed the world's 3rd-highest peak, Kanchenjunga, in Nepal. Later in May, Sirbaz summited the high Mount Makalu in Nepal, the world's 5th highest peak. In July 2022, Sirbaz climbed the high K2 — the 2nd highest mountain in the world. In August 2022, Sirbaz successfully climbed the high Gasherbrum-I, the 11th highest mountain in the world.	2.140625
74201898	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Taylor%20%28photographer%29	George Taylor (photographer)	Taylor, who continued to live in Fredericton after 1896, earned an income from making studio portraits of notable individuals, though his main interest was landscape and scenery photography. His collection mostly consisted of images of New Brunswick, including rivers, towns, mills, lumber camps, hunters, fishermen, and indigenous guides. In 1868, examples of Taylor's work were featured in the inaugural edition of Canadian Illustrated News, a national news magazine. Government and local businesses often commissioned Taylor to photograph unexplored regions of New Brunswick. For example, the New Brunswick Railway Company commissioned him to photograph sites along the route to Edmunston before tracks were laid west of Fredericton. During his career, Taylor expanded his house to add a portrait studio. During the 1870s, Taylor may have faced financial difficulties: this is indicated by his advertisements for the sale of his negatives. During his career, Taylor used several photographic processes, including daguerreotypes, wet plates, and dry plates. He kept his knowledge updated through publications like The Philadelphia Photographer and experimented with stereoscopic and conventional cameras. Occasionally, he experimented with trick photography. In 1873, Taylor described himself as a "photographic artist", according to a carte de visite he issued. In 1879, in Saint John, Taylor attended a presentation by geologist Edward Jack, who featured Taylor's photographs. Later career Taylor's final photographic expedition occurred in 1906, for which he returned to the Tobique River. Following this expedition, Taylor shifted his focus from photography to oil and watercolour painting, despite his work in those media being less popular that his photographic work.	2.703125
74202382	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terzetto%20for%20flute%2C%20oboe%20and%20viola	Terzetto for flute, oboe and viola	Audiences were generally unsympathetic during Holst's lifetime, and critical reviews were initially mixed. While The Musical Times'''s tentative judgement was that "at a single hearing one can get no further than to follow [the three instruments'] fortunes with something between interest and admiration", the Musical News and Herald dismissed it as "a perfectly empty little piece of polytonality". An obituary of Holst in 1934 called the Terzetto "a pleasant little work, the virtuosity of which is scarcely realised until one examines the score". Other critics were disappointed by the lack of dissonance. It was first published only in 1944, and in 1978 was re-edited by Imogen Holst, the composer's daughter, both with the original instrumentation and in a transcription for flute, oboe and clarinet by R. James Whipple. By 1999 the Terzetto could be spoken of as being "well established as a British repertoire favourite". Modern critics have called it "exquisite", "deliciously ingenious", and "a small masterpiece" with "a quiet jewel-like perfection". Analysis	2.1875
74203019	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Gould%20Almy	Mary Gould Almy	Publishing of her journal As a historical document, Almy's journal is important in providing the perspective of a Loyalist woman and context for Newport's involvement in the American Revolution. Almy's journal passed into the hands of her grandson Conrad C. Ellery. He made a copy of the journal in 1878, correcting spelling and grammar, and donated the journal to the Redwood Library and Athenaeum on August 17, 1878. The journal was published in the first issue of The Newport Historical Magazine in July 1880. Ellery also had the journal published in 1881. The Newport Mercury published Almy's journal in four parts in September 1917. The journal was also published in Elizabeth Evans' 1975 book Weathering the Storm: Women of the American Revolution. In 2018, naval historian John B. Hattendorf published Mary Gould Almy’s Journal, an annotated version of Almy's original journal. He regards Almy's journal as one of the most important extant documents of Newport's history during the American Revolution. The original manuscript is held by Newport's Redwood Library and Athenaeum.	2.4375
74203167	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagining%20Mars%3A%20A%20Literary%20History	Imagining Mars: A Literary History	2. "Dreamworlds of the Telescope" (20–36) On the history of Mars observation between the invention of the telescope in the early 1600s and the 1877 opposition of Mars. Crossley discusses several works from this period that speculate or fantasize about the planet's conditions and possible inhabitants, including Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle's 1686 work Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes, Emanuel Swedenborg's 1758 work De Telluribus in Mundo Nostro Solari, and the anonymously published 1839 novel A Fantastical Excursion into the Planets. 3. "Inventing a New Mars" (37–67) On the observations made during the 1877 opposition, and six books that were written in its wake. The main observation discussed is Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli's mistaken identification of straight lines on the Martian surface (actually optical illusions), which he called (literally channels), and which led to the myth of Martian canals. The books covered are Percy Greg's 1880 novel Across the Zodiac, W. S. Lach-Szyrma's 1883 novel Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds, William James Roe's 1887 novel Bellona's Husband: A Romance, Hugh MacColl's 1889 novel Mr. Stranger's Sealed Packet, Robert Cromie's 1890 novel A Plunge into Space, and Robert D. Braine's 1892 novel Messages from Mars, By Aid of the Telescope Plant.	2.5
74203198	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%20Pyit-Nwe	Ma Pyit-Nwe	Ma Pyit-Nwe (, , ; –1390) was a Martaban–Hanthawaddy royal who fought against King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy in the Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1385–1391). A son of Viceroy Laukpya of Myaungmya, Pyit-Nwe led the defense of his father's capital Myaungmya in 1390. His decision to engage Razadarit's forces outside the city's fortified defenses led to the fall of the city and the entire province. Defiant till the end, Pyit-Nwe rejected Razadarit's offer to serve in the royal service, and chose to be executed instead. Background Ma Pyit-Nwe was born to a large powerful noble family in the Mon-speaking Martaban–Hanthawaddy Kingdom, . He was the youngest of the five children of Viceroy Laukpya of Myaungmya and his chief consort. Through his father, he was a half cousin, twice-removed of the then reigning king Binnya U. He was part of his father's exceptionally large family. In addition to his four full brothers (Min E, Min La-Mohn (Min Kyawswa), Min Yaw and Baw Ngo), Pyit-Nwe had either 63 or 65 half-siblings. He grew up at a time when his father had become the de facto independent ruler of the Myaungmya province (since 1364). When his father raised a rebellion in 1385 against the new king Razadarit at Pegu, Pyit-Nwe had emerged as his father's righthand man. He is said to have been an expert swordsman, able to cut down thick sheets of metal and even rocks with his sword. Battle of Myaungmya	2.03125
74203198	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%20Pyit-Nwe	Ma Pyit-Nwe	Pyit-Nwe is remembered in Burmese history for the battle of Myaungmya in 1390. As recounted in the Razadarit Ayedawbon chronicle, he had been put in charge of the defense of the provincial capital by his father. When Razadarit's forces marched towards Myaungmya, Pyit-Nwe saw an opportunity to settle the affairs once and for all. Viewing Razadarit's forces, which had come off a major defeat at the battle of Bassein (Pathein), as teetering on the brink of collapse, the commander decided to engage the Hanthawaddy army in an open battle. Despite his father's serious misgivings about the plan, a confident Pyit-Nwe overruled his father, and wrote a letter to Razadarit, urging the king to personally participate in the upcoming battle. He even taunted the king that two of them should fight a duel on their favorite war elephants. It turned out that he was playing right into Hanthawaddy's hands. The Hanthawaddy high command had been trying to draw the enemy outside the fortified walls since they had failed to take a heavily fortified Bassein. Although they were tempted by Pyit-Nwe's offer to fight outside Myaungmya's walls, the cautious Hanthawaddy senior staff did not want Razadarit to fight in the frontline. But the 22-year-old king overruled them, and sent back a letter to Pyit-Nwe, promising that he "the king of kings" himself would come out and fight; that if he lost, he would leave the Myaungmya province (as far east as Khebaung) alone; and that if he won, he would not kill Laukpya but rather exile the viceroy to spend the rest of his life at the foothills of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda.	2.34375
74203608	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambote%2C%20Bol%C3%ADvar	Gambote, Bolívar	Gambote is a corregimiento in the northern part of the department of Bolívar, Colombia. It is part of the municipality of Arjona and has a population of 1,531 as of 2018. It is located approximately 39 km south of Cartagena. The town is situated on the banks of the Canal del Dique and is responsible for the administration of fresh water supply for the northern part of the department. The town is also known for the Gambote Bridge which cuts through the town. Geography The corregimiento of Gambote is located 10° 09’ 35” and 4° 33’ 50” north and 75° 18’ 06” west. It lies in the Atlantic Coastal zone and is situated on the Canal del Dique--which flows from the Magdalena River. Economy The economy of Gambote is based on fruit and corn cultivation, and the administration of the Canal del Dique. Fishing is also a cornerstone of the economy of Gambote. One of the major barriers to economic growth in the town has been the lack of suitable flood infrastructure, enabling destructive floods that have displaced hundreds of inhabitants. However, as of 2020, the Colombian government has declared that issues with preventative flood infrastructure projects in the town have been resolved. Demographics Gambote has a total population density of 7,515 kilometres squared and a total population of 1,531. 51.5% of the population are males whereas 48.5% of the population are females. The majority of inhabitants are also young to middle-aged with 65.1% of the population falling into the 15-64 age range. Poverty and underdevelopment remain persistent problems in the town.	2.703125
74203742	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola%20Brandt	Nicola Brandt	Brandt’s exhibition The Earth Inside (2014) at the National Art Gallery of Namibia combined performance, video, photography, and installation. The work examined and critiqued traditional Eurocentric ideas of landscape, especially in relationship to the colonial war and Genocide (1904–1908) and investigated how the past continues to insert itself into the present in various guises. In her video work Indifference (2014), German historical memory and the romantic tradition that sustains it, are interrogated. The multiscreen video was shown in a fringe exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 2015 alongside the work of the German artist and Golden Lion Award winner Christoph Schlingensief. Brandt explores moments in the lives of two women through fragments of their lived experiences. The stories are accompanied by large-scale triptychs of the Namibian desert coastline and its hinterland, with deceitfully beautiful derelict landscapes that contain places of historical violence. The video foregrounds involuntary memory and the way that unresolved trauma breaks out in everyday engagements. In a body of work created in 2022 and 2023 with the artists Gift Uzera and Muningandu Hoveka, one of the artistic strategies was to highlight questions related to history and memory as a counterpoint to state-sanctioned memorialisation. In their performance during the removal of the monument to the German colonizer Curt von Francois, and in a subsequent exhibition, marginalized groups or individuals who have been excluded or misrepresented in Namibia’s dominant historical narrative, were commemorated. As a feminist and queer ally, Brandt sees these counter-memorials and forms of collaboration as meaningful gestures towards present and place-making and cultural regeneration. By creating counter-memorials, artists and activists aim to provide a space for critical reflection and dialogue about the past and its impact on the present.	2.046875
74203963	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Berkeley%20City%20Hall	Old Berkeley City Hall	The two identical wings of the building (each 31' by 77') are perpendicular to the central portion and share similar architectural details. The ground floors of these wings have round arch openings framed by cartouches with lion masques and supporting brackets. The second-floor balconies span three smaller rectangular windows and are faced with metal balustrades. Each wing has a hipped roof capped with ornamental flames. The building's stucco is painted light brown, while the lantern, spire, and sash are dark brown. Since its completion in 1909, the building has undergone minimal alterations. The main facade's wooden sash windows were replaced with aluminum, preserving the original design. In 1950, the building's rear was extended to create additional office space, enclosing windows on either side of the stair-bay and darkening the main staircase. Inside, the most notable feature is a broad U-shaped stairway leading to the second floor, with a wrought iron banister decorated with gold-colored medallions. The interior walls, ceiling, and columns create an illusion of more expensive materials through expert craftsmanship. What appears to be dressed stone walls and a tooled leather and brocade tapestry ceiling are actually plaster painted in red, olive, green, cream, and gilt to mimic these materials. The marble wainscoting in the main floor hallway is genuine, but the two columns at the stairway's base are scagliola, imitating marble. This original decorative work remains unaltered.	2.03125
74204594	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen%20Jean%20Griffin	Ellen Jean Griffin	Ellen Jean Griffin (1919–1986) was one of the pioneers of women's professional golf in the United States. She was also an educator, having taught physical education at Woman's College. Biography Griffin was born on December 19, 1919 in Randleman, North Carolina. She learned how to play golf at an early age while her father was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. She obtained her bachelor's degree in Physical Education at the North Carolina Women's College (currently the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). After graduating in 1940, she pursued her master's degree at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She was then employed as one of the faculties at UNCG, where she became the university's first female basketball coach. Griffin also taught golf and established her own golf facility, which came to be known as The Farm. Later, she co-wrote some of the earliest books on golf instruction, which include the Golf Manual for Teachers. While the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is considered the most successful professional golf association for women, it was preceded by the Women's Professional Golf Association, which Griffin co-founded in 1944, along with Betty Hicks and Hope Seignious. The group emphasized in the WPGA charter that it was open to members of any race and economic background. The association was subsumed into the newly formed LPGA in 1950. In 1962, Griffin was chosen as the LPGA's national "Teacher of the Year". She was also awarded the LPGA's National Golf Foundation Graffis Award and was one of the first LPGA Master Professionals cited in 1978. Griffin died in October 1986 due to complications from Crohn's disease. Three years later, the LPGA launched the Ellen Griffin Rolex Award in her honor.	2.09375
74207922	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukrimhoe	Mukrimhoe	At the group's second exhibition (1960 December) Suh's piece Ceremony for Rain expressed rain through the effect of flowing ink strokes that overlapped in a chaotic manner. He reduced forms into clear ink strokes reminiscent of calligraphy. At the third group exhibition (February 1961) Seo showed Chaimu, an abstract rendition of a peacock whose feathers were represented through a dabbling effect of ink that formed a halo around a simplified body figure. In his pieces City and Seasons, concrete shapes disappear altogether and ink wash is used to fill the paper. These works show abstraction through simplification of form and sink stroke. From 1962 to 1965 Suh Se-ok incorporated matiere, mixing glue and ink for a textured surface. Min Gyeong-gap Min Gyeong-gap (b. 1933) was also a writer and the group's successor after Suh Se-ok. His work was considered by member Jeong Tak-young to be the most innovative since the first exhibition due to his use of chance processes such as dunking paper into mixtures of ink. None of his works from the 1st exhibition remain. In 1960, his piece Work was shown and depicted a blotchy mountain based on the amorphous qualities of Informal painting. In 1961, he used overlapping layers of glue and ink in Work (Production) and his Alive series. Min Gyeong-gap developed his style in the context of Western Informel painting, which he saw in Japanese art magazines. Ahn Dong-suk Ahn Dong-suk (b. 1922) exhibited his piece January (1958) at the 5th group exhibition in 1961. His paintings feature a Modernism-based abstract expressionism. Untitled, now owned by National Museom of Modern and Contemporary Arts, made in 1950s and showed structural and compositional abstraction that delineated the subject and background into color fields. His paintings simplifies objects through a flattening effect.	2.421875
74208193	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitome%20rerum%20Hungarorum	Epitome rerum Hungarorum	The Epitome rerum Hungarorum (Latin for "A Brief Summary of the History of the Hungarians"; ) is a Latin medieval chronicle from the Kingdom of Hungary from 1490. The work was written by the Italian humanist, Bishop of Lucera, Pietro Ranzano () who was the envoy of the Kingdom of Naples at the court of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary between 1488 and 1490. Queen Beatrice of Hungary commissioned him to write the history of Hungarians. The Epitome rerum Hungarorum is the first Hungarian historical work with a humanist spirit. History of the chronicle Pietro Ranzano stayed in the Kingdom of Hungary at the court of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary between 1488 and 1490 as an envoy of the Kingdom of Naples as a confidant of the House of Aragon, where he tried to strengthen the position of Queen Beatrice, the daughter of King Ferdinand I of Naples. Ranzano as a confidant of King Ferdinand I of Naples, already had a significant history as a historian. He wrote the life of several saints commissioned by the Pope. Between 1458 and 1460, Ranzano began his greatest undertaking, the writing of the Annales omnium temporum (Latin for "Annals of All Times"), he had 60 books ready when he went to the court of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. The high priest Ranzano's authority as a historiographer was raised not only by the already written books of the Annales, but also by his work on the life of John Hunyadi (De Ioanne Corvino), i.e. the development of the family's origin myth. In the spring of 1488, the first edition of Johannes Thuróczy's Chronica Hungarorum was published. The Thuróczy Chronicle, which is medieval in its language and spirit and relies heavily on the earlier 14th-century chronicle compositions, no longer corresponded to the taste of the Renaissance, so it is possible that soon two Italian humanists, Pietro Ranzano and Antonio Bonfini were commissioned to process the Hungarian history in a humanistic style.	2.546875
74208193	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitome%20rerum%20Hungarorum	Epitome rerum Hungarorum	Pietro Ranzano was commissioned by Queen Beatrice to write the history of Hungarians based on the Chronica Hungarorum by Johannes Thuróczy, including the story of the Hunyadis. Ranzano started the Epitome rerum Hungarorum at the beginning of 1489, he finished his work before the death of King Matthias Corvinus (6 April 1490). In addition to extracting Thuróczy's text, he was the first to deal with the geographical description of Hungary in two independent source-based chapters. In addition to the Thuróczy Chronicle, he also used chancellery documents and oral reports, especially when presenting the period of King Matthias. Regarding Charles the Short and the early reign of Sigismund, Ranzano used the chronicles of Venetian diplomat Lorenzo de Monacis. He utilized the hagiographies of St. Stephen and St. Margaret too. Ranzano started to correct his work, a fair copy intended for King Matthias was prepared from the first manuscript, but the king did not receive it due to his death. In the fall of 1490 after the end of his embassy, when Ranzano returned to Italy, he left the original manuscript in Hungary and he took the revised copy with him to Palermo. He incorporated this material into his enormous work, the Annales omnium temporum. The fair copy from Hungary has been lost, although the autograph manuscript of the Annales has survived, this is now in Palermo. In the book of 61 of the Annales, the truncated Epitome rerum Hungarorum is survived, only with its revised text until the story of 1456. Ranzano's Hungarian history was first published in 1558 under the supervision of János Zsámboky, a scholarly Hungarian humanist who achieved timeless merits with his publishing work. Based on the first (now lost) manuscript, printer Lukács Pécsi published the chronicle in 1579 too.	2.734375
74208193	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitome%20rerum%20Hungarorum	Epitome rerum Hungarorum	This codex is a decorated copy of Ranzano's work made for the famous Hungarian royal library of King Matthias Corvinus (Bibliotheca Corviniana). The core text was written in Buda in 1490. The title page reflects the period of transition, on the miniature King Matthias Corvinus and Queen Beatrice were depicted, the coat of arms on the bottom left is already of King Vladislaus II of Hungary who reigned from 1490 after the death of King Matthias. Ranzano took the uncompleted manuscript to Italy, and after his death, his nephew Johannes found it in Ranzano's legacy. Johannes added a new preface and in 1513, gifted the manuscript to the Hungarian archbishop, Tamás Bakócz who was at that time in Rome on the papal election. This is the reason why the coat of arms of Bakócz is presented on the title page on the bottom right. Later, the manuscript became property of Péter Révay and then property of the Thurzó family. Palatine of Hungary, György Thurzó had it bound in Pozsony (now Bratislava, Slovakia) before 1611. When Thurzó's daughter Ilona married Gáspár Illésházy, the book became a treasure of the Illéshézy library in Dubnic. Probably, Samuel Litteráti Nemes, a smart artwork trader contributed to that the book got out of that library between 1806 and 1832. Miklós Jankovich purchased the book from Literati Nemes, and then it entered the Hungarian National Library together with Jankovich's collection. Today, the Ransanus codex is in the Hungarian National Library under shelfmark Cod. Lat. 249, the corvina is currently covered by a white full leather binding featuring German Renaissance style decoration. The chronicle	2.453125
74208688	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Mactaggart%20%28writer%29	John Mactaggart (writer)	John Mactaggart (26 June 1791 – 8 January 1830) was a Scottish writer and engineer born near Plunton Castle in the parish of Borgue. He is best known for writing The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, a wide-ranging and idiosyncratic reference work covering local words, places, traditions, and songs collected in and around Galloway. Mactaggart studied at the University of Edinburgh for one session but didn't return. Away from Edinburgh he "learned the engineering", working on John Rennie's Plymouth Breakwater. Through this work he was recommended to the post of clerk of works on the Rideau Canal, in Canada. Mactaggart arrived in Canada in August 1826. In addition to his work on the canal project he wrote several newspaper articles and was elected to the Natural History Society of Montreal. In 1828 Mactaggart suffered from an epidemic fever. He was subsequently dismissed for "being drunk on duty" and returned from Canada to England in later that year. In 1829 Mactaggart published Three Years in Canada. Mactagggart died on 8 January 1830 at Torrs, Kirkcudbrightshire and is buried in Senwick kirkyard in Borgue.	2.28125
74209346	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate%20Drinkovi%C4%87	Mate Drinković	In the constituent assembly of the new kingdom, Drinković spoke against centralisation of the country. Displeased with the 1921 Vidovdan Constitution, he abstained from parliamentary work even though he was elected a member of the parliament as an independent candidate in the 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election. In 1921, Drinković took part in establishment of the Croatian Bloc coalition of the Party of Rights, the Croatian Republican Peasant Party, and the . Subsequently, his political views gradually changed towards the advocation of integral Yugoslavism. In the 1920s, Drinković held ministerial positions in various governments: He was the post and telegraph minister in 1920 governments of Ljubomir Davidović and Stojan Protić, a minister without portfolio in 1924–1925 Nikola Pašić government and the minister of social policy in the 1928 Anton Korošec government. During the 6 January Dictatorship, Drinković became the minister of social policy and people's health in the Petar Živković government, and once again the minister without portfolio. Drinković died from pneumonia in Vienna, and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb.	1.929688
74209396	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prishtina%20Observatory	Prishtina Observatory	Prishtina Observatory () is an observatory in Pristina, Kosovo, that forms part of the Palace of Youth and Sports building complex built in 1977 in dedication to discovery, scientific research and educational practice. History It was first opened to the public in mid-November 1977 by a group called the Kosovo Young Researchers. The observatory was used by passionate youngsters and scientific researchers in Former Yugoslavia, part of a cultural shift that brought new opportunities to people, including the scientific community of Kosovo. Its dome-shaped cupola gave the citizens of Prishtina a view of the stars, planets, meteorites and more. The observatory was not in use for decades, but the space has now been reclaimed by the Astronomy Club of Kosova (ACK). The group initially came together only as lovers of astronomy, with simple tools that each member of the group had in their homes, slowly growing into a more serious group with scheduled meetings for stargazing, discussions about astronomy, and ways that the group can impact the community. On , the observatory re-opened with the support of UNMIK and Pristina Municipality, after a 43-year gap. The observatory opened its doors just a few days after NASA revealed the first five full-color images and spectrographic data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Gallery	2.34375
74209802	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon%20chart	Horizon chart	Regarding the color scheme in a horizon chart, it is common to utilize a diverging color scheme, like red and blue. Red is typically used to represent negative values or values with a negative meaning, while blue is employed to indicate positive values or values with a positive meaning. This color scheme helps visually distinguish between positive and negative values, aiding in the interpretation and understanding of the chart. In their 2005 article, Saito et al. proposed a different approach to color usage in horizon charts. They utilized the concept of discrete coloring, where the range of the function is divided into multiple sequential intervals, and a distinct color is assigned to each interval. This allows for the precise reading of values based on color. Unlike divergent colors (such as red and blue), the focus is on using a continuously changing scale of colors to represent the data accurately. By employing this method, the horizon chart enables readers to interpret specific values based on the assigned colors within the chart. Implementation Horizon charts can be created using various open-source tools. These tools provide the necessary functionalities to generate horizon charts from data. Some popular open-source options for creating horizon charts include D3.js, R and RAWgraphs among others.	2.53125
74209817	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20walk%20search	Quantum walk search	In the context of quantum computing, the quantum walk search is a quantum algorithm for finding a marked node in a graph. The concept of a quantum walk is inspired by classical random walks, in which a walker moves randomly through a graph or lattice. In a classical random walk, the position of the walker can be described using a probability distribution over the different nodes of the graph. In a quantum walk, on the other hand, the walker is represented by a quantum state, which can be in a superposition of several locations simultaneously. Search algorithms based on quantum walks have the potential to find applications in various fields, including optimization, machine learning, cryptography, and network analysis. The efficiency and probability of success of a quantum walk search depend heavily on the structure of the search space. In general, quantum walk search algorithms offer an asymptotic quadratic speedup similar to that of Grover's algorithm. One of the first works on the application of quantum walk to search problems was proposed by Neil Shenvi, Julia Kempe, and K. Birgitta Whaley. Classical problem description Given a search space and a subset which contains the marked elements, a probabilistic search algorithm samples an element uniformly at random at each step, until it finds a marked element from . If we define as the fraction of marked elements, a procedure of that kind must be repeated times to find a marked element. If we have information about the structure of we can model it as a graph , where every vertex represents a sample from the search space with , while the edges represent the conditional probability to sample the next element starting from the current sample.	2.34375
74209862	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20open%20network%20for%20AI	Medical open network for AI	Medical open network for AI (MONAI) is an open-source, community-supported framework for Deep learning (DL) in healthcare imaging. MONAI provides a collection of domain-optimized implementations of various DL algorithms and utilities specifically designed for medical imaging tasks. MONAI is used in research and industry, aiding the development of various medical imaging applications, including image segmentation, image classification, image registration, and image generation. MONAI was first introduced in 2019 by a collaborative effort of engineers from Nvidia, the National Institutes of Health, and the King's College London academic community. The framework was developed to address the specific challenges and requirements of DL applied to medical imaging. Built on top of PyTorch, a popular DL library, MONAI offers a high-level interface for performing everyday medical imaging tasks, including image preprocessing, augmentation, DL model training, evaluation, and inference for diverse medical imaging applications. MONAI simplifies the development of DL models for medical image analysis by providing a range of pre-built components and modules. MONAI is part of a larger suite of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered software called NVIDIA Clara. Besides MONAI, Clara also comprises NVIDIA Parabricks for genome analysis. Medical image analysis foundations Medical imaging is a range of imaging techniques and technologies that enables clinicians to visualize the internal structures of the human body. It aids in diagnosing, treating, and monitoring various medical conditions, thus allowing healthcare professionals to obtain detailed and non-invasive images of organs, tissues, and physiological processes.	2.40625
74210027	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-MOS%20thermal%20sensor	T-MOS thermal sensor	TMOS is a type of thermal sensor consisting in a micromachined thermally isolated transistor fabricated using CMOS-SOI(Silicon on Insulator) MEMS(Micro electro-mechanical system) technology. It has been developed in the last decade by the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. A thermal sensor is a device able to detect the thermal radiation emitted by an object located in the FOV(Field Of View) of the sensor. Infrared radiation ( IR ) striking the sensor produces a change in the temperature of the device that as a consequence generates an electric output signal proportional to the incident IR power. The sensor is able to measure the temperature of the object radiating thanks to the information contained in the impinging radiation, exploiting in this sense Stefan - Boltzmann law. TMOS detector has two important characteristics that make it different from others: it's an active and uncooled sensor. Fabrication process A TMOS detector consists in a mosaic structure composed of several sub-pixels, which are electrically connected in parallel or in series or in a mixed combination, and are thermally isolated. In each sub-pixels the sensitive element is the TMOS sensor, that is suspended in vacuum, fabricated in CMOS - SOI technology and dry released. The mosaic structure includes: the pixel frame, the suspended transistor, that absorbs IR radiation and that could also be embedded in an absorbing IR membrane which determine the thermal capacitance of the sensor, and two folding arms that determine the sensor thermal conductivity.	2.40625
74210778	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente%20Rovea	Vicente Rovea	On January 25, 1910, he left the government for health treatment, and Tancredo Appio Feijó took over as interim governor. However, he would only return to effective government on December 1, 1911, with the resignation of Feijó, handing over the post on August 12, 1912, to José Pena de Moraes, whom Rovea had appointed vice-intendent when he reassigned in 1911. On May 8, 1912, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel-Commander of the General Staff of the 97th Infantry Battalion of the National Guard, a corporation of which he had been an officer for many years. His administration was notable for being the beginning of a process of consolidation of power of Italian descendants, since, until that moment, the Intendency had been regularly handed over to agents of Luso-Brazilian origin. Vicente was praised for being able to pacify the situation after many years of intense agitation, actively collaborating "in the definitive consolidation of local politics, which resulted in the congruence of the Caxias family". He received, however, criticism in the press of the time for the high taxes levied and the large increase in public debt. In early 1909, he announced in the press the liquidation of his business and the sale of several rural properties, but by September 1910 he was back in business as a representative of a quarry and pottery owned by Pedro Jacob Rodrigues, and by 1911 his commercial house had been put back together again. Also in 1911, he was one of the founders of the Tiro de Guerra, taking a seat on the Fiscal Council; in 1913 he was appointed to one of the boards of the Associação dos Comerciantes, which had been reactivated in 1912, and in 1914 he is mentioned as the local banker of the insurance agency A Mundial, based in Rio de Janeiro. In the mid-1920s his business ceased.	2.234375
74210812	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiosynoviorthesis	Radiosynoviorthesis	Radiosynoviorthesis (RSO) is a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure for managing joint inflammation, particularly synovitis associated with osteoarthritis. Radiosynoviorthesis involves the intra-articular injection of radioactive isotopes to specifically treat the inflamed synovial membrane. Synovitis, a hallmark of various joint disorders, including osteoarthritis, manifests as inflammation within the synovial membrane lining the joints. RSO aims to suppress overactive macrophage and synovial cells responsible for the inflammatory response, providing relief from pain and improving joint functionality. Synovitis is implicated in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis, the most prevalent form of arthritis. Mechanical stress, injury, or biochemical factors trigger an inflammatory response within the synovial membrane, perpetuating chronic inflammation. This inflammatory environment contributes to the breakdown of cartilage, exacerbating joint pain and dysfunction in osteoarthritis patients. Macrophages are immune cells found within the synovial tissue which play a significant role in the development and progression of synovitis and osteoarthritis. Inflamed synovial tissue attracts macrophages, which release pro-inflammatory cytokines and enzymes. These molecules perpetuate synovial inflammation, leading to cartilage degradation and further joint damage. RSO, by targeting the inflamed synovium, aims to reduce the number and activity of macrophages, thereby relieving joint inflammation and slowing down osteoarthritis progression. Long-term results have been observed in human knee and finger osteoarthritis. In addition to Yttrium-90 (Y-90) and Rhenium-186 (Re-186), another radioisotope used in radiosynoviorthesis is Tin-117m (Sn-117m). Tin-117m is radioisotope that is used to treat synovitis and osteoarthritis in canines with elbow dysplasia.	2.15625
74211701	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amjad%20Ali%20Shakir	Amjad Ali Shakir	Amjad Ali Shakir () is a Pakistani writer and an educationist who was born to Abdul Qadir, a graduate of Darul Uloom Deoband. He studied at the University of the Punjab and University of Multan in 1977. He started his career in education as a lecturer in 1979 at Govt College Bahawalnagar and served as a principal in various colleges before retiring in 2014. He has written many books on various topics, including history, research, and sketches. Early life and education Shakir was born to Abdul Qadir — a graduate of Darul Uloom Deoband. With the help of an educated environment at home, he passed 10th grade at Govt High School Basirpur, Lahore at the age of 15 only in 1969. Then he entered to Municipal degree college Okara (now Govt Post Graduate College Okara) and did his B.A from the University of the Punjab. After that, he did his M.A in Urdu as a private student from the University of Multan (now Bahauddin Zakariya University) in 1977. Career He started his service in education as a lecturer on 17 Feb 1979 at Govt college Bahawalnagar. After spending one year he was transferred to Govt college Pakpatan, where he spent four years. Then transferred to Govt College, Dipalpur, and served here relatively for a long time. In 1992, he was promoted to assistant professor and transferred to Govt college Kasur, shortly he then transferred to Govt College Ravi Road Shahdara, Lahore 1993. He was transferred as a principal to Govt college Kasur again and stayed here for 10 years. After that, he was promoted to grade 20 and served as principal in various colleges and retired as principal in 2014. Views about government colleges According to Shakir, government colleges in Pakistan have adequate infrastructure and facilities, including well-equipped laboratories and libraries with more resources than private colleges. He believes that teachers have a responsibility to approach their work with dedication and passion, as the future of the nation depends on them.	2.4375
74212199	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Mu%C5%9F	Battle of Muş	The Battle of Muş, also known as the Ognot campaign, took place during World War I in the southeastern Anatolian region of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey). One of the commanders involved was Mustafa Kemal, who later became known as Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. The battle resulted in a Russian victory. After extended fighting, the Russians captured the city of Muş and inflicted heavy casualties on the Ottoman Second Army, nearly destroying it. Battle The Ottomans faced significant setbacks following major Russian victories in the northern theater and the capture of Bitlis in the south. This forced them to redeploy troops, including veterans from the successful defense of Gallipoli against Russia's Western allies. On 3 August, with a significant manpower advantage (2.5:1), the Turks launched a general offensive along the entire front. After fierce fighting, the Russians abandoned Mus on 6–8 August. Despite heavy pressure, the 1st Russian Division managed to decisively defeat four Ottoman divisions. Due to the remote location, the initial phase of the operation presented logistical challenges for the Russians, who in some areas faced opponents outnumbering them 3–4 to 1. Through a combination of heroic resistance and the effective deployment of new mobile artillery, the Russians inflicted significant casualties on the Ottomans. Seizing the opportunity, General Yudnich launched a counteroffensive across the entire front. The Russians recaptured Muş on 23 August, with Ottoman General Faik Pasha reportedly killed during the battle. Some sources place his death on 24 or 25 August. However, other sources place his death after the battle on 30 August. Aftermath A Turkish defeat in the south solidified Russia's military dominance. In the aftermath, the second army suffered heavy losses at the hands of Russian artillery, reducing it to the size of a corps.	2.40625
74212231	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayanja%20Kyompitira%20Sebalu	Mayanja Kyompitira Sebalu	Mayanja Kyompitira Sebalu (born 1931 at Nagalama, Kyagwe North East, Mukono District) is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. In 1961, Sebalu served under Benedicto Kiwanuka as the first finance minister of the country. Biography He was educated at Namilyango College, then went on to study in India at Punjab University, Calcutta University, and Delhi University, where he acquired degrees in economics (1956) and law (1958). When Sebalu returned to Uganda, he and Benedicto Kiwanuka started a law firm. The two worked together and later Kiwanuka became the Democratic Party president. As a lawyer, Sebalu stood for the 1961 Ugandan general election where he was elected to represent Kyaggwe North East in the Parliament of Uganda under the Democratic Party. With a large majority in parliament, Kiwanuka as Democratic Party's] leader had to form a government and Sebalu was named Minister of Economic Development. The Democratic Party attained 44 seats of the available 82. As he progressed with his ministerial duties, after less than a year Sebalu took over from Christopher George Melmoth as Minister of Finance making him the first Finance Minister of Uganda. After being defeated in the hotly contested 1962 Ugandan general election, Sebalu lost his seat in cabinet and his private legal practice after Independence.	2.1875
74212714	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek%20Bayer	František Bayer	Bayer was born in Mšené-lázně and studied at the Písek gymnasium (1865–1873) before entering the University of Prague. After graduating in the natural sciences and mathematics with physics and obtaining a teaching certificat in 1880 he began to teach in grammar schools. In 1882 he described a bird fossil, Anas basaltica from tuffs near Varnsdorf. It was later placed in the genus Ardea. He described another fossil that he again placed in the genus Anas, A. skalicensis, from Skalice near Litoměřice. He received a doctorate in 1883. He began to teach at the higher gymnasium in Domažlice (1876–1878) as a substitute teacher and then went to Tábor and simultaneously began his studies in osteology and paleontology. An early work on the osteology of frogs was critiqued by František Vejdovský for not examining immature stages. From 1890 to 1892 he taught at Písek. In 1888 he became a member of the Royal Czech Society of Sciences. He made several visits to Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and London to examine paleontology collections. His most intense period of paleontological activity spanned 1893 to 1902. In 1896 he published a list of Cretaceous reptiles and fishes. In 1907, he became the director of the Jiráskovo Gymnasium. He studied paleontology and went on collecting trips as well as visits to museums. He collaborated with Antonín Frič on paleontological studies. Frič encouraged Bayer to move focus from paleontological osteology to the osteology of extant vertebrates. He wrote on the evolution of the lizard tongue, particularly with an interest in the origin of forked tongues. Frič described the fossil fish Bayeria longipinna in Bayer's honour in 1905. Bayer did not accept the subspecies concept or trinomial nomenclature. Bayer also wrote popular science articles in various periodicals. He edited parts of the Czech edition of Brehms Tierleben dealing with reptiles, amphibians and fishes. He wrote a zoology textbook for secondary schools in 1900 along with Jan Nepomuk Woldřich	2.328125
74213172	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine%20Fontana	Lorraine Fontana	Lorraine Fontana (born 1947) is an American lesbian activist and founder of the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance. Early life Fontana was born in Queens, NY to an Italian American family. She was inspired to become involved with racial justice movements after seeing the civil rights movement on TV as a child. Career and activism In 1968, Fontana first came to Atlanta as a volunteer for VISTA under President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on poverty, where she helped organize food buying clubs in poor neighborhoods. Fontana was a writer for the Great Speckled Bird while she attended a psychology graduate program at Emory University. She dropped out of the program to pursue community organizing, where she met women involved with the Atlanta Women's Liberation, the Georgia Gay Liberation Front, and the Anti-Imperialist Coalition. During this time, Fontana lived in a collective household in the Little Five Points neighborhood. Feeling alienated from the lack of queer representation in Atlanta Women's Liberation and the male-dominated Gay Liberation Front, Fontana, along with,among others, Diana Kaye, Elaine Kolb, Corinne Smith, Martha Smith, Marianna Kaufman, Helen Schietinger, Marilyn Langfeld, Sally Gabby, Pam Norris (Hatchet), and Vicki Gabriner, founded the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance. She lived in ALFA's Mansfield Street house, also known as the ALFA House, which served as the organization's hub. Fontana was part of ALFA's political action committee, where she networked with the wider gay community to organize pride marches, anti KKK protests, anti-racist initiatives, and protests against the police. Additionally, Fontana helped establish the ALFA lending library and was an active contributor to the organization's newsletter. She pitched for ALFA's softball team, the Omegas. In 1976, Fontana left ALFA and moved to Los Angeles to attend the People's College of Law from 1976 to 1979. At the People's College of Law, Fontana became a member of the caucuses for women, gay, and working-class students.	2.328125
74213354	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens%20principle%20of%20double%20refraction	Huygens principle of double refraction	Huygens principle of double refraction, named after Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens, explains the phenomenon of double refraction observed in uniaxial anisotropic material such as calcite. When unpolarized light propagates in such materials (along a direction different from the optical axis), it splits into two different rays, known as ordinary and extraordinary rays. The principle states that every point on the wavefront of birefringent material produces two types of wavefronts or wavelets: spherical wavefronts and ellipsoidal wavefronts. These secondary wavelets, originating from different points, interact and interfere with each other. As a result, the new wavefront is formed by the superposition of these wavelets. History The systematic exploration of light polarization began during the 17th century. In 1669, Rasmus Bartholin made an observation of double refraction in a calcite crystal and documented it in a published work in 1670. Later, in 1690, Huygens identified polarization as a characteristic of light and provided a demonstration using two identical blocks of calcite placed in succession. Each crystal divided an incoming ray of light into two, which Huygens referred to as "regular" and "irregular" (in modern terminology: ordinary and extraordinary). However, if the two crystals were aligned in the same orientation, no further division of the light occurred. Huygens–Fresnel principle	3.03125
74213495	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protosciaena	Protosciaena	Protosciaena is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. These fishes are found in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy Protosciaena was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1989 by the Japanese ichthyologist Kunio Sasaki to include both P. bathytatos and P. trewavasae, with the latter designated, under its original binomial of Sciaena trewavasae, as the type species. S. trewavasae had originally been described by Labbish Ning Chao and Robert Victor Miller in 1975 with its type locality given as the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Colombia. This taxon was placed in the monotypic subfamily Protosciaeninae by Sasaki, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sciaenidae which it places in the order Acanthuriformes. Etymology Protosciaena prefixes Sciaena, the original genus for P. trewavasae, with protos, meaning "first", because of its apparently "primitive nature". Species Protosciaena has the following 2 valid species within it: Protosciaena bathytatos (Chao & Miller, 1975) (Deep-water drum) Protosciaena trewavasae (Chao & Miller, 1975) (New Grenada drum) Characteristics Protosciaena drums have rhomboidal to elongate, conmpressed bodies with large eyes and a large mouth opening to the front. The chin has no barbels and 5 pores. The preoperculum is serrated and there is a deep incision separating the first spiny part of the dorsal fin from the rear, largely soft-rayed part. The dorsal fin is supported by a total of 11 spines and 21 to 23 soft rays. The short based anal fin is supported by 2 spines and 7 soft rays. The caudal fin is slightly pointed. Of the two species in the genus, the largest is P. bathytatos with a maximum published total length of while P. trewavasae has a maximum published total length of . Distribution Protosciaena drums are endemic to the Greater Caribbean.	2.546875
74214349	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cautinus	Cautinus	Cautinus (French: Cautin) was a bishop of the Diocese of Clermont in the 6th century. Gregory of Tours Most of what is recorded about Cautinus derives from the writings of Gregory of Tours, who was a contemporary of Cautinus and a fellow bishop. According to Gregory, following the death of the previous bishop Gall in 554, the clergy elected for a priest named Cato to become the next bishop. Cautinus, however, who was an archdeacon in Clermont, went to king Theudebald and reported the death of Bishop Gall. The king then made Cautinus as the new bishop of Clermont. Cato, however, tried to depose Cautinus afterwards and wouldn't submit to him. He also had bad relations with Chram son of King Chlothar I of the Franks and Cato tried to get Chram to help him to get rid of Cautinus. Cautinus was described by Gregory as being very avaricious and tried to take the property of others. Gregory recounted a story where the bishop attempted to have a priest locked in a tomb and left to die when he refused to give him the deeds to properties he owned. The priest later escaped and accused Cautinus before the king of the matter. Gregory also claimed Cautinus was a drunkard, illiterate and 'subservient to Jews'. Cautinus died in the year 571 on the day before Passion Sunday as a result of plague.	2.28125
68380638	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert%20K%C3%B3s	Hubert Kós	Hubert Kós (born 28 March 2003) is a Hungarian swimmer and a member of the Arizona State Sun Devils swim team. He is a world junior record holder in the 200 metre individual medley and an Olympic champion in the 200 metre backstroke. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley. At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, he won the gold medal in the 200 metre individual medley. In 2023, he won the bronze medal in the 200 yard backstroke at the year's men's NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. In 2024, he won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Early life Kós has family links to County Kerry in southwest Ireland, and has visited there several times since he was a boy. His paternal grandmother is Irish, while his paternal grandfather is Hungarian who emigrated to Ireland with his family at the age of 6 in 1946. Kós' father spent his childhood in Cork. He has two younger siblings: a brother, Olivér, who is also a swimmer, and a sister, Allison. He studied at the American International School of Budapest. Career 2021–2022 In the semifinals of the men's 200 metre individual medley event of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, Kós set a new World Junior Record with a time of 1:56.99. He competed in the men's 200 metre individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships, conducted at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia, he won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:03.16. Two days earlier at the Championships, he placed fourth in the final of the 200 metre individual medley with a European junior record time of 1:52.87.	1.9375
68380856	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20Wound%20School	Little Wound School	Little Wound School () is a tribal K-12 school in Kyle, South Dakota. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). It is located in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It is named after Little Wound. In 2001 the school started a cable television station. In 2015 the school had 900 students. That year the Minneapolis Star Tribune stated that it was one of four BIE schools in the Pine Ridge community with a building deemed to be in a "poor condition". The gymnasium was built in 1939. The editorial board added that the school had portable buildings unused due to deterioration and that it "lacks separate restrooms and other facilities needed to maintain student discipline and privacy." By November 2015 the school community experienced a suicide epidemic involving 12 suicides. In 2015 the United States Department of Education gave the school a $325,000 grant to address this. Athletics The elementary division has a boxing club. The school pays for the program, making it one of the few such programs in the state.	2.40625
68380869	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolton%20Library	Bolton Library	Conservation The collection was endangered as early as 1798, when soldiers quartered in the Bishop's Palace damaged the library and destroyed some books. In 1822, Reverend Henry Cotton was appointed librarian. Passage of the Church Temporalities Act 1833 led to the removal of the collection from the Bishop's Palace and in 1835 Cotton hired local architect William Tinsley to design a new building to house the library. In 1857, John Davis White became librarian, a post he held until the 1890s. Introduction of the Irish Church Act 1869 reduced funding for the collection, resulting in a deterioration of conditions in the building. In 1873, the library printed a Catalogue of the Library of the Dean and Chapter of Cashel, documenting the contents. In 1909, the post of librarian was dissolved and the Dean of Cashel took charge of the collection. In the early 1900s, Bolton Library made loans to other institutions, including Marsh's Library and the Church of Ireland Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. On his appointment in 1961, Dean Charles Wolfe arranged the return of loaned items and attempted to obtain funding to restore the library. Unable to find sponsors, Wolfe sold hundreds of books to the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. and used the money to repair the outside of the building. In 1973, a Catalogue of Cashel Diocesan Library was printed in Boston.	2.84375
68381305	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuinini%20Manumua	Kuinini Manumua	Kuinini Juanita Mechteld Manumua (born 12 December 2000) is a Tongan-American weightlifter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's +87 kg category, the first athlete representing Tonga to do so. She placed in eighth. Career Kuinini Manumua was born on 12 December 2000 in American Samoa. She was raised as a child in her parents' home country of Tonga, living in the village of Ha’alaufuli in Vava'u, but her family moved to San Francisco when Manumua was 10. As a high school freshman, Manumua began weightlifting as an extracurricular activity. At the age of 17, Manumua qualified for the American youth world weightlifting team, and won bronze at the 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in the women's +75 kg category, representing the United States of America. Manumua competed at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, representing the United States of America in the women's +90 kg category. She lifted 101 kg in snatch and 130 kg in clean & jerk, coming in fifth place. Manumua's first participation representing Tonga was at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, where she competed in the women's +87 kg category. Manumua placed 21st, lifting 98 kg in snatch and 129 kg in clean & jerk. Speaking to Matangi Tonga, Manumua explained that part of her reasoning for switching teams from the US to Tonga was that "I wanted to represent my little country so it can, hopefully, be the beginning of something for other Tongan girls like me, to feel inspired to do weightlifting. Or just lifting in general. In addition, I also wanted Tonga to have more recognition in sports, and I feel a lot of pride in representing Tonga." In 2019, Manumua competed for Tonga in the Oceania Weightlifting Championships in the women's +87 kg category. She placed fifth place in snatch, lifting 80 kg. Manumua also took part in the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, representing Tonga in the Women's +87 kg group. She lifted 96 kg in snatch and 115 kg in clean & jerk, placing 19th.	1.96875
68381508	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Niger%20State%20gubernatorial%20election	2023 Niger State gubernatorial election	Background Niger State is a large, diverse state in the North Central with agricultural and energy potential but facing a debilitated health sector and intense challenges in security as the nationwide kidnapping epidemic, bandit conflict, and herder–farmer clashes have all heavily affected the state with added fears of ISWAP encroachment. Politically, the state's 2019 elections were a solidification of the control of the state APC. In federal elections, Buhari retained the state presidentially while the APC swept all three senate seats and ten House of Representatives seats. On the state level, the party also held the governorship and kept the majority in the House of Assembly. Ahead of his second term, Bello pledged to focus on education, increasing agricultural production, affordable housing, and improving access to clean drinking water. In terms of his performance, Bello was praised for expanding the energy sector but was criticized for failing to combat rising insecurity, poor road infrastructure, a failure to pay teacher salaries and the ensuing educator strike, having a political opponent imprisoned, and his role in the March 2022 APC leadership crisis. Primary elections The primaries, along with any potential challenges to primary results, were to take place between 4 April and 3 June 2022 but the deadline was extended to 9 June. An informal zoning gentlemen's agreement sets the Niger South Senatorial District to produce the next governor as someone from Niger South has not held the governorship since 2007. While only the PDP has closed their primaries to non-Southern candidates, nearly all potential candidates are from the South and it appears as if both major parties are holding to the zoning agreement. All Progressives Congress	1.90625
68382523	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread%20and%20Roses%20%28collective%29	Bread and Roses (collective)	Intersectionality Winifred Breines is a white feminist who has been active since the socialist feminist movement during the 1960s. She wrote multiple pieces that touch on the intersectionality, or lack thereof, within the Boston feminist scene including Struggling to Connect: White and Black Feminism in the Movement Years, What's love got to do with it? white women, black women, and feminism in the movement years, and Learning about Racism: White Socialist Feminism and Bread and Roses. During this movement, two prominent collectives were the Bread and Roses Collective, predominantly consisting of white, upper-class, educated women, and the Combahee River Collective, which was a black socialist group. Breines stated that many Black feminists felt that many white women were insensitive about issues that addressed their race and gender, going on to "suggest that privileged white feminists could focus only on issues of personal concern, unable to comprehend that for black feminists race and class were as important as sex discrimination."	2.125
68382541	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretaon%20muscosus	Aretaon muscosus	Aretaon muscosus is a stick insect species from the family Heteropterygidae, which is native to Borneo. Characteristics While in the sister species Aretaon asperrimus only occasionally nymph with a clear green component appear in the coloration, the nymphs of Aretaon muscosus are always colored green. The adult females are also intensely green in color. At , they remain somewhat smaller than those of Aretaon asperrimus. Their most noticeable feature are the lobes or leaf-like extensions on the edges of the abdomen. They exist from the first through the eighth segments, with the largest being on segments three through seven. The dorsal edges of the tibiae are equipped with easily recognizable spines. Their color and body structure make them look like they are overgrown with moss. The rather golden yellow and brown patterned males reach a size of . They too have lobes on the edges of the abdomen, which can be found here on segments three to nine. Like the abdominal segments themselves, they also gradually increase in size towards the end of the abdomen.	2.21875
68383276	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Earle%20%28slave%20trader%29	William Earle (slave trader)	William Earle (1721–1788) was an English slave trader. In a career lasting 40 years he was responsible for at least 117 slave voyages and by the number of slave voyages he was the sixth most active slave trader in the period 1740–1790 from the Port of Liverpool. Slave-ship captain William Earle's career in the slave trade began in 1748 as the captain of Lucy, a 60-ton snow on a slaving voyage to buy enslaved people from West Africa and to sell them in St Kitts. He bought 240 enslaved people, of whom 197 survived the journey, 43 died and were thrown into the sea. Earle began his career as a sailor. No information is recorded about his apprenticeship at sea but it was typical for a seaman to spend 8 or 10 years at sea before being given a first captaincy. In this period he was also the captain of another slave ship Chesterfield. A letter is preserved that records the owner's instructions to him. He was to proceed from the Isle of Man to Old Calabar and then "to barter our cargoe as per invoice annexed for slaves and elephants teeth."	2.703125
68383561	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallipateira%20of%20Rhodes	Kallipateira of Rhodes	Kallipateira (Gr. ) of Ialysos in Rhodes (l. c. 388 BCE), was an Ancient Greek athlete trainer. She came from a renowned family of athletes in Ancient Greece. She was caught attending the ancient Olympic Games disguised as a male trainer in 388 BCE. Her capture led to a law being introduced that trainers should strip before entering the stadium. Family Kallipateira was a granddaughter of Damagetos, king of Ialysos. Her father, Diagoras of Rhodes, was a celebrated boxer and Olympic victor. Diagoras won the boxing at several Panhellenic games and was honoured by Pindar. Her brothers were also Panhellenic champions: Damagetos won pankration events and Akousilaos won in boxing. Her younger brother Dorieus was the most successful, winning the pankration at 21 different Panhellenic games. Kallipateira was a widow at the time of her arrest at Olympia, which she was attending in support of her own son Peisirodos. Capture at Olympia Pausanias records the story of how she was caught: Her story features in a sonnet of the modern Greek poet Lorentzos Mavilis.	2.5
68383610	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20II%20Pok	Maurice II Pok	Still residing in Dalmatia, Maurice was appointed Master of the cupbearers around March 1242, holding the dignity until at least January 1246. Beside that he also served as ispán of Győr County from 1243 to 1244 (or 1245). In this capacity, he defended the western borderlands against the raids of Frederick the Quarrelsome. It is possible he also began to fortify the ruins of Győr Castle, which was seized and demolished by the invading Mongol then Austrian troops. As a reward for his faithful service, Maurice was granted the castle of Fülek (present-day Fiľakovo, Slovakia) and its accessories, altogether seven villages, by Béla IV in January 1246; the fort previously was confiscated from Fulco Kacsics, who committed serious crimes during the Mongol invasion and thereafter. According to the donation letter, Maurice had to pay 300 marks or hand over one third part of the landholdings to Stephen Báncsa, Archbishop of Esztergom due to Fulco's former plundering attacks which caused severe damage to the archdiocese, including the devastation of the village Hatvan near Fülek Castle. Maurice donated a portion from the newly acquired areas – Simonyi (today Šimonovce, Slovakia) – to his cousin Mark in 1247. Maurice also acquired the estate Drávaszentgyörgy near the town Virovitica in Slavonia sometime before 1247. Succeeding his brother-in-law Roland Rátót, Maurice served as Master of the stewards between 1246 and 1247, but it is possible he held the dignity until no later than 1251. Beside that, he was also ispán of Nyitra County from 1246 to 1261, for an unprecedent period of fifteen years.	1.960938
68383610	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20II%20Pok	Maurice II Pok	By the 1250s, Maurice became a stable pillar of King Béla's government in the royal court. While retained his office in Nyitra County, Maurice served as count (head) of the court of queen consort Maria Laskarina from 1251 to 1259. Beside the place of his origin, Maurice acquired lands and estates in various regions of the Kingdom of Hungary since the 1250s, including Nyitra County, Transylvania and Slavonia, consequently he did not own a single coherent and extensive lordship. Maurice was installed as the owner of the land Szigliget in 1258. According to the land contract, Maurice was adopted by one of his childless female relative Bona, the widow of Ladislaus Atyusz, then comes Botond Ventei, who bequeathed the half part of the estate to her adopted son. Maurice exchanged his possession Bánd for the other half part with the Almád Abbey, acquiring the whole landholding, around which many of his estates spread. However, the illustrious Szigliget Castle was built by another owner in the region, the Pannonhalma Abbey around 1260. It is possible that Béla IV did not want his confidant to own another castle beside Fülek, or Pannonhalma and its abbot Favus proved to be richer. Despite that, Maurice was granted the newly built castle by Béla IV sometime after 1262, possibly as a compensation due to the loss of Fülek (see below). Maurice also bought the Vatasomlyó lordship (present-day Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania) in the region of Szilágyság (Sălaj) in 1258; this landholding in the northern part of Transylvania became the main basis of his son Nicholas' oligarchic domain by the end of the 13th century. He also owned a portion in Szenice in Nyitra County (present-day Senica, Slovakia), which he acquired when he administered the county.	2.203125
68383717	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterodiscus%20%28plant%29	Pterodiscus (plant)	General description They are perennial herbs, that have a thick caudex (rootstock), that is either part of an underground tuber which is as wide as the above ground caudex, or the underground tuber can be wider and broader. Overall the plant does not reach more than high. From the caudex, an unbranched stem arises, normally every year. The leaves are sub-succulent and fleshy, and very variable in shape, ranging from linear to strap-shaped, undulate to broadly oblong. They are dentate (toothed), pinnatilobed, pinnatifid (meaning pinnately dissected to the central vein) or pinnatipartite. The solitary flowers arise from the leaf axils, which come in a range of colours, from yellow, (sometimes suffused with purple,) brilliant orange, red, wine-red, purple to dark purple. The calyx is small. The corolla is funnel-shaped or narrowly cylindrical, often slightly gibbous (rounded protuberance) at the base with a reduced spur. They have 4 stamens and a bilocular (or 2 compartmented) ovary). The fruit (or seed capsule) is indehiscent (does not split down the side), instead it has 4 broad longitudinal, prominent wings (which are parchment-like). The upper part of the capsule is beak-like. The seeds are variable in both shape and structure of the testa. Etymology The genera name is derived from the Greek word ptero meaning 'winged' and the Latin word discus meaning 'disc'. This refers to the fruit structure, a flattened fruit that bears wings. Species There were 18 named species in tropical and South Africa, but most of these were found to be synonyms of other species. Known species include (according to Kew, and Tropicos): Pterodiscus angustifolius Engl. Pterodiscus aurantiacus Welw. Pterodiscus brasiliensis (J.Gay ex DC.) Asch. Pterodiscus coeruleus Chiov. Pterodiscus kellerianus Schinz. Pterodiscus ruspolii Engl. Pterodiscus speciosus Hook.	2.375
68383871	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hol%C3%AD%C4%8D%20Castle	Holíč Castle	Holíč Castle is a Baroque manor house and a historical landmark in Holíč, Slovakia. The manor house was built as a summer residence by the Habsburgs in the 18th century. It replaced an older military fortification dating back to the 12th century. The original stone castle was built on the Moravian-Hungarian border in the 13th century as a border fortress. The location remains a border area in the 21st century. The site is located in Slovakia, approximately 1 km from the border with the Czech Republic and 25 km from the border with Austria. History The oldest archaeological findings in the Holíč area date from the Neolithic period, and there are findings from the Bronze Age, Iron Age and the Roman time. For the better part of the 13th century, Holíč was the seat of a border comitatus. Following a Mongol invasion in 1241, the Árpád dynasty decided to build a new stone castle on the site of an older wooden water castle which stood there since the 11th century. A document from 1256 mentions the castle as Wywar, meaning "New Castle".	2.5
68384397	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.G.%20Gaston%20Motel	A.G. Gaston Motel	The A.G. Gaston Motel is a historic building and former motel in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1963 during the Civil Rights movement, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference used a room in the hotel as their headquarters, which was later bombed by terrorists. History Built in 1954 by local businessman A. G. Gaston. It served as premium accommodation for African American travelers and was listed in The Negro Motorist Green Book, a travel guide. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference used room 30 as its headquarters for leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, and others, to plan portions of the 1963 Birmingham campaign of the civil rights movement. On May 10, 1963, the motel was bombed by white supremacist terrorists. After discrimination in public accommodation was outlawed, the motel's business declined in the 1970s. It was used as senior housing from 1982 to 1996. Since 2017 it is owned in part by the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, the National Park Service, and the City of Birmingham. It has been designated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of America's National Treasures. In summer of 2023, the site is set to open to the public for history tours.	1.96875
68384567	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty%20Grip	Liberty Grip	Liberty Grip is a 2008 sculpture in bronze by English artist Gary Hume. The sculpture is today situated on a riverside path on the east side of The O2 at North Greenwich in south-east London, where it forms part of The Line, a public sculpture trail that very roughly follows the path of the Prime Meridian as it crosses the River Thames. History Created in 2008, Hume modelled Liberty Grip in three discrete sections using the arm of a mannequin as a template, and it was exhibited at White Cube gallery in Bermondsey, London in 2013. In describing the work, the gallery said "Hume ... positioned the three arms into an evocative group of forms that suggests both a bundle of limbs or a contorted hand." In 2014, it was one of nine works chosen from over 70 submissions for the inaugural year of The Line, an art project distributed along a three-mile route following some of London's waterways between Stratford and North Greenwich. The route opened in 2015. The five Greenwich elements of The Line also form part of an art trail across the Greenwich Peninsula.	2.0625
68384723	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929%20Spain%20v%20England%20football%20match	1929 Spain v England football match	On 15 May 1929 at the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid, the home stadium of Atlético Madrid, England's national team were defeated 4–3 by Spain in a friendly international football match. As a result, Spain became the first team from Continental Europe to defeat England, and doing so in the first meeting between the two countries. Such was the prestige of the match for the Spanish, it was the first ever to be publicly broadcast via radio. The match was refereed by Belgian official John Langenus, believed to be the top referee in the world at the time. The Home Nations had popularised the sport, and England were widely viewed as the greatest team in the world in the early 20th century. Their first matches against continental European sides resulted in high-scoring victories, but after World War I the gap in quality eventually narrowed, due in part to England's insularity and failure to evolve, as well as the increase in skill and innovation throughout Europe. Though England were favourites and in good form going into the match, the standard of Spanish football was greatly improving due to the influence of expat English coaches such as Atlético manager Fred Pentland, who at the time was assisting the Spain national team, as well as the recent professionalising of the sport, which included the creation of La Liga.	2.375
68384778	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salut%20drapeau%21	Salut drapeau!	Paris theatres wouldn't touch the play over its cross-dressing title character and thinly-veiled homoeroticism. One producer told Péladan that only the mad King Ludwig II of Bavaria would mount it. Le Prince du Byzance never reached the stage but the author published the text in 1896. For his lone setting of the play Satie chose Cavalcanti's speech from Act 2, Scene 9, where the captain seizes the Taranto flag ("Salut drapeau!") and exhorts the people to help Tonio overthrow Ferdinand. It is a key moment demanding fervor and spectacle from the music. Satie's piece, with the performance direction calme et doux (calm and soft), willfully ignores all the dramatic elements of Péladan’s text in favor of harmonic experiments previously explored in his Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes. The melody of the vocal line is based on the Greek chromatic genus, harmonized with major, minor and diminished chords within a structure of four-voiced chords in the same first-inversion form. "As a result", writes biographer Mary E. Davis, "the music has a consistent texture, with no hint of tonality or progress, and anticipates the aesthetic that Satie would later describe as stemming from boredom, which was 'mysterious and profound'". Satie was probably unaware of the difficulties in presenting Le Prince du Byzance and soon moved on to his next project with Péladan, Le Fils des étoiles (1892). This time the play would be produced and Satie would compose a wall-to-wall incidental score - most of which would go unused.	2.359375
68384833	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Blizzard	Stephen Blizzard	Stephen Blizzard was a Canadian physician and jet pilot. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, he studied veterinary medicine at the University of Edinburgh and was a member of the university's air squadron. He returned to Trinidad and Tobago to work as a veterinarian and receive his private pilot's license in 1955. Blizzard emigrated to Canada in 1958 to work at the Ontario Veterinary College, but left after a year to pursue a medical degree at the University of Western Ontario with funding from the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Programme. He was the first surgical resident at the National Defence Medical Centre, and eventually became a base and flight surgeon after continued training at the Royal Canadian Airforce Institute of Aviation Medicine. At the same time he pursued additional flight training, becoming dual designated with the Royal Canadian Air Force as both a flight surgeon and a jet pilot. Blizzard was the 16th recipient of the Dr. Forrestand Pamela Bird Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award for his work in aviation safety. He also received the Dr. Wilbur Franks Award for aviation medicine. He was named to the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine in 1992.	2.0625
68385432	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodda%20Vira%20Rajendra	Dodda Vira Rajendra	Dodda Vira Rajendra was the ruler of the Kingdom of Coorg from 1780 to 1809. He freed the kingdom from the occupation of Tipu Sultan, the king of Mysore. He later aided the British in their fight against Tipu Sultan. Dodda Veera raja constructed the city of Virarajendrapete, today known as Virajapet. Early life and exile Not much is known of Dodda Vira Rajendra's childhood. In 1780, Linga Raja, his father and ruler of the Coorg Kingdom died while Dodda Vira Rajendra was still young. Hyder Ali, the king of Mysore saw this as an opportunity and took possession of the Coorg Kingdom until, as he said "the princes (Dodda Vira Rajendra and his brother) would come of age". In September 1782, the princes were deported to Garuru. Enraged at the deportation of their princes, the Coorgs revolted and proclaimed independence. Soon after in December 1782, Hyder Ali died due to a cancerous growth in his back and his son Tipu became the King. Tipu dispatched the Coorg royal family to Periyapatna and proceeded to annex Coorg and other areas. In December 1788, Dodda Vira Rajendra escaped from Periyapatna and by 1790 had regained power in Coorg. Battles against the Kingdom of Mysore Dodda Vira Rajendra ousted the occupying army of Mysore from Bisle Ghat to Manantody and led plundering expeditions into the territories of the Mysore Kingdom. In retaliation, Tipu Sultan sent armies against him, led by Tipu Sultan's Generals Golam Ali and Buran-ud-Din, but were defeated by Dodda Vira Rajendra. In June 1789, he sacked and burnt the fort of Kushalanagar and in August he destroyed the fort of Beppunad. This was followed by the capture of the fort of Bhagamandala. Thereafter, he captured Amara Sulya. Noticing the successes of Dodda Vira Rajendra, the Government of the British East India Company offered him an alliance against Tipu Sultan in October 1790. Faced with a powerful opponent in the Kingdom of Mysore, Dodda Vira Rajendra accepted the offer and allied with the British.	2.453125
68385563	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan%20B%C3%A1%20V%C3%A0nh%27s%20Rebellion	Phan Bá Vành's Rebellion	Phan Bá Vành's Rebellion (1825–1827), also known as the Peasant Revolt of 1825-1827 was a large revolt of Vietnamese peasants under the leadership of Phan Bá Vành against the court of emperor Minh Mạng in the 1820s. The rebellion spread across Red River Delta, initially crushed government forces, captured numerous cities and towns in the region, and Phan Bá Vành proclaimed himself as king. Outraged, the emperor sent an army to the north, suppressed the revolt and executed Bá Vành in 1827. Background and revolt Late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Vietnamese society had descended into extreme poverty and chaos. At least 105 rebellions occurred during the reign of Gia Long (r. 1802–1819), and 200 occurred during the reign of Minh Mạng (r. 1820–1841). The living conditions of the peasantry in the rural area during these years continued to decrease and plunder down into the lowest point, as inequalities between the landlords and the landless peasants accelerated. According to scholars who have worked on the land registers for Nam Định Province in 1805, village officials and notables frequently owned more land than the average landholder. The government also failed to supply the people's demand when they need, causing widespread disappointing. Many landless peasants who struggled for their daily life like Phan Bá Vành, shifted to become bands of bandits and outlaws. The bandits often pillaged villages, and fought in guerrilla style against the government troops. Phan Bá Vành originally was a son of a poor fishing family from Làng Cọi (now Vũ Hội Commune, Vũ Thư District, Thái Bình Province). Born and grew up in poverty, Bá Vành's father died early, and he didn't go to school, instead he worked on a rice field and became friends with the neighboring village of Trà Lũ where famous for wrestling. In 1825, at age 19, Bá Vành and his mother were expelled out of the village by his uncle. According to a passage:	3.0625
68386593	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Chemist%20Lifting%20with%20Extreme%20Precaution%20the%20Cuticle%20of%20a%20Grand%20Piano	A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano	A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano (Catalan: Un farmacèutic aixecant amb extrema precaució la cutícula d'un piano de cua) (Spanish: Farmacéutico levantando con suma precaución la cutícula de un piano de cola) is a 1936 oil painting by artist Salvador Dalí. The painting is an example of Dalí's distinctive, avant-garde brand of surrealism as well as a curious example of Dalí's mysterious relationship with Judaism. Description The painting is set on a barren, mute landscape with a mostly monochromatic color scheme. To the left, the painting's titular character, the Chemist, has one leg on a rock and is lifting the edge of a grand piano which blends into the landscape. The instrument appears to have the consistency of a piece of cloth as if it has melted into the ground, no longer a solid object; this a quintessentially surrealist technique which appears prominently in many of Dalí's works, including The Persistence of Memory. The painting was originally titled, Instantaneous presence of Louis II of Bavaria, Salvador Dalí, Lenin, and Wagner on the beach at Rosas, which sheds light on the identities of the characters present in the painting; the original titular figures were described by Dalí as "all the real and fantastic personages of the modern tragedy" – although many of them are admittedly difficult to distinguish with certainty in the painting's current form. In the center of the painting sits German composer Richard Wagner in his distinctive beret-and-robe regalia. The ashen-faced man in the forefront depicted laying down and reading a newspaper bears a resemblance to Vladimir Lenin, a possible nod to surrealism's Communist underpinnings, and the Chemist is Friedrich Nietzsche, another intellectual Dalí admired.	2.140625
68386593	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Chemist%20Lifting%20with%20Extreme%20Precaution%20the%20Cuticle%20of%20a%20Grand%20Piano	A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano	Wagner's Antisemitism and Dalí's Complicated Relationship with Judaism Even prior to Hitler's rise to power, Wagner was a well-known racist and antisemite. As German author Jens Malte Fischer once quipped, "If you didn't know in the 1870s and 1880s that Wagner was a staunch anti-Semite, then you must have been pretty much deaf and blind." Dalí's perennial obsession with Wagner – in addition to explicit Hitlerian iconography in some of his later works, such as in The Enigma of Hitler – led many to believe that Dalí himself harbored antisemitic views or had fascist sympathies. In addition to his love of Wagner and several fascist allusions in his paintings, Dalí publicly revealed several of his mystical, homoerotic fever dreams about Hitler: just before World War II, Dalí mused that “I often dreamed of Hitler as a woman” and later in his autobiography confessed that "Hitler turned me on in the highest." Dalí's fellow Surrealists, a group composed almost entirely of politically active Communists and anti-fascists, were not amused with these antics. Finally, one of their prominent members, Andre Breton, accused Dali of glorifying Hitler, and promptly expelled him from the group.	2.265625
68386776	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Boeschenstein	Hermann Boeschenstein	Hermann Boeschenstein (May 1, 1900 – September 21, 1982) was a Swiss-Canadian scholar of German studies and author of several novels. After his youth in Stein am Rhein and Schaffhausen, he studied in Germany and obtained a PhD in philosophy in 1926. He travelled in Europe and Canada, settling in Toronto in 1928, where he taught German and German literature at the University of Toronto from 1930 to 1968. From 1943 to 1946, he took a leave of absence to serve as Director for Canada of the War Prisoner's Aid of the YMCA, travelling to the Canadian internment camps for German prisoners of war and overseeing work to help them re-integrate into postwar society. In 1956, Boeschenstein became the Head of the German department at Toronto. Besides his scholarly work that included eleven monographs about German culture and literature, he wrote short stories and novels with some autobiographic elements, many of them concerned with migration. Two novels were published during his lifetime, the 1921 expressionist and the 1977 about a Swiss emigrant couple's return home. Two further novels about migration and a monograph about German literature were published posthumously from Boeschenstein's manuscripts. The Canadian Association of University Teachers of German awards a Hermann Boeschenstein medal in his memory. Early life	2.21875
68386861	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War%20Girls	War Girls	War Girls is a 2019 science fiction novel by Nigerian-American author Tochi Onyebuchi. The novel depicts a post-apocalyptic future world that has been environmentally devastated by nuclear conflict and global warming. The North American and European powers responsible for the devastation have escaped to colonies in space and exploited the nations left on Earth for their scarce remaining resources. In the novel, characters Ify and Onyii navigate a Nigeria torn apart by a resurgent Nigerian Civil War. The novel explores themes of colonialism, climate change, war, and posthumanism. It is an Africanfuturist work of climate fiction. Plot In a post-apocalyptic 2172, Nigeria is in the midst of a decades-long civil war between the national government and Biafran separatists, sparked by ethnic tensions and conflict over the powerful mineral Chukwu. Many people have undergone cyberization after sustaining war injuries related to war or radiation, in a process known as "augmentation".The story alternates between the perspectives of Ify and Onyii, inhabitants of a camp for War Girls, a group of orphaned teenagers who were once child soldiers in the Biafran military. Part I Ify uses her Accent, a device she invented which enables her to hack into cyberized organisms, to access a Nigerian network, unintentionally revealing the War Girls' location to the Nigerian military. Nigerian mechs attack the camp, and the War Girls meet them in battle. A squad of soldiers led by the Nigerian commander Daren capture Ify. Many of the War Girls are killed in the fighting, but Onyii is spared by Daurama, Daren's sister, and manages to escape with comrades Chinelo, Kesandu, and Obioma. Daurama and Daren take Ify with them back to the Nigerian capital of Abuja.	1.960938
68387098	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisamenus%20deplanatus	Tisamenus deplanatus	Tisamenus deplanatus is a stick insect species native to the Philippine islands Luzon and Mindanao occurs. Description Tisamenus deplanatus is a squat, relatively unspined Tisamenus species with a flat top. The males are , the wider females about long. On the flat head there is a distinct pair of supra orbital spines, which either consist of three interconnected tubercles or of a larger pair of tubercles with surrounding tubercles. On the right and left of the pronotum there are two closely spaced spines. On the relatively short mesothorax, which widens in a strongly trapezoidal shape towards the rear, there is the triangle formed by raised edges, which is typical of Tisamenus species. The base of this triangle is attached to the front edge of the mesonotum and is strongly raised. As an extension of the posterior tip of the triangle, a longitudinal ridge extends over the posterior two thirds of the mesonotum and the entire metanotum. In similar species, the triangle on the mesothorax is significantly longer, in Tisamenus fratercula about half as long as the mesonotum. In Tisamenus deplanatus it is almost equilateral and thus hardly reaches a third of the length of the mesonotum. On the lateral edges of the thorax there is only a pair of supra coxal spines formed as double spines at the widest point on the posterior edge of the metanotum. On the first three segments of the abdomen there are clear, on the fourth a barely visible pair of spines. The formation and arrangement of the spines is relatively the same in both sexes. In the case of the slimmer males, the relatively short and almost cylindrical abdomen is particularly noticeable. That of the females is almost as wide at the base as the metathorax at its widest point and tapers evenly to the tip of the secondary ovipositor.	2.0625
68387248	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20Lao%20and%20Isan	Comparison of Lao and Isan	Isan and Lao have drifted away from each other mostly in terms of the written language. The Isan people were forced to abandon their traditional Tai Noi script and have come to use the Thai written language, or Isan written in the Thai script, for communication. In Laos, Tai Noi was modified into the modern Lao script, but several spelling changes in the language during the transition from the Lao monarchy to the communist rule moved Thai spelling and Lao spelling of cognate words further apart. Isan, writes all words with Thai cognates as they exist in Thai, with clusters, special letters only found in obscure Sanskrit words and etymological principles that preserve silent letters and numerous exceptions to Thai pronunciation rules although a small handful of Isan words, with no known or very obscure Thai cognates, are spelled more or less the same as they are in Lao. Lao spelling in Laos was standardized in the opposite direction. Whilst previously written in a mixture of etymological and phonetical spellings, depending on the audience or author, the language underwent several reforms that moved the language towards a purely phonetical spelling. During the restoration of the king of Luang Phrabang as King of Laos under the last years of French rule in Laos, the government standardized the spelling of the Lao language, with movement towards a phonetical spelling with preservation of a semi-etymological spelling for Pali, Sanskrit and French loan words and the addition of archaic letters for words of Pali and Sanskrit origin concerning Indic culture and Buddhism.	2.546875
68387248	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20Lao%20and%20Isan	Comparison of Lao and Isan	Lao ligatures Lao uses a silent letter ຫ in front of consonants ງ , ຍ , ນ , ມ , ລ , ຣ or and ວ to move these consonants into the high tone class, used to alter the tone of a word. This is analogous to the use of ห before the equivalent ง , ย (but in Isan, it sometimes represents and also ญ, which is in Central and Southern Thai and represents in Isan), น , ม , ล , ร (generally when in a digraph in Isan) and ว (generally both and in Isan). As a legacy of the Tai Noi script, Lao writers can use the special ligature ໜ HN instead or, when typesetting or rendering unavailable, it can be optionally be written ຫນ H-N as well as ໝ HM and modern alternative ຫມ. Both ຫລ H-L and ຫຣ H-R have the same ligature form ຫຼ HL/R. Previous versions of the script also had special ligatures ພຽ PHY (ພ + ຍ ) and ຫຽ HY (ຫ + ຍ ) with the latter replaced by ຫຍ HY (high class tone). Former ligatures such as SN and ML have disappeared or were split into syllables as consonant clusters were generally lost or replaced. For example, Archaic Lao ສນອງ SN-O-NG and ມຼາບຼີ ML-A-BR-I have become in the modern language ສະໜອງ S-A-N-O-NG sanong , 'message' (derived from Khmer snaang ស្នង ) and ມະລາບີ M-A-L-A-B-I malabi , approximation of endonym of the Mlabri people. Thai orthography preserves writing the consonants together, although in the modern Thai language these consonants are separated by a vowel according to the current pronunciation rules. Both Tai Noi and the current Lao alphabet lack equivalents to the Thai vowel ligatures ฤ, ฤๅ, ฦ and ฦๅ, and are mainly used to represent the sounds or , , and , respectively, although the latter two symbols are obsolete in modern Thai. These symbols were used to represent loanwords from Sanskrit ऋ , ॠ , ऌ and ॡ , respectively, but the 2nd and 3rd are rare sounds in Sanskrit; last one doesn't occur in Sanskrit and is only there to match the short-long pairs.	2.53125
68387437	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library%20of%20Ruina	Library of Ruina	Abnormality battles Players can fight in Abnormality battles, boosting the respective floor's realization level and power. Many of the Abnormalities present in-game originate from Lobotomy Corporation. Every Abnormality battle has a certain gimmick or mechanic the player must figure out to defeat them. After completing an Abnormality battle, a new librarian will be unlocked for the floor. Including the Patron Librarian, five librarians in total will be available per floor. Players can customize a librarian's name, appearance, and combat dialogue. Completing Abnormality battles also grants Abnormality pages used in battles. Floor realizations After the player has completed all of the Abnormality battles on a floor, they can begin the floor's Realization: a multi-segmented puzzle battle against either Angela or Roland as they suffer from an emotional meltdown, taking after the floor's Abnormalities' appearances and abilities. Completing the Floor realization will grant E.G.O. pages exclusive to that floor. While not mandatory, only through completing all Floor realizations (sans the Kether floor) can the player unlock the game's true ending. Plot Setting Library of Ruina takes place in a dystopian world known as the City, which is made of twenty-six districts. The City is governed by the a reclusive organization known as the Head, while the Nests are run by Wings, mega-corporations that harness powerful technologies known as Singularities. The backstreets are crime-riddled areas controlled by various crime syndicates. Outside of the City are the Outskirts, a barren hell-like wasteland, and the Ruins, eldritch landscapes beyond the Outskirts. Throughout the City, there are many offices run by Fixers, mercenaries regulated by the government. Each Fixer is assigned a grade based on their skill and experience.	2.234375
68387630	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel%20B.%20Fox	Noel B. Fox	Noel Bleecker Fox (March 28, 1878 – June 25, 1972) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Fox was born on March 28, 1878, in New York City, New York, the son of Rev. Norman Fox and Jane Byvanck Bleecker. His father was a Baptist minister, chaplain for the 77th New York Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, and Mayor of Morristown, New Jersey, from 1900 to 1902. He was a direct descendant of Anne Hutchinson and Jan Jansen Bleecker. Fox graduated from the Lawrenceville Academy in 1895, after which he graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in 1899. He then went to Columbia University, receiving an M.A. from there in 1901 and then an LL.B. in 1902. He was admitted to the bar in 1902, after which he began practicing law in New York City. He served in the New York National Guard for ten years as an enlisted man in Squadron A, Cavalry, and spent six months serving in the Mexican border in 1916. In May 1917, after America entered World War I, he attended R.O.T.C. in Plattsburgh. In August 1917, he was commissioned a captain of the F.A.N.A. In July 1918, he was promoted to Major of the 57th Field Artillery. He served overseas from April 1918 to September 1918, during which time he fought with the 77th Division in the Vosges and the Vesle. He was discharged in February 1919. In 1919, Fox was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the New York County 7th District. He served in the Assembly in 1920 and 1921. His grandfather Norman Fox served as assemblyman for four terms starting in 1819. He later moved to Bronxville, spending the last 36 years of his life living there and Yonkers. He was a member of the board of directors of the New York City YMCA from 1943 to 1953.	2.078125
68387642	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisamenus%20fratercula	Tisamenus fratercula	Tisamenus fratercula is a stick insect species native to the Philippine island Luzon. Taxonomy James Abram Garfield Rehn and his son John William Holman Rehn described the species in 1939 as Hoploclonia fratercula. A male collected by W. Boetcher in Butucan in today's Batangas Province was deposited as holotype in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Females of the species have not been described. Rehn and Rehn placed the species in the Deplanata group they established within the genus. According to their description, this unites with Hoploclonia fratercula, Hoploclonia deplanata (today Tisamenus deplanatus), Hoploclonia cervicornis (today Tisamenus cervicornis), Hoploclonia armadillo (today Tisamenus armadillo), Hoploclonia spadix (today Tisamenus spadix) and Hoploclonia tagalog (today Tisamenus tagalog), relatively unspined species, with a flat upper surface, which except for the supra coxal spines on the edges of the thorax show no spines, but at most teeth. In 2004 the Filipino species were transferred back to the genus Tisamenus and only those occurring on Borneo were left in the genus Hoploclonia, the species is referred to as Tisamenus fratercula. After animals from the Ilocos region were discovered in 2014 that resembled the animals already in breeding from Pocdol, there was a brief discussion as to whether both species were conspecific. Frank H. Hennemann initially identified these animals as Tisamenus fratercula, but later revised his view and assigned the animals from Ilocos to Tisamenus deplanatus and those from Pocdol to Tisamenus cervicornis.	2.59375
68387696	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardarije%20Uskokovi%C4%87	Mardarije Uskoković	After returning to Russia, he began a series of lectures on the All-Slavic unification, which was in direct contradiction with the then European policy. In the summer of 1915, he was entrusted with the mission of visiting prisoners of war on the river Volga, the mountain Ural, the Caucasus, and the Siberia. He inspired prisoners of Slovenian origin with Slavophile ideas. The clergyman Montenegrin Metropolitanate graduated in 1916 from the Petrograd Spiritual Academy. In the same city, he also studied church law at the Faculty of Law. In 1917, he was sent to the United States by the Russian Orthodox Church to organize the Serbian Orthodox Church there. He served as head of the Serbian Mission, and at the All-Russian Council in 1919 in Cleveland he was elected Bishop. Not wanting to be ordained without the approval of his home church, he returned to his home country where he was appointed as the rector of the monastery Rakovice and the headmaster of the first monastic school in Serbia. He spent three years at the monastery, and he also gave lectures in the hall of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, at Universities, high schools, at the Faculty of Theology, and elsewhere. In 1923, he returned to America. On 1 December 1923, he was appointed administrator of the Serbian American-Canadian bishopric, replacing Nikolaj Velimirović, who he had worked as an assistant for. Uskoković subsequently became the first bishop in the Diocese of North America and recognized as such by all Serbian Orthodox Bishops with the exception of Velimirović. That same year he bought a ten-acre property in Libertyville, Illinois near Chicago for $15,000 and built the St. Sava Monastery. In his will, Mardarije asked that the bishops of the Serbian church in America be enthroned there in the future.	2.390625
68387856	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael%20Papayan	Rafael Papayan	Papayan was a member of the Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church since 1991. In 1992 he was a member of the Religious Council of the Holy See of Etchmiadzin. In 1994–1997 he was a member of the inter-parliamentary council on orthodoxy. In 1995 he was awarded by the Russian Orthodox Church and by the All Russian Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow. He was given the medal of St. Daniel Moskovsky for the "Services provided to the Holy Church." On August 15, 2003, Papayan was awarded the medal of St. Nerses Shnorhali by the Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II. Writing Papayan's literary works range from translations, philosophy, literary criticism, science and poetry. He is the author of more than 150 literary works and scientific articles. His works have been published in Armenia, Russia, Estonia, France and elsewhere. Poetry Alarms – Yerevan, 1991, 83 pages To Anahit – Yerevan, 2002 Flight – Yerevan, 2010, 288 pages Rainbow – 2010 Translations Misak Metsarents Poetry – Yerevan, 1997 Fyodor Tyutchev Poetry – Yerevan, 2006, 445 pages Verses and Songs – Yerevan, 2008, 187 pages 20th Century Armenian Poetry; Selected Pages – Moscow, Russia, 2008, 296 pages The Unsilenceable Belfry by Paruyr Sevak – Yerevan, 2009, 343 pages Philosophy Christianity and Law; International Seminar – Yerevan, Armenia, 2001, 144 pages Christian Roots of Modern Law – Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Publishing House, 2002, 679 pages Literary Criticism Comparative Typology of National Verse – Yerevan, 1980, 228 pages Reflections on a Line by Pushkin – Yerevan, 2014, 79 pages Musician Papayan was a self-taught musician who played the piano. He was accepted into the Romanos Melikian State Musical College in 1960 but did not complete his studies due to his simultaneous enrollment at Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences. He also composed music, most of which accompanied his poetry.	2.140625
68387981	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denys%20Skoryi	Denys Skoryi	In first four months in charge of the new facility, Skoryi and his team opened several new hospital departments, including the department of hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery (which focuses on medical procedures related to liver, pancreas, and biliary tract), department of anesthesiology, and an intensive care unit. They created new surgery rooms, the department of diagnosis, and reorganized administrative departments. The facility's medical equipment was also modernized. From January to May 2017, the Center enrolled 6,096 patients and the staff performed 1,041 surgeries, meanwhile the post-surgical mortality dropped almost by half. By November 2017, overall hospital mortality dropped by 40%. In summer 2017, the Center of Oncology joined an online project "Available Medicine" () created in partnership with Ukrainian activists, international fund "Revival", and the United Nations Development Program in Ukraine. The project is a website which posts lists of medications provided by the government funding and available in Ukrainian medical care facilities for free. In 2018, 18,000 patients received treatment in the Center and 4,000 surgeries were performed.	2.265625
68388023	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Arkeketa	Benjamin Arkeketa	Benjamin Arkeketa (February 27, 1928 – March 20, 2002), also called Thinga-Ja-Bus-Ka ("Bushy Tail"), was an American painter from the Oto-Missouria Tribe. He was a member of the "Che" Buffalo Clan, and his paternal great-great-grandfather was Chief George Arkeketa. Influenced by Brummett Echohawk and Acee Blue Eagle, Arkeketa was known for his paintings related to his tribal archaeology and ethnology as well as Christian philosophy. Personal life Born in Red Rock, Oklahoma on February 27, 1928, Arkeketa was the son of George B. and Edna Jones Arkeketa, both of the Oto-Missouria tribe. He graduated from Chilocco Indian School in Newkirk, Oklahoma. In 1948 Arkeketa enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and fought in the Korean War for four years. He was welcomed home by his tribe with a traditional victory feast and war dances. Arkeketa was also a musician and champion straight dancer at pow-wows. He served for a time as a tribal council member. Arkeketa worked for some time at the Department of Human Services for the state of Oklahoma. In 1954 he married Mary Elizabeth Freeman, and the couple had five daughters. In 2003 his granddaughter Cody Harjo was named Miss Indian Nations at the United Tribes International Powwow. Arkeketa died in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 20, 2002. He is buried at the Otoe-Missouria Cemetery in Red Rock.	2.046875
68388111	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Burnet	Anna Burnet	Anna Burnet (born 27 September 1992) is a British Olympic silver medallist and two-time world champion in sailings Mixed multihull Olympic discipline. She lives in Scotland. In 2020 she became world champion in the Nacra 17 World Championship with partner John Gimson. They were selected for the British Olympic team and gained silver medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The pair continued their good run to win the 2021 World and European Championships. Life She was born in 1992. Her father was keen on sailing and her uncle, an inspiration, was the sailor Sir Peter Blake. As a teenager she went to train with Olympian Joe Glanfield who helped her to plan her ambitions to think about attending one in order to win at one later. She was sailing in Optimist class and became the female national champion. She moved onto the 420 class and in time to 470 boats. She took a degree in Sports Studies at Southampton University. She and Gimson won a gold medal during Kiel Week in 2018. She represented the UK, along with partner John Gimson, in the Nacra 17 class at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. This fitted in with her plans as she and Gimson had decided to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. In 2020 the world Championship was in Australia, and as they practised there they had to wear face masks to prevent inhaling smoke from the 2020 Australian wildfire. They won and were world champions when the 2020 Olympics was postponed for a year and other important events were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. They were selected for the British Olympic team which was then planned to be in staged in 2020 in Tokyo. They were chosen before their British rival sailing team of Nicola Boniface and Ben Saxton. At the Tokyo Olympics they raced their boat at Enoshima alongside their Italian training partners of Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti. They finished behind them and were awarded with silver medals.	2.15625
68388113	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Abeita	Jim Abeita	Through the 1970s and 1980s, Abeita regularly showed, sold, and competed at Southwest fairs, festivals, and tribal events. Among the events were the New Mexico State Fair, the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market, the Totah Festival, and other. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Northern Arizona and the Navajo Nation Museum, and numerous galleries. His paintings have been used as covers or illustrations for Southwest Art, Arizona Highways, Artists Of The Rockies, New Mexico Magazine, and other magazines. In 1976, he published The American Indians of Abeita: His People, a book with 108 reproductions of his oil paintings of the Navajo people, their homeland and traditions. Since 2011, Abeita has lived in semi-retirement. He still paints for his own pleasure, exhibits occasionally, and takes part in artistic events and fan meetings. A pivotal figure in contemporary Navajo art, Abeita is considered among the most prominent Native American artists alongside Julian Martinez, Pablita Velarde, Helen Hardin, Harrison Begay, R. C. Gorman, and Fritz Scholder. Art and influence Abeita is most famous for his realistic landscapes, and portraits painted with oil paint. His works are inspired by the everyday Navajo life. Abeita's ability to capture everyday life, as well as meticulous details of his art were highly esteemed, and called "unmistakably accurate." Since childhood, his main subjects were people, animals and lands around him. On rare occasions, he created intense images such as warriors and battle scenes, but his main focus has always been peaceful day-to-day life and traditions of his Native people.	2.484375
68388113	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Abeita	Jim Abeita	Jim Abeita's parents were Mary and Howard Abeita; they lived in Crownpoint until at least 1973. Jim was the second oldest of 16 siblings. His younger brother, Emerson Abeita, also became a painter. As a child, Abeita often lived in Becenti Chapter, near Crownpoint, with his grandmother, and helped raise sheep in Canyon de Chelly. By 1955, Abeita moved to Salt Lake City to attend a school on a placement. There he lived with a foster family, who were Mormon, and he has since identified as a Mormon himself. Education and first artistic steps Abeita started drawing at age 4. In his younger years, he used watercolors or charcoal from a stove as his paint. Since that time, Abeita knew he wanted to be an artist. He made his first steps in painting looking up to his uncle, Joe Charley, a self-taught painter. In 1953, Abeita enrolled in the Crownpoint Boarding School. From there, he went to Salt Lake City on a school placement program and lived with a foster family. Abeita received his first painting awards while in Salt Lake City. To nurture his talent, his foster family gave 11-year-old Abeita his first oil painting kit for Christmas. Within a year, he had learned the basics of painting with it. One of Abeita's earliest and strongest inspirations was the oil artwork of Norman Rockwell, in particular his piece on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. Abeita studied in Salt Lake City until his senior year, and then returned to New Mexico to finish at Gallup High School in 1966. A top student in his regular art class, he was always up for experimentation, and often did independent work, concentrating on painting. His high school art teacher, Duane Berg, said Abeita could paint anything that was asked for. Berg helped Beita showcase and sell his first works at the Gallup's Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, an annual event with themed Native American parades, rodeos, art exhibits, and other cultural activities.	2.28125
68388113	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Abeita	Jim Abeita	In 1972, Abeita competed alongside renowned Native American artists at the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Art Show. His painting "Praying Hands" won Grand Prize in the Acrylic Portraits category, and "Silversmith" Third Place in the same category; "Hunting in Beauty" received the Memorial Award, "Canyon de Chelly" received First Place and "Spider Rock" received Second Place in the category Oil or Acrylic Landscapes. By 1973, Abeita was gaining recognition success among art collectors. Galleries in Texas, Wyoming, Arizona, and New Mexico started buying his work. From 1974 to 1978, he worked on commission for the Tanner's Annual Invitational in Scottsdale, Arizona, painting group portraits of competition winners. In 1975, Abeita painted the album cover for Johnny Cash, this time for his religious album, Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories. That same year, two of Abeita's paintings were listed as being part of the C. G. Wallace Collection, then considered one of the most important collections of Zuni and Navajo jewelry, art, and historic pieces. Part of this collection was later donated to the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, while the other part was sold at Sotheby's auction in Phoenix. In 1982, Abeita again took part in the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial exhibiting his work and hosting an art workshop. In 1988, his paintings were in The Navajo – Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow exhibition at Eagles Roost Gallery in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This exhibition was considered one of the biggest shows of Native American art. A year later, Abeita took part in the show Paint, Bronze, and Stone at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, in Evanston, Illinois.	2.078125
68388147	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Johnstone%20%28broadcaster%29	Ian Johnstone (broadcaster)	Ian Anthony Johnstone (born 1935) is a New Zealand broadcaster, presenter and journalist. Early life Johnstone was born in Longtown, Cumberland, England, in 1935, and studied English at Durham University (St Chad's College). He moved to New Zealand in 1961 after working in Britain and spending three years as a colonial administrator in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Career In his early career in New Zealand, Johnstone was a teacher at Temuka District High School (now Opihi College), and worked part-time as an announcer at Radio 3XC in Timaru. Johnstone was an interviewer for the weekly television programme, Close Up, and became a reporter and producer for Compass, which aired from 1964 to 1969. He was also notable for being a presenter for the New Zealand Telethon from 1975 until 1993. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Johnstone continued to work on various New Zealand-produced television shows as a presenter or narrator. In the 1990 New Year Honours, Johnstone was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for public services. Johnstone's book, Stand and Deliver, giving his personal view of broadcasting in New Zealand, was published in 1998. Personal life Johnstone is married with four children.	2.03125
68388186	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars%20Burial%20Ground	Greyfriars Burial Ground	Greyfriars Burial Ground is an historic cemetery in Perth, Scotland. Dating to 1580, it is now Category A listed, with its collection of gravestones considered one of the best in Scotland. The cemetery closed to burials in 1978. The cemetery occupies the former location of the Greyfriars Monastery, founded by Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant, in 1496 and destroyed in 1559 at the start of the Scottish Reformation. As per documentation dating to 1911, "no burial is permitted of the body of a person who at the time of death resided out of the old parish, excepting that of a widower or widow, son or daughter who have never been married." A superintendent was in attendance every morning between 10 and 11 AM, then between 11 AM and 1 PM at Wellshill Cemetery. The cemetery is located at the eastern end of Canal Street, near its junction with Tay Street. It has been extended south on two occasions, and it now abuts the bridge carrying the Perth-to-Dundee section of the Scottish railway network. Also on the southern side of the cemetery is a roofed section under which are thirteen early gravestones. Moved for conservation purposes, they include the oldest gravestone in the cemetery (Buchan, 1580). A tablet commemorating John Mylne, who "rebuilt the ancient bridge over the River Tay," was erected by Robert Mylne in 1784.	2.078125
68388992	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrije%20Milakovi%C4%87	Dimitrije Milaković	Dimitrije Milaković's Serbian Grammar is the result of Njegoš's idea of "transforming the people", Milaković's studies of Russian philological thought, Vuk's grammatical and polemical writings, as well as older grammars, especially Mrazović's "Management". Milaković partly relies on the grammars of the Russian language of his time, such as that by Nikolay Gretsch and Alexander Vostokov, from which he at times transfers entire paragraphs without major changes. His second source and guide was Vuk's grammar published in 1818. Milaković differs from Vuk significantly in terms of orthography, considering that both the "Serbian Primer" and the "Serbian Grammar" were published in old orthography. However, in the "Serbian Primer" he printed two alphabets, ecclesiastical and civil, which included some of Vuk's letters – Ћ, Ђ and Џ. In this regard, Milaković is in line with the idea of Prince-Bishop Njegoš, who wanted to avoid confrontations with the Serbian church. Milaković also differs from Vuk in terms of the literary and vernacular language, which he clearly keeps distinct, but unlike Vuk's opponents, he does not emphasize nor defend the role of Slavonic-Serbian heritage. Instead, Milaković emphasizes the vernacular as a foundation, while avoiding a total break with older literary-linguistic heritage. Milaković's morphological system is mostly in accordance with Vuk and is based on the morphological system of the Eastern Herzegovinian dialect. However, even here he differs from Vuk by introducing an archaic superlative and participle not present in the spoken language. Milaković behaved as a moderate follower of Vuk, and was largely forgotten because of his important deviations in relation to Vuk's orthography and morphological spelling.	1.921875
68389930	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojan%20Badiar%20Ghat	Sojan Badiar Ghat	Sojan Badiyar Ghat (), also translated in English as Gypsy Wharf, by Jasim Uddin, a leading poet of Bengali literature, is a book of Bengali poetry, written and published in 1933. The main characters are Sojan, the son of a Muslim farmer, and Duli, the daughter of Namu tribe. Characters Duli is presented as a Hindu, daughter of Gadai from the Namu tribe. The girl has a unique and beautiful face. The poet says, "Had she worn jewelry of gold or silver, they would have been a disgrace to her beauty." Duli is spontaneous. She picks rattan fruits and wild flowers, breaks fruit pulses and spends her day with the village patrol. Occasionally she would pretend-play with her dolls and arrange 'doll weddings', inviting teenage girls to join her game. Her best partner in these things is a Muslim boy named Sojan. He is the son of Samir Saikh. Sojan is also a different version of Duli. The whole day, he wanders in the forest searching for fruit and looking for birds' nests. There is no more information about his form, but it is mentioned that his head is full of by mane hairs. Storyline There are total six episodes in the poetry "Sojan Badiyar Ghat". Poet Jasim Uddin named the episodes Namur Kalo Meye (Namus's Black Girl), Nir (Nest), Polayon (Fleeing), Purbo-rag (Previous Spleen), Beder Bahar (Gypsy's Fleet), Beder Beshati (Gypsy's Trading). Theme Two communities, Hindus and Muslims, live in Shimultali village. The two distinct communities have more than fraternity. When someone dies in the Muslim house, the lamps are burnt on the floor of the Hindu house for him. Again, when the boy was sick in Hindu house, the Muslim Pir was said for him. In a word, the villagers are mutually supportive. Gadai Moral's daughter, Duli, wanders through the whole village. Her friend Sojan, is the son of Samir Sheikh's of the same village. During childhood, they played together.	1.984375
68390146	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasidas%20samarensis	Brasidas samarensis	Brasidas samarensis is stick insect species from the family Heteropterygidae. Occasionally it is named Samar stick insect according to their origin. In addition is the type species of the genus Brasidas, which was named after the Spartan officer Brasidas. Taxonomy James Abram Garfield Rehn and his son John William Holman Rehn described the species in 1939 as type species of the genus described in the same work. In the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC a male holotype, a female allotype and another adult couple and three nymphs are stored as paratypes. Description The females of Brasidas samarensis are about larger and wider than the approx. long males. They are very individually colored, with mostly brown colors dominating, which are often interrupted by green areas. In the more vividly drawn nymphs the green areas still take up large parts of the body. The male nymphs are also mostly green with a few brown areas. The adult males are only slightly prickly and often almost completely brown in color. Only the head is usually pale green and often has an intense green spot on the forehead. In the habitus both sexes correspond to the representatives of the Obrimini such as Trachyaretaon or Sungaya species. As with all representatives of the genus Brasidas, this species also has a pair of characteristic holes in the metasternum. Distribution area and way of life The occurrence of Brasidas samarensis is known so far limited to the Philippine island Samar, to which the specific epithet refers.	2.21875
68391607	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9%20Staar	René Staar	René Staar (born 30 May 1951) is an Austrian composer, violinist and conductor. Life Born in Graz, Staar composed his first pieces as a child. He attended the Östermalms Musikskole Stockholm in 1962-1963 and studied music theory with Walter Wasservogel. This was followed by violin studies with Franz Samohyl and, from 1965, studies in harmony and counterpoint at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 1968, Staar completed guest studies at the Sibelius Academy with Anja Ignatius (violin) and Izumi Tateno (piano). In Helsinki he also made his debut as a violinist and pianist. In Vienna he continued his training with Alfred Uhl (composition), Erich Urbanner (twelve-tone music) and Francesco Valdambrini (Neue Musik) and began conducting studies with Hans Swarowsky and Karl Österreicher in 1972. From 1977, he took master classes with Nathan Milstein in Zurich and completed postgraduate studies with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati in 1981, receiving further impulses from Leonard Bernstein. From 1974, Staar was assistant to his teacher Franz Samohyl. In 1979, he founded the Trio des Trois Mondes, which existed until 1981. As a violinist he performed with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, undertook concert tours to Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United States and played the world premiere of Robert Schollum's Violin Concerto with the ORF Symphony Orchestra. Since the early 1980s, Staar has worked as a soloist with the Ensemble 20. Jahrhundert, with whom he performed his composition Fragmente eines Traumspiels during a concert tour through Sweden in 1986. In the same year, he was awarded a prize for his composition Just an Accident? A Requiem for Anton Webern and Other Victims of the Absurd, he was awarded the Ernst Krenek Prize of the City of Vienna. Since 1987, he was a member of the Wiener Streichersolisten, from 1990 to 1994 as its managing director.	1.992188
68391753	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson%27s%20squirrel	Robinson's squirrel	Sundasciurus robinsoni, or Robinson's squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The species Sundasciurus robinsoni has a dorsum that ranges from medium brown with orange agouti to dark brown (S. r. vanakeni), and its venter ranges from white to pale yellow/buff white, with a reduction in the extent of this pale coloration and a lack of distinct margins in the case of S. r. vanakeni. Some populations (S. r. balae and S. r. vanakeni) have a grayish ventral coloration in limbs while others do not (S. r. robinsoni). It can be easily distinguished from other medium-sized western Sundaland Sundasciurus based on its ventral coloration and tail. All populations of S. fraterculus except Siberut, S. tahan, and S. altitudinis have a venter fur coloration homogeneously admixed with gray. The only other medium-sized squirrel found in syntopy, S. tenuis, is also usually ventrally darker (admixed with gray) and dorsally lighter, with reddish-brown coloration on the shoulders and hips, white/pallid yellow hair tips present on tail, and a relatively thinner and longer tail (85–95% of head-body length; than S. robinsoni (56–84% of head-body length). Males of S. fraterculus, S. tahan and S. tenuis have a darker orange wash in the scrotal area than S. robinsoni, which is peach colored.	2.5
68391824	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Hutton%20%28architect%29	Charles Hutton (architect)	In 1936, Hutton returned to teach at the School of Architecture at the University of Liverpool as well as at the renowned Architectural Association School of Architecture. However, during the war he became deputy to William Holford, Baron Holford designing ordnance factories at Kirkby, Walsall and Wolverhampton. Later career In 1944 Hutton opened his own practice in Welwyn Garden City, which would eventually move to Hammersmith in 1946. Hutton would retire from his practice in 1986 at the age of 81. He would still continue to teach at the University of Liverpool until 1989. At his own practice he designed buildings for Murphy Radio at Welwyn Garden City; buildings for the Danish Bacon Company; the University of Oxford farm (now John Krebs Field Station) at Wytham; buildings for the Wellcome Trust, the Social Club at the Guinness Brewery at Alperton and schools for Berkshire County Council. In 1951, Hutton was elected to the Art Workers' Guild, and held the roles of treasurer, trustee and secretary, even continuing till 1988 as Honorary Architect. He was honoured by his fellow members by being selected to be the Master of the Guild in 1968. Hutton also shared his knowledge and experience by serving on BSI committees, acting as a RIBA representative on the boards of Wimbledon College of Arts and Kingston School of Art, and as an adviser to the National Council for Voluntary Organisations on designs for village halls. Personal life Hutton was married twice. His first marriage was in 1932 to Nora Maxwell, to whom he had a daughter with, but this was dissolved in 1950. In 1951 he married Fairlie Bruce, to whom they had three daughters. When he retired, he moved to Somerset. His drawings and writings were donated to the RIBA and are held there on behalf of the National Archive. He was a skilled cabinet maker and metal worker, and kept active right into later life, still running up stairs three at a time when 75.	2.046875
68391831	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Burgoyne	Martin Burgoyne	Martin Burgoyne (1963 – November 30, 1986) was a British-born artist. Burgoyne was part of the downtown New York art scene in the 1980s. He befriended singer Madonna before she was famous and he was a key figure in her early career. He managed her first club tour and designed the cover for her 1983 single "Burning Up." Life and career Born in England, Burgoyne's family moved to the United States during his childhood. Burgoyne attended Seminole High School in Seminole, Florida. In 1980, he won a Scholastic Art Award scholarship for his "photorealistic graphite portrait" portfolio, which was displayed at Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg, Florida. Drawn to the excitement of New York, Burgoyne moved to Manhattan to study art at the Pratt Institute in the early 1980s. Upon arriving, Steve Rubell, co-owner of Studio 54, hired him as a bartender. He was later a bartender at Erika Belle's Lucky Strike on East 9th Street and Third Avenue in Downtown Manhattan. Burgoyne met and befriended up-and-coming singer Madonna and the two became roommates. Burgoyne was one of Madonna's early dancers following the release of her single "Everybody" on Sire Records in October 1982. Since Burgoyne was not a professional dancer, he was dropped from the troupe, but he was the road manager for her first club tour. Burgoyne also designed the cover sleeve for her 1983 single "Burning Up." He worked with Liz Rosenberg, a public relations executive with Sire's parent label Warner Bros. Records, to design covers for various artists.	2.015625
68391971	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius%20Traunfellner	Claudius Traunfellner	Claudius Traunfellner (born 7 February 1965) is an Austrian conductor. Life and career Born in Vienna, Austria, Traunfellner took violin lessons at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he completed his studies in 1986. He had already obtained the artistic diploma for choral and ensemble conducting there in 1985. From 1987 to 1989, he studied conducting with Karl Österreicher at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 1985, Traunfellner founded the , of which he has been artistic director ever since. With this and other orchestras, the conductor has given numerous performances at home and abroad, in all the renowned concert halls in Austria as well as in the US, Canada, South America, Japan, Taiwan, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece. Traunfellner is frequently engaged as a guest conductor by other orchestras. As such, he has worked with the Orchestra of Bolzano (1991), the Philharmonic Orchestra of Wroclaw (1992), the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse (1992), the Orchestre National de Lyon (1990), the Orchestre Lamoureux (2002), the Orchestre d'Auvergne (2004), the Orchestre National de Bretagne (2003), the Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire (2003), the RSO Saarbrücken (2003), the Bruckner Orchester Linz (1993), the RSO Vienna (1993 and 1995), the NTO (1994, 1997 and 1999), the KSO (1996), the (1996), the Symphony Orchestra Vorarlberg (1994, 1997 and 1999), the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg (1996, 2002), the Vienna Chamber Orchestra (1990-1996) and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (1998).	2.21875
68392065	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Rorke	James Rorke	Rorke built his home around from the drift, on a flat terrace at the foot of the Shiyane hill. The single-storey structure was long in plan; it was constructed of locally made brick and stone with thatched roofs. His house was of an unusual layout, Rorke having an aversion to interior doors and to windows. Five of the rooms were accessible only via external doors, the remaining six rooms forming two self-contained suites. Five of the rooms had no windows at all. The front featured a covered veranda that looked out upon Rorke's vegetable garden. He named his farm Tyeana. By the end of 1849, Rorke had become a trader as well as a farmer. To facilitate his business he had constructed a separate store, of similar construction to his house, and a rough stone-built cattle pen. Rorke also pioneered a road across the drift into Zululand, which became popular with hunters and traders. Through his trading Rorke maintained good relationships with the Zulu across the border who, struggling with the name Rorke, named his post KwaJimu (meaning "[place] of Jimu"). He was a good friend of Sihayo kaXongo, the Zulu chief of the territory on the far side of the Buffalo River. Rorke served as a cornet in the Buffalo Border Guard, a colonial militia unit and was a border agent for the Natal government. He was married to Sra Johanna Strydom, the daughter of a local Voortrekker, and had two children, James Michael and Louisa. James Michael Rorke became an adviser to the Zulu chieftain UHamu kaNzibe, half-brother and rival of King Cetshwayo. Death and aftermath Rorke committed suicide by gunshot on 24 October 1875, apparently after a consignment of gin from Greytown was lost on the road to his farm. It is not known if the gin was for his personal consumption or part of his trading stock.	2.453125
72749106	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urosalpinx%20dalli	Urosalpinx dalli	Urosalpinx dalli is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The length of the shell attains 41 mm, its maximum diameter 25 mm. (Original description) The shell is biconic, solid and thick. The spire is conic, acuminate when perfect, with about 2½ smooth embryonic whorls, the following whorls very convex. Their sculpture consists of massive longitudinal folds not quite as wide as the intervals and sharp spiral cords. On the body whorl there are 8 or 9 short, high folds, narrower than the intervals, and somewhat pointed at the shoulder, and sharp spiral cords, the concave intervals of which bear several unequal spiral threads. There are 16 or 17 major spirals between the suture and the basal point of the outer lip, and 5 or 6 more small ones on the convex basal fasciole. The whole surface between the spirals is marked with fine growth striae. The body whorl is deeply concave below, expanded around the umbilicus, which is deep and funnel-shaped. The aperture is as in the type of the genus, except that there is no posterior channel, merely an angle. The outer lip is deeply sulcate within, with a crenulate edge. The columella is nearly straight. The parietal callus is thin, with raised edge and one or two small lirae near the posterior angle of the aperture. Distribution Fossils were found in Miocene strata in the Gatún Formation, Panama; Miocene and Pliocene strata in Colombia (age range: 11.608 to 2.588 Ma)	2.234375
72749448	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Story%20of%20the%20Prince%20and%20His%20Horse	The Story of the Prince and His Horse	Researcher Celeste Míguez Seoane collected an Egyptian tale from New Valley with the title El caballo verde ("The Green Horse"). In this tale, a boy and a foal are born in the same day. The foal is named Green Horse and becomes the boy's best friend as he grows up. Eventually, the boy's mother dies and his father marries a woman who hates the boy and plans to kill him. First, the boy's step-mother gives him some poisoned pigeons, but, on the horse's advice, the boy throws the food to the dog. She next places poisoned glass on the stairs and, failing that, gives him clothes doused with poison. The horse warns him of both attempts, and she notices the animal is the one helping him. Thus, she pretends to be ill and asks for the green horse's liver as cure. Her husband decides to kill the horse, but the animal advises the boy to ask his father for one last ride, as well as for a cube of gold and a cube of coins. The boy rides the green horse and throws the gold and coins to the people to distract them, and flees from home to another kingdom. He finds a mask in a trash bin, and is given three hairs of the green horse's mane. The boy finds work as a king's gardener, and is ordered to cover a deserted land with green grass. The boy summons the green horse and it fulfills the king's request. Time passes, and the boy summons the horse to ride it around the garden, but he is seen by the king's youngest daughter. Eventually, the king prepares his three daughters' marriage by having them throw kerchiefs to her suitors: the elder princess to a prince, the middle princess to a king, and the youngest to the masked gardener. The king, satisfied with the elder princesses's marriages, gives them a grand ceremony and palaces for each of them. Wanting to have the same gifts as his sisters-in-law, the boy prays to God for the king to fall ill. It so happens. The boy rides the green horse to a mountain, milks a gazelle and brings the milk to the king. He is cured, but still does not prepare his youngest's wedding	2.640625
72749448	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Story%20of%20the%20Prince%20and%20His%20Horse	The Story of the Prince and His Horse	Bilen people Austrian Africanist Leo Reinisch collected a tale from the Bilen language with the title Hámed ábin Jẳgī sīm qǔrás kegantó sanẳ (German: Der bettler Hamed heiratet die königstochter von Dschaga, English: "How beggar Hamed married the daughter of the Jaga king"). In this tale, a boy named Hamed is asked by his mother which she should give birth to: a girl or a mare. He answers: to a mare. A mare is born and their mother dies. Some time later, his father remarries. The step-mother complains to a neighbour her husband sleeps with her son, and the neighbour suggests she should get rid of the boy. The first time, she tries to poison his food, but the mare warns him. The next time, she places a snake on the milk pot. Again, the mare saves him. Frustrated with his family life, Hamed takes the mare and rides to the kingdom of the Jaga, where he disguises himself as a beggar and dismisses the mare. In this kingdom, the princess has rejected many suitors, but, on seeing Hamed as a beggar, declares she shall marry him. Hamed is given some tail hair by the mare. Later, some robbers think the Jaga king is frail and old, and his son-in-law a mere beggar, and steal their cattle. Hamed then burns the mare's tail hair and, with her aid, steals back the cattle. The next time, the king goes blind, and Hamed summons the mare again. The animal explains its milk can cure the king. Hamed milks the mare and heals the king. Finally, he is made king after his father-in-law. His sister, the mare, says its goodbyes and goes to their mother.	2.65625
72749487	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEDISEP	MEDISEP	Medical Insurance Scheme for State Employees and Pensioners (abbr. MEDISEP) is an insurance scheme launched by the Government of Kerala to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage to all serving State Government employees and pensioners. The beneficiaries include newly recruited employees and their family, part time employees, all staff of aided schools and colleges and their family, pensioners and their spouses and family pensioners. The scheme was formally inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Kerala on 1 July 2022. Within six months of its launch, the scheme attracted more than a total of 2.9 million beneficiaries and dependents and a participation of 480 hospitals most of which are located within Kerala. The scheme is envisaged to provide cashless medical assistance with a comprehensive coverage up to lakhs per year. The annual premium is plus 18 per cent GST for the policy period of 2022–24. A monthly premium of is being deducted from the salary of June 2022 and pension of July 2022 onward. MEDISEP is being implemented through The Oriental Insurance Company, a public sector insurance company.	2.0625
72750356	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das%20Boot%20%28novel%29	Das Boot (novel)	Das Boot starts with the celebrations of the U-boat officers on land. The officers are enjoying life before leaving port. The crew are in a bar, Bar Royal, in northern France, near a base of the Kriegsmarine Organization. The officers talk about the dangers, Führer der Unterseeboote (leader of the U-boats), Befehlshaber der U-Boote (Commander-in-Chief of the U-boats), and Admiral Karl Dönitz. The officers talk about the Hotel Majestic near the Saint-Nazaire submarine base, a real place, a U-boat hang out. Life on the U-Boat is discussed: rules, dress code, drinking, and the tight confines on the submarine with 50 men. The base was under air raid attack as they depart. Das Boot described life on board in storms, idleness, attacks on ships, moral dilemmas to rescue or not, and hours of depth charge to avoid destroyers. The submarine is damaged and needs to return to port, but is ordered to pass the dangerous Strait of Gibraltar and operate in the Mediterranean Sea. The submarine is attacked and damaged in the Strait. The submarine dives to the bottom and works to repair the submarine. The repairs get the submarine off the bottom and she makes it to La Rochelle, a German-occupied port in France. But the submarine is sunk in an air raid at La Rochelle, with some of the crew lost. Reception Being a novelization of real experiences, the book received mixed reviews. The book is a fictionalized autobiographical story.	2.25
72750444	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Israeli%20judicial%20reform%20protests	2023 Israeli judicial reform protests	On 22 April, thousands of counter-protesters demonstrated in support of the judicial reform, including at the Shilot intersection near the entrance to the city of Modi'in, at the Karion intersection in Kiryat Bialik, and at the Kfar Ganim mall in Petah Tikva, as well as in other cities like Rosh HaAyin, Ashkelon, and Hadera. In Rosh HaAyin, the protesters dressed up as Yemenite slaves and performed an act with working tools. On 27 April, around 200,000 supporters (according to The Jerusalem Post, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and police estimates quoted by The Times of Israel) of the government's legal reform gathered outside the Knesset in Jerusalem. The speakers included Yariv Levin, Simcha Rothman, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. On 23 July, tens of thousands of pro-reform demonstrators gathered in Kaplan Street. Speakers at the demonstration included Miri Regev, Galit Distel-Atbaryan and Smotrich. Connection to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Since the beginning of the protest movement against the judicial reform, the link between it and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict was a subject of debate. The Times of Israel wrote that protesters were faced with a continuous question of "how much, if at all, should the demonstrations focus on Palestinian rights?" The debate on what implications the judicial overhaul would have for the Palestinians were discussed on articles and opinion pieces on Vox, Foreign Policy, and Haaretz. Some observers have argued that the reform and the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories are connected, and that the Israeli government promotes the reform in order to further entrench the occupation. Some also argued that the framework of a formal Israeli constitution, a demand of the protesters, would not be achievable until Israel's strategy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is changed.	1.929688
72750584	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings%20Online%3A%20Fate%20of%20Gundabad	The Lord of the Rings Online: Fate of Gundabad	Storyline The expansion concludes The Legacy of Durin and the Trials of the Dwarves storyline from the War of Three Peaks expansion. Chapter 5 His forces bolstered by reinforcements from Erebor, Prince Durin leads the dwarven host inside Mount Gundabad. Among their numbers are both dwarves from the Iron Garrison's recent failed attempt to reclaim Moria and veterans of the previous War of Dwarves in Orcs in which Gundabad was similarly captured only to be lost again, causing many to remain cautious despite their success. Chapter 6 Advancing past their initial staging ground, the dwarves discover that Gundabad orcs led by Gorgar the Ruthless, heir of Azog, are not in full control of the mountains. Hobgoblins of the Frost-horde, followers of the dragon Hrímil Frost-Heart, have come to Gundabad and seek to displace the orcs. Their position grows stronger every day, and many orcs being to doubt the leadership of Gorgar. Chapter 7 Bosi, Bori and Broin of the Iron Garrison prove themselves by bravely exploring the Hobgoblin-infested areas of the Mountain-home. To the north of the mountain, Angmarim cultists come across the Misty Mountains, the last remnants of the failed attempt to restore their kingdom during Shadows of Angmar. They bring with them arcane artifacts, the purpose of which greatly troubles Zhélruka Prince Ingór. Chapter 8 The dwarves suffer their first serious defeat when Gorgar attacks their positions and kills many, wielding a hammer made of pure mithril. The Angmarim cultists use the artifacts brought with them to breach the warding runes on the sacred chamber where Durin first awoke and steal an artifact treasured beyond value - the very first Black Anvil used by the first of the Dwarven forefathers.	1.96875
72750596	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%20Bija%20e%20H%C3%ABn%C3%ABs%20dhe%20e%20Diellit	E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit	E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit ("the Daughter of the Moon and the Sun") is a character in Albanian mythology and folklore, the daughter of Hëna ("the Moon") and Dielli ("the Sun"). She is the as ("drop of the sky" or "lightning") which falls everywhere from heaven on the mountains and the valleys and strikes pride and evil. In the legends she helps a hero winning a fight against a kulshedra. Her victory over the kulshedra symbolizes the supremacy of the deity of the sky over that of the underworld in the dualistic struggle between light and darkness. Mythology In Albanian folk beliefs the sun (Dielli) and the moon (Hëna) are personified deities. In folk tales, myths and legends the sun appears as a male figure, and the moon as a female figure. In some traditions the sun and the moon are regarded as husband and wife, and in other traditions as brother and sister. In the case of E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit the sun is her father and the moon is her mother. E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit is described as ("drop of the sky" or "lightning") which falls everywhere from heaven on the mountains and the valleys and strikes pride and evil. In the legends she helps a hero in his fight against a kulshedra, an earthly/chthonic deity or demon originating from darkness. In Albanian mythology the kulshedra is usually fought and defeated by the drangue, also seen as a sky and lightning deity or divine hero. The supremacy of E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit and of other similar celestial Albanian characters – such as Zjermi who is born with the Sun on his forehead – over the kulshedra, reflects the supremacy of the deity of the sky over that of the underworld in the dualistic struggle between light and darkness. In literature The legend of E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit has also been narrated by the Albanian writer Mitrush Kuteli in the collection Tregime të moçme shqiptare ("Old Albanian tales"), published in 1965.	2.296875
72750800	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20T.%20Haney	Joe T. Haney	Joe Tom Haney (August 19, 1927 – March 10, 2016) was a United States Army colonel was director of bands at Texas A&M University and the 12th director of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band. Early life and education Joe Tom Haney was born in Colorado City, Texas, on August 19, 1927, to Clyde, an employee with the El Paso Natural Gas Company and Vista Mae Haney, a piano teacher. His father died in an explosion in 1929, after which he and his mother moved to Marlin. He began playing trombone from the sixth grade. After graduation from Marlin High School in 1944, he enrolled in Texas A&M University, where was there for only one semester before being drafted. Military and high school bandmaster career He served fourteen months in Korea and played in the 282nd AGF Band in Seoul before receiving an honorable discharge in 1947 and enrolling in Southern Methodist University, where he graduated in 1950. For his first position as a band director at Hemphill High School. In 1951, he became bandmaster of the Mexia High School Band Aggie band In 1972 he was invited to become the associate director of the Texas Aggie Band. Haney organized the Texas A&M University Symphonic Band in 1973. Noble Men of Kyle and other arrangements He wrote the signature march of the band "Noble Men of Kyle" in 1972, and it is played numerous times during marchpasts. His arrangement of "The Spirit of Aggieland" has been performed by the Aggie Band at all football games since 1968. Retirement, death and legacy He retired in 1989 and was succeeded by Air force Lieutenant Colonel Ray E. Toler. Both Joe Haney and Ray Toler were natives of Marlin, Texas. Until Colonel Haney’s death he held the title of Director Emeritus of the Fighting Texas Aggie Band. Colonel Haney passed away in March 2016. The following September, he was honored in memoriam by the band with the playing of The Noble Men of Kyle at the first football game of the season with UCLA.	2.046875
72751135	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji%20Daggupati	Balaji Daggupati	Balaji Daggupati is an American chess grandmaster. Chess career Daggupati began playing chess at the age of 5, gaining interest in the game since his sister played for elementary teams. He earned the National Master title at age 11, the FIDE Master title at age 12, and the International Master title at age 16. Throughout 2021, he earned all three Grandmaster norms. He later achieved the required rating to earn the title in 2022. In September 2021, he participated in the Hou Yifan Challenge, though he was defeated by R Praggnanandhaa. He was later selected to be in the age 15 division of the 2022 All-America Chess Team. In March 2022, he was amongst a few junior players who managed to significantly increase their Elo rating. In July 2022, he finished third in the U.S. Junior Chess Championship, sharing the position with Abhimanyu Mishra. They finished behind winner Christopher Yoo and runner-up Andrew Hong. Personal life Daggupati began studying computer science at the University of Texas at Dallas in September 2023, also playing for the school's chess team.	2.078125
72751301	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz%20Lee%20%28politician%29	Liz Lee (politician)	Kaozouapa Elizabeth "Liz" Lee is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), Lee represents District 67A in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, including parts of Saint Paul in Ramsey County. Early life, career, and education Lee was born to Hmong refugees who emigrated to the United States from a Thai refugee camp after being displaced from Laos. She was raised in public housing on the east side of Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she delivered papers for the Eastside Review. In high school, she worked as a House aide to state representative Tim Mahoney. Lee earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Yale University. She worked as a staffer for U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Representative Barbara Lee, and U.S. Representative Keith Ellison. She worked as a nonprofit consultant before being elected to the state legislature. Minnesota House of Representatives Lee was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2022. In the DFL primary she defeated one-term incumbent John Thompson, who was expelled from the DFL House caucus in 2021 amid domestic abuse allegations. Lee serves as vice chair of the Property Tax Division of the Taxes Committee and as an assistant majority leader of the House DFL caucus. She also sits on the Children and Families Finance and Policy, Education Policy, and Taxes Committees. Lee is a member of the House People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus and the Minnesota Asian and Pacific (MAP) Caucus. Political positions Lee ran on a platform of rent stabilization, well-paying jobs, infrastructure, and health equity. She joined a group of Minnesota legislators in urging the U.S. Census Bureau to reclassify several Asian ethnicities, including Hmong, saying the bureau "didn't do proper stakeholder engagement" with the Asian community. At a press conference on anti-Asian hate crimes, Lee said she and the MAP Caucus would push for further gun regulations.	1.9375
72751374	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9%20de%20Villequier	René de Villequier	Accompanying his benefactor to his new kingdom, Villequier found himself sidelined for the king's affections by Bellegarde with whom he argued bitterly. Upon receipt of news that Anjou's brother had died, Villequier was among those urging the king to return to claim the French throne as quickly as possible, and played a key role in Henri's flight back to France. As reward for his service, he was made 'first gentleman of the chamber' a position he would share with the incumbent Retz favourite of the king's mother Catherine de Medici. In 1577 Villequier, furious at his wife's alleged affair and plan to poison him, would murder her in their chambers at Poitiers, being pardoned by the king for his crime. Villequier was among the first intake for the new Ordre du Saint-Esprit in 1578. In 1590, after the vacancy of the position of governor of the Île de France the previous year, Villequier would be appointed governor of the region and the city of Paris. He would hold this office until he was forced to yield it to François d'O in 1586. By the 1580s the king's favour had migrated to new men, Joyeuse and Épernon, who were both granted the role of first gentleman of the chamber with more access to the king than Villequier. Having remarried in 1586, he died shortly thereafter. Early life and family Family René de Villequier, born some time around 1530 was the second son of Baptiste de Villequier, baron de Villequier and Anne de Rochechouart. He married Françoise de la Marck with whom he had one daughter, Charlotte Catherine de Villequier. In 1581 a marriage was secured between his daughter and François d'O, another of Henri's favourites. Increasingly uneasy about the prospect of d'O inheriting his wealth, he remarried in 1586 to Louise de Savonneires one of Catherine de Medici's maids of honour. They had a son Claude de Villequier, who died aged nineteen.	2.25
72751548	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignas%20%C5%A0einius	Ignas Šeinius	Ignas Jurkūnas (2 April 1889 – 15 January 1959), best known by his pen name Ignas Šeinius, was a Lithuanian-Swedish writer, publicist, and diplomat. Šeinius worked as a diplomat for the interwar Lithuania in the Nordic states, to which he immigrated after the Soviet occupation of Lithuania. He is best known for his novel Kuprelis (The Hunchback), which, along with Šeinius' other novels, was at the forefront of impressionism in the Lithuanian literature. Biography Early years Ignas Jurkūnas was born on 2 April 1889 to a family of Lithuanian peasants in the village of , from which he would eventually create his pen name. He attended schools in both Gelvoniai and Musninkai. In 1908, he finished teachers' courses in Kaunas and Vilnius, and in the same year he passed an exam in St. Petersburg which officially allowed him to become a teacher. From then on he would be involved in the press, usually creating and publishing short poems. Studies in Moscow In 1912, he moved to Moscow where he studied art and philosophy at the until 1915. During this time, he met with some notable Lithuanian writers, such as Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas and Jurgis Baltrušaitis, among others, who encouraged the young Šeinius to write. In 1913, he published his best-known novel, Kuprelis. The novel was not very popular in Lithuania and was heavily re-edited and re-published by Šeinius in 1932. He also translated Nietzche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra from German to Lithuanian. Diplomatic work in northern Europe In 1915, he was sent to Stockholm to represent the prominent Lithuanian Society for the Relief of War Sufferers. In Stockholm, he quickly learned Swedish and in 1917 he published Litauisk Kultur (Lithuanian Culture), among other articles about Lithuanian culture. In summer 1915, he married Gertrud Sydoff, who was of Swedish descent. Their son Irvis was born in 1922.	1.945313
72751956	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Nigerian%20presidential%20election%20in%20Borno%20State	2023 Nigerian presidential election in Borno State	The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Borno State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Other federal elections, including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate, will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March. Background Borno State is a large, diverse northeastern state in the process of recovering from the worst of the Boko Haram insurgency. Still facing large-scale threats by and partial occupation from Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists, the state also has to contend with an underdeveloped yet vital agricultural sector, desertification, and low education rates. Politically, the 2019 elections confirmed the state's status as one of the most staunchly APC states in the nation as both Buhari and APC gubernatorial nominee Babagana Umara Zulum won the state by wide margins and every single legislative seat on the senatorial, house of representatives, and house of assembly levels were carried by APC nominees. Polling Projections General election Results By senatorial district The results of the election by senatorial district. By federal constituency The results of the election by federal constituency. By local government area The results of the election by local government area.	1.90625
72753253	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empresa%20de%20China	Empresa de China	Sánchez could meet Philip II in December 1587 and, despite Acosta's presence, found the chance to send the king a copy of his document. His aspirations were successful and, as soon as the preparations of the Spanish Armada allowed it, Philip authorized the creation of an official Junta para la Empresa de China in March 1588. The council was composed by the Consejo de Indias chairman Hernando de Vega y Fonseca, General Alonso de Vargas, Admiral Joan de Cardona i Requesens, royal secretaries Juan de Idiáquez y Olazábal and Cristóbal de Moura, inquisitor Pedro Moya and four members of the Castilian Council of War. Its development, however, was interrupted by the news of the Armada's failure in August, in midst of new protests by Dominicans and Franciscans that believed the project endangered their own workings. Ultimately, royal interest for the Empresa waned for good. The new governor of the Philippines, Gómez Pérez das Mariñas, was chosen by Sánchez's suggestion, but he received explicit orders to avoid military conflict with China. On the opposite, he became entangled in diplomatic tension against Toyotomi, who seemed to demand vassalage from the Spanish Philippines for his invasion of Korea, and whom local spies attributed the idea to invade the Philippines in case of a negative answer. Although this twist never happened, during Juan Cobo's embassy Das Mariñas was advised to seek an alliance with China against Japan and not vice versa. When Das Mariñas was succeeded by his son Luis, the conquest of China was briefly revived in an indirect way. The priest Martín de la Ascensión proposed an equally complex plan to invade Japan, where native allies could be easily found too, and whose armies, once pledged to the Hispanic Monarchy, could be used in campaigns against China and other nearby lands. A considered local ally, aside from the usual Japanese Christians, was the lord later known as Tokugawa Ieyasu. The San Felipe incident and its consequences, however, buried the project.	2.4375
72753607	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated%20PBY%20Catalina%20in%20New%20Zealand%20service	Consolidated PBY Catalina in New Zealand service	No. 6 Squadron officially became operational on 1 August, based on a complement of 12 aircraft in service with three in reserve. The originally planned structure was changed for consistency with that of a United States Navy patrol squadron. The first loss of a RNZAF Catalina was on 5 June, when an aircraft flying to New Zealand crashed into the sea about from Laucala Bay. Some personal effects were later recovered from a nearby island but there was no trace of the Catalina's crew or the eight passengers it was carrying. By this time, the threat posed by Japanese surface warships in the South Pacific had largely receded so patrols focused more on submarine detection which were deemed to be the more realistic risk to Fiji. On rare occasions submarines were spotted and attacked but without success. The squadron also carried out search and rescue missions; a flight of this type was known as a Dumbo, after the Walt Disney character. Its first successful Dumbo was completed while it was still training; on 2 May, eight sailors whose vessel had been sunk by a Japanese torpedo were picked up from a liferaft. In October, No. 6 Squadron moved to Espiritu Santo, operating from the Segond Channel. It later operated from Halavao Bay on Florida Island, not far from Guadalcanal. By the closing stages of the war, the main focus of No. 6 Squadron's operational duties was in search and rescue missions. Its last Dumbo operation was on 9 August 1945, when a Catalina picked up a fighter pilot of the RNZAF whose Vought F4U Corsair aircraft had been hit by Japanese anti-aircraft fire as it passed over Kerevat, in the northeast of New Britain. By this time, most of the squadron's surviving complement of PBY-5 Catalinas had been placed in storage at the RNZAF base at Hobsonville in New Zealand, worn out from their service and it was now using the later PB2B-1s.	2.40625
72754241	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiane%20Lima	Josiane Lima	Career Having explored swimming as a means of physical rehabilitation, in 2006 Lima was invited to learn rowing with a non-governmental organization to help disabled people in sport in Florianópolis. She was immediately entered into competition for the 2006 World Rowing Championships with Rafael Luz in the mixed doubles sculls. She came back with Lucas Pagani as her partner for the 2007 World Rowing Championships, and the pair took the gold. The then paired Lima with Elton Santana, from Bahia in the north of Brazil, ahead of the Beijing 2008 Summer Paralympics. Lima and Santana had focused pairs training for about eight months, despite living in different parts of the country; they trained in their own cities, sharing training online with the confederation, and met up at the University of São Paulo for two weeks training together at the Olympic lane every 40 days. The pair won their heat in Beijing, with the overall second-fastest time; in the final, they won the bronze medal. Lima contracted a sinus infection shortly before the Games and was displeased with the air quality in Beijing, noting that while she and Santana dominated the race for the first three-quarters, she got blurred vision and was seeing stars at the end. Sticking together for the 2009 World Rowing Championships, they won the silver medal. They were finalists for the World Rowing 2009 Adaptive Crew of the Year award, and Lima was named World Rowing Athlete of the Month in February 2011.	2.421875

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