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78559041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffly%20S20 | Laffly S20 | The Laffly S20 TL (French: TL - tracteur, chassis long) was a 6x6 truck developed by French vehicle manufacturer Laffly in 1935. It was built to serve as a troop carrier for the dragoon regiment of Cavalry's Light Mechanised Division (DLM). The first 140 units were delivered to the DLM in 1937.
The S20 could carry up ... | 1.953125 | 0 |
78559151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Gottlieb%20Prestel | Johann Gottlieb Prestel | Venice
He later ended his apprenticeship to embark on a journey to Italy. Now in his early 20s, Prestel studied painting in Venice. He stayed in Italy from 1760 until 1766 and was acquainted with Giuseppe Nogari then Jacques Wagner. When he first arrived, he began to replicate an altarpiece that he discovered in a chur... | 2.703125 | 0 |
78559151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Gottlieb%20Prestel | Johann Gottlieb Prestel | The Düsseldorf Academy appointed Johann Gottlieb Prestel as an honorary member in 1779, and a year later, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria sent him a letter of appreciation for his work on the Praun Cabinet. While still finishing the Praun Cabinet, Prestel announced reproductions of 30 sheets from Gérard Joachim Sc... | 2.140625 | 0 |
78559151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Gottlieb%20Prestel | Johann Gottlieb Prestel | During his stay in Frankfurt in 1794, Prestel taught German landscape painter Anton Radl from Vienna copperplate engraving, etching and gouache painting. He was also joined by Johann Georg Reinheimer from Frankfurt and his daughter Ursula Magdalena who returned to her father in Frankfurt after her mother's death in 179... | 2.375 | 0 |
78559560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalais%20conspiracy | Chalais conspiracy | The Count of Chalais, a gentleman of the king's household, was highly regarded by the king, who had appointed him master of the wardrobe. He had grown close to Gaston following the support the prince and his friends had shown in 1623 when, in a duel, he had killed a man who claimed to be his wife’s lover. Later Chalais... | 2.078125 | 0 |
78559811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20IV%27s%20naval%20expedition%20to%20Stockholm | Christian IV's naval expedition to Stockholm | On 2 September, the Danish fleet finally reached Vaxholm fortress, which had since May 1612 been defended by a garrison of around 50 men under Mårten Krakow and his wife, Emerintia Pauli, who had no intentions of letting the Danish fleet reach Stockholm. Nor did Gustavus Adolphus, who, after having received reports of ... | 2.59375 | 0 |
78559852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Weixian | Battle of Weixian | Battle Statistics
During this battle, the PLA suffered approximately 8,000 casualties, including 1,432 killed and 6,548 wounded. The PLA captured three towns—Weixian, Changle, and Anqiu—along with 4,000 square kilometers of surrounding territory. They seized significant materials, including 181 artillery pieces, over 1... | 2.25 | 0 |
78560286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro%20Gorra%20Blanca | Cerro Gorra Blanca | The Cerro Gorra Blanca is a glaciated mountain in the Andes of Patagonia, located southwest of Laguna del Desierto on the eastern edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, on the border between Chile and Argentina. On the Chilean side, it is part of the O'Higgins commune in the Capitán Prat Province, Aysén Region, whi... | 2.203125 | 0 |
78560374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid%20on%20La%20Goulette%20%281612%29 | Raid on La Goulette (1612) | The raid on La Goulette of 1612 was a naval attack by Spanish captain Antonio Pimentel over La Goulette, the main port of Ottoman Tunisia. The raid destroyed a local fleet of western ships built by French privateer Zymen Danseker, who had planned to use it to spread Barbary pirate activity to the Spanish territories in... | 2.609375 | 0 |
78560469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Jazz%20Centre%20UK | The Jazz Centre UK | The Jazz Centre UK is a cultural charity organization focused on jazz music, based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It was established in 2016 by British musician Digby Fairweather. The Centre's published aim is "to preserve, promote, and celebrate jazz music". In 2023, it renewed its relationship with Southend City Council... | 2.625 | 0 |
78560659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Fleete | Henry Fleete | Henry Fleete (or Fleet) was an early English trader in the Colony of Virginia and Province of Maryland. He was a Burgess representative for the Virginia Colony, and interacted with William Claiborne during the time of conflict between Protestant Virginians and Catholic Maryland leadership. During a trading expedition w... | 2.203125 | 0 |
78561507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praga%20E-55 | Praga E-55 | The Praga E-55 was a prototype Czechoslovak multi-purpose single-engine light aircraft designed by ČKD-Praga and intended for the Czechoslovak Army. A single example was built, first flying in 1949, but the type was not selected for production, and the single example was used by an aeroclub before being withdrawn from ... | 1.921875 | 0 |
78561507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praga%20E-55 | Praga E-55 | The E-55 was a high-winged tractor configuration monoplane, with a pod and boom arrangement. It had a short, heavily glazed fuselage nacelle, with the twin tail carried on the end of a tubular tailboom. The pilot and an observer sat side-by-side at the front of the enclosed cabin, with a seat for a third crewmember beh... | 2.359375 | 0 |
78561573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marguerite%20Bay | Sainte-Marguerite Bay | The Sainte-Marguerite Bay is a body of water located on the Saguenay River, at the confluence of the Sainte-Marguerite, in the municipality of Sacré-Cœur, in the regional county municipality (RCM) of La Haute-Côte-Nord, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada.
Geography
The Sainte-Marguerite Bay is... | 2.671875 | 0 |
78562093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring%201987%20West%20Bank%20unrest | Spring 1987 West Bank unrest | The Israeli government, a unity coalition comprising both the right-wing Likud and centre-left Israeli Labor Party, was deeply divided over negotiations. One key issue of disagreement was the participation of the Soviet Union in talks, which Likud opposed but that the Labor Party was willing to accept if the Soviet Uni... | 2.09375 | 0 |
78562133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyeuctus%20of%20Sphettus | Polyeuctus of Sphettus | Polyeuctus (; – after 324 BC) was an Athenian orator and a political ally of his contemporary Demosthenes. He belonged to the deme of Sphettus.
Life
Polyeuctus was born in Athens, in the deme of Sphettus. He collaborated with Demosthenes in opposing the pro-Macedonian party and in convincing the people to make war on... | 2.078125 | 0 |
78562224 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Aminoadipic-2-oxoadipic%20aciduria | 2-Aminoadipic-2-oxoadipic aciduria | 2-Aminoadipic-2-oxoadipic aciduria (AMOXAD) is a rare, autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by defects in the degradation of the amino acids lysine and tryptophan. It is classified as an organic aciduria and results from mutations in the DHTKD1 gene, which encodes a mitochondrial enzyme essential for the break... | 2.40625 | 0 |
78562400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20de%20Medrano%20y%20Mes%C3%ADa | Juan de Medrano y Mesía | Juan Rodríguez de Medrano y Mesía was a nobleman from the House of Medrano and the 23rd governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México between 1668 and 1671 during the reign of King Charles II of Spain. During his term he had to send troops against the Apaches, who carried out various attacks against the Christian communities of... | 2.09375 | 0 |
78562400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20de%20Medrano%20y%20Mes%C3%ADa | Juan de Medrano y Mesía | Enforcing the Encomienda system
Governor Juan de Medrano played a critical role in administering and enforcing the encomienda system in New Mexico, particularly during a volatile period in the late 1660s and early 1670s. On May 1, 1669, Medrano reassigned a one-third share of the Jumanos encomienda to Juan Domínguez d... | 2.640625 | 0 |
78562442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-A%27la%20plateau | Al-A'la plateau | The al-A'la plateau, or Jabal al-A'la () is a plateau in central Syria, which rises east of the city of Hama, on the western fringes of the Syrian steppe. The plateau contains numerous villages with Byzantine-era inscriptions, found in the remains of mostly 6th-century homes, towers and churches. In the late 18th centu... | 2.6875 | 0 |
78562442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-A%27la%20plateau | Al-A'la plateau | Most of the villages contained a defensive tower, probably to keep watch due to the plateau's high vulnerability to Bedouin raids from the desert. At least one, Umm Hartein, contained a rectangular citadel with towers on each corner. All the villages contained several houses, each characterized by one of two plans. The... | 2.453125 | 0 |
78563013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Man%20Who%20Came%20Out%20Only%20at%20Night | The Man Who Came Out Only at Night | In an Italian tale from Valle del Viù, in Piedmont, with the title Per virtù di questa scatola ("By virtue of this box"), a snake appears to a king and requests one of his daughters as his bride. The youngest princess agrees to marry him, and discovers he becomes a handsome youth at night. Later, the princess's elder s... | 1.90625 | 0 |
78563132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid%20ceramics | Abbasid ceramics | The Abbasid Dynasty overthrew the Umayyads and came to power in Iraq in 749CE. They held a great deal of political and cultural power from shortly after their ascendence through the mid-10th century. The Abbasids shifted the capital to Baghdad, a city that became a global hub of trade for both culture and ideas. It was... | 2.84375 | 0 |
78563267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1945%20X1%20%28du%20Toit%29 | C/1945 X1 (du Toit) | Comet du Toit, formal designation C/1945 X1, is a sungrazing comet that was observed four times by South African astronomer, Daniel du Toit, on December 1945. The comet is a member of the Kreutz sungrazer family.
Discovery and observations
The comet was discovered by Daniel du Toit from the Harvard College Observator... | 2.875 | 0 |
78563566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%20production%20in%20Licking%20County%2C%20Ohio | Glass production in Licking County, Ohio | Licking County has been tied to the glass-making industry throughout the Midwest since the 1800s. This is due to the silica deposits found throughout rivers in Ohio. Entrepreneurs such as Edward H. Everett supported this industry. Although glass production has decreased in Licking County since the 1800s, it is still re... | 2.359375 | 0 |
78563566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%20production%20in%20Licking%20County%2C%20Ohio | Glass production in Licking County, Ohio | The “Stevens Tin Top” is an example of a piece of glass produced in the Newark Star Glassworks. It had a groove-ring wax sealer in a blue aquamarine glass. The jar is hand blown and has a tool applied to the lip. There were two patented fruit jars in 1875, and the name of their jars came to be called The Western Pride ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
78563718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumitru%20Bagdasar | Dumitru Bagdasar | Dumitru Bagdasar (17 December 1893 – 16 July 1946) was a Romanian neurosurgeon, university professor and political activist. He was the founder of the Romanian school of neurosurgery and is known as the father of Romanian neurosurgery.
Biography
Early life
Bagdasar was born in to a large peasant family of Armenian o... | 1.96875 | 0 |
78563947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruggero%20Cipolla | Ruggero Cipolla | Ruggero Cipolla (1911–2006) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who aided and corroborated Sister Giuseppina De Muro when she worked during the German occupation of Italy to save over 500 people from Nazi concentration camps.
Career
Father Cipolla was a member of the Franciscan religious congregation, and the chapla... | 1.914063 | 0 |
78563976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Wolfskehl%20von%20Reichenberg | Christian Wolfskehl von Reichenberg | After a reorganization, the Battle of Sacile on 16 April 1809 saw Wolfskehl commanding a cavalry division composed of two brigades. The first brigade was made up of six squadrons each of the Hohenlohe Nr. 2 and Savoy Nr. 5 Dragoon Regiments. The second brigade had six squadrons of the Archduke Joseph Hussar Regiment Nr... | 2.75 | 0 |
78564550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Enr%C3%ADquez%27s%20corsair%20fleet | Miguel Enríquez's corsair fleet | Early in his career, Enríquez operated only two vessels at once, often replacing those lost. Among those, several were captured by foreign countries including seven sloops, a schooner and a brigantine. Dutch colonial authorities from Curaçao caught the sloops San Nicolás, Santa Bárbara and La María (with British help),... | 2.984375 | 0 |
78564550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Enr%C3%ADquez%27s%20corsair%20fleet | Miguel Enríquez's corsair fleet | Expansion and operations during the War of the Quadruple Alliance (1716-1720)
In 1716, after months of reorganization that required contracting a new crew, Enríquez was able to command two small vessels (a sloop and a schooner), to resume his privateering venture. These ships were lost shortly afterwards, resetting the... | 3.03125 | 0 |
78564550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Enr%C3%ADquez%27s%20corsair%20fleet | Miguel Enríquez's corsair fleet | Shortly afterwards, a vessel property of the Armada de Barlovento arrived to San Juan. Bertolano told its commander, General José Roche de la Peña, about the situation in Vieques. The governor decided to organize a mini-armada of five vessels. Only one belonged to the Crown, the others were private. Enríquez loaned the... | 2.84375 | 0 |
78564550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Enr%C3%ADquez%27s%20corsair%20fleet | Miguel Enríquez's corsair fleet | Danío was assigned to serve a second term as governor, but this time his partnership with Enríquez soured. Due to this, the ships usually left San Juan without established routes or return dates, capturing their prizes as they encountered them. Even when they left with a predetermined destination, desertion and other f... | 3.046875 | 0 |
78564550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Enr%C3%ADquez%27s%20corsair%20fleet | Miguel Enríquez's corsair fleet | When the sloop Santiago docked in San Juan carrying royal documents and the governor-elect of Caracas, Danío ordered Enríquez to loan another vessel to transport the politician. The privateer complied and granted them La Venganza, which sailed under Mateo de Luque. The ship then stopped at Cumaná to deliver the documen... | 2.625 | 0 |
78564555 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstanty%20Felicjan%20Szaniawski | Konstanty Felicjan Szaniawski | Konstanty Felicjan Szaniawski (1668–1732) was a Polish nobleman and clergyman. He was Bishop of Kujawy and Bishop of Kraków (1720–1732).
Life
Konstanty Felicjan Szaniawski was born in Lithuania in 1668. His family claimed the Junosza crest. He studied at the Kraków Academy in his youth. As Bishop of Kujawy, one of hi... | 1.984375 | 0 |
78564714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Bogenhausen | Treaty of Bogenhausen | The Treaty of Bogenhausen was a diplomatic agreement between Napoleon's French Empire and the Electorate of Bavaria. It was signed on 25 August 1805 at the Fleischerschlösschen in Bogenhausen, now in the city of Munich. Maximilian von Montgelas acting on behalf Maximilian I represented Bavaria. Negotitations had been o... | 2.5 | 0 |
78564731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone%20Chido | Cyclone Chido | In Malawi, the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS) issued a warning for 15 districts expected to be in the path of Chido. Some districts were forecast to receive over of rain within 24 hours, with possibilities of flooding, strong winds and damage to infrastructure. The Department of Disas... | 2.265625 | 0 |
78564843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Pratt%20%28inventor%29 | John Pratt (inventor) | John Jonathan Pratt (April 14, 1831 – 24/25 June 1905) was an American journalist and inventor, known for creating the Pterotype, one of the earliest typewriters.
Biography
Pratt was born in Unionville, South Carolina on April 14, 1831. His father was a judge. Pratt was educated in South Carolina and graduated from Co... | 2.578125 | 0 |
78564976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jind%C5%99ich%20Marco | Jindřich Marco | Second incarceration and after
In 1950 Marco married Milena Tvarůžková. Having supplied a foreign press agency with an irreverent photograph of President Klement Gottwald, he was, just a few days later on 14 June, convicted in a show trial for having "aided and abetted defections" and given a ten-year sentence without ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
78565600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine%20unlearning | Machine unlearning | Machine unlearning is a branch of machine learning focused on removing specific undesired element, such as private data, outdated information, copyrighted material, harmful content, dangerous abilities, or misinformation, without needing to rebuild models from the ground up.
Large language models, like the ones power... | 2.359375 | 0 |
78565655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernica%20Monastery | Cernica Monastery | Cernica Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Cernica) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located on the shore of . Situated in Ilfov County, just outside Bucharest, it is part of Pantelimon town. It is listed as a historic monument.
History
Cernica Monastery, established in 1608 during the reign of Radu Șerban, was founded b... | 2.140625 | 0 |
78565671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan%2C%20Hong%20Kong%20and%20Macao | Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao | In 1949, after being defeated in the Chinese Civil War, the government of the Republic of China (ROC) retreated to Taiwan, while the People's Republic of China (PRC) was established in Beijing. The two governments do not recognize each other and each claims sovereignty over all of China, leading to a factual division a... | 2.578125 | 0 |
78565743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful%20Star%20%28novel%29 | Beautiful Star (novel) | Beautiful Star () is a 1962 science fiction novel by Japanese author Yukio Mishima. The novel follows a family of extraterrestrials attempting to save humanity.
Plot
The Ōsugi family of Hannō – Jūichirō, his wife Iyoko, and children Kazuo and Akiko — believe themselves to be ordinary, until each member witnesses a UFO... | 1.921875 | 0 |
78565903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BUMIDOM | BUMIDOM | Upon their arrival, some received a job straight away in construction or administration; others were sent to training centres. The women were sent to Crouy-sur-Ourcq, where they learnt to cook French food and run a household, then became employed in health care and domestic service sectors, whilst the men were sent to ... | 2.578125 | 0 |
78566114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISEA%20J044634.16-262756.1 | WISEA J044634.16-262756.1 | WISEA J044634.16-262756.1 (also known as J0446) is a binary star system with one component having a long-lived primordial disk, also called a Peter Pan disk.
J0446 was first identified as an object with infrared excess and member of the 42 Myr old Columba association by the NASA citizen science project Disk Detective.... | 2.046875 | 0 |
78566114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISEA%20J044634.16-262756.1 | WISEA J044634.16-262756.1 | J0446B shows stronger and broader H-alpha emission, likely from weak accretion of 2.5 × 10−11/yr. The disk was also detected with ALMA, which will be described in a future work. The dust mass was estimated to be 0.1 from ALMA, which is quite low when compared to younger disks. A research team used JWST MIRI to observe... | 2.421875 | 0 |
78566120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnocalycium%20uebelmannianum | Gymnocalycium uebelmannianum | Gymnocalycium uebelmannianum is a species of Gymnocalycium from Argentina.
Description
Gymnocalycium uebelmannianum is a cactus species that begins as a solitary plant and later forms clusters. It has gray-green, flattened spherical stems that are slightly sunken into the soil, growing up to 1 cm tall and 7 cm in diam... | 2.359375 | 0 |
78566234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karunya%20Healthcare%20Scheme | Karunya Healthcare Scheme | Karunya HealthCare Scheme (Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi) is a health insurance scheme introduced by the Government of Kerala to provide financial assistance for the treatment of serious diseases and medical conditions for individuals from economically weaker sections of society. The scheme, which was launched in 20... | 2.703125 | 0 |
78567166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn%20Jalal%20Tilimsani | Ibn Jalal Tilimsani | Ibn Jalal Tilimsani (in ) was a Muslim scholar born in Tlemcen around 1502–1503 and died in Fez around 1573–1574. Renowned for his expertise in both religious and secular sciences, he served as a mufti in Tlemcen before relocating to Fez due to the city’s political instability. His move was also influenced by the Saadi... | 2.0625 | 0 |
78567599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian%20Arab%20Armed%20Forces | Syrian Arab Armed Forces | In September 2018, Statista Charts estimated that the Syrian military had lost 111 warplanes since the beginning of the civil war, including reconnaissance and attack drones. The Syrians lost most of their warplanes during the first four years of the war, with losses significantly decreasing after the Russian intervent... | 2.234375 | 0 |
78567799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caritas%20Hellas | Caritas Hellas | Caritas Hellas () is a not-for-profit social welfare and humanitarian organisation in Greece. It is a service of the Catholic Church in Greece and a member of both Caritas Europa and Caritas Internationalis.
History
Between 1941 and 1980, Theia Pronoia (; "The Divine Providence"), a charitable organisation of the Gr... | 2.3125 | 0 |
78567799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caritas%20Hellas | Caritas Hellas | Following the onset of the Greek government-debt crisis and the resulting economic turmoil, the organisation began addressing basic needs such as food, medicine, and monthly electricity bills for thousands of families. Since the 2015 European migrant crisis, Caritas Hellas has been heavily involved in providing humanit... | 2.3125 | 0 |
78567821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20L.%20Griggs | Herbert L. Griggs | Herbert Lebau Griggs (March 28, 1855 – September 19, 1944) was an American banker who served as President of the Bank of New York.
Early life
Griggs was born on March 28, 1855 at Boston, Massachusetts (though some sources say Newton, Massachusetts). He was a son of Catherine Frances ( Gill) Griggs (1827–1908) and Benj... | 2.015625 | 0 |
78567935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20African%20mosques | West African mosques | While West African mosques share these features and mainly revolve around a recognizable basic form, there are many ways these building practices can be employed and varied within the region. Places such as the boucle du Niger and Voltaic Basin, in Western Sudan, have a distinct architectural design compared to other m... | 2.859375 | 0 |
78567935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20African%20mosques | West African mosques | Sudano-Sahelian architecture is defined by its use of mudbrick and adobe plaster (a natural material that gives earth walls a hard finish). Within the Sudano-Sahelian style there are five main subgroups: Malian, Songhai, Hausa, Volta basin, and ribāṭ. Malian architecture originates from the Manden groups of southern an... | 3.015625 | 0 |
78568128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingying%20Huiyuan | Jingying Huiyuan | Huiyuan later resided at Qinghuasi monastery. During the reign of the Northern Zhou Emperor Wu (r. 560–578), there was a persecution of Buddhism in which many temples were seized and many monks forced into lay life or military service.
The emperor also ordered Buddhist elders to gather so he could inform them of his r... | 2.234375 | 0 |
78568745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras%20Beirut%20artists | Ras Beirut artists | Al-Husseini painted the city of Jerusalem utilizing “unsaturated colors” highlighted by gold leaf and “ornamental elements” to depict the city as an “impregnable fortress”. Additionally, al-Husseini utilized patterns traditionally stitched by Palestinian Tatreez embroiderers, as demonstrated by the fringe bordering the... | 2.640625 | 0 |
78568863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banque%20de%20la%20Martinique | Banque de la Martinique | The Banque de la Martinique was a bank of issue on the island of Martinique, France. It was established in 1853, lost its monetary role in 1944, and merged in 1967 with the Banque de la Guadeloupe to form the Banque des Antilles Françaises (BDAF).
Overview
The French law of that marked the end of slavery in France e... | 2.796875 | 0 |
78569108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel%20Lote | Ethel Lote | Ethel Lote (née Nutting; 28 November 1920 – 11 June 2024) was a British World War II nurse and yoga instructor. After the war, she became a dental nurse and founded the Dental Nurses Society.
Early life
Ethel Nutting was born on 28 November 1920 in Walsall Wood, Staffordshire. Her father was a coal miner while her mo... | 2.265625 | 0 |
78569168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutions%20of%20the%20French%20Basque%20Country%20before%201789 | Institutions of the French Basque Country before 1789 | Soule stands out among the three Basque provinces due to its stronger imprint of feudalism. The first Viscount of Soule was likely William Fort I, Viscount of Lavedan, who was granted the viscounty of the Basque province in 1023 by Sancho VI William, Duke of Gascony. William I succeeded him in 1040 but was forced to se... | 2.546875 | 0 |
78569168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutions%20of%20the%20French%20Basque%20Country%20before%201789 | Institutions of the French Basque Country before 1789 | The kayolar system originated during the period when sheep farming, primarily based on transhumance, was the main activity of Souletin peasants. A kayolar is a cabin surrounded by an enclosure used to gather flocks. It was built in the upper and subalpine mountain pastures. The ownership of a kayolar by its lord was su... | 2.875 | 0 |
78569168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutions%20of%20the%20French%20Basque%20Country%20before%201789 | Institutions of the French Basque Country before 1789 | Soule
On November 30, 1727, under pressure from the nobility, the general syndic Armand d'Hegoburu presented the king with a request for deep reform of the Court of Order, aligning it with the other provincial estates of the Crown. On December 14 of the same year, the Silviet rejects the vote of the Grand Body. Unfort... | 2.53125 | 0 |
78569199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb%20Lysander%20Howe | Caleb Lysander Howe | Caleb Lysander Howe (September 23, 1810 – March 14, 1896) was an American photographer.
Early life and education
Howe was born in Dummerston, Vermont, the son of Caleb and Sophia Sheldon Howe. His family moved to Dover, Vermont, when he was young.
Career
Howe began his career as a farmer. He worked circa 1830–1849 as... | 2.46875 | 0 |
78569301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele%20Clarke | Adele Clarke | Adele Elizabeth Clarke (April 1, 1945 – January 19, 2024) was an American sociologist and women's health scholar. Clarke was considered a distinguished scholar and leader in the field of Science, Technology, and Medicine Studies (ST&MS). She made significant contributions to sociology, history of medicine and feminist ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
78569335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon%20H.%20Blackman | Vernon H. Blackman | Vernon Herbert Blackman (8 January 1872 – 1 October 1967) was a British botanist who specialised in fungal cytology and plant physiology, described as "one of the chief architects" of 20th-century British plant physiology. His research focused on sexual reproduction in fungi, growth in plants, and various practical agr... | 2.421875 | 0 |
78569961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario%20Pintaudi | Rosario Pintaudi | Research activity
Although some of his early publications technically pertain to the field of Byzantine and Renaissance lexicography, Pintaudi is primarily a papyrologist and an archaeologist. He has restored, edited and published Greek papyri from Italian and European collections, including Florence, London, Vatican ... | 1.929688 | 0 |
77212881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung%20Tai-shan | Hung Tai-shan | Hung Tai-shan (; 10 January 1924 – 10 June 2019) was a Taiwanese baseball catcher and outfielder who played on the Kano baseball team in the Japanese-rule era and several amateur teams after World War II.
Early life and education
Hung was born in Kagi (present-day Chiayi), Tainan Prefecture in 1924. He attended the K... | 2.15625 | 0 |
77212916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracos%20Anthony%20Dimitry | Dracos Anthony Dimitry | They denounced their African heritage and passed as white. Most of the notable members of the family fought for the Confederacy including his older brother Theodore John Dimitry, Alexander Dimitry, Charles Patton Dimitry, John Bull Smith Dimitry, and George Pandely. Alexander's wife's first cousin Robert Mills Lusher... | 2.546875 | 0 |
77212922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellanagare%20Bog | Bellanagare Bog | The Bellanagare Bog () Special Area of Conservation (or SAC) is a Natura 2000 site based close to the village of Bellanagare and the town of Castlerea in County Roscommon, Ireland. The qualifying interests by which it is protected as an SAC are the presence of three habitat types: the presence of active raised bog (pri... | 2.09375 | 0 |
77212922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellanagare%20Bog | Bellanagare Bog | SAC qualification
Under the European Union Habitats Directive and the Irish regulations which implement this Directive (European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), Ireland is required to designate a range of habitats as SACs to protect them. Ireland has designated an area... | 2.40625 | 0 |
77212922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellanagare%20Bog | Bellanagare Bog | Active raised bog
Of the three habitats which qualify the site for SAC status, the active bog priority habitat consists of high bog which is wet and actively peat-forming. There is a high proportion of cover by bog mosses or Sphagnum spp. Some typical features of active raised bogs occur here, including hummocks, pools... | 2.421875 | 0 |
77213064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisan%E2%80%93Chetnik%20War%20%281941%E2%80%931945%29 | Partisan–Chetnik War (1941–1945) | Just a day later, on the night of November 28, a Partisan commander named "Španac" was ambushed and killed by a Chetnik detachment under Vučka Ignjatović. On the same day, Draža's men met with Jozef Matl and established contact with Nedić and the German Army. Two days before the incident in Trešnjica, as a reprisal for... | 2.015625 | 0 |
77213064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisan%E2%80%93Chetnik%20War%20%281941%E2%80%931945%29 | Partisan–Chetnik War (1941–1945) | Following the Partisan redeployment into Eastern Bosnia, battles began erupting as the region quickly became a major war zone involving multiple factions (Partisans, Chetniks, Germans, Italians, and Ustaše). Major fighting began on the 10th when the Partisan Romanija Corps attacked Ustaša Home Guards in the village of ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
77213098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha%20Paull%20Raphael | Simcha Paull Raphael | Simcha Paull Raphael (born 1951) is a Canadian psychotherapist, death awareness educator, and writer. He is the founder of the Da'at Institute for Death Awareness, Advocacy, and Training, and author of the book Jewish Views of the Afterlife, a synthesis of premodern mystical Jewish philosophy with postmodern concepts o... | 2.3125 | 0 |
77213098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha%20Paull%20Raphael | Simcha Paull Raphael | Career
Raphael co-founded a bereavement-support program at a Jewish funeral home in Toronto and was executive director of The Benjamin Institute, which provides education and support in areas related to grief, bereavement, and loss. In 1989, he moved to Philadelphia. He was an associate professor in the department of J... | 2.265625 | 0 |
77214642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN%20Green%20Status%20of%20Species | IUCN Green Status of Species | Pilot program
As of April 2020, preliminary IUCN Green Status assessments had been performed for 179 species. Among the IUCN Species Survival Commission Specialist Groups and IUCN Red List Authorities in existence in 2018, 52 out of the 135 working groups chose to contribute to the Green Status pilot. In interviews o... | 2.46875 | 0 |
77214770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption%20in%20Burundi | Corruption in Burundi | Over the years, Burundi has always had the problem of corruption at all times, particularly before colonial times, in the colonial period and even in the contemporary times. The country is endowed with many resources and a good geographical location that has attracted both trade and commerce, and at the same time encou... | 2.671875 | 0 |
77214824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moturemu%20Island | Moturemu Island | Moturemu Island is an island located in the Kaipara Harbour in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, southwest of Tauhoa and southeast of the Okahukura Peninsula. The island has a long history of occupation by Tāmaki Māori, and is an important site for Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara, who since 2013 have owned the island.
Geograph... | 2.71875 | 0 |
77214892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By%20the%20Pool | By the Pool | Previous events and work on the painting
The painting By the Pool was conceived and begun in 1891, when Isaac Levitan lived in the village of Zatishye, Staritsky uyezd, Tver province (now on the territory of Staritsky district, Tver region). He was accompanied by the artist Sofia Kuvshinnikova, and they were invited ... | 1.929688 | 0 |
77214977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balbir%20Singh%20%28ragi%29 | Balbir Singh (ragi) | Balbir Singh (23 March 1933 – 23 February 2020) was a Sikh Hazuri Ragi who sang and performed at the Golden Temple in Amritsar for 36 years. He was one of the last masters of traditional Sikh gurbani kirtan of the Golden Temple (kirtan parampara).
Biography
Early life and education
Balbir Singh was born in his mater... | 1.9375 | 0 |
77215449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinocereus%20viereckii | Echinocereus viereckii | Echinocereus viereckii is a species of cactus native to Mexico.
Description
Echinocereus viereckii grows upright or prostrate, branching at the base. Its dull, shiny light green shoots often reach up to in length and in diameter. The apex is loosely covered with white-yellowish areole felt, topped by an upright hyal... | 2.5 | 0 |
77215548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottschalk%20of%20Aachen | Gottschalk of Aachen | Religious service
At least 24 sequences have been attributed to Gottschalk as a hymnist. The five most securely attributed are Celi enarrant (on the Division of the Apostles); Laus tibi, Christe (for Mary Magdalene); A solis ortu et occasu (on the Cross); Fecunde verbo (for the Virgin Mary); and Exsulta exaltata (for t... | 2.515625 | 0 |
77215573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Louvre%2C%20Foggy%20Morning | The Louvre, Foggy Morning | The Louvre, Foggy Morning () is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Danish-French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro. Painted in February 1901, it is held in the collection of the Bank of the Republic and exhibited at the Museo Botero, in Bogotá.
Description
Pissarro, having suffered from an ocular illness that force... | 2.09375 | 0 |
77215604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinocereus%20brandegeei | Echinocereus brandegeei | Echinocereus brandegeei is a species of cactus native to Mexico.
Description
Echinocereus brandegeei grows with multiple shoots, forming large, loose clumps up to 2 meters in diameter. The light green, cylindrical shoots vary in size, creeping at their base with upright tips. They can reach up to in length and in di... | 2.703125 | 0 |
77215755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinocereus%20ledingii | Echinocereus ledingii | Echinocereus ledingii is a species of cactus native to Arizona.
Description
Echinocereus ledingii forms clusters of four to ten shoots. These green, egg-shaped to cylindrical shoots are long and in diameter, often hidden by thorns. The shoots feature twelve to fourteen (rarely up to sixteen) non-tuberculated ribs. T... | 2.640625 | 0 |
77215814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinocereus%20nicholii | Echinocereus nicholii | Echinocereus nicholii is a species of cactus native to Mexico.
Description
Echinocereus nicholii forms large, loose groups of up to 30 upright, cylindrical shoots from the base. These shoots are long and in diameter, with 10 to 13 non-tuberculated ribs. The plant features strikingly long central spines that are glas... | 2.90625 | 0 |
77215970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Elliott%20%28palaeontologist%29 | David Elliott (palaeontologist) | Contributions to palaeontology
Over the last two decades, Elliott has been involved in the discovery of several new species of Australian prehistoric animals and has collected the largest collection of Australian dinosaur fossils in the world housed at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum. Given his role in their di... | 2.515625 | 0 |
77216097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrenus%20margarethae | Anthrenus margarethae | Anthrenus (Nathrenus) margarethae is a species of carpet beetle native to South Africa.
Description
This insect has a strongly convex body covered in scales, measuring between 2.2 and 2.6 mm in length and 1.5 to 1.75 mm in width. It has large convex eyes. The front of the head, including a central eye-like spot, is ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
77216134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%20Haupa%20Island | Te Haupa Island | Te Haupa Island, also known as Saddle Island, is an uninhabited island located in the Hauraki Gulf near the mouth of Mahurangi Harbour, Auckland Region, New Zealand. Named after Ngāti Pāoa chief Te Haupa, the island was traditionally used as a seasonal base for shark fishing. The island first became a reserve in 1951.
... | 2.515625 | 0 |
77216556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20David%20Marx | W. David Marx | William David Marx, known professionally as W. David Marx, is an American fashion and culture writer who works and lives in Tokyo, Japan. He is best known for his first book Ametora: How Japan saved American style, published in 2015, through which he slowly developed the acclaim as one of the "leading writers in Japane... | 2.125 | 0 |
77216556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20David%20Marx | W. David Marx | Status and Culture
Marx's inspiration to write his second book came from the realisation that there wasn't "a single book that explains the Grand Mystery of Culture." With prior interest in and experience analysing cultural trends, Marx quickly arrived at the central thesis of the book: "We cannot unravel the mystery ... | 2.09375 | 0 |
77216708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanumea%20dialect | Nanumea dialect | The Nanumea dialect, also known as te 'Gana Faka Nanumea or Nanumean, is a dialect of Tuvaluan, also considered by some to be a separate language, spoken on the island of Nanumea in northern Tuvalu. It is part of the Northern dialect group of Tuvaluan, and is closely related to other Polynesian languages, especially th... | 2.484375 | 0 |
77216821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Pinzon%20Abella | Manuel Pinzon Abella | On September 16, 1896, Manuel was taken along with several of his children - his son Ramon, another significant landholder in Bicol, Domingo, a land surveyor and ally of the Katipunan, and Mariano, his eldest son. Together with the other accused, they were shipped to Manila aboard the vessel Isarog. They were then impr... | 2.21875 | 0 |
77217099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325%20Egyptian%20Premier%20League | 2024–25 Egyptian Premier League | The 2024–25 Egyptian Premier League season is the 66th edition of the Egyptian Premier League, the top professional league for association football clubs in the Egyptian football league system, since its establishment in 1948. Fixtures for the 2024–25 season were announced on 19 October 2024. Al Ahly are the defending ... | 2 | 0 |
77217439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisaya%20Iwasaki | Hisaya Iwasaki | Baron Hisaya Iwasaki was a 19th- and 20th-century Japanese industrialist who served as the third head of the unified Mitsubishi.
Life
The eldest son of the founder Yataro and his wife Kise, he was born in an area now called Aki, Kochi, on 14 October 1865. He matriculated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1886 and,... | 1.976563 | 0 |
77217689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye%20de%20Graville | Abbaye de Graville | Abbaye de Graville (Abbey of Graville) is an abbey located in the city of Le Havre, in the Normandy region of France. The architectural complex was founded in the 11th century and consists of a church, conventual buildings, a refectory, a cloister, a garden, and a cemetery. Nowadays, one of the departments of the Museu... | 2.5625 | 0 |
77217689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye%20de%20Graville | Abbaye de Graville | The Abbey is dedicated to Saint Honorine. According to the legend, Honorine of Melamare was martyred by the pagans of Lillebonnen in 303, burned in Tancarville, and thrown into the water of the Seine River. Her body is believed to have been found in the harbor of l'Eure and put into a sarcophagus, which was then buried... | 2.53125 | 0 |
77218095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism%20%28Alexander%20McQueen%20collection%29 | Nihilism (Alexander McQueen collection) | Background
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was known for his imaginative, sometimes controversial designs, and dramatic fashion shows. During his nearly twenty-year career, he explored a broad range of ideas and themes, including historicism, romanticism, femininity, sexuality, and death. The son of a Londo... | 2.40625 | 0 |
77218304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugero | Rugero | Rugero is a colline in Kirundo Commune, Kirundo Province, Burundi.
Location
Rugero is about southeast of the center of Kirundo town.
It is one of 24 collines in Kirundo Commune.
Shinge is southeast of the center of Rugero.
The Köppen climate classification is Aw: Tropical savanna, wet.
History
Shinge and Rugero ar... | 2.421875 | 0 |
77218492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haudha%20ibn%20Ali | Haudha ibn Ali | Haudha ibn Ali al-Hanafi (Arabic: هوذة الحنفي, born 551 CE) was the ruler of Al-Yamama who reigned in the 7th century CE. A poet and preacher, Haudha was a Christian. He was from the tribe of Banu Hanifa and traced his lineage back to the Banu Bakr tribe. Haudha was also a contemporary of Khosrow I and the Islamic prop... | 2.453125 | 0 |
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