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71282883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why%20Women%20Have%20Better%20Sex%20Under%20Socialism | Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism | Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism is a 2018 book by anthropologist Kristen Ghodsee.
In the book, Ghodsee argues that social safety nets create a fairer and better society for women. She argues that under unregulated free markets, the primary burden of childrearing, elder-care and care for the sick falls on wom... | 2.109375 | 0 |
71283077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20submarine%20Pasteur | French submarine Pasteur | On either 3 or 14 September 1939, according to different sources, the four submarines of the 2nd Submarine Division as well as their sister ships and received orders to establish a standing patrol off the coast of Spain. The six submarines spent six weeks patrolling off Vigo, where part of the German merchant fleet —... | 2.5625 | 0 |
71283280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953%20Nobel%20Prize%20in%20Literature | 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature | The authors Hilaire Belloc, Henri Bernstein, Elsa Beskow, Ugo Betti, Émile Cammaerts, Idris Davies, Julia de Burgos, Ellen Hørup, C. E. M. Joad, Elizabeth Mary Jones (known as Moelona), Alice Milligan, Theodore Francis Powys, Hans Reichenbach, Marjorie Rawlings, Dylan Thomas, Marguerite Vallette-Eymery (known as Rachil... | 2.25 | 0 |
71283546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona%E2%80%93Arizona%20State%20baseball%20rivalry | Arizona–Arizona State baseball rivalry | The Arizona–Arizona State baseball rivalry is a college baseball rivalry between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State University Sun Devils. Both programs are two of the most storied and successful in college baseball history, combining for a total of 9 College World Series championships, 40 College... | 1.945313 | 0 |
71283597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%20Heinrich%20Andreae | August Heinrich Andreae | August Heinrich Andreae (4 December 1804, Garbsen – 6 January 1846, Hanover) was a German architect, painter, and etcher.
Biography
His father was a pastor. He first studied architecture with in Hanover. This was followed by studies with Friedrich Weinbrenner in Karlsruhe (1823), and Georg Moller in Darmstadt (1826)... | 2.109375 | 0 |
71283892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paloma%20%28archaeological%20site%29 | Paloma (archaeological site) | The shape of the roof is not entirely certain. At first, archaeologists assumed that the huts were dome-shaped like the ones at the nearby Chilca I site, but the well-preserved House 101 had a collapsed section of latticework lying on the floor, which led Engel to propose that it was originally a flat, square roof on t... | 2.9375 | 0 |
71283892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paloma%20%28archaeological%20site%29 | Paloma (archaeological site) | Burials
One of the most important sources of information at Paloma is the numerous burials - not only do they reveal how Palomans buried their dead, but the physical remains also provide a source on health and mortality. Most of them were buried wrapped in a reed mat either below the floor of a house or outdoors. The ... | 3.203125 | 0 |
71283892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paloma%20%28archaeological%20site%29 | Paloma (archaeological site) | Eight skeletons found at Paloma had surfer's ear - bone spurs in the inner ear caused by prolonged contact with cold water. Because all eight were male, this may indicate that fishing was mostly done by men at Paloma; however, the small sample size makes it impossible to generalize. The discrepancy could also be explai... | 3.234375 | 0 |
71283892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paloma%20%28archaeological%20site%29 | Paloma (archaeological site) | Shellfish found at Paloma include several species of mussels (Perumytilus purpuratus, Semimytilus algosus, Choromytilus chorus) and clams (Protothaca thaca, Mesodesma donacium). The first clams appear at Level 300, while mussels also increase in prominence at that point. Mussels are commonly found on rockier shores, wh... | 2.90625 | 0 |
71283892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paloma%20%28archaeological%20site%29 | Paloma (archaeological site) | Trade
Some items found at Paloma are not found locally, suggesting that the people who lived here traded with other groups who lived farther away. The nearest source of obsidian, for example, is at Huancavelica, in the southern mountains 400 km away. A worked femur of a spider monkey is also unlikely to have been loca... | 2.8125 | 0 |
71284012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenHarmony | OpenHarmony | Harmony Distributed File System (HMDFS) is a distributed file system designed for large-scale data storage and processing that is also used in openEuler. It is inspired by the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). The file system suitable for scenarios where large-scale data storage and processing are essential, such ... | 2.171875 | 0 |
71284403 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirbelia%20pungens | Mirbelia pungens | Mirbelia pungens, commonly known as prickly mirbelia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect or prostrate shrub with sharply-pointed linear leaves and orange-red flowers with blue or purple markings.
Description
Mirbelia pungens is ... | 2.59375 | 0 |
71284877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Leicester%20Engineering%20Building | University of Leicester Engineering Building | The Engineering Building is part of the University of Leicester. It was designed by the architects James Stirling and James Gowan.
The Red Trilogy
The building is part of the Red Trilogy by James Stirling. Beginning in the late 1950s, the architect designed three university buildings featuring distinctly red materia... | 2.375 | 0 |
71284905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine%20Perera | Katharine Perera | Katharine Perera (1943-2016) was a Professor of linguistics at the University of Manchester specialising in Children's language development. She was a pro- and later senior pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Manchester. In addition to her scholarly work she was a major contributor to a contentious report for t... | 2.078125 | 0 |
71285275 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated%20River | Illuminated River | The installation of the second phase started in July 2020. In an interview with Illuminated River contractor’s FM Conway, published in New Civil Engineer, it is stated that “...the second phase included the installation of around 4,000 light fittings, 15km of power and fibre optic cabling and cable trays, as well as ap... | 1.976563 | 0 |
71285283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarkWare%20Industries | StarkWare Industries | StarkWare Industries is an Israeli software company that specializes in cryptography. It develops zero-knowledge proof technology that compresses information to address the scalability problem of the blockchain, and works on the Ethereum platform.
In May 2022, the company's estimated value was $8 billion, an increase f... | 1.96875 | 0 |
71285304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael%20Lotilla | Raphael Lotilla | Raphael Perpetuo "Popo" Mercado Lotilla (born June 16, 1958), is a Filipino lawyer, businessman and government official. He is the Secretary of Energy under the administrations of Presidents Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Bongbong Marcos, respectively.
Education
Lotilla studied at University of the Philippines Diliman, w... | 2.03125 | 0 |
71285856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neu%20Darchau%20-%20Darchau%20ferry | Neu Darchau - Darchau ferry | The Neu Darchau to Darchau ferry is a ferry route across the Elbe river in Germany. It crosses between the town of Neu Darchau, in the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg, and Darchau, in the municipality of Amt Neuhaus and district of Lüneburg. Both terminals are in the state of Lower Saxony, about southeast of the city of... | 1.984375 | 0 |
71286046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga%20in%20advertising | Yoga in advertising | Other uses, for products unrelated to yoga, have been described as ranging from "offensive" to "just plain bizarre", with the Hindu god Shiva depicted on beer cans, the sacred syllable Om in marketing materials, and a foldable computer named "Yoga". The yoga teacher and studio owner Arundhati Baitmangalkar, writing in ... | 2.078125 | 0 |
71286719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwar%20Donn%C3%A9r | Iwar Donnér | Nils Olof Iwar Donnér, who went by the name Iwar Donnér, (1964) was a Swedish artist and illustrator
Early life
Iwar Donnér was born in Sölvesborg in 1884 to August Donner, who was the mayor of the town, and Alma Lundgren Donner. At a young age he went to see above the British ship Ewardina that cruised between the U... | 2.09375 | 0 |
71286813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisola%20Ojikutu | Bisola Ojikutu | Bisola Ojikutu is an American physician, infectious disease specialist, public health leader and health equity researcher. In July 2021, she was appointed as the Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission. Ojikutu is the fifth Commissioner of Public Health for the City of Boston and the first Black woman... | 1.960938 | 0 |
71287026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katafyki%20Cave | Katafyki Cave | Katafyki (Greek: Σπήλαιο Καταφύκι) is a cave located in Dryopida on the island of Kythnos in the Cyclades. It has been named "Katafiki" as it has served as a shelter in various time periods. It also bears the name "Giorgos Martinos Cave" in honor of the geologist who studied it.
Description
Katafyki cave is located i... | 2.4375 | 0 |
71287037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalia%20Municipal%20Airport | Vandalia Municipal Airport | Vandalia Municipal Airport (IATA: VLA, ICAO: KVLA, FAA: VLA) is a civil, public use airport located 3 miles northwest of Vandalia, Illinois. The airport is publicly owned by the Vandalia Park District, which also manages the fixed-base operator (FBO) on the field.
Facilities and aircraft
The airport has two asphalt ru... | 2.046875 | 0 |
71287258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20East%20Germany | Foreign relations of East Germany | The Foreign policy of East Germany was characterized by the close ties of East Germany (German Democratic Republic, GDR) to the Eastern Bloc. During its existence, the most important partner was the Soviet Union (USSR), which acted as a protecting power and most important trade and economic partner, which is why the GD... | 2.59375 | 0 |
71287258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20East%20Germany | Foreign relations of East Germany | United States
As the Western superpower of the Cold War, the United States was viewed as an enemy of the party and state media. The GDR's official anti-Americanism condemned US foreign policy as imperialist and the Americans in turn saw the GDR as a mere puppet of the Soviet Union. The U.S. was the most important ally... | 2.734375 | 0 |
71287262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champa%20%28Ja%20Thak%20Wa%29 | Champa (Ja Thak Wa) | The last Cham kingdom, Panduranga or the Principality of Thuận Thành, was annexed by Minh Mang of Vietnam in August 1832. In response, the Cham resistance movement led by Ja Thak Wa established a second Kingdom of Champa in 1834 upon the launching of his large-scale Cham revolution against Vietnamese ruler Minh Mang's ... | 2.78125 | 0 |
71287367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium%20vs%20Netherlands%20Cups | Belgium vs Netherlands Cups | The Belgium vs Netherlands Cups were a series of international football friendly cup matches contested by the national teams of Belgium and the Netherlands. From their first unofficial friendly derbies in the early 1900s, until the mid-1920s, Belgium and the Netherlands competed for floating trophies. During the encoun... | 2.3125 | 0 |
68404635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano%20Morgante | Nano Morgante | Nano Morgante (nickname of Braccio di Bartolo - English: Dwarf Morgante 1600s) was an Italian dwarf who was a famed buffoon and court jester in the court of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Morgante was ironically nicknamed after the giant from the poem of the same name by Luigi Pulci. He was the most celebr... | 2.484375 | 0 |
68405003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan%20Petter%20Norrlin | Johan Petter Norrlin | Johan Petter Norrlin (6 September 1842 in Hollola – 7 January 1917 in Helsinki) was a Finnish botanist and a professor of botany at the University of Helsinki from 1879 to 1903. He was a pioneer of plant geography in Finland, and is also well known for his work on lichens and on the taxonomy of the apomictic taxa of th... | 2.375 | 0 |
68405195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Dodson | Gerald Dodson | Sir Gerald Dodson (28 August 1884 – 2 November 1966) was Recorder of London from 1937 to 1959, the longest holder of that office. He was also well-known to the public due to his authorship of the libretto of a popular operetta, The Rebel Maid, composed by Montague Phillips in 1921.
Dodson was the son of John Dodson, j... | 2.09375 | 0 |
68405332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress%20Dowager%20Xiaoyi%20%28Ming%20dynasty%29 | Empress Dowager Xiaoyi (Ming dynasty) | Empress Dowager Xiaoyi (; 1397 – 16 January 1462), of the Wu clan, was a concubine of the Xuande Emperor.
Biography
Records say she comes from the Wu clan from Zhejiang Province. Her family consisted of her father Wu Yanming, her mother Lady Shen, her four brothers Wu Xing, Wu Zhong, Wu Rong and Wu An and three siste... | 1.960938 | 0 |
68405372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simrauta | Simrauta | Semrauta is a village in Tiloi block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located at the intersection of the Maharajganj-Inhauna and Mohanganj-Haidargarh roads, about 20 km from Maharajganj, the tehsil headquarters. Although now eclipsed by Maharajganj, Semrauta was historically a relatively important vi... | 1.960938 | 0 |
68405584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrado%20Govoni | Corrado Govoni | Corrado Govoni (Tàmara, Copparo, 29 October 1884 – Lido dei Pini, 20 October 1965). was an Italian poet. His work dealt with modern urban representations, the states of memory, nostalgia, and longing, using an expressive and evocative style of writing.
Biography
Corrado Govoni was an Italian poet whose work emphasized... | 2.078125 | 0 |
68406067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving%20With%20a%20Purpose | Diving With a Purpose | Diving With a Purpose (DWP) is an American non-profit organization aimed at locating and documenting shipwrecks, predominantly those related to the Atlantic slave trade.
History
Diving With a Purpose was founded in 2005 by Kenneth Stewart (born 1944/45), a retired copier repairman with the Tennessee Aquatic Project an... | 2.875 | 0 |
68406210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Maitland%2C%207th%20Earl%20of%20Lauderdale%20%28Reynolds%20painting%29 | James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale (Reynolds painting) | James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale is a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds of James Maitland, the 7th Earl of Lauderdale. It was painted during 1759–1760, and is presently in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Painting
James Maitland was 41 years old when he sat for this portrait after a distingui... | 2.046875 | 0 |
68406245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Lupit%20%282021%29 | Tropical Storm Lupit (2021) | Tropical Storm Lupit, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Huaning, was a tropical cyclone that affected Hong Kong and Macau, while also impacting the Guangdong and Fujian provinces in Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan in early-August 2021. The ninth named storm of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season, the system was f... | 2.1875 | 0 |
68406245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Lupit%20%282021%29 | Tropical Storm Lupit (2021) | Despite the remaining wind shear impacting the system, a near-equatorial ridge to the south guided the depression to a more favorable environment that signified 13W's intensification. As it shifted east-northeast, the system slightly improved during the early hours of August 3, although the depression slowly interacted... | 2.03125 | 0 |
68406333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20depictions%20of%20blindness | Cultural depictions of blindness | Characters blinded not by gods but by humans include Polyphemus, Phoenix, Plexippus and Pandion, Polymestor, and Metope.
Sometimes, blind people in Greek mythology are granted special abilities by way of compensation. Tiresias and Evenius received the gift of prophecy, and the poet Demodocus was granted a beautiful vo... | 2.96875 | 0 |
68406617 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat%20Nichols | Nat Nichols | Nichols moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1965 and got a regular job in a club called Johny's Nightcap. "I stayed here a few years, recorded a couple of albums with the Nat Nichols Trio. Then I moved to a place outside Chicago. I've been working around there almost 30 years, playing gigs mostly in northeast Indiana." Nat... | 2.171875 | 0 |
68407221 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossiaea%20leptacantha | Bossiaea leptacantha | Bossiaea leptacantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to southern Western Australia. It is a low, compact, spreading, many-branched shrub, the branches ending in cladodes, the leaves reduced to small scales, and with deep yellow, red and greenish yellow flowers.
Description
Bossiae... | 2.625 | 0 |
68407281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aparajitaprccha | Aparajitaprccha | The Aparajitaprccha (lit. "the questions of Aparajit") is a 12th-century Sanskrit text of Bhuvanadeva with major sections on architecture (Vastu Shastra) and arts (Kala). Predominantly a Hindu text, it largely reflects the north and western Indian traditions. The text also includes chapters on Jain architecture and art... | 2.578125 | 0 |
68407281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aparajitaprccha | Aparajitaprccha | Though incomplete and with errors, the Aparajitaprccha is one of the six best known, influential and most complete Hindu treatises on architecture and iconography that have survived. The text lists and discusses the various designs of temples, housing, water infrastructure, sculpture, pillars, domes, arrangement of arc... | 2.375 | 0 |
68407399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment%20by%20country | Apportionment by country | A separate obstacle to proportional representation is that almost all of the states choose electors on a winner-take-all basis, where the state's electors are awarded to the candidate with the most popular votes in that state. Maine and Nebraska are the only states that instead use the congressional district method, se... | 2.703125 | 0 |
68407660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricetta%20di%20Malta | Ricetta di Malta | The Ricetta di Malta, also known as the Ricetta dei Cavalieri di Malta, is a ruined historic building in Augusta, Sicily. It was built in the 17th century by the Knights Hospitaller as a supply base.
History
In 1648, Viceroy of Sicily John Joseph of Austria granted permission to the Hospitaller Grand Master Giovanni ... | 2.484375 | 0 |
68407774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gula%20%28goddess%29 | Gula (goddess) | Gula (Sumerian: "the great") was a Mesopotamian goddess of medicine, portrayed as a divine physician and midwife. Over the course of the second and first millennia BCE, she became one of the main deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon, and eventually started to be viewed as the second highest ranked goddess after Ishtar.... | 2.375 | 0 |
68407774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gula%20%28goddess%29 | Gula (goddess) | Gu2-la2
Jeremiah Peterson states that Gula (𒀭𒄖𒆷) and Gu2-la2 (𒀭𒄘𒇲), who frequently appears in god lists in association with Abu, were most likely understood as two orthographies of a single theonym, though he accepts the possibility that they were originally separate deities, and notes they might have continued t... | 1.929688 | 0 |
68407774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gula%20%28goddess%29 | Gula (goddess) | There is some evidence that Gula and Ninkarrak could both be treated as analogous to Ninisina in bilingual Sumero-Akkadian texts. Bilingual texts where Nintinugga appears in Sumerian and Gula in Akkadian are attested too. Other deities who could serve as the Sumerian translation of Gula include Damu and Meme, though sh... | 1.96875 | 0 |
68408203 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978%20Villupuram%20atrocity | 1978 Villupuram atrocity | On the morning of July 25, the dominant caste members aimed rockets which destroyed five more huts. The Dalits in retaliation torched houses of the dominant caste members and attacked them. A number of hundred steel-helmeted policemen stood idle during the carnage. 80 to 100 Dalit houses were destroyed and at least 12 ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
68408249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis%20C.%20Robinson | Curtis C. Robinson | Pharmaceutical career
In 1947, Robinson relocated to Washington, D.C., with his pregnant wife to work at the National Security Agency. Though Robinson applied to become an airline pilot, no major commercial airline would hire him, discriminating against him on the basis of his race. In 1948, Robinson enrolled at Howard... | 2.59375 | 0 |
68408446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%20There%20a%20God%3F | Is There a God? | Chapter 1: God
Swinburne defines theism as the claim that there is a God, as generally understood by "Western religion" (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam). It entails that this God is a personal being, an individual who can act intentionally and has purposes and beliefs. He possesses the essential properties of being e... | 2.671875 | 0 |
68408446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%20There%20a%20God%3F | Is There a God? | Laws of nature are human summaries, not substances by themselves. Swinburne cites the quantitative explanation of the orbit and the position of the planet Jupiter by Newton's laws for motion and gravitation and "Einstein's laws", by which he means General relativity. If a natural law provides a full explanation, an eve... | 2.6875 | 0 |
68408461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/148th%20Siege%20Battery%2C%20Royal%20Garrison%20Artillery | 148th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery | The battery went out to the Western Front in August 1916, manning four 9.2-inch howitzers, and initially joined XIII Corps' Heavy Artillery. XIII Corps had been heavily engaged in the early part of the Battle of the Somme and was in the process of being relieved, so the battery was transferred to 33rd HAG under Fourth ... | 1.96875 | 0 |
68408829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNR%20EM10000%20class | PNR EM10000 class | Development
The Japan Railway Technical Service (JARTS) developed the STRASYA standard in 2004. It is an acronym for Standard Urban Railway System for Asia and are Japanese-built trains exported for use by other Asian countries. It uses a standardized rolling stock gauge of long with couplers, wide, and tall withou... | 2.171875 | 0 |
68408972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial%20disputes%20of%20the%20People%27s%20Republic%20of%20China | Territorial disputes of the People's Republic of China | The 2012 Scarborough Shoal fishing dispute and resulting standoff between China and the Philippines prompted the Philippines to initiate the South China Sea Arbitration in 2013. China declined to participate in the arbitration and stated that it would not accept any arbitration result. As part of its grounds for nonpar... | 2.046875 | 0 |
68409035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris%20Pass | Polaris Pass | Polaris Pass, Polaris Point or also Polaris Peak, is a mountain pass in the Wallowa Mountains in Oregon. It is one of the navigable ridges with the highest elevation within the Eagle Cap Wilderness. Polaris Pass is the drainage divide between the watersheds of the North Fork of the Imnaha River to the West Fork of the... | 2.21875 | 0 |
68409063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypupiara | Ypupiara | During the 1950s, a single metatarsus belonging to a dromaeosaurid was discovered by Alberto Lopa. This specimen, known as "Lopasaurus" (meaning "Alberto Lopa's lizard"), was lost sometime after the death of Llewellyn Ivor Price in 1980. It was acknowledged by Brum et al. (2021), where they tentatively referred "Lopasa... | 2.59375 | 0 |
68409628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tresviri%20capitales | Tresviri capitales | The tresviri capitales or tresviri nocturni were one of the Vigintisexviri colleges in Ancient Rome. They were a group of three men that managed police and firefighting. Despite this they were feared by the Roman people due to their police roles, and they were condemned due to their neglect of firefighting during an un... | 2.5 | 0 |
68409674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20London%20Guidebook | The London Guidebook | The London Guidebook is a supplement published by Chaosium in 1996 for the horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu, itself based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
Contents
The London Guidebook gives details about London during the 1920s, including several districts such as Tower of London, Hyde Park, Soho, Westminster ... | 2.25 | 0 |
68409739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltash%20Guildhall | Saltash Guildhall | Saltash Guildhall is a municipal building in Fore Street, Saltash, Cornwall, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Saltash Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
History
The first municipal building in Saltash was a small medieval guildhall with a bell turret on the north west corner of Alexa... | 2.21875 | 0 |
68409831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubulophilinopsis%20gardineri | Tubulophilinopsis gardineri | Tubulophilinopsis gardineri, the Gardiner’s philinopsis, or Gardiner's headshield slug is a species of sea slug, a shell-less opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Aglajidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region.
Etymology
Tubulophilinopsis gardineri is named after collector of the type series, (John) Stanl... | 2.625 | 0 |
68410308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAO%201657-415 | OAO 1657-415 | An attempt to derive the physical properties of OAO 1657–415, although not able to get a formal fit to the model, was able to determine general estimates for the properties. The donor star has a luminosity of around (105.1 L☉), a temperature of around 20,000 K and a radius of ~30 solar radii. However, OAO 1657-415's d... | 2.203125 | 0 |
68410554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud%20Ben%20Ayed | Mahmoud Ben Ayed | Arbitration case
Ahmed Bey sought to recover as much as possible of the wealth that Ben Ayed had taken out of the country. He asked Napoleon III to act as arbitrator and head a commission charged with finding a resolution to the amounts in dispute. After two years of deliberations the Emperor announced the finding of t... | 2.109375 | 0 |
68410763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Consulate%20General%20in%20Jerusalem | Russian Consulate General in Jerusalem | The Russian Consulate General in Jerusalem was the diplomatic mission of the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire, in Jerusalem. The consulate was established in 1858, and operated in the city until 1914.
History
The Russian Consulate General was established in Jerusalem in December 1858.
In 1914 the Ottoman Empire ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
68410805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru%20H.%20Okabe | Toru H. Okabe | Toru H. Okabe (born December 4, 1965) is a Japanese scientist specializing in materials science, environmental science, resource circulation engineering, and rare metals process engineering, particularly for electronic waste. His most recent work involves the advancement of new processing technology to recycle rare met... | 2.125 | 0 |
68411255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseville%20Subdivision | Roseville Subdivision | The Roseville Subdivision is a railway line in California and Nevada owned by the Union Pacific Railroad, as part of the Overland Route. It runs from Roseville, California over the Sierra Nevada to Reno, Nevada. The route originated as the initial Central Pacific Railroad segment of the first transcontinental railroad,... | 2.234375 | 0 |
68411264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff%20Hess | Cliff Hess | Hess served as Berlin' s secretary until 1918. Berlin, while an exceptional pianist, played entirely by ear and could not read or write music notation. It was Hess's job to translate what Berlin played by ear onto the page in order to make printable sheet music possible. However, Hess's job went beyond simple transposi... | 2.15625 | 0 |
68412328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin%20in%20El%20Salvador | Bitcoin in El Salvador | In 2021, the government of El Salvador began purchasing bitcoin. It spent about $85.5 million on bitcoin between September 2021 and January 2022. The value of bitcoin began decreasing in November 2021, and had fallen by about 45% of its value by January 2022. It is estimated that the Salvadoran national reserves had lo... | 2.390625 | 0 |
68412372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoparmelia%20kalbiana | Pseudoparmelia kalbiana | Pseudoparmelia kalbiana is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in South America.
Taxonomy
The lichen was described as a new species in 1998 by lichenologists John Alan Elix and Thomas Hawkes Nash III. The type specimen was collected by Nash along highway route 70 in Goiás. It is named t... | 2.28125 | 0 |
68412387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manford%20Byrd%20Jr. | Manford Byrd Jr. | Career
In 1954, Byrd began working for Chicago Public Schools. Byrd held various roles over the years, including teacher, assistant principal, elementary school principal, high school principal, and an assistant to the general principal. In 1968, Byrd was appointed deputy superintendent. At only the age of 39, this mad... | 2.328125 | 0 |
68412402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Baldy%20Mountain%20%28Okanogan%20County%2C%20Washington%29 | Old Baldy Mountain (Okanogan County, Washington) | Old Baldy Mountain is a peak in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, in Okanogan County, Washington, 10 miles northwest of Conconully. The height is listed at modern sources as 7,844 ft or 7,849 ft or 7,854 ft. Older government maps showed 7,870 feet elevation. There is a geodetic survey benchmark at 7,848 ft near t... | 2.4375 | 0 |
68412820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20in%20Africa | Time in Africa | Africa, the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, spans across six different time zone offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): UTC−01:00 to UTC+04:00. As Africa straddles the equator and tropics, there is little change in daylight hours throughout the year and as such daylight saving time is... | 2.96875 | 0 |
68413758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Bolling | Charlie Bolling | In the fall, Bolling returned to Duke. He was a fifth-year senior. In October, he played the Grandfather Mountain event. The event was three rounds long and held at Grandfather Country Club in Linville, North Carolina. He shot an even-par first round 72 to tie several players for the lead, including Mike Cook from the ... | 1.984375 | 0 |
68414750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet%20Moritz | Chet Moritz | Brain computer interfaces
Moritz conducted a study in 2008 demonstrating that a brain-computer interface can be used to control stimulation of paralyzed muscles and restore movement. This has spawned several successful human trials of this concept in people with spinal cord injury. With Alik Widge, Moritz also demonstr... | 2.21875 | 0 |
68414762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galyon%20Hone | Galyon Hone | Withcote and Roger Ratcliffe
Surviving windows at Withcote Chapel near Oakham may have been made by Galyon Hone. They were made for Roger Ratcliffe (died 1537), a former member of the household of Catherine of Aragon, and his wife Catherine, widow of William Smith alias Heriz, and daughter of William Ashby. The glass i... | 2.3125 | 0 |
68414764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Trip%20to%20Coontown | A Trip to Coontown | A Trip to Coontown is an American musical comedy. It was performed, directed, and produced by African-Americans. It was written and performed in by Bob Cole and Billy Johnson. and debuted it New Jersey in 1897 before touring in the U.S. and internationally. Its New York City debut was at the Third Avenue Theatre on Apr... | 2 | 0 |
68414766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipo%C5%A1%C4%87ak%20affair | Lipošćak affair | In 1917, the Yugoslav Committee had established contacts with the government of Serbia led by the Prime Minister Nikola Pašić and they produced the Corfu Declaration on unification of the South Slavs in a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The declaration left the choice between a federation or a unitary state for ... | 2.5625 | 0 |
68414868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Slater%20Jennings | Richard Slater Jennings | A 1956 review of an exhibit of his pastels at the Grand River Art Gallery in Detroit noted that:“Most of his drawings impart a message for contemporary society, primarily the segment from whence he came. He is a crusader on drawing paper, wanting to bring to the public eye the sordid environment that some children have... | 2.203125 | 0 |
68414912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold%20Forster%20%28attorney%29 | Arnold Forster (attorney) | Creative works
Forster co-authored the 1952 book The Troublemakers: An Anti-defamation League Report with Benjamin Epstein. The New York Times R. L. Duffus was highly critical of the book's overall argument, saying that it "does not succeed in answering the basic question" of why prejudice exists. Though the book suc... | 2.234375 | 0 |
68414945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Plywaski | Walter Plywaski | Walter Plywaski (August 10, 1929 – January 28, 2021) was a Polish-born Holocaust survivor who emigrated to the United States after World War II. He established a legal precedent allowing immigrants to the country to make a secular affirmation as an alternative to the Oath of Allegiance and received the Order of Merit o... | 2.34375 | 0 |
78570195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Grey%2C%20Baroness%20Hussey | Anne Grey, Baroness Hussey | Baroness Hussey was amongst a group of high ranking noblewomen who openly opposed King Henry VIII's proposed divorce from Catherine of Aragon. When Mary Tudor was declared illegitimate by Act of Parliament in 1533, King Henry forbade anyone to call address his daughter with the title of Princess. However, Grey continue... | 2.328125 | 0 |
78570319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%20W.%20Astell | Ann W. Astell | Ann Winifred Astell (born January 28, 1952) is an American literary scholar and theologian. A 2001 Guggenheim Fellow, she specializes in literature and religion, has worked as a professor at Purdue University and at University of Notre Dame, and has served as president of the Society for the Study of Christian Spiritua... | 2.0625 | 0 |
78570393 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPMX | IPMX | IPMX (Internet Protocol Media Experience) is a suite of open standards and specifications that provide an interoperable way to transport compressed and uncompressed video, audio, and related metadata over data networks within a multi-vendor IP audiovisual system. IPMX is based on the SMPTE 2110 and AES67 suite of stand... | 1.921875 | 0 |
78570425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Pawe%C5%82%20Woronicz | Jan Paweł Woronicz | Jan Paweł Woronicz (1757 – 1829) was a Polish clergyman, orator, and poet. He lived through major periods such as the Partitions of Poland and Napoleonic Wars, and his work included themes from these events. At the time of his death, he was simultaneously the Bishop of Kraków (1815-1829), Bishop of Warsaw (1827-1829), ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
78570536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadrist%E2%80%93Khomeinist%20conflict | Sadrist–Khomeinist conflict | The Sadrist–Khomeinist conflict refer to the rivalry between the Sadrist Movement and Iran-backed Shia militias in Iraq.
History
During their opposition to Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Shia militias were united and had Iranian support. The conflict emerged during the Iraqi civil war, when Iraqi Shia militias disagreed over I... | 2.28125 | 0 |
78570609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Sherratt%20Keys | Margaret Sherratt Keys | Margaret Sherratt Keys ( Baines; after first marriage, Sherratt; after second marriage, Keys; 1856–1942) was a British-born American artist and china painter; she was an examplar in the art of china painting and its many kindred phases. Keys was also the proprietor of Sherratt's China Art Store in Washington, D.C., the... | 2.09375 | 0 |
78570627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caritas-Spes | Caritas-Spes | Caritas-Spes () or Caritas-Spes Ukraine () is a not-for-profit social welfare and humanitarian relief organisation in Ukraine. It is a service of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine.
It is not to be confused with Caritas Ukraine, which is the aid organisation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Both Caritas-Spes ... | 2.40625 | 0 |
78570627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caritas-Spes | Caritas-Spes | From its inception, Caritas-Spes has focused on improving the lives of vulnerable children by sending them to health resorts in Ukraine or hospitals abroad. Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the organisation facilitated health improvement for approximately 3,000 children annually at its recreation centers... | 2.09375 | 0 |
78570974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Jos%C3%A9%20Petit | Juan José Petit | In his last season at the club in 1916–17, Petit started the pre-season strongly with a leading role in the friendly against Fortuna de Vigo on 1 October, scoring a double and being described by the local press as having "a scientific game that was astonishing". Another friendly in which he stood out was on Christmas E... | 2.328125 | 0 |
78571118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaz%20Compean%20Student%20Union | Diaz Compean Student Union | Renovation
In 2010, the university launched an $89 million renovation () of the Student Union, finding that the space available no longer sufficiently met the needs of students due to increasing enrollment. Architectural firm Perkins&Will was chosen to complete the project, and added one wing to either end of the buil... | 2.078125 | 0 |
78571492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executions%20in%20Warsaw%27s%20police%20district | Executions in Warsaw's police district | Jordan's Garden and General Inspector of the Armed Forces ruins were not the only locations within the police district where the Germans carried out mass executions of Polish prisoners and civilians. In early August, residents of houses along Marszałkowska Street, from Union of Lublin Square to Saviour Square, were exe... | 2.21875 | 0 |
78571562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melkamter | Melkamter | Melkamter () (meaning "winged lizard") is an extinct genus of monofenestratan pterosaurs from the Early Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, M. pateko, known from a partial skull and fragmentary postcranium. Melkamter represents the oldest known monofenestratan pterosaur... | 2.171875 | 0 |
78572415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagonospora%20exasperatulae | Stagonospora exasperatulae | Stagonospora exasperatulae is a species of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungus in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae. It was described as a new species by Wolfgang von Brackel in 2009. It has a limited distribution, reported only from Austria, Germany, and Ukraine. It also has a narrow host range, as it only grows on the ... | 2.25 | 0 |
78572415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagonospora%20exasperatulae | Stagonospora exasperatulae | Conidiophores, which typically bear spore-producing cells, are absent in this species. Instead, the conidiogenous cells, where spores are produced, are directly attached to the inner walls of the conidiomata. These cells are subglobose to (flask-shaped), smooth, hyaline (colourless), and measure 8–14 μm in length and ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
78572732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Kimball%20Kendall | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall | Kendall retired as professor of history at Wellesley in 1920, becoming professor emeritus. In the same year, Wellesley established a chair in her name. In 1921, the Yenching Academy in Beijing became a sister college of Wellesley and received its president, Ellen Fitz Pendleton, who invited two professors to accompany ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
78573271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20A.%20Tibbits | John A. Tibbits | John Arnold Tibbits (February 19, 1844 – July 22, 1893) was an American newspaper publisher and politician from Connecticut. Born in New London, Tibbits attended Bartlett High School and Williston Seminary. Afterwards, he went to Williams College for a brief period, but never graduated; instead, he decided to study law... | 2.21875 | 0 |
78573271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20A.%20Tibbits | John A. Tibbits | On July 12, 1862, due to the start of the American Civil War, Tibbits enlisted in the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, becoming an orderly sergeant. He first engaged in combat on September 17, 1862, at the Battle of Antietam, where he was wounded in both hands; as a result, he lost use of his left hand.
After recov... | 2.40625 | 0 |
78573447 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20End%20of%20Alchemy | The End of Alchemy | The End of Alchemy is a book written by Mervyn King, the former Bank of England Governor from 2003-2013, and during the 2007–2008 financial crisis. The book focuses on the history, flaws, and future of money, banking, and financial systems. Alchemy is referring to the money creation process in which banks 'manufacture'... | 2.3125 | 0 |
78573473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalijira%20rice | Kalijira rice | Culinary Uses
Kalijira rice is a key ingredient in many traditional Bengali dishes, including:
Pulao: The delicate grains absorb spices and flavors well, making them ideal for festive rice dishes.
Biryani: Kalijira's ability to remain soft yet structured makes it a favorite for traditional Bangladeshi biryani in rur... | 2.609375 | 0 |
78573731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf%20Terschak | Adolf Terschak | Adolf Terschak (21 April 1832 – 1 October 1901) was an Austrian flautist and composer, mainly of music for the flute. He travelled to many places, in Europe and beyond, to give concerts.
Life
Terschak was born in Prague; when he was seven the family moved to Hermannstadt (now Sibiu) in Transylvania, where he had lesso... | 2.1875 | 0 |
78573873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%20Herz%20%28publisher%29 | Emil Herz (publisher) | Emil Emanuel Herz (born April 5, 1877 in Essen, Germany; died July 7, 1971 in Rochester, New York, USA) was a German publisher.
Life
Emil Herz was the son of the hide and fur trader Aron Herz and Amalie Grünewald. The family moved to Warburg in Westphalia around 1880. There he attended the municipal grammar school an... | 2.15625 | 0 |
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