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74279836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20UEFA%E2%80%93CONMEBOL%20Club%20Challenge | 2023 UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge | The 2023 UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge (), named Antonio Puerta XII in honour of the former Sevilla player who died in 2007, was the inaugural edition of the UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge, a football match organised by UEFA and CONMEBOL between the reigning champions of the UEFA Europa League and Copa Sudamericana. UEFA ... | 1.90625 | 0 |
74280236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das%20Kleine%20Blatt | Das Kleine Blatt | Das Kleine Blatt (German: The Little Paper) was an Austrian newspaper which was published in Vienna. The paper was affiliated with the Social Democratic Workers' Party, known as the Social Democratic Party. It was started in 1927 and published until 1971 with some interruptions.
History and profile
The first issue of ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
74280292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Pakistan%20floods | 2023 Pakistan floods | The 2023 Pakistan floods occurred from March to July of 2023, caused by monsoon rains which returned to Pakistan after nine months after the 2022 Pakistan floods. Floods worsened at the end of June due to upcoming monsoon rains. At least 159 people were killed, including many children.
Background
Many major floods hav... | 2.4375 | 0 |
74280706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology%20of%20gonorrhoea | Epidemiology of gonorrhoea | Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that, in 2016, the global incidence rate was 20 per 1000 women and 26 per 1000 men, totaling 86.9 million new gonococcal infections among people between 15 and 49 years old.... | 2.453125 | 0 |
74280706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology%20of%20gonorrhoea | Epidemiology of gonorrhoea | Sexually transmitted disease surveillance 2020 published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that, in 2020, a total of 677,769 cases of gonorrhea were reported to the CDC, a 45 percent increase from 2016,making it the second most common notifiable sexually transmitted infection in the United ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
74280954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Winthrop%20Conley | Paul Winthrop Conley | Paul Winthrop Conley (November 18, 1917 – November 9, 1978) was an amateur boxing champion, a member of the "famed South Boston fighting family"
International Longshoremen’s Association District Council official and a beloved local figure in South Boston, Massachusetts.
Early life
Paul Winthrop Conley was born on Nov... | 2.109375 | 0 |
74281089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Wilder%20Orr | James Wilder Orr | James Wilder Orr (born Huntington, New York, July 19, 1958) is an American fisheries biologist, ichthyologist, and systematist best known for his studies of skates, rockfishes, snailfishes, and flatfishes. He has described 32 new species and two new genera of fishes, and is the author or co-author of more than 130 scie... | 2.28125 | 0 |
74281089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Wilder%20Orr | James Wilder Orr | Academic contributions
Orr's work as a Research Fisheries Biologist for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division, has focused primarily on the marine biodiversity of the North Pacific Ocean especially the Bering and Chukchi seas and waters off southeast Alaska and ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
74281387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20W.%20Murray | Richard W. Murray | A geochemist and volcanologist, Murray studies marine geochemistry, collecting and examining marine sediments for chemical evidence of events such as climate change and volcanism.
He uses sedimentary evidence to study topics including volcanism, the dispersal of volcanic ash, climate change, and oceanographic processe... | 2.875 | 0 |
74282766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin%20N.%20Hurmuzachi | Constantin N. Hurmuzachi | Constantin Nicolae Hurmuzachi (October 3, 1863–February 22, 1937) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian biologist.
Born in Cernăuți to Natalia and Nicolae Hurmuzachi, he joined the Zoological and Botanical Society of Vienna while still a schoolboy. He graduated high school in his native city in 1881. After studying at... | 1.9375 | 0 |
74283190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximar-100 | Maximar-100 | The Maximar-100 is a radiation therapy device that was made by General Electric to deliver superficial x-rays.
The Maximar-100's x-ray source is the GE SRT-1, an x-ray tube specifically designed for use in the Maximar-100. This is a fixed-anode, reflection-type x-ray tube, whose name is composed of three parts: "SR" m... | 2 | 0 |
74283447 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Sackett | Hugh Sackett | Leyland Hugh Sackett (13 August 1928 – 12 April 2020) was an archeologist credited with being among the discoverers of the Palaikastro Kouros.
Education
Sackett attended Merton College at Oxford.
Work
As an archeologist, Sackett co-directed excavations at Lefkandi (Mervyn Popham was the other co-director) and w... | 1.976563 | 0 |
74283715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%20Michigan%20500 | 1985 Michigan 500 | The 1985 Michigan 500, the fifth running of the event, was held at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, on Sunday, July 28, 1985. The event was race number 7 of 15 in the 1985 CART PPG Indy Car World Series. The race was won by Emerson Fittipaldi, his first Indy Car victory. The race was delayed f... | 2.140625 | 0 |
74283721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%20Michigan%20500 | 1986 Michigan 500 | The 1986 Michigan 500, the sixth running of the event, was held at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, on Saturday, August 2, 1986. The race was won by Johnny Rutherford, his 27th and final Indy Car victory. It was Rutherford's sixth win in IndyCar racing's Triple Crown of 500 mile races, and his... | 2.21875 | 0 |
74283749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20Michigan%20500 | 1990 Michigan 500 | The 1990 Michigan 500, the tenth running of the event, was held at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, on Sunday, August 5, 1990. Branded as the 1990 Marlboro 500 for sponsorship reasons, the event was race number 10 of 16 in the 1990 CART PPG Indy Car World Series. The race was won by Al Unser J... | 2.21875 | 0 |
74283755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20Michigan%20500 | 1991 Michigan 500 | Race
21 cars started the race, the smallest 500 mile Indy car race since the 1916 Indianapolis 500, which also had 21 starters. The race also saw a then-record low attendance of 50,000 spectators. By comparison, the NASCAR Winston Cup race two months earlier attracted 90,000 spectators.
For the first time, the Michiga... | 2.171875 | 0 |
74284557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mois%C3%A9s%20Lino%20e%20Silva | Moisés Lino e Silva | Moisés Lino e Silva is a social anthropologist, professor at the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil and a World Social Science fellow of the International Social Science Council. He is originally from Goiás. The scholar is an editorial board member of Cadernos de Campo, an anthropology journal published by the Unive... | 2.09375 | 0 |
74284557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mois%C3%A9s%20Lino%20e%20Silva | Moisés Lino e Silva | In a public endorsement of Minoritarian Liberalism, political theorist Wendy Brown affirmed: "Lino e Silva's remarkable book fulfills its ambition to decolonize the freedom at liberalism's heart. Equal parts erudite political theory and delicate anthropology, it roams a favela in Rio for stories and imaginaries across ... | 2.125 | 0 |
74284663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh%20el-Arab | Cheikh el-Arab | Ahmed ben Mohamed Faouzi (; , ; – 7 August 1964), nicknamed Cheikh el-Arab (), was a Moroccan nationalist and veteran of the Moroccan Army of Liberation.
Early life and education
Ahmed ben Mohamed ben Brahim Bouchlaken was born in Agouliz, a village near Irherm in the Sous region of Morocco. An ethnic Berber, he was... | 1.945313 | 0 |
74284950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Nepomuk%20Wold%C5%99ich | Jan Nepomuk Woldřich | Jan Nepomuk Woldřich (; 15 July 1834 – 3 February 1906) was a Czech-Austrian geologist, paleontologist and amateur archaeologist. He served as a professor at the Czech Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague.
Biography
Woldřich was born in Zdíkov in Bohemia, Austrian Empire, to the family of a tailor. His father was Jo... | 2.109375 | 0 |
74285579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-circuit%20saturation%20curve | Open-circuit saturation curve | The open-circuit saturation curve (also open-circuit characteristic, OCC) of a synchronous generator is a plot of the output open circuit voltage as a function of the excitation current or field. The curve is typically plotted alongside the synchronous impedance curve.
At the low field, the permeable iron in the magne... | 1.992188 | 0 |
74286749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Becker | Anna Becker | Anna Becker is an Israeli researcher known in the field of artificial intelligence and computer science within the financial field.
Early life and education
Becker was born in Russia and immigrated to Israel at 16 after graduating from a school in Moscow. At 17, she began her studies at Technion – Israel Institute of... | 1.96875 | 0 |
74286904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C6%B0%C6%A1ng%20Th%E1%BB%ABa%20V%C5%A9 | Vương Thừa Vũ | Upon returning to Vietnam in 1941, he was imprisoned by colonial authorities and converted to communism in 1943 during confinement. After the 1945 Japanese coup d'état overthrew the French government, he escaped from Nghĩa Lộ prison and was detained by rural villagers at Pa Hu, who mistook him for a French agent. Vũ na... | 2.890625 | 0 |
74286904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C6%B0%C6%A1ng%20Th%E1%BB%ABa%20V%C5%A9 | Vương Thừa Vũ | On August 28, 1949, the Viet Minh formed its first regular, modern infantry battalion (later division) in Thai Nguyen province, the 308th Infantry Division. In light of the People's Liberation Army's rapid victories in China and the ongoing stalemate, the Vietnamese leaders realised they needed to professionalise and r... | 2.6875 | 0 |
74286963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asgede | Asgede | Asgede () is a woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Mi'irabawi Zone, Asgede is bordered along the south by the Tekeze River which separates the woreda on the south from Tselemti and to the west and northwest by Tahtay Adyabo, on the north by La'ilay Adiyabo, on the northeast by Tahtay Koraro, and on th... | 2.0625 | 0 |
74288076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalescent%20angiogenesis | Coalescent angiogenesis | Angiogenesis is the process of the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing vascular structures, which is needed for oxygenation of - and providing nutrients to - expanding tissue. Angiogenesis takes place through different modes of action. Coalescent angiogenesis is a mode of angiogenesis where vessels coalesc... | 2.546875 | 0 |
74289597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st%20Regiment%20Infantry%20U.S.%20Colored%20Troops | 81st Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops | 81st Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops was a regiment of United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. Initially formed as the 9th Infantry, Corps d'Afrique on September 2, 1863, the regiment was re-designated as the 81st Regiment Infantry on April 4, 1864. It primarily served at Port Hudson, Louisian... | 2.78125 | 0 |
74289842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20C.%20Todd | Robert C. Todd | Robert Clow Todd (c.1809 – 7 May 1866) was an early Canadian painter, known for his genre paintings and as a teacher.
Career
Todd was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England and as a young man lived in Edinburgh and London, where he painted insignia on carriages such as escutcheons of arms. In 1833, he emigrated to Lower ... | 2.359375 | 0 |
74290226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arie%20Smit%20%28shipbuilder%29 | Arie Smit (shipbuilder) | In 1873 Arie visited Vlissingen to advise on a ship that was lying in Vlissingen Navy Drydock. While there, Arie observed the site of the former Navy shipyard Rijkswerf Vlissingen, part of Vlissingen Naval Base and abandoned in 1868. Arie then made plans for a small auxiliary shipyard there. However, the abandonement o... | 2.1875 | 0 |
69703524 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpaenini | Scorpaenini | Scorpaenini is a tribe of marine ray-finned fishes, one of two tribes in the subfamily Scorpaeninae. This tribe contains the "typical" or "true" scorpionfishes. The taxonomy of the scorpionfishes is in some flux, the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World treats this taxa as a tribe within the subfamily Scorpaeninae of the... | 2.1875 | 0 |
69703718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedebit%20Elementary%20School%20airstrike | Dedebit Elementary School airstrike | Investigations
Investigators from both Human Rights Watch and the UN found no evidence of Dedebit being used for military purposes, and survivors of the attack "unanimous[ly]" told investigators that they had not seen soldiers or military equipment near the camp.
The drone used by the ETAF may have been purchased from... | 1.921875 | 0 |
69703814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie%20%28astronomy%29 | Maggie (astronomy) | Maggie is a vast cloud of hydrogen gas observed within our own Milky Way galaxy. It is a filament of hydrogen 3,900 light-years long and 130 light-years wide. It is a single coherent structure with all parts showing similar velocity with respect to the local standard of rest. It is one of the biggest structures within... | 2.75 | 0 |
69703870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Malte%20von%20Heinz | Karl Malte von Heinz | Karl Malte von Heinz (1904 – February 17, 1971) was an Austrian architect who designed a number of buildings in India. After emigrating to British India, some of his first buildings include residences for wealthy clients in Hyderabad. In the 1930s, he designed several buildings of the Jamia Milia Islamia. Detained by t... | 2.4375 | 0 |
69704147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Apple%20Tree | Red Apple Tree | Kokkini Milia (Greek: Κόκκινη Μηλιά, meaning: Red Apple Tree) according to the Greek people’s traditions, is a legendary place to which the Turks will be expelled from Constantinople, modern day Istanbul. According to the legend, after the liberation of the former-Byzantine capital, a "Marbled King" will ascend the thr... | 2.28125 | 0 |
69704182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-8%20and%20His%20Battle%20Aces | G-8 and His Battle Aces | In 1930 Popular Publications was started by Harry Steeger and Harold Goldsmith; they launched four pulp magazines that year, one of which was Battle Aces, with the first issue dated October 1930. It published stories about war in the air: in a contemporary writers' magazine, Steeger declared the requirements for submi... | 1.9375 | 0 |
69704216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Jacobson%20%28goldsmith%29 | Philip Jacobson (goldsmith) | Philip Jacobson was a London goldsmith who worked for James VI and I and Anne of Denmark.
He was a son of Philip Jacob Jacobson of Antwerp and Anne de Croyes, a daughter of Philipp de Croyes of Antwerp. He resided in St Margaret's parish in London. King James vetoed his bid become an English citizen or denizen in 1624... | 2.359375 | 0 |
69704435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skjern%20railway%20station | Skjern railway station | Skjern railway station is a railway station serving the town of Skjern in West Jutland, Denmark.
The station is located on the West Jutland longitudinal railway line () from Esbjerg to Struer and is the western terminus of the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line from Skanderborg to Skjern. It offers regional train service... | 2 | 0 |
69704572 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Pohl%20%28writer%29 | Martin Pohl (writer) | Martin Pohl (28 March 1930 - 23 September 2007) was a German poet and playwright.
Life
A merchant's son, he was born to a German family in Festenberg (then in Silesia but now known as Twardogóra in Poland). He was also a pupil of the Moravian Church, which shielded him from excessive Nazi influence. In 1945 when he wa... | 2.0625 | 0 |
69704870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20Birds | Battle Birds | Battle Birds was an American air-war pulp magazine published by Popular Publications from 1932 to 1935 and from 1940 to 1944.
It was launched at the end of 1932, but did not sell well, and in 1934 the publisher turned it into an air-war hero pulp titled Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds. Robert Sidney Bowen, an establ... | 2.515625 | 0 |
69704870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20Birds | Battle Birds | The magazine was pulp format throughout. It began at 128 pages and 10 cents, the price rising to 15 cents in September 1933 and dropping back to 10 cents in February 1940 when the title reverted to Battle Birds. The page count also dropped at that time, first to 112 pages, and eventually to 82 pages by the final issu... | 2.203125 | 0 |
69704900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin%20O%27Brien%20%28scholar%29 | Justin O'Brien (scholar) | Justin O'Brien (November 26, 1906 – December 7, 1968) was an American biographer, translator of André Gide and Albert Camus and professor of French at Columbia University.
Biography
Justin McCortney O'Brien was born on November 26, 1906, in Chicago, Illinois, to Quin O'Brien and Ellen, née McCortney.
He was a biograp... | 2.109375 | 0 |
69705486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltochares | Peltochares | Peltochares is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by eight described species. It is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasian, Indo-Malayan, and Palaearctic realms.
Taxonomy
The genus Peltochares was described for the first time by Maurice Auguste Régimbart in 1907 fo... | 2.59375 | 0 |
69705603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zungwini%20Mountain%20skirmishes | Zungwini Mountain skirmishes | The Zungwini Mountain skirmishes took place on 20, 22 and 24 January 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War. The mountain was a stronghold of the AbaQulusi Zulu tribe, who were reinforced by the forces of exiled Swazi prince Mbilini waMswati. The mountain lay near the proposed route of advance of a British column under Lieut... | 2.40625 | 0 |
69705603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zungwini%20Mountain%20skirmishes | Zungwini Mountain skirmishes | A cattle track to Wood's front proved to be impassable for the artillery so Wood passed around a rise on his left flank to continue the advance. He came across the 90th Regiment advancing against a force of 4,000 Zulu, but having left their ammunition carts guarded only by a party of unarmed buglers who were being thr... | 2.40625 | 0 |
69705603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zungwini%20Mountain%20skirmishes | Zungwini Mountain skirmishes | Wood sent a message to Buller, who was with the horsemen, notifying him of the disaster and ordering his men to drive back the 200 Zulu. In the meantime Wood remonstrated with the commander of the 90th Regiment for advancing without orders. The regiment fired around two volleys before the Zulu force withdrew ahead of... | 2.203125 | 0 |
69705626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primocerus | Primocerus | Primocerus is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by nine described species known from the Guiana Shield Region.
Taxonomy
The genus Primocerus was described for the first time by Girón & Short in 2019.
It belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae and contains nine descri... | 2.3125 | 0 |
69705897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rughonath%20Vaishnavi | Rughonath Vaishnavi | Rughonath Vaishnavi (? -22 November 1996) was a Kashmiri Pandit politician who co-founded the Jammu and Kashmir Political Conference along with Ghulam Mohiuddin Karra. A vocal advocate of Kashmir's right to self-determination, he expressed life-long solidarity with Kashmiri Muslims.
Early life and education
In 1928, ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
69705897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rughonath%20Vaishnavi | Rughonath Vaishnavi | A pragmatic secularist, Vaishnavi viewed the Hazratbal episode as an epitome of communal harmony—"when Muslims shouted Hindu Dharam ki Jai and Kashmiri Hindus shouted Allah-u-Akbar and Islam Zindabad"—but lamented its rapid dissolution in the upcoming days and how Pandits continued to remain deaf to fellow Muslims' rig... | 1.953125 | 0 |
69706184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our%20Father%20%28cantata%29 | Our Father (cantata) | The cantata Our Father (Czech: Otče náš or Otčenáš), originally called Moravian Our Father (Czech: Moravský Otče náš), is a setting of the Lord's Prayer by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. Its first version (1901) was performed as an accompaniment to a series of tableaux vivants and was scored for mixed chorus, tenor,... | 2.328125 | 0 |
69706907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filamentous%20scorpionfish | Filamentous scorpionfish | The filamentous scorpionfish (Hipposcorpaena filamentosus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Hipposcorpaena.
Taxonomy
The filamentous scorpionfish was first formally descri... | 2.359375 | 0 |
69707141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandenburg | Zandenburg | Zandenburg was a famous castle just south of Veere. Nothing remains of it, except some foundations below ground level.
Location and Name
Name
Zandenburg was first mentioned as the house and fortress () in the Lordship () of Zanddijk. Zanddijk () literally means dike on the sand, i.e. on an area with sandy ground. Li... | 2.703125 | 0 |
69707141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandenburg | Zandenburg | There can be little doubt that there was a circular, and therefore artificial structure at Zandenburg. It dated from the thirteenth century or earlier and according to later drawings, it had a diameter of about 35 m. It could have been one of the c. 150 artificial hills in Zeeland. In such case, it is probable that Zan... | 2.421875 | 0 |
69707304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindolus | Sindolus | Sindolus is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by eight described species, ranging from Mexico to Argentina, and including one species recorded from Antigua in the Lesser Antilles.
Taxonomy
The genus Sindolus belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae. It was first descr... | 2.765625 | 0 |
69707381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenopsis%20confinis | Ebenopsis confinis | Ebenopsis confinis is a species of drought deciduous perennial shrubs in the Legume family known commonly as dog poop bush. The English vernacular name is a result of the distinctive woody fruits which resemble dog poop. The plant is referred to locally as palo fierro. In addition to the fruits, this species is charact... | 2.25 | 0 |
69707394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycymeris%20longior | Glycymeris longior | Glycymeris longior is a species of marine bivalve of the family Glycymerididae. The shells of this species are frequently found on beaches from Patagonia to Brazil. It was common in the Quaternary on the Atlantic coast of South America.
Description
Glycymeris longior is a species of dioecious and long-lived clam (the... | 3 | 0 |
69708232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye%20Town%20Hall%2C%20East%20Sussex | Rye Town Hall, East Sussex | Internally, the principal room was the courtroom, which also served as a council chamber, on the first floor. Wooden boards, which recorded the names of mayors of Rye since the 13th century, were also installed in the council chamber. A small museum store was established in the attic: items collected included a gibbet ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
69708312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS%20Furman | USNS Furman | US Navy
On 18 September 1963 the USNS Furman (T-AK-280) was refitted to be a Fleet Ballistic Missile Cargo Ship at the American Ship Building Company of Toledo, Ohio, to support Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarine tender. USNS Furman was put in to service on 14 October 1964, having work completed on 14 September 19... | 2.234375 | 0 |
69708517 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20Market%20%28Savannah%2C%20Georgia%29 | City Market (Savannah, Georgia) | City Market is a historic market complex in the Historic District of Savannah, Georgia. Originally centered on the site of today's Ellis Square from 1733, today it stretches west from Ellis Square to Franklin Square. Established in the 1700s with a wooden building, locals gathered here for their groceries and services.... | 2.25 | 0 |
69708754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20Sea%20%28game%29 | Middle Sea (game) | Middle Sea, subtitled "Empires of the Feudal Age", is a board game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU) in 1979 that simulates the rise of medieval empires in the Mediterranean basin. The game started as a play by mail game before being converted into a board game.
Description
Middle Sea is a game for 2–12 playe... | 2.703125 | 0 |
69708827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20J.%20Crowley | John J. Crowley | Life
Crowley was a native of 12 New Street, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland who came to Worcester, Massachusetts, with his family when he was 11 years old. He was the eldest of 4 brothers and 4 sisters. His father died only a few years after immigration, leaving the family in difficult economic conditions. John took a ... | 2 | 0 |
69708958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall%20of%20Outremer | Fall of Outremer | In 1273, Gregory had prepared for the union of the churches by sending an embassy to Constantinople, and by inducing Charles I of Anjou and Philip I of Courtenay, Latin Emperor in exile, to moderate their political ambitions. Among those arriving at Lyons were Germanus III, George Akropolites and other dignitaries repr... | 2.703125 | 0 |
69708958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall%20of%20Outremer | Fall of Outremer | Principality of Galilee
The Principality of Galilee was essentially destroyed by Saladin in 1187, although the title "Prince of Galilee" was used by some relatives of the kings of Cyprus, the titular kings of Jerusalem. Some of its former holdings were briefly reclaimed by a treaty made during the Barons' Crusade of 12... | 2.640625 | 0 |
69708958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall%20of%20Outremer | Fall of Outremer | In May 1269, Baibars led an abortive raid upon Tyre after failed negotiations towards a truce. In September 1269, Hugh III was crowned king of Jerusalem in Tyre and a year later, Philip was killed by an Assassin, apparently in the employ of Baibars. He was succeeded by his eldest son, John of Montfort who entered into ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
69708958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall%20of%20Outremer | Fall of Outremer | The Death of Baibars
Baibars did not long survive his Anatolian invasion. He died in Damascus on 1 July 1277. As he was the greatest enemy to Christendom since Saladin, there was rejoicing throughout the Holy Land and Europe at the news of his death. His successor was his eldest son, al-Said Barakah, a weak youth who s... | 2.515625 | 0 |
69708958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall%20of%20Outremer | Fall of Outremer | The Fall of Charles I and Hugh III
On 30 March 1282, the Sicilians rebelled against Charles I of Anjou and his soldiers and massacred the French on the island. A popular uprising against Charles' government known as the Sicilian Vespers began. The rebels, many of the Sicilian nobles, asked Peter III for help, offering ... | 2.6875 | 0 |
69708958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall%20of%20Outremer | Fall of Outremer | Arghun could not believe that the Christian West, with their claims of devotion to the Holy Land, would not be concerned about its near-certain demise. He welcomed the reports that Rabban Bar Ṣawma and Gobert de Helleville gave, but he needed further information. In April 1289, he sent a second envoy, a Genoese named B... | 2.515625 | 0 |
69709061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Kappen | Joseph Kappen | Familial DNA enquiries
Due to the period of time that had elapsed since the murders, South Wales Police decided to employ a previously unknown tactic of searching for the DNA of possible living descendants of the murderer as their genetic profiles would be similar to the killer's. Fifty per cent of an individual's DNA ... | 2.359375 | 0 |
69709252 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Ben%20Het | Battle of Ben Het | The Battle of Ben Het was a North Vietnamese armored assault on the Ben Het Special Forces Camp. It was the only tank battle between the United States and North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Background
The Ben Het Camp Special Forces Camp was located along the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia tri-border area and run by the 5th... | 1.953125 | 0 |
69709551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menegazzia%20williamsii | Menegazzia williamsii | Menegazzia williamsii is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in New South Wales, Australia, it was described as a new species in 2019 by lichenologist Gintaras Kantvilas.
Taxonomy
The type specimen was collected from Point Lookout (New England), at an altitude of . Here it was found growing i... | 2.03125 | 0 |
69709652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage%20Left%20Productions | Stage Left Productions | Stage Left Productions is an interdisciplinary performance company dedicated to collaborative arts forms, community theatre practices, Disability art, and social activism. Self-described as “a grassroots, Popular Theatre company of diverse artists and non-artists/catalysts of change who create pathways to systemic equi... | 2.0625 | 0 |
69709652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage%20Left%20Productions | Stage Left Productions | In addition to educational training, Stage Left uses Theatre of the Oppressed for different kinds of advocacy work. In 2006, the company partnered with the Autism Aspergers Friendship Society to create a Forum Theatre piece involving youth with disabilities, many of them on the Autism spectrum, that was performed at St... | 2.78125 | 0 |
69709832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophilus%20richardi | Geophilus richardi | Description
Females of this species have 33 pairs of legs, whereas males can have either 29 or 31 leg pairs, but are usually recorded with 31 pairs. This centipede is small, ranging from only 5 mm to 10 mm in length. The body is tapered at each end, and the head is shaped like a rectangle with rounded corners. The hea... | 2.4375 | 0 |
69709832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophilus%20richardi | Geophilus richardi | This species shares many features with others in the genus Geophilus. For example, like other species in the same genus, this species features teeth on the middle piece of the labrum, lappets on the first maxillae, and claws on the ultimate legs. Furthermore, as in other Geophilus species, the head is only slightly elo... | 2.53125 | 0 |
69710709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville%20High%20Banks | Belleville High Banks | The Belleville High Banks is a half mile (0.8 km) dirt racing oval near Belleville, Kansas at the North Central Kansas Fairgrounds. The first recorded race happened at the track in 1910. It has held races on American Automobile Association (AAA), United States Auto Club (USAC), World of Outlaws Late Model Series and Wo... | 2.109375 | 0 |
69710827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Brug%C3%A8re | Raymond Brugère | The Belgian historian Catherine Lanneau described Brugère as a man of contradictions, an irascible man who erupted in most undiplomatic outbursts of rage while also being a most compassionate man full of sympathy for others; a man some found very clumsy and awkward while others praised him for his courage and idealism;... | 2.15625 | 0 |
69710827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Brug%C3%A8re | Raymond Brugère | To counter the criticism, Brugère encouraged Face à Main, a liberal Brussels weekly run on 4 January 1947 a flattening story on France's mission civilisatrice (civilizing mission) in Vietnam and portrayed Admiral Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, the French High Commissioner for Indochina, in a very favorable light . On 2... | 1.976563 | 0 |
69710880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaiwant%20Singhji%20Vaghela | Jaiwant Singhji Vaghela | Jaiwant Singhji Vaghela of Sanand (1904 – 17 June 1980), also known as Sanand Bapu, was an Indian king, spiritual leader, classical vocalist, beenkar, and musicologist belonging to the Mewati gharana (musical apprenticeship lineage). He is known for being the Thakur of Sanand and guru of Pandit Jasraj. His legacy inc... | 2.09375 | 0 |
69711759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20H.%20Coleman | James H. Coleman | James Hsuchen Coleman (; born June 3, 1999) is an American politician currently representing District 4 on the South San Francisco City Council. Elected at the age of 21, he is one of the youngest elected officials in the United States.
Early life and education
Coleman was born in South San Francisco. His mother is a ... | 1.960938 | 0 |
69711815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozaemon%20Kimura | Kozaemon Kimura | Kozaemon Kimura (木村小左衛門; 1888–1952) was a Japanese businessman and politician who held several cabinet posts. He was one of the long-term members of the House of Representatives. He joined several political parties, including the Democratic Party.
Biography
Kimura was born in the Shimane Prefecture in 1888. He was a g... | 2.0625 | 0 |
69711940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Dupont | George Dupont | Participation in the Civil War
After joining the New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, Dupont fought in major battles throughout the war. He went through the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Chancellorsville, and the Battle of Gettysburg without any major injuries. However, after the Battle of Gettysburg, he fell ill and wa... | 2.734375 | 0 |
69712207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%20the%20Shape%2C%20Location%2C%20and%20Size%20of%20Dante%27s%20Inferno | On the Shape, Location, and Size of Dante's Inferno | On the Shape, Location, and Size of Dante's Inferno is the title of two lectures by Galileo Galilei presented in 1588 upon invitation by the Florentine Academy. The lectures secured him a job as a lecturer of mathematics at the University of Pisa. Galileo attempted to mathematically map Dante's description of hell, try... | 2.53125 | 0 |
69712460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closer%20to%20the%20Light | Closer to the Light | Closer to the Light: Learning from the Near-Death Experiences of Children is a 1991 nonfiction book written by Melvin L. Morse and Paul Perry with foreword written by Raymond Moody. The book documented the near-death experiences (NDEs) of 26 children and became a New York Times bestseller.
Summary
Closer to the Light... | 2.71875 | 0 |
69712460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closer%20to%20the%20Light | Closer to the Light | Others who have referred to the book have examined the overall validity of NDEs as evidence of survival after bodily death. Susan J. Blackmore in her chapter 'Near-death experiences' in The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience discusses various alternative explanations for these experiences, including expectation, adm... | 2.078125 | 0 |
69712571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian%20of%20Vienne | Julian of Vienne | Julian of Vienne (, ) was a bishop of Vienne in France of the first half of the sixth century, approximately between 520 and 530. He is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church and attended a number of early church synods.
The 9th-century archbishop and chronicler Ado of Vienne places him as 18th bishop of Vienne, ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
69712769 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogilan%20mound | Mogilan mound | The Mogilan mound or Mogilanska mound is a burial mound in the center of Vratsa, Bulgaria.
During excavations in 1965–66, 3 tombs were found in it, built of stone. One of them - tomb No 2, was found intact and yielded a rich treasure-trove of artifacts.
Tomb No 2 consists of an anteroom and a chamber. In the anteroom... | 2.0625 | 0 |
69712798 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruzzini | Cruzzini | The valley is covered by a dense Maquis shrubland except in the immediate vicinity of the villages, which are surrounded by terraced gardens and a few olive or chestnut groves.
The riparian zone holds alders and willows.
The upper Cruzini valley is predominantly wooded with Laricio pine, and is encircled by peaks of th... | 2.40625 | 0 |
69712883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Shinnors | John Shinnors | John Shinnors is an Irish landscape artist whose work has become increasingly abstract over time. He is a member of Aosdána and sits as the visual arts representative on EV+A.
Life and work
John Shinnors was the son of a handyman-mechanic born in Limerick on 14 April 1950. He received a general education at the Chris... | 2.21875 | 0 |
69713049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminalization%20of%20homosexuality | Criminalization of homosexuality | One explanation for these legal changes is increased regard for human rights and autonomy of the individual and the effects of the 1960s sexual revolution. The trend in increased attention to individual rights in laws around sexuality has been observed around the world, but progresses more slowly in some regions, such ... | 2 | 0 |
69713049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminalization%20of%20homosexuality | Criminalization of homosexuality | Even in countries where there are no specific laws against homosexuality, homosexuals may be disproportionately criminalized under other laws, such as those targeting indecency, debauchery, prostitution, pornography, homelessness, or HIV exposure. In some countries such as (historically) China and (currently) Egypt, su... | 2.4375 | 0 |
69713081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wachendorfia%20brachyandra | Wachendorfia brachyandra | Description
The short-stamen butterfly-lily is a perennial herbaceous plant of high that emerges from a small, globose to oval rootstock of in diameter. The plant dies-down during the dry, hot summer. Its line- to lance-shaped, straight or often sickle-shaped leaves of up to long and wide are upright or spreading,... | 2.359375 | 0 |
69713584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20FC%20Basel%20%281965%E2%80%932000%29 | History of FC Basel (1965–2000) | Basel played a total of 56 games in their 1975–76 season. 26 in the domestic league, seven in the Swiss Cup, two in the Swiss League Cup, four in the Cup of the Alps, five in the Cup of the Alps, two in the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup and 17 were friendly matches. Basel won six friendly games, drew six and lost f... | 1.9375 | 0 |
69713584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20FC%20Basel%20%281965%E2%80%932000%29 | History of FC Basel (1965–2000) | The reform of the Nationalliga had been completed the previous season and the domestic league was contested by 12 teams. However, there was one change at the start of the 1995–96 Nationalliga A season and that was that the Swiss Football Association introduced the three points for a win standard. In 1995, FIFA formally... | 1.960938 | 0 |
69713856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20the%20Cocos%20%28Keeling%29%20Islands | COVID-19 pandemic in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands | The COVID-19 pandemic in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached the Cocos (Keeling) Islands on 19 March 2022.
Background
On 12 January 20... | 2.484375 | 0 |
69714128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurul%20Haque%20Miah | Nurul Haque Miah | Muhammad Nurul Haque Miah (; 1 July 1944 — 20 February 2021) was a professor at Dhaka College and the head of its Department of Chemistry. He is renowned for writing high school and degree textbooks.
Early life and education
Muhammad Nurul Haque Miah was born on 1 July 1944 to a Bengali Muslim family in Sreepur, Gazi... | 2.03125 | 0 |
69714383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Naimuddin | Muhammad Naimuddin | Muhammad Naimuddin (; 1832–1907/1916) was a Bengali Islamic scholar, writer and journalist. He was the chief editor of the Akhbare Islamia.
Early life and education
Muhammad Naimuddin was born in 1832, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Shuruj in Tangail, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency.
He complet... | 2.15625 | 0 |
69714413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Still%20%28doctor%29 | James Still (doctor) | Still continued his practice into his 60s, despite advancing age and declining health. In 1872, he found himself "much broken down by being overtasked with business, and concluded to give up my outside practice and continue only that which came to my office, hoping to regain my former health." In August of that year, S... | 1.90625 | 0 |
69714413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Still%20%28doctor%29 | James Still (doctor) | Still felt compelled to offer encouragement by example to members of his recently emancipated but historically disadvantaged race. In his book's introduction, Still wrote:
I hope this book may be a stimulus to some poor, dejected fellow-man, who, almost hopelessly, sits down and folds his arms and says, "I know nothing... | 2.484375 | 0 |
69715608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Subotnik | Daniel Subotnik | Daniel Subotnik (born 1942; deceased 2024) was a Professor of Law at the Touro Law Center who wrote extensively about race and gender theory. He is the author of Toxic Diversity: Race, Gender, and Law Talk. and an early skeptic of critical race theory as interpreted by legal scholars.
Personal life and education
Subo... | 2.1875 | 0 |
69715664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Eduard%20Boettcher | Christian Eduard Boettcher | Christian Eduard Boettcher, or Böttcher ( 9 December 1818 in Imgenbroich – 15 June 1889 in Düsseldorf), was a German painter whose work comprised portraiture and genre painting.
Career
Boettcher first attended the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart under Johann Heinrich von Dannecker from 1833 to 1838 and trained a... | 2.140625 | 0 |
69716276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailean%20a%27%20Ridse%20MacDh%C3%B2mhnaill | Ailean a' Ridse MacDhòmhnaill | Allan The Ridge MacDonald (1794 Allt an t-Srathain, Lochaber, Scotland – 1 April 1868 Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada) was a bard, traditional singer, and seanchaidh who emigrated from the Gàidhealtachd of Scotland to Nova Scotia in 1816. He continued to compose Gaelic poetry on his two separate homesteads in Ca... | 2.46875 | 0 |
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