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68429032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katayamalite | Katayamalite | Katayamalite is a cyclosilicate mineral that was named in honor of mineralogist and professor Nobuo Katayama. It was approved in 1982 by the International Mineralogical Association, and was first published a year later.
Relation with baratovite
Katayamalite is the hydroxyl analogue of baratovite and the hydroxyl end ... | 2.359375 | 0 |
68429116 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasolin%20AG | Gasolin AG | In 1929, Deutsche Gasolin had a balance sheet total of RM27 million. It was thus in 5th place in the list of oil companies operating in Germany.
In 1935, the Gasolin was one of the 'Big Five' petrol station chains in Germany with 3,315 petrol pumps (5.9%) and a sales quota of 6.7%. In 1938, Gasolin had a market share ... | 2.171875 | 0 |
68429570 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonios%20Papadopoulos%20%28painter%29 | Antonios Papadopoulos (painter) | Antonios Papadopoulos (, 1439 – 1481; also known as Antonio Papadopoulo.) was a Greek painter who represented the Cretan Renaissance. Papadopoulos, Andreas Pavias, Andreas Ritzos, and Nikolaos Tzafouris were all students of famous painter Angelos Akotantos. Papadopoulos reflects the sophistication and evolution of Byza... | 2.359375 | 0 |
68430368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Hilliard%20%28English%20MP%29 | William Hilliard (English MP) | William Hilliard or Hildyard (died 1608) was one of two Members of the Parliament of England for the constituency of York between 1586 and 1588.
Life and politics
William was the fourth son of Martin Hilliard (Hildyard) of Winestead in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He b... | 2.046875 | 0 |
68430449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis%20of%20Kyiv | Metropolis of Kyiv | In 1620, thanks to the demands of the Ukrainian Cossacks, led by Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi, the Orthodox hierarchy was restored in Ukraine. Job Boretskyi (1620–1631) became the Metropolitan of Kiev. The Metropolis of Kiev was recognized by the government of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1632. The Orthodox Metro... | 2.5 | 0 |
68430641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Sloan | Bob Sloan | Bob Sloan HRUA, ARBS (1940– ) is a Northern Irish sculptor, painter, performance and installation artist. He is an Academician of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts where he has won numerous silver and gold medals at their annual shows. Sloan has exhibited internationally, and is known primarily for his sculptural works.... | 2.34375 | 0 |
68430750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke%20J.%20Weathers | Luke J. Weathers | Luke Joseph Weathers, Jr., (December 16, 1920 – October 15, 2011) was a U.S. Army Air Force officer, historic African American air traffic controller and prolific World War II combat fighter pilot with the prodigious 332nd Fighter Group's 302nd Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails," or "Schwa... | 2.515625 | 0 |
68430872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montforter%20Zwischent%C3%B6ne | Montforter Zwischentöne | Michael Stallknecht (NZZ, 24 February 2017) summarises the concept of the festival briefly as follows:
“The "Montforter Zwischentöne" in Feldkirch are a glimpse into the future of music festivals and give new meaning to the notion of festivals.”
Competition and prize
The so-called Hugo (»Hugo – Internationaler Wettb... | 2.359375 | 0 |
68431004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6nni | Mönni | Mönni is a village in the eastern part of Kontiolahti in North Karelia, Finland. The village is home to about 200 people. The settlement of the village is located along the roads belonging to its hilly landscape. Some of the houses can be found at the end of the rolling areas framed by arable land. The scenic road lead... | 2.171875 | 0 |
68431162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni%20Maria%20Della%20Torre | Giovanni Maria Della Torre | Legacy
Della Torre is particularly known for his observations of blood corpuscles described in a short publication entitled Praeclarissimo viro abati Noleto, which was printed in 1760. Della Torre wrote letters to a number of scholars, giving them a detailed description of his observations, and sent copies of his essa... | 2.28125 | 0 |
68431201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto%20for%20Two%20Cellos%2C%20RV%20531 | Concerto for Two Cellos, RV 531 | Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531 is a concerto for two cellos, string orchestra and basso continuo in three movements, believed to have been composed in the 1720s. It is Vivaldi's only concerto for two cellos, and begins unusually with an entry of the solo instruments alone.
History
Vivald... | 2.53125 | 0 |
68431421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20Airlines%20Flight%20421 | Indian Airlines Flight 421 | On 24 August 1984, seven members of the banned All India Sikh Students Federation hijacked an Indian Airlines jetliner Indian Airlines Flight 421 (IATA No.: IC421), a Boeing 737-2A8, on a domestic flight from the Delhi-Palam Airport to Srinagar Airport with 74 people on board and demanded to be flown to the United Stat... | 2.1875 | 0 |
68431457 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proliferative%20fasciitis%20and%20proliferative%20myositis | Proliferative fasciitis and proliferative myositis | Proliferative fasciitis and proliferative myositis (PF/PM) are rare benign soft tissue lesions (i.e. a damaged or unspecified abnormal change in a tissue) that increase in size over several weeks and often regress over the ensuing 1–3 months. The lesions in PF/PM are typically obvious tumors or swellings. Historically,... | 2.359375 | 0 |
68431871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US%20FWS%20Henry%20O%27Malley | US FWS Henry O'Malley | Third cruise
After repairs, Henry O'Malley departed Pearl Harbor for her third FWS cruise and second scientific cruise on 16 May 1950. Her main objective was to collect bait at the French Frigate Shoals and then use it to fish for skipjack tuna off both the main Hawaiian Islands and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, w... | 2.828125 | 0 |
68432191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano%20Sonata%20%28Bernstein%29 | Piano Sonata (Bernstein) | The first movement is 192 bars and 5 to 6 minutes long. It starts out with a "Presto" cadenza with one melodic line and moves on to a "Molto moderato" subsection in which one of the main themes is presented. A "Rubato" subsection ensues with a melody played in octaves, followed by the previous theme and a repeat "Rubat... | 2.15625 | 0 |
68432267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginopora%20vertebralis | Marginopora vertebralis | During the day, Marginopora vertebralis obtains nutrients from the symbiotic zooxanthellae. At night, it moves to a new location and attaches itself to the substrate. It feeds on the diatoms, microalgae and fragments of organic detritus that are within reach of its pseudopodia, absorbing them by phagocytosis. When it m... | 2.78125 | 0 |
68432429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador%E2%80%93Quebec%20border | Newfoundland and Labrador–Quebec border | Newfoundland enters Confederation
When Newfoundland entered Confederation in March 1949, the Newfoundland Act (then known as British North America Act 1949) specified that
Therefore, the law stipulated that the borders as determined in the 1927 Privy Council decision were recognized by Canada and Newfoundland and from... | 2.734375 | 0 |
68432819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogeria%20%28plant%29 | Rogeria (plant) | Rogeria is a genus of plants in the Pedaliaceae family consisting of several species, with a native range extending from the island of Cape Verde to Eritrea, Namibia to the Cape Provinces (of South Africa).
It is found in the countries of Angola, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Eritrea, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia,... | 2.5625 | 0 |
68432993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodensavanne%20internment%20camp | Jodensavanne internment camp | On November 7, 1942, two of the prisoners were killed by marines following an escape attempt. The two killed were L. K. A. Raedt van Oldenbarnevelt and L. A. J. Van Poelje, who were both NSB members. Two other prisoners, C. J. Kraak and J. E. Stuhlemeyer, would have been shot as well if the gun had not misfired. It lat... | 2.328125 | 0 |
68433053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20Belgium | Greater Belgium | Greater Belgium (, ) is a Belgian irredentist concept which lays claim on territory nationalists deem as rightfully Belgian. It usually laid claim to: German territory historically belonging to the former Duchy of Limburg (Eupen-Malmedy), Dutch Limburg, Zeelandic Flanders, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. To a lesser... | 2.765625 | 0 |
68433942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Synkellos | Michael Synkellos | Michael Synkellos (), also spelled Syncellus (c. 760 – 4 January 846), was a Greek Orthodox Arab Christian priest, monk and saint. He held the administrative office of synkellos of the patriarchate of Jerusalem (c. 811–815) and the patriarchate of Constantinople (843–846). He was involved in disputes over the clause a... | 2.15625 | 0 |
68434043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine%20Haskins | Francine Haskins | Francine Haskins (born February 10, 1947), a Washington, D.C. native, is an American multi-media fiber artist and book illustrator. She was one of the original founders of 1800 Belmont Arts, an African- American black art collective in Washington, D.C. (1991-–2001).
Early life and education
Haskins was born in 1947, o... | 2.71875 | 0 |
68434267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick%20Kobayashi | Roderick Kobayashi | Roderick T. Kobayashi (January 7, 1932June 17, 1995) was an American aikido teacher and founder of Seidokan Aikido. He is one of the teachers profiled in the book Aikido in America.
Kobayashi was born in Hawaii and raised in Japan by his grandfather. His father was instrumental in helping to bring Koichi Tohei to Hawa... | 2.421875 | 0 |
68434745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JULIAN | JULIAN | JULIAN is a nonprofit organization founded by civil rights attorney Jill Collen Jefferson. JULIAN conducts investigations into suspected civil rights violations, provides free legal services, and advocates for policy and government action.
In 2021, an $11.3 million wrongful death judgement was awarded in a case inves... | 1.90625 | 0 |
68434876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Later%20Roman%20Empire | History of the Later Roman Empire | The first tetrarchy ended with an unprecedented act, the voluntary retirement of Diocletian and Maximian on 1 May 305. On this occasion, Galerius and Constantius Chlorus were promoted to the rank of Augustus, and two Illyrian military commanders, Maximinus Daia and Valerius Severus, were appointed as the new Caesars. T... | 2.828125 | 0 |
68434876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Later%20Roman%20Empire | History of the Later Roman Empire | From the 350s, the nomadic Huns were invading the Pontic steppes from the east, and the natives could not long resist them. In the summer of 376, thousands of Goths fleeing from the Huns gathered along the northern bank of the Lower Danube to seek asylum in the Roman Empire. Regarding them as potential recruits, Valens... | 2.875 | 0 |
68434876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Later%20Roman%20Empire | History of the Later Roman Empire | The Huns extracted 350 pounds of gold as a yearly tribute from the Eastern Roman Empire, and the amount was doubled in a new treaty in 434. The same treaty prohibited the Romans to receive fugitives from the Hunnic Empire, but the influx of asylum seekers could not be stopped. The Vandals resumed the war and captured C... | 2.84375 | 0 |
68434876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Later%20Roman%20Empire | History of the Later Roman Empire | The childless and ailing Justin appointed his nephew Justinian I as Augustus shortly before he died on 1 August 527. Justinian was one of the most ambitious Roman emperors and he implemented systematic reforms to improve state administration and the army. He continued the war against the Sassanians, but neither the Rom... | 2.578125 | 0 |
68434876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Later%20Roman%20Empire | History of the Later Roman Empire | The pro-Roman Vandal king Hilderic was deposed by his cousin Gelimer in 530. The ensuing insurrections in Sardinia and Tripolitania provided Justinian with a pretext to intervene. He appointed Belisarius to lead the invasion against the Vandal Kingdom early in 533. Theodoric's daughter, Amalasuntha, who ruled the Ostro... | 2.75 | 0 |
68434876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Later%20Roman%20Empire | History of the Later Roman Empire | Phocas replaced many high-ranking officers with his relatives. He could not gain popularity, and he faced popular riots in Constanstinople. The Avars and the Lombards made simultaneous raids against Dalmatia, and Slavic troops in Avar service assisted the Lombards to capture Cremona and Mantua in Italy. In the east, Na... | 2.71875 | 0 |
68435018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria%E2%80%93Saudi%20Arabia%20relations | Nigeria–Saudi Arabia relations | Nigeria-Saudi Arabia relations are the bilateral relations between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. Nigeria has an embassy in Riyadh while Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Abuja. Both countries are member of OPEC.
History
Relations between the two nations have existed since 1960.
In 2021, Nigerian Senate President Ahmad Lawan... | 2.28125 | 0 |
68435378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sund%C3%A5s%20battery | Sundås battery | Sundås battery () is a defunct coastal artillery site located at Sundåsen in Sandefjord Municipality (historically part of Stokke Municipality) in Vestfold county, Norway. The fortifications were constructed in 1899 during turbulent times with Sweden during the Union between Sweden and Norway. It was part of the newly ... | 1.9375 | 0 |
68436286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triazolium%20salt | Triazolium salt | Triazolium salts are chemical compounds based on the substituted triazole structural element. They are composed of a cation based on a heterocyclic five-membered ring with three nitrogen atoms, two of which are functionalized and a corresponding counterion (anion). Depending on the arrangement of the three nitrogen ato... | 2.25 | 0 |
68436832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Jocelyn | Harry Jocelyn | Henry David Jocelyn, FBA, FAHA (1933–2000), commonly known as Harry Jocelyn, was an Australian Latinist and classical scholar. He was the Hulme Professor of Latin at the University of Manchester from 1973 to 1996.
Early life and education
Born on 22 August 1933 at Bega, New South Wales, Jocelyn's father John Daniel J... | 1.992188 | 0 |
69718046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Tidswell | Thomas Tidswell | Thomas Tidswell was an Australian architect, notable for his design of sporting facilities in Sydney.
Birth and education
Tidswell was born in Sydney, the sixth of nine children of hotelier Frederick Squire Tidswell (1831–1898) and his wife Mary Ann (1836–1912). The fourth child of the Tidswell family, Thomas Francis... | 2.40625 | 0 |
69718199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thankful%20Arnold%20House%20Museum | Thankful Arnold House Museum | The Thankful Arnold House Museum is an American historic house museum in Haddam, Connecticut. It consists of a gambrel-roofed house built circa 1800, along with a garden and grounds. The museum is open year-round.
Description and history
Built between 1794 and 1810, the house's namesake was Thankful Arnold (d. 1849).... | 2.453125 | 0 |
69719244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee%20Governor%27s%20Task%20Force%20on%20Marijuana%20Eradication | Tennessee Governor's Task Force on Marijuana Eradication | The Tennessee Governor's Task Force on Marijuana Eradication (GTFME), a multi-agency law enforcement task force founded in 1983, is managed by the Office of the Governor of Tennessee composed of local, state agencies organized expressly to eradicate illegal cannabis cultivation and trafficking in Tennessee. The Governo... | 2.421875 | 0 |
69719466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taydula%20Khatun | Taydula Khatun | Political role following the death of Öz Beg
After Öz Beg's death in 1341, Taydula's position of influence only increased: already the chief wife of the former khan, the current khan's mother commanded even more respect, and enjoyed extensive financial power, apparently amplified by her grateful son. She had her own r... | 2.15625 | 0 |
69719951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoel%20Bin-Nun | Yoel Bin-Nun | Philosophy
A significant part of Bin-Nun's thinking revolves around Tanach and its study. Following Yehuda Elitzur, he strives to draw contemporary meanings from the Bible and to explain the text according to its simple meaning (Pshat). He was one of the prominent voices in the "Bible at Eye Level" (Hebrew: "תנ"ך בגוב... | 2.09375 | 0 |
69720041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus%20gargaricus | Crocus gargaricus | Crocus gargaricus is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey.
Crocus gargaricus grows only on Kaz Dag, also known as Mount Ida. The rarity in its cultivation is due to its being recently recognized as its own distinct flowering plant.
Description
Crocus gargar... | 2.5 | 0 |
69720363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selago%20ramosissima | Selago ramosissima | Selago ramosissima is a species of plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa.
Description
Selago ramosissima is a small, perennial shrublet, branching profusely from its lower stem. The stems are covered densely in small, thick, adpressed, obtuse-tipped, linear-oblong leave... | 2.03125 | 0 |
69720381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selago%20thomii | Selago thomii | Selago thomii is a species of plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa.
Description
Selago thomii is a perennial bush, branching densely and profusely from its lower stem. The stems are covered densely in small, adpressed, obtuse-tipped, linear-oblong leaves. New branches a... | 2.21875 | 0 |
69720399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig%20category | Rig category | In category theory, a rig category (also known as bimonoidal category or 2-rig) is a category equipped with two monoidal structures, one distributing over the other.
Definition
A rig category is given by a category equipped with:
a symmetric monoidal structure
a monoidal structure
distributing natural isomorp... | 2 | 0 |
69720504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selago%20eckloniana | Selago eckloniana | Selago eckloniana is a species of plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa.
Description
Selago eckloniana can be distinguished from other related Selago species by the short hairs that cover its stems (often arranged in longitudinal lines). Its slender-linear leaves are con... | 2.640625 | 0 |
69720506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teofil%20Magdzi%C5%84ski | Teofil Magdziński | At the end of the 1860s, he settled in Bydgoszcz (then Prussian Bromberg) at "28 Posener straße" (today Poznańska street) and developed an intense nationalist activity. On his and Julian Prejs's initiative, on 27 October 1872, was created the Towarzystwo Przemysłowego w Bydgoszczy (), bringing together local notables, ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
69720835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalie%20Baisch | Amalie Baisch | Amalie Baisch (née Marggraff; 8 October 1859 in Munich – after 1904) was a German writer, best known for her Victorian era guide books on young women's etiquette. She wrote under the pseudonym Ernesta.
Life
Amalie Baisch was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, on 8 October 1859. Her father was Rudolf Marggraff, a pro... | 2.5 | 0 |
69720865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Reparations%20Task%20Force | California Reparations Task Force | The California Reparations Task Force was a non-regulatory state agency in California established by California Assembly Bill 3121 in 2020 to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans, especially those who are descendants of persons enslaved in the United States. It was the country's first statewide ... | 2.875 | 0 |
69721077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive%20Friends | Progressive Friends | In the 1840s, two intertwined issues increasingly created divisions within the Hicksite branch of the Quakers. One issue was its hierarchical structure, which placed local bodies under the authority of higher-level bodies and gave meetings of ministers and elders the authority to discipline members. The other issue wa... | 2.78125 | 0 |
69721115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto%20%28river%29 | Porto (river) | Valley
The lower and middle parts of the valley are in the Sevi Infora landscape.
The Porto river descends to the coast through a deep and narrow valley.
There is luxuriant vegetation in the valley floor below bare rocky walls.
The walls of the valley, which is not visible from the sea, rise to less than from the sho... | 2.703125 | 0 |
69721151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20textbook%20of%20general%20botany | A textbook of general botany | Edward M. Gilbert
Edward M. Gilbert was a prominent name in mycology, phytopathology and botany since the 1920s. Gilbert completed his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin where his main interest was in mycological research. In 1922 he became the Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology at the University of Wis... | 2.5 | 0 |
69721151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20textbook%20of%20general%20botany | A textbook of general botany | Reception
Smith et al.'s textbook was well-received by its public, especially students and teachers. The book was unique due to its thorough and detailed yet easily understandable writing style. It was larger than many other botany textbooks at the time, including a vast range of topics beyond the scope of most books ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
69721190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Plunkett%2C%207th%20Baron%20of%20Dunsany | Patrick Plunkett, 7th Baron of Dunsany | Patrick Plunkett, 7th Baron of Dunsany (died 1601 or 1602) was an Irish nobleman.
Family
Patrick was the son of Christopher Plunkett, 6th Baron of Dunsany, and his wife Elizabeth (née Barnewall), daughter of Sir Christopher Barnewall of Crickstown. He succeeded his father in the title in 1564 or 1565, but was a minor... | 1.929688 | 0 |
69721864 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20currency | Iron currency | Iron currency bars are objects used by Iron Age people to exchange goods.
Materials
The bars were expensive objects, as it would take 25 man-days to produce of a finished bar, usually shaped with a small socket at one end, and consume of charcoal.
Usage history
Iron spits were used as money in Greece before silve... | 2.765625 | 0 |
69722656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio%20Luis%20von%20Hoonholtz%2C%20Baron%20of%20Teff%C3%A9 | Antônio Luis von Hoonholtz, Baron of Teffé | Antônio Luis von Hoonholtz, Baron of Teffé (9 May 1837 – 6 February 1931), was a Brazilian admiral, politician, explorer and geographer.
Biography
His father was , a Prussian captain who emigrated to Brazil in 1824.
He was enrolled at the Naval School on 25 January 1852 and became a midshipman in 1854. In December 18... | 2.234375 | 0 |
69722980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty%20Carp | Betty Carp | Bertha "Betty" Carp (June 15, 1895 – June 12, 1974) was an American embassy official and intelligence agent, called "The Best Known American in Turkey".
Early life
Carp was born in Constantinople, the daughter of German or Austrian parents. She was educated at schools in Turkey, London, and Vienna.
Career
Carp work... | 2.0625 | 0 |
69723030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Britt | Benjamin Britt | Benjamin Franklin (Ben) Britt (May 5, 1923 – June 26, 1996) was a figurative, surrealist and abstract painter, and art teacher. His subjects were African American culture, religion and children, which he captured in oil and charcoals. Britt signed his works "B. Britt," dotting the "i" with tiny round circles.
Early li... | 2.53125 | 0 |
69723654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingos%20Torrado | Domingos Torrado | Domingos Torrado, O.S.A. (1555–1612) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was named as Titular Bishop of Fisicula (1605–1612). He is also known as Domingos Terrado or Domingos da Trinidade.
Biography
Domingos Torrado da Trinidade was born in Elvas, Portugal in 1555 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.
H... | 1.921875 | 0 |
69724078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20and%20Oklahoma%20Railroad%20%281902%29 | Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (1902) | The Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (T&O) existed briefly from its incorporation in mid-1902 to its consolidation with another line at the end of 1903. Its main accomplishment was to construct 40 miles of track northwest out of Coalgate, Oklahoma.
History
The Texas and Oklahoma Railroad Company was incorporated on May 15... | 2.265625 | 0 |
69724127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20and%20Oklahoma%20Railroad%20%281991%29 | Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (1991) | The Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (TXOR), created in 1991, ran between Oklahoma and Texas on rail purchased from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF). Much of the trackage has since been sold or abandoned; however, the railway continues to exist as a shortline carrier operating between Sweetwater, Texas and... | 2.015625 | 0 |
69724354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghivetch | Ghivetch | Ghivetch (, , , , , / , , ) is a traditional Balkan autumn vegetable stew most closely associated with Moldova, where it is a national dish, and Bulgaria. It is traditionally cooked in an earthenware pot called a güveç. It is often made only with vegetables, though some versions include meat, fish, or poultry. The Wa... | 2.296875 | 0 |
69724487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Doherty%20%28musician%29 | Jim Doherty (musician) | Jim Doherty (born 1939) is an Irish composer and jazz pianist. He is a member of Aosdána, an elite association of Irish artists.
Early life
Jim Doherty was born in 1939; he was a son of Michael Kevin O'Doherty and Patricia (née Roche); and grandson of the Irish republican couple Katherine O'Doherty (1881–1969) and Séa... | 2.21875 | 0 |
69724544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori%20%28historic%20province%29 | Lori (historic province) | Lori () is a historical geographical region of Armenia. In ancient times and the Middle Ages, it was also known as Tashir or Tashirk. After the construction of Lori Fortress by King David I Anhoghin in the 11th century, the region was also referred to as Lori.
Name
In ancient times, the region of Lori was known in Arm... | 2.46875 | 0 |
69724544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori%20%28historic%20province%29 | Lori (historic province) | In the period between 1110 and 1123, King David the Builder united several Armenian lands – including Lori – to Georgia. A Georgian chronicler left records about David's invasions: "... The same year he conquered the Armenian fortress of Lore". According to Vardan the Great, the latter united "Gag, Terunakat, Tavush, K... | 2.609375 | 0 |
69724544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori%20%28historic%20province%29 | Lori (historic province) | The region was a center of Armenian monastic life. In the early 5th century, Mesrop Mashtots visited Tashir. According to S. Peter Cowe, he sought to spread literacy among the Armenian population in an effort to preserve their authenticity after the region was captured from Armenia.
Among the medieval monasteries, th... | 2.515625 | 0 |
69725702 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Talab%20Hilal | Muhammad Talab Hilal | Muhammad Talab Hilal was a Syrian military officer and politician. He was the Minister of Supply in the Ba'athist government of Yusuf Zuayyin and after Zuayyin's resignation in 1968, also under Nureddin al-Atassi. In 1971 Hilal took part in a delegation consisting of Hafez Al Assad and other Syrian Ministers visiting M... | 2.171875 | 0 |
69725834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysiloma%20candidum | Lysiloma candidum | Lysiloma candidum, most commonly known as the palo blanco, is a tree of the family Fabaceae near-endemic to the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. It may grow to a height of and is one of the few spineless woody legumes in the region. It has compound leaves with oval gray-green leaflets. The creamy-white, globose cl... | 2.625 | 0 |
69726627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypogymnia%20wilfiana | Hypogymnia wilfiana | Hypogymnia wilfiana is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in western North America, where it grows on conifer trees.
Taxonomy
Hypogymnia wilfiana was formally described as a new species in 2010 by the lichenologists Trevor Goward, Toby Spribille, and Teuvo Ahti. The type specimen was ... | 2.09375 | 0 |
69728002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona%20Canyon | Mona Canyon | Mona Canyon (Spanish: Cañón de la Mona), also known as the Mona Rift, is an submarine canyon located in the Mona Passage, between the islands of Hispaniola (particularly the Dominican Republic) and Puerto Rico, with steep walls measuring between in height from bottom to top. The Mona Canyon stretches from the Deseche... | 2.65625 | 0 |
69728512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean%20Tatar%20literature | Crimean Tatar literature | The earliest Crimean Tatar literary works are dated back to the times of the Golden Horde (13th-15th centuries), while its golden era took place in the times of Crimean Khanate (15th-18th centuries).
History
Middle Ages
"The poem about Yusuf and Zuleykha" by Mahmud Qırımlı from 13th century is regarded as the oldest... | 2.59375 | 0 |
69728613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingkhar%20Lam | Shingkhar Lam | Shingkhar Lam Kunzang Wangchuk (1928 – 16 October 2014) was a Bhutanese politician, who served as a speaker of the Gyelyong Tshogdu (national assembly of Bhutan). After his uncle went missing, he served two Druk Gyalpos (kings) of Bhutan. He created the insignia for the Royal Bhutan Army and rewrote the (national anth... | 2.34375 | 0 |
69728627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwan%20Shan%20Mei | Kwan Shan Mei | Wong Fang Yan (Chinese: 王芳彥; pinyin:Wáng Fāngyàn; 1922 – 8 May 2012), better known by her pseudonym Kwan Shan Mei (Chinese: 关山美; pinyin:Guān Shānměi), was a Chinese-born artist based in Singapore.
She is most well known for her illustrations in children's books and textbooks, including Moongate Collection and Mooty th... | 2.453125 | 0 |
69728655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature%20Foundation | Nature Foundation | The "Kids on Country" program, for Aboriginal adolescents, is aimed at improving well-being, teaching life skills, building self-confidence, strengthening cultural identity and connection to country, and inspiring an interest in conservation and land management in this group, thus improving school retention rate. Progr... | 3.296875 | 0 |
69728717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan%20Fei | Yan Fei | Yan Fei (), courtesy name Wenlin (), was a Grand Administrator of Jingzhao during the Three Kingdoms period.
Yan Fei was from Jibei. When Cao Pi was the presumptive heir to the Cao Wei throne, Yan was one of his attendants. After Cao became the emperor, Yan was appointed a , an official who served at the palace. After... | 2.359375 | 0 |
69728808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jano%20K%C3%B6hler | Jano Köhler | Jano Köhler (sometimes spelled Jano Koehler; 9 February 1873 – 20 January 1941) was a Czech painter. He is known for decorating sacral buildings with frescoes and sgraffiti.
Life and education
Köhler was born in a Czech-German family, but his German father died soon after. He showed interest in fine arts and went to s... | 2.140625 | 0 |
69729020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%205910 | NGC 5910 | NGC 5910 is an elliptical galaxy located about 540 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. It was discovered by astronomer William Hershel on April 13, 1785. NGC 5910 is also a strong radio source with a conspicuous nuclear jet.
Physical characteristics
NGC 5910 appears to have a double nucleus, with a ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
69729022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalbrookdale%20Formation | Coalbrookdale Formation | In 1978, John M. Hurst, N. J. Hancock and William Stuart McKerrow determined the geological setting as Wenlock Group based on the distribution of brachiopod fossils collected from the surrounding areas. The rich store of Silurian fossils was first discovered by Robert J. King, a mineralogist and retired Curator in the ... | 2.65625 | 0 |
69729084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinton%20Tidswell | Quinton Tidswell | Quinton Tidswell (11 May 1910 – 8 May 1991) was a New South Wales–born Australian artist who was known for his etchings and works on paper. For many years Tidswell was a resident of the state of Victoria and the Castlemaine Art Museum hold a selection of his work. The National Gallery of Australia hold fourteen of his ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
69729398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peitahigan%20Lake | Peitahigan Lake | Peitahigan Lake is a lake in Meadow Lake Provincial Park in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan in the boreal forest ecozone of Canada. The lake is one of six notable lakes in the Rusty Creek watershed. The other lakes include Rusty, First Mustus, Second Mustus, Third Mustus, and Fourth Mustus. Rusty Creek and the la... | 2.34375 | 0 |
69729747 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%20Rangiita%2C%20New%20Zealand | Te Rangiita, New Zealand | Te Rangiita is a small settlement in the Tauranga Taupō area of the Taupō District, New Zealand.
Location
Te Rangiita is one of three settlements of Tauranga-Taupō. It is located on the south eastern shores of Lake Taupō and west of the Tauranga-Taupō River.
Oruatua and Waitetoko are the other two settlements that b... | 2.421875 | 0 |
69729996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis%20County%20African%20American%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20Museum%20and%20Library | Ellis County African American Hall of Fame Museum and Library | The Ellis County African American Hall of Fame Museum and Library was established to recognize and tell the stories of African Americans with ties to the city of Waxahachie, Texas. The museum and library are housed in a historic fraternal building in Waxahachie, Texas. The building was built in 1926 and housed a lodge... | 2.5625 | 0 |
69730264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofumigation | Biofumigation | Biofumigation is a method of pest control in agriculture, a variant of fumigation where the gaseous active substance—fumigant—is produced by decomposition of plant material freshly chopped and buried in the soil for this purpose.
Plants from the Brassicaceae family (e.g., mustards, cauliflower, and broccoli) are prima... | 2.640625 | 0 |
69730466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20Geissler | Catherine Geissler | Catherine Alison Geissler, Lady Auld is a prominent British nutritionist and author and co-author of widely recognised reference textbooks on human nutrition.
Education
Geissler was born in Edinburgh and educated at the Mary Erskine School for girls. On leaving school she attended Edinburgh University, where she studi... | 2.0625 | 0 |
69730708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20John%20Farm%20Limestone%20Bank%20Barn | Big John Farm Limestone Bank Barn | The Big John Farm Limestone Bank Barn, located north of U.S. Route 56 and east of Big John Creek in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
It is a bank barn, which is a barn built against a hillside having entrances on two levels.
Built during 1871-1872, ... | 1.921875 | 0 |
69731066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny%20Bennett-Tuionetoa | Jenny Bennett-Tuionetoa | Jenny Bennett-Tuionetoa (born ) is a Samoan writer and LGBTQ rights activist. In 2018, she was the Pacific regional winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
Biography
Jenny Bennett-Tuionetoa was born in Samoa around 1987. After fighting depression and low self-esteem in her teen years, she began writing in her e... | 2.21875 | 0 |
69731089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamashiro%20ikki | Yamashiro ikki | Encouraged by this success, local meetings of peasants and jizamurai were organized across southern Yamashiro Province. Eventually, the samurai members of the ikki met again at Byōdō-in in February 1486, occupying this traditionally aristocratic temple for ten days. They agreed to assume power in the province, and sele... | 2.359375 | 0 |
69731089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamashiro%20ikki | Yamashiro ikki | The Yamashiro ikki was part of a wider tendency of local uprisings which involved jizamurai and opposed both shugo as well as their vassals. As they were a direct challenge of the traditional hierarchies and societal organization, the ikki were often crushed with uncharacteristic violence by the samurai warlords.
Orga... | 2.90625 | 0 |
69731425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan%20Wilhelm%20Colenbrander | Johan Wilhelm Colenbrander | Colenbrander returned to England in April 1911 penniless, his passage provided for by the British consulate in New York. Ten days after arriving in England he was arrested on fraud charges relating to $1,250 () he had accepted as payment for a shooting expedition in central Africa. The complainant, Aylmer Francis Richa... | 2.25 | 0 |
69731754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching%20of%20Richard%20Dickerson | Lynching of Richard Dickerson | The lynching of Richard Dickerson took place in Springfield, Ohio, on 7 March 1904. Dickerson was an African American man arrested for the fatal shooting of a white police officer, Charles B. Collis. A mob broke into the jail and seized and lynched Dickerson. Riots and attacks on Black-owned businesses followed.
Backg... | 2.25 | 0 |
69731813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%20Senegalese%20parliamentary%20election | 2022 Senegalese parliamentary election | Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 31 July 2022 to elect the 165 members of the National Assembly. President Macky Sall's United in Hope coalition remained the largest bloc in the National Assembly but lost its majority it had held since 2012.
Electoral system
The 165 members of the National Assembly are... | 2.5 | 0 |
69732029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symon%20Rak-Michaj%C5%82o%C5%ADski | Symon Rak-Michajłoŭski | Symon Rak-Michajłoŭski (also spelled Symon Rak-Mikhailoŭski; ; 2 April 1885 – 27 November 1938) was a Belarusian political leader, writer, and teacher. He was a member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic and a deputy of the Sejm (Parliament) of the Second Polish Republic (1922–1927). He wrote extensively ... | 2.171875 | 0 |
69732140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here%20Comes%20the%20Sun%20%28Dennis-Benn%20novel%29 | Here Comes the Sun (Dennis-Benn novel) | The story, set in 1994, follows Delores and her two daughters Margot and Thandi, residents of the fictional town of River Bank, Jamaica. Delores spends her days selling trinkets to tourists to support her family. Thandi, a student, feels pressure to perform well in school but longs to become an artist, to lighten her s... | 1.96875 | 0 |
69732260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%20Stories | Her Stories | Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales is a 1995 collection of nineteen stories by Black women, retold by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. They include animal tales, fairy tales (including a version of Cinderella, "Catskinella"), and three biographical profiles of... | 2.640625 | 0 |
69732442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aime%20M.%20Awl | Aime M. Awl | Aime Rebecca Motter Awl (née Aime Rebecca Motter; – ), also known more commonly as Aime M. Awl, was an American scientific illustrator who worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History). Awl is internationally recognized for her scientific illus... | 2.4375 | 0 |
69732483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol%20F.%20Jopling | Carol F. Jopling | Carol Farrington Jopling ( – ) was an anthropologist, librarian, and chief librarian of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute between 1981 and 1984.
Personal life
Carol F. Jopling was born on in Louisville to Elizabeth Farrington and her husband. She had one brother, Robert K. Farrington.
She married aeronaut... | 2.3125 | 0 |
71303506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin%20rhythmic%20hexameter | Latin rhythmic hexameter | Commodian
Apart from such inscriptions, the earliest surviving hexameter poetry in the rhythmic style is believed to be that of Commodian, whom one of the manuscripts of his Carmen Apologeticum describes as "African Bishop". His date is probably 3rd century, although some have argued for the 4th or 5th century. There ... | 2.328125 | 0 |
71303930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th%20Texas%20Cavalry%20Regiment | 28th Texas Cavalry Regiment | At the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry on 30 April, Confederate Lieutenant General Edmund Kirby Smith attacked the retreating Union column under Major General Frederick Steele. However, the well-positioned Union soldiers drove back every assault. Walker's division arrived last and was immediately thrown into action, but it wa... | 2.234375 | 0 |
71303941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography%20of%20the%20Eighty%20Years%27%20War | Historiography of the Eighty Years' War | 17th and 18th century
A group of 17th-century Dutch Protestant chroniclers such as Hooft, Bor, Meteren, Grotius, Aitzema and Baudartius could build on first-hand reports. As liberal historian Fruin and Catholic historian Nuyens would agree in the mid-19th century, 'before 1798, it was impossible for Catholics in the N... | 2.125 | 0 |
71303941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography%20of%20the%20Eighty%20Years%27%20War | Historiography of the Eighty Years' War | L.J. Rogier (1947) wrote that the importance of religious motives varied throughout the war: although the Eighty Years' War would not have started because of religion, that would become the most important reason for its continuation because of "uproar of Calvinists". At the Truce negotiations in 1608, the revolt had al... | 2.25 | 0 |
71303941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography%20of%20the%20Eighty%20Years%27%20War | Historiography of the Eighty Years' War | Historians, including Dutch ones, are in broad agreement that Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma was an unmatched diplomatic and military genius. Mulder et al. (2008) called him 'a smart diplomat and a talented general.' Likewise, Groenveld (2009) referred to Farnese's 'capable military and diplomatic performance'. Winkl... | 2.09375 | 0 |
71304390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodia | Mastodia | Mastodia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Verrucariaceae. It has six species.
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker and William Henry Harvey. The type species, Mastodia tessellata, is a bipolar (i.e., found in both the Arctic and Antarctica), coastal lichen. It forms a sy... | 2.5625 | 0 |
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