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74320059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadie%20Ciupercovici | Arcadie Ciupercovici | Arcadie Ciupercovici (born Alexandru Ciupercovici; April 14, 1823 [O.S.]–March 5, 1902) was an ethnic Romanian Orthodox cleric from the Duchy of Bukovina in Austria-Hungary.
Born in Câmpulung Moldovenesc, his father Nicolae Ciupercă was a priest there. He attended gymnasium and the theological institute in Cernăuți, g... | 1.921875 | 0 |
74321665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert%20abuse%20in%20the%202020s | Concert abuse in the 2020s | Concert abuse is a phenomenon attributed to the loss of concert etiquette between the audience and the performer. It has a long history, but experienced a resurgence in the 2020s decade after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns were lifted and audiences began to return and attend live concerts again. After social distancin... | 2.03125 | 0 |
74322867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampfschwimmerkommando%2018 | Kampfschwimmerkommando 18 | Kampfschwimmerkommando 18 (), or KSK-18, was a naval special warfare unit in the Volksmarine that specialized in amphibious warfare, clandestine operation, commando style raids, defusing and disposal of naval mine or various types of bombs, irregular warfare, marine salvage, maritime search and rescue, naval special wa... | 2.140625 | 0 |
74323094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Kashani | Judeo-Kashani | Judeo-Kashani (Hebrew:"כאשאנית יהודית") also Also known as "Kashi", is a subvariety of Judeo-Iranian spoken by the Jews of Kashan (Kāšān). Diachronically, Judeo-Kashani is a Median language, belonging to the Kashanic branch of the Central Plateau Language Group spoken across Central Iran.
Judeo-Kashani is distinct fro... | 2.375 | 0 |
74323094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Kashani | Judeo-Kashani | History
Nearly all of the cities in central Iran, including Kashan, had sizable Jewish populations before the mid-twentieth century, and these populations spoke their own varieties distinct from their non-Jewish, Persian-speaking neighbors. For example, while the Persian gloss for cat is gorbeh, the corresponding glos... | 2.71875 | 0 |
74323105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Savoy | History of Savoy | During the Quaternary period, the Alps experienced periods of glacial flooding and recession. With the last advances of the Würm glaciation, the various traces disappeared. However, one site was spared, enabling the discovery of ancient traces of human presence in this region in a cave in the commune of Onnion, in the ... | 3.03125 | 0 |
74323105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Savoy | History of Savoy | The political elites, whether members of parliament or local figures, have never really been interested in this debate. However, the recurrence of the question of a Savoy region since the 1970s has forced them to come up with some answers. In 1983, the two Savoy departmental councils created the Entente régionale de Sa... | 2.109375 | 0 |
74323231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20%28cyber%20gang%29 | Royal (cyber gang) | To move laterally across the network, Royal actors frequently use RDP. They have also been known to use Microsoft Sysinternals tool PsExec for this purpose. In some instances, they exploit remote monitoring and management (RMM) software like AnyDesk, LogMeIn, and Atera for persistence within the victim's network. These... | 1.976563 | 0 |
74323564 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20City%20of%20Luoyang | Old City of Luoyang | The Old City of Luoyang is a site located 15 kilometers east of the urban area of modern Luoyang. It was the capital of the Northern Wei dynasty. Emperor Yang of Sui rebuilt the city in 605. The Old City was listed as major cultural heritage sites under national-level protection in 1961, and as a UNESCO World Cultural ... | 2.484375 | 0 |
74323605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahar%20ben%20Abdelhak%20Fennish | Tahar ben Abdelhak Fennish | Tahar ben Abdelhak Fennish was a Moroccan diplomat.
Career
After a tenure as the Sultan's ambassador to London starting in 1773, Fennish was appointed as Morocco's ambassador to the Netherlands and subsequently France in 1777.
His diplomatic duties involved navigating a conflict between Morocco and France over captiv... | 2.3125 | 0 |
74323704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%20agouti | Brown agouti | The brown agouti (Dasyprocta variegata) is a species of agouti in the family Dasyproctidae that is native to portions of central or southeastern Peru, east to western Brazil (specifically within the administrative divisions of Acre, Amazonas, and Rondônia), south to a strip of Bolivia. It was originally regarded as con... | 2.546875 | 0 |
74324308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Kotla%20Begum%20%281710%29 | Siege of Kotla Begum (1710) | The siege of Kotla Begum was fought in September 1710 between the Sikh forces and Mughal forces led by Mir Mohammad.
Background
After Banda Singh Bahadur's return from the Battle of Saharanpur, the Muslims of the Lahore province started a jihad against the Sikhs. Thousands of Muslims gathered with a large green flag ... | 2.4375 | 0 |
74324378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%20Holley-Bockelmann | Kelly Holley-Bockelmann | J. Kelly Holley-Bockelmann is an American astrophysicist who holds the position of Stevenson Professor of Physics at Vanderbilt University. She is currently the chair of NASA's Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Study Team and the chair of NASA's Astrophysics Advisory Committee. Holley-Bockelmann is also known for her ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
74324750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite%20de%20Saint-Marceaux | Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux | Lucie Frederica Marguerite "Meg" de Paul de Saint-Marceaux (née Jourdain; 9 May 1850 – 23 February 1930), formerly Baugnies, was a French salonnière, arts patron, diarist, and amateur pianist and opera singer. She was celebrated for her salons, where she hosted intellectual and artistic masters including Marcel Proust,... | 1.976563 | 0 |
74324750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite%20de%20Saint-Marceaux | Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux | Upon the death of her husband, de Saint-Marceaux inherited a large fortune. In 1892, she married the sculptor Charles René de Paul de Saint-Marceaux. Her second husband's family were part of the French nobility descended from the Lords of Saint-Marceaux. Her husband's grandfather, Augustin de Saint-Marceaux, served as ... | 2.28125 | 0 |
74324780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocynum%20pictum | Apocynum pictum | Apocynum pictum is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is native to
China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Tajikistan. Alexander von Schrenk, the naturalist who first formally described the species, named it after colored ( in Latin) flowers.
Description
It is a perennial herbaceous plant reaching 2... | 2.828125 | 0 |
74324826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngela%20Mar%C3%ADa%20de%20la%20Concepci%C3%B3n | Ángela María de la Concepción | Ángela María de la Concepción (Cantalapiedra, March 1, 1649 - El Toboso, April 19, 1690) was a Spanish Trinitarian nun, mystical writer, and reformer. She was the founder of the and of the .
Early life
Ángela María was born in the Salamanca town of Cantalapiedra on March 1, 1649, the daughter of Alonso Tabares and Ma... | 2.171875 | 0 |
74325039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelesperma%20subnudum | Thelesperma subnudum | Thelesperma subnudum, commonly known as Navajo tea, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found from west central Canada to central United States. It grows in openings in pinyon/juniper or yellow pine forests.
Description
Thelesperma subnudum is a perennial herb that typically grow... | 2.578125 | 0 |
74325405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthier%20Lives | Healthier Lives | Research
The focus of Heathier Lives was four chronic, non-communicable diseases: cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes, which together account for one third of total death and disability in New Zealand. At the time of establishment, the stated goal of Healthier Lives was to reduce the overall b... | 2.34375 | 0 |
74325405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthier%20Lives | Healthier Lives | Healthier Lives supported the development of precision medicine techniques, for example using tumour-derived DNA circulating in the blood (ctDNA). Parry Guilford and Cris Print developed sensitive ctDNA assays for colorectal cancer and melanoma, both prevalent in New Zealand, and the technology is being applied to brea... | 2.375 | 0 |
74325405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthier%20Lives | Healthier Lives | Culturally-centred Māori and Pasifika health programmes
Research led by Nina Scott, John Oetzel, and Bridgette Masters-Awatere in partnership with Māori health providers Te Kōhao Health and Poutiri Charitable Trust developed a set of guidelines for health interventions with Māori communities – the He Pikinga Waiora Im... | 2.4375 | 0 |
74325405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthier%20Lives | Healthier Lives | Healthy foods and physical activity
Research by Andrew Reynolds and colleagues established the evidence for the health benefits of increasing dietary fibre and replacing refined grains with whole grains. Their work also supported the importance of replacing trans fats and saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats, plan... | 2.71875 | 0 |
74325497 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande%20Sure | Grande Sure | The Grande Sure () is a mountain in the French department of Isère, rising to an altitude of 1,920 meters in the Chartreuse mountain chain, in the Alps, overlooking the . Located on the western border of the mountain chain, it is composed of Fontanil limestone. It can be climbed from the eastern side via the mountain ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
74325520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etheirophoraceae | Etheirophoraceae | Description
Fungal members of Etheirophoraceae have a sexual morph that has an ascomata (fruiting body) that is subglobose to globose or pyriform (pear-like), in shape and light brown to dark brown or black in colour. It is immersed (underwater), oblique or vertical to the host surface, clypeate (covered with a shield-... | 2.265625 | 0 |
74325546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith-Based%20Violence%20and%20Deobandi%20Militancy%20in%20Pakistan | Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan | An entire chapter is dedicated to examining the intersectionality of faith, gender, and ethnicity in relation to faith-based violence experienced by women from different religious backgrounds. It focuses on specific communities, such as the Hazara Shia community of Quetta, and sheds light on targeted killings of Sunni,... | 2.15625 | 0 |
74325897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primorje%20%28medieval%20%C5%BEupa%29 | Primorje (medieval župa) | Primorje was a župa in Hum zemlja, encompassing most of Bosansko Primorje, with the center in Slano. Župa was a part of the Bosnian medieval state from 1326 to 1399. The župa had a northwestern border with the župa of Žaba, the northeastern border with župa Popovo, southeast with Dubrovnik, in the southwest it is the ... | 2.328125 | 0 |
74326228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar%20Surface%20Magnetometer | Lunar Surface Magnetometer | Apollo 12
The first LSM was fully deployed and activated on the Moon at 14:40 UTC November 19, 1969, by astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean, within the Oceanus Procellarum. In the selenographic coordinate system, the instrument was located at 23.35W and 2.97S. The instrument returned the first measurements of a ma... | 2.59375 | 0 |
74326774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idyll%20XXI | Idyll XXI | Idyll XXI, also called Ἁλιεῖς ('The Fisherman'), is a poem traditionally attributed to the 3rd century BC Greek poet Theocritus. After some verses addressed to Diophantus, a friend about whom nothing is known, the poet describes the toilsome life of two old fishermen. One of them has dreamed of catching a golden fish, ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
74327465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-traveler%20UFO%20hypothesis | Time-traveler UFO hypothesis | Similarly to how the extraterrestrial hypothesis represents a potential solution to Fermi's paradox, the time-traveler hypothesis provides an alternative explanation for the absence of future time travelers. In an interview with Nova on PBS, astrophysicist and skeptic Carl Sagan stated that there's a possibility that t... | 1.984375 | 0 |
74327620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination%20of%20Empress%20Myeongseong | Assassination of Empress Myeongseong | Around 6a.m. on 8 October 1895, Queen Min, the consort of the Korean monarch Gojong, was assassinated by a group of Japanese agents under Miura Gorō. After her death, she was posthumously given the title of "Empress Myeongseong". The attack happened at the royal palace Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, Joseon. This incident is k... | 2.5 | 0 |
74327726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%205532 | NGC 5532 | NGC 5532 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Boötes. It is located at a distance of about 250 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 5532 is about 110,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 15, 1784. It is a Fanaroff–Riley ty... | 2.8125 | 0 |
74328085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick%20Smith%20%28RCAF%20officer%29 | Roderick Smith (RCAF officer) | Later life
Returning to civilian life in June 1945, Smith studied engineering at McGill University, becoming a chartered professional engineer. During his studies he joined the RCAF Auxiliary, serving with No. 401 Squadron, later being promoted to wing commander and leading No. 411 Squadron until 1952, at which time he... | 1.90625 | 0 |
74328343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Biggest%20Ideas%20in%20the%20Universe | The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion is a nonfiction book by American theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll. The book, his sixth, was initially released on September 20, 2022, by Dutton.
Reception
Julia M. Klein of Johns Hopkins Magazine wrote, "There's nothing small about Johns Hopkins physicist... | 2.34375 | 0 |
74328707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20identity%20card%20%28Morocco%29 | National identity card (Morocco) | Technology
The National Identity Registry is a foundational national identity system implemented alongside the card and is one of the only registries in the country which implements biometrics, making it one of the most robust in the country. It should not be confused with the World Bank financed Registre National des... | 2.40625 | 0 |
74329069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea%20dimorpha | Nymphaea dimorpha | Nymphaea dimorpha is a species of waterlily endemic to Madagascar.
Description
This species exhibits two distinctive growth forms. The submerged growth form has very thin foliage with short petioles. The emergent form has floating leaves with longer petioles.
Cytology
The chromosome count is n = 14. The genome size ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
74329140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezin%20Nan%20Dlo | Tezin Nan Dlo | The Love Story of Thézin and Zilla
In a Haitian tale titled Les amours de Thézin et de Zilla ("The Love Story of Thézin and Zilla"), Zilia, the beautiful daughter of Ménélas, turns men's heads around with her beauty and charm. This includes a silver fish named Thézin, who professes his love for the girl and they spend... | 2.1875 | 0 |
74329140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezin%20Nan%20Dlo | Tezin Nan Dlo | Sister and Brother: Clean and Dirty Water
Linguist Robert A. Hall Jr. collected a Haitian Creole tale he titled Sister and Brother: Clean and Dirty Water. In this tale, a woman has two children, a girl and a young boy. Whenever the girl goes to fetch water, she returns with clean water, unlike her younger brother, who... | 2.40625 | 0 |
74329140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezin%20Nan%20Dlo | Tezin Nan Dlo | Author and folklorist Diane Wolkstein published a Haitian tale titled Tayzanne, which she prepared for publication by combining a version from a teller named Solange at Thor, a teller named Justine at Carrefour-Dufort, and a tale published by Comhaire-Sylvain. In this tale, a girl named Velina and her brother are sent ... | 2.484375 | 0 |
74329140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezin%20Nan%20Dlo | Tezin Nan Dlo | Anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons collected a tale from the Sea Islands, South Carolina, with the title The Mermaid. In this tale, a couple have a daughter. The woman dies and the man marries another woman with two daughters. However, the girl's step-family begins to mistreat her and do not let her eat food, and she g... | 2.34375 | 0 |
74329140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezin%20Nan%20Dlo | Tezin Nan Dlo | Latin America
Folklorist Terrence Hansen, in his catalogue of Latin American folktales, identified two Latin American subtypes wherein a girl meets an enchanted fish and is taught magic to summon fish (in one) or to bring fresh water (in the other). As the story continues, the girl's relatives imitate her voice to dra... | 2.6875 | 0 |
74329140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezin%20Nan%20Dlo | Tezin Nan Dlo | Jamaica
Ethnographer Martha Warren Beckwith collected two Jamaican tales which she grouped under the banner "The Fish Lover". In the first tale, collected from a teller named James White, from Maroon Town, Jamaica, with the title Timbo Limbo, a man has a daughter named Lydia. After his first wife dies, he remarries an... | 2.515625 | 0 |
74329140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezin%20Nan%20Dlo | Tezin Nan Dlo | Africa
Missionary and Africanist collected a tale from the Ewe people with the Ewe title Gli dze Seḥle dzi, which he translated as Die Fabel von der Seḥle ("The Fable about Seḥle"). In this tale, a couple have two daughters, the elder named Seḥle and very beautiful, but she rejected many suitors. One day, however, sh... | 2.546875 | 0 |
74329207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician%20sanctuary%20of%20Kharayeb | Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb | Historical background, foundation, and decline
Archaeological excavations in Kharayeb and its vicinity have revealed a complex settlement dating from the prehistoric to the Ottoman period. The region had been inhabited since the Middle Paleolithic as evidenced by the presence of flint tools. The earliest sign of agric... | 3.203125 | 0 |
74329207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician%20sanctuary%20of%20Kharayeb | Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb | The temple exterior was adorned with architectural design elements that were common in sacred buildings in the Tyre region, including a cavetto cornice and a lintel decorated with a sun disk flanked by uraei. The building's design and decorations resembled the sanctuary of Umm al-Amad. The temple's main entrance on the... | 2.71875 | 0 |
74329207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician%20sanctuary%20of%20Kharayeb | Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb | Terracotta figurines from the Iron Age II or Persian period, which artisans who produced images of a well-documented type found in Phoenicia (Sarepta, Tyre, Tell Keisan, Achziv, Dor) and Cyprus, produced locally. The repertoire of votive figurines includes pregnant women, women with their hands placed on their breasts,... | 2.984375 | 0 |
74329207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician%20sanctuary%20of%20Kharayeb | Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb | Scholars have not identified the deity that was worshiped at the Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb because no god names are mentioned in the site inscriptions. Basing his proposal on figurines representing Demeter and Kore, the Greek goddesses of harvest and spring respectively, Chéhab proposed the sanctuary was a cente... | 2.734375 | 0 |
74329289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDupa%20Komska | Župa Komska | Ottoman conquest and reign
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed Fatih undertook a campaign that conquered the Konjic region in 1463, when Kom was also conquered. On June 22, 1463, the army was in Nevesinje and it was commanded by Mahmud Pasha Anđelović, and in a few days he conquered Kom. From the beginning of July until September, ... | 2.8125 | 0 |
74329409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20data%20capture | Smart data capture | Smart data capture (SDC), also known as 'intelligent data capture' or 'automated data capture', describes the branch of technology concerned with using computer vision techniques like optical character recognition (OCR), barcode scanning, object recognition and other similar technologies to extract and process informa... | 2.46875 | 0 |
74329741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillywiggin | Pillywiggin | Pillywiggins are tiny goblins and fairies, guardians of the flora, mentioned in English and Irish folklore. Tiny in size, they have the antennae and wings of a butterfly or dragonfly, live in groups and spend their time frolicking among the flowers.
They are described by Nancy Arrowsmith, and later by Pierre Dubois an... | 2.78125 | 0 |
74329778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azriel%20Zelig%20Hausdorf | Azriel Zelig Hausdorf | Rabbi Azriel Zelig Hausdorf () (1826 – 1905) was an East Prussian philanthropist and doctor who worked with the Kollel Hod to build shelters in Jerusalem for Jewish immigrants.
Early life
Hausdorf was born in 1826 to Moshe Hausdorf in the city of Mislovitz in East Prussia (now Poland). Due to his place of birth, he w... | 2.25 | 0 |
72832507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetery%20prairie | Cemetery prairie | Tallgrass prairie is highly biodiverse grassland; more than 150 species of plant on any given native prairie site would be typical. Researchers observing Rochester Cemetery Prairie in Rochester, Iowa—one of the best-studied and most notable cemetery prairies—have found 360 plant species. Most cemetery prairies are smal... | 2.859375 | 0 |
72832507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetery%20prairie | Cemetery prairie | In a 2012 study of moth biodiversity on Illinois biofuel plantations growing maize, miscanthus or switchgrass, cemetery prairies were two of the three exemplars of native prairie used for comparison. Native prairie had the highest alpha diversity of the four types of field; the researchers found evidence that "large-sc... | 2.609375 | 0 |
72832687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunga%20%28Japan%29 | Gunga (Japan) | was the central government office of a county under the Ritsuryo system of ancient Japan. It was responsible for local control and administration, and was placed under the national government. Small administrative units analogous to counties were called . The official in charge of a Gunga was known as a gunji, and the ... | 3.28125 | 0 |
72833710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20C.%20Paton | David C. Paton | David Cleland Paton is a conservation ecologist, ornithologist, academic, and author. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Adelaide and Director of Bio-R, which is an Adelaide-based nonprofit organization. He also co-founded the non-profit organization, Arid Re... | 2.15625 | 0 |
72833733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%20Pouhere%20K%C5%8Drero | Te Pouhere Kōrero | Activities
Symposiums, meetings and hui (gatherings) are part of the work of the society. These events bring together new and experienced members and questions such as ways the past can be researched, theorised, "and connected to the realities of home, marae (spiritual and cultural meeting place), and people". He Rau... | 2.21875 | 0 |
72834484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978%20Nobel%20Prize%20in%20Literature | 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature | The 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Polish-born American Jewish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life." He wrote prolifically in Yiddish and later translated his own... | 2.5625 | 0 |
72834488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jochem%20van%20Bruggen | Jochem van Bruggen | Prose
Van Bruggen started seriously writing in 1914, with his first sketch, Die Praatmesien, being published in Die Brandwag on 10 December 1914. His first novel, Teleurgestel, followed in 1916, for which he won his first of four Hertzog Prizes. In 1919 he published a novella, Bywoners, followed by an anthology of shor... | 1.992188 | 0 |
72834519 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Stasi%20Poetry%20Circle | The Stasi Poetry Circle | The Stasi Poetry Circle is a 2022 non-fiction history book by German-born British journalist Philip Oltermann.
Summary
The book tells the history of the Working Circle of Writing Chekists, a small creative writing group within the Stasi, the secret police of East Germany. Founded in 1960 and headed by Uwe Berger, the... | 2.078125 | 0 |
72834650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Dando | Edward Dando | In about 1826 Dando began the practice of eating and drinking at different food sellers without being able to afford the meal. Although out of work, he refused poor relief, saying he despised it because he "had a soul above it". Dando was arrested for his acts of theft at least as early as 1828. On an appearance in cou... | 2.390625 | 0 |
72834762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCndo%C4%9Fan%2C%20O%C4%9Fuzeli | Gündoğan, Oğuzeli | In 1100, when Godfrey of Bouillon died, Baldwin entrusted the county of Edessa to his cousin Baldwin II, then Joscelin I joined him there in 1101, and was entrusted with the county of Edessa. In late September 1108, near Turbessel, Tancred, with 1,500 Frankish knights and infantry, and 600 Turkish horsemen sent by Fakh... | 2.40625 | 0 |
72834903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batur%20sheep | Batur sheep | Batur Sheep is one of the genetic resources of local Indonesian livestock that has developed in Banjarnegara Regency since 1974. Based on the Decree of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia dated June 17, 2011, Batur sheep has been designated as a local Indonesian livestock family with Banjarnegara R... | 2.828125 | 0 |
72835352 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaoba | Amaoba | History
According to elders of the land, a long time ago, there was a man, Odugbo Ajonu, whose family had a conflict with an elder, Mazi Odugbo in Alayi near Uzuakoli and came to settle at a portion of the land now known as Oboroland. He left with his junior brother Mazi Idima, who decided to settle at the present Abam... | 2.640625 | 0 |
72835491 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllodytes%20praeceptor | Phyllodytes praeceptor | Phyllodytes praeceptor is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to coastal areas in the state of Bahia in Brazil. It has also been seen in Serra da Jiboia, 694 m above sea level.
The adult male frog measures 20.7–25.8 mm in snout-vent length. This frog has prominent eyes.
This frog lives on epiphytic brom... | 3.078125 | 0 |
72835611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitable%20Worlds%20Observatory | Habitable Worlds Observatory | The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a large infrared, optical, and ultraviolet space telescope recommended by the National Academies’ Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020. It will be optimized to search for and image Earth-size habitable exoplanets in the habitable zones of their stars, where liquid ... | 2.609375 | 0 |
72835647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maqamat%20al-Hariri | Maqamat al-Hariri | List of stories
After a preface by al-Hariri himself, there are 50 stories altogether, generally entitled on the format "Encounter at....", with the name of a different city for each story. The chapters are in order:
1-10 "Encounter at San'a", Holwan, Kayla, Damietta, Kufa, Maraghah (or "The Diversified"), Barkaid, Ma'... | 2.328125 | 0 |
72835885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor%20lines%20of%20the%20London%20and%20South%20Western%20Railway | Windsor lines of the London and South Western Railway | In 1880 the Metropolitan District Railway opened a line from West Brompton to a station in Fulham, named Putney Bridge and Fulham. The alignment of the terminus made it obvious that the next step was to bridge the Thames and strike south.
The District company was contemplating the next move when a projected company ca... | 2.296875 | 0 |
72836509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dka%20ikki | Kōka ikki | Formation
In 15th and 16th-century Japan, Kōka, in Ōmi Province, had some 53 clans and adjacent Iga Province contained some 300–500 small estates. Both regions were in anarchy, with their estates and families constantly engaged in low-level, small-scale feuds and squabbles within and between each region. This and the ... | 2.9375 | 0 |
72836509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dka%20ikki | Kōka ikki | The ruling class was called dōmyōchu or ichizoku shūdan, and they composed the Kōka-gun Chūsō (General Assembly of Kōka District), the governing assembly and historical expression for the Kōka Confederacy. Among the documented ruling families are the Ōhara, Hattori, Mochizuki, Ikeda, Ukai, Ichiyaku, Taki, Saji, Takamin... | 2.46875 | 0 |
72837853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza%20Grau | Plaza Grau | The square was inaugurated on October 28, 1946, during the government of President José Luis Bustamante y Rivero. Towards the side of the Paseo Colón, a tribune was enabled for the guests (officials, diplomats, etc.), which were received by a special commission, chaired by the Captain Arturo Jiménez Pacheco.
The scena... | 2.09375 | 0 |
72838011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueprint%20for%20Maryland%27s%20Future | Blueprint for Maryland's Future | In August 2016, Governor Larry Hogan appointed University System of Maryland chancellor emeritus William Kirwan to chair the commission, which consisted of 26 members including Kirwan. The commission was tasked with making recommendations in five major policy areas, including early childhood education, increasing teach... | 1.96875 | 0 |
72838011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueprint%20for%20Maryland%27s%20Future | Blueprint for Maryland's Future | Support and opposition
Support for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future consisted of a coalition of Democratic state legislators, educators, and labor unions. The opposition to the Blueprint consisted of Governor Larry Hogan and Maryland Republican politicians.
Arguments supporting the Blueprint included rewriting sta... | 1.90625 | 0 |
72838191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore%20J.%20Panto%20Jr. | Salvatore J. Panto Jr. | Salvatore J. Panto Jr. is an American politician from Pennsylvania who is the current mayor of Easton, Pennsylvania, and has served for seven non-consecutive terms. First for two terms from 1984-1992, and another four terms from 2008 to present.
Early life
Panto is an Easton native. He received a Bachelor's degree fr... | 1.992188 | 0 |
72838478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Eismann | Michael Eismann | Michael Theodore Eismann (born 1964) is an American scientist and researcher working at the Air Force Research Laboratory. He is a former editor of Optical Engineering and a member of the NATO Sensors and Electronics Technology panel. In 2023, Eismann was elevated to fellow membership of the IEEE.
Education and early ... | 2.34375 | 0 |
72838625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument%20to%20Miguel%20Grau%20Seminario | Monument to Miguel Grau Seminario | The body of the monument is a four-sided granitic monolith, with vertical stretch marks and stands of ascending rhythms, which, according to the author, symbolizes the land of Peru. The stands that are seen at their base symbolize the sea. High height of the main face or front, is the sculpture of the hero represented ... | 2.34375 | 0 |
72839109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20A.%20Brooks | William A. Brooks | When the Spanish flu pandemic began in 1918, Brooks devoted much time towards combating the virus and had established an emergency tent hospital in Brookline. His research showed that sunshine and fresh air were the best treatments for the disease, and his tent hospital had significantly lower death rates than most oth... | 2.21875 | 0 |
72839295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Wormeley%20Sr. | Ralph Wormeley Sr. | Ralph Wormeley (ca. 1620-1651) emigrated to the Virginia colony, where he became a planter and politician who represented York County in the House of Burgesses and developed Rosegill plantation in what became Middlesex County after his death.
Early life and education
Born in England, Wormeley could trace his ancestry... | 1.976563 | 0 |
72839816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodman%20Mitileni | Goodman Mitileni | Wisani Goodman Mitileni, sometimes also spelled Mtileni, is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature from 2014 to 2021. He resigned from the legislature after being elected Regional Secretary of the ANC's Mopani branch in June 2021. Less than a... | 1.929688 | 0 |
72839907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters%20of%20St.%20Francis%20of%20the%20Neumann%20Communities | Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities | Sisters of St Francis of Syracuse
In the mid-nineteenth century, many German and Irish immigrants worked on the Erie and Oswego canals, the railroad, or for salt producers. Eight Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia came to Syracuse in March 1860 to teach at Assumption School, and at St. Joseph’s School in Utica.
La... | 2.46875 | 0 |
72840080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrdom%20of%20Saint%20Thomas%20%28Rubens%29 | Martyrdom of Saint Thomas (Rubens) | The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas is an oil on canvas painting, painted by Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens in the years 1637-1638. It depicts St. Thomas the Apostle's martyrdom in Chennai, India on 3 July in 72 CE and was painted for the altar of the Barefoot Augustinian church in Prague, St. Thomas's Church. The Martyrd... | 2.4375 | 0 |
72840080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrdom%20of%20Saint%20Thomas%20%28Rubens%29 | Martyrdom of Saint Thomas (Rubens) | Subject matter
According to legend, Saint Thomas was a skilled architect and Apostle, whom was called upon by the Lord to travel to India. The king of India, Gundoferus, was seeking an architect to build him a Roman styled palace, a "mirabili palatio" (magnificent palace). Although Saint Thomas was hesitant to go, the... | 3 | 0 |
72840303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Bradbury%20%28printer%29 | William Bradbury (printer) | In 1824 Bradbury and Dent published their first book, The Poll for the Election of a Knight of the Shire for the County of Lincoln, taken November 26 to December 6, 1823, following which they relocated to London, where they set up their printing business at 76 Fleet Street, During one of the firm's several moves they g... | 1.921875 | 0 |
72840509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Five%20Senses%20%28Wautier%29 | The Five Senses (Wautier) | Touch
The painting is a representation of a young boy wearing a white shirt under a black jacket with buttoned sleeves. With his right hand, fingers scrunched, scratching his head while looking down onto his left index finger. His index finger has a cut on it, letting the blood drip down. A sharpened stick laid next t... | 2.921875 | 0 |
72840916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy%20Cave | Daisy Cave | Pieces of cordage and basketry from the Holocene (11,700 years ago to the present) have been found in deposits within the Daisy Cave. During Rozaire's 1967 excavation, "over 400 pieces of cordage, clumps of sea grass, and a 13.5 cm x 6 cm piece of a twined sea grass mat or robe" were found deeper within the cave. The ... | 2.765625 | 0 |
72841430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine%20Love%20Conquering%20Earthly%20Love%20%28Baglione%29 | Divine Love Conquering Earthly Love (Baglione) | Divine Love Conquering Earthly Love is an oil on canvas painting dating to 1602–1603, that is now held in the collection of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini, Rome. It was painted by Italian painter Giovanni Baglione. It is the second version that Baglione painted of this subject; the first vers... | 2.328125 | 0 |
72841908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia%20krusei | Magnolia krusei | Magnolia krusei is a species of plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is endemic to Mexico.
Description
Magnolia krusei is a medium-sized to large tree, growing ups to 25 meters high with a trunk diameter of 50 to 100 cm. It is similar in appearance to Magnolia iltisiana and M. tamaulipana, but differs from those relat... | 2.390625 | 0 |
72842296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational%20infectious%20disease | Occupational infectious disease | In veterinary medicine
Veterinarians are exposed to unique occupational hazards when it comes to zoonotic disease, including exposure to blood-borne pathogens. The close interactions with animals put veterinarians at increased risk of contracting zoonoses. A systematic review of veterinary students found that between ... | 2.890625 | 0 |
72842327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Luke%27s%20Cultural%20Heritage%20Centre | St. Luke's Cultural Heritage Centre | St. Luke's Cultural Heritage Centre (formerly St. Luke's Anglican Church) is a heritage centre in the town of Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Formerly an Anglican church, it has since been acquired by the Placentia Area Historical Society and is used for hosting events throughout the year. The historical ... | 2.296875 | 0 |
72842548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20McCarthy%20%28academic%29 | David McCarthy (academic) | David McCarthy (born July 11, 1981) is a civil engineer, urban hydrologist, and an academic. He is a professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Queensland University of Technology. He is the founder of the Environmental and Public Health Microbiology Laboratory (EPHM Lab) and the BoSL Water Monitoring and Control... | 2.265625 | 0 |
72842792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional%20Act%20on%20State%20Independence%20of%20the%20Republic%20of%20Azerbaijan | Constitutional Act on State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan | Constitutional Act on State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan () was adopted on October 18, 1991 after discussions in the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan. With this Constitutional Act, the state independence of Azerbaijan was restored. On December 29, 1991, this issue was discussed in a national referendum, and ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
72842816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979%20Nobel%20Prize%20in%20Literature | 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature | The 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Greek poet Odysseas Elytis (1911–1996) "for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness." He is the second Greek recipient of the l... | 2.390625 | 0 |
72844719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gokuldas%20Malpani | Gokuldas Malpani | He expanded his business to the large cities of Bombay, Calcutta and even Rangoon in Burma. The shops at Bombay, Calcutta and Rangoon were considered to be one of the biggest of their respective markets. He used spend 9 months each year on a tour of his shops spread across the country, for the purpose of surveillance a... | 2.890625 | 0 |
72844781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Sandford | Margaret Sandford | Margaret Elizabeth Sandford born Margaret Elizabeth Poole (20 March 1839 – 1903) was an English headmistress and author. She was an anti-suffragist who led The Queen's School, Chester from 1886.
Life
Sandford was born in Bridgwater in 1839. Her parents were Maria (born Westmacott) and Gabriel Stone Poole who was a s... | 2.53125 | 0 |
72845161 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modelo%20Market | Modelo Market | Modelo Market () is a handicraft market located in the city of Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil. It was inaugurated on February 2, 1912, and has occupied, since 1971, the building of the old Salvador Customs House. It is located in the Comércio neighborhood, one of the oldest and most traditional commercial areas of Salva... | 1.914063 | 0 |
72845724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945%20Nobel%20Prize%20in%20Literature | 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature | The 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957) "for her lyric poetry, which inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world." She is the fifth female and first Latin American recipient of the lite... | 2.703125 | 0 |
72846088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic%20Psalter | Celtic Psalter | The Celtic Psalter (University of Edinburgh MS 56) is a 114-page, 11th-century psalter and is likely to be the oldest Scottish book to be still kept within Scotland.
Its exact origins are unknown, however it is similar to books made in Irish and Scottish monasteries at the time, which strongly suggests it was produced... | 2.40625 | 0 |
72846168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss%20sausages%20and%20cured%20meats | Swiss sausages and cured meats | Sausages and cured meats are widely consumed in Switzerland. Meat in general is consumed on a daily basis, pork being particularly ubiquitous in Swiss cuisine. Preserving meat by smoking it or by adding salt has been done for millennia in Switzerland.
History
Salt was hardly used as a means of preservation before the ... | 2.8125 | 0 |
72846361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation%20and%20humoral%20medicine | Menstruation and humoral medicine | Beliefs on menstruation and conception
The humoral model was not the only way menstruation was understood in the early modern period. The four humours helped guide physicians to give remedies for menstrual problems, but there were different understandings of what menstruation might be caused by. The two main beliefs s... | 3 | 0 |
72846374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic%20staghorn%20sculpin | Arctic staghorn sculpin | Distribution and habitat
The Arctic staghorn sculpin is found in the Arctic Ocean and the northeastern and northwestern Atlantic Ocean. In North American waters it is normally found as far south as the Gulf of St Lawrence, occasionally reaching Maine. In the European waters it ranges from the eastern coasts of Greenla... | 2.796875 | 0 |
72847726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustad%20Ahmad%20Farooq%20%28terrorist%29 | Ustad Ahmad Farooq (terrorist) | Ustad Ahmad Farooq (language/; − 15 January 2015), born Raja Muhammad Salman () was a Pakistani Islamist jihadi who served as the deputy Emir of Al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent, as well as Al-Qaeda's chief media person in Pakistan. It is believed he played a vital role in establishing Al-Qaeda in Pakistan after th... | 2.09375 | 0 |
72848324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20Jim%20Mayo | Sarah Jim Mayo | Sarah Jim Mayo (1858 – December 1918) was a Washoe basket weaver. The daughter of the tribal leader Captain Jim Henukeha, Mayo rose to prominence in the early 1900s for her innovations in basketry. She is credited with expanding the traditionally simple Washoe baskets to include a wide palette of colors and pictorial d... | 2.40625 | 0 |
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