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77284650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Karol%20Korecki | Samuel Karol Korecki | In 1647, Samuel Korecki pledged the town of Ilińce near Vinnytsia to Stefan Czarnecki for 40 thousand złoty. In 1649, he became the rotmistrz of the Polish-Lithuanian hussar troop. In May 1649, surrounded by Cossacks, he held out in Korets until the arrival of Polish troops under the command of regimental officer Andrz... | 2.53125 | 0 |
77284812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitextual%20work | Bitextual work | The meanings arise due the different meanings of the words that appear in the verse. The word "udaya" has several meanings. In the first meaning it refers to the eastern mountain, over which the moon ascends; in the second meaning it refers to a king’s rise to power. Likewise, the word "ma\d n\d dala" means a circle, l... | 2.296875 | 0 |
77286165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey%20hate | Monkey hate | Monkey hate is a form of zoosadism where humans have a hatred for monkeys and take pleasure in their suffering. The phenomenon drew public attention after a global monkey torture ring was uncovered by the BBC in 2023.
Baby macaque monkeys are primarily targeted. Monkeys are often referred to by monkey haters as "tree ... | 1.992188 | 0 |
77286355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alauna%2C%20France | Alauna, France | Urban framework
Archaeological studies have revealed the existence of an almost orthogonal street network, aligned with the four cardinal points. One of these north-south roads passes east of the baths and heads towards the hamlet of La Victoire. It is partially covered by the Bas-Castelet road and the Victoire road, ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
77286355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alauna%2C%20France | Alauna, France | Following a comprehensive restructuring, the fanum was levelled and covered by a Roman temple on a podium (14.3 × 9 m). Two small structures were constructed in front of the temple on either side of its stairs. The peribolos was circumscribed by a portico on at least three of its four sides, measuring 45 m in width and... | 2.09375 | 0 |
77286420 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%20Thompson%20%28translator%29 | Aaron Thompson (translator) | Thompson married twice and had at least four children. By his first wife, whose name is not known, he had a daughter named Tabitha. On 5 December 1734 he married his second wife, Jane Ryman, in St Mary's Church, Litton Cheney, Dorset. By her he was father of Daniel, Jane and Henry.
The British History
Thompson is... | 2.015625 | 0 |
77286424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronov%20Prize | Andronov Prize | The Andronov Prize is a Soviet and Russian mathematics prize, awarded for outstanding works in the classical mechanics and control theory. It is named after the Soviet physicist and member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences
Alexander Alexandrovich Andronov.
Between 1971 and 1990 the prize was awarded by the USSR Academ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
77286553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia%20Street%20station | Valencia Street station | Valencia Street station was a railway station in San Francisco, California. It was located in the Mission District at 25th and Valencia Streets along the Ocean View Branch. It was the inaugural San Francisco terminal of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad when the service began in 1863, though it would become a reg... | 2.03125 | 0 |
77286727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiasia | Gaiasia | Description Gaiasia has a broad flattened skull, large keeled branchial elements (throat or gill bones), a reinforced neck, and massive interlocking fangs at the front of the snout. Together these traits indicate that it was well-adapted for both suction feeding and a strong bite. The front edge of the snout is not ful... | 2.8125 | 0 |
77286811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%20Jatamah | Po Jatamah | Po Jatamah (died 1659) was a King of the Panduranga Kingdom of Champa who ruled from 1657 to 1659. His exact origins are not known, but he was able to gain the throne after the short-lived Po Saktiraydapaghoh since he was married to his daughter. This occurred although the deceased king had at least two sons, who later... | 2.21875 | 0 |
77286836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinna%20Annamalai | Chinna Annamalai | Chinna Annamalai (18 June 192018 June 1980) was an Indian film producer, writer, orator, and politician known for his contributions to Tamil literature.
Early life
Chinna Annamalai, originally named Nagappan, was born on 18 June 1920, in O. Siruvayal Village near Karaikudi to Nachiyappa Chettiar and Meenakshi.
Early... | 2.359375 | 0 |
77286884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinocereus%20bakeri | Echinocereus bakeri | Echinocereus bakeri, commonly known as Baker kingcup cactus, is a species of cactus native to the Southwestern United States.
Description
The usually branched plant forms small clumps consisting of many stems. The dark green plant body is ovate to cylindrical and reaches heights of up to with a diameter of . The 9 to... | 2.65625 | 0 |
72851797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Peet%20%28surgeon%29 | John Peet (surgeon) | John Peet (28 October 1818 – 18 January 1874) was a British surgeon who worked in India in the Bombay Medical Service and served as the first professor of anatomy and surgery at the Grant Medical College. He published one of the first textbooks on medicine for Indian students which was also translated into Indian langu... | 2.109375 | 0 |
72851832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy%20%28song%29 | Democracy (song) | "Democracy" is a song by Canadian musician Leonard Cohen featuring Jeff Fisher, first released on Cohen's 1992 album The Future. The lyrics discuss the failings and the promise of democracy in the United States. The song was written approximately during the fall of the Berlin Wall, which led Cohen to question where dem... | 2.125 | 0 |
72851975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical%20evidence%20for%20the%20spherical%20shape%20of%20Earth | Empirical evidence for the spherical shape of Earth | The Spanish Muslim astronomer Ibn Rushd went to Marrakesh (in Morocco) to observe the same star in 1153, as it was invisible in his native Córdoba, Al-Andalus. He used the different visibility in different latitudes to argue that the Earth is round, following Aristotle's argument.
Observation of constellations on Nort... | 3.140625 | 0 |
72851975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical%20evidence%20for%20the%20spherical%20shape%20of%20Earth | Empirical evidence for the spherical shape of Earth | Some flat Earth conjectures that propose that Earth is a north-pole-centered disk conceive of Antarctica as an impenetrable ice wall that encircles the planet and hides any edges. This disk model explains east-west circumnavigation as simply moving around the disk in a circle. (East-west paths form a circle in both dis... | 2.734375 | 0 |
72852776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel%20Bailey%27s%20Dungeon | Colonel Bailey's Dungeon | The town of Srirangapatna, of historical significance, served as the capital of the Wadiyar dynasty of Mysore Kingdom, as well as their supplanters Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan who ruled from 1762 to 1782 and 1782 to 1799 respectively. The capital city was surrounded by the ramparts of Srirangapatna Fort built in an irreg... | 2.859375 | 0 |
72852943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremias%20van%20Vliet | Jeremias van Vliet | Jeremias Van Vliet (; 1602 – February 1663) or as Thai people call him, Wanwalit () was a Dutch merchant of the Dutch East India Company. He was the Trading Station director of Dutch East India Company in the Ayutthaya Kingdom between 1633 and 1642, during the reign of King Prasat Thong. He wrote of five books about Si... | 2.25 | 0 |
72853063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20L.%20Pearson | Charles L. Pearson | Charles Levi Pearson (May 14, 1860March 12, 1918) was an American strawberry farmer and Democratic politician from Sauk County, Wisconsin. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 27th Senate district during the 1907 and 1909 sessions.
Biography
Charles Pearson was born May 14, 1860, in the town of B... | 1.929688 | 0 |
72853291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January%202023%20Jenin%20incursion | January 2023 Jenin incursion | Background
Tensions were rising since the events giving rise to the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis. In the spring of 2022, attacks by Arab Israelis and Palestinians killed 16 Israelis and two foreigners, following which there has been near nightly army raids in the West Bank. The Israeli military launched what it called ... | 2.28125 | 0 |
72853503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dantas%20Barreto | Dantas Barreto | Emídio Dantas Barreto (1850-1931) was a Brazilian army marshal, military historian, journalist, novelist and playwright. He was born in Bom Conselho, and at the age of 15, enlisted as volunteer in the Paraguayan War. He was decorated for his service, and in 1868, he was promoted to officer. After the end of the war, he... | 2.53125 | 0 |
72854609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%20Giving%20Birth | God Giving Birth | According to the feminist art critic Amy Mullin, God Giving Birth is about the spiritual and physical creativity of women, and the way it depicts pregnancy contests "both the dichotomy between bodily and spiritual pregnancy and the priority given to the latter". Although positive to its apparent rejection of mind–body ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
72855407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa%20%28Italian%20journal%29 | Africa (Italian journal) | Africa: Rivista semestrale di studi e ricerche (Africa (Rome) or Africa (Italy)) is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering African studies. The journal was established in 1946 and published quarterly until 2010. It was subtitled Rivista trimestrale di studi e documentazione dell'Istituto italiano per l'Afri... | 1.945313 | 0 |
72855409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaca%20Huantinamarca | Huaca Huantinamarca | The Huaca Huantinamarca is an archaeological site of the Ichma culture located in San Miguel District, in Lima, Peru. It is located on the first block of the Avenue Brígida Silva de Ochoa.
On March 27, 2002, through National Directorial Resolution No. 233, the National Institute of Culture (INC) declared Huaca Huantin... | 2.5 | 0 |
72855464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Cullinan | Elizabeth Cullinan | She lived in Dublin, Ireland from 1961 to 1963 and her time there inspired her novel House of Gold (1970), which won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. Her stories set in Ireland cast a critical eye and avoided "migrant-return myths". Her short story The Swim tells of a day trip to the beach with an Irish ... | 2.171875 | 0 |
72855786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwina%20Sheppard%20Pepper | Edwina Sheppard Pepper | Personal life
Edwina Neihl Sheppard was born on April 5, 1893 to Lydia Jane Sheppard and John A. Sheppard in 1893. Edwina's sisters were Wells T. Sager, Jane McKeehan, and Pauline. Edwina's father was an independent oil producer. She grew up in Huntington, West Virginia. The family also lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Edwin... | 1.921875 | 0 |
72856857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule%201689 | Minuscule 1689 | Textual critic Caspar René Gregory saw the manuscript in 1902, and read the colophon as indicating the date of copying as (1200 CE, literally 6708 years after Creation). In the same year it was seen by Kirsopp Lake, who read the colophon as indicating the date of copying as (1282 CE = 6790 after Creation). The manusc... | 2.046875 | 0 |
72857224 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoetes%20capensis | Isoetes capensis | Isoetes capensis, the cape quillwort, is a species of quillwort from South Africa.
Description
The cape quillwort is a tufted geophyte with horny toothed scales. It has between 5 and 35 leaves that bear sporangia. These are held at a 45-degree angle. This is unusual as most species have perpendicular leaves. These ar... | 2.421875 | 0 |
72857230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna%20P.%20Harris | Erna P. Harris | Harris joined numerous pacifist organizations, including the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Congress of Racial Equality, the Workers' Defense League, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She served as chair of the Berkeley branch of the WILPF in 1956, was twice appointed as a regional... | 2.15625 | 0 |
72857230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna%20P.%20Harris | Erna P. Harris | Harris wrote columns over the duration of World War II against Japanese-American internments, equating the government's actions as an official sanction of prejudice and warning that such discrimination could spread to other communities like Jews, Mexican Americans, and other Asians. She also wrote about the policies of... | 2 | 0 |
72857230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna%20P.%20Harris | Erna P. Harris | Harris was elected chair of the Berkeley WILPF branch in 1956 and appointed to the national WILPF Executive Board the same year. She was selected as a delegate for the international congress held in July in Birmingham, England, and the following month went with other women activists to attend the Commonwealth of World ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
72857230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna%20P.%20Harris | Erna P. Harris | Death and legacy
Harris died on March 9, 1995, in Berkeley. After her death, the City of Berkeley named the Erna P. Harris Court, a public housing project located at 1330 University Avenue, in her honor. She is remembered for her outspoken criticism of racism and discrimination of any kind against minority populations,... | 2.640625 | 0 |
72857384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20twenty-cent%20coin | Canadian twenty-cent coin | The twenty-cent piece was a Canadian coin struck by the Royal Mint of the United Kingdom for the Province of Canada in 1858. It consisted of 92.5% silver, and 7.5% copper. A total of 730,392 were struck.
History
With the passing of the Currency Act on 1 August 1854, the Province of Canada introduced a decimal currenc... | 3.03125 | 0 |
72857566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Island%20of%20Missing%20Trees | The Island of Missing Trees | The Island of Missing Trees is a 2021 novel by Turkish writer Elif Shafak. Set in Cyprus and London, it follows a romantic relationship between a Greek Cypriot (Edited by Dher HAYO) and Turkish Cypriot. It was released by Viking press in 2021.
Summary
The story has two timelines, one set in 2010s London following 16-y... | 2.1875 | 0 |
72858145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When%20We%20Lost%20Our%20Heads | When We Lost Our Heads | When We Lost Our Heads is a 2022 Canadian novel by author Heather O'Neill and published by HarperCollins.
Set in the fictional Golden Mile neighbourhood of Montreal in the 1800s, the novel follows two best friends, Marie Antoine and Sadie Arnett, who develop a deep and obsessive friendship early in childhood.
Many of... | 2.078125 | 0 |
72858180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen%20Lake%20Community%20School | Glen Lake Community School | Glen Lake Community School (GLCS) is a public, coeducational K–12 school in Kasson Township, Leelanau County, Michigan. Located between Burdickville and Maple City, Glen Lake Community School serves most of southwest and central Leelanau County, and lies near the eponymous Glen Lake.
Most of the school district is in ... | 2.28125 | 0 |
72858363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraits%20of%20Frederick%20the%20Great | Portraits of Frederick the Great | Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff seems to have invented a pictorial formula that depicted the crown prince in profile with a classically straightened nose, which must have had an immense influence on countless later profile portraits of the king that were widely distributed through prints. According to Börsch-Supan, t... | 2.34375 | 0 |
72858363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraits%20of%20Frederick%20the%20Great | Portraits of Frederick the Great | Indeed, Frederick had a pronounced aversion to sitting for portraits, which he consistently refused because he was convinced that he was ugly. "You have to be Apollo, Mars or Adonis to be painted, but since I do not have the honour of resembling one of these gentlemen, I have withdrawn my face from the painters' brush ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
72858682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica%20E.%20Peek | Monica E. Peek | Monica Elizabeth Peek is an American physician. She is the Ellen H. Block Professor for Health Justice and Associate Vice Chair for Research Faculty Development at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. Prior to joining the University of Chicago, Peek led outreach programs through the Rockwell Gardens... | 2.375 | 0 |
72858725 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordana%20Jovanovic%20Dolecek | Gordana Jovanovic Dolecek | Gordana Jovanovic Dolecek is an electronics engineer specializing in digital filters. Originally from Yugoslavia, she works in Mexico as a professor and researcher at the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) in Puebla.
Education and career
Dolecek earned a bachelor's degree in electrical ... | 1.945313 | 0 |
72859195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uroplectes%20otjimbinguensis | Uroplectes otjimbinguensis | Uroplectes otjimbinguensis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae, endemic to Angola and Namibia.
Taxonomy
This species was originally described by Ferdinand Karsch as Lepreus otjimbinguensis in 1879 based on specimens collected near Otjimbingwe, a settlement in Namibia. It was later classified as Uroplectes ... | 2.296875 | 0 |
72861038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS%2018 | IOS 18 | iOS 18 is the eighteenth and current major release of Apple's iOS operating system for the iPhone. It was announced on June 10, 2024, at the 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). It was made publicly available on September 16, 2024, as a free software update for supported iOS devices. It is the direct successor ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
72861415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandfields%20Pumping%20Station | Sandfields Pumping Station | The 1870s building is described in the listing text as in a "free Italianate style". It is rectangular, with two storeys over a basement, and four bays on the south-west side. It is in blue brick with dressings in red and yellow brick, stone sills, polychromatic bands, and a polychromatic frieze on the upper floor, abo... | 2.03125 | 0 |
72861429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargi%2C%20Kenya | Kargi, Kenya | Kargi is a village in Marsabit County, located in the north-eastern portion of Kenya. Its about from Marsabit, and about from the country's capital, Nairobi.
Infrastructure
The town has a mosque, a Catholic church, three primary schools, an all-boys secondary school, and a dispensary. The town also has a water pan ... | 2.359375 | 0 |
72861873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelargonium%20inodorum | Pelargonium inodorum | Pelargonium inodorum, commonly known as wild pelargonium, is a flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae. It is grows in New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands). It has scented leaves and mostly pink flowers.
Description
Pelargonium inodorum is a perennial or short-... | 2.5625 | 0 |
72862142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mthandeni%20Dlungwana | Mthandeni Dlungwana | Provincial ANC Youth League: 2010–2011
He rose to political prominence during his tenure as Provincial Chairperson of the KwaZulu-Natal branch of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). He formerly served as ANCYL Deputy Provincial Chairperson under Mxolisi Kaunda from 2008 to 2010, and he succeeded Kaunda as chair at a league ... | 2.015625 | 0 |
72862202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uacilla | Uacilla | Hory-Uacilla (Ossetian: Уацилла, Wacilla; Digorian: Елиа, "Elijah") or Uacilla, Wacilla for short, is the name of Saint Elijah in Ossetian folklore.
It is also the name of an agricultural holiday celebrated on the Monday of the third week after Pentecost.
In Ossetian mythology Uacilla is the thunderer and lord of sto... | 2.234375 | 0 |
72862423 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daohugouthallus | Daohugouthallus | Daohugouthallus is a monotypic genus of lichen, known from fossils found in the Jurassic Haifanggou Formation near Daohugou village, Ningcheng County, China. The genus contains a single species, D. ciliiferus. Although Daohugouthallus shows some relationships to the family Parmeliaceae, it is distinct enough for scient... | 2.359375 | 0 |
72862556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Rubin%20%28author%29 | Michael Rubin (author) | Career
Nonlinear editing and publications
After college Rubin joined Lucasfilm's Droid Works as a marketing specialist on the SoundDroid (an early digital audio workstation) and EditDroid, an analog nonlinear editing (NLE) system. When Lucasafilm closed The Droid Works in 1987, he joined his former-bosses at The Dro... | 2.296875 | 0 |
72862579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Singapore%20Premier%20League | 2023 Singapore Premier League | The 2023 Singapore Premier League (also known as the AIA Singapore Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the Singapore Premier League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, since its rebranding in 2018.
Format
The following key changes were made to th... | 2.140625 | 0 |
72863611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Fournier%20%28writer%29 | Martin Fournier (writer) | Martin Fournier (born September 10, 1954) is a Canadian historian and writer. He is most noted as the author of The Adventures of Radisson, a series of young adult historical novels centred on the adventures and explorations of 17th-century fur trader Pierre-Esprit Radisson.
L'enfer ne brûle pas, the first novel in th... | 2.4375 | 0 |
72863968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20S%C3%A3o%20Paulo | History of São Paulo | Besides these, there were several more distant villages. Among them, only two prospered: Pinheiros and São Miguel, both founded by José de Anchieta in 1560. Inaugurated in 1580 and later rebuilt in 1622, the chapel erected by the Jesuits in the current neighborhood of São Miguel Paulista is considered the oldest in the... | 2.734375 | 0 |
72863968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20S%C3%A3o%20Paulo | History of São Paulo | The end of the First Brazilian Republic, as well as the successive economic crises that shook coffee as a commodity in the first half of the 20th century, represented a political milestone not only nationally, but also in the city of São Paulo itself. In this period, movements such as the General Strike of 1917 and the... | 2.328125 | 0 |
72864121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Luz%C3%A1rraga | House of Luzárraga | In November 1860, the Banco del Ecuador began operations in Guayaquil under authorization of General José Antonio Gómez Valverde. Initially, it operated with banknotes ceded by the Bank of Manuel Antonio de Luzarraga, but later it put its own banknotes into circulations with denominations of 2 and 4 reales, and 1, 5, 1... | 2.84375 | 0 |
72864202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Herschel | Margaret Herschel | Margaret, Lady Herschel (née Brodie Stewart; 1810–1884) was a British botanical artist and hostess. While she was in Cape Colony, she and her husband made over a hundred botanical paintings of wild flowers, which they brought back to Europe for study. Her husband was one of the leading scientists of Victorian Britain.
... | 2.609375 | 0 |
72864554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart%20Murray%20%28golfer%29 | Stuart Murray (golfer) | Stuart William Thomas Murray (10 November 1933 – 23 January 2023) was a Scottish professional golfer. He had success as an amateur, winning the Scottish Amateur in 1962 and playing in the 1963 Walker Cup. A change in the rules relating to amateur status pushed him into turning professional in late 1963. He won the Midl... | 1.9375 | 0 |
72864708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Chatwal%20New%20York | The Chatwal New York | The Lambs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October 1973, after years of declining revenues. The clubhouse was at risk of being foreclosed unless the club raised $1 million. By July 1974, the Lambs owed $450,000 to the Tremont Savings and Loan Association and had not made any mortgage payments for 13 months... | 2.15625 | 0 |
72864797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next%20Malian%20parliamentary%20election | Next Malian parliamentary election | Parliamentary elections were scheduled to be held in Mali on 29 October 2023, after originally being planned for 27 February 2022. However, they were postponed by the military junta that took power in a 2021 coup.
Background
A coup d'état began on the night of 24 May 2021 when the Malian Army led by Vice President As... | 1.929688 | 0 |
72865008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Parker%2C%209th%20Earl%20of%20Macclesfield | Richard Parker, 9th Earl of Macclesfield | Richard Timothy George Mansfield Parker, 9th Earl of Macclesfield (born 31 May 1943), is a British peer. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1992 until 1999.
The son of George Parker, 8th Earl of Macclesfield, and his wife Valerie Mansfield, he was educated at Stowe School and Worcester College, Oxford.
On 7 D... | 2.0625 | 0 |
72865130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACFA-8 | ACFA-8 | The ACFA-8 (Affordable Computers for All-8) was a microcomputer based on the Motorola 6808. It was released in 1979 by Andrew M. Veronis, a doctorate of computer science more well-known for his books on computer engineering.
Description and history
The ACFA-8 was a single-board microcomputer running the Motorola 6808.... | 2.59375 | 0 |
72866453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoraya%20Obaid | Thoraya Obaid | Thoraya Ahmed Obaid (; born 2 March 1945) is a Saudi politician and diplomat who served as executive director of the United Nations Population Fund from 2000 to 2010. From 2013 to 2016 she was a member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia.
Early life and education
Obaid was born on 2 March 1945 in Baghdad, Ira... | 2.34375 | 0 |
72867000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish%20Lithuania | Swedish Lithuania | On 17 August 1655, the Treaty of Kėdainiai was signed by Jonušas Radvila and other 400 pro-Swedish signatories. The treaty laid out certain conditions — the Lithuanian nobility wanted Sweden to protect Lithuania from Moscow, guarantee the country's neutrality in the conflict, political and religious freedoms. These con... | 2.9375 | 0 |
78646361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanmaki%20Kudo%20Kofun%20Cluster | Kanmaki Kudo Kofun Cluster | The square tumulus, a (Kofun No. 3), is located at the tip of the ridge on the northern side of the hill and is thought to have a mound measuring about 15 meters on each side. Three composite wooden coffins were confirmed in the burial chamber, and from the composite wooden coffin located in the center of the mound, a... | 2.5 | 0 |
78646492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosotros%20%28group%29 | Nosotros (group) | At a meeting of the CNT at Montjuïc, on 18 April, members of Los Solidarios spoke about the new Republic and their view that radical social and political reforms were needed. García Oliver, who had been released from Burgos prison and returned to Barcelona, made passionate invocations for revolution. Ascaso and Durruti... | 2.046875 | 0 |
78646498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresia%20Bauer | Theresia Bauer | Education policy
Under Bauer's aegis, the state government provided 18 million euros for the Baden and Württemberg wind music academies by 2020. The funds were used for the new building project of the Baden-Württemberg Music Center in Plochingen and the Music Academy of the German Wind Music Association in Staufen im ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
78646531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%20Super%20League%20season | 2025 Super League season | Drop-outs
Two variants of drop-outs were introduced for 2025:
If a team kicks a drop-out on the full over the touchline or kicks a drop-out so that it fails to travel at least 10 metres forward into the field of play, a play-the-ball 10 metres out will follow from the centre of the goal line rather than a penalty kic... | 2.296875 | 0 |
78646532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enock%20Glidden | Enock Glidden | Enock Glidden is an American disabled athlete and professional adventurer. A Maine-based accessibility activist, he advocates for others with disabilities.
Education
Glidden received a degree from the University of Maine at Augusta, where he was the university's 2023 commencement speaker.
Career
Glidden was born wi... | 2.203125 | 0 |
78646684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20P.%20Halsey | Anthony P. Halsey | Anthony Post Halsey (August 30, 1794 – August 26, 1863) was an American banker.
Early life
Halsey was born on August 30, 1794, at Liberty Street in New York City. He was a son of Jabez Halsey (1762–1820), who served in the New York Militia during the War of 1812, and Euphemia "Effie" ( Brouwer) Halsey (1759–1846). His... | 1.976563 | 0 |
78646854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%203977 | NGC 3977 | NGC3977 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 13 April 1784. It was also observed by Lewis Swift on 16 April 1885, c... | 2.265625 | 0 |
78647661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderman%20Fenwick%27s%20House | Alderman Fenwick's House | Alderman Fenwick's House is a grade one listed building of early Georgian appearance at 98-100 Pilgrim Street in Newcastle upon Tyne. As one of the few surviving merchant's houses it has both architectural and historic significance in the town.
Location and construction
It is on the west side of the street, near the S... | 2.046875 | 0 |
78647717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buti%20Joseph%20Tlhagale | Buti Joseph Tlhagale | Buti Joseph Tlhagale (born 26 December 1947) is a South African Catholic prelate who was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg in South Africa. He was appointed Archbishop of Johannesburg on 5 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. He retired as archbishop on 28 October 2024 and stayed on as Archbis... | 2.015625 | 0 |
78648112 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand%20Reclus | Armand Reclus | Armand Reclus (13 March 1843 – 9 January 1927) was a French naval engineer and geographer, known for his involvement in the development of the Panama Canal. He graduated top of his class in the Imperial Naval College in 1862, and went on to take part in campaigns in the Pacific and in French colonial actions in Indochi... | 2.25 | 0 |
78648312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine%3A%20Primus | Peregrine: Primus | Peregrine: Primus is a fantasy novel by American writer Avram Davidson, the first volume in his uncompleted Peregrine trilogy. It was first published in hardcover by Walker & Co. in 1971, with a paperback edition following from Ace Books in October 1977. The first ebook edition, which was also the first British edition... | 1.90625 | 0 |
78648502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabattement%20%28drafting%29 | Rabattement (drafting) | Rabattement (also rabatment) is a rotation of a planar object around a folding line (using the line like a hinge) in order to align the object with another plane. Rabattement is used in technical drawings to produce developments (patterns, templates). In these drawings the object is "unfolded" to lay flat on a plane so... | 2.8125 | 0 |
78649005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel%20Gal%C3%ADpolo | Gabriel Galípolo | Gabriel Muricca Galípolo (born 14 April 1982) is a Brazilian economist, ex-banker, writer and university professor, currently serving as the president of the Central Bank of Brazil. He had served as director of monetary policy of the Central Bank of Brazil, executive-secretary of the Ministry of Finance from 1 January ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
78649079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20fusion%20theory | Cultural fusion theory | Assumptions
First, CFT assumes, in agreement with Kim, that people are naturally inclined to organize their lives and adapt to new challenges, environmental or otherwise. CFT also assumes that people are invested in their cultural identities (i.e., people are unlikely to abandon or ignore their culture in preference o... | 2.484375 | 0 |
78649219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crockett%20Park | Crockett Park | Athletic Fields: The park includes multiple baseball, football, and soccer fields, accommodating local leagues and tournaments, as well as the adjacent Woodland Middle School.
Walking and Biking Trails: Over 10 miles of paved trails wind through the park, connecting to the larger Brentwood trail network, available for... | 2.0625 | 0 |
78649233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forte%20Verena | Forte Verena | On May 22, 1916, during the May Offensive, the fortress was occupied by Austro-Hungarian troops (who celebrated its capture by firing numerous tracer rounds), and it remained in their hands for the rest of the war.
The armament consisted of four 149mm Schneider steel cannons in rotating armored domes 160mm thick (Schn... | 2.796875 | 0 |
78649399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilley%20Cornett%20Woods | Lilley Cornett Woods | Lilley Cornett Woods is a 659-acre forested land parcel within Letcher County, Kentucky. Of the overall parcel, 252 acres are classified as old growth forest and listed as a National Natural Landmark (NNL). The overall parcel is owned by the State of Kentucky, and the NNL is protected by the parcel's operator, Eastern... | 2.484375 | 0 |
78649505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana%20Marta%20Gonz%C3%A1lez | Ana Marta González | Ana Marta González González (Ourense, 23 October 1969) is a Spanish professor and philosopher. Her research focuses on ethical foundations and the relationship between moral philosophy and social sciences.
Education
Gonzalez received her PhD in philosophy from the University of Navarra (1997) with an extraordinary pri... | 2.046875 | 0 |
78649549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Buar%C3%B3 | Battle of Buaró | The Battle of Buaró (1886) was a military engagement fought in the fortified village of Buaró, Guinea-Bissau, between Portuguese colonial forces, led by Marques Geraldes, supported by Umbucu, and the forces of Fuladu, commanded by Musa Molo's chiefs.
Background
Following the victory at the battle of Mansomine, Geralde... | 2.140625 | 0 |
78649625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghaznavid%20conquest%20of%20Multan | Ghaznavid conquest of Multan | Suppression of Ismaili Influence
The Ghaznavids undertook systematic efforts to suppress Ismaili influence in Multan and surrounding areas. In 1009 CE, the Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim dispatched envoys to negotiate with Mahmud, seeking to restore Ismaili authority. These attempts failed, as Mahmud remained committed to co... | 2.328125 | 0 |
78649718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayanic%20acid | Grayanic acid | The compound fluoresces blue under ultraviolet light, a distinctive property. This fluorescence aids in studying its accumulation in laboratory cultures of the fungal partner. When the fungus is grown in culture, grayanic acid forms visible extracellular deposits on aerial fungal filaments (hyphae). These deposits appe... | 2.484375 | 0 |
78649718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayanic%20acid | Grayanic acid | Grayanic acid was first discovered and isolated from Cladonia grayi. Initial extractions yielded about 0.7% grayanic acid from raw lichen material, producing 350 milligrams of pure crystals from 50 grams of lichen. Ethanol and chloroform facilitated this yield, aiding the purification process.
Although initially ident... | 2.46875 | 0 |
78649718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayanic%20acid | Grayanic acid | Grayanic acid belongs to a broader family of orcinol-type depsidones produced by lichens in the Cladonia chlorophaea group. These compounds form via biosequential patterns, with simpler depsides converting into more complex depsidones. This dynamic biosynthetic network produces related compounds, such as stenosporonic ... | 2.125 | 0 |
78649718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayanic%20acid | Grayanic acid | Discovered in 1982, 4-O-demethylgrayanic acid (C22H24O7) naturally co-occurs with grayanic acid in several lichen species. This compound is present in all studied grayanic acid-producing lichens, including Cladonia and Gymnoderma melacarpum. Congrayanic acid, another related compound, may result from the nonenzymatic h... | 1.9375 | 0 |
78649902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel%20Bruce%20Greaves | Lionel Bruce Greaves | Lionel Bruce Greaves (1895–1984) was a Welsh missionary to Africa, soldier, educator, and author. His published reports were essential during United Kingdom discussions considering independence movements in Sub-Saharan Africa. He was awarded the Military Cross (UK), The Order of the White Eagle(Serbia), and the OBE (UK... | 2.765625 | 0 |
78649907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20A.%20Kramer | Edward A. Kramer | Edward A. "Ed" Kramer is a computer graphics pioneer who worked in computer-generated imagery (CGI). ACM SIGGRAPH, a Special Interest Group focused on computer graphics within the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), recognizes him as a member of "SIGGRAPH Pioneers." As of 2024, he is chair of the SIGGRAPH Pionee... | 2.328125 | 0 |
78649919 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916%20Coupe%20de%20France | 1916 Coupe de France | The 1916 Coupe de France was a football competition organized by the French Interfederal Committee (CFI) between the champions of each federation that makes up the said committee. Due to its similarities to CFI's previous inter-federation national competition, the Trophée de France, which had been contested every year ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
78649929 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desborough%20Mirror | Desborough Mirror | The Desborough Mirror is an intricately decorated English bronze mirror dated to . It consists of a cast handle and a circular mirror plate which is highly polished on its front side to achieve reflectivity. The plate's reverse is decorated with intricate engraved and chased curvilinear patterns in the La Tène style, a... | 2.5625 | 0 |
78651027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%E1%B8%AB%E1%B8%ABulla | Aḫḫulla | Aḫḫulla was an ancient region of Anatolia located somewhere west of the upper Maraššantiya during the Middle Bronze Age. It is mentioned only in the Telepinu Proclamation.
Etymology
The etymology of Aḫḫulla is unknown. It may have been a Hittite formulaic theophoric name for the mountain-god Hulla. The prefix aḫ is ... | 3.015625 | 0 |
78652345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie%20O%27Rourke%20Boyle | Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle | Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle (born October 4, 1943) is an American academic based in Canada. A 1979 Guggenheim Fellow, she specializes in religious rhetoric and has written several religious studies books.
Biography
Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle was born on October 4, 1943, in Hackensack, New Jersey, to oil painter Marjorie J. O... | 2.15625 | 0 |
78653517 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20economic%20crisis%20%282022%E2%80%93present%29 | Canadian economic crisis (2022–present) | The Canadian economic crisis is a period of pronounced economic turmoil in Canada beginning after the global recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic crisis was characterized by increased federal debt and government spending, declining productivity and per-capita GDP, and deteriorating living standards, ... | 2.59375 | 0 |
78656208 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong%20Central%20Jail | Chittagong Central Jail | Chattogram Central Jail () is a central jail located on the eastern side of Lal Dighi, Chittagong in Bangladesh. It is the second largest prison in the country by number of inmates.
History
The jail was established in 1885 as Chittagong District Jail. Later, it was upgraded as Chittagong Central Jail on 16 September... | 2.28125 | 0 |
78656926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20Gilbert | Joan Gilbert | When the BBC suspended its television service upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Gilbert held jobs in wartime radio broadcasting. She was seconded to the Ministry of Information for a short period of time. In June 1940, Gilbert was recalled by the BBC to work at its Overseas Unit Light Entertainment headquarter... | 2 | 0 |
78657172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification%20of%20the%20United%20Arab%20Emirates | Unification of the United Arab Emirates | As piracy resumed, the British returned in 1819 with a punitive expedition against the maritime force of Al Qasimi, which was now split into two emirates, one the Wahhabi-backed Ras Al Khaimah and other in Sharjah and Lengeh. The British devastated Ras Al Khaimah and ended up deposing Hassan bin Rahma Al Qasimi from po... | 2.34375 | 0 |
78661682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%20J40 | Austin J40 | The J40 was initially intended as an export item to the United States, but later also to Canada and Denmark. In the Netherlands, the Austin J40 was imported by the company R.S. Stokvis. Every year, rallies for children are still held at the Goodwood circuit, since the Austin J40 Pedal Car Club was founded in 1983. Furt... | 1.921875 | 0 |
78662563 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Life%20of%20Mesrop%20Mashtots | The Life of Mesrop Mashtots | The Life of Mashtots (,Vark’ Mashtots’i) is the only known work by the Armenian writer Koriun (ca. 5th century AD) about the creator of the Armenian alphabet Mesrop Mashtots. It is the earliest known original work written in Armenian and other scholars place it after Agathangelos - The Lives of Saint Gregory. According... | 2.265625 | 0 |
78662928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Havilland%20Canada%20E-9A%20Widget | De Havilland Canada E-9A Widget | Design
Externally the E-9 Widget heavily resembles other Dash 8 planes. Apart from United States Air Force markings, the main distinguishing feature is the 9.1 meter long antenna of the AN/APS-128D multimode X-band surveillance radar conformally mounted on the lower right side of the fuselage. This was later replaced ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
78663054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking%20of%20the%20RMS%20Empress%20of%20Ireland | Sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland | The lights and power on Empress of Ireland eventually failed five or six minutes after the collision, plunging the ship into darkness. Ten minutes after the collision, the ship rolled violently over her starboard side, allowing as many as 700 passengers and crew to crawl out of the portholes and decks onto her port sid... | 2.125 | 0 |
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