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71424178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisaro%20Anima | Bisaro Anima | Expeditions to the cave usually take place in the autumn and winter months, when drier conditions reduce the amount of runoff into the cave and leave it much drier; however, the high humidity and frequency of water in the cave leaves cavers and their equipment perpetually damp. Cavers are also required to sleep in hamm... | 2.3125 | 0 |
71424421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weygoldtina | Weygoldtina | However, in 2018, researchers considered that the genus Graeophonus is invalid, because the holotype specimen of G. carbonarius (=Libellula carbonaria) is poorly preserved and hard to identify as an amblypygid. Even in 1911, Pocock considered that the holotype specimen possibly did not belong to an amplypygid. More con... | 2.359375 | 0 |
71424658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Strathmann | Carl Strathmann | Carl Strathmann (11 September 1866, Düsseldorf - 29 July 1939, Munich) was a German painter in the Art Nouveau and Symbolist styles.
Biography
His father, also named Carl Strathmann, was a merchant and manufacturer, who later served as consul in Chile. His mother, Alice, was originally from Huddersfield, England, and... | 2.296875 | 0 |
77340974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhushravani | Madhushravani | Madhushravani (Maithili: मधुश्रावणी) is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Mithila region by newly married women. It is famous for popular faith and longevity of husbands and happy married life in Maithil women. It is believed that Goddess Parvati observed the Madhushravani Puja's fast first and continued to have Lord ... | 2.421875 | 0 |
77341374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%20Chapel%20%28Hillsdale%20College%29 | Christ Chapel (Hillsdale College) | Architecture
The chapel's primary motif is Doric, with Renaissance detailing and elements inspired by English churches of Wren and James Gibbs and American Georgian churches. Stroik specifically cited St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London and Christ Church in Philadelphia as influences. Stroik noted that "Christ Church wa... | 2 | 0 |
77342610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity%20in%20Dagestan | Christianity in Dagestan | Early period
From the first centuries of our era until the 15th century, Christianity of various movements constantly penetrated Dagestan. The central regions of the spread of faith for the Monophysites of Southern Dagestan were the Gregorids communities of Eastern Transcaucasia, for Catholics - the Italian colonies of... | 2.609375 | 0 |
77342866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20Dew-Smith | Alice Dew-Smith | Alice Mary Lloyd Dew-Smith (1859 – 1949) was a New Zealand-born writer, suffragist, feminist, and spiritualist.
Alice Mary Lloyd was born on 1859 in Auckland, New Zealand, daughter of the Rev. John Frederick Lloyd, archdeacon of Waitemata. She and her family moved to England in the 1870s. She attended Newnham Col... | 2.4375 | 0 |
77342914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Bull%20RB17 | Red Bull RB17 | The Red Bull RB17 is an upcoming limited production track-only hybrid sports car produced by Red Bull Advanced Technologies, the commercial technology and engineering arm of Formula One team Red Bull Racing. Primarily designed by Red Bull Racing's Chief Technical Officer, designer, and aerodynamicist Adrian Newey, with... | 2.015625 | 0 |
77343016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polina%20Panassenko | Polina Panassenko | Tenir sa langue tells the story of a little girl named Polina after her grandmother Pessah, who was of Jewish religion but when faced with Antisemitism had to take this Russian first name. The day after the fall of the USSR, Polina's family arrived in France and her first name was Frenchified as "Pauline". The narrator... | 2.1875 | 0 |
77343651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alix%20von%20Melle | Alix von Melle | Alix von Melle (September 1, 1971 in Hamburg) is a German mountaineer and alpinist who is considered one of Germany's most successful high altitude mountaineers, summitting seven eight-thousanders without using supplemental oxygen.
Biography
Alix von Melle was the third of four children born to a school teacher and bu... | 1.929688 | 0 |
77343728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertia%20mooreae | Libertia mooreae | Libertia mooreae is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. The plant was first described by Dan Blanchon, Brian Grant Murray and John E. Braggins in 2002, and is native to New Zealand.
Etymology
The species was named after New Zealand botanist Lucy Moore.
Taxonomy
The specimens of the plant were prev... | 2.421875 | 0 |
77343870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lophocolea%20mediinfrons | Lophocolea mediinfrons | Lophocolea mediinfrons is a species of liverwort in the family Lophocoleaceae. The plant was first described by John J. Engel and John E. Braggins in 2010 as Chiloscyphus mediinfrons, and has only been found on Ulva Island in New Zealand.
Taxonomy
The species was first identified by J.J. Engel and John E. Braggins i... | 2.296875 | 0 |
77343926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Wilhelmina%20%281888%29 | SS Wilhelmina (1888) | The goal of the exercise was to be a test case for the British naval blockade of Germany. W. T. Brooking, export manager of the company, was to go to Germany on a separate ship to take charge of the consignment, and thereby guarantee that the food would only be sold to the civilian population of Germany. As the blockad... | 2.328125 | 0 |
77344065 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengku%20Agung%20Syarifah%20Latifah | Tengku Agung Syarifah Latifah | Tengku Agung Syarifah Latifah (1896 – 2 November 1929) was a queen consort of Syarif Kasim II and a prominent figure from Riau who advocated for women's emancipation and education. She was known as the founder of the first women's school in Riau.
Early life and education
Syarifah was born in 1896 in into a noble fa... | 2.65625 | 0 |
77344152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapayuna%20people | Tapayuna people | The Tapayuna (autonym: Kajkwakratxi), also known as Tapayúna, Western Suyá and Beiço-de-Pau are an indigenous people native to the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Their population was around 167 in 2020.
Language
The Tapayuna speak the Tapayuna language, a Northern Jê language closely related and mutually intelligible ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
77344304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophyllopsis%20papillosa | Schizophyllopsis papillosa | Schizophyllopsis papillosa is a species of liverwort in the family Anastrophyllaceae. The species was first identified as Anastrophyllum papillosum by John J. Engel and John E. Braggins and Rudolf M. Schuster in 1998.
Etymology
The species epithet papillosa refers to the raised uneven tubercles found on the plant.
... | 2.28125 | 0 |
77344530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancaster%20incident | Ancaster incident | During the appeal, Willis admonished government officials for not pursuing criminal prosecution in the case. Robinson asked members of the Law Society of Upper Canada for instances where they thought he did not fulfil his obligations as solicitor general. William Warren Baldwin responded with a harsh critique of Robins... | 2.09375 | 0 |
77344652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticta%20torii | Sticta torii | Sticta torii grows on the outermost branches of Alnus rubra (red alder), Malus fusca (Pacific crabapple), and Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce) in coastal areas exposed to storms and the open ocean. This lichen is restricted to hypermaritime regions where winter temperatures rarely drop below freezing. The Alaskan habita... | 2.390625 | 0 |
77345136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshoye%20Ostrovnoye | Bolshoye Ostrovnoye | Bolshoye Ostrovnoye () is a salt lake in Mamontovsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.
The lake lies roughly in the middle of the Krai. Mamontovo, Ostrovnoye and Malye Butyrki are located close to the lakeshore. The nearest towns are Bukanskoye, near the northern end, and Kazantsevo to the southwest.
Geograp... | 2.171875 | 0 |
77345196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion%20in%20Zambia | Abortion in Zambia | A 2010 survey found that most people consider self-induced abortions or traditional healers to perform abortions, only considering public health facilities if such procedures went wrong. Both clients and providers view medical abortion as more acceptable than surgical abortion.
Legal abortions
The law requires aborti... | 2.265625 | 0 |
77345196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion%20in%20Zambia | Abortion in Zambia | Unsafe abortions
Many abortions in Zambia are performed by illegal practitioners, locally known as "quacks". A University of Zambia study found that, in five major hospitals from 2003 to 2008, 600 women obtained legal abortions, while 52,800 women were treated for abortion complications. Abortions are difficult due to... | 2.3125 | 0 |
77345196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion%20in%20Zambia | Abortion in Zambia | Adolescents are more likely to seek unsafe abortions. The Ministry of Health's 2011 Zambian Adolescent Health Strategic Plan identified unsafe abortions as a priority. Adolescents have lower knowledge of the abortion law and are more likely to face opposition by health providers. In 2005, 10% of patients at UTH receivi... | 2.71875 | 0 |
77345196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion%20in%20Zambia | Abortion in Zambia | Rural Zambia has low access to abortion services. Rural health bureaucrats have the job of overseeing and advising reproductive health programs. Their position is above managers of district health facilities. Bureaucrats are knowledgeable about abortion in Zambia and view it as a public health issue, though facility ma... | 2.625 | 0 |
77345202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Sanguino | Luis Sanguino | Sanguino's family moved house in 1944, relocating this time to Spain's capital, Madrid, where they would only live for a short time before moving once again, this time to Cádiz. It was during his short time in Madrid, however, that Sanguino's acquaintances put him in touch with the sculptor Mariano Benlliure, who despi... | 2.375 | 0 |
77345202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Sanguino | Luis Sanguino | Sanguino's beginnings as a sculptor were not easy and he gave himself over to making little works to sell so that he could earn a living and at the same time continue his studies. He thus realized in polychrome plaster "Portales de Belén" ("Gates of Bethlehem") which he sold at the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, coming to esta... | 2.4375 | 0 |
77345202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Sanguino | Luis Sanguino | Sanguino's keep
The keep – or as it is popularly styled, castle – in Valdeprados that Sanguino bought in the 1970s has an illustrious history, having once been a royal inn where Queen Isabella sometimes spent the night on her journeys across the Province of Segovia. It was once held by a nobleman known as the Conde Puñ... | 1.953125 | 0 |
77345202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Sanguino | Luis Sanguino | 2007 — "Monumento Mausoleo de Rocío Jurado". Direct commission from Rocío Jurado's family. It is a bronze figure of the artist seated on her grave. The Mausoleum is completed with a shrine made of white marble from Macael which is topped with a pyramidal cupola with a crystal roof. It stands in Chipiona. In 2023, anoth... | 2.015625 | 0 |
77345817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st%20Carinthian%20Fishing%20Museum | 1st Carinthian Fishing Museum | The 1st Carinthian Fishing Museum is a museum in the western bay of Lake Millstatt in the district of Wirlsdorf in Seeboden, Carinthia, Austria, established in 1980. After a temporary closure from 2009 to mid-2011, the museum is now open again.
The Brugger House
The Brugger House in the bay of Seeboden with the 1st C... | 2.40625 | 0 |
77346579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Tibold | Paul Tibold | As a prominent member of the Slavonian nobility, Paul entered the service of Ban Mikcs Ákos, an influential confidant of Charles I of Hungary. He served as župan (or ispán) of Gerzence County in Slavonia from 1326 to 1327, plausibly appointed by Ban Mikcs Ákos. In this capacity, he was involved in a lawsuit with some l... | 2.234375 | 0 |
77346586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Strip%20%28book%29 | The Strip (book) | Titled "Pop City (1958–1969)", the book's third chapter documents how cosmetic architecture—architecture focused on aesthetic appeal—inaugurated Las Vegas's pop culture era. Anthony Cornero, a one-time bootlegger, launched the era with the Stardust casino. As they built inexpensive hotels with "as much personality as a... | 2.4375 | 0 |
77346692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics%20at%20the%202024%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20marathon | Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon | The women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 11 August 2024, the 11th time that the women's marathon has been contested at the Summer Olympics.
Summary
The temperatures for the women's marathon were a little warmer than for the men the day before, at 67 degrees Fahrenheit at the star... | 2.109375 | 0 |
77346723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruneian%E2%80%93Igan%20War | Bruneian–Igan War | War
The first battle between Brunei and foreign armies was the Battle of the Igan Valley. The Igan River flowed through this valley and was located in the traditional lands of the Melanau-speaking people. There are two accounts of the fight: the first, more legendary, tells of a nine-month struggle between three Brune... | 2.53125 | 0 |
77346738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDAGS%20syndrome | CDAGS syndrome | Many patients have no collarbones or they are underdeveloped, which can cause hightened mobility of the shoulders.
Many patients have dental defects like enamel dysplasia.
Cleft palate has been reported in some cases.
Overlapping toes have been described in one patient.
All patients suffer some form of alopecia. Ne... | 2.046875 | 0 |
77348442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque%20Cultural%20Heritage | Basque Cultural Heritage | Basque Cultural Heritage (, ) is a designation granted by the Basque Government to movable properties, immovable properties and intangible heritage of the Basque Country, Spain. The current law governing the designation was enacted in 2019, superseding the first one from 1990.
History
The first law, enacted in 1990, d... | 2.53125 | 0 |
77348550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhamati%20Tika | Bhamati Tika | Bhamati Tika (Sanskrit: भामती टीका) or Bhamati (Romanised: Bhāmatī) is a commentary on the six schools of the Indian philosophy and Brahman Sutra by the Indian philosopher Vachaspati Mishra. Bhamati was originally the name of the wife of the philosopher Vachaspati Mishra.
Background
Vachaspati Mishra was an Indian ph... | 2.296875 | 0 |
77348649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian%20gunboat%20Pikker | Estonian gunboat Pikker | In 1961, the ship was decommissioned from the Soviet Navy and handed over to Moscow State University. The Sevastopol shipyard converted it into a research vessel, including the installation of a boom-type trawl. Under the new name Moskowskij Uniwiersitiet (Московский университет), it was used for Black Sea research fro... | 2.21875 | 0 |
77348703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clematis%20bigelovii | Clematis bigelovii | Clematis bigelovii, common name Bigelow's clematis, is a perennial climbing plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It grows to approximately in height with purple, solitary, bell-shaped flowers. It is native in Arizona and New Mexico and can be found in woodlands and rocky areas.
Description
Clematis bigelovii is a pere... | 2.265625 | 0 |
77348856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie%20Rusch | Leslie Rusch | Leslie Ann Rusch (born 1958) is an American and Canadian electrical engineer whose research interests include optical communication, edge computing, spread spectrum techniques, flexible antenna arrays, and wireless brain implants. She is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Université Laval in Queb... | 1.992188 | 0 |
77349035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral%20of%20Christ%20the%20Saviour%20%28Samara%29 | Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Samara) | In front of the royal gates, an unquenchable altar lamp was burning with the Intercession of the Theotokos and the icon of Saints Cosmas and Damian. The lamp, worth 1000 rubles, was made at the expense of the Samara city society in memory of the rescue of the imperial family on October 17, 1888.
From the solea one cou... | 2.140625 | 0 |
77349058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20M.%20Dimick | Alice M. Dimick | Marriage
On June 12, 1907, she married Chester Edward Dimick (1880–1956) and she took the name Alice M. Dimick. The couple never had children. Chester was a mathematics professor and dean and became a faculty member at the school that later became the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCG), located in Maryland befor... | 2.234375 | 0 |
77349318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Yaniro | Tony Yaniro | Tony Yaniro (also spelled as Toni Yaniro, born 1961 or 1962), is an American professional rock climber known for his unique climbing style signature move, the "Yaniro" and for being the first-ever person to redpoint an graded rock climbing route. He has been called one of the founders of modern climbing training and d... | 2.25 | 0 |
77349338 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nsala%20of%20Wala%20in%20the%20Nsongo%20District | Nsala of Wala in the Nsongo District | Based on estimates by witnesses and later censuses, the number of deaths caused by colonial policy during the Congo Free State period varies widely, starting at around 2.2 million. Higher estimates put the population decline at up to 21.5 million. In 1998, Adam Hochschild considered a figure of around 10 million deaths... | 3 | 0 |
77349338 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nsala%20of%20Wala%20in%20the%20Nsongo%20District | Nsala of Wala in the Nsongo District | On 14 May 1904, the day of the shooting, John Harris had travelled to a meeting in Jikau. Shortly after 8 a.m. that morning, while Alice Harris and Edgar Stannard were at the Harris residence, two boys at the mission informed them that guards had killed several people and that two men were en route, bearing hands as ev... | 1.96875 | 0 |
77349399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat%20El%20Ma%27ad | Fat El Ma'ad | The piece begins with a calm musical introduction, skillfully blending various rhythms and prominently featuring the saxophone, played by Samir Srour. This song marked Srour's debut performance behind Umm Kulthum. The first verse, "Once I wish I could meet you with a smile," introduces a wonderful musical arrangement, ... | 2.171875 | 0 |
77349664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Kern%20%28sinologist%29 | Martin Kern (sinologist) | Martin Kern is a German-American sinologist. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Cologne, Kern taught briefly at the University of Washington and Columbia University before accepting an assistant professorship at Princeton in 2000, before receiving a full professorship five years later. He specializes in C... | 2.09375 | 0 |
77349693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Hilda%27s%20Church%2C%20Danby | St Hilda's Church, Danby | St Hilda's Church is the parish church of Danby, North Yorkshire, a village in England.
The church was probably first built in the 12th century, but it was entirely rebuilt in the early 13th century. A tower was added in the 15th century, and this is the oldest section to survive. The nave was rebuilt in 1789, and t... | 2.265625 | 0 |
77349980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore%20Museum%20and%20Gallery%20of%20Fine%20Arts | Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts | Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts
In 1834, Rubens's nephew, Edmund Peale, acquired the museum from his uncle and renamed it the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts (BMGFA). The venue continued to operate as a dime museum under Edmund's management. By the late 1830s, advertisements for BMGFA were using th... | 2.671875 | 0 |
77350043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla%20Parunova | Alla Parunova | Alla Parunova (; born 1989 or 1990) is a Georgian feminist and queer activist.
Parunova received the Kato Mikeladze Award in 2023.
Activism
Parunova became interested in feminism while working at a library. She was particularly inspired by one book she read, Elfriede Jelinek's novel Women as Lovers, which kickstarte... | 2.3125 | 0 |
77350517 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20health%20funding%20by%20the%20United%20States | Global health funding by the United States | The United States is the largest donor of multilateral global health funds. According to the Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. government contributes <1% of the federal budget for foreign aid including global health activities. In 2023, the U.S. contributed 12.9 billion USD towards global health activities ac... | 2.34375 | 0 |
77350985 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikeman%27s%20dog | Pikeman's dog | During the Battle of the Eureka Stockade, there was a dog that remained at the side of one of the pikemen and even followed his dead body to the cemetery. Christopher Crook, who was a correspondent for the Geelong Advertiser, is quoted in Wiliam Wither's A History of Ballarat as saying:
The pikeman may have been Willi... | 2.4375 | 0 |
77350994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20de%20Gen%C3%A8ve | Journal de Genève | The Journal de Genève (JdG) was a French-language Swiss newspaper founded in 1826. In 1991, the Gazette de Lausanne was merged into it, after which it was titled the Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne. Following financial difficulties that faced both papers, it was merged in March 1998 with the Le Nouveau Quotidi... | 1.90625 | 0 |
77351022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapustnitsa | Kapustnitsa | On the contrary, the Soviet artist Moses Spiridonov wrote in his memoirs that Nicolai Fechin allowed his students to visit the workshop hall where the canvas was being worked on. He wrote: “We went to him with excitement and awe. What we saw was unusual, delighted, and amazed us". Spiridonov recalled that a huge canvas... | 2.203125 | 0 |
77351022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapustnitsa | Kapustnitsa | Alexander Solovyov wrote in his memoirs that decades later it was much easier for him to make sense of this painting by Fechin and understand what had so delighted him in his youth. In his opinion, “the power of the impact of this painting lies in the decorativeness that gives special significance to this late autumn f... | 2.28125 | 0 |
77351022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapustnitsa | Kapustnitsa | Elena Petinova about the painting
In the book From Academism to Art Nouveau: Russian painting of the late 19th - early 20th century, candidate of art history Elena Petinova wrote that the plot of the canvas is characterized by unpretentiousness and truthfulness. She believed that the painting has a semantic center—th... | 2.40625 | 0 |
77351148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADVANCE%20Act | ADVANCE Act | Licensing
The ADVANCE Act is intended to cut licensing costs for advanced nuclear reactor technologies, accelerate licensing at certain sites, and create a prize for deployment of next-generation nuclear reactors.
The act aims to simplify permitting overall, reducing fees and delays. The act requires the NRC to repor... | 2.015625 | 0 |
77351351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengku%20Syarifah%20Fadlun | Tengku Syarifah Fadlun | Not only did she manage the madrasa, but Syarifah Fadlun also managed Sultanah Latifah School in the aftermath of Tengku Agung Syarifah Latifah's death. She took the initiative to build dormitories for Annisa Madrasa and Sultanah Latifah School students and proposed the establishment of a kindergarten.
Siak Woven Fabr... | 2.609375 | 0 |
77351383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccatism | Peccatism | In contrast, the earliest Christian thinkers, known as the Apostolic Fathers, did not view sin as an inherent and overwhelming aspect of human nature. They believed that sin was acquired through personal choices and actions, emphasizing the role of reason and moral effort in achieving salvation. Gnosticism presents a d... | 2.890625 | 0 |
77351383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccatism | Peccatism | The human condition
Peccatism suggests that all humans are inherently sinful. This idea aligns with the Christian doctrine of original sin, which posits that humanity inherited a sinful nature from the first humans, Adam and Eve. However, peccatism is broader than the concept of original sin. While original sin refers ... | 2.8125 | 0 |
69847531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne%20Passet | Joanne Passet | Passet has written a number of books relating to women's history and LGBT history in the United States of America. In 2008, she published a biography of American writer Jeannette Howard Foster titled Sex Variant Woman: The Life of Jeannette Howard Foster, which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian M... | 2 | 0 |
69849467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company%20%28United%20States%20Army%29 | Company (United States Army) | In May 1861, Congress authorized the addition of a new mounted regiment, the 3rd Cavalry, for the Regular Army; this was followed in July with authorization for the raising of Volunteer cavalry regiments. Each company in these formations was similar to the "old" company with the addition of a first sergeant, a quarter... | 2.75 | 0 |
69849520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Johnson%20%28dancer/choreographer%29 | Louis Johnson (dancer/choreographer) | Johnson choreographed the ballet Lament for the New York City Ballet Club in 1953. Two of his choreographic works were filmed in 1959 and can be seen here: "Two" by Louis Johnson. He created many more works for companies including the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Cincinnati Ballet, Joffr... | 2.3125 | 0 |
69850098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang%20Zhao%20%28linguist%29 | Wang Zhao (linguist) | Wang Zhao (18591933) was a Chinese linguist and advocate of modern phonetic writing. Wang was from Ninghe, Tianjin in the province of Zhili. He created a syllabary for Chinese writing based on Mandarin called the Mandarin Alphabet (). While this system is no longer used, Wang was the first to formally suggest the adopt... | 2.8125 | 0 |
69852155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltigera%20papuana | Peltigera papuana | The thallus underside is whitish, with interwoven medullary hyphae and a bluish hue from the , especially visible under a dissecting microscope. It has a well-defined network of slightly raised measuring 0.2–0.3 mm across, coloured pale orange to brown near the margins and darker brown to black elsewhere, separated by... | 2.265625 | 0 |
69852452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryeh%20Leib%20of%20Shpola | Aryeh Leib of Shpola | After his parents, Baruch and Rochel, hosted the Baal Shem Tov (before he was known), he revealed himself to them and blessed them with a child that would be righteous and told him to name him Yehuda Leib and said he would be by the bris of their son. Soon they gave birth to him. At the bris the parents didn't see him ... | 1.945313 | 0 |
69852726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion%20%28United%20States%20Army%29 | Battalion (United States Army) | However, when Congress authorized the raising of nine new infantry regiments of the Regular Army (11th through 19th) shortly after the war began, they were formally organized with two or three battalions of eight companies each. Each battalion was led by a major with a staff consisting of an adjutant, quartermaster/com... | 2.75 | 0 |
69852735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrwurz | Irrwurz | The Irrwurz (), Irrwurzel (both "astray root"; pl. Irrwurzen or Irrwurzeln) or Irrkraut ("astray herb"; pl. Irrkräuter) is a legendary plant from German-speaking countries. In France it is known as herbe d'égarement ("herb of befuddlement"; pl. herbes d'égarement) among other names.
The German Irrwurz
Botanical ident... | 2.453125 | 0 |
69852735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrwurz | Irrwurz | Traits and remedies
The herbe d'égarement is a plant of unknown appearance which makes those who step on it lose their sense of direction or retrace their own steps. In Franche-Comté, it is also said that the plantain makes people go astray. In Burgundy, whoever stepps on the so-called tourmentine growing in the fores... | 2.59375 | 0 |
69852793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiyuki%20Tsuchitori | Toshiyuki Tsuchitori | is a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, music historian, and ethnomusicologist. He is also sometimes known as Toshi Tsuchitori.
Biography
Tsuchitori was born in 1950 in Tadotsu, Kagawa. He was introduced to music through percussion, and began playing festival taiko at a young age. As a teen, he played modern jazz in Osak... | 2.921875 | 0 |
69853074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Man%20of%20Sorrows%20%28Botticelli%29 | The Man of Sorrows (Botticelli) | The Man of Sorrows is a tempera and oil on panel painting of Jesus Christ by the Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510), thought to have been painted sometime between 1500 and 1510.
The work depicts Jesus in a crown of thorns with his hands and wrists bound by rope. Behind him is a cross symbolizing his cruci... | 2.484375 | 0 |
69853104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waccamaw%20Indian%20People | Waccamaw Indian People | The Waccamaw Indian People, formerly the Chicora-Waccamaw Indian People, is a state-recognized tribe and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Conway, South Carolina. The organization was awarded the status of a state-recognized tribe by the South Carolina Commission of Minority Affairs on February 17, 2005... | 2.46875 | 0 |
69853104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waccamaw%20Indian%20People | Waccamaw Indian People | Lumbee ancestry and kinship ties
Following the work of Forest Hazel, researchers into the 21st Century have continued to emphasize the fluidity of movement among racially mixed populations across Horry, Marlboro, Dillon, and neighboring Robeson County, North Carolina. S. Pony Hill has noted that comprehensive genealogi... | 2.53125 | 0 |
69853881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors%2040%20mm%20Automatic%20Gun%20L/70 | Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70 | In 1979 the Royal Netherlands Air Force acquired 25 KL/MSS-6720 Flycatcher radar system and upgraded 75 of their 40L70s to create 25 firing units for static air base defence. The improved guns had an increased rate of fire (300 rounds/min), and the loading mechanism was provided with extended guides so that it could ho... | 2.21875 | 0 |
69853961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylecodon%20reticulatus | Tylecodon reticulatus | Tylecodon reticulatus is a species of succulent plant in the genus Tylecodon belonging to the family Crassulaceae.
Description
Tylecodon reticulatus is a small to medium-sized, tree-like shrublet with a squat, basally normally solitary stem, up to 6 cm thick and 3–38 cm tall with a round sparsely branched crown to 30... | 2.25 | 0 |
69854011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitilde | Domitilde | Domitilde Marie Kapeouapnokoue (c. 1692–1782, aka Ouikabe, LaFourche, Nepveu Villeneuve, Mouet) was an Odawa woman of the Nassauakueton doodem. Her father was chief Returning Cloud Kewinaquot and her mother was Nesxesouexite Neskes Mi-Jak-Wa-Ta-Wa. Her brother was Nissowaquet, also known as La Fourche. She lived near M... | 2 | 0 |
69854101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemlja%20%28feudal%20Bosnia%29 | Zemlja (feudal Bosnia) | Humska zemlja or Hum is a well-known land from the early Middle Ages as Zahumlje, however, by the time most of Hum's territory belonged to Bosnia, the political organization of Zahumlje as a whole had already been destroyed. From early 14th century, the entire territory of Hum is part of the Bosnian state, the name app... | 2.34375 | 0 |
69854610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim%20Shahal | Haim Shahal | Haim Liebel (21 December 1922 – 21 January 2022) was an Israeli naval engineer.
Life and career
Shahal was born in Tel Aviv, the son of Shlomo Liebel. In his education, he was trained as an electrical engineer. In 1946, Shahal served in the Palmach elite fighting force, in which he commanded and planned on the Hagana... | 2.046875 | 0 |
69854948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaphodes%20prymnaea | Asaphodes prymnaea | Asaphodes prymnaea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and can be found on the Mount Arthur tableland. It is common in limestone valleys. The female of the species is paler and has less distinctive markings than the male. Adults are on the wing in January and February.
Taxonomy
This spec... | 2.375 | 0 |
69854965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20J.%20McIvor-Tyndall | Alexander J. McIvor-Tyndall | In the late 1890s, McIvor-Tyndall worked as a palmist, giving lectures and private palm reading sessions. In 1902, he performed successful billet reading tests that impressed Eugene Schmitz the mayor of San Francisco and several city officials. In 1908, McIvor-Tyndall became known as a psychic sleuth in Los Angeles. Wh... | 2.171875 | 0 |
69854968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite%20Augusta%20Marie%20L%C3%B6wenhielm%2C%20duchesse%20de%20Fitz-James | Marguerite Augusta Marie Löwenhielm, duchesse de Fitz-James | Marguerite Augusta Marie Löwenhielm (27 July 1830 – 19 March 1915) was a French mycologist and author during the 19th and early 20th centuries who studied the effectiveness of new "Americanist" varieties of grapevine in surviving the harmful insect pest Phylloxera.
Biography
Early life
Marguerite Marie was born on 27... | 2.484375 | 0 |
69855247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Melchior%20Cornette | Claude-Melchior Cornette | Claude-Melchior Cornette (1 March 1744 – 11 May 1794) was a French chemist, physician and apothecary who worked under royal patronage just before the French Revolution drove him into exile. He conducted experimental studies on chemical reactions.
Life
Cornette was born in Besançon to Pierre-Claude Cornette and Claude... | 2.578125 | 0 |
69855280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20the%20Land%20of%20Invented%20Languages | In the Land of Invented Languages | The book's final section returns to Klingon. Okrent overviews the language's creation by Marc Okrand, a linguist of Native American languages, and its features. She remarks on how its unusual features such as its extensive use of the agglutinative coexist with its similarity to natural languages, calling it "completely... | 2.375 | 0 |
69855412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387%20Ashes | 1986–87 Ashes | The 1986–87 Ashes series was a series of five Test cricket matches that were contested between England and Australia for The Ashes. The series was played at five venues across Australia, starting on 14 November 1986 in Brisbane and concluding on 15 January 1987 in Sydney. England were the defending holders of the Ashes... | 2.21875 | 0 |
69855685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hud%20ibn%20Muhakkam%20al-Hawwari | Hud ibn Muhakkam al-Hawwari | Hud ibn Muhakkam al-Hawwari, (d. second half of the ninth-century), was an Ibadi Quran exegete from North Africa.
Biography
Little is known about his life. It is believed that he was a Berber from the Hawwara tribe and that he lived in the region of the Aurès Mountains in modern day Algeria. His father held the off... | 2.140625 | 0 |
69855853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oricon%20Combined%20Singles%20Chart | Oricon Combined Singles Chart | The is a record chart released weekly by Oricon, a major provider of information on the Japanese music industry. First published on December 24, 2018, it ranks the top fifty singles in Japan based on an album-equivalent unit system factoring physical CD sales, digital downloads, and streaming. It competes with the Bil... | 2.140625 | 0 |
69856496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2%20Samuel%204 | 2 Samuel 4 | David's narrative of his ascension to the throne in Hebron is framed by an opening verse that looks backward to the final chapters of 1 Samuel (Saul's death and David's refuge in Ziklag) and closing verses that look forward to David's rule in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5). The action begins when David received Saul's crown an... | 2.234375 | 0 |
69856522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominguez%20Slough | Dominguez Slough | Dominguez Slough (American English pronunciation: slew or slu) was an endorheic lake and wetland in present-day Gardena, Los Angeles County, California, United States. Known for much of the late 19th century and early 20th century as Nigger Slough, it was renamed Lagunas de los Dominguez in 1938 in reference to the ran... | 2.203125 | 0 |
69856522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominguez%20Slough | Dominguez Slough | A 1916 account stated that the waterline of Nigger Slough was roughly above sea level. The report also described three 19th-century dikes that had been constructed by the rancheros to exclude Los Angeles River floodwaters from the slough. The ecology of the slough apparently began changing around this time, as a bird ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
69856567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Pelham%20%28English%20parliamentarian%29 | John Pelham (English parliamentarian) | Parliament
Pelham was knighted at Henry's coronation on 13 October 1399, and is therefore reckoned among the original Knights of the Bath. On 24 October he received the honour of bearing the royal sword before the King. He conducted the deposed Richard II from Leeds Castle in Kent to the Tower. Henry IV granted to Pel... | 2.53125 | 0 |
69857203 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evie%20Ferris | Evie Ferris | Evie Ferris (born 18 February 1997) is an Australian ballerina and member of children's band The Wiggles.
Early life
Ferris was born in Cairns, Australia, and attended St Andrews Catholic College until year 7. She began dance and performing arts classes at the age of four. By 2007 she had a supporting role in The Aust... | 2.28125 | 0 |
69857604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Blacks | Battle of the Blacks | The defeat of the Fatimid troops was a watershed in the history of Egypt and the Muslim world, as it removed the main military support of the Fatimid regime and consolidated Saladin's position as the de facto ruler of Egypt. This culminated in the restoration of Sunni dominance over Egypt and the deposition of the Fati... | 2.859375 | 0 |
69857604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Blacks | Battle of the Blacks | Only a fraction of the black African troops escaped the events, fleeing south to Upper Egypt. Saladin tasked his uncle, Shihab al-Din al-Harimi, with pursuing them and killing them. Over the following months, Saladin continued his phasing-out of the Fatimid army units, which provoked further resistance. Fatimid troops ... | 2.375 | 0 |
69857604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Blacks | Battle of the Blacks | The Battle of the Blacks has been interpreted differently by various modern scholars. Thus Andrew S. Ehrenkreutz, in his 1972 biography of Saladin, used the events to highlight his portrait of the Ayyubid sultan as a "ruthless careerist" (in the words of Michael Brett). Jere L. Bacharach emphasized that the opposition ... | 2.4375 | 0 |
69857660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20the%20COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20South%20Africa | Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa | April 2020
On 1 April, researchers from the NICD and South African National Bioinformatics Institute at the University of Western Cape released the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 from a South African COVID-19 patient. Pick-up trucks dispensed free hand sanitizer in Alexandra in early April.
Following a funeral in... | 2.140625 | 0 |
69857789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annadanaiah%20Puranik | Annadanaiah Puranik | Annadanaiah (Annadanayya) Puranik (8 March 1928 – 20 October 2015), Indian writer, cultural activist, freedom fighter, modern vachanakara and an advocate. After Indian independence, he has served as an Advocate in state high court of Karnataka for five decades. He was also conferred the title Sahityaratna, for his cont... | 2.109375 | 0 |
69857866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIP%2067522%20b | HIP 67522 b | HIP 67522 b is a hot Jupiter exoplanet orbiting the G-type star HIP 67522, located approximately 415 light-years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus, discovered using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). It is currently the youngest hot Jupiter discovered, at an age of only 17 million years; it is al... | 2.65625 | 0 |
69857957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%20Junius%20Nipsus | Marcus Junius Nipsus | Fluminis Varatio
Nipsus explains how to measure the width of a river when the other bank is not accessible (e.g., because a hostile force has occupied it). He seeks out a clear landmark on the other bank, like a tall tree. This forms one corner of a right-angled triangle which he constructs. One cathetus (short side) ... | 2.984375 | 0 |
69858163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism%20and%20archaeology | Nationalism and archaeology | The continuous China narrative applies two different types of pressure to excavations. First, digs are undertaken and reported with the goal of finding evidence—presumed to exist—that could validate the belief in an unbroken, singular civilization. For example, the Neolithic sites in Shuanghuaishu are prioritized over ... | 2.4375 | 0 |
69858232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951%20eruption%20of%20Mount%20Lamington | 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington | In early January 1951, a series of minor explosions and earthquakes rocked Mount Lamington, a volcano in the Australian-administered Territory of Papua and New Guinea (now in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea). Prior to the eruption, Mount Lamington was not recognized as a volcano due to the absence of historically-record... | 3.125 | 0 |
69858232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951%20eruption%20of%20Mount%20Lamington | 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington | On January 16, a vapour cloud was observed from Higaturu. Large landslides were reported, many destroying the existing vegetation. The entire rainforest around the crater was destroyed by the late afternoon. An earthquake swarm occurred at 16:00. Up to 30 earthquakes were felt till 08:00 on January 17. Stronger earthqu... | 2.515625 | 0 |
69858232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951%20eruption%20of%20Mount%20Lamington | 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington | The most violent eruption occurred four days later at 10:40 local time. Occupants on two Qantas Empire Airways flights which flew in close proximity to the erupting volcano reported a large eruption column and base surge of pyroclastic debris. The captain of a Douglas DC-3 flight witnessed a massive continuous column o... | 2.5 | 0 |
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