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10693621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Haswell | Robert Haswell | Robert Haswell (November 24, 1768 – 1801?) was an early American maritime fur trader to the Pacific Northwest of North America. His journals of these voyages are the main records of Captain Robert Gray's circumnavigation of the globe. Later during the Quasi-War he served as an officer in the United States Navy.
Early ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
10693621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Haswell | Robert Haswell | Sailor
Although the details are obscure, Robert went to sea and ended up in Boston, Massachusetts. There, in September 1787, he was enrolled as third mate on the Columbia Rediviva, a Boston vessel trading fur in the Pacific Northwest, under command of John Kendrick. At the Cape Verde Islands, Haswell's friend and men... | 2.59375 | 0 |
10693621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Haswell | Robert Haswell | On the return of the Columbia from her second voyage, Haswell was given command of the Hannah on a twenty-seven month trading voyage, and next captained the John Jay to the East Indies. He married at Reading, Massachusetts, October 1, 1798, Mary Cordis, sister of former Columbia boatswain John Blake Cordis, and settled... | 2.390625 | 0 |
10693709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia%20Cheng | Patricia Cheng | Patricia Wenjie Cheng (born 1952) is a Chinese American psychologist. She is a leading researcher in cognitive psychology who works on human reasoning. She is best known for her psychological work on human understanding of causality. Her "power theory of the probabilistic contrast model," or power PC theory (1997) pos... | 2.109375 | 0 |
10693751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscarinic%20antagonist | Muscarinic antagonist | A muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, also simply known as a muscarinic antagonist or as an antimuscarinic agent, is a type of anticholinergic drug that blocks the activity of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs). The muscarinic receptors are proteins involved in the transmission of signals through... | 2.4375 | 0 |
10693925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C4%83t-Frumos%20with%20the%20Golden%20Hair | Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair | Author Petre Ispirescu collected the tale Făt-Frumos cel rătăcit ("Făt-Frumos, The Lost One"), from a teller in Craiova. In this tale, a poor working couple feeds their mare, and longs to have a son. One day, they wander of until they finds a sorcerer who gives them an apple, but warns them that the apple must not be s... | 2.46875 | 0 |
10693925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C4%83t-Frumos%20with%20the%20Golden%20Hair | Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair | Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga translated into French a Romanian tale with the title Le Chauve aux Cheveux D'Or ("The Bald [One] With the Golden Hair"), collected from an informant in Jassy (Iasi). In this tale, a poor couple do not have a son. One day, a hermit appears and gives the wife an apple for her to eat. The... | 2.8125 | 0 |
10693925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C4%83t-Frumos%20with%20the%20Golden%20Hair | Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair | . The prince finds work as the royal gardener's assistant, and eventually as the royal gardener when the latter retires. One day, when the emperor goes to church with his daughters, but leaves the youngest at home, the prince uses the bridle to summon the horse and tramples the flowers. After the emperor returns, he se... | 2.125 | 0 |
10693979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Clair%20Donaldson | St Clair Donaldson | St Clair George Alfred Donaldson (11 February 1863 – 7 December 1935) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the first Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia.
Early life
Donaldson was the third son of Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson and his wife Amelia née Cowper and was born in London, England. The family lived at... | 1.96875 | 0 |
10694183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwan%20Mulraj%20Chopra | Diwan Mulraj Chopra | The Sikh Revolt
One of the first acts of the new British Resident in Lahore, Sir Frederick Currie, was to raise taxes. This move caused widespread resentment, particularly in Multan, where Mulraj had remained steadfastly loyal to Ranjit Singh and his family. To counter the resentment, British officials sought to replac... | 2.515625 | 0 |
10694183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwan%20Mulraj%20Chopra | Diwan Mulraj Chopra | On 27 December, Whish ordered four columns of troops to attack the suburbs of the city. Mulraj's forces were driven back into the city, and Whish's force set up batteries 500 yards from the city walls causing great damage in the city. On 30 December, the main magazine in the citadel exploded, killing 800 of the defende... | 2.078125 | 0 |
10694258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%20Union%20Cricket%20and%20Athletic%20Club | Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club | The club can trace its roots back to the final years of the 19th century in which two pre-existing rival clubs amalgamated to form the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club. The club's embryonic years benefited from its stewardship by some of the country's most eminent Tamil Lawyers, Politicians and Civil Servants (see... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10694258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%20Union%20Cricket%20and%20Athletic%20Club | Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club | By the end of 1899, the two rival Tamil clubs were persuaded to join forces, which resulted in the creation of the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, with T. Thirunavakarasu and Dr John Rockwood, the son of the eminent surgeon and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, Dr W. G. Rockwood serving as the first P... | 2.28125 | 0 |
10694258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%20Union%20Cricket%20and%20Athletic%20Club | Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club | Beginning in the 1960s, under the leadership of Somasunderam Skandakumar and Selva Perumal the club began to expand its base of cricketing talent by looking further afield than Colombo. This strategy paid dividends as the club soon began to nurture several young talents (many from extremely humble backgrounds) into int... | 2.265625 | 0 |
10694351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewelers%27%20Row%2C%20Philadelphia | Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia | Jewelers' Row, located in the Center City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, is composed of more than 300 retailers, wholesalers, and craftsmen located on Sansom Street between Seventh and Eighth Streets, and on Eighth Street between Chestnut and Walnut Streets.
It is the oldest diamond district in ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
10694351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewelers%27%20Row%2C%20Philadelphia | Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia | Sansom erected the buildings on what was then the outskirts of Philadelphia. To attract tenants he paved Sansom Street at his own expense. He then hired Benjamin Latrobe to design another row on the 700 block of Walnut Street. A prominent feature of the street is the repetitive flat expanse of the buildings, which made... | 2.171875 | 0 |
10694445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenchi%20Muyo%21%20Game%20Hen | Tenchi Muyo! Game Hen | , also known as Tenchi Muyo! RPG, is a Japanese role-playing strategy game developed by Banpresto for the Super Famicom, released on October 27, 1995. It was licensed by AIC and the now former Pioneer LDC. While Tenchi Muyou! Game Hen was never officially translated and released for international consoles, the latter d... | 2.046875 | 0 |
10694487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakley%20School | Oakley School | Oakley School was a coeducational therapeutic boarding school located in Oakley, Utah, enrolling students of high school age. The school announced its closure in May 2017. The school was established in 1998 as a transitional placement for students who had been released from the Island View residential treatment cente... | 2.21875 | 0 |
10694883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad%20Syafi%27i%20Maarif | Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif | Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif (31 May 1935 – 27 May 2022), popularly known as Buya Syafi'i, was an Indonesian Islamic scholar and intellectual. He was chairman of Muhammadiyah between 1998 and 2005. Educated in the United States, he was known for his moderate and progressive interpretation of Islam and his opposition to the d... | 2.15625 | 0 |
10694905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Pesek | John Pesek | John Pesek (February 21, 1894 – March 12, 1978) was an American professional wrestler and greyhound racing dog breeder. Nicknamed 'The Nebraska Tiger Man' for his ferocity, aggression and catlike dexterity, Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medallists Robin Reed and Russell Vis both regarded Pesek as the greatest wrestl... | 2.140625 | 0 |
10694905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Pesek | John Pesek | One important wrestling figure with whom Pesek did agree to work was Ed Lewis, for whom he became a "policeman" to ward off the so-called "trustbusters", outlaw wrestlers who posed threats to promotions and their champions by refusing to co-operate (fix matches) during matches. On November 14, 1921, Pesek squared off a... | 1.90625 | 0 |
10694905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Pesek | John Pesek | By the end of the 1920s, Pesek had begun turning his focus towards racing greyhounds, and on of his Nebraska farm he built up one of the nation's leading stables. He won several national titles, and the pedigree of one of his greatest dogs, Australian-born "Just Andrew", could be found in 95 percent of American greyho... | 1.984375 | 0 |
10694937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie%20Lockbaum | Gordie Lockbaum | In his senior season of 1987, he rushed for 403 yards on 85 carries, and caught 77 passes for 1152 yards, amassing 2041 all-purpose yards and again scoring 22 touchdowns, while continuing to play defense and special teams. He finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting, second in the Maxwell Award voting, and was ru... | 1.914063 | 0 |
10695233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyranthes%20carinata | Zephyranthes carinata | Zephyranthes carinata, commonly known as the rosepink zephyr lily or pink rain lily, is a perennial flowering plant native to Mexico, Colombia and Central America. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in the West Indies, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, the southeastern United States from Texas to Flor... | 2.578125 | 0 |
10695233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyranthes%20carinata | Zephyranthes carinata | Zephyranthes carinata is often referred to as Zephyranthes grandiflora, especially in horticulture. But the former was published earlier, hence Z. grandiflora is considered superfluous and illegitimate. Another name identified as an earlier synonym of Z. carinata is now considered to be a different species - Zephyranth... | 2.28125 | 0 |
10695304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budaya | Budaya | Budaya is the plural form of the word Budi. Budi is synonymous to akal budi or kebudayaan. This original Indonesian word is very philosophical, since it has been explained, interpreted, re-interpreted, and made a philosophical discourse in Indonesian philosophers' circle up to this time. Indonesian philosophy world is ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
10695304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budaya | Budaya | Modern definition (19th century onwards)
Modern European learning introduced by the Portuguese-Spanish Catholics and the Dutch Protestants to Indonesian native educational institutions in the 20th century influenced the definition of the word Budi. In this intellectual period, Budi is re-defined and re-interpreted not ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
10695353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Bordeaux%20wine | History of Bordeaux wine | Bordeaux wine spans almost 2000 years to Roman times when the first vineyards were planted. In the Middle Ages, the marriage of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine opened the Bordeaux region to the English market and eventually to the world's stage. The Gironde estuary and its tributaries, the Garonne and the Do... | 2.8125 | 0 |
10695353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Bordeaux%20wine | History of Bordeaux wine | As the popularity of Bordeaux wine increased, the vineyards expanded to accommodate the demands from abroad. Henry and Aliénor's youngest son, John, was in favor of promoting the wine industry, and to increase it further, abolished the Grande Coutume export tax to England from the Aquitaine region. In the 13th and 14th... | 2.921875 | 0 |
10695353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Bordeaux%20wine | History of Bordeaux wine | The economic problems in the 1970s, in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis marked a difficult period for Bordeaux. A series of scandals coincided with a commercial crisis in Bordeaux. The vintage of 1972 had been overpriced as was 1973 and 1974. And when the market crashed the négociants were stuck with overpriced wine tha... | 2.171875 | 0 |
10695409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent%20Beach%2C%20Surrey | Crescent Beach, Surrey | Crescent Beach is a beachside community within the South Surrey town centre of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada next to Boundary Bay and Mud Bay, across from Delta, British Columbia. It is home to 1,200 residents, mostly in single-family homes.
History
Crescent Beach has been a summer destination for centuries.
In pr... | 2.765625 | 0 |
10695441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux%20wine%20regions | Bordeaux wine regions | The wine regions of Bordeaux in France are a large number of wine growing areas, differing widely in size and sometimes overlapping, which lie within the overarching wine region of Bordeaux, centred on the city of Bordeaux and covering the whole area of the Gironde department of Aquitaine.
The Bordeaux region is natur... | 2.296875 | 0 |
10695441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux%20wine%20regions | Bordeaux wine regions | Both red and white Bordeaux wines are almost invariably blended. The permissible grape varieties in red Bordeaux are: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot. While wine making styles vary, a rule of thumb is that the Left Bank is predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon based with the Right Bank be... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10695441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux%20wine%20regions | Bordeaux wine regions | Red wine produced under the Bordeaux AOC is made mostly from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with the addition of Cabernet Franc and small amounts of Petit Verdot, Malbec and Carmenère. This appellation covers around 42,600 hectares of vines and produces around 223 million litres of wine (which is nearly a third of the ... | 1.929688 | 0 |
10695441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux%20wine%20regions | Bordeaux wine regions | Located south of St-Estèphe, the area around Pauillac has the highest elevation of the Médoc with the estates of Château Mouton Rothschild and Château Pontet-Canet sitting on a summit of 30m. Vineyards in Pauillac are not as fragmented as most of the Médoc, with entire slopes and plateaus belonging to a single estate.
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10695441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux%20wine%20regions | Bordeaux wine regions | This area of the Graves, located just south of the city of Bordeaux, is home to the first growth estate Château Haut-Brion, as well as all the 1953 classified Graves Growths, including Château La Mission Haut-Brion and Château Laville Haut-Brion. In addition to wine production, the area is known for its crops of pine t... | 2.3125 | 0 |
10695510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scar%20literature | Scar literature | Scar literature or literature of the wounded () is a genre of Chinese literature which emerged in the late 1970s during the Boluan Fanzheng, soon after the death of Mao Zedong, portraying the sufferings of cadres and intellectuals during the experiences of the Cultural Revolution and the rule of the Gang of Four.
Hist... | 2.375 | 0 |
10695590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sands%20of%20Time%20%28opera%29 | Sands of Time (opera) | Sands of Time is a short opera composed by the Welsh composer Peter Reynolds to a libretto by Simon Rees. Its world premiere, at an outdoor shopping centre in Cardiff on 27 March 1993, was accompanied by a nine-piece band conducted by Carlo Rizzi, director of Welsh National Opera. The performance, sung by soprano Rhia... | 2.203125 | 0 |
10695674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20John%27s%20United%20Church%20of%20Christ%20of%20Siegel | St. John's United Church of Christ of Siegel | St. John's United Church of Christ is a church in Douglas Township in Bremer County, Iowa. Founded in 1874 by German settlers in the area of the now-defunct town of Siegel. The church has been in continuous operation and remains active, although the membership has declined from its high in the 1920s.
History of the ... | 1.90625 | 0 |
10695772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromia%20Coffee%20Farmers%20Cooperative%20Union | Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union | Though the Oromia region was the area where coffee was first discovered, the previous socialist Derg regime imposed collective ownership, and farmers were required to channel all sales through local traders and auction centers in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, thereby stunting the growth of the coffee trade in the region. ... | 2.34375 | 0 |
10695772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromia%20Coffee%20Farmers%20Cooperative%20Union | Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union | Transaction cost reduction and dividends
Since the coffee market is saturated with more sellers (farmers) than buyers, buyers hold considerable power in trade and price determination. Consequently, cooperatives have been considered as organisations playing significant socioeconomic roles by reducing transaction costs ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
10695772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromia%20Coffee%20Farmers%20Cooperative%20Union | Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union | As well as economic development, the Union has brought significant social benefits to members and local stakeholders; these include improved infrastructure and services through building roads, storage facilities, bridges, clinics, and schools in the local communities. OCFCU also offers access to banking and credit serv... | 2.40625 | 0 |
10695772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromia%20Coffee%20Farmers%20Cooperative%20Union | Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union | Another concern for OCFCU farmers is the aging of coffee trees. The coffee tree can take up to five years to mature, and thus, intensive labor is needed to bring the tree to maturation and reap profits from proper tree development. Furthermore, when the crop is no longer profitable, it is difficult to clear the land to... | 2.328125 | 0 |
10695786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schauspielhaus%20Z%C3%BCrich | Schauspielhaus Zürich | The Schauspielhaus Zürich () is one of the most prominent and important theatres in the history of German-speaking theater.
It is also known as "Pfauenbühne" (Peacock Stage). The large theatre has 750 seats. The also operates three stages in the in the western part of Zürich, the (400 seats), the (up to 200 seats)... | 2.296875 | 0 |
10695849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2C%20Heidelberg | Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg | The Church of the Holy Spirit () is the largest church in Heidelberg, Germany. The church, located in the marketplace in the old town center, was constructed between 1398 and 1515 in the Romanesque and Gothic styles. It receives 1–3 million guests annually, making it among the most visited churches in Germany.
The chu... | 2.40625 | 0 |
10695849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2C%20Heidelberg | Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg | Congregations
Between the 16th and 20th centuries, the church changed confessions over ten times, between Lutheranism, Calvinism, Catholicism, and Old Catholicism. Sermons had been delivered in German at various points before the Reformation at the Church of the Holy Spirit, but Protestantism was not quickly adopted i... | 2.640625 | 0 |
10695849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2C%20Heidelberg | Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg | During the Palatinate War of Succession, the church was raided by French forces in 1693 and significantly damaged by a fire. The fire destroyed the church tower, which was rebuilt in 1709 in a baroque style. A viewing platform inside the main spire is accessible to the public via a narrow staircase with a total of 208 ... | 2.546875 | 0 |
10695849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2C%20Heidelberg | Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg | In the mid-1970s, the regional church board voted to replace the 19th century additions, as part of a broader restoration and repair of the interior. As a result, two significant efforts were made in the 1970s and 1990s to reinstall stained glass into these windows through a programme of artworks by a single artist. In... | 2.15625 | 0 |
10695849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2C%20Heidelberg | Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg | The "Heidelberger Fensterstreit"
The most famed and controversial stained glass works commissioned for the church are those of Johannes Schreiter, commissioned in 1977 to design twenty-two stained glass windows. At the time, this was to be the largest stained glass commission to have been granted to a single artist. T... | 2.21875 | 0 |
10695850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20square%20writing%20method | Four square writing method | The four square writing method is a way for teaching writing to children in school. While primarily used to teach persuasive writing, it has also been used to help teach deconstruction. The method was developed by Judith S. Gould and Evan Jay Gould.
It was developed initially for primary school students, but it has ... | 2.984375 | 0 |
10695977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOD2 | NOD2 | Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2), also known as caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 15 (CARD15) or inflammatory bowel disease protein 1 (IBD1), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NOD2 gene located on chromosome 16. NOD2 plays an important role in the immune syst... | 2.09375 | 0 |
10695990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handi | Handi | Krishna is believed to be the eighth avatar of the Lord Vishnu, who was born to get Mathura saved from the cruel king Kamsa. He was born of Kamsa’s sister; Devaki, and her husband Vasudeva. However, in order to survive from Kamsa’s cruel and wrathful ways, Krishna was raised by his foster parents Nanda and Yashoda in t... | 2.5625 | 0 |
10695990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handi | Handi | Then young boys and men create teams to form a large human pyramid to try to reach and break open the pot. Girls on the ground form circles around the pyramid – sing songs and dance. It often becomes very competitive between teams, with the winning team achieving some sort of prize for breaking the pot. The teams that ... | 2.53125 | 0 |
10695990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handi | Handi | Prior to and following the ceremony of breaking open the handi, folk dances are performed by members of the team and surrounding people. One such dance ‘Jhaanki,’ which is a special dance to admire Lord Krishna. Others include ‘Lavani,’ which are organised and performed to keep the spectators entertained and add variat... | 2.28125 | 0 |
10696096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20section | String section | "Desks" and divisi
In a typical stage set-up, the first and second violins, violas and cellos are seated by twos, a pair of performers sharing a stand being called a "desk", Each principal (or section leader) is usually on the "outside" of the first desk, that is, closest to the audience. When the music calls for subdi... | 2.9375 | 0 |
10696096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20section | String section | Numbers and proportions
The size of a string section may be expressed with a formula of the type (for example) 10–10–8–10–6, designating the number of first violins, second violins, violas, cellos, and basses. The numbers can vary widely: Wagner in Die Walküre specifies 16–16–12–12–8; the band orchestra in Darius Milha... | 3.15625 | 0 |
10696110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supralateral%20arc | Supralateral arc | A supralateral arc is a comparatively rare member of the halo family which in its complete form appears as a large, faintly rainbow-colored band in a wide arc above the sun and appearing to encircle it, at about twice the distance as the familiar 22° halo. In reality, however, the supralateral arc does not form a circl... | 2.734375 | 0 |
10696113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briony%20Penn | Briony Penn | Briony Penn (born October 16, 1960, Saanich, British Columbia) is a Canadian author and environmental activist who received international attention when she protested logging on Salt Spring Island by riding horseback through downtown Vancouver while nearly nude and dressed as Lady Godiva. She won the Roderick Haig-Brow... | 2.140625 | 0 |
10696115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Mount%20Barren | West Mount Barren | West Mount Barren is part of the Fitzgerald River National Park located between Bremer Bay and Hopetoun on the south coast of Western Australia the coordinates of the summit of West Mount Barren are .
West Mount Barren, along with East Mount Barren and Mid-Mount Barren were all named by Matthew Flinders in 1802 after ... | 2.75 | 0 |
10696151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woden%20Valley%20Youth%20Choir | Woden Valley Youth Choir | Woden Valley Youth Choir is an audition based children's choir located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. It performs not only in Canberra, but also across Australia and internationally during regular tours. The name derives from the Woden Valley district of Canberra.
There are six choirs, within the organisat... | 2.203125 | 0 |
10696211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma | Decline of the Dharma | The Decline of the Dharma or Ages of the Dharma, refers to traditional Buddhist accounts of how the Buddhist religion and the Buddha's teaching (Dharma) is believed to decline throughout history. It constitutes a key aspect of Buddhist eschatology and provides a cyclical model of history, beginning with a virtuous age ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10696211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma | Decline of the Dharma | One of the earliest sources which contain a Buddhist discussion of historical decline is found in the Cakkavatti-Sīhanāda Sutta (Digha Nikaya 26) of the Pāli Canon (as well as in various parallel sources in other canons, like Dīrghāgama sutra number 6). The sutta recounts the story of a legendary universal monarch (cak... | 2.40625 | 0 |
10696211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma | Decline of the Dharma | Theravada sources
The Vinaya (Monastic Rule) of the Theravada school (Cullavagga X, 1,6.) claims that the true Dharma will only last for 500 years. It states that the true Dharma (saddhamma) would have lasted longer (1000 years) if not for the admission of women into the monastic sangha as bhikkunis. This claim also a... | 2.3125 | 0 |
10696211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma | Decline of the Dharma | Abhidharma
The Buddhist scholastic literature of the Abhidharma traditions provide more elaborate accounts of the various historical ages of the Dharma. The most influential such Abhidharma account in the northern tradition is found in Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośabhāṣya. The text divides the cosmological history of the... | 2.375 | 0 |
10696211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma | Decline of the Dharma | Some sutras contain different time tables however, the Mahayana Nirvana Sutra for example, mentions a period of seven hundred years, not five hundred. The passage states: "After seven hundred years have passed since my death, the True Dharma will be broken, decayed, and brought to ruin by sinful Mara." The sutra goes o... | 2.25 | 0 |
10696211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma | Decline of the Dharma | The true Dharma age, in which Buddhist believers resolutely cultivate wisdom and achieve liberation
The age in which Buddhists can resolutely practice meditation,
The age in which Buddhists resolutely study, recite, listen to and learn the teachings
The age in which Buddhists focus on building temples, stupas and un... | 2.4375 | 0 |
10696211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma | Decline of the Dharma | A classic passage comes from the Saṃyutta Nikāya, which states:There are five dharmas of decline that are conducive to the corruption and disappearance of the True Dharma. Which five? It is when monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen are irreverent and unruly toward the teacher (sat-thar, i.e., the Buddha), are irreverent a... | 2.328125 | 0 |
10696211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma | Decline of the Dharma | The idea that China had entered the era of Dharma decline soon became a key teaching for several forms of early Chinese Buddhism, such as for the now defunct Three Stages school. Another early conservative figure was Daoxuan (596-667), who held that the best response to the era of decline was closely following the Vina... | 2.171875 | 0 |
10696211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma | Decline of the Dharma | Genshin's writing helped popularize the idea that the world had entered the age of Dharma decline. By the Kamakura Period (1185 to 1333), numerous Japanese Buddhist figures saw the strife and corruption of this historical period as a sign of the age of decline. Indeed, much of Japanese Buddhism during this era is conce... | 1.976563 | 0 |
10696211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20of%20the%20Dharma | Decline of the Dharma | Saviors of the degenerate age
While the coming of the decline of Dharma and the age of strife is certainly a time which Buddhists looked upon with trepidation, the various narratives also provided some hope. This came in the shape of Buddhist savior figures which could help people through these difficult times.
Traditi... | 2.359375 | 0 |
10696240 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucilia%20%28wife%20of%20Lucretius%29 | Lucilia (wife of Lucretius) | Lucilia is believed to have been the wife of the Roman philosopher Lucretius (c. 99 BC – c. 55 BC), though there is little evidence of their relationship, let alone marriage. Moreover, the name 'Lucilia' was not associated with Lucretius until many centuries after his death. In Walter Map's twelfth century work titled... | 2.296875 | 0 |
10696390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glandulocaudinae | Glandulocaudinae | Glandulocaudinae are a subfamily of tropical freshwater characin fish from Central and South America. In all species of this subfamily, a gland on their caudal fin is found almost exclusively in the males, which allows the release and pumping of pheromones; also, members of this subfamily have complex courtship behavio... | 2.8125 | 0 |
10696390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glandulocaudinae | Glandulocaudinae | Characteristics
Glandulocaudines are small, less than 13 centimetres (5 in). Most are between about 5–6 cm SL (about 2 in), but some species can be even smaller, between . The reproductive adaptations of glandulocaudines is what sets this group apart from the other Characins. Males have a caudal organ associated with g... | 2.9375 | 0 |
10696390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glandulocaudinae | Glandulocaudinae | Due to insemination, the sperm of glandulocaudines has adapted. In many species, an elongate cytoplasmic collar binds the flagellum to the elongate nucleus at some stage of spermiogenesis. In almost all species, the sperm cell bodies are elongate. In the tribe Diapomini, the genus Planaltina expresses only round sperm ... | 2.65625 | 0 |
10696390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glandulocaudinae | Glandulocaudinae | There are many examples of sexual dimorphism (differences in appearance between the genders). In Corynopoma riisei, the males have extended finnage (giving it the common name "swordtailed characin") as well as paddle-like extensions of the operculum. Many other species also have other secondary sex characteristics beli... | 2.71875 | 0 |
10696451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes%20Station | Wilkes Station | Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) program in Antarctica. It was taken over by Australia on 7 February 1959. Environmental difficulties at this site lead to it being aban... | 2.9375 | 0 |
10696667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%20Cephei | W Cephei | W Cephei is a spectroscopic binary and variable star located in the constellation Cepheus. It is thought to be a member of the Cep OB1 stellar association at about 8,000 light years. The supergiant primary star is one of the largest known stars and as well as one of the most luminous red supergiants.
Discovery
W Ceph... | 2.09375 | 0 |
10696672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITCH | ITCH | ITCH is a HECT domain–containing E3 ubiquitin ligase that is ablated in non-agouti-lethal 18H (aka Itchy) mice. Itchy mice develop a severe immunological phenotype after birth that includes hyperplasia of lymphoid and hematopoietic cells, and stomach and lung inflammation. In humans ITCH deficiency causes altered physi... | 2.203125 | 0 |
10696691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joxer%20Goes%20to%20Stuttgart | Joxer Goes to Stuttgart | "Joxer Goes to Stuttgart" is a song by Irish folk singer Christy Moore. It is about a fan, named Joxer, who travels to the Republic of Ireland national football team's first major international tournament, Euro 1988, in West Germany. It is sung to the tune of the Match of the Day theme music, composed by Barry Stoller.... | 2.09375 | 0 |
10696700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infralateral%20arc | Infralateral arc | An infralateral arc (or lower lateral tangent arc) is a rare halo, an optical phenomenon appearing similar to a rainbow under a white parhelic circle. Together with the supralateral arc they are always located outside the seldom observable 46° halo, but in contrast to supralateral arcs, infralateral arcs are always loc... | 2.453125 | 0 |
10696754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les%20Josephson | Les Josephson | Lester Andrew Josephson (July 29, 1942 – January 1, 2020) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football at Augustana College.
Early years
Josephson's football career had its start in his high school days in Minneota, Minnesota, where he playe... | 1.914063 | 0 |
10696781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York%20Boulevard | York Boulevard | York Boulevard is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Formerly known as Highway 2 and Highway 6, it starts in Burlington, Ontario, at Plains Road West as a two-way arterial road that wraps around and over Hamilton Harbour, enters the city of Hamilton in the west end at Dundurn Park, and ends at Jam... | 2.390625 | 0 |
10696781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York%20Boulevard | York Boulevard | Sir Allan Napier MacNab, (1798–1862), was a businessman, land speculator and soldier, and was active in public life. He was a successful lawyer and was appointed Upper Canada's first Queen's Council. In 1838 he was knighted for his role in suppressing the rebellion of Upper Canada. The profits from his extensive land s... | 2.703125 | 0 |
10696936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Revere%20%28song%29 | Paul Revere (song) | "Paul Revere" is a song by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released as the third single from their debut album Licensed to Ill (1986). It was written by Adam Horovitz, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Rick Rubin. It was produced by Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys. The song tells a fictional story of how the B... | 1.929688 | 0 |
10696960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehuda%20Fatiyah | Yehuda Fatiyah | Yehuda Fetaya (Yehuda ben Moshe ben Yeshou`ah Fetaya; 1859–1942) was a leading Kabbalist and authored many works of Kabbalah, among which three are well known, Yayin haReqa`h, Bet Le`hem Yehuda and Min`hat Yehuda.
Life
Yehuda Fatiya was born in Baghdad and died on ZaKh Menahem Av in Jerusalem. He was the main student ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
10697167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governors%20Court | Governors Court | Background
The British government established the colony of New South Wales primarily as a penal colony with the intention of encouraging later settlement. Captain Arthur Phillip was appointed as the colony’s first governor and did much to ensure the colony survived and transformed into a modern colonial outpost
Notw... | 2.78125 | 0 |
10697167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governors%20Court | Governors Court | Constitution
The British authorities introduced three new civil courts to the colony. There was a Supreme Court of Civil Judicature (commonly referred to as the “Supreme Court” which had jurisdiction over civil claims in New South Wales and the settlement at Van Diemen’s Land. There was also established a Lieutenant Go... | 2.953125 | 0 |
10697167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governors%20Court | Governors Court | Sittings of the court
The court first sat in May 1815. Macquarie appointed Richard Brooks and Charles Hook as respectable persons to sit with Bent on the new Court. Bent, being under the influence of his brother Jeffery Hart Bent, had Brooks and Hook unanimously adopt a rule that no attorney who had been struck off th... | 2.4375 | 0 |
10697297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piero%20Calamandrei | Piero Calamandrei | Piero Calamandrei (21 April 1889 – 27 September 1956) was an Italian author, jurist, soldier, university professor, and politician. He was one of Italy's leading authorities on the law of civil procedure.
Early life and education
Calamandrei was born in Florence. After studies in Pisa and Rome, he assumed a professor... | 2.125 | 0 |
10697347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invercargill%20City%20Council | Invercargill City Council | The Invercargill City Council is the territorial authority for the city of Invercargill, New Zealand.
The council is made up of an elected mayor and 12 councillors elected at-large. They are elected using First-past-the-post voting in triennial elections, with the most recent election being held in 2022. The current m... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10697466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car%20Wars%20%28video%20game%29 | Car Wars (video game) | Car Wars is a video game for the TI-99/4A programmed by Jim Dramis and published by TI in 1981. Car Wars is a clone of the 1979 Sega/Gremlin arcade game Head On.
The player controls a car starting at the bottom of the screen and navigates it through an open grid full of dots. The object is to collect all the dots whil... | 2.328125 | 0 |
10697466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car%20Wars%20%28video%20game%29 | Car Wars (video game) | The object is to clear all 180 dots from the board, which will result in bonus points, a new car being added to the pit (unless full), and advancement to the next level. The maximum score is 99,990. The game ends when the player crashes into a computer car while no spare cars are in the pit.
After one level is cleared... | 1.921875 | 0 |
10697478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color%20%28software%29 | Color (software) | Color is a professional color-grading application developed by Apple for its Mac OS X operating system. It was one of the major applications included as part of the Final Cut Studio video-production suite. The application was originally called FinalTouch and was developed by Silicon Color, until the company was acquire... | 2.515625 | 0 |
10697501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic%20Education%20High%20School%20No.%201%20Dagon | Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon | Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon (; formerly, Methodist English High School; commonly known as ဒဂုံ ၁ ), located a few miles north of downtown Yangon is considered one of the best public high schools in Myanmar. Dagon 1 offers classes from kindergarten to tenth standard (recently renamed Grade 1 to Grade 11) to... | 2.640625 | 0 |
10697523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTO%20Energy | XTO Energy | In August 2015, Exxon Mobil Corporation signed two agreements to drill on 48,000 acres in the core of the Midland Basin to be operated by XTO Energy. XTO operates 11 horizontal and four vertical rigs across 1.5 million net acres in Texas' Permian Basin.
Grants to petroleum educational institutions
In 2008, XTO Energy ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
10697569 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Francisco%20Historical%20Society | San Francisco Historical Society | The San Francisco Historical Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation, interpretation, and presentation of the history of San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. It is a membership-based organization that holds monthly speaking programs, conducts walking tours of San Francisco and publishes... | 2.5625 | 0 |
10697616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Palmer%2C%201st%20Baron%20Palmer | Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer | Samuel Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer (28 March 1858 – 8 December 1948), known as Sir Ernest Palmer, 1st Baronet, from 1916, was a British business man and patron of music.
Palmer was the eldest son of Samuel Palmer, of Hampstead. He was educated at Malvern College. He was a Director of the family firm of Huntley & P... | 2.078125 | 0 |
10697727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi%20Peranakan | Jawi Peranakan | The Jawi Peranakan (Jawi: ) is an ethnic group found primarily within the Malaysian state of Penang and in Singapore, both regions were part of the historical Straits Settlements where their culture and history is centred around. The term "Jawi Peranakan" refers to locally born, Malay-speaking Muslims of mixed Indian a... | 2.828125 | 0 |
10697727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi%20Peranakan | Jawi Peranakan | The Jawi Peranakan chose their spouses carefully, screening prospective matches for wealth and status, rather than racial origins. This enabled intermarriage between Jawi Peranakan and other prosperous local Muslim communities, like the Arabs, Indians and the Malay aristocrats. Despite assimilating into the Malay cultu... | 3.015625 | 0 |
10697727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi%20Peranakan | Jawi Peranakan | By the turn of the 20th century, the political climate favoured the Malays. As the largest racial group and the indigenous people of Malaya, they were seen as the natural successors to the British with the waning of the British Empire. Projecting an identity that was distinctly apart from the Malays was therefore not e... | 2.765625 | 0 |
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