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2943928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster%20Clubs | Ulster Clubs | Development
After an initial flurry of activity, the UULF, which was a loose alliance at best, ground to a halt. However, the movement was given a new lease of life when a meeting was held at the Ulster Hall on 1 November at which the formation of a more formalised arrangement, the Ulster Clubs, was announced. A networ... | 2.140625 | 0 |
2943928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster%20Clubs | Ulster Clubs | Ulster nationalism
The Ulster Clubs also became influenced by the ideas of Ulster nationalism as an alternative to unionism, given that many saw the Anglo-Irish Agreement as a 'sell-out' by the Government of the state to which they claimed loyalty. Hugh Ross was a member of and developed his Ulster Independence Movemen... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2944014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third%20Force%20%28Northern%20Ireland%29 | Third Force (Northern Ireland) | The Third Force was the name given to a number of attempts by Northern Irish politician Ian Paisley, then leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), to create an Ulster loyalist 'defensive militia'.
The best known example was the Third Force rallies on 1 April 1981. At a number of these rallies, large groups of me... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2944053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiographical%20Institute | Historiographical Institute | In 1895, the University decided to resume the work under the name Shiryō hensan-kakari, attached to the Faculty of Letters, limiting the role of the Historiographical Institute to compilation of historical materials, rather than the creation of a national history—the role that the Institute has today. It is important t... | 2.125 | 0 |
2944101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frascati%20DOC | Frascati DOC | Frascati, an Italian white wine, takes its name from the town of Frascati, located 25 km southeast of Rome, in Lazio, Italy. Archeological discoveries from the ancient town of Tusculum, now Frascati, demonstrate the cultivation of grapes for wine since the 5th century BC. Frascati was one of the preferred wines of anci... | 2.265625 | 0 |
2944123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton%20Regis | Houghton Regis | Houghton Regis is a market town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.
The parish includes the hamlets of Bidwell, Thorn and Sewell. Houghton Regis, together with its contiguous neighbours of Dunstable and Luton, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area; this is a conurbation with ... | 2.25 | 0 |
2944135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria%20Pit%20disaster | Pretoria Pit disaster | The Pretoria Pit disaster was a mining accident on 21 December 1910, when an underground explosion occurred at the Hulton Colliery Bank Pit No. 3, known as the Pretoria Pit, in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, then in the historic county of Lancashire, in North West England. A total of 344 men and boys lost their lives.
Ba... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2944135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria%20Pit%20disaster | Pretoria Pit disaster | Many of the fatalities were from the same family. The worst affected was the Tyldesley family in which Mrs Miriam Tyldesley lost her husband, four sons and two brothers. A relief fund was established for the families and dependants and a total of £145,000 was raised. In 1911, dependants were compensated and given ann... | 1.96875 | 0 |
2944177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobie%20Coetsee | Kobie Coetsee | Hendrik Jacobus Coetsee (19 April 1931 – 29 July 2000), known as Kobie Coetsee, was a South African lawyer, National Party politician and administrator as well as a negotiator during the country's transition to universal democracy.
Biography
Born 19 April 1931 in Ladybrand a small agricultural town in the province of... | 2 | 0 |
2944186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nnamdi%20Azikiwe%20University | Nnamdi Azikiwe University | The Medical Library in Nnewi Campus is for the College of Health Sciences of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. It is a connection of three libraries which are the Main Library the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, the Pre-Clinical Campus at Okofia also in Nnewi and the Diagnostic and Healthcare Centre ... | 2.328125 | 0 |
2944295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddesdon%20Church%20of%20England%20School | Waddesdon Church of England School | Waddesdon Church of England School is a mixed secondary school in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire. In September 2011 the school became an Academy. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has approximately 1000 pupils, including a sixth form of approximately 200 students.
It is a C... | 2.359375 | 0 |
2944295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddesdon%20Church%20of%20England%20School | Waddesdon Church of England School | School site
The school is located on the edge of Waddesdon, away from the A41 road which bisects the village. It adjoins the Waddesdon Estate and open countryside.
Over the years the school has grown significantly and various buildings have been added or refurbished to meet the school's needs. The main buildings date ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
2944295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddesdon%20Church%20of%20England%20School | Waddesdon Church of England School | The Sixth Form Common Room: This has been designed with relaxation in mind; Perfect for R&R periods.
Sixth Form Study Centre: The Study Centre is equipped with computers, wireless internet access and provide a quiet atmosphere for independent study.
The Cedars Restaurant: The Cedars provides meals and snacks.
Informati... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2944336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidding%20prayer | Bidding prayer | The terms intercessory prayers and prayers of the people are also commonly used for bidding-prayers. In keeping with Anglican custom, these are still said according to one or more Prayer Book templates, but are generally designed in such a way that specific topical, seasonal, or cyclical petitions can be added. On occ... | 2.25 | 0 |
2944356 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20East%20Dorset%20conurbation | South East Dorset conurbation | The South East Dorset conurbation (also known as the South Dorset conurbation, Poole-Bournemouth urban area and Bournemouth urban area) is a multi-centred conurbation on the south coast of Dorset in England.
Extent
The main population centres are Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole which are served by the single uni... | 2.46875 | 0 |
2944357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnous | Burnous | A burnous (), also burnoose, burnouse, bournous or barnous, is a long cloak of coarse woollen fabric with a pointed hood, often white in colour, traditionally worn by Arab and Berber men in North Africa. Historically, the white burnous was worn during important events by men of high positions. Today, men of different s... | 2.703125 | 0 |
2944372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbourne%2C%20London | Westbourne, London | Westbourne is an area in West London. It has a manorial history spanning many centuries, within a more broadly defined Paddington, before shedding its association in the mid-19th century. It is named after the west bourne, West Bourne, or River Westbourne, a Thames tributary which was encased in 19th-century London in ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2944372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbourne%2C%20London | Westbourne, London | Use of "Westbourne", unsuffixed by "Park" or "Green", has faded but not passed; it has an electoral and a planning definition.
The area resembles and can be defined loosely as Westbourne ward, one of twenty Westminster City Council electoral districts, north of the Westway and around the Great Western Road. Wards ar... | 2.34375 | 0 |
2944372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbourne%2C%20London | Westbourne, London | Buildings and famous residents
In 1746, Westbourne Green had five main houses, the largest of these being Westbourne Place (also known as Westbourne House), which had been rebuilt as an elegant Georgian mansion in 1745 by the architect Isaac Ware. The mansion had three storeys, with the frontage divided into three par... | 2.25 | 0 |
2944374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbourne%2C%20Dorset | Westbourne, Dorset | Many local traders are members of the Westbourne Traders Association (WTA). The group promotes the interests of the traders and aims to raise the profile of Westbourne to tourists and local residents. In May 2009, the WTA released a free map and business directory with distribution across the South coast. In 2011 a new... | 1.976563 | 0 |
2944377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theveste | Theveste | Theveste was a Roman colony situated in what is now Tébessa, Algeria.
History
In 146 BC, the Romans conquered the region, where existed an old city called "Tbessa". Theveste was founded by the Romans in 75 AD near an old Berber village located next to the Aurès Mountains, in order to control the mountain region.
Duri... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2944378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel%20College%2C%20Toronto | Emmanuel College, Toronto | Emmanuel College is the theological college of Victoria University under the University of Toronto. Affiliated with the United Church of Canada, it is also a member institution of the Toronto School of Theology. The college's principal is HyeRan Kim-Cragg.
Emmanuel College is a member of the Association of Theological... | 2.203125 | 0 |
2944380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault%20Alpine%20GTA/A610 | Renault Alpine GTA/A610 | It was the first car launched by Alpine under Renault ownership (though Alpine had been affiliated with Renault for many years, with its earlier models using many Renault parts). Longer, wider, and taller, it effectively updated the design of its predecessor, the Alpine A310, updating that car's silhouette with modern ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2944393 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline%20theft | Gasoline theft | Gasoline theft occurs when gasoline is stolen from a gas station, pipeline or vehicle.
From vehicle tanks
People can siphon fuel from fuel tanks or use special devices to remove gasoline from the fuel tank. Fuel theft has shown to amount to as high as $2.1 billion a year in the United States of America.
Vehicle track... | 2.34375 | 0 |
2944426 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job%20Maseko | Job Maseko | After the war, like many other demobilised soldiers, he gained little recognition in the world of civilian life. In addition, the Apartheid-based general rule governing pension awards was that Coloured pension scales should amount to three-fifths and African pension scales to two-fifths of the rate applicable to whites... | 2.09375 | 0 |
2944481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azarethes | Azarethes | Azarethes (), also recorded as Exarath () and Zuraq, was a Sassanid Persian military commander during the Byzantine–Sassanid Wars. His Greek name is possibly a misunderstanding of the honorific title hazaraft.
Biography
According to the account of Procopius (De bello Persico, I.18), Azarethes was placed in command of... | 1.992188 | 0 |
2944528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbuna%20Group | Garbuna Group | The Garbuna Group of volcanoes consists of three volcanic peaks, Krummel, Garbuna, and Welcker, atop a shield volcano. They are located at the southern end of the Willaumez Peninsula, just to the west of the town of Kimbe, in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Garbuna contains a large thermal field, probably ... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2944534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeshewe | Galeshewe | Galeshewe is a township in Kimberley, South Africa. Within the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality in the Northern Cape Province, it is named after Kgosi Galeshewe.
History
The township of Galeshewe was founded in 1878 after diamonds were discovered at kopje (hill) near Colesberg in 1871. The diamond rush which followed t... | 2.265625 | 0 |
2944534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeshewe | Galeshewe | According to Census 2011, Galeshewe has a population of 107, 920 people, half of Sol Plaatje Local Municipality. 92.2 of the township's population is Black African, 7.28% is Coloured, 0.22% Indian Asian, 0.07% White and 0.30% is identified as "other". 56,8% of the population speaks Setswana with Afrikaans being the sec... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2944537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Swithin%27s%20Day%20%28comics%29 | St. Swithin's Day (comics) | St. Swithin's Day is a story written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Paul Grist in 1989 for Trident Comics.
The story is said by Morrison to be based on their diaries and is also said to be partly autobiographical. This story, is told from the point of view of an unnamed teenager living in 1980s Britain who plans an en... | 1.953125 | 0 |
2944547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Diocese%20of%20Scranton | Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton | 1860 to 1900
The Diocese of Scranton was erected on March 3, 1868, by Pope Pius IX, taking its territory from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The pope appointed Monsignor William O'Hara of Philadelphia as the first bishop of the new diocese. When O'Hara became bishop, the diocese had a Catholic population of 25,000... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2944565 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%20Jenkyns | Caesar Jenkyns | Caesar Augustus Llewellyn Jenkyns (24 August 1866 – 23 July 1941) was a Welsh international footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath, Woolwich Arsenal, Newton Heath and Walsall.
Playing career
Born in Builth Wells, Jenkyns played for a number of English clubs, as well as winning eight caps for Wale... | 2.125 | 0 |
2944587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.%20H.%20Bruce%20Lockhart | R. H. Bruce Lockhart | Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, KCMG (2 September 1887 – 27 February 1970) was a British diplomat, journalist, author, and secret agent. His 1932 book Memoirs of a British Agent became an international bestseller by telling of his experiences in Russia in 1918 following the Bolshevik Revolution. He left the country... | 2.328125 | 0 |
2944587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.%20H.%20Bruce%20Lockhart | R. H. Bruce Lockhart | At the time of his arrival in Russia in 1912, people had heard that a great footballer named Lockhart from Cambridge was arriving, and he was invited to turn out for Morozov a textile factory team that played their games 30 miles east of Moscow. The manager of the cotton mill was from Lancashire, England. Lockhart play... | 2.5 | 0 |
2944587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.%20H.%20Bruce%20Lockhart | R. H. Bruce Lockhart | Arrest and imprisonment
In 1918, Lockhart and British agent Sidney Reilly were alleged to have plotted to assassinate Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. Lockhart and British officials condemned that as Soviet propaganda. He was accused of leading the "Lockhart Plot" against the Bolshevik regime and, for a time during 19... | 2.640625 | 0 |
2944587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.%20H.%20Bruce%20Lockhart | R. H. Bruce Lockhart | Finance
In November 1919, Lockhart was appointed commercial secretary of the British legation in Prague. In late 1922, with the personal debts he ran up exceeding his official salary and feeling the need for change, he resigned from the Foreign Service to accept a position in Prague with the Anglo-Czechoslovakian Bank... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2944620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20battleship%20Aki | Japanese battleship Aki | was one of two semi-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the first decade of the 20th century. She was the second battleship built domestically in Japan and the first to use steam turbines for propulsion. The ship was named for Aki Province, now a part of Hiroshima Prefecture. The s... | 2.703125 | 0 |
2944627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kgosi%20Galeshewe | Kgosi Galeshewe | Kgosi (Chief) Galeshewe, (c. 1840 - 1927), was a chief of the Batlhaping group in South Africa. He was an anti-colonial revolutionary and orchestrated rebellions against the Cape Colony government. The Galeshewe Township in the Sol Plaatje Municipality, Kimberley, has been named after him. A South African Navy fast att... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2944627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kgosi%20Galeshewe | Kgosi Galeshewe | While Galeshewe was in the Transvaal trying to get support from the Boers against the actions of the British, leaders of the Phokwane Reserve refused to allow police officials on the reserve to investigate what happened with the cattle. The Cape government considered this an act of rebellion. Galeshewe joined forces wi... | 2.71875 | 0 |
2944627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kgosi%20Galeshewe | Kgosi Galeshewe | Dennison and his army of farmers travelled along the Molopo River for the good part of three weeks, patrolling the area and taking prisoner any local Batswana that may have had key information regarding Galeshewe's movements. It is reported that Galeshewe was travelling with his uncle Morebonoke, his brothers Mootamet... | 2.59375 | 0 |
2944659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%20Robinson%20%28American%20football%29 | Marcus Robinson (American football) | Marcus Antonio Robinson (born February 27, 1975) is an American former football player in the NFL, who played the position of wide receiver.
He has played for the Chicago Bears, the Baltimore Ravens, and the Minnesota Vikings, as well as the Rhein Fire. He founded the Marcus Robinson Foundation for underprivileged chi... | 2.171875 | 0 |
2944679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archelaus%20%28philosopher%29 | Archelaus (philosopher) | Archelaus (; ; fl. 5th century BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Anaxagoras, and may have been a teacher of Socrates. He asserted that the principle of motion was the separation of hot from cold, from which he endeavoured to explain the formation of the Earth and the creation of animals and humans.
Life... | 3.109375 | 0 |
2944679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archelaus%20%28philosopher%29 | Archelaus (philosopher) | Archelaus held that air and infinity are the principle of all things, by which Pseudo-Plutarch supposes that he meant infinite air; and we are told, that by this statement he intended to exclude Mind from the creation of the world. If so, he abandoned the doctrine of Anaxagoras at its most important point; and it seems... | 2.25 | 0 |
2944734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematica%20Inc. | Mathematica Inc. | In early 2008, Mathematica created the Center for Improving Research Evidence (CIRE), to identify, assess, and disseminate results from quality, rigorous research to inform evidence-based policymaking. CIRE also provides technical assistance in designing, conducting, assessing, and using a range of scientific policy r... | 1.90625 | 0 |
2944766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.%20Sreedharan | E. Sreedharan | Elattuvalapil Sreedharan (born 12 June 1932) is an Indian engineer and politician from the Indian state of Kerala. He is credited with changing the face of public transport in India with his leadership in building the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro while he served as the managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corpor... | 2.0625 | 0 |
2944794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Mizrachi | Michael Mizrachi | World Series of Poker
In the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Mizrachi tied the record of seven money finishes in a single year. In the 2008 World Series of Poker, he finished third in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship. In 2010, Mizrachi won his first bracelet in The Poker Player's Championship, defeatin... | 1.90625 | 0 |
2944801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius%20Volusius%20Maecianus | Lucius Volusius Maecianus | Lucius Volusius Maecianus (c. 110 – 175) was a Roman jurist, who advised the Emperor Antoninus Pius on legal matters, as well educating his son the future Marcus Aurelius in the subject. Originally of the equestrian class, Maecianus held a series of imperial offices culminating with prefect of Egypt in 161, when Marcus... | 2.484375 | 0 |
2944823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tien%20Shan%20Pai | Tien Shan Pai | Tien Shan Pai (天山派, pinyin Tiānshān pài) is a northern style of Kung-fu which stresses rhythm, the demonstration of power accentuated by solid thuds made by the hands, the emitting of power from the entire body, the coordination of the hands and feet as well as blocks and strikes, high kicks and low sweeps, as well as... | 2.5 | 0 |
2944823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tien%20Shan%20Pai | Tien Shan Pai | History
Tian Shai Pai has history more than 800 years, with foundations dating back to 1190.
Wang Chueh-Jen (王玨錱 - also known as Wang Jyue-Jen, and before that as Wang San Jer) came from a wealthy family from Sichuan Province in China. He is credited with bringing the Chinese martial art known as Tien Shan Pai to ... | 2.5 | 0 |
2944825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regis%20High%20School%20%28Wisconsin%29 | Regis High School (Wisconsin) | Regis High School is a co-ed Catholic high school in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in the Diocese of La Crosse. The school serves grades 9 through 12 in high school, while the school building also houses Regis Middle School which serves grades 6 through 8. It is part of the Regis Catholic Schools system, which also includes th... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2944829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical%20study%20design | Clinical study design | Important considerations
When choosing a study design, many factors must be taken into account. Different types of studies are subject to different types of bias. For example, recall bias is likely to occur in cross-sectional or case-control studies where subjects are asked to recall exposure to risk factors. Subjec... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2944829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical%20study%20design | Clinical study design | Other terms
The term retrospective study is sometimes used as another term for a case-control study. This use of the term "retrospective study" is misleading, however, and should be avoided because other research designs besides case-control studies are also retrospective in orientation.
Superiority trials are design... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2944865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rienzi%20Melville%20Johnston | Rienzi Melville Johnston | At the beginning of January 1913, Oscar Branch Colquitt, Governor of Texas, appointed Johnston to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of Joseph W. Bailey. Johnston served a brief term, from January 4, to January 29, 1913. Johnston's 29-day term is the second shortest in Senate history, behind John N. He... | 2.296875 | 0 |
2944868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District%20of%20Ferizaj | District of Ferizaj | The District of Ferizaj (; ) is one of the seven districts of Kosovo. Ferizaj is the seat of the district. According to the 2024 census, the total population of the district is 180,897.
Municipalities
The district of Ferizaj consists of five municipalities and 126 settlements.
The city of Ferizaj was inhabited duri... | 2.0625 | 0 |
2944868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District%20of%20Ferizaj | District of Ferizaj | The region was on a road which ran south from Slovenia and Croatia through Sarajevo, Vushtrri, Pristina and Lipjan to Skopje and crossed the Shkodër–Prizren road. According to an anonymous 1559–1560 manuscript in the library of St Mark's Basilica in Venice by a traveler from Venice to Istanbul, "On July 3 set off and c... | 2.65625 | 0 |
2944872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipogenesis | Lipogenesis | In biochemistry, lipogenesis is the conversion of fatty acids and glycerol into fats, or a metabolic process through which acetyl-CoA is converted to triglyceride for storage in fat. Lipogenesis encompasses both fatty acid and triglyceride synthesis, with the latter being the process by which fatty acids are esterified... | 2.953125 | 0 |
2944872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipogenesis | Lipogenesis | Insulin stimulation of lipogenesis also occurs through the promotion of glucose uptake by adipose tissue. The increase in the uptake of glucose can occur through the use of glucose transporters directed to the plasma membrane or through the activation of lipogenic and glycolytic enzymes via covalent modification. The h... | 1.921875 | 0 |
2944885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vydubychi | Vydubychi | Vydubychi (also Vydobychi, Vudobych, Vydobech) () is a historical neighborhood in Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Geographically constituting a hill and a valley on the Right (western) Bank of the Dnipro River, it is now a part of the Pechersk district of the city.
The real revival of the monastery took place in the second ha... | 1.9375 | 0 |
2944901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjective%20video%20quality | Subjective video quality | The minimum number of subjects that are required for a subjective video quality study is not strictly defined. According to ITU-T, any number between 4 and 40 is possible, where 4 is the absolute minimum for statistical reasons, and inviting more than 40 subjects has no added value. In general, at least 15 observers sh... | 2.421875 | 0 |
2944901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjective%20video%20quality | Subjective video quality | Subject screening
Often, additional measures are taken before evaluating the results. Subject screening is a process in which viewers whose ratings are considered invalid or unreliable are rejected from further analysis. Invalid ratings are hard to detect, as subjects may have rated without looking at a video, or chea... | 2.6875 | 0 |
2944905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call%20Me%20Joe | Call Me Joe | "Call Me Joe" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Poul Anderson (1926–2001), first published in Astounding Science Fiction in April 1957. It has been frequently anthologized, including in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two (1973), a collection of unusually outstanding works selected by the Scie... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2944945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macropedius | Macropedius | Georgius Macropedius (born Joris van Lanckvelt; 23 April 1487 – 23 July 1558) was a Dutch humanist, schoolmaster and "the greatest Latin playwright of the 16th century."
Biography
Macropedius was born as Joris van Lanckvelt in Gemert (Northern Brabant, the Netherlands) in 1487. Little is known about his boyhood. After... | 2.5 | 0 |
2944945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macropedius | Macropedius | In the years 1552–1554 his collected works were revised and edited in two volumes in Utrecht: Omnes Georgii Macropedii Fabulae Comicae. The songs were now printed together with their music. Afterwards, he only wrote one more play: Jesus Scholasticus.
In 1557 or 1558, he resigned as headmaster of the school, and left U... | 2.671875 | 0 |
2944945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macropedius | Macropedius | His schoolbooks proved Macropedius to be a man of great humanist culture and follower of Erasmus. He knew all about the seven Free Arts and the Three Languages: Latin, Greek and Hebrew. He was very familiar with classic Greek and Roman literature, with the Bible and with the writings of the Fathers of the Church as wel... | 2.78125 | 0 |
2944945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macropedius | Macropedius | Before the end of the century, Hecastus was performed and printed in the original Latin and in translation. Twelve independent editions and six German translations are known. One of these translations was made by the famous poet of the Reformation, Hans Sachs. The play was also translated into Danish, Dutch and, in 168... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2944973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Fornarina | La Fornarina | The Portrait of a Young Woman (also known as La fornarina) is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael, made between 1518 and 1519. It is in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini, Rome.
It is probable that the picture was in the painter's studio at his death in 1520, and that it w... | 2.078125 | 0 |
2944973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Fornarina | La Fornarina | According to an explanation on the museum website, there are two copies of La Fornarina in the Borghese Gallery in Rome. "La Fornarina (The Portrait of a Young Woman) is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael, made between 1518 and 1519. It is an oil-on-panel with 86 x 58 cm dimensions, located in Ro... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2944973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Fornarina | La Fornarina | Positioned a quarter of the way away from the viewer, it has been suggested by professor Carlos Hugo Espinel that the right hand over the left breast reveals a cancerous breast tumor. Even with the positioning, one can identify differences between her two breasts. The right breast is perceived as a fully formed and pro... | 2.578125 | 0 |
2944973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Fornarina | La Fornarina | La Fornarina as a witch
Muriel Segal's book Painted Ladies provides the theory that La Fornarina represents a witch. According to the author, during the time period that this painting was made, "the baker's daughter" did not indicate that a woman's father was in fact a baker, but a term used for a malevolent goddess. ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
2944973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Fornarina | La Fornarina | Sex work
Another theory is that Fornarina was in fact a sex worker and not Raphael's lover. However, Raphael's "signature" on the figure's armband could imply that he did have love for the figure, and possibly felt ownership of the woman. In the painting, the figure is half nude and is wearing a suggestive smile, almo... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2944997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20cheese%20dressing | Blue cheese dressing | Blue cheese dressing is a popular side sauce, salad dressing and dip in the United States and Canada. It is usually made of some combination of blue cheese, mayonnaise, and buttermilk, sour cream or yogurt, milk, vinegar, onion powder, and garlic powder. There is a blue cheese vinaigrette that consists of salad oil, bl... | 2.25 | 0 |
2945005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-to-network%20interface | Network-to-network interface | In telecommunications, a network-to-network interface (NNI) is an interface that specifies signaling and management functions between two networks. An NNI circuit can be used for interconnection of signalling (e.g., SS7), Internet Protocol (IP) (e.g., MPLS) or ATM networks.
In networks based on MPLS or GMPLS, NNI is u... | 2.59375 | 0 |
2945050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recknitz | Recknitz | The Recknitz (historically known as Raxa) is a river in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northeastern Germany. The Recknitz's glacial valley stretches as far south as the heights at Glasewitz near Güstrow. The river has no definite source, but rather builds up from streams and drainage ditches. The ditches of the Schaalbeke a... | 2.5625 | 0 |
2945051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehlis%20report | Mehlis report | The Mehlis Report is the result of the United Nations investigation into the 14 February 2005 assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri. The investigation was launched in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1595 and headed by the German prosecutor, Detlev Mehlis. It involved questionin... | 2.140625 | 0 |
2945054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuttern%20Gospels | Schuttern Gospels | The Schuttern Gospels (British Library, Add MS 47673) is an early 9th century illuminated Gospel Book that was produced at Schuttern Abbey in Baden. According to a colophon on folio 206v, the manuscript was written by the deacon Liutharius, at the order of his abbot, Bertricus.
Codicology
The vellum codex has 211 f... | 2.09375 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | Japan is a constitutional monarchy. The Human Rights Scores Dataverse ranked Japan somewhere in the middle among G7 countries on its human rights performance, below Germany and Canada and above the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and the United States. The Fragile States Index ranked Japan second last in the G7 after th... | 2.390625 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | Major issues
Japan has a criminal conviction rate of over 99%. In several cases, courts have acknowledged confessions were forced and released those imprisoned. To combat this, a law was passed in 2016 requiring some interrogations to be videotaped. However, this only applies to people accused of serious crimes, such ... | 2.734375 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | In some institutions clothing and blankets were insufficient to protect inmates against cold weather. Most prisons did not provide heating during nighttime hours in winter despite freezing temperatures, subjecting inmates to a range of preventable cold injuries. Foreign prisoners in the Tokyo area continued to present ... | 2.171875 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | The JFBA and human rights groups have criticized the prison system, with its emphasis on strict discipline and obedience to numerous rules. Prison rules remained confidential. While the Prison Law Enforcement Regulation stipulates that the maximum time prisoners may be held in single cells is 6 months, activists claim ... | 2.125 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | Women and juveniles were housed separately from men; however, male prison guards sometimes guarded female prisoners. During the year, a male prison warden was charged with "violence and cruelty by a special public officer" for engaging in sexual acts with a female inmate awaiting trial. During the year, some women's de... | 2.09375 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | Under the Criminal Procedure Code, police and prosecutors have the power to control or limit access by legal counsel when deemed necessary for the sake of an investigation. Counsel may not be present during interrogations at any time before or after indictment. As a court-appointed attorney is not approved until after ... | 2.65625 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | There are several levels of court, including high courts, district courts, family courts, and summary courts, with the Supreme Court serving as the final court of appeal. Normally a trial begins at the district court level, and a verdict may be appealed to a higher court, and ultimately, to the Supreme Court. The gover... | 2.609375 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | The July 2003, law also makes the Supreme Court responsible for accelerating proceedings in lower courts, imposes a 2-year time limit for courts to bring criminal and civil trials to conclusion, and requires the government to take the legal and financial measures necessary to accomplish these goals. A defendant is info... | 2.46875 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | The Japanese Constitution provides for freedom of speech and of the press. In theory, an independent press, an effective judiciary, and a functioning democratic political system combine to ensure freedom of speech and of the press. However, Japan's system of exclusive press clubs has been criticised by press freedom gr... | 1.953125 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | Journalists, commentators and media experts say that news outlets are now censoring their own coverage or removing critical voices to avoid drawing official ire.
Under Article 4 of the Broadcasting Law, Japanese television broadcasting requires political fairness, and there are penalties such as license revocation. Th... | 2.296875 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | In May 2003, the Diet passed a bill abolishing the 60-day application deadline previously required for aliens seeking refugee status. The previous refugee recognition law stipulated that those seeking refugee status had to apply within 60 days upon arriving in Japan or within 60 days of learning that they were likely t... | 2.828125 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | As of August 2023, Japan had not ratified nor signed the Genocide Convention, the 1926 Slavery Convention or the United Nations 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery.
Discrimination
The Constitution prohibits discrimination of citizens on the basis of race, creed, gender, social status, or family ... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | The law allows district courts to impose 6-month restraining orders on perpetrators of domestic violence and to sentence violators up to 1 year in prison or impose fines of up to 1 million yen. According to Supreme Court figures from January through September 2003, 1,579 applications for restraining orders against abus... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | Custody
When couples divorce there is a strong bias in Japanese family courts which gives 80% of the mothers custody of children according to 2004 statistics from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. Joint physical custody or shared parenting is uncommon.
Abduction
There is major critici... | 2.484375 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | Children under the age of 14 cannot be held criminally responsible for their actions. Under juvenile law, juvenile suspects are tried in family court and have the right of appeal to an appellate court. Family court proceedings are not open to the public, a policy that has been criticized by family members of juvenile c... | 2.5 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | In April 2004, the Government of Japan created a task force to combat trafficking in persons. In December of the same year, the Government released its Action Plan to combat trafficking in persons. The Action Plan focuses on the prevention and elimination of trafficking in persons, and the protection of trafficking vic... | 2.6875 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | Although reliable statistics on the number of women trafficked to the country were unavailable, human rights groups reported that up to 200,000 persons, mostly Southeast Asian women, are smuggled annually into the country and forced to work in the sex industry. In 2003, the NPA arrested 41 individuals for trafficking-r... | 2.1875 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | The Law to Promote the Employment of the Handicapped includes those with mental disabilities. The law also loosened the licensing requirements for community support centers that promote employment for persons with disabilities, and it introduced government subsidies for the employment of persons with mental disabilitie... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | According to the MOJ, there were nearly 1.85 million legal foreign residents as of 2002. The largest group, at approximately 625,400, was ethnic Koreans, followed by Chinese, Brazilians, and Filipinos. Despite improvements in legal safeguards against discrimination, Korean permanent residents (so-called Zainichi Korean... | 2.671875 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | Right to organize and bargain collectively
The Constitution provides unions with the right to organize, bargain, and act collectively.
Prohibition of forced or compulsory labor
The Constitution provides that no person shall be held in bondage of any kind. Involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime, is pro... | 2.625 | 0 |
2945072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Japan | Human rights in Japan | The government tried to reduce the inflow of illegal foreign workers by prosecuting employers of such workers. According to NPA figures, 175 persons were charged with "illegal employment assistance" during the first half of 2002. The immigration law provides for penalties against employers of undocumented foreign worke... | 2.296875 | 0 |
2945074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Gill%20%28artist%29 | Tom Gill (artist) | Thomas P. Gill (June 3, 1913 – October 17, 2005) was an American comic book artist best known for his nearly 11-year run drawing Dell Comics' The Lone Ranger.
Biography
Early life and career
Tom Gill was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, and began his career as a staff artist with the New York City newspape... | 2.109375 | 0 |
2945076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-shift%20mask | Phase-shift mask | Attenuated phase-shift masks are already extensively used, due to their simpler construction and operation, particularly in combination with optimized illumination for memory patterns. On the other hand, alternating phase-shift masks are more difficult to manufacture and this has slowed their adoption, but their use is... | 2.3125 | 0 |
2945096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose%20Change | Loose Change | Presentation and revisions
Although each version of the film asserts that the events of 9/11 were essentially an "inside job", there were significant revisions between the particular theories that different editions posited. For example:
Loose Change: 1st Edition (2005)
The first edition, Loose Change, suggested that ... | 2.015625 | 0 |
2945121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersham%20School | Amersham School | Amersham School is a mixed secondary school in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. In September 2011, the school became an Academy. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has approximately 1020 pupils.
In September 2005, the school was designated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) as a... | 2.390625 | 0 |
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